IMPORTANT:
Edited Chapter 107 & 109
Devil to Demon
Final Battle
King Raizer is the only one left.
“……”
“I don’t like it. I buried your reliable Four Saints. It’d make sense even if you’re more afraid, terrified, and even scream”
While saying that, Asch was thinking about a single possibility. There’s not even a slither of fear in his look. It’s as though, he’s certain of his victory.
“As I thought, Hazen-sensei sure is, amazing”
King Raizer mutters.
“……what are you saying?”
The Four Saints are already gone. The soldiers around are all greedily fighting over the money. Hazen’s scheme should’ve all gone up in smoke, at the very least, there shouldn’t be any factor that’ll allow him to escape death.
And yet……
＜＜Oh Wicked Demon, Along With True Terror, Thrust, The Dead, Into Abyss＞＞
King Raizer’s words, reverberated deeply, and the Magic Circle’s Pentagram he crafted with his fingertips, drew beautiful lines.
From the ground came a black light and a gigantic and sinister clown. A face painted in white along with flamboyant clothes, whilst having a jet-black body. The figure that wore adorable make-up at first glance. It, looked horribly ominous.
“……Lokiel”
The Dark Magician couldn’t help trembling.
Joker Demon Lokiel. It’s a mid-rank Demon, and it’s said that Hazen＝Heim is the one and only who succeeded in summoning it. Its strength is next to the Dominions(Warrior Angel), Ria Lully Blanc, and a higher ranking Demon than Belias and Olivier that Asch summoned.
“I had thought that he was being excessive. To begin with, this war. I can bring it to a victory even without the Four Saints. However, I wondered if Hazen-sensei had felt it instinctively. That a threat of this calibre will one day come”
Hazen＝Heim transferred the Demon, which once single-handedly destroyed a small country, to King Raizer. That is, an act that’s akin to having offered an arm of his.
“……you sure are composed huh. Do you think that if there’s Lokiel around, you can win against me?”
While saying. The Dark Magician desperately thinks of how to weave his way to victory. But, the chances of winning for every single plan are slim.
What was beyond his expectation was, King Raizer’s disposition as a Magician. The fact that that of his was, far above the Four Saints. It requires an enormous amount of Magic Power and willpower to control the Joker Demon. Hazen＝Heim, the fact that he handed it over, means he was certain that he could control it.
“However, I sure don’t understand”
“What?”
While answering, Asch’s mind thinks. He desperately contrives the route to victory. Until then, it’s fine to continue the pointless conversation.
“Why, are you this adamant about this war? You’re in a desperate pinch with your back against the wall even now. And yet, you show not even the slightest sign of running away, not in the least”
“It’s simple. It’s because the price I paid to arrive here is great……well, if I had to say, there’s also just a little bit of a, by all means, secondary reason”
“……that is?”
“Do you remember the dance party a while ago?”
“Dance party? Aah”
“You, didn’t chase after her. That’s the reason”
“……what do you mean?”
“Can I ask you instead? Why, at that time, you didn’t chase after her? From what I can see, it seemed you had been considerably captivated by her”
“……are you telling a man who’s trying to unite the continent from now on, to lose himself over a woman before his eyes? At the very least, I lost the reason to chase after her the moment I knew she was a commoner”
It’s not an issue about his heart. No matter how much he had felt for her, it’s unthinkable for a King to have a commoner partner. At that time, he told himself that over and over again.
“I see……I guess that’s why”
“……what does it, have to do with that?”
“If, you had chased after her, maybe the future might have been different. If you had just chased after her, like a fairytale”
“……”
“However, you didn’t”
“……I have the duty of uniting the continent, and saving the people around the world”
“I see……for the sake of the likes of the people around the world huh”
The Dark Magician, he opens his eyes widely and tilts his head.
“……”
“I don’t think that the value of all lives is equal. The world isn’t made equal after all. For the sake of the lives around the world that you don’t know, the likes of trash, you abandoned a woman who had stolen your heart. I, a gentleman, could not forgive that”
“……”
“That’s why, I’ll reject everything of yours. That ambition of uniting the continent that you’re trying to accomplish, as well as that dream of trying to save the people around the world that you don’t know, I’ll smash them to smithereens! Well, it’s just a secondary reason by all means though”
He solidified a strategy.
The Dark Magician, he starts chanting.
“In that case, I shall reject you with all my strength as well. For the sake of the world in the future”
“……now then, let’s get into the final battle, shall we”
Asch laughed with a twisted expression
