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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Ruby
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Lilith’s Great Demon Lord castle was located very close by.
Well, that’s why she had appeared before Yuma not long after he entered the demon realm.
Only the Great Demon Lord castle wasn’t much different from that conventional appearance in Yuma’s thoughts.
Numerous forces were stationed at the entrance of the Great Demon Lord castle.
Just those visible to the eye numbered around 1000.
Vast armies positioned left and right.
Lilith walked down the massive avenue between those armies, her red long hair fluttering.
Due to the demon lord Birth Stone bracelet Yuma was wearing, all the numerous demons were on high alert.
Kuguuuuu──!!!
Since so many First Rank demons were spreading their sharp senses, the tension thickly settled in this Great Demon Lord castle was visible to the naked eye.
“Most noble and esteemed Master of all Flames, that human… is a dangerous being who killed and eliminated two demon lords of our demon realm.”
Those were the words of a Death Knight, a black knight wearing armored plate.
Lilith drew an arc with her mouth despite her close aide’s concern.
“It’s fine. I’ve merely brought a friend to converse with.”
Lilith tried to suppress her subordinates’ concerns by casually waving her right hand.
Of course, there was no way the subordinates’ anxious hearts could be calmed by such carefree words from their master.
Yuma received gazes mixing fear and killing intent as he followed behind Lilith into her Great Demon Lord castle [Purgatory Castle].
The architecture reminiscent of bright red flames clearly imprinted what kind of ability this Great Demon Lord before his eyes handled.
“Welcome to my castle, crazy human. My name is Lilith. I hold the title of Master of All Fire Demons.”
Her manner of speech was thoroughly imperial.
Yuma clicked his tongue inside.
But he thought it wasn’t strange.
The Great Demon Lord species held positions above even an empire’s emperor.
“I’m Yuma.”
“Yuma, is it.”
Lilith guided Yuma and Bell to the central table in Purgatory Castle’s main hall.
“Sit.”
The two sat side by side in chairs arranged around the massive table as Lilith guided.
Lilith turned her yellow eyes toward Yuma.
“I’m very curious what purpose brought you to the demon realm.”
Yuma pondered briefly.
The passive skill [Crisis Detection] detected nothing.
And Lilith’s disposition was neutral.
Since the demon realm was ultimately a society, good, evil, and neutral all coexisted.
Even among humans good disposition was relatively rare, so among demons it would be far rarer.
The conclusion was quickly reached.
He would honestly state his business.
Then act according to the response to it.
‘Or kill.’
If they attacked, he’d kill them.
Anyway, if he extracted pure blood from a Great Demon Lord’s heart, he’d accomplish his greatest objective.
According to the tip received through the status window right after killing Incrinew last time, the Great Demon Lord blood needed for the combination to devour the Dragon Heart wasn’t just any Great Demon Lord blood, but like in the game [Loop Blood], it had to be blood extracted from a Great Demon Lord’s Birth Stone, meaning their heart.
Then that meant he absolutely had to kill one Great Demon Lord.
Even if it didn’t have to be blood extracted from the heart, there wouldn’t be a single Great Demon Lord who would kindly donate blood.
If a situation arose where he couldn’t kill them, he could return to the middle realm using the Dimensional Movement Orb.
The reason Yuma wasn’t trying to kill Great Demon Lord Lilith right before his eyes was because Great Demon Lord blood wasn’t his only objective.
Seal.
The Seal of Flash.
In terms of the game Loop Blood, it was a ‘seal’ that could give the power to instantaneously teleport the body, that is, ‘flash’.
‘There shouldn’t be many cases where I can’t find parrying points.’
Since he had found even the parrying points of Termination, the authority of Incrinew who was darkness itself.
‘But there must be variables I’m not anticipating.’
That’s why he needed to obtain flash ability.
Meeting the seal family among the demons and receiving [Seal of Flash] from one of them.
That was Yuma’s secondary objective.
Yuma thought his course of action would be determined by what form the ‘seal family’ took in this world.
Even then if he had to kill a Great Demon Lord, there was no need to kill two Great Demon Lords and draw lots of attention in the demon realm.
Yuma spoke quietly.
“Do you know where the seal family is?”
Lilith’s eyes drew an arc.
“Oh… the seal family. It seems you have business with them.”
“Yes, I’d like you to tell me their location and situation if you know.”
Lilith’s yellow eyes shone brightly.
Yuma could tell from those unusual eyes that Lilith felt very strong interest in the topic he brought up.
“The seal tribe is bound to the land of Master of All Blessings, Great Demon Lord Berzet.”
Yuma slightly furrowed his brow.
He couldn’t easily understand Lilith’s words.
If they were in Berzet’s land that was one thing, but he didn’t understand what being ‘bound’ meant.
“All blessings would be formed by seals. Then isn’t Great Demon Lord Berzet the head of the seal family? What do you mean by bound?”
Lilith grinned.
“It means exactly what bound means. The seal family has lived as Great Demon Lord Berzet’s slaves for 250 years. Berzet was not satisfied with the numerous blessings he and his other bloodlines were born with. He coveted even the blessings formed by the seal family’s seals. So he subjugated them through war.”
Yuma’s brow slightly wrinkled.
‘The situation is quite different.’
The situation was very different from the seal family in the game Loop Blood.
They had no history of living as a slave family.
Since there wasn’t clear certainty of connection in the first place, the different situation wasn’t contradictory.
Yuma organized his thoughts.
“Then, to get what I want from the seal family, I’ll likely have to kill this Berzet.”
Likely have to kill a Great Demon Lord.
That’s what Yuma was saying now.
He was talking as if he could kill a being that, considering their power, wouldn’t be strange to call a demon god.
One of the demon realm’s five overlords.
“Hahahahaha!! Very interesting!”
That point made Lilith very pleased.
“If you are determined to kill Great Demon Lord Berzet, I can help arrange contact between you and the seal family.”
Yuma looked at Lilith with narrowed brows.
“How can I trust your words?”
Lilith’s yellow eyes flashed their unusual light.
“I am the master of all flames in this demon realm. Yet there is one who dares handle flames in this land besides me. That’s Berzet. He goes around shooting flames obtained through seal blessings. I find it hard to simply watch that sight.”
Anger.
What Lilith showed was clear anger.
“And Berzet is one of the few who fought a war with me. Though that was before we both held Great Demon Lord status.”
The lack of elaborate reasons made it more believable.
Rather than having special reasons to help him, a human… simply moving according to their own desires seemed more fitting for a demon.
But even so, he couldn’t easily believe it.
“You still don’t trust me. I’ll tell you a more honest reason.”
Lilith decided to be a bit more honest to resolve Yuma’s doubt.
“In my battle with Berzet, my younger brother’s right arm was cut off. By an attack that couldn’t be recovered from. This could be a chance to get payback for that.”
Only then did Yuma understand the deep anger underlying Lilith’s words.
“For me this is just a gamble that seems to have a speck of probability. Even if you fail to kill Berzet, I don’t intend to seek separate compensation for providing information.”
Yuma didn’t hesitate any longer.
Because he absolutely had to kill one Great Demon Lord anyway, and had to obtain the Seal of Flash, and Berzet clearly seemed to be the being where those two objective points converged.
“Alright. Set up a meeting with the seal family.”
Yuma.
The human who killed two demon lords.
However, Great Demon Lord was of a different status.
A being that even First Rank gods couldn’t easily approach in this demon realm.
“I shall look forward to it. Human.”
If the human before her eyes succeeded in killing Berzet, it would be a very pleasant thing from Lilith’s perspective.
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Yuma was in a room with Bell, guided there by Lilith’s subordinate.
It was a very spacious room.
Yuma sat in a chair and thought briefly.
The seal family.
The seal family he had encountered in the game Loop Blood.
“-Thanks for helping defeat those Lepheus demon lord family bastards together. Human. What’s your name?”
The seal family in Loop Blood was a demon lord family.
One of the mighty families that ranked among the top 10 demon lord families.
“-[Don’tScrewMeOver], what an interesting name. Are all human names this interesting?”
The head of the seal family was a platinum-haired demon lord.
Her name was definitely Selene.
Selene engraved a seal on [Don’tScrewMeOver]’s back.
“-Unless it’s a forced covenant, the seal family’s seals can only be engraved if there is sincere goodwill toward the seal target. It means I, [Don’tScrewMeOver], have quite strong favor toward you.
He remembered the silver eyes.
“-The seal family remembers all grace and mercy. Like the seals we engrave.”
“-Ruben Ehendel.”
“-It means always wishing peace in the seal family’s seal language.”
“-Farewell. [Don’tScrewMeOver], I always wish you peace. Your grace and mercy are sealed.”
Finishing his reminiscence, Yuma slowly opened his eyes.
Shortly after, following three knocks on the room door, it opened.
The red-haired Great Demon Lord, Lilith, stood there.
“We shall depart tomorrow morning.”
Yuma nodded.
“Understood.”
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