Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 196

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 196

 

131. Mountain Range Escape (1)

 

I’m not really sure what a demon’s authority is.

 

In fairy tales, they make beloved people come together, and with a single gesture they split the earth and open the sky.

 

Well, this fellow doesn’t seem to have that level of ability.

 

If he did, we’d all be dead by now.

 

And it doesn’t matter even if it’s a coveted authority.

 

There’s only one thing we need.

 

That crystal embedded in his forehead, ‘Roxinna’s Tears’.

 

By the way, how on earth has that thing remained known until now?

 

The Demon Realm War was over a thousand years ago, yet someone now knows that the fellow sealed back then possesses it.

 

Well, that’s something to look into later.

 

“If, if you let me go like this, no, if you let me return to the Demon Realm before your eyes, I promise! I’ll come back with tremendous treasures from the Demon Realm!”

 

“Not needed.”

 

I flatly refused and asked him.

 

“Why are you acting like this now? At first you were putting on all kinds of airs.”

 

“…Damn it!”

 

The fellow waved his hand, creating several black spears in the void. As if struggling desperately.

 

Swish!

 

And the black spears came flying toward me.

 

But they’re much slower than at first.

 

Slow enough that I can deflect them all.

 

Clang, clang! Clang!

 

“This damn…”

 

The fellow’s breathing is also rough.

 

He’s definitely more tired than at first.

 

It seems like an ability to create weapons using mana, and it’s certainly a good ability.

 

However, it doesn’t work anymore.

 

“It would have been better if you fired one big shot instead.”

 

“Don’t think I can’t!”

 

The fellow fell for my provocation and created a giant black pillar in the void.

 

But his arms are trembling, and even maintaining it doesn’t look easy.

 

And most importantly, there are too many openings.

 

Ping.

 

“Gugh!”

 

Because he took the mana bullet I flicked with my finger directly.

 

Thanks to that, the pillar he worked so hard to create scattered futilely in the void, and the fellow clutched his abdomen where the mana bullet hit and groaned.

 

I don’t know if all demons are at this level, but considering he was sealed for over a thousand years, he must have been reasonably strong.

 

Is it because he hasn’t been awake for long?

 

Well, that’s his problem.

 

“Th, this is ridiculous…”

 

“Let’s finish this soon.”

 

The fellow is definitely tired and weakened.

 

At first he was quite threatening, but not anymore.

 

At this level, even Delward could step in and finish him off…

 

Still, one must show proper respect to an opponent.

 

Step, step.

 

I approached him holding my Arcanium sword.

 

The fellow was still clutching his stomach.

 

But the moment I got somewhat close-

 

“Die!”

 

Countless thorns appeared in front of him and rushed toward me.

 

“Karnas.”

 

“Kirrruuuk!”

 

Whoosh!

 

But those thorns were completely annihilated the moment they touched Karnas’ flame.

 

“Im, impossible… What the hell kind of beast is that!”

 

That was probably his last desperate struggle.

 

“Ki-ruk!”

 

Karnas answered that question for him.

 

With an extremely proud expression.

 

Dragon flame performance is certain, you know?

 

“Like this… I can’t like this…!”

 

Then the fellow suddenly brought his hand toward his forehead.

 

More precisely, toward where the crystal was.

 

But I was faster.

 

Slash!

 

I cut off his remaining arm as well.

 

“Gaaah!”

 

I don’t know what he was trying to do, but I knew I had to stop it.

 

Because he was trying to remove the crystal.

 

I don’t know if he was trying to destroy it, or remove it to become stronger.

 

“You… what the hell are you.”

 

The fellow looked up at me with both arms gone.

 

Still with an expression denying reality.

 

I answered briefly.

 

“Dane Sogress.”

 

And-

 

Thud!

 

I thrust my sword into the area near his heart.

 

“Gugh…”

 

Thus the first demon I ever met died by my hand.

 

Though it was somewhat different from the image I had vaguely imagined, he was still a strong opponent.

 

And a moment later.

 

“Done.”

 

I was finally able to hold Roxinna’s Tears in my hand.

 

A crystal shining with purple light.

 

I don’t really know why this is called ‘Roxinna’s’ tears.

 

“There must be a reason.”

 

Anyway, I’ve been running all vacation for this.

 

Now Leila’s mother should be able to shake off her illness, no, curse.

 

It was long and quite difficult, but I gained a lot in the process.

 

I carefully secured Roxinna’s Tears.

 

And as I was about to turn around-

 

“Hmm.”

 

Something was holding me back.

 

It wasn’t that something physical was grabbing my ankle or anything.

 

The corpse.

 

I sense something from the demon Kenneth’s corpse.

 

“…This is.”

 

Residual mana.

 

It was the ‘black mana’ remaining in Kenneth’s corpse.

 

That mana strangely draws me in.

 

“Hmm.”

 

Demon mana is definitely dangerous.

 

Because as little is known about it as the ancient mana I possess.

 

So I recalled the time when I faced Saul Hanston’s essence.

 

“Good.”

 

It might be a little different, but let’s give it a try.

 

It would be a waste to just leave it behind.

 

“Dane, what are you trying to do?”

 

“Just a moment.”

 

I positioned myself in front of the corpse, then carefully placed my hand on it.

 

Then I feel it.

 

The force of black mana trying to flow in through my hand.

 

It’s quite powerful.

 

Not as much as my mana, but at a level that ordinary mana couldn’t even compete with.

 

If left alone, it could flow in instantly and completely contaminate all the mana in my body.

 

But I’m different.

 

Whooom!

 

The black mana that was trying to enter through my hand is pushed back instead, and slowly begins to rise into the air.

 

At that moment, I began controlling the mana with one hand while shaping it into a sphere with the other.

 

And finally, the slowly growing sphere.

 

I’m now trying to make this mana into a single crystal, just like when I took Saul Hanston’s essence.

 

“Phew.”

 

It required considerable concentration, but it wasn’t too difficult.

 

And after a while.

 

“Done.”

 

After extracting all the residual mana remaining in his body, I was able to create a crystal about the size of a newborn’s fist.

 

This is the essence of mana.

 

Moreover, it’s the essence of black mana used by demons.

 

I feel pleased with myself.

 

How happy would Big Sister be if I gave this to her.

 

Crumble…

 

In the midst of this, his corpse crumbles as if it had been waiting for this moment.

 

It’s a strange phenomenon.

 

Of course, there’s no emotion beyond that.

 

I returned to my friends like that.

 

“Dane.”

 

Leila was the first to approach.

 

“What were you doing?”

 

I showed them Roxinna’s Tear and the essence of black mana.

 

“This is what we wanted, this is a bonus.”

 

“…You went and did something again, didn’t you?”

 

I grinned and continued speaking.

 

“Now we’re done. We just need to go back.”

 

“Dane…”

 

Leila sniffled as if she was about to burst into tears at any moment.

 

I chuckled looking at Leila like that.

 

“When the Duchess wakes up, cry to your heart’s content then.”

 

“Geez… you think I’m like this because of that? What if you had died…”

 

How ridiculous.

 

When did she ever not worry, saying I’d somehow manage everything because it’s me.

 

“Dane, you worked hard.”

 

Delward also looked at me with a somewhat strange expression and nodded.

 

“Without you, it really would have been… an impossible task. My goodness, Lycanthropes and demons…”

 

I couldn’t have imagined it either.

 

I knew there would be some variable since trouble breaks out everywhere I go, but I never thought it would be those two.

 

Still, we managed it.

 

“Master Dane, we didn’t do anything again this time.”

 

“That’s right. We just came here and followed along all the time. At least Ernest did some tracking.”

 

“Hey, that was only because Dane figured everything out.”

 

I chuckled looking at the guys being modest.

 

“Why didn’t you do anything? You learned. You experienced. That alone is huge.”

 

Right now it might not feel like much.

 

But everything you’ve experienced so far are things you could never learn at the Academy level.

 

In that sense, even if there was no active participation as the guys said, it will be tremendously helpful.

 

“Be active next time. I won’t step forward then.”

 

They’ll probably need to prepare themselves.

 

How long will I block everything from the front?

 

“That’s welcome news, Master.”

 

“Finally going to shoot some arrows?”

 

“Should I bring a real hammer this time? Like a Knight.”

 

Anyway, the job was well concluded.

 

Now we just need to go back—

 

“W-wait!”

 

Suddenly the Lycanthrope fellow approached me.

 

“Back off.”

 

Leila drew her sword and pointed it at Gagon. Gagon flinched but soon shouted with a desperate expression.

 

“Th-that thing you got from the demon… could you use it for us just once?”

 

“Why should we do that?”

 

I asked back calmly.

 

He was flustered but soon continued urgently.

 

“We have… lived our whole lives ostracized in the Empire. Even though it’s not our fault! We’ve been despised, heard cursed words, and even killed for no reason. With that, that thing… we might be able to return to normal and go back to our families’ embrace… so please, just once…”

 

I shook my head without much consideration.

 

“That won’t work.”

 

“Please…!”

 

“If you wanted to say such things, you shouldn’t have killed innocent people.”

 

The corpses of Rangers we saw at this ruin entrance.

 

These were all killed by that Lycanthrope named Gagon and his companions.

 

“That was because he made us…”

 

“That excuse makes it even more impossible.”

 

Whoever ordered it, the fact that your own will was involved doesn’t change.

 

You weren’t taken hostage, so ultimately you followed for your purpose.

 

Of course, even if that weren’t the case, we couldn’t hand this over.

 

“…”

 

“You’d better start by collecting your colleagues’ corpses. Since they’re people who died following you.”

 

The Lycanthropes who died in the traps of this passage.

 

And the Lycanthropes killed by the demon.

 

In the end, their deaths became meaningless.

 

Whoever’s responsibility it may be.

 

At those words, Gagon finally hung his head and couldn’t say anything more after that.

 

In the midst of this, someone we had momentarily forgotten approached.

 

“Ahem, cough. I don’t particularly want anything, just send me back home.”

 

It was the dwarf.

 

He waddled over on his short legs, then spoke to me with fierce eyes that looked ill-tempered.

 

“You look damn strong, and your weapon looks incredible too.”

 

“Ah, well.”

 

I’ll have to talk about Bulbark later as we go.

 

“Then let’s go out together. Though it’ll be hard to escort you.”

 

“Let’s do that. I’m just worried there might be something else on the way out, but once we’re out, I can shake off dozens of rangers if they chase me. This mountain range is my territory, my territory.”

 

I heard dwarves have expertise in hiding and escaping, so I don’t know how he got kidnapped, but that makes it easier for me.

 

“Then shall we slowly get going.”

 

Now we had achieved our goal.

 

All that remained was to safely escape from this place and descend the mountain range.

 

By the way, I looked to see what Gagon was doing, and he was kneeling in front of his Lycanthrope colleagues’ corpses with his shoulders shaking.

 

I don’t want to sympathize with him.

 

Though I can sympathize with the existence called Lycanthropes.

 

“Dane, but is there really no way for Lycanthropes to return to normal?”

 

“As far as I know. Probably not.”

 

There are curses in this world that cannot be broken, and diseases that cannot be cured.

 

Speaking of diseases.

 

There’s one person who comes to mind when I think of disease.

 

Grax Otier.

 

The person I ‘invested’ in by giving him a special magic stone.

 

The person who must be continuing his research diligently by now to cure his daughter’s disease.

 

I should visit him once I return to the Academy.

 

“Wait.”

 

Then the dwarf beside me brought his finger to his mouth.

 

“I feel vibrations.”

 

“Vibrations?”

 

“Yes, someone is coming this way. At least ten or more people.”

 

The thought that came to mind in that moment was only one.

 

Rangers.

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