Chapter 5

05 . Royalty

I accept the surrender of Zepes Endou . Winner Arnos Vorudeigod .

Along with the owls words the barrier disappears as well .

Somethings strange though . My name has been declared which is the same as the demon king Arnos, but nobody is reacting at all .

Have a lot of foolish people taken the name of the demon king in the past so nobody thinks anything of it anymore?

It would be troublesome if I became too famous but I also want to prove my abilities .

It was a good match .

I hold out my hand to Zepes and praise him but his body twitches and shakes like hes frightened .

Ba, bastard! Stop looking down on me! Ill remember this!!

Zepes runs off while shouting out a line an underling would say .

Fumu . Once a match is over there should be no grudge . Whats he so angry about?

He certainly failed because of me but I didnt kill him . Cant he just try again next year?

He will return home healthy and come back to fight me again . During the age of myth, many mazoku found happiness and shed tears of gratitude in this place .

After a 10-minute break, you will fight your next opponent .

Unnecessary .

I dont need a 10-minute break . That last fight wasnt even a warm up . Ill actually get tired from so much free time .

Ive got another 4 people to beat . I hope they are not all small fry .

By proposal of Arnos Vorudeigod the break will be omitted .

At that moment I sense a flow of magic power from the passageway that Zepes escaped down .

Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

A scream echoes from the passageway then a long haired mazoku appears . His brow is wrinkled and he has a nervous look on his face . Then the source of the scream becomes apparent . Hes dragging Zepes along by his throat .

Eld, elder brotherI was wrongplease forgive me . Next time Ill definitely . .

Shameless .

The long-haired mazoku crushes Zepes throat . Magical particles gather and black lighting burns Zepes whole body .

Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Zepes turns into charcoal immediately .

The long-haired mazoku throws him away like garbage and walks towards me .

I see you were taking care of my younger brother .

I see . Zepes older brother . He seems a better opponent than Zepes .

Avenging your younger brother? Its a good story .

To be defeated by a mongrel . Hes bought shame on our bloodline . Helping him to die is the only sympathy I can offer .

Am I the mongrel?

Oh well . No point getting upset . I suppose I am a mongrel but since Im descended from myself isnt that fine?

Its actually quite funny . I feel like a mother watching the fight between two sons .

Shouldnt brothers help each other?

Naive . Power is everything to the demon king families .

Yare yare . Whos the naive one here? I dont want to spoil their fun though . What I will say though is killing your own allies is stupid . If you did this in the age of myths you wouldnt live long .

You dont seem to understand what power is .

What a boring sense of justice you have using such grand magic like resurrection <Ingaru> just to make someone give up . Everything is settled if you kill them .

While hes talking I cast an interested gaze up to the spectators .

I see . Over there? Seats in the third row have mazoku not wearing a uniform . Are they also examinees . Is my next opponent there?

It doesnt make sense . I was in row F but I passed straight through into the arena and started my practical test suddenly . I didnt have a chance to go into the audience seats .

Apparently you dont know . We demon king tribe are purebloods . We are royalty and as such we can choose our opponents . We are treated differently to you mongrels who have the founders blood mixed in .

Fumu . That letter on the invitation must have classified us on how much our blood was mixed . I dont know who came up with it but its hilarious .

My power doesnt care how mixed your blood is . Its completely unrelated to how much you inherit .

Why would they do something so stupid? Its like trying to kill me before I reincarnated .

In the first place, the idea that pure blood is strong and mixed is weak is fundamentally flawed . A single drop of demon king blood is all that is required .

Im absolutely amazed that something this simple hasnt been realised .

You finally seem to understand your position .

No, not really . I couldnt care less about such stupid things .

*Piku* The mans temple twitches .

. . Stupid thingswas it?

Yeah, stupid . Because he was strong he was called the demon king by others without his permission . Pureblood? His position? Ha . Dont make me laugh .

The long-haired mazokus face distorts at my ridicule .

You might be my direct descendant but your pride is boring .

I dont care that a privileged class was made particularly . Such a thing has existed in all ages, however, the demon king is someone who surpasses all laws and authority by their own power and forces other to acknowledge it . Its not to be passed down as a privilege to the offspring .

The long-haired mazokus eyes were now thirsting for blood at the way I was talking .

You words this day, disregarding the founders great exploits and criticising the royalty means your death . This great demon emperor Riorug Endou will put you to death .

How did I disregard my own exploits when I was talking?

. . What?

Your perception is really poor . I am the founder .

The hatred flairs up in Riorugs eyes and he glares at me .

Bastard . Do you even know what you are saying?

Of course I do . I told you who I was .

Riorug cried out as he reached the limits of his patience .

That disrespectful attitude to declare yourself the founder . Die 10,000 times!!

I dont get it . Your thinking is that the demon king will reincarnate but will be an idiot that doesnt understand who they are?

Shut up! To doubt the 7 royal demon families is a grave sin!! (1)

The 7 royal demon families . Another strange alias came out . Id better look it up .

What you are saying is lacking any ground but I dont blame you because the demon king is not something that is proven by words .

You!! Mocking the 7 royal demon families again!!

That wasnt my intention at all . This guy is really troublesome .

Its fine . Lets make it quick . Ill teach your body that Im the founder .

I provoked him and wondered if hed jump at me right away but unexpectedly he looked up at the spectators seats .

Show this guy what happens to people who criticise the royalty .

As he speaks 3 mazoku get up from the seats and jump into the arena .

Fumu . Is that okay? Should you do this in the middle of an entrance exam?

Riorug answered me in a normal tone of voice .

Have you lost your nerve? This is a respected entrance exam . It will be a pain to have to defeat them one by one . Lets just save the time and effort . Perhaps this will prove who the founder is .

The owl referee flying overhead doesnt point out that this is a rule violation .

I see . This must also be one of their privileges . I guess the power of the royalty means I can only pass by such means .

About these 4 people

Its too late now . Just regret your own remarks and die .

No, you misunderstand me . Theres not enough of them .

Riorugs expression turns grim .

What?

Im saying that these 4 small fry are not enough to prove Im the founder . Get everyone to come down here and line them up .

Bastard . .

Riorug didnt even need to order it . The mazoku watching started jumping down one after the other .

I guess they are all purebloods as everyone looking at me looks dissatisfied .

I guess theres about 80 of them .

Its often said that the mouth is the source of misfortune .

Good grief . Thats too many . I dont need to sacrifice 80 people .

Riorug started to frown then appeared to change his mind and laughed .

Even though you are an outrageous person who pretends to be the founder if we one-sidedly destroy you the royal families name will be tarnished . We wont do anything for 10 seconds so use that time wisely and prepare a powerful magic .

Hou . You gained a very big mouth as your number of allies increased . You shouldnt look down on people .

Though he was raging a little while ago Riorug was now laughing . Is it because hes got numerical superiority?

Do you have time to talk? Several seconds have already passed .

Riorug was talking like hed already won . I had to laugh .

Kuukuukuu . Hahaha .

Whats so funny? Have you gone mad from fear?

Havent you noticed yet? Use your demon eyes .

Demon eyes are eyes that can see magical power .

After being told Riorug finally sees the flow of magic power as he puts magic into his eyes . As soon as he did he was taken aback .

Has he finally noticed that his own magical power was running out of control?

The mazoku surrounding me raised a voice that was almost a scream .

Wha, what is this! My magic power is

Impossible . . he hasnt deployed a single magic formation . . thisstop it!!

This fellow . 80 people from the royal families . at the same time . !!

Wha, what did you do? What the hell did you do!!

Yare yare, getting so undisciplined over this much .

Hey . Youd better take control of your magic power quickly . Otherwise .

The faces of the mazoku surrounding me became a deep blue . They are desperately trying to control their magic power but they are too late .

Youll die .

At that moment a loud noise rings out . The 80 people that jumped down into the arena exploded like a powder magazine that had been set on fire . (2)

(1) This is subject to change . 7 royal demon families is a very literal translation and Im not sure it sounds right in English . The author uses and the furigana so 7, demon and Imperial family/royalty . I wondered if the 7 imperial families sounded better . Yes, it omits the demon part but we know that anyway . Possibly could also go with the 7 demon emperor families . Let me know what you think .

(2) A powder magazine was a building designed to hold gunpowder in wooden barrels .