Sylvan

My traveling team, Spirala and her army, were heading towards the Demon King’s capital.

Just then, ten Tentacle elite soldiers I had sent as messengers to the Phantom Tree tribe from the west quickly ran up and reported.

“Your Majesty! Right now, King Amaguk-nim of the Phantom Tree tribe’s Trent forces and Lord Juknok-nim, the 16th in the hierarchy, are meeting and coming here together with their Undead forces.”

“That’s great!”

After waiting here for a few days, Amaguk’s Trent forces and Juknok’s Undead forces met up with us.

I greeted them happily.

“Father-in-law, it’s good to see you! I’m also glad to meet you like this, Juknok-ssi.”

Amaguk spoke first.

“I happened to meet Juknok-nim, and we shared the same goal, so we came together. Is everything going well with what you want to do, son-in-law?”

“Yes, it is. By the way, what is Sialuk doing?”

Sialuk is the Trent princess of the Phantom Tree tribe, my wife, and she conceived my child, the seed.

“Sialuk gave birth to the prince’s seed and planted it in the best land of the Phantom Tree tribe. Do you have a name in mind?”

“How about ‘Makituk’? It means ‘to stand up’ in ancient language.”

“That’s a good name. I’ll send a messenger to Sialuk to let her know.”

“Thank you.”

This time, Juknok spoke to me.

“It seems we are connected like this again. Thank you for supporting the Undead faction.”

“Hahaha. I am the one who is grateful that Juknok-nim rushed here for Silvan’s sake.”

“I heard you two became lovers?”

“Has the rumor spread that far?”

“Yes. Everyone in the Demon Lord Army knows about Silvan-nim.”

“Well, that’s how it happened.”

“The future of the Undead faction looks bright.”

The massive force consisting of my traveling team, Spirala’s Dark Fairy army, Amaguk’s Trent army, and Juknok’s Undead army began to advance towards the capital.

The march was slowed down because there were so many soldiers, but we just needed to arrive at the capital before the Demon King succession war ended.

After that, Silvan’s training continued.

Silvan sparred with Juknok’s Death Knights and Amaguk’s Trent soldiers as well.

Silvan also trained to avoid attacks from roots and vines suddenly extending from various places, entering a place concealed by trees by several Trents.

This was training to develop Silvan’s sense of crisis and intuition.

Silvan could now dodge almost without getting hit.

We eventually continued this training with Silvan blindfolded, and Teacher Lime even shot bullets in between.

We arrived near the capital three days before the end of the Demon King succession war.

It had been about six months since I left the capital, the Demon King’s territory.

We had to stop without being able to enter the capital’s castle.

The reason was that we were heading to the capital’s castle from the west, and Ranulf’s large force of Naga was blocking our way.

I muttered in disbelief.

“Ha. What is this? Are they now completely blocking us from entering?”

Hearing this news, the Undead, Stone Golem, Troll, and Tentacle forces of the Silvan faction came out from the east side of the capital’s castle.

From the north, the Alaunes of the Beautiful Flower tribe and the Werewolf forces of the Ranulf faction came down.

Lord Morgan, 15th in the hierarchy of the Demon King faction, Quillan, 12th in the hierarchy, and Knebawm, 9th in the hierarchy, led the Demon forces to mediate the situation.

A massive force gathered in the west of the capital, creating a volatile situation on the verge of collision.

To end this stalemate, I stepped forward and shouted loudly.

“Aren’t you ashamed of blocking other candidates from participating in the Demon King succession war altogether!”

Then Lord Adnel, 3rd in the hierarchy, came out from the Naga side and responded loudly.

“It’s even more unfair that an outsider, the Champion of Darkness race, is supporting a Demon King candidate!”

“The Naga also asked me to support them! I just chose Silvan!”

“Blocking opponents like this is also part of the Demon King succession war anyway!”

“Do you want to start a war! Or is Prince Ranulf hiding behind his soldiers because he’s afraid of Silvan’s power! It’s shameful that such a coward is trying to become the Demon King!”

Everyone was speechless at my unexpected verbal attack.

Come to think of it, if Prince Ranulf was strong enough to become the Demon King, he wouldn’t need to do such bullshit, would he?

All the soldiers buzzed with chatter.

Prince Ranulf, fearing that his reputation would be tarnished if he left it like this, eventually came forward in front of his soldiers and shouted.

“I, Ranulf, am not afraid of Silvan or anything! If you really want, I’ll make you surrender cleanly here!”

The Werewolf and Naga camps cheered for Ranulf in unison.

“Uwaaaaa! Ranulf! Ranulf!”

As I was wondering what to do, Silvan suggested to me.

“Oppa. I’ll defeat Ranulf here. I’ve become strong enough, so please trust me.”

Silvan’s eyes were filled with the will to win no matter what.

I decided to trust my wife.

“I understand. Even if you win, show Ranulf the minimum amount of mercy.”

“I will.”

I shouted so that all the soldiers could hear.

“Silvan said she will settle the score with Ranulf here. Is Ranulf going to hide like a coward?!”

Ranulf also retorted, as he would become a coward if he backed down here.

“I, Ranulf, will neither hide nor avoid! I accept Silvan’s challenge!”

A huge circular arena was set up on the plains west of the capital.

The Silvan faction’s army was in the west and south, the Ranulf faction’s army was in the north and east, and the Demon forces, as mediators, surrounded the circular space in various places.

As Silvan confidently walked towards the center of the circle, Ranulf came out from the opposite side.

Silvan and Ranulf faced each other at a reasonable distance.

The Silvan faction’s army cheered for Silvan in unison.

“Silvan! Silvan! Silvan!”

Silvan’s family, including Silvan’s mother Stefania, all clenched their fists tightly and cheered for Silvan.

Silvan’s family had also decided to trust Silvan.

The Ranulf faction’s army also cheered for Ranulf, not wanting to be outdone.

“Ranulf! Ranulf! Ranulf!”

Soon, Morgan, Quillan, and Knebawm entered the circle as mediators and judges and declared.

“This place is a sacred arena for the Demon King succession war! No interference will be tolerated!”

Morgan, Quillan, and Knebawm retreated towards the edge of the circle and announced the start of the match.

“Begin the duel!!!”

Ranulf transformed into a 3.8m tall gray-maned Werewolf and charged towards Silvan on all fours, howling at Silvan.

Silvan floated ten blood spears in the air and, holding the Soul Weapon whip, ran towards Ranulf.

As Ranulf got closer to Silvan, he howled, using the Werewolf’s unique ability to make the opponent cower in fear.

“Awooooo!!!”

However, Silvan had already trained her mental strength with the Dark Fairy’s mental confusion powder, so she showed no signs of wavering and swung the whip at Ranulf’s head.

Ranulf quickly backed away and dodged the whip, but the ten blood spears were already flying towards the place where Ranulf had dodged, anticipating his movement.

Ranulf quickly swung his claws in all directions to deflect the blood spears.

Kang Kaeng Kagang

The destructive power of the blood spears was stronger than expected, and a little blood flowed from Ranulf’s hand.

Ranulf proposed to Silvan.

“Silvan, you can’t beat me. If you surrender now, I’ll spare your life.”

“Ranulf oppa. Don’t talk so much and attack quickly. I’m stronger than you now.”

A vein popped out on Ranulf’s forehead in anger.

Ranulf jumped with his hind legs and tried to swing both hands quickly at Silvan.

Silvan sprinkled her blood on the ground and dodged even faster.

Just as Ranulf landed where Silvan had been and turned to strike Silvan,

Kwaaaaang

Blood Explosion was activated, and Ranulf flew several meters away.

“Kuaaaaa!”

The moment Ranulf got up with blood flowing from his chest, ten blood spears flew towards him, and Ranulf had to quickly deflect them with his aura-covered claws.

Chaeng Chaeng Kang Kang

As Silvan quickly maneuvered and attacked Ranulf from behind, Ranulf rotated his body and swung his right hand, sending an aura of claws towards Silvan.

Jiiiiing

“Silvan! You’re finished now!”

“Not yet!”

Silvan lowered her body as if crawling, dodged the aura above her head, ran forward, and wrapped the whip around Ranulf’s left ankle.

Ranulf swung his ankle to blow Silvan away along with the whip, but green gas was released from the whip with a pshushut sound.

Ranulf screamed in pain as his ankle melted.

“Kuaaaaaang!!!”

Silvan released the whip and cast Blood Explosion on Ranulf’s ankle.

Kwaaaang!

This was possible because Silvan’s own blood was already in the whip.

Ranulf’s left ankle flew away, and Ranulf knelt down, but it slowly recovered with the Werewolf’s regenerative power.

Silvan shouted to Ranulf.

“Oppa! Give up now! Your ankle is already gone!”

“I must become the Demon King! I must become the Demon King to lead the Demon Lord Army properly!”

“I can do well as the Demon King too!”

Ranulf, even though his left ankle had not fully healed, screamed Kuaaaa and charged at Silvan.

However, Silvan had already created 20 blood spears above Ranulf.

As all the blood spears fell and pierced Ranulf’s body, he screamed.

“Kuaaaa! Kaaaaang!”

The pierced parts of Ranulf slowly recovered, but Silvan did not give him a chance.

A little of Silvan’s blood entered the parts pierced by Silvan’s blood spears.

As Silvan cast Blood Explosion, Ranulf’s body exploded in all directions with the sounds of pabang paaaang peoeong.

Silvan lowered the lethality so that Ranulf was not shattered into pieces, but it was a terrible wound that could not be regenerated at once even with Ranulf’s regenerative power.

Ranulf collapsed to the ground in pain as most of his skin was torn off.

“Kueuk! Keueok!”

Ranulf glared at Silvan until the end and stretched out his arm, but he no longer had the strength to fight.

Ranulf lost consciousness.

Silvan raised her right hand holding the whip and confidently declared.

“I, Silvan, have defeated Ranulf!!!”

Knebawm confirmed everything and shouted to all the soldiers.

“The winner of the sacred duel is Princess Silvan! If no one defeats Silvan until the end of the Demon King succession war, Silvan will automatically become the next Demon King!!!”

Everyone in the Silvan faction cheered wildly and shouted Silvan’s name.

“Uwaaaa! Silvan! Silvan! Silvan!”

My family and I ran to Silvan.

Silvan’s mother, Stefania, shed tears of emotion and hugged Silvan tightly.

“Silvan! You’re wonderful! Mom believed in you!”

Silvan also hugged her mother and said.

“Mom, I love you! And I’m not a prince anymore, I’m a princess now.”

“I already heard from Lord Morgan-nim. Now that you’re an adult, you can decide your own identity. Mom will support your decision.”

“Thank you, Mom!”

Grandfather Balthazar, Grandmother Anna, Aunt Magdalena, and Uncle Lifeeater also smiled and looked at Silvan, saying that they supported Silvan’s decision.

I watched Silvan and her family’s touching scene with satisfaction.

Balthazar approached me and expressed his gratitude.

“You made Silvan the Demon King. Thank you.”

“It was what I wanted.”

“And you made my grandchild a woman and took her as your wife.”

“It just happened that way.”

“The love of a Vampire is long and deep. Please take good care of my grandchild.”

“I will love Silvan as my wife forever.”

“And I heard that Kyle-nim has quite a few wives, so please pay attention to Silvan. If tears come out of Silvan’s eyes, I will lead all the Undead and attack you.”

“Hahahaha. I will never make Silvan cry! Father-in-law!”

“I’ll take your spirit into consideration.”

While I was talking to Balthazar, Silvan led her mother Stefania by the hand and introduced me.

“Mom. I’ve decided to live as the Demon King and Kyle-nim’s wife.”

Stefania looked straight at me and thanked me.

“Thank you for fulfilling my son’s… no, my daughter’s goal. Please take good care of my daughter.”

“I understand. Now that the Demon Lord Army and I have formed an alliance, Silvan’s family members can come to my country, the Kyle Holy Kingdom, at any time. I will take good care of you.”

“Hoh ho ho. I’ll look forward to it.”

Far away, the Naga and Werewolf forces were returning with Ranulf, who was unconscious and had lost his spirit.

Everyone in this place had confirmed that Silvan was playing with Ranulf, so it was almost a foregone conclusion that Silvan would become the Demon King.

We confidently entered the capital’s castle, the Demon King’s territory.

Whether the Werewolves and Naga had all returned to their territories, there were only Silvan’s supporters in the castle.

It seemed they had disappeared because they didn’t want to see Silvan’s Demon King enthronement ceremony.

Demon King Cloven called me and thanked me.

“The Demon King has been decided, but none of my children died. It’s thanks to Kyle-nim’s efforts. Thank you.”

“It was possible because Silvan worked hard. I’ve told Silvan, so she won’t harm Ranulf and Shagira.”

“That’s a relief. All the Demons of the Demon Lord Army will become Kyle-nim’s allies.”

“Thank you.”