The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well - Chapter 255

Chapter 255: Anubis (1)

‘Where should the location be……?’

Seir, who had received the Challenge for the Throne, was lost in thought about where to choose the location.

‘……Since I don’t have any troops, it would be better to do it at the Demon Lord’s Castle, right?’

If he chose the Demon Lord’s Castle, he could lead his subordinates and carry out the Challenge for the Throne, but.

‘There will be a lot of casualties.’

If he entered the fight unprepared, there would be no choice but to suffer heavy losses.

‘I expect it will take more than 100 years to recover from the damage…… but it’s better than losing the Challenge for the Throne.’

He had a few competent subordinates, so he would be stronger than Anubis, who had just become a Demon Lord.

‘Okay…… the Demon Lord’s Castle it is.’

The moment Seir was about to tell Anubis the location for the Challenge for the Throne.

“For your information, Dantalion, who’s next to me, will also participate as a mercenary.”

Anubis uttered a bombshell.

“……What?”

Dantalion was currently appointed as Jung Minwoo’s ‘Proxy’, so he could exert power comparable to a 31st ranked Demon Lord.

‘Damn it…… This just means she’s definitely going to take my rank.’

He couldn’t just lose pathetically like this, so he looked around to find a high-ranking Demon Lord who could lend him a mercenary as well, but.

“””……”””

The high-ranking Demon Lords turned their heads and seemed to avoid his gaze.

‘Those pigeon bastards……!’

If they had supported the demons they appointed as ‘Proxies’ as mercenaries, he could have easily won by suppressing Dantalion.

‘They don’t want to deal with the aftermath, huh……’

They were avoiding his gaze because they didn’t want to make an enemy of Jung Minwoo.

One might wonder why he would be hesitant to make an enemy of Jung Minwoo when he had already declared war, but.

‘The guy who makes an enemy of him will be relentlessly pursued and drained of blood.’

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Looking at Jung Minwoo’s past actions, there was no demon who hadn’t suffered after making an enemy of him.

Even Baal, the 1st ranked, suffered tremendous damage after making an enemy of him, so further explanation was unnecessary.

‘Sigh…… There’s no hope.’

The moment he decided it would be better to give up the Challenge for the Throne and defend his rank at 72nd.

“Instead, if you choose this place as the location, I’ll fight you 1-on-1 without my subordinates participating.”

Anubis made a tempting offer.

‘If I choose the Three Battle Arena as the location, she’ll fight me 1-on-1……?’

Seir ran a simulation in his head at her suggestion.

‘In terms of power, she’s stronger than me, but I have an overwhelming amount of combat experience.’

A fight wasn’t won just because one was mindlessly strong.

‘Technical aspects are necessary.’

Of course, even skills wouldn’t work against overwhelming power, but.

‘The difference isn’t that big.’

Fortunately, the power difference wasn’t overwhelmingly large, so he thought he could sufficiently overpower her with technical skills.

‘……Alright, if I win here, I can buy some time.’

Seir, who finished his thoughts, said.

“I’ll choose the Three Battle Arena as the location.”
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He accepted Anubis’s offer.

“That’s a very wise decision.”

Seeing this, Anubis grinned slyly and pulled out a greatsword from the subspace.

‘Hehehe, a fight against a Demon Lord, I’m excited!’

Anubis was filled with anticipation at the fact that she could fight a Demon Lord other than Jung Minwoo.

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‘I hope he won’t just collapse pathetically.’

Since it was a fight against a new opponent after a long time, Anubis wanted to enjoy this battle for a long time.

‘Before I enjoy it, I should warm up properly.’

Anubis warmed up briefly and prepared for the fight.

“Master.”

Aold approached and spoke to her cautiously.

“Why?”

She stopped warming up and shifted her gaze to Aold.

“If you had just left him alone, he would have refused the Challenge for the Throne and been demoted to 72nd on his own. Is there any reason why you’re fighting him even though you’re giving him an advantage?”

Aold expressed his doubts about why she was going through with the Challenge for the Throne even without using her troops.

“No particular reason.”

“No particular reason……?”

“I thought he wouldn’t fight if I didn’t give him an advantage.”

“……Wouldn’t it be good if he didn’t fight?”

Anubis let out a small sigh at the cowardly words.

“Hey, then it wouldn’t be any fun.”

“……Fun, you say?”

“Yeah, it’s a chance to fight a strong opponent, and if I don’t fight, it’s my loss.”

She told him that it would be a waste not to fight when she could become stronger by fighting a strong opponent.

“And most importantly, it’s fun, right?”

“Fun, huh……”

“Anyway, that’s the reason.”

“I understand.”

Aold, who heard the reason, nodded, his doubts resolved, and stepped back.

‘Tsk, he’s such a boring guy.’

Anubis clicked her tongue and took time to warm up.

When she was done warming up.

“Sorry~ I’m late, right? I was seeing off our son-in-law and daughter.”

Satan appeared, sat on the red throne, and said.

“Since we’re late, I’ll try to finish the speech as quickly as possible.”

He announced that he would begin the speech.

“Will the challenger win, or will the defender win……”

He finished the speech in just one minute.

“You both don’t seem to need any preparation time, so let’s start right away.”

As Satan lightly snapped his fingers.

Rumble―!

A rectangular stage made of iron bars rose from the black soil.

“Everyone, get inside.”

At Satan’s command, Anubis and Seir entered the stage.

“Now I’ll explain the rules. It’s over when the opponent surrenders or becomes incapacitated. Deliberately killing a Demon Lord is prohibited, so keep that in mind.”

“”We understand.””

After a brief explanation of the rules.

“From now on, the Challenge for the Throne will begin!”

He announced the start of the fight.

‘He’s a Demon Lord in name, so I should fight him with full power from the start, right?’

Anubis immediately used her unique trait, ‘Awakening’, as soon as Satan spoke.

‘As expected, now that I’m a Demon Lord, I feel overflowing with power unlike before.’

Thanks to the enhanced effect of her unique trait upon becoming 72nd ranked, she felt she could fight even more excitingly and aggressively.

【Awakening(覺醒)】

― Physical abilities are enhanced depending on the use of Demonic Energy.

― Physical abilities continue to improve as the battle progresses.

― Physical abilities are additionally enhanced every 10 minutes during the battle.

‘I wonder how much my physical abilities will increase additionally.’

Anubis hoped Seir would hold out for at least 10 minutes so she could check the effect of her enhanced unique trait.

“Noona’s ready to fight, how about you?”

At Anubis’s question.

“I’ll do it from now on.”

Seir snorted and answered.

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Swoosh―

Then, he summoned a silver horse with pigeon wings, mounted it, and pulled out his long-handled weapon, ‘Lance’, from the subspace.

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“What kind of monster is that?”

She expressed curiosity at the unfamiliar monster.

“It’s a Pegasus. A monster you could never tame at your level.”

Seir answered arrogantly.

“Really? But does that monster taste good?”

She drooled at the sight of its muscular legs and asked how it tasted, but.

“……This is not for eating!”

Seir didn’t answer her question about the taste, as if he was planning to eat it all by himself.

“There’s no monster in the world that you can’t eat.”

“……What?”

“We’ll know how it tastes if we kill that monster and eat it.”

“……This bastard, you’ve gone too far!!!”

She really just said it because she wanted to eat it, but Seir took it as a provocation and started charging towards her on the Pegasus.

“I’ll pierce a hole in your head!”

Clatter, clatter, clatter―

He reached her in an instant.

“Lance Charge!”

He thrust his lance forward, imbued with Demonic Energy.

“Weaklings always say weird things before attacking.”

Anubis lightly clicked her tongue.

Clang―――――!

She swung her greatsword and parried the lance.

“Neigh―”

“Ugh?!”

Normally, Anubis, who parried the attack later, should have been pushed back, but perhaps due to the power difference, Seir was pushed back instead.

“Why are you so weak?”

The moment Anubis was about to thrust her greatsword towards the Pegasus.

“Neigh―!”

The Pegasus twisted its body and kicked its hind legs towards Anubis.

“Oh, its hind legs are sturdy too?”

Anubis briefly admired the hind legs.

“But, what’s the concept of a monster kicking me with its feet?”

Slice―――――!

She cut off its hind leg with her greatsword.

“Neigh!!!

As the Pegasus thrashed in pain.

“Oh, its voice is loud?”

Anubis swung her greatsword to cut off the remaining hind leg.

“Pe, Pegasus!!”

Clang―――――!

However, Seir thrust his lance, and unfortunately, she failed to cut off the remaining leg.

“H, How dare you cut off Pegasus’s leg?!”

“Well, it can happen during a fight. Why are you making such a fuss?”

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“……You’ll regret those words!”

Seir uttered a meaningful remark and.
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“Pegasus, up to the sky!”

Flap―

He gave an order to the Pegasus and flew up into the sky.

“Let’s see if you can withstand this attack!”

As he threw the lance, imbued with Demonic Energy, upwards.

Whoosh―――――!

The single lance split into two, then the two lances split into four, and their number rapidly increased.

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Finally, when the sky was filled with lances.

“If you kneel and beg now, I’ll stop the attack.”

Seir offered Anubis a chance to surrender.

“Yeah, you kneel.”

Anubis refused the offer and gave Seir the middle finger.

“……I was going to end it here, but I guess I can’t.”

Seir, as if he had more tricks up his sleeve, raised one hand and.
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Snap―

He snapped his fingers.

Boom――!

Then, the size of the lances increased tenfold.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee―!

The lances began to rotate fiercely.

He was called a Demon Lord for a reason, as he showed tremendous power.

Others would have despaired and surrendered at this sight.

“Yeah, this is what I wanted!!”

Anubis, far from despairing, showed anticipation, her eyes sparkling.

“……Y, You wanted this?”

Seir, as if he hadn’t expected this reaction, asked back, visibly flustered.

“Yeah, I finally became a Demon Lord, so I need to fight on this scale! Don’t you think?”

“I knew it when you requested a 1-on-1 fight, leaving your subordinates behind…… But you’re even more crazy for battle than I imagined.”

“And you seem like a big coward. You were going to refuse before even fighting.”

“……”

“You should be thankful that I’m doing this 1-on-1. Otherwise, you would have been demoted to 72nd without even fighting. Don’t you agree?”

There was nothing wrong with Anubis’s words, but.

“……Yeah.”

Just because she wasn’t wrong didn’t mean his pride wasn’t hurt.

“Let’s end this Challenge for the Throne.”

Seir stopped the meaningless conversation.

“No matter how strong you are compared to me, you won’t be able to withstand this attack.”

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He shot the lances in the sky towards Anubis.

“We’ll only know if we try it, right? It seems too early to guarantee anything already.”

Anubis smirked and adjusted her posture.