CH 51

—The throne room. Only a few people were conscious there. It was me, the Demon King, and Princess Leia. At a distance from Princess Leia, who was sitting on the ground, me and the Demon King were sparking.

“Demon Kingggg!”

“~~!”

I unleashed one attack after another. Anger, it drives my body, and my spear arm is so brilliant that it can be said to be godlike. With the tip of his spear, the Demon King is still smiling.

I can’t allow this bastard to enjoy swaying the princess’ heart…! Is it the Demon King or the Princess who should die to prevent the activation of ancient magic? He went to the trouble of bringing up such a question! It’s obvious that the Demon King is the one who should die, without even thinking about it!

I just barely blocked all of the Demon King’s attacks, and used all the skills at my disposal, such as ‘Thunder Rage’, ‘Thousand Spear Rage’, ‘Thousand Strikes of Fluid Thrusts’, ‘Tame Thrust’ and ‘Quatrdent Forcer’, to pile on the damage.

“─ ─ ha ha ha ha! You’re good, Gustav! ‘Gloriant Demirma’!”

“Thousand Spear Birth!”

Even my spear skills can’t offset the super-powerful dark attacks. Just by holding on for a moment, the pile of spears that extended from the ground shattered… But thanks to my skill, I dodged in between the dark attacks and stepped in front of the Demon King.

“Nah?”

Foot strike. The demon king’s stance collapsed. I hit him in the face with the hilt of my spear, sending his body rolling to the ground, and then I did another ‘Thousand Spear Birth’. This time, it launches the Demon King into the air.

” This time…”

Skill 『Thunder Rage』. An electrifying blow was unleashed and accurately struck the Demon King’s head. A large hole is left in the face of the Demon King, and his body rolls on the ground with a rumble… but.

“Kookkook…”

Yulali, the Demon King stood up. The large hole in his face only makes a shooing sound and smokes, and then quickly recovers.

“Futile, futile. Only a hero can kill me in this world. No matter how strong you are, that law will never change, kuku.”

“Then… keep on killing until you die!”

I then continued to attack like a madman.

“Raaaaah!”

If not the head, then the body. I pierce holes all over the place with 『Thousand Strikes of Fluid Thrusts』. I pierce the heart with 『Thunder Rage』 Strike with 『Tame-Thrust』 and blow off the top from the neck up.

“Ughhhhhh!”

Smash the demon king’s head with the hilt of the spear. Twist up its neck, which you skewered with 『Thousand Spear Birth』, and turn it around once. Disembowel his limbs with the 『Quatrdent Forcer』. Split the head in two – but.

“It’s useless, useless, Gustav!”

“Damn it!”

No matter how many times he killed it, the Demon King came back to life each time.

What do we do? What do I do? No matter what I do, I can’t kill him. Am I really incapable of killing him? What will happen to the princess, then?

I don’t know what happens after the ancient magic is activated. Because in the game, the hero had already finished off the Demon King and rescued Princess Leia before that.

“What’s up, Gustav? Is the offensive over? 『Death Scythe』.”

“Kuh…!”

Barely dodging the Demon King’s dark attribute attack magic that extends like a scythe, I take distance. I hate the Demon King who is smiling with a smile to spare. It was something that showed such conviction that no matter what was done to him, he would not be killed by me.

Shit, what are we going to do? Do I leave the throne room now to find a hero…? But the hero is too much baggage right now. Even if he came here, he wouldn’t be able to strike the Demon King with even a single sword.

No, and to begin with, there isn’t enough time to look for him in this turbulent royal castle! And even if you do go looking for him, it is impossible to leave the princess at the Demon King’s side like this. I don’t know what he would do to her other than kill her.

If that’s the case, I should take the princess with me and make a temporary retreat… no, no! If we leave the Demon King alone and he escapes somewhere in the meantime, that would be a complete [deadlock]! The only key to stopping the magic from starting is the princess’ life…!

Well, then… then… what am I going to do? Think, think!

“Demon King Kaiser!”

At that moment, a dignified voice passed through the throne room. The one who turned around was Princess Leia. She was looking at the Demon King with her crimson glowing eyes, as if she was going to shoot him right through.

“You underestimated me, Kaiser!”

“Oh? What are you trying to start, Princess?”

“You taught me the conditions for disarming the ancient magic because you wanted to see that look of despair on my face, didn’t you? But I… would not mind even a little bit of this life for the sake of the kingdom!”

Princess Leia puts her right hand, which had been hidden behind her back, against her neck. There in her hand is a shard of glass.

“Thank you, Gustav-Sama, for always fighting for me like this. But I will go first…”

Princess Leia closes her eyes. Then, just before she puts pressure on her right hand.

“Stop!”

I kick the ground as hard as I can and run to Princess Leia. And then I shatter the piece of glass in her right hand.

“Gustav-sama… what?”

Princess Leia’s eyes shake with confusion. What, what? Of course I know what you’re talking about. What on earth am I fighting for?

“Kuhahaha! You finally showed an opening, Gustav!”

“Gstaaf?”

A powerful dark attack struck my body from the side. The force is so powerful that my body almost falls apart, and the dark power that affects my psyche shakes my consciousness.

“Gustav-sama!”

I don’t even have time to respond to Princess Leia’s screams that I’m okay. My body blows up with great force. Zugan! and with a loud sound of destruction, I smashed through the wall of the throne room – the other side of the wall was outside.

“Ggh…!”

I barely held on to the floor with my fingers and narrowly escaped falling dozens of meters from the ground. But… my body is numb from too much damage. Besides, the debris pouring down from above is in my way and I can’t get up there.

“Kuhahaha! You humans are so entertaining! All the strong and the weak are dying because you are protecting each other like that!”

The Demon King laughs, clutching his stomach, and pulls out a dagger from somewhere this time and hands it to Princess Leia.

“Here, Princess Leia. Now slice your throat with it. I bet Gustav will fly at you again…! Aaahhh, what a good spectacle we have here!”

“…! You scumbag!”

Princess Leia swings her dagger and thrusts it at the Demon King. However, it was easily grabbed with a finger.

“Don’t waste your time!”

“Ugh!”

Princess Leia was struck and rolled on the floor. The Demon King then throws the dagger, which was released from his hand, at the Princess again.

“Princess Leia, all you can do is try to harm yourself. But that, too, will not come to pass. Your knight-sama will surely get in the way.”

“Kuh..Please don’t stop me, Gustav-Sama…!”

“Yes, yes… Gustav, please, I’m not going to stop you. If this is the only way I can see the look of despair on your face, then so be it!”

Princess Leia puts her dagger to her throat. I bounce off the debris and crawl up. And I ran, faster than the wind. I would not let her die, so I ran to the princess, grabbed the dagger, took it from her, and threw it down.

“Haha, well done, Gustav. By the way, you have a lot of gaps too, don’t you?”

Immediately after I stop the princess from killing herself, the demon king’s right hand, which is concentrated with black magic power, is slammed into my stomach. The fist smashed into me.

“Gah…!”

My abdominal armor shattered completely and blood and gastric juices rose in my throat. The momentum of the attack is so strong that my legs float off the ground.

“Hmph, that’s the end of it, you stunned me.”

Once again, the Demon King’s most powerful attack magic, Gloriant Demil Zomnia, shaped like a dark spear, is shot at me. There is no way to avoid it as I am floating in the air… the Demon King probably thought so. But.

I can’t die in a place like this, at least not before saving Princess!

I grabbed the hilt of my spear and struck the floor, and activated my skill.

─ ─ 168 seconds left until the gates of the Underworld open.