Chapter 345: translated
I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake.
Chapter 345
Pio grabbed Messio by the nape of his neck.
"Let's go, Sir Messio."
Pio led Messio away, evacuating him toward where Raven was.
Blink!
A Spell eater blinked its eye toward the flames that were sweeping across the battlefield. The power of the white flames weakened momentarily before coming back to life. It seemed that while the Spell eater's ability did affect verbal magic, there were limitations.
Raven spread the white flames to drive away the Spell eaters. The Spelleaters gathered together and repeatedly blinked their third eyes.
Blink! Blink! Blink! Blink!
Like biting into a watermelon, the white flames were devoured here and there. Despite this, Raven did not reduce the firepower. If they retreated now, everyone would die miserably.
In the battlefield drenched in red and black, Raven's solitary figure glowing white appeared not just noble but dignified.
Smack!
However, before long, blood gushed from Raven's nose. The side effects of verbal magic had begun to manifest.
"So it's true what they say about the wizard who killed the Demon King?"
Raven turned toward the voice that tickled her ears. One devil with 5 horns on its head and 15 other devils were giggling.
Meanwhile, there were only 21 White Horse Knights who could still stand properly, plus Pio and Aurora.
"Creating magic that the Spell eaters cannot consume."
A large hammer appeared in the hand of the devil with 5 horns.
"Shall I experience the reputation of the Green-Eyed Wizard firsthand?"
"Aaaaaaaah!"
The White Horse Knights, Pio, and Aurora immediately charged toward the devils.
Raven detached flames from the surroundings and attached them to the knights' weapons.
The devils screamed in pain when touched by the white holy flames.
"Argghhhhh!"
"Ughh!"
The devils, whose regenerative abilities weren't particularly impressive, had their stomachs pierced by the white holy flames and instantly burned to charcoal.
The expressions of the White Horse Knights brightened.
"With these flames...!"
Baaang!
At that moment, the devil with 5 horns slammed its hammer into the ground. Then one White Horse Knight's head exploded.
"What...?"
The devil smiled wickedly.
"Which mole should I catch next?"
The devil slammed its hammer down again.
Baang!
Then another White Horse Knight's head exploded.
"This one? Or that one?"
Bang! Bang!
Two White Horse Knights' heads exploded with two light hammer strikes.
"Could it be... Horos, the devil of Judgment?"
Horos slung the hammer over his shoulder and said.
"Well, I am indeed Horos. But I find the term 'devil' a bit unpleasant?"
Horos swung his hammer while looking at Pio.
At that moment, Pio immediately raised his sword upward.
Baaang!
Pio's two legs buckled and he sank down. But unlike the other knights, his head didn't explode.
Horos laughed as if amused.
"Ho, did you know about my ability?"
Horos' main ability was impact point alteration.
Even when striking the hammer on the ground, he could exert physical force at any space he desired, an absurdly unfair ability.
Due to the advantage of being able to assassinate opponents from a distance, despite carrying such a huge hammer, this devil's face was not well-known.
"Then let's see if you can block this too?"
Horos slammed his hammer into the ground again. Pio raised his sword above his head again
But another White Horse Knight's head exploded.
"Actually, that was a lie."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The heads of the White Horse Knights exploded one after another. As the formation collapsed instantaneously, the devils pushed forward.
Pio and Aurora swallowed hard while fending off the devils' weapons.
'He's deliberately not targeting Raven.'
If he had such an ability, he would have exploded Raven's head first. But the reason he was dealing with the White Horse Knights first was because he already considered Raven a fish caught in the net.
The White Horse Knights lost their fighting spirit. They were gripped by fear at the thought that they might be next, as their comrades' heads continued to explode.
Horos shuddered like a pervert while looking at the knights' fear-stricken eyes.
"Yes, those eyes. Those eyes. Those eyes filled with despair! That's what drives me crazy!"
Horos looked at Raven, Pio, and Aurora.
Their eyes were still burning with fighting spirit.
Horos did not like their eyes.
"Capture those three alive. Especially Raven, I'll make her beg me to kill her."
The devils giggled and rushed toward the knights.
At that moment, a black wolf leaped through the white flames. A man wielding a blue-green greatsword mounted on the wolf struck down at Horos.
Horos instinctively raised his hammer to block the greatsword.
Kwaaang!
Horos' two legs buckled from the tremendous impact. His cloudy gold eyes met the attacker's.
"Y-You...!"
"Garum, bite."
The wolf bit off Horos' head.
Bang!
Purple blood gushed out like a fountain.
The devils momentarily lost their minds at the sight of Horos' incomprehensible death.
Eventually, the man's armor split, and the broken armor pieces swept through the devils.
"Kuaaaaa!"
Amidst the bloody wind, wolves leaped over the white flames.
It was the Wolf Knight Order of the Hironeel family. The man leading them was one of a kind in this world.
The Wolf King, Yugar Hironeel.
"Wolves! Ravage the enemy!"
At Yugar's command, the Wolf Knight Order pounced on the Spell eaters. Only then did Raven release the magic and collapse.
Dizziness made it difficult to stand as both legs gave way.
"You've been through a lot. Green-eyed wizard."
Raven stood up with the support of Pio and Aurora. Yugar was as big as Barre, so one had to tilt their head quite a bit to see his face.
"No. Thank you instead. I survived thanks to you."
"You were lucky. I came running a bit faster because Garum kept whining that he was hungry."
Yugar said with a wolf-like smile.
"By the way, where is Caesar now? I want to have a drink with him."
***
Agatha said while swinging on a swing.
"So where are you now?"
Caesar said while making a chair with a hammer, tap tap tap.
"I'm on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean."
Agatha jumped off the swing.
"How can you fall into the middle of the ocean just from being hit by a purple fan?"
"That's the ability of the Fan of Rejection."
"Fan of Rejection?"
Caesar handed a chair to Agatha.
Agatha sat on the chair after placing a cushion that Caesar had made.
Caesar, sitting on top of the table, created a large fan that Denver had been holding.
"Originally, it's not so much Denver's ability as it is an ability used by Morax, the devil of rejection. When you wave the fan, you can send the opponent flying far away."
"How does it make them fly? Does it create some kind of wind?"
"No, the Fan of Rejection is similar to repulsive magic. It just pushes the opponent far away. Of course, most people would die from shock while flying or die the moment they hit the ground."
Caesar sighed and scratched his head.
"I didn't think Denver would have that ability."
"How did that guy Denver have Morax's ability? What exactly is Denver's ability?"
Caesar rubbed his chin and thought.
Even in the Valent Saga, Denver's exact ability isn't revealed.
Usually, when a character meets Denver, there are only three choices. Either run away, die, or be persuaded.
Moreover, Denver's status is marked as secret, and his skills change each time you meet him, so it's not known what abilities he has.
But there is some known information.
"Denver can bring back the abilities of dead devils."
"Dead devils?"
"Yes. He can absorb the abilities of dead devils and transfer them to other devils, and he can also evolve devils' horns."
"Hmm... That means the devil of rejection, Morax, is dead?"
"Probably so."
That's a bit strange.
Morax is a devil with as many as 6 horns. And he's also a high-ranking devil who appears in the latter part of the devil overflow. How and by whom could such a devil have been killed?
'Well, that's not what's important.'
What's important now is to somehow escape from this sea.
Now that Denver knows Caesar isn't in Homigraph, he'll try to somehow destroy Homigraph.
Agatha noticed what Caesar was worrying about and carefully said.
"Should we ask the mer people?"
"Mer people?"
"Yes. It's not like you can run across the sea. I'll ask them to find you and take you to Homigraph."
Caesar's eyes lit up.
"My goodness, why didn't I think of that?"
"Ha, I've always been smart, you know."
"Agatha, you're a real genius! Thank you so much!"
When Agatha received the compliment, her shoulders rose as if they would pierce the sky.
"Ahem! Anyway, can you tell me roughly where you are? You need to show me what's around you."
"It's completely open sea, but... Just a moment."
Caesar closed his eyes and concentrated. Then the green meadow disappeared, and thick sand began to pile up.
Splash! Splash!
Eventually, the sound of waves was heard, and seawater filled the surroundings. Agatha opened her eyes wide when she smelled the sea.
"You really learn fast, don't you? To be able to handle dreams to this extent already."
"It's survival instinct."
Agatha looked around.
There were a few islands visible around, but she couldn't tell which was east and which was west.
"Hmm... I don't know if I can find you, but I'll try to contact Atan."
"Thanks, Agatha."
"It's nothing, but..."
Agatha was about to say something but then closed her mouth.
"What?"
"Nothing. I think it'll be fine."
Caesar wasn't the type of person to just hear and dismiss words like ‘it's fine.’ In a situation where everything has gone wrong, missing even small things could lead to being caught off guard like now.
"Just tell me. It could be something I can help with."
After thinking for a moment, Agatha opened her mouth.
"Pepe contacted me."
"What, Pepe? Where is he now?"
"He said he's in Home Town. But what's unusual is that Pepe is now playing the role of Sith."
"If he's playing the role of Sith..."
"He didn't tell me exactly, but I think he's running Home Town instead of Sith."
I was a bit curious about how Sith could still be alive after betraying Elijah... It seemed that Sith had been executed by Elijah, and Pepe had taken over Sith's role and was leading the Home Town.
"Anyway, that guy Pepe proposed an alliance to us."
"An alliance?"
"Yes. To kill Elijah together."
"Isn't that a dangerous idea? We'll be in big trouble if we underestimate Elijah."
"We didn't discuss exactly when and how. But when Yan and Mitchell heard this, they immediately said we should proceed."
Of course, from their perspective, not only do they want revenge on Elijah, but they also want to somehow escape from the demon realm and return to their homeland.
"I think it will start as early as next month, or by early July at the latest. That's the harvest season in the demon realm."
"How is the situation with Elijah?"
"It's quiet. That's why I'm worried. I really don't know what they're thinking."
I think it's too hasty. Unless we resolve the Niflheim issue now, there's nothing that Caesar's side can help with.
"Okay. Got it. I'll think about this issue too."
"Thank you."
***
The next morning. Caesar was hungry, so he struck the sea with Thunder. As lightning struck, fish flipped over and rose to the surface. While gathering the fish with the intention of grilling them, something strange came up with them.
They were mermaids.
"Huh...?"
However, what's peculiar is that the mer people are floating motionlessly like the fish? Just then, a familiar man's face rose above the sea.
It was Atan.
"...Why are there so many lightning strikes from clear skies this morning? So it was you?"
The mer people slapped the cheeks of the unconscious mer people to wake them up.
Caesar scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed expression.
"Um... I'm sorry."
"No. I know you didn't do it on purpose."
"By the way, how did you get here so quickly? Even if you received a message from Agatha, I never thought you'd arrive this fast."
Atan pointed to islands in the distance.
"Our city where we live is over there."
What a coincidence this is. To fall right above the city where mer people live.
"So you heard all the news from Agatha?"
"I heard it through a conch shell 10 minutes ago."
Atan pointed to the sea dragon that was munching on the fish Caesar had caught.
"Let's go. Since you've come all this way, I'll introduce you to the kingdom.”