133. Leon vs Yuuki –Part 1-
The ultimate skill 『Avarice King Mammon』is an ability specialized in depriving.
A moment prior, Yuuki was in an overwhelmingly disadvantageous position. Perhaps had Chloe joined the fight the tables could possibly be turned, but Yuuki wished to avoid that.
This was the greatest command he could achieve against Chloe’s ability. If he wished for her to serve him faithfully, even all of the wishes would not be enough.
Simply commanding Chloe not to turn hostile exerted him to his utmost. Nevertheless, he had taken countermeasures to agains the possibility of Chloe awakening from this Curse of Dominance.
And now, even though Yuuki’s own Ultimate skill has awakened, he decided to abstain from using her power.
Chloe’s specialty is combat. Even so, Yuuki did not fail to consider the possibility that Chloe was seeking to annul the contract every moment she was with him.
After all, she almost succeeded a second ago.
「I see… I thought she was awfully quiet, but she was trying to cancel the contract with me, huh?」
Yuuki said, shrugging.
Setting aside whether the attempt would have succeeded or not, the fact remains that she tried.
Well, that’s a given, thought Yuuki. Unless you’re an idiot, it’s unnatural for someone to simply obey.
「Well whatever. Looks like I made it in time. Now then, Leon. Shall we continue?」
Yuuki nodded in regards to Chloe’s reaction, and faced Leon.
With both sides now possessing an ultimate skill, Leon had already lost his advantage.
Yuuki may have awoken to his ultimate skill, but his energy has not yet recovered.
But still Yuuki refused to deploy his trump card. He wanted to win with what he already in hand.
The Silver Knight Alrose was currently fighting face to face against Kagali. Both sides were evenly matched.
The Black Knight Claude displayed overwhelming might in battle.
And then there was 4. They planned to assist Alrose in the fight against Kagari after cleaning up the small fries.
「Wait a moment, Yuuki-sama! At this rate woudn’t we be killed?!」
Becoming rather desperate-looking, Kagali continuously evaded Alrose.
Looking at her struggle,
「You really are weak aren’t you」
Yuuki answered Kagari with disgust.
「But I guess having this be a one-sided slaughter does bug me, so how about I go on the offensive?」
He slipped behind the red knight.
And while avoiding the sword slashing towards him,
「Life steal」
And then, a palm rested on Red Knight’s chest.
[The editor just came to the realization that these knights are based off of power rangers…]
「Red Knight?」
「Nee-san!」
Red Knight didn’t respond to Black Knight Claude’s and Blue Knight’s screams.
Or rather, she couldn’t. The reason being that she was already dead.
「It’s useless to beckon you know? That’s because, I just took that person’s life」
Looking like his powered restored a little, Yuuki stated the fact with icy cold words.
Only the Depriver, and the deprived.
Defeating all of Yuuki’s subordinates, Blue Knight rushed towards Red Knight to confirm what he had proclaimed.
His sister did not show signs of movement. she was without a doubt, dead.
「You Bastard!」
The Blue Knight was enraged,
「Oi oi, this is a battle, isn’t it?
TN: This guy…
In response to Yuuki’s words, their killing intent intensified.
Even if it had just awakened, Yuuki’s already completely mastered the ability. In the first place, leveling the playing field was something outside of his calculation.
Leon did not underestimate Yuuki. Yet, he concluded that Yuuki must be exterminated before was is given a chance to grow because of how unpredictable and dangerous he was.
Therefore, he decided to retreat.
But with an ability that steals an opponent’s soul without resistance through touch, Leon judged that Yuuki was far too dangerous for Leon and his companions.
「Withdraw for now”」
Leon decided, and immediately ordered.
「Leon-sama, allow me to be the rearguard！」
The Black Knight Claude cried out, and appeared in front of Leon, by the wall facing Yuuki.
「Ara? Leon are you escaping? I wouldn’t allow such a thing you know?」
Yuuki revealed a beaming smile, manipulating the surrounding trees and blocked Leon’s retreat path.
Although Leon tried to trigger transfer magic, his attempt merely resulted in confusion.
「“Ha ha, you can’t use transfer here you know? Didn’t you know? One of the reasons I chose this place was because it seals off any attempts of escaping via transfer」
Yuuki said, happily.
Then, without missing the opportunity from the failed transfer
「Overwrite」
Yuuki’s hands touched Black Knight Claude’s shoulder.
No, something was off, and when Leon noticed,
「Yuuki-sama, my name is Claude. What are your orders!」
The Black Knight Sir Claude, kneeled towards Yuuki.
What Yuuki can deprive was not limited to someone’s life.
No matter how deeply their loyalty is embedded onto their soul, by re-writing the information in their soul, it’s possible to instill loyalty onto himself.
Such is the ability of Yuuki’s ultimate skill “Avarice King Mammon”.
「Ahaha, now excluding Chloe, it’s finally a 3 on 3! We’re finally even, eh?」
Yuuki laughed happily,
「As expected, you have a really fine personality, Yuuki-sama……
But, Leon. Seeing you making that face fills me with endless joy.”
A joyful smile appeared on Kagali (Kazalim).
「You bastard, what did you do to Claude?」
Leon asked,
「I just took your subordinates. Isn’t everyone fine with it?
Overwrite is an ability that allows me to re-write at whom the loyalty is directed.」
Yuuki who answered cheerfully turned to examine Claude to ascertain his feelings.
TN Comment: $20 dollars betting anyone that this ability will fail to affect Shion when they do fight.
「But this ability is surprisingly useful」
He laughed, satisfied.
The higher their level of loyalty, the easier it is for them to fall into the hands of Yuuki.
As Yuuki claimed, excluding Chloe this has turned to a 3 on 3 battle.
But even amidst this disadvantageous situation, Leon’s heart did not waver.
He doesn’t seem to have activated the trap yet, however Leon has already understood the nature of this trap.
TN Note: Leon’s name hasn’t appeared, but I took the liberty to make it flow a bit better.
A magnetic field that interferes with transfer magic, drifting miasma. Uncharted mountains where mostly dragons dwell and humans seldom come, a mysterious place.
But even if his assumption was correct, and the trap had indeed been sprung, it would not cause Leon any inconvenience.
He murmured to himself.
Don’t despair under these circumstances, her gaze conveyed her intention strongly.
(Something can be done, is that it? Well… Red Knight probably can’t, but… )
No matter which of his subordinates you ask, not one would expect to be protected by him.
(Even so, that doesn’t meant they want to die)
Whenever Leon gets serious, people around him get caught up in it. Precisely because of this, he refused the work together with Rimuru and Ruminas.
And when he thought to retreat, his subordinate Claude was stolen.
Leon looked at Red Knight, and gently killed off the anger in his heart. Leon is a king, to waiver at the death of his subordinates should not be something present.
Claude may be Leon’s strongest subordinate, but he knows him like the palm of his hand. He’s not Leon’s enemy.
His heart isn’t big enough to remember the grudges of each and every small fry. She seems to be good at using curse spells, but not at a level worthy of calling a threat.
In that case, the only enemy here is Yuuki.
But……
Leon had a thin smile.
「Did you know? Ultimate skills are not equal—there could be a difference between them as great as between heaven and the earth!!」
「What?」
「I’ve changed my mind, I’m not withdrawing, I’m going to bury you here」
Leon’s ultimate skill is the apex of the light class, an existence that could be called the bane of being of magic origin.
He tried confronting him once, and his defeat was so overwhelming it couldn’t be called a fight at all.
――”Lord of Darkness” Guy・Crimson――
The strongest of the Demon Lords.
After defeating Kazalim, Guy・Crimson aimlessly visited to issue a challenge. If he won he would be allowed to do as he wished, if he lost Leon was to become Guy’s companion.
The experience of defeat had made Leon strong.
If a person couldn’t comprehend what had happened, then his defeat is inevitable. For Leon, Guy was a person capable of overwhelming others so.
It was outside of his calculation for Yuuki to come here and then awaken an ultimate skill like he did, however this wasn’t enough to determine Leon’s defeat.
And, that is good. If he were to awaken his abilities in the dark, he would certainly become troublesome when Leon would have faced him.
In front of Leon, the evil youth Kagurazaka Yuuki, has finally been recognized as an enemy that must be eradicated.
Yuuki perceived, that the atmosphere of the handsome blond man in front of him, Leon・Cormwell, had changed.
In a flash of light—Leon himself, Yuuki could only watch as Claude was blown away.
While looking at Claude who was blown off into Chloe’s vinicity, he clicked his tongue,
「Chloe, can you heal that guy? I’d rather have a comrade I made after a lot of effort than a dead subordinate」
He called out to Chloe.
「Sure, why not」
Was that a command? No, and there is an explanation for that.
The exchange, which has been ongoing for a few days now, led Yuuki to be able to fight without much effort at this point.
It seems, the demon lord Leon is seriously enraged.
I deliberately tried to anger him… but I guess I failed?)
TN Note: Oh no, it was a success. It was a little too big of a success in fact.
In fact, even in this situation Yuuki is thinking playful thoughts.
「You guys, return first. And then, inform the Ruminas and Rimuru as to what happened her.」
Silver Knight Alrose and Blue knight could only nod at Leon’s instruction.
Even though his sister was killed, Blue Knight didn’t fail to calmly comprehend the current situation. They quickly withdrew without a complaint.
Confirming the two that are swiftly preparing their escape,
「I won’t allow that!」
Kagali tried to interfere with her puppet trees,
「You bastards seem to be underestimating me」
Under the light that Leon released, all the trees crumbled and disappeared.
「Geh, geeh!!」
Noticing that Leon’s attack was directed at her, Kagali quickly darted behind Chloe.
「Wait, wait a moment Chloe-chan. You’re protecting me too right?」
Imprudently, Kagari tried to muddle into Chloe’s defense barrier.
And much to everyone’s amazement,
「I don’t particularly mind…」
Answered Chloe,
「Well! As expected, Chloe Chan truly is kind. As expected of the hero!」
Kagali looked happy and joyfully rubbed Chloe’s cheek with her own, Chloe pushed her away with disgust.
「Oh well, the order of things have merely changed」
Said Leon,
「Hey, hey, Yuuki-sama! Can’t you hear what he’s saying?
Do you seriously think you can win?」
Remembering the traumas of defeat, the frightened Kagali cried out.
After all, even after several hundred years there stood Leon’s figure.
He had mentally scarred Kagali
「You…. You really have a wonderful personality, you know…?
Just shut up and watch how I win this」
In reality, Yuuki was not sure he had the ability to say that.
Clearly, there’s time to spare for Leon, and ignoring him would be a suicidal act. Kagali was careless and still alive only because she wasn’t being directly targeted.
He merely avoided using it to not hurt his own subordinates. That’s probably how it was.
TN Note: It’s a Japanese idiom, meaning he’s taken a great risk.
Even as Yuuki was thinking such things, a smile crept onto his face.
He would have to use his trump card and even then he would likely fall.
Now then, what could he do?
With Chloe the battle would be won quickly. But to use her to kill a single person Leon would be a waste. And perhaps he could somehow manage against a single demon lord.
He has finally acquired an ultimate skill; it would be a waste not to test it.
「Now then, Leon. You are more dangerous than you appeared.
Even so, victory will be mine.」
「Say as much bullshit as you want. You, underestimated a demon lord. Time to face reality」
Their auras clashed creating lighting which flashed between the heaven and the earth.
Naught but battle remained.