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CHAPTER 2 – I’M JUST A LEVEL 1 VILLAGER, CAN I DEFEAT THE DEMON KING?
PART 06
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Maybe it was because the Demon King was caught off-guard, because despite my lousy aim and not-very-surprise attack, I managed to hit him dead-center.
“W-w-what’s this!?”
The beam was so thick! Iris had called it a laser gun, but it worked more like a laser cannon!
The destructive-looking beam instantly engulfed the top half of the Demon King like a flash flood.
Then
the dazzling light died out, leaving a tunnel-like hole in the wall leading to the outside and a Demon King, half-charred.

W-well, it was really just a reflex action on my part, but if that had defeated the Demon King, then that’s for the best too.
I was still a little dazed, but Harissa seemed extremely excited as she looked at me with sparkling eyes.
“T-t-t-that was amazing! I thought light magic had ceased to exist in our world since hundreds of years ago! Rekka-sama is really the legendary hero!”
“Oh, erm, well
”
It’s not really magic
 but I guess it didn’t matter to Harissa.
More importantly, now that the Demon King was defeated, I needed to get back as soon as possible. There’s still so much I need to

“Kukkukku
 Now you’ve done it.”
Just then, a thunderous bellow echoed throughout the room.
“D-Demon King!?”
“Light magic, the thing humans created in order to defeat me. I’m surprised there’s still someone who knows how to use it.”
It was really the Demon King’s voice, which meant I hadn’t heard wrong the first time. It was still alive.
“But I’m not that weak to be defeated just like that.”
The Demon King’s lower half started to pulse as the charred top disintegrated. From the join, a brand new top half soon sprouted. Instead of two eyes, it had grown two more, so four evil gazes were now narrowed at me. Its arms had also split at the elbow, creating more hands with huge claws. Its scales glowed golden, and the scales on its lower half quickly fell off to be replaced with golden ones as well.
“Oi, Harissa
 What’s happening?”
“I-I-I-I don’t know. The books never talked about something like t-t-this.”
Harissa had sunk to the floor in fear.
“Did you really think I had been doing nothing in those hundreds of years I was sealed away?”
The golden dragon laughed lowly, showing off its sharp teeth.
“Your attack won’t work with this evolved form.”
“What!? Really?”
I knew that easy fluke victory was too good to be true.
Seeing our flustered faces, the Demon King grinned sadistically.
“There were two things that helped seal me away during that first battle long ago. The first was light magic. The second, that ‘Hero’s Sword’ that muted all my magic. But I’d since done rigorous research into the ‘Hero’s Sword’, and have successfully gained enough power to stand up against it.”
“B-but that’s impossible!”
Harissa’s voice was full of despair.
“W-wait
 What does that mean!?” I shouted, not understanding.
The Demon King let out a cruel smirk, baring its teeth.
“It means that your light magic is useless against my evolved form.”
“Uuuuh
 But that’s
”
Harissa’s voice trembled, as if choking back tears.
Magic is useless against the Demon King
 It must be a horrible blow to Harissa as a mage, no, to all the people in this kingdom, to learn that their only solution to defeat the Demon King was fruitless.
“Is that so?”
I was the only one who refused to give up.
“Yes, sink into despair, worthless humans. Now bow down before me, the inescapable embodiment of destruc-”
“Hey!”
I fired the laser gun again, preventing the Demon King from finishing his boastful speech.
“GYAAAAAAHHH!”
Letting out the same roar of pain, the Demon King was once again reduced to ash. The room descended into silence.
“
I knew it.”
I nodded wisely, satisfied that my reasoning had proved right.
“Ehhhhhhhhhh!?”
Harissa screamed, a few seconds too late, a shocked expression on her face as if she couldn’t believe I’d just won.
“W-w-w-w-what is zis? W-W-Why did hero-zama’s light magic work against ze Demon King?”
“C-calm down, let me explai-”
Just as I was about to speak, the Demon King revived itself again.
This time, its lower half had morphed to resemble a centaur, so it now had four arms and four legs. It had also grown much larger than before, its head mere inches from the room’s ceiling.
“You brat! What did you do to me!? I’m immune to your magi-”
“It’s simple. I’m not using magic, but the power of science.”
Or rather, the power of science of aliens.
“S-science?”
“Now just die!”
“GWAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHH!”
I had no time to answer the Demon King’s questions; he spoke too much, as it was.
The Demon King revived again and again, and I shot it down each time.
“Stop interrup-GYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!”
“Are you really the her-UGYAAAAARRGHHH!”
“How co-BUGYYYAAAAAAAAAAHHH!”
How irritating.
“Just how many more evolved forms do you have?”
“Don’t get too cocky, brat. My powers increase every time I evolve. I still have two more evolutions you haven’t yet seen.”
“So I just need to shoot you twice more.”
“Wai- GUWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
And just like that, I charred the Demon King into defeat. It had said that its power would increase, but in the end, he turned into a huge barbecued dragon instead of soot, accompanied by a slightly delicious smell.
“

”
For a moment, we were left speechless.
To the people living in this kingdom, the romantic legend of the hero defeating the Demon King would probably be destroyed by how things actually turned out. But does it matter, since the Demon King was defeated afterall?
And through this experience, I’d also learned something important.
If this had been the only “story” I was dragged into today, I would probably have acted more heroic by going to retrieve the “Hero’s Sword” before embarking on my journey to battle the Demon King. I’d surely have travelled to the tavern to seek out some comrades, we would battle tiny monsters to level up our sword skills and magic, then head over to the Demon King’s fortress.
However, we would probably have a tough time battling the Demon King’s second evolved form, since magical attacks wouldn’t work. That said, I’d been dragged into three “stories” simultaneously, which meant that the common laws in that “story”‘s world -or its rules, if that’s what they’re called- might not apply to me.
This knowledge might come in handy when I resolve Satsuki and Iris’ “stories”. I commanded my brain to commit this information into memory.
“
So, guess there’s nothing more to be done here. Let’s head back to the palace.”
“O-oh
”
To see the powerful Demon King utterly defeated by the unknown power of science, Harissa could only nod with a dumbfounded look on her face.