Chapter 88

In the midst of the villainous guild master Act and the heroes exploring the Seven Dungeons, elsewhere...

In the Demon King Castle, located in the center of the Demon Kingdom.

"Did you call me, Your Majesty?"

The one who appeared in the audience chamber was a child.

With insect-like wings sprouting from their back and antennae visible on their head.

"Jaki. I have a task for you."

"A task?"

"Yes. Kidnapping."

The Demon King snapped his fingers.

A monster with an eyeball and wings appeared before Jaki.

Light emitted from the eyeball, creating an image in the air.

It was the young demon girl, Kanawo.

"Bring this brat back?"

"Aye. This child seems to be of my bloodline."

"Ah... I see, so she's the successor. So, where is she?"

More images appeared from the eyeball.

The town where Act lived and a map of the area.

"Attack this town and bring the demon girl back."

"Hey, is that all? Come on, Your Majesty, I won't get excited with such an easy quest. I need something more challenging."

For Jaki, attacking humans was like child's play.

"Since I'm the strongest, I need something much, much harder to be interesting."

"Hmm, quite the confidence. Then, I'll add another task: attack the northern wall, crush the humans, and reclaim the territory."

Kanawo's abduction and the northern wall's recapture.

Faced with these two high-difficulty quests, Jaki smiled with delight.

"Great! This is the level of difficulty I need! My heart isn't going to race otherwise!"

In front of the order to destroy humans, Jaki's smile was literally innocent.

There was no sign of guilt in killing humans.

"Alright, I'll be off, Your Majesty."

"Wait, Jaki. I will grant you this."

In the Demon King's hand was a black sphere.

It floated from his palm and came to Jaki.

"What's this?"

"It's a decisive weapon against the Ultra Heroes."

The weapon the Demon King had prepared for the impending disaster.

There were four in total, and one of them, the Evil Dragon Vivel, had been taken by the enemy.

This was due to the Four Heavenly Kings' Illega not realizing Vivel was a secret weapon and banishing it.

The Demon King had decided to give the decisive weapon in advance.

"Ha! I can easily defeat them without this thing, you know?"

Jaki was about to dismiss the Demon King's kindness.

A vein popped on the Demon King's forehead.

"...Don't get too cocky, brat."

The audience chamber shook with anger.

Cracks appeared on the floor, and the building and sky rumbled.

"Whoa, scary, scary. Alright, alright, I get it, I'll take it."

The overconfident Jaki took the black sphere.

"I can win without using this thing."

"Quite the confidence. Then, if you fail... do you understand what will happen?"

"Fail? Come on, Your Majesty. Me failing? Impossible!"

Putting his hand in his pocket, he laughed.

"Illega said the same thing and failed."

"Don't compare me to that trash. Illega is the weakest of the Four Heavenly Kings."

A black mist emanated from Jaki's body.

It changed shape like a living thing.

"I won't fail. After all, I have the strongest shield and spear."

"Is that so? Then failure will not be tolerated. Go and complete your mission quickly."

"Okay, okay, I got it."

"Let me make this clear: you must not fail."

"Ugh, you're so noisy. I get it. I won't fail."

The black mist enveloped Jaki and disappeared in the next instant.

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