Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 204 : The Last Negotiation (1)

The fight between Lucas and Ellaim was a ridiculous situation.

[You guys seem to think I can't kill him... keok!]

-Kwa-kwang!

If Ellaim's attack missed, Amore would attack right after.

And strangely, Lucas was drawing Agua's attention in front of them like a shield.

"It seems you can't kill him, right?"

Although Ellaim sneered, Agua was not even allowed time to answer.

-Kwa-kwang! Kwa-kwa-kwang!

[Come here, darling~?]

[You, I told you not to... ugh!]

The sight of Agua twisting and dodging the ceaseless barrage of attacks was even comical.

'What on earth is my sin?'

Since he already knew the main god's plan, he was not afraid of dying.

'But I have to avoid that.'

The problem was that he didn't want to.

"Come here. I'll dry up all the water in you!"

A pure white ice began to bloom in Ellaim's hand.

[W-wait!!! Truce! Truce!!!]

Just then, Agua quickly wrapped himself in a protection spell and shouted.

[Truce~? There's no such thing between us! I don't want to rest for a moment with you, darling~]

But Amore, who had no intention of listening to him, resumed his attack.

[T-the Demon King! I'll send all the demons back to the demon world!]

At that, Amore stopped in his tracks.

[Taras is annihilated anyway, right? I killed him. Huh? If you put it that way, I'm not an enemy, am I?]

Thinking this was his chance, Agua quickly continued.

[You saw me annihilate him, right? You saw it! I'm not an enemy, I tell you? I had no intention of coveting the main god's position at all.]

"You're crazy."

Lucas stepped forward.

[Hey. Human.]

Agua's eyes shone fiercely.

"What, you bastard."

[Hah!? You're really going all out...]

"Never mind. If you say one more crazy thing, I'll annihilate you right here."

Lucas had already guessed what Agua's dark intentions were.

[What?!]

"You planned it with Giestio, didn't you?"

At that, Agua's pupils shook for a moment, and Lucas did not miss that fleeting moment.

[What do you mean by that?]

"It seems I'm right."

It was proof that Lucas's prediction was spot on.

[What's right?]

Agua asked, feigning ignorance.

[You're going to get beaten by me~]

Amore, who had noticed the situation, resumed his attack.

[With the power of love!!!]

Just then, Amore's cloying voice was nowhere to be found, and a thunderous voice burst out.

[Bbyo. Rong. Bbyo. Rong!!!]

At the same time, at the feast of pink beams that were shot out, Lucas and Ellaim stared blankly at the scene as if they had lost their minds.

'...You crazy bastard.'

As expected, Amore was not a sane god.

***

The battle, which had continued for a long time, finally ended with Agua fleeing to the celestial world.

"Why did you just let him go?"

Lucas asked Amore.

Although the power difference between Amore and Agua was about the same, the fact that Agua had been able to escape safely even with Ellaim joining in clearly meant that Amore had controlled his power.

[What do you mean~? That rat-like bastard Agua just ran away well.]

Although Amore answered as if he knew nothing, Lucas's words were true.

Because the two had been colleagues and friends who had been together for a long time.

"Amore. You know well what kind of heart Agua has, don't you?"

[Hmm~ Amore doesn't know~]

In fact, although Ellaim also tilted his head as if he didn't know, Lucas could tell for sure.

Because although Amore had attacked as if he would catch and kill Agua right away, he had seen him deliberately miss several times.

"Hah..."

If he was going to let Agua go safely like this, it would have been better to accept his proposal.

If he had said yes when he had offered to send all the demons back to the demon world, one more thing would have been solved.

"It's fine. I should go back now."

"What are you going to do with the demon children left here?"

He had ordered them to kill all the others without leaving any behind.

'They have all lost someone.'

But there was no way the children's minds would be sound.

"Leave them as they are. And if we release the guard here... someone will come to find them. We will aim for that time and follow them."

"Ah. So you saved them for that."

Although he had unintentionally used the children as bait, he couldn't help it. Because if he entrusted those children to someone, that would also become a problem.

"Lord!"

Just then, Hasel's voice was heard.

"Right."

"What happened?"

"The demon god has been annihilated."

At that, Hasel's mouth dropped open, and he looked back and forth between Amore and Ellaim.

[In conclusion, Agua made it so, but well.]

Now, as if he had no intention of hiding his true self anywhere, Amore said, twisting his hair.

"I-is that so..."

Hasel stuttered and nodded his head.

"Then what are you going to do with the Demon King?"

Although it seemed that things were being solved easily, in fact, the biggest problem remained.

The demons who had already come up to the surface and had begun to settle down. They were all a problem.

'There's no way we can restore our relationship with them now...'

In fact, Lucas had a burden in his heart towards the demons.

Although what they had wanted was just forgiveness, the fact that he had been harsh on them still remained in a corner of his heart.

'But if I let them set foot on the surface again...'

Then someone could rise up against the dragons again. Wasn't the reason he had been harsh on them in the first place here?

"My head hurts."

Lucas frowned. No matter how much he thought about it, there was no answer.

"Is there no way to send them back to the demon world?"

Hasel's pupils, who had finished speaking, glanced at Amore.

[There is, but...]

"...?"

[They have to go back on their own, right?]

"Well... Taras has also been annihilated..."

Taras, who had governed the demons, had also been annihilated, and the position of the main god was also vacant. So it would not be easy to send them back without their will.

"Then how did Agua say he would send them back?"

[It was a lie. He's always like that. Should I say he has an excellent ability to escape a crisis?]

"..."

"..."

Everyone was at a loss for words.

"Is that really a lie?"

Ellaim also tilted his head as if he couldn't believe it.

[Yeah. Well, it would be possible if he could use dimensional travel magic or something like that, but it won't be easy to do that without their will now, right?]

Come to think of it, that was also true. Even when the new demon world had been created, they had all agreed to it. And even if there was someone who did not agree, he had solved it with the authority of the demon god.

"Hmm..."

"Then what should we do?"

The fact that Hasel had asked such a question must have meant that he had the same heart as Lucas.

"It would be great if I could meet Yastan and have a talk."

"Since we don't know where he is..."

He wanted to meet Yastan and have a heart-to-heart talk.

If he told them to go back to the demon world, it could be a good thing for them as well.

'No more sacrifices...'

The dragons had also lost many of their kinsmen, and the demons were the same. And since many of the gods had also been annihilated, the world would soon fall into chaos.

[Darling. But what did that Siren bastard say that made Agua fall for it so completely?]

"You damn bastard."

A curse immediately came out of Lucas's mouth.

He hadn't liked him anyway. And when he thought that he was holding on to the dwarves and was still making artifacts, his anger flared up.

'And it's as if I fed him all of that!'

The most infuriating part was this.

Because he had personally fed the cunning Giestio something very delicious!

[Right? You're also dumbfounded, right?]

Amore also seemed to have grasped the situation to some extent and asked, snorting.

[No, that bastard Agua is a little crazy, but he doesn't have a lust for power.]

"..."

As they say, the pot calls the kettle black. This was exactly that.

[But why did he suddenly covet the main god's position? Huh? Aren't you curious?]

"Before that, I'll ask you something."

[What is it~?]

"Did you really not know that I was the last key of the main god?"

[I knew. But I didn't know that the main god had left, preparing to pass on all his authority to you. If I had known that, I would have killed you right away~]

"..."

Although it was bloody, it was a very certain answer.

[Right. So don't suspect me~ I'm holding back the urge to kill you even now. What if you become the main god after I kill you and you retaliate against me~]

"So you're holding back."

[That's right~! Anyway, dying is temporary, and living is eternal, so why would I take such a risk? Ah, of course, it would be dangerous if the main god's position is vacant for too long.]

It wasn't that Lucas hadn't thought about it either. Because it was a way to end this whole situation very cleanly and certainly.

But the thought of living for eternity was so terrible. And as the main god? It couldn't be a more terrible thing.

'But I'll die within a hundred years anyway...'

Since the process of becoming a god after that was the same, he had even thought of becoming the main god right away.

'But I don't want to now.'

Although he knew it was something that would happen anyway, he wanted to postpone it as much as possible if he could.

[Oh my, darling.]

Just then, Amore tapped Lucas's shoulder.

[It seems something is happening to your kids.]

"What do you mean by that?"

[Actually, after Agua ran away, I was worried, so I attached an eye to your house.]

His heart began to beat fast.

[But someone is going there, right?]

"Damn it!"

Just as Lucas was about to teleport, Amore blocked Lucas's mana.

"What are you doing?!"

[If you go now, you'll die. If you're okay with that, then go.]

"I have to go."

[Then well. I'd like that~ because I can see you for a long~ time.]

"I'll go first. I'll just return to the spirit world with a decent attack."

Ellaim stepped forward.

"Whatever it is, hurry up and release the mana restriction, Amore."

It was a critical situation where he didn't know what would happen to his family and the children.

[Ah! Sorry, sorry.]

As soon as Amore released the mana restriction, Lucas teleported, and Amore and Hasel followed him.

-Paaat!

Lucas, who had teleported straight to the basement of the mansion, almost lost his footing as he suddenly felt his strength drain from his body.

[Lord. A mana drain is spread everywhere.]

Lucas nodded his head at Hasel's telepathic message.

[Are you okay?]

[I'm fine.]

Since a dragon's mana circle was at least 9th circle, it seemed that the mana drain, which applied to those with a higher circle than oneself, was useless to Hasel.

'Then it's at least 7th circle or higher.'

But although Lucas's mana amount was almost infinite now, since he had just surpassed the 6th circle and had barely reached the vicinity of the 7th circle, the mana drain was working.

And the fact that a mana drain was spread throughout this entire space clearly meant that the power of an artifact was combined.

[Do you know where it is?]

Since a dragon was much better at reading auras, he asked Hasel where the artifact was.

[...It seems to be one person.]

But Hasel's answer was different.

[One person...?]

It meant that it was not an artifact.

[End of Chapter]