NOVEL NEXT Chapter 41 - Episode 41: The Demon Duke's Full Power
Episode 41: The Demon Duke’s Full Power
I summoned the Demon Sword from subspace. The hero, clutching his stomach, stared in disbelief.
“N-No!! Th-That sword…!? Y-You’re not saying… D-Demon Sword!?”
“What, you know about it? My underling monster picked it up for me.”
“W-What!? Th-That’s, that’s the sword I discarded!!”
“Oh, was it? Come to think of it, the monster that picked it up was Goblin Gabutaro. It’s the goblin you beat up so badly.”
“That goblin… B-But, that sword should be cursed! Your health points will surely drop to one. H-Haha! You dug your own grave! You damn Demon Duke! Just a bunch of trash demons! You have to be killed by me!!”
A grave?
“Could it be the effect of the curse? I have two installation skills. One is the ‘Status Doubler’ you know, and the second is ‘Curse Effect Negation’.”
“W-What!?”
“So, even if I equip this Demon Sword, I won’t be cursed. The drawback of this sword, which is ‘HP drops to 1 upon equipping’, is nullified by my skills.”
“What did you say!?”
“And, this Demon Sword also has an installation skill. It’s called ‘Double Attack Power of Level 2’. By negating the curse effect with my skill, I can only receive the benefit of this ‘Double Attack Power of Level 2’.”
“N-No way…!”
“Well, in simple terms, it means my attack power will be doubled.”
“Oh… Ahhh…”
So, the level of my attack power is…
“In reality, 24,000.”
The hero screamed.
“Aaarghh!!”
Cea’s level, in contrast, is 82.
Yeah, there’s no way I’ll lose like this.
Oh, right.
“I forgot to mention. My special move, Dark Slash. It has ten times the power of a normal attack.”
So, in reality…
“It was 240,000.”
Yeah.
“But don’t worry. I’ll never hold back. Even if your level is 82, I won’t show any mercy. I won’t relax. I won’t let my guard down. I’ll put all my soul into it and fight with all my might.”
“Agag… G-Grgh…!”
Cea opened and closed his mouth, then rolled his eyes and fainted.
“Huh? Hey! The fight’s just getting started, you know?”
No response.
Just seems like a fainted hero.
Well well.
It doesn’t feel right to attack while he’s unconscious. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
As I was thinking that, Arjena grabbed Cea by the collar.
“Wake up, you hero!! Don’t you dare faint!!”
Hmm.
She seems quite irritated. I’ll just watch from the sidelines.
“How dare you treat Stasa so horribly! And your treatment of the priestess Mishiri was the worst!! She’s your comrade, isn’t she?!”
“Ah… Ugh…”
Arjena kept hitting Cea’s face.
“Don’t think fainting will get you off the hook! Heyheyhey!!”
“Aghhh!!”
“You’ll learn the wrath of my anger!! Heyheyhey!! You’re an enemy to women!! Heyheyhey!!”
“Ughhh!!”
“Next is for Mishiri’s sake! Hey hey hey!! Trying to turn such a kind childhood friend into a sex toy, I won’t forgive that!! Hey hey hey!!”
“Hogeraaaaaaaa!!”
“And finally──”
With that, she thrust her fist into Cea’s chin.
“This is my anger!!”
It feels like Arjena got one more turn than she should have…
Oh well, must be my imagination.
Cea dragged himself over and clung to my leg.
“H-Help me…”
“Isn’t it a bit too convenient to beg for your life now? When you said you’ll kill me, you said you wouldn’t forgive me even if I apologized.”
“Ugh… Is it… cowardly to attack an injured person like me? Y-You… You’re still a cowardly demon after all.”
Hmm.
“That’s a compliment. I’m not righteous. I’m the ruler of evil.”
Saying that, I grabbed Cea by the collar and lifted him up.
“Eeeek!!”
“But, you know. It doesn’t feel quite satisfying to defeat a beaten-up mess like you. Ultimate Extra Healing.”
“Huh?”
“So, I healed you.”
“Ohhh! M-My wounds are gone!”
Hmm.
Alright then, without hesitation.
“Fly away.”
My fist sunk into Cea’s cheek.
His jawbone shattered, and blood spattered.
“B-bgyarrrrrrrrrrr!!”
The hero flew off into the distance.
Arjena blinked.
“Did you… not kill him?”
“His sins won’t disappear that easily.”
“Huh?”
“Cea has earned the grudge of various people, including the weapon shop owner. He needs to atone for those sins.”
My right hand emitted a pale blue glow.
“What’s that…? Did you take it from the hero?”
“Yeah.”
As a level 6000, I can use various magic spells.
One of them is a spell to steal abilities.
I used it to take it from him.
“This is the ‘Hero’s Proof’.”
“Oh… So, he’s back to being a normal human?”
“That’s how it seems.”
“The direction Cea flew… could it be?”
“To the Rontomelda territory.”
Actually.
My plan still has more to unfold.
Now, the hell begins.