Volume 5 Chapter 9 Fyodor, Fighting Back
Lawrence and the others had reached the Demon King's castle, while at that moment...
Within the Demon King's ranks stood a single pillar of an evil god.
The evil god, Fyodor.
Once a handsome man with white hair.
But now, empowered by Amou, he had grown even stronger...
Instead, he had become a grotesque creature, his face and body covered with eyes of various sizes.
"GUH... GUHAHA! So you've COME, you bunch of VERMIN!"
Fyodor had a deep-seated grudge against Act.
They had clashed numerous times, each encounter ending in defeat at the hands of Act and his allies.
However, this time, Fyodor was proud of his victory.
Because now, he had transcended, evolved beyond his former self by the hand of Transcendent Amou.
[You seem HAPPY, Fyodor]
A high-pitched voice, like that of a child, echoed from somewhere.
Suddenly, right in front of him, there was a human.
They had long hair and wore a loose-fitting one-piece outfit.
They could be mistaken for a man, a woman, a boy, or an adult...
"OH! A TRANSCENDENT! My MASTER!"
Amou.
He was the one who raised and empowered Act.
It was Amou who had been pulling the strings behind Fyodor.
"Are you WATCHING, to see me DESTROY Act's precious ONE?"
Fyodor's desire for revenge against Act was stronger than anyone's.
He had been foiled and his plans ruined too many times.
[Well, if your SUBORDINATES are working HARD, a boss should SUPPORT them, right? How's it GOING?]
"EXCELLENT, I must say...!"
Fyodor snapped his fingers with a "Pachin".
A 3-dimensional shape appeared.
It was a complete model of the Demon King's castle.
The castle had a multi-layered structure.
On the top floor, it seemed like Demon King Fyodor was waiting.
[There are ENEMIES and traps along the way, and the Demon King WAITS at the top... or so it seems. Well, it's a COMMON setup in RPGs.]
...Sometimes, Amou would say things that went beyond Fyodor's understanding.
[The HEROES are going to attack from BELOW... but is that OKAY? I'm a bit WORRIED, though.]
"HAHAHA! Don't WORRY!! The TRAPS I've set, and! Most of all, my PRIZED creations are HERE!"
Snap, Fyodor snaps his fingers.
Seven masked men and women appear before him.
"They are my GUILD! The Exiled Guild [Seven DEADLY Sins]! The ELITES I've personally bestowed POWER upon!"
[Oh, right. The Exiled GUILD, I remember that.]
Seven men and women with the powers of the Seven Deadly Sins.
They've been powered up even more by the demon Fyodor.
"First, I'll DEPLOY them into the Chamber of SINS!"
[Chamber of SINS?]
"The first FLOOR of Demon King Castle! Divided into 7 ROOMS, and the key to the STAIRS going up is hidden somewhere in those Rooms! And waiting for you are my PROUD Seven Deadly SINS!"
[Hmm. This is kind of CLICHÉ.]
No matter how passionately Fyodor talks, Amou seems oddly detached.
That bothers me.
"Is my lord WORRIED?"
[Uh, yeah, I'm SUPER worried. Even with these 7 WEAKLINGS, they can't even BEAT the Great Hero and his FRIENDS.]
Grind, Fyodor grits his teeth.
"There's no PROBLEM! The Seven Deadly SINS are INVINCIBLE! They can't LOSE! GO!"
The Seven Deadly Sins nod and teleport into their respective Rooms.
"Now, Great HEROES! Can you DEFEAT each of these 7 ENEMIES!? Just how many of your FRIENDS will be left STANDING...!?"
And then, it happened.
BOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
"Wha...!?"
A shockwave shakes the castle, a thunderous explosion rings out.
Fyodor stumbles, almost falling to his knees.
"WHAT!? What just HAPPENED...!?"
[Fyodor, just LOOK. At the Chambers of the Seven DEADLY Sins.]
Zooming in on the 3D magic circle.
...He was left speechless.
The Seven Deadly Sins' room had completely vanished.
"I-I can't BELIEVE this...!"
Fyodor's elite were taken down in one hit.
And the whole room was destroyed.
"A-Are they HURT!? Did they at least SCRATCH the enemy?!"
[Nah, they look PERFECTLY fine.]
I glanced around inside the castle.
Lawrence sheathed his greatsword on his back.
'With THIS, the matter is SETTLED!'
'WOW, incredible as ALWAYS. To wipe out 7 ROOMS and the enemies in them with a SINGLE swing...'
'AMAZING, Mr. LAWRENCE!'
...Something unbelievable was totally going down.
Lawrence had single-handedly destroyed the Seven Deadly Sins' room in just one strike.
[This Demon King CASTLE is pretty BIG. It's made of that god-grade ORE, tougher than ORICHALCUM... pulling that off in one HIT? Wow. Guess it's no SURPRISE Fyodor's prized boys got WIPED out.]
"T-This... is RIDICULOUS..."
Originally, there was supposed to be a battle with the Seven Deadly Sins.
Starting with Wrath, they were meant to fight them one by one, facing off against all seven...
They were supposed to move to the next floor after that...
But it only lasted a few seconds.
[Well, don't be so DOWN. I knew this would HAPPEN, so I prepared HELPERS ahead of time~]
With a rustle, four great demons appeared from the back of the room...
No, calling them demons was an understatement; they looked horrifying.
"UGH... BLEH...!"
The sheer amount of magical power they exuded made me feel sick.
[They are outer GODS. My original CREATIONS... well, kind of artificial GODS.]
"Outer GODS...? Artificial, GODS...?"
[Yeah. I think they will give you a RUN for your MONEY, better than your WEAK squad.]
...From Amou's tone, it sounded like even these outer gods would be defeated by the Great Heroes.
...he finally realized.
Amou expected nothing from him.
In the mind of this transcendent being, we were all just pawns.
[Well then, you better do your BEST too!]
When Amou's connection cuts off, Fyodor grits his teeth with a crunch.
"This is... ALL! It's all Act AGE'S FAULTTTTTTTTT!"
Fyodor got so messed up because of Act that he started blaming everything on it.
"I won't FORGIVE! I'll never FORGIVEEEE! ACTTTTTTTTT!"
...Even though he's supposed to be fighting Lawrence now.
Fyodor's anger and hatred for Act just kept growing.
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