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　The black magic disappears from Eligos' body.

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　The first to notice the change was Eligos himself.

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"Oh, my magic is gone. Is something wrong with my core?

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　I, the Demon King Asito, reacted immediately to these words.

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　I appeared in front of Toshizo and the others with the magic of "transfer" and gave them an explanation.

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"It looks like my plan worked perfectly. I just received a call from Eve. She has destroyed the core of your castle.

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"Bah, no way!　My castle is impregnable!　It takes a giant to destroy a castle!"

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"There's that giant. We have one.

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What the hell?

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"There's a Cyclops I've been using as a heavy machinery. I had him hiding in the woods near your castle. And some slow but strong demons. Eve saw you leave the castle and come for my head, and then she raided your castle in her place.

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"Oh, no!　That's absurd. Even if I destroyed the castle and snuck in, my core wouldn't be easy to find!　They are hidden deep in the basement."

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"Look at the facts calmly. Your rapidly disappearing magic is the proof."

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"......,d*mn it."

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　At this stage, he finally admitted that the core had been destroyed.

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　Eligos asked, his shoulders slumped.

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"...... We haven't lost yet. I can fight without magic. But there is one thing that bothers me. How did you find my hidden core?　That's in a place I didn't even tell Shaarthal about."

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"I tortured Shalltal to get it out of him."

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"What!　Did Shalltal know?　You know where my core is hidden?"

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"Apparently. Where is it, by the way?　Only my men know what's going on."

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"The hidden door behind the throne. And a hidden room further down. When they built that room, they killed everyone who worked on it. It should never have leaked out. ......"

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"I see, you're still as bad as ever. No better than the Shaartals."

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　I let out a sigh and sent a telepathic spell to Eve.

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"-Oh, yes. The hidden door is behind the throne.

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　When Eve heard those words..,

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"Yes, sir."

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　He replied happily.

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　Hearing this exchange, Eligos looked suspicious.

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"What is that conversation? Aren't you talking to one of your men who knows the location of the core?"

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"No way. I don't know where the core is.

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What the hell?

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"I carried you, I carried you. My men will destroy the core now.

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"Bah, you idiot, I'm pretty sure I don't have any magic in my body."

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"It's only temporary. I gave Eve, my subordinate, a crystal ball made from the ashes of the demon king Sabnak. I sealed a powerful spell in it. The magic of the Devil's Seal. I made her use it inside your castle to temporarily block your magic from the core. But only temporarily.

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　As he says this, the aura of Eligos' body is restored before he knows it.

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　He began to regain the resilience of invulnerability.

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　Eligos notices this and looks indignant.

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"You tricked me!

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"Thank you for believing in me."

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　I said that ruthlessly, and then I snapped!　He snapped his fingers.

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　A hidden room in the throne room of Eligos Castle is shown.

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　There was a maid with a hammer.

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"No, no, no!　Stop it!　If you break that, I'm ......."

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　Eligos raises pitiful words, but they do not reach Eve.

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　Not to my heart.

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　This demon lord has used the necromancer Shaarthal to kill many people.

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　From now on, as long as he lives, as long as he breathes, he will never stop fulfilling his desires.

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　Then I thought it was time for me to lead him away.

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　I give the order to Eve.

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　Bring down that hammer!

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　And...

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　The next moment, Eve brought down the hammer and destroyed the core of Eligos, the core of each demon king.

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　His heart was filthy, but the shattered cores were as beautiful as powdered snow.

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　At that moment, I remember the words of the goddess I met when I woke up.

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"Destroy the core of each demon king, and you win..."

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　Now I've won.

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　Eligos has lost the majority of his magic. He was a mere knight.

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　At the same time, the army of the undead that Shalltal and I had created came to a halt.

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　They became motionless corpses of their former selves, rotting away.

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　Thus I have won a victory over an army of 10,000.

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　My men survive, except the undead, but how many will follow a king whose core has been destroyed?

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　They have scattered and fled, or laid down their weapons and surrendered.

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　I looked down at them pitifully, and advised Eligos to surrender.

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"The undead we counted on are gone. The surviving men are demoralized. Surrender now and live. I will not abuse my prisoners as you do."

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　Eligos laughed like a madman when he heard these words.

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"...... hahaha!"

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"What's funny?"

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"No, I heard that the newly born Demon King has a human heart even though he is a Demon King.

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Even humans can be bad, and even demons can be good.

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　and the faces of his maids, Eve and his men, come to mind.

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"Maybe so. But I am also a man who became a demon king and dreamed of becoming a great demon king. I lost my qualification to be a Demon King, not to mention a great Demon King. ......

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　He smiles to himself and continues.

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"--but I am still a demon!　Demons have pride!

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　And he holds up his sword.

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　I suppose he means to fight single combat.

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　Jeanne and Toshizo stop him.

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There's no need for single combat here. We win.

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"The saintly girl is right. If anything should happen here, Ashtaroth's army will collapse.

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　You have a point.

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　Before the battle is decided. If we were at a disadvantage, it would make sense to defeat the other general in single combat, but not now. If we fail, we will lose.

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　But I was willing to accept single combat with Eligos.

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　The reason is simple.

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　Eligos is a scoundrel, but he is one of the best.

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　Even now that the supply of magic power from the core has been cut off, he is still a great warrior.

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　But I am a realist and a warrior at the same time.

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　Or maybe I am a romantic.

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　The sight of a formidable foe makes my blood tingle.

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　I receive a longsword from my goblin follower and cast a spell upon it.

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　Purple magic envelops the dull blade.

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　A distinctive buzzing sound is heard from the weapon.

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　Jeanne and Toshizo must have given up.

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　They step back. They seem to be watching the battle.

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　Thus began the final battle between the Demon King Asito and the Demon King Eligos.

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　My men and Eligos' men who remained around us watched as the sword exchange unfolded.

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　In the end, they exchanged more than 30 blows.

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　And the winner was...

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　It was I who was to make new history.

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　The 31st station.

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　Eligos was fighting with an unaccustomed body and his magic supply was cut off.

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　I did not miss it and thrust my longsword at him.

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　His armor was custom-made, but the sword, infused with magic power, easily pierced through it and gouged out his internal organs.

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　This was the decisive blow and Eligos was defeated.

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　He said at the end.

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"I am a scoundrel among scoundrels. That was his pride as the Witch King. But in the end he did not cheat. I fought with my flesh alone."

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"Oh, I see you didn't use the magic crystal ball I left you."

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"You too, since you did not use magic, but only your sword," he said.

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"I told you it was single combat. Magic is not the way to go in single combat.

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　And even more so against a demon king who has lost his magical power.

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There would have been no advantage or reason to fight single combat in the first place.

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　His voice is low.

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"I have my reasons. I wanted to fight a strong demon king one last time. That's all."

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"You call yourself an insane person, but you are not a ruthless person. You are a fine king. If I am reborn as the Demon King again, I want to be a king like you.

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　Eligos looks at my man as he vomits the last of his blood.

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"An army of neither men nor demons. They all love you and you love them. That is a sight I have never seen in my life."

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　Eligos fell to his knees and said a few last words.

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"The Witch King Ashtaroth, you have done well. You have defeated me. You will be the great demon king of this world!

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　Those were the last words of the Demon King Eligos.

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　Perhaps this man was not born evil.

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　Maybe he was only blessed with subordinates like Shalltal, and this is what happened to him.

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　Such a possibility occurred to me.

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　I am blessed with men like that.

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"You've done well, master of the demon king.

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　Hijikata Toshizo, a samurai, gave me a rare smile.

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"The Demon King is great. He converted the demon at the end. He's like an angel.

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　and the saintly Jeanne d'Arc smiles like a flower.

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　There were many other subordinates of demons and humans, and I can't tell you how many times I was saved by their goodness and smiles.

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　I hope to survive in this other world with the help of capable and reliable subordinates like them.

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　With men like them by my side, I will not become a fool like the Demon King Sabnak or an evil like the Demon King Eligos.

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　It should have been a fortuitous thing.

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　Declaring the battle with Eligos over, I congratulated my men and announced my return to the castle of Ashtaroth.

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