Makai Hongi

re body, Yamato only strengthened certain parts.

“More importantly, Rig.
I thought you all returned to our country already.”
Yes, why was he here?

“I heard that you had come back to life, Sir Golan.
And so I stayed here.
And then, of course, things became very bad.
And I didn’t know what to do.”

While he wanted to make a decision, I was sleeping.
And so he couldn’t move or act.

What would he have done if I kept sleeping for several years?

“Well, that’s fine.
There is something that I want to talk to you about…and I have some questions as well.
So let’s talk.”
“Very well.
Ask me what you want.”
Rig was a capable Adjutant.
I always relied on him.

“First I want to confirm something.
You realized that I was still alive because of the Tablet of Control, right?”

“Yes.
Demon King Tralzard had a record of all the names that were on it.
And the record is rewritten whenever the number of names changes.”

“I heard that.
She wanted to make sure that Nehyor was really dead.”
“Occasionally, there are Vampires who are very difficult to kill.
And so one must be cautious.”

Yes, there are times when you think they are dead…only to be proved wrong.
Well, in novels, anyway.

In the Demon World, the Tablet of Control was absolute.
You could not fool it.

“So, Nehyor really is dead.
Is that right?”
“Yes.
His name is gone from the Tablet of Control.
And your name has been added to it.”

Apparently, my name hadn’t been on it before that.
“So it’s like we traded places.”

Defeating Nehyor was what caused me to rise to Lesser Demon King.
It wasn’t because of my evolution.
It was simply the fact that I had defeated someone who was stronger.

“I see… That’s how I escaped being buried.
That was close.”
I had received a lethal wound and died.

That’s what I had thought.
And I had even gone to the Under World.
I suppose it was something like the phenomenon of a near-death-experience that humans sometimes face.

So I had gone to the Under World while my soul was still connected.
A hole had opened up, and I was sucked into the Under World.

Now that I thought about it, if I had really died, it wouldn’t be a ‘hole opening,’ but more like falling into the Under World by force.

Well, I couldn’t confirm it, a hole opening up didn’t necessarily mean you would fall into the Shadow World.

The Celestial World, Demon World, Human World.
In both the past and present, it would not be surprising if there were people who escaped going to the Under World.
If you were just sucked into some hole, then there were too many uncertain elements.

While it was a lethal wound, my head was connected by a strip of skin.
Something like that.

I would have died if left alone.
Everything would have ended without me coming back.
But that didn’t happen because…

“I’m a Lesser Demon King…”
“Yes.”

“That’s a lot of responsibility.”
“Sir?”

At this level, the amount of mana you had did not determine the outcome of a battle.
Combat experience, your opponent, how you could use your special abilities.
All of that was important.

I would not be able to live peacefully in this wild world.
Strong enemies would make a line in order to fight me.

And I suppose I would meet them head on.
In order to protect those behind me, I would go forward.