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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Wjin
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Abyss.
-Hrrrrhrrrrh!!
The 26th demon, Bune, was twisting his body while making strange groans.
The time for human hunting was approaching after a long while.
Because that guy Andras had led the undead army he made for him and went on a rampage of plundering ten years ago,
until recently, there hadn’t been a turn for Bune to step up.
Of course, even though his creations had become weakened,
and there was no reason for demons to fear humans.
Those guys calling themselves gods of heaven weren’t just pushovers.
Even among humans, agents who received inherited abilities from these gods could perform demon slaying or execution,
and even strong demons sometimes met their end at the hands of such humans if they were unlucky.
Also, demons became weaker the further they got from the demon realm-Pandemonium, and conversely, the closer they got to sanctuaries-God’s blessing where humans gathered.
-I thought I was done for!
In that context, Andras was foolish.
His personality was violent and eccentric, disregarding everything when his temper flared.
Probably while venting far from his authority in Pandemonium.
After falling into a sanctuary’s trap, he would have met his end at the hands of soon-to-be-praised ‘national heroes’.
Of course, Greater Demons could be revived in Pandemonium thanks to the demon’s spring,
but for some reason, he had disappeared.
About that point, even Bune couldn’t understand why.
Anyway, the fortunate thing was that the Empire’s emperor was a coward.
He always only deployed heroes, that is, inheritors, in the center of the Imperial Capital and the borders.
This case was the same.
The surprise show Bune was planning was attacking Claris Academy, called the Empire’s cradle.
He had already had Fallen Angel-Tobiel do work on the Netherworld gate.
-Foolish one.
Tobiel had died doing unnecessary things without being ordered.
-That was the limit of his vessel.
Anyway, he would take advantage of the gap when security became lax due to vacation.
Unlike the demon forces that always only nibbled at the borders when invading,
if his newly created magic beasts appeared before youngsters who hadn’t developed their abilities, they could deal quite significant damage.
He was so curious to see how they would struggle, what kind of fear they would show to entertain him.
Moreover, Bune, a master of necromancy magic, had devised a way to return to Pandemonium even if danger arose during the slaughter.
In other words, perfect preparation…
What remained was one-sided massacre.
-Kehitkehihihit!
The cowardly emperor, and McClone who had annoyed Bune in the last war.
Their hopes… were gathered at Claris.
He would trample those buds without missing any before they grew.
-Looking forward to it…
The woman with saint qualities that Andras regretted not tasting.
The woman with fallen angel seeds planted.
They were all there.
-Lick.
He would tear them to shreds before heaven’s touch reached them.
When Bune looked around while licking his lips,
around his throne made of human bones where he sat, undead legions were standing in tight formation.
Though their combat ability couldn’t be called good since training was still incomplete…
Their numbers and amount of magic power were comparable to the Empire’s combined forces.
The next war would completely exterminate the creatures.
Bune trembled and trembled for a long while imagining that scene of slaughter.
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With a familiar sound effect, a status window popped up before my eyes.
-Ding.
“?”
A wind archery technique I’d never seen before following Afterimage Shot.
Not only was it an ultimate skill, but it could only be used once.
In other words, it meant it was an incredibly strong skill in exchange for only being usable once.
If I added possession rate to the Fallen Angel and Demonkin Transformations I had now…
I couldn’t gauge how powerful it would be.
How should I use it to achieve maximum efficiency.
It would be too wasteful to use this technique that could only be used once ordinarily.
Reviewing the fan fiction, [Beast Descent – Gate of the Netherworld] was an event where named undead beasts rushed from a dimensional gate.
Greater Demon Bune came saying he would test the beasts he created.
A dark elf briefly came along to tempt Selena.
And buying time against these monsters was Edwin and Kaelan…
In the end, the Academy suffered quite heavy damage, and when the war heroes arrived, Bune taunted them saying “Well~ I just need to escape,” and leisurely slipped away through the dimensional gate.
He didn’t really speak exactly like that, but I remembered his dialogue being vulgar and frivolous despite being a Greater Demon.
Anyway, while Edwin and Kaelan’s rival consciousness strongly ignited, it could be seen as a frustrating development where the Academy’s atmosphere became much heavier.
And I who knew this fact…
‘It’s too wasteful to let this pass like this.’
Bune later appeared being promoted to legion commander after his necromancy abilities were recognized, though there wasn’t much mention of him afterwards in the fan fiction, in the original game he appeared, and tormented players by creating many grotesque monsters.
In other words, since his qualities could be rated a bit higher than a Greater Demon, if I caught this bastard, I could hit a proper jackpot.
I quietly recited.
‘Gate of the Netherworld, Bune, Spring of Souls, Wind Destruction Arrow…’
-…!
At that moment, a very revolutionary method occurred to me.
‘Would that work…?’
It was worth trying.
A method to demon slay every single one of those demon bastards from this world without missing any.
Because that was the cornerstone of my happy Academy life.
It was when I finished that thought.
-Throb.
Through my dizzy vision,
the last circular train entered the platform.
I needed to board now.
-Groooan…
‘…!’
Ash Dispersion on my back was trembling.
I had let my guard down.
Probably absorbed the black magic power faintly remaining around me.
‘Possession… rate…’
Possession Rate: 2/130
Just 2.
But looking at my condition, this wasn’t a good flow.
Like that day after defeating the Flame Demon.
-Whoong!
-Thump! Thump!
My heart pounded thump-thump, and strength left my whole body.
When I was about to lose consciousness like that.
What appeared before me once again was the silver-haired girl with a hint of purple.
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It was Aria who had been helping with healing duties at the Hall of Struggle as usual.
After all, holy magic and healing magic were very important for practice.
-Aria, you overdid it today. You can go back now.
-Ah, just this person.
Given Aria’s personality, saying just one more person, just one more person, she ended up taking the last train back again today.
“…?”
But on the platform going to the chamber, there was a familiar gray-haired man.
“Lev…?”
“…”
He was sitting with his head lowered.
He didn’t move at all.
But Aria could instinctively feel it.
It was like with the Flame Demon.
Because alien black magic power could be felt from Lev.
“Stay still.”
Having just finished healing until now, Aria barely had any mana available.
Therefore, when she calmly tried to take out a mana potion from her bag,
-Thump.
“…!”
Her wrist was covered by Lev’s large hand.
-Swoosh.
-!
And his sturdy shoulder pulled Aria’s body too easily.
Aria and Lev’s faces got close.
An expressionless, deep gaze.
Despite the appearance that could be called decadently beautiful, Aria spoke without budging.
“……Let go.”
“Don’t want to.”
While holding Aria’s wrist with one hand, he stroked her hair with the other hand and spoke.
“Indeed a nice scent.”
“…!”
A sensual voice tone that would only exist between lovers.
‘It’s exactly like that time…’
This wasn’t his true self.
If it was his usual self, he was the type to never touch another person’s body at all.
‘Sigh…’
Therefore, Aria sighed once and was about to chant purification magic right away.
-…Hesitate.
But suddenly curiosity arose.
What would happen if she left him like this?
This was curiosity that the usual Aria would never even think about.
But a weakened Lev, Lev Denec who had lost his reason was hard to see except for now.
What was he trying to demand from her…
Various thoughts passed through Aria’s mind.
He had been seen together with Lady Yeriel often lately.
Come to think of it, in the Imperial Capital too, those two had only come back when dawn was breaking…
‘But why is he saying I have a nice scent…?’
“…”
While curiosity bred more curiosity,
“Need this?”
He held up the mana potion and swished it.
“…Yes.”
Even if Aria reached out or stood on tiptoe, there was no way she could reach Lev’s hand given their height difference.
When her hand cut through empty air several times, Lev added a condition.
“Ask for it.”
“…Please give it to me.”
Though Aria’s plain tone looking up at him was sufficiently cute,
Lev just grinned and added one more word.
“More desperately.”
“Sigh…”
How rude.
She wanted to punch him once.
Indeed his sharp face must exist for times of such mischief.
Though she didn’t understand, seeing how there were several female students who just followed him around lately just looking at his face…
“You’re going to pretend not to know again when you come to your senses.”
“…”
He was still smiling even at Aria’s sharp remark.
Until just a few months ago, he was a man who had shown unnecessary bluster and harm to students including Edwin.
How much of it was his true self?
Was he really a demon?
And would he answer now?
“……”
Finally, the chance for choice came to Aria.
While wanting to believe he wasn’t,
While knowing it was a Pandora’s box that shouldn’t be opened,
She ended up confessing.
“Are you…”
“…?”
A desperate, yearning question.
“Greater Demon… Andras… aren’t you?”
Please, don’t let it be the answer she was thinking of, Aria wished and wished again.
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I’m screaming ARGHHHH
Wow she’s just coming out and asking huh
First, called it
Second, hopefully he might just say he killed him, win her heart and eternal stalker