CH-4 The Common Sense of the Demon King, Two Thousand Years Later

I turn around to leave but a voice calls out from behind.

"…..Wait…..bastard..."

Zepes tries to unsteadily get up but his body is too wounded so he crawls on the ground.

"You can be saved if you get treated immediately. Give up."

"Ha. To inherit the blood of the founder but not being able to deliver the finishing blow to an enemy...…. to think such a thing is to bring disgrace to this demon king tribe...."

Does the demon king tribe mean they inherited the blood of the demon king?

I didn't inherit any skills though since I'm the founder.

"Stop talking so much. You'll die."

"Kill me."

"Hmmm. A small fry like you is not worth killing."

What's his problem?

"Ha! You can't do it, can you? Then you fail. Try to make me give up if you can. Even if I die, I won't give up!!"

I can make him give up if I order him to but….

"I know what you're thinking. You'll use compulsion magic on me. That's fine. Try it. I won't give up!! Haahaahaa….fuhahahahah!! Gah!"

I stamp on Zepes' head pushing his face into the stone floor.

"Yare yare. You're too full of yourself. Such an odd sense of superiority you've got."

He did say one interesting thing though.

"If I don't use compulsion magic I can't make you give up was it?"

"...…Ha.....it's true...….you piece of shit...…!"

Even with me standing on his head Zepes is still talking big.

"Hmm. You're pretty amusing. Very well. It's my victory if I make you give up without using compulsion magic and you win if I cant."

"Haaa? You sure? You sure do talk big. Even if I die I won't give up!"

I blink my eyes and invoke the magic contract

If I can make Zepes give up without using compulsion I win and if not he wins is written down.

Contract is absolute. The contract is signed with the users magic power. It is impossible to change the contract.

Zepes signs it without hesitation.

"You're an idiot. No matter how much you hurt me I won't give up. At best I'll feel sorry for you. Hyahahahahaha!"

I place my forefinger near Zepes forehead.

"Oh? What's that going to d—-"

I flick his forehead with my finger.

"Gah...."

Zepes whole body disappears.

"Oops? I thought I'd reduced the power enough. Did he die?....I see."

Yare yare. This is my loss.

I guess there's no help for it.

I cut the tip of my index finger with my nail and let a single drop of blood fall.

Resurrection magic.

Zepes whole body is rebuilt and comes back to life.

His armour and sword were a little bit more difficult.

"Wha!..... What's that magic? The dead Zepes revived!!"

"He brought the dead back to life! Such magic surpasses common sense!!"

Why are they surprised? The spectators are getting noisy over Zepes being revived. If I couldn't use this magic, death would really mean death.

"Wha…..I...…"

Zepes looks at me with a confused face

"How's it feel dying once? Feel like giving up yet?"

"Id….idiot....who's giving up—gya!"

I flick his forehead and he dies again.

"Oops, I killed him again. Oh well. As long as it's within 3 seconds, Resurrection can bring him back without any risk. It's the 3-second rule."

The silence from the arena washed over me like a wave.