Volume 2 - CH 35

Act 2-35: The Demon King’s Distress

The throne room of the Darkness castle! The castle of the Demon King of Darkness— Ashmedia, one of four great demon kings.

「Unbelievable! You mean that our god really got defeated?」

The question was asked to one of the leaders.

『As soon as the plan started, an all-out search for a suspicious person in Barse city had taken place. Thus, we were forced to leave the city and were unable to see the situation. But considering this situation, maybe…』

The unconvinced voice of a man clad in black clothes resounded in the throne room.

「What about the identity of the one who took down our god? Is it the legendary hero?」

「My deepest apologies! We were in the middle of gathering information about the situation, but it seems the authorities issued a strict gag order that bans anyone from telling about what happened back then. This prevents us from digging for more information.」

The man clad in black clothes hung his head down while apologizing. The moment he finished, impatient voices rang in the throne room.

「Be quiet!」

However, they all stopped speaking as soon as the profound voice of the woman who sat on the throne reverberated in the air. The throne room that was set abuzz a moment ago regained its calmness the next moment.

「What do you think about this matter, old man?」

A beautiful girl with blue skin and clad in jet-black vestments threw that question to a small, blue-skinned old man who stood by her side.

「No matter how powerful they are, the hero is still a human. And a human can’t defeat a god.」

「Since that’s the case, what’s your opinion about this situation?」

「 I can think of two possibilities.

First, the one who defeated our god is another god.

Second, our god became greatly weakened due to an imperfect ceremony, which caused imperfect materialization.」

「A slip on our side, eh! Of those two possibilities, which do you think most likely happened, old man?」

「For argument’s sake, we won’t be talking in this place right now if the god who took down our descended god were in this world. That’s my answer.」

「Uhm, you’re right.」

The girl who sat on the throne nodded upon hearing a conclusion from the old man. Sighs of relief escaped the mouths of other chief vassals.

「So that means we need to increase the precision of our ceremony, right?」

「Yes. We managed to connect the gate with the other world. Our plan wouldn’t have failed if there were no flaws in our ceremony, which means that our ceremony is imperfect. Since that’s the case…」

「We have to prepare a new way to conduct the ceremony. Is that what you’re trying to say, old man?」

「Yes. I wanted us to take a bit more time to see which ceremony is more appropriate for the next…」

「Uhm, I’ll leave this matter to you.」

The blue-skinned beauty who sat on the throne massaged the area between her eyes with her index finger and thumb finger.

「Good grief! We wouldn’t have to rely on our unreliable gods if those humans hadn’t summoned the monster they call a hero…」

She muttered such soliloquy with a tired voice. At her words, all of her chief vassals’ faces showed distressed expressions.

「The hero is strong. And as if it isn’t bad enough, these humans want to eradicate us, the demon race. If we don’t do anything, I’m afraid that our demon race will live our entire lives as those humans’ slaves, or worse, get eradicated.」

「I know that! I know that, and yet, what makes me unwilling to accept this situation is that those abominable humans even target non-combatants and civilians.」

「My Lord! That’s―」

「Stop right there, old man! We repeatedly agreed about this.」

The blue-skinned beautiful girl then looked up at the ceiling and closed her eyelids.

The chief vassals who stayed by her sides took that as a signal and left the room after bowing to her.

「Yes. I have to become a guide for my people. I’ll do everything to protect them even if this body of mine gets humiliated as a result.」

The blue-skinned beauty’s soliloquy vanished along with the wind blowing the door.

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Character Design: Ifrit’s design remind me of Ifrit from classic final fantasy… As for the colored one, well he’s just a mob.