Revival
“……what the hell is going on, shit”
I lie on the bed of the room provided to me. The words I heard from His Majesty just now are going around inside my head.
The words I heard from His Majesty were,『Luciana. I will betroth you to Nanor Kingdom’s Levielt・Runwalker』.
Luciana……Lucy was originally my fiancee. If we won in the earlier war, Lucy and I were supposed to get married. However, the war ended with a defeat. Because of that, Lucy became a political tool…….
This is also because I was weak. I’m not trying to be conceit, saying that we lost the war because of me. However, we’d have probably won the war had I been strong. It’s something that I heard afterwards, but the one I was fighting at that time was the Feudal Lord. If I had defeated that person…….
Besides, I could protect Lucy without even listening to the Empire if I had the strength.
Ever since the day I heard about Lucy’s engagement, I had been thinking of something like that the whole time.
I want strength. The strength to protect Lucy. The strength to not let her get taken by the people around. After thinking of such things, I came to be able to hear a voice inside my head at some point.
『O……p……er. ……d……wa……th?』
I didn’t understand the meaning of it initially because it cuts off here and there. It’s to the extent that I thought it was maybe just me hearing things. That voice became clearer as the days pass,
“Oh, the one who possesses my power. Do you want strength?”
, and a voice reverberates in my head. It reverberates inside my head no matter how much I try to cover my ears. It resonated every day, and around the time I was getting fed up with that voice, that fellow finally showed up.
Leivelt・Runwalker. He’s an opponent I couldn’t lay a finger on. Even Ijuuin, Shidou, and I together can’t win going up against him.
Just from seeing that fellow in the audience room, my resentment for him inside of me welled up. And then what I thought was, ‘won’t Lucy come back to me as well if I kill him’.
After thinking that, I came to wonder why I held back until now. And then I ended up responding to that voice.
“Can I become strong if I listen to you?”
『You finally responded huh, the one who possesses my power. Of course. It’s a breeze to kill the guy that you hate』
I came to talk to the voice that reverberates in my head ever since that day. And then the day after he came. The voice inside my head, it told me the fact that the Demon Race would show up.
The fact that there’s a Japanese like me amongst them, as well as the fact that I can acquire strength if I kill that fellow. I was waiting for that chance. I climbed onto the Imperial Capital’s rampart, and while looking at the dragons that fly around the sky, I was looking for the target.
And then, I found him. He’d come down to the rampart by himself and was standing in front of Leivelt.
『That’s him. You’ll be able to acquire his strength if you kill him』
The voice sounds delighted inside my head. I can’t really trust this fellow, if I have to be honest. However, if I can acquire strength if I kill that fellow, then I.
And then the chance finally showed up. Leivelt, who activates an absurd magic before my eyes. The black-haired man, who’s all beaten up from that technique. I walk to the man who’s face-down on the ground on all fours, drawing the Demon Sword from my waist.
“Aah……y, you……e, he, help……m, e”
The man, who extends his hand out to me. Like hell I’m gonna help you. I’m gonna have you become the source of my power.
I raise the sword I held in my hand up into the sky and swing it down towards the man as it is. The sensation of the Demon Sword stabbing the man’s body remains in my hand, but I didn’t bother with something like that. I stab him over and over and over again. At the same time as that, a burst of laughter reverberates inside my head. I also start laughing in sync with that.
Around when the hand the man was extending towards me dropped onto the ground, I too stopped stabbing the sword at last. The people around were looking at me, frozen.
“Will this do?”
『……』
I ask the voice inside my head, but there’s no response. After I thought that, an ebony mist gushes out from within the man. That mist clings onto my body and enters my body from my mouth, nose and so forth.
“Guuh, gaaAAAAAh!”
The mist squirms around inside my body. Pain courses through my body, so much so that I can’t remain standing.
『You have my gratitude. I managed to come out from his body thanks to you. His growth was at its limit already after all. If it’s your body, it can probably still become stronger. Kukuku, Astel sure is an idiot. Because of her own Blessing, her own Apostel got taken over. She probably never imagined that her own Apostle’s body would actually be used』
“Gaah, you……tric……ked……me?”
『I did not trick you. I will lend you my strength. It’s just that the control of the body will be mine』
A burst of laughter then reverberates inside my head. Then comes the sensation of my body being corroded from within. I’m losing myself. My consciousness is fading away. Am I going to end up disappearing like this? I……
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What’s happening? Just as I thought the Demon Sword-kun stabbed and killed the man, a black-mist-like thing spilt from within the man, and that mist entered the Demon Sword-kun.
Immediately after, Demon Sword-kun suddenly started agonising, went on his knees, and stopped moving. What exactly is going on……. The moment I thought that, an absurd amount of Magic Power blows violently from within the Demon Sword-kun. A jet-black Magic Power that seemingly erases every colour.
That Magic Power settles down bit by bit, gathering at the Demon Sword-kun. And then the appearance of what appeared from within was the Demon Sword-kun, but his hair colour had become silver, and his eyes had also become blood-like crimson-red.
“Kuhaha, kuhahahah! Finally! I finally acquired a body! It may not be my actual body, but my lifelong wish is fulfiled. I’ll give you my thanks, Kaidou Takumi. I managed to descend to this world thanks to your hatred!”
What’s with that fellow? What a repulsive air. The soldiers around have gone unconscious, and it seems the Hero group can’t remain standing either. Alexia is trembling as well.
“Hikarin. Can you still go?”
『A bit more is fine nano!』
That fellow, I can’t leave him be like this. My guts are telling me. That fellow is the main cause of everything. When I, who thought that, ready my spear and try to head to Demon Sword-kun
“Clad My Body, lad my body, Giant Apparatus Of Black Arms(Hecatoncheires)!”
the Seven Demon Generals came down. Amongst them, Gilgas activates his magic and swings his tomahawks down towards me.
“Hahaha! It’s been a while, hasn’t it! Leivelt・Runwalker!”
“Gilgas! Get out of the way!”
I block with my spear, the attacks of the tomahawks unleashed by the 8 arms. Over there
『 It’s payback for my subordinatesss!』
even the Black Dragon Ruler showed up. I catch the punch with the gigantic black arm with my spear, but I got sent flying. Shitt!
“We need you to disappear”
And then standing behind me was, the armoured Seven Demon Generals that I sent flying, holding a level 10 sword in his hand. He then swings the sword he held in his hand down at me.
I somehow caught it with my spear, but I ended up going on one knee because my posture was horrible. A sword pressure that feels like I’m about to be crushed from above. I can’t hold on with one hand.
And then, I was kicked in the abdomen by the armoured Seven Demon General and sent flying. I somehow managed to endure it without falling from the rampart, but the Seven Demon Generals have all gathered around the Demon Sword-kun.
“You have finally awakened, Baron-sama”
“Aah, well done, Azel. Also, Seven Demon Generals. I finally managed to acquire a body as well thanks to you guys”
“However, that body is no more than a substitute”
“Aah. Is the original body still sleeping there?”
“Yes”
“Well, whatever. Let’s acquire the body one day. Besides, I’m personally still unstable as well. Since I need to dye the land in blood to fully resurrect. First, let’s blow this place away as a warning!”
When the Demon Sword-kun says that, the Black Dragon Ruler gathers Magic Power in its mouth again. Dragon Ruler’s Bellow huh! I wonder if I can stop it at my current state. But, there’s no time to think about it. I accumulate and activate all of my Magic Power as well.
“Light!”
『Hah!』
“GURUuAAAAA!”
“Light God’s Holy Shield(Aegis)!”
I cancel the spear and let Hikarin out from my body. Light then appears beside me and transforms into a sphere, just like Hikarin. The sphere changed its shape while emitting light and turned into a shield that repels everything.
A platinum-shining shield and a jet-black bellow. Both of them collide, and the bellow scatters to the vicinity. It falls inside the Imperial Capital and destroys the buildings. However, there’s no way I can lose here.
“HaaaA!”
And then, I withstood it all the way. I activate Aegis’ ability here. It’s the power to absorb a part of the enemy’s attack’s Magic Power. It won’t accumulate that much under normal circumstances, but it’s quite an amount if it’s a bellow.
I’m able to covert the Magic Power to my own power, as well as attack with that. I recover my Magic Power slightly with that ability. Well, since I’m using Aegis, it’s no more than a slight bit of replenishment though. This shield has other abilities as well, but I don’t have enough Magic Power currently.
“Hou. You blocked Erase’s bellow huh. But, you are all wounded. Perfect. The former owner of this body wished for your death as well. I shall kill you myself”
And then, the Demon Sword-kun holds his sword and walks over. I ready my shield as well. I already have pretty much no Magic Power, and my body won’t really move as well, but there’s no way I can go down at a place like this. Just as I thought and readied myself
“Guuu! Wha, what’s this?”
Demon Sword-kun suddenly started agonising, holding onto his head with his hands. What exactly is going on?
“Guu, shit! You still haven’t disappeared huh. This body already belongs to me. Don’t you come out!”
Is the Demon Sword-kun, still remaining in the consciousness?
“Baron-sama. Let us retreat here for once”
Azel and the others show up beside the agonising Demon Sword-kun. Shit. I thought this was my chance.
“Tsk, it cannot be helped. I guess I’ll make do with just being able to come out to this world for the time being. I’ve got to get this body accustomed as well”
Demon Sword-kun and the Seven Demon Generals that say and try to leave. And then, Azel turns to me like he remembered something.
“That’s right. Leivelt・Runwalker. Let me tell you something nice”
“……what?”
“Our final destination will be, the Demon’s Land”
“Wha!?”
Azel leaves just those words behind and gets on the Black Dragon Ruler’s back. And then they ended up taking off before I could say anything. He’s saying that their final destination is the Demon’s Land? What is over there?
I think about it variously, but I can’t wrap my head around it. My Magic Power ended up depleting, and Aegis ended up disappearing as well. The dragons that were circling the skies were also gone before I know it. I couldn’t stand and ended up collapsing right on that spot.
