Will you be the Demon King?

　Fury said that to me.

　It was unexpected, but after all, it's exactly what I've been invited to do so far. The answer is still the same.

'No.'

Oh, my. My God, I got dumped.

'If you were able to answer my call in an instant, you must have been close by.　Then you would have heard the answer to Quartz's invitation.

'But it's the Demon King?　It's not the same to begin with. Not one territory and not the territory of the entire demon race.

'Same thing. We just end up living on the ground.

'Haha!　It's still interesting. But I see. You're going to say no.

　The atmosphere changes drastically.

　From a no-nonsense smile to a swift, murderous expression.

''I thought that maybe something would change if you became the Demon King, Jide,''

......?

No, no, no. --I'll take the uncertainty out of it.

　Zunn, all of the five senses go haywire, as if one dimension has been displaced, and the air is like that.

　Fury and the three of us overflow with magic power for battle.

　It looks like they intend to eat me.

I'm glad ...... those guys aren't around.

　This air would have been unbearable by any means.

　The proof of this is that Ruina and parts of the Weiler Empire standing behind me are on the verge of losing consciousness.

''.......''

　I wrapped them in my magical power.

　Then they seemed to be freed from the magic that Fury and the others were releasing, and they seemed to feel a little more comfortable.

"You've got plenty of time.

　Fury looks at me like that and says

　Louina seems to have figured it out too and looks at me.

''I seem to be out of place. I'm going to leave immediately and join the corps commander class--''

There's no way I'm going to have time for this.

　The magic belt of the field changes completely.

　It's as if gravity is felt many times over.

''What is this ......?''

''Magic item--'Rust.'' It's essentially a divine beast or something you use when you're at the level of sealing a multi-colored dragon king together.

Guh. ......

　Louina almost kneeled on her knees, holding her left breast.

　Then Yui appeared and supported her. But Yui is also in pain.

I'm sorry, but this whole area is under our control. Jed, you and everyone else in the Weyla Empire are going to die.

　I can't detect a joke in his aloof face.

　I guess he's serious.

'...... haha.'

　Louina laughs.

'What's so funny?'

No, what. I just thought, even demons have the wit to cheat.

''You're as scary as you're supposed to be, Jade. But I guess that's the monopoly of the human race, and you'll snicker, won't you?

　Fury said with a generous chuckle.

　Ruina gave a small nod to that. Fury's cheeks twitched with a twitch.

'Kukku. I've thought about it to this extent. But in the end, I realized it was useless. -- that's why I have full respect for Zied.

　Louina's eyes look at me.

　Fury is blatantly upset.

'What, you can't do that ......!

'-I'm glad to be praised, but it's scary to think that the people around me are planning a plot to take me down.

　Crackling fingers.

　At the same time, a sound like glasswork cracking resounded in all directions around them.

''Rust''?　It can't be!　How did you get ......!?

I just cast a spell. I could tell the source from the magic detector.

'That's not possible!　'Rust' is supposed to be protected by magic, and there's no way Mr. Zied could move in the first place: ......!　Your magic power should be blocked and even your physical senses should be numbed ......!

　Fury looks at me with a face as if he is looking at a monster.

　That's how confident he was.

　No, I don't want to hear that.

You can do it, so why not?

　That's all I can say in return.

'...... Could it be that the magic released from the magic item is being blocked by magic power ......?'

Yeah, yeah.

　I've been bouncing off the magic released from several magic items in many waves, one by one. With my magic power.

Hahaha!　No way, no way, no way!　Because that level would be capturing each and every one of the magical forces that make up magic!　Even I can only see it dimly: ......

I suppose that's my strength.

'...... No, no, no, even if you can see it. Even if you could see it, how could you have magic power diffused to the size of a grain of sand!　If you touch even one of them, Jide, it should weaken you!

　As I watched, Fury's face began to lose its margin.

　Was this magic item a trump card for Fury?

''Well, I'm not going to miss a single grain of it.

'-- not a hundred or a thousand. It's a world of ...... ten thousand, a hundred thousand, a million. ......?

Yeah. Yeah.

...... haha.

　Fury laughs as he forces out a breath.

　And then his eyes widened as if he was crazy.

'Hahahahahahahahahaha!　I knew you were dangerous, Jied, you're dangerous ......!

　That was the signal.

　The three men serving behind Fury jumped on him in breathless coordination.

　The first to attack was the translucent woman.

　She tried to grab it with her hands, but it slipped through.

'I am undead. The existence itself is a magical--gasp.

　He seemed to be about to say something, but once again, he touched me when I put a layer of magic power in both hands.

　I see. It seems that the body is composed of magic power. The same as or even more than the magic item, a small lump that makes up one person.

　But in the end, the point is similar. I wrap the woman's body in my magical power so that she doesn't escape.

　The ground creates a crater as I grip her neck and press her to the ground.

　A man in a tailcoat thrusts his fist out from the opposite direction.

　I catch it. The trees behind you shake with the recoil alone.

　A disgusting sizzling sound can be heard from my hand. I let go of my hand immediately. My palm was burnt. I look at the man's knuckles and see that they are coated with purple mucus.

'This is so messy.'

　I make eye contact with Yui. He nods at me with a chuckle, and then steps back, accompanied by Ruina. I make sure that the other soldiers have retreated as well.

''Participation--【Flame Bara】''

　With my words, the surroundings are engulfed in flames.