Chapter 261 – The Pandemonium

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Constellation magic, one of Laila’s secrets of hers, was as powerful as it was absolute, and the amount of magical power used was enormous.

Even if the amount of mana produced fluctuated according to a person’s emotions, it was undoubtedly a magic that would be difficult to use with only the amount of mana that Cleon possessed.

However, the new level as a magic swordsman achieved when he separated from his previous life factor in the inner world made the connection between Galatea and Cleon even stronger.

When two people felt the same emotion, each other’s magical organs resonated, and they were able to create a much larger amount of magic than usual.

Galatea, who thought that such a demon could not inflict even a single wound on her Cleon, stained her heart with anger as soon as she saw the blood.

When the two people, connected not by their physical bodies but by their souls, burned their anger toward Ishtal, a large amount of mana was created that overflowed with just that alone.

Because that surpassed the limits of the two of them, Cleon naturally created the most powerful magic he could use.

The light of Caliburn and the flames of the stars summoned by constellation magic filled the small realm of darkness created by Galatea and swallowed the demon in front of her eyes.

Fortune’s body, ruled by Ishtal, is wrapped in a barrier made of plant bark to protect itself.

In fact, the possessed Ishtal was burned at the same time by the torrent of her divine magic of her, which could be said to be her opposite of her, and the magic of the flame, and she gradually lost her control over her fortune her.

However, Ishtal did not lose her composure of her, that she was finally able to see blood from Cleon, and that burning Fortune’s body of her with magic of this magnitude is inevitable.

In fact, the Constellation Magic was burning Fortune’s walls and slowly piercing the Fortune’s magical defenses within them.

`Then … I will cut off her connection with her as it is- ‘

Ishtal’s possession her was not to take over her body her as it is, but to infuse her own dark magic into her alter ego her, which was planted in her her demonic body her in advance .

What Fortune sees and feels is fed back to her body as it is, monitoring her and obtaining the information she obtains in real time, so if she continues to exist in her body as it is, the pain felt when receiving powerful magic will be transmitted to the body as well. It was

If I cut off the connection with her main body her, at that point, her alter ego her would disappear, but it was a fact that there was no problem from the devil’s point of view.

The physical and mental wounds left by Cleon are the kind of wounds that can be usefully used in future plans.

It is no different from what was left to the imprisoned princess-

Kwajik.

`Oops. The destruction of the shell is faster than I thought.`

Ishtal stops organizing her thoughts, but is forcibly brought back to reality by a sound she hears from the darkness encased in her shell her.

It’s good to let her relax, but even in the meantime, Cleon’s magic was burning her defenses her every moment to burn her.

After waking up, the moment when Fortune’s body her and Ishtal were about to separate, quietly stopping the flow of magical power.

Quadduk!

With an unpleasant sound, a black hand protruded from beyond.

“Ugh!?”

Ishtal’s heart was almost stopped by the sudden invading hand of her.

No, to be precise, it’s not because of the hand.

Obviously, the heat of constellation magic remained outside, but what was visible through the gap was black magic that swayed and ate away.

Even though the devil was afraid of dark magic, thinking that such a thing could not happen.

Enmity and black magic concentrated to the point where he could hardly bear it. White eyes flashed between them.

Cleon’s body, he walked in between the pillars of flame he created and approached Ishtar.

“Damn, are you sane? No matter how powerful you are, you’ve entered the range of magic that has that much power!”

Wizards do not take damage from the magic they use.

That said, some were true and some were false.

Most wizards can recognize the range of effect of the magic they have created and the flow of magic, so there is no problem as long as they adjust their magic defense accordingly or do not fall within the range in the first place.

However, even so, the magic of natural elements such as fire or ice leaves not only magical damage, but also natural phenomena such as ‘heat’ and ‘cold’.

Unless you were a human capable of genius mana control at the level of Layla, wizards who tanned their hair with fire magic were common, and wizards who suffered frostbite from cold magic were also overflowing.

Constellation magic is a magic that has such a vast torrent of magical power that even controlling such magical power is a child’s play.

Of course, sorcerers – not even Layla would throw herself into the stream of astral power she invoked.

However, Cleon borrows the power of the magical organ that boils in response to rage, leaving his own body covered in black magic.

Without being afraid of the burns all over her body, she reached the place where Ishtal was.

The black magic power that wrapped around his body his like a suit of armor, and his eyes his shining while using a large amount of magic power.

Ishtal sees someone else’s figure superimposed on that appearance, like a berserker of tradition.

‘This is why Lilim was obsessed with him…!’

The Absolute of the Empire, to whom his own mother had sworn allegiance.

The emperor who changed the history of the continent.

When he was living in the imperial palace, it was as if the man who had always regarded himself as a test subject had resurrected before his eyes.

Instinctively, even the fact that he could not go against its existence was to induce fear in Ishtal.

“Kuu…!”

But soon, thanks to the magical heat flowing through the cracks Cleon opened, the desire to survive suppressed the fear, and the body moved.

The gap is narrow, and Cleon’s body is unable to fully enter the gap.

Just reaching out his hand her, trying to grab his own Fortune’s body her.

“Haha… It’s late, Cleon. All of your efforts and obsession-“

As Ishtal’s words continued, something gripped her soul.

It is not from the outside of the body, but from the inside.

Just like the roots of a plant and vines climbing up a wall and tying it together, the connection between the devil’s soul, black magic, and the main body is connected.

“Ugh…!? Fortune! Let go of this!!”

‘Never let go… I believed in you…! It might be an angel who will save you from the swamp of despair…!`

Fortune’s muffled voice resounds in the dark space, binding Ishtal’s mind.

That timing when Ishtal weakened the bonds of her soul her to leave her her body her, in this spot, what she now has the greatest grudge against is none other than her body her ‘s owner her, Fortune.

If there’s one thing the devil overlooked, it’s that Fortune, who thought she was mentally driven and weakened, is trying to restrain Ishtar from leaving with stronger mental strength than she thought.

And that was enough.

That brief gap was enough for the black swordsman to squeeze through the plant’s bark and touch the demon-controlled body.

Soon, a black arm stretched out through the completely open crack and grabbed Fortune’s hand.

“Keugh…!”

A moan flowed from Ishtal’s mouth.

Now, it wasn’t just Fortune that bound her will her.

Charleuk! Just when she thought she heard a harsh rustling sound, a black, translucent chain stretched from Cleon’s arm her and made its way to her chest her in her her Fortune her.

The insubstantial chain of magical power wrapped itself around the demonic soul hidden inside Fortune.

With great power, the whole soul is plucked out of Fortune’s body her.

With traces of magical power faintly visible, the shape of a red devil escaped from her body.

With it. Fortune’s body she loses strength and collapses on the ground from the knees, and the shells surrounding it disappear as if they were scattered into ashes.

At that time, Constellation Magic had already disappeared, and the small area of ​​Galatea that had spread out had also disappeared.

The moonlight falling from the sky illuminates the cold stone floor.

If Galatea hadn’t spread the realm, the real world would have suffered huge damage as well.

Fortunately, the floor was only slightly broken.

The armor of magical power that covered Cleon’s body with her, slowly dispersing and disappearing, also disappeared into the air.

Inside, I could see Cleon bleeding from burns all over her body because of committing the absurd act of jumping into the Constellation Magic.

Not only that, but the bleeding that started from the shadow branch of Ishtar, which had been lodged in her shoulder her, also remained intact.

To anyone’s eyes, the damage and wounds to her body her looked worse on Cleon’s side of her, even compared to the worn-out Fortune.

And, between Cleon and Fortune, who fell on her knees her.

Halfway out of her body was Ishtar’s soul her, body bound by the magical chains that Cleon held in her hands her.

To be precise, not the main body, but an alter ego, a part of Ishtal’s power and magic. You could call it a piece.

However, it was an existence that was connected to her main body her even right before the fight with Cleon.

Naturally, she had no choice but to contain her memories, information, and knowledge that her body she possessed.

Ishtal looking down at her ground her with her head bowed in a humiliating pose bound by her chains her.

“Kuh…Ugh…”

Thanks to the chain of magic that wrapped around the soul, self-destruction was impossible, and the drooling demon was in a state where it could not hide its bewilderment at the current situation, which had flowed in a completely different direction than expected.

If you keep going like this, your soul will be extracted and all information will be handed over to Cleon and his companions.

I had to avoid that at all costs, yet, I was not ready to fight them head-on.

[Great. I think I can finally catch a little bit of my tail. If you drag that soul as it is and extract the information, you don’t have to bother looking for the remaining spirit veins, right?]

When Galatea says that, Cleon nods her head.

Cleon uses his arms to extract the soul as it is.

However, Caliburn called out to Cleon [Wait], And she stopped him.

[Using her soul her, I can turn that woman… Fortune’s body back into a human.]

“What?”

“Ha!?”

It was not only Cleon who was surprised by Caliburn’s words, but also Ishtal who was tied up.

The next moment, the holy sword Caliburn glowed, and she changed into a blonde girl with wings as usual, and she approached Ishtal’s division.

Because her body her was tied up, she was a demon who could not hide her discomfort whenever her divine energy her approached her own body her.

Caliburn stood next to Ishtar and talked as if she didn’t care about that at all.

“She is the spirit of a demon. And, Mr. Fortune’s body is a mixture of a ‘demon’ soul and a ‘human’ body. Especially if that demon is the one who reincarnated a human.”

The reason is that it is a wavelength that the soul has.

‘ Caliburn added in a serious tone like never before.

“I will infuse divine magic into this spirit and temporarily control her body her. After that, if this soul is returned to the witch’s body, the ‘devil’ part within Fortune and this demon’s soul will both disappear. Will do.”

[But if you do that, Astarote’s information will be lost.]

Galatea’s words were also true, so Caliburn nodded her head.

If she took information from the spirit of Ishtal, who would never open her mouth, she had no choice but to take the method of disassembling the soul and forcibly extracting the information she had.

A mage like Layla would be able to do that, but the cost is, of course, the annihilation of her soul.

The method of extracting information and obtaining Fortune cannot be used.

“So, I’ll leave her judgment to Cleon. I’m sorry she’s a witch, but does she make a sacrifice for a quicker resolution of the situation? Or does she let go of the chance to get the information she needs to save her.”

Cleon’s gaze starts from Caliburn, who has finished her words of her, and passes her angry face on Ishtal to the unconscious Fortune.

When she tried to separate her Ishtal her from her her, she was touched by her spirit her.

Unintentionally, her experiences, memories, and past her spilled over.

“…”

A moment of silence lingered in Cleon’s mouth her.

And-

“I-“

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The little devil, Alf, was regretting it.

That I was not taking her offer her lightheartedly.

The half-human, half-horse summoner with red hair said to Alf:

“Before determining gender, if you lead a large number of human slaves, you will be able to grow into a powerful dream horse.” Called.

The land of humans, which he had stepped on with countless of his sisters, was full of life, and the number of humans, who were his prey, was also overflowing.

Most of them are weak beings who have no resistance to demonic power.

Therefore, as long as she cooperates with the summoner, she thought that becoming the legendary king and queen of Inma was not a dream.

Received the tedious task of monitoring a witch who became an inma thanks to a drug created by a summoner, and followed her to face humans at a social club.

The aristocrats endured by stealing a little of their spirit because of the order of the summoner who had been recklessly advising them not to enslave them.

Just like that, she was excited about the fact that there is a woman who can do whatever she wants today, so she was aiming for her…!

“Haha…!”

Repeatedly cutting, repairing, cutting and repairing again and again, Alf was driven in droves.

No, to tell the truth, there was no problem with magic, and there was no problem with the body.

The magic to restore the body was supplied by the summoner and supplemented, and there was no problem with the pass.

Due to the physical nature of Alf, who has no problems with regeneration even if he is cut directly, as long as he has magical powers, it is natural that the longer the battle, the higher the Alf’s win rate.

The woman in front of me, the magic swordsman, is a human. Even if she uses her her magical power her with a magic sword, compared to her her own magical power her, which is close to infinite, it is natural that her side her will reach the limit first.

Every time Alf cut himself, he had to feel all the pain, along with the human fear of death.

“Aaaaa!!”

Desperately thinking, backing away, stepping back, crawling on the ground, when the sound of a creak rang once again.

At that time, somewhere in his body his was bleeding and rolling on the ground.

“You’re not learning, trash. If you don’t want to be cut by my attack, you can just scatter your body like magic fog from the beginning.”

As Ruba said.

If he gave up maintaining his physical body, it would be easy to run away from Ruba even if he could n’t attack.

However, that was no different than admitting defeat to a human he saw only as a being he would enslave.

The pride possessed by an immature mind threatens the continuation of its own existence.

The lack of awareness that comes from ignorance and lack of experience was what made Alf disgrace over the option of ‘retreat’.

“This, on the subject of humans… Humans must be living beings to be used as slaves for us demons… !”

“Didn’t your summoner tell you? How many demons have already been killed by us humans… Even the ‘Demiurge’, a legendary being to you, was defeated by the humans of the past.”

“D-Even Demiurge…!? I’ve never heard of such a story-“

Barisada was swung once again.

In the middle of his talk, Alf’s body his, with his head cut off, is scattered once and then reconstitutes.

“Tongue, tongue!”

“It’s getting boring. I’m tired of hearing you scream. Any other reactions? Rotten kid.”

When Rubera said that with a cold face, Alf raised his head feeling humiliated like never before.

In those big eyes, his magic power his swirled like never before.

In extreme crises, there have been cases in which humans have achieved remarkable growth.

Feeling the threat of life, it is to bloom the potential that you have not been aware of yourself.

This is a story often told to adventurers who became alone in a dungeon.

However, it is not something that only happens to humans.

Even if it was a demon, there were times when it suddenly grew up when it felt life-threatening.

In Alf’s case, that was now.

Magical power was concentrated in a part of his eye that he had not been able to use before, and a powerful aura of fascination was expressed in that eye.

A demonic eye that fascinates humans, the power of fascination, possessed by all types of Inma and Dream Demon.

However, what he manifested was a demonic eye that was far more sophisticated and beautiful than those possessed by other people of his own kind.

Keying! A voice echoed in Alf’s head.

The organ of magical power heated up the iris.

And the moment Rubera and her eyes met her, magic flowed into the other’s iris.

“…”

Flinching, Rubera’s body her trembled for a moment.

But soon after, Alf, seeing that he had stopped without any sign of swinging his sword, became a surprised face.

“Ser, no way, are you fascinated?”

In a situation where he did n’t even realize what he had done, Alf looked at the motionless Ruba and raised her body her.

Haha…”

Then, he trembled and laughed, soaked in the sense of accomplishment that he had avenged.

“Fool~bo! Shit! Because you’re a slave and you challenge your master! I’ll never let you go! This lady!”

While talking like that, the next moment when he got closer to Ruba.

This time, the ‘cutting sound’ rang several times.

“Uh…?”

Such a stupid voice came out.

When the rustling sound of metal movement stops.

Barisada’s blade returned to its sheath.

And, precisely, her neck, shoulders, thigh bones, knees, and ankles were severed almost simultaneously.

Finally, her head her is squarely centered.

Like decalcomani, it is cut out symmetrically.

“You demons like to give hope and then take it away. I’ve done that too.”

When Rubera said that, in Alf’s heart her she was scattered.

‘Can’t win’

Thought arose.

This was the conclusion she came to after experiencing the 32nd cut.

Then she was simple. Humiliation? Pride? Those things had nothing to do with Alf anymore.

You have to run away. You must run away.

Otherwise I, to this woman-

Thinking so, it takes the form of her fog and crawls on her ground and tries to get away from Rubera in an ugly manner.

Ruba never ran, walking slowly down the hallway and talking to Barisada.

“It’s Barisah.”

[Yes…]

And-

002

And the next moment.

Cleon and Fortune.

Rubera and Alf.

And, Amelia and Promise.

It was metastasized to the same space at the same time.

When Cleon and Lubera are surprised by the sudden movement of space, they look around.

Amelia and Amelia stood there, dressed in a pure white outfit.

A red-haired girl stood beside him, clapping and welcoming the two of them.

“Amelia! You’re all right…!”

“Lubera…? What the hell is that devil?”

Let Rubera and Cleon react to the party they met again.

Promise smiles and once again applauds loudly.

“Both of them. Fighting the demons, they provided a fun spectacle. On one side, mercy was given to the demons. On the other hand, fear was granted to the demons.”

“… You are-“

Cleon shrank from the girl’s familiar aura.

“Ah… If you’re close, you can tell. The fragments of my sisters’ souls that you have.”

With the ability of the sensor, the identity of the other person can be seen as it is.

“…Fire Dragon, Promise.”

“Yes. I am.”

Promis raises the corner of her mouth and puts her hand on her waist.

“You’ve finally met. Our common husband. There are so many things I want to tell you. First, the story of your choices.”

When she says that, she snaps her fingers.

A red sofa and a round table appear.

As if to greet a guest, she points to the sofa with her hand.

“Everyone, please sit here. This is the true flame who is the owner of this space and has the duty to protect the balance of the continent. It is the order of the Promise.”

They refuse their orders.

It seems that such a thing does not exist in my head.

The Fire Dragon beckoned Cleon and Rubera to come closer to him.

As she said, there was so much to say.

For example-

Something about the devil.

About the continent.

And what about children?