That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Primordial Demon

The primordial silver, Argent... or should I say Sariel.

His name has been going all over the world.

Why?

His fight against the Mad Titan God.

The waves of that fight were felt all over the world.

A lot of things were destroyed. From mountains to seas, and from seas to lands.

The only reason why the fight became world known was because of me.

I sent out one of my subordinates to inspect that battle and report everything to me.

She did a wonderful job of using 『Thought Communication』to show me everything that happened in the fight.

To say I was shocked would be an understatement.

A primordial demon, fighting on equal terms with an ultimate lifeform.

This is not something we get to see every day.

Their fight was something I could never hope to comprehend.

The magic he used was out of this world. Literally. The attack sent out destruction rays all over the world, but I could tell that what he used was that strange holy energy the angels used to eliminate the monsters that went out of control.

I thought demons and monsters were incapable of using holy magic.

I could even feel the power of that attack from here.

Surprisingly, the mad Titan came out of it alive.

One would think that a huge giant like Ashura would likely be the slowest in the fight, but his speed was unbelievable.

Even with his size, he fought at a pace only gods could hope to follow.

I wasn't even able to keep up with them.

Even though the fight was almost unwatchable, the rhythm of their battle was just enough to make one continue to watch.

I just hope that I will be able to collect some samples of blood from Ashura.

Imagine just how strong the results of my experiment would be after I mix their blood with those high humans.

The battle reached a point where both of them were trying to force their projectile assault to hit the other.

Ashura was gaining the upper hand in that phase as he possessed a ridiculously high amount of magicules, but the latter was not letting up.

Suddenly, Sariel started to push Ashura back and went on to overwhelm him completely.

I was shocked to see him suddenly gaining power midway but was even more so when I saw the effect it had.

The place where the attack headed out got entirely wiped out.

All the lands and mountains became a waste land as the attack tore through everything in its way.

I became stupefied to see the mad giant walk out of that attack alive.

I guess this is how battles between those truly at the top go.

Their fight went on for nine days and nine nights without ever losing it's intensity.

After a while, I started wondering why he, a primordial demon, is capable of holding his own against an ultimate spiritual lifeform when he has not reached his final evolutionary stage.

I am sure that there's another stage he needs to enter in his evolutionary path, and he is yet to reach there, but he is already fighting squarely against an opponent in the ultimate realm.

This is just like a unique skill holding its own against an ultimate skill, which is absolutely insane considering the difference in power.

Even if he was in his final evolutionary stage, it could still be considered a unique skill defying an ultimate skill.

That was when I became more interested in this primordial.

At some point in the fight, he started to gain the upper hand in the fight. I then understood his fighting strategy.

"Fight your opponent to a draw and overpower them eventually."

Weird strategy, but also one that fits him.

Suddenly, Ashura proceeded to isolate them in a space lock.

I wasn't able to see what went on inside, but within a few seconds, the whole world started to shake.

I made a deduction that it was an attack from the mad giant.

After a while, the world stopped shaking, and the isolated space began to break.

I saw the mad giant look at a particular direction, only to see the same primordial he had been fighting for days still standing tall.

The look on his face said it all, pure horror.

To be able to put such an expression on his face, the primordial silver is truly terrifying.

He began to speak, but due to the distance between my subordinate and those two, it was impossible to hear them.

The fact that she was still alive in such a place was really amazing.

She would leave the place she initially was if an attack was headed in that direction.

I was thinking of how strong this primordial silver would be after reaching his final evolutionary stage when suddenly the whole sky above them turned golden.

As soon as that happened, the entire world was filled with intense holy energy that could kill almost any monster.

After that, seven giant pillars of holy light landed near the mad giant from the golden sky and began to disintegrate parts of his body at a frightening rate.

Twilight: 「WHERE DID HE GET ALL THAT POWER FROM!!!?」

Even a person like I would lose all composure after seeing such a miraculous event.

The pillars of holy light began to shine brighter than before, with each passing second, gaining intense heat, light, and holy energy.

The attack started to affect her even after she escaped from the place.

Twilight: 「Hey, use the teleportation magic, NOW!!」

Heeding my advice, she disappeared from that place, and I wasn't able to see the result of that attack.

As she came, I saw that she was injured all over her body because of the density of holy energy pungent in that environment.

I healed her up, and she began to report everything about the fight.

Twilight: 「I see. This primordial silver is truly outstanding.」

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Well shit. Where the heck did this abomination come from!?

???: 「RAAAARGH!!!」

This is even worse than the first demon I killed. I would like to give out the details of its appearance but I don't think I can.

Well, gotta kill ya. No hard feelings, bro.

I used my subskill 『Soul Blade Summoning』to summon my Soul Blade.

Using 『Temporal Chronostasis』 I slowed down the monsters perception before running towards it and slicing the head off, or if you can call that a head.

I really need to find that bastard. I'm already tired of this shit.

After a few days of searching, I finally found the bastard's base.

To say it looked weird would be an insult.

Without a care in the world, I blasted the door, leading to the basement with a fireball, marching in like I owned the place.

Sariel: 「FBI!! NOBODY MOVE!!!」

Heh. Always wanted to say that.

Twilight: 「Ah! If it isn't Sariel-san. What beings you here?」

With an enraged expression, I walked over to him, pointing to him as I spoke.

Sariel: 「Don't Sariel-san me! What is wrong with you!? Aren't you the idiot who's been releasing dangerous monsters all over the world!?」

The anger in my voice was palpable, clearly hinting at the stress I went through to clean up the mess he made.

The air grew tense as I waited for his reply. His next words would decide his fate.

Twilight: 「Oh come on, I just made a little mistake in my experiment. It's not a big deal.」

Yep. This genius has succeeded in sealing his fate.

Sariel: 「Die! May the judgement of heaven fall upon you. 『Collapsing Heaven』!!」

After reciting my catchphrase, he understood what I was about to do. It seems that my ranting earlier just went over his head.

Twilight: 「Oooooiiii!! Wait, wait, wait, wait, waaaaaiiiit!!

That's the magic you used to kill the mad giant!! Why are you using it here!!?」

Sariel: 「Oh? You are quite knowledgeable. Perhaps you are the same bastard that spread the news of our fight.

That only gives me more reasons to kill you!」

As I spoke, the magic was ready to burst out and erase everything below it.

Twilight: 「You brat!! If you use that type of magic here, you're going to destroy all the projects and test subjects I have.

Do you know how many years it took to turn this place into what it is today!!? DON'T FUCK WITH ME!!!」

This guy, he doesn't even care about his own life. He is busily ranting over his hard work instead of his own life.

This dude is as hopeless as a dense mc.

Sariel: 「You know, your dedication to your job has inspired me greatly. I'm impressed.」

I deactivated my magic and looked over to see his reaction.

Twilight: 「R-Really!? Finally! Someone that understands me!! You know, if you want, I could use you to-」

Without letting him finish his words, I interjected.

Sariel: 「OH HELL NAH!! YOU'RE SO STUPID IT'S FRIGHTENING!!!」

He reminds me of those mad scientists who would readily die to make an experiment successful.

Sariel: 「Look. I came to warn you about the abominations you've been spamming.

I don't really like having to deal with these types of problems. No one does.

Could you stop doing that?」

Twilight: 「They are not abominations. They are perfect works of art! You just can't see the true beauty in them is all.」

Sariel: 「WHO THE FUCK WOULD SEARCH FOR THE BEAUTY IN A BEAST THAT HAS IT'S DAMN HANDS STICKING OUT OF IT'S FUCKING EYES. THE FUCKING EYES I SAY!!!」

This dude's stupidity is giving me depression.

Twilight: 「Well, I'll try my best, but I won't promise anything.」

Urgh! So annoying.

Sariel: 「Tch. Whatever.」

I quickly left before I lost it.

I've never met anyone that could annoy this much. Except for a certain genius I killed.

I left that wretched place after giving him a stern warning.

He seemed reluctant but agreed to tone down his recklessness.

As I was flying over the forest, I looked over at all the trees below me. They all looked extremely healthy and green.

The lakes flowed smoothly, with a clean blue colour that made it look evermore eye-catching.

The breeze blew gently, a testament to the calm atmosphere the forest gave of.

Even the monsters that most people would expect to fight each for dominion were working together to enhance their living standards.

Seeing all this, the waves of depression I had left me. I smiled and spoke.

Sariel: 「I think I'll name this place the "Jura Forest."」

Jura. This word has many meanings, but I'll name it Jura, which means fruitfulness or excellence.

After naming the forest, I felt like it became a part of me.

Well, not necessarily a part of me, but similar to that.

Hey Sage-san, what happened?

Not knowing what happened, I asked my trusty partner for help.

「Answer. When you named the forest, it received your divine protection. Something else beyond my knowledge has occurred.」

Is that so? Well, I'm gonna have to find out about the other phenomena that happened, but I think that'll be on a later date.

Do you mind running an appraisal on me, Sage-san?

「Yes.

Name: Sariel.

Race: Primordial Demon–「Demon Peer」.

Blessings: Sariel's Compassion.

Title: Divine Protector:「Universal Guardian」.

Magic: Elemental Magic, Aspectual Magic, Physics Magic, True Soul Magic, Holy Magic, Dark Magic, Illusion Magic.

Intrinsic Skills: Possession, Infinite Regeneration, Demon Lord's Haki, Material Creation, Magic Nullification, Magic Domination, Multilayer Barrier.

Unique Skills: 『Wise Sage』, 『Gluttony』, 『Replicator』, 『Soul Lord』, 『Ultimate Authority』,『Space-Time Administrator』.

Resistances: Physical Attack Nullification, Spiritual Attack Resistance, Natural Effect Resistance, Abnormal Condition Resistance, Holy-Demonic Attack Resistance

Unique Skills

1.『Soul Lord』

[Subskills]

1. Soul Harvest: Souls of those weaker than the user are instantly harvested. Only individuals with spiritual attack resistance or ultimate-level skills are considered safe from this ability. Skills belonging to the harvested soul can also be acquired.

2. Soul Barrier: A barrier that constantly absorbs the soul energy of targets at a frightening rate.

3. Soul World: An evolved version of 『Soul Storage』. All harvested souls are stored in this subskill and can be converted to magical energy for the user and viceversa. Souls in this dimension are not affected by time. The storage capacity of this skill has been increased, making its storage capacity vastly greater than that of 『Soul Storage』.

4. Life Predation: All types of energy and life can be devoured by this ability. Once devoured, the target is taken into the 『Soul World』for analysis. The target of effect includes but is not limited to organic and inorganic objects. It also extends to skills and magic.

5. Ultra-Speed Soul Regeneration: An enhanced version of 『Soul Regeneration』. Allows for the recovery of damages affecting the soul at a quicker rate compared to Soul Regeneration.

6. Soul Manipulation: Allows for the manipulation of souls to a certain extent. The user can control souls easily and convert them into energy or perform resurrection or revival and many more depending on their level of proficiency.

7. Soul Blade Summoning/Soul Blade:『Ares』: A mythical grade weapon that ignores the material body and directly affects the soul of a target upon contact. The greater the amount of magicules infused into the blade, the higher the damage the soul takes. Using spiritrons as its energy source makes the amount of damage greater than when used with magicules.

8. Soul Appraisal: Allows the user to run analysis on a targets soul, allowing them to access information like the skills they possess and the functions of that skill. When used on targets weaker than the user, it can also be used to read the memories of the appraised targets.

9. True Body Release: This skill is only activated once the user dies. Once that happens, the user can decide to transfer their soul to their body that is stored in the『Soul World』. The body can then be released from the『Soul World』if the user wishes to do so.

2.『Wise Sage』

[Subskills]

1. Thought Acceleration: Increases thought-processing speed by ten thousand times.

2. Analytical Appraisal: Perfoms analysis and appraisal on targets.

3. Universal Perception: Allows for the extrasensory perception of light, heat, sound waves, etc.

4. Chant Annulment: Allows the user to perform magic without incantations.

5. All of Creation: Allows the user to comprehend all non-concealed phenomena in the world. The outcome of this ability depends on what the user understands and the information the user knows about.

6. Parallel Computation: Detaches regular thought processes and performs operations on any matter the user wishes to analyse.

7. Skill Domination: Allows the user to gain total control of their skills.

8. Auto-battle Mode: Temporarily possess the user's body for as long as the user wishes.

3.『Gluttony』

[Subskills]

1. Predation: Takes the target into the user's body. But in case the target is conscious, the chances of success decrease significantly. The target of effect includes but is not limited to organic and inorganic objects. It also extends to skills and magic.

2. Stomach: Stores the predated target. It is also possible to store materials created via analysis. Targets stored in this subskill are not affected by time.

3. Mimicry: Replicate the captured targets' appearance. Its abilities are also possible to use. However, it is limited to targets whose information is successfully analysed.

4. Isolation: Stores harmful objects that can not be analysed, neutralising them, then breaking them down into magicules.

5. Corrosion: Corrodes the target, decomposing it if it is organic. There is a chance of acquiring an ability after partially consuming the targets body.

6. Receive: The ability to obtain skills from the individuals under the user's influence.

7. Provide: Grants part of the user's abilities to those under the user's influence or to use individuals that have a soul link/bond.

4.『Replicator』

[Subskills]

1. Replication: Copies the skills, arts, and magic of the target only if the user analyses the procedure. Skills, arts, and magic that have reached the ultimate level can not be replicated.

2. Forced Replication: Forcefully copy the skills, magic, and arts of the target without the need for analysing the operation at the cost of the user's magicules. (The user may lose up to 60% of their magicules when used.)

5.『Ultimate Authority』

[Subskills]

1. Ultimate Level: Any type of attack can be elevated to the ultimate level whilst simultaneously raising the user's defence against attacks to the ultimate level.

2. Essence Fusion: Fuses a pair of different essences or targets into a single object.

Can be used to merge skills together, evolving them into new skills. More than one skill can be acquired from merging depending on the combination used.

3. Essence Separation: Separates the properties or essence inherent to the target into different objects. (In case the separate target has no physical form, it may dissappear.)

6.『Space-Time Administrator』

[Subskills]

1. Dimension Leap: Allows the user to freely locate and travel to a location, even if it is in different dimensions or worlds, as long as there's a guide or connection to it.

2. Space Severance: The gaps within space can be opened and widened for various uses. It can be used as a source of teleportation by opening the space between two points and connecting the two spaces.

3. Space-Time Manipulation: It allows the user to manipulate and utilize the elements of space and time, allowing them to perform Spacetime Connection or even Instant Motion depending on their proficiency.

4. Temporal Chronostasis: A temporal illusion that make targets see objects as though they have stopped moving, making opponents react slower than they are supposed to.

5. Temporal Acceleration: Grants the user the ability to speed up time processes of a target.

6. Temporal Deceleration: Grants the user the ability to slow down time processes of a target.

7. Future Memory: This ability allows the user to access information from the future to make use of it in the present time.」

Wow. I've come so far, huh? Thousands of years have passed, and I've been through a lot.

Well, let's find something else to do.

I then proceeded to roam around to inspect the newly named Jura Forest.

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In the underworld, there was a lady quietly sipping her tea, looking at the atmosphere outside her castle.

She had platinum pink hair long enough to reach her waist with blue eyes as calm as the sky.

Her white skin radiated a divine glow, a testament to the aura it gave off.

Her slender yet voluptuous body made it difficult for anyone to look away from her.

Yes, she was the pink primordial known as Rose.

She had her hand on her chin as if contemplating something.

Rose: 「Primordial Silver Argent. The oddball among all demons.

With the things you have accomplished, perhaps you are a reincarnated person just like me.

I hope we meet each other soon.」

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???: 「My lord. The preparations we planned for are ready. But are you sure about this?」

A man with black hair and grey eyes asked another individual who was gathering up magicules to perform an ancient magic.

???: 「Yes i am. You don't need to worry. If it doesn't cooperate, I'll handle it.」

He said this with a haughty and slightly prideful tone. Clearly, he showed that he was confident in his abilities.

After saying that, a magic circle appeared in front of them, releasing an ominous aura of death that could make one faint due to fear.

There were forty priests behind them, along with a hundred prisoners standing nearby with magic chains used to hold them captive.

They all watched as the magic circle grew brighter every second that passed until it finally toned down.

After that, they saw a being with bright crimson hair wearing an unbuttoned shirt that exposed his finely toned body along with a necklace adorning his neck.

Seeing that his magic was completed, the man walked forward, approaching his summon with a haughty gaze.

The priests that stood behind him all collapsed to the ground. A few were completely exhausted, while some had actually died.

The man spoke.

—— Greetings, demon. My name is Jahil. The great Jahil of the Super-Magic Empire. ——

The man, now known as Jahil, then went on to explain the reason for summoning the demon.

It was a simple matter.

All he wanted was for him to destroy an enemy nation that were warring against them.

After that, the demon headed out to complete his mission.

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An eventful and entertaining life.

Born as an absolute being, I had swayed over others with my strength.

I easily defeated two of my fellow primordials who came to challenge me.

After they died, they were reborn again and came to pledge loyalty to me.

It was then that I knew that we could never truly die.

If I had continued like that, I would've long been called the King of the Underworld.

But as unfortunate as it is, someone already has that title.

The Primordial Silver Argent.

He, along with Noir, were the only people I couldn't comprehend.

I would first start with Noir, who recently declared his refusal to further evolve due to boredom.

I was stunned at first but later came to realise what he meant.

We usually fight against each other to a draw as none of us could have completely overwhelmed the other.

With his strength, it was not easy to do so.

He even fought Argent to a draw in their last spar.

Well, that's what it is.

Now to Argent. He was even weirder than what I had expected.

He completely detested fighting. He could easily defeat me if he tried to gain power, but he never did.

He'd always say something along the lines of "What's the point of getting all sweaty and stinky when you can just chill and adore what nature has to offer?"

Do demons sweat? Do I actually stink?

Well, I couldn't care less.

He'd always turn down a fight until you disrupted his magic learning section.

That's when you see his other side. He'd get so mad to the point where you wouldn't even want to fight him again.

I know demons deal with magic, but his obsession over it is something uncalled for.

The most annoying part is that he is not even doing it for battle purposes.

What's even more absurd about that fella is that he decided to name all the millions of demons under his lineage, then die, get reborn just to start all over again.

I was completely stupefied when I heard of the news.

Even Noir was shocked to hear about it.

The demons in his lineage worship him like a god. They even started to build a temple in his name.

I don't think that he even knows about it.

With his carefree personality, he wouldn't like to go through the stress of dealing with it.

Enough of him for now. I was brought over to an unknown world.

I immediately understood that I was summoned.

After arriving, I began to survey my surroundings.

The man who looked like the magician that summoned me was busily spouting some nonsense I couldn't even understand.

Ot was with my 『Magic Sense』that helped me to understand his words.

He was just spewing some prideful words.

For a being with exceptional pride, seeing such a scene made me wonder how stupid people or, more specifically, "humans" can be.

His wish was to destroy an enemy nation which his side were warring against.

It's pretty simple if you ask me.

Using the wide range destruction magic I learnt to make from Argent, 『Death Streak』, without hesitation, I lay waste to that country.

Millions perished, and a city of death was formed.

I felt no guilt with what I had done.

Using the millions of corpses around, I used the forbidden magic,『Birthday』to create a body, successfully incarnating myself.

After eating their fears and hearing their screams, I decided to name myself Guy.

With that, I had unknowingly ascended to the rank of demon peer. (Demon Lord).

After absorbing the souls of those I killed, I further evolved into a (Devil Lord).

Seeing that absorbing souls made me evolve, I became curious.

Would absorbing more human souls make me stronger?

I also want to repay that high human that summoned me.

I summoned my two retainers and gave them orders.

Guy: 「Swiftly erase that country from the face of this world.」

I am currently in a good mood with my ascension.

The fact that I had destroyed the residents of that magician's country with no pain or suffering proves me right.

The demons I summoned also had the honour of being granted physical bodies.

Even after acquiring more souls, I couldn't evolve further.

I then understood that I reached the end of my evolutionary path.

I began to fight fierce battles against demon beasts and self-proclaimed monster kings.

It was far more interesting than refining my soul in the underworld.

It was then that I met him. The one who had seemingly mysteriously disappeared from hell.

Argent.

Guy: 「So we meet again, Argent. It seems you have also gotten stronger than before.」

Sariel: 「Huh. No way! Rouge!?」