The elated Toylat burst into laughter.
“You rascals, give me that human wizard!”
As he gave the order, the snake familiar summoned closest to me opened its mouth wide.
"I dedicate it to Lord Toylat!"
It was large in size, but moved quite quickly, and the sight of it rushing forward while spewing black venom from its pitch-black mouth was quite threatening.
'I caught the familiar snake last time, right? I can't give it a chance.'
I stared at the crimson snake's eyes, then quickly dodged the one that was about to bite me. Then I jumped high, stomped on its head, and strangled its neck with my other leg.
"Keep going!"
The black venom that spewed out of the creature's mouth poured down onto the floor, causing the gravel to melt in an instant.
'Ugh.'
A wrinkle formed between my eyebrows.
Without hesitation, I thrust my sword into the bastard's gaping maw and twisted it hard, slicing open his body in one go.
"Ugh!"
As the thing disappeared into black smoke, I turned around and prepared for the next attack.
But the familiars remained frozen and did not move.
"Did you just see that warlock kill the high-level familiar Ignal with brute force alone?"
"Awesome. So strong!"
"A master warlock who wields pure black magic. She has a remarkable affinity for darkness!"
"The black magic love I contracted before is on a different level."
"Why does the commander want me to kill such a great warlock? I'm a little hesitant…"
I opened my eyes wide as I listened to their murmurings. The familiars were utterly confused.
The familiars who absolutely did not obey the orders of the great demon Toylat were shaken by me.
'Why?'
I thought for a moment, then realized that Toylat's black magic had transformed into a wicked darkness.
I see.
Since Toylat had directly taken many lives, including humans, when he appeared here, the familiars who sensed the corruption of his originally pure darkness instinctively felt a sense of rejection.
At that moment, Toylat raised his voice at the familiars who did not immediately carry out the order.
"You dare question my orders? I'll show you an example, you filthy bastards!"
The bastard became angry and swung his black scythe sharply at the nearest familiars.
The ten familiars that stood there, believing in the Great Demon, were annihilated without even a single resistance...
I felt the atmosphere suddenly freeze and cried out in frustration.
“Hey. The servants came all the way here to help you, and you call them idiots? You didn’t do anything wrong, and you’re killing them all? Are you crazy? And you’re still the commander of the corps?”
I felt increasingly heartbroken as I felt sorry for the familiars who had been forcibly contracted with the great demon Toylat and were trembling in fear, unable to resist and not knowing when they would die.
Up until now, there have been familiars who tried to kill me, but there have definitely been familiars who helped me.
But Toylat grinned like a psychopath and raised his scythe again.
"These guys are filthy. A filthy person should act like a filthy person. Besides, those lowly creatures who can't understand speech are better treated with a whip."
He was still trying to make an example of me by killing the servants who hadn't attacked me yet.
“You crazy bastard
I couldn't just sit back and watch the familiars waiting for death.
I drew up my black magic and used wind magic to blow away the familiars who were about to be struck by the scythe.
Toylat, who had been swinging his sickle at the air, made an impression.
"Are you helping bugs because you're a bug? It's just helping each other. Even so, the end result is death."
I gritted my teeth at the smiling Toylat, who shrugged his shoulders.
"You saved us."
"The rumors circulating recently were true. They said Pembe, who suddenly became the highest-ranking familiar, was spending time with a very good magician. It must be him."
"I didn't believe you were living happily with a warlock in the human world... Now I think I understand. If it were that wizard, it would have been fine."
The familiars began to stir again.
This time, it was clear that he was feeling a deep curiosity and awe towards me.
As I watched their atmosphere, a hypothesis I had previously formulated flashed through my mind.
"Yeah. Wouldn't it be okay now? Let's get the familiars out of Toylat's service. They might like me."
Now, I've become a truly formidable warlock, rivaling even Toylat. And besides, Toylat's power isn't pure black magic.
'You have to lose to win.'
There was no room for hesitation any longer.
I quickly pulled my pouch out of my bosom. I took out all the chocolates I had prepared and scattered them on the ground, shouting loudly at the familiars.
“Hey familiars! Look at this!”
They looked at me and the chocolate in turn with interest.
"It's chocolate. It's incredibly sweet and delicious. Pembe, Jan, Gorten, and Velvet, who live with me, also followed me after eating it."
"Chocolate?"
"It smells so good. It must be delicious."
"I guess if I eat that, I can go to that warlock."
Toylat gritted his teeth and shouted among the tumultuous familiars.
"You filthy bastards, what are you talking about! Hurry up and attack that human and bring him back, or I'll really finish you all off. This is your final warning!"
"Uh..."
"He said he'd kill me. I'm scared of the Demon Legion Commander."
"What should I do? But I hate it so much... I smell something strange coming from the commander."
"But, but."
The familiars were in conflict.
I didn't miss this gap and tried to persuade them one last time.
"Let's say you continue to succumb to Toylat. If I die like that, you'll live here forever, treated like filthy savages by that vile demon."
A solemn atmosphere flowed.
"I am Yvonne Argenthoz. If you come to me, I promise you that after this fight, you will be returned to your home, Hell. I swear it on all my dark magic!"
The familiars' eyes widened.
"Really?"
"Is it real?"
I quickly knelt down and wrote the words of the oath on the floor with the blood still flowing from my left thigh.
And I poured my black magic into the familiars and offered them a promise.
“Look carefully. Really?”
I smiled and tempted her by holding up a piece of chocolate.
"Haven't you ever tried chocolate? It's delicious. Think of it as a gift."
Soon, the familiars that had been looking at each other began to run fiercely toward me.
Toylat's crimson eyes blazed.
“Ugh. What are you eating?! Hurry up and attack that wizard, you worms!”
The servant horses close the distance in an instant.
Indeed, what will happen?
But then, Toylat, who had been laughing so hard his mouth was torn, stretched out his hands upwards.
'No way.'
The anxiety became reality.
A black bolt of lightning was about to strike me.
A powerful attack magic that Toilat initially unleashed here.
'Damn, I've been waiting to use that for so long.'
I grimaced and raised my magical power as much as I could to prepare a shield.
"Can I stop it? I still have dark magic... I'm not very confident."
Before I knew it, the familiars had come running to my feet.
“Hahaha! Die with the worms!”
'This piece of trash!'
I gritted my teeth.
Suddenly, my eyes flashed, and black lightning poured down on me.
Kwakwakwang! Kwakwakwang―!
As I feared, the shield I had prepared soon had holes in it.
“Hahaha!”
Toylat's laughter could be heard from afar.
'Ah.'
If I had been struck by lightning like this, I probably would have been seriously injured or even killed.
But I didn't hurt a single hair.
Because...
After the black lightning disappeared, my vision cleared up.
Toylat looked puzzled when he saw me looking fine.
“What, what is it?!”
This time, I chuckled.
“What is it? It’s Yvonne Argenthoz, Master of the familiar of hell.”
The familiars were on my side!
The familiars, who had quickly eaten the chocolate, united in one mind and purpose to form a defensive shield for me.
The familiars also survived thanks to the shield that was spread out with the will to protect me.
"Thank you, Yvonne."
"Thank you, Yvonne."
The familiars, who had changed into cute appearances different from before, each conveyed their thanks.
Feeling somewhat moved, I ordered all the familiars to stay away, fearing that they might be attacked by Toylat again.
"Why..."
"I will help you."
Some familiars followed obediently, but others rebelled, like Pembe.
But I shook my head and resolutely sent them away.
And then I turned around and looked at the panicked guy.
The condition of Toylat, who was blankly staring at the trembling hands, was definitely not normal.
I smiled brightly.
“With so many contracts with so many familiars suddenly cut off, you, the Archdemon, must have been hit hard too, right?”
Toylat's complexion changed, and his expression became distorted into a grim one.
"W-what on earth are these familiars doing?! How dare humans take these creatures from hell so easily!"
"It wasn't easy to get, was it? It's the result of constant research. A triumph of persistent observation and affection for the familiar, perhaps?"
I shrugged and grabbed my sword.
And without further hesitation, I kicked the ground and ran at the bastard.
My left thigh, where he'd been stabbed by the bastard, hurt terribly, but I couldn't let this moment slip away.
He is exhausted from using strong black magic, and his contracts with his familiars were severed all at once, leaving him extremely weak.
Now is my only chance.
There is only one chance to kill him, now.
I ran towards Toylat with my eyes wide open, and then my gaze shifted towards the scythe he was swinging in an instant.
But it was too late to dodge, and I got hit hard.
'Shit.'
The taste of blood rose in my throat.
‘Where did I get stabbed just now... Surely, I won’t die, right?’
Convinced that it wasn't a vital point, I raised one corner of my mouth and thrust my sword into Toylat's neck.
“Ku, k, uh.”
I felt better when I saw the guy's bloodshot eyes wide open in shock.
“Well then, go to hell.”
And with all my might, I used my remaining black magic to inject blue flames into the bastard's body.
“Kuaaaah!!!”
Toylat, which had begun to burn black, twisted its entire body as it was engulfed in blue flames.
I continued to pour out my black magic until the bastard was definitely dead.
Even though I was nearby, my body felt hot, and I could feel black debris flying at me, causing blood to flow from all over my body, but if I avoided it now, I might ruin the situation.
I'll hold on till the end because I won't get another chance like this.
My black magic, which I felt like I would never run out of, no matter what magic I used, was draining away so quickly that I had to squeeze it out.
'If this continues, I'll run out of magic power... No, that's not important right now.'
“I can’t forgive you! You’re a human!”
“...I will never forgive you either, you little shit!”
But then the damned Great Demon Toylat flashed its bloodshot eyes and reached out its hand toward me as if making a last desperate effort.
“Oh, ugh!”
I inhaled the white smoke flowing from the bastard's hand, and my mind became dizzy, and all the strength left my body.
'No!'
I have to kill that guy until the end.
Every cell in my body that had been holding on until now was screaming in pain.
Eventually, my body tilted backwards, and the sword I had been stabbing at Toylat slipped out of his body.
The guy laughed out loud.
I got goosebumps.
'Do I have to start over again? I'm not confident...'
That moment of despair.
Someone quickly ran behind me as I was about to fall and miraculously supported my body.
'!!!'
A warm, firm chest and arms, and a familiar, affectionate scent.
I smiled faintly as I met the pitch-black eyes looking at me.
As promised, Rudnine really came.
“You rascals, give me that human wizard!”
As he gave the order, the snake familiar summoned closest to me opened its mouth wide.
"I dedicate it to Lord Toylat!"
It was large in size, but moved quite quickly, and the sight of it rushing forward while spewing black venom from its pitch-black mouth was quite threatening.
'I caught the familiar snake last time, right? I can't give it a chance.'
I stared at the crimson snake's eyes, then quickly dodged the one that was about to bite me. Then I jumped high, stomped on its head, and strangled its neck with my other leg.
"Keep going!"
The black venom that spewed out of the creature's mouth poured down onto the floor, causing the gravel to melt in an instant.
'Ugh.'
A wrinkle formed between my eyebrows.
Without hesitation, I thrust my sword into the bastard's gaping maw and twisted it hard, slicing open his body in one go.
"Ugh!"
As the thing disappeared into black smoke, I turned around and prepared for the next attack.
But the familiars remained frozen and did not move.
"Did you just see that warlock kill the high-level familiar Ignal with brute force alone?"
"Awesome. So strong!"
"A master warlock who wields pure black magic. She has a remarkable affinity for darkness!"
"The black magic love I contracted before is on a different level."
"Why does the commander want me to kill such a great warlock? I'm a little hesitant…"
I opened my eyes wide as I listened to their murmurings. The familiars were utterly confused.
The familiars who absolutely did not obey the orders of the great demon Toylat were shaken by me.
'Why?'
I thought for a moment, then realized that Toylat's black magic had transformed into a wicked darkness.
I see.
Since Toylat had directly taken many lives, including humans, when he appeared here, the familiars who sensed the corruption of his originally pure darkness instinctively felt a sense of rejection.
At that moment, Toylat raised his voice at the familiars who did not immediately carry out the order.
"You dare question my orders? I'll show you an example, you filthy bastards!"
The bastard became angry and swung his black scythe sharply at the nearest familiars.
The ten familiars that stood there, believing in the Great Demon, were annihilated without even a single resistance...
I felt the atmosphere suddenly freeze and cried out in frustration.
“Hey. The servants came all the way here to help you, and you call them idiots? You didn’t do anything wrong, and you’re killing them all? Are you crazy? And you’re still the commander of the corps?”
I felt increasingly heartbroken as I felt sorry for the familiars who had been forcibly contracted with the great demon Toylat and were trembling in fear, unable to resist and not knowing when they would die.
Up until now, there have been familiars who tried to kill me, but there have definitely been familiars who helped me.
But Toylat grinned like a psychopath and raised his scythe again.
"These guys are filthy. A filthy person should act like a filthy person. Besides, those lowly creatures who can't understand speech are better treated with a whip."
He was still trying to make an example of me by killing the servants who hadn't attacked me yet.
“You crazy bastard
I couldn't just sit back and watch the familiars waiting for death.
I drew up my black magic and used wind magic to blow away the familiars who were about to be struck by the scythe.
Toylat, who had been swinging his sickle at the air, made an impression.
"Are you helping bugs because you're a bug? It's just helping each other. Even so, the end result is death."
I gritted my teeth at the smiling Toylat, who shrugged his shoulders.
"You saved us."
"The rumors circulating recently were true. They said Pembe, who suddenly became the highest-ranking familiar, was spending time with a very good magician. It must be him."
"I didn't believe you were living happily with a warlock in the human world... Now I think I understand. If it were that wizard, it would have been fine."
The familiars began to stir again.
This time, it was clear that he was feeling a deep curiosity and awe towards me.
As I watched their atmosphere, a hypothesis I had previously formulated flashed through my mind.
"Yeah. Wouldn't it be okay now? Let's get the familiars out of Toylat's service. They might like me."
Now, I've become a truly formidable warlock, rivaling even Toylat. And besides, Toylat's power isn't pure black magic.
'You have to lose to win.'
There was no room for hesitation any longer.
I quickly pulled my pouch out of my bosom. I took out all the chocolates I had prepared and scattered them on the ground, shouting loudly at the familiars.
“Hey familiars! Look at this!”
They looked at me and the chocolate in turn with interest.
"It's chocolate. It's incredibly sweet and delicious. Pembe, Jan, Gorten, and Velvet, who live with me, also followed me after eating it."
"Chocolate?"
"It smells so good. It must be delicious."
"I guess if I eat that, I can go to that warlock."
Toylat gritted his teeth and shouted among the tumultuous familiars.
"You filthy bastards, what are you talking about! Hurry up and attack that human and bring him back, or I'll really finish you all off. This is your final warning!"
"Uh..."
"He said he'd kill me. I'm scared of the Demon Legion Commander."
"What should I do? But I hate it so much... I smell something strange coming from the commander."
"But, but."
The familiars were in conflict.
I didn't miss this gap and tried to persuade them one last time.
"Let's say you continue to succumb to Toylat. If I die like that, you'll live here forever, treated like filthy savages by that vile demon."
A solemn atmosphere flowed.
"I am Yvonne Argenthoz. If you come to me, I promise you that after this fight, you will be returned to your home, Hell. I swear it on all my dark magic!"
The familiars' eyes widened.
"Really?"
"Is it real?"
I quickly knelt down and wrote the words of the oath on the floor with the blood still flowing from my left thigh.
And I poured my black magic into the familiars and offered them a promise.
“Look carefully. Really?”
I smiled and tempted her by holding up a piece of chocolate.
"Haven't you ever tried chocolate? It's delicious. Think of it as a gift."
Soon, the familiars that had been looking at each other began to run fiercely toward me.
Toylat's crimson eyes blazed.
“Ugh. What are you eating?! Hurry up and attack that wizard, you worms!”
The servant horses close the distance in an instant.
Indeed, what will happen?
But then, Toylat, who had been laughing so hard his mouth was torn, stretched out his hands upwards.
'No way.'
The anxiety became reality.
A black bolt of lightning was about to strike me.
A powerful attack magic that Toilat initially unleashed here.
'Damn, I've been waiting to use that for so long.'
I grimaced and raised my magical power as much as I could to prepare a shield.
"Can I stop it? I still have dark magic... I'm not very confident."
Before I knew it, the familiars had come running to my feet.
“Hahaha! Die with the worms!”
'This piece of trash!'
I gritted my teeth.
Suddenly, my eyes flashed, and black lightning poured down on me.
Kwakwakwang! Kwakwakwang―!
As I feared, the shield I had prepared soon had holes in it.
“Hahaha!”
Toylat's laughter could be heard from afar.
'Ah.'
If I had been struck by lightning like this, I probably would have been seriously injured or even killed.
But I didn't hurt a single hair.
Because...
After the black lightning disappeared, my vision cleared up.
Toylat looked puzzled when he saw me looking fine.
“What, what is it?!”
This time, I chuckled.
“What is it? It’s Yvonne Argenthoz, Master of the familiar of hell.”
The familiars were on my side!
The familiars, who had quickly eaten the chocolate, united in one mind and purpose to form a defensive shield for me.
The familiars also survived thanks to the shield that was spread out with the will to protect me.
"Thank you, Yvonne."
"Thank you, Yvonne."
The familiars, who had changed into cute appearances different from before, each conveyed their thanks.
Feeling somewhat moved, I ordered all the familiars to stay away, fearing that they might be attacked by Toylat again.
"Why..."
"I will help you."
Some familiars followed obediently, but others rebelled, like Pembe.
But I shook my head and resolutely sent them away.
And then I turned around and looked at the panicked guy.
The condition of Toylat, who was blankly staring at the trembling hands, was definitely not normal.
I smiled brightly.
“With so many contracts with so many familiars suddenly cut off, you, the Archdemon, must have been hit hard too, right?”
Toylat's complexion changed, and his expression became distorted into a grim one.
"W-what on earth are these familiars doing?! How dare humans take these creatures from hell so easily!"
"It wasn't easy to get, was it? It's the result of constant research. A triumph of persistent observation and affection for the familiar, perhaps?"
I shrugged and grabbed my sword.
And without further hesitation, I kicked the ground and ran at the bastard.
My left thigh, where he'd been stabbed by the bastard, hurt terribly, but I couldn't let this moment slip away.
He is exhausted from using strong black magic, and his contracts with his familiars were severed all at once, leaving him extremely weak.
Now is my only chance.
There is only one chance to kill him, now.
I ran towards Toylat with my eyes wide open, and then my gaze shifted towards the scythe he was swinging in an instant.
But it was too late to dodge, and I got hit hard.
'Shit.'
The taste of blood rose in my throat.
‘Where did I get stabbed just now... Surely, I won’t die, right?’
Convinced that it wasn't a vital point, I raised one corner of my mouth and thrust my sword into Toylat's neck.
“Ku, k, uh.”
I felt better when I saw the guy's bloodshot eyes wide open in shock.
“Well then, go to hell.”
And with all my might, I used my remaining black magic to inject blue flames into the bastard's body.
“Kuaaaah!!!”
Toylat, which had begun to burn black, twisted its entire body as it was engulfed in blue flames.
I continued to pour out my black magic until the bastard was definitely dead.
Even though I was nearby, my body felt hot, and I could feel black debris flying at me, causing blood to flow from all over my body, but if I avoided it now, I might ruin the situation.
I'll hold on till the end because I won't get another chance like this.
My black magic, which I felt like I would never run out of, no matter what magic I used, was draining away so quickly that I had to squeeze it out.
'If this continues, I'll run out of magic power... No, that's not important right now.'
“I can’t forgive you! You’re a human!”
“...I will never forgive you either, you little shit!”
But then the damned Great Demon Toylat flashed its bloodshot eyes and reached out its hand toward me as if making a last desperate effort.
“Oh, ugh!”
I inhaled the white smoke flowing from the bastard's hand, and my mind became dizzy, and all the strength left my body.
'No!'
I have to kill that guy until the end.
Every cell in my body that had been holding on until now was screaming in pain.
Eventually, my body tilted backwards, and the sword I had been stabbing at Toylat slipped out of his body.
The guy laughed out loud.
I got goosebumps.
'Do I have to start over again? I'm not confident...'
That moment of despair.
Someone quickly ran behind me as I was about to fall and miraculously supported my body.
'!!!'
A warm, firm chest and arms, and a familiar, affectionate scent.
I smiled faintly as I met the pitch-black eyes looking at me.
As promised, Rudnine really came.
Previous Next
Comments
Post a Comment