episode_0146

CXXXVIII.

A place where waves rise and fall as if a typhoon were blowing.

The sea surrounding the island nation of Zipangu is angry like this for more than half of the year.

This is a curse and the influence of the barrier installed by the unprecedented superhuman Muheo and the first Circle 9 great wizard hidden in the world.

The being that gazed upon the sea had an appearance very different from that of a human.

It has three horns rising from its head, and wings made of thin membrane on its back.

The voice calling out to the being with a different appearance from a human was, incongruously, human.

“Iuuart.”

The man clearly identified this monster-like being as Iwart.

Iuuart.

Originally, Ewart was an Angel. Although she was the lowest of the nine ranks of Angels, her future was bright.

Her commanding ability to move large forces was amazing, and it was said that she would soon become an Archangel.

But the day she ascended to the Archangels.

She is corrupt.

It was to her advantage that Iwart had fallen before becoming an Archangel.

The original Angel class was a messenger and the closest being to humans.

So, she became a high-level demon, one of the strongest among the demons, by becoming corrupted with the maximum power that an Angel could have, without the pain of corruption and with high efficiency.

Even among the upper-level demons, Iwwart had become a fairly strong being, and the time it took for him to become a top-level demon was so short that it was recorded in the demon world.

Rank 17 in the Demon World hierarchy.

The highest level demon Iwwart.

Ruler of the brutal battlefield.

Those were the words used to refer to her.

-Okay. Are you ready?

“Of course, we prepared extras as you commanded.”

-Thank you for your hard work. It was something that had to be done.

“Yes, that’s right.”

The man, dressed in luxurious clothes, did not even look at each other the whole time, and responded with emotion, touching his forehead to the dirt floor, to the words and actions of the highest-class demon, Iwwart.

―Now all that cheeky bastard has to do is come barge in. Will he come?

“Wouldn’t you like to hear what the intermediate demons say?”

– Right. You’re so good at finding demons, right? What was your name?

“Gray, it was called gray.”

―You must have figured it out by now. Stop doing stupid things like looking for demons and come here. We’ve prepared a lot, after all. How many superhumans are there on the continent?

“There are currently six superhumans revealed. And if the human known as ‘Muheo (無虛)’, who is a descendant of the family, is still alive, there will be seven.”

―Huh~. Superhuman Seven… … . I wonder how many of the Superhuman Seven can escape the ‘Prugatórĭum (Purgatorium)’ that I planned? I’m looking forward to it. Really.

The wind blowing between the highest-level demon who spoke the voice of a woman in a dream and the human who called himself a servant seemed to have the pungent scent of blood.

And then, a voice that only he could hear came to the ear of the man who bowed his head, the third prince of Zipangu, Feng.

『Hidden Act 1-4. “Summon the highest level demon!” has been completed.』

『Hidden Act 1-5. “Superhuman Hunt” in progress.』

It was the scenery of the coastal cliffs of Zipangu across the sea on the day Gray met the weeping Shin-gung.

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“Who is dying? Old man Muheo? Why that old man?”

“You didn’t have much time left to live. You heard that, Mr. Gray! You said you’d die soon.”

“You’ve lived a long life, right? Isn’t it normal that you don’t have much time left to live? If it’s short, wouldn’t you die in about 30 or 40 years?”

“… in?”

“I’ve lived for over 500 years, so 30 years is not much time left.”

“Then, what about Mr. Muheo? Didn’t he return?”

“Why do you keep asking me why I didn’t come back? Did you hate me that much? To the point where you wanted to kill me? Did you treat me that badly when I was your disciple? To the point where you wanted to see me die later?”

“Oh, no!!”

No, I guess that’s right?

“I don’t think it’s not that?”

“That’s not right!!”

“I don’t think that’s right.”

“That’s right!”

“Right?”

“ in?”

“You should have been nice to me before, old man.”

“… … in?”

Behind the surprised shrine, that is, through the still open door, a man with long, neatly tied white hair appeared and smiled.

“Hehehe. That’s right. I did teach him a bit harshly.”

“Huh?!”

The more you look at Shin-gung, the more unique and interesting she becomes. Look at her now. She was crying a little while ago, then suddenly got angry, then blushed, and now she is continuously making strange exclamations, showing a variety of expressions.

“What… Mr. Heo?! Eww!”

As soon as it was confirmed that it was unauthorized, the shrine moved its body as if it were a crawling insect, and moved away from us and stuck to the wall, still in its sitting position.

‘What a strange woman.’

After some time, the superhumans quickly gathered again at Gray’s call.

‘I told you, there was no such thing as a lunch date in the first place.’ I pretended not to hear Gray’s mumbling by coughing in vain.

And at the gathering again, the superhumans were able to encounter the master of the cradle of the unmanned, ‘Muhoh (無虛)’, a being that corresponded to the previous superhuman.

“Long time no see.”

And when Muheo greeted them, all the superhumans were surprised.

To them, Muheo was not a mysterious being they had only heard of before. The names that the superhumans used to refer to Muheo were all different.

Some called him ‘benefactor’, others ‘teacher’.

Although they each called each other by different names, they recognized the superhumans as beings who had received great help at least once in their lives.

Shin-gung was fidgeting as he watched Superman and Moo-heo greet each other with surprise, joy, and disbelief.

Gray saw Shin-gung pretending to be cold and not making eye contact with the Pope, while shaking his legs under the desk, despite Mu-heo’s advice to try to reconcile in the midst of the friendly atmosphere.

“Children grow up fighting. Above all, even though I laid out a mat for them like this, they don’t apologize? That’s because their character is flawed. When that happens, even the old man will give up.”

Shingung made a dumbfounded expression at the words he whispered to Muheo.

‘Who is this for? And who here wouldn’t be able to hear you if you speak so quietly? What are you asking me to do?’

Then, the shrine looked somewhat angry, and then suddenly stood up as if he had made up his mind about something.

“Sorry, sorry!”

He bent down quickly and briskly, as if he were hammering nails into a table, and said to the Pope,

“… Oh. That, that’s right.”

The momentum was so bold that the Pope had no choice but to answer in an ambiguous manner.

If someone who didn’t know saw this, they would have thought he was hitting the head of the seated Pope with a hammer as if he was hitting a nail.

“Hey. There’s not even a single bean sprout head that’s as sharp as a steel head.”

This time again, there wasn’t a single superhuman who couldn’t hear Gray’s muttering. No matter how quietly he spoke, they would have heard him, but he grumbled so openly.

Laughter erupted from all over, and the shrine’s face turned red.

Tsunderes are the type to strongly deny the fact that they are tsundere-dere-dere-types. Shingo also shouted at them, but Gray pretended not to know and picked his ears, while the superhumans couldn’t hold it in any longer and burst out laughing, saying, “Wow!”

The atmosphere improved after the shrine sacrificed itself, and after the laughter died down, Gray explained the reason why he had called the superhumans together.

“I guess I’ll have to sweep it away.”

“Are you talking about the staff? The staff can be punished at any time you want, even now. Here’s the evidence! ”

Gray sighed as he watched Judas speak in a simple and ignorant manner that was completely unbecoming of his title as the Pope and his cute appearance as a 10-year-old child. Then he began to explain in detail the current situation in Zipangu.

“The mid-level demons that disappeared from the continent are in Jipangu. Not only that, the low-level and mid-level ones are steadily coming up from the demon world, and there are two high-level ones as well.”

There are definitely a lot.

But the superhumans tilted their heads even more because of this.

There are many, but that’s all.

It is possible if only the superhumans here rush in, or if at least one of the groups they belong to sincerely subjugates the Zipangu.

But doesn’t Gray’s tone now seem to suggest that it would be completely impossible?

“By any chance… … ?”

“Oh, there’s a top-class one too.”

“Hmm… … .”

Top-tier demon.

A groan escaped the mouth of the Sword Immortal who had previously experienced the true nature of the highest-level demon. The highest-level demon who had almost caused him the humiliation of living without one arm.

The being that even two superhumans couldn’t handle was the highest level demon.

“But… ….”

“Yes. If everyone comes, you can handle it like you did before. But that won’t work.”

“Huh? You say it can’t be done, what is it… … .”

“Amongst you here, there must be no one who dies before even starting the game. Absolutely not.”

Gray said firmly. The superhumans who will become powerful from the start cannot die. When the Demon King, an extraordinary being, descends, they are the only ones who can shake hands with him for a moment.

Even if those worthless, lowly idiots stand in front of the Demon King with swords in hand, they are nothing more than locusts blocking the wheels of a carriage.

But the superhumans took Gray’s words strangely.

“Hehehe.”

“Ahem.”

“That’s right.”

“Hohoho. Our Gray is cute.”

Just like a grandfather or grandmother who heard their cute grandson cry, “Live a long, long life!”, they try not to show their delight by smiling happily or feeling embarrassed, but with a blushing face.

“That’s not it… … !”

“Hehehe. Our Gray-kun is so gentle. Is this how he feels when his grandson acts cute?”

Gray cut in, glaring at Muhu.

What is someone who knows doing now!

However, Muheo consistently pretends not to know and is busy just laughing out loud, saying ‘Hahaha’ in a friendly manner.

Out of the blue, a ‘warm breeze’ completely unrelated to Gray’s intentions blew through the Dean’s office.

“Damn it. That’s… Oh, I don’t know! Think whatever you want!”

“Heh heh heh heh.”

“Hohohoho.”

Gray muttered, looking like he was dying alone while everyone else was laughing. He opened his mouth only after the laughter had died down a bit. He still had a very angry expression on his face.

“Continuing what I said earlier, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Jipangu is now occupied by the demons. Because the highest-level demons have appeared, no matter what they did. Furthermore, as soon as the highest-level demons appeared, they used people to set all kinds of traps on the outskirts of the island. And that’s not all… … .”

“Wait, wait.”

While Gray was talking with a fever, Kanviel suddenly interrupted with a surprised look on his face.

“How did you know that? Did you send a spy or something?”

Even from the southern Evergreen, which is closest to Zipangu, it takes more than three weeks to get to Zipangu by boat. But what Gray was saying seemed like something that happened yesterday.

Kanviel, a former mercenary who knew the importance of the information and scout corps best among superhumans, did not understand it.

“It’s a power. You can see the status of any place you want. You can’t see places that are covered by special powers. ”

“Guo, power?!”

“Why are you like this? Like an amateur. I’m a candidate. A candidate.”

Muheo passed the power to Gray. Gray doesn’t know how it was possible.

There is no way to know whether innate powers are something that are inherently like that or something that is possible because they are unlicensed superhumans.

It is said that the power was not fully transmitted.

If I die, will it transfer perfectly?

But I felt that even that imperfect power was amazing.

Anyway, after the power was successfully transferred, Muheo did not want anyone to know that he had this power.

In the cradle of the unmanned, only the divine bow knew, and now Gray and his party were added, but Muhe wanted this to be Gray’s original.

When asked why, Muheo said,

[As I said before, 90% of the time, superhumans become superhumans because of their qualities and efforts. And my involvement was a small stroke of luck. However, I don’t want to let anyone know that I was involved in a small stroke of luck. That would be a matter of superhuman pride.]

He said.

In fact, Gray didn’t know he was such a materialistic and calculating person.

Until I found myself grumbling, ‘Why!? I should at least make a fuss!’ while listening to Muheo’s words.

After handing over a significant portion of the useless space and power that Muhe had been occupying, Muhe became energetic as if the sight of him leaning against the rocking chair and dying was just a joke.

This is evidence that while this innate power was helpful to him, it was also a burdensome power.

What about gray?

The divine eye, a power that the soul of the confession possesses since birth, has a good compatibility with the innate power of Muheo, the ‘eye that looks down on the stars’.

Perhaps because of that, or perhaps because of his body changing as he awakened as a candidate, Gray, unlike Muheo, did not feel any particular burden.

Additionally, Gray’s realm, which inherited the eyes that looked down on the stars, changed from Grand Master lower level to intermediate level in just three days.

Even now, at this very moment, his realm is rising steeply.

This power, which has the grand name of the Star-Watching Eye, is not simply a power that looks down on the continent from afar, but a power that naturally sees ‘events’ that could harm the continent, that go against the law, and that go against cause and effect.

This power to see what is wrong and unnatural on its own was a natural progression from the lower to the intermediate level of Grand Master, and from the intermediate to the upper level.

Because lower level is less natural than intermediate level, and intermediate level is less natural than upper level.

As a result, it was a huge coincidence and gift to Gray.

Even now, you can see the highest level demons standing proudly on the coastal cliffs of Jipangu in the distance.

Of course, they cannot see it when they enter the palace of the stick. The same goes for Gray, who has the divine eye. However, if the being to be observed is outside like this,

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〈 Status 〉

1. Name: Iuuart

2. Race: Demon

3. Affiliation: The Legion of Arrogance

4. Occupation

5. Body

[Strength 200+] [Agility 200+] [Stamina 191] [Thinking Power 200++]

6. Divine power

Magic [200++]

7. Characteristics

-Command

-Leadership

-Military strategy

-Deception

-Flesh-cutting and bone-breaking

-Madness- Berserker

-Decision to die

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You can check the relative information like this.

The result of combining ‘eyes that look down on the stars’ and ‘divine eyes’ was this amazing. Isn’t it amazing?

Gray thought the synergy of the two powers was a fraud, perhaps as much as the ‘Card Master’ he had gained by becoming a candidate.

When the noisy superhumans became quiet again, Gray brought up the story he had originally planned to tell.

“Anyway, I’m sure those uncivilized kids from that island nation are up to no good. They’re probably laying traps, curses, and evil tricks, just waiting for us to come in. Definitely.”

“I see. But if we lead our forces… … .”

“Yes. Then I can definitely handle it. I can win. I’m not saying I’ll lose. Top-tier demon? High-tier demon? How many top-tier demons are there in the demon world? How many high-tier demons are there? What about mid-tier or low-tier demons? The first mid-tier demon I met after becoming a candidate proudly introduced herself as the 298th ranked demon in the demon world. She’s not a sale item or anything. But she said she’s one of the strong mid-tier demons. ”

Maybe it’s because they’ve been through so much? Instead of having a blank expression like before, most of the superhumans now understand what Gray is trying to say.

“In other words, there are about 100 or more superior ones. But if we deal with just one top-tier one that includes two superior ones and the rest, we lose. Even if we win, we lose. The Demon King hasn’t even appeared yet.”

“Are you saying we should leave it like this?”

“No, that can’t be.”

“Then… … . How?”

Everyone’s eyes were focused on Gray. They had faces that looked like they had been given a problem they couldn’t solve.

“Islanders have a strange tendency to pick out the worst things in the world. And they’re poisonous. Whenever that happens, I’d rather hit a big, fat guy than a little boy.”

“??”

“Big and beautiful. Definitely big.”

“Yes?”

“When you think of something big and beautiful, what comes to mind? That. That. Meteorite Summoning Magic. How many can you summon?”