'What's going on ... how can a demon be in this holy city?　Ho, where did you put the real Duke Ifel!

　Hermia was currently unable to use magic, but she could feel the presence of a holy ward that filled the area around her.

　The magic power of the Holy Warding that covered the Holy City that she had felt close to for the eighteen years since she was born in the Holy City Sanctum - in other words, the place she was trapped in was inside the Holy City.

　Inside the holy ward that annihilates demons, a demon that is higher than demons, was inside the holy ward that annihilates demons.

　She couldn't believe this situation in front of her.

''Ho, have you realized that this is the Holy City's inner part? You're not bad, as a reward, I'll answer your questions. First of all, about the duke I am the real Iffel.

What?

　This can't be happening.
　This is the home of the Creator God - the Holy City of Sanctum.

　This is the place that is the furthest thing from the devil in this world.
　It is impossible to believe that the ruler of that place, Duke Iffel, was a demon.

It's a thousand years.
What...?

'It took me a thousand years to enter this holy city and take this seat. As a demon, a thousand years is only about the blink of an eye for me, but I had a lot of trouble.

　A thousand years ago, Guzion was troubled when he received instructions from the evil god to corrupt the Holy City. This was because no matter how many demons under his command, the Holy Warding of the Holy City would not allow them to invade.

　Therefore, he first decided to take possession of the holy woman who was responsible for maintaining the holy ward. He thought that if he didn't capture the saintess, brainwash her, and make her maintain the ward, he could easily make her fall, including the Holy City.

　However, when the holy woman left the holy city, the demons under her command attacked her several times, but the holy woman, who received the blessings of the creator god, escaped the hardship each time with some kind of luck.

　One time, a brave man suddenly appeared and defeated the demon.

　Another time, a spear of light flew from somewhere and pierced the saint and the demon who had attacked her disappeared.

　On another occasion, the saintess was suddenly transferred to the Holy City and the demon who had touched her body was brought inside the holy ward and purified in an instant.


　Fortune is lukewarm.

　His plan didn't go as far as it seemed that the creator god was constantly watching over the saintess and eliminating the demons under Gushon's control.

　Gushon gave up on aiming directly at the saintess.

　He made a plan to take more time and effort to corrupt the holy city by a liaison.


　That plan was──.

　Gushon himself was to enter the inner part of the Holy City.

　He raped a woman of the human race and impregnated her with a child, and then reincarnated himself into that child. Then, when his body grew up, he would rape the woman of the human race and reincarnate her child in the same way.

　He repeated this for five hundred years.

　As he repeatedly reincarnated, the demon factor faded away from his body and soul.

　No matter how much the demon factor faded, he remained under the control of the evil gods. He always continued to think about corrupting the Holy City.

　Finally, he obtained a body that could not be played by the Holy Wards. However, Gu Xiong was not satisfied there. In order to advance his plan, there was no point in simply entering the Holy City.

　The demon that entered the Holy City repeated the same incarnation. This time he was born in the body of a woman, and when his body grew, he took on a man from a house of high status.

　For Guzion, who had lived as a demon for a long time, manipulation of magical power was as easy as breathing, and it was also possible to play with his own appearance.

　In this way, he gradually entered the house of high status, and finally, about fifty years ago, he became the wife of the head of the Duke of Ifer family who ruled this Sanctum.

　When she had a boy with the head of the family, she was reincarnated into him as before.

　That's the Duke of Iffel now.
　He was born a demon guzion.

''Ridiculous, that's not...''
It's impossible to...?　But I'm actually here.

　Gushon did indeed exist in this holy city.

　His magic manipulation skills and amount of magic power remained the same as a demon, but he had obtained a body and soul that was not rejected by the Holy Wards and the position of ruler of Sanctum.

　Even the Creator God could not be aware of the existence of the Guccion because it would not be played by the Holy Wards.

'Tomorrow, my plan will finally be completed.
Oh, tomorrow?　“No way!

　Elmia understood the meaning of what Guzion said.

　Isha was the only one that Seira judged to be a suitable candidate for a saint, but there was another candidate for a saint who would celebrate her sixteenth birthday this week.

　That is the daughter of the Duke of Iffel.
　That daughter will celebrate her sixteenth birthday tomorrow.

　She had all the abilities necessary to become a saint - or, if we're talking about abilities alone, she exceeded Isha.

　However, in terms of loyalty to the Creator God, she was inferior to any of the other candidates for sainthood, so Seira did not try to baptize Duke Ifer's daughter.

　No wonder she had no loyalty to the Creator God.
　The soul of the devil, Gushon, was half-involved.

　Gushon is trying to put his daughter, who is also half of himself, on the throne of a new saint.

　What it means, that is──.

The Holy City will be destroyed tomorrow.

What?

The Sacred Field is now lifted and ten demons and a thousand more will descend upon this place. There's nothing we can do to stop them.

　Sanctum is protected by a holy ward that rejects even the demons, so the defensive forces are not that many.

　Even though there are about fifty holy knights, whether or not ten holy knights can stall the entire demon race.

　That was how much of a threat the existence of a demon man was.

　Elmia's face twitched in despair and fear.
　Seeing this, Gsion laughed.

''Excellent. It's a really good face of despair. It was worth enduring for a thousand years. Tomorrow, I'm sure all the people in this Sanctum will have that look on their faces. I'm sure the Evil One will be very pleased.

　With that, Gushon turned his back on Elmia and walked out the door. In his place, two priests with empty eyes entered, replacing him.

　No matter how much the demonic factor faded, Gushon couldn't touch the saint. The wards protecting the saintess were more advanced than the holy wards that covered this holy city.

　Anyone who had even the slightest evil thought against the saint could not touch the saint.

　So he brainwashed the priests and had them kidnap Seira. All five priests who were organizing the Holy City's divine affairs had been brainwashed by Guzion.

　The priests each picked up Seira and Isha and tried to leave the room.

''Wait!　What do you intend to do to Lady Sailor?

Don't worry. I'm not gonna kill him. Forcing me to kill him will only expose me to the Creator.

　Killing a saint does not cancel the holy wards. Guzion had only succeeded in assassinating a saint once, but at that time, the holy ward did not disappear for a few days until the next saint was determined.

　If a saint died suddenly, the magic power stored in the crystal in the Great Temple would be automatically consumed and the holy ward would be maintained until the next saint was determined.

　Killing a saint does not mean that the holy ward will disappear. In addition, the crystal that was activating the Holy Warding was protected by an even more powerful force, and even if Gushon gave out his demon's original power, it was impossible to destroy it.

　That was why Gushon had to take the extremely troublesome step of turning his daughter into a saint and having her deactivate the Holy Wards.

　The reason why Goution became the ruler of this holy city as Duke Iffel was also because it was convenient for him to submerge his own half of his body as one of the candidates for a saint.

''The saint will be brainwashed and have my daughter baptized. The daughter of our saint candidate will be sacrificed to make up for the lack of holy power in our daughter. I can't go to the sanctuary, you know.

No, no!

　Elmia tried to forcefully break the restraints to stop the priests from taking Seira and Isha, but the demon steel iron restraints on her limbs didn't freak out.

''Keep quiet, and I won't kill you. Not now....

　With a grin, Guzhion's face twists in an annoying manner.

''Every single time you kill my people you kill them with your own hands, giving them the greatest despair and fear.

　The killing air released from Guzion stabbed into the defenseless Elmia, who was stripped of her holy armor and unable to release her magic power.

　Her body trembled and her legs were unable to take the strength from her legs, and her entire weight was on both of her dislocated shoulders, causing pain. Guzion laughed and looked at Elmia, whose face was contorted in fear and pain.

''I'll save killing you for after I've corrupted the Holy City. I'll have plenty of fun with the useless saints.''

　With that, the demon left the room.


　Everything is fine.
　After all, it took a thousand years to get here.

　The Holy City, which is an eyesore to the evil gods, will fall, and he will also kill the holy woman, who is a warrior capable of defeating the demons.

　Furthermore, by having the Holy City attacked by demons, the inhabitants' negative energy such as fear and despair can be dedicated to the evil gods.

　Gushon smiled as he imagined what it would be like for those who were caught off guard by the Holy Wards to realize that the wards had disappeared.


　However, there was one thing that bothered Gushon as he moved forward with his plan.

　The two demons under his command who had attacked the saint yesterday had been defeated by someone. The guys who defeated those Majors are now in the Holy City.

　I could sense from the soul connection that one of my demons was defeated. And the person who defeated them is a book or someone else.

I'm not sure if I'll have to deal with that wise man, Harut or something like that........

　We have made many sacrifices to get to this point. I don't want to postpone my plans now. There is no other time like now when you can make your own half a saint.

　Even though there are only ten Majors under his command left, that many Majors are more than enough to overrun a single city as a fighting force.

　The wise man in question is strong enough to defeat demons, but he's only a human being. As long as you, the devil, deal with them, there will be no problem──that's what Guzion thought.


　The demon's plan was perfect.
　In fact, even the Creator God was not aware of Gushon's existence.

　Perhaps the Holy City had fallen into the hands of the devil.


　If the wise man and his family, who had been cursed by the evil god, hadn't happened to visit the Holy City──.