Volume 2 Chapter 40 Majin
I froze Minister of Finance Margon, right after that.
"Ugh, grrrr, wooooooh!"
Crack, crack, crack...!
Suddenly, Margon, now an ice sculpture, began to scream.
"What!? What's happening, Sir Zeke!?"
"Magical power has surged suddenly... This is..."
Crack...!
As Margon's body shone, dark magical energy erupted.
It spread outward as a shockwave, destroying the castle walls and floor.
With a thunderous roar, the castle crumbled.
However, I activated the Hand of God's protective barrier, saving everyone inside.
"Ah, thank you, Sir Zeke... If it weren't for this barrier, we would have perished."
"By the way, what is that?"
Margon hovered above the collapsed castle.
Yet from his back sprang dark wings, like those of a bat.
"Demon wings...? No way."
'Ahh, ha ha! That's right!'
A voice, reminiscent of something heard before, echoed from somewhere.
"You are... Jamael, the former commander of the Demon Lord's army."
The mastermind who cursed the former Demon Lord and brought chaos to the human realm.
He was supposed to have been hiding for a while.
"This one is my creation: [Majin]!"
"A majin...?"
'A synthetic weapon created by compressing the powers of demons and beasts using humans as vessels!'
"N-no way...! When did that happen!?"
Sasha screamed with a pale face.
Margon was a human of the Empire.
There should have been no room for Demonkin to intervene...
"So you were working behind the scenes with this guy and the Demonkin (you guys)."
'That's right! However, your interference has ruined my plans to secretly control the Empire, Zeke Vetarinari!'
That voice was filled with hatred.
'You've disrupted my plans multiple times, but today it all ends! Witness the power of my greatest creation, the Majin!'
"GROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAH!"
Roaring like a beast, Margon closed the distance in an instant.
"So fast... Sir Zeke!"
Margon unleashes a kick with incredible power at an inhuman speed.
Booom!
The shockwave surged, blowing away the surrounding debris.
"Grololololoro!"
Margon continued to rain down blows.
'Haha! Good, good! That Zeke is on the defensive! Serves him right! Alright, time to finish him!'
"Grooow!"
Pow...!
I casually caught the punch.
'Wha!? What the hell!'
"Is that all you've got?"
I struck back with a punch to the majin's body.
Bang!
The majin, hit by the powerful blow, was sent flying into the air.
'No way!? I combined the powers of a demon and a beast!'
"If you think you can kill me, the Demon Lord, with such a weak attack, you're sorely mistaken."
I soared into the air using the Overlord's flight skill.
"...More importantly, you just said 'beast'."
In response to my anger, magic power surged from my body.
"I-it's incredible...! Sir Zeke's magical power is beyond that of the previous demon...!"
The air trembled, and the majin faltered.
"You... used the lives of beasts for your experiments."
'W-what's wrong with that! The beasts will multiply even if we leave them alone!'
"Shut up."
Twitch!
The majin stiffened in fear.
'What are you doing! You are the strongest artificial being! Why are you afraid of such weaklings! Do it! Do it!'
"G-grooooor!"
The majin opened its mouth wide, concentrating magic power within.
'This is the majin's ultimate technique [Magic Cannon]!
A powerful beam that concentrates vast amounts of magic power into a single point! It can destroy even this puny imperial capital in an instant!'
"I won't let you do that."
The magic cannon was fired.
But I deployed a defensive barrier with Hand of God.
The moment the beam touched the barrier, it vanished without a trace.
'No wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!'
"Such a weak attack won't affect me."
I used alchemy to forge the holy sword, imbuing the blade with the magic of the Hand of God.
"I saw in the appraisal. You're already dead, Margon. A living corpse. At least, I'll let you rest peacefully."
I unleashed the holy strike with the sword.
The slash emitted a blinding light as it tore through Margon's body.
Completely, he vanished.
'Ah, impossible... something like this... to defeat a majin... my... crystallization of effort...'
"Hey, Jamael. You're next. Playing with lives... I will never forgive you."
I glared at the familiar watching us.
'Higgh! Y-you bastard! R-remember this!'
Jamael walked away.
With a sigh, Emperor Sasha hugged me.
"Thank you so much for saving the empire from crisis..."
"No, don't mention it."
"I owe you a great debt. But I will repay it properly over a lifetime!"
"Huh? A-a lifetime?"
"Yes! I look forward to a long relationship!"
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