The Mad Dog of the Dukes House - Chapter 98



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Episode 98 Part 30. Encounter (2)

3.

Ifrit’s flames turned all the undead at the top to ash.

It was a flame that burned even the soul, but surprisingly, it did not cause any damage to Charon.

Pass.

Charon watched silently as the bones crumbled before his eyes.

White ash flutters across the sky.

But things aren’t over yet.

Chorrrrrrrr!

This time, chains shot out of the purple sky and bound Ifrit’s beak again.

A purple eye perched in the sky was watching the top of the spire.

Gigging.

Ifrit’s flames seemed to have dealt a definite blow to the warlock, but failed to completely suffocate him.

The body of a warlock is revealed through half-burned robes.

And Charon, seeing the body, said with a smirk.

“This kid, this is a skeleton.”

rich.

A type of top-tier undead that is reached by black magicians who have reached the end of their lives and sell their souls.

But Caron sneered at the guy.

“So you’ve been a 7th Circle your whole life? How pathetic. Did you become a lich because you wanted to live a long life like that?”

“You don’t know… what I… desire… … .”

Still, the condition did not look good.

The boy answered with difficulty, his jaw clicking.

“… … The plan has already been accomplished… … The door… … opens… … .”

There was absolutely no sense of fear from the guy.

It was natural.

This is because the Lichs cannot be completely destroyed without destroying the orb that contains their life force.

Charon narrowed his eyes and looked down at the half-burned skull.

“Guillotine. Is there no other way?”

Then Guillotine replied as if he found it amusing.

-I think this kid is thinking about something wrong.

“What?”

-Life Force Vessel. It’s a very convenient way to get rid of the lich. You can’t destroy it until you destroy the vessel. But… …The black magic remains, right? This is a method that your ancestor, Rael, often used. You can just suck it up. Rael intentionally left the lich alone and used it as a source of magic power. If he found it, he just used it as an extra fuel tank.

“Wow, as expected from our ancestors. You think differently.”

-This was all possible thanks to this body.

I understood it right away.

Since Lich won’t die after being summoned anyway, doesn’t that mean he was brought along on purpose and used as a supplement?

Caron let out another exclamation of admiration.

“Like a pet lychee. Right?”

-That’s right. Good understanding. I praise you.

“Oh. Wait a minute. I have something to try.”

He drove the guillotine into Richie’s emaciated torso.

Kwajik-!

The sound of bones breaking echoed. And then Richie spoke in a bleak voice.

“I… will… come back again.”

To those words, Caron answered with a bright smile.

“Huh? Where are you going?”

“……what?”

“thank you for this food.”

“What… what did you do?”

The guillotine’s dark blue light glowed eerily, and soon a massive amount of magical power began to flow from it.

The magical power consumed in this battle recharges in an instant.

The Minotaur from last time?

It’s an amount that can’t even be compared to that of a high-level monster.

“Is this what it feels like for a bear to steal honey from a beehive?”

The black magic that Richie had worked hard to collect was instantly sucked into Caron’s magic core.

As Guillotine had promised, the efficiency of refining black magic was easily exceeding Caron’s predictions.

Kiriririk.

Realizing that something was wrong, Richie grabs the staff he was holding in his hand.

But Charon kicked the guy’s arm and crushed it without any hesitation.

Crunch.

“It’s probably because it was baked, it breaks easily. I have to handle it with care.”

My whole body almost ended up covered in wounds.

Ifrit’s chains had been released at the right time, but if he had not been careful, he could have suffered a more serious injury.

Charon looked down at the spire, his guillotine still planted in the warlock’s chest.

A huge figure clearly visible from above and two knights following behind it were running frantically across the battlefield.

And behind them, a large number of elves were following them, gathered together.

It seemed that it was thanks to them that Ifrit’s chains had been released just a moment ago.

“Everyone is earning their keep.”

I raised my head again and looked up at the sky. And then I met the purple eyes that had settled in the sky.

Although he managed to subdue Richie, his consciousness did not seem to have been interrupted.

Because even at this moment, the purple energy was spreading even faster.

Something was rippling beyond that purple.

It’s creepy just to face it.

It was clear that something ominous was waiting beyond that door.

-The Demon King of Massacre. He is the owner of those eyes.

“Explain that a little earlier.”

-Should I explain about the Demon King separately?

“That’s not necessary. I know the basics.”

Thanks to my fucking previous life, I learned a ton about what the Demon King is like.

Four demon lords who rule over the demon tribe.

Emptiness, wickedness, sloth, slaughter.

The Demon Kings, each known by their own name, are beings that have threatened this world for a very long time.

Among them, the Demon King of Evil had made a contract with the Evil Emperor in his previous life.

“Has it been about 50 years?”

It was probably the first time since the Ak-Hwang incident that the Demon King had exerted direct influence.

“Was it a chaos gate for the Demon King?”

As Charon muttered to himself, Orion, who was approaching from behind, answered in a low voice.

“No, that’s impossible.”

Orion’s face had become noticeably whiter than before.

It seemed like he had a hard time dispelling the spell cast by the warlock who was left at the top.

“The magical power gathered here alone is not enough to summon the Demon King.”

“then?”

“From the beginning, this place was just a bridgehead. The goal was to summon the legion here and corrupt the forest. Because there is a mother in the forest.”

Caron understood the situation without difficulty.

“You tried to summon the Demon King through the World Tree?”

“Because that’s the fastest way.”

“They were some crazy kids.”

“… … The problem is that that absurd plan almost succeeded.”

Orion looked down at Richie with a stern expression.

I would have thought that even the Spirit King would have prepared chains to bind him.

Even at this moment, the chains protruding from the gate were restraining Ifrit, so the situation could not be considered to have ended completely.

“Why didn’t you summon Lich?”

“Oh, don’t worry about him. What should I say… … . A fatigue recovery agent? It’s easier to think of it that way.”

“… … Is it absorbing black magic?”

“Similar.”

Charon continued speaking, his feet resting on Richie’s body.

“So, how do we stop the ritual?”

“It’s simple. Just take down this spire. The spire is responsible for supplying black magic to the Chaos Gate.”

While the two were discussing ways to stop the Chaos Gate.

Gigging.

A strange dissonance began to resonate from Richie’s body.

Caron looked down at Richie again.

Richie’s condition was strange.

The clear blue eyes had now turned an ominous purple.

-Caron. Be careful.

The guillotine sent a warning.

Caron nodded slowly.

I felt it.

There was something inside Richie.

【Caron Reston.】

A eerie voice rang out.

At that voice, Caron felt a desire rise deep inside his heart.

The voice stimulates murderous intent.

But Charon skillfully suppressed that impulse and spoke in a sly voice.

“A wretched man has come to a wretched place. Excuse me, but will you come out of the body of my pet Lich?”

But after a moment, Charon’s expression turned cold.

【How does it feel to be free from the leash? Are you satisfied? Or are you still confused?】

“……you.”

Those words alone were enough to convince me.

This guy knows.

“How did you know?”

That he was reincarnated.

Charon held his breath as he met the eyes of the Lich, no, the Demon King.

But before he could ask anything else.

【I’ll give you a gift. I hope you like it.】

Woof woof woof-!

The purple eyes in the sky flashed.

4.

Caron stared blankly into those eyes.

Why is that?

Endless anger wells up.

Using this anger as an excuse, the urge to kill everything around me keeps coming up.

-Wake up. It is the power of slaughter. Don’t be consumed by the murderous intent. The murderous intent that humans have is fundamentally different.

It’s an extremely unnatural feeling.

It was different from when I just heard the voice. It was hard to control myself and even difficult to resist.

The mind didn’t even try to understand the murderous intent. It just tried to accept it naturally.

I wanted to throw myself into that impulse right then and there. I wanted to swing the guillotine and decapitate Orion next to me.

Gulp.

Charon bit his lip and resisted the urge.

Blood flowed from his torn lip, and the pain surged through him, forcing him to push away the impulse. Then he turned and spoke to Orion.

“Orion. This is the Demon King’s… … .”

Crunch-!

Orion’s condition was more serious than Charon’s.

He swung his sword made of wind at Charon with bloodshot eyes.

The wind spirit that brought them here flew towards Charon’s neck, and Charon barely dodged the attack.

“Guillotine.”

-… … Stick me in that guy’s body. I’ll take care of it.

“okay.”

Charon ran straight towards Orion.

The spirits who followed Orion’s orders created dozens of layers of walls, but all of them were destroyed without warning by the guillotine.

It was fortunate that Orion didn’t make a distance.

Phew.

The guillotine dug into Orion’s thigh.

Then, after a while, Orion was barely able to escape from the brainwashing.

“This…….”

The gun returns to Orion’s eyes.

He looked around with a serious expression.

“It is the power of the Demon King, Orion.”

“… … I can’t believe it. How can this happen when the main body didn’t even come over… … .”

“That’s not what’s important right now.”

Charon looked down at the bottom of the spire urgently.

It is a power that even he himself, with the help of the guillotine, barely managed to overcome.

Those without any other means could not possibly resist.

Kyaaaaaaaah-!

Kkaaaak!

As he had expected, the earth was already like hell.

Those who had been working together to break the chains were now indiscriminately attacking each other.

People of the same species fight each other.

Elves try to kill elves, and even monsters bite each other.

Already on the battlefield, even the distinction between Pia and Pea seemed meaningless.

“……under.”

A murderous intent to kill everything, regardless of race.

The murderous intent gathers to create a great madness.

And then.

Saaaaaaaaaaah-!

Purple smoke flowing from the eyes settled in the center of the battlefield.

Then, soon, he started to create some shape.

Purple armor.

Red eyes.

The figure resembled a knight, but Charon could instinctively sense it.

“……Devil.”

If he possessed such blasphemous power, he could not have been anything other than the Demon King.

He was standing proudly in the middle of hell, looking at Charon.

And after a moment, his voice echoed in Charon’s head once again.

【Isn’t it truly a beautiful sight?】

The master of madness was smiling at Charon.

There’s a mad dog living in the duke’s house