Chapter 170 – Demon King and Demon King Army
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“TRANSLATOR: Anargya”
“EDITOR: GhostApe”
「There is no Demon King…?」
I was shocked for a while from Rēko’s unexpected remarks.
Before I uttered another word, Yoro-san spoke.
「Umu. How interesting. If so, who took away my magic power?」
「It’s just your oversight. If there is a Demon King, then he might have sucked your “Demon King” magic power… but as far as I can see, no existence like that existed. Your magic power has just scattered and melted into nothing.」
「But isn’t it too early to say that there is no Demon King currently?」
「No. Other than Evil Dragon-sama and me—there is no other person who has enough magic power to rival you or even 100 steps behind. And if there is a Demon King who can’t even reach this level, then he is no different than a small fish.」
That’s impossible. If the Demon King didn’t exist, then what about the battles we had so far?
In fact, we (or rather Rēko) have fought executives from his army such as Sousou-san and the fake kin before—
「Hah! Don’t tell me!」
There, I came up with it.
In the first place, the saying that “The Demon King is an existence that is comparable to the Evil Dragon” is almost groundless. Therefore, there is a good possibility that the Demon King side is the same “harmless existence misunderstood as a Demon King” like me. The Demon King Army may be running wildly like Rēko, and the Demon King is unable to stop them by himself.
Then there is more than enough for reconciliation.
The problem now is the Demon King Army——
「Umm Rēko. Even if the Demon King doesn’t actually exist, the Demon King Army exists right? After all, they did actual harm.」
「I could not confirm any army of demons with a systematic chain of command. Perhaps, the organization itself has already collapsed as we have defeated multiple executives. There is also a chance that there are many people who left the Demon King Army because they are afraid of Evil Dragon-sama.」
「Eh?」
The Demon King Army is no more?
If that really is the case, doesn’t that mean everything has been resolved then?
「Umm, does that mean the fake kin has been defeated then?」
「I checked it for confirmation, but there was no reaction. I think it’s safe to say that I finished them with my previous blow.」
「Is that so… I was just wondering a little as of why they would call themselves my kin.」
To summarize Rēko’s information, the situation right now is that “The current Demon King is actually just a trivial accessory, and the Demon King Army itself is in the state of collapse”. In other words, the journey to defeat the Demon King ends here.
Of course, it is Rēko herself that is most dissatisfied by this and she cann’t even hide it.
She is pouting while trembling, and blue veins are starting to show on her temples.
「Damn you Demon King… as a boring small fish, how dare you deceive Evil Dragon-sama. With this, the great decisive battle between Evil Dragon-sama and the Demon King——and my big stage where I would be assisting, is turning into nothing… Since it has come to this, oi Armor. I will fully cooperate with your full revival, so from now on, reign as the Demon King again and plan to conquer the whole world. Then bet the ownership of the world when dueling against Evil Dragon-sama.」
「Mu? Of course I will be very welcoming to that. Geez, it’s making my blood boil.」
「Chotto matte Rēko. Why are you trying to make Yoro-san into some kind of a pinch hitter because there is no Demon King? I’m not asking for that kind of follow-up.」
Then, while I was calming Rēko down, Yoro-san looked at Enka. Although he is wearing a helmet that hides his eyes, I can still feel his gaze that is somehow meaningful.
Receiving that, Enka scratched her cheek and uttered some words.
『Oi little child. The city is a little broken from the turmoil, so why don’t you help me repair it? Don’t you have too much magical power anyway?』
「You bastard. Are you treating me like a handyman?」
『Na? Isn’t it’s okay to borrow it, old man?』
Enka asked my permission rather than Rēko. And when I nodded while muttering “Ah, sure.”, Rēko put her palm on her head and saluted.
「Certainly. I’ll restore the city more perfectly that it was ever before.」
『Then, Cardinal. I’ll leave the guidance of this little child to you. You can get the others too.』
「Yes! Immediately!」
The Cardinal took the church members from the hall of the cathedral and went out to the city through the main gate with Rēko, who will be in charge of repairs.
『See, Yoro. I cleared the room.』
「Umu. I’m grateful.」
「Ahh, so that what the line of sight just now meant.」
I know that it has some meaning to it, but to think that they can communicate that in a moment. I wonder if they are really on good terms after all.
Then, Enka reluctantly opened her mouth.
『I’ll tell you this just in case, but because I’m a god and he is kinda under my control, we can talk to each other with our thoughts. The reason we can do this is not because anything you are thinking at all, okay. Don’t get me wrong.』
「I-I understand. I really didn’t think that at all.」
That was dangerous. She might get angry if she found out that I really misunderstood. Let’s switch topics quickly.
「By the way, why did you clear out the room? It’s something that you can’t tell Rēko?」
「Umu. I feel like there is a blind spot to the clairvoyance she had earlier.」
「Blind spot?」
「Because it’s too strange. For me, I don’t believe that masked demon would claim to be in the Demon King Army without it actually existing. I just cannot believe that he said that without any meaning or it not actually existing.」
「Well… That’s true.」
The fact that both the Demon King and the Demon King Army is not actually real, it’s kinda hard to believe for me.
「But still. I don’t think that Rēko, who has become so strong, would make a mistake on her clairvoyance, you know?」
「I think so too. However, no matter how much magic power she has, it is still a child’s judgment. I believe in my own intuition that it is “strange”.」
「And」, Yoro-san pointed at me.
「The one who robbed my magic power——that little girl said that “it just scattered” but, there are some reasonably explained exceptions, for example. Evil Dragon, if by any chance or mistake my magic power flowed into you, would that girl be able to see it?」
「To me?」
I moved my feet around and checked how It feel. It doesn’t feel much different than usual.
「Certainly not. I don’t feel like I changed from usual. Doesn’t feel like I became stronger.」
「Certainly I don’t feel any strange signs on you. In fact, we can consider that most of the magic power did melt into nothing, just as that girl said. However, I certainly have a feeling that it was taken somewhere. That’s what I care about.」
「Don’t think too much about it. In the first place, it’s not like I am the current Demon King, so there is no reason for your magic power to go to me, right?」
Well, even if Yoro-san’s magic power did go to me, it will be okay since I won’t abuse it. I don’t know much about using magic power rather than using it for flying anyway.
「But yeah. I know that you yourself are worrying about it. I too won’t be surprised if this isn’t really the end.」
For various reasons, when I defeated Yoro-san, I decided that I “will defeat the Demon King along with Rēko”. Because I’m sure that Rēko will only be able to return to her original life if she achieves that goal… or something that feels like that.
Or maybe it won’t end as it is, or never end.
So first of all, what should I do now?
「——there are some former Demon Kings that I know. I’ll ask them about this a little. Maybe they know something.」
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