Chapter 107 - Volume 6 (2/2)
And old man Toukaki muttered his last words, closing the curtains on his life quietly.
“……Now,…… I’m off to join you……”
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“This is……”
One of the chains stretching out from my hand from the [Chains of Obligation] was broken, and suddenly, it was entwined with a black sphere that appeared from that space. “Grandpa’s…… no… Geas’ soul?”
Regardless of how it was when I was Yuzu, now that I’ve returned to being Yurushia, I feel like there’s something wrong about saying [Grandfather] somehow.
With thousands, no, tens of thousands of Demons dedicating their lives to him, a contract with a [Demon Lord], one who had his soul robbed by a contract with me, a [Devil], he was shining black with misfortune and sin.
It truly was a strange destiny……
Dying in this world, transmigrating into another one, being cheated by Demons, he had been thrown outwards by me so that I could find this world, and I feel like fate was very strange, reincarnating again and having him becoming Yuzu’s grandfather.
With so many souls, he was worth well in excess of several thousand normal souls.
If I ate this, I’ll not only be able to fully recover my magic power, but my own power would even increase, but using it that way is too wasteful.
“You sure are useful…… Geas.”
As I spoke, the soul of Geas shone brighter for a moment as if answering me.
“……[Demonic Reincarnation]……”
Ignoring the minor price, I forcibly reincarnated Geas’ soul into a [Demon]. As expected of a soul so steeped in sin, it’s easy to Demonize.
In the twinkling of an eye, the soul reincarnated, and now trembling in my hand was a black-slime like Demon larva.
My attendants and I, forcibly stuffed information into the Demonic larva, remodeling it.
This considerably accelerated growth, and I think Geas’ soul should be able to take it. Furthermore, I fed half of my remaining magic into it, and forcibly evolved him, giving him an image to mold his existence to.
“Destroy my enemies, Demon Beast [Behemoth]……!”
[GuGAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!]
As my servants tore up the dark clouds, it roared and took off.
It appeared, a huge beast that filled the sky. A monster with bull-horns that looked like a black bear: the [Behemoth].
“[OH GOD! HELP ME…!!!!!]
*[GroOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]*
The shockwaves burst forth from both [True God Tokyo] and [Demon Beast Behemoth]at the same time, and as the earthquake shook Kanto, the barrier protecting [True God Tokyo] and Tokyo itself was blown away.
“[The Darkness that the light fears]……”
I started chanting the incantation for [Spear of Darkness] with the last of my magic power. By my calculations, it will pierce through the center of [True God Tokyo] that’s deep underground beneath the rock.
“……EEEHHHH?!”
For some reason, in a straight line between me and [True God Tokyo], Matsuri was laughing madly with her face half-burned off.
How in the world did she get there?! Didn’t she fall out the window of the hospital!?
…… Was there residual power in Matsuri that had brought her to [True God Tokyo]?
She sure uses it easily…… It’s a nuisance to shave off her soul, and it seems like she’s got some sort of magical barrier. ……Then in that case her soul should have been annihilated.
Even when Demons ate souls, only their ‘experience values’ were absorbed, the rest of the soul was returned to the world, but it seems that hers has completely vanished.
It’s not for me to worry, but it’s a pain.
“[Yurushia!]”
“Rinne ?”
Rinne landed onto my shoulder, having recovered somewhat.
“……It looks like it’s still not complete?”
“[Nonetheless, I’ve recovered enough that I can return a blow to that thing. But first.]”
“N?!”
Rinne who was sitting on my shoulder, suddenly poured magic power into me by feeding me… mouth-to-mouth.
“[I guess you want to settle things by your own hands?]”
“……… Well, thanks.”
Touching my lips lightly with my fingertips, I completed the chant of the spell with the magic power I’d received.
“[Spear of Darkness]……!”
GoooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO……
The jet-black spear flew with a roar, piercing the still-shrilly-cackling Matsuri through her barrier and continuing through the rest of the asphalt and bedrock to smash into [True God Tokyo].
[GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaAAAAAaaAAAaAAAA, HELP ME!]
In an instant…… the city of Tokyo appeared to fade out slightly.
[…… He…lp…… H…elp…me… …He…l…p……]
The sound of [True God Tokyo]‘s thoughts grew gradually softer, and the figure that was overlapping Tokyo city also sunk into the ground as if melting.
That voice, it was crying out for help……
“……From the very beginning, it was actually begging for its life from ‘me’…”
As long as there was human desire from the people living within the city of Tokyo, [True God Tokyo] couldn’t be destroyed.
However, you can sleep now. Only for another, about, 5.6 billion years?
“……ah,”
But I realized that I’d done something bad.
When [True God Tokyo] and [Demon Beast Behemoth] collided, a huge dimensional rift was created in the Tokyo skyline.
And worst of all, because Behemoth had exhausted its power, it had begun to shrink, and even for those who could see, only I could be seen in the sky, with my angel-like wings.
“…………”
Most of them were looking up at me, who was looking at them on the ground.
Well, isn’t that just great…… It’s difficult to open another rift if I repair this dimensional rift, and I also have things I want to do.
“[Listen well, human beings!]”
By exerting the Spirit Language in the air, I transmitted my message to the whole world. It’s impossible for every single person to hear it since I don’t have enough magic power, but they should hear it if their souls are strong enough.
“[I will be returning where I came…… but, I will come back one day. One hundred years from now…… or one thousand years from now… the Demons will surely return to this world, and we will devour all of you, along with your gods.]”
As I widened my golden wings and covered the dimensional tears, I went inside, camouflaging it to look like the sky.
The humans have surely seen and heard it. Those whose souls were strong…… the decent politicians and the top leaders of each country should surely have heard it.
The people in this world would know. That humankind had an unknown ‘natural enemy’. That there were ‘predators’ hiding in the dark that were aiming at them.
The hearts of those who knew fear would create darkness in this world, and with that, they would create a source of magic power.
This, this was my parting gift to this world, the claw-mark of a Demon……
A Demon’s blessing.
“[For whatever little time, enjoy your peace. Next time, I will return with an even greater Demon army……]”
Author’s Notes:
The serious parts are over now. It’ll become relaxed for a little while now.
Next time, the final chapter of this book.