A Weak Demon Lord Started Livestreaming in a Bottom-Tier Dungeon and Went Viral?! After Completely Crushing Rude S-Rank Explorers and Annoying Streamers, the Internet Erupted in Praise. Um, I'm Supposed to Be the Enemy of Humanity, You Know? - 29

Chapter 29: The Dungeon Streamer Interviews Again

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“Now then, where did I leave off?”

“Ah, yes. You were explaining why you want to eliminate Olden-san.”

“Ah, right. That’s where we were.”

After Olden left to eliminate the litterer, Glen resumed the story for Erika.

“Do you two know how old that guy is?”

“Huh? Olden-san’s age? …No clue. What about you, Konatsu?”

“M-Me neither. I think he should be pretty old though.”

『Now that you mention it, no one ever talked about the age of that Bonehead. Maybe he’s actually pretty old?』

『He does say grandpa-like things sometimes, that’s for sure.』

Nobody, including the viewers, could answer Glen’s question. Then Glen simply said.

“I see. I don’t know either.”

Erika comically toppled over in disbelief. 

『That reaction is so old-school.』

The viewers immediately chimed in, but Erika paid them no mind.

“Wh-Why would you ask that question when you don’t even know the answer yourself?”

“Erika, how old do I look?”

“Please stay on topic… Um, maybe you’re in your early twenties?”

“I turned two thousand this year.”

“Wait, two thousand!?”

Erika was shocked by the age, far beyond what one could imagine from Glen’s beautiful appearance. The viewers shared the same reaction.

『Two thousand years old? No way. She’s basically a living miracle!』

『Technically speaking, she’s the same age as Jesus!』

『Please stop adding more traits… My sexual disposition is getting even more skewed now…』

Glen continued.

“It depends on the race, but a demon’s lifespan is about a hundred times that of a human.”

“Th-That’s incredibly long-lived…”

“Indeed. I think so too. I met Olden when I was around a hundred. Even back then, he already looked like a skeleton.”

“So Olden-san has been alive for an incredibly long time?”

“Incredibly doesn’t even begin to cover it. Do you know his nickname?”

“Oh, I actually do!!”

Olden’s nickname. Erika had heard from Olden himself what kind of position he held in the Demon Realm.

“If I recall, in the Demon Realm he’s known as ‘the Demon Lord whose strength ranks among the lowest,’ right?”

“Ah, that’s not incorrect. I’m not a particularly combat-oriented Demon Lord myself, but Olden, aside from summoning magic, is basically a ‘one-liner Demon Lord’ who can increase the number of his limbs.”

“I think Olden-san would probably cry if he heard you say that.”

“But that nickname is something young demons—only a few hundred years old—started calling him after taking his words at face value.”

“Oh, so there’s more to it.”

Unbothered by Erika’s jab, Glen murmured Olden’s true title.

“The ‘Oldest’ Demon Lord. That’s the name I know him by.”

“The Oldest…?”

“Yes. If the Great Demon Lord is the ‘Strongest,’ then he is the ‘Oldest.’ The most ancient, and the most knowledgeable living witness to the history of the Demon Realm.”

A living witness to history. But Erika still couldn’t quite see how Olden’s longevity led to Glen wanting to kill him. Konatsu also seemed confused about what Glen was trying to say.

“When a living being exists for too long, it starts to go mad.”

“Huh?”

“I don’t know the full details of Olden’s past. I’ve heard rumors—like he united a million demons to form a nation, or that he was once a great demon with power to rival the Great Demon Lord.”

“That’s… Incredible.”

“But he experienced something beyond what I can even imagine. Fearing death, he abandoned his flesh and became what he is now.”

And that was why—

“Olden has started to go mad from his fear of death.”

“M-Mad? But he doesn’t seem mad at all.”

Erika pictured the skeleton grinning with a thumbs-up, or wandering around dungeons in ridiculous outfits. He didn’t seem the least bit insane. However, Glen looked her straight in the eyes and said this.

“Do you really think that?”

“Huh?”

“From my perspective, the idea of ‘it’s fine as long as you bring them back to life after killing them’ is already completely insane.”

“Y-Yeah, you’ve got a point there!!”

『Now that you mention it…』

『Thinking about it with clear mind, yeah. I guess that’s pretty messed up.』

Erika and her viewers snapped to attention and nodded.

“If he were just a slightly off-kilter skeleton, I wouldn’t go so far as to kill him. But if he ever harms someone, and ends up getting hurt himself… Before that happens, I’ll kill him. That’s my duty as his friend.”

“Th-That’s a heavier reason than I expected…”

“Well, that’s why I spend my days trying to craft the perfect ‘Sword That’ll Absolutely Kill Olden.’ I haven’t figured out how to actually take him down yet, and honestly, sometimes he provokes me so much I just want to stab him outright… Ah, since we’re here, I’ll give you prototype #45.”

With that, Glen handed her a short sword. It had no flashy design—rather plain, even. But it was something made by Glen.

“U-Uh, I’m kind of hesitant about wielding a cursed weapon…”

“Don’t worry. That dagger is a rare case where two curses canceled each other out and rendered it harmless. It directly destroys the soul of whoever it slashes, causing instant death.”

“A-A sword with an instant death effect!?”

“Yes. And anyone killed with that sword can’t be resurrected with revival magic. So handle it carefully. Well, I’m sure Olden has taken precautions against that kind of thing. His survival skills even surpass those of the Great Demon Lord.”

“That’s way too scary—I can’t accept it!!”

“Hahaha, no need to be shy. Consider it a token of gratitude for taking care of Olden.”

While Erika flailed around in panic over being handed such a dangerous item, Olden returned to the hidden room.

“I’m back. …Oh? Did something happen?”

“Not really. We were just talking about you.”

“My, my, now I’m curious what you were saying.”

“Everything settled on your end?”

“About that… Turns out the litterer was apparently some kind of American agent, and they suddenly asked if I wanted to come to America.”

Olden casually dropped a bombshell. Comments flooded in from the viewers, but Olden, completely unbothered, calmly added.

“Well, I couldn’t let littering slide, so I pulverized him!!”

『Yeah, the guy who littered was in the wrong lo』

『Agent-san, may you rest in peace…』

『This skeleton… Did he just casually reveal an international incident…?』

In reality, this incident did escalate into an intergovernmental problem, but of course, Olden was blissfully oblivious to it.

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Afterword

Olden himself doesn’t think his situation is serious at all. He genuinely doesn’t think too deeply about it.