The Evil Spirit King

You did well, Seiichi-dono! With this youre also a splendid Life Force Master!

What the hell is a Life Force Master!?

Under Zeanos guidance, I continued to earnestly annihilate any evil spirits I met after that .

As a result, now not only could I build up Life Force in my physical attacks I could also pack Life Force into my magical attacks, and I could annihilate them with sheer Life Forces aftershock as well if I wanted to .

Geez, I just cant fathom the latter half, you see .

All the enemies were pulverized just by me stepping in after all .

Apparently my body is just like a bundle of Life Force, you see .

As I was thinking along those lines, the announcement flowed into my brain .

The title Life Force Master has been acquired

Ive done nothing and literally became a master! Frankly I had a hunch it would happen though!

Half-irritated, I checked upon the title .

Life Force Master Given to those who have mastered Life Force to the extreme . Said Life Force surpassed even the G . (T/N: Reminder, G means cockroach . )

Could you please not make the G as the comparison!?

Rather, aint it dangerous that the comparison is rising to the G !?

As I was shocked by the titles detail, Lucius-san spoke to me with a smile .

Man, congrats! To think youd acquire it in this short span of time really out of the norm!

So, this is abnormal after all?

Un? Lets see For the record, I think it was a week until I learned it?

No no, thats still terrifyingly fast okay . Even we, the hero group, needed half a year

Umu, mine was also a week, just like Lucius-dono, but For you, Seiichi-dono, an hour hasnt even lapsed has it?

I knew, it Im abnormal .

Whaddya mean I outdid the heroes and their mentor, and even the first demon lord!? I couldnt grasp what this body of mine was aiming for since long ago, but if it even surpassed a demon lord does that mean it is aiming for Gods!?

As I retorted to myself, my parents laughed nonchalantly .

I dont quite get it, but Seiichi is being praised .

Youre right How elating .

True that . Hes our prized son after all!

Thats embarrassing on my end, okay!? Im very happy though!

I expected no less from someone who ate the Fruit of Evolution .

Ah!

A certain thing floated in mind when I caught Zeanos line within his gentle smile .

Come to think of it, Zeanos was the first to discover theFruit of Evolution!

Oh, so you know about it to that extent

Un . It was by chance . But now that I met you in person, I wanted to ask further about the Fruit of Evolution

As I said so, Zeanos showed a bitter smile .

Unfortunately, that doesnt mean I know much about it myself . Anyhow, it was a thing that even the Gods couldnt predict . There is no way I could fathom it, is there?

But if you put it that way, then it all ends there

Well, there are things I do understand . However, these things are the ones that you have experienced personally, Seiichi . Therefore, you cant expect an answer from me .

I see

I had placed my expectation, but it apparently Zeanos had no idea regarding the Fruit of Evolution either .

In addition, that fruit is no longer available . Seiichi-dono, you and your companion have eaten them after all .

Eh? Im in the middle of cultivating it though .

Cultivating!?

Zeanoss eyes jolted by the shock of hearing my remark .

Are you trying to ignore all the previous talk!? You said youre cultivating the very fruit that even the Gods couldnt predict!?

No, it seems after I had completely conquered the Forest of Endless Sorrow by defeating you, I acquired the Fruit of Evolution, and because I wanted to grow it I produced a personal magic with that purpose

Umu, you went for the strangest turn of event as ever!

Originally, it was not something that a human could ever grow . For that reason, it was left to grow by nature in the Forest of Endless Sorrow . And the ones that grew naturally, too, should all have been eaten by that gorilla Saria-dono and you, Seichii-dono .

Seriously

Im surprised, to think that the only people who ate the Fruit of Evolution would be only Saria and I . No, Rurune ate it too though .

But, I received the Fruit of Evolution as a reward for capturing the Forest of Endless Sorrow that sheep fellow, dont tell me hes actually something far more dangerous than I expected? No way in hell thats true, is there! No, please dont let it be true! With that personality of his, I cant do shit if hes something dangerous! There isnt anyone who can restrain him!

Sigh At any rate, with this Ive acquired the power to fight against the Evil Spirit King, right?

That would be true . All that is left is to find the Evil Spirit King, but

Precisely, we didnt know where was the all-important Evil Spirit Kings whereabouts .

As we were devising the plan how to deal with it, it was then .

Art thou ones who perturbed my revival?

All of a sudden, as though creeping out from the bottom of the earth, a very low voice was heard .

What is this voice?

It sounds like it comes from over there .

Zeanos spoke that with a grave face on him, but I hadnt the slightest idea of what was happening .

First of all, since Id been getting goosebumps for a little while, I turned my gaze to the direction he pointed and I found a very creepy and displeasing object .

To be more specific, a large amount of something black that resembled Munchs Scream was gushing out of that object . Ugh, gross!

Umm Who might you be?

I am the Evil Spirit King . As yet I have no name .

You think youre a cat or what .

I sure am surprised . Even though the Evil Spirit himself comes to us, Im more surprised that he has no name despite being a King . Or is that how it works? Not my business though .

As I was thinking along those lines, Abel and his group opened their mouths with a grave face on them while showered with cold sweat .

This guy exceeded our expectation .

To think hes this formidable

Agreed . I never expected the presence of death could be so dense

Just being near makes me feel sick

I dont know exactly whats happening, but for the displeasing feelings, were all in the same boat .

Right? That appearance is really gross isnt it?

It seems like Seiichi-dono is under a big misunderstanding, theyre astonished by the Evil Spirit Kings Negative Life Force magnitude .

Eh?

True that . Honestly, I didnt anticipate that it would be this strong

Both Lucius-san and Zeanos stared at the disgusting object before us with a serious look .

Makoto-san . That looks like the modern art, dont you think .

Lets see The pattern on its body and the condition of its strain sure are giving off that kind of feeling .

My parents nonchalantly held such a conversation . No, if I were to choose, then Id be more like in sync with them though

I who still couldnt aware of the gravity of the matter, was being told by Abel with a quite strong tone .

Seiichi . Dont relax your guard . That thing is far stronger than you think .

Eeh

No, even if you give me that

I who was just a normal civilian no, as someone who stood in the lowest strata back in the Earth, knows exactly how it feels to be the weakest, so telling me that its stronger than me gives me nothing new .

Rather, be it stronger or weaker than me, at the end of the day Id still have to defeat it, so it holds no meaning to me who devoted my everything

As Abel once again opened his mouth to me who just couldnt get tensed up, a change was occurring to the Evil Spirit King .

The Evil Spirit Kings body was wriggling and bubbling, and it then started to divide .

And then each of the divided body eventually took a humanoid form, and they took the figure of certain people .

And those people were .

What the f!?

Y, you gotta be kidding me

Save Abel and his party, even Zeanos and Lucius-san was speechless upon those figures .

However, I and my parents, in addition to Treasure Box, were the only ones who couldnt recognize them, as such we couldnt figure why they were so surprised .

By the way, the number the Evil Spirit King divided into was four people .

A noblewoman whose fierce eyes left quite the impression, and a nervous-looking, middle-aged man dressed in a clothing more luxurious than the noblewomans .

A priest with a somewhat condescending expression, and a young man wrapped in splendid armour with a prideful look on his face .

The Evil Spirit King transformed into these kinds of people .

Who the hell are they?

Then, Zeanos called out in a trembling voice a name of one of the four .

E, Elizabeth

Elizabeth? I feel like Ive heard that name somewhere .

While I was thinking about it, Mary the Maid who looked at the Elizabeth woman raised an astonished voice, too .

M, madam!?

Madam? Ah, Zeanos ex-wife huh! Wait, wat!?

Disregarding me who was at a complete loss, Elizabeth and the elderly man who stood beside her opened their mouths .

Long time no see, Zeanos . Thanks to you my life was a mess .

As she says . Zeanos, and you Abel and the others . Just how much do you think the stress built up thanks to you? You all deserve certain death .

Your Majesty

Looking at Zeanos spitting a word bitterly, I finally understood it .

The divided Evil Spirit Kings who took the humanoid figures, were the people whose fate was entwined with Zeanos and the rest .

First of all, Elizabeth would be Zeanos ex-wife, then the elderly man beside her must be Harmarl Empires Emperor, Elschtatt III who showed up in The Tale of Zeanos the Dark Noble book . In addition, judging from Elschtatt IIIs remark, the one who circulated the unfounded rumour, and the one who drove them to their death was him .

Then that means, the other two would be .

Pierre .

It nauseates me to hear you call my name .

The one who betrayed Abel and his party, Pierre the priest .

And .

To think Id meet you again like this .

Hah! Dont talk as if were equal when youre killed by this great me, trash . For being slaves to the Human, you demon bunch are getting too cocky .

I didnt know his name, but he must be the hero who killed Lucius-san .

I was able to meet Zeanos and the rest, so they would also meet the people who had a string of fate with them No, isnt that weird! Why!?

To my question, Elschtatt III answered .

With you bearing your respective ego, we who had a strong fate with you too were able to bear our own ego . In that regard, you did quite a good job for garbage . I shall praise you .

Awesome, he naturally looked down on us .

As though to continue after Elschtatt III, Elizabeth and the other two opened their mouth one after another .

I never wanted to see that face of yours again, however . Because you were strangely active in all those matters, my peaceful life collapsed . After you put yourself on the wanted list, I couldnt live as gracefully as before Just where does this responsibility fall to, I wonder?

Elizabeth is shifting a rather unreasonable responsibility to him, isnt she .

I was envious of how popular you were . Ah, how envious I was! That was why I backstabbed you! Ahahaha, everyone who has a girlfriend should die! Serves you right!

Wasnt he just overdoing things, that Pierre!? Rather, thats the reason for his betrayal!? So my guess in the Forest of Endless Sorrow was right on the money!

You shitty demons . You all should just obediently get killed by this me yet you cockily opposed me! Ill kill your kin before your very eyes for the second time . Aah, I want to see your face distorted in despair!

Is he really a hero!? Isnt that absurdly mad!?

I dont know the details, but I think they have what it takes to be the Evil Spirit King .

Putting that aside, Zeanos and the rest seemed like they were greatly shaken by their appearance .

You have perturbed our revival . That act alone is already unforgivable . Henceforth, we shall bestow you the most brutal deathGuberahak!?

Eh!?

I floated a dark smile, then punched Elschtatt the Thirds prided face .

As a result, Elschtatt the Third had lost everything from his neck above, and eventually became particles of light then vanished just like that .

Not only Zeanos and his group, even Elizabeth and the other two were speechless at the action I took .

How do I put it, it doesnt feel like punching a ghost .

Thinking so, as to ascertain that sensation, I opened and closed my hand there then asked Zeanos and the rest .

If theyre the Evil Spirit King, then I can defeat them right?

You ask that after defeating him!?

Zeanos, Lucius, and Abel and his party retorted me all at once .