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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Ruby
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The griffin Ethan, carrying Yuma and Bell, glided with its wings spread.
Creak- Creak-!
A door blending purple and black colors came into view – the demon realm’s gate leaking demonic energy over the sea.
Flying demon beasts were gliding around the gate.
The flying demon beasts, whose brutal demonic energy formed their very instincts leaving them nearly without consciousness, endlessly fired waves of magical power toward Yuma.
Giant bat-type demon beast Belmet.
Crow-like demon beast Jetrophin.
Magical power waves stretched out.
Countless streams of magical power rushed toward Yuma.
Yuma drew out Balmung.
He completely grasped the parrying points of all the incoming masses of magical power and swung Balmung according to what he had grasped.
Bang! Clash! Clang!
As the sword directly hit the masses of magical power, Parrying created consecutive sonic booms that tore through the air with circular golden impacts.
Booom!
Five demonic energy storms brutally tore through the air and shattered the demon beasts’ bodies.
Thud thud thud- thud…
The demon beasts, their bodies pierced by the demonic flames in reverse, fell to the ground as ashes.
Ethan approached the red demon standing guard rigidly at the demon realm’s gate.
The demon with bat wings thrust its spear in panic.
Clang!
The spear’s trajectory twisted sharply.
Bell’s sword that deflected the demon’s spear pierced straight through its head.
Flesh and thick blood flowed out.
The corpses of the dead demon beasts and demons had no choice but to fall into the sea.
Yuma, riding the giant seahorse Silberia in the sea below, faced toward Yercur, the king of the Mullen tribe who was watching him.
“Sorry for disturbing the Mullen’s sea.”
Yercur, the king of the fish-people, slowly shook his head.
Then lifted the corners of his mouth widely.
“It’s something that needed to be cleaned up anyway.”
Yuma quickly scanned Yuma’s companions who had come to see them off, riding Silberia behind Yercur.
Everyone stared intently at Yuma and Bell riding on Ethan.
Bell smiled and waved once.
Yuma directed Ethan’s destination right in front of the demon realm’s gate.
The griffin rushed toward the gate as if to enter.
At that moment, a red head popped out from the demon realm’s gate.
“Eeeek! Those forces just now were the last! The final forces! The last! The invasion is over now!!”
Yuma placed Balmung against the demon’s neck.
“Open the gate properly. Don’t close it.”
The demon’s eyes opened wide.
“…What?”
Yuma and Bell simultaneously stepped on Ethan’s back.
Then took bold steps toward the demon realm’s gate.
Yuma and Bell entered the demon realm.
“W-w-what is this!”
The demon backed away in shock.
“What kind of crazy human enters the demon realm!!!!”
Creeak───
The mages in charge of controlling the demon realm’s gate hurriedly closed it.
Yuma and Bell took steps forward.
“Huh…?”
Bell’s eyes widened.
The demon realm.
This world that seemed like it would be no different from the legendary images of hell or purgatory.
It was barely different from the continent of the middle realm they were in just moments ago.
The scenery spread before their eyes was quite familiar.
Nature, mountains and sky and buildings that looked no different from the imperial palace.
“This is also a world. And demons who aren’t simply demon beasts on the primitive side think not much differently from humans. They also form societies just the same.”
It was like that in the game Loop Blood too.
When he asked Brigitte and high elf Luinerif, he could tell it was a world with an environment similar to the demon realm he experienced through Loop Blood.
The middle realm was a world where humans and numerous non-humans settled and lived together.
The demon realm was simply a world where demons lived.
A very ordinary world where they lived with ranks according to power.
The demons’ skin colors were very diverse.
Red and purple and navy blue and black skin, etc.
Hair colors were also diverse with white, black, and gold.
Yuma walked forward.
Step
Bell also walked forward following Yuma.
There were over a hundred demons just visible to the eye.
Yet all those numbers only flinched but couldn’t think of approaching Yuma and Bell.
Unlike Bell who wondered why they were acting this way, Yuma somewhat sensed the reason.
Yuma recalled Luinerif’s voice again.
“-Demons have a very good sense of smell for blood. Even more so if it’s demon lord-level blood… You killed not just one but two demon lords who weren’t even First Rank, and got close to them both times… The demons will know right away.”
“-The blood scent of beings with demon lord status doesn’t wash away by cleaning, and if you take out those red hearts, the Birth Stones of the demon lords you collected, no one except another demon lord-level being would even think of approaching.”
Yuma asked why then.
“-Survival of the fittest, respect for the strong. That’s the demons’ rule. A rule that will never change. They greatly fear overwhelming power differences. They wouldn’t dare challenge beings who killed two demon lords.”
Yuma’s choice after hearing those words was simple and clear.
Giving the two red hearts – Birth Stones of the demon lords to the dwarves next to the elf.
The dwarf looked at Yuma while holding those terrifying objects.
“-Why give these to me…?”
“-Use these to make bracelets.”
If just possessing them would prevent any demon below demon lord level from daring to touch him, he should wear them as bracelets.
That’s what Yuma thought, and currently on his right hand, a bracelet made from those two Birth Stones was in place.
The heart jewels – Birth Stones of two demon lords strongly evoked a fear rooted deep within the demons.
Step
Yuma moved forward without hesitation.
While it was pure bluff from Yuma’s perspective, it wasn’t bluff to his enemies.
Kuguuuuu──!!
The death scent flowing from the Birth Stones of the two dead demon lords settled in the demons’ sense of smell.
The demons imagined the dominating aura spreading thickly from Yuma’s body in their own minds as they pleased.
Creeeak!!!
Gray, brutal heat shimmers flowing from his entire body.
An aura stretching into the demon realm’s atmosphere.
Yuma merely walking appeared to the demons like death itself approaching.
It was a show of force demonstrated directly.
Right in front of where the demon realm’s gate had opened was the advisor’s camp.
And there were advisors who had seen Yuma’s force through the eyes of demons and demon beasts, and many of those who had heard the screams of such advisors were stationed here.
While thinking this was fortunate inside, Yuma gestured with his chin toward the red-haired demon who had stuck his head out and tried to block Yuma and Bell’s entry at the demon realm’s gate.
“Come here, you’ll need to act as our guide.”
The brown demon trembled and backed away at Yuma’s words.
At that moment Bell stepped forward, grabbed demon Jamus’s shoulder and forcibly stood him next to Yuma.
“Eeeek!”
Despite having considerable power, Jamus could only tremble.
Yuma and Bell proceeded forward taking the demon called Jamus with them.
Then they moved toward where the demon realm advisors were gathered.
Great Demon Fraud and Demon Realm Duke Seliel, the two advisors who had directly witnessed Yuma annihilating demons, opened their mouths wide and stepped back.
Fraud opened his mouth.
“What… what were you thinking coming to the demon realm?”
Yuma spoke quietly toward the advisors.
“I simply have my personal business. I’ll leave after getting what I need.”
The platinum-blonde vampire Seliel gulped.
“What business could a human have in this demon realm…?”
“None of your concern.”
The atmosphere grew increasingly tense.
Of course, that was only from the demons’ perspective.
At that moment, something fell from the red sky like a meteor.
It wasn’t a meteor but a demon.
The demon who landed while their red hair spread thickly approached Yuma.
“How very impressive!”
Unlike a demon, she had snow-white skin like a human, hair moving like flames, and a huge body with notably large breasts fitting that hugeness – she was a female-type demon.
She wore a black dress that looked quite high quality.
The demon stared at Yuma with yellow eyes.
At her appearance, all the demons who had been wary of Yuma knelt down.
“Oh great one…!”
“Master of all flames of this world.”
Because that demon lord was none other than a Great Demon Lord.
Great Demon Lord.
One of only five beings in the demon realm.
Yuma looked at the female-type demon before him with Search Eye.
That was the same as in the game Loop Blood.
There were scenes in the game where gods who descended to the demon realm got beaten up by Great Demon Lords.
However, gods being superior beings was inevitable.
Although Great Demon Lords clearly had power comparable to First Rank gods, they couldn’t leave the demon realm.
Yuma stared intently at Great Demon Lord Lilith.
Lilith’s red lips opened.
“How amazing. Though you killed two demon lords, for a human to show no fear of me at all! Amazing!”
Lilith strode forward until she was right in front of Yuma.
“I wonder if you think you can win against… no, if you think you can kill me!”
“If you’re curious, try attacking.”
Yuma adjusted his grip on Balmung that he had been holding loosely.
“I’ll let you attack first.”
The demons’ mouths fell open at the crazy words of daring to offer the first attack to a Great Demon Lord.
Shhh.
As Lilith smiled brightly enough for the corners of her mouth to reach her ears, dominating aura spread from her entire body like a spider web.
An explosive atmosphere.
The demons stepped back sweating down their backs at the distortion in the air.
Lilith, who had been staring at Yuma with yellow eyes, shifted her gaze to Bell beside Yuma.
“You’re admirable too. Is it that you’re not scared because you take after your master?”
Lilith smiled again as she looked at Bell who had her senses heightened with her hand on his sword handle.
“Hmm.”
Along with Lilith’s short nasal sound, the brutal energy she had been emitting instantly evaporated.
“Actually I was just curious. What kind of crazy human stepped foot into the demon realm.”
Yuma didn’t bother to respond. It was true after all.
“If what you desire in this demon realm isn’t my life, I can give you all the advice I can. I want to invite you to my castle.”
Lilith looked like she was dying of curiosity about what this middle realm human who had lost all fear would do.
“This demon realm is as vast as the middle realm you were in. I don’t know what you’re looking for, but my intelligence network is more solid than those worthless ones.”
It wasn’t something that could be dismissed as nonsense, as it wasn’t wrong at all.
Yuma nodded.
“How very delightful!”
Yuma and Bell followed behind Lilith as she said that.
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It’s that simple?