𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏𝟐: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝
“Demon Lord-samaaaAAAA?!”
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The first to regain consciousness was the highly loyal fenrir.
It recklessly attacks the Demon God.
In response, the Demon God simply swings its arm lightly.
A gust of wind roars from just that movement, causing the upper body of the fenrir to disappear.
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Next to act was the turtle.
The turtle, seemingly concerned about the Demon Lord, moved into a position where it could become a shield for the fallen Demon Lord.
Later, I also came to my senses.
Despite the confusion, I instantly think about what I can do now, and run the automaton under the Demon Lord.
At the same time, I did not forget to collect the lower half of the fenrir that was rolling nearby.
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“Demon God-sama… Why…?”
“Hmm? You’re still alive? I’m sorry I couldn’t kill you instantly.
It seems I’ve weakened quite a bit while I was sealed.
The black spear didn’t have much power either.”
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While glancing at the fallen Demon Lord, but without showing much concern, the Demon God was leisurely self-analyzing.
It’s creepy.
Just now, it tried to kill the Demon Lord, yet its facial expression and voice haven’t changed at all.
Even I, in the moment of taking a life, feel some kind of emotional shake.
Normally, when you kill someone, you feel some sort of emotion like murderous intent or hostility.
But the Demon God doesn’t have that.
It behaves as if nothing happened, very naturally.
That is incredibly eerie and terrifying.
It feels like it thinks of us as nothing more than bugs or something.
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“Why…?”
“Well, let’s see. It’s not exactly a gift from the underworld, but since you’ve been working for me so far, I guess I can at least tell you my purpose.”
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With that, the Demon God began to speak.
About its so-called purpose.
The others too were overwhelmed by the Demon God’s immense intimidation, unable to do anything but listen in silence.
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“I had cast a suggestion on you, no, all monsters. A suggestion to antagonize humans. A suggestion to resurrect the Demon God. And a suggestion that the Demon God is a god who loves monsters, and that the resurrection of the Demon God will mark the beginning of a new world by monsters.
Especially to you, the Demon Lord, I made sure to do it thoroughly through the dungeon core of the Demon Lord’s castle.
But you see, that was a lie.
I don’t really care about monsters at all.
The reason I created monsters was because I wanted a military force to free me from the seal placed by the goddess. That’s all.
Now that it has been accomplished, you are all disposable.”
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Hearing those words, I was astonished, but at the same time, I was somehow convinced.
I should have understood the danger of the Demon God when I heard its story from the Demon Lord.
Yet, I didn’t interfere with the resurrection of the Demon God.
I should have been able to, if I had tried and braved the danger.
Of course, it’s true that I strongly didn’t want to risk opposing the Demon Lord or Demon God and failing, but I can accept that the effect of the Demon God’s suggestion was part of that.
After all, my current race is the dungeon master.
An unmistakable monster.
It wouldn’t be strange if I was influenced by the Demon God.
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“And so, my purpose. It is to destroy this world.
To destroy the world, kill the guardian deity of the planet, and seize its energy.
To put it in terms you folks can understand, it’s like leveling up, or perhaps similar to eating?
That was my sole purpose when I arrived in this world a long time ago.
Gods like me who don’t possess a host must steal energy from other gods or else their energy will eventually run out and they’ll vanish.
Fortunately, the goddess was weakened more than enough in our last battle.
Unable to fight on her own, she can barely grant subtle blessings to humans, and must rely on unstable powers from other realms.
Now, I can kill her easily.
And if the world loses its guardian deity, which is its core, it will be destroyed.”
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Destroy the world?
I don’t understand this business about killing the guardian deity of the planet and taking energy, but I do understand that it’s the Demon God’s aim to destroy the world.
That’s not acceptable.
Absolutely incompatible with me.
I don’t know specifically what will happen if the world is destroyed, but I can’t imagine that any environment where life can survive would remain.
If that happens, strengthening and fortifying dungeons would be pointless.
It’s like saying the house you’re holed up in will be destroyed in a major disaster.
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To prevent that, there’s no choice but to defeat the Demon God.
I can’t plead for mercy by falling under his subordinates like in the Demon Lord’s time.
There’s no choice but to fight.
To survive, I have to fight and win.
Against this seemingly unbeatable monster, no, a genuine god!
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Then, there’s only one thing for me to do!
First, increase the chances of victory, even if it’s just by 1%!
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I activated the Automata and removed the dying Demon Lord from the front lines.
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“Huh? It’s futile, you know? I don’t think that girl can be saved anymore.”
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The moment the Demon God made such a declaration, there was a roar from behind.
Taking a quick glance back, it seems the turtle had reverted to human form and attacked the Demon God.
The Automata, or rather, the Demon Lord’s retreat was being assisted, it seems.
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“Don’t joke with me! I didn’t join the Demon Lord’s forces for such a thing!”
“If the world is destroyed, won’t we die?! I don’t want to die!”
“The immortal me dying… that’s unacceptable!”
“A world for monsters… you dare trample on the dream of Demon Lord-sama!”
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The other executives, too, having heard the conversation, seemed to have declared the Demon God a complete enemy and began their attack with an air of desperation.
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“Begin the attack! Subjugate the Demon God, the enemy of Goddess-sama!”
“I never thought I’d be collaborating with monsters…”
“It’s a situation. We can’t help it!”
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As for the twelve apostles, since they’ve already recognized him as an enemy, they charge at the Demon God without hesitation.
Humans and demons have temporarily joined forces against a common enemy.
Right now, that’s a relief.
If it buys some time, it’ll wear down the Demon God.
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In the midst of the retreat, I caught eyes with Shindou, who was heading towards the Demon God like the others.
…It’s unpleasant, but right now there’s no other option but to rely on him.
His true equipment’s unique effect, [Hero’s Holy Sword], is specialized in dealing damage to demonic beings.
If I’m optimistic, it should work against the Demon God.
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Right now, the only option is to use him to wear down the Demon God.
So I, through the mouth of the Automata, spoke words I didn’t want to say.
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“Good luck.”
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I don’t know if my words reached him.
Without confirming their effect, I turned my gaze away from Shindou and made the Automata run.
The destination is outside the Demon God’s attack range.
There, I’ll summon the zombie-sensei and get things in order.
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If my words motivated Shindou even a little, it’s a gain.
With that thought, I simply ran the Automata.
🔹𝙰𝚠𝚎𝚋s𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖 ― 𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚟e𝚕𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 “𝚍𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜” 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜🔹
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