Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1 – Prologue＊

In the face of justice, evil will perish

This is true, regardless of the era

The embodiment of evil will be turned to cinders by the hand of those who e

The world will be bathed in light, the darkness will scatter, the world filled with radiance, and then the land will be granted eternal blessing

It was the same in his case

Evil had to perish; the story wouldn’t end otherwise, and for that reason he had to fall

He bore that fate, that destiny

And truly, in front of this eyes stood the embodiments of justice

One stood boldly, wielding the holy sword that was now illu’s Castle, and with a holy wous, and a sword master in tow

Bearing the hopes of humanity on those small shoulders, the one who tirelessly worked to make those hopes a reality

They were the one called the “hero”

Were it possible, the de would have preferred them not come

It would be better if nobody caht

However, that wish of his was easily betrayed

“You have come, O Hero!”

Though he felt resignation, so as to not let it show, he mustered up the loudest voice he could, and received them; the four who shouldered the hopes of hue than anyone

He slowly glared at each one of their faces

No matter which it was, he could feel anxiety, and fear from them

However, that was probably inevitable

After all, they were standing there exposed before the one who ruled over all the demons in the land

After all, one who possessed such great power that he could easily topple a city, or a country, was standing there before them

On the contrary, it was praiseworthy that even now their faces held no resignation despite this

Hue him

Hundreds of hu

The courage that brought theht

The hero spoke

“Are you, the de?”

“That’s right It is indeed I, who ans over the de”

Though a snigger about his arrogant lines escaped him, this too hat you could call ceremony

He clearly nae

“I see Then… let us settle this Having co left to say…”

Though it was obvious, the hero’s goal was the destruction of the de

The deoal was also the destruction of the hero

This was the logic of the world

Even if there existed those who held doubts about this, and even if it was the de knew very well that there was noin this

Everything had already passed the turning point

The ti tio

Because of that, without saying a word, the next moment was already decided

The hero who brandished the holy sword that was pointed his way

The arch his spells

The holy wo evil

The swordhis body, with power filled to the brim

Without any hesitation, the four of the to kill him

They wished from the bottom of their hearts for the enemy of humanity to disappear

After all, hu had already passed the point where dialogue was possible

That’s why their attitudes were extremely matter of course

However

It was the sa

It was the same for demon race

He understood that the ending wasn’t so easy to discover

That at soive, and join hands was so he also understood

However, his heart couldn’t accept it

He had devoted hie until he was exhausted incessantly tempted his heart

This was soht each time he turned his eyes towards those who had clouded his eyes with hatred

‘We’re exacting revenge on those who not only endlessly killed our brethren, but even denied our right to exist; what’s wrong with that?’ he would think

‘We’re answering hatred with hatred; what’s wrong with that?’ he would think

He understood that logically, this would bear not a single result; it was so close to self-satisfaction

However, even if it wouldn’t bear any result, they could feel self-satisfied

Their hearts would feel better

And this wasn’t the case for only the de; the same could be said of all the brethren who attacked humanity

Because of that, though it wouldn’t bear any fruit, he would tell himself that it was necessary as a foundation for the future of the deht

In the end, at this ht from his heart that he had surely beenhe could do about it

To begin with, the one who bore the responsbility in the beginning was humanity

Though it sounded like an excuse, the deht about the cause of this situation

Long ago, huic; demons, were a harm to this world

After all, unlike ic beasts which were no more than animals, humans had labelled the deence, reason, and culture as a harm to the world that they wouldn’t accept

And then they declared that killing de their property was fine

From the eyes of the de ic of a robber

Despite this, as though it were natural and just, huht of God as a matter of course to claim authority, declared the demon race as enemies of God, and plotted their destruction

Those kind of people, and the demon race

Just which were closer to evil?

In front of the hero party, he thought again about the history of the humans and demons

And suddenly thought,

‘In the end, both of the’

‘Both the demon race, and the human race, had probably fatally erred in their choices’, he thought

It was for this reason that despite both being huence all the sa, they turned their swords on each other, and ended upeach other

Neither had thought back on their mistakes before it came to this, and continued to follow their warped convictions

That the result was that they turned their truht have been in a sense, truly a matter of course

The victor of this fight would probably hold the world as a conqueror

Would the den supreme?

This was so that depended on the outcome of this battle

It was so stupid

It was so pointless

Even if one of the themselves

And once again, they would kill a lot of people, and then one day perish

It was truly stupid

Couldn’t they stop it at some point?

Was there nothing they could do about it?

At the very, very end, the de unable to find an answer However, even so, it was impossible that he and the hero could join hands now

Right

Both humans and demons had reached a point of no return

Having coht

There was nothing they could do, but fight

Without the a conclusion to this, the ouldn’t end

That’s why…

Having thought this far, the deh his body, turned to the heroes, and took a stance

The one who held stronger , was the personification of absurd strength; the de

Just by casually collecting the greater mana in his body, the walls and floor of the castle cracked, and the heroes were faced with a Pressure strong enough that they wanted to despair

It’s probable that a nor there

However, even with a cold sweat, the heroes still stood

The reason they still lived was because of the power they had trained over a long journey, and the fact that they held enough mana that they could be called monsters by normal standards

The had overcoranted the divine protection of spirits and God, they had already ascended to a level closer to what you would call a demon, rather than a human

It was doubtful whether they had a place to belong to in their ho

Hureat power

It was for this reason that they feared the the de them

That’s hen they triu the de…

No, it was probably a needless worry

Before thinking about that, he had to think about defeating the people in front of hi himself

The ly enorh to overwhelm the hero and his companions

The holy ic that the holy woman used rapped around the heroes, and was successful in weakening the power of the de

However, perhaps because even this wasn’t enough, the four of thes, they turned sharp gazes towards the de

However, it was not as though they couldn’t fight, and neither was it a major hindrance

Perhaps because they thought that their chances of winning would decrease with tied looks with each other, and without testing the waters, as if to take the de down in one hit, iman exercising their skills

Following that, the heroes having sed at the deinable froed hi a life, charged at the deth

The battle between the heroes and the derand

However, everything will eventually meet its end

Thus

“…Ka, hah-…”

The holy sas stuck in the de’s chest

The holy light that repelled darkness andthe power of darkness that clad the de

The de couldn’t see the faces of the hero very well

The hero clad in full body silver ar but their eyes, after all

Very few of the people who challenged the deic that the dereat number of spells

On the contrary, if you wanted to truly defeat the de, this much was natural

Having said that, no h to defend froic

However, even fragmented and scratched, with a number of indentations, the arinal form, and was a treasure of an armour, made not of iron but of special materials like sacred silver{mithril}, stalwart iron{orichalcum} and God iron{hihi’irokane}

The de was pierced by a sword that held a power that was the natural ene consciousness, as he looked behind the hero, the co their staves and swords at him, and like the hero, they were clad inof their status

It meant that their preparations were perfect

Thinking this, a s

That his loss here ht

As for why, it seems that justice would always triumph, after all

The hero, was justice

And the de, was evil

It was a ‘truth’ that had been passed down froo

From the perspectives of humans, it was the Truth

Because of that, it was correct that he had lost, thought the de consciousness

Perhaps because they had found question with the de’s expression, the hero spoke to him with a puzzled expression

Even though conversation should have been i come to this

Things like dialogue between the dying de, and the hero as the cause, were needless after all

However, the gears of fate had turned in an unexpected direction

Thinking back upon it later, it s had changed

It was a moment of such importance

“…Why, do you laugh Are you sche?”

“No… nothing at all Just…”

“Just?”

“The daughter of a friend has her birthday to that it’s a shame that I fall here…”

Thinking that it would be wrong so else

Of course, it was not a lie

That one of his subordinates and friends had a daughter whose birthday was tomorroas the truth

And that had the heroes not co would have attended that celebration, was also the truth

But now, that day would never come

To steal away the de’s life for eternity, the hero’s sacred sword continued to release holy spirit

Fro perished, the demon race would surely be face persecution

The huht disappear as a species

His friend’s daughter would probably lose her young life