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Chapter 65 – Part 1

In the middle of the ritual performed by the ocean demons at the bottom of the sea, was a huge column-shaped space.

Between the human world and the great demon world, there was a small hyperspace created by the ocean demon god.

In that hyperspace, was a cloudy sky that had no end, a bluish black sea that had no bottom and stretched endlessly beyond the horizon. But there was a wall that surrounded the area that had infinite height and depth. However, the width seemed to have a limit.

The wall was made to be a partition between the dimensions, and packed into it without even a single gap, were the severed heads of many living things. A pool of stink filled the air, causing your lungs, your skin, and your throat to immediately suffer.

Dran was floating in the sky, but the area below his feet was filled with the bluish black ocean, and although there were these sharp rocks sticking up from under the surface, it was impossible to see through the water and know its depth.

And in the middle was a simple stone altar, with more stone rising out of it, which was larger than even the main building of the Magic Academy.

Standing atop the summit of that tower, was an ancient ocean demon who wore robes made of ocean demon beast hide, and was endlessly chanting a spell while holding up a transparent coral staff.

It was a mysterious language so that the god who existed here in the ocean demon world would be able to communicate with the ocean demon people.

If an ordinary person were to hear it, their brain would become riddled with tumors, because the rhyme and rhythm of the chanting was filled with a sinister filthiness that would taint a person’s mental state.

The ocean demon king continued chanting in that mysterious language nonstop without regard for his surroundings, where an intense fight was beginning to unfold between four large ocean demons in dragon form, and Ryoukichi.

Ryoukichi’s true form shared many similar features with her daughter’s, such as their black hair and blue scales. But beyond that, Ryoukichi had a mysterious and mystical air to her that gave her a beautiful and majestic aura, which was of a far nobler and stronger class than Liu Yu.

If these ocean demons held enough strength to cross swords with the Water Dragon Emperor Ryoukichi, then they were no doubt the ocean demon princes.

The fight between the princes and Ryoukichi was four to one, and their increased power should have created a disadvantage on the battlefield for Ryoukichi, but she was still superior to them.

The bottom half of their bodies are fish shaped and filled with fins, while their top halves have the appearance of sturdy young men, their skin covered in beautiful scales. They were probably strong enough to kick around human countries’ militaries, but they were no match for Ryoukichi.

The princes’ fighting style consisted of diving into the water and suddenly jumping out, the pace of the fighting constantly changing at the drop of a hat. However, Ryoukichi’s guard was vigilant, leaving not a single opening, until she could launch a counterattack on the attacking princes.

If you look closely, the blood of the ocean demon princes was starting to mix in with the enormous amount of water that surrounded the altar.

The princes, having now lost their tempers, surrounded Ryoukichi from all sides, and as one, they all began to chant a spell, a curse that would infect the world.

The torrent of shining red water began to flow in a circle around her, and with each revolution, the surrounding miasma and magical energy fed off of each other and increased, containing within it rising destructive power.

The compressed power was exactly large, but if that compressed power were to be released, then it could probably easily blow away half a planet.

In response, Ryoukichi deployed 72 charms around her, and took up a position to meet their attack.

The circular torrent of red water flowing around her changed flow from behind her, creating a pointed tip that headed for Ryoukichi.

In the face of the flow of water that had taken the shape of a dragon with a sickle-shaped neck, Ryoukichi let out a low growl from the depths of her throat.

Most species would hear it as just a regular roar, but even in just the echo of it, there was a complexity and high class power that was stronger than if a million mages were to chant at the same time. It was a language that could make enough strength to interrupt the spinning of the whole world.

Ryoukichi’s roar was the magic dragon language, Dragon Lore. The words written on the charms all of a sudden emitted a light, and downpour of lightning struck the land all throughout this world, and was released toward the direction of the cursed water.

Both the lightning and the water could be called the energy or magic of the materialized sea demons and dragons, and the two forces collided with destructive power that transcends the laws of physics.

The compressed energy caused a reaction with each other, extinguishing in a rage. The aftermath of the colliding forces sent a wave of energy scattering into the surrounding area.

The power of both sides’ complete energy collided, and lasted a few moments in equal rivalry, and then they both dissipated without a trace.

Ryoukichi didn’t look too worn out after that attack, but the four ocean demon princes looked like they had become quite fatigued.

As expected of the strongest being on this earth, Ryoukichi. She is someone worthy of that title.

However, the beautiful Ryoukichi was also a bit impatient in some ways.

The ancient ocean demon who had continued to chant a prayer since the beginning, was gradually opening the door of the ocean demon world, as a swirling whirlpool began to spin, distorted in the air above the altar.

At this rate, even if it was Ryoukichi, the situation would turn for the worse if she had to go up against the ocean demon god.

「I don’t have time to mess around with the likes of you!」

While the ocean demon princes’ shoulders heaved with their ragged breathing, Ryoukichi continued to unleash even more energy. Her dragon form, which was twice as large as Liu Yu’s, let out a pure blue light that momentarily filled up the cloudy gray sky and the black seawater with color.

The princes’ faces filled with a renewed irritation, as just in the very next moment, Ryoukichi unleashed all the energy of a Water Dragon Emperor from within her, in the form of a massive geyser of water that shot straight toward them.

In the face of that spiritual energy infused torrent of water, the four ocean demon princes all brought their powers together, to try to resist the blast, but the wall of black ocean water that they’d created from pulling the water up from under their feet hadn’t lasted for more than a moment.

Ryoukichi had run out of patience. The ocean demon princes were unable to withstand the raging stream of water. Once they were overwhelmed and submerged, their flesh slowly and steadily disintegrated away, until not even an atom of them remained at the very end.

「You’re next, Neltona!!」

Ryoukichi glared at Neltona with a hatred and rage she has never shown to Dran or Liu before. She raised her voice in anger.

At this moment, Ryoukichi was not the Water Dragon Emperor. Right now, she was just a single woman, acting upon her deep hatred from having her husband taken from her long ago.

The ocean demon king heard Ryoukichi’s angry voice, suddenly stopped his prayers, and leisurely turned to face her.

「Oh, you’re as beautiful as ever, Queen of the Dragons. I haven’t seen you since I killed your husband for challenging us in your place. All because he wanted to protect the child that was in your womb. After that, I kept sending assassins to try to kill your child, but they all ended in failure. But, I’m willing to forgive that and laugh it off now. The time has finally come where we can call upon our God, so whether you are here or not, and whether you daughter is alive or not, is but a trivial matter now」

He threw off the robes made of hide, and upon his green-skinned naked body, a pattern of black and blue specks were exposed. Then Neltona lightly kicked off the edge of the cliff and descended toward the ocean’s surface.

Neltona landed with barely a ripple on the water’s surface, standing above it with eyes painted pure black and directed toward Ryoukichi with clearly depicted hostility.

In response to the battle-ready body and mind of Neltona, who was the master of this place, the endless seas and skies filled with the ocean demon god’s energy suddenly flowed into Neltona — and unable to simply look upon that sight with leisure, Ryoukichi immediately launched a merciless attack.