The Boundary Truce
The spears of Demon God Slayer pierced straight through the hearts of the Demon Kings from the Goddess Department. Thud—! Thud—!
“Graaaagh—!”
“Aaaagh—!”
The spears of Demon God Slayer destroyed the circles of demonic power within their hearts while the divine power of the sun burned their bodies and halted regeneration. Before long, dozens of Upper Demon Kings were screaming as they burned alive around him. Any Demon King below the Upper rank had their bodies annihilated the instant the spears struck.
Thud! Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!
Hundreds of Demon God Slayer spears, each embedding a Demon King’s spirit, slammed into the ground. Demon Kings and highest-ranking demonkin adorned with the spears screamed in terror and agony.
Graaaaaah! Rumble-rumble-rumble—!
Using the Demon Kings’ screams as background music, the ten circles of power behind the Dimensional and War God spun furiously and blazed. Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!
Thud-thud-thud-thud—!
Spear-shaped divine weapons materialized endlessly from the circles of power and rained down like a storm. The Demon Kings screamed and fled. The battlefield where the demonkin had held the advantage collapsed because of a single god.
“That’s him! The new Dimensional and War God!”
Shocked cries rang out among the demonkin. With a tenth of their total forces wiped out in an instant, they halted their offensive and retreated in haste. Left on the battlefield were over a hundred Upper Demon Kings and more than a thousand highest-ranking demonkin, now nothing but wailing ornaments for the Demon God Slayer spears.
A massive surge of power struck the battlefield, ringing in everyone’s ears.
“Godkin, fall back as well. Our true enemy is the Substitute Gods. A full-scale war with the demonkin deviates from our strategy.”
Crack—! Crack—!
Lord Slayer spears embedded themselves in front of the Upper Gods who, unable to contain their excitement, tried to charge the retreating demonkin. Thud! Krrrk!
The Upper Gods who had been rushing the retreating demonkin stopped short, their heads colliding with the Lord Slayer spears fixed in space right before their noses.
“Disobedience on the battlefield means annihilation.”
At the Dimensional and War God’s utterly emotionless words, the godkin hurriedly withdrew their lines to the rear, clearing the center of the battlefield. There, the Female Demon God in full-body armor and the Main God of the Divine Realm clashed at full strength, all their wings spread wide.
“Shut your mouth, you fraud! How dare you show your face at the Boundary! This time I’ll tear your snout apart!”
“Wait! Hear me out! Let’s deal with the Substitute Gods first and then negotiate!”
“The only thing I learned from you is that the more you deal with a clever bastard, the more you lose. I’ll tear you to pieces before you become a Creator God. And who’s going to inherit that ridiculous Divine Realm of yours? You went to the Creation Realm to request a handover and came back empty-handed, didn’t you? They’re laughing about it even in the Demon Realm.”
“Who said that?! Everyone wanted to take it over—I just postponed it to select a stronger Main God!”
“Hoho! You sly raccoon of a Main God! You ruined your own Divine Realm, so serves you right!”
Explosive killing intent laced the Female Demon God’s voice as she mocked the Main God of the Divine Realm.
“And now, because I’m tied down by you, I’ve become a laughingstock too. They say I couldn’t handle a mad Main God!”
The Dimensional and War God felt a headache coming on as he listened to the curses flying between the Female Demon God and the Main God of the Divine Realm.
‘No need to see it to know. I told the raccoon Main God to only fight defensively, but he tried to toy with the demon using his usual petty tricks.’
Old grudges remained, so the Female Demon God charged in without warning. The Main God of the Divine Realm fought back, and soon other Demon Kings and godkin were dragged into the fray.
‘The Female Demon God’s God-Slaying Authority suppresses the Main God’s Authority to its limit, while the blood-soaked battlefield blades of the Demon Realm ravage the field.’
The Female Demon God’s superiority was clear.
‘Has the Main God, with his monstrous two billion innate divine power, been completely overwhelmed by the Female Demon God? He’s covered in wounds.’
It meant the Female Demon God’s God-Slaying Authority was even blocking the Main God’s recovery.
‘As expected of the absolute ruler of the Demon Realm who demoted all Demon Gods to Demon Kings and reigns alone as the sole Demon God.’
Around them lay piles of godkin and Demon King equipment—those who had approached to help and perished in the aftermath.
‘No one below the highest rank can even approach a true clash of Main God Authorities.’
Disappointment crossed the Dimensional and War God’s face.
‘The Main God of the Divine Realm is inferior to the Demon God. Well, the Divine Realm has been abnormally peaceful, so it couldn’t be helped.’
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh—!
Muttering to himself, he planted the burning, screaming Demon Kings one by one along the boundary between godkin and demonkin, turning them into a boundary line. At the horrific sight, both godkin and demonkin withdrew to their main forces.
The Dimensional and War God’s nine circles of power shone once more, illuminating the battlefield.
“Clash Planet!”
Rumble-rumble-rumble—!
A massive planet suddenly appeared in space and plummeted at high speed toward the Main God of the Divine Realm and the Female Demon God.
“Tch—! He’s here?”
“Oh—! He came!”
The moment they saw the falling star, both simultaneously sheathed their swords and retreated. A planetary explosion wouldn’t deal major damage, but exposing an opening to an equal opponent was dangerous. Though the Female Demon God held the advantage, it was only slight, so she couldn’t ignore the threat and press forward.
“Cancel.”
Flash—!
The planet vanished instantly just before it struck the Boundary’s surface and caused a massive explosion. The battlefield fell silent at the tremendous sight.
‘Incredible. No god or Demon God has ever handled a massive star so freely.’
The sight of the Dimensional and War God treating the star like a mere pebble filled both godkin and demonkin with awe.
Once the Female Demon God and the Main God of the Divine Realm, who had been clashing the moment they met, withdrew from each other, the battlefield returned to silence.
Crack—! Crack—!
The Dimensional and War God retrieved the spears from the burning Demon Kings and launched himself toward the demonkin.
‘I’ll release the spirits of every demonkin adorned with spears and retrieve them all. There will be some loss of power, but they’ll recover soon and return to the Boundary.’
After cleaning up the battlefield, the Dimensional and War God spoke to the Female Demon God in a friendly tone.
“It’s been a long time, Eternal Ruler of the Demon Realm.”
“Indeed, it has.”
The demonic flames on the Female Demon God’s full-body armor subsided, and her fighting spirit faded. Then, in a completely different, suggestive voice from when she had cursed the Main God of the Divine Realm, she made an offer.
“I heard you became a highest-ranking god by being tricked by that fraud. And reaching Main God rank through Dimensional Authority is impressive. Even now, if you abandon the God of Light and become a Demon God, I’ll hand over my Demon Realm. My Demon Realm is on a different level from that hypocritical Divine Realm masquerading as equality. The strong are guaranteed unparalleled pleasure and power. With your current strength, every demonkin except me would swear absolute loyalty and live only for you.”
“Haha—! That speech doesn’t suit you. Did you memorize it?”
“W-Was it that obvious? Well, no need for long words—! I’ll prepare a banquet.”
“Keep it simple. We’re in the middle of a war.”
“Right—! We have to kill that sly raccoon Main God. I can’t stand the sight of that fraud strutting around as a Creator God even after I die. And it’s all because of him that I can’t become a Demon God King!”
The Female Demon God gripped her demon sword again and charged. The Dimensional and War God lightly descended to the battlefield and naturally blocked her path.
“We have liquor from the Otherworld. Would you like some now?”
“Good! That Main God bastard has gotten so weak anyway—I can just cut off his head later.”
“Haa. Is that all? Then we have a real problem.”
“That kind of guy becoming a Creator God? He’s not even at half his prime. He’d fail the promotion training and come crawling back crying to be Main God of the Divine Realm again!”
At the Female Demon God’s merciless insults, the Main God of the Divine Realm’s face crumpled. Yet he had no retort.
‘I didn’t realize the power gap had grown this wide.’
Recalling the days when they had been equals, the Main God of the Divine Realm had stepped forward only to nearly die and be regenerated by the Female Demon God.
‘Have I grown too lazy? This isn’t something I can just blame on that brat.’
Considering that the Main God of the Divine Realm’s power was only half that of the Divine Realm, one wrong move could have pushed the Divine Realm to the brink.
‘My dignity in front of the new Main God is in tatters.’
The Female Demon God looked down at the troubled Main God of the Divine Realm, spread a carpet, and before long had prepared a drinking table.
“O greatest Main God of the Divine Realm, come. It’s time for a short rest.”
“You’re letting that guy sit too? I really hate that fraud bastard.”
“Even as the absolute ruler of the Demon Realm, you must uphold the agreement.”
“True. But if he runs his mouth again, I’ll tear it apart.”
Releasing tremendous killing intent, the Female Demon God sat. The Main God of the Divine Realm followed with a reluctant expression.
Amber liquor poured from a transparent glass bottle into the cups. Glug-glug-glug—!
As the Female Demon God and the Main God of the Divine Realm shifted into a meeting atmosphere, each camp grew briefly noisy with regenerating arrivals and equipment checks before settling into rest. After a week of bloody battles where everyone had experienced regeneration at least once, their minds were under considerable strain.
Click—!
The helmet portion of the Female Demon God’s full-body armor unlocked. She drank from the cup without hesitation. When she set it down, a beautiful woman with black eyes and hair—someone no one had seen before—appeared. Her jet-black eyes sparkled brighter than obsidian, her eyebrows curved like crescent moons, and her lips were like red cherries, drawing the gaze with seductive allure. Thirteen pairs of black jewel-like horns rose near her temples like a crown, casting a halo around her.
Though the sudden appearance of such a beautiful demonkin woman could have been captivating, no one here saw her as female.
‘The Female Demon God is the great Demon God who has absolutely ruled the Demon Realm for eons and built a prosperity comparable to the Divine Realm—a being of terror.’
To a true absolute being, appearance meant nothing.
Drinking heartily with a satisfied smile, the Female Demon God looked at the Main God of the Divine Realm and the new Dimensional and War God and spoke.
“The Otherworld liquor is drinkable. Call the one who uses his head first.”
“As you wish.”
“Understood. God of Knowledge, come here.”
The Female Demon God drank with satisfaction as the empty cup kept being refilled. Though her appearance was beautiful, she was no easy target for desire. Trapped by the fraudulent Main God of the Divine Realm, she remained the strongest candidate for Demon God King.
The God of Knowledge approached, followed by three Demon Kings.
“The situation is the same as before. But if you try any strange tricks, it will be war immediately.”
“Understood, Eternal Ruler of the Demon Realm.”
The three scheming Demon Kings prostrated behind the Female Demon God and answered, then glared at the God of Knowledge with competitive eyes. The God of Knowledge merely looked back with a mocking expression.
Clink—!
The Dimensional and War God produced another carpet and drinking table beside the Female Demon God and the Main God of the Divine Realm.
“Please converse comfortably. For now, the war between the Divine Realm and the Demon Realm is suspended. With a full-scale war against the Substitute Gods ahead, there’s no need for tension.”
At the sudden declaration of ceasefire, the scheming Demon Kings looked flustered and turned to the Female Demon God. She nodded silently. The God of Knowledge sat first, and the others reluctantly took seats opposite.
“In two months, we will raise the six planets that serve as the Substitute Gods’ forward bases. Until then, we must rest and accumulate power.”
“Two months? That’s later than before.”
“We just expended power and mental strength in battle. We need to replenish before we can ignore the Substitute Gods’ planetary domination. During this time, there must be no unnecessary消耗 battles like this. Everyone must thoroughly prepare for a defensive battle here.”
The three scheming Demon Kings’ eyes gleamed wickedly as they nodded. They then reported their opinions to the Female Demon God. She chose the one she liked most and asked.
“What can you offer in exchange for stopping the war?”
“Hmm—! No more vitality. For now, let’s extend the existing agreement.”
“Without the Substitute Gods, we should settle this immediately—why extend the agreement?!”
The Main God of the Divine Realm answered nonchalantly as the Female Demon God growled, ready to pounce.
“A star where a new Dimensional and War God has appeared is forbidden from full-scale war until the handover is complete and stability returns. It’s a privilege until the new Main God of the Divine Realm is fully established. If you want to turn the Demon Realm into a battlefield, go ahead.”
“Tch—! What a useless alliance clause.”
“The Demon Realm no longer needs additional vitality, does it? You’ve already established an independent demonic power supply system, so the vitality from the Middle World, which requires so much refining, must be troublesome. Above all, if the independent Demon Realm with its rare demonic power supply system takes a hit, it will be difficult for you to become a Demon God King.”
At the God of Knowledge’s words, the scheming Demon Kings’ eyes darted about as they reached a conclusion. A full-scale war between the Divine Realm and the Demon Realm would almost certainly destroy the independent demonic power supply system they had barely established in the Demon Realm. The Demon Realm, having achieved complete independence thanks to the abundant vitality from Main God Star, had long desired to maintain the status quo.
“I don’t like it. You want me to just watch that raccoon become a Creator God?”
“If no successor appears, the Creator God promotion training will be difficult to attend. In this state, we don’t know when one will emerge.”
“What nonsense—! We have the Dimensional and War God, whose home is here! He’s already managing the Middle World, so the Divine Realm should be easy! There are plenty of beautiful goddesses too!”
“……”
The Dimensional and War God wanted to stab the Main God of the Divine Realm, who was looking at him with sparkling, expectant eyes while trying to sweet-talk him.
‘He conveniently left out the existence of the eight goddess Main Gods who hate men. What a complete fraud.’
A Main God of the Divine Realm capable of managing a Divine Realm with eight goddess Main Gods who despised males was extremely rare. If even a sword god with two billion innate divine power found it difficult, there were practically none.
“There’s no place with as many and as beautiful goddesses as our Divine Realm. If we hold a beauty contest, there will surely be a goddess who catches the Dimensional and War God’s eye. The current system has some problems, but a little modification will fix it.”
“……”
To the Dimensional and War God, it seemed as though the following premise floated above the Main God of the Divine Realm’s face.
‘If you can survive against the eight goddess Main Gods, you can do whatever you want.’