The Demon King

With a deafening explosion, Frieren shook her head, her face dark, and approached Li Yan with some displeasure. Her small, porcelain-white hands grasped Li Yan's clothes and began to wipe the ash from her face.

"You naughty senior brother, you're holding a grudge again. I only stole a few hundred treasure chests from you."

Frieren puffed out her cheeks as she spoke, her naturally curly hair being gently smoothed out by Li Yan. Although Frieren's curly hair had a certain charm, it was somewhat reminiscent of the little girl in Re Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World- who loved sitting in the library reading Magic Tome.

After all, they have the same hairstyle, except that Frieren's naturally curly twin tails are white, while the other's are blonde.

"It's not that I hold a grudge, it's just that you're unlucky; you always end up with junk."

Li Yan opened the Alternate Space and poured out a large pile of small junk that Frieren had found. It wouldn't fetch much money, and it would take up space, so it wasn't very useful.

"Tch... holding a grudge is holding a grudge."

Frieren turned her face away, refusing to argue with Li Yan; she would never admit that she was unlucky.

"Young Master, we've cleared this Underground Labyrinth. I've killed all the Monsters inside."

Solitär emerged from the depths of the Underground Labyrinth with a smile, accompanied by Aura and Line, who wielded Battle Axe Line, with several probing spider-like machines at her feet.

"Good, all the treasure chests are marked. Let's go, Junior Sister, let's go in and open the chests."

Li Yan took Frieren's hand and walked deeper into the Underground Labyrinth. Although he didn't expect Frieren to get any good items, he really hoped that Frieren wouldn't get a bunch of junk again, because that junk was hard to categorize. The Alternate Space contained some strange things, and sometimes Li Yan would even pick the wrong thing.

Li Yan remembered clearly that last time, he originally wanted to take out the Holy Sword to fight the boss of the Underground Labyrinth, but he ended up touching the place where Frieren's Moon-Panties was kept. Inside were hundreds of Moon-Panties Frieren had lost to him hundreds of years ago.

He clearly remembered the look in Frieren's eyes when he pulled out the familiar blue and white striped Frieren from the Alternate Space and slashed at the Underground Labyrinth boss, only to be completely exposed by Frieren.

Fortunately, Solitär realized something was wrong and preemptively killed the Underground Labyrinth boss with her Mana Greatsword, thus preventing the boss from being killed Underground Labyrinth Moon-Panties slash.

Three years later, and then another three years later, the hero Himmel and his party arrived at the Demon King's Castle. As Li Yan was relieved that Himmel and his party had arrived safely, apart from a few minor monsters, there were very few Greater Demons in the Demon King's Castle. Only the Demon King sat alone on his Throne, as if waiting for something.

"You've finally arrived!"

With a leisurely sigh, the Demon King, carrying terrifying Mana, launched a devastating attack on the hero team led by Himmel. Under Li Yan's watchful gaze, Himmel's team held out for an hour before being utterly defeated!

Left with no other choice, Li Yan had to appear before Himmel with Frieren and the others. The loss of one magician had not been as significant as Li Yan had anticipated.

"Sure enough, after beating the young one, it's the old one's turn. I was wondering why Frieren hadn't shown up; turns out she's with you."

The Demon King sighed again, its leisurely voice seemingly aware of Frieren's presence.

"Normal Attack Magic!"

Without saying much, Frieren expressionlessly launched several magical attacks at the Demon King. After a huge roar, the smoke from the bombardment made it impossible for Frieren to see whether the Demon King was alive or dead.

But Frieren remained vigilant, gripping her staff tightly and staring intently into the smoke, ready to unleash her magic at the slightest movement.

"The Killing Magic of the Sage of Corruption, I never imagined you humans would improve upon it."

The Demon King's leisurely voice came from within the smoke. Solitär summoned several Mana Greatswords and slashed at the Demon King. Li Yan simply watched the battle silently. The King did not act rashly; he wanted to see the Demon King's full strength so that he could kill him cleanly and decisively.

"Solitär, I didn't expect you and Macht to become the first Demons to truly coexist with humans, but I don't like this way of coexisting."

The Demon King spoke these words, his gaze towards Solitär filled with complex emotions.

"And what about me, Your Highness the Demon King?"

Aura waved her little hands, trying to attract the Demon King's attention, but the Demon King didn't even look at her the whole time, which made her very uneasy.

"Aura, you've been tamed by humans! A disgrace to the Demons!"

The Demon King chuckled bitterly, looking at Aura with a touch of melancholy. He had always wanted this kind of relationship with humans: he was their master, and they were their Demons and food.

"Whoosh!"

Several Mana Greatswords mercilessly slammed towards the Demon King. Solitär narrowed her eyes, smiled, and crossed her fingers, her expression playful. "Demon King, I'd like to experience your strength firsthand."

The Mana Greatsword slammed into the Demon King's body, which was covered by a Mana Armor. The surging Mana energy blasted away several Mana Greatswords, and the entire Demon King's Castle erupted with a massive burst of Mana energy. The sky was covered by dark clouds, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring, carrying a sense of despair.

"Thunder of Destruction!"

Sensing the Demon King's burgeoning Mana aura, Frieren continued her attack without hesitation, unleashing countless bolts of destructive lightning from all directions towards the Demon King. Solitär also unleashed a Mana strike, a scattered magic attack using all her Mana Dispersal Magic.

Frieren and Solitär's frenzied attacks bought Simmel and the Himmel time to recover from their wounds. Heiter healed three people at once and also occasionally cast Amplification Magic on Frieren and Solitär.

Several attacks bombarded the Demon King's body, but the Demon King merely chuckled contemptuously and instantly flashed in front of Frieren, unleashing a heavy blow!

Li Yan indifferently released multiple layers of Defensive Magic to block Frieren's attack. As countless Defensive Magic were shattered by the Demon King's attack, after breaking through the forty-fifth layer of Defensive Magic, the Demon King dodged and created distance again.

"Mana Armor?"

Li Yan squinted as she observed the flow of Mana on the Demon King's body; this was the reason why the Demon King was able to continue attacking despite being subjected to so many attacks.

"Godfather, let me go and hold off the Demon King to buy you some time."

Himmel stepped forward first. Compared to the Hero of the South mechanical parts were already damaged, he was the first to recover from his wounds. As a team without a front line, he understood that someone had to fight the Demon King at this time to buy more time.

"Be careful, Himmel!"

Li Yan spoke up with concern, reminding him that the other party was, after all, Demon King who had lived for thousands of years, Demon King would certainly possess many powerful evil spells.

"I know, Godfather."

Himmel resolutely swung a heavy slash at the Demon King countered with his sword, occasionally releasing Mana Shields to block the bombardment from the two humanoid cannons Frieren and Solitär.

Realizing that the Thunder of Destruction could not effectively harm the Demon King, Frieren immediately decided to use other magic to break through the Demon King's first layer of defensive Mana Shield.

As the Mana emanating from Frieren soared into the sky, it was Elemental Attack Magic that combined a large number of different elements, a powerful magic formed by gathering five natural elements.

"Himmel, I'm here to help you, Flash Heaven Strike!" Having recovered from his injuries Eize gripped his Battle Axe and cleaved straight at the Demon King!

Li Yan watched as Eize unleashed a towering pillar of light towards the Demon King. The Demon King's first layer of defensive Shield cracked slightly, and explosions erupted one after another. It was a powerful slash capable of splitting mountains!

"You annoying thing!"

The Demon King Eize, expressionless, unleashed a powerful blow. The force of the shockwave sent Eize flying dozens of meters away, breaking several walls of the Demon King's Castle in its wake.

"Eize!"

Himmel nervously glanced back in Eize's direction. As the smoke and dust cleared, Eize rubbed his head, gripped his Battle Axe again, and stared intently at the Demon King.

"Himmel, Eize, I'm here to help you!"

Heiter could no longer control his desire for close combat. His Priest's robes were ripped open as he charged towards the Demon King, wielding the Holy Scripture and casting Goddess Magic on Himmel and the others.

The Hero of the South removed the damaged machine parts; the Demon King's attack was truly terrifying, capable of breaking even a material combining Macht Metal and Anti-Magic Stone.