CH 38.1

“Ugh! Cough!”

He was momentarily short of breath. He could feel that the mana inside his body was pulsating vehemently as it flowed backwards all through his body. He couldn’t control the power that was slipping out just like grains of sand. His blood vessels were bursting and the whites of his eyes were stained red.

As it was unable to overcome the shock of his exploding mana, the ground cracked extensively before it finally collapsed. He could feel the demons were currently looking down at him with their mocking faces. They must have realized that his end was utterly imminent.

“Shit……”

He wasn’t actually thinking of anything. He just wanted to go to Julia at once. He didn’t wish to be forgotten at all. He wanted to engrave this mad yearning in her mind and etch a scar that she would never forget for the rest of her life. No one else could touch her if he wasn’t able to have her for himself—even if he would have gotten pointed at for being immensely selfish.

As they ignored the screams of the body and started moving one step at a time, the demons, who judged that Legion’s time had already come, immediately began to pour upon such fierce attacks over Legion’s head. The shield had deflected the mana, but the shock was still transmitted to Legion who was inside.

“KUAAGGHH!”

“It’s such a pity. He became a Sword Master at best, but eventually died in vain.”

“And that’s why he should have known his own standing as a mere human in the first place!”

“A Sword Master who dies just because he can’t control his mana. I’m going to see such a rare sight today.”

Legion raised his head in terrible agony as his intestines felt like they were already bursting and his muscles were being torn apart.

A red moon hung from the dizzying spire of the Demon Castle where Julia had hidden herself all along. It was a red crescent moon that resembled the eyes of the Demon King Bael himself.

“Gasp, gasp…!”

Within the Demon King’s eyes that were looking at Julia, the clear emotions shone through. It was as dark as the depths of hell and it had been infested with maggots like in a corpse. That was definitely a male obsession.

The Demon King, who had always been indifferent to everything when he never even appeared on the battlefield himself, was actually lusting after Julia.

When Legion had realized that, his vision soon darkened. A fierce rage thoroughly consumed Legion and the color of the mana that he had emitted gradually turned into a darker hue.

“What is that? Doesn’t it feel stronger than before?”

“I have a bad feeling about this.”

The demons instinctively sensed the danger and stopped attacking at once. Barbatos’s eyes soon narrowed as he watched the situation unfolded.

The jewel that was embedded in the center of the sword began to turn black like it had been charred. If the soul sword played the role of amplifying the Sword Master’s mana, the stone at its center was the source of overflowing vitality and the main body of the transcending ability itself.

“Even if that is the case, there can only be one conclusion. Since the soul is already broken, that human will be finished no matter what he does.”

“Then, what shall we do?”

“We can’t really bother the Master by leaving some room for more trouble…”

The Sword Master’s status was the pinnacle of his ability to transcend as a mere human being. It was an unheard-of situation that such an existence could have a mana surge and even more so, lose their stones.

Although the day when the Master would be gaining the power of the Demon God was not that far away, even the slightest risk of variables couldn’t be left here—in this Demon Realm. And whatever it was, it still had the potential to get in the way.

“We have to kill him.”

Right in Barbatos’s hand as he was muttering quietly, a black sphere had gradually grown in size like a black hole. In response to his will to end Legion’s breath at once, the other demons also proceeded to prepare for the final blow.

Just then, a huge ax suddenly flew from the direction of the King’s nest. It rushed so fast that its shape could not even be seen properly before it eventually took a direct hit upon Legion’s defenses.

A huge shockwave reverberated like the ground would have been split as the ax shattered in response. However, the item that had been tied to the sack dropped to Legion’s feet without a single scratch at all.

In between the long folded papers, there was a familiar lock of light pink hair. Legion, who noticed it, eventually bent down and picked it up—as if possessed.

A few strands of hair softly fluttered on his calloused palms. As he was staring at it blankly, he could then hear a high, clear voice that pierced his ears.

“Don’t waste your time and read the content! And if you’re going to do something stupid in front of Julia, it’s better to go back to the Human Realm right away!”

Revenna’s gaze turned to the young man whose eyes were glowing grotesquely within the pitch black distorted sphere. In her hand was another ax that looked very identical to the ax that had just flown earlier.

“You stupid human being! She’d rather get hurt than to hurt someone else. For Julia to say that, I really don’t even know what the whole truth behind the letter is?!”

“You demon—talking as if you actually know Julia!”

“At least I seem to know her better than you do right now though? If you die like this, what do you think will happen to Julia? If you really want to die, then at least get out of here! As long as Julia is happy, that’ll be just enough!”

With a roar, Revenna struck the shield once again with the ax. The weapon shattered with a boom that rang through the eardrums. All of the four demons who were watching the situation from behind frowned, but Revenna and Legion simply stared at each other without being wavered at all.

However, as if he had realized something from the shock just now, Legion blinked slowly while still clutching onto the letter that was in his hand. In fact, from the moment he touched Julia’s locks, his mind, which had been blurry and distant, was gradually clearing up.

As he raised his gaze, he saw the bright blonde demon who was already standing right in front of him. And just a little away from her, the four demons who came over with the Demon King from earlier were all staring at the blonde-haired demon that had taken an unexpected action with such an empty face.

This meant that the current situation was not what they had wished for.