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For anyone who had been waiting for a complete translation of what I had left off (Hataraku Maou-sama! ES!! Summary (Third Story)), it has been fully translated by RobinNightingale on the Hatamaou discord.

(Skipping to the scene with Emerada and Emilia after they escaped)

The imperial city was left far behind, completely disappearing from sight, Emerada had almost used up all her holy magic from flying through the air.

Using up all her power at the end, she landed shakily at the foot of the mountains right next to the border of the country. 

Emilia was practically unable to move as well, thrown on the ground by Emerada as if she was throwing away a large piece of garbage.

“Fuahhhhhh~......I reached my limit……after all……”

Then Emerada laid down on the spot.

“Ah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~”

As if she was trying to chase away the fatigue which was tormenting her body, she groaned for a while with a frown, sitting up.

“Then, what should be done from now on?”

“......”

“I will say this first, my power is completely spent, I will not be able to walk another step okay.”

“......”

“Have you fallen asleep from exhaustion?”

“......”

Emilia did not react. But it was impossible for her to sleep.

Emerada sighed softly, admitting defeat.

“Oh yes, I have to apologise to you first. Miss Emilia. I underestimated your ability. It was so regrettable, you were so close to defeating him.”

“Close?”

Emilia repeated in a soft voice.

“How……was it close. This pathetic state, how is it close!”

She wanted to stand up, but she stumbled again and fell over.

And because of the curve of the foot of the mountain, she roll down for some distance.

Emerada only watched.

“I still thought rather seriously, it was rather close, you know?”

“Then it would be impossible to become this kind of situation, right!”

“If you put it like that, it’s correct too. Did Lord Olba say anything about how to meet up afterwards?”

“......I don’t know.”

“Huh?”

“The planning was all done by Lord Olba and Lord Guies. We have never expected things to become like this, and I……”

“Went against both their wills, wishing to fight against Lucifer, right.”

Emilia laid on the ground, nodding slightly.

“Both Lord Olba and Lord Guies did not want you to do this? Why did you ignore their views?”

“Are you trying to lecture me?”

“If there is a need. But right now, I am purely rather curious.”

“........................because those people, want to turn me into a ‘hero’.”

“?”

Emilia wanted to get up but was unable to do it, so she continued to speak.

“Not just these people. In the holy land, no one is able to see me. The one who has inherited angel blood, human to save the country, Hero, or things like stronger than anyone! But none of them saved my father, saved my village!!”

“......Miss Emilia.”

“What destiny, what saving the world! But holy sword and demons, those people who had given up on my father and village, they are still so shameless to ask me to save the world?! Ever since I was taken from the village to the holy land, those people who would fight for me, there were none!!”

Her voice was hoarse and weak. Only her tears flowed endlessly.

“Once I become strong, everyone will be hopeful……it’s true, that I want power. Because I want to save my father and the village. After I heard that after the village was destroyed, I wanted to take revenge. I don’t care about politics. I do not care about all the after-battle tasks! My power belongs to me! Those people who are weaker than me, on what basis should they restrict my movements, on what basis can they make decisions on their own, they clearly abandoned Sloan, abandoned my father!”

“Fu……fu.”

Emerada stood up with a lot of effort, and dragging her weak knees, she approached Emilia.

“What, if you want to give a lecture, then do it quickly! Politicians like you, I hate them the most!”

Emilia shouted at Emerada who was looking down towards her, but Emerada only sat next to her, then,

“......It’s not easy for you, huh.”

She placed Emila’s head on her knees, speaking in a gentle voice.

“......Huh?”

“As the empire’s court sorceress, being unable to save your hometown, I sincerely feel apologetic towards you. If us adults have enough power, you would not have experienced this kind of pain.”

“W, what……”

“......Lord Guies, understood the conflict in your heart. But he does not know, how to talk to you about this matter. When you awakened your ability to fight, and obtained guidance from Lord Guies, you have already closed your heart to the adults in the holy land. But Lord Guies believed, as long as the journey continues, he will definitely reach a day where he can get your understanding.”

“What……on what basis can you speak, like you understand it well……you, someone like you, what do you understand about Lord Guies……”

“I don’t understand. I don’t understand anything. During the few short minutes when you were fighting with Lucifer, we just chatted a little. Lord Guies’ internal conflict, your internal conflict, I cannot empathise……but.”

Emerada pushed Emilia’s fringe apart, looking down slightly at her to say.

“There is one thing, I can empathise with.”

“W, what is it?”

“......You have to help me, keep a secret, okay?”

Emerada held up her index finger next to her mouth, and she spoke.

“My hometown and family, they are all gone too.”

“Uh.”

“The feelings of wishing to take revenge for family, mine should be equal to yours. The me at that time had the power to fight. And also battle experience. Even so, I was unable to help my hometown……”

Emilia could tell, Emerada did not mention some things.

But even so, she did not think she was lying.

As for the reason, it was because in Emerada’s eyes, she could see the same gaze as herself.

No, she could feel, the hatred the other party harboured in her heart, was much deeper than hers, much darker.

Not only did Emerada lose her hometown and family, until not long ago, she had no choice but to ignore her own will.

“You had a hard time.”

“............Un.”

“I say, Miss Emilia. The whole world is filled with unless, mediocre people. Even though they are only useless, mediocre people, they insist on making noise, wanting strong, capable people like us to fight for the useless, mediocre people. And they act like it is natural. And they do not even plan to do anything for us. It is truly very irritating.” 

“............Un.”

“But, Lord Guies is different from them. Only this matter, please do not forget.”

“..................Un!”

“Until the end, he was concerned about your future. He pleaded from the bottom of his heart that you could live, putting his life on the line to delay Lucifer, allowing you and me to escape. Perhaps it is difficult to find, but the people who will care for you deep within their heart and would spend all their effort to help you, they must exist.”

Emerada gently stroked Emilia’s hair as she started crying softly, and raising her head, she looked towards the two moons in the gradually darkening sky.

“From today, I will be one of those people.”

(Returning to the holy capital to discuss how to handle Lucifer)

At the same time when Emerada and Lumark arrived at Saint Ignored, Saint Aire delivered urgent news that Lucifer was advancing towards the west.

“I think Lucifer~feels greatly threatened~by Lady Emilia’s power~because Lady Emilia was truly~only one step away from forcing him into a desperate situation~”

(Skipping unimportant parts)

“To go against the approaching Lucifer army~Lady Emilia still needs to be the one to take the lead~to fight with Lucifer who is the leader~there are no requests other than this~”

(Skip)

With Emilia’s individual power, even though she can suppress Lucifer momentarily, she could not match up in a long drawn battle.

“Mm……”

What happened during the fight with Lucifer, only Olba asked Emerada about it beforehand.

(Skip)

“What’s wrong? It looks like Lord Olba is also extremely exhausted from the battle in the imperial capital.”

“No……haah, it can be considered to be so.”

Just like what Serventes pointed out, with different reasons from Emilia and Emerada, Olba developed aftereffects with regards to the battle in the imperial capital.

In his mind, Lucifer’s figure stayed and would not disappear.

That appearance, was practically……

Serventes asked with some disdain, Olba only replied vaguely, his thoughts were covered by Emerada’s drawl.

“Erhm~when we are leisurely dragging things out~ Lucifer’s army is constantly approaching~ is everyone motivated~?”

“What are you referring to, Lady Etuva?”

“I am asking~does everyone still have the time to leisurely look for prisoners of war~to say this directly~based on the information gathered by the Church Knights Troop in Saint Aire~and this comment is the maximum level of contempt~”

Emerada’s tone was still so leisurely.

“It might fall in 4 days~?”

“F, four days?!”

Archbishop Mauro gasped in surprise, Roberto turned to glare at him.

“Lady Emerada Etuva. Does what you say have basis?”

“Yes~ Lord Roberto~because Saint AIre fell in 3 days~”

“I, I thought you were going to say something else. If Irihem fell in 3 days, then the holy land could definitely be more……”

“Lord Mauro~please listen to everything~what fell in 3 days is ‘the whole country of Saint Aire~Irihem took less than 1 day~”

“Wha?!”

“So I asked everyone~are all of you, still motivated~?”

Emerada shrugged.

(Skip)

“Emilia, what about it. If you fight Lucifer again, are you confident of winning?”

(Skip)

Emila’s eyes moved a little, as if she planned to ask Emerada for help, but she resisted doing so, answering,

“If it is one on one, I cannot do it.”

The reaction to this answer, Olba’s was different from the other five.

Because for the past Emilia, regardless of the situation, she would immediately answer, “It’s possible~I will win.”

“But……the reason for losing is very obvious.”

“Yeah.”

(Skip)

“In terms of strategy~I do not think that in these few days, Lucifer’s battle methods will change~. Of course, between a one on one battle in the imperial city~and a full out battle with an army~ what needs to be considered are different~”

Emerada quietly held Emilia’s hand who was standing next to her.

“What Lady Emilia needs to do has not changed~ as long as she needs to fight with Lucifer, it is fine once he is defeated~ the issue of extending the time when the holy sword and Evil Repelling Armour can be used~ there will always be a way as long as the power of the holy land can be borrowed~”

“You said that you want to fight with Lucifer, but how can it be achieved? Based on the current developments, the location of the battle will be near the country’s borders, the large plains closer to the side of the holy land. If Emilia approaches, the Demon King Army will not be so stupid to ignore it. If Lucifer uses the army to closely guard against the surroundings, wouldn’t she use up more holy magic?”

“Of course~ the only opponent Lady Emilia has to fight is Lucifer, and those near him at most~other than those, I do not plan to have her fight at all~”

“Then……”

(Skipping Emerada’s invisibility spell)

“Even though it can be hidden from everyone~ but I don’t know how effective it would be near Lucifer~ therefore~ to maximise the chances for Lucifer and Lady Emilia to have a one on one~ I plan to form a small troop with a small number of elites~ considering that it will be very difficult for Miss Lumark to return~”

Emerada looked towards Olba who was next to Roberto, showing a smile.

“Can I leave it to you~ Lord Olba~?”

(Skip)

“The coverage of the light mirror coat is very limited~ being able to cover these three people is already the limit~ and~ for someone who has personally witnessed Lucifer’s strength before, other than the three of us, there is only Mister Goodwin~ and Mister Goodwin’s ability is far from us~”

“But, with just three people is too!”

“For other people, no matter how many people come, they will only be sending themselves to their deaths~ if Miss Lumark is at her full strength, perhaps there is still room for discussion~ but if it is her current state, then it is impossible~”

(Skipping the discussion where Emilia requested to be equals with Olba)

“Olba! Em!”

“Yeah!”

“Here~!”

Emilia walked forward with large strides.

The holy sword and Evil Repelling Armour dissipated into dream-like scattered purple lights, Emilia only swung her arm empty handed in front of Lucifer in a meaningless fashion.

After the storm spell dissipated, Lucifer suddenly gained freedom, it seemed that he was confused for an instant, but he immediately noticed that something had happened to Emilia.

"Eh? It ended just like this?"

"W, why, why now!"

"I don't know. The only thing I know, is that you don't know your own ability at all."

"Ugh!"

Emilia pulled out the metal sword at her waist in a flustered manner, but,

"No matter what, you should not be using this kind of thing now, yeah."

Lucifer punched with full power, easily shattering the metal sword.

Even though only a little holy magic was injected, that was still a sword made out of metal.

To be shattered with a fist from a demon with a human appearance, Emilia was very shocked, then,

"It's over for you."

Lucifer's fist which shattered a metal sword bare handed, swung towards Emila’s abdomen, at this moment.

"Ah!"

"Hm?!"

A flame bullet flying from another direction suddenly, hit Emilia directly.

An exaggerated explosive sound and smoke instantly surrounded Emilia, Lucifer looked in the direction where the flame bullet came from in surprise.

"That group of idiots!"

What Lucifer saw, was the winged demons who rushed towards the imperial city from various locations in the capital.

Thinking about it careful, with an all out battle using so much demonic and holy magic, and loud explosive sounds like shooting fire, it was natural for them to rush over.

But from Lucifer's point of view, when he was so close to getting rid of his prey, they attacked his prey, even blocking his vision.

"Doing unnecessary things! I will definitely kill them later!"

Lucifer clicked his tongue, and when he was about to deal a last blow to Emilia who was falling from the black smoke,

"Steel Light Restraints!!"

Holy magic light extended from the ground, entwining around Lucifer’s body.

"What the fuck is this now?"

"Heavenly Boots!"

Just when he looked away from the black smoke, a petite figure flew up from the ground, rushing into the black smoke like an arrow.

"You still want to run?!"

Emerada did not answer. She only glanced at Lucifer who was restrained, flying straight to the other side of the sky.

"Bastard! Do you think you can ru……wha?!"

Lucifer wanted to free himself from the restraints as quickly as possible to chase after Emerada, but this thin holy magic could not be thrown off at all.

"W, what is with these chains, what exactly……!"

Lucifer looked towards the ground where the source of the chains were, and saw that it was the knight he dealt with after Anna, holding his hand out to release holy magic restraints towards him.

"Mere small fry, mere small fry like you dares to do thisss!!"

"Even if I am a small fry, I also think that I am a small fry with some capabilities. Steel Light Restraints is one of the few spells I am good at. Even if my opponent is someone high up in the Demon King Army, I will not allow you to escape easily."

"Stop joking! Gu, ohhhhh!"

"Hmgh……hahhhh!"

"Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck! How can I, by this spell from a small fry!!"

"I will not let you go……definitely will not let you catch her……that child is……the world's hope! Hahh!"

"Gu, ah!"

The restraints became even stronger, wrapping around Lucifer's body.

"I……hate this type of spell, the most!! Damn itttt!"

Guies who was close to death, burned the last of his life, practically only using his arm strength to fight against Lucifer's power.

"Wait! Stop! Lord Guies, Lord Guies is!!'

Emilia who was being carried by Emerada was practically unable to move, yet she kept trying to struggle to return to the imperial capital which was rapidly becoming far away.

Guies who was using Steel Light Restraints to restrain Lucifer was also already very far away.

"Don't move! I cannot let you die! What kind of feelings are Lord Guies harbouring when going against Lucifer, don't you understand them, you idiot!!"

Emerada controlled Emilia with all her might, flying towards the western sky at full speed.

"Please, please stop! Stop! I want to, to Lucifer, Lord Guies!"

"......Live on, Emilia……live on, obtain the power you yearn for, which can fulfil everything."

At this instant, the fire bullets shot towards Guies was like pouring rain.

The demons from around the capital had rushed over, Guies' figure disappeared amongst the countless spells.

Lucifer got rid of the Steel Light Restraints, panting heavily as he glared at the other side of the sky.

The other party was Emerada, even Lucifer could not catch up from so far away in the sky.

Even though he know that her final destination was Saint Ignord, after escaping from the capital, there were many forests and mountains to hide in, they could not be seen now.

Lucifer gritted his teeth, landing slowly.

Guies’ corpse was burned to ashes by the spells from the demons, only leaving behind the church knight armour.

The beginning part of the battle caused a lot of shockwaves, perhaps Anna’s corpse was swept away to some other place in the management institute.

“Lord Lucifer, what exactly……”

“Lord Lucifer, my apologies, our reinforcements came late……”

“......”

“Lord Lucifer?”

Lucifer who landed on the ground remained silent for a moment, breathing in slightly, then he roared.

“That damned bastard arghhhhhhhhhh!!”

Lucifer’s angry roar, caused the surrounding demons to shiver in fright.

“Those who dare to look down on me, I will kill them all……gather all the demons who can still fight! Advance towards the west! Take down Saint Ignord!”

“Lord Lucifer, w, wait a moment?!? Lord Demon King has not given any instructions……gyah?!”

The demon who expressed his objections to Lucifer’s orders, he turned into ashes in the literal sense the next moment, dissipating on the spot.

His body was burned completely by the heat rays released by Lucifer.

“Do you not remember Lord Demon King saying before? The invasion strategy of the various continents, will be decided by the respective generals.” 

“B, but Lord Demon King also said, only Saint Aire and Saint Ignord needs to be dealt with more cautiously……”

“Lord Demon King, Lord Demon King, all of you guys are so irritating arghh!”

Lucifer shouted angrily again, turning another demon who advised against it into ash.

“All of you dilly dallying folks don’t know, right. The human here just now just didn’t make sense! No, that person is not a human at all! Is it the nature which is different! If that person is left to roam freely, they will definitely be an obstruction to the Demon King Army! Even Lord Demon King……even Satan will decide to attack in this situation! In the first place, Satan knows, once I am underestimated, I definitely cannot be stopped! Anyone who speaks more about this, I will kill them on the spot! Who else has any objections!”

The gathered demons shut their mouths quickly, even then, Lucifer could not suppress his anger.

“Rwahhhhhh!”

He shouted angrily again, causing the surrounding demons to feel chills.

“E, erhm, Lord Lucifer……”

“...... I said I would kill on the spot, right? What else do you want to say?”

“N, no, it’s just that since Emerada Etuva has escaped, then the remaining people in the Sorcery Management Institute……”

“............oh.”

Lucifer, who almost killed another demon, looked displeased, looking up at the Sorcery Management Institute.

“Even though I want to kill them all, if I stop the spell research on my own, Satan and the other guy will probably be very naggy. As long as they do not resist, there is no need to manage them. If they are allowed to live, perhaps they can be hostages in the future.”

“U, understood.”

“......The commotion today might cause the imperial family and noble families to feel the urge to take action. Give anyone who dares to resist a hard time. Then……it might be not that meaningful, but the ones who caused a commotion here are not just these few people. Moustached holy worker, knight and Lumark escaped. There should be an escape passageway somewhere in the management institute, but it has likely been buried. Go order the humans in the capital, anyone who dares to hide Lumark will be killed. Spread the notice, if anyone with information reports, not only would their life be guaranteed, they will even get a reward.”

“Understood!”

After Lucifer gave the orders, he strutted back to the centre of the imperial city.

There was no human in the throne hall of the imperial city, Lucifer sat on the throne, supporting his cheek with his hand.

“Silver hair, red eyes. To say it’s a coincidence would be too optimistic.

Lucifer looked towards the stained glass next to the throne which pictured the two moons of Ente Isla.

Saint Aire was the largest and strong empire in the Western Continent, even in the eyes of Emerada who commanded the sorcerers from here, she did not expect to see such a fierce battle between two human-like figures.

And it was still a fierce battle between a young lady, and a demon who could be said to be a young man just based on his appearance.

However, the instant Emilia’s sword and Lucifer’s fist impacted against each other strongly, the shock from this was enough to cause all the windows from the first to fifth floor, glass and wooden frame, to shatter from the internal pressure. 

“Ugoh?!”

“Kuh!”

“Uwah?!”

This impact was much stronger than what Olba, Lumark and Emerada expected, the moment they stumbled, Emilia and Lucifer had broken through the main gate of the management institute to fly out.

“Mister Goodwin! Lord Olba! Miss Lumark and Mister Guies, leave quickly! The hidden passageway is behind the right storage room pillar!”

Hearing the sounds of intense battle from outside which was shaking the building, Emerada looked tense, and without waiting for their response, she ran out as well.

“Kyah?!”

Looking up towards the sky, the golden light of holy magic and the purple light of a demon, scattered greatly everywhere as if they were fireworks.

Emerada observed the situation with narrowed eyes.

Even though it was just a short ten plus seconds, just considering power and speed, it looked like Emilia had a slight advantage. After a few exchanges, the instances where Lucifer was thrown back formed the majority.

Even though it was only an instant, it could be believed, Emilia Justina was stronger than Saint Aire’s knights.

She felt that if it was a one on one fight, defeating Lucifer might not be a stupid dream.

But, Emerada’s expression was very stern.

“That child, how stupid is she going to be……!”

“Kuh…… you bastardddd!!”

“To be called that by a demon who is even worse than a bastard, I feel honoured!”

Lucifer shot one to two hundred purple heatrays towards Emilia, but Emiila deflected half of them away with one swing of the holy sword, she did not care that she was hit by the other half, slashing straight towards Lucifer.

“You will get hit?! Is your brain thinking normally!”

“There is no need to think normally when fighting with a demon!”

“This is nonsense! Hwohhhh!”

“!”

Emilia increased the power of the flames enveloping the holy sword on reflex. 

Because Lucifer who had been using heatrays and fists to fight, conjured a weapon.

“A sword made from ice……?”

“Because I do not want to come into contact with your body with my body! Even though I really dislike this magic……come!”

“Ugh!”

Lucifer produced an ice sword which was as long as his own body.

Many demons who used weapons were seen before this, but the rain of blades formed by using Lucifer’s demonic magic, arm strength and speed, this was something Emilia had never seen before.

“Ugh, uh!”

“Look, look! Where is your confidence from just now! Hyahh!”

She could not keep up by defending with her sword, so she could only use the arm guard from the Evil Repelling Armour to block, at this moment.

“Ahhhh?!”

She had clearly blocked the impact, but the chill of the ice penetrated the arm guard, piercing into Emilia’s arm.

The ice did not pierce physically. But it clearly brought pain and impact to Emila’s flesh and nerves, and the surface of Evil Repelling Armour started to be corroded by ice which had separated from the sword.

“W, what is it!”

“This is a traditional skill which has been used in the Demon King Army since a long time ago!”

Even though there was no penetration and no person was sent flying, if the blade was touched, then their body would be destroyed from within.

Emilia added a flying spell to the Evil Repelling Armour, kicking the middle portion of the ice blade with her battle boots very hard, distancing herself from Lucifer.

Lucifer did not pursue her, carefully holding up the ice sword.

“......Very strong……but.”

“......Very strong……damn it.”

Emilia and Lucifer mumbled to themselves.

“This is not an opponent which I cannot win against……!”

“Taking out that kind of thing is against the rules……damn it!”

From Emilia’s feeling, Lucifer was truly strong.

Any loss in concentration would definitely result in a lethal injury, every attack contained power and terror which she had never experienced before.

But on the other hand, her own power did match up to Lucifer.

Even though it was not the same as the demons she encountered before, able to cut them into half as long as she took out the holy sword and Evil Repelling Armour, she did injure him, and it looked like he did not recover completely.

“And just now……you said something like it’s against the rules and I should die, right!”

Lucifer’s mumbling was heard by Emilia.

She channelled holy magic into her arm which was being corroded by the ice blade, feeling some warmth.

This was something she discovered by coincidence, as long as she channelled strong holy magic towards the corrosive demonic magic, it could be neutralised.

Of course, it was not difficult to imagine that the other side would likely have a hidden powerful move, but even if he changed his battle style and the techniques used, as long as his foundational power was still the original strength, she did not think the other party could turn on a switch to become extremely powerful.

“Heavenly Fang!!”

She squeezed out more power from the holy sword, piercing towards Lucifer.

The holy magic storm exuded from the holy sword and Emilia, suppressed Lucifer’s wings.

“Kuh……you, bastarddd!”

Demons who had wings were not as easily controlled by wings, but even so, it was enough to affect Lucifer’s movements.

“Light piercing explosion!”

Lucifer was going to escape from the holy magic storm, but the follow up attack blurred his vision, momentarily finding it difficult to maintain his stance.

“Ugohhh?!”

Lucifer’s left and right wings were suppressed, his body was pressed down in the sky, and his vision was robbed, why the door in the sky opened, Emilia channelled all her body, holding up the sharp blade, jumping up in the air.

“Lucifer……Demon King Army……my father’s, revenge……!!”

Emilia’s eyes were blood-red.

“Dieeee!!”

Seeing Lucifer conjuring the ice blade, Emerada’s eyes widened.

When fighting with the large numbers of demons who surged towards the capital, Emerada, Lumark, and the other knights and sorcerers, none of them were able to make Lucifer use that demonic spell.

And when looking up, even if Lucifer used this secret skill, he was still being overwhelmed by Emilia, and Emerada, who doubted Emilia’s capability at the start, also started to feel sincerely, it might be possible to kill Lucifer like this— at this moment.

“...... Emilia, is going to lose.”

“L, lord Guies?! Why have you not run away yet?!”

Appearing next to Emerada, was a pale Guies who was pressing against the side of his abdomen.

“Knight Captain Lumark, Lord Olba and Mister Goodwin have already left from the hidden passageway, do not worry.”

“I am not talking about this! Why did you st……”

Emerada suddenly realised.

The side of the abdomen which Guies was pressing down on, blood was still flowing.

“The injury was not large, but the amount of bleeding was abnormally large.

“That light……seems to be rather troublesome demonic magic. I……cannot be saved anymore. My whole body feels cold one moment, hot the next, and in extreme pain, like I have been poisoned. That light……cannot hit even once, ugh!”

“Lord Guies!”

Guies knelt down again, Emerada quickly supported him, but the icy feeling her fingers came into contact with, caused her to realise that death was imminent.

“Lord Guies, you said that Miss Emilia will lose, what does that mean? Even though I do not want to admit it, she has clearly suppressed Lucifer.”

“Emilia’s holy magic, is not enough.”

“Uh.”

“Holy sword and Evil Repelling Armour, if they are being used at full power like this, after a short while, all her power would be used up. Normally speaking, the current Emilia cannot even use one of them like this. And now.”

Guies looked up, seeing the moment Emila’s arm guard was being corroded by the ice sword.

“What is supporting her now, is……the hatred towards the demons, and the Demon King Army. She yearns to take revenge for her father, and her hometown, filled with hatred, kah.”

“Lord Guies!”

“Lady Etuva, please listen to my request……that child is……the hope of humans……even though she is not, well developed now, she is stronger than anyone, the hope, of humans……the relationship between he Church and the empire, is definitely not considered good, but my, last disciple, please……”

“Please hold on, Lord Guies! Don’t say stupid things anymore, maintain your consciousness! That kind of girl, I cannot take responsibility! If you, who had always been by her side and guided her, are lost, she will!”

“......Please. A short while later, Emilia’s, transformation will disappear, once it becomes like this……”

“Lord Guies!”

“Of course, if she can defeat Lucifer, right now, this is extremely fortunate. If it can be like this, I will have no regrets……”

“......!”

Emerada and Guies looked up into the sky, the final battle between human and demon was happening now.

“Dieeee!!”

The blade of the holy sword approached Lucifer’s head, after that,

“Heavenly Flam…..”

Just like the moment a raw egg accidentally fell to the ground.

“Huh?”

Olba spoke in an extremely dry voice, looking at the youth who declared his name as Lucifer.

Olba's complexion was very pale, as if he suddenly aged by 10 years.

"So nice, 'angel'. As expected of a holy worker from the Theocracy. Don't you know it very well. How did all of you spread my story, I already heard the Church here talk about it. After all, I cannot read your writings."

"Fallen angel……fallen angel, Lucifer……top ranked archangel……son of, God……Lucifer, impossible, a lie……how can this……"

"Lord Olba……?"

For Olba who was a holy worker with a clear distinction between good and evil, in front of Lucifer, he trembled like he was scared out of his wits.

"Lucifer……anyway……anyway, you just made use of this name on your own, or the name is the same by coincidence right……how is this possible……"

Emilia held her breath. Olba, was already stunned on the spot.

"Eh? Already lost the will to fight? Are you feeling that you have lived enough by being at this age? You want to die already?"

For Emilia to be able to react, it could only be said to be a miracle.

The instant this being who called himself Lucifer, and was also a type of demon on some level, pointed his finger at Olba, Emilia jumped with enough strength to shatter the floor of the management institute, rushing towards Olba, pushing him aside with her body.

The spot where Olba was an instant before was punctured with five small holes, producing smoke accompanied by the sound of burning gravel.

"Oh my, I missed. You are rather quick."

Lucifer raised his eyebrow in surprise.

This appearance, expression and mental state was no different from a human. Even though it was not as much as Olba, Emilia's mind was also in a mess.

"A, are you really……Lucifer?"

"What, are you still doubting it? I don't really care either way, then just die like this."

"!!"

All of Emilia’s hair stood on end, controlled by terror and despair.

Lucifer did not show any stance. He did not even chant.

Even so, "demonic magic orb" which was difficult to imagine in terms of scale, such that the light which attacked Olba was only considered small fry, four of them instantly appeared.

All of them contained an amount of demonic magic capacity which definitely could not be touched, it was clear that even it was only touched, a normal soldier would find it difficult to avoid a lethal injury.

“Why are you spacing out!!”

A sharp voice caused Emilia to return to her senses, an earth wall appeared in front of her at the same time.

“Lady Etuva?!”

“Even one instant of lost concentration can lead to instant death! Pull out your sword quickly! Isn’t this the development you are hoping for!”

Emerada’s skill with spells was her strength, with a power and speed which exceeded Emilia’s realm of understanding.

Olba was also a trained sorcerer, but the price of power was that he could not reach Emerada’s level of speed.

“Heavenly Light Boots!!”

Emilia entered a battle state two to three steps later, finally remembering flying spells, flying out of the wall Emerada created without pulling out her sword.

“Wha?!”

Seeing Emilia fly out empty handed, Emerada’s eyes widened, but in the next instant, her eyes turned wider from shock.

Emilia, who was originally empty handed, produced a purple light of a different nature from Lucifer in her hand, quickly forming the shape of a sword.

“That sword is……!”

At equal level to Lucifer’s purple light, the legend of a sword which contained abnormal amounts of holy magic, Emerada also heard of it before.

“Could that sword be, what was spread in the bible, sacred sword……?!”

“Oh?”

Lucifer looked towards the sword in Emilia’s hand, still showing a scornful smile.

“Aren’t you holding a rather good toy?”

“Heavenly Light……Flame Slash!!”

This was not an exaggeration, Emilia used the sword technique with all her might, attacking Lucifer.

The wind and loud boom from the explosion spread in the management institute, Emerada, Olba and Lumark could not help but look away, only Emilia did not shift her gaze away in the centre of the explosion.

“......Damn–it, I originally planned to show a composed expression.”

And Lucifer, received the attack Emilia made with all her might. And did it empty handed.

“But it still hurts a lot! It felt like it was going to come into contact with the bone. It looks like when you say that you want to kill me, it was not just arrogance.”

Even though he clearly felt pain, he was still so calm that he could smile.

“I dislike that ‘colour’. I might, know this sword.” 

“L, let go!!”

Lucifer held the blade of the sacred sword and did not let go.

This powerful strength seemed to suspend Emilia in the air.

“Haah— I see. It feels like you are not too familiar with how to use it. If so.”

Emlia’s whole body suddenly heated up, as if she was roasted over open fire.

Crystals of the purple light appeared, surrounding Emilia.

“I will not look down on my enemies. I, am not the type to find joy in a fierce battle with strong enemies. So……”

Lucifer’s eyes, showed clear killing intent.

“For people who might become a strong enemy, I will kill them without looking down on them.”

“Miss Emilia!!”

Emerada shouted loudly.

In order to use support spells, Emerada could not move at all now, in front of her eyes, Emilia looked like she was going to be burned to ashes by the scorching hot purple rays.

“Uwoh?!”

But, for unknown reasons, Lucifer produced a sound of surprise, backing up slightly.

Before the purple rays disappeared, another slash was directed at Lucifer.

“Seriously……this looks to be more troublesome than expected.”

Lucifer licked his lips, keeping his distance seriously.

As if to suppress the demonic spell of purple rays, the light of the holy magic advanced.

“Lord Olba, that, could it be”

Olba, who stood up with much difficulty, nodded to answer Emerada’s question.

“The Heaven artefact passed down by the Church, born from ‘evolving heavenly silver’, the sword and armour of the ‘Hero’, as recorded in the bible.” 

Emilia was filled with righteous indignation, she was covered in a silver armour, completely defending against the definitely lethal demonic magic spell which Lucifer released from an extremely close distance.

Emilia’s hair turned into a gentle silver, her eyes were dyed red, her body enveloped in a golden aura.

“Holy Evolving Sword, One Wing and Evil Repelling Armour. This is the true appearance of the Hero who inherited the blood of Heaven — Emilia Justina.”

“Demon General Lucifer, I am going to kill you here!!”

Emilia held the holy sword up high, and by just this action, holy magic surged outwards, causing Lucifer to take one step back.

“Just what I wanted.”

Lucifer also did not dare to be careless, taking up a battle stance in Emilia’s direction.

“I dislike arrogant humans in the first place, but your appearance irritates me greatly. I will deal with you with full strength. But……die when I still feel happy during this fight!!”

Emerada’s spells and Lucifer’s demonic spells resulted in billowing dust and smoke, the building of the management institute shook from the impact, things were falling and collapsing everywhere.

Then, what was hung in the hall, the portrait of someone Emilia did not know at all, fell to the floor face first— at this instant.

“Hahhhh!!”

“Ohhhhh!!”

Emilia and Lucifer shouted angrily at the same time, starting a fierce battle.

Saved Lumark and were preparing to retreat:

No other prisoners who were alive were discovered. Since they had found Lumark, staying for a second longer would be unnecessary.

But.

"Wah?!"

Above the stairs which were connected to the secret passage, the shout of the young male sorcerer was heard.

"Cyclops tattoo demon?!"

Lumark shouted in a hoarse voice.

In front of the escape passage, a burly demon whose head could touch the roof of the castle passageway stood there.

The demon swung its fist without hesitation, sending the young male sorcerer flying.

"Uwahh?!"

"Are you alright?"

Guies looked towards the young man immediately,

"I, I'm fine!"

The young man seemed to have used a defensive wall spell, avoiding a direct hit. He was less injured than expected, standing up quickly even though he hit the wall.

(Emilia and Guies killed the demon)

"Damn it, the passageway is broken."

Guies looked towards the area behind the cyclops tattoo demon, discovering that the entrance of the secret passageway had been destroyed.

"There should be other escape paths, right?"

"There is, but there will be a need to go to the Sorcery Management Institute first……since this place has fallen in……that side, perhaps……"

Lumark's words caused everyone to exchange glances seriously, then Anna said softly.

"But, if it is the management institute……perhaps……"

"What is it?"

"The management institute is the least damaged place in the imperial city."

"The Demon King Army ordered us to research human spells in Saint Aire. Even though I am unsure of the reason."

With both sorcerers saying this, they could only believe this matter.

"Can you sense other demons?"

In response to Olba's question, Guies and Emilia shook their heads solemnly.

"Even though there are no signs of reinforcements, this is definitely not an optimistic situation. Emilia, protect Knight Captain Lumark. And you, can you bring us to the management institute?"

"Alright. Please come this way. Owww……"

"Are you alright? You flew a crazy distance from the blow just now."

"It was good that I put up defences in time……if I took that blow directly, I would likely be dead."

The youth showed a dry, bitter smile, walking at the front together with Guies.

"......The demonic magic from yesterday did not appear, why is that. Lucifer, what exactly……"

Olba took up the rear while pondering over the bad feeling he had.

It was too smooth. They found Lumark relatively smoothly, Lumark was so safe that she could still speak, reinforcements did not appear.

"It's this way. This is great. There are no demon guards."

The youth walked through the complex passageways in the city without hesitation, speaking rather nervously.

"......why are the defences so weak?"

Emilia asked, the youth shook his head.

"The demons are in a great mess. Many demons were killed yesterday. It should have, been done by all of you, right?"

"T,that is……"

"In order to find the intruders in the capital, many demons were deployed outside. It must be because of this, that's why the defences on the capital are weak."

"Can such a thing happen?"

"Because, it is this kind of situation, yeah? The whole of the Western Continent has fallen under the control of the Demon King Army, who would specially come to attack the capital?"

"......That makes sense. But, it is already this kind of situation, the sorcerers and knights left in the city are not resisting?"

"Because His Majesty was captured as a hostage."

"His Majesty is still alive?!"

Olba showed a shocked expression.

"Yes. His Highness the Crown Prince is also alive. Even though the aim is unknown, the situation is like this……"

The term heard in the next sentence, caused everyone present, to feel as if cold water was poured on their heads, feeling some kind of fear.

"It was heard, that this was the instructions from Demon King Satan."

Coming out from the exit at the Sorcery Management Institute:

"Miss Anna?"

Anna was acting rather strange.

The current situation was such that even Guies and Olba could see hope, only Anna was holding her breath with widened eyes for unknown reasons, shivering slightly.

"Erhm, Mr Goodwin. Miss Anna is a little..."

"Yeah. Miss Anna, allow me to replace you."

"Ah, al, alright……erhm……please……"

Anna handed Lumark over to Goodwin to support, backing up a little.

"There is no strong demon aura. Let's go quickly. Lady Etuva should be on the highest floor."

"Alright!"

The young male sorcerer and Guies ran into the management institute together.

Emilia and the others followed closely behind, seeing a small figure in the middle of the large hall.

(Skipping exchange of pleasantries)

“Institution Head, why exactly did the demon guards……”

“......I don’t know~they left suddenly not long ago~I came down to see the situation on the other floors, then I met all of you~”

(Skipping the debate over running away or fighting the boss)

“Over here~please follow me~”

Emerada was walking in front, Emilia followed unwillingly, at this moment.

“E, erhm……! W, wait a moment!”

An unexpected person called for Emerada to stop.

“You are~......I remember you are~ that new person~......”

“I, I am Anna Eli! E, erhm, I also think that doing what Miss Emilia says is better……!”

“......What do you mean~?”

“Miss Anna?”

Even from Emilia’s point of view, Anna’s words were strangely sudden.

Emilia would definitely not give up on her stance, but based on the way the discussion was going just now, she also understood that her stance would not be accepted.

Anna kept watching from the side, she would not have been unable to understand.

The others naturally thought the same, after all, Emerada was the most difficult to deal with.

“N, no, because erhm, this level of fighting power gathering, gathering together, so, erhm, if we run away now, would there still be this kind of opportunity next time……”

“Wait a moment, Miss Anna, what’s wrong with you, calm down a little.”

She was afraid. Her teeth were shaking so much that they could not close. Her eyes were overly wide. She was sweating bullets.

Goodwin tried to comfort Anna, but Anna moved away from Goodwin for unknown reasons, as if she wanted to back up and leave the management institute.

“E, everyone calm down a little, it is not easy to wait for this chance where demons are not around, let’s formulate a battle plan! There is also a need to heal, heal Knight Captain Lumark a little, then it would be e, easier to run away, right?”

“Knight Captain Lumark, my apologies…… Miss Anna, what’s wrong? What is the problem……”

Emilia let go of Lumark, approaching Anna.

And after that,

“I, I’m begging you. Begging you……!”

“Miss Anna?!”

Where was it taken from, or was it on her since the start, Anna picked up a rusty small knife, lunging towards Emilia who was approaching.

Of course, a knife used by a sorcerer where physical combat was not their forte, it was impossible to hurt Emilia.

It was just that, because Anna’s actions were too unexpected, Emilia’s arm was grabbed from behind, the knife pointing at her throat.

“Miss Anna! What do you want to do!”

At this moment, even Guies and Goodwin were nervous, Emilia raised her hand, asking the two to stay calm.

“Erhm, everyone calm down first! Miss Anna, what exactly happened! Please calm down as well! Why are you this panicked!”

“No good……no good……”

Emilia’s voice did not reach Anna’s ears at all.

Anna grabbed Emilia’s arm, not looking towards Emerada, Guies and the others, her gaze was directed in a completely different direction, panting heavily.

“Erhm, let me explain first, this kind of blunt knife cannot hurt me at all. What has happened, please tell me. If you have anything you need, I can help too……”

“No……this is no good……if everyone is allowed to go back like this……I, I will……”

“Miss Anna……?”

“Please……Institution Head, Miss Emilia, Lady Lumark, please fight, with the demons, with Lucifer, because, if this is not done, I……”

“Miss An……”

“Your acting skills suck.”

That voice, it did come from that male.

At this moment, the air froze.

Emerada, Olba, Guies and Goodwin, even Emilia sank into the illusion that all the blood in their body had been frozen.

“But, I will acknowledge your hard work.”

The young male sorcerer who did not participate in the conversation just now, formed a crescent shape with his mouth outside everyone’s field of vision, showing the expression that he had succeeded.

At this instant, Amma’s expression turned a little more normal.

T, then I can……leave.”

Emilia did not move.

A purple ray brushed past Emilia’s face, she did not even have the time to touch a finger, the weak force of Anna suppressing her, and the feeling of the knife pointing at her while shaking disappeared.

After that, a sound of something heavy falling was heard from behind her, Emilia knew the danger, but she still could not help but turn back.

She saw the corpse of Anna, who had just stopped breathing, lying on the ground, the hole in her forehead bleeding.

“Miss, An…..na……”

“The, the light just now, was”

Olba turned his head with a trembling voice, seeing the figure of who should be the young male sorcerer who was pointing in the direction where Emilia was standing.

“You, you are.”

“That woman, is a pawn in order to make all of you gather in one place. It was not easy to gather the last few humans who are capable. Shouldn’t all of you be a little happier?”

“What, what exactly……did you do?!”

The moment Guies pulled out his sword without thinking.

“As for you, you are a little unworthy.”

Once again, something burned and ripped through the air.

“Uu, kuh, ah……?”

A light which no one could see clearly went through the side of Guies’ abdomen, easily causing Guies’ burly body to kneel on the floor.

“L, Lord……Guies……”

Guies who was known to be strong, was defeated in an instant.

The young male sorcerer leisurely walked through the gap between Olba and Emerada, walking past Emilia, bending down towards Anna who had stopped breathing, patting her face.

“I, had an agreement with this person, as long as she could successfully get all of you to stay, I will let her go. Then, I got her to enter the prison cell with me. She was so scared— even though it was agreed that she would be spared.”

“Who……who exactly, are……”

“But I thought I would be discovered earlier—especially those two over there.”

The youth looked towards Emerada and Lumark in turn.

“We should have fought directly before?”

“Impossible……this kind of thing, how can it……”

Emerada who had been speaking in a lazy tone earlier, her voice shook as it went stiff.

“Institution Head Etuva? What is going on! Who exactly is this……”

Olba shook Emerada’s shoulder, but Emerada’s gaze did not leave the youth.

“It looks like I had been forgotten, then I will introduce myself.”

The sorcerer’s cape was swept upwards, blown by the wind in the management institute.

A black feather was blown upwards by the wind, disappearing into the air.

“I am Demon General Lucifer. The leader of the demon army troops suppressing the Western Continent. Nice to meet all of you.”

Emilia did not dare to believe what she was seeing.

Until just now, didn’t she not sense any demonic magic at all?

The attack from the cyclops tattoo demon, didn’t he use a defence spell with holy magic?

Wasn’t this the young man who was shorter than Emilia by a head, so weak that people would mistaken him for a boy?

Most importantly.

“You are, a demon……?”

The black wings which were larger than a human body, the appearance of it growing on his body, it was practically.

Infiltrating again:

"Since we are mentally prepared for the possibility of battle after saving Knight Captain Lumark and Miss Emerada, then compared to running away, don't you feel that it is better to kill Lucifer directly?"

"I said so before. No one knows what Lucifer looks like. Currently, a strong power which can be used to deduce whether it is Lucifer cannot be felt as well."

"Isn't it the huge demonic magic from yesterday? That is the strongest power which has been felt so far."

“It might be, but it also might not be. Listen well, if we want to fight against Lucifer, we need accurate information. Currently, the information we have is not enough. We need to wait until we save Lady Lumark or Lady Etuva, then we can obtain accurate information on the inner workings of the Demon King Army and any information related to Lucifer……let’s stop the discussion here. We’re almost at the exit, stay quiet.”

In the underground prison:

“What……this, stench……”

“This might be……very bad……”

Olba broke out into cold sweat, mumbling softly.

Then, his premonition immediately hit its mark.

“We’re too late……huh.”

“Uuu……”

“This is sad……”

Olba looked downwards, Emilia and Guies also covered their mouths while frowning.

The underground prison, was filled with the stench of death and rot.

Saint Aire was a strong country after all, not only was their castle town vast, the scale of their prison was huge too.

But, human corpses of people who were thrown into the underground prison at an unknown time were piled up here.

“Women and, children also……damned demons……!”

Guies glanced at the iron bars next to him, one of them was a corpse dressed in noble clothing.

“Guh……”

Seeing corpses of ladies similar to her age on the other side of the iron bars, Emlia felt unprecedented anger.

(Skip)

They advanced carefully in this vast and complex underground prison, all of the prison cells held corpses without exceptions.

(Discovered Goodwin)

Because they were surprised that there were survivors, they did not notice at first, compared to those completely dried up corpses, the complexion of the knight was unexpectedly not too bad.

Even though his right leg and left hand were fractured, his complexion was not too bad, and he was not skinny either.

“Why did you come in?”

“Yesterday, all of a sudden……even though it was fine before, we were only troubled that we could not establish contact with the outside world, but the people who were interrogated suddenly, other than me, there are still a few other people……”

(Olba sensed that their infiltration may have caused these few people to be suspected, then it was discovered that there were two more people who were alive)

“Lord Olba! There are people here too!”

Emilia just noticed another pair of young male and female sorcerers.

They looked to be the same as the knight, thrown into prison after being injured.

They were questioned.

“I, I was the same as that knight. Originally at the management institute, and suddenly yesterday, was thrown into the prison by the demons……”

“Me too. Even though I am just a lowly ranked junior, I am barely considered a researcher……”

“This is bad. With this, our movements may have been sensed by them. Were other people brought in too?”

Compared to the knight, the injuries of the two sorcerers were light, but if the demons started to strictly clean the city because they sensed “the approach of strong holy magic users”, then the targets who needed help would increase.

“We’re not sure, but it should not be just us.”

“We have to save them quickly!”

(Olba expressed that this might be a trap to lure out the enemies)

“Their injuries are too minor. The numbers are too few for a purge. Even though they are unable to hone in on us, they could be bait to lure humans to come close to the imperial city. It is not good to stay for long. It is best to think that it is lucky that we are able to save them.”

“B, but……”

“Bear with it, Emilia. Once we die, the people who can still be saved will have no hope.”

Emilia gritted her teeth, but in a rare moment, she did not rebuke Olba. Was it because she saw large numbers of knight equipment in the mountains of bodies, so she also became cautious?

But very quickly, the male sorcerer voiced his thoughts.

“T, then……but, if so, there is no need to care about this, it’s just that……only Knight Captain Lumark, please save her!”

Olba and Guies widened their eyes, Emilia and the other two prisoners looked towards him in surprise.

“Lady Lumark is still alive?!”

“Y, yes. After being locked in here, I heard Knight Captain Lumark’s voice. It might be, coming from a deeper place……”

“Are you sure?!”

Hearing these, not just Olba, the knight also asked the male sorcerer.

“I think, I probably can be sure. Knight Captain Lumark and I can be considered as acquaintances……”

Olba stared at the young sorcerer who looked weak, thinking with all his might like he was going to burst a blood vessel.

“When was Lady Lumark brought in here, do you know?”

“Not that long. Most likely, around two weeks ago……”

“Two weeks, huh. Then she might be……”

She was locked in here quickly after Saint Aire fell. For a normal human, not eating or drinking for so long, she must already be dead.

“Thinking about it, I saw as well. Demons taking food and a leather pouch, walking into deeper prison cells. It is possible that there is water in the bag……”

“Guh……”

The female sorcerer spoke this time.

In prison for two weeks, if she did not eat or drink, she would definitely be dead.

But, if demons could understand Lumark’s value to human society, and had the intentions to keep her alive, then it was impossible for them to return without checking.

“If you are a knight under her command, you should be able to recognise Lady Lumark, right. We are not familiar with Lady Lumark. If the demons carried out some kind of disguise after capturing Lady Lumark, can you see through it?”

(The knight told them at the knight troops have some internal spells which could be used to determine identity)

“That is good. We will go and confirm Lady Lumark’s safety. My apologies, we have to ask all of you to accompany us for a while.”

Emilia, Guies and the three prisoners nodded firmly, walking deeper into the prison filled with the stench of corpses.

“It’s really deep.”

With regards to Emilia’s thoughts, Olba could only nod.

“The history is long, it seems that the side effect would be showing that the dark history as a country is even deeper.”

“The longer the history, the deeper the darkness, is that what it means?”

The young sorcerer mumbled softly, Olba nodded.

“It is a joke of an old man. Not worth mentioning.”

“No, I have never thought about such a thing, it feels enlightening.”

Summary of the Demon King Army Invasion:

The group of creatures known as demons called themselves the “Demon King Army”, and in a short span of one night, they controlled the Central Continent of Ente Isla.

The Central Continent Isla Kentorum which was managed by various countries in Ente Isla—Central Trade City completely fell apart, this state was the same as cutting off the close cooperation between the various countries.

But only using one night to destroy the Central Trade City, what caused this matter to be known to the world, was the declaration of war at that time.

The leader of the Demon King Army, so called “Demon King Satan”, declared that he was going to conquer the world, ordering the survivors from various countries in the Central Continent to spread this declaration of war.

Many countries did not believe this matter at first.

And because of this period of hesitation which was not considered short, the humans were slow by one step which could not be recovered.

What shocked the whole world, was the spreading of the undoubtable information that Afsahan, the large empire which controlled the whole Eastern Continent, had fallen into the hands of the Demon King Army. 

Even though many embers were burning within in secret, Afsahan was still undoubtedly in possession of the strongest military power.

However, the demon army led by Demon General Alsiel, only used three months to suppress it.

At that time, the fate of the leader, Unifying Azure Emperor, was unknown. The Hakin Knight Troops whom Afsahan was proud of had in reality, fallen apart.

After that, the various countries in various continents deployed all their troops to fight against the Demon King Army.

The countries which had their disagreements unified in front of these suddenly arriving strong enemies, but even so, the Northern Continent fell one year later.

In the following year, the Southern Continent and Western Continent kept resisting the invasion from the Central Continent, but their battle lines were backing up little by little, and during the year Emilia was brought to Saint Ignord, the sea defence line with the Central Continent was broken.

Three years passed after that.

Finally, the last empire in the world, known as the last fortress resisting the Demon King Army—Saint Aire, fell.

Five years after the Demon King Army appeared in this world, the world reached a survival crisis.

Information on Lucifer’s rule:

Based on the information provided by the monks in the Missionary Department, martial law was established in Irihem, restricting the people from leaving, and it seemed like many commoners in the capital were brought into the castle town, killed to provide entertainment for the demons.

The past governing parties of Saint Aire, the royal family, noble families and generals, did not seem to have been killed yet, but it was just a matter of time.

The first discussion of infiltrating in order to rescue people (the translator is just excited to see Lucifer’s name mentioned, so there will be random snippets like this):

“Fights cannot be done freely to damage the houses in our home, you should understand this principle. But the reality is, as long as we get close to Lucifer, it is impossible to result in a battle where the surroundings are not damaged.”

About Lucifer’s magic formation which can automatically search for enemies and attack them:

Emilia suddenly saw Olba release a holy magic orb, in a place where it was hard to move around amongst the ruins of the city, a purple light suddenly appeared in the night sky.

“Wha……”

That was not a shooting star.

The purple rays which fell from the sky, chased after Olba’s holy magic orb, shooting like rain.

“That is……!”

“No good, come here quickly!”

“Gaius! Get rid of the holy magic from the Iron Light Restraints! Free Emilia!”

“Tsk!”

“Kyah!”

Listening to Olba’s warning, Gaius got rid of the holy magic chains without hesitation, Emilia fell to the ground in a pathetic manner.

(Then they fought some small fry)

Olba beside them used a warhammer to shatter the skull of a member of a globin clan, panting very heavily.

Emilia glanced at Olba and Guies who were fighting a hard battle, then swept her gaze over the sky.

The purple rays from earlier were clearly a demon’s power, magic cast using demonic magic.

Recently, it was not known who started it, but without realising it, the supernatural power possessed by the demons was called “demonic magic”, and the spells used by demons was called “demonic spells”, but the strange thing was, the aura of the demon who created the purple ray magic in the sky could not be felt.

(Fighting small fry)

“Those purple rays will react to strong holy magic……but!”

(Skipping unimportant stuff)

“For holy magic which only appeared for an instant, it seems like there would be no reaction.”

Even though more than ten newly appeared demons were killed, no new purple rays fell.

But at the side where Olba created holy magic orbs, new rays were seen shooting down.

“Hah……hah……so it’s like that…….ah.”

Olba was panting, and throwing the warhammer on the ground, he relaxed his arms.

“Lord Olba wishes to avoid battle, because you are afraid of those rays?”

“Hah, hah……no, it is not just because of this……”

“For unknown reasons, the aura of the demon who is the origin of the purple rays cannot be felt. Even though it is quite unthinkable, I feel that a complex spell was set up in the sky or high altitude, once there is a level of holy magic which could threaten the defences of the demons, which would be the approach of a strong human, it will attack automatically. It is just that, the sensitivity of the reaction is definitely not high. So if holy magic was used during battle to instantly kill an enemy, this spell will not react. In addition……”

The attacks which were targeting Olba’s holy magic ob far away stopped. It could be because the holy magic orb also disappeared.

“If stronger holy magic approaches, it will attack that place first, it seems to be designed this way. If so, making that kind of bait and putting it in other places would be fine. Lord Olba, please continue to do the same thing, let me and Teacher Guies fight, I think there would not be too much danger then, also able to banish the demons at the same time.”

Emilia exhaled, confirming once again that there was nothing in the surroundings which could move, then swung the blood of her sword and kept it.

“Even though the fight just now was not in our plans, by using this fighting method, it seems that I will not consume holy magic. But if we use this fighting method from the start, then there is no need to spare the demons, we can kill them while approaching Lucifer at the same time……eh?”

(Emilia was lectured, the trio retreated)

As if to compensate for the trio’s anxiety, the rain became heavier.

Rain, soil and the colour of the ruins, succeeded in hiding the trio from the eyes in the sky.

Only five minutes after Emilia and the others left the scene of the massacre.

“Oh my.”

A petite figure slowly landed from the sky.

The figure landed on the ground, surveying the surroundings, observing the corpses of the demons.

“It is rare for such a strong reaction to appear, I thought it might be……there are a lot of sword wounds. There is also a guy who does not use swords. But the killing blow is this move, huh.”

The cause of death for every demon was very obvious.

“Power and technique which can chop off the shoulder of an Azure Horn. It looks like a huge rat has come in. With this……there is a need to clean up, right?”

Meeting up with Suzuno and exchanging information:

“......Lady Etuva is Saint Aire’s imperial sorcerer. Lady Lumark is the knight captain. The power possessed by both of them are on a different level from others, the demons should not be so stupid to lock them up in the same place.”

“Which means, both of them are still alive?”

“Yes. Lady Etuva is in the Sorcery Management Institute. Lady Lumarks is locked in the underground prison.”

“The difference in treatment is huge?”

“We cannot understand how the demons think, and actually, it is difficult to imagine that both of them are still alive. Even though this is a major concern, there is no way to confirm……”

“But the thought that Lady Etuva is still alive, there is a clear reason.”

“What is it?”

“We did not enter the capital city, so this is just a deduction, but Lady Etuva and the sorcerers from the Sorcery Management Institute, most of them are still alive, continuing their magic research.”

“What did you say? What is going on? From the demon’s view, allowing Saint Aire to continue spell research, isn’t this the same as allowing the enemies to develop weapons in their own territory?”

“So we are very confused as well, but the probability of this deduction is very high. Before the invasion of the Demon King Army, some merchants would deliver the minerals and medicinal products used for spell research into the city, and other materials used as mediums, and currently, they are allowed to import these goods on a regular basis.”

“I don’t understand. Are those merchants from Irihem?”

“......No. There are those from merchant associations with headquarters in another country.”

“Hm?”

Seeing Olba’s side profile as he twisted his beard while mumbling, Guies understood what questions Olba had.

(Talked about the need for imports in order to maintain spell research)

“So they cannot be underestimated?”

The demons which they have encountered until now, all of them were unable to speak a language, they were creatures which were no different from beasts.

But, if their intelligence reached the point where they could maintain the trade routes of resources to organise the spell research in Saint Aire, then this was greatly different.

“I see, we should understand it as once they become high ranking demons, they will have the same intelligence as humans……”

“I think so as well. The horse carriages which transport the resources into the city would be checked by demon guards who look like they are very intelligent.”

“This is bad.”

Demons could interrogate. This matter was a threat to Olba and the Church.

Even though it was unknown what was asked, even if they only asked a few sentences, this meant the demons and the people transporting the resources could understand each other’s motives.

Currently, the “demons” in the hearts of humans, were only creatures hated by humans.

But, if the knowledge that “the other party are beings which could form an understanding with us” was widely known, this situation would change greatly.

It would not be strange if people or groups who felt that it was better to submit to the demons then resist the demons, or chose to co-exist with demons, appeared gradually.

(Skipping the development of this topic)

“......Oh yes.”

Olba asked the lady.

“The member of the Demon King Army who invaded the Western Continent, Lucifer, what kind of demon is he?”

“He can use powerful demonic magic known as purple rays. You might already know, the demonic magic setup which detects holy magic covering the whole of Irihem, after seeing that, it probably can be understood what kind of strong opponent he is, right.”

“You said that the light demonic magic is covering the entirety of Irihem?!”

Guies was shocked.

“Yes. What is even stranger is……”

The lady spoke sternly.

“With regards to Lucifer, there is only this bit of information.”

“What?”

So as mentioned in my previous post, the third story has a longer summary/translation from the chinese website. I'm translating it in parts and will update when I have time.

Rika came to visit:

“Hey—Urushihara-san! You’re at home, right! Can you help open the door?”

Rika was sure that she could hear the sound of rubbing cloth.

“I want to open a Gate, would only disturb for a while, let me in for a while—! Please!”

“......”

“Urushi—hara—sa–n—!”

After pressing on the doorbell a few times, a sound of someone moving slowly was finally heard from inside, Urushihara Hanzo showed an unhappy expression just as Rika predicted, looking at her through the gap in the door.

“......What.”

“I’m sorry. I want to open a Gate, thus disturbing you!”

“I’m still taking a nap?”

“Oh my, you actually just dislike troublesome things so you don’t want to pay attention to me, right? The half-eaten snack is still in the corner of the closet, and I heard you moving the first time I pressed the doorbell.”

Perhaps she hit the target, Urushihara’s frown deepened.

“.......If you want to open a Gate, can’t you just do it in the corridor.”

“This is also considered outside. And I heard Ashiya-san and Emi say, Urushihara-san usually does online shopping, right? If a delivery person, newspaper delivery person or postman enters while opening the Gate, wouldn’t that be really bad.”

“Haah……seriously. Come in quickly. I am busy.”

Even though it was not known what he could be busy with while staying in the closet, it still felt awkward to tease Urushihara, so Rika placed the angel feather pen on the tatami.

“I say, I may look like this, but I am still a demon who can get rid of a human with a finger. If you act like this some more……”

Just as Urushihara decided to at least complain with one sentence,

“Hey—”

Rika had already disappeared, the Gate also closed.

Urushihara suddenly remembered and looked towards the porch, Rika’s shoes were there.

Because Urushihara was around, she took off her shoes as if she was simply going to another person’s house.

“......Forget it, it’s not my fault anyway.”

Even though he thought about whether he should throw the shoes into the Gate, at this moment, the Gate had already closed.

“And, I am Demon General Lucifer. It doesn’t matter if you are Emilia’s friend or what, isn’t this having no sense of boundaries at all?”

Rika talked about Lucifer after meeting up with Emi:

“This is fine~but why aren’t you wearing shoes~?”

“Ah. About this.”

Rika summarised her conversation with Urushihara in Villa Rosa Sasazuka Room 201, Emerada’s expression turned stern.

“As expected~ Lucifer is scum~”

“About this, Chiho and Ashiya-san and I also frequently……eh? Scum?”

This was the first time Rika heard Emerada scold other people like this, and could not help but widen her eyes.

“This kind of person should be described like this~. Well, even though that guy is not human~”

“Ah, uh, yeah.”

“Rika-san has to be careful too, okay~. That guy Lucifer, you don’t know when he would suddenly attack humans~. Because for species like demons, in principle, you cannot be careless~”

“I, I know. Erhm, thanks for your treatment. I will pay attention next time……”

(skipping unrelated conversation)

“Based on what I understand until now, it is considered natural……but Emerada-san, dislikes Urushihara-san that much?”

“Ah…… right now?”

Emi showed a troubled smile, sitting next to Rika.

“That’s right. Because there needs to be cooperation now, so there is no choice but to interact normally, but when Em is working with the Demon King and the others, she must be trying hard to tolerate it.”

“Yeah, matters in this aspect. But, they are similar to workers who were originally in opposing factions. But, I saw Emerada-san speak with Ashiya-san, how should I put it, it feels normal.”

“When we fought with Alsiel directly, he was already a demon who could be spoken to, and additionally, Em and Lucifer, there are too many direct causes.”

“Direct causes?”

“Yeah. So, I feel that even if me and the Demon King and Lucifer are only harmonious on the surface, Em might also dislike it greatly. Even though I did not feel her showing it.”

Emi looked down slightly.

(skipping Rika wishing to listen to the story)

“Or rather, it could be because Rika suddenly became connected to Ente Isla, so I have to tell you. The original nature of the relationship between our “Hero group’ and the ‘Demon King Army’...... but with this, it might change the impression of ‘Maou’, ‘Ashiya’ and ‘Urushihara’ in your heart.”

(skip Rika agreeing to continue)

“Amongst us, Em has the greatest hostility towards the Demon King Army. Even though there are many reasons, there must be areas I also do not understand……but her hostility towards Lucifer is especially strong, there are clear reasons.”

“Un.”

Emi deliberated on her wordings, Rika did not rush her.

She was waiting for Emi to speak naturally.

“Em, lost in a direct battle with Lucifer, and was forced to submit to him. Because of this, our hometown—Western Continent Saint Aire empire, fell under Lucifer’s command.”

“Urushihara-san ruling a country, this cannot be imagined at all……but many unbelievable things also happened earlier. Demons can also rule a country huh.”

“I am also unclear on what demons in other lands can do. But, the invasion of the Demon King Army caused the areas controlled by humans to decrease rapidly, almost all of the Western Continent fell into Lucifer’s hands. My journey, started during those despairing conditions.”

Then Emi—Emilia Justina started to narrate.

My source is from the chinese summary translations of the novel, I do not have the raws.

First story is about Maou winning the lottery, Maou was acting strange and everyone was guessing the reasons for it, and later on, it was finally said that he had won the lottery, 300,000 yen, a few months worth of his salary. Then Emi and the others accompanied them to collect the prize, but work still has to continue, the end.

Second story is about Emi searching for a hobby, the beginning content is mostly talking about daily working life and the hobbies of the others, it was for the purpose of writing it on the resume, some conversation of the ladies talking about east asian male idols were also mixed in.

Emi then realised with shock that even Maou had an interest of watching movies, but she did not have any hobbies or interests at all, it felt uncomfortable. After going home, she asked her father and friends to come over to chat, saying that she was so busy with farm work and being a Hero that she did not have time to cultivate any interests, not knowing how to seek entertainment. So everyone discussed about some common hobbies and decided to bring Emi out to play.

They went bowling and after that, went to karaoke, even Nord and Acies had been to karaoke before. They played until 8pm and went home. Emi felt that there was no clear goal today, so it was very relaxing, tiring but happy. The next day, when she woke up to make breakfast for Alas=Ramus, she felt that what she probably liked more was seeing other people show a blissful expression after eating her cooking. And with the addition of going to karaoke etc, at least she could write some interests and hobbies in her resume now, the end.

Third story is about the past. Title is Hero, embarking on a journey ~a few days ago~. It's actually set during the time Lucifer had conquered the western continent, and how Emi defeated Lucifer to become the Hero.

How can anyone not love this cute character haha

On another note, have some Malebranches

Vol 5.5 English translation was released by me.

I shall be the usual fangirl and post more pictures of Lucifer from the latest manga chapter.