Volume 5 Chapter 22
(Zeke's Side)
I was visiting the Dragon Kingdom, Sky Fossia.
However, feeling an unsettling premonition, I decided to return to the Demon Lord Kingdom a step ahead.
Late at night, I was gliding through the vast sky.
Sia, in her small dragon form, clung to my back, providing me with her wings.
"Please let it be just a false alarm..."
I've been trying to contact Cino using my communication magical tool.
However, I haven't been able to reach them at all.
That fact... only intensified my anxiety.
And then, at that moment.
Kach...!
"What...?"
Before I could finish asking what kind of light it was, it lunged at me.
It was black flames.
They surged toward me at an incredible speed.
'Zeke!'
"I'm fine!"
I activated Hand of God.
The sacred light that can even resurrect the dead can defend against any attack.
The wall of light blocked the intrusion of the black flames.
Eventually... the flames extinguished.
"What are you...?"
Unknowingly, my voice trembled with rage.
Those flames clearly aimed to take our lives.
It's bad enough to target me.
...But anyone who tries to kill a child is lower than scum.
Children are treasures.
No one should destroy them.
...I felt a fierce anger toward the person who would attempt to kill a child without hesitation.
"......Ultra Demon Lord"
They were wrapped in tattered black cloth.
An Ultra Demon Lord... huh.
The only Demon Lord I know is Veig, Elaina's father.
He's a good guy who thinks about the happiness of all Demonkin.
...I never wanted to associate him with someone who would target a child's life.
"What a ridiculous name. What do you want?"
"...Zeke. You've grown."
"Huh? What are you talking about...?"
In the blink of an eye, the Ultra Demon Lord closed the distance.
And then they threw a punch aimed at my abdomen.
It wasn't an unavoidable attack.
I deployed the wall of light.
But...
KABAM!!!
"Guh...!"
'Zeke!'
They broke through the barrier.
The punch targeted my solar plexus, one of the vital points of the human body.
...A terrifyingly precise punch.
It's as if he has a perfect grasp of human anatomy...
"Damn it!"
I grabbed the Ultra Demon Lord by the collar and threw him.
"Sia! I'm fine! Fly at him with maximum power!"
'Y-yeah!'
As I raced through the sky, I kicked him right in the face with the momentum.
Whack...!
"Your sense of martial arts hasn't changed since back in the day."
"What are you talking about..."
"You've only improved your skills for saving beasts. Well, you've always hated fighting."
A gust of wind blew by, whoosh...
As the black hood was blown away...
"Huh...? W-why..."
This can't be...
It's impossible...
"Why... are you here?"
...The person who tried to kill me and Sia was someone I knew all too well.
"Dad!"
The attacker was... my father, Grisha Vetarinari.
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