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The demon Javier's sword clashed powerfully against Davian's.
'He's stronger than me!'
Davian quickly deflected Javier's sword by angling his ice sword.
Javier thrust his sword again.
'Our speed is about the same.'
Then the only thing left is swordsmanship.
Of course, that's only in a typical duel between swordsmen.
Davian had one more weapon.
That is.
Whoosh!
Bang!
Davian's fireball struck Javier in the side.
"What?"
He thought it had hit.
A barrier of mana formed near Javier's side, blocking Davian's fireball.
Then.
Boom!
Mana poured toward Davian.
Too close to erect an ice wall.
He barely deflected the energy with his ice sword and then.
He leaped away to narrowly avoid it.
Davian wasn't the only one who could use magic along with swordsmanship.
The mana that Javier emitted was of a different nature than magic.
But the fighting style was similar.
"You're quite skilled, human. I heard human mages have terrible physical abilities."
"If you're going to call me human, why did we even introduce ourselves? Demon."
"My name is Javier."
"My name is Davian."
Javier and Davian clashed again.
Swords meeting.
Energy shooting out.
Magic firing.
A fierce battle unfolded.
Meanwhile, Mons and Latia formed a two-person party and continued to fight the remaining demons.
Insanis was busy dealing with the demons who dared to approach and swing their weapons.
By blowing their heads off.
Thwack!
Insanis, who had just burst the head of one demon with his bare hands, turned his head toward Davian and Javier.
"He's pretty good, that demon."
Thwack!
Insanis continued, having just blown up another demon's head.
"But he's no match for Davian."
The victory.
Was slowly tilting towards Davian.
Javier was undoubtedly incredibly skilled.
But Davian's sword was a bit sharper.
And Davian's magic was a bit more powerful.
Javier grew impatient as he saw his attacks being blocked or nullified.
'How is this human doing this...?'
Demons live longer as they grow stronger.
That is why demons are so obsessed with strength.
'Humans don't even live 100 years.'
Javier had spent hundreds of years honing his swordsmanship.
But he couldn't understand how this young boy, who didn't seem to have lived even half of a short human life, was parrying his sword.
Not only parrying.
But his sharp attacks had given Javier a hard time more than once.
The wounds on his body were constantly increasing.
Besides.
'Humans need to learn magic before they can use it, right?'
The longer demons live, the thicker and stronger their mana becomes.
There are only degrees of difference.
Even lower demons can naturally emit mana.
Like breathing and walking.
It's a naturally embodied ability.
But humans don't have that ability.
So he knew they used something called natural mana to cast magic.
'But this guy...'
He uses magic as naturally as Javier handles mana.
And the power contained within it is by no means inferior to Javier's.
No.
In fact, it's one step ahead.
'Is the information about humans too old...?'
The information Javier had about humans.
And the human named Davian Nowane, who was crossing swords with him, were too different.
'They said that even one legion of the 5th Army of the Penrose Continent could conquer the human realm...'
If there were a few more of these young humans.
The Penrose Continent would be conquered in reverse.
Of course.
The situation would change if the Demon King stepped in.
Javier's expression was filled with despair.
Of course.
Javier had no idea that Davian was the only human who could face him alone.
'I finally understand why humans keep trying to open dimensional portals.'
Opinions were divided in the demon world.
Humans were definitely opening dimensional portals.
But there was no way to know why.
The humans would be the ones to be conquered when the dimensional portal was fully opened.
'But if there are more guys like this in the human realm...'
It's not unreasonable to open a dimensional portal to invade the demon world.
'I need to tell them this.'
Javier pushed Davian's sword away with a large motion and opened a portal.
The destination was where the dimensional portal was located.
The moment he turned his back to enter the space portal.
Crack.
Boom!
Suddenly, lightning flew and struck him.
Staggered for a moment by the shocking electric attack.
Boom.
Davian's mana sword covered Javier's back.
"Kuh-ahk!"
Meanwhile, Davian stood between Javier and the space portal.
Before the shock from the mana sword on his back could wear off.
Thwack.
Davian's sword pierced Javier's stomach.
"How... how can a human..."
Even during the fierce battle, the momentum was tilting towards Davian.
The moment he showed his back to escape.
Javier's death was as good as certain.
He had just heard that a dimensional portal had opened nearby.
And had crossed over to the human realm with his decent subordinates.
To find out why humans kept opening dimensional portals.
Even as he crossed the dimensional portal.
He, Javier, the commander of the Cocalus Legion.
Never for a moment did he think that he would be killed by a human.
Especially not in a one-on-one fight like this.
Demon World.
Central Penrose Continent.
Acheron Legion Headquarters.
"Javier is dead."
The horns on the demon's head are not for threatening the opponent.
Like antennas, demons feel and communicate with each other through their horns.
The horns grow larger the longer they live, and the larger the horns, the wider the range of communication.
"Yes? Are you talking about Javier-nim?"
"Yes. He went to the human realm, right?"
"Yes. A dimensional portal opened in the Cocalus Legion area. So, he went over to the human realm. He said he was going to check out why the dimensional portal keeps opening."
"Was he killed by a human?"
"Humans? Is there a human who can dare to harm Javier-nim?"
"It might be possible if several of them ganged up. Humans also know how to form armies like us."
"Still, I can't believe it. Javier-nim was killed by mere humans..."
"If it wasn't a human, he must have encountered a dragon. Anyway, the human realm is not such an easy place. I'll go see the Demon King."
"Yes! Commander!"
"The second after Jedicus. I wonder what the Demon King will say since he must have felt Javier's death too."
"They have passed through the dimensional portal point."
James Vue, the branch manager of base X-11, frowned.
"It seems a mediocre demon was summoned."
James Vue couldn't even imagine that the legion commander Javier, who was the only one who could face Davian one-on-one in the human realm, would be summoned.
Deputy branch manager Helton replied.
"He must be pretty great. He broke through all the traps."
"There must be a reason why they call him Davian, Davian. Did you say there were four?"
"Yes. Four are coming."
"That means we have to try to entice him."
"I think it's over there, Young Master."
Davian nodded.
A huge rock in the middle of a field.
Under that rock is a huge underground secret base.
An underground base that was built at some unknown time and for some unknown reason.
Base X-11 is using it to entice Davian without the Alcancia royal family knowing.
Taking his father, Edward Nowane's, life as collateral, they were trying to win him over with all kinds of enticements and threats.
"Let's go down."
"Yes? Where to?"
Davian stretched his hand forward.
Feeling the mana with his fingertips.
Lightly manipulating his magic.
Mana acceleration.
Boom!
The huge rock exploded entirely.
Stairs leading underground appeared beneath the rock.
After going down for a while, they came to a wide space.
About a hundred members of base X-11 were gathered around in layers.
"Welcome, Davian Nowane."
"You set up a lot of useless traps."
"It was just to check your skills."
That's a lie.
All the traps were prepared to kill Davian.
Perhaps the orders from above were to kill or entice him.
And killing him was the priority.
"Where's my father?"
Branch manager James Vue pointed behind him with his thumb.
"We've taken good care of him in the space behind this, so don't worry. Now, shall we have a conversation?"
The branch manager went to the table in the center and sat down first.
Davian sat in the opposite chair.
Insanis, Latia, and Mons stood behind him.
"Davian Nowane. I'll get straight to the point without beating around the bush."
"That's what I wanted."
"The Alcancia Kingdom is too small to contain you. How about moving your activities to our Marino Empire? I promise you treatment appropriate for your skills."
Davian looked around.
In the previous round, he was too exhausted from the previous traps.
And he couldn't go out on a high horse because he was worried about the hundred or so warriors standing around.
He remembers being too busy looking for the moment to rescue his father while pretending to agree to the negotiations.
But.
It's different now.
"Are you telling me to be a spy?"
The branch manager held his hands out in front of him and shook them.
"We would like you to, but if you don't want to, you don't have to join the spy organization. I promise you a high position in the Empire. A position where you don't have to care about Alcancia. If you want to continue studying, I'll enroll you in the Empire's academy. It's bigger and more splendid than Elton Academy."
"Is that it?"
"Do you want wealth? Then I can give you money without shortage."
"You made all this fuss, and that's all you have to offer. Then I'll make a proposal."
The branch manager nodded.
"You seem to have something in mind. Tell me. I'll listen if I can."
"Release my father right now. Or you all die. Choose."
The branch manager's expression hardened coldly.
"What?"
"Choose one. What are you going to do?"
"Does it matter how your father turns out?"
"Why wouldn't it matter? If it didn't matter, I wouldn't have come this far."
"If you come out like this, do you think your father's life will be safe? It's not just your father. If today's negotiations break down, the Nowane family will be completely erased from the map of Alcancia."
"You're not going to release him without a fight, are you? Then you all die."
"You're so confident, Davian Nowane."
"Listen carefully. From now on, I'm going to count to ten, break the back wall with a mana sword, and then pull my father with telekinesis. Then I'll entrust him to my friend here. He'll be able to protect one father enough. Then I'm going to burn you all to death here. You're probably going to be engulfed in flames you've never seen before. Okay, I'll count. Ten. Nine..."
The branch manager's eyes wavered.
This wasn't the reaction he expected at all.
"Eight, seven..."
"I didn't know you were so reckless."
"Six, one."
"Why did you suddenly skip to one!"
"It doesn't look like you're going to bring my father willingly."
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