That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Primordial Demon

Three weeks have passed since I last met Alya and Rose.

Kenneth and I had a little warm-up (spar).

I wanted to make sure he hasn't gotten rusty as he hasn't gotten the chance to fight for some time now.

That also includes me. It's been perhaps centuries since I last fought.

I haven't gotten into a situation where I needed to fight.

Life's been relatively generous to me, which makes me shit myself in fear.

Normally, I would always find myself in a familiar situation where I ended up doing what I never wanted to do.

Now that it's taking centuries for anything to happen, I'm kinda uncomfortable.

As if preparing for a bigger fish.

No, do I like, actually, miss being in those situations?

Hell no!! You know what, I forfeit.

As usual, I kicked his ass and he started whining about how I'm so impossible.

Like... what does that even mean?

Shaking the thought out of my mind, I continued with my daily routine.

As I was contemplating my next action, a figure suddenly appeared in front of me.

Normally, I would be scared shitless, but I'm used to this.

That is because it was Akane that did so.

As she appeared, she went on her knees and spoke

Akane:「It's been long since we last met milord. I'm in a state of pure bliss now!」

Sariel: 「You really insist on still doing so?」

Akane: 「Yes milord. I really like that scene!」

She smiled at me whilst responding to my question.

Akane insisted on that approach as she had once seen her favorite anime character do so.

Apparently, that scene was so cool for her, and now that she had the opportunity to make the reference, who was I to stop her.

I sighed at her antics.

She may be the most matured out of them all, but that doesn't make her any less childish.

Akane: 「Besides that, I have some piece of juicy information you may like to know.」

Sariel: 「Oh? Do you mind sharing?」

Akane: 「Tips?」

Sariel: 「I'll bring you along with me to the festival?」

Akane: 「Deal!」

Sariel: 「Asshole!!」

Akane: 「Hehehe~」

She's one hell of a cunning girl. But weirdly, I like her that way.

With her around, my life's been pretty easy-going.

Akane: 「Sariel-sama, there's a little group preparing for an all-out invasion during the Great Silverion Festival.」

Is that so? In that case, I would need to handle the fools.

Sariel: 「With this information comes solid proof, right?」

Akane: 「Yes milord.」

Good. Knowing that, I can wipe them out of existence without a care in the world.

Sariel: 「Alright. Get ready. I'm about to head there.」

To attack a friend of mine is not any different as to attack me.

I would leave them to do most of the work.

I can't keep protecting them as they need the experience of war, although I may lend a little aid.

With that in mind, we headed for Silverion.

We may arrive a little late as the preparations for this festival were already done.

But that should rather be the best time to appear.

Thinking of it, what if this is a trap to lure me out or something.

I mean, they might know that I have a sort of close relationship with Silverion.

They might be planning for something big, but what exactly?

I can't possibly think of anything else.

It's a good thing that I stored the data of various coordinates in different places.

I could react quickly if anything besides my will happens.

Shaking off my paranoia, I focused on what's ahead.

According to investigation, the king of the Super-Sorcery Kingdom, which was built over the ruins of the Super-Magic Empire, has begun to act alternately.

His character, along with his way of ruling, has changed dramatically.

Well, his previous charisma was nowhere to be seen.

Instead, he now rules the new kingdom as a tyrant would.

I knew that something was wrong, but there was nothing I could do about it.

I mean, I've done my best for this world, but I can't interfere with it too much.

There's only so much I can do. I contemplated wiping the whole kingdom out as they are high humans.

Before you get any funny idea, NO. It's not racism.

The high humans tend to possess an overly high ego, alongside a destructive personality, due to their pride in their magical capabilities.

They would soon do something foolish, I bet Velda's head on that one.

As I said this, it was unknown to me, but Velda screamed at the top of his lungs from wherever he was at the moment.

As I was about to prepare my teleportation magic, another figure appeared behind me.

Akane, ever tha sharp one, prepared to attack, but it wasn't needed.

「Greetings Sariel-sama. It pleases me to once again feast my eyes on your glorious figure.」

Eh? No way. It's Tina.

Sariel: 「Ah. Tina, what's up?」

Tina: 「Ah~. To still remember my name even after millennia. I am eternally blessed.」

Aaaarggh!!! Not this again! Just be normal for fuck's sake!

BE NORMAL!!!

Sariel: 「Uuuuum.... yeah. Good for you, I guess. Back to my question.」

Tina: 「Ah! Forgive me, milord. As I was about to say, Twilight Valentine is dead.」

W-Wah! No way! Really!?

Hell yah!!

Finally! What took him so long!? He should've died a long time ago!!

Sariel: 「Okay. Were you the one to kill him?」

As I questioned her, she shivered slightly before answering back.

Tina: 「N-No milord!」

What's with the sudden fear?

I wanted to ask out loud, but the response came quicker than my question.

「Answer. In a state of overexcitement, a bit of your 『Demon Lord's Haki』 was unconsciously unleashed.」

Wait, seriously!!? How shameless!

Sariel: 「Ah! Sorry about that. I'm not mad or anything okay?」

I apologized, thinking that her current state was the work of fear.

But instead, what I got was–

Tina: 「Ah~. Even a fraction of your sublime aura fills me with joy. You are truly great!」

Sariel: 「Enough! Now, onto what you said, Twilight is apparently dead. You are not the culprit—yeah, but who is?」

Tina: 「As of now, milord, the assailer is oblique, but I have a lingering deduction.」

Sariel: 「Oh? Tell me about it.」

She nodded and proceeded to tell me everything she's been through since day 1 of her first mission.

Quite the laughable ending truly.

To put it bluntly, upon her arrival, she was defeated by a strange high elf.

I was kinda wondering why she didn't come to me when that happened.

Apparently, she said, "I couldn't stain your glorious image with a mere long-eared meat load, so I decided to go back and get stronger to reclaim my glory.

But as I prepared for round two, I got one-shotted by another identity forsaken chunk of wasted flesh.

So I died again. But that wasn't going to keep me down, so I went back to satisfy my vanity.

This time around, I was two-timed on and died once again.

My anger boiled over, and I had lost my sense of rationality. With wrath as my fuel, I went ahead and rampaged around their basement.

I thrashed a lot of valuable items and got Twilight mad.

But by then, I had already escaped and made assaulting his base my monthly routine.

Upon my departure to cause my monthly havoc, I found out from the elf lady that Twilight had died.

I probed for further explanation, but she only said that much.

The people under him spread out to pursue their dream, but one individual remained.

That was his daughter, known as Luminous Valentine.

That is my suspect."

Although lengthy, it is quite valuable information as I never knew that he had a daughter.

Ignore that. Was he killed by his own daughter?

I am definitely meeting up with her on a later date.

Tina: 「Milord. With Twilight's death, I am left with no way to be of use to you. Please put me to use.」

Really? But I don't have any mission to give out as the moment.

Sariel: 「Ah, sorry about that. I don't really have anything for you now. I'm sure you will be needed soon.

For now, I can only say, umm... get stronger... or something.」

As I said that, she seemed to have dropped in morale.

But she quietly nodded her head and disappeared like she was never there.

I kinda feel bad now.

Akane: 「Uuuuh... what just happened?」

Ah, I forgot about her.

After sorting things out, I activated my teleportation magic, and we arrived at the gates of Silverion.

As expected, the festival had already begun.

There were already a ton of people who attended this new festival.

Akane: 「I'm going to look around real quick and return. Is that okay?」

Were you even asking for permission?

Sariel: 「Oh? Sure thing. See you later.」

She nodded slightly and began walking through the crowd before seemingly disappearing.

I observed the festival and I must say, I'm quite impressed with it.

They really went far to display Silverion's greatness.

There was a banquet for nobles, including a few commoners.

As I wasn't partaking in the event, I had no idea of what went on there.

There were a lot of newly opened shops in display.

Some were food stalls, a few had newly designed clothes made in Silverion, and some were just game centers that recreated the ideas I had given them.

I'm pretty sure this is going to boost their trade fair activities quite a lot.

There are just a lot of things to witness in this festival, but that's not my focus for now.

I gotta watch out for any fuck face intending to thrash around and create problems for Silverion.

As I continued with my patrol, I reached a music theatre I never knew existed.

I only brought up the ideas and the workings of it, but I didn't expect them to take me seriously.

Rose: 「Oh? Didn't expect to see you, Sariel-kun.」

Eh? It's Rose. I guess even she wouldn't like to miss out on such a festival.

Sariel: 「Nice to see you too, Rose.」

Rose: 「Hmph! I don't want to hear that from you.」

She spoke with a nonchalant wave of her hand and a pouty expression on her face.

Sariel: 「Come on. Are you still hung up on that? Alright. Here's this. I'll spend some extra time with you later. Deal?」

As soon as I said that, her mood brightened up.

Rose: 「Hmph! You won't get away with that! But I might just forgive you for asking...」

Eh? Tsundere? No way. I never knew.

That's a new discovery. I might as well use it to tease her later.

Rose: 「Well, where are you heading for?」

Sariel: 「Nowhere in particular. I don't really know what to do at the moment.」

Rose: 「I see. It looks like things have been quite boring lately, huh?」

Sariel: 「Yeah. Let's just continue walking around. Perhaps we might find ourselves something interesting.」

She nodded slightly, and we began to walk away from the theatre.

Looking back at it, Velda gave me information on both the ultimate skills belonging to various series, along with that primitive magic data.

Since there's nothing to do, I might as well check up on what Raziel-san has in store for me.

——— Ney, Raziel-san— ———

「Understood. With the help of the individual Kalisha, the dissemination of the data was completed with relative ease.」

Wow. Quite the powerful duo. These two are like sisters in arms.

They always support each other, with the excuse of it being a mutual contract of the sort.

No matter how you look at it, they are really compatible.

Speaking of which, Kalisha has been quite silent.

She hasn't spoken much since the time I last saw Velda.

It's kinda weird. Although she's mostly silent, she usually comments on a few things that catch her interest.

Kalisha: 「....」

Well, I'll ignore that for now.

「Notice. From the data collected, it is possible to decipher the workings of each and every skill provided through the information.

Although there are some complications with this.」

Hmm, now what's this?

「The ultimate skills that are awoken in every individual differ from the other.

If two people, meaning one in the past, and the other in the present were to attain the same ultimate skill, the subskills may differ from each other.」

Oh. I get it now. These are unique—no, legendary skills that only appear in myths for most people.

Acquiring one must be really difficult.

I wonder how I got one so easily to begin with.

「Notice. That would be my doing.」

Yeah, she's right. But still.

「Notice. It was possible to acquire ultimate skills with the presence of 『Ultimate Authority』and『Soul Lord』.」

Mh? Now that's something. I never knew my first–

「Ehem!」

Ah, right... "SECOND" most powerful skill would be able to help in acquiring ultimate skills.

「Notice. The skill 『Soul Lord』 strengthens the soul instead of burdening it, making your soul strong enough to carry multiple unique skills at the same time.」

——— Really now? Why are you only telling me this now? ———

「The skill 『Soul King』, at the time, wasn't capable of doing so.

I was also not able to comprehend the full functioning of the skill well as it was very synonymous at the time.

It is, in fact, the second most compatible skill with your soul that responds strongly to your will.」

Eh? What does that mean?

「During your clash with the Mad Titan God, you subconsciously wished for more power to be able to defeat him.

The skill reacted to your will, creating a system where the number of souls stored in your subspace determines how strong you would be.」

Wow. That's really amazing. I never knew that this function was created the exact time I needed strength the most in the battle

I see. That makes sense. Though I wonder which skill is the most compatible with me. She did say that it was the second.

If that's so, then the most compatible skill for me would be hella OP.

「Is that even a question. Of course it is 『Raziel』.」

Yeah. It makes sense now. It would be foolish of me to think otherwise.

「Precisely.」

——— Heh. What's the sudden pride for? ———

「Heh.」

*Sigh*

I guess she should have her moment of joy. I wonder what makes her happy in that?

But for Sage-san to be unable to comprehend the skill, it's got to be one hell of a mystery skill.

I guess even Raziel-san still struggles to comprehend this skill.

What a mysterious thing you are.

「Notice. From my deduction, it might possess a very strong will of its own.」

Yeah. That would be the only conclusion I can ever come up with.

Let's continue to see what this skill can do.

——— Ignoring that, even with the ultimate skills may different from each other, do they have a specific or main function? ———

「Answer. Yes. Furthermore, the information given to us would be accurate given that these skills would be the first to manifest.」

——— Great! We'll discuss that later on. Tell me about the primitive magic quickly! ———

「Tch.」

——— What!? I know you're a skill pervert but I'm a magic pervert too!! ———

「Notice. You can now use primitive magic without any trouble.」

YEEESSSS!! That's what I want to hear!

I think I'll practice it any time I have a leisure hour.

My thoughts were interrupted by a sudden explosion.

Right behind us, a big explosion took place.

The people nearby began to frolic, and a few even passed out due to fear.

The nobles immediately began to spew trash about the poor safety management of Silverion and how unprotected it is.

Rose: 「Okay. What's going on now?」

Rose asked me this question in a state of surprise.

Sariel: 「I don't know, but we gotta act quick.」

I replied hastily, ignoring her words and looking at the condition of Silverion.

There was a thorough inspection that took place upon entering Silverion.

Even if someone managed to get past them with a forbidden material, I'm pretty sure there is nothing like a grenade in this plane.

This must be the work of a magic user.

「Notice. The skill『Universal Perception』has been activated.」

Just what I needed.

Expanding my field of perception, I was able to find a person along with other individuals with noticeable traces of exhaustion.

This must be the effect of using nuclear magic solitudinously.

Thinking of such, I remember Nagisa having a really powerful skill that could help in this situation.

With that in mind, I decided to contact Nagisa through 『Thought Communication』.

——— Nagisa. ———

——— Oh? Sariel-sama! ———

——— Hey, I need a little favor from you. ———

——— A favor? Then what are you waiting for? ———

——— Ah... thanks. There are a few magicians running amok here. ———

——— I know the guards might interfere, but I need you to secure victory in the flashiest way imaginable. ———

——— Eh? Sariel-sama's got some scheme up his sleeves? ———

——— Yeah. Would you comply? ———

——— Of course! Just leave it to me! ———

——— Thanks. ———

I turned to look at Rose, who seemed bored out of her mind.

Rose: 「They're all weaklings. No, they're weak as hell. No one of them would be able to make me move. I think I'll pass on this one.」

I really wanted to scream at this idiot, but she isn't my subordinate.

I wouldn't even force my subordinate to do something they don't want to do.

I could only sigh at her silliness.

I ignored her altogether and refocused on the current situation.

These magicians were placed all over the capital to make interception really difficult.

A good tactic as each and every one of these magicians can perform nuclear magic.

But the same could be said about me.

——— Akane, Akihiko, Aika, Kenneth. Are you with me? ———

——— Oh? Sariel-sensei. I'm kinda busy leading the [1]Silver Knights. We need to defend Silverion against these invaders.———

——— Yeah. I just wanted to check up on you. How's the defense going? ———

——— Everything is under control Sariel-sensei. ———

Alright. That's good to hear.

——— Listen. I need you to calm the people down. You are quite popular. I hope you can do that for me. ———

——— Of course. I'm on it now. ———

——— Good. As for the rest of you, i need you to head at the different checkpoints of assault. I'll send in reinforcements for the rest of the places. ———

——— Hai! ———

After ensuring that the order was given, I summoned Tina along with her two greater demon subordinates.

As they appeared, they fell on their knees with Tina speaking up.

Tina: 「Ah. Milord. Do you have anything for me?」

Sariel: 「In fact I do. I need you to make quick work of the assailers.」

Tina: 「Say no more. It shall be done at once.」

With those as her last words, she teleported away from my perception range.

Now that everything's been accounted for, there's no need to panick, right?

However, my words were proven wrong in the most horrible way imaginable.

「Notice! The area around the mansion, that is, the individual Velda Nava, has been isolated from the rest of the world!」

The fuck! Who did that! And.... why?

The realization dawned on me, but it was already late.

I bet my existence on the high humans.

Shit!! This is not good! I've gotta think quickly.

——— Raziel-san! What's the quickest way to arrive there since my teleportation magic won't work!? ———

「Notice. There aren't any other locations apart from the Jura Forest that have been engraved with your teleportation magic.」

——— Fine! Fuck that, just take me there! ———

With my order, I was quickly transferred to the Jura Forest.

As soon as I arrived, I spread my golden-black wings out and started flying to the location that had been isolated.

This is the worst time for such a thing to happen.

It took just two minutes to arrive there.

As soon as I got there, I rushed to his residence and found a huge purple barrier covering the entirety of the mansion.

The mansion itself was on fire, and the guards meant to defend the place were all tied up and.... asleep?

「Notice. A foreign type of magic was used on them. Analysis required.」

Good. I think it's a type of Aspectual Magic or something else. Might come in handy.

Sariel: 「"Reap the life of it all," 『Soul Lord』!!」

With my roar, a dark violet vortex appeared above the barrier and expanded its range, enveloping the barrier and breaking it down rapidly.

The barrier shattered, and I was now able to go in.

I was about to do so when I was assaulted by one of those magic mages.

A nuclear flame was thrown towards my direction.

I didn't even bother to dodge as I had 『Magic Nullification』.

I would normally avoid it even with my knowledge of this skill, but this was a weak human.

With everything that was happening,my mind was not in a good condition at the moment.

All my attention was in the mansion. Any rat that tried to interfere would be killed.

——— Raziel-san. ———

「Understood. 『Soul Lord』.」

With the skill activated, his soul was forcefully reaped out of his body.

A quick, sharp yet painless death.

At this point, I was even being merciful.

I quickly ran into the mansion whilst ignoring the fools that were trying to restrict me.

At some point, my frustration hit the limit, and I unleashed my devastating haki of destruction.

All the humans in the vicinity were killed.

Perhaps the ones inside survived as I regulated its destruction.

The fire that terrorized the mansion was put off with my haki, and I rushed inside.

The maids that served Velda and Lucia were all dead.

Some were even burnt by magical flame.

I saw a few that were freed by my haki after they had been frozen solid with magic.

I didn't give them any attention as I rushed to Velda and Lucia's location.

I could just use my 『Universal Perception』, but I did not utilize this skill for some reason.

As I arrived at their door, I felt an emotion I had not felt since the past millenia.

Fear.

I was afraid of the scene I would be met with.

But even so, I still had to confront the truth.

After all I've been through, it would be cowardly of me to chicken out of a situation like this.

Steeling my resolve, I intended to push the door open, but it wasn't needed as the door collapsed on its own.

Perhaps the invaders had broken through with force.

I walked inside the room to be met a sight that would scar my mind forever.

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[1] Silver Knights is the name given to the soldiers working directly under Kenneth, to be more specific, under Queen Alya.