Chapter 146 (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

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Vassago was infamous as an insidious and prudent demon even in hell. His castle was surrounded by six layers of walls, and unlike other demon lord candidates who owned many army corps, Vassago was famous for moving out with only a few aides on his side.

There was a hypothesis that, if a demon was to eat a saintess, that demon could reach the Gods’ realm. As such, pursuing the human realm was the fate of the demons.

One day, it was reported to hell that a saintess had appeared in the human realm. There were demons who had persistently developed influence on the human realm through black sorcerers and demon worshippers, and some of the impatient ones had rushed in after hearing the news.

When it was reported that Lilith had caused a disaster and brought about the intervention of the Gods, a rather radical argument to cause an all-out war was bolstered.

Vassago was an unusual demon. He was not very interested in the duty that demons regarded as fate. There was no desire to dominate within him, which he believed was instinctive. All he wanted was a perfect monarch.

“The powers of the demons are unbalanced and hell is still imperfect. We seek to make up for that deficiency through battle and blood. It’s like a really childish beast.”

For Vassago, even if worthless demons ascended to the humans’ realm, it would be fortunate if they did not go extinct due to the intervention of crazy Gods. He had always been spitefully telling them to get a grip.

What hell needed was an impeccable demon lord. A strong, beautiful, arrogant monarch that no one could ever overcome. For such a demon lord, Vassago was confident to become his servant and submit like a slave.

Vassago, the maverick from hell.

He was summoned by a saintess.

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Vassago, who ascended into the body of the black sorcerer, seemed genuinely surprised. He burst into laughter at Lara, saying of his obliviousness on how it felt to be dragged by the hair.

Lara shrugged and said.

“I heard that you are the maverick from hell. I have two blabbermouth demons with me, you know?”

“Is that so?”

Vassago came down from the altar and dusted down his body. He seemed fine even though he would feel imprisoned due to being forcibly summoned to a human’s body.

“Will you fight with me?”

“Sure.”

“Hmm, if I win, I will make you a witch and use you to humiliate the Gods.”

“Go ahead.”

Lara mumbled.

“But if I win, I will use you as my servant and order you to polish my shoes every morning.”

In Vassago’s eyes, Lara looked like an ordinary human being with no power. She did not seem like a sorcerer nor did she seem familiar with battles. But be that as it may, God did not seem to have given her a tremendous miracle to beat a demon all at once. Because if that was the case, there was no way he would not notice. Then, what made this young saintess be this confident?

Vassago looked around. There was a parasite-like vampire nearby and several humans standing in the distance armed with weapons. However, none of them would have been able to be his opponent.

“Who should I fight with?”

Vassago asked.

Lara replied with an expressionless face.

“Fire.”

The torch she had lit suddenly rose violently, casting a huge, red shadow. It was the giant of fire.

Vassago’s pupils expanded significantly.

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“Are there six torches there because it’s a demon summoning altar?”

Lampion muttered timidly, having counted the number of torches several times.

“It’s ominous no matter how I look at it. Why does it have to be six? We can do five or even seven.”

“There he goes again.”

“Domino, look over there. The sky is weird too. It’s ominous and really weird.”

Lampion’s complaints made sense. Even Domino said that he had never seen such a sky before. It was not a typical night sky in which stars gently spread faintly in the dark sky, but a sky in which sticky darkness seemed to flow down, swirling and devouring the stars.

“It’s ominous.”

While Lampion kept murmuring how ominous the sky was, Oscar approached him and covered Lampion’s mouth with his large palm.

“Keep quiet. It’s started.”

The altar where Lara performed the summoning ceremony was on a stone pagoda in the corner of the ruins. Although all sides were blocked by walls, the ceiling was open, so they could still see the swaying shadow of the torch from afar. They did not know what Lara was doing there. However, they were only thinking that she was summoning a demon and would make him obey her. If things went wrong, they would run to rescue her.

The shadow of the torch had been swaying, it rose enormously and disappeared in an instant. Domino suddenly became restless because of it. Lampion shook his legs and asked Oscar.

“Should we go now?”

“But she told us not to come before she calls us.”

“But the light is off!”

“She said not to come recklessly. The demon might ascend into our body!”

“But I’m still nervous! Let’s send one of us to take a look. If the demon comes into his body, just kill him.”

“Are you even my friend?”

A small war of words happened between Lampion, who insisted they go to Lara out of worry, Domino who was hesitating, and Oscar, who was stopping the two. Of course, it was all useless.

“Uh… She’s coming.”

They did not think they had waited for very long, but Lara was already walking towards them. Only the sounds of her footsteps were heard among the quiet grass, like gravel rolling on the water.

Lara was not alone. There were two more demons with her. Valac, who followed closely behind her like a secretary, and another demon who followed behind with a moderate distance away. He was covered with the black sorcerer’s shell but something completely different walked along with her.

Lara approached the three Barbarians and said.