TWEM Vol. 8 Chapter 5 Part 2

“I’m not just a vampire. I’m a True Ancestor. You should find out what that means.”

As they glared at each other, it was Fran who made the first move.

She transformed the sphere of blood she had created into several swords and launched them at Alogis.

Alogis slashed the approaching blood swords with his magic sword.

The slashed blood swords fell to the ground, leaving a blood stain. But it didn’t end there.

As Fran moved her hand, the blood that had scattered around Alogis turned into thorns and attacked him.

Alogis was slow to react to the attack from his blind spot, which he hadn’t anticipated, and he received a scratch.

But Alogis was smiling as calmly as ever.

“–Hmph. This is why I can’t stop fighting. Don’t you agree?”

“No. I have never liked fighting.”

“Then why are you the Demon King?”

“It’s to protect my brethren, and because I wish for the prosperity of the demon race.”

“You’re a pretty naive Demon King.”

“No matter what anyone says, that’s why I’m a Demon King.”

“I see. Then I’ll teach you what a true Demon King is.”

As they were talking, Fran was manipulating her blood to attack, and at that moment, the blood thorns approaching Alogis were blown away, and an immense amount of magic power overflowed from Alogis.

Fran took a step back in the face of Alogis’ overwhelming magic power.

Soon after, the magic power converged, and Alogis snapped his fingers.

At the same time, several black flames appeared and surrounded Fran.

The fireball that appeared was about the size of a fist, but it contained an immense amount of magic power.

Fran felt the power of the attack and her expression tightened.

Alogis watched with amusement as he launched the fireballs at Fran.

A barrier would only be able to block a few hits before being destroyed in an instant.

Realizing this, Fran activated her magic.

“—Black Lightning!”

Black lightning was fired from the magic circle that was deployed around her to intercept the fireballs.

A chain reaction of explosions reduced the number of fireballs one by one.

However, Fran was unable to shoot all of them down.

Some of the fireballs slipped through the black lightning and, although they didn’t hit her directly, they landed on the ground nearby, causing an explosion.

“Ugh!?”

Fran was blown away by the blast and rolled on the ground.

The attacks continued, attacking one after the other.

A few minutes later.

Fran was found in tatters.

However, thanks to her not having lost her life, her wounds were healing with the skill “Super Regeneration.”

Alogis praised Fran for surviving the attack.

“I see. You are able to withstand my attack?”

“Hmmph… if it’s just an attack of numbers, there are plenty of ways to deal with it.”

Alogis smiled at Fran, who was out of breath.

“Then let’s try this out —Dark Sphere.”

At the same time that the name of the spell was uttered, several huge black spheres appeared.

Just like the fireball, they were all about the size of a fist.

But Fran’s intuition warned her not to let her guard down.

Immediately afterwards, the spell was unleashed.

It wasn’t very fast, so Fran thought she could avoid it, but that was instantly denied.

The black sphere landed on the ground nearby, swelling to more than double its volume and wiping out a large part of the ground.

Seeing this, Fran broke out into a cold sweat.

(This is bad, if I get hit directly, I won’t get away unscathed.)

Fran deployed magic to deal with the many spheres approaching in front of her, unleashing black flames.

However, as they collided, the fireball was engulfed in Alogis’ magic just before it exploded, and disappeared along with the black sphere.

“What!?”

Alogis explained to Fran, who inadvertently cried out in surprise.

“My dark sphere engulfs everything. Do you understand what this means?”

“…That’s troublesome.”

“Now, what will you do? Vampire of the current Demon King.”

Fran tried to take a step back due to the pressure emanating from Alogis, but stopped.

If she was frightened by something like this, she would set a bad example for her subordinates.

She encouraged herself and quickly thought of a way to deal with it.

It was no big deal, the enemy’s magic was slow, so she only had to intercept the ones that would endanger her.

Fran turned her palm towards him and unleashed countless magic circles.

Although she missed a few, Fran was ultimately unharmed.

“Oh… were you lucky, or did you expect this to happen again? What do you think?”

“Hehe. I wonder?”

“In that case, I’ll show you something special.”

Fran looked at Alogis with a suspicious look in response to his words.

Alogis raised the corners of his mouth fearlessly, raised one palm to the sky, and muttered the name of a spell.

“—Demonic Spear.”

Immediately afterwards, a huge magic circle appeared in the cloudy sky, and black lightning ran through it.

As Fran was wary of the lightning that rained down on the ground indiscriminately, wondering if this was what Alogis was talking about as “something special,” the tip of a black spear slowly appeared from the magic circle.

Fran’s instincts sound an alarm, saying “That’s dangerous.” If that thing fell to the ground as it was, it’s unclear what would happen, but it’s easy to imagine the damage it would cause.

(Damn, if I don’t block that spear we’ll be wiped out… but what should I do…)

The moment Fran panicked and prepared herself, an unexpected intruder appeared.

Gyuray, who had once worked his way up to the ranks of the Four Heavenly Kings as Fran’s subordinate, had been blown away and landed at Alogis’ feet.

When Alogis turned his gaze in the direction he had been blown away, he saw the current Four Heavenly Kings, Hyzak and Alban.

Gyuray had been cornered by Hyzak and Alban.

Alogis glared at Gyuray, who was lying at his feet.

Gyuray stood up after being glared at, and opened his mouth to explain himself.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry for this—”

“It’s fine.”

“Huh?”

“Gyuray. You have lost. Die and become food for Lord Chronos.”

“Th-That’s not true–”

Before Gyuray could finish saying anything, his head fell off and his body collapsed.

Without bleeding, Gyuray turned into particles of light and disappeared.

“Alogis. Is that what you do to your subordinate?”

Even though he turned traitor, he was once Fran’s subordinate.

Fran wanted to hear the answer.

“Hmph, Gyuray is not my subordinate, he is merely one who has gathered under the same Lord. And a small fry who loses to the enemy has no value.”

To Alogis, there was no value in anyone other than his Lord, Chronos, and those who were useful to him.

Fran’s expression twisted at his words.

“–Now, what do we do from here? Do you think that even if the three of you gather together, you can stop my magic?”

What Alogis said was true.

Fran and the other three had no power to stop this attack.

As Fran was thinking frantically, Hyzak and Alban told him.

“Demon King, please run away from here.”

“Hyzak is right. Leave this to us.”

Seeing the expression on her subordinates’ faces, Fran calmed down.

It would be a disgrace for a king to make her subordinates worry and feel uneasy.

And then she thought to herself that as a Demon King, she couldn’t run away from here.

“–Hyzak, Alban. You all run away quickly.”

“But!”

“This is an order from me as the Demon King. Live and lead our brethren. Go!”

The two of them bit their lips tightly and turned their backs on Alogis, leaving the place.

They trusted that Fran, the Demon King, would win, and entrusted her with the task.

Alogis, who had been watching this series of actions with a smile, asked Fran.

“So, Demon King Fran Vampir. Can you stop my magic?”

“I am the Demon King. I have a duty to protect my brethren. So I will do it, even if it is impossible!”

Fran circulated her magic power and chanted the name of the spell, preparing to counterattack with the best blow she could unleash.

“—Black Lightning Dragon!”

At the same time as she chanted, a huge magic circle appeared above Fran’s head.

A black lightning dragon was unleashed from the magic circle, colliding with the black spear approaching from the heavens.

However, after a short struggle, the black lightning dragon was destroyed.

Alogis watched this with a bored look on his face and spoke.

“It seems it was all in vain. Then you can just die. After that, I will trample over the demons who do not obey me.”

If I die, will the demons be trampled over? I didn’t want that to happen. I became the Demon King and I couldn’t forgive the fact that my comrades, whom I have continued to protect, were brutally killed.

So what should I do? Should I rely on Haruto? Or on the hero, Tendo?

–Absolutely not.

For Fran, this was a battle she absolutely could not back down from.

Thinking this, she glared at the enemy before her.

“–I won’t give up!”

As she shouted, Fran’s magic power, which had been running out, began to overflow from within.

Fran intuitively felt that she had obtained a new unique skill.

The name of the skill was “All-or-Nothing.”

<All-or-Nothing>

When unleashing a death-defying blow, your own magic power is amplified.

The power and effect of magic unleashed by activating this skill are amplified many times depending on the amount of magic power.

The magic unleashed is immune to the effects of any skill.

In other words, it was a unique skill that allowed her to unleash the strongest blow.

This was the best skill Fran had right now.

As she watched the approaching black spear, Fran chanted a new spell.

“—Blood Breath!”

A huge magic circle appeared at Fran’s feet, and a blood-red dragon emerged from it.

“Blood Dragon, execute him!”

Fran ordered, the Blood Dragon floated above Fran’s head, opened its huge jaws, and unleashed its breath.

When the breath touched the magic circle that created the black spear, after a moment of stalemate, it shattered the magic circle.

Then, as it unleashed its breath, the Blood Dragon turned towards Alogis.

“Hahaha, interesting! You’ve gotten even stronger since coming here. But all magic is useless against my Underworld Emperor!”

Magic power converged on the magic sword Alogis held.

The blow he swung down collided with the breath of the approaching Blood Dragon.

As the breath and the sword clashed, Alogis let out a cry of surprise.

“What?! It’s matching up with my Underworld Emperor?!”

Alogis continued to channel magic power into his sword, but the battle finally ended.

Alogis was beginning to be pushed back.

And then, with a snap, the sound of a crack reached Fran’s ears.

Alogis’s magic sword, the Underworld Emperor, cracked.

Alogis’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Then, the magic sword broke into pieces, and the breath engulfed Alogis.

The breath scraped the ground, gouging out whole chunks of the distant mountains.

Then the breath converged and the blood dragon disappeared, leaving Alogis in a battered state before Fran.

His sword was shattered, but his life was spared by the magic power he was cloaked in.

Even so, he was covered in blood and could barely stand. There was no way he could fight.

Alogis smiled at Fran.

“I have no more magic power left. It has become difficult to continue fighting. Rejoice, Fran Vampir, the current Demon King. I will hand the victory to you.”

Fran slowly approached him, but just like Alogis, she had no strength left to continue fighting.

Fran stopped in front of Alogis and said.

“I respect you, for you once led the demons.”

“…I see.”

“Why, why did you pledge allegiance to the Evil God?”

Alogis closed his eyes as he answered Fran’s question.

“Because that was the only way. In the demon territory, the battle with humans continued, and I couldn’t bear to keep watching my brethren die. That’s when I met Lord Chronos. He gave me the power and His blessing to save the demons. I became the Demon King thanks to Lord Chronos, that’s why I pledged my loyalty to Him. But what I wanted in the first place was the peace of my brethren. With that in mind, you are truly worthy of being called a Demon King.”

Fran didn’t reply.

Alogis opened his eyes to Fran and handed her the Underworld Emperor, the blade of which has now been shattered.

“I don’t need this sword. If it changes hands, the blade will revive. Please accept it.”

Fran hesitated for a moment, but chose to accept the Underworld Emperor that Alogis offered her.

In an instant, the blade regenerated in an instant.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, you who inherited my will. You are the only one I can entrust my brethren to. That is what I have decided. My role has come to an end. I will leave the rest to that High Human.”

With those words, Alogis turned into particles of light and disappeared.

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