Damn Reincarnation

r>This was the only reason behind his relentless attack.

Anise couldn ’t help but whisper to herself, ”That crazy bastard, ” as she watched Eugene unleash his fury on Gavid.
While others may not have understood the reason for Eugene ’s sudden outburst, Anise knew the truth.
Eugene would have made careful and calculated judgments in his own way, but at that moment, his emotions had gotten the best of him.
Hamel ’s unpredictable personality had likely caused Eugene to lose control.

“Ohhh,” Molon let out a loud cry and clenched his fists in an attempt to join the fray.

However, Anise quickly clung to his arm and snapped at him in a quiet voice, preventing him from interfering, “You idiot.
What would we do if you attacked him too?”

“I….”

“Don’t answer me.
Your voice is so stupidly loud that everyone will hear your words, even if you whisper.
So just shut your mouth and listen to me carefully.
Don’t do anything, and stand right here,” said Anise.

The Demon King of Incarceration had only extended hospitality to Eugene, leaving everyone else as potential targets for the Blade of Incarceration.
Any interference could result in deadly consequences, and Anise was not willing to risk anyone else ’s safety.

As Gilead pondered the situation, he came to the same realization as Alchester.
The Blade of Incarceration wasn ’t interested in attacking Eugene and was content to simply block his frenzied assault.
However, Gilead knew that the battle couldn ’t continue indefinitely.
He drew his own blade and charged forward, determined to put a stop to the fight.
Carmen also joined in, getting her weapon, Heaven Genocide.

“P-please wait a moment.” Anise tried to stop the members of the Lionheart family, but she couldn’t figure out what to say.
She hesitated for a moment, then closed her eyes tight.
“A-Ahhhh!”

Anise let out a scream, despite feeling embarrassed and humiliated.
With determination, she unfurled her Wings of Light and tightly grasped onto her hair.
Feeling that two wings were not enough, she summoned two more and spread them out, now proudly displaying four wings in total.

“The revelation of light!” she shouted.

[Sister!] Kristina couldn’t help but exclaim.

‘Please stay still.
This embarrasses me more than it does you.’

Kristina ’s mind echoed with screams as she watched Anise ’s frenzied behavior.
Her body trembled uncontrollably as if possessed by a divine force while she tore at her own hair to add to the dramatic scene.
Anise ’s wings unfurled and glowed like the sun, leaving the Knights of Lionheart no choice but to halt in their tracks and turn their attention to her.

As Anise continued to feign her divine possession, Eugene relentlessly pushed Gavid until he was backed against the wall.
The Demoneye of Divine Glory was still not utilized, and Glory remained in its sheath.
Gavid ’s eyes glared at Eugene with fierce killing intent.

“Are you sure you should be glaring like that at your master’s guest?” said Eugene tauntingly.

“You… little bastard.
You knew I would not fight back…!” responded Gavid, gritting his teeth.

Booom!

Eugene ’s attack was intercepted by Gavid, who used his forearm as a shield.
Despite his previously immaculate appearance, Gavid’s uniform was now tattered and dirty, and his perfectly styled hair was now disheveled.

“Who told you not to fight back? If you want to, go right ahead,” taunted Eugene.

“Are you confident you can handle it…!? Engrave this into your mind, you damn thing.
The only reason you are allowed to breathe and keep your life is that His Majesty called you his guest because he said he was looking forward to seeing you in Babel…!” shouted Gavid.

“Speaking of which, when I come to Babel, are you going to make way for me so I can climb to the top in peace?” asked Eugene mockingly.

Gavid shot back, his eyes glimmering with murderous intent.
“Utter nonsense! His Majesty did not say a word about opening the doors for you.”

It had been three hundred long years.
Had there been no demonfolk who challenged the Demon King without knowing their place in the meantime? Countless young and ambitious aristocrats had risen to challenge the Demon King, confident in their own strength.
But none of them had truly known their place.

Babel, the Demon King of Incarceration’s Castle in Pandemonium, stood tall with ninety-nine floors, each staffed with officials and workers who managed the castle ’s security during peaceful times.
But when someone dared to challenge the Demon King ’s throne, the castle transformed into a demonic fortress just like it did three hundred years ago.
Countless traps, demonfolks, and beasts lurked in every corner, blocking the challenger ’s path to the top.
Gavid Lindman, the Blade of Incarceration, guarded the floor just beneath the palace, and despite numerous attempts by challengers, none had ever made it past him except for the Great Vermouth and his comrades.

“If you come to Babel, I will personally reap your head, and I will present it to His Majesty with my own hands,” declared Gavid.

—The Demon King of Incarceration will not let you climb Babel in peace since that’s the kind of being he is.

Was that so? Eugene snorted while recalling Vermouth’s words.
“So if I never go to Babel, you won’t ever get to kill me.”

“…You bastard…!”

“No? Will you come to kill me yourself if I don’t make the trip? If you do that, won’t you be violating the wishes of the Demon King of Incarceration?” taunted Eugene.

Gavid’s expression contorted after hearing Eugene’s words.
Some things had not changed over the course of three hundred years, and this was one of them.
Gavid, the honest-to-god fellow, was still absolutely obedient to his master’s orders.

“If… you do not come…! If you hole yourself in the Lionheart clan like a little rat, then I will come to get you myself.
His Majesty will give me the orders to do so…!” shouted Gavid fiercely.

The two exchanged another blow.

Boom!

Gavid redirected Eugene’s attack, which resulted in a huge crack in the walls of Fort Lehain.

“Ah, you don’t have to worry about that.
I’ll definitely be heading to the Demon King’s Castle,” said Eugene mockingly.
He laughed while pointing to Gavid’s ragged sleeves.

Gavid’s brows shot up at the mockery.
“Do not test me, human…! Even if you were recognized by the Holy Sword, and even if the blood of Vermouth flows thickly in your veins…! You are not Vermouth.
Do you really believe you can reach his level?”

“Do you take me for an idiot? I’m Eugene Lionheart, not Vermouth Lionheart.
Isn’t that obvious?” retorted Eugene.

“Even Vermouth wasn’t as arrogant as you are!” roared Gavid.

“Well, of course, since I’m not Vermouth Lionheart,” said Eugene.

“Your arrogance knows no bounds…! Where does your baseless confidence come from?” asked Gavid.

Eugene was about to give a random answer when he heard Anise’s scream, “The revelation of Light!” He stole a sideway glance and saw Anise glowing with four of her wings unfurled.
Eugene couldn’t help but laugh at the sight.

“Revelation,” said Eugene.

“…What?” Gavid said, confused.

“Did you not hear? It’s a revelation.
The Holy Sword, which acknowledged me, and the Light, said that I could be arrogant,” said Eugene.

“Complete nonsense!” cried Gavid.

Eugene ignored his words and concentrated the power of the White Flame Formula on the Holy Sword.

Craaack!

It was just like the time he was in the Fount of Light; the sword devoured his mana greedily.
Despite being a non-believer with absolutely no faith, he couldn ’t help but marvel at the sword ’s ability to emit a radiant light that could dispel all the darkness in the surrounding area.

It wasn’t just the Holy Sword either.
As Eugene wielded the Holy Sword, he felt a hot, throbbing sensation coming from his left hand ’s ring finger.
The Ring of Agaroth from the ancient god of war, bestowed upon him by the Red Dragon, was reacting to his mana and the sword ’s radiance.

The light of the Holy Sword grew brighter.
It was brilliant enough to dispel the darkness, but it didn’t exude a feeling of holiness.
Rather, it was brutal, like the flames of war that threatened to destroy everything.

‘Revelation?’

Gavid stood still, frozen in place by the threatening light emanating from Eugene ’s Holy Sword.
As the Light descended towards him, Gavid could feel the power of the strike bearing down on him.
This attack was different from the ones before.

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The moment the Light washed over him, Gavid instinctively drew Glory.

Rumbleee!

The wall shattered into rubble, but Gavid remained unscathed.
However, his attention was fixed on the sword in his grip.
He had acted on pure instinct, unable to resist the urge to draw his blade.
He should have just taken the hit and let his body regenerate, but he had failed to control his impulses.

‘But I judged that I could not.
Why? Was it because of the Holy Sword’s divine power? Even so….’

Gavid’s lips quivered.

“So you finally drew your blade after acting like you wouldn’t all this time,” ridiculed Eugene while lowering the dimming Holy Sword.
Gavid’s eyes quivered when he saw Eugene’s smile.

Eugene placed the Holy Sword back inside his cloak before turning around.

“Where are you going?” asked Gavid when he saw Eugene walking away.
The Demonic Sword was still in his hand, but the human who had made him unleash the blade was walking away as if he didn’t care.

“I’m going to stop since you pulled out your sword,” answered Eugene.

“What…?”

“Because I don’t have a reason to keep going anymore,” continued Eugene.

He never looked back, not even once, and Gavid stood silently while gazing at Eugene’s back.
Then he looked down at the Demonic Sword in his hand, then the leftover rag he once called his uniform.

“…..”

Gavid swallowed the anger that seethed from deep inside his heart.
He wanted to cut down that human this instant, but he knew he could not.
The command of his lord was absolute.
Even so… he had drawn Glory.
It felt disgraceful and humiliating to have drawn Glory without orders from the Demon King of Incarceration.

Crunch…!

Gavid turned around while gnawing on his lower lip.
He sheathed Glory, then jumped over the fallen wall.
He no longer wanted to stay in the fortress.
He didn’t know whether he could maintain his reason if he saw Eugene Lionheart’s face again because of the humiliation.
The demon knights were flustered by his actions, but they quickly grouped up and followed Gavid over the fallen wall and out of the fortress after covering themselves with fog.

“Well, that was a surprise,” grumbled Eugene, shaking his left hand.
He had only intended to power up his attack slightly, but Agaroth’s Ring had grown it out of proportion on its own.
The war god’s ring was usually calm, but it seemed to act of its own accord whenever Eugene wielded the Holy Sword.

Once Eugene trotted back, the Emperor of Kiehl roared.
“Eugene Lionheart!” he said, “What have you done!? How could you attack the Duke of Helmuth?”

“The revelation!” shouted Eugene while raising his hands.
His loud, dramatic cry left the emperor speechless.
“And that’s what happened.”

The emperor turned his stupefied gaze toward the pope.
“What a… ridiculous excuse…! Look here, Pope Aeuryus.
Are you going to let him use the God of Light, the brilliant Almighty, as an excuse like this?”

“The master of the Holy Sword could not help it,” muttered the pope after a slight pause while recalling the events that took place in the Audience Chamber.
No one had ever imagined that such words would come out from the stubborn fanatic’s lips.

“Uhahahahaha!” roared Molon.
It was a sudden laugh and untimely as well.
However, that wasn’t the case for Molon.
He was simply delighted that Hamel was no different from three hundred years ago, that he had not changed.

“Uhahahahahaha!” Aman Ruhr followed along and burst into laughter simply because his ancestor had laughed.

Anise, however, did not laugh.
She quietly retracted her wings and glared at Eugene with eyes that could kill.

[Sister…] Kristina called out.

‘God will forgive us even if we smash his head with a mace.’

[I cannot cast a miracle to fix a broken head yet.]

‘Then we’ll make do with breaking a few bones.’ thought Anise while grabbing her flail.