Demon World War (4)
Passus—
The power that had been concentrated in one place and formed a shape began to slowly disperse.
Hela, intoxicated by the aftertaste, quietly looked down at her hands.
The hand that had just a moment ago been wielding and controlling this world, the ‘demon world’.
‘This is… really amazing.’
She could tell because she had personally experienced the ability.
This power was made possible by herself, who became the representative of the Demon World, and her subordinates, and the countless causal relationships intertwined with them, spreading out like a net and covering the entire Demon World.
This is truly a kind of power that is only permitted to God.
‘···This would be possible since the demons are magical creatures similar to spirits.’
Perhaps the level of the Demon Realm was higher overall than that of the continent’s general creatures for the sake of this system.
If you can use this power as you wish, it won’t be difficult to reign as a god in the Demon World.
‘Of course, that’s nonsense.’
A snicker escaped my lips.
Of course, even if he was the Demon King, there was no way he could use this much power as he pleased.
In the first place, this was a power delegated to Mashin to smoothly manage the demon world.
‘There’s no way you can swing something like that around without restrictions.’
Simply put, it was a power that, once activated, gave one absolute authority in the demon world, despite being subject to all sorts of restrictions and limitations.
Not only Crusher, but also the being that tried to descend through him was excluded because it directly violated that standard.
“Ugh, my whole body feels sore. The burden on my body is no joke.”
Hela grumbled softly, pouted her lips, and rolled her shoulders.
Considering the size of her body, one could guess how much strain had been placed on it.
Of course, looking at the sight before me, it felt like just a joke.
The abandoned land that had been a wasteland had large craters all over it, as if it had been bombed.
···In fact, it was also because of the real photon bombardment, but that wasn’t the important thing.
“Well, maybe it was a bit too much?”
A single, thin groove that begins at a certain point on the earth and extends all the way beyond the horizon.
And Hela, who saw the scar that crossed the sky, created by the line continuing upward, awkwardly stroked her chin.
‘But since it was my first time, I didn’t have time to control my strength···.’
Also, since it was almost the end of the descent, it was questionable whether it was okay to adjust the strength.
If you’re not careful, you might miss the opportunity and things might become more troublesome.
“···Well, it doesn’t matter since you look prettier now?”
Hela, who had been blankly staring at the cross-shaped scar carved into the purple sky for a moment, shrugged her shoulders and spoke refreshingly.
It wasn’t said for nothing.
It was certainly true that the additional traces this time had made the scar wider and the Milky Way sparkling within it much more visible, making for an even better view than before.
Even she, who had often looked up at the sky, was able to briefly lose herself in its beauty.
‘Then now I have to clean up.’
She looked around for a moment and then smacked her lips.
Actually, there was nothing to organize.
To begin with, this was an abandoned land with nothing, and the target of the hunt, Krushire, was hit with the final blow that split the sky and completely evaporated.
‘Even if a corpse were left behind, there would be nothing to salvage since he had already sacrificed everything he had.’
Her gaze turned to those who had helped her.
A warlock in pitch-black robes, a vampire in an opera mask, a three-headed dog scratching its neck with its hind legs, and a blond kid coughing and blowing his nose.
And even the man in the metal suit still hovering high above, looking down.
“Still, you know···”
Hela slowly licked her lips as she watched them disappear one by one after finishing their work.
Let’s focus on the perspective of one person who came to the Demon Realm but did not participate in the fight.
“If a dog that has been raised has caused harm to someone, isn’t it common sense that the owner should pay for the damages?”
Even if you go, you have to pay the rent.
Where are you going to wipe your mouth and pretend not to know?
She raised her head again and looked at a single star shining particularly brightly in the Milky Way. She raised the corners of her mouth and turned around quickly.
The remaining balance will be collected by another friend.
All she had to do now was to get back to her seat as quickly as possible.
From now on, I’m going to be so busy that I won’t have time to breathe.
The sole ruler of this demon world.
As the 16th Demon King.
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“···I found it.”
Heinrich, fluttering his wings of brilliance, muttered softly.
Hwaaaaak—
Like a light shining in the darkness—the divine aura radiating from his entire body and the sight of the demonic energy daring to not approach him was enough to attract the attention of those around him, but he paid no attention to that at all.
The place he was currently in was not only difficult for anyone to reach, but also difficult to observe properly with average abilities.
“You hid it in a place like this?”
This place is several times higher in the sky than where Hesperon was conducting aerial bombardments.
It was the end of the world, with the Milky Way visible right in front of us.
‘If it weren’t for the “Great Blessing: Wings of Radiance”, it would have been difficult to get through the magical storm and come this far.’
In the first place, the Demon World was nothing more than a side dimension derived from Outerica.
From the beginning, it is a world in which the universe and the Milky Way cannot exist.
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‘···By the way, it’s even more amazing when you see it up close. That’s all···.’
The area given to this world called the Demon World ends here.
The Milky Way seen beyond the curtain that could no longer be crossed was the traces of the Lord scattered during the creation process.
Because of the torrent of magical power that covers the sky, they cannot be observed properly, so they just twinkle in the void of space and look like stars when looking up from the ground.
“I have to admit that you have the brains. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have been able to find it even if you searched the earth for a hundred days.”
And at the edge of that world, there was ‘it’.
Suddenly disappeared from the underground ritual room of the Dark Nest.
The door leading to the temple of the imprisoned god.
‘Yeah, how could I have spit on this demon world? There’s no way I could give up so easily.’
Immediately after joining in tracking down Crushier’s location.
Heinrich stayed out of the bastard’s hunt and continued to focus on finding something.
Unlike the tracking results of other avatars, there was a reaction that was felt only by him.
In the first place, it was already excessive power even without him being involved.
‘I was wondering if it might have disappeared with Crushier.’
The Demon World is a realm that is strictly under the jurisdiction of another god.
It wouldn’t be easy to install a door connected to your own temple in such a place!
There probably had to be a price to pay in some way, and it must have been difficult to give up even now that the project in the Demon World had failed.
So, that’s why they hid it somewhere where no one could find it.
‘Then where.’
Heinrich approached the firmly closed door and gripped the handle tightly.
Phagejijik—
But the door began to slam shut violently.
There was no way I could stop him now with just that.
Boom!
He opened the door roughly, almost as if he was ripping it off, and flew inside naturally.
As the location of the temple was moved, the interior space itself was turned upside down, and all of the coordinates that had been recorded while underground were reset.
If we move to another place, all the coordinates set this time will probably become useless.
But once you get inside like this, you won’t be able to escape again.
———!
The rage pouring out of the temple could be felt through the rippling internal currents.
As if asking where you are coming from with those dirty feet.
“Okay, okay. I’ll finish it soon, so just stay still.”
Of course, Heinrich didn’t care.
It just flies quickly and calmly goes further inside.
‘The reaction is intense. My whole body feels tingly.’
The temple was a special place even to the gods.
No matter how much it had fallen, it was nothing to figure out the beings that had entered it.
Wasn’t that why he was reluctant to summon Hans inside so as not to reveal information about him, who was at his maximum power?
“···I found it. The center of this temple.”
But what if it was clearly a subordinate of the god Jushin, who was a higher god?
What if Heinrich, the champion of the gods, the creator of this world, the judge who punished him who was now imprisoned in the abyss, and the father of all gods?
‘In the first place, the basis of my strength was the blessings that the Lord gave me.’
Besides, he was with Crushier right now and was banished from the Demon World.
Even if this is the guy’s territory, it’ll be hard to do anything about it right after being kicked out.
In other words, unlike before, this temple was now like an unoccupied mountain with no owner.
Crackle! Crackle!
Ki-ki-ki-ki-ki—
The last time I looked, the door wouldn’t open no matter how hard I tried, but it opened by force.
On the other side of the huge hall, which was not even human-sized and seemed fit only for giants.
The altar of the chapel, where the badly damaged emblem was enshrined, came into view.
“That’s it, the core that maintains this temple.”
———!
The current inside him rippled violently as if confirming his soliloquy.
If we had been able to communicate, it would have been as if we would have been hurling all sorts of curses at each other a long time ago.
But hearing insults from the enemy was no different from compliments.
With a much happier heart, he flapped his wings and landed in front of a huge symbol befitting the scale of the temple.
‘Is this his symbol?’
A large structure that has been destroyed beyond recognition of its original form.
It was so charred and melted as if it had been burned, and it was so twisted that it looked like the face of a person screaming with a distorted expression.
‘···So there are sacred fragments here as well. Well, if they’ve been working hard for thousands of years, then this level of investment is only natural. It looks like this also serves as a relay station with the Demon World.’
I should have looked more closely when I first encountered the temple.
I had missed it once because I had taken my time and thought I would investigate slowly, so this time I was determined to make a decision no matter what.
Well, actually, the reason I stopped investigating back then was because I couldn’t find a way to open the door to this chapel.
‘I can’t directly absorb the Divine Fragments like other Avatars… but I’m also a priest. There must be a better way.’
Isn’t there a set way for a priest to increase his power?
Heinrich, who had been quietly looking up at the symbol for a moment, placed both hands on the structure that looked several times his height.
And then, ignoring the ominous feeling he felt from his palm, he closed his eyes tightly.
Woohoo—
Then he began to invoke divine power and pray to the Lord.
This structure, touched by his hands, is a symbol of the impious who dared to go against the will of the Lord, and is offered as a tribute.
Hurrruk!
Immediately after that.
A divine power burning like a fierce flame completely enveloped Heinrich’s body and holy symbol.
———!
The temple began to scream.
It was on a completely different level from the unstable appearance he had seen when he had previously destroyed the barrier of the Demon Dragon Duke.
A huge temple that gradually disappears after being distorted and twisted as if the world were coming to an end.
Chewy—!
“Huh!”
A burning smoke flowed out from Heinrich’s two hands, which were engraved with the stigmata and were in contact with the symbol.
The divine light emanating from his spread wings had already far exceeded the limits of his usual output.
The passage connected to the main god expanded and an enormous amount of divine power poured in.
Then at one moment.
All the noise around me suddenly stopped.
No, it wasn’t just the sound that disappeared.
I can’t even tell if it’s reality or an illusion—.
A space of nothingness where nothing exists.
In the midst of the chaos, his spirit began to soar to higher heights.
and.
We met there.
A great and holy being—of which previously only a very small glimpse could be seen.
‘This might be a little bit difficult…!’
The great will that constitutes and sustains this world.
It was not a proper encounter, but only a vague awareness, but even that alone was an overwhelming presence that immediately pushed the load on the “Mind Hub” and “Soul Firewall” to the limit.
And then, the moment the gaze of that being, the Lord, turned to Heinrich…
“Ugh!”
His eyes shot open at the feeling of falling endlessly.
Hooooooo—
···It wasn’t because of my mood.
The sound of the fierce wind brushing past your ears, the cold air cooling the sweat all over your body, and the strong wind pressure pushing against your face.
It was really falling down.
From the high sky that reached the ends of the world to the distant earth.
The Milky Way, visible beyond the cross-shaped scar carved into the purple sky, gradually receded into the distance.
“Ugh, this time it’s a bit too much···.”
It wasn’t like this even when I met you several times before.
Although my body was in free fall in real time, my stretched-out body didn’t have the strength to move even a single finger.
‘Is this really the Creator God? He’s on a whole other level than the other gods I’ve encountered so far.’
Heinrich let out a deep sigh.
I never thought I would go skydiving like this in a place like this.
And that too, paralyzed from the waist down, without even a parachute!
“I can’t help it….”
But I could understand it to some extent.
That would be the case···.
《The individual’s race value has been changed to ‘Angel’. The special skill “God’s Messenger” is acquired.》
《You have attained enlightenment by encountering the Supreme Being. You have acquired the special skill “Great Spirit.”》
It was even stranger that the species itself had changed and was still intact.
I never thought I would become a real angel.
And not long after.
The figure of the new angel who suddenly fell from the sky of the Demon World disappeared cleanly.
As if it had never existed in this world in the first place.
