Chapter 117: Demon King Subjugation!
by fnovelpia
As expected of our hero.
His timing is impeccable.
If I were just a regular girl, I would’ve fallen for him by now.
“Y-you, hero, how did you…?”
“Demon King , let’s end this now.”
Yeah, it’s about time we finish this.
That cockroach has lived long enough.
“End this? Don’t make me laugh! I will never die!”
“And saintess, I heard your voice clearly. But, you see…”
“Huh?”
What nonsense is he going to say now?
He’s not planning to confess or something, right?
Even though he’s here to help, it’s still the hero’s role to defeat the Demon King.
All you have to do is take down the Demon King.
—Such pure evil.
“My holy sword has a name. I’m here solely to save you, saintess.”
Ugh, so cheesy.
“Hero! You…!”
“Demon King, I know you were a god exiled to the mortal realm. The holy sword was made by a god solely to kill you. But you should know this.”
“!!”
“Unlike you, the holy sword grows stronger not by those who believe in it, but by the hero’s power. And I am the strongest hero in history.”
In other words, it’s a message for the loser to stop acting out.
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
The Demon King seemed to be enraged again as earthquakes shook the surroundings.
I need to add my piece here too.
I cupped my hands around my mouth and shouted.
“That’s right, Demon King! Our hero is the strongest of all, and you’re nothing but a pathetic god who got kicked out of the heavens by the goddesses. You’re a loser!”
“How dare you mock me! Fine, die, all of you!”
“Is this his final resistance?”
The Demon King spread his hands wide, and a dark, deep shadow surged forward like a wave.
This looks bad. What will happen if we get swallowed by that?
Well, our hero should handle it easily, but if the hero is here, that means the elf and Maria should be nearby too.
It was at that moment.
In the ambiguous space that wasn’t quite the mental world nor reality, a red arrow the size of a missile defied gravity and shot toward the ceiling.
Judgment Arrow.
Boom! Whooosh!
I turned my head to look up, and the arrow that flew up against gravity exploded in the sky, raining down a shower of red arrows.
The darkness that had been surging forward retreated from the attack.
“These guys…!”
Meteor.
Boom!
As expected, a meteor fell next.
Ah, this combo.
Back when the Kingdom’s army was outnumbered by the Demon King’s forces on the continent of Yukran, these two techniques wiped out the entire Demon King’s army.
With the falling meteor, the Demon King’s attack was completely blocked.
I turned my head slightly and saw Erin, the divine archer, and Maria, the great sorceress, preparing their next attack.
“Even though I’ve weakened, I am still a god! I didn’t even show my divine power back then! Do you think I’ll lose again?!”
“Sorry, but it’s not just the hero party now.”
Bam!
A massive fist punched the Demon King’s chest.
I recognized that familiar hunk of metal.
I knew what that was.
“Oh, wow. The goddess’s equipment sure works well.”
The fist belonged to Ttangchili.
It seemed that his punch hadn’t just been strengthened, but had grown larger.
And he didn’t care who his target was.
“Dark wind spirit, push the Demon King back!”
Next, our enslaved elf used the power of some dark wind spirit to push the Demon King back.
What’s with that cringe-worthy middle school spirit concept?
Anyway, the elf’s attack hit its mark too.
These are heroes who swept through entire worlds. Of course, the Demon King is getting pushed back.
Yet, even so, the Demon King didn’t give up.
He clenched his fist, gathering the endless darkness as his ally and source of power.
With all that strength, he swung his fist toward us.
“You think I’ll just fall here?!”
“Hyahhh!”
Crack!
The Demon King’s darkness-infused punch clashed with the ground-shaking punch of the strongest orc on the planet.
Their destructive power was equal, but then—
Cheonma Slash!
Before I knew it, the Cheonma had sliced through the darkness the Demon King wielded with his black light sword.
Now, the Demon King’s final resistance was completely blocked.
What was left now was only…
“Alright, Demon King! This time, it’s really the end! Go ahead, hero!”
The holy sword in the hero’s grip began to glow.
A great light, capable of erasing all darkness, was being absorbed into it.
They said the Demon King was a loser who had been cast out of the heavenly realm by the gods.
Maybe that’s why the immense light surrounding the holy sword seemed to form the shape of a goddess.
“I’m sick of this endless battle between worlds. Let’s end it here, Demon King!”
Swoosh!
The light cut through the Demon King.
A great light erupted from his body, splitting him in two.
Ah, yes.
That’s it.
The Demon King always needs to be split in half!
“Arrrrgh! I… I cannot die like this!”
It’s the first time I’ve ever heard the Demon King scream like that.
Maybe when I hit him with my mace, he only lost consciousness.
But this time, it looks like he’s really dying.
“Urgh, ahh, argh!”
With everyone’s combined efforts, the Demon King was finally being consumed by the light from within, and at last, a new light was born out of the darkness.
The light didn’t come first, then darkness.
Rather, light emerged from the darkness.
Watching that scene made my heart swell with pride.
As time passed, the Demon King’s struggling spirit completely dissolved into light, spreading to every corner of the tower.
In other words, he had truly died and vanished.
This was, without a doubt, our great victory.
“Wow. Did it all end as soon as the Hero arrived?”
Battle mage expressed admiration.
Well, of course.
Our Hero is incredibly strong.
Even I can’t deny his strength.
Thus, I was fully reunited with the Hero’s party.
“Who would have thought that you and your companions would corner the Demon King to this point?”
The Hero’s compliment said it all.
“We’re strong, after all.”
My team is undeniably powerful.
“Phew, finally we meet again, Saintess!”
Erin pointed at me the moment she saw me.
Tsk, tsk.
Didn’t her parents teach her not to point fingers at people?
Though I felt tempted to make a snide remark, considering one of those parents is my slave, I decided to be lenient.
“Oh, why are you being so scary?”
“Scary? Don’t you have something to say to me?”
Why’s she blaming me for this?
“If you’re talking about the slave elf, there were circumstances, and besides, she enjoys it.”
“She enjoys it?”
“Yes, she likes wearing the leash like it’s her thing. And, I didn’t know she was your mom. If I had known, I would’ve worked her even harder.”
Oh, if my companion’s mother is a slave, I should definitely push her harder.
“My mom wanted this?”
“Yeah, that’s the truth. I wouldn’t lie about this.”
There was a bit of my persuasion involved in the process, but it’s not entirely my fault.
“No, no matter how you look at it, you definitely instigated this. Look at her—my mom…”
“Huh?”
Erin’s eyes trembled like reeds in an autumn breeze.
Ah, so she finally noticed.
Her expression twisted into one of horror.
Erin scanned her mother from head to toe.
“Mom, what happened to you? How did you fall and become a Dark Elf?”
Haha, the reason for that is quite simple.
“Well, I trusted in the goddess Kanora.”
The slave elf, Elina, could only make weak excuses while nervously watching her daughter.
Well, there’s nothing more to say about this.
“Th-this is insane…”
Wow, just look at her face twitching in anger.
Haha, yes.
Your mother, who was once a noble priestess of the Great Forest, is now a servant of the goddess of death.
“Well, anyway, it turned out like this, so I decided to trust the goddess Kanora instead of the goddess of the Great Forest.”
Hearing my words, Erin’s face crumbled with disbelief.
“N-no! Why, mother?!”
“Well, life’s like that. Don’t make a fuss about it.”
The slave elf coldly dismissed her daughter’s reaction.
Oh?
She can’t make a sound in front of me, but in front of her daughter, she acts all tough.
Very fitting for an evil Dark Elf.
“M-mom, how could you say that… sob.”
“Why cry over something like that? You’re being a bother.”
The slave elf openly declared that her daughter was annoying.
“Hm, hasn’t our slave’s personality changed a bit?”
Yeah, she does feel a little different now.
-Seems like she’s fully turned into a Dark Elf? Maybe it’s the difference between being cast out from the Great Forest and fully embracing Kanora?
What’s the difference, though?
-Actually, elves tend to undergo personality changes when they become Dark Elves. That’s why many of them switch to the Demon King’s side when they turn. Of course, it varies from elf to elf.
Our slave seems to have turned into a quirky one.
Has she adopted a “middle-school syndrome” kind of persona?
“Anyway, congrats on your mother-daughter reunion?”
“Waaah! Give me back my mother!”
Crying for her mother like that, lying on the ground… wait, hold on.
Could this be my chance to get both the mother and the daughter as slaves?
I could make this entire elf family mine.
“Erin, why don’t you just become my slave too?”
“W-what are you talking about? What do you mean?”
Why is she so flustered?
“Well, 2 billion coins is a lot of money in this era. I paid it off for Elina, which is why she became my slave.”
Honestly, who in their right mind would pay off 2 billion for a companion, especially for someone they’ve barely met?
Who in this world would do that?
And besides, becoming a slave to a saint like me is an honor.
“And?”
What do you mean, “and?” It’s obvious—you should become a slave too.
“As her daughter, will you just stand by and watch? If you become my slave, you can stay at my place with Elina, and you’ll get to be with her all the time.”
You’re not seriously thinking about having your mom serve as my slave while you laze around, are you?
As I stared her down, Erin glanced between me and the slave elf, deep in thought.
This might actually work.
“No, wait a minute. No matter what, that’s not right.”
“Tch. I knew I didn’t like Maria. She has no tact.”
Clicking my tongue in disappointment, Maria seemed upset and raised her voice.
“Is that really something you should say to a comrade you haven’t seen in so long?”
“Yep.”
Once you part ways, it’s over.
If we ever meet again, we meet.
If not, then that’s that.
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