Episode 271. The devil’s enemy (5)
“It’s not too late. “Why don’t you go back and wait for the Demon King?”
“I don’t want to cause any more harm to those around me. “I don’t want to continue the painful wait any longer.”
Betsy’s mind was firm.
The thought that Rogers had talked for no reason kept repeating in my head.
Although I told her everything out of respect for her opinion, Betsy made a decision too quickly.
As they moved forward with various thoughts tangled together, they soon arrived at their destination.
“It’s been a few years. Here too… … .”
An unknown lake.
It was the largest lake in the demon world, with a faint blue light that made it almost impossible to see inside.
It was so wide that I couldn’t even tell where the horizon ended.
For a moment, I was mesmerized by the magnificent yet quiet sight.
“Thank you for your hard work coming.”
Through the hazy water fog, Ascaron and his group appeared.
“Are you two the only ones here?”
“You can tell when you see it, right?”
Betsy responded coldly.
Rogers added:
“I’ll tell you in advance. If I determine that there is any harm or danger to Bestie, I will immediately take Bestie with me and return to the castle.”
“I can’t say for sure that there is no risk.”
“Now that’s the answer… !”
“Calm down Rogers!”
Betsy stopped the excited Rogers and took a step toward Ascaron.
He was holding a pendant in one hand.
“What can I do?”
“… … .”
Askaron looked at Betsy with affectionate eyes for a moment.
Soon, he brought his mouth to her ear and whispered softly.
“If you weren’t my daughter, I wouldn’t be like this.”
“… … !”
For some reason, I felt like my pride had been seriously hurt.
Betsy clenched her fists and trembled, and Ascaron turned his head towards his group with a grave expression on his face, as if he had never done that before.
“Get ready.”
Soon, other demons who received instructions brought wooden poles the size of their bodies.
Then, they were stacked one after another at a predetermined location, and an unknown white powder was scattered around them.
“What are you doing now?”
“Preparations are being made to perform the ceremony.”
“Consciousness?”
Askalon spoke calmly to Betsy, who gave an expression of confusion.
“I will use my magic to destroy the pendant that is beguiling you.”
Rogers jumped up and objected.
“It’s impossible! That pendant doesn’t work with magic or any other power! If I tried to force it to be released, I would end up with Bestie… !”
“Who said it would be lifted?”
“… … ?”
“I will destroy it.”
The eyes of the two demons suddenly fluctuated strongly.
“Power is honesty. A weak force is always overcome by a strong force. There is no force that does not work. “I will destroy that pendant with my magic power.”
Force presses with force.
I will use magical power that is far more overwhelming than the power of deception and completely destroy it so that its power cannot be activated.
It may sound good in theory, but it was a bit of a gamble.
“That is also dangerous! What are you going to do if you accidentally touch the power of the pendant and it manifests itself in reverse?”
“So you didn’t tell me? I can’t say for sure that there is no risk… … .”
This was something Rogers could never tolerate.
No matter how much Ascaron was a renowned and powerful person in the demon world, she couldn’t risk her life on something that she didn’t even know how likely it was.
Rogers turned as if there was nothing more to see.
“No need to worry! This is a risky gamble! Even if the pendant is destroyed, the Demon Lord will not remain silent if Bestie is harmed even in the slightest!”
“I guess so.”
Betsy also seemed to agree with Rogers’ opinion.
“But Rogers.”
“yes?”
“If we always think only of negative outcomes and give up, won’t we end up accomplishing nothing?”
“Bestie!”
Rogers immediately realized what she was thinking and shouted.
“I understand your urgency! But in times like this, you have to think more rationally! “Isn’t this something that Bestie always emphasizes to the Demon King?”
“I’m thinking more rationally than anyone else right now. Rogers. “If we don’t remove this pendant like this, the worst could happen to us.”
Rogers couldn’t say anything more.
As if to reassure him, Betsy patted both Rogers’ shoulders.
“Don’t worry, Rogers. Because I will overcome it well. Even for the peace of the demon world and Belkarion… … .”
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With her final pledge, Betsy turned to the ceremony site.
Unable to catch her as she walked away step by step, Rogers ended up closing his eyes tightly.
“Please, I hope you’re safe… … .”
Betsy reached the center of the ceremony hall with a reverential heart, followed by Ascaron.
Other demons surrounded the area as if they were setting up camp, and Betsy, looking around them, soon sighed and closed her eyes.
“It will be over soon.”
Askaron immediately gave instructions and performed the ceremony.
-Ugh!
Soon, a magic circle of dark red light was created beneath their feet, and the magic power expressed through the magic circle was transmitted to the pillars erected in all directions.
Afterwards, all the magic power that rose from the pillar was directed towards Bestie in the center.
“Keuheuk!”
Betsy frowned as she felt the turbulent flow of magic power.
My breathing became heavy, my legs were shaking, and I felt like I was going to collapse at any moment.
However, Bestie held on desperately.
As she held firm, the pendant began to move around under the influence of magic.
‘You have to hold on!’
Betsy kept repeating this one word to herself.
Even if your body breaks and blood vomits from your mouth, you must endure.
Even for Belkarion, who is still running around the demon world for himself.
but,
“Stop!”
Rogers, who was watching the ceremony from about ten steps away, suddenly shouted loudly.
“I’m saying stop the ritual immediately!”
He didn’t just shout, he even ran towards her.
Other demons stopped this and completely blocked anyone from approaching the ceremony site.
At this, Betsy realized that something was wrong.
For a moment, I tried to look around with my hastily opened eyes.
“… … !”
She soon made eye contact with Ascaron, who had moved in front of her.
Two red, bloodshot eyes that seemed to be filled with blood.
In just a few seconds, Ascaron’s face changed into something very strange and very hideous.
Betsy was so shocked that she froze and couldn’t even look away, so she had to look straight into his eyes.
“Oh, father? “What does that look like?”
“Everything is for the light… … .”
Askaron, who was muttering something unintelligible, suddenly grabbed Betsy’s pendant.
-Pazy!
Then, light and sparks flew out of the pendant.
“Put this down!”
Betsy threw away her hand and ran like crazy to escape the ceremony site.
-Tung!
However, she did not get far before colliding with a colorless barrier and being thrown away.
Before the ceremony, a barrier was created on the pillars erected in all directions for preparation.
Betsy, whose escape route was blocked, was sitting on the floor, clutching the pendant with both hands.
– Jeopuk
Ascaron approached Betsy again.
“Why are you doing this, father? “Come to your senses!”
“Everything is for the light!”
Despite her daughter’s earnest pleas, Ascaron kept repeating unknown words.
Betsy, consumed by fear, closed her eyes tightly.
The moment Ascaron’s merciless hand was about to head towards the pendant again,
“I will return everything to nothing…” … .”
Suddenly, a black sphere appeared above their heads.
“… … ?”
Not only Betsy, but also Askaron and his followers, and even Rogers, all eyes were focused on the sphere.
“Um, what about that?”
“A sphere of nothingness?”
I thought I might have figured out the identity of the sphere too late, but
-Whoa!
The sphere soon began to absorb all the magic power spread in all directions.
Due to the overwhelming, irresistible power, the magic around them was soon extinguished without a trace, and everyone could not help but be taken aback by the unexpected and unfamiliar sight.
A magical sphere of nothingness unique to the dark attribute that uses the caster’s magic power to nullify all of the opponent’s power and magic.
It is a simple magic that even a 1-star level holder can use as long as the attributes are correct.
However, it was only effective if the caster’s magic power was higher than the power being absorbed.
Askaron was a man of 8 star or higher magical power and a renowned power even in the demon world.
However, despite its reputation, Askaron’s magical power was completely absorbed into the sphere of nothingness.
That means:
The story goes that the sphere was summoned by someone with higher magic power than Askaron.
Betsy naturally turned her eyes as if drawn to a familiar energy.
“Press force with force. It’s a very simple and honest idea. “It’s not like I haven’t thought about breaking the pendant.”
Eventually, a woman appeared from the fog with a languid voice.
“But as Rogers said, the risk was so great that I quickly gave up the idea.”
The demons who discovered the woman could not hide their surprise.
“Uh, human?”
He wasn’t just a human.
A magical genius who appears once every hundreds of years in the human world.
The only human who has surpassed the limits of magic that humans can handle and has now reached the level where he can even use divine magic.
It was Runab Rainriver, the master of Maser Remiharam.
“Lu, Lunav?”
Heedless of Betsy’s call, he approached Ascalon.
“Still, I was curious to see if there was something different about the magic power of the demons, so I was trying to keep an eye on it with interest. But it looks like they had no intention of destroying the pendant from the beginning?”
Ascaron still stared fiercely at Lunav with red, bloodshot eyes.
He quickly raised his hand and unleashed mana as if to subdue her, but
-fluid
As if he had been waiting for this, Runab opened the magic book and drew out even more mana.
Then, a strong vortex swirled from the sphere of nothingness that reacted to the mana, and it hit Askaron’s body, absorbing all of his magical power.
“Kwaaaak!”
Askaron was in agony, shedding bloody tears, and soon fell with his face on the floor.
“father!”
Betsy, startled, tried to approach, but
“Don’t come, Bestie!”
Askaron raised his hand and rejected her advances.
Instead, Lunav came over and looked at Askaron’s face.
“As expected, was that something like that?”
“Lunav! “How did this happen?”
“I was struck by the power of deception.”
“… … !”
Betsy covered her mouth and her hands were shaking.
“Bestie!”
Rogers, who ran through the demons one after another, protected her.
“Are you okay?”
“Just enough to be able to stand.”
After confirming that he was safe, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
“Please get out of here for now.”
“But father, no, Ascalon!”
“You never know when it might explode again! First, move to a safe place and check again once the situation is resolved!”
“all right. Rogers… … .”
When Betsy couldn’t agree, she quickly left with Rogers.
While guiding her, Rogers glanced towards where Lunav was.
‘I can’t believe you can absorb Askaron’s magic so easily… … .’
Rogers was also a demon who was as skilled in the use of magical power as Askaron.
However, the magic power that Lunav showed now could not even be compared to his magic power, in other words, it was on a different level.
‘The same goes for that person named Xian, who fought the Demon King on one side. How far can the development potential of humans extend?’
I was wondering if the Supreme Beings who created them could tolerate that state, and on the other hand, I was filled with wonder and anxiety.
(Continued in the next part)
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