Chapter 68
Long ago.
In the time when the empire that would rule the continent in the future was just beginning to emerge,
When Trinity was established and a new society of mages began to form,
When Galliard, who would become a hero, and Aria, who would become a saintess, had not yet been born,
When the forest of elves had remained sealed off for centuries, and the continent was still fragmented,
During the era when adventurers were flourishing.
In a desert located somewhere in the northwest of the continent, a girl was walking.
A girl with violet skin, unlike ordinary humans.
Her arms and legs were covered in the blood of monsters.
Her wings, left unconcealed, were massive like those of a dragon.
However, the wings, with their dark red bones and bat-like membranes, were those of a demon.
Her name was Lumia.
She possessed the blood of both humans and demons.
From her appearance, she seemed like a girl in her mid-to-late teens.
But the years she had lived were many times longer.
Born into human society, she had lived her childhood enduring discrimination.
Rejected wherever she went, she naturally became a wandering adventurer.
With the blood of demons flowing through her veins, she was immensely strong.
In no time, she reached the highest rank of adventurers.
But whenever her true identity was revealed, people would exile her.
Even though Lumia had risked her life fighting for their safety.
“Kieeeek—!”
When she unleashed her demonic energy, the death worms crawling through the desert immediately fled.
No ordinary monsters of the human world could challenge her anymore.
Thud.
Lumia stabbed the demonic sword she had been carrying into the middle of the desert.
It was a relic of a Demon King who had invaded the human world thousands of years ago, obtained through her long adventures.
Through her extensive journeys in the human realm, Lumia had acquired vast knowledge and history.
From the first and second demon invasions to how they crossed into the human world.
How humans defended against the demons and the principles behind the demons crossing into the human realm.
Her exploration of such forgotten and difficult-to-find records was not without reason.
It was to cross into the Demon World.
“@#!&&!~@#!$$#”
Muttering under her breath, Lumia infused demonic energy into the sword.
A sandstorm arose around the sword, forming a massive vortex.
It resembled a giant antlion pit.
Amidst the vortex, a large spatial crack appeared.
“It worked…!”
A portal to the Demon World.
It was something that only a Demon King-level entity with sufficient power could open, defying the laws of the world.
But with the knowledge Lumia had acquired and the demonic sword, she could produce a similar effect.
Swallowing her dry throat a few times, Lumia took a step forward.
Her long-awaited journey to the Demon World.
Her reasons for wanting to go to the Demon World were clear.
First, to find her father.
She wanted to meet the father who created her and disappeared into the Demon World.
Not to resent him, but to at least ask why he had done so.
Second, because she was a demon.
Although she carried human blood, humans had never welcomed her.
Her appearance was essentially that of a full-fledged demon.
The influence of demonic energy only grew stronger the more she used it, making it clear that she was, in essence, a demon.
Her unmatched strength, even compared to pureblood demons, was evidence of this.
It was only natural for her to want to find a society of her kind.
With trembling emotions, Lumia crossed dimensions.
“Woohoo! Here I come!”
Lumia’s personality was exceedingly cheerful.
Had it not been, she would not have been able to endure the long years of human discrimination.
Despite experiencing betrayal by humans she had trusted,
Lumia never lost her self-respect.
She simply let it go and chose to cross into the dimension of her fellow demons.
Thus, long before the Demon World began its invasion of the human realm,
Lumia crossed dimensions.
“Hah… Hah… Whew… I’m the best!”
What awaited Lumia in the Demon World was even fiercer battles.
Fighting demons, winning, and raising her rank.
It was an endless cycle.
But it was different from human discrimination.
In the Demon World, proving strength and determining one’s status through power was their destiny.
When the fight ended, the defeated demons bowed their heads to Lumia and became her allies (in Lumia’s sense).
As she steadily built her position in demon society,
One day, she reached the domain of the Demon King’s army.
“Where in the world… did something so unrefined come from…”
And then she defeated the third Legion Commander of the Demon King’s Army.
It was news that caused a great stir in demon society.
“Would you join me in leading the Demon King’s Army?”
“Very well!”
And so, at the Demon King’s invitation, she became a Legion Commander of the Demon King’s Army.
After becoming a Legion Commander, she no longer fought against demons as she had before.
To begin with, as the third Legion Commander, there were only about five beings, including the Demon King, who could rival her power.
She had already become friends with them.
Instead, she focused on commanding her legion and preparing for war with the humans.
She began to develop a new form of power and became an integral part of the Demon King’s Army.
“Hiyahhhhhh!”
Time passed, and the demons invaded the human realm.
Lumia led the Demon King’s Army in the conquest of the continent.
In particular, Lumia’s legion played the most significant role in the Demon King’s Army.
Even when other legions faltered, her forces always broke through the enemy frontlines and reclaimed strategic points.
Undoubtedly, she was the greatest contributor to the human realm invasion.
Thus, the tide of war gradually shifted in favor of the Demon King’s Army.
Most of the continent was enveloped in demonic energy, and the human territories shrank.
Everything seemed to be progressing smoothly.
Until that incident.
“Alright, everyone! If we win this battle, the Demon King will end the Hero’s party once and for all!”
It was expected to be the final battle.
If they won this battle, the Demon King was likely to confront the Hero directly.
Given the current state of affairs, it appeared the Demon King would defeat the Hero.
Victory for the Demon King’s Army seemed imminent.
“Hiyahhh! It’s over!”
As always, Lumia fought with all her might.
The other legions finished their battles and converged on Lumia’s battlefield.
However…
“—!?”
As the other legions joined in, the movements of their Legion Commanders seemed strange.
“What are you doing…”
Suddenly, the commanders of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th legions began attacking Lumia.
They seized her demonic sword and cast her deep into the abyss of the Demon World.
“Urgh—”
The source of Lumia’s power, the ancient demonic sword that had chosen her as its master, was taken.
The Legion Commanders, aware that without her demonic sword, Lumia’s combat strength would significantly diminish, exploited her weakness.
They succeeded in confiscating the demonic sword and sealed Lumia at the edge of the Demon World.
“Why… why are you doing this, all of you!”
“Lumia… it’s the Demon King’s order.”
“Why would the Demon King…”
It was the Demon King’s command.
With victory in sight, the Demon King no longer needed Lumia.
The reason was that Lumia had grown too powerful.
She had greatly contributed to their victories in the war, but her rapid growth posed a potential threat to the Demon King’s position.
To prevent future risks, the Demon King discarded her once the tide of war was in their favor.
Now that victory was secured, she was no longer necessary.
“I just wanted… to have friends…”
Sealed in a desolate, demonic wasteland, Lumia muttered.
For years, no, for over a decade.
It was a tormenting time.
She had been discriminated against by humans and abandoned by demons.
As someone with both human and demon blood, she belonged to neither.
More precisely, neither side accepted her.
All she ever wanted was a friend.
Tears welled in Lumia’s eyes, who had never once lost her smile.
In truth, she was not okay.
She felt sorrow when humans discriminated against her, and despair to the point of wanting to die when demons betrayed her.
Throughout her life, not once had Lumia been welcomed by anyone.
In her seal, Lumia resolved to end her life.
The pain was unbearable.
It was then that the seal suppressing her broke.
“…Huh?”
The Demon King’s Army had been defeated.
With Lumia absent from the battlefield and the Hero’s awakening, humanity miraculously turned the tide of battle.
Afterward, humans gradually reclaimed their lost lands, and eventually, the Hero’s party defeated the Demon King.
Lumia had thought the war had gone on too long.
By now, the Demon World was likely in utter chaos.
With the Demon King gone and their defeat in the war, the Demon World had devolved into a lawless land.
Under the rule of strength, everything would have to be rebuilt from scratch.
“…Alright.”
Lumia made up her mind.
Given a second chance.
She hadn’t forgotten the countless betrayals.
Yet even so, Lumia’s sense of self remained intact.
Her values remained unchanged.
As both a human and a demon.
If everyone continued to betray, discriminate against, and suppress her…
“I will become the Demon King!”
Then she would rise to the top herself.
If she stood at the very pinnacle, untouchable by anyone.
Then she could make everything as she wished.
And so Lumia stormed the empty Demon King’s castle to reclaim her demonic sword.
In the chaos of the post-war Demon World, she rose to the position of the strongest.
***
“This… this is really… truly…”
Decades after Lumia swiftly consolidated power in the Demon World.
An artifact brought back by her subordinate Malphas from the human realm—a story about Maple Leaf.
An item called the “Fantasy Game.”
As Lumia experienced it, she cried her heart out.
“Isn’t this the most moving story ever? It’s literally the story of the Demon King’s life!”
The term “Demon King-sama” referred to Lumia.
Having become the Demon King, she liked calling herself that.
She had just finished playing “Demon Slayer.”
“So they say the fantasy magicians created it. It’s currently the most popular thing among humans. Unfortunately, the Hero was not dealt with. Even though he’s aged, his senses remain sharp.”
“I see. Good work, Malphas. We’ll talk again later.”
Lumia spent quite some time immersed in “Demon Slayer.”
She made a resolution.
The story had touched her heart deeply.
She would meet the creator of this story.
Lumia crossed over to the human realm.
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