“…What?”
“The Demon King of the One is great. Why change it?”
Lasty tilts her head.
But where did all those cool names go?
“Didn’t I have good names before?”
“I might have thought so.”
Back when Lasty was the Lord and Progenitor of Bloodsuckers.
She gave names to all the True Bloods who received her blood and I remember them being quite impressive.
Strange names like the Demon King of the One didn’t even exist.
[LOL]
[So your name is Demon King of the One?]
[Sounds cool, right?]
[Demon King of the One, haha]
[Oh]
[Kind of edgy, huh?]
“So it’s better this way.”
“?”
“Think about it, sis. All this time you’ve just had reasonable names, but is there any name that leaves a strong impression on you now?”
“…….”
A name that leaves an impression…
Strongly, there might be one or two, but not really in the name aspect.
Just names that seem decent?
“There’s nothing, right?”
“Right. But the Demon King of the One is different.”
Lasty lifts the Life Vessel of the Demon King of the One.
The blood-formed shape keeps rotating like a sphere.
“Just hearing it sticks in your mind, right? If this name was something like Bur or Rosty Arcana Rune, it would have just been treated like a ball rolling in a corner.”
“…That’s oddly logical.”
“It’s not weird, it’s natural. I would have named it that way too.”
[? LOL]
[Somehow convincing]
[Is that so?]
[Demon King of the One is definitely more memorable, haha]
[But how close are you to the Progenitor? Weren’t you a Summon?]
[Logical indeed]
[Lily’s an alien…]
I look at the Demon King of the One.
The Demon King of the One bowed its head in the form of a soul but didn’t come out.
“Why isn’t it coming out?”
“It can’t come out here. It seems a special power is hindering it.”
If it’s a special power, could it be the Agent’s power?
Or is it due to the influence of the System processed as ‘Reward’?
Anyway, it seems like it can’t be summoned at the moment.
Before leaving, I approached Yena one last time.
Yena looked at me with a gloomy expression as if she had grasped reality.
“Lady Lilyyyyy…”
“I’ll visit often. If you need any help with training, just let me know.”
“I really can go out, right?”
“Of course.”
I turn my head.
The Agent is smiling strangely… No.
‘Myeosin.’
‘…Feel free to come by anytime. I will be waiting.’
“I’ll definitely go.”
“Are you really going?”
“Yes. But I’ll lend you this too.”
“? Huh?”
Click!
I placed the red bracelet I had taken off my wrist onto Yena’s wrist.
As the bracelet flashed with the same color as Yena’s eyes, her eyes sparkled.
A masterpiece of Talikal that guides the user to the right place.
[Oh?]
[???????]
[Are you really giving that?]
[Red?]
[Why are you giving so much to Yena?]
“Uh, uh, the Red Guide?!! You’re giving it to me—”
“I’m lending it to you. Until you pass this training.”
“Ah. No, but that’s still great! Totally thank you!”
Yena quickly started rubbing her face against the bracelet, giggling.
[The Red Guide feels averse to a new user.]
“Ah! Does it dislike me?”
[The Red Guide wants to return to the right user.]
“Uh, um…
“Please stay a bit longer. It’s hard for my friend to find her way.”
The ability of the Red Guide is to help find the way.
While I had only used it to find people or places, the masterpiece possessed greater abilities.
In fact, the Red Guide’s abilities are more specialized for battle.
‘A power that informs the opponent’s attack path or movement path, or one’s own movement path.’
I had fought a lot and my style was somewhat focused on enduring damage while fighting, but Yena is different.
She, as an assassin, must attack the opponent from an unexpected blind spot.
In that regard, the ‘guidance’ from the Red Guide is crucial.
[The Red Guide agrees after some consideration.]
[The Green Hermit wants to be alone.]
“With the power of the Red Guide, you might be able to land a hit on The Agent. Do your best.”
“…Huh. Okay. I’ll break through soon. Just you wait!”
“That’s a good mindset.”
Starting anything requires proper mental preparation.
Yena lightly slapped her cheeks to boost her morale.
She boldly made her 57th attempt again.
“Died again.”
“Now it’s just started.”
She resurrected for the 57th time.
■
Thunk.
“It is useful, indeed.”
After Yena continued her challenges and I took a day off, I visited Lasty’s office at the Academy, where Lasty had placed the Life Vessel on an antique table.
The Life Vessel floated low, thanks to Lasty’s power.
“Sure is effective since it was made by an upper demon.”
“How’s the efficiency of the power?”
“Just as expected.”
Thunk.
Lasty’s true blood touched the Life Vessel.
The Life Vessel trembled and suddenly a vampire with crimson hair popped out.
The Life Vessel trembled, and a vampire with crimson hair suddenly appeared.
Her outfit was unlike before; she wore the garments of the noble dukes that Lasty’s True Blood had adorned.
A noble outfit with a black uniform and striking red embellishments.
The Demon King of the One knelt on one knee and lowered his head.
“Your Majesty, did you summon me?”
“As you can see, my strength isn’t what it used to be, right?”
“Indeed.”
As expected, the Demon King of the One’s power had significantly weakened.
It was a similar situation to how Lasty and the Pharaoh had weakened to Leo’s level upon emerging from the Space of Despair.
Of course, their powers and abilities were likely still formidable, but the loss of strength was a much bigger factor than anticipated.
Honestly, the Demon King of the One had been strong; his techniques weren’t anything special.
“How much power have you managed to conserve?”
“Well… considering my rank is considerably low, the amount sealed isn’t too much. I’d say I’m about the strength of a low-class demon.”
“A low-class demon.”
That’s actually quite usable.
With the strength of a low-class demon, he was still stronger than the current Leo or Pharaoh.
Of course, fights aren’t decided by strength alone, so it’s obvious they would win in direct combat.
“I do not intend to rebel.”
“You never know.”
“I wouldn’t mind if I did.”
Hmm… Lasty glances at the Demon King of the One with her red eyes.
The blood-red aura shimmering in her eyes made the Demon King of the One bow even lower.
“I might have some fun.”
“…That won’t happen.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“How boring.”
Lasty chuckles and redirects her gaze toward me.
“Still, I’ve been around for so long that my mind still works well. Can I use this one a bit?”
“Of course. But in return, please send some reinforcements to the Yena Guild.”
“Sure.”
Lasty rolled the Life Vessel again and sucked the Demon King of the One back in.
For some reason, she seemed delighted.
“Are you happy?”
“Yep. It’s been a while since I’ve used the Life Vessel. I need to know what kind of magic system it’s based on.”
“Just don’t break it.”
“Of course not.”
“Is the class going well?”
There aren’t many people in the Academy that Lasty teaches.
Recently, I’ve heard that Redberry is teaching too, but the most important one is, of course, Candy Star.
The user that Lasty has put the most effort into nurturing.
Particularly, Lasty was modifying her blood magic to create a new spell that Candy Star could use.
Lasty’s mouth curled up in a grin.
“I think I’ll be able to do something amazing soon. Feel free to look forward to it.”
“Just don’t ruin it too much.”
“Hey, you’re looking at me too weirdly. That won’t happen.”
Lasty said that with a smile but didn’t push back or anything.
She smiled a bit but didn’t specifically stop me.
As long as I don’t cross the line, it’s a good thing to get stronger in any way.
Especially since Candy Star is also my main character, who is currently ranked 4th as Choco, I hold Candy Star in higher regard.
It’s the “Magical Girl.”
Since it’s a hidden class, if trained well, I might become strong enough to make Choco look like nothing.
“What are you going to do now?”
“Time to start the broadcast.”
“Am I in it too?”
“Yeah. You don’t want to?”
“No, I do. No, I don’t.”
“?”
When I looked at her questioningly, Lasty spread her arms wide.
Oh, again.
Cwaaaak…!
“Isn’t it good now?”
“It would be nice if you talked a little instead of just hugging.”
“I’m saving that for later since you’re being annoying.”
“Tch.”
I immediately turned on the broadcast.
Maybe a lot of information spread within a day, as more viewers tuned in than yesterday.
[ㅀ]
[Lilha~]
[Did you really get transcended?]
[Show us the transcendence]
[Lilha! Lilha! Lilha! Lilha!]
[Is it true there are rumors of 3 transcendences?]
[What are the specs of the transcendence?]
[Breaking News) Yena is already on her 99th try lol]
[Demon King of the One! Demon King of the One! Demon King of the One!]
[You’re going to give the Silver Sword Saint, right? I know lol]
[Wow, the audience is going crazy, why is it a million lmao]
[Boy Lil]
[Oh, big sister]
“Wow, a lot of people have come.”
“Right?”
Lasty, fiddling with her red eyes, looked at the camera.
“Hello.”
[Progenitor is cute]
[Progenitor! Progenitor! Progenitor!]
[Oh]
[Professor Ra is acknowledged lol]
[But is Lasty really not a user?]
[NPC recognizing the camera ㄷㄷ]
[It is a bit scary]
“What are we doing today?”
“Letting them know what we’ve got and performing a performance test? Since I’ve gotten more weapons.”
We should check the White Guardian and the newly transcended Silver Purifier as well.
Especially focusing on how efficient the Silver Purifier’s “purification” is.
After listening to me, Lasty pondered for a moment and then summoned the Demon King of the One again.
The Demon King looked around and then bent one knee again.
“Let’s use this guy for the test.”
“Excuse me? Your Majesty?”
“Isn’t he going to die?”
“He won’t die. He’s semi-immortal.”
[LOL?]
[What? Was he a sandbag?]
[Haha, the newcomer has to take a beating first lol]
[Vampire feature) It’s a sandbag]
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