Chapter 121 – Demon King Loxia (2)
The area located in the northeast of the central part of the northern continent is richly distributed in the amount of magical energy latent in the ground and floating in the air that is difficult to compare with other regions.
A special ecosystem composed of animals and plants born from rich mana as food is spread out, and rare ores that are much more valuable than the same amount of gold are buried deep here and there.
If you listen to this far, you will automatically think of the so-called land of gold… Nothing can have only advantages.
Demonic spirits affected by too strong magical power are born with a strong body and high intelligence, and some can even handle magical power.
The demon tribe survives in a land teeming with powerful demons, establishes villages and cities, succeeds in enduring the invasion of demons, becomes the owner of the land, and names their home as the Demon Kingdom.
As much as they were born and raised in a harsh land, most demons have an exceptionally strong tendency to worship the strong and have a very strong fighting spirit.
The demon king, who is in a position to rule the demons, gains special abilities that only demon kings can have by using demonic energy, the source of powerful power.
The contents of the ability vary greatly depending on the character and personality of the demon king.
For example, the former demon king’s ability is to control and manipulate the spirits of demons freely.
At that time, the demon king actively used his ability to organize monsters from nearby lands into an army, and then fought a war with humans who established a country outside the kingdom of demons… There was a man-man war.
The Demon King was killed by the uniqueness of the world, the warrior’s sword, which suddenly appeared at the point where it was not long before the Demon Army, which replenished its forces with surrounding monsters every day, captured the Kingdom of Altma, the largest force among the nations established in the northern continent. If it hadn’t been for that, the outcome of the human-horse war would have been completely different.
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… And at this moment.
In order to save the owner and her twin sisters who had collapsed while fighting to protect the demon girl, in order to eliminate the enemy who had an unforgivably strong hatred, the demon king Loxia, who had awakened and awakened the demonic power inside, slowly closed her darkened eyes. I woke up.
She muttered involuntarily as she became aware of the demonic energy spurting furiously from her own body.
“This energy, where even the ecstasy is felt, is…”
Her head was dizzy because she used up most of her mana just a moment ago, but now, as if the heavy shackles she had been wearing for the rest of her life were released, her body felt relieved.
I feel like I can literally do anything.
Roxia felt no small amount of confusion at the strange power she was able to control for the first time in her life, but she quickly judged what she had to do with this power right now, staring at her enemy, her Merlin.
It’s been a while, I’ve been wasting time with those trifles!
The old wizard, who met her eyes with Roxia, who harbors her vicious murder, realized at once that the level of her energy she exuded had completely changed, and that she had awakened as a demon king in name and reality.
At least, we have to deal with it quickly when we can’t completely control the magic.
“Lady Escaros! Kill that bitch right now!!”
Merlin, who opened her eyes, gave orders to attack Escaros, who had just defeated Roden, in order to annihilate the new demon king, who had just awakened his power, and at the same time began casting powerful killing magic.
“Kreuuuuu… Shut up, Merlin!! How long did you think I would be your puppet… !!”
However, contrary to Merlin’s thoughts, Escaros strongly resisted while holding his head while sticking the greatsword he was holding into the ground as deeply as possible.
It was the first time he had used the crystal shards planted in Escaros’ head, so he was able to slightly refuse the orders he was forced to continue.
It was a shameful blow. Merlin, while kicking his tongue inwardly at the successive variables, calmly completed the spell like a wizard who had lived for a long time.
ㅡPerong! Pew!
ㅡQuarreureuk!!
A shower of flames that spread in the air like firecrackers and a sharp stone mass rising from the floor aimed at not only Roxia but also Roden and her twin sisters who were lying down from above and below.
Roxya stretched out her hands while gazing at the magic that was being shot, ignoring all the intermediate steps required to complete her magic, and created the magic she needed right away with her will alone.
A strong gust of wind created in the air pointed by the right hand pointing up completely engulfed the rain of fire, and the cold air shot from the left hand pointing down froze the ground together with the stone that was about to rise from the ground.
At the same time, Roden and her twin sister were perfectly controlled so that the mishap of freezing did not occur.
“… What have I missed?”
Merlin, who had witnessed the unbelievable scene vividly with her own two eyes, felt that the common sense of the wizard he knew was denied in the face.
The act Roxia showed her now is so absurd that even Merlin, who has risen to the ranks of the great wizard, will never allow it.
Such a thing cannot be called a wizard!
Basically, the magician creates appropriate magic by consuming and transforming his mana while going through the necessary procedures and calculations.
How quickly and precisely this process can be completed to realize magic is an indicator of an outstanding wizard.
The ability to quickly go through these processes is much more important than the amount of mana.
However, Roxia completely ignored her process and materialized her magic with only the images drawn in her head.
Wait here
To give an example that is easy for non-magicians to understand, if magic is expressed as a person… ．
Ordinary wizards talk to the person called magic as politely as possible, and offer a very nicely wrapped mana as a gift to gain favor and earnestly ask for a favor.
On the other hand, Loxia, who had become the Demon King, grabbed her magical hair and lashed out several times with a fist containing demonic energy, threatening to follow my words without asking or questioning. Just like a queen.
The magic again panted in approval and slammed its head into the ground, obeying it perfectly.
It is truly a departure from conventional common sense.
“You… I’m in the way, so shut up for a second.”
After once striking her magic, and realizing that under her current state she had nothing to fear from Merlin’s attacks, Roxia threw a word at Merlin with her bug-eyed expression, and then she said to Roden and her twin sister, I turned my gaze.
It is important to get rid of that old man, but it is much more urgent to save these people who are at the crossroads of life and death right now.
When Roxia reached out to the three scattered people one by one and imagined moving them away, Magi, who materialized it, brought the three people together with a power similar to her telekinesis.
“Where is a girl who has just become the Demon King so arrogant!!!”
Merlin, who couldn’t stand to watch him, used the magic to kill Roxia again, but she canceled Merlin’s magic with the feeling of chasing away her flies, without even paying attention to him. ．
Clearly ignoring her Merlin, Roxia moved towards the three fallen people to continue what they were trying to do.
“Master… Sister Merim, sister Maril… I’ll treat you right away, so please don’t die like this…”
Roxy, who looked with sad eyes at the severely injured people dear to her, put her hands together reverently as if she were praying.
First of all, she started her treatment by placing her hands on the body of each person, starting with Roden, the most precious person and master.
ㅡuuuuu-!
Her cuts, burns, and bruises disappeared in an instant, and her frown that expressed her pain changed into a relaxed expression.
Merim, who suffered internal injuries from mana depletion rather than her external injuries, also improved her complexion.
… No matter how much, Roden’s left arm didn’t grow back, but right now, the fact that he could save the lives of three people was of significance.
Sighing her limit, Roxia rose from her seat and reached out her hand to Merlin, who had been relentlessly launching magic attacks since a while ago, and made a motion to grip it tightly.
Then her hand-shaped boulder rose up, gripping Merlin’s body tightly.
“… !! Blink!”
Merlin, who could not avoid the attack that flew much faster than she thought, consumed her blink and escaped from her rock grip.
“Where are you going!!!!!”
ㅡPeruuuuu!
“Huh huh huh?!”
However, Roxia, who was able to read the flow of mana, mercilessly swung the stone fist she created in advance at the location where her Merlin would move, giving him a shock enough to blow his body away.
Awesome! Even the eerie sound of a few bones shattering was resounding.
ㅡCool! Cool!
Merlin, who allowed an unexpected blow of pain, barely got up from her seat with blood pouring out of her mouth because her bones as well as her internal organs were damaged.
Even though he was suffering from pain that seemed like his body would be torn apart, he realized what the power of Loxia, who became the Demon King, was through his experience.
A power that completely controls the concept of magic itself… It is an absurd force… !
