Chapter 3 (1/2)

The Lazy King Chapter 3: Luxuria

Part 1: A Demon Lord of lust Said, Once Upon a Time

A Demon Lord of lust said, once upon a time,

“Even without assertive charm, you can still fulfill your desire

If it’s just satisfying your cravings, there are no obstacles”

Saying that, she didn’t eat as to be eaten, and as she continued wasting away, she gently stroked my head

Her refreshi+ng appearance and enah to s She was beautiful enough to force one into depravity, and as I mused at how this hat a true devilish beauty was, I couldn’t help but feel envious of her

Perhaps she was the only『Luxuria』 I ever had le 『Luxuria』 as well She was an exceedingly sweet, dark, and fleeting woman

That Des live on within me, and I live with them as my foundations

lust is said to be the inal Sins

Demons don’t fall to charms so easily

Material wealth for Greed, Honor for Pride,

Appetite for Gluttony, and Envy and Wrath are on a different Vector

Sloth has his world complete with him alone, and he won’t even remember my name

And as a High Level Deets, the more they must pursue their thirst, and the more they are dyed by those emotions Once they reach Dearound They barely remain

At present, reatest enemy is not someone like the Demon Lord of Gluttony, but the Demon Lord of my own forces

Just how many decades, how many centuries have I sided with him? At the very least, he could remember my name

Is it my sin for me to think that way?

I hate Deije of Greed But I recognize his fighting prowess

That Pride and I never thought to take the initiative and launch assaults ourselves I ie-saht powerful equipment as coie-sama’s army

For his lead hio on the offense in our army

I’m merely envious of him

Even I… have things I long for I’ve just never pursued them directly

It’s soovern

I ed to come in contact with the enemy within a few seconds

Despite this, I’h Class Demon I’m often told that I’m small, or unsociable, or that I lack any sex appeal, but that has nothing to do with battle With the stride of a High Class Deround, and crushed the deserted land underfoot, before coion that had been several Kilometers away

More than a hundred of me are visible, but still, the Gluttony ar noticed us

A large majority of the Luxuria Skill Tree has to do with skills that corrupt the mind

They range fro illusions at will, and there are even ones to put others to sleep

Even so, they aren’t favorable for use on Demons

One of the first skills a deets on the basic Skill Tree is a passive that resists els and De those two, it’s quite rare to find someone without that skill

Because of that, Luxuria Demons are looked down upon The Luxuria Skill Tree, froated with one of the first skills of the basic tree

In the worst cases, we’re called useless seductresses, and I’ve completely eradicated those who looked at me with such biased views They show no interest in me when it matters, but as a joke, they try to tarnish overn neither of those fields

Generally, the lust Attribute has nothing to do with that They’re

It’s not that… I’ in charood care of it all, and I’ht and affectionate as possible

The erness of et enough nutrition in et as much nourishment into my system as possible, but it was too late

But I can’t go around cursing fate

It’s fine This isn’t my favorite phrase, but none of it really matters

It’s not like I… want to become one who incites sexual desire from everyone, or that I want to embrace everyone

A ion consists of Deinal sin

That tree specializes in ways to attack large areas It’s the skill tree whose attack power is second only to Wrath

But it’s useless if it doesn’t hit

The fact that everyone has resistance to Mental Corruption means they have little ways to deal with it once their resistance is overcome

In particular, the lust Skill 『Phantom Aliquot Dance』 is not just some illusionary skill

Each and every one of my phantoms’ fields of visions are sent directly to my head

At the head of his are and stops his feet

The power I sense fro is by no means low Zebul’s army is quite powerful

The arrotesque demons There were barely any that had complete hold of a human forh the desert as if to express their appetites

The her than those of the Rank Three arer have a future They went against the Great De Kanon, and now that they’ve taken doo Dee back They won’t even be able to h with a narrow victory Unless they completely overwhelm us, they wouldn’t be able to stand the confrontations with the fifteen other Demon Lords under Kanon

From what I’ve heard, the reason the Devourer started his revolution was a shortage of food There is little in the nature of food provisions within the Dee De around, but the Gluttony Attribute exponentially increases the required volume The more they eat, the more power they can obtain Just as lust’s power increases the more intimate interactions one has Just as Envy’s power increases the s for the possessions of others

The Demon that noticed us activated a Gluttony Skill

A black wave of ic expands from him in an instant and ss me up

I see… a Gluttony Skill How atrocious

The s and torn away Thewere forcefully dissipated, converted back to pure ic, and sucked away

This is… a skill to eat up another’s power and use it as your own

It’s likely he didn’t knohere ether The scope of his ability has a bad affinity with my lust skills

I already knew from the start, but this will be troublesome

That’s why I went out first I, one of the only three Generals of Leigie-sama’s army

No matter how bad the affinity, no matter how unsuited I am for battle, you cannot overturn the difference in our ability

My lust draws his eyes, and they’re clouded for ame

But he only stoppedfor a brief instant, and『Gluttony』dyes his eyes once uys will even eat those of the same race No, I don’t mean sexually, I mean it physically That’s why I hate them No, it’s not like I wanted to be eaten sexually or anything…

The claws extending froers mercilessly come towards my face Before any of e his throat out First one down Without looking back to see hiround

If possible, I want to useas they’re blocked by resistances, I only have hand to hand coh

Fangs sent forth frole one of h the empty air soon vanished

One oflike that won’t inflict any dae on me My direct attacks work, even on Gluttony Demons It’s been ht I can do this

Deije is an annoying ar parts, but I can’t underesti position in a mere 10 years

The role given to the one who can control the five senses definitely isn’t annihilating their army

My role is to ascertain the power of the Demon Lord Even if no one said it, I can understand that much

Zebul the Devourer I’ll have to use h class Demon Lord Skills we’ve heard about and see its power And that job is perfect for an illusion user like ade that specializes in offense and et their nuainst him unprepared

Even if you categorize hith, durability, dexterity, character flaws, specialized abilities I don’t doubt that Zebul’s powerful, but there’s a need for me to determine his tendencies with my flesh

The arie-sama’s casualties They must be avoided

At that moment, Zebul’s entire army came to a halt

My body shook It felt as if my entire body had been pierced and eaten away

In the center stood a shadow the size of a large hill That’s the source of these shi+vers

A presence that sips away at the body and mind and crumbles one’s pride

I have a pre washed away

It’s a feeling I’ve never felt before in all my years of service

That shock made my hands stop for a moment

This cannot be… this is…

The , my illusions dispersed

But what I should be paying mind to isn’t that

Fights between Deles for territory

Right now, the outco forces was decided

“Leigie-sama’s territory was eaten up…!?”

“… Oy, oy, where are you popping out froirly…”

Deije let out an amazed voice as I materialized before him

It’s fine This area separated by a few Kilometers hasn’t been affected yet

My other bodies were all destroyed and absorbed with not a trace left behind When I turned to run, tentacle like things entangledmyself into the air At that point, black, bun-like spheres followed and released countless tentacles at ht I picked up from my other bodies Without any ht the moment they came into contact with that black shadow of mass

What strength I didn’t even have the leisure to deceive him

My General Class strength won’t get through to that

Truly a Demon that’s transcended deinal Sin… this is a High Level Demon Lord

I thought I had known, but it’s… way too much I can’t even tell what skill he used No, even if I knew, I doubt I would be able to dodge

Our base stats are just too far apart Our levels of longings too far detached

One of e her fist into Zebul’s back When I thought she had pierced him, the double was merely sed into his body whole She tried to resist, but she was instantly digested, and my awareness of her was cut

Even if I was trying to assess the situation, even if it was just a double, I never thought a Demon Lord would be able to kill a General so easily

His pure violent nature let hi them any mind

He may be a newcomer, but he’s so other Demon Lords This is the result

“Deije, bad… He’s strong…”

“… Well, well, well, isn’t that obvious? The opponent is… a High Ranking Deie…”

Deige skillfully h

What an irritating ht

However, Zebul’s power… is abnormal It’s been many hundreds of years since I first breathed life, but he’s surpassed all I’ve ever seen before

I can’t see anycrossed blades with him

Should we retreat soanize our forces?

“Should we reorganize our preparations?”

“No, no, at this rate, ht”

Deije sht arm overhead

Demon Blade Celeste A sword ion it struck down

A gift fro to a Deaudily

Part 2: We Cannot Lose

A red hot light fills the world

Demon Blade Celeste

It’s a sword that contains the attribute of fire

Its ranking as a weapon is SSS Besides dragons, it’s a blade that’s said to have also burned higher level Angels to death

After having been enshrined in the Great De’s warehouse foroff its power once more

By nobut swords

“Ki ki ki, as expected, this is soic…”

Laughing in his annoying voice, Deije unsealed the sword’s power

Usually, this level of weapon would be in the hands of a Demon Lord It should be too much to handle for a General, but Deije seeical power at the enemy forces without much problem

I guess his large build isn’t just for show

What an annoying man…

The flaed froade, before taking a taste of the enemy army a few kilometers away

A black light emits from their forces

『Surge of Starvation』

A Gluttonous skill of Gluttony

The wave of power clashes with the Demon Blade’s flames

The ravenouscoin to comprehend it

While borrowing that sword’s power, Deije truly is able to rival that Zebul’s strength

He licks his thick lips in an irritating manner

“When borrowing from Celeste, we’re just about equal… as expected from a Demon Lord… that power, I want it”

The root of Original Sin is said to be desire

I want ood food I want sex I don’t want to work I despise others I want to make them all kneel

And both mine and Deije’s desire can be summed up as jealousy towards others

In the end, stealing is, in itself, a de than everyone else in a land with limited resources

Deije grasps onto the sword eht with four of his hands His expression towards the violent power he was letting forth remained a heroic smile

The heat is tanning his arrip at all

“Ki ki ki, we really only have long range attacks, I guess If I get closer, I feel I’ll get eaten up I’m a bit ill-suited with Gluttony as my opponent…”

“… But we cannot lose”

“Naturally If we lost with two Generals dispatched here… that Heard will give us hell before the Boss even hears about it”

I touch the sword in his grasp

It’s a heat great enough to scorch both the body and the soul

By a skill, Friendly Fire, dae from allied troops is cut off, so I’e, his overbearing ht made me feel jealousy

Deije’s right hand Derim face

“Fue of Starvation』 eats any power thrown at it Deije, if you don’t settle this soon, it’ll suck up all of Celeste’s ic, you know?”

“I know Ki ki ki, coic power truly is terrifying But this isn’t enough to sate my desire! If we just take down the enemy Demon Lord, then we’ll be able to achieve victory with ease!”

At the sight of the conquering flame, our own troops halt their advance Even if they don’t take any dae to jump into the fire

No, right now, the war’s become a one on one with the Demon Lord and Celeste One et devoured but Zebul Thus is the extent of the thirst emitted by his aura of Gula

His subordinates are halted as well

“Ki ki ki, but I’m a bit short on hands I can’t push hi it, I’ll use the Doll…”

I turn my eyes to the skeletal dollbehind him

“… No need I’ll do it”

Deije seee?

Is it strange for a Luxuria to say such things?

Our affinity is the worst I’ll admit that But that can’t be the end of it all We have no ti like that

At this rate, Deije’s going to take all the credit

I closeout power froht fire with fire I desire fla

Everything, burn the roots of hunger to the ground and eradicate it from the world

And I manifested my oord』

“… Oy, oy, what sort of joke is this…”

“… Do I look like I’?”

I raise up the sword in ht hand

It’s a beautiful straight sith a flaic in my body at the base falls short of Celeste, but it’s still fitting to be held by a Demon Lord

If Deije isn’t enough by himself, then just add some extra

The Greed Demon’s expression warps

“Is that also… a lust skill!? Like hell… what did you do!?”

“Witness and behold the power of Luxuria, foolish heathen”

I swung the sword

Power storms out of it, and a red flash dyes the world

An enormous amount of heat races up my arm

Demon Blades require some form of compensation So Celeste had a feedback like this on the wielder!?

Flames of hell envelop le with Deije’s dragon

It feels like

But Deije, who’s supposed to be taking an equivalent a pain

Even I’ie-sama’s army

My aran to ean to coverreplaced by unsightly burns

I grit aze forward

I continue to direct hter Bright enough that I can’t open my eyes

At that moment, the inferno definitely overwhelmed the Demon Lord’s power Waves of flame came down on the Demon Lord’s army

“… I don’t really get it, but you’re not bad, girly Ki ki ki, but I’m…”

Deije let off an evil laugh His six eyes gleamed with an uncanny sparkle

“… going to get even more power”

The moment he said that, the intensity of the flames increased explosively

This is… a Greed Skill!?

The black, surging power that had been pushed back the instant our flaled was instantly bloith the skill Deije used

Red waves of light sed up the army of Gluttony, and spread immensely in every direction

The swirls of light rain down incessantly on the area several kilos away, but the blast extends all the way here

It’s a fearsome response

“Ki ki ki, this is Celeste’s power… I guess the fact that it was made with the heavenly flames that burned a ruler of demons to death was no lie”

Deije’s voice is full of excitement

What power It’s a dangerous weapon What’s more ,its power that pushed back a Demon Lord was further enhanced with a skill of Greed

Leigie-saerous to be in Deije’s hands

Waves of intense heat pass over the Demon World desert, and my hair dances wildly behind me

But Deije’s smile soon vanished from his face

“Oy, oy… is this for real…”

“… This cannot be There’s no way a normal Demon Lord would be able to stand that…”

Libell has a face of shock as he faces the distant wasteland… the distance between us no longer has

A black n of the arion

With heat of that level, they’ve probably been obliterated without even their souls left behind

The reatly, before it started to contract

The Third Brigade that had come to a halt only a few hundred meters away from it raise their voices

The air changes

It’s not just around Zebul Even the area where I a is affected

The clear pitch-black changes into a sway darkness

Noticing that, Deije raised his voice in a daze

“… Boss Leigie… lost… you say!?”

It was the feeling of hi the 『Abyss Field』

The proof that we had been cast into enemy territory The power in ic is dropping

Abyss zone is a skill that isas you’re on their territory

It should be i Demon Lord to have his Zone taken over by a lower one so easily

However, up until now, Leigie’s zone was one that had never been violated, no matter how vicious the ere

“… Give me a break A Demon Lord that can withstand that baptism by fire!? Isn’t that L Class…”

“… Deije, are you able to use that skill froain?”

“You joking? It didn’t even e were on Boss’s Zone There’s no way it would have any effect on his”

Deije’s eyes are in a panic as he looks over his surroundings

He’s correct Abyss Zone raises the abilities of friendly troops It’s boost is not at an ignorable level

“Just how much of the zone was eaten!? Libell!”

“… Quite a large portion! The extent is outside the range of my perception!”

A hostility I could sense with

A viscous and hungry aura

The only one left is the De around him, but that’s not even any consolation at this point

The contracting black lue shape

From an uncertain slime-like blob to… Human form

“Zebul Glaucus… One with unsatiable hunger… the one who’ll s everything, the Devouring King, is it…”

I can see it

The Dark Beast that encroaches on the world, deco in its path

The human form it took was much smaller than I expected It may even be smaller than me Compared to Deije, who stands over two meters, I estimate he’s around four heads shorter

Just where did all of that o?

As if a hole had been opened in space, the overcoat he wore sucked in all light, leaving only black space

The oppressive feeling he gave off

It was so hiht next to him

“Ki ki ki, how interesting… He’s eating up Boss’s Zone with so momentum…”

You still have the leisure to laugh? Deije’ pluck is to be commended

His bulging pectoralis muscles expand further, and he raises a fierce voice

“Men! What are you doing spacing out!? Our opponent is the Demon Lord alone! Forward!”

The air quivers

Having heard Deije’s repriade that had come to a halt dashed forward violently

Their force was like a Tsuna the Demon Lord’s power, even after the zone was taken, they didn’t fall back

“Girly, even if you’ve got power, you lack guts I’ll bet you’ve got a lot on your ive up on battle, it’s the end, right? Ki ki ki, you aren’t strong enough to be able to sleep on the battlefield yet”

“… That’s right”

But at this rate, our annihilation is inevitable

Deije’s words may be on the mark, but they’re also a death sentence to his men

Even if it’s the Third Brigade, a hoard of Normal Deht him myself, I can tell

Tentacles protruded fro the Demons on the front lines

Without even the time to scream, they were dyed pure black, and absorbed

But the Dehtest

Just how do you expect me to beat an enemy like that…!?

Countless dripping tentacles protruded from all over his body

He took off the hood covering his face

“That one’s… a Woirly?”

Dark green hair almost black in shade, and eyes of the same color From the look on her face, she doesn’t even see the army laid out before her

A Demon’s appearance is irrelevant

No, the erous they are Because that is but another weapon

Zebul’s looks were gentle without a hint of the Gluttony she ruled over

I’m not sure as on her mind, as she lorded over the demons around her

At least we have the nureatly question whether such a thing even exists—anyways, from behind, a lance was stabbed into the Lord

It definitely pierced the coat, but like that, it continued to be sucked into it He had let go in tied the tentacles that cae the fact he was still unarmed

In the gap created, another demon deployed a number of fireballs, and hurled them at the Demon Lord But even that was just sed up, and all that remained was silence

Zebul licked her lips hungrily

“… That’s unfair Did Gluttony have a skill like that?”

Libell’s expression is pale, but his voice is level as he answers

“It’s a mid-level Gluttony Skill An endless stoinally, is shouldn’t be able to indiscriminately suck in everyone’s attacks like that”

“So it’s a difference in refinement… Ki ki ki, this is why people who arrive at the summit are… it can’t be that Celeste’s attack was sucked into that too?”

“I doubt it would be able to s so of that level… I think But if you prevent her h-level ones will do…”

The Demon Lord doesn’t have any particular expression on her face as she just looks around

Deije has an unpleasant expression as his lips warp He reluctantly reaches for his sword

With a single blade, I think I could beat a higher level Demon with four normal level Demon Blades But now that he’s this equipped, I can’t see any chances of victory

“crap, our eyes just met…”

“Will you run?”

“Don’t be stupid, against a high ranking Deet away Ki ki ki, prepare yourself, Libell Aijens Think back to the War of Black and White Coht? We’re only up against one”

On Deije’s words of resolution, Libell let out a deep sigh

“… Well, well, there’s no helping it I’ve already given up ht now”

“Ki ki ki, you’re as serious as always I’reedier than most humans”

… There’s no helping it I’ll resolve myself as well

While it may be a fake I created, the Deic left At most, the skills I can use now are Elementary Level

CQC isn’t in lust’s territory, but I draw the knife hanging from my belt

It’s soie-sama bequeathed to me Of course, it falls far short of Celeste, but it’s a Demon Blade all the same It’ll at least buy me an instant of time

“Girly, you can run, you know? You’ve barely got any ht?”

“Run? Is that a joke?”

Why ie-sama abandon my duty when crisis strikes?

Even athis desperate situation

Deije blinks his eyes as if he had witnessed so mysterious

“Honna cut it Can you use a sword?”

“… As uy”

“Ki ki ki, then so be it I’ll lend you… a single one of er Only if we return alive, that is”

Interest?

Just how far does his greed go? I unintentionally laughed

For his when our lives are on the line…

“Hah… what are you saying at a ti”

“Ki ki ki, when there’s a chance to get so, you just have to take it… I s I want in this world”

“And the most important of them is life, isn’t it?”

“Of course, so I plan on getting my hands on that someday as well”

The sword Deije tossed over was covered in a freezing aura

It’s no Celeste, but I feel poithin it that would be more than what a General Class Demon deserved

Glaring at the Lord as tossing around the soldiers he trained like scraps of paper, Deije spoke

“But I have no intentions of dying, though”

“Neither do I”

That’s right, we cannot lose Not with so rets left behind

Part 3: I Cannot Understand

“Oy, you call yourselves the Third Brigade!? How long will you waste on a single Demon!?”

With a line like the trigger of a death flag, Deije burst onto the front lines

The force of a thousand had, by the work of a single Demon Lord, been reduced to half its size I’ or not that half of theic standpoint, this battle is already our complete loss

Of course, the enemy forces have only one survivor

The Celeste in Deije’s hands lets out heat again, as he lifts it, and swings it towards the ground

A hot wave of air is let out, raising a dust cloud

Deije opened his large hed

“Ki ki ki, so you’ll dodge a direct attack like that”

“… Enemy leader”

Zebul’s voice was huskier, andthan I expected

She drew an ivory-white crescent an to attack It was the first direct action that Demon Lord took

While Deije’s body ell trained, with the territorial boost, the Deet cut up as he tries releasing power The body of his sword lets off intense heat at the Lord, but her expression remains as cold as ever

Deije used one of his re a sword at her, but the tentacles extending from her back shot it down

Even with six arle body Coly endless aht was close to mere child’s play