“—”
When Leisha’s voice reached Shien Buztout’s ears, even he was speechless.
“The Demon King’s body…”
Shien was dumbfounded, staring at Leisha in shock, at a loss for words.
He had guessed that Lasha, the magical being, was related to the Demon King’s item Leisha stole from the palace. He even guessed that Leisha used that item as a material to create Lasha. This explained the strange reactions of those influential figures towards Lasha.
But even Shien didn’t expect that item to be the Demon King’s body.
And Lasha was the magical being created using it.
What did this mean?
“The Lasha you see now is using the Demon King’s body, but her consciousness is that of a magical being I created ten years ago, not the Demon King herself.”
Leisha revealed this secret to Shien.
“Those who know about Lasha’s existence, and also know that the Demon King’s body was sealed beneath the Royal Palace, can guess this.”
It wasn’t difficult to connect the dots, especially for those well-informed individuals.
“Now you understand why I was so anxious, right?” Leisha said with a wry smile, “Because you slept with the Demon King, even if it was just her body.”
This was shocking news, enough to frighten anyone who knew. Even Shien shuddered.
It was the Demon King. The origin of the Demon Race, a symbol of destruction, the beginning of all disasters in this world. Even the Supreme God, Omniis, couldn’t completely defeat her. Her power was enough to split Omnipotence into three realms: the Divine Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Human Realm. In terms of pure power and combat strength, she was the strongest in this world, unmatched.
If it weren’t for this nemesis, Omniis wouldn’t have summoned Heroes, the God Race wouldn’t have been born, and humans wouldn’t exist. She was the reason Omnipotence was the way it was. Without her, this world would be just Omniis’s garden.
And now, the body of this being, whom even Heroes struggled against for generations, finally defeated a thousand years ago, was being used by Lasha.
How could Shien not shudder?
However…
“This doesn’t make sense,” Shien said, “If Lasha’s body is the Demon King’s, then she shouldn’t be completely powerless, right?”
Even a fraction of the Demon King’s power would make Lasha stronger than most people in this world.
But Lasha had no power at all. This was strange.
Leisha’s expression became even more complicated.
“I think it’s because after the Demon King died, her magic power dissipated,” Leisha said softly, “Because of this, her body is just an empty shell, without any power.”
Unless the Demon King’s magic power was retrieved, Lasha wouldn’t have any power.
“The Demon King’s magic power…”
Shien murmured, suddenly realizing something, and looked at Leisha sharply. A terrifying thought crossed his mind.
“If Lasha is using the Demon King’s body, then…”
What about this demon girl before him who looked exactly like Lasha?
Or rather, what about this demon girl who looked exactly like the Demon King?
Why did she have the same appearance as the Demon King?
Why did she steal the Demon King’s body from the Royal Palace?
Why was she part of the Assassination Branch of the Old Demon Faction, participating in the large-scale assassination in the Royal Capital ten years ago?
Combining the fact that the Demon King’s magic power had dissipated and Leisha’s Unique Skill, which was like a cheat from the God of Magic, an even more unbelievable guess formed in Shien’s mind.
After all, Shien vaguely remembered that in this world, the origin of magic was also the Demon King.
She was the one who created magic.
The fact that Leisha could use such godlike magic wasn’t meaningless.
Coupled with her identical appearance to the Demon King…
“Leisha,” Shien’s expression changed several times, and he finally couldn’t help but ask, “Are you also a magical being? Created using the Demon King’s magic power, with the Demon King as a model?”
The atmosphere instantly changed, becoming oppressive and heavy.
Leisha didn’t answer immediately.
But her increasingly complex expression gave Shien the answer.
After a long time, Leisha spoke.
“You know,” Leisha said as if talking to herself, “A thousand years ago, after the Demon King’s death, those Old Demon Faction members who couldn’t accept the demons’ surrender tried to resurrect her.”
Shien vaguely remembered this. Either Airi or Nien had told him that the Old Demon Faction tried to resurrect the Demon King, but failed, so they turned to creating a second Demon King, a seventh Demon Lord.
“It’s impossible to resurrect the Demon King,” Leisha said softly, “The Supreme God, Omnis, severed the possibility of her resurrection from the laws of causality. Unless Omnis herself allows it, the Demon King can never be resurrected.”
This made the Old Demon Faction members despair, leading them to desperately seek a new Demon King.
“They made many attempts, including gathering the Demon King’s magic power scattered throughout the world and using Bio-Creation Magic to give it a physical body, resurrecting the Demon King as a magical being, or creating a base for a new Demon King.”
Then, Leisha’s tone turned sarcastic.
“But the possibility of the Demon King’s resurrection was severed, and she was defeated by the Hero’s Holy Sword. The Holy Sword’s divine power must have purified most of the Demon King’s power. Even if they gathered the scattered remnants of magic power, how could they possibly resurrect the Demon King or create a second one?”