Chapter 303 – All-Heaven Festival Contest Final Stage “Demon King Castle Bloody Field” (25) / Even If You Are The Strongest In The World (Part 1)

303 – All-Heaven Festival Contest Final Stage “Demon King Castle Bloody Field” (25) / Even If You Are The Strongest In The World (Part 1)

I could see it.

A black shadow rises up from Master and quickly unfolds.

I could also see that it was an Esoteric Art, much like the “Footsteps of the Demon God” I have just unleashed moments ago.

The Magical Energy condensed and purified by a Demon King’s horn can itself interfere with the world.

I myself have offset the “Flames of the Gods” with it before.

In other words, Esoteric Arts can also be used as a means of defense.

This is probably the reason why I couldn’t defeat Master just now.

And for the same reason, I should have been able to block Master’s attack.

However, the amount of Magical Energy is too much.

Before I knew it, the world was wrapped in black.

And when it cleared up, I had been slammed against a wall.

How far would I have been sent flying if there had been no walls in this stage?

No, more importantly, if my own Magical Energy hadn’t been enough, this body would have disappeared instantly instead of continuing to crumble away.

As I look up, I realize that all of my allies except the Demon Kings and Heroes had vanished.

They had been taken out.

All of my reliable friends who had answered my call, all of them, in an instant…

It had been far from a mere shadow of death.

What Master can unfold is a world of death around him.

The advantage of Spirit Arts is that you can borrow a Spirit’s Magical Energy.

Spirits are beings that draw Magical Energy from the world.

Even if they’re not infinite, the world’s reserves of Magical Energy are enormous.

Even I had gone as far as to borrow Saraquel’s Magical Energy.

However, Master must have had to supply all of the Magical Energy for his Esoteric Art on his own.

Both the surprise that Master had been able to use something like that and the conviction that not even he would be able to unleash something like that over and over again come to me at the same time.

The “Cradle of the Depths” and “Sky Garden” that had been unleashed just a few moments ago have already been dispelled, and their casters had collapsed. But they haven’t been taken out.

However, both of them have lost their arms and half of their bodies, so it seems that they were not able to fully cancel out all of the damage from Master’s attack.

「…Are you okay? Lemegeton…」

I see the “Six-Horned Demon King” Asmodeus right next to me.

It’s as if she’s protecting me. In fact, she must have actually protected me from the attack.

This is because I can clearly see that her beautiful “Perfect Horn Armor” had been mercilessly torn apart, and about half of her body had been lost.

Furthermore, five of the horns she boasted were broken, and only one remained.

「…Why?」

「I’ve used up all of my strength. Besides, when I thought about what it would take for us to win against him, you were the one that came to my mind. So there’s no need to thank me. We are allies in this battle to defeat the strongest Demon King, so if you win, it’ll be my victory as well.」

『…Partner.』

Dark’s voice comes out in a humble tone. It was a tone uncharacteristic of her.

「But I’m sorry, Lemegeton. I couldn’t fully protect you.」

「You don’t need to–」

…apologize for something like that.

As I try to say that, I notice something.

The eyes of the audience were focused on me.

Concentrating on my face.

I put my hands on my face and finally notice that…

My mask had come off.

— Did it fall off my face due to the impact?

Even in a situation like this, there’s nothing strange about “the moment” it happened.

Besides, I was well aware that I wouldn’t be able to hide it forever.

But why now?

「Eh? Eeehh?」「Black Sorcerer Lem?」「W-what’s the meaning of this?」「His eyes are… red?」「He was a Majin all along?」「No no no no, we’ve seen him many times on TV, right? He’s human.」「Then why does he have a horn coming out of his head?」

I just don’t want this enthusiasm we have to cool down due to my true identity being revealed.

The only thing that throws cold water on this battle where all of us have worked so far…

…is the whispering rapidly transforming into something on the same level as a riot.

「He was hiding his true strength? So, he should be disqualified, right?」「So, after you got a job at the Demon King’s Castle, you went and beat the crap out of Fenipa, who was holding you back? What an awful person」「No no no, something must have happened to him.」「So it’s okay to cause his friends trouble because “something must have happened to him”」「But even after leaving, he’s still on good terms with Fenix.」「Those two are childhood friends, right?」

What I want you all to see, what I want you all to focus on, is not there.

「Hey, I was just thinking, but weren’t all those high-ranked guys praising Lem?」「Ah! So they all knew who he really was, right?」「If I knew a Black Sorcerer who was on the same level as a Demon King, I’d praise him too」「That aside, if Lemegeton is Lem, doesn’t that mean that a lot of stuff was fake?」「You mean stuff like Fenipa’s battle on the 10th Floor and the raid were just acquaintances putting up staged fights?」「You gotta be kidding me.」「I just realized this, but isn’t Fenix actually Bennu? I thought it was strange that he hadn’t called Bennu for this fight yet… 」「Fenix’s favoritism for his childhood friend has come to light.」

『…Such tunnel vision.』, said Saraquel in a tone of voice deeper than ever.

I see, it seems that this Spirit truly cares about me, in her own way.

At times like this, I feel relieved to see that even Saraquel can get angry for someone else’s sake.

As long as you are doing this kind of work, criticism is inevitable.

If it’s just about me, I’ll gladly accept it.

But “likes and dislikes” and “truth or falsehood” are different things.

The feeling of dislike is something at a personal level that should be respected, but lies are something that cannot be left unchecked.

Our fight so far has not been fake.

However, I know that me trying to object to the audience’s remarks would certainly backfire.

In the first place, right now, we’re in the middle of —

「– Noisy.」

With just one word…

The world fell silent.

The strongest Demon King in this world had that much power.

I’m sure that people on the other side of their TVs all over the world have gone silent as well.

And all of the people who had been blurting out all kinds of things after letting their emotions run wild due to them learning so suddenly of my true identity…

Once they calm down, they should understand.

There is no such thing as a staged fight.

「Let me ask you all something. Suppose that Lemegeton’s achievements so far were a lie. Suppose that this industry is so naive that someone like that would actually be able to rise to this level. Well? What if the world’s strongest Demon King were to recognize such a person as an enemy?」

Asmodeus’ words sunk deeply into the audience.

Indeed, no matter how much they can deny anyone, they can’t deny Master’s strength.

No matter who that would favor, or who would actually care about it, Master has recognized me.

Faced with that fact, no living person in this world can object.

Because the one who is freer than anyone else, the strongest person, has recognized me as an enemy.

There are no words more pure or closer to the truth than his.

No matter how much logic and malice they may be putting in to deny me, all of that has now become meaningless.

Even if you collected enough of such opinions to completely cover the sky, they still wouldn’t have enough power to overturn the words of this single Demon King.

Everyone here has now certainly come to understand that.

Or should I say that they were made to understand?

「Even idiots put some thought into their words.」

Even Asmodeus’ speech, which seemed to supplement Master’s single word, didn’t raise any objection from the audience.

— Perhaps, Master…

No, I told myself deep inside.

Even if Master deliberately took off my mask, that’s no longer a concern.

He said he recognized us as his enemies.

So if that was the case, then he was simply trying to crush his enemies with all of his might.

I have no problem with people who want to hide their identities and parentage by their own will.

However, for me, it wasn’t that I actively wanted to hide my identity.

I just thought it would be better to hide it, taking into account both my own power and my relationship with Master.

And in fact, until now, there were many occasions where I was careful not to reveal what was behind my mask, as well as the Horn Armor.

For the battle that’s ahead of us, having such considerations could be a little restraining for me, which would definitely spoil the fun for him.

Therefore, destroy the mask, and get rid of the noise.

I wonder if it was something like that. Wouldn’t he do something like that?

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