Chapter 355: translated
I Killed the Demon King. It was a Mistake.
Chapter 355
Caesar read the wind.
Strange breaths were detected around Marbas. They were undoubtedly devils trying hard to hide their excitement.
'This is strange.'
The number of devils is much more than expected.
There is only one scenario where these guys could come here. It's to occupy Homigraph and Sapientia, bring the remaining forces, and wait until Caesar arrives here.
'Does that make sense?'
Denver clearly pushed Caesar to the eastern sea.
Then, logically, shouldn't one expect Caesar to be somewhere in the eastern sea? For them to realize that Caesar is coming from the direction of Vexilla, the Niflheim guys must have noticed that Caesar was in Vexilla and reported it to Denver.
But with the devil 'Smog' dead and all phone lines currently cut off making phones barely work, how could they inform Denver?
The second strange point is that they allegedly occupied Homigraph and Sapientia.
Caesar had smashed as many as 10 nests and killed quite a few devils. From Niflheim's standpoint, it's a situation where they should take a slight breather.
Yet they occupied Homigraph and Sapientia, which have more than 5,000 battle wizards?
Moreover, with Yugar Hironeel and his knights coming down to protect Homigraph, and Noah Arch wide awake and alive?
No matter how much Caesar tried to simulate this in his head, it seemed nearly impossible.
"Surrender quietly. Then I'll spare your life."
Caesar did not answer.
Instead, he ran. Emerging from the sea dragon's body and stepping strongly on the water surface, he rushed forward in one breath, and devil Frogs charged at him.
Caesar swung Thunder and Lefty once.
Bang! Bang!
With Caesar's sharp wind blades, the devil Frogs instantly turned into bloody water and disappeared.
Caesar appeared in front of Marbas, breaking through the curtain of blood. Marbas thrust his needle at Caesar who was charging without words.
Caesar avoided his needles with a light movement and then split him from head to groin with Lefty in one strike. The cross-section of the devil burned white with Arch's holy flame.
Boom!
Caesar stood on nearby land and looked at the riverbank. The river had turned purple, colored by the blood of the devils Caesar had killed.
Ding!
As an alarm rang from the creature's body, as if time was rewinding, the Arch's holy flame attached to the creature's body went out, the split body reattached, and the fragmented devil Frogs also returned.
Marbas grinned at Caesar.
"Seeing you here, I guess we've already greeted each other?"
That ability to lose memory like a goldfish when time is reversed is more and more bizarre the more you see it.
The devils hiding all around, including the devil Frogs, revealed themselves.
From mass-produced devils with one horn on their head to devils with four horns. They didn't even try to hide their killing intent and just charged.
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Form 9
Storm’s Eve
Caesar's body turned red-hot, and steam gushed out from his entire body.
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Form 3
Dragon Rising
The dragon Rising created by Caesar rose high into the sky. The devils were literally torn apart by the sharp wind.
"R-Run away!"
They tried to go back the way they came, but like a vacuum cleaner, the whirlwind sucked in the devils and ground them to the bone.
Before being sucked into the dragon whirlwind, Marbas crossed to the opposite side of the river and drove the minute and hour hands into the ground.
'......Incredible.'
Though he had seen Caesar fight a few times through a cuckoo, the guy was more of a magician than a knight.
When he swung his axe, it was as if magic unfolded, and everything around was devastated.
"Aaaaargh!"
The screams of over 500 devils mixed with the Dragon Rising. Among them were devils with four horns who had been granted the title of baron or marquis, but it was fine.
After all, he could just turn back time and revive them. Marbas rang the bell inside his body.
Ding!
"......?"
The devils that should have been revived did not revive. Only purple blood and flesh were scattered in the river, and there was no movement at all.
Marbas rang the bell again.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Cold sweat ran down Marbas' back.
"Why isn't this working?! What is this......!"
"Everything went wrong from the moment you placed the 'Time Bind' on me."
"What?!"
Marbas looked at Caesar.
The 'Time Bind' that Marbas had placed was clearly undone and gave off no color.
Instead, the ring on Caesar's index finger was shining brightly. Caesar threw Thunder at him.
Marbas raised his sword to block Thunder, but.
Craaackle!
"Aaaaah!"
He was electrocuted by the lightning power imbued in Thunder, and then Thunder precisely lodged into Marbas' right lung. Marbas writhed in pain as his entire body burned.
'I must reverse it quickly......!'
Marbas tried to strike the bell inside his body. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't strike it.
Crunch! Crunch!
Marbas realized that the penetrating Thunder had shattered the spring that touched the bell.
'He knew the location of the bell?'
When Marbas was bewildered, Caesar had already arrived right in front of him. Caesar's Lefty, burning white, was aimed at Marbas' neck.
'I'm going to die......!'
Marbas closed his eyes tightly.
Baang!
A thunderous sound rang out, enough to shake Marbas' brain.
Marbas looked at Lefty, which had stopped at his neck. Lefty was blocked by an ornate jeweled sword.
Woong, woong, woong, woong!
The sword was vibrating thousands of times, shaving away the aura embedded in his left side.
Caesar saw the owner of the crying sword that suddenly appeared. A devil with 9 horns on its head, and the supreme ruler of Niflheim.
It was Denver.
"It's really impossible to let my guard down."
Caesar grabbed Thunder. And he retreated backward while piercing through Marbas' body.
"Heck!"
Marbas rolled on the floor, bleeding.
"The, bell......"
Marbas tried to ring the bell to restore his body back to normal. But the spring mechanism for ringing the bell was completely broken, so the bell couldn't be rung.
He tried to put his hand inside his body to touch the bell, but his whole body was so weak that he couldn't even touch it.
"Marbas."
"Yo, Your Majesty......"
Marbas showed Denver the inside of his body.
"Pl, please ring the be, bell inside."
Denver's hand slowly extended into Marbas' body.
"You've worked hard."
"Your, Your Majesty...?"
When Denver's hand touched the bell, Marbas felt as if all the strength in his body was draining away. The five horns on Marbas' head instantly shrank.
"Aaaaaaaah!"
All the horns on Marbas' head disappeared, and his body rolled on the floor.
Thud!
Denver pulled out the golden bell that was inside Marbas' body.
"He was a subordinate with high potential for development, but I guess this was his limit."
Denver shook the bell, making it ring with a 'ting' sound. The bell sound echoed and entered Caesar's mind.
But Caesar's Storge immediately responded and dispersed the creature's ability.
"Why doesn't Marbas' ability work on me?"
"Shouldn't you find the answer yourself?"
"That's a good philosophical opinion, but I'm just too curious."
Denver put the bell into his bosom and then took out a piece of paper.
"How about we exchange answers? I know something you might be curious about. So you could tell me what I'm curious about as well, what do you think?"
Denver stuck the brilliantly jeweled sword into the ground and picked up the fan of rejection. Seeing the huge purple glowing fan reminded him of the PTSD from flying to a remote island in the East Sea a month ago.
"If you don't like it, this time I'll immediately blow you to the western end."
Caesar cooled down his body, which had been heated up by the storm .
"Not bad. I was actually curious about how you guys got here."
"If that's your question, I can answer very easily. Noah Arch opened the way for us."
Denver unfolded the paper and threw it to Caesar.
The paper smoothly rode the wind and arrived in front of Caesar.
Caesar unfolded the paper.
"Noah has requested a ceasefire. In return, he gave you. He says he can occupy Homigraph or Sapientia anytime anyway, but you're different."
When Denver snapped his fingers, devils gathered around. The number was incomparable to the devils Marbas had been leading.
"In other words, you've been betrayed by Noah Arch, Caesar."
Caesar's gaze focused on the letter.
To Denver, Caesar seemed quite shocked.
"Caesar, that's just how humans are. They use you and then discard and betray you when they think you have no value. That's the natural nature of humans."
Denver extended his hand to Caesar.
"But I'm different. Unlike the Emperor or Arch Duke, I have broader capacity and also generosity. So I'm going to give you another chance."
"A chance?"
When Caesar responded, Denver smiled even more deeply.
"Yes. A chance. I'll give you a chance to get revenge on Arch Duke who betrayed you and your people. How about joining me now to punish Sapientia and Homigraph severely?"
Denver's words were as sweet as a devil's.
"Revenge for revenge, blood for blood. Isn't that the right way of the world?"
Caesar calmly folded the paper and put it in his pocket.
"You said you were curious about why Marbas' ability didn't work, right?"
"...That's right."
Caesar slowly approached Denver. Denver was very uncomfortable with Caesar's approach, whose thoughts were difficult to read, but he pretended to be nonchalant to show his dignity as a king.
"Time binding is just called time binding, but it's not actually rewinding time; it's the ability to rewind situations and environments to when the bell rang."
Caesar waved his hand, making a gesture of ringing a bell.
"For his ability to be used, there needs to be a subject who remembers the situation and environment to be rewound, and that subject must be someone other than himself. That's why he used the ability on me."
Caesar stood face to face with Denver.
"Then what happens to me who is under Marbas' ability? I can't leave the specific range designated by Marbas and can't have any influence either. From my perspective, it would feel like being trapped in an eternal prison."
"Good. Then how were you able to escape from Marbas' ability?"
"There are a total of two ways to block Marbas' ability. Either prevent him from ringing the bell that he rings at regular intervals, or have a dragon language relic that can escape from time binding. You'd need to use one of these two methods."
Denver put strength into the hand holding the fan so he could blow Caesar away immediately.
"That means you already have a dragon language relic that can escape from time binding."
"Of course."
"Alright. Then let me ask one more thing."
Caesar looked down at Denver and smiled.
"How do you know so much in detail?"
"Yes."
"I won't tell you."
Denver struck down the fan toward Caesar. At the same time, Caesar hooked Thunder around Denver's waist.
Ding!
Denver felt that the ability of the Fan of Rejection had clearly been activated, but Caesar did not fly away.
"You don't seem to know much about the ability of the Fan of Rejection. The Fan of Rejection doesn't work when they're in contact with each other like now."
Sparks flew from Caesar's Thunder, electrocuting Denver.
"So you should have kept your distance and opened your mouth. You arrogant bastard."
Caesar's Thunder was strongly pulled, cutting the creature's waist.
Denver's body appeared to be cut in half, but his skin peeled off as he stepped back. It was the manifestation of Andromalius' 'Skinning' ability.
"Shedding your skin like a lizard, huh?"
At the same time, the abilities of the devils descended upon Caesar.
Caesar had known the names of the devils’ abilities that were gonna be used for some time.
Kimaris, the devil of exhaustion.
Balak, the devil of Calamity.
The devil of illusion, Jagan.
They were all devils with 5 horns each, and all of them were devils that Denver had given the title of Count to. Each one was a powerful being that even 3 knight orders composed of holy knights couldn't defeat if they attacked simultaneously, and they had unique abilities.
In the case of Kimaris, the devil of Exhaustion, he knew how to use a debuff that instantly exhausts the opponent's muscles, making them completely drained.
Balak, the devil of Calamity knew how to handle flames powerful enough to instantly melt even rocks.
In the case of Jagan, the devil of Illusion, he was a bizarre devil who could show the opponent the hell they found most painful or make them dream the happiest dream in the world.
The only problem was that Caesar could overcome all of their abilities.
Kimaris' ability could be overcome with the 'Unyielding' ability attached to the Baptism Sword. Balak, the devil of Calamity’s ability, was very vulnerable to wind, so Caesar could simply scatter it with his axe.
In Jagan's case, he could overcome it with the 'Flawless' ability of the Baptism Sword.
In addition, devils that bound Caesar's body, like the devil of Intimidation or the devil of Chains, could be overcome with 'Storge'.
After breaking through the devils' abilities with his whole body, Caesar stood in front of Denver.
Denver held up the Jewel Sword and faced Caesar.
Claaaang!
When Caesar's Thunder and the Jewel Sword collided, a thunderous sound erupted. Denver's absorbed ability of Eligos' 'Grudge' manifested, and the aura wrapped around Caesar's Thunder was gradually being eaten away.
But the lightning embedded in Thunder bounced around, electrocuting Denver, and……
Thud!
Finally, the electrocuted Denver's sword was stuck in the ground.
"I'm really curious, what's the reason you appeared before me with your current specs? Denver."
Caesar thrust his Lefty into the creature's shoulder. The creature peeled off his skin again and stepped back.
"You haven't absorbed all the abilities of the Marquis-level devils, nor have you devoured all the Ultimate devils, yet you stand before me in combat."
Denver was overwhelmed by Caesar's relentless assault.
"Did you underestimate me because you dealt with the Fan of Rejection once, or do you not know what it means to receive the blessing of the Baptism Sword?"
Caesar kept using psychometry to understand Denver's thoughts while questioning him.
But each time, the answer was the same.
-Why isn't Caesar reacting?
-I thought he wouldn't confront me if he believed he had been betrayed.
It seemed the creature thought that if Caesar believed he had been betrayed by Noah, at least he wouldn't swing his axe at him.
"Caesar El Lindger! You are a slave! Do you want to remain loyal to Arch Duke even after being betrayed?!"
"Don't worry. I'm planning to visit Noah shortly after this."
Caesar struck Denver's neck.
Denver escaped, leaving behind only his shed skin like a lizard.
"But before that, wouldn't it be right to beat the devil right in front of me first?"