Chapter 69 – 69. Akashic Records – Assemble (10)

After Eris and Carnetia went to recruit the witches, and Gawain and I went underground to destroy the Akashic Records and the entity that protects them, the path split.

And I went down, chatting with Gawain, whom I had not seen in a long time.

Stories about what each other was doing.

Of course, I was in a position where I had to go down for a long time, so I only spoke briefly.

Because this wasn’t the right place to tell the stories that had accumulated so far.

Nevertheless, there was a lot to say.

“…The fact that the Church and Magia came to kill you as soon as we defeated the Demon King means they were following us from the beginning?”

“That’s right. They were the ones who had the power to somehow push back the Demon Lord if we failed in the first place. Just breaking through that siege was hell.”

The story after defeating the Demon King.

After defeating him, Adele Adrian of the Solias Church barely survived and came out exhausted and injured, and was laying siege to me, threatening to kill me.

I swear that the siege that that damn fanatic set up to kill me was so perfect that it could have been the devil’s opponent.

“You already sensed them, but you also knew that there was no way to turn back, right?”

“…If Alicia hadn’t been left out, would anything have been different?”

“At least no one would have died even if someone got hurt. If only they had played their role ‘properly’.”

He has a secret sense of pride, so even when he fought Diabolus, even when Diabolus provoked him, he got angry and fired arrows to kill him. Well, at least I had some time to catch my breath.

If it had been possible to do that to Cassandra, it wouldn’t have overloaded even if the magic circuit was damaged.

Kogan would have lived too.

Well, all I got from that guy were two bloody axes. The dwarf who climbed up from Deberg is a sack of shit and a fighting fanatic who only fights, but should we have a fight together at least once? And we became close enough to make a verbal appointment.

…

You’re such a damn kanf bitch for running away from there.

If it weren’t for that.

I felt angry for a moment, but I shook my head.

When I thought about it, it didn’t make much of a difference.

Rather, I guess there is more to worry about.

Demon Lord Cassandra was not an opponent so gentle that she missed such a gap.

“But when I think about it again, to be honest, I think it probably wouldn’t have made much of a difference.”

“Why do you think so?”

“I don’t think that a strong person of that level would have any limitations in beating us just because of a single fly like that.”

If such a strong person has restrictions on harassing us because of the interference of such an asshole, would that be a strong person?

No kidding, it felt like the level was different from what we’ve dealt with so far.

For the first time in my life, I felt like I felt a wall in my very existence, and even if Alicia had been there, it would have only made me feel crazy and wouldn’t have been of much help.

“…It is Heavenly Chu’s fault that I cannot deny it, Clark.”

“…I know.”

Anyway, I can’t help but think that it wouldn’t have made much of a difference and that he would have run away sooner or later.

“Besides, as soon as I entered this forest, I met the Kanfs.”

“It’s a coincidence. I also met elves.”

“…”

“…”

And it was Gawain who spoke first.

“Alicia, we met.”

As expected, did it come out? Naturally, it is a magic that casts a hair loss spell and causes stress.

I placed a curse on you that you will suffer from stress if you don’t come to me, so of course you have no choice but to come. And I asked Gawain, who had encountered it.

After sowing a seed, people want to at least see how the seed grows.

I remember that he always went around taunting me by saying that he was an elf so he didn’t have hair loss or anything, and that I was a sloppy, bald, low-class dwarf.

So I made it.

An elf with hair loss, a Thalmor.

In my case, I didn’t sow seeds but sprayed herbicides, so what?

Naturally, I am extremely curious.

If I met Alicia, I would like to see how much hair she has lost.

“How much hair did you lose?”

“Did you do that too?”

And Gawain looked at me in disgust and said, After all, hair loss is a terrible phenomenon for anyone. Female-pattern hair loss is often caused by stress, and stress is also common in men. It goes without saying, but hair loss is an incurable disease.

There is no cure for hair loss, but of course I have hair growth magic.

“Those bastards are trying to attack me. In the first place, that Robin or some other guy asked Alicia for a favor and said that he would marry me if I killed him or something?”

“…Are you a contract murderer?”

“They said they knew I was alive.”

He seems to be struggling to bury the ‘shameful’ truth about himself, and in order to hide it somehow, he kills anyone who knows the truth.

In addition, Robin was quite annoying to Alicia, and given the circumstances, he was trying to use me as a garbage disposal team, saying that it would be okay to send Robin, who was bothering him, to me to kill him, and that even if he couldn’t kill him, it would be good because he would get rid of her garbage.

In particular, these damn gangsters are like thugs who keep asking me to pay the toll every time I pass by the forest. I had the intention of fixing it someday, but that was just for now.

“So I cast a spell to make him bald. As a bonus, I guess Elven Haim is going crazy right now, right?”

“This is my first time hearing that.”

“You may not have heard the news yet, but a curse has taken root in Elvenheim that causes about a third of the 2 million people to have dark skin like dark elves, their hair to turn silver, and the land to erode. “Dark elves that didn’t exist before arose and stamped slave seals, causing an uproar?”

“…Did you do that too?”

Obviously, I know how to use curses, but I don’t use them, and I’m not good at using them. In the first place, the curse specialist is my older sister, and of course, my older sister is currently wrestling with the great witch up there. The subject of the curse is not me, but my sister.

And still the safety of the people, the damage to the civilians caught up in it and are you the one who caused it? Looking at Gawain like this, I realize that this person is not suited to be a villain.

This is natural, but was there a need to harm civilians as well? I wonder if it really had to be that way.

If I hadn’t touched it in the first place, it wouldn’t have happened.

Really.

Even ordinary civilians try to kill others in the forest.

In addition, Alicia tried to hit the thief first because he was begging her to go away, but I took it back, and although it was actually my older sister who did it, not me, I didn’t feel the need to correct her.

Well, if it were me, I would have done that, and I would have done even worse.

Yeah, like making them all bald.

“Why, after getting to this point, do you still think we are heroes? My brother is no longer a hero, he is a demon and a dark knight, and I am also wearing a human skin, but I am not a human, but a ‘monster’?”

“…There’s no need to say that.”

“In the first place, our desperate fight was played by someone else’s puppet show to kill time, I am a monster rather than a human, my brother was resurrected as a demon, and I even became the devil’s official letter. Why are you looking for justice like that all over again? “Now? Do you think the outside world will be interested in the Demon Lord’s good deeds?”

“Elystro is not an evil demon lord.”

After listening to this, I thought this was really strange.

I heard that the devil is synonymous with evil. In fact, Cassandra went around killing humans to an excessive extent, and expressed her vicious nature to not only humans but also monsters that did not follow her, elves, dwarves, and fairies.

Yes, it is evil itself.

So, an expedition team must be formed and that devil bitch must be defeated! So I went to assassinate him.

Although the assassination was successful, it is essential to organize the tools used in the assassination.

The gods do not leave alone those who threaten to disrupt their rule.

The good news is that Gawain has never seen such a piece of shit, and I’ve been through it a lot over the past two years.

It’s fortunate, but that’s why Gawain can make such an ideal sound.

“As an Elistro, I hope to coexist with humans and monsters.”

“…Well, to be honest about that, I guess I like it anyway. If you really want to put effort into it, all I can say is support.”

“I think you can understand. Just looking at the fact that you have Kikimora, the Dragon Clan, Miss Nia, and Miss Aris as your students, you are a talent more suitable for the current demon world than anyone else.”

“…You will be able to see the future.”

And I clenched my fists.

I clenched my fist, and the golden energy bloomed with it. While training with Dick, I realized some of this power and the power of my very being. This force that manifests itself.

A power that only the existence of stars can burn and produce.

My sister is just a different color, but she can use the same power, and is also bigger and more powerful than me. And through that, the older sister uses blood, the blood of sheep, to summon tentacles, burn enemies, and corrode them.

I’m still just starting to stand out, and my sister has the power to recognize and use something just by seeing it once or twice.

And I told Gawain what to do with this power.

“Someone crazy about revenge like me won’t see that.”

“…Clarke.”

“It’s impossible to forget and live like this, I lost too much to those bastards.”

There is also the main culprit who caused it right behind it. There is also an exiled Elder God who was a traitor. Even after knowing everything, Gawain just lives a new life, and I hope that he will never set foot on this bloody path again.

“…Let’s stop talking about this. We’re almost there.”

The darker you go, the darker the atmosphere becomes.

And I look at a being wearing a huge armor filled with the very energy of death, holding a hammer and flashing a blue light.

Although the shape is different, it is a huge piece of armor measuring about 3 meters in size.

Then, he faces a giant who is wearing a cloak of negative magical power, which can be said to be death itself, and is holding up a huge hammer.

Honestly, as soon as I saw this, I wondered if I had seen it wrong.

No, why on earth is something like this here?

And why is something like this guarding this place?

No matter how you look at this…

It was an act of great malice that no human should ever face.

It was a greater malice than Cassandra’s.

No, it was so malicious that it felt like a joke.

And I also know that it clearly has murderous intentions towards us.

The ghost dwelling in the armor aimed a huge hammer at us.

-…Welcome…To my kingdom. Dead people.

“Dead?”

And before you can question it, the surrounding scenery begins to change.

The moment when evil magic, magic we had never seen before, dragged us in, and dragged us in –

We were able to see its identity.

-Today, in this kingdom, in this kingdom of the grave- you too will be together!

…What the fuck. This bastard was a demi-lich.

It was half lich and half evil, and I could feel the power of the ‘evil god’ itself. A being with a strength and power that is completely different from the lichs we have faced countless times.

That gigantic monster, who was a wizard and wielded a hammer, and was armed with a hammer and armor, was a powerful demi-lich who had already reached the level of a demigod.

Originally, being a demi-lich meant being only half a lich, but of course, if half of them were human, they were trash, and if the rest were demons or gods, they were truly crazy monsters. And the dead of the dead, who is not easy to kill by transporting his life essence across dimensions.

If it’s like this…

It was No Life King itself.

In this kingdom filled only with darkness, death, and the dead, the hand of darkness reaches out towards me. And the grip of death, pulling at my soul.

And its grip grabs my soul.

Kwaduk-

“Master?!”

And-

It started pulling me in. And that was before it bound and pulled at my soul.

Did you use this extreme force to kill me outright?

At that time, there were threads that held my soul.

The red spider web that stretched out from Nia’s touch, the web that captured my soul, held my body firmly in place, and of course, thanks to it, I was able to survive the soul absorption of this damned demilich.

“The master, the soul. I will protect it. Don’t be afraid. I will bind the master’s soul here.”

…

Once again, I received help from Nia. Nia had saved me from danger many times, and this time was the same. Then, looking at Nia, the demilich’s eyes soon turn to Nia. Six gems visible behind the demilich. Five of them were shining.

And the jewels were shining and my soul was almost sucked into the jewels that were not shining.

And – I put aside the question of why the damn thing is here.

Is this the danger Dick was talking about?

-Hoo, are you a craftsman in the dark? You did a good job blocking this. It’s a shame… I could have collected the soul of the star being.

“I will kill you. I will make you pay for the crime of targeting my master’s soul.”

-Under? How do you plan on paying it? You might not have known it before, but you were injured. Also… Did the brat you call your master sign a contract with you when he wasn’t properly strong?

And he even noticed the relationship between me and Nia and made a cool-headed judgment. A demi-lich who has tied me up for at least thousands of years and even ventured into interstellar and dimensional travel has come to kill me.

Isn’t this too much?

-That’s foolish. Your master could have died gracefully, but because of your actions, your master will die even more painfully. Dark Weaver.

“I will never allow it!!“

Nia growls fiercely and shines a red light. Even while being overwhelmed by this sudden situation, Anna was also holding a sword. And even Lucy. However, the magic loses its power, and the flame goes out. This is literally the world of the dead itself.

If I can’t use any of my powers properly… I’m sure I’ll die like this.

“Fuck, shit- what is this?”

It looks like Gawain also tried to use the sun’s holy light, but of course the artifact also didn’t work.

It’s a crazy situation where the magic that goes into the artifact and the mana are also sucked in.

As soon as I saw it, I tried to move somehow, as if I didn’t expect it to be so strong, but I fell to my knees as my vitality was rapidly draining away.

Anna and Lucy. Even Nia is barely holding on, but it’s only a matter of time.

Solias and Adramelech are not even able to use their strength, and Via is also in danger.

“Hey, damn skull!”

“Soli…As…Nim…”

“Ugh, this is…”

This bastard.

A demilich so powerful that it can blaspheme even the true gods.

Obviously…

Although this is a desperate situation.

There is a way everywhere.

A wizard is a being who makes the impossible possible and can somehow turn an unfavorable situation around.

Golden threads gathered together.

Only my strength. The power of a huge soul stem that responds to my soul.

And through that, I find a way out in this space of the Demi Lich.

This is a space where you have a complete advantage, looking at the Demilich’s unique techniques.

And it is a tremendous space that is called into one’s own space and sucks the life force of the other person without allowing all magic power, light, warmth, and vitality.

And I looked at the technique that made this up.

-…You!

And, did you finally realize what I was trying to do?

I stretched out my hand.

And then I stretch out my hand and a skein of thread stretches out from my grasp.

Then, we pull out the threads and analyze and understand the structure of the space that constitutes this place.

And then a huge hammer is swung at me, trying to crack my head.

His movements are so fast that he can hardly be considered a demi-lich. It was making the moves of a skilled warrior and I took out the Cry of Fear on it, the power that Dick had given me.

I used it to hit the hammer straight away.

Wow!!!!

And with a tremendous sound of metal clashing, the demilich’s hammer bounces away.

At the same time, I feel like a lot of my strength is being eroded.

As expected from Dick, is number 3 the limit?

By the third time, I felt such a drain on energy and strength that I had to prepare to lose my mind.

And finally-

I was able to see through the structure of this space.

And-

Churrrr!

Thanks to this, there is one more spell to collect.

This was my first time seeing a spell, and it was definitely an otherworldly spell worth collecting.

-…!!!

“…I guess I’ll buy something now.”

And finally, the structure of space was changed, and only then did the magic power and flames that had been silenced begin to come back to life.

It’s definitely true that this demilich is a worse bastard than Cassandra.

But-

The thing about having more shit is the same for me now.

Thread, and a technique that treats that thread as if it were my senses and constructs this space without me seeing it directly.

By tracing, checking, and examining the technique, I took away more than half of the control of this space.

Okay. Now I think it’s worth fighting with some proper strength.

“Let’s fight fairly. Are you using cheats on your own?”