Chapter 304

EP.304 The More, The Better

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Kwaaang-!

The pyramid, boasting thousands of years of history, is shattered.

Now, it’s one of the few remaining legacies of Earth that we must live with for the rest of our lives.

Watching it crumble so meaninglessly is truly heartbreaking.

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Silvia stared at the demon babbling something in front of her.

A human-like demon covered in fur. Its legs were incredibly muscular, and it had hooves.

With its tattered wings on its back and a deer-like head, it looked truly bizarre.

The creature, covered in large and small wounds, was bleeding black blood and rampaging around.

Those wounds weren’t made by humans.

Even though Egypt is a regional power, there’s no way they could injure an S-class demon.

Moreover, most of the wounds were cuts and burns.

Meaning it was attacked by blades.

It was highly likely that it was injured by other demons.

Why? Because no one in the world would dare use blades against an S-class demon.

‘We need to capture it alive.’

The demon was babbling something incomprehensible, but its tone was clear.

It could use language, meaning it had high intelligence.

Maybe we could communicate with it.

Also, since it was injured, it was likely cast out by other demons.

It seemed like there was some kind of conflict in the demon world.

-Arrival in 6 minutes. Try to capture it alive if possible.

Jihyuk, thinking the same, calmly gave orders to Silvia and Adeline.

“Got it. Like last time, just leave the head?”

-Just keep it alive.

“Okay.”

After ending the communication, Silvia twirled her twin swords and looked at Adeline.

“Can you wrap me in divine power?”

Adeline, who for some reason was pouting, closed her eyes and focused her energy.

Uuuung-!

A sticky golden light began to emanate.

Silvia, thinking the color was quite intense, opened all her senses as the divine power enveloped her.

It feels… warm. Warmer than Adeline’s usual divine power.

It felt intense, but this must be because Adeline’s faith deepened after visiting the church.

Dispelling her worries, Silvia kicked through the air and charged at the demon.

With her suit on, divine power wrapped around her, and the demon weakened…

There was nothing to fear.

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Silvia charged at an incredible speed.

The demon, seeing her, shouted something and stretched out one hand.

Goooh-!

Dark energy began to condense in its palm.

As Silvia charged while watching this, she suddenly felt something strange.

It’s hard to explain, but it felt fundamentally familiar.

Had she ever felt this before? Absolutely not.

This could only mean one thing.

‘It means I’m also being influenced by Tairat.’

Rosario’s prophecy wasn’t wrong at all.

So I hope Jihyuk figures out the meaning of ‘all things created from nothing’ soon.

Dispelling her thoughts, Silvia rolled her foot as soon as she got close to the demon.

Sssssk-!

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“Everyone, retreat. The situation is over.”

-But the demon is still…

“We’ll handle the cleanup. Isn’t there a law that prioritizes headquarters’ orders over the World Union on-site?”

At the doctor’s sharp tone, the Egyptian military officer hesitated and then replied.

-R-Right. Then we’ll retreat.

The Egyptian forces retreated like the tide.

The area around the devastated pyramid was now clean.

Except for Pour, who was lying down, gasping for breath.

Pour is a traitor and one of the weaker S-class demons.

Sehwa and Yuria could easily defeat him.

Yet, the reason they sent him to Earth was because of his ability.

Pour has the terrifying ability to render anyone he touches infertile.

If anyone is hit by his blind attacks, they become infertile.

For the two dreaming of a happy future with me, Pour is more dangerous than Malphas.

He probably had plans to deal with Silvia and Adeline, his two competitors.

No, that’s going too far. If he had such plans, he would have sent Pour down in perfect condition.

Anyway, the defense of the demon realm seems to be going well.

I should visit them soon.

Using the fighter jet’s robotic arm, I stitched up Pour’s wounds, leaving only his body and head.

Meanwhile, I glanced at Adeline.

Adeline had said something last time.

No matter how evil, it’s still a life, and the dead should be sent off properly.

But now, she’s not saying anything.

Instead, she’s staring at the grotesque Pour with eyes full of disgust.

‘Ah… I like this…’

The reversed values are so satisfying.

Calming my pounding heart, I called Silvia, who was fiddling with her device.

“Ms. Silvia.”

“Yes…? What?”

“You were so fast that it was hard to check on the monitor, but did you get hit by the demon’s attacks?”

“Not at all. Didn’t get hit once.”

Silvia is in a state where she believes she and Adeline have fallen into Tairat’s scheme.

So she must be extremely cautious when dealing with demons.

Given how tense she is, it’s likely she didn’t get hit once, as she said.

This time, I asked Adeline.

“Adeline, you were behind, right?”

Adeline smiled brightly and replied.

“Yes! Did I do well?”

Yes, you did well.

Just the fact that no purple energy appeared is impressive.

As I nodded and was about to get back to work,

“Do you think it’s good that you, as a Beast Slayer, stayed in the back?”

The doctor next to me scolded Adeline.

Adeline, looking guilty, lowered her gaze.

“Sorry…”

“Do you even have a brain or not?”

“Huh? But I don’t even have a weapon yet…”

“Don’t make excuses. You’ve fought well with just your fists so far.”

“…I tried my best…”

“Tried? All you did was wrap Silvia in divine power. What effort did you make?”

“…Sigh…”

Adeline, bursting with emotion.

Silvia, startled, looked at the doctor.

The doctor, angry at Adeline’s immature behavior, said,

“What did you just say?”

“…..”

“What did you say!?”

“…..”

Ignoring the doctor, Adeline shuffled over to me.

Then, holding my hand tightly, she started to focus on the front.

Seeing her childish behavior, the doctor let out a hollow laugh.

“Ha… What is this…”

Silvia stopped the doctor from scolding Adeline further.

Sensing the atmosphere was turning serious, she smiled brightly and calmed the doctor down.

“I understand how you feel, Doctor. There are people who want to use demon corpses to make weapons, so you’re sensitive about it, right?”

“…Right.”

“If it weren’t for Adeline’s divine power, I might have been hit a few times. It was easy to handle because it’s a countering power. So please don’t be too angry.”

This was Silvia’s mistake.

Why? Because the doctor and I work very well together.

The doctor sighed deeply and reluctantly nodded.

“Fine… But she’s still acting like that? If only Adeline were more like you… She’s too immature.”

Putting it nicely, she’s pure; putting it harshly, she’s immature. Such comparisons are stressful.

Especially for Adeline, who has a sort of inferiority complex towards Silvia.

Hearing the doctor’s words, Adeline, completely sulking, buried her face in my shoulder.

Then, in a trembling voice, she whispered quietly.

“I’m annoyed… I hate the doctor… I really hate her…!”

Get angrier. More… more!

Thinking that a mere human has climbed up to a god, she deserves punishment!

I want to kill her!

But don’t actually kill her.

I responded by patting Adeline’s small back.

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“You evil…! How dare a primitive human…!”

Adeline, unable to contain her anger.

It seemed like she didn’t even care about the demon that had just appeared.

Sitting quietly on the office apartment sofa, I asked as Adeline stomped over, frowning at me.

“Are you still angry?”

“Of course…! The doctor is a human. How dare such a lowly being scold me… It’s really annoying! Lately, the doctor has been too hysterical! She doesn’t think about me at all!”

She’s not human; she’s a demon.

“Hmm…”

“She even ordered Silvia unnie to roll around with Jihyuk…! I’ve been holding back so much…! No matter how much she’s the head of headquarters, she shouldn’t oppress me like this! I worked really hard today! You know, right?”

“Of course I know. Wrapping someone in divine power isn’t an ordinary task.”

Adeline, sitting on my lap, took out a mint-flavored candy from her pocket.

Chewing and swallowing it, she said.

“Jihyuk, you really understand my feelings, don’t you?”

“Of course. I’ll go give the doctor a piece of my mind.”

“Hmm…! Good. I’ll trust you, Jihyuk. Make her apologize to me.”

“Well… The doctor has a strong sense of pride, so I wonder if she will…”

“She clearly made a mistake! If she doesn’t apologize…”

If she doesn’t?

As I waited with bated breath for her next words, Adeline, with a sullen expression, continued, and I burst into laughter.

“If she doesn’t apologize… Hooah… There’s nothing I can do… The doctor is too scary…”

“Adeline, you’re a god. Yet you’re scared of a human doctor?”

“I-I’m still a god in training… Anyway, since you said you’d scold her, I’ll trust and wait!”

“Should I go scold her now?”

“Ahh…! Really! Who said to go right now!? You’re so clueless!”

I chuckled and held out the back of my hand to Adeline.

Adeline, puzzled by my action, asked.

“What are you doing now?”

“Don’t you want to drink sacred blood?”

“Ah…!”

Adeline’s cheeks turned bright red.

In an instant, she became a bashful lady and glanced at me.

It seemed she remembered the sacred blood she couldn’t drink because of Pour.

I smiled kindly and said.

“You can drink it.”

“…N-No… It’s vulgar… Give it to me with your mouth…”

“Isn’t giving it with your mouth more vulgar? And if you bite the back of my hand, you can drink more than with your mouth…”

“…More…?”

“Yes, more.”

Adeline seemed to be in deep turmoil for a short while.

Unable to resist the temptation, she finally opened her mouth.

And then, with very weak force, she bit the back of my hand.

This won’t even break the skin… How absurd.

“Have you already forgotten? I have the Eucharist. Wounds heal quickly.”

At those words, Adeline’s eyes widened, and she bit down hard.

Then, with a stinging sensation, the blood vessels tore, and blood flowed back.

Adeline, not wanting to miss a single drop, began to suck and slurp.

With a dazed expression, she even let out a long breath through her nose, savoring the blood.

This bitter thing must seem like heavenly food to her.

After watching Adeline’s vampire-like behavior for a while, I spoke.

“What do you think about Tairat?”

Adeline’s gaze went up.

“….?”

A look of confusion.

It seemed like she was asking why I was bringing this up out of nowhere.

“Since a demon appeared, I wanted to ask. Go ahead and drink. We’ll talk after you’re done. Good, good…”

As I gently stroked Adeline’s head, she closed her eyes and focused on drinking the blood.

The more, the better. The more evil, the better.

Drink a lot and sympathize with me. Our pretty Adeline.

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