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[Formation of alliance]
[[…Paimon It disappeared.]]
An indecipherable silhouette was moving in a space filled with dense darkness.
Slurrrrr….
It was something amorphous with no clear shape. At first glance, it looked like a cephalopod with dozens of legs, or like a huge plant with roots extending in all directions.
The strange being’s mutterings echoed in the darkness as deep as the abyss.
[[Was that kid attacked by the demon lord?]]
If there were demons around who were listening to that voice, they would have immediately realized the identity of the voice.
Baal.
The strongest demon king and ruler of the demon world slowly opened his closed eyes.
[[But… why can’t the little demon king be seen?]]
Baal was curious, and immediately a small flame was summoned in the darkness.
Grumble!
It was the soul of Demon King Paimon, who had been extinguished by Lily a little while ago.
[I… disappeared… but…?]
Paimon lost all his flames to Lily, and even his soul disappeared and turned into a heap of ashes. What was summoned here was only a remnant of that.
Baal did not use any force, but summoned the remnants only with ‘will’.
[[Paimon. I have called you.]]
A power that was impossible in the past.
Baal said with pleasure that he was gradually becoming accustomed to embodying ‘omnipotence’.
[This voice… Baal…?]
[[Tell me everything you saw.]]
At the sound of Baal’s voice coming from above, the remnants of Paimon raised their heads and looked upward.
And then let out a silent scream.
[!!]
Baal’s body was connected as one with his throne.
Tentacles extended from the body and wrapped around the throne, and the flesh and blood that flowed down like ooze stuck to it.
Slowly….
The tentacles extending downward were penetrating countless corpses of demons and absorbing their blood.
[Could it be… the entire castle…?]
And in the middle of the throne, Baal’s head, with half of his brain exposed, was placed like the icing on a failed cake.
[Really… Baal…?]
It was not the Baal she knew.
The once powerful and intimidating body had half melted and stuck to the throne, turning into a form more terrible than extinction.
See-ee-ik.
Baal smiled, raising the corners of his mouth unnaturally.
[[Let us know with glory. You will be the last person to meet me before becoming one with the Demon Beast.]]
[The Demon Beast…? What do you mean by that?…]
Demon Tree (魔界樹)
It is a tree that was born with the Demon World, and its roots were known to surround the entire Demon World.
A great being revered even by the longest-living Demon Lords.
[To become… one… with the Demon Beast… what did you… do…]
Baal’s brow furrowed at the sight of Paimon answering his question with a question.
[[I didn’t call you to ask a question. Tsk tsk. If I had obtained a perfect ‘battery’, this process would not have been necessary…]
Whirlick!
A tentacle rose from the floor and wrapped around Paimon’s soul.
And I began to read it, absorbing it in its entirety.
[Aaaah… Aaaah!]
The soul of Paimon, who thought he would not experience any more pain because only the remnants remained, let out a terrible scream.
The shabby flame quickly dimmed and soon went out with a flicker.
After a moment of silence, Baal, who had learned the whole story of the incident, muttered softly.
[[A fire witch… indeed. Was it not possible for a being not born in the Demon World to be seen even with omniscience?]]
Wriggling…
Hundreds of roots extending from Baal’s body were deeply embedded through the walls and floor of his Demon Castle.
They wriggled dynamically as if they were constantly sucking something in.
-Baal was in the process of merging with the Demon Tree.
In the process, Baal gained omniscience and omnipotence.
Now, I could naturally ‘know’ everything that happened in the demon world just by thinking about it, and
I could realize ‘almost everything’ possible in this world with just my will.
The reason Paimon knew that the soul was destroyed and the reason he summoned even a remnant of the soul was because Baal had gained the ability of omniscience.
However, since the fusion with the Demon Beast was not yet complete, those two abilities were not perfect.
‘Does it not work for those who do not belong to the demon world?…’
But that doesn’t mean it can’t be seen.
[[Shine.]]
Jiiiing-!
A huge demonic mirror appeared in the air, and beyond it, Lily’s figure was visible.
With her wings stretching tens of meters wide open, the girl was looking down at the demons lying down in front of her.
-I will defeat Baal and become the Great Demon King!
Thanks to Abraxas’ quick recovery, Lily was able to hide her real face inside the demon rabbit doll again.
-Ooooooo!!
The demons who were moved by the battle between Lily and Paimon were cheering for Nibaniba.
The birth of a new 10 seat!
The praise for Nibaniva, who destroyed the Fire Queen Paimon and usurped her throne, was enough to stay up all night.
Lily seemed to be excited by the demons’ reaction, raising her hands to encourage them to respond.
-Demons who will go with me to defeat Baal! Scream!
-O king! I will be with you!
-I will be your servant forever!
-Long live Nibaniba! Long live!
Baal quietly watched through the magic mirror as the place suddenly became noisy like a concert hall.
[[It’s insignificant.]]
Just as an elephant is not scared by the threat of an ant, Baal felt nothing when he saw Lily.
Since I couldn’t know the other person even with omniscience, I was curious and just looked into the magic scriptures myself.
After seeing it in person, it seems insignificant.
If I wanted to, I could make all the demons over there go crazy.
But I didn’t.
‘I can’t afford to waste money on useless things now.’
Because it was time to focus our efforts on becoming harmonized with the demonic tree.
Wiggle…
Hundreds of roots connected to Baal’s body wriggled and supplied him with strength.
The sap of the magic tree.
The purest energy of the world was flowing into Baal’s body.
[[Just a little more….]]
Grrrr!
Baal’s shapeless body trembled. Bubbles rose and burst, and fluid and blood flowed out.
However, rather than pain, Baal felt a distant pleasure.
Kugugugu…!!
Baal’s entire demon castle shook so violently that it seemed as if it would collapse.
[[Soon… I will become the God of the Demon World.]]
A flawless and omnipotent being.
That was the reason Baal attempted to merge with the Demon Tree.
{Yes, Baal. You will become a god.}
A voice from another being was heard. It was a voice that only Baal could hear.
Baal responded in an unpleasant voice.
[[Soul Eater.]]
Ssssssut.
The gray energy flowing from Baal’s body coalesced and formed a faint human shape.
Surprisingly, it was Soul Eater, which was thought to have been destroyed by Daein.
In the past, Baal and Soul Eater formed an alliance, and Soul Eater shared a part of his soul and sent it to Baal as proof of their alliance.
Afterwards, the main body of Soul Eater was absorbed by Daein and disappeared, but the part that remained near Baal survived like a parasite.
{You haven’t forgotten the deal you made with me, right? In return for helping you become a god…}
It was Soul Eater who taught Baal how to fuse with the Demon Tree.
{The landlord decided to give it to me.}
At that moment, the screen visible beyond the magic mirror changed.
-Kill me!
-Wow!
The armies of the demon world were clashing with each other and slaughtering each other.
A battlefield filled with shouts and screams and covered in red blood.
At the back of the battlefield, I saw a great man leisurely watching with his arms crossed.
Soul Eater said in an excited voice.
{He is mine. By reclaiming my body that was absorbed by that bastard and taking that body, I am once again a god…} [[
Shut up.]]
Baal growled in a low voice.
The Soul Eater’s voice ringing in my head and the fact that he had just manipulated the demonic spirit as he pleased was extremely unpleasant.
[[If you use my power arbitrarily one more time, I will destroy you.]]
{…….}
Soul Eater was living in his soul with Baal’s permission.
He could have destroyed Soul Eater if he wanted to, but Baal did not do that.
Because I needed the help of Soul Eater, at least until I was completely fused with the Demon Tree.
{Baal. I believe you will keep your promise.}
[[It’s a simple thing. If I become a god.]]
Any rebellion in the demon world can be suppressed in an instant.
After that, he will invade Earth and put an end to the Allied Forces, and
eventually become the ruler of the dimensional hub and become famous throughout the universe.
We just need a little more time.
[[Not much time left….]]
Feeling the power being constantly absorbed, Baal slowly closed his eyes.
{…okay. There isn’t much left.}
Looking at that scene, the Soul Eater in the form of a gray mist smiled faintly.
***
[The ally will arrive soon.]
The moment Daein saw Vassago’s triumphant expression, he decided to pretend to be surprised.
“alliance? What alliance? “What do you mean by that all of a sudden!!”
Vassago felt much better at Daein’s embarrassed reaction.
‘It means that the leadership of this alliance that you hold will change.’
After the crushing defeat at the Burning Plains, Vassago completely lost the initiative in the struggle for leadership with his allies, the Allied Forces.
In a situation where they were being pushed back by the Baal army led by Agares, Daein threatened to return to Earth if he messed up(?).
But the days of such insults are over.
[I don’t know if you remember. A demon king named Nibaniva who rebelled in the north. I got in touch with them a while ago. They decided to join my command there.]
Although they formed an alliance of equals rather than under my command, Vassago spoke as if his army had increased in order to kill the great man.
‘It’s not wrong. There’s no way a little demon lord would try to match me…’
I guess the landlord wouldn’t know. He was Vassago, who had the confidence to play with something like a young devil in the palm of his hand.
“That can’t be possible…”
As expected, the landlord clenched his fists with a stiff expression.
‘Tsk tsk. ‘It’s no use regretting.’
And that evening, the allies Vassago had been waiting for arrived.
thud! thud! thud!
A lava giant tens of meters tall was walking ahead.
Behind them, countless demons were running, raising clouds of dust.
Doo doo doo doo!
The demons that Nibaniva took under his control or swore loyalty to as he conquered the northern part of the Demon World.
That number was actually greater than the troops Vassago had left.
Vassago’s face hardened as he saw a larger army than he could have imagined and a familiar lava giant.
[No way… Paimon…]
That lava giant was clearly Paimon’s Demon Castle.
The fact that a chubby demon rabbit, not Paimon, was riding on the shoulders of the Demon King meant one thing.
‘The owner of the flame has changed.’
After a while, Nibaniva’s army stopped at a reasonable distance away.
Whick!
Nibaniva and his subordinates, who jumped to the ground, began walking this way.
Accordingly, Vassago also came forward accompanied by several of his family members to welcome the alliance.
‘It looks more formidable than I thought, so I shouldn’t underestimate it.’
-Puhuaaaaaaa!
Vassago’s cloak fluttered like crazy as powerful magical power was unleashed from his body.
Exuding a dignity befitting an overlord, Vassago strode toward his ally.
Jump and jump.
Long strides.
The distance between the two demon kings quickly decreased.
The demons swallowed their saliva, nervous that something might happen.
Vassago was the first to speak. He spoke with utmost composure.
[It took a lot of hard work to hurry up the long way. I personally welcome you…]
Whiik!
Nibaniva passed by Vassago and ran towards the great man who was watching blankly from afar.
[Formation of alliance] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
