Volume 5 - CH 61

Act 5-61: The Root of Fear in The Material World(Side: Neim)

―― Central North Grand, Reception Centre of Aldebaran Army, Integrated Laboratory

Dozens of cocoons were placed on the pedestal inside the laboratory. Aldebaran’s subordinates standing around those cocoons, looking in awe at them.

One of the staff of demon king Ashmedia, Neim, was also looking at the ritual that was about to start.

（Soon, our gods will descend into this land…）

Neim and co were looking anxiously at the ritual for the descent of evil god that was about to begin. For this ritual, Aldebaran went as far as sacrificing his people and the monsters in North Grand. Once this ritual succeeded, that would be the doom for the humanity, and this world would become the paradise for the demon race. If the demon race didn’t extinct first, that’s it. And yet, Neim had no intention to praise Aldebaran’s deed. Rather…

『Well then, it’s about to hatch.』

That voice came from the squirrel on Neim’s shoulder. At that very moment, all the red cocoons on the pedestal crumbled down.

『GUHAHAHAHA! FINALLY, THE TRUE DEMON KING IS BORN!』

The whole body of the three meters tall aberration with a lizard face which came out from the cocoon started to undulate, becoming more compact till it formed the figure of muscular man with red hair, Aldebaran. Following after that, the aberration inside the other cocoon had also started to hatch one-by-one, they were the upper echelon of Aldebaran’s staff.

Aldebaran’s other subordinate who spectating such spectacle clapping their hands, raising their cheers to welcome their leader who became even more powerful than before.

（T-Too different!）

Though Aldebaran’s strength rose rapidly until just before he entered the cocoon state, it was still within Neim’s expectation. The same goes for Cetus. Even if her leader, Ashmedia was weaker than Aldebaran from before, Aldebaran still had to pay a steep price if both sides fought to the death. But, the Aldebaran who stood before her right now was a completely different being. He had clearly transcended the race called the demon race.

「With this, I can open the path to god! Right, My Lord!?」

Hearing Aldebaran’s question, the squirrel on Neim’s shoulder raised a chirp,

『Of course. Now you’ve opened the possibility for the ritual. You can’t wait to start the ritual, right?』

The squirrel replied with an excited voice that they never used before.

「Of course. Everything is in accordance to our god’s will.」

When Aldebaran was kneeling on his knee, his subordinates who were just hatching from the cocoon had also followed the fashion.

『Okay then, start the 『Descent of The God』.』

The squirrel jumped from Neim’s shoulder and landed on the floor. The moment they raised their right arm, a huge magic circle appeared.

「HIIIII!?」

Just looking at the ominous dark red magic circle alone was enough to send a chill running down into Neim’s spine. And she ended up retreating as the fear became even stronger. And it wasn’t just her, Aldebaran’s other subordinates did the same. Everyone tried to get away from the magic circle.

The magic circle rose in the air, and then formed a sphere that swallowed Aldebaran and co.

And then, the squirrel started to dance while singing a song which resembles a bizarre incantation.

――The strongest in this world is evil♬

――The noblest existence in this world is evil♬

――The purest existence in this world is evil♬

――It’s our father, and mother. The absolute standard that gives birth to us!！

――To paint the entire world with the colour of despair!！

――To destroy the world!！

――To make the flower of evil bloom in this world!！

――And turn it, our home, the paradise of evil!

――That’s our, the evil army’s raison d’etre!

Black red sludge-like muddy stream came out from the magic circle and started to envelop Aldebaran. Countless black red thorns came out from the sludge that enveloped Aldebaran, it stuck onto the body of his subordinate who also came out from the cocoon, wrapping them in the same way as him.

（Is that, the crest of our god?）

She saw it before in the ruined temple. Surely, the form that currently enveloped Aldebaran and co was the crest of the god that Naim and co believed. All her doubt had vanished, it was indeed the ritual for the descent of the great god.

But, that was――

（Can we truly put our trust into them?）

Even though it was their god that descended into the mortal world, Neim was trembling non-stop due to fear instead of joy.

“They were the god that we revered until now. But, what if we were wrong?” That was what Neim thought at this very moment.

No, in the first place, both the human and demo race were members of the human race. If that was really the case, doesn’t that mean both the human and demon race was nothing more than plaything for the god?

（No, that’s too far fetched!）

Neim shook her head to drive out the ominous premonition that came like a never ending wave. And then, the situation turned for the worst.

The red sludge transformed into two shapes.

One turned into a three faced ogre with red skin, clad in red armor.

The other one turned into a young man whose skin was filled with red coloured geometric tattoos.

And then, the squirrel transformed into a clown with gaudy attire and a novel make up.

「Hee~, I’m really surprised to see us, the three of pillars came together like this.」

The young man whose body filled with red geometrical tattoos spoke merrily,

「Yeah. Not too shabby, old man Piero!」

The three faced ogre spoke to the clown called Piero while spreading his arms.

「… It’s really strange after all.」

The squirrel, or rather, Piero muttered while touching their chin.

「Strange? What are you talking about?」

The young man with geometrical tattoos all over his body frowned, and asked upon hearing Piero’s muttering.

「Surely, I know that it’s possible to summon everyone with this technique. The problem is, it is supposed to take a few hundred years at minimum. This pace, and the fact that it can summon three at once is…」

「Yet we come to the material world, right?」

Hearing the three faced ogre’s question,

「Yeah. That’s why I want to say it’s supposed to be impossible.」

The man called Piero replied with a solemn look on his face.

「Did you mean that someone in this world allowed the three of us to come at the same time?」

The young man with red geometrical tattoos on his body asked Piero with sneer on his face.

「… No, forget it. I guess I’m just overly worrying about this. As if the lowly bug in this world could reach our realm.」

Piero heaved a sigh and then shrugged his shoulders as he spoke.

「That matter aside, what are you going to do from here?」

「Naturally, to summon the officer of the evil army with this place as our base. The three of us can come to this material world at once after all. Meaning that we, who come first have geographical advantage. There’s also our descendants and people who live on this land. We can replenish our rank as long as we can make the full use of them as sacrifice.」

Piero’s line of sight then moving toward Neim.

「Hii…」

She was trembling due to the extreme fear like newborn calf.

Reason being she couldn’t feel majestic air form the three aberration that just appeared. In contrast to when she got a goosebump when she saw Aldebaran who became a true demon king, she felt nothing from them. And yet, she felt like a frog being stared by snake, Neim knees gave up, she couldn’t help but smiling despite her whole body had already drenched with sweats.

「Are you… Great god?」

When one of Aldebaran’s subordinate asked with timid voice,

「Yes. We are great god who lead many other gods. The existence that you people referred.」

Piero replied with an amused face.

「What happen to Aldebaran-sama?」

「Ah, he is.」

When Piero snapped his fingers, Aldebaran, who was sitting with both of his knees suddenly moving again.

「A-Aldebaran-sama!」

Piero suddenly revealed a wicked smile upon seeing one of Aldebaran’s subordinate spoke in relief,

「Yeah, I’m in a really good mood right now. This is my special reward for you guys.」

Snapping his fingers again as he spoke. That moment, Aldebaran suddenly stood up and grabbed his subordinate who called him out from behind.

「Eh？」

The poor subordinate who was at loss for a moment then got eaten up by Aldebaran whose face transformed into that of a reptile.

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「HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!」

Aldebaran’s other demon race subordinate who watched the spectacle while holding their breath retreated at once while raising a scream.

「Don’t scream. Anyone who became the offering for the ritual will experience a never ending torture. Being able to die painlessly on the spot is the minimum compassion from me to you guys for your achievement. You people should be happy with that.」

The man called Clown spoke those indescribable remarks again as he snapped his fingers. Aldebaran rushed to the thing that used to be his subordinates, and ate them. In the blink of an eye, every single one of his subordinates in this place was eaten by Aldebaran.

「Well then.」

Neim had finally realized. They’re not the savior that Neim and co had been waiting for. Because those three pillars look at Neim and co as if the latter was mere bug, or even worthless than bug.

「You did a really great job for a mere pawn. That’s why your life is spared.」

The corner of the mouth of the man called Clown curled up as he spoke those overly indulgent remarks for the current Neim.

「Kuhi…」

“Maybe he really meant it. Otherwise, I had long since died.” Having been cornered that far, that was what Neim thought at this time. But, she couldn’t muster any courage,

「You guys, run――」

And ordered her subordinates to escape but,

「Unfortunately. The same reward can’t be given to your idle subordinate, right? That’s why your subordinate going to become the sacrifice.」

「Eh?」

When she raised her face and looking around as she let out shocked remark,

「―――!!!?」

She ended up raising a mute scream. Reason being her subordinates had already become something like sludge.

「Well then, now you may leave before I change my mind.」

Neim turned around and escaped from the three aberrations before her ater Clown released the binding on her limbs. That moment, Neim didn’t feel sad or angry toward her murdered subordinates, just a pure, primal fear. And that very fear was the reason why Neim kept running like there was no tomorrow.