Episode 173. Demon King vs. Apostle of Justice (2)
The moment they saw Mary, they fainted.
The hypnosis was activated even though I didn’t cast any magic and just made eye contact.
In fact, it wasn’t that unusual for Mary.
She had a natural talent for magic since she was young, and she could cast multiple spells simultaneously just by blinking her eyes or waving her hands.
When I fell down on the street and cried, it was raining heavily in that area.
When he got angry because the neighborhood kids teased him for being small, his body would glow on its own and the temperature around him would rise rapidly.
When I was terrified after hearing a scary story, a gust of wind blew and the roof of the tower was blown away.
It’s hard to believe that all this was done by a child not even a teenager.
This amazing talent was enough to make even her parents, who were both great wizards, astonished.
Still, for Mary, they were all happy memories.
Even though she was known as a troublemaker, there was no one who hated Mary, so she was able to have a good growing environment.
The habit of eating bugs could be dismissed as part of her magical training, and her unusually four-dimensional personality could be considered cute.
However, there is an exception when you are teased for being small.
-The young lady is a kind person.
Some Baekma Tower officials knew Mary’s true identity, but treated her without ill intentions.
Even from Mary’s perspective, who didn’t know the details of his birth, he was remembered as just a kind uncle.
However, now that he has discovered that the Demon King has been sealed within his body, arrows of distrust begin to stab into his heart.
He wonders if he is truly his mother and father’s biological child, and if his magical talent actually comes from the power of the Demon King.
Above all, I wonder if the happy daily life I’ve lived so far wasn’t all a lie.
I was so scared I couldn’t stand it.
Even if that were true, I thought the answer was to try to ignore it.
Even if it were known, there would be no benefit to it and it would only cause greater confusion.
I thought I could just do as I usually did and went out to play with bugs in the forest… but why did I feel fear unconsciously?
I was able to find out the reason while taking history class.
That’s because I’ve been learning all along what kind of monster the entity sealed inside my body was called 30 years ago.
It was easy for Mary to see that the cause of that fear was guilt.
It is absolutely unacceptable for someone to live like this, laughing and making noise.
My guilt only grew as I started having nightmares from that time on.
but…
– Those people desperately hid your inner self. Thanks to that, you’ve grown up innocently until now. Of course, there were some eccentric aspects to you, but… Are you saying that the judgments of those people who saved you were all wrong?
My friend told me so.
Even though he revealed his identity, instead of being hostile, he embraced him.
I had completely forgotten that I was being chased by fear. That there were people who believed in me regardless of my identity.
If so, then you too must be confident that you can take risks to save those people if they are in danger.
“Mary, why are you going through all this trouble to save a little shaman?”
The wind spirit Dolkan spoke with concern.
The spirits that follow her around are also friends who have been with her for a long time.
I wanted to stop Mary from doing what she was about to do right now, but since she had already transformed into the Demon King in front of everyone, it was useless to do anything.
“What if this becomes known to the world? Are you really sure you won’t regret it?”
This time it was the lightning spirit Blitz who spoke.
I tried to reassure her with the news that the boy named Radon was still alive, but wasn’t it enough?
However, even if that friend escapes alive, it is not a life worth living if there are this many enemies left.
“Is it true that Radon is alive?”
Mary said.
He didn’t look like the little kid who always threw tantrums.
『It seemed like they were performing some kind of ritual down there. Using that hell gate as a pedestal to survive. This guy really is beyond common sense.』
“Then I guess I’ll have to guard this place until then.”
『Mary…』
Many people have tried to hide Mary’s identity.
However, it is not that I did not expect this to happen.
They built a friendship with Mary, knowing that their efforts would one day be in vain.
But now, Mary has decided to give it all up.
For one friend.
『If the fight goes on for too long, you may lose your senses. Then, your body will be taken over by the Demon King’s thoughts.』
“You can just sweep it away quickly before then.”
A little girl flew up with her wings flapping, creating a powerful gust of wind.
Even Ruthie had to exert herself to keep her balance, and holding on wasn’t the end of it.
“Go to sleep.”
As a magic circle appears in Mary’s eyes, purple waves spread out from its center.
All the soldiers who were touched by the wave had their eyelids closed and fell asleep.
Just by looking at the target, hypnosis magic was activated, and the number of opponents decreased.
All that remains are the spirits.
“That’s… no way!”
Ruthie, who barely managed to withstand the sleeping spell, trembled at the sight of Mary’s changed appearance.
I don’t know about anything else, but it’s clear that it’s not human. Furthermore, the Rosaria he was holding in his hand was reacting to Mary’s neck.
As if he wanted to cut it one more time.
“This is truly a shame. I heard that the Alighieri Academy is the best magic institute, but they are secretly raising such pests behind the scenes.”
Rosaria’s sword glows red.
The spirits’ nerves became sharper in response to the sword containing the spirit king’s daughter’s thoughts.
“I aspired to be a knight because I admired the Saint Maria of the previous generation. If you are someone who has thoroughly studied all of her achievements, you will know. You are related to the Demon King whom Saint Maria beheaded!”
It was easier to figure out through Rosaria’s persistence than through his own experience.
Whenever Saint Mary took up the sword, she always fought with all her might.
The most intense battle among them was with the Demon King, when her will was at its peak in Rosaria.
That tremendous obsession is still evident in the sword.
“So the Alighieri Academy that was hiding you was also in collusion with the Demons! Today is your luck! Your neck will justify the judgment!”
“Is that all you can think of? Have you ever thought carefully about whether that’s really the right decision?”
“Hahaha! Of course, it wouldn’t be good to hurt a young cadet like you. But! If it’s the right thing to do, I have no hesitation in doing it!”
Ruthys, who strengthens his will with a loud shout at the end of his speech.
A person like that is the commander of the imperial knights?
Instructor Jason before too. What on earth is the leader of the empire thinking?
It’s even more disgusting that he says such things with such passion.
“Beat the neck!”
The spirits begin to swell under Ruth’s command.
The spirits in the shape of tree roots immediately wrapped around Mary’s body, starting with her wings.
The spirits that had gathered in the gap began to shoot storm blasts from their mouths.
Mary was directly hit by an attack that was on a different level from basic wind magic, but she tore the roots that were binding her away by releasing magical power and neutralized all of the attacks.
And he manifested the spirits under his command.
-Krrrrrrrr!
-Kyaoooooo!
The spirits lost their balance as the cheetah made of wind and the lion made of lightning stomped on the ground.
Dolkan and Blitz are upper-level spirits that have completely manifested, rather than just appearing partially and wandering around like usual.
In addition, many spirits appeared following Mary, and they had red eyes like Mary.
They followed their masters and were prepared to abandon their instincts, and began to fight against the hostile spirits.
-Koooooo!
At that moment, a high-level spirit, a lizard the size of a house, rushes at Mary, baring its teeth.
And it wasn’t just one, but two… Mary quietly gestured and activated the superior lightning magic, ‘Thunder Break’.
Flash-
Things happened in an instant as the lightning flashed past, leaving a clear trail of lightning.
The lizard spirits that had been rushing towards me had disappeared without a trace, and at the same time, the forest beyond them had disappeared, and the mountain that had risen up behind it had been torn in half.
It is a magic that allows you to change the map with just a gesture.
“Ugh!”
Mary clutched her head as a headache suddenly came over her.
The price for using that powerful magic was to make the Demon King’s thoughts grow even stronger.
But this was not the time to stay still, for a Tritan larger than a mountain was moving.
Kugugugugu-
Another earthquake strikes, the ground splits, and an ominous, hellish atmosphere rises from beneath.
The sight of it cracking the ground and opening the gates of hell was like that of a mythical monster.
Mary quickly flew up so that the others would not get involved.
Swoosh-
“Wow!”
It was my first time in my life flying faster than the speed of sound by flapping my wings.
He reached a height higher than Tritan’s head, but ended up floundering in the air.
Because of that, I couldn’t avoid the guy’s palm strike.
“omg!”
Cookies and cookies-
Its huge body makes a loud noise just by moving.
Mary was hit by the overwhelmingly large palm strike and was sent flying several kilometers before crashing into a mountain.
“Crash!”
Mary stands up again as she coughs up blood.
It was only thanks to the defensive magic that was activated on its own that it was able to end at this level.
But then Tritan fired a green beam from his eyes.
A ray of light flew towards Mary, who had hastily finished her upper-level defensive technique.
Kwaaaaaaa!!-
The earth shook and a huge gust of wind blew in.
Several mountains swallowed by the tornado were uprooted and blown away.
But thanks to her defensive technique, Mary was able to take a direct hit and still survive.
But this time, I got another headache.
“Don’t let the fight drag on!”
`I know, too.`
Upon hearing Blitz’s telepathic advice, Mary flew up again and cast all sorts of advanced magic.
Just a moment ago, various magic spells of the same attribute as the Sun Break were blooming in the air.
There, Tritan responded with a beam of light that had just been shot, but it was not enough to counter the superior magic that was flying in in bunches.
Kwakwang!-
Kukwang!-
Tritan’s bodies disappear one by one.
An arm was lost to the superior fire magic Flare Drive, and one leg was swallowed up by the superior wind magic Wind Storm.
But, as befitting the highest spirit of life, Tritan rebuilt his lost body.
He’s not the type of guy who’ll fall down just by casting spells.
That’s why Mary plays the finger whistle.
-Whew!
What appeared in response to the call were countless bugs.
The bugs hiding in the forest gathered together to form a swarm. Its size was so great that it could swallow Tritan’s entire body.
Pee-pee!-
Tritan shoots the beam again at the swarm of insects rushing towards him.
But the bug army passed through, leaving only the section where the light beam flew through empty.
Soon, the army of bugs that had swallowed Tritan began to literally eat him up.
During the process of eating, the internal structure is transmitted to the ‘Queen’. Upon hearing the news, Queen Mary of the Bugs immediately flies towards Tritan.
‘Over there.’
The bugs were particularly prey to the genital area of Tritan.
Thanks to this, Mary was able to penetrate the hole and destroy the core that maintained Tritan’s massive body.
-Koooooooo!
Tritan, the giant tree that collapses while screaming.
Mary, who was covered in bodily fluids from the nuclear explosion, suffered from a headache again.
This one started with a barrage of magic and was used too much.
I was mentally exhausted enough that I instinctively wanted to take a break, but my opponent wasn’t completely down yet.
“That monstrous power. As expected, there is no other Demon King!”
“…!!”
An arrow shaped like a toothpick flies.
Mary, realizing that it was an arrow fired by Ruthie, quickly dodged, but was unable to move any further and ended up falling to the ground.
As the Demon King’s thoughts grew more intense, Mary forced herself to calm him down.
Then Rutis appeared, drew his greatsword and struck down.
“You look pretty tired from the fight you just had. Don’t you think so?”
“Eww!”
Mary barely managed to block the greatsword with defensive magic.
But while Ruthless was pinning his opponent down with his sword, he aimed his bow arm at Mary.
Arrows are automatically created and fired using magic power.
Phew!-
“Ugh!”
As the arrow struck her shoulder, Mary released her defensive magic and was cut in the chest by the greatsword.
However, as a counter to that, he casted wind magic and threw Lutis into a rock far away.
“Ugh! Is this your last struggle?”
Still, Ruthie stood up safely.
It achieved nothing except briefly creating distance.
Even if you want to get help from the spirits, they too are in battle.
The more I use magic, the more my mind breaks down, and the enemies still walk towards me in perfect health, unable to ask for help.
But who else but himself would be there to guard Radon here?
“Be judged quietly!”
Lutis, with a cheerful expression, strikes with his greatsword.
I had no choice but to use magic to stop it, but someone appeared and blocked it with a spear.
It was Tariel who should have fallen asleep right away.
“Huh? How…”
“How did you wake up? If you ask me that, isn’t that guy strange too?”
Heidern stood in front of Mary.
Just as Ruthie overcame hypnosis on her own, they too were able to jump into the arms of their own accord.
“Gentlemen…”
“Don’t say anything. For now, take care of yourself first.”
As Tariel spoke, he pushed away Lutis, who had been in a standoff with him.
I was really speechless. It didn’t make sense for him to act like that after seeing himself like this.
Tariel pushes Rutilus again. Perhaps due to the difference in experience, his spearmanship is superior to his swordmanship.
“Whoa! You’re strong.”
It’s so hard to avoid that the best you can do is fight back with force.
However, even though he was pushed back by that strength, Ruthie used her wit and aimed her bow again.
It was the moment when another arrow was about to be loaded.
“That won’t do.”
“Ugh!”
Heidern’s flame bullet hit Lutis’ hand directly.
The bow attached to that arm was burned and turned to ash.
After that, there was a moment when I lost strength in one arm and was completely pushed away.
“Kwaaak! My arm…!”
“This is the end!”
“Did you know how to say that?”
Phew!-
Something pierced Tariel’s abdomen from behind. It was a scorpion spirit controlled by Lutis, who had managed to pierce it with his tail.
And the spirits began to stir again.
“Mr. Tariel! Are you okay?”
“Ugh! I let my guard down.”
“There are still so many spirits!”
Even without any higher level spirits, there was enough force to hold back Heidern.
In addition, the situation has become one where we have to fight while also stopping Tariel’s bleeding.
With the two saboteurs gone, there was no one left to protect Mary.
“These are the limits of the spirits that can be tamed by Rosaria. But I think I can settle this.”
“….”
“Rosaria cut off the Demon King’s neck, so let’s do the same this time!”
Rutis runs forward, pulling out the red sword.
I want to become righteous.
I want to be a hero.
It was at this moment that Ruth’s once passionate expression was distorted into madness.
“Ugh!”
Mary risks losing consciousness and tries to deploy defensive magic again.
Then my mind became confused and my heart became hot.
This feeling of something awakening inside my body was a sign of my consciousness being revived as the Demon King.
`No!`
Mary tried to stop it by returning to her human form.
I can’t fight anymore.
I’m out of magic power.
I couldn’t stop Rosaria’s sword from drawing a red line on my neck right before my eyes.
Kang!-
“huh?”
I didn’t hear the sound of skin being cut.
Rutis looked puzzled at the thought of Rosaria being blocked by something.
“30 minutes have passed.”
What blocked the way was the snake’s tail.
And Mary flinched at the voice from above.
“It’s time to change players, Mary.”
There, the friend who had fallen off the cliff was riding on the back of a giant crow.
Mary was greatly impressed that it wasn’t fake.
“Hey friend…!”
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