Who? Diablo? Here?
Today, too... I must continue to lead this meaningless war.
Because I am one of the rulers of the Demon Realm.
The endless war of attrition between the Celestials and the Demons, each trying to seize even a little more territory... In the end, this war has left me exhausted.
The discovery of this mysterious dimension, which I suspect was created by the First God, breathed a new wind into my dull and boring life, offering me a bit of pleasure.
This mysterious world was vast... so abundant that one could say it flowed with milk and honey... and it was worthy of being called an earthly paradise.
But soon... this world... was not discovered by us alone.
One day, while leading my legions with my children at the vanguard... I encountered the Celestials, a race that is of absolutely no help in this life.
They, too, were exploring this world and expanding their territory.
The meeting of armed Demons and Celestials... it meant only one thing.
A clash of power. Or should I call it a collision?
Yes... let's call it the Clash of Demons and Celestials☆.
Soon, this news reached the camps of both the Demons and the Celestials, and the rulers of the Demons and the Archangels, filled with rage, began the Third Demon-God War (the Celestials insisted on calling it the God-Demon War) to seize even an inch more of land.
Basically, because both Demons and Celestials had sturdy bodies, they were excellent at physical combat, surviving almost anything unless it was a desperate, lethal attack.
That was why the war between the two races, with not an inch of concession, was pointlessly repeated again today.
One day, while the boring war was repeating, excessive mana consumption was detected in the western camp of the Celestials.
This precursor of mana consumption, which had never happened before, caused immense chaos in the Demon camp.
The rulers of the Demons gathered and all agreed to watch for a while and prepare for threats.
By the time the sun and moon had changed 30 times, the precursor of mana consumption had slowly faded from everyone's memory, and they had become desensitized to it.
Today, I had to go see the face of Gabriel, who is called the representative of the Celestials, to stop this meaningless war of attrition.
My irritation exploded just thinking about having to see her face...
Everything is a bother...
But that is the role I, as one of the rulers of the Demons, have taken on.
In a circular dome, I sat in a beautifully crafted, flaming red chair, legs crossed, eyes closed.
Sitting in the silent circular dome, I stood up to perform my role on time today.
"Hah... let's go."
Thud, thud-
Zzzzzzt-
I threw myself into the dimensional gate, which was making a strange, tearing sound.
I wonder where they are fighting today.
Passing through the dimensional gate, I glanced out to see the same unchanging plains, and once again, I thought it was a meaningless war.
Swish-
My subordinates, having confirmed my appearance, began to clear a path.
Thud, thud-
I walked slowly toward the center of the front line.
Click-
Having confirmed my position, my daughters arrived one after another and followed behind me.
As I approached the center of the front line, similar movements were seen in the Celestial camp on the other side.
Gabriel must be bored to death doing the same thing today, too.
Soon, at the center of the front line, I encountered Gabriel, who had stepped forward as the representative of the Celestials.
"..."
"..."
Had it been about 10 seconds of staring at each other?
Gabriel's mouth opened first.
"Hehehe, long time no see?"
Long time... it has been a long time.
"Indeed... long time. But I don't think we're on such friendly terms that we can chat so leisurely, are we?"
"Oh my, you're so cold to us?"
"What? Us? You and I, who act all kind in front and plot gloomy schemes behind our backs? That's ridiculous."
Grind-
Us? Has that woman lost her mind?
She came here today determined to get on my nerves, didn't she?
Gabriel's words about being "us" were very grating, so I emphasized it, breaking up my words to show that there was never any such thing.
Where is she trying to sell her snake oil? This woman.
"Oh my... am I that untrustworthy? Me, an Archangel~?"
Gabriel, who called herself an Archangel, flapped her six wings once and covered her mouth demurely as she spoke.
"Nothing special happened, so I don't know why you're so on edge?"
Ha, there was an excessive mana consumption precursor recently... and she says nothing special happened?
"Ha, a tremendous wave of mana has been continuously detected from the Celestial camp recently... how could I not be on edge?"
"Ah~ it's nothing special, is it? It's not enough for the Demon camp to worry about, right?"
What? If something like that happened on our side, she would have flown over with her eyes blazing and caused a scene, wouldn't she?
"Bullshit."
"Oh my~ such vulgar language...?"
Wow~ look at this woman? She's going to keep acting all high and mighty like that? Just to protect her own image? Not a chance.
"You keep saying 'oh my' and acting all high and mighty... but the image of the old Asura still comes to mind when I look at you. You must have worked really hard to erase that Asura image, huh?"
Let's see you experience this, too.
I am one of the few beings who knows about the time when Gabriel was obsessed with war, eyes blazing, searching for battlefields.
Grind-
A grinding sound came from Gabriel's mouth, which she had been covering.
Whisper, whisper, whisper...
Murmur, murmur, murmur...
From the Celestial camp behind Gabriel, reactions of disbelief erupted: "The Archangel?", "Asura?", "Eh?", "Lies...", etc.
Kyahahaha! Look at her flustered.
The only small pleasure in this boring place was, after all, the conversation with Gabriel.
My daughters... seem to find me intimidating...
Gabriel, after managing her expression, lowered her hand, turned around, and said with a smile.
"Everyone! Do not be swayed by the Demon's sorcery! We must not forget our purpose!"
From Gabriel's hand, which she stretched toward the sky, a brilliant, pure white light shone.
Kyaaaaaa!
Arch! Angel!
Arch! Angel!
Ugh... she really is amazing at inciting people.
"Then or now... your ability to talk out of your ass is truly top-tier."
At my sharp criticism, Gabriel spun around and glared at me.
"...That was a secret I worked so hard to hide... how could you say that?"
Kekeke! You woman, did someone hold a knife to your throat and threaten you to manage your image like that?
"Then what? I'm just a vulgar Demon. I just told it like it is."
I gave my excuse confidently.
"Ha... fine. For now, I was thinking of heading back today... are you going to continue?"
This woman is sulking...
She was sulking because of me, but Gabriel, who faithfully performed her role, asked me if I wanted to continue the war.
Looking into her eyes for a moment at Gabriel's question, I soon agreed with her opinion.
"Yes. Let's head back for today as well..."
That was when it happened.
Suddenly, a shadow began to fall over us.
"...?"
"...?"
I had no choice but to be flustered as I looked up.
Because something, glowing bright red, was falling vertically right on top of us.
Ha, this woman used a Meteor spell?
...Given her personality, she isn't the type to take such risks...
What is it...?
I asked, my gaze fixed on something.
"...Hey, by any chance, are you...?"
"Ah, no! That wasn't us! What? What's going on?"
Gabriel vehemently denied it.
Four of my daughters from our camp and five Archangels from the Celestial camp stepped out to the left and right, lining up on either side of me and Gabriel to escort us.
"Mother!"
"Archangel!"
They summoned weapons that were like their own avatars, aiming them not at each other, but toward the sky.
!@#$%^&*$$@^#$^#$# !!!!
By the time it was almost visible to the naked eye from the upper atmosphere, a sound came from that something in the sky.
Judging by the fact that it was speaking, it seemed some being was there...
"Get the fuck out of the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'RE GONNA COLLIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
!!!
Something glowing bright red collided instantly with the ground between me and Gabriel.
???
However, if it had fallen normally from the sky and collided, there should have been a massive crater and collision phenomenon, but surprisingly, only sand dust was gently sprinkled on the ground before disappearing.
And a moment later, after the sand dust vanished...
At the end of the strange phenomenon, surprisingly, a being appeared before my eyes, taking a strange pose as it landed on two feet.
The Demon camp and the Celestial camp began to face off, maintaining a breathtaking tension at the appearance of a new being.
The being that had landed in a strange posture slowly stood up straight... and surprisingly, it had the appearance of a human.
"Oh... oh! I survived... huh? Ah... hello?"
A calm but slightly flustered human male's voice flowed out.
"...Huh?"
"...It's a man..."
"It's a man's voice...?"
The surrounding Demons and Celestials whispered.
They said it's a man!
What? A man?
Don't lie!
Now it began to spread far beyond the surroundings.
I suddenly became curious and looked at the human, asking.
"Are you a human...?"
"...Yes? Uh, um... yes, I am a human man... um... by any chance... is this the way to the Celestial camp?"
The human man looked at Gabriel and asked me about the Celestial camp.
What?
Celestial camp?
Ha, look at this woman? I knew it.
It's clear she summoned something.
The mana consumption precursor, this is how it's revealed.
But... a human man...?
Suddenly, I became curious about the human man.
That the being the Celestials summoned by consuming excessive mana is a human... and a man at that...
Ah... I can't stand this.
I've started wanting to see Gabriel, that woman, get angry...
I'm going to steal him!
I reached out toward the human man.
Slap-
Gabriel, having come to her senses, swatted my hand away with a venomous look and said.
"You bitch, he's ours, you're trying to lay a hand on him?"
Wow... what is this human...
That she's willing to break her image and curse to protect him?
Ah... this won't do.
War? I don't know... tell them to keep going.
I'm stealing that human first!
"Ha, steal him!"
"Protect him!"
Waaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so, because of the appearance of one human man, I, who had set out to stop the war today, started the war all over again.
In the middle of the battlefield, the sorrowful voice of the human man, trembling while huddled over, rings out pitifully.
"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SAVE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Wow... what do I do...
Look at that... pitiful voice...
Look at that... huddled appearance...
What do I do...
I've come to want to steal him even more....
With my gaze fixed on the human man, I summoned my beloved sword and aimed it at Gabriel.
So....
Hand. Him. Over.
"Hand over the human man... Gabriel...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
And I swung my sword at Gabriel.
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Waaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Hand over the human man... Gabriel...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Clang-clang-clang-clang-
Crazy... is someone treating a person like an object?
I, who had been lying flat and huddled, lifted my head slightly and was shocked.
Huh? ... That voice filled with such madness from the lips of the beauty who asked if I was human just a moment ago...
It's a bit... sad...
The one blocking the beauty filled with madness seemed to be the angel named Gabriel, whom the beauty was calling.
I don't know if they were the four companions around the beauty, but I could see them rushing toward me, aiming their own weapons.
Then, four angels, who had six beautiful wings and a ring emitting pure white light above their heads—the same as the angel named Gabriel who was watching their movements—marked the beauty's four companions one-on-one.
And the one remaining angel approached me and reached out a hand.
"Come, hurry!"
I, who was about to take the hand the angel offered, paused for a moment and turned my head to look at the beauty filled with madness.
"..."
"...?"
My gaze met the beauty filled with madness.
Who on earth are you to want me?
"Do not pay attention to her. That one is a Demon."
The angel beside me tells me not to pay attention, trying to keep me from even talking to her.
No, why?
Ah... well, I suppose they are enemies... but usually, it's understandable that they'd try to kill me because it's dangerous... but that doesn't look like an attitude of trying to kill me...?
Wow... but the beauty showed interest in me...?
How can I hold back from this?
If I'm curious, shouldn't I ask!?
"Who are you to tell me to hand him over?"
"Human...!"
"...Me? Diablo."
"...Hah..."
Wow... the beauty answered my question?
I thought she wouldn't even answer my question, so I couldn't help but be flustered along with my joy.
But...
Wait a minute...
???
Who?
Di
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Who is Diablo...
The protagonist of that game created by a certain blizzard game company, which thrilled the whole world with just its in-game worldview, bore the stigma of being a "fanatic factory," and created various fans... is that name here?
Here?
Appearing like this, suddenly?
I thought I had misheard for a moment, so I asked again.
"Who...?"
"Diablo. Human... my name... you've heard of it, right?"
"...."
"What are you doing! Hurry and take him away!"
"Ah... yes!"
As the angel named Gabriel in front urged the angel beside me, the angel grabbed my hand and led me to the Celestial camp.
"Come! Hurry and take cover!"
Led by the angel's hand, I looked at the beauty who had introduced herself as Diablo.
"..."
"..."
As we looked at each other and moved further apart, the beauty's figure soon disappeared.