Welp, feels pretty bad when your jcafe account hasn"t been approved by the admins even after a week, but other people are being accepted daily. Also feels bad when you don’t notice it’s 2 am already… Thanks for reading~
We"ve finally arrived at the demon king"s castle town.
Without entering the town, I"m using a telescope to see the state of the town from a small hill.
There are many well dressed and brawny demons.
I can tell how much the enemy has read into our strategy from looking at the state of their town.
For example, if a large scale evacuation was starting, it means they have already sensed our movements.
Plenty of apples have been lined up in the shops.
… It seems the information that we sent about how eating apples can defend against the G.o.d bird"s disease has properly circulated.
Even though there"s no way apples could defend against a disease that even I couldn"t make any antibodies against, since the nature of the disease changes every few seconds.
"Hey, Kearuga. Let me look as well." (Eve)
Before I knew it, Eve came close to me and started talking to me.
Even though she"s about to do a great task, she"s like always… which is what she"s trying too hard at.
She must be desperately acting as if she"s fine.
After this, Eve is going to kill thousands, tens of thousands of demons. There"s no way she would be normal.
"No." (Kearuga)
"Why? I"m the one that"s using the G.o.d bird." (Eve)
"That"s the reason. You shouldn"t look at the faces of the people you"re about to kill. It"ll just make it tougher for you." (Kearuga)
Even I feel that way when I look at the state of the town like this.
The final objective is to subjugate the atrocious demon king.
He feared having his position of power being stolen by the tribes that the former demon king gave favourable treatment to, so he expelled, slaughtered, and performed all kinds of unjust acts, so that his successor would be of the same race, and would win over the tribes that are unctuous to the demon king.
It"s natural that he should die. However, the people she"s killing this time are the residents of the castle town.
They are ordinary people that were slightly blessed. They live their daily lives to the best of their abilities.
They have the sin of following the atrocious demon king, but they are people, just like us.
I properly bear that in mind.
Whether they are a good person or my benefactor, I kill my enemies. With the demon king"s army, the kokuyoku tribe that was kind to me has already… not only that, the country is using its power to ma.s.sacre as well.
With that point, my revenge target was no longer the demon king as an individual person, but the country that the demon king controls.
However, Eve finds that incomprehensible.
There"s a chance she won"t be able to kill the virtuous citizens, and even if she does kill them, her heart will bear a deep scar.
Eve should not see people as people.
Just fighting power, just game pieces, just numbers.
If she doesn"t kill them while thinking of them like that, her heart won"t hold.
"Kearuga, you really are kind in the strangest ways. … That"s why I became your lover. I"m not so cheap that I would give up my body just because you"re cool or you saved my life." (Eve)
Eve smiles sweetly, and s.n.a.t.c.hes the telescope.
Because that movement was just too natural, I couldn"t react.
"I see, so I"m going to kill these people now, huh. … They are laughing normally, and living normally." (Eve)
Eve"s tone when she muttered seemed as if she felt helpless.
"I think you already know, but if you say something like you"re not going to bring out the G.o.d bird here, the guys in the village that are opposing the demon king will be ma.s.sacred. No one will be saved unless you defeat the demon king now and become the new demon king." (Kearuga)
"Kearuga, I already know that. It"s fine that you"re nice, but you unconsciously look down on everyone, right? I want to properly take responsibility for it. I want to properly know what I did. If not, I can"t proudly become the demon king." (Eve)
Eve"s hand is shaking.
In her mind, she engraved the figures of the people she"s about to kill.
"I know how profound my sin is. But, I will do it. You know, for me, rather than these people living normally, my comrades are more important. Everyone dwelling in my back is praying for me to take back the country of the kokuyoku tribe." (Eve)
Eve spreads her black wings.
By birth, Eve possessed one skill as the king of the kokuyoku tribe.
【Kokuyoku Summon】.
It keeps the souls of her same tribe that died with regret in each of her feathers, and is a technique that gives those souls a physical body as necessary.
In her small back, Eve is carrying countless souls.
"I"m looking down on others, huh. Certainly, you might be right… sorry. If you want to take responsibility for those sins, then I won"t stop you. However," (Kearuga)
I put my own hand on Eve"s shaking hand.
"I can support you like this. … Well, today is Ellen"s day though. If you feel lonely or scared, call me, since I can at least be flexible with your turn in line." (Kearuga)
"Puh, what is that. Kearuga, you really are a bit strange." (Eve)
Eve leans her body on my shoulder.
We look at the state of the town together.
They aren"t on the watch for us; we can give them plenty of damage. It"s time to carry out the plan.
… We definitely can"t fail.
It"s to protect everyone from the village as well, but it"s also for Eve herself.
The G.o.d bird"s power is too much for someone to handle.
Each time she calls it, she receives serious damage. Eve can summon it once more, and she said that she would lose her life the third time.
Even if she doesn"t die, she will lose something every time she summons it. So, I"m going to make this time the last.
The sun set.
We will now carry out the strategy.
After causing chaos by sending the G.o.d bird"s snow of death, select few people will charge.
We"ll use the G.o.d bird for breaking in. By riding its back, we can enter the demon king"s castle.
The select few people include my party, the stalwarts of the iron hog tribe, and the best people in each tribe from the village.
"Everyone, are you ready?" (Kearuga)
"Please leave it to me, Kearuga-sama. I have plenty of mana, and right now, I can even ram them with rank seven magic!" (Freya)
Freya breaths roughly from her nose.
Humans can only use up to rank five magic, and anything further is magic that only the hero of【Magic】, Freya, can use.
At any rate, rank seven magic huh.
It seems she"s already reached the area that princess Flare was finally able to use before fighting the demon king in the previous world.
I"m sure my raising method must have been good.
"Setsuna will protect Kearuga-sama even if it costs her life. With the power given by Kearuga-sama." (Setsuna)
Setsuna looks at me with eyes full of determination.
Her natural fighting sense, her flexible, tough body, and the effort she"s acc.u.mulated.
Everything needed for fighting was arranged in Setsuna. However, simply because her level limit was low, she wasn’t able to become strong.
But everything changed after meeting me.
Because she received a hero"s s.e.m.e.n everyday, her level limit now exceeds an ordinary person, and has become champion cla.s.s.
And, her level had reached the upper limit.
By now, Setsuna possesses enough power to rival the three champions of the Dioral Kingdom.
"Even if the opponent is a demon king, there is no way I would lose with you here. Let"s go comfortably." (Kureha)
In this situation there was a calm person.
【Sword Saint】Kureha Claylet.
For sword techniques, there are none that surpa.s.s her in this world. And, she became even stronger after gaining the qualifications to be the hero of the【Sword】.
It might be conceit, but after meeting me, Kureha has become much stronger.
In a one to one battle, even I would have to use my trump card on her.
"… Kearuga-niisama, I feel like I finished everything I needed to do when the strategy drafting phase ended, so I cannot say anything cool, but I will accompany you anywhere!" (Ellen)
Princess Norn… who became Ellen after having her memories erased, makes a clenched fist with her small hand.
With this rough strategy as a base, she concentrated on the details and revised it so that we can smoothly carry out the operation even if we suddenly accelerate it by two days.
She isn"t flashy, but Ellen is helpful.
"Guren is going to kitsune sleep after we finish this quickly. Finish it so that you don"t use Guren"s power as much as possible." (Guren)
The kitsune cub scrambles up my head and yawns.
… I wonder why she can"t read the situation. If possible, I wanted her to say something cool.
My party is the strongest.
There"s no way we would lose with these members.
And then, we turn our eyes towards today"s leading actress.
"Eve, everyone finished preparing. Now it"s just you." (Kearuga)
"Yeah, I have already prepared myself since long ago." (Eve)
Eve closes her eyes on the spot and gives a prayer.
Eve spread her wings.
Eve"s mana whirled.
It was enough mana to make anyone who possesses mana to fear her.
Eve opens her eyes. Her blood red eyes are s.h.i.+ning. A huge magic circle was created at her feet.
"I command you in accordance with the ancient oath. You who carries wind and death, the companion of my soul, Caladrius. Manifest right here and now!" (Eve)
By Eve"s powerful words, a gate opens.
The magic circle on the ground projects in the sky, and a large bird appears from inside the magic circle with its white wings covering its body.
The G.o.d bird that carries disease, Caladrius.
『O master. This is now the second time you have called me. … I thought of questioning your resolution, but I will not. I can tell from looking at those eyes. This is a warning. Make this is the last time you summon me. Next time, you will become a broken person when you call me. And, death comes the next time.』(Caladrius)
"I know. But your power is necessary. Lend me your power, Caladrius." (Eve)
Eve faces the G.o.d bird.
The G.o.d bird made a white ball of light at its feet. It"s big enough to fit twenty, thirty people.
『O sword friends of my master. Enter this sphere. If not, you will die.』(Caladrius)
We nod, and enter the G.o.d bird"s white sphere.
Then, the G.o.d bird grabs the white sphere with the claws on both of its feet and flies.
Inside the white sphere, Eve is desperately praying.
No, she"s giving power to the G.o.d bird.
Eve"s hair was originally black like her black wings.
However, when the kokuyoku tribe"s village was attacked, the colour in her hair came out and it became white.
This time, colour is disappearing from Eve"s skin, and I feel Eve"s existence turning faint.
I embrace her from behind, and pour mana into her.
I don"t know if there"s a point to that, but I just wanted to do it.
Once we came to the town"s sky, the demons looked up and started panicking.
Without caring about that, the G.o.d bird moved to the centre of the town.
It spreads its wings.
Snow began to fall.
It"s not just any snow. It"s the snow of death.
Death rained incessantly onto the town.
Demons and monsters collapsed in succession. There were people that believed in the superst.i.tion and ran into shops, eating apples, but they simply died.
Those who tried to release an arrow at the G.o.d bird immediately lost the strength to pull their bow and died.
Those who tried to go to the sky fell halfway and died.
Overwhelming power.
The country eater that destroyed a country.
The snow soaked into the roofs of buildings where people confined themselves in, and even killed the residents inside.
Thousands, tens of thousands of lives worthlessly fell.
"Kearuga, I can hear many people dying." (Eve)
While biting her lip, Eve mutters that with a voice that sounds like she"s about to cry.
Without saying anything, I put power into the hand I"m embracing Eve with.
Five minutes pa.s.sed.
The soldiers that came out of the castle, asking what happened, all died as well.
… The ones that survived are probably the ones in a special room of the demon king"s castle that"s protected by a barrier. With the snow of death that just rained, we shaved more than 90% of their fighting power.
The greatest obstacle to a.s.saulting the demon king"s castle, the overwhelming number of strong soldiers, has disappeared.
And, there is one bonus.
A hero"s level limit is ∞, so they can become as strong as they want. My level that absorbed ten thousands of lives has become 232, a laughable number.
Even the hero party in the first world was around level 80.
Eve is in a party with Freya, Kureha, and I, who all have level limits of ∞.
It must be because of the overwhelming correction of twofold to eight fold from being cubed.
And then, Freya and Kureha are also over level 200 like me.
There probably isn"t a single person that has ever reached that level in history.
『O master. It must be your limit to keep me here for this long. I will go.』(Caladrius)
"Yeah, please." (Eve)
The G.o.d bird strongly flaps.
We charge towards the demon king"s castle.
We enter by breaking through the upper floors of the castle. At the same time, the white sphere disappears, and we penetrated inside the demon king"s castle.
The G.o.d bird"s appearance fades.
『I pray for the fortunes of war for my master. My master in this occasion was quite interesting. It is disappointing that we have to separate after all.』(Caladrius)
The G.o.d bird completely disappeared.
"Kearuga, sorry. It looks like I"m at my limit already. I leave the rest, to you." (Eve)
Eve faints.
Then, I caught her body in my arms.
"Good job. Just leave the rest to us." (Kearuga)
Eve has done what she needs to do. It"s our job from now on.
We"ll find the demon king, and slaughter him.
And then, we"ll make Eve the demon king.
Once we do that, I can live happily with my important people after I finish my revenge. It will probably change into that kind of world.
I"m looking forward to that kind of world. … I see, so I"m already thinking about my future after my revenge huh.
Author"s Note: Young Ace Up-sama has started serializing a manga for this! It is being serialized on the web for free, so you can lightheartedly read it. Let"s enjoy Kearuga-sama"s activity even in a manga.