Prologue

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T/N 1: As requested by Kuro, here is the first translation for the series Shinwa Jidai no Saikyou Kenja.

T/N 2: As I’m still unsure how to transliterate his name to Dions or D’eons, the protagonist’s name may change in the future chapters.

T/N 3: As the demon lord is always written together with calamitous in the RAW, I’m still unsure on whether it’s supposed to be translated as Calamitous Demon Lord or the calamity is just an accompanying adjective, hence the translation may be subject to change in the future chapters.

The Strongest Sage of the Mythical Era, Reincarnated

Is this as far as I go?

Having given up everything in this world, I let out a sigh.

The Demon Lord’s castle.

In the face of the Calamitous Demon Lord, knight orders, adventurers, and heroes burnt their lives. The number of casualties: tens of thousands of people.

I was the only survivor of the Demon Lord’s wide area extermination magic that he cast upon the injured and retreating allies.

“To survive mine magic by facing it head on, as expected of the sage Sirius Dions.”

A captivating female figure. She may have a sweet sounding voice, but the being in front of me is the historical Calamitous Demon Lord herself, Ernest.

“Why thank you… So, I’m assuming that you’re not going to surrender obediently?”

“What an interesting joke you said just now. For this me, to surrender? Fumu, it’s impossible.”

“If that is so, prepare yourself.”

I fill the holy sword Excalibur with magic power, and took an offensive stance.

My allies have all been annihilated, but I haven’t given up on subjugating the Demon Lord. If I give up here, then everything would have been meaningless.

“Well, just wait a moment. There’s no need to rush. Sirius… You had quite a bad life as well, huh?”

“…What exactly do you mean by that?”

“You couldn’t be a hero. You trained to the very limits of the human body, you mastered magic, and you finally became a sage, and yet you are treated poorly by the kingdom.”

The Demon Lord spoke as if she knows a lot about me.

Without minding her, I keep on filling my magic.

“With your achievements, I would have been grateful if I receive a territory or two.”

“It will just be an obstruction in exposing the corruptions. Nobody likes to get in to their garden with a dirty foot1. I know that much.”

The Demon Lord laughed excitedly at my reply, and then made a proposition to me.

“Sage Sirius, take my hand and join me. You’re the only one who I will give this special treatment. And then, let’s take over the world together. When we have gotten everything under our control, I’ll give you half of the world. You can also make a blood contract with me if you want.”

“What did you say?”

At that point I understood that the Demon Lord has seriously offered me to join forces.

The blood contract is the ultimate covenant between living things – It is a ritual of life.

The moment you break your promise, you will die. Whether you’re a human or a demon, it doesn’t matter.

“You are essential for me. It will be better if you make a decision right now; half of the world is in your grasp.”

“…I have one question. Why me, Ernest? Isn’t it possible for you to kill me and obtain everything?”

“That is my intuition. My intuition rarely failed me. My intuition is whispering to me that it will be better for me not to fight with you as my enemy.”

“That’s not a reason you know. The beings called as Demon Lords, there’s no way you would take a risk without thinking.”

“Ah, Sirius, You’re a smart one aren’t you. The real aim is… to make a child between you and mine.”

“…”

The Demon Lord’s face blushes slightly.

“Fuh, how will a child between the Demon Lord and the strongest sage be, I wonder?”

“According to the literatures of old, the now extinct child between a demon and a human are beings with tremendous powers. If it’s a child between you and me, it’s not really an unbelievable story.”

“That’s right, that’s right. And it’s not really a bad proposition for you as well. So, what do you think?”

The Demon Lord bares her chest, revealing a pair of large hills.

“…?”

“Are you excited? I’m far more attractive than a human woman. The more energetic the man is, the better his offspring would usually be. It’s not a bad proposition for you, isn’t it?”

“So in other words, the Demon Lord is inviting the sage to a honey trap…?”

“N, no, that’s not it! There are also merits for you. No, more like there are only merits for you. As to why, it’s because you have no way of beating me.”

That certainly hit the mark.

The reason why the Demon Lord is showing such composure is because he is confident that he is way stronger than me.

It is as she has read; I have no decent way to slay the Demon Lord Ernest.

If I am to stand against the Demon Lord, I will be killed on the spot.

If I am to be the ally of the Demon Lord, I will obtain half of the world’s wealth and authority, not to mention the world’s most beautiful woman.

This kind of thing, if someone refuses then he’s a big idiot.

Yare yare, it’s unfortunate that I’m such a guy.

“It’s a very lucrative offer you gave me, but I refuse.”

“What did you say?”

“The preparations are complete.”

I am ready to give up everything in this world.

Of course, that includes my life.

A disaster class magic of my own creation, a magic that I have designated as a forbidden magic: “World’s End”.

I synchronize my life using the holy sword Excalibur as the core. And then, using the corpses that litter the place as a medium, I forcefully collected the energies of the earth, the sea, the sky, and the universe.

The moment this magic is fired, 90% of the world will disappear.

Because it involves the residents of all urban areas. 99% of the humankind will die2.

Of course, that includes the Demon Lord Ernest.

The demon lord seemed to have figured out everything the moment the magic started.

“You, are you sane!? Stop it! Stop that magic right now!”

“It’s too late. Not even I can stop it at this point.”

“This kind of magic… if you activate it, the world will end, you know!? What were you fighting for? It’s for the people, is it not!?”

“Humans are unexpectedly stubborn. Even at 1%, they will undoubtedly survive. To give the world to the Demon Lord, or to leave a few survivors and gain freedom… I simply chose to be free.”

The holy sword excalibur shines with a golden sparkle, and then burst.

“Such a daring sage… As expected of the only man who have ever caught my fancy.”

Along with those words, the Demon Lord and I disappeared at the same time.

Just before I disappeared, I remembered about an experimental magic.

There can be no new hero if the death of the current hero has not exceeded 100 years.

That’s why, I was unable to become a hero.

But even now, there is only 1 way to become a hero. That is, to be reincarnated.

To reserve yourself to reincarnate as the next humankind’s hero.

You can’t choose when and in which time you are reincarnated as a hero, but you can choose what kind of hero you want to be.

Incidentally, you can get your past memories as well.

And thus, I thought, “Let’s become a Healing Hero in the next life”.

The Healing Hero that I know of was treated as if he’s a nuisance if there are potions and healing herbs. The Healing Hero who lost his place in the hero’s party left and then died after he was attacked by bandits.

But, what the party really needed was the Healing Hero.

If the Healing Hero was around, the situation would have been different.

Even if the strongest sage dies, or even without sacrificing and losing 90% of the world, the Demon Lord could have been brought down.

Even if it was only temporary, there is a magic that can give an invincibility status, or to give your party equal life force; that would have been enough. There are even more amazing magic,

But, the Healing Hero died before he ever had the chance to get stronger.

“Well, even if the world I got reincarnated into is peaceful, there’s no loss since it’s the ability to heal people.”

The condition for reincarnating as the Healing Hero… is to know “pain” appropriate for it.

After I reincarnate, I don’t know what kind of difficulties and pain I will experience.

But, the worst was in front of me.

There must be no future more miserable than this one.

Finally, I activate the experimental magic.

At that moment, I was engulfed in “World’s End”. I have no recollections beyond that point.

Most probably a Japanese proverb, unfortunately I haven’t encountered this before so any explanation is highly appreciated. (rant) I don’t know about you, but I find that the cost is not worth the benefit, since I’m pretty sure at least half the world will be safe if he decided not to fire that magic, not to mention he might be able to persuade the Demon Lord to treat the remaining humans with a bit of magnanimity. (/rant)

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