Episode 36
「What?」
Baalzebub’s body was completely disappearing.
Of course.
Her immune system collapsed before she could even regain her proper name, so it would be difficult to withstand the world’s deterrence any longer.
“you…what the hell are you… …?”
“Go away.”
There was nothing more to say.
Whatever he says doesn’t affect me anymore.
He already has no strength left to resist the restraint.
“How can a being who knows ‘a eulogy’ in this era… …! I would have finished everything, but how… …!」
“That’s your idea.”
“Busssing!”
He growled and glared at me until the last moment as he disappeared.
He yelled at me as if provoking.
“You fool! Do you think everything will end by annihilating me?」
“I think it will end.”
“Ha, you don’t know anything. The disappearance of the demon corps leader leads to destruction. It’s as if you’ve caused a disaster in this area with your hasty judgment!」
‘It’s a disaster.’
Certainly there is such a thing.
Like the monsters who serve the ‘Devil’, the end never went smoothly.
Among them, Baalzebub’s damage was especially great.
The reason is simple.
Because it was my first time, I wasn’t prepared.
As soon as it disappeared, it devastated the land in a considerable radius.
If the same situation repeats, the capital will suffer unbearable damage.
After being hit once before returning, I was able to solve the problem by preparing the 9th circle defense magic in advance, but in the current situation, that would be difficult.
one.
“Let’s try it.”
“…What?」
“No, it’s activated when you disappear anyway, so it can’t be stopped. Can I wait?”
“you…You think I’m bluffing.”
“It’s not like that.”
I know best that what he is saying is not bluffing.
But what do you mean?
“I only know about the curse of the monarch-class great devil. If only ‘interpretation’ is possible anyway, isn’t it difficult to curse?”
「Uh how…!」
“Then I have nothing more to do.”
The man’s face was terribly distorted.
I gave strength to the hand that was holding him.
I’ve heard enough words that aren’t even funny.
You don’t need to hear more.
“Wait a minute! Oh no! Negotiation Negotiation… …!”
“Turn off.”
With those words, I gave strength to the hand holding the dying man.
Kwajik.
The end of Baalzebub, the commander of the demon god’s 7th corps, was more futile than I thought.
* * *
[…] …Extinction?]
Set, who had been busy taking care of the children for a while, returned.
She looked blankly at the spot where Baalzebub had been and then looked back at me.
[Wait, Mikhail. Did you say it’s gone now?! After the extinction, the after storm… …!]
Wow!
As soon as she finished her words, an ominous energy burst from the place where he was.
“Tsk anyway, the devils don’t go well even if they go.”
Set stared at me with his mouth open, looking like an idiot.
I shrugged and asked.
“What about the children?”
[They are fine…not go! That’s not what’s important now! Did you annihilate him without any preparation?!]
She looked perplexed.
In fact, there was no way that she was unaware of the aftermath of the aftermath of the annihilation of the monarch-class Great Demon.
She was one of the first beings to fight demons to the point of exhaustion a long time ago.
but.
“No way.”
Could I have annihilated him without any plan?
‘About 10 percent left.’
Roughly, there was enough left to use 5 circles of magic once.
[The extinction of the monarch-level demons brings a great disaster! Unless it’s around the 8th circle, the way to destroy this is… ….]
“That’s the story when I couldn’t interpret it and made it ignorant.”
[…] …Um?]
I immediately started carving a spell on the floor to interpret Baalzebub’s last curse.
[Spell…?]
“Curse can be seen as one of the branches of magic if you look at it broadly.”
Then, what is the source that magic can exert and reveal its power in reality?
rules and formulas.
Even if you cast a simple spell, you need a formula for the spell to affect reality.
Just like calculating a problem in mathematics and arriving at the correct answer, magic also involves such a process in order to be exercised.
If so, how about taking the ‘reverse’ approach to the series of processes?
Simple.
Then, the magic will return to its ‘initial’ state.
Even if a trivial variable intervenes between them, it is weakened compared to the original strength.
[Ha, but if it’s at the level of a monarch, it’s different from the ‘normal magic’ you said. No matter how talented you are, the energy of demons… ….]
“I have this.”
I said, tapping the pattern engraved on my neck.
“The symbol of those who were the only adversaries of demon gods and stood against the demon lords for a long time.”
[That…do you use it? Did you really learn how to use divine powers to that extent in such a short period of time?]
“There’s nothing that can’t be done.”
At my words, Seth’s eyes widened.
I said to Set.
“Please give me some support. I spend too much during the day, so doing it alone is a bit tiring.”
Slowly, the power of ‘storm’ wrapped around his body.
Set helped me because he was aware of the urgency of the situation even though he had an expression that he did not know why.
[…] …What are you going to do?]
“Like this.”
Analyze the curse.
The curse can be seen as essentially the same as the eulogy of Baalzebub that I just memorized.
In the first place, it was called a ‘eulogy’ because it resembled him to the point of swallowing his name.
‘Weaving letters into a storm.’
Next.
I put my hand on the curse that was wriggling black in front of me.
Begin by reversing the analyzed formula in turn.
[What is this… ….]
Watching the process, she opened her mouth.
In the meantime, the curse wriggled, diminished little by little, and began to fade.
Noticeably, the curse was weakening.
[surely…There are results.]
The storm gradually grew stronger, and soon wrapped the curse tightly.
However, the resistance of the curse was not small.
Ugh!
Even if you try to dismantle by calculating the reverse, ‘minor errors’ hinder the dismantling process.
“Of course, it is impossible to completely dismantle the curse.”
[Then what should I do….]
“That’s fine.”
Although it is impossible to completely remove the curse, it is possible to make it much weaker than the original level.
It should be said that it can be handled by human hands.
[Did you prepare something separately?]
“Master.”
As a bonus, the serpent that was waiting up there earlier.
“At her level, it’s a weakened curse, so it’s not difficult to block it. In the meantime, I only need to check what I want to check.”
[…] …What do you want to check?]
“Yes.”
Around that time, the curse wrapped around the storm began to stir.
At the same time, the storm fades.
“Hmm, this is the best.”
It would have been possible to completely dismantle it before the return, but it’s hard to expect that far now.
“It doesn’t matter.”
The curse of the black sphere began to move around.
And it came out late.
Wow!
Through the roof, black pillars rose toward the sky.
But I don’t feel as much power as I showed before.
[Certainly, what can the master do about this?]
“Okay then.”
I walked towards the pillar.
[Wait a minute, what the hell are you doing?! No matter how weakened the curse is, a curse is a curse!]
“I know. So let’s go.”
It’s nothing else, it’s never common to experience the devil’s curse like this naked.
“I’ll be gone for a while.”
[Mikhail?!]
After Seth’s screams, I threw myself into the pillar.
* * *
Kwaaaaaa!
A black pillar pierced the sky.
Those who were living their daily lives as usual in the capital couldn’t help but shudder in front of the sudden sight.
“What is this…Even an ordinary
person could tell that the black pillar was unlucky.
An ominous sign that broke out without any warning.
And in the middle… ….
An old man patted his back and stood up.
“Even the old master makes the old man do too much work.”
center of darkness.
In the direction he was looking at, pitch black pillars rose high through the sky.
“No matter how much I think about it, it seems to be moving according to the master’s intention.”
“It doesn’t matter which way. Anyway, I don’t think he has any bad intentions.”
With those words, Milium appeared from behind holding a sword.
“Are you here?”
Seeing the butler staring at him with a nonchalant expression, Milium clicked his tongue briefly.
“Tsk Where the hell have you been? Was it Walpurgis?”
“Hehe, what are you talking about?”
The butler accepted her words with a smirk.
“How could I have interacted with a renowned Master?”
“Yes, it will come out that way.”
Milium aimed his sword at the pillar without clearing his displeased expression.
“He said you might know how.”
“Well, I was just listening to the story from the Bocchan…”
The butler’s eyes lit up.
“It sounds interesting.”
It’s definitely interesting.
‘It’s a fairly weakened curse, but when the hell did you get this much knowledge… …You can’t miss it
Even myself who was almost always attached didn’t notice the change.
It is certain that his master is still the ‘Mikhail Walpurgis’ he remembers.
One thing has definitely changed.
Whether the butler didn’t know or not.
I couldn’t immediately know what the trigger was, but there were many changes to the young master.
furthermore.
“Come to think of it, does Mikhail know anything about you?”
“well.”
Even the butler couldn’t be sure.
You must have noticed something, but how far do you know?
“Let’s solve that first and think about it.”
The butler extended his hand and pointed.
“You can bind them using an aura as I instructed.”
“It reminds me of the old days.”
“I see.”
At that, she laughed.
“You said you didn’t know?”
“What’s new?”
The conversation between the two was short.
And as soon as the butler pointed out the direction as if it were ready, Milium was shot in that direction.
And after a while… ….
The ‘black pillar’, which caused a commotion in the capital for a while, disappeared without a trace.
Silence to the point of vanity, without causing any damage to the capital.
However, that alone was enough to change the awareness of the Empire’s ‘devil’.
* * *
The next day.
“Hehe, thank you for your hard work.”
The archbishop held my hand with a bright smile on his face.
“We handled the issue safely, and we were able to alert the empire that had been ignoring it for nothing! Haha, isn’t this God’s will!”
“You like it very much.”
“No, honestly, I don’t know if things will work out this much.”
The Archbishop was cheerful.
“There are quite a few nobles and wealthy people involved in the ‘business’ that the rats have been doing so far.”
“I guess so.”
“If it’s simply that we didn’t notice the existence of ‘evil’, it’s definitely a problem with the temple. However, if human desire is entangled in it, the story will be different.”
Oh, is that the story?
Thanks to what I’ve uncovered, the current capital rat incident is no longer just a problem with the temple.
pedophile slave.
It was the result of the empire’s ills and corruptions festering together.
“The most important thing is the cause.”
“You mean about the hero?”
“Yes that’s right. Until now, even if we recruited in our church, everyone ignored them. It is true that there was a lack of initiative on our part, but even taking that into account, there was too little cooperation.”
“Well, it’s different now.”
It was revealed that evil lurked in the heart of the Empire and nowhere else.
It is as if the ‘prophecy’ that the empire tried to ignore was not a lie.
“I’m welcome if it’s helpful. Just before that… …”
I got to the point.
“Do you remember your promise?”
“yes! I remember.”
The Archbishop looked at me and said.
“I, Arley, will openly support Prince Mikhail. Let’s add strength when the kingdom of heaven verifies whether Confucius is fit for a hero in earnest.”
“great.”
“But before that…After saying that ,
Aleigh’s laughter diminished a little.
He checked his surroundings and spoke cautiously to me.
“In fact, the main body of the church has already marked a man as a hero.”
“…Huh, is that so?”
Pretending not to know, I hit the ball.
“Yes, in fact, the words of recruiting warriors were just a pretense. His Holiness… …It seems you have a different opinion. The will of the archbishop, who has the most say, is so firm.”
“…okay.”
“I will wholeheartedly support Prince Mikhail. But…I think you should definitely know that the atmosphere of the church is like that.”
“Remember.”
Of course, this is information you already know.
There is already a candidate for the hero that the Kyokuguk has marked, and that he will actually become a hero in the future.
And what a huge misjudgment it is… ….
‘I can’t let it go like that.’
That bastard.
Yes, I am familiar with the candidate for the hero that Kyoguk has picked up.
I don’t know.
A warrior before returning.
After all the shoveling, the bastard who made a great contribution to destroying the world as a result.
‘Siegfried Sigurd.’
Yes, that baby.
Great mage who transcends by regression
