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Chapter 38 – part 13

「My Type 0 can pierce any armor in an instant! It’ll explode your limbs and blow your brains out!」

Super physical magic attacks the boy.

A loud sound indicating the impact of the bullet resounds in the surrounding area. The wind stirs and smoke fills the surrounding area.

Then the cold wind blew, and when the smoke cleared, Saegusa was at a loss for words.

「You’re unharmed? Surely… it must have been a direct hit!?」

Lilith responded to Saegusa’s question with an astonished look on her face.

「…You’re an amateur after all. His name even has the word ‘god’ in it… There’s no way an attack of that level would be effective against an existence of that realm. Also… that legend is wrong. He has the ability to regenerate. And it must be abnormally high.」

「Hey, Lilith?」

「…What? Cordelia?」

「It’s not impossible to extend Berserker mode if I reduce my life. Do you have any plans?」

“Furufuru,” Lilith shook her head from side to side.

「…No matter what we do, it’s pointless. For example, even if a bunch of praying mantises group together, they’ll never be able to defeat a lion. It’s pointless at that level.」

「…」

「…」

The boy looked at the three silent people and nodded with satisfaction.

「Ah, I was late in introducing myself. I am what you would call a ‘god’.」

「I know. I can tell instantly when I see that abnormal aura.」

The boy laughed at Cordelia’s words.

「ーThe God of Demons. Demon God for short. According to your standards, I am an individual that can be counted as one of the top calamities. Speaking of being several ranks higher than the Ogre Emperor you were dealing with. Do you understand?」

The fact that the railgun was ineffective.

Furthermore, it has an aura and presence that is accompanied by an overwhelming spiritual mass that can be felt just by being there.

They were at a high enough level that there was no need for any questions or answers, as one could feel the hopeless difference in power.

Cordelia, Lilith, and Saegusa could only remain silent.

「…」

「…」

「…」

The three of them had exterminated a ridiculous number of ogres, even killing the ogre king and ogre emperor.

From the perspective of the entire demon tribe, these girls are undeniably slaughterers, and if they are caught, they can’t complain no matter what they do to them.

Reasons, ethics, and propriety.

There are various reasons for fighting, but no matter how fancy you say it, in the end, that’s what it means to be on the battlefield.

And although Saegusa is a little suspicious, at least Cordelia and Lilith are prepared for it.

So Cordelia asked the boy a question, sweating heavily.

「So, what are you planning to do with us?」

For a moment, the boy’s eyes widened in surprise, and then his face broke with joy.

Apparently, he liked Cordelia’s way of speaking in a straightforward manner.

Then he tilted his head and rubbed his chin with his left hand.

「Hmm. That’s right. North, south, east, and west. Everything except this place, which I command, is in danger of being wiped out. And you are probably the reason for that, aren’t you?」

「That’s right. So, what do you plan to do with us?」

The boy shrugged his shoulders as Cordelia glared at him.

「That’s right, you guys have massacred a large number of my followers. Of course, it won’t be free. I will ask you guys to take the corresponding responsibility. That said, I am a merciful person. 」

「Merciful?」

Then, the boy pounded his palm with a ‘pan’.

「Changing the topic a little, have you ever eaten salted vegetables?」

「Salted? You mean pickles?」

「Yes, that’s the one. Now, the next question. Did you know that if you put vegetables in salt, water will come out?」

「Well, of course. I grew up in the village after all. I think I know the basics of how to make pickles, smoked foods, and preserved foods.」

「Then I have another question. Do you know why vegetables release water when salted?」

「Huh? That’s something…I never thought about it though?」

「That’s a shame. It was my fault for asking a question to someone who is just made of muscles. Do you, the magician over there, know about it?」

The boy turned his attention to Lilith.

「…Osmotic pressure. Water tends to flow toward areas with higher density of salt and sugar. Therefore, when salted, water comes out.」

The boy nodded loudly, thinking it was a good answer.

「Osmotic? I mean, how do you even able to know that?」

「…During my travels, I learned that from Lute when making preserved food. The law states that all things tend to favor uniformity. Osmotic pressure… In addition, for example, air has different temperatures and pressures. It forces air to flow in the direction of uniformity, and various natural phenomena such as changes in weather occur.」

Then Cordelia glared at the boy.

「So, what’s up with this Osmotic thing?」

「Vegetables are living things. Human beings are also living things.」

「So, what are you trying to say?」

「Of course, if you salt people and don’t give them water, they’ll dry up quickly due to osmotic pressure.」

A chill ran down Cordelia’s spine.

Then the boy stuck up one of his index fingers.

「I’ll have you pickled in salt for a month. Ah, that’s right. Let’s use the pickle container you’re stuffed in as a human coffin. Haha, I think this is a nice idea. Once you’re dead, we won’t have to worry about burying you. …Hahaha! Hahaha!」

「Human…pickled?」

「I like cleanliness. I’ll replace the coffin with fresh salt every day, so you can rest assured. Ah, until the skin dries up, the lips crack, and the spirit disappears from the eyes… I have to give you water. It usually takes less than two days.」

After being speechless for a while, Cordelia muttered as if to throw up.

「Just now, you were saying something like you were merciful, but what exactly do you mean by merciful?」

Ah, the boy slapped his palm as if thinking about that.

「It’s a fact that you all have strong vitality. Isn’t the one month period a time where you will barely live or not? Well, as someone who reigns at the top of the demons, I am also a demonstration to others. Because of that… I have to give you guys punishment.」

「In the end, what do you want to say?」

「I believe in respecting talented women.The point is, I want you to show your strength.」

「Strength? What do you mean?」

「You can call it a test instead of a punishment. And if you guys don’t break down in that test, I promise you that you’ll survive.」

「You promise we’ll survive?」

「If you can show the superiority of your own genes, we will allow you to survive as a special machine that produces hybrid offspring between humans and demons. Well, day and night, being a plaything to young demons with a strong sexual desire to the point where you go insane. I’ll probably have to deal with you like that, but…Even if you endure the ordeal of being salted… you’ll just finally be promoted to a sex-monger.」

「I see」, Cordelia shrugged, thinking that was the punch line.

「Hmm? You want to say something, don’t you?」

She spits at the boy.

At the same time, Cordelia gives him a very rude gesture..

「You’re the worst bastard!」

The boy turned his head slightly and dodged the spit that was thrown at him.

「Haha! Hahaha!」

「What are you laughing at?]

「I am a bastard? Well, if you have something to say, you can say it now. In any case, you’re going to be in a predicament that’s about to happen, and you’re going to beg me over and over again. Please help me… like that. 」

「Huh?」 Just then, Cordelia’s eyebrows wrinkled.

「Please help me? Do you expect me to quit? Me? Ha! Who would say that? I am Cordelia Alston, the Hero of the North…I have pride as the sword of humanity! Even if I die, I won’t ask for your forgiveness!」

The boy shook his head, as if taken aback by those words.

「It’s totally… off, isn’t it?」

「It is off?」

「The part where you ask me to help you is the same, but the part where I ask you to quit is different.」

「…?」

「I’m not asking you to quit, please end it, please kill me…you’re begging me. Something more like that.」

A chill ran down Cordelia’s back as the boy said so happily.

「That’s right! Death is the best salvation! That’s the kind of place you’ll live in from now on!」

Lilith tries to put on her usual poker face, but a line of cold sweat runs down her cheek and her neck.

The two people with tense expressions were thinking exactly the same thing, that is, this is what they were thinking.

――This guy is probably going to do what he says he’s going to do.