“There they are!”
“It’s Lord Ludrick!”
Voices were heard, and the boys turned around.
Had the guards who were taken elsewhere woken up and come to search for them?
“Lord Ludrick.”
“Ah.”
But no, they were not their own guards. The two men, who seemed to be butler-like figures, were approaching with their swords drawn, and the boys instantly recognized them as enemies.
“Capture them!”
“Do not harm the lord!”
They were not just regular butlers – their movements clearly showed combat training. Seeing this, Noel stepped in front of Ludrick to protect him. The two had no weapons, as they were in the middle of a meal. Noel had secretly brought a knife, but he decided it was too risky to take them on, and began chanting a spell.
“Ooooooh!!”
But in that moment, it was Ludrick who burst forward. Moving with a speed that belied his recent poisoning, Ludrick struck one of the butler-like figures in the face, sending him and the other flying.
“…My lord? That strength…”
“…I don’t know.”
It was far beyond what a young boy should be capable of. Ludrick felt a warm glow in his hands, and stared at them. His fist hurt from the impact, but…
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah, that guy… Noah grip on my arm hurt more.”
“Mm, he must care about Lucia too.”
Ludrick’s arm had a slight bruise. He thought that was proof of Noah’s care for his master Eurushia, and that this power had lent itself to him as well.
“Noel… from now on, honorifics and formalities are unnecessary.”
“…Understood. Let’s go, Ludrick.”
The two boys set off to rescue the one girl,
their resolve burning within them.
“Nia, what’s happening!?”
“Just a little more…”
Beads of sweat appeared on Nia’s forehead as he struggled to suppress Eurushia’s rampaging magic.
Even as a demon who possessed a vessel, Nia normally does not sweat. But controlling Eurushia’s magic was no easy task, even for the great demon Nia with the ability to ‘absorb.’ As a spiritual being, the mental strain manifested as visible perspiration.
“Maybe you should just give up already?”
“You…!”
Isabella’s voice interrupted the scene. Tina, filled with anger, was about to unleash her demonic powers, but Nia quickly restrained her.
“Tina! Suppress your magical power!”
“Ugh…”
If the powerful demon Tina were to release her magic, it would have a terrible effect on Eurushia. Realizing this, Tina managed to hold back her power. For a moment, Isabella felt a twinge of fear, but then she gracefully smiled.
“Your efforts are in vain… Now, that girl’s end is here!”
“What do you–“
Just as Tina was about to speak again, Nia suddenly panicked.
“Wait! Stop!”
“Nia!?”
Tina turned to see Nia, who was usually calm, now in a state of alarm. Suddenly, the carpet covering the entire room began to emit a bright light.
No, it wasn’t the carpet itself, but the geometric patterns beneath it that were glowing.
“Master!” Tina cried out.
The light from the geometric patterns was converging on the fallen Eurushia. The shape looked like…
“A magic circle!?”
Tina recognized it and immediately tried to punch the floor with her full demonic power. But her fist was deflected.
Boom!
“Boom!”
“Tina!”
Tina’s fist comes down, and her whole body pops off.
“No! Eurushia’s magic is raging and can’t be contained!”
Along with the bright light, Eurushia’s magic started to run wild again, and Nia desperately tried to suppress it while letting out a cry.
It was likely that Tina’s punch had been deflected because Eurushia’s magic was flowing through the entire floor. To stop it, they would need to break the magic circle, but that would require exceeding Eurushia’s power.
“Eurushia…”
“Master!!”
The magic circle centered on Eurushia shone even brighter, causing Nia, who was restraining her, to be blown away.
“Hahaha, this is the end! Now, unknown deity from another world! Sacrifice not only her magic, but that girl as well!”
Isabella’s laughter echoed as the ritual was about to begin.
And then ……
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“It has begun…”
Cordle, who had activated the ritual, trembled at the immense power flowing in, but focused his attention on the source: the young girl, Eurushia.
The saint, Eurushia. She is not officially a saint because of her young age, but she is a girl who has such a powerful magic that she is called so.
Originally, Cordle’s plan was to gather children from the Calisto order who could use sacred magic and steal their high-purity magic. That’s why they had taken the risk of crossing into the Holy Kingdom.
But now, all of that…
“Lord Demon King, your wish will be granted.”
Cordle was a trusted confidant of the Demon King and one of the highest-ranking generals of the Demon Army.
Initially, He had no intention of laying hands on the Holy Kingdom, which is said to be the archenemy of the demon race. In the vast Sigress Kingdom, He had hundreds of people kidnapped and drained their magical power. In Terthed, He impersonated nobles and had them Terthed weaponry and magical power collection techniques used by the Demon King’s army.
However, in Taliteld, He ended up in conflict with a vampire who was also secretly active in the shadows, and when He tried to eliminate them, He ended up losing some of his undercover operatives, which necessitated a new strategy.
That’s when the secret organization of the Duke of Capel in the Holy Kingdom contacted him. They wanted the technology for the weapons that Cordle had developed, but they were also looking for a way to collect magical power.
His operatives pretended to go along with their plan, but they actually investigated their true objectives. When Cordle learned that their goals could be useful, he offered to provide the technology for a ritual to summon a powerful entity and command it.
The reason Cordle and his group couldn’t operate freely in the Holy Kingdom was not only because they were the archenemy of the demon race, but also because they lacked connections within the devout human population. The Capel ducal family, whom they considered the most influential, became the link between the demon race and the Holy Kingdom.
Upon receiving the report from the undercover operative, Cordle himself infiltrated the Holy Kingdom’s Taliteld to personally collect the superior magical power of the “rumored” Saint.
And that’s when Cordle heard the rumors.
A child-like figure who sacrificed herself to save children, healing dozens on the brink of death – the Holy Maiden, Eurushia, beloved by the gods.
The numerous praises and rumors. Even if only half of it were true, the value of the magical power that a single person could wield would be of the utmost importance.
The Demon King’s ambition required a vast amount of magical power. However, there was a limit to how long the magical power could be stored technically, and it would diminish gradually over time.
What was needed was immediate access to large quantities of high-purity magical power.
And there existed a person in the Holy Kingdom, the enemy of the demon race, who might be able to provide that – the “Holy Maiden,” the archenemy of the demon race.
Not just any ordinary person with the ability to use sacred magic,
but the genuine “Holy Maiden of the Holy Kingdom,” rumored to surpass even the first Holy Maiden in the history of the demon race.
As evidence, Cordle and his underlings, who could perfectly disguise themselves as human, were the only ones that the maiden could see through as not being human.
Whether it was due to the maiden’s compassion as a holy figure or the innocence of a princess, she did not forcibly expose Cordle’s true nature, instead gazing at them with kind eyes, which simultaneously filled Cordle with admiration and intense fear.
She… Eurushia was the “genuine article.” If the true Holy Maiden had appeared, then the “Hero” that Calisto had brought along could also be the real thing, not an imitation.
In the legend of the demon race, the Holy Maiden, with her immense magical power and compassionate heart, would guide the Hero to victory. As long as the Holy Maiden was by the Hero’s side, the Hero would become virtually invincible, able to defeat any enemy.
Cordle was a warrior himself, and if possible, he would have liked to fight the Hero chosen by Eurushia. But the maiden’s compassion and gentleness would invite carelessness, and for her magical power to be used for the demon race rather than for the sake of humans would be the utmost irony.
“Don’t be reckless.”
“Yes, sir!”
At Cordle’s command, his subordinates responded.
Was this the pure magical power of the Holy Maiden? Eurushia’s entire body was shining, and the “golden” magical power was being channeled through the magical circle to the demon kingdom. The magical circle of the fortress, which had recorded the spell, creaked under the immense magical power, far exceeding the expectations.
With this much magical power, it would be comparable to the combined magical power that Cordle and the Demon King had collected over ten years. And it was being forcibly extracted from the unconscious Eurushia, who would likely die from having the dormant power within her soul violently drawn out.
“…I’m sorry.”
Knowing that they were not human, Cordle still offered a prayer for the wellbeing of the golden-haired girl who had gazed at them with kind eyes.
But–
However–
KIIIIIN—-!!
The overloaded magical circle cracked, and the “golden light” that spilled out engulfed Eurushia.
What was happening? What was this phenomenon?
“Tina! Help me!”
“Understood, milord!”
At Nia’s desperate cry, Tina rushed to restrain the situation, even though her right arm was injured by her master’s magic. But–
[—-!]
The explosive impact blew away the two powerful demons, even with their combined full-power magical effort.
Yet the demons, barely enduring the shock, let out a hoarse, groaning sound…
“Nia…”
“What have we done…”
With expressions more serious than anyone could imagine, they were drenched in cold sweat.
“Has… the master’s ‘true form’ been unleashed…?”
A lithe, compact body of a panther.
A tail that extended several times its body length.
Gigantic bat wings, each dozens of meters wide.
All covered in shimmering “golden” fur, with deep crimson eyes that reflected the fragile living beings around it, and a roar that reached the heavens.
The natural enemy of all living things.
A deity of the demon realm, surpassing even the greatest demons.
The Demon of Gluttony that devours all, the calamity of the world–
Freed from the shackles of the human heart and body, the monstrous, “Golden Beast” manifested in this world.
SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
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