Betrayed by His Party, a Failed Healing Mage Revived Past Demon Lords Out of Spite and They Were All Overpowered Beautiful Girls - 16

Chapter 16: The Self-Proclaimed God Demon Lord Stirring Trouble in the Capital

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Side: Demon Lord

“Shall we all go on a picnic?”

While Valsh was apprenticing under Nayaka and practicing rune engraving,

Elizabeth, the self-proclaimed God Demon Lord, said that to her subordinates. Caught off guard by the sudden suggestion, Elshadow, Meme, and Pestia blinked in confusion.

“What brought this on all of a sudden, my lady?”

“The other day, a large army came pouring into the Great Forest of Ruve.”

“T-The people I killed, right?”

“Yes, yes, that’s the one.”

Elizabeth smiled happily.

“In short, it’s a return visit. Let’s go mess with the royal capital of the Kingdom of Halmesia.”

“Do you call that a picnic~?”

“S-Should we just kill everyone in the capital?”

“No, that would be boring, so rejected.”

“Ah, okay.”

Pestia, whose only forte was mass slaughter, had her idea rejected simply because it would be boring. Meme gently patted Pestia’s back.

At that moment, Elshadow tilted her head at Elizabeth’s proposal. She found it strange that Valsh, her favorite, was not present.

“Should we not invite Valsh?”

“Hmph, I don’t know anything about Valsh.”

Elizabeth puffed out her cheeks as she answered.

“U-Um, Meme-chan. Why is Elizabeth-san in a bad mood?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Onii-san has been stuck with Nayaka the whole time~. You seriously don’t understand a maiden’s heart. Are you even a girl~?”

“Uu… you didn’t have to go that far…”

Pestia’s eyes watered. And so, Elizabeth, Elshadow, Meme, and Pestia set out for the royal capital.

“In any case, we’ve arrived above the royal capital of the Kingdom of Halmesia. The Hero is still in Sapan, so let’s rampage while we can.”

“Oh? It’s quite well developed.”

“Ugh, you’re so heavy!! You’ve got way too much useless fat on your chest!!”

“S-Sorry, Meme-chan…”

Elizabeth, Elshadow, and Meme had wings and could fly, but Pestia did not, so Meme carried her from behind.

“Ah, Meme-chan’s small chest is pressing against my back…”

“…If you’re picking a fight, I’ll just drop you from the sky.”

“That’s enough chatter. Elshadow, please.”

“Understood.”

At Elizabeth’s signal, Elshadow nodded and deployed a magic circle. From it, a large number of skeleton soldiers poured out and fell toward the capital. Their number was around a thousand. The people of the capital fell into panic at the sudden appearance of countless undead raining from the sky.

“S-Skeletons!?”

“Why are monsters in the capital!?”

“R-Run!!”

“Someone inform the knights!!”

“Eek!! S-Save me!!”

Hearing the humans’ screams, Elizabeth smiled softly.

“I really do love the sounds humans make, especially their screams. Ah, please keep that comment a secret from Valsh.”

“What~? Is that the thing where you don’t want the boy you like to see your true nature~?”

“…That’s not it. Well then, I’ll go have a little fun at the castle. The rest of you, do as you please.”

With a strong flap of her wings, Elizabeth left the scene.

The three left behind—

“Hm, then I shall face the knight order. If Valsh’s story is true, they are first-rate warriors. This should be enjoyable.”

“Hmm~. Then Meme will charm some random guy and have him attack girls with big boobs~!!”

“Uh, um… I’ll just pass the time somewhere…”

Elshadow, who loved battle, and Meme, who enjoyed toying with people. Both were certainly evil… But neither of them knew that Pestia would end up using plague magic in a corner of the capital, massacring twenty percent of its population and dealing the greatest blow to the Kingdom of Halmesia.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth—

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“Perhaps, as a God Demon Lord, I should kidnap a princess.”

At the center of the capital stood Halmesia Castle, a grand structure with hundreds of years of history. Elizabeth walked its halls, her footsteps echoing. She looked as beautiful and graceful as a fairy-tale princess stepping out of a painting.

“An intruder!?”

“Who are you!? Are you the one behind the undead in the capital!?”

“Whatever you are, you’re an enemy! Kill her!!”

The castle guards rushed at Elizabeth.

“Blood Bloom.”

“!?”

It happened in an instant. The knights rushing toward Elizabeth were shredded all over their bodies, their blood scattering everywhere.

Blood Bloom. Elizabeth’s signature technique, likening the spray of blood from torn bodies to blooming flowers.

“W-What is that magic…?”

“It’s merely blood manipulation. I can control my own blood or others’ blood to form blades or launch exploding blood arrows. Like this.”

“Gyaa!?”

A blood arrow shot from her fingertip pierced a knight and exploded, blowing him to pieces. The scattered blood then fell under Elizabeth’s control. She resumed walking down the corridor and eventually stopped in front of a room.

“Hm, I sense the scent of a virgin from this room.”

If Elizabeth were not such a peerless beauty, that statement would have been completely unacceptable. Without the slightest self-awareness, she stepped into the room. Inside were dozens of fully armed knights and three beautiful women. One of them, a woman in her mid-twenties, stepped forward. She had long marigold-colored braided hair, deep blue eyes, a full chest, a slender waist, and curvaceous hips and thighs.

“Are you the Demon Lord?”

“No, I am the God Demon Lord. One rank above the Demon Lord… though there is the Great Demon Lord, so I suppose I am beyond even that. And you are?”

“I am Charlotte von Halmesia, queen of this kingdom.”

“I see, the queen. Then where is the king? He is not here?”

“Why would I tell you?”

Charlotte scoffed at Elizabeth’s question. Elizabeth’s smile deepened at her defiant attitude, and she sniffed the air.

“…Hm, unfortunate. If you were a virgin, I would have made you my subordinate and doted on you thoroughly. Still—”

Her gaze shifted to the two girls behind Charlotte. They carried a scent similar to Charlotte’s.

“Are those two your daughters?”

“…What of it?”

“Well, virgins are my preference, but I suppose a mother-daughter pairing has its own appeal.”

“!?”

Charlotte instinctively felt revulsion at Elizabeth’s wicked smile. At that moment—

“There is no need for Mother to step forward!! Leave this to me, Iristella!! Claudia!!”

“Big Sister Iristella, the opponent is the Demon Lord. We must not let our guard down.”

“Y-You two, step back.”

“There is no problem!! I don’t know what kind of ‘God Demon Lord’ you claim to be, but if I cannot defeat an enemy of this level, I could never marry Albert-sama!!”

Stepping forward were Iristella, the First Princess of Halmesia, and her younger sister, the Second Princess Claudia. Both had been born with high magical power even among royalty and had mastered all kinds of magic, making them genius magicians. Elizabeth faced them—

“Slurp. What a delightfully delicious scent. Not quite as good as Valsh, though.”

She licked her lips. To Elizabeth, no one present was an enemy. They were simply prey.

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