Royal Castle.
A secret basement.
A room that imprisons the Demon King of Power and absorbs his magic.
To prevent the Demon King from using magic.
Three torturers, including one devoted to the King.
“Gua, gaaah!”
“Come on, come on! I’ll preach the magnificence of His Majesty the King to you in abundance again today~~♪!”
The horsewhip inflicts a pain like a slash on the neck.
Humans, guaaaaah.
“What is with that defiant look! Your eyes! Your eyes! Your eyes! Do you intend to look at His Majesty the King like that too!?”
Bashiin! Bishiin!
The King’s devotee’s wild whipping.
I am the Demon King. The Demon King of the Labyrinth of Power.
I will not yield to humans.
I will endure. I will endure it all. I will surely escape from this place.
…If I don’t. If I don’t, I’ll be too ashamed to face my subordinates!!
A pervert who enjoys being tormented.
An M… masochist.
Fearing the development of such a fetish,
the Demon King of Power, tonight again, has a spirit of steel. He self-induces into believing he is a being who has risen to the level of Demon King.
Gogogogo… Gogogogo…
“Hm? An earthquake? In this Royal Capital… Is this also because you defied His Majesty the King… Hm??”
Just as the King’s devotee was about to resume the torture, blaming me for the earthquake.
Outside the room. From the passage, familiar screams, angry shouts mingled with the groans of monsters.
Also, a shuffling sound of something slithering through the passage is approaching.
“What is going on… Huh? Gua, K-K-K-King His Majesty!! Help me, Gbeaaa.”
The King’s devotee, who opened the door to check the passage.
His body was wrapped by roots? that slithered through the passage, and finally, his neck bones were broken, and he died with a foolish expression.
Now that the pain of torture is gone.
I will activate my magic and bid farewell to this cramped place.
“Haaa!”
Bakkin! Ka-ran. Ko-ron…
The rusty restraints that had bound me for decades fall to the floor.
“Phew, I’m free♪ Whatever the reason, I’m grateful.”
Shurururu…!!
The roots that killed the King’s devotee attack me, intending to kill me as well.
I, who can use magic.
It’s comical to think that mere roots could defeat me.
Zudo–n!! Chu-do–n!!
I can freely unleash attack magic.
To create an escape route outside, the Demon King of Power.
Fires magic diagonally upwards, along with the roots, at the walls and ceiling.
It is night in my country.
Beyond the opened hole is pitch black.
“Gwaa…”
“Shaaa…”
Monsters appear in droves.
It seems I’ve connected to a vertical shaft used by monsters trying to reach the surface.
“Tch, get out of the way!!”
Chu-do–n!! Chu-do–n!!
How much time has passed?
The commotion on the surface began to be heard.
“It seems I’ve gotten quite close to the surface.”
Just a little more.
The Demon King aims for the surface without letting his guard down.
“I came to see who is instantly killing my subordinates, and who is in the underground…”
Shun. Do-ka–n!!
Besides monsters, humans appeared.
My enemy. I unleashed magic without question, but it was dodged.
“That’s dangerous~~. Your magic power seems high. I was thinking of using you as nourishment for the tree.”
The human who appeared is the cause of this commotion.
Vegeta, also known as Lord Vegetarian.
“Die.”
“That’s why…”
The Demon King’s magic bullet.
Vegeta puts out a defense-specialized subordinate to block it.
“Gururu… Ruo!”
As expected of a defense specialist, it is remarkably sturdy.
The Demon King changes his target, thinking he should defeat the shield first.
Before he could attack, roots shot out from beneath his feet.
The Demon King’s lower body is restrained, and his target changes to those roots.
Then, as if smelling something, his consciousness
“Hmph, you who cry ‘Human! Human!’ are also human, are you not?”
Vegeta gives the Demon King to a monster with high reproductive capabilities and hurries away from the scene.
The monster swallows the Demon King whole, fusing with his organs that generate immense magic power.
The reason the Royal Castle transformed into a giant tree on the surface was…
It was the monster that had absorbed the Demon King.
Gyaaaaaaaahhh?!?!
Disregarding the astonishment of the Royal Capital residents.
It continued to extend branches, covering the entire Royal Capital.
On the branches, buds of various colors bloomed.
They would be beautiful bathed in the morning sun.
It would be the last memory for the Royal Capital residents.
The poisonous flowers bloomed in profusion.
At its majestic form.
Vegeta, who had emerged on the surface, orders his subordinates.
“Gather the corpses at the roots.”
‘Guu, guu’
They are made to gather nourishment to make the giant tree grow even more.
“Uwaaaa!”
Paan! Paan!
Vegeta and the monsters were hiding.
The soldiers, realizing the humans with them were monster tamers.
Thinking that they would die anyway.
They fired lead bullets at Vegeta.
Originally intended for suicide when all hope was lost.
“Kill.”
‘Gau! Gau-u!’
“Wh-wh-why aren’t you dying… Stop ittttttt”
The soldiers are torn limb from limb while alive.
It’s unclear whether they died from shock or heavy bleeding, as the monsters swarmed them.
As ordered by Vegeta.
They transport the dismembered bodies near the giant tree… the former castle.
Those with empty hands.
Not wanting to let Vegeta cause any more harm.
They search for humans lurking in the surroundings using magic sense and air currents.
‘Guagua!’
“Uwaaaa!”
“Why were we found…”
Vegeta and his group’s next destination is…
the orphanage, where resistance is fierce.
Yes, to the orphanage where Gira and his companions are holed up.
Gwaaa…!!
“A large army of monsters is coming this way!?? Ugh!”
“Don’t run! Those who abandon their posts will be killed!”
Ugh… damn it…
The forcibly armed residents.
Begin to battle the monsters led by Vegeta.
“Don’t overextend! Stay in a single line! The rear ranks should plug the gaping holes! Don’t let up on your supporting fire, there!?”
There are mountains of weapons.
Don’t lie about not having enough.
Conflicts between residents and soldiers, who make excuses for desertion everywhere, begin.
The defensive formation collapses, and monsters avalanche into the orphanage.
A little before that.
A part of the orphanage’s west wall exploded.
The soldiers and residents.
Never dreamed it was blown from the inside.
“There’s an individual using magic–!”
“Runnnnn… Ah?!?”
“Run and I’ll kill you! That’s what I told you, you fools… Gyaaaa”
‘Gaa!! Shaa!!’
A soldier, while contacting Gira that it was hopeless here and trying to escape with him.
He stands dumbfounded upon seeing the large hole in the wall.
Then he is eaten by monsters that caught up.
“Hiiyaaa…”
“Gaa!”
