The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 124

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Chapter 124 48. Now It Begins (1)

Just like in human society, bloodlines similar to noble families exist in the Demon Realm as well.

Those who inherit noble blood easily reach the level of High Demons without any special training or effort. And they help each other among the same bloodlines, desperately struggling not to lose their established power and privileges.

However, Demon King Seks was not born with a prestigious bloodline.

Rather, he was worse off than even ordinary demons. He had lived wandering the streets without even knowing his parents’ faces, and rose to the level of High Demon through innate talent and blood-soaked effort alone.

Many people thought highly of him and showed him respect.

But on the other hand, there were quite a few who sent him ridicule.

“The 108 Clan bastards, their expressions must be worth seeing right about now.”

Hehe, Demon King Seks chuckled quietly to himself.

They probably never dreamed it would happen.

Who would have known that the one they pointed fingers at as dirty and lowly would suddenly rise to the position of Demon King?

Moreover, the Demon God had recently expended much of his power, making it even harder to predict. They probably thought the Demon King’s position would remain vacant for about 300 years. And after that, a Demon King would emerge from among themselves.

Swoosh.

“Are you pleased, big brother?”

While Seks continued to laugh, another demon suddenly appeared in the mansion.

Teleport. Among High Demons, only a handful could handle spatial movement magic so freely.

Seks looked at his capable assistant and sworn brother Baku, his expression hardening.

“No. How could I be pleased?”

“Then why are you laughing?”

“Becoming Demon King is unpleasant, but thinking about how upset the 108 Clan bastards will be does make me feel good. Kuhehe! Those bastards can’t disobey the Demon God’s command, so they’ll have to submit to my words even if they hate it.”

“Then that’s good, isn’t it?”

“No, when I think about it comprehensively, I still don’t like it.”

Seks shook his head and stood up from his seat.

Then he threw open the window.

Feeling the cool breeze blowing in, he continued speaking.

“What kind of Demon King is a Demon King these days? More like a suicide squad captain. Who would like such a position?”

“Is it okay to speak so bluntly? The Demon God might be watching…”

“That guy is sleeping. He won’t wake up for another 50 years.”

“Ah, that’s fortunate then.”

“That’s about the only fortunate thing.”

“Hey, saying it’s only one fortunate thing is too harsh. What do you mean suicide squad captain? Then what does that make the 108 Clan demons who are desperate to claim that position?”

“What else? They’re all idiots. Crazy with ambition for honor, thinking standing above others is life’s greatest goal. Ugh, horrible.”

“…”

“I don’t want to be like that. I just want to live comfortably, occasionally slapping some succubus butts.”

Seks muttered with a serious expression.

His sworn brother Baku, who had been listening quietly, belatedly muttered.

“But now that’s impossible.”

“Fuck! Yeah, it’s impossible. You bastard.”

“Don’t take your anger out on me.”

“I won’t, I don’t even have the energy for that, you brat.”

Seks trudged over to the sofa and threw himself down.

He wanted to cry.

He had never thought the Previous Demon King or the one before that was stronger than him. He was only pushed back by bloodline; in terms of pure skill, he was the best.

But just because he was the strongest in the Demon Realm, could he successfully complete the invasion of the human world?

‘Absolutely not. The human world is fucking tough right now.’

Seks made a gloomy expression.

He had never once crossed over to the human world until now. It was due to interference from the 108 Clan who didn’t want to lose credit.

However, that didn’t mean he was unaware of the current human military strength. He had heard countless stories from those who had participated in the invasion 10 years ago.

‘The guy called the Knight King was incredibly strong.’

‘That Golden Dawn bitch too… The aura she uses was truly terrifying. It felt like it exerted even stronger power against us demons.’

‘That dickless knight bastard was also incredibly strong, but it’s fortunate he died. He was very troublesome since even the Succubus Queen’s mental attacks didn’t work on him.’

The humans’ military strength, more powerful than any era before!

For Seks, who had to break through this, it was nothing short of a nightmare.

But this wasn’t the end.

He sighed deeply and snapped his fingers.

A flame was created and flew toward the wall. With a pop sound, an image began playing.

“What is this?”

“It’s a memory the Demon God sent me. A video of the battle between the Previous Demon King and a newly appeared powerful human.”

“I see… Huh? What, he declared territory on a human’s body? Wow, that’s pretty clever?”

“Right. The ability is much weaker than building a proper Demon King’s Castle, but since the range of activity expands, it’s much better for strategizing.”

“That makes sense. In that state, even just going on covert assassination missions could drastically reduce human military strength. It’s also good for causing chaos… Huh? But why did he lose?”

Baku tilted his head.

He couldn’t understand it.

If the process of possessing the human body had failed, that would be one thing, but the fact that he lost his life despite achieving such perfect success felt strange.

“Just shut up and watch, you bastard.”

“…Don’t tell me the Previous Demon King was defeated by that one human?”

“Just watch, sigh.”

Seks stretched out his finger while continuously sighing, and Baku closed his mouth and focused on the video.

And a moment later.

He couldn’t close his gaping mouth and froze in place.

“Fucking amazing, right?”

“…”

“Crazy, right? No joke, right? Can’t you see the future where my head gets smashed the moment I advance into the human world? Huh?”

“…That’s really insane. Wait, is that actually human?”

“He’s even 15 years old, fuck. Seems like he won’t die for another 100, no, 150 years.”

“That’s right. Strong humans tend to have long lifespans too…”

“…”

“…”

The two who had watched the battle between the Previous Demon King and the human stared at each other wordlessly for a while.

The Demon God hoped for proper results before he woke from sleep, that is, within 50 years, but…

“Think it’s possible?”

“It’ll be difficult. How do we beat that thing?”

“Exactly, damn it.”

The two lost motivation before even starting.

Another period of silence followed.

“…”

“…”

“…Hey.”

“Yes, big brother.”

“Isn’t there some way?”

“Well… it’s not completely impossible. Nothing is absolute.”

“Damn it, not that kind of generic answer anyone could give – think of a real method, you bastard!”

“You’re the one in a hurry, not me. Don’t come at me like this.”

“You be the Demon King instead of me starting today.”

“I refuse.”

“Damn it! Stop joking around, isn’t there really some way?”

Seks asked with a desperate face.

At least his brother was better at scheming than he was. He looked at Eujae with an expression that said ‘I’m counting on you.’

“Sigh.”

Receiving that earnest gaze, Baku shook his head.

And he opened his mouth with a complicated expression.

“What special method could I possibly have? Honestly, the Demon God went too far with this. It would be much better to just attack after that guy dies.”

“Stop saying things I could say too.”

“Sigh… Well, since a forceful solution seems impossible, we’ll have to target the psychological aspect. As long as he’s human, he should have at least one such weakness, right?”

“Hmm, I suppose? Should we take his family hostage or something?”

“It depends on his personality. First, we need to figure out what kind of guy he is.”

“You’re right.”

Demon King Seks nodded his head. Then he clapped his hands.

Clap!

A black portal opened, revealing thousands of swarming insects.

“We can use familiars. Let’s start right away.”

“I’ll prepare.”

Bark bowed his head.

Seks patted his shoulder and made a reluctant expression.

‘Did they coat the human world with honey or something? Why not just live peacefully in the Demon Realm?’

A completely different way of thinking from typical demons.

This was his true feeling.

But he couldn’t refuse the Demon God’s command. Blue flames flickered in his eyes.

‘I’ll expose every weakness you have, Lumian Calard!’

* * *

“Hehe, hehehehe.”

“Stop laughing like an idiot.”

“Hehehehehe.”

Lumian continued laughing, paying no attention to Cal Krone’s words.

No one could stop him. The three students including Teoro all shook their heads simultaneously.

‘He’s in a good mood.’

‘It’s nice to see but also annoying.’

‘Ah, I miss my sister too.’

Overall negative reactions.

But that was only because Lumian was being so obvious about it, not because they truly cursed his future or anything.

Regardless of the process, wasn’t this his monumental first romance!

Teoro chuckled seeing Lumian’s happy expression.

‘I hope they date for a long time.’

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like the same thing that happened with Leiton Wino would occur. Tania had quite a decent personality image.

Of course, that was completely different from romantic relationships between men and women, but still, it was much more reassuring than meeting a woman with a terrible personality.

Just as he was about to congratulate Lumian once more.

“Anyway, congratulations for real…”

“Lumian!”

“Ah, senior’s here! I’m going!”

Swoosh-

Lumian instantly flew toward Tania.

Teoro closed his mouth with an awkward expression.

Cal Krone said to him.

“Your student abandoned you.”

“Shut up.”

This bastard is more annoying than Bumer these days. Teoro thought to himself as he headed toward the training grounds.

He had to swing his sword at least once more while that guy was playing around. That was the only way he could keep up, even if just by his heels.

He wasn’t the only one thinking that way.

Cal Krone also followed behind Teoro with a determined expression.

‘I wish the semester would end soon. I miss my sister…’

Only Bumer Simpson envied Lumian.

Even so, he diligently showed up at the training grounds every day.

* * *

“Well, I’ll go in.”

“Yes. See you tomorrow.”

The hands they had been holding all day finally separated. A feeling of regret crossed Lumian’s face.

Tania felt the same way. Even as she entered the dormitory, she kept turning her head and waving her hand.

What should have been a 10-second farewell stretched to 1 minute, then over 5 minutes.

The people around watching this frowned deeply.

‘Enough already, you two!’

‘Damn! I want to date too…’

‘There’s a limit to showing off, what are they really doing?’

Of course, no one dared to pick a fight with them, as they were the top students of the Knight Department.

Thanks to this, Lumian and Tania could fully enjoy the sweet feelings of early romance.

“Haah!”

After seeing Tania off over a long period, Lumian looked up at the sky.

Countless stars welcomed him. Though it was scenery he usually paid no attention to, today it felt different.

It felt like everything in the world was blessing him.

His mood was absolutely the best.

Whoosh, he exhaled and started walking. Not toward his dormitory, but toward Morghen’s professor’s office.

‘Why did he want to see me?’

He couldn’t tell. He was just going because he was told to come.

Filled with curiosity, he quickened his pace and soon arrived in front of the professor’s office.

Knock knock, he tapped on the door and entered without hesitation.

“You came, big brother?”

“Yeah. Why did you want to see me?”

“I wanted to give you some helpful advice.”

“Help?”

Lumian asked back.

He couldn’t understand.

He was currently living through the best period of his life.

It was natural since he was dating for the first time in 60 years. Every time he saw Tania staying by his side with a shy smile, he was spending such meaningful time that he wondered if it was okay to be this happy.

‘Help, huh. Maybe before the confession, but now I don’t think I really need help.’

That thought was brief.

Hearing Morghen’s next words, Lumian unconsciously let out a groan.

“Success in confession isn’t the end.”

“Then?”

“Now you should think about making progress.”

“Mmm…”

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