The Misfit of Demon King Academy: Volume 7 (Light Novel) (eBook)

Shu (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-8762-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In order to stop Jiordal from attacking the surface, the dome that covered the underground world was turned into an eternal existence through the power of the Sword of the Almighty. But once the dome was removed from the order of the world, earthrain began to fall, threatening to destroy all life in the underground world.

To prevent such tragedy, Anos and his followers head towards one of the three major nations of the underground world: Agatha, the land of knights ruled by an all-seeing prophet. There, they encounter a draconid fated to be sacrificed to the dragons-dragons that consume enough sources give birth to 'dragonborn.' What will happen when Anos and everyone meet these dragonborn meant to support the entire underground world?

The story continues in volume 7, Agatha Prophecy Arc!

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§ 1. Demon King Training Suspended

At the Jiorhaze dragon landing site.

All of us gazed up at the dome, now eternalized through the Sword of the Almighty.

“An eternally unchanging barrier,” Sasha murmured. “But we can still cut our way through with Leviangilma, right? Isn’t it a good thing if the draconids have no way of invading the surface anymore?”

“Oh, good point,” Eleonore agreed. “Sounds like there shouldn’t be any problem,” Eleonore agreed.

Just then, the earth overhead trembled. It was a skytremor—the sky was falling down. As the dome approached the ground it rattled loudly.

Misha pointed at the dome. “Anos.”

“Hmm. Some of the dome is falling. Not too large though,” I commented.

“Wait, didn’t the dome just become eternally unchanging?” Sasha asked in a panicked voice.

“The dome isn’t just one slab of rock,” Arcana answered. “The pillars of order merely hold up the pieces in a way that makes it seem so. But every one hundred years, the skytremors disrupt that order. The boulders that rain down as a result are called earthrain. However...”

“It hasn’t been a hundred years, has it?” I asked.

“That’s right.”

At that moment, part of the dome shifted, and a large boulder—positioned right over Jiorhaze—jutted out, threatening to fall at any moment.

Eldmed stared upwards with a look of great interest. “Bwa ha ha! If that falls, this city is done for. An eternalized boulder of that size will crush everything below it.”

“Under normal circumstances, there is leeway between the first skytremors and the first earthrain. The earthrain typically falls seven days after the skytremor,” Arcana explained.

But just as she said that, the skytremor worsened, and the boulder came free from the dome—plummeting straight towards Jiorhaze.

“I-It’s falling!”

“Do we run...?”

Eleonore and Zeshia spoke at the same time.

“Running now would only guarantee Jiorhaze’s destruction.” I held out my hand and Arcana handed me Leviangilma. “Veneziara.”

My body started moving in a wave, swaying to and fro. The body of possibilities leaped from the ground and flew towards the falling earthrain.

One flash later, Leviangilma cut through the falling boulders.

Of course, the result was what had occurred. In reality, I never moved from where I stood in Jiorhaze. The falling earthrain was reduced to dust that scattered in the air.

“Looks like things have gotten troublesome,” I said.

Arcana nodded. “The eternal state of the dome has defied the pillars of order.”

Both the skytremor, only meant to occur once a century, and the earthrain, only meant to occur seven days afterwards, had turned against their order and fallen in succession.

“More rain may fall,” Arcana said.

“And if it does, the city won’t survive,” I replied.

Evacuating the city would be difficult without the seven-day grace period.

“This must be because of my sin,” Arcana mumbled, looking downwards. “As the Goddess of Absurdity, this is my fault. I’ve already betrayed you, big brother...”

I patted her head gently. “Making the dome rain down is just a cute prank. Something this trivial doesn’t count as betrayal.”

Arcana took a small breath.

“If the Goddess of Absurdity caused this to happen, then there must be a reason for it. Let’s figure that out first. Whatever her lies and betrayal involve won’t matter once I destroy them.”

“Yeah...” she replied quietly, a hint of embarrassment in her voice.

“How’s the land aboveground being affected?” I asked.

“On the surface, order is being maintained as normal,” Arcana answered. “The blessings of the land haven’t changed. Fields can still be tilled, and trees will still bear fruit. But if one tries to dig too deep into the ground, they will be obstructed by eternalized dirt and stone.”

So not an immediate cause for concern. But there was no guarantee things would remain that way forever. An abnormality in the skytremors could potentially affect the order aboveground.

“We won’t return to the surface then,” I concluded. “We’ll undo the restrictions on Arcana and return the dome to normal first.”

“Are we going to Gadeciola?” Misha asked.

That would indeed be the fastest way to investigate the Goddess of Absurdity.

There was a high chance that Gadeciola’s Overlord—and Ceris—knew something about Arcana. While we were there, we could find clues as to what they were plotting, plus retrieve Golroana along the way.

“We’ll eventually go to Gadeciola, but our first stop will be Agatha,” I said. “We should be able to gain some information from Diedrich’s prophecies.”

As long as we knew when and where the next earthrain would occur, prevention would be easy. Once the people were safe and we had our information, we could head towards Gadeciola.

“Eldmed, go and inform Bishop Mirano of the earthrain. It should be possible to use magic against the boulders before they fall and gain too much momentum.”

“Bwa ha ha! Leave it to me.” Eldmed drew a magic circle and used Gatom.

Mirano would be able to figure out a countermeasure with the Jiordal Church. At worst, they would be able to begin the evacuation process to flee.

“That leaves the students of the Demon King Academy.” I sent a Leaks to the Demon King Castle. “Demon King Anos orders you all to exit the castle within the next ten seconds. Do not be late.”

“Will they make it in ten seconds?” Sasha wondered out loud, right as the door to the castle swung open.

A stampede of footsteps later, panicked students gathered before me. They seemed to be under the impression that I would punish them if they didn’t gather immediately.

“Well done. That was a swift response,” I said to them. “Now, listen to the plan. Though I considered returning to the surface first, the situation has changed. The dome has become eternalized. In short, I’m the only one who can pass through.”

Sensing the seriousness of the situation, the students all listened carefully.

“The songfire you all saw earlier was aimed at Midhaze. The song of the Divine Dragon was part of Jiordal’s fifteen-hundred-year-old spell to eradicate the surface. The magic has been stopped now, but it seems the underground world is much more dangerous than I originally believed.”

The students stirred noisily.

“Eradicate the surface?!”

“That magic earlier was seriously horrifying...”

“I’m more scared of how casually he said he stopped the magic...”

They all stared at me in awe and gulped.

“I was planning on resuming Demon King Training lessons, but that won’t be possible anymore. In the worst-case scenario, the underground world will become a battlefield.”

The students trembled in fear.

“Thus, this concludes lessons,” I announced.

The students then sighed in relief.

“Well, I guess there’s a silver lining?”

“I honestly wouldn’t have been surprised if we had all died during Demon King Training...”

“Looks like we’ll be able to go home safe.”

I laughed at their relaxed comments. “Brace yourselves. From here on, all the battles are real.”

“Huh?” the students all said in unison.

“Wouldn’t it be better to send them all back, Lord Anos?” Misa suggested. “It won’t be easy for you to keep an eye on all of them.”

“Don’t be silly. These are future demon lords you’re talking about. They’re not demons that need protection—they’re the demons that protect. They need to experience putting their lives on the line at least once or twice.”

“That may be true, but...” Misa brought her hand to her mouth, deep in thought.

The students all looked towards her and folded their hands in prayer—Jiordal style. It seemed they had actually learned something during this trip.

“Please... Please, Misa...”

“Please convince the Demon King!”

“We’ll do anything you say!”

Their pleading gazes honed in on Misa.

“Even if you look at me like that...” Misa mumbled.

Seeing how troubled she looked, Lay offered his opinion. “War doesn’t wait for you to get stronger first. In a way, they’re quite fortunate—they have us here.”

The students glared at Lay, eyes full of hatred.

“That’s not helping... Damn you, Lay. I mean, Hero Kanon...”

“Are you just going to abandon us for being demons? Are humans the only people you’ll save? Have a heart!”

“We’re your classmates! We cheered for you in the Demon Sword Tournament!”

“We’ll spread embarrassing photos of you and Misa throughout the school!”

Lay turned to me and smiled cheerfully. “Look, Anos. It seems they’re raring to go.”

“Hmm. So it seems. I like the looks in their eyes.”

The students fell to their knees.

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.9.2024
• Reihe/Serie: The Misfit of Demon King Academy
• Illustrationen: Shizumayoshinori
• Übersetzer: Mana Z.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Demons • Heroes • Light Novel • Magic • OP protagonist • Reincarnation • school
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-8762-8 / 1718387628
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-8762-1 / 9781718387621