*Unedited.(I don’t think editing would be of much use when I’m constantly scratching my mosquito bites :/) So my procrastination levels took a new step, and my friend made me watch a clash royale stream for a long time… I don’t even play clash royale… someone save me from this cycle of laziness ughhh. Oh, and Yuuki Yuuna sequel is coming out. Time to rewatch season 1 because I completely forgot what happened lol. Thanks for reading~
Author"s Note: There is an update for the manga on Young Ace Up-sama this week as well! Please press the support b.u.t.ton!
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I am facing demon king Hakuou.
The demon king has a lion head and a human body.
Fitting of a demon king, he a very high level and has an extra high status. Furthermore, he possesses multiple powerful skills.
I won"t let my guard down.
He"s not an opponent that I can win against with my guard down. I will definitely decide it with【Deterioration Heal】.
For that sake, I want a chance.
"Setsuna, Kureha, I leave the vanguard to you two. Make sure to not take any of his attacks… dodge everything." (Kearuga)
"Nn. Leave it to us." (Setsuna)
"I understand." (Kureha)
Setsuna and Kureha jump out.
Setsuna extends her ice claws, and Kureha draws out her sword. Then, they both attack from blind spots as if putting the demon king between them.
Demon king Hakuou stands up in a calm and composed state.
His claws grow long, and s.h.i.+ne blackly.
It"s similar to Setsuna"s ice claws and style, but he originally has a large build. In proportion to that, his claws become ma.s.sive. Far from the size of Setsuna"s claws, it"s as big as Setsuna herself. That signifies the length of his reach.
Not only that, each and every one of them are dreadfully sharp. They would probably even rip up a magic sword.
… No, that"s not a prediction, I"m certain.
You wouldn"t expect it from that large build, but he has a skill called【Corrosion】.
People who touch him will corrode instantly.
Because he has that power, I told them not to take his. .h.i.ts. The sword that takes it will break, and his claws would probably continue on to attack Kureha and Setsuna.
The demon king swings his claws towards Kureha, who entered his range first. The claws of【Corrosion】a.s.sault Kureha at a speed that even the top swordsmen wouldn"t be able to see, to say nothing of an ordinary person.
On top of not being able to receive it, he sweeped sideways, so his attack range is abnormally wide.
To avoid this, she would need to jump up, but if that happens, demon king Hakuou would use his remaining left hand to checkmate her. She can"t avoid a pursuit midair.
Therefore, Kureha chose the third option.
Just as she landed, she sent the ground flying with a kick, and returned back at ultra high speed.
A mysterious scene that looked like time rewound itself appeared before my eyes.
Together with a thunderous sound, claws pa.s.sed by a few millimetres away from Kureha"s face and in the next moment, Kureha sprung at him with a violent sword thrust.
It"s a rus.h.i.+ng thrust.
Seeing through demon king Hakuou"s blow, she thrusted after confirming that her sword will reach faster than the pursuit.
"Ha-!" (Kureha)
And, that decision wasn"t wrong.
Kureha"s sword certainly reached demon king Hakuou.
However… the blade didn"t pierce him. The bristle covering his body defended against the【Sword Saint"s】attack.
The bristle that"s covering the demon king"s body in itself is the armour.
Kureha drops her centre of gravity enough to make her crawl on the ground. His strong arm grazes right above her, making Kureha get blown off. The grazed part of her flesh is corroding and hollowing.
Setsuna approaches from behind the demon king.
The demon king needed to completely concentrate on Kureha, so he was being neglectful in being cautious. In addition, Setsuna has soft, soundless movements, so he couldn"t sense her at this distance.
Setsuna is smart. She doesn"t think that her attack would pierce the demon king when Kureha"s blow couldn"t, so the moment her ice claws touch, she"s freezing him with the part she touched as the focus.
Then, at the same time demon king Hakuou turns his body towards Setsuna, she detaches her ice claws and jumps backwards with all her power, escaping from the demon king"s attack range.
… Setsuna only froze him, and she doesn"t think she can give any damage to him. This is just a preparatory step.
As if changing places with Setsuna, Kureha once again closes the distance and stabs the frozen fur.
Then, the fur crumbles together with the ice. Exactly, Setsuna froze him for this sake. The hardness of that fur did not defend against Kureha"s thrust. The softness and smoothness that made the sword slide is important.
By freezing it, those become useless.
Now, she can cut his flesh next time by ignoring that troublesome fur.
"Insoleeeeeent!!" (Hakuou)
Together with demon king Hakuou"s shout, the black power that had only been covering his claws started cover his whole body, becoming spherical and spreading all at once.
Setsuna covered her body in mana and the power she called qi, and Setsuna made ice walls with all her power.
At the same time the explosion of black darkness settled, Setsuna collapsed. Her flesh has decayed all over her body. She"s still breathing. Although she"s on the verge of death, I can use【Recovery Heal】as long as she"s alive.
Kureha seems to have somehow defended against it, but the damage is large.
However, in addition to the exhaustion after releasing a bold move, the demon king has also let his guard down as he defeated Setsuna and weakened Kureha"s power.
To demon king Hakuou in that state, a flame sphere flies at him from the front.
It"s Freya"s magic.
It seems too plain of a magic for the hero of【Magic】who has mastered the magic to reduce an army of a thousand to ashes.
For the appearance, at least.
That tiny fireball has the same amount of power that rank seven magic, which is two above rank five magic – the limit for humans.
Yes, that tiny fireball has enough heat to create h.e.l.l in this world.
That"s how much compression there is. The difficulty is several times harder than firing it normally. That effort paid off, as the power was tremendous.
Demon king Hakuou grabbed that fireball with his arm clad in black power.
I had ordered Freya to immediately drive magic at the demon king with all her might if Setsuna and Kureha make a chance.
Freya held her breath, and continued waiting for a chance to definitely hit him.
"One after the other! Don"t underestimate me that much!!" (Hakuou)
The demon king crushes the fireball with his hand.
He corroded the flames with【Corrosion】.
However, the compensation was large as his right hand that crushed the flames carbonized, and he is breathing heavily after exhausting much mana and stamina.
If this much power is used consecutively, even a demon king will become like this.
Thanks to that, he"s full of weak spots. … I can drive my decisive attack into him.
"【Deterioration Heal】" (Kearuga)
Even Freya"s magic that was driven into him by Setsuna and Kureha making a chance was a decoy. The moment the demon king turned his consciousness towards the fireball, I started running and approached close enough to his feet.
The real decisive attack is my【Deterioration Heal】.
It breaks the opponent by changing their body into an incorrect one with【Recovery Heal】, an instant death attack.
Until now, not a single person has defended against【Deterioration Heal】.
I won"t use divine arms Georgius.
Although slight, in exchange for sending【Deterioration Heal】, it sacrifices mana and precision.
To soundly dispose of the demon king, I want to directly throw it into him.
Both my eyes s.h.i.+ne.
One eye is the【Jade Eye】I received from the spirits of the stars. Magic eyes that see through everything in this world.
One eye is the【Kokus.h.i.+gan】I received from the G.o.d bird. Magic eyes that see the future. (TL Note: The ateji saved me because I don’t understand what the actual meaning of this is lol. 刻視眼)
I made a strategy after seeing through all of the opponent’s abilities, and by even seeing several seconds into the future, I sense it and crush the sprouts of counterattack.
Theoretically, as long as I have these two eyes, I won’t lose against anyone.
I can see demon king Hakuou’s movements several seconds ahead with the magic eye.
At the same time the opponent creates a phantom body, he plans to dodge by s.h.i.+fting his real body.
As long as I can see it, I won’t fall for it.
I calmly confirmed the real body and touched it, ignoring the phantom.
【Deterioration Heal】activates.
This time, I thoroughly remade his body. I block the exits of his heart, destroy his spinal cord and made it so no oxygen would be sent to his brain.
“Freya! Hit him with all your power. Don’t stop until he turns into as.h.!.+” (Kearuga)
“Please leave it to me. Kearuga-sama.” (Freya)
Freya fires magic at the collapsed demon king Hakuou.
While being cautious of demon king Hakuou, I first heal Kureha, and then run up to Setsuna, using【Recovery Heal】on her.
Due to【Recovery Heal】, Setsuna, who was on the verge of death, opens her eyes.
“Kearuga-sama, Setsuna lost again. Sorry.” (Setsuna)
“No, you carried out your role perfectly. You worked even better than I expected.” (Kearuga)
It’s not just flattery.
Setsuna actually did do well.
The scenery in my【Kokus.h.i.+gan】dyes red. In a few seconds, my head will go flying.
Drawing my sword, I put it in front of my neck.
A high pitched shrill was made, and black claws touched the sword, decaying it.
Since I had antic.i.p.ated that to happen, I jumped while holding Setsuna before the sword decayed.
There, demon king Hakuou in perfectly good health was there.
Strange.
I know he didn’t possess any regeneration abilities.
However, my【Deterioration Heal】has the power to change their correct condition.
Even if he has any regeneration abilities, he should only be able to return to the appearance I remade.
That’s why it brings certain death. Even the knights that were afflicted by the black power were powerless before【Deterioration Heal】.
And, I saw with my【Jade Eye】that demon king Hakuou doesn’t have any skills to overturn【Deterioration Heal】.
“O hero, you seem to have a surprised face. You can see inside of me with those eyes, which is exactly why you cannot accept it.” (Hakuou)
Demon king Hakuou grins.
However, that was just on the surface.
As someone that had been deceived since the olden days, I can see his expression behind his mask.
“Sorry for disappointing you. … Certainly, it seems I was too fixated on what I could see. Demon king Hakuou, what’s backing you up from behind?” (Kearuga)
It’s simple if I think about it.
If demon king Hakuou shouldn’t be able to stand up after receiving【Deterioration Heal】, then there must be someone behind the scenes.
It’s hard to believe there is an existence that can do whatever he likes to the demon king’s body from a distance that we can’t see.
“It seems your brain isn’t bad.” (Hakuou)
“Don’t worry, I’ll properly kill you. That’s probably your wish after all.” (Kearuga)
The methods to regenerate after receiving【Deterioration Heal】is limited.
1. An ability to reestablish their correct condition.
2. To preserve information about their correct body condition outside of their body.
It’s one of those two.
It’s just my intuition, but it’s the latter. Someone is healing demon king Hakuou to the condition they remember him in.
There seems to be a healing magician with the equal skill as me. How cheeky.
“Yeah, kill me. You need to do so. I… end up killing everything. I am scared. As long as I am the demon king, everyone will betray me, scorn me, and try to kill me. Above all, the demon king itself will devour me. I have been rapidly disappearing after becoming demon king. Tell me, who am I? Is Hakuou really me?” (Hakuou)
Demon king Hakuou’s figure becomes bigger.
His body further enlarges, and he became a beast that treads on the ground with four limbs.
Piercing his stomach, a blade sticks out from both sides and bends frontward, transforming into a halberd.
That appearance isn’t just for show. Looking at him with【Jade Eye】, his joking status dumbfounds me.Also,
… As expected of a demon king.
It wouldn’t be worth fighting him if he couldn’t do this much.
“It seems the opponent has finally become serious. … We’ll also do our best from now on.” (Kearuga)
Now, let’s go for round two.
I’m already starting to get tired of this. If there’s any interference from the outside, I can search for a magic that kills him under that hypothesis. If it’s me, I can do that.
Author’s Note: Web Ace Up-sama publicly released chapter 3.
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Also, volume 2 will be released on the first of December! It’s a book I worked hard on writing new parts, with erotic and rape scenes that I can’t write on Narou.
By all mean, please read it.