A boy raised by a demon king and a dragon king seems to be peerless in his school life.

Volume 7 Chapter 58 Twin Gaze

“It feels great…! Power is overflowing!”

With a devilish and malevolent grin, Uracan laughed.

Magic surged limitlessly, and muscles swelled with every ounce of strength exerted. Truly the strongest, truly invincible.

Uracan was convinced that he had become the ultimate life form.

“Now then, I could say it’s about time to kill… but I’m in a good mood right now. What do you say, kid? Do you have any intention of joining me? There’s hardly anyone as exceptional as you. There’s no need to waste lives here.”

After making this proposal to Ruisha, Uracan shifted his gaze to Sharo and Iris, who were watching the battle from a distance.

“However, young heroine, you’re a lost cause. We can’t calm the public without making an example of you. I’m sorry, but you’ll have to die a cruel death.”

Sharo, intimidated by Uracan’s malevolent gaze, found her legs going weak. She had been resented by people before, but experiencing such a malevolent intent directed at her was a first.

“And as for you, vampire girl, I won’t kill you. As punishment for your defiance, I’ll torment you thoroughly and then shower you with plenty of affection.”

Uracan said this in a slimy tone, dripping saliva and licking his lips. Iris, who rarely broke her poker face, found it too disgusting. She let out a cute “Eek!” in fear.

Satisfied by her reaction, Uracan grinned with enjoyment and then shifted his gaze back to Ruisha.

“How about it? Not a bad deal, right? If we continue this battle, I’m not confident I can restrain myself, and I’ll end up killing all of you. But if you surrender, there will be only one casualty. If you’re not a fool, you’ll know what’s best to do, won’t you…?”

“Well, I’m not a fool either. I’ll always choose the best path for myself.”

At those words, Uracan laughed inwardly.

However, what came from Ruisha’s mouth was something far from his imagination.

“I choose the third option, to defeat you and create a world where everyone lives with smiles!”

Ruisha shouted and readied his fist again.

Upon hearing this answer, Uracan’s face contorted with anger in an instant.

“You’ve got it wrong, kid!”

Uracan said this and raised his right hand, infusing magic into the air.

His body had evolved at the cellular level, the speed at which he infused magic was significantly faster than before, and the power had increased.

“Demon Warlord Diffusion Ray: Ibijeneru Baralesio!”

From Uracan’s hand, a beam of light shot out at an imperceptible speed. The number of beams was not just one or two, it was an uncountable rain of rays aimed at Ruisha.

Each of these beams had the power to evaporate a mere human in an instant. Truly a technique worthy of being called a ‘finishing move.’

Ruisha stared straight at the death rays.

It would be a lie to say he wasn’t scared, but there was something more reassuring than that.

“Here we go… lend me your strength, Tess-nee!”

Ruisha said this and focused power into his left eye.

His eye then shone with a golden light, and a hexagram pattern appeared in the center of his pupil.

“The Demon King’s Eye: Satan’s Eye!”

The moment he opened that eye, the scenery Ruisha saw changed completely.

He could clearly see the trajectory of Uracan’s unleashed magic, understanding in an instant how it would fly and how to move to avoid being hit.

Guided by the Demon King’s Eye, Ruisha advanced. With just that, Uracan’s powerful magic couldn’t even graze his clothes and simply disappeared.

“Y-You’re using a detestable magic eye…! If it’s come to this!”

Realizing his magic was ineffective, Uracan flapped the wings on his back, kicked the ground, and approached Ruisha at an incredible speed. He then raised his fist and threw a punch at Ruisha with all his speed and weight.

A monstrous being several times his size was closing in. Yet, Ruisha remained composed.

Because he had another formidable ally on his side.

“I’ll borrow your strength again, Rio!”

With his demon eye closed, Ruisha now infused power into his right eye, activating the ‘Dragon Eye.’

Once again, the scenery changed for Ruisha, and this time he could see Uracan’s movements through his power.

“Die!”

Fists were thrown at lightning speed, but even that was inconsequential when you could anticipate the moves.

Ruisha narrowly avoided the fist by a hair’s breadth and seized the arm with both hands.

“Qigong technique, Shushi Rokuno Kata Henshiki ‘Ryuryu Shukune Kaeshi’!”

In an unexpected move, Ruisha utilized the force from the punch to hurl Uracan and slam him into the ground with tremendous force. Uracan crashed headfirst into the ground and collapsed on the spot, suffering severe damage to his head.

“Why… Why am I, the mightiest, defeated by a brat…? I should have obtained the ultimate power!”

Struggling to rise as he pushed his hands against the ground, Uracan was dealt a kick to the side of his head by Ruisha, as if to deliver the finishing blow.

While the Dragon Eye was active, the dragon blood he received from Rio was activated, enhancing Ruisha’s physical abilities even further.

Uracan, receiving a kick comparable to that of a dragon, rolled on the ground in misery, groaning. His humiliation was so overwhelming it made him want to cry.

“Da-damn it… If it has come to this, I have no choice but to use my last resort.”

Saying this, he tore off the necklace hanging around his neck and took the ring that was connected to it. It looked like a plain iron ring with no embellishments, but this was Uracan’s last trump card.

“I’ll show you, kid… the form of the new Demon King!”

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Volume 7 Chapter 59 Cause of defeat

“The true Demon King… It’s amusing you can still say such absurd things.”

“Hehehe, it’s understandable that you can’t believe it. Becoming the Demon King is not something you can achieve just by trying.”

Unlike the common ‘royal crest,’ there existed in this world a ‘royal crest’ that could be obtained only under special conditions. The Demon King’s Crest was one of them, and it wasn’t possible for a demon to harbor the Demon King’s Crest just by becoming stronger.

The conditions to become the Demon King were as follows: winning the martial arts tournament ‘Great Demon Heaven Festival,’ held in the demon territory once every three years. The victor of this tournament, who fought boldly in front of the citizens and emerged as the first-place winner, could inherit the Demon King’s Crest.

The final match of this tournament was a one-on-one battle between the last survivor and the incumbent Demon King. Winning this tournament meant inheriting the Demon King’s Crest directly from the Demon King, and the victor became the next Demon King. In other words, with Demon King Testarossa absent, a new Demon King would not be born until someone triumphed in this tournament.

However, the ‘The Book of the Demon King’ in Uracan’s hands contained a method for inheriting the Demon King’s Crest even in such dire circumstances.

“The ring I possess, the ‘Ring of Sacrifice,’ has the power to absorb the surrounding souls during its invocation. And the ritual for inheriting the Demon Kinghood takes place in exchange for the souls of ten thousand people.”

The population of the capital city was approximately four hundred thousand, more than enough for conducting the ritual of inheriting the Demon Kinghood.

“By now, my subordinates should be slaughtering those humans rampantly. They’ve likely already killed over ten thousand…!”

In truth, to ensure absolute readiness, he should have waited longer, but there was no helping it. Uracan compromised and decided to proceed with the ritual of inheriting the Demon Kinghood at this moment.

He tightly grasped the Ring of Sacrifice in his right hand and raised it high, infusing magic into the ring.

“Ring! Unleash your true power now and gather the souls of the humans that fill this land!”

As Uracan shouted, the ring began to glow.

However, in response, several souls didn’t gather… not a single one.

“…Huh?”

Uracan infused magic into the ring again, raising it to the sky, but the ring only glowed without anything happening.

Was the ring malfunctioning? Uracan tapped it and polished it, but nothing changed.

Seeing his flustered state, Ruisha couldn’t help but chuckle.

“No matter how much you try, it’s futile. After all, the ring isn’t broken.”

“Y-You, is this your doing, brat…!? What on earth have you done!!”

Uracan, infuriated and red-faced at Ruisha’s mocking demeanor, demanded an answer.

With a calm demeanor, Ruisha replied to him.

“If you try sensing magical energy, you’ll understand. After all, you’re a demon too, so you should be able to do at least that much, right?”

“Magical energy sensing? And what will I understand by doing that?”

Resisting, Uracan activated magical energy sensing.

A magical energy sensing that covered the entire capital, true to his demon lineage. However, due to being able to sense such a vast area, he was about to learn a cruel truth.

“This is… impossible…! Why haven’t the number of humans decreased at all!? What are my soldiers doing!!”

Before entering the capital, Uracan had used magical energy sensing to confirm the number of people, and the current count showed no difference.

On the other hand, the number of his subordinates had significantly decreased.

For this plan, Uracan had meticulously prepared to avoid any hindrances. He had neutralized the knights who would pose obstacles and targeted a time when gold-ranked adventurers were on quests.

So why were the demons losing, when there shouldn’t be formidable individuals in the capital now?

“Is this your doing!? Did you defeat my soldiers!?”

“I couldn’t possibly do something like that in such a short time. Your soldiers were defeated by the people living in this capital.”

Ruisha declared, looking straight into Uracan’s eyes.

“You’re not losing to me. You’re losing to this country.”