40 Sara POV | Truly a demon king
~ This scene took place in the duration from before Chapter 39 and the consequences
Weno, the only squad leader that had survived the attack that obliterates the rest of the squads. Despite him being the only survivor, Sara the great demon of the eighth didn't give him any chance. She tortures him both mentally and physically.
In the beginning, Weno had high hope as Sara was showing a favorable expression. That is until he heard her reasoning for showing the smile. It was a smile of jealousy. He got tortured purely because he was able to meet the demon king, especially got the chance to have the greatest meal given by the demon king himself.
The demon king even gave the lowly demon, Weno the very first order to the demons. Sara couldn't believe that Weno were treated well despite how low his status is. If this continues, she might get kick out from the eighth position in which there is no such thing as the ninth position.
Sara almost couldn't control her emotions in which could result in killing the only demon that has interacted with the demon king. Who knows what kind of things that were planted in Weno. It might even trigger some explosion similarly to those that serve the demon king. It acts to hurt the humans that are careless and taking things for granted.
She ordered the monsters to standby in which do not ever be aggressive and attack the human. It could change the plan that the demon king was planning to do. The monsters were caught off-guarded, but even if they can't attack, their hatred for humans kept building up thus the result of the massive amount of killing intent that pressures the human soldiers.
In the meantime, Sara went to where the demon king was with the help of Weno stolen memories. She knew that the magic circles that are placed all around the palace are one of the most dangerous magic even though it looks harmless from afar.
She knows it by hard how powerful the impact, she even felt it first hand when she has gone through Weno memories. Sara opens her huge wings and quickly pass through all the magic circles without triggering any of them. Increasing the speed, she tries to find the demon king. She couldn't help but be disappointed as she isn't able to find any scent of the aura of the demon king.
Looking all around the rubbles, there isn't the presence of any human being only full of dangerous magic circles to be seen everywhere. She knew the evil witch from the rumors but couldn't help but felt terrified and anxious after seeing the creation of an abundance of the magic circle.
She can't help but question herself.
"Is it a trap?"
Unexpectedly, she bumps into a man. She was expecting some damage, but things turn very different after seeing that the man flew to a wall.
"…. So weak."
She unconsciously said it out loud.
"Ouch! Oi, watch where you were going, you… young lady demon?"
"Hmm? You're not going to run?"
"What's the point anyway?"
"Hahaha, that's right… Eh? EHH!?"
As the man flew quite a distance, Sara couldn't recognize the man but after closing the distance between them. She immediately realizes that the man before him is the so-called demon king.
"…? Please do not shout when you are right in front of me."
"D-Demon…. D-Demon king!"
"You too?"
"Weak… You do not even have a speck of aura at all."
"...? Same goes for you."
"Huh? What are you talking about… Eh? What happen?"
"Welcome to the place where the aura of intimidation is forcefully sucked into the magic circles that you see in the surroundings."
"…Trap?"
As one of the great demon, she isn't even anxious about any human trap. She holds that much power to be able to escape any of them if they want to.
"Not exactly. It is designed specially for me. How kind of Amanda for taking her time to place these magic circles towards the place where she thought I would go."
The man appears to be taking out a snack from his bag and continues to eat while talking to her. Is that the reason why the human isn't scared of her?
"You have no strength at all. You have no authority to be the one that we called the demon king. You look and taste like a human being."
"Look, young lady. You were the one that gives me the title demon king. Do you see me announcing to you all?"
"… A-Anyway, food. Give me the food or else I will kill you!"
Sara carried the man by pulling the collar and threaten him. She doesn't care whether the man fake about being a demon king she just wants to get the taste of the food that was given to Weno previously.
"Cough* Cough* Ergh… W-What are you talking about?"
"FOOD! I WANT THAT DELICIOUS FOOD THAT YOU GAVE TO THAT LOWLY DEMON!"
She threw the man out in anger. It was then that she knew she had f*ck up. As the man was thrown out from the magic circles, the aura that the man was giving out didn't get suck in anymore as it was too far from the area of effect.
She felt as if gravity had increase fifty times or more and it took all her strength just to stand up. Speaking? Walking? She can't even move a muscle if she makes a single mistake she would drop flat to the ground. She hates to be humiliated like this, after saying out that the man in front of her was weak.
Now she is succumbing to his aura even though he didn't even lift a finger. She might fall unconscious at any moment.
Cough* Cough*
"What the hell are you trying to do? Cough* Kill me? Huh? Why are you just standing there?"
She couldn't afford to move. Thus she could only listen to the footsteps that are slowly coming towards her. As she got closer the pressure that she felt keep on piling on top of each other. She would swear with everything's she got if only she has the strength to do so.
But after a few more step the aura completely dissipates, and she suddenly felt all the pressure disappeared in an instant.
"Arhhh…"
Feeling such relief, she accidentally moans. Her legs stop working, and she finds herself sitting down without knowing. Her mind got to snap out from the dreamily feeling after hearing a human voice.
"A-Are you alright? What's up with that moan… You are such a weird young lady."
Weird? This man says I am weird! I am supposed to be a beautiful, dangerous and cunning person. I got labeled weird by this WEIRD person!?
"You! You!"
"….?"
What's up with that face, a face that shows you do not know anything about what just happen! Why does this fragile looking man have such monstrous aura but do not have physical resistance at all?
"Sigh*…"
"You should get a check on your temper lady. I might die if you continue to throw me like that."
"…"
He is the one that needs to tone down his aura. My life would have already been given away if I didn't manage to have my secret protective item. It is designed to increase my resistance against the powerful aura of intimidation.
"Anyway, I am going back to Amanda secret room, come, follow me."
"….. Why should I?"
"…? I don't really mind but you were the one that wanted to eat the food that I made."
"Egh…"
"Coming?"
"….I better not."
"Eh? Here I thought of making a scrumptious meal just for a lovely lady like you. Pizza, pasta, roasted chicken, tender steak and many more!"
"Gulp*."
No, you should get back! Sara! You need to report that there's a possibility that this man is a demon king. Either that, he is a being that could rival other demons with just his aura. Though he is extremely weak physically, I doubt that it is the same for his magic powers. What is pizza? It sounds delicious… Steak, I wonder how it would taste like. Sara! Stop! What are you thinking!
I need to get the hell out of here before…
"Fine, I will have one then."
It's fine if I just taste a little bit, right?
"You seems to have a long conflicted thoughts going on. Is everything alright?"
"H-Hmph! Move human! Lead me directly to the place!"
"Fine, such a bossy person."
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"A-A new dimension?"
"Hahaha, you exactly have the same thoughts as me when I first come in here."
"T-Then…"
"Unfortunately, it is just illusion magic made to show me the desire that I want."
The moment that I followed the man down to a dark secret hallway down to a basement. What surprises me was that it's like we just came down to another realm. The appearance of the sun and the sky surprise me, but what it shocked me the most was the heat I am feeling.
I am supposed to have great resistance to illusion as I master that magic. It's been hundred years, I've encountered such indescribable magic. The ground… felt so real. Here I thought Weno was hit by illusion magic when he woke up in a house surrounded by sand.
Is this an illusion anymore?
