Kanzaki Demon Lord, Retry! Volume 2

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-7183-6300-7
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 336 Seiten

Reihe: Demon Lord, Retry!

After defeating the Satanists, the Demon Lord meets White - the oldest of the Holy Women - who also fears the Demon Lord's powers much more than she should. Oblivious to this, the Demon Lord works hard to develop Luna's village. He begins by building all sorts of non-fantastical facilities, like a field hospital and a hot springs resort, when...

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kanzaki, Kurone

Weitere Mitwirkende

Iino, Makoto

Seacord, Adam

Leseproben

Under the Table

(She was gorgeous...)

Walking down a hallway in the Holy Castle, the Demon Lord recalled the meeting that just took place. In facing such an unbelievably beautiful woman, he had to drag on some cigarettes to calm his nerves. Considering that smoking was becoming less socially acceptable nowadays, he was glad he had brought an ashtray. Considering he made such a touching effort on his part, he didn’t think she could have been too angry about it. All in all, he was worried about such trivial matters at the moment.

(In any case, she seemed like a pretty sane Holy Maiden...)

After their track record, the Demon Lord even felt some faint admiration for Angel White, the Holy Maiden. He had always considered names in this country to be atrocious, but he seemed to have finally found someone with a fitting name. However, the best thing to come from the meeting was that he was able to tell her to watch his actions, rather than believe the rumors. He had stopped a Satanist terror attack, and was now going to build a hospital and a hot spring resort in Luna’s village. Surely, White would realize that he was as far from a Demon Lord as could be. He had explained that he had a good relationship with Luna, and she even gave him permission to browse the library. All things considered, this was a pretty good first meeting.

A few important factors were against him, though. First, his appearance was undeniably that of the dark side, and nowhere near that of a model citizen. On top of that, his overwhelming powers far surpassed that of any human. Trusting this man and turning a blind eye to him would have been a feat too difficult even for a literal angel.

“Did you see the Dragonborn yesterday!?”

“I did! He was the coolest!”

“Lady Queen was head over heels for him, too!”

The Demon Lord nearly tripped himself when he heard this conversation coming from the hallway. After the incident, people had started worshipping that Bosozoku punk as something called a Dragonborn. Still, the Demon Lord felt like he had gained more than expected when it came to Zero.

As long as there was a man with immense powers who called himself the Demon Lord, he could expect the opposition in the country to move to get rid of him, someday. When that day comes, they would try to recruit Zero for the job... Which was, of course, impossible. He also figured that the people would be less on edge if they thought that Zero would be there in a pinch to take care of the situation. In the meantime, the Demon Lord would steadily set up his business.

(Yesterday... It didn’t feel weird.)

The previous day, he recalled that he was pretty much completely in sync with Zero. When he used Do or Die, he even felt the sensation of throwing the punch himself.

He reminisced about the characters he had created.

(Early on, I was Hakuto Kunai himself.)

In fact, there was no character called Hakuto Kunai. He had simply used his real name, Akira Ono. As time passed, however, he felt that it was unsafe to use his real name online, and changed the character name about midway through the game’s history. That’s how Hakuto Kunai was created.

(In the later half of the game’s lifespan, I was always Zero.)

He had fought as Zero for more than a year or two. They were constantly together for nearly a decade. He had created Zero as a joke at first, but the fact that he never grew tired of controlling the Bosozoku must have meant that he liked Zero more than he realized.

(It’s much more than that, though...)

A character he had played for almost a decade? He could call that another form of himself. Of course, it was hard to admit that the raging Bosozoku was a form of him. A Demon Lord and a Bosozoku... Sure, both of them were far from righteous heroes...

(But I’m not the kind of person to calmly carry out genocides like Hakuto Kunai. I’m not a hardcore, show-boaty Bosozoku, either, though.)

Playing these characters in the game was one thing... But he had a sense of embarrassment playing Zero in real life, which led to the Demon Lord rejecting him. He need only accept Zero, and everything — including Zero — could become Akira Ono. In a sense, that was terrifying, but somehow comical. The Demon Lord felt the strange urge to burst out laughing.

(...Ah, drop it already! I have to think of what to do for the future.)

He had been granted access to the library. First thing he wanted to do was research to his heart’s content. In addition, he had accumulated more than enough SP for himself. Now, after earning some more in the battle, he had 1249 SP in his pocket.

(Heh heh heh... Hah ha ha ha!)

Anyone would have wanted to laugh out loud. At this rate, he would have some SP leftover after summoning another advisor and building the Hospital and Hot Springs Resort. He was beginning to feel a sense of excitement, thinking of who to summon next.

“Speaking of, something else was unlocked...” he couldn’t help but mumble aloud.

Congratulations!

You’ve unlocked the command Quick Travel.

Defeated the Duke of Darkness — Achievement Earned

Dragon’s Authority — Drastically Increased (20/100)

The newly unlocked command was called Quick Travel. In the game, it was important to move back and forth through various areas in the arena. This command could transport him to an area he had been to before in an instant. It did come with the downside of spending 30 Stamina, though.

(Defeated the Duke of Darkness, huh...?)

Technically, Zero had defeated it, not the Demon Lord. He didn’t grasp how special this Duke of Darkness was supposed to be, or what the deal was here... As far as he was concerned, this had come out of left field.

(And what’s Dragon’s Authority...?)

He had never seen that command in the game. However, from the word ‘Dragon’, he assumed it had something to do with Zero.

(Are there things I can only unlock by fighting as Zero...?)

If there were, that could become troublesome. He was unable to control Zero, after all.

(The word Achievement is interesting, though...)

There were various Achievements in the game, too. Some were easy and some were nearly impossible. A portion of the players really got into earning them all. Some were very ubiquitous, like ‘killed X enemies in under an hour’ and others were extremely complicated like ‘filled entire inventory with Blazers.’ Earning difficult achievements rewarded the player with various avatars, customizable parts like eyes and hair, or even special abilities.

(Screw this...)

He was on the side of preparing all of these Easter eggs, not discovering them. On the other hand, when it was presented like this to his face, he felt the urge of a gamer to earn them all, just to show whoever prepared them who’s boss. That being said, it was more important for him to recover his admin features.

(It would be cool to unlock Shop and Token Exchange...)

Shop was, as its name might indicate, a system where items can be purchased with money. The Demon Lord thought the amount of money in his possession might have to do with unlocking something like this. Once he could gather funds like he planned, he imagined that the Shop would appear as it did in the Game, where he could then purchase items. Once that happened, he wouldn’t have to use his SP just to craft an item.

The Token Exchange was something similar. Players could collect the tokens strewn about in the arena and exchange them for high-power items. It was a collectible feature, implemented so players who didn’t enjoy combat as much could still have fun. It was more than just plain fun, though, as players could have obtained powerful items and skills with enough tokens.

“Master Demon Lord! How did the meeting go with Miss Holy Maiden?”

Once he exited the hallway, Aku came running to him with a smile. She was so adorable that he couldn’t help but smile, too. Out of habit, he scooped her up with one arm. Aku cheerfully wrapped her arms around his neck.

“We’re getting more and more like father and daughter every day...” The Demon Lord mentally noted this as he gazed up at the glaring sun.

—Queen’s private room, in the Holy Castle

Having survived the battle, Queen was resting in her room. After lavishly using expensive potions as well as healing spells, her condition was getting close to how she was before the ordeal. Still, she was forced to take things easy for a while to make sure she suffered no long-term injuries.

“Ahh... Sir Zero...!”

While she was breathing heavy and blushing, she didn’t have a fever. In fact, she evidently had enough strength to roll around in her bed while hugging her pillow. Physically, she was all healed up, but she was ailed by something else. Anyone could see that she was lovesick. If those who knew her were to see her like this, their hearts would freeze from the shock... If Queen didn’t kill them first, of course.

“He was sooo rad...! Stupidly cool...”

Recalling Zero’s heroic display, Queen almost felt intoxicated. The majestic, raging dragon. The flash of silver that cut through the darkness. His pointed, but extremely attractive face. His body, with every muscle built to fight. Every single...