The Hero Who Returned From Death Quits - Chapter 202



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Feria held the jewel in her hand tightly. The jewel, shining with a purple light that covered her body, gave her a strange sense of helplessness.

How much will it help? Well, I don’t know, but it will be quite a lot. The price is high, but the benefits will be more than worth it, so it doesn’t matter. Feria’s face hardened.

The thing that Ainzel gave her, and she also knows it.

‘…catalyst.’

Ainzel hid the catalyst in the past before going to the front lines with Beatrice. And, he entrusted it to Feria for this operation.

To be honest, I didn’t like the jewel I was holding in my hand. What on earth had happened because of this one jewel? The purple color that flowed through the body of the catalyst also felt strange, as if it was soaked in blood.

But there was no choice. In order to win, she had to use any method, and there was no reason not to use the catalyst that greatly increased the amount of magical power, so Peria got her hands on the catalyst.

And then, she activated the catalyst. The purple-colored jewel began to glow brightly. She furrowed her brows at the unpleasant feeling of being sucked of enough magic power to kill a normal human. However, there was no time to sit still and feel such discomfort.

She shook off her thoughts and began to formulate a recipe.

The first thing that started was the earth. The elements came together to form rocks.

What followed was flames. Sparks flew around the rock.

Next was fusion. Flames began to run across the earth element,

Amplified by a single touch. Its size gradually increased until it became uncontrollable.

The change was an explosion. The power condensed from within was sure to become uncontrollable the moment it was touched.

This was followed by mass, hardening, and acceleration.

The final decoration was the falling. After completing the ritual, she spoke softly.

“…Get away.”

A meteor fell, piercing through the sky.

With just one spell, she poured all her magical power beyond the ability to teleport. Perhaps no one could stop this attack. Thinking so, she continued.

“Meteor.”

As soon as the meteor hit the ground, the world turned white.

There was a vibration with a sound that was more like auditory violence than a loud noise. And then, after a while, the area where the meteorite had hit became visible, and everything nearby had disappeared.

But the Demon King’s castle was intact despite the meteorite. Feria clicked her tongue.

“The Demon King’s castle is stronger than the one we first faced. It seemed like we could wipe out the Demon King in one go….”

Sein approached Peria who was saying that and said.

“Now leave it to us. The enemies have probably suffered considerable damage anyway, so dealing with them while they are disorganized should be quite easy.”

Peria looked around after hearing that. Sure enough, even the demons who weren’t caught up in the aftermath were panicking. Thinking that, Peria nodded quietly.

Then, Lena, Sein, and Grandis began to rampage through the enemy base. The neutralized enemies were all found with arrows already embedded in their bodies, and the heads of the demons were cut off just by the red storm passing by.

Although Beatrice was not present to proclaim the Holy War and appeal to the world for help, it seemed to me that it did not matter.

Grandis looked at the sight and spoke in a soft voice.

“Originally, my vassals and yours had the same roots, so what made it like this?”

Could this irony have been caused by the will of the demon who created them? She thought about it, then chuckled.

“Well, it doesn’t really matter anymore.”

Yes, it doesn’t matter. Because of the Demon King of Arrogance, she lost those precious to her, and from that moment on, nothing would change. All she would do to the Demons was seek revenge.

Dark magic flew. She saw the demons screaming and dying. They crawled on the ground like insects, and it felt ugly.

“…I still don’t feel anything special.”

If you think about it, the only one who killed his own vassals was the Demon King. Killing anyone other than the Demon King would only be an act of anger, and you wouldn’t feel anything more than that. Grandis thought about that and then looked at the writhing demons with cold eyes.

“…Ah- Ainzel, I miss you.”

He had arrived here earlier, but Ainzel had been leading soldiers around, so it seemed like it had been a long time since he had seen his face. Which meant that he had been killing himself in this snowy field for days with women he didn’t like. Grandis clicked his tongue at that thought.

‘I thought of something useless.’

She wanted to see Ainzel now. It was so long ago that she felt so homesick for him, his face, his body, and even his breath.

As she walked with such thoughts, Grandis felt something catch under her feet and looked down. She could see the figure of the demons, who were writhing and unable to move properly. Even while walking with her mind wandering, she casted black magic, and as a result, the corpses of the demons were mass-produced as they are now.

She absentmindedly snapped her fingers, and the writhing demon disappeared without a trace.

And at that moment, a demon hurled a spear at Grandis. Grandis easily blocked the spear, but looked slightly surprised and said.

“Wow, that’s not too bad. You’re doing a pretty good job.”

“Shut up! Aren’t you ashamed? Becoming a demon and betraying the will of the Demon God!”

Grandis snickered, smiled, and answered.

“I killed my father, so what about God… And wouldn’t it be more fun if there were one or two people like me, huh?”

The demon’s face hardened and she rushed at Grandis. She glanced at the spear surrounded by the river energy and used black magic.

“what!?”

A huge, black sword fell from the sky. Darkness made of pure, sucking power. The demons barely managed to block the black magic by wrapping themselves in a protective gear.

“Hmm, it’s a self-defense weapon… .”

Grandis wiggled her fingers. Then the huge sword lightly wrapped around her hand. It was as if it had no weight.

“Come to think of it, the reason I came here in the first place was not to get rid of the small fry, but to get rid of the pretty strong guys in advance… Yeah, good.”

If you think about it, the reason she and Ainzel’s colleagues came here from the beginning was not to reduce the number of small fry, but to reduce the number of core forces corresponding to the mid- and high-level. Grandis smiled as she recalled that fact.

Grandis lightly swung his arm. It was a simple movement of the arm, without any knowledge of swordsmanship, but even that movement alone was enough to stop the demon, and the demon felt humiliated by that fact.

“Eww!”

The demon raced towards Grandis in rage, but was unable to close the distance properly due to the overwhelming difference in strength.

Grandis, who was dealing with the demons like that, suddenly made his expression blank and said.

“…I’m sick of it.”

With that one word, Grandis snapped her fingers.

“uh…?”

Ugh.

The head of a giant monster came out and crushed the demon with its fangs. The demon’s self-defense mechanism was pierced and he fell down in an instant with only the lower half of his body remaining.

Grandis turned away from the dead demon without any hesitation.

…

The Demon King saw the future.

After hearing that humans were coming and starting a battle, the Demon King desperately used his power to look into the future.

And the Demon King couldn’t help but be surprised.

‘What happened?’

It was different from the future he had originally seen. If things continued this way, his followers would chase the enemies far away, and it was obvious that the enemies would take advantage of the gap and cause great damage, even if they did not kill him.

‘…Damn, I thought it was the first future when they said the enemies were invading, but it was different… .’

At first glance, it may seem like the human empire was coming to attack before he could recover, but the underlying meaning was different. The Demon King felt that he was being pushed in a fight, something he had never done before since gaining power, and his face crumpled.

I can’t just sit still like this. I have to tell my knight, Kaledar, to return as soon as possible.

The Demon King clenched his fists on the bed, and despite the pain, he squeezed out his spell to activate his black magic.

[Kaledar! Come back quickly! You were tricked and the main camp is under attack!]

Kaledar’s face seemed to turn pale as soon as he heard those words.

“Come back, come back! Come back!”

Kaledar quickly shouted to the soldiers he was leading.

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And, Ainzel was staring at that sight.