Chapter 122 – Demon Lord Loxia (3)
Gulkkulkkkulk, Merlin got up from his seat while coughing up blood…
“Get Escaros brother back to normal right now!”
ㅡPur ugh!!
In order to survive Roxia’s attack, which continues to bombard her in the name of magic without even breathing, she began to fight against her deathpower.
The position of attacking and defending was reversed.
When Roxia snaps her finger, an explosion occurs, when she points somewhere, dozens of ice arrows and electric shocks rain down, when she swings her blade, an invisible sword flies, when she grabs her hand, a rock hand springs out, and so on.
The power of Demon Lord Loxia, which can instantaneously materialize magic, which was originally completed only through appropriate procedures, with a light gesture and an image in her head, was terrifying.
The secret to Merlin’s ability to withstand the offensive beyond common sense is thanks to his ability to use magic as fast as Loxia’s, his arithmetic ability befitting an archmage, and his experience and competence commensurate with the long years he has accumulated.
“Ah… ,No! It can’t end in vain in a rural corner like this… !!”
However, she was not forever. Due to injuries that damaged her bones and internal organs, her physical and mental limits are quickly approaching.
The moment Loxia, who can’t afford to ignore the situation of the enemy, is about to cast the next magic to finish off the guy who has been cornered by a single shot,
ㅡslurreuk.
At the same time as the demonic energy gushing out of her body calmed down, Roxia’s white eyes, which had been dyed black, returned to their original state, and the magic that was shaping was canceled.
“… !”
Magic doesn’t work anymore?
Roxia, who opened her eyes wide, instinctively realized that she could no longer use her authority, which was tantamount to cheating, that could manifest magic just by thinking.
Healed Roden and her twin sisters, engaged in a fierce magic battle with Merlin, and consumed most of her magic in return for using her powers in succession.
It was a misfortune that happened because she herself did not know the limits of her power, which she wielded for the first time.
For Merlin, who has faced her difficulties, this is a genius opportunity to reverse the demon king Loxia, who has consumed all her demonic energy!
… I wanted to think so.
“Quit… ! Are we still alive?”
Merim, who was the first to regain consciousness in the turmoil, looked around and her eyes widened at the greatly changed environment and Roxia, but suddenly she came to her senses and called out to Roden and her younger brother who were lying side by side next to her. I lightly slapped my cheek.
“Brother! Brother! Marill!! Ma-A-Lil!! Wake up all of a sudden!!!”
ㅡ clap clap clap!!
“It hurts…”
Roden and Marill, whose palms touched Merim’s voice, flinched after him and slowly began to regain her consciousness.
Damn it, the hero has risen again.
It’s impossible with the current situation and ‘body’. Instead of dealing with them, awakening the demon lord… ．
Merlin had consumed a lot of mana and was severely injured, so she judged that the possibility of defeating Roden and his party was infinitely slim in the current situation where even Escalos was resisting his orders.
ㅡSpot! Woo-woo!
Merlin, who moved next to Escaros using her Blink, squeezed out all her remaining mana and connected it to the Nation of Darkness… She created a portal shaped like a round hole.
It was unstable in many ways because it was a dimensional gate that was created in a hurry, but there is no time to discuss such issues.
“Cool… ! Kheuheouk! Now I have no choice but to step back, but next time I will absolutely…”
Merlin, who managed to barely control Escaros and let her enter the portal first while vomiting her blood, finally threw herself into her portal while clearly carving the images of Roden and Roxia in both eyes.
“At there!!”
Roden, who had just woken up, hurriedly ran and tried to grab Merlin, but was a step too late. The guy’s body had already passed through the dimensional door.
“Damn it, it disappeared right in front of my nose.”
Should I jump into the portal right now, chase him, and finish him off?
I was worried for a while, but from his point of view, it was completely unknown where the open dimensional door was connected, and maybe this itself was a trap, so I couldn’t follow it.
ㅡSureureuk.
While I couldn’t make a decision, the dimensional door connected to the Devil’s Kingdom completely closed and disappeared completely at the same time.
Roden felt a bit regretful at the thought of blowing up the opportunity to deal with Merlin, who was sure to be his afterthought, but decided not to think deeply about it right away and turned his eyes to Loxia.
“Loxia…”
“Master…”
The appearance of Loxia, who was reborn as a demon king through this incident, has changed markedly compared to before Roden lost her consciousness.
Her youthful appearance, which gave the impression of an infinitely tender girl, has matured even more and has been reborn as that of a woman with enchanting eyes that are a great example even compared to flowers that have just blossomed. It has become a unique shape that has been rolled up even as it grows larger than before.
Roxia, who radiated a sense of maturity in her various ways, smiled in relief as she looked at Roden and her twin sister, who met her eyes in turn.
“Master, Sister Merim, Sister Maril… I’m glad everyone can open their eyes again… I’m really glad…”
Loxia’s steps, which were walking towards her master and her sisters, gradually staggered, and she, with her eyes filled with tears, landed on her floor without any warning…
ㅡPavat!
Instead of falling to the floor, she lost consciousness in the arms of her master, who quickly ran away. Came close to
“Loxia?!”
Roden, who lightly examined Roxia’s condition to which they ran, spoke in a calm tone.
“Don’t worry. I’m just in a deep sleep.”
She was engulfed in passion and couldn’t overcome the flood of recoil that consumed most of her demonic energy. Unless she was forcibly awakened, she could only open her eyes after a full day.
“Whew~ It would be fortunate if he was simply sleeping, but Roden oppa. Left arm…”
“Is it completely gone?”
The twins had several things they wanted to ask about what had happened, but she looked at Roden’s left arm, which seemed most urgent than anything else.
Her left arm was consumed from below her elbow by the raging hellfire.
The cuts, which reminded her of burnt firewood, became clean thanks to Roxia’s proper treatment, and she did not feel any particular pain.
“What… ,Yes.”
She thought that she had lived all this time while accumulating karma in her own way, so Roden’s own reaction to the loss of her arm was quite calm.
On the other hand, her twin sister, who heard Roden’s answer, couldn’t hide her complexion that was about to darken considerably.
In this world, even if an unfortunate accident occurs in which a part of the body is amputated, if the severed part is not seriously damaged, it can be restored without difficulty through healing magic or potion.
However, on the other hand, if the body is severely damaged or has disappeared… It is impossible to regenerate a lost body other than 『Elixir』, The ultimate elixir that can only reverse everything except death.
In other words, it coincided with the meaning that the man they love should live as a one-armed person for the rest of their lives, so they couldn’t help but feel complicated.
“Both of you, don’t make such faces. There’s a way to fix the missing arm somehow.”
“… Can you fix it?”
“Sir, do you think Roden’s brother has an elixir?”
As soon as she heard Roden’s words, the twin sisters suddenly raised their heads and thought of a possibility.
The girls, who had vividly witnessed the incident of an absurd scale that they had seen just a moment ago, would not be surprised by anything, so it seemed that they would understand even if the elixir jumped out of Roden’s arms.
“It’s not that great, it’s an artifact I found in a dungeon a long time ago. Let’s see…”
The moment Roden, who had corrected her posture holding Roxia, tried to rummage through her inventory with her remaining arm.
—-Rurrrr… !!
The ice pillars surrounding the surrounding area began to slowly collapse under the influence of Merlin, the creator, leaving far away, and the fully armed guards, who had been waiting outside the ice pillars until now, approached as if surrounded.
Among them, Guard Captain Verhem, who was wearing an armor showing traces of the years, took the lead and approached Roden and his party at a quick pace.
“Oh my god… The house has completely collapsed… ! Sir Roden!! Are the other family members okay?!”
“Ah, Mr. Berhem. We’ve been treated for now, so you don’t have to worry about us because you’re in a better state than you look.”
It had been a little over a year since they had settled in this manor, so Roden, who was somewhat acquainted with the guard chief Berhem, put the black sword back in his inventory as soon as he saw the guards.
Verhem, who had approached with great strides, looked at Roden and noticed the condition of his left arm.
“You’re fine… Her left arm was completely blown off! What the hell happened here all this time? What are those roars?”
“I don’t know how to explain this…”
Since it was impossible to avoid the question, Roden pondered for a moment on how to answer the current situation.
In the meantime, Verhem, who had his eyes on the other party besides Roden, looked closely at Loxia who was being held by him, and recognized the horns on her head belatedly.
“Idiots… ?”
At least as far as Berhem knows, there are no demons residing within this territory.
If so, is this Demon Tribe the culprit that caused the commotion? Even if the thought passes by, those doubts disappear when you see Roden holding her demon woman with infinite care.
Moreover, not only the horns and ears symbolizing the demon race, but the overall atmosphere felt mature, but this person is also an impression that Berhem clearly remembers.
“Certainly that demon… Miss Loxia?”
“… Yes. I have some circumstances.”
It is infinitely foolish to bring up a clumsy lie in a situation where the truth cannot be hidden. While Roden spoke, he mixed up some of the truth about this case and gave it to Verhem.
“Actually, the culprits who raided my store… It seemed like they were attacking this child, to be precise, to target her demons.”
“Are you saying you were targeting demons?”
What quickly passed through Verhem’s mind after hearing that far was a rumor about a demon killer that has been rampant here and there lately.
Thinking that they had crawled all the way here, the captain of the guard, who had gone through this, looked around and asked Roden again.
“Mr. Roden, what about them? Where did they run to? How dare you stage a terror attack like this in our territory… !”
“As you can tell by thinking about the pillars of ice spread around you a little while ago, there were wizards of a considerable level. And they ran away with magic.”
If you tell the fact that the people who have been rampaging in the city are demons, Loxia, who is also from the same demons, will naturally get worse.
Thinking that far, Roden secretly sent a sign to her twin sister asking her to agree with her, and showed a tired expression as he corrected his posture while holding Loxia, who was soundly asleep.
“As you can see, I was attacked out of nowhere and the store was destroyed, so I’m tired physically and mentally, so I want to take a break… Mr. Verhem, would it be all right for me to make a concrete statement about this matter next time?”
“Um…”
After thinking for a while, Verhem looked at Roden, Loxia, and the twins in turns, and finally nodded.
“It looks like everyone needs a break. I see. Let’s listen to the detailed testimony in the near future.”
“Thank you for your understanding.”
“Thank you. I’m sorry I couldn’t help you when we needed it most. I’ll check the site a little more and go back.”
After finishing talking with Roden, Verhem looked around with her men and returned to the lord after defeating them.
The house was completely destroyed by the fight, so I can’t rest here.
Roden’s party, who entered the downtown area, shrugged off the eyes of the people around them and entered the inn, and took a room large enough for four people to use.
While entering the shared room together and carefully laying Roxia on the bed, the twins did not ask anything. Not because they were asked, but because of pure Roden’s will, they wanted her to tell her situation.
“Okay… ．Since you guys are completely caught up in it, you should have the right to know.”
Roden, who sat with his twin sister at the table in the middle of the room, took a deep breath and spoke his most crucial and decisive words first.
“Guys, it may be hard to believe, but I am the hero, and Roxia is the demon king.”
