Chapter 2: The Sage Becomes the Demon Lord of the Land of the Undeads (part 2)
The drawbridge leading into the castle was raised.\nBefore that stood soldiers in my way.\nUsing defensive magic, they prepared to hinder our approach.\nThey seemed intent on holding us back here.
Donât make futile effortsâŚ
Before the other side could make any moves, I released a fireball, blowing away their defensive magic.\nThe bone wolves set out as soon as the formation collapsed.\nI annihilated the soldiers without any troubles.\nIf you are reading this anywhere other than Watashi wa Sugoi Desu, this chapter is stolen. Donât let aggregators make money off you, enjoy ad-free novels at watashi wa sugoi desu (dot) com.\nOur existences were not in the same league.\nEven if I didnât have a plan, I could easily decide the battle with brute force.
As a substitute for the raised drawbridge, the skeletons swarmed, forming a path to the other side.\nIt was the same as when they had formed a staircase at the Valley of the Dead.\nI crossed the bone bridge and arrived in front of the castle.\nI broke the closed gate with magic and impressively stepped inside the grounds.
From there on, the merciless trampling by the undead continued.\nEasily beating the various units of mages deployed everywhere, I turned all into ghouls, not even sparing the elite Imperial Knights.\nThousands of undead went around the castle, increasing casualties.\nMayhem spread quickly, giving rise to a pandemonium akin too hell.
Meanwhile, I proceeded deep within the castle without hesitation.\nIt was a place I had visited many times in the past.\nI knew its internal structure.
Soon, I arrived at the top floor of the castle.\nThere was a metal door in front of me, locked securely.\nThe whole floor comprised one room.
This was the kingâs private room.\nAs I explored using perception magic, I found the master of the room holed inside.\nHe didnât seem to have moved since my attack began.\nHe must have thought the soldiers would have resolved it while he hid in the castle.\nThat being the case, his chances were dim.
Even if he tried to escape, I was confident that I would not let him do so.\nI had come all the way here, just to meet him again.\nI would use any means to capture them.
âHmâŚâ
I analyzed the mechanism of the door using the magic flowing out of it.\nMany layers of barriers stretched across it by the means of magic tools.\nThere was also a trap that inflicted a curse on anyone who touched it without permission.\nIt was a little crafty, but a suitable arrangement for holing up in the castle.
I grabbed the barrier with both hands and tore it all in one stroke.\nAlong with a sound similar to glass cracking, the delicately refined technique collapsed.\nMy body absorbed the curse of the trap that activated immediately after.\nThe curse was absorbed by the miasma and rendered harmless.\nIf you are reading this anywhere other than Watashi wa Sugoi Desu, this chapter is stolen. Donât let aggregators make money off you, enjoy ad-free novels at watashi wa sugoi desu (dot) com.\nWith the device that hindered me now removed, I easily knocked over the door.\nInside was a wide and luxurious room.\nFurnishings with elaborate designs were placed inside, along with paintings and jewellery.
At the back of the room, was the king, who froze upon seeing me.\nHis red mantle and crown were unchanged.\nHowever, he seemed older than in my memories.\nThere were now more wrinkles on the face, and his hair had considerably greyed.\nBut there was no doubt that he was the one I was looking for.
The king, who stood by the window, stared at me in resentment.
âYou diabolic undeadâŚwhat is it that you want?â
âDwight Havelt. Do you remember this name? â
At my question, the kingâs face turned pale.\nHe howled with an uneasy expression.
âN-No wayâŚYou, no, not possible. He died ten yearsâŚâ
Judging from the words of the King, it seemed that ten years had passed since my execution.\nI now had a grasp of the flow of time.\nNot revealing my thoughts on my face, I continued to speak disinterestedly.
âI understand that you find it hard to believe. I am surprised too.â
Several ghouls entered the room from behind.\nSeeing how they wore armour, they must have originally been soldiers.\nThe ghouls held down the struggling king.
âW-What are you doing! Donât you know who I am!? You bastards, let me go! â
Crawling on the carpet, the king cried.\nThe ghouls didnât compete amongst themselves, they simply continued to pin him down.
Looking down at the helpless king, I told him the truth.
âI resurrected from the Valley of the Dead to bring about peace in this twisted world.â
âLies! Thatâs impossible! There are countless executed people in there, but not a single one became immortal! â
The king frantically refuted.\nHowever, such information was irrelevant.\nIgnoring his words, I held out the bundle of cloth I held in one hand.
âWhy did you frame us as criminals? She did not deserve to be killed. She always prayed for world peace and loved stability. She was born to become a hero.â
âThat was why she was an eyesore.â
The king hung his head as he spoke in a low voice.\nHis shoulders trembled slightly.
âWhat did you say? â
âAfter the Demon Lordâs death, the world would change. At that time, the hero, who held too much power, would be in my way. Not only was such individual war potential unnecessary, I feared it would threaten the country.
ââŚSo you executed her for personal gains and your own safety? â
âAhh, thatâs right! I am the king! Isnât it your fault that you let yourselves be used thoroughly!? â\nIf you are reading this anywhere other than Watashi wa Sugoi Desu, this chapter is stolen. Donât let aggregators make money off you, enjoy ad-free novels at watashi wa sugoi desu (dot) com.\nRaising his head, the king burst out in laughter.\nHe had turned defiant.\nHis eyes showed hints of madness.\nFaced with a hopeless situation, he had lost his senses.\nHe seemed to have given up on life the moment he came to know my true identity.
I turned away from the king as an unpleasant laugh filled the room.\nAs I prepared to let out a sigh, I remembered my body could not do so now.
ââThatâs enough. I understood that very well. Shut that mouth.â
I spoke in a businesslike fashion.\nImmediately afterwards, the ghouls began devouring the king.\nThey bit the king to shreds.\nPutting in strength, they tore the kingâs arms in different directions.
âGuoooooooooooooo! â
The king screamed in pain.\nAs the ghouls were pressing down on him, he could not move one inch.\nHe was now simply a pile of flesh, waiting to be eaten.\nJust like animal feed.\nThe carpet laid on the floor absorbed fresh blood and turned darker.
âY-You became the Demon Lord! I wasnât wrong in executing you! IâŚfor the sake of the world and my country!â
Facing me, the king said his last words.\nHis voice gradually turned faint, eventually erased by chewing sounds of the ghouls.
At that moment, the crown rolled under my feet.\nIt was stained with blood on the surface.\nI picked it up and placed it on my head.\nIt was just a simple joke.\nSuch things were of no value to me.
When I looked around the room for some reason, I saw a sword hanging on the wall.\nIt was her sword.\nIt had no special abilities, but it was a famous sword that subjugated the Demon King.\nMost importantly, it was now a precious memento.\nI never thought Iâd find it gathering dust here.
âLet me return it where it belongs. This is her sword after all.â\nThe moment I took the sword in my hands, a familiar sensation engulfed me.\nWithout ever having wielded it, I knew how to use it.\nIt was as if I had been using it for thousands of years.
It seemed like I had taken in her experiences too when I absorbed the miasma.\nThis meant that I had acquired the sword skills of a real hero.\nWhile I thought of it to be wonderful, I was a little apprehensive of learning it at the same time.
âŚLet me think of this as a farewell gift from her.
I didnât have to worry needlessly.\nThere was no doubt that I needed the power, so I could do nothing but make the most of it.\nIt would be sacrilegious to squander this away.
Having completed my mission in the capital, I moved through the blood-soaked castle.\nMy destination was the audience room.\nI descended along the crumbling spiral staircase.
In the desolate audience room, ghouls flocked a corpse.\nJudging from his clothes, he seemed to be a nobleman.\nStaining his excellent clothes with flesh and blood, they devoured him single-mindedly.
Leaving them alone, I sat on the throne.\nI placed her remains wrapped in cloth on my lap.\nPlaced inside a scabbard, the memento sword pierced through the floor.\nIf you are reading this anywhere other than Watashi wa Sugoi Desu, this chapter is stolen. Donât let aggregators make money off you, enjoy ad-free novels at watashi wa sugoi desu (dot) com.\nScreams of death and agony rang inside the castle.\nThe surviving soldiers seemed to be struggling.\nThey too would fall silent by the time the sun sets.
With this, the capital fell.\nWith the strings of fate from ten years prior severed, I could now move on to the next stage.\nThat is, true world peace.\nLet me push forward, with this place as my base.
âŚStill, how ironic.
Gazing at the loitering skeletons and ghouls, I abruptly came to realise.
The fact that the sage who participated in the subjugation of the demon lord would become an undead and invade a human country.\nI never imagined this in the past.\nLife is unpredictable.
âThus I became the new Demon Lord, establishing a kingdom of undead.
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