Victory And Defeat
There’s neither darkness nor light. However, what’s for certain is that, their vision disappeared. Nobody can see anything. Absolute nothingness rules over this vicinity.
Before long, when his vision cleared up,
“Zee……zee……”
Asch, unable to remain standing anymore, collapsed face up.
“Gu……gueeeeeeeh”
Hearing the battered Lokiel’s groans,
the Dark Magician, shuts his eyes.
He no longer, has any more magic power.
In a state where even his breathing, is feeble,
“……haa……haa……it’s my……loss huh……”
he mutters, like he threw in the towel.
The Joker Demon sees the sight of that,
makes an uncanny smile, and slowly moves closer. Already, both its arms came off its body, and its body fluid was flowing out. It’s trembling, looking like it’s about to collapse at any time, but its hatred towards the Dark Magician in front of it, pushes the Joker Demon to move forward.
“Kuu……kukukuku……it’s your win, Lioar”
Along with those words, a white-haired old man appears from Lokiel’s shadow, as though he was there the whole time, and removes the Demon’s heart.
＜Form With Me, A Death Contract, And Offer Up Your Heart, As A Eternal Sacrifice＞
“Gu……eeeeeeeeeh”
As it’s raising an agonising cry, as it’s glaring at Asch’s face, the Joker Demon sinks into the ground.
“Fuu. Asch-sensei, thank you for your hard work”
Lioar, speaks to him while showing the same smile as always.
“……as always, you sure are an unpredictable man huh. Did you calculate this far?”
The conflict with the Senate Leader Zelve. Lily’s manipulation. The Joker Demon Lokiel’s rampage. Delta’s death. Through the multiple occurrences that nobody could ever foresee, the white-haired old man obtained a result that couldn’t be better. However, the person himself simply answers a short,「no way」, indifferently.
“What a crafty man, good grief. Well, what’s left is the boring clean up. I’ll leave it to you”
Lioar bowed deeply at Asch’s words, and he disappeared into the darkness again.
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A few kilometres ahead. Zelve passes through Castle Salreinkarlo’s gate pantingly.
“Close it right away!”
He shouts with a ghastly look and scrambles into the castle.
“Haa……haa……what should I do……what should I do……”
While he mutters to himself, he searches for his next move. The worst Demon ended up going on a rampage. At this rate, this Narsha Kingdom will end up being destroyed. He has to, immediately, assemble the Senate, hold a strategy meeting, and deploy the soldiers; promptly consolidate the opinions, and form the strongest squad. In this country, the only one who can do that, is he himself. He himself is the only one who can do it. He has to do something. He has to somehow, salvage, this crisis――
“Where are you planning to go? Senate Leader Zelve-dono”
The one who appeared alongside that harsh voice,
and stood before his eyes was,
Lioar.
