Maou no Hajimekata Volume 2 Chapter 19 part1
Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist
Chapter 19: Letās Sprung the Trap of Despair Around the Proud King of the Desert, Part 1
The first thing he remembered after waking up was the feeling of extreme coldness all around him.
The desert sky changes its appearance from day to night. In the daytime, everything is shining and scorching, but when the night falls, itās as if the blessings of the Sun God were lost, turning everything freezing, cold wasteland. However, the current cold was a different kind of cold than any cold he had ever felt, as if the very core of his body, his soul was being frozen solid.
Little by little, his consciousness gradually awakened.
Where is he? And why is it so cold?
The moment he thought so, another voice reverberated directly inside of his head.
The hatred-inducing voice of his mortal enemy whom he just couldnāt forget even if he tried. And it made him recall everything.
He is the incarnation of the Sun God and the ruler of all things. Uzermart, the emperor of the Empire of Sahara.
The voice he heard belonged to Aur, the Demon Lord who killed him.
The light is so strong that is burns his eyes, but even when he tried closing his eyelids or covering himself with his arm it still managed to pierce through him, penetrating all of his defenses.
ā¦.No, wait. The statement above is fundamentally wrong, because right now neither of his limbs even existed.
On the contrary, every one of his words sounded unnaturally loud and distorted, piercing his throat like thorns.
When Aur spoke, Uzermartās was eased a little. The flood of light that filled the surroundings disappeared, and only the afterglow of the flames flickering with their redness remained.
When Aur extinguished the flames emitted by the torches, he was finally able to get a good look at his surroundings. It was a jet-black landscape, as if a bottle of ink was spilled on a white sheet of paper.
His own voice sounded so far off that he had no idea if he was screaming or whispering, but nevertheless he threw that question at the darkness in which Aur now stood.
Aur looked down on him and grinned. Why did he do that? Whatās so funny about him?!
And what Uzermart sawā¦ was his own body: mangled, dismembered and with its head caved in and snapped in a strange way.
Aurās right arm grabs the neck of Uzermart, who shouts unbelievably at what he saw. Now he realized that he could see his own body because he was actually dead, and only his soul remained.
Aur drags Uzermartās soul down to the floor and pointed at his corpse.
The first time was by the hand of Aur, the very same man whoās standing before him now, and the second time by the God of the Sun, brighter and more beautiful than anyone else.
If only it was that one time, or if the order of the two was reversed, he would have been able to call it a fraud, a trick designed to torment him. But deep down inside him, Uzermart knows.
The coldness of death that freezes you from the bottom of your very soul, and the warmth of coming back to life.
Aur answers his question while making an astringent face.
Sophia. Uzermart did not remember the name, but he knew who Aur was referring to. Hidden Sun Goddess. The most precious woman in the world.
That is, the person who was destined to be Uzermartās wife.
Oh, he is glad, there can be no doubt about that. Because even with such a humiliating circumstances, this is a chance for him. A chance to destroy both Aur and the Goddess once the dust finally settles down.
(Are you sure about that?)
A cool voice reverberates behind Aur.
(Is this really what you want, Older Brother?)
This was a part of the blessing given to him by Marina, the Goddess of the Moon. She could have omitted the [Older Brother] part, but apparently thatās what she decided to call him from now on.
The power of the Moon Goddess Marina cannot guide her to the best possible outcome step by step, but it can show her exactly what the best possible outcome is going to be. In this case, it was the revival of the Emperor of the Sands to seek help from him.
In a way, heās a man who has become the source of all their trouble. Marina was sure that he wonāt just sit idly by obeying orders and that worried her to no end.
He proved that when he was still their enemy, his flame which was so powerful as if the sun itself had descended upon the earth. The quality might have been the doing of his aspect of the Sun God, but its quantity was purely thanks to Uzermartās own power. Of course, given enough time and women, Aur could achieve the same result as him. However, he was only able to do so as a result of his magical power trickster and a lifelong time of research on magical power. Even so, firing a God-level spells continuously one by one was probably still outside the realm of possibility for him. But Uzermart was able to do so to such a natural degree that it could be called a natural talent and it was very fitting for someone who was a ruler of an empire for so long.
An obnoxiously loud scream could be heard outside of Aurās private quarters, and not long after, somebody has blasted the door open without even bothering to knock first.
And the rude individual who screamed at Aur turned out to be a beautiful, dark skinned woman.
Beautyā¦. Uzermart rushed towards Aur who wasnāt able to contain his laughter anymore.
Healing the wounds of the corpse, forcing the unmoving heart to move again, and returning the corpse to life. For Aur something like that was not magic, but rather an extremely advanced technique. Compared to such an achievement, genderbending someone, that is changing the appearance to that of the opposite gender was as easy as snapping his fingers. Also, the Dungeon is Aurās absolute territory, a place where he can be the only Chad Thundercock. Having someone like Uzermart around would have been dangerous to Aurās mistresses, so he decided that turning him into a woman will be the best way to prevent him from betraying him further down the road. That, and he simply wanted to fuck him up for all the trouble he caused them.
Aur just rolled his eyes around and answered the angry Uzermart.
Uzermart Stretched his new breasts as if he wanted to tear them off, but Aur just grabbed them casually.
Uzermart jumps away from Aur and covers his chest with his hands.
He felt kind of weird admitting it, but when Uzermart was still a man he was well-build and strong, so normally he couldnāt have been beautiful when turned into a woman. But Aur made sure to put in that little bit of extra effort, creating what was arguably his best masterpiece in the field of genderbending yet.
If you are an Aur-level sorcerer, you can do it without actually touching the body, but there was no point in raising the difficulty of the entire procedure by doing so.
I didnāt want to look at a naked men either, but he didnāt really had much of a choice here. However, Uzermart shook his hands and covered his face in shock.
Now that just made Aur confused.
Aur cocked his head to the side and asked him.
After his/her swift denial, Aur came up with a certain possibility.
He was the ruler of a country, a dominating force to be reckoned with who could have any number of women he wanted, and stillā¦
Uzermart screamed at Aur with all his might.
(ā¦ I think I know where this is going and I donāt like it. Not one bit.)
Aur didnāt answer Marinaās question in his mind. He just grinned devilishly.