“Is it the heart of the Demon King……!? Such thing….”
“Of all the taboo items, it is by far the most dangerous. It is still alive after all.”
The Demon King had a strong body that could not be compared to ordinary demons. Moreover, it comes with the worst bonus of having super regenerative abilities.
Even so, we somehow managed to destroy his body, down to every bone. But that heart was a troublesome thing that would return to its original form after some time, no matter how many times we smashed it into pieces or burned it to ash. Therefore, it was sealed and stored as a taboo item.
“Instead of taking it out, you implanted it in your body……!”
“Kuhahaha! That’s right! Thanks to this, I have been rejuvenated and even have eternal life! So, tell me. Can you, a newly reincarnated person, defeat me who has absorbed the power of the Demon King?”
The Demon King’s heart beats even stronger, and a vast amount of sinister magical power overflows from it.
Thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump.
“Ah? W-what’s going on? My heart is beating harder than usual……”
Immediately afterwards, tentacle veins sprouted from the Demon King’s heart and began to erode Deophrastus’ body.
“W-what the hell……!? My body…..Ahhhhhhhhhh!”
Deophrastus screams in pain.
It was clear that he had lost control on the Demon King’s heart.
Just like that, the blood vessels extending from the Demon King’s heart covered Deophrastus’ entire body, turning it into a mass of flesh, then it grows in size as we look at it.
Eventually, a large crack ran through the middle, splitting the lump of meat in two.
“……Y-You……!”
What emerged from the huge mass of meat was a demon that was more than three meters tall. He got horns like that of a ferocious bull, black iris and pupils and red eyeballs, dragon-like wings and tail, gray skin, and a sinister pattern that covers the whole body.
No mistake.
This guy was the one that was once feared as the world’s worst demon.
“—Demon King, Alzazeil!”
Meltera had her eyes wide open, and she can’t help but exclaim,
“Is this the legendary Demon King……!? What magical powers…!”
The Demon King Alzazeil slowly clenched and opened his right hand as if to check the condition of his body.
“It looks like I’ve revived safely. It’s a little ahead of schedule due to unplanned circumstances, but I don’t think it’s going to be a problem.”
And with those red eyes, he glared at me.
“It’s been a long time, Aristotereus! What kind of fate indeed. It so happened that the hated human who defeated me would be present at the moment of my resurrection.”
“……I see, so you pretended to be taken in by Deophrastus, but in reality, you were slowly taking over his body.”
“You’re right. It took hundreds of years, but thanks to you, I was able to be resurrected. If I had remained sealed by you, I would have remained a heart forever.”
If Deophrastus is defeated, all that effort will be wasted. Therefore, he revealed himself.
“Back then, the hero and I worked together and somehow managed to defeat you. That bastard Deophrastus! He resurrected a terrible being…”
Years ago, I was in my thirties, still alone in the Tower of the Great Sage.
At that time, there was a young man called Hero who was defeating vicious demons in various places one after another. Then one day, he heard a rumor about me and came to visit me at the Tower. They have just fled for their lives after a miserable defeat against the Demon King Alzazeil, so he came to ask me for help.
To be honest, I wasn’t very good at group action, so I refused. But after he begged many times, I finally agreed.
Though we had trouble with the powerful Demon King’s army, the hero and I made it deep into the Demon Castle and we barely managed to defeat the Demon King.
“It’s my long-awaited moment of resurrection, and yet I find myself having to face you, the abominable one, once again… But fortunately, there is no hero here. You also have the fragile body of a baby now. This seems like the perfect time for you to repay the debt you owe me back then.”
……Hmm, is there a way we can escape somehow?
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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