Chapter 107: A common language
"...I'm underhanded?" Kazemaki Ryūya's mind went blank. The pain in his abdomen was still tormenting him, making even thinking extremely difficult.
"First you ambushed me, then you ambushed a high-ranking demon. Your existence poses a certain danger to me, so eliminating you takes priority."
Hearing those words, Kazemaki Ryūya's expression filled with disbelief.
At that moment, "Yakushiji Ken"-or rather, Mapa, the former Demon Warlock of Astronomy of Truth wearing Yakushiji Ken's face-calmly withdrew his vein-covered hand with its sharp fingertips. With a casual flick, he flung the blood and entrails clinging to it onto the floor in a bloody splash.
"Ryūya!"
Kannagi Ayano's eyes widened. Her fingers instinctively tightened around Blazing Thunder Tyrant as she stared at Mapa darkly.
"You bastard!!"
"We meet again, Fire Sorcerer of the Kannagi Clan."
Mapa gave Kamizume Ayano a savage grin. As he smiled, his muscles swelled bit by bit, and in an instant, his body grew three times larger. A pointed horn like a rhinoceros beetle's sprouted from his head, and two additional pairs of compound eyes appeared on his cheeks and forehead. In the space of a breath, he lost his human appearance.
-Demonization.
This was the mutated form Demon Warlocks displayed when they released their suppression of demonic power and ceased maintaining their human appearance.
In this form, a Demon Warlock's abilities improved in every respect, far surpassing the limits of the human body.
With a boom!
Orange-red flames rose around Kamizume Ayano as she gripped her family's divine weapon, Blazing Thunder Tyrant.
Yet Mapa showed no surprise whatsoever at the sight.
"The Kannagi family's Blazing Thunder Tyrant? If Kannagi Jūgo were here, I'd turn around and leave. But you...just how much of that sword's power can you bring out?" "Damn you, how dare you do