Reincarnated Devil's Strongest Hero Training Plan ~The baby he picked up has grown up so well that his father is confused~ - Chapter 102

Reincarnated Devil’s Strongest Hero Training Plan ~The baby he picked up has grown up so well that his father is confused~

Chapter 102   Mermel Super Dream

While Ars and the others were navigating through the onslaught of sand golems and encountering the clown, Mermel had taken off on her own, showing off her angelic wings, and had gotten lost.

Rather than just being lost, she had found something along the way that caught her attention—a magical circle that seemed to be mass-producing the sand golems.

The complex geometric patterns of the magic circle were steadily replicating sand golems, increasing the number of creatures by the minute. However, the newly created sand golems left the room as soon as they were formed, so they didn’t notice the small figure fluttering her angelic wings above.

“What is this? How strange~”

Due to her childlike curiosity, whenever Mermel found something interesting, she couldn’t help but forget her original mission and focus on observing the new discovery. This tendency was almost instinctual for her, a trait typical of a young girl.

It wasn’t that she meant any harm. However, this was where the real danger of this little angel began.

“Well, since the creatures on the magic circle multiply… maybe if I put some meat on it, the meat will multiply too?”

Finally, she realized the most important thing she shouldn’t have noticed.

In theory, it made sense.

Undoubtedly, it was correct.

Regardless of the principle behind the replication or whether the magically created meat would actually fill one’s stomach, under the current circumstances, meat would indeed replicate.

Without understanding the principle, she completely disregarded any risks associated with using the magic circle for unintended purposes and any means of stopping it if something went wrong.

This was Mermel’s quality.

With the unique mentality of a child, probably thinking it would work out fine…!

Deciding on this, she promptly took out the finest meat she had bought in the town below and attempted to swap it with the sand golem sitting on the magic circle, intending to blow it away with her “fire!” incantation.

“Hehehe. I’m excited. If meat keeps multiplying from now on, we might just save the world with this achievement. And then, umm… Preanis would probably be surprised too.”

Imagining a future where premium meat multiplied, drooling with anticipation, she felt her chest swell with expectation for the glory that would unfold.

However, at this moment, a twinge of intuition struck Mermel.

Would the taste of the replicated meat remain delicious?

She couldn’t help but wonder if things could really go so smoothly and easily.

Normally, a grown-up would reassess their actions here, searching for any risks or calculating the probability of success.

Yes.

But that was assuming the person was truly a grown-up in the first place…

The answer, of course, didn’t apply.

On the contrary, if things didn’t go well, she might come up with a mysterious theory suggesting that it failed because she lacked enough power, leading her to think of something else.

“Well, you know~. Maybe there’s a chance it’ll fail due to lack of energy, so let’s indulge and boost our power using the energy of the ley lines. I can smell success coming, and I really think this will work out~.”

With that, she began connecting the energy of the ley lines to the magic circle, spouting outrageous ideas.

Thus, the ultimate replication magic circle was completed, its name being the “Mermel Super Dream”!!

“Now, with this, preparations are complete. All that’s left is to place the finest meat on top of this… Ah.”

Ah.

No, not “ah.”

It was something else entirely.

Naturally, or unnaturally, to gently place the heavy and large piece of meat at the center of the magic circle, she needed to bring it there herself.

Yes, she realized that she had to walk herself to the already activated magic circle.

By the time she realized this, it was already too late.

Despite breaking into a cold sweat as she fully stepped into the shimmering magic circle, the replication function, having met the conditions, began replicating… Mermel’s… very… existence.

“Nyowaaahhh!!!”

Realizing her blunder, Mermel screamed, as a tremendous surge of energy flowed through the space via the ley lines!

The magic circle, pushed to replicate something way beyond expectations by the power of the ley lines, trembled violently and went haywire!!

“I messed up! I totally messed up!!!”

“What’s wrong?”

“What do you mean ‘what’s wrong’?”

“Huh? There are so many of me!”

And then, what appeared there was none other than a horde of Mermels, seemingly plunging this world into chaos───

───The Great Horde of M-E-R-M-E-L-S!!!!!

The number of copied clones amounted to a staggering one thousand and twenty-four!!

Beyond any hope of control, a true Super Dream in every sense!!

The invincible Mermels army unleashed a great flood at this ancient relic!!

Moreover, the only clue that seemed capable of solving the problem, the magic circle, seemed to have malfunctioned due to overheating, and it remained utterly silent.

“Could it be that I multiplied?”

“That’s right, that’s right. It must be.”

“Oh~. That’s how it is, huh~”

The copied Mermels seemed to have slightly diminished intelligence. With the original Mermel trembling in fear, they casually began chatting away.

And then, amid the lively chatter of childlike banter, Mermel A, who seemed to have slightly stronger leadership qualities compared to the other copies, came up with an outrageous idea.

“I’ve got an idea!”

“What is it~?”

“I want you to tell me~”

“Since there are so many of us now, if we support the hero’s battle from now on, the achievements should be proportional to the number of us~”

To Mermel A’s words, all the copies unanimously agreed, cheering and exchanging arguments like “We can smell the achievements from here” and “We should charge right now,” and finally, they reached a unanimous decision to prepare for deployment.

Meanwhile, the original, feeling anxious about the nonsensical reasoning, regained her composure…

“Everyone, wait! If we all rush in like this and use ‘fire!’ in such large numbers, who knows what might happen? Let’s stay calm!”

She tried to stop the copies, but none of the Mermels army, now eager, remained, and they all burst out of the broken magic circle room.

Moreover, every single Mermels summoned angelic wings, flying at super speed while blowing away every sand golem they encountered with “fire!”

In a sense, this also helped in sweeping away the monsters inside the ruins, as every spot where the great flood passed through turned into ashes with not a single sand golem left.

“They’ve gone…”

And so, the original, left alone, stood there dumbfounded, no longer bothering to contemplate the absurd situation.

Whether the Four Heavenly Kings could stop this terrifying horde of one thousand and twenty-four little angelic demons, only time would tell.

A certain low-ranking demon observing from a distance held his head in his hands and muttered, “That little brat, she’s done it again…”