Shinka no Mi (Shiranai Uchi ni Kachigumi Jinsei)

“Well then……”

Once again, I returned to the eerie space and turned my attention to the chunk of meat sitting in the center.

“Uhee…… the more I look at it, the more disgusting it felt……”

Well, I have gone through the same thing myself!

“More importantly, this…… can I get my hands on it……?”

To begin with, I am proceeding on the assumption that he is the emperor of the Kaizer Empire, but there is also the possibility that he is not.

For example, the Demon God……

After all, those creatures were in the castle.

“Either way, I don’t think I can leave it like that.”

So with that said, I took out my 【Fine Sword of Swirling Hatred】 and swung it to slash away the lump of flesh.

At that moment――――

“Wha!?”

Suddenly, the chunk of flesh began to move in larger and larger motions!

“Hiiiiii!? It’s disgusting!”

It’s not my fault that I said that unintentionally, probably.

The lump of flesh, which had been wriggling in a fetal position, began to change shape and move at a tremendous rate.

It was so disgusting that I hesitated to attack, and eventually, the lump of meat began to take on the form of a human.

“Seriously……”

Maybe this is how Saria felt when she was watching my final evolution. ……

If so, Saria who snuggled up to me without pulling back was too amazing.

Well, if Saria were to be in the same situation as the one in front of me, I think I’ll be by her side too, though……

However, the one wriggling in front of me right now is neither me nor Saria, it’s a completely unknown…… totally unknown entity. It’s impossible not to pull back!

Or rather, I didn’t really think much of it, but I wondered if the lump of meat in front of me had also ingested the 『Fruit of Evolution』, since it was in a situation like this same as in my final evolution?

Right now, I’m the only one who has the 『Fruit of Evolution』 that exists in this world, so I don’t think he could eat it, but……

While speculating about this and that, the lump of flesh finally turned into a complete human figure, and eventually, a man appeared.

Although his face and body are similar to those of that of a human, he has a strange aura on him for some reason, resembling that of the Demon god.

Then the man quietly opened his eyes and lifted the corners of his mouth.

“Fuh…… I feel good. This is the true form of me, the world’s supreme ruler, huh……”

It seems like he is immersed in his own world all by himself, but I have a lot of things I want to ask him.

“Uhmm……”

“……Who are you? The garbage who’s intruded in my sacred space……”

“Garbage!?”

I don’t remember being treated like trash by someone I just met!

“If you’re saying that, then you’re an exhibitionist!”

“Nah!”

The man’s eyes widen, as if he didn’t expect me to speak back.

But there is nothing wrong with what I said, since the man had been exposing himself in the nude for a little while ago now. What a dumb figure. The exhibitionist of the guild headquarters …… he’s a good match with Slan-san

“Yo,you bastard…… are you talking about me like I’m on the same level as those perverts, in front of me the emperor ……”

“No, if an Emperor was naked in front of the people before his presence, of course, they would react like this.”

Saria’s parents, Adramelek-san and Sunny-san, were naked when they first evolved, too.

When I remember the past, the man looks down at me again with an arrogant attitude.

“Fuhn……You are only a human being after all. How can a puny existence understand me, who has become the supreme being?”

Why is it that bad people are so quick to call others small or puny.

In addition, he calls himself the supreme…… that’s a mystery.

“So? Who the heck are you?”

“Fuhn. Under normal circumstances, it would be rude for someone like you to speak to me, but……I feel good right now.”

Hey, will you die if you don’t look down on me? You are looking down on me every time.

“I am the emperor of the Kaizer Empire and the one who will rule over this entire world.”

“This entire world?”

The Demon God was trying to destroy this world, but this guy is thinking about ruling the world, huh.

“Why would you do that ……”

“To do such a thing, I have no reason. This world belongs to me, and it moves according to my will.”

Really, why would people who try to conquer or destroy the world speak something so similar?

Anyway, there is no doubt that this guy in front of me is the emperor of the Kaizer Empire, and as long as he is trying to rule the world, he is still an enemy.

“Well, it’s fine. From what I’ve heard, if I take you down, all of this will be over, right?”

“You’re going to beat me……? Hahahahaha! What foolishness! How can a mere mortal like you possibly defeat me, the supreme being!”

Ironically, the more condescending my enemies were, the more they treated me like a human being, so I wonder what it is. I’m starting to feel sad.

As I involuntarily stare off into the distance, the emperor of the Kaizer Empire waves his arms.

Then, countless monsters that were rampaging inside the castle emerged from there.

“This is……”

“Well then…… I’ve been dealing with you so far. Thus, become an experiment to test my newly reborn power, and die.”

“Kishaaaa!”

“Gyeeeee!”

The monsters attack me relentlessly.

But――――

“Err…… 『Judgment』”

『Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh! 』

The moment the magic was activated, a pillar of light poured down from above the heads of not only the monsters but also the emperor of the Kaiser Empire, annihilating them as they were.

“Abababababa! Wha,what the hell is thiiiiiiiiiiiis!? Thi,this me, to attack me like thissssssssss!?”

The emperor yells like that, but…… that, after fighting with the Demon god and his cohorts, he doesn’t feel like the final boss……

In fact, this emperor summoned the same creatures as the Demon god had called upon, but whereas the Demon god continued to create an infinite number of them, the emperor only summoned several hundred monsters at most.

At this point, I could see that there is a huge gap in strength between the Demon God and the emperor.

Or rather, how can this emperor use the power of the Demon god? His body also has an aura similar to that of the Demon god. ……

Well, whatever it was, it didn’t change the fact that I will have to defeat him.

“I,I won’t accept this! This me…… this me won’t be defeated so easilyyyyyyyyyyyy!”

The emperor was desperately trying to endure it, but perhaps because of the animosity of 『Judgment』, a particularly intense pillar of light rained down from above the emperor’s head once again.

“Eh? Ah――――”

Then, when the emperor stares at the light in amazement, he is swallowed up by that light.

Eventually, as the light subsided, the emperor was no longer there, and when a crack appeared in this eerie space, it shattered from there and returned to its original state, which was the audience chamber.

“…………Eh, is it really over?”

I braced myself for the possibility that he might still have a trick up his sleeve, but no matter how long I waited, there was no sign of the emperor coming back to life.

No way, is it seriously finished? After all that mastermind-feeling he’s exuding?

“…… It might have been the most abrupt fight I’ve had……”

We,well, it’s fine as long as I have defeated him safely. I wasn’t expecting this ending though.

However, even though he’s been giving a lot of trouble for a long time, to defeat him so easily…… A’re?

As I was thinking that much―――― I suddenly realized something strange.

“I…… what was I doing in a place like this?”

I look around and desperately try to remember my past action, but for some reason, I cannot.

“Let’s see…… I rescued the heroes at Kannazuki-senpai’s request, right? After that, I met Zakia-san and I broke Alf-sama’s curse. ……”

I remember it properly up to that point, but ……I can’t recall anything beyond that point.

“Hmm? From there, why did I come here? I feel like there was something I had to do…… A’re?”

What the heck is this, it’s so freaking weird!

It seems that what I remembered a while ago has completely disappeared…… Anyway, no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t recall.

“Calm down…… this magic circle looks familiar…… As I remember, I and Zakia-san rescued the people who had been placed on top of this. There were some heroes among them, and even the other residents of this country were placed here as sacrifices. ……”

Wasn’t the eerie magic circle drawn on the floor drawn by Helio, a remnant of the Demon God’s Cult?

……A’re? How did I know that Helio was affiliated with the Demon God’s cult ……?

The more I think about it, the more I get stuck in the doldrums, so I shake my head.

“We,well whatever. If it’s really important, I’ll remember it eventually…… I was able to free the heroes, which was my original goal. So all is fine!”

In conclusion, I decided that there was no particular problem, so I stopped thinking about it.

“Well then…… I guess I’ll go back”

I don’t know why I came to this place, but there was no point in staying here as long as I had nothing to do, so I did one stretch and returned to Terviel.

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After Seiichi left the audience chamber ――――

In the center of it, the remnants of the emperor’s power were hovering, about to gather together again.

『Wha,what the hell is that human? To erase me with a single blow……! 』

The body he had so proudly exposed has vanished, and now the emperor can only drift in the empty space as a residue of his power.

Nonetheless, it was possible for him to reconstruct his own body by collecting and condensing this residue once again.

『To think that my power, which I had taken so many pains to obtain, would weaken this much…… It’s absolutely unforgivable! 』

The emperor burns with intense hatred due to the hindrance to his plans.

If that were really true, he should have been able to sense the extent of his power when he was obliterated by Seiichi, but he did not realize this because the original emperor was a mere human being who was not good at fighting or anything.

“The reason I was defeated, was because I was caught off guard. But next time, I’ll never let my guard down. I will tear him to pieces with my own hands! 』

For that reason, the emperor believed that he could be resurrected.

But……

『……Mu? What? 』

The emperor sends his thoughts frantically to gather up his drifting residue, but the residue continues to drift without gathering.

On the contrary, it is getting further and further away from the place where the emperor’s thoughts are, and finally, it disappears as if it was purified by this planet.

『Wh,why!? Why can’t I collect them! 』

Since revival would be impossible if he couldn’t do this, the emperor tries to emit stronger thoughts and stir up his residues.

『Wa,wait! Where are you going!? Don’t go away, oy! 』

No matter how much the emperor called out, the residue never returned.

『Do,don’t fuck with me! I am…… the king of this world!? Someone, anyone, help me! 』

No matter how much he rants and raves, the emperor’s words never reach anyone.

And the emperor, who remained here only with his thoughts, once again recognized his condition and turned pale.

『Do,don’t tell me……are you saying that I’m going to stay like this for the rest of my life……!?』

The current emperor doesn’t have his five senses.

He cannot see, hear, speak, smell, or touch.

The current emperor, who’s now become just a thought, has become an entity that can only think.

That is why he couldn’t properly recognize the despair that was now befalling him.

Having received Seiichi’s 『Judgment』, the emperor, who was identified as evil by Seiichi, got his body rejected by this world.

That is exactly what the emperor, Sheld Wol Kaizer, is going through.

In other words―――― only the information that Sheld Wol Kaizer existed on this planet has vanished cleanly.

However, if the record of the emperor’s existence had disappeared completely, it should have had some impact on others.

That is exactly what Blued from F Class that Seiichi was in-charge of, who is the son of this Sheld, was.

In other words, if Sheld disappears, so does Blued.

However, by skillfully manipulating information while erasing the existence of Sheld, this planet was able to contain all of his influence on others.

As one such example, the events in the audience hall this time were altered to the fact that Helio, who was an apostle of the Demon God’s cult, was about to use the heroes as a ritual for the resurrection of the Demon God.

Therefore, Sheld alone…… was forgotten by the whole world.

『Someone, is there no one! 』

Fear of seeing nothing. Fear of not hearing anything.

The emperor’s fear reached its peak in this situation where he could not smell or even feel anything.

『N,no, I don’t want to die…… There’s no way I’ll allow this to continue ……』

And the emperor, who has become only a thought, cannot even go mad.

Therefore ―――― the emperor, who had plotted to rule this world, would finally be forgotten by all beings and spend eternity without being able to feel anything.