Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 313

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 313

200. He Wasn’t Dead Though

Dane seemed to have no idea what the descendant of Arcana meant.

So while he answered like that, he asked the demon fellow.

“Does the guy inside also know this? The facts you’ve been telling us so far.”

“The guy inside? Don’t tell me….”

“His name is Graco, I heard.”

Graco.

He thought Graco had safely escaped since he wasn’t here, but that wasn’t the case.

“…That’s right.”

He spoke honestly.

There was nothing left to hide when everything was already exposed.

“Then that’s perfect.”

Swoosh.

Dane swung his sword once through the air.

“I don’t need to hold back my strength.”

A chill.

The demons trembled at a sensation they had rarely felt in their lives.

Their opponent was even human.

Though they may have declined considerably now, they were definitely demons.

‘Is that guy really a descendant of Arcana?’

The Ancient Magic Kingdom Arcana.

That place had perished in an instant, for reasons no one knew.

Without a single escapee.

No matter what, it was an incredibly advanced kingdom, so how could there be no escapees? People speculated that there might be descendants somewhere….

But until now, no one had seen such a person.

However, from now on, things seemed different.

That absurd strength.

If he wasn’t a descendant of Arcana, could it really be explained?

‘Then we must kill that guy somehow and absorb his power.’

If this speculation was true….

The power right before their eyes could treat even the golem’s core they originally wanted as nothing.

They were capable of this.

The reason they had been able to survive all these long years despite being demons.

It was absorbing others’ power.

“Sorry, my kin.”

So he quickly moved both arms.

Thud, thwack!

“Kugh!”

“Urgh….”

He plunged both hands into the chests of the two demon kin on either side and grasped their hearts.

“It was an unavoidable decision for our kin.”

“You… this….”

“Damn….”

The two instantly turned into black smoke, and that smoke seeped into his body.

At that moment, explosive powerful force.

Dane’s reaction upon seeing this was:

“What a despicable fellow.”

The demon answered in a heavy voice to those words.

“It was an unavoidable decision to face you.”

Then he looked at the demon fighting Leila and Benatio.

He was almost pushed back, and defeat was confirmed.

Now only his own power remained, or precisely, the power enhanced by absorbing two demons.

“I’ll kill you and make your power mine.”

“Anyone can make plans that sound plausible.”

The power of three demons combined.

Though declined, it wasn’t something to take lightly.

The explosive force was completely different from before.

But Dane showed no signs of tension at all.

Rather, he created several spears in the air.

The demon saw this and snickered.

“Now that my power has increased, magic of that level won’t work.”

Mana spears.

Low chain-level magic, and relatively simple to rearrange.

This much could be handled by flowing out demonic energy to sequentially scatter the rearranged mana.

Then Dane snickered.

“Does it look that way?”

“…?”

When he sensed something strange, Dane flicked his hand and three spears simultaneously flew toward him.

“This much is nothing.”

So he tried to wave his hand to rearrange them, but something was odd.

He had definitely scattered them….

All three flying spears were intact.

Which means-

Thud, thwack thwack!

“Kugh!”

Far from being dispelled, they flew straight in and embedded themselves completely.

“I thought they wouldn’t work?”

At Dane’s question, the demon screamed inwardly.

Why?

He had definitely dispelled the rearrangement?

“Let me tell you something. Those are spears made by bundling thousands of rearranged mana spheres.”

“…!”

It was magic he had never heard of or seen.

So, he had bundled together mana spheres so small they were microscopic and shaped them into spears.

So even if he dispelled the rearrangement, only one of those tiny mana spheres would disappear.

‘Then the only remaining method is….’

Just one.

Exploding the demonic energy inside his body.

‘Will he die from that?’

But he couldn’t not do it.

That guy wouldn’t let him live.

Thinking this, he drew up his demonic energy.

But at that moment-

Thud, thwack thwack!

Several more spears appeared in the air and instantly flew in, piercing through his body.

Tremendous speed that was hard to follow with the eyes.

“Kugh, cough.”

In the end, the demonic energy he had been gathering scattered, and he fell to his knees.

Being a demon saved him – if he were human, those wounds would have killed him several times over.

Dane approached him.

“It looked like you were trying to do something, so I struck a bit quickly.”

“….”

Dane glanced around the area.

Slash, thud!

Just then, Leila delivered the final blow, cutting down the demon she had been fighting.

“Ugh….”

Then Benatio struggled to finish off the remaining one, bleeding from his chest as he collapsed with a thump.

The wound didn’t look deep, but Leila could be seen rushing over to him.

“Are you okay? Benatio?”

“I’m, I’m fine. Cough.”

Dane chuckled.

They had won in the end.

Though he had shared his mana to temporarily boost their overall abilities, they had actually defeated demons.

Dane turned his head again.

“Only you’re left. Except for that fellow called Graco inside.”

Then he drove his arcanium sword into the man’s shoulder.

“Gah!”

“Got anything left to do?”

“Admi…rable.”

The demonic energy that had been gathering in the man’s hands scattered.

While Dane had briefly turned his head, he had been collecting the remaining demonic energy.

But he couldn’t fool Dane’s eyes, which had heightened his sensing ability to the extreme.

“Farewell.”

And without delay, Dane drove his sword into the man’s heart, finishing the situation.

Thump.

The falling corpse.

“It’s over.”

Dane immediately hoisted the man’s corpse over his shoulder and approached Leila and Benatio.

“How’s his condition?”

“It’s not deep. But since it’s a wound from a demon, we should have Priscilla look at it.”

Leila was right.

Black smoke was rising ominously from Benatio’s chest area.

In this situation, Benatio looked at Dane and struggled to speak.

“Thank… you.”

Without Dane, he would have died.

Probably would have disappeared without a trace.

As a member of the counterintelligence unit, he would become someone who never existed in the first place.

But he was able to live.

Thanks to Dane Sogress, who had displayed unbelievable martial prowess.

“Your skill level was quite good, for a freshman.”

Benatio felt slightly embarrassed by those words.

The reason for specifically calling him a freshman was probably to hide his identity.

Not only did he have overwhelming skill, but he was also overflowing with consideration.

Benatio was gradually falling for Dane.

“Let’s treat your wound first. Leila, can you support him?”

“Yeah, it should be fine.”

“I’ll handle the demon corpses first. Go down into the ruins. Contact Priscilla in advance.”

“Got it.”

The battle was over.

So now it was time to collect the spoils of war.

I extracted the demon essence from the three demon corpses, just as I had done in the Habarosk Mountain Range before.

More precisely, I extracted and condensed it all together.

“As long as I manage the items around here well, it should be fine.”

Previously, I had gone berserk because of a pendant that came from these ruins.

I don’t know if there are other conditions for going berserk, but for now it should be okay.

“I’ll give one back to Big Sister… give another to Professor Cross.”

I should take the remaining one myself.

I don’t know when I might need to use it, but I can just buy a separate subspace to store this one alone.

“It’s convenient how the corpses are disposed of like this.”

Incidentally, the demon corpses disappeared without a trace, just as they had before.

It’s fascinating how this happens when you extract and condense the demonic energy.

“Anyway… shall I go now?”

Before leaving, I checked the situation at the ruins.

Fortunately, no one was coming this way despite the battle that had taken place.

The sound-blocking magic I had set up in advance seemed to have been effective.

“I’ll need to deal with Count Arkent’s matter too.”

Count Arkent isn’t something I need to handle.

Whether he wanted to become a mage and looked into all sorts of methods or not, it’s not related to me.

However, the issue will be whether he knew that these fellows he dealt with in the process were demons, and it will be the Imperial Palace, not me, who judges that.

“I can leave it to Benatio.”

Now what I need to do is go down into the ruins, take the golem’s core, and interrogate that fellow called Graco.

I headed straight down into the ruins.

“Dane’s here.”

“Whew, I heard it was quite chaotic outside?”

Everyone seemed to have been waiting.

After checking on Benatio’s condition as he received treatment from Priscilla, I looked toward Graco.

“Priscilla, how is that fellow?”

“He’s not dead yet.”

Typical demon vitality.

To endure even in a near-death state.

“Ugh… groan…”

I asked Priscilla.

“Is there no way to heal a demon?”

“You want to heal him?”

“No. It would be problematic if he dies during interrogation.”

He’s a fellow with no reason to keep alive, but he can’t die right now.

But unfortunately, Priscilla shook her head.

“No. There isn’t. Regular treatment won’t work. Divine power obviously won’t work either.”

“Can’t be helped.”

I approached the fellow for now.

Graco recognized me and struggled to lift his head.

“…My kinsmen?”

“All dead.”

“Haha…”

The fellow sighed as if resigned.

“I see… You’re strong. Really. Are you a descendant of Arcana?”

“The fellow who was outside said the same thing.”

“Because it’s impossible to explain otherwise.”

“It doesn’t seem like a particularly important fact.”

“…An ancient magic kingdom that even the demons watched in amazement, and you say it’s not an important fact?”

I answered simply.

“It’s a kingdom that’s now fallen.”

“Even so…”

“And I’m the youngest son of the Sogress Count House.”

“…”

The man looked at me and suddenly burst into a faint laugh.

“You’re quite an interesting fellow.”

“Do I seem that way?”

“Yes. The way you’re so calm about it, and you don’t seem to particularly want it either.”

Then suddenly, without being asked, he brought up an interesting story.

“Since it’s all over anyway, I’ll tell you. If all five outside are dead, then I’m the last remaining demon. And now that I’m disappearing too, there won’t be any demons left on this continent.”

“How can I believe that? You’ve lied several times even on the way here.”

“Then go and check for yourself.”

The fellow snapped his fingers.

Then a dark blue light appeared in the void, drawing a map.

Followed by one sparkling point.

“At the end of the western desert. Where the sky meets, there’s a place where we lived.”

The western desert.

A very distant place.

“Look carefully at the quicksand there. It’s below the swirling sand floor. There are quite a few… but someone of your level should be able to figure out where the entrance is.”

The fellow added.

“If you go there… you’ll confirm that my words are sincere… and you’ll be able to see what we’ve left behind.”

The thought that came to mind from those words was this.

Those guys existed on this continent even when the ancient magic kingdom was around.

If so, it means I could learn many more facts through the information they gathered or the records they kept.

“It’s not a lie, so don’t worry.”

“I’ll think about that.”

The fellow chuckled and slowly closed his eyes.

“This is the end.”

And his heartbeat stopped.

Though he pretended to meet a glorious end, ultimately this fellow was one who tried to deceive and kill us.

I don’t feel even a trace of sympathy.

I stood up without any lingering attachment.

“The end of the western desert, where the sky meets.”

Another place to visit has been added.

Though I can’t go during the school term.

I can just look into whether it’s true or not a bit more.

“Dane, Dane.”

Meanwhile, Ernest brought some rather surprising news.

“Dane, there seems to be something behind this wall.”

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