2nd Rank Has Returned - 2nd Rank Has Returned chapter 297

297 – Error Existence-3

It was almost a gamble for the Demon King to enter the body of Ajin.

Because it had a similar structure to the test subject, there was room to consider its suitability as a vessel, but there were too many risk factors to enter that familiar directly.

As it is a familiar demon, it could be subdued by being controlled by its owner, Leo, and there was also the possibility that the wise man would directly infiltrate it and destroy its spirit body.

“I was really lucky.”

But it was the devil who won the gamble.

It was a gamble chosen because there were no dishes left, but the devil was still in control of the luck.

“I never would have thought that my lack of trust in myself would have weakened my connection to the maximum.”

I didn’t even expect that instilling in Leo the anxiety that he could become the devil would be rewarded in this way.

Leo himself was, consciously or unconsciously, concerned about becoming a demon lord, so he minimized his connection to Ajin as a familiar.

The wise man, who was briefly connected to Ain, also lost his attention to Leo in order to maintain his spirit.

More than anything, those two didn’t even realize that Ain was suitable as a vessel.

“Wow…”

Arya vomited her blood. No matter how brave she is, if her abdomen is pierced in the distance, her life is in danger.

{…Such… Vulgar…}

Black Arya had already squeezed out all the energy to manifest to the limit. Right now, it’s difficult for her to even get a word out, let alone fight back.

Finally, all Black Aria could do was avoid her fatal wound with only a handful of her remaining divine power.

As if her color had been bleached, Aria ended up pouring out her blood with her hair turning completely white.

“The devil…!”

Eventually, Leo rushed to her subhuman instead of Aria. For now, Aria’s treatment was the priority.

From Noble mtl dot com

{Lumine investigation! Treatment…!}

“…Ah, I understand…!”

Neither Lumine nor Angela could keep their cool in this situation. When Ain was used as a vessel for the Demon King like that, their judgment was bound to be shaken.

“That’s too much. Dad. “You’re swinging a knife at the ‘doll’ you loved so much.”

“Shut up!”

Most of her mana and stamina have already been used up, and even the current engagement is not a viable solution.

It was just a matter of buying time to relieve this blind confusion and anger.

“You were definitely a dangerous enemy. “I guess the reason humanity held on so long after I died was because you fought like a psychopath that much.”

Ain’s hands could not be compared to the magical beasts she had seen so far.

Leo could understand what that hand was like even though he didn’t see it in person. Memories of a warrior who fought against the Demon King flooded into his head.

I instantly understood why she called herself Ruben’s past life.

“But because you regressed, you had no choice but to become weaker.”

The Demon King stretched out his black hand towards Leo, who was having a hard time handling Ajin’s body.

The hand of the demonic beast that changed when it first descended into this world was a grip that even the world’s warriors and holy swords could not avoid struggling against its power.

Kaaang!!

The magic swords struck in an instant, but the long sword had already degenerated from the original magic tool of the wise man.

While I just put all my effort into hitting the sum with Aria.

“Why is that? Dad. “Are you tired?”

The Demon King was attacking with even greater morale than before. Unlike other works, Ain had a structure that was convenient to design as he modified it himself and was good at fighting.

Unfortunately, the only flaw was that it lacked immortality as a vessel.

[…That bastard… Deliberately hurting himself…!]

“…You son of a b*tch…”

The devil used that weakness as a weapon. The demi-human’s body is gradually worn out, and it repeats further changes and modifications without paying attention to such a body.

Ain’s current body was a great weapon and hostage.

“Being a hero is truly tough. “He gives affection to even a mere doll, clouding his judgment…”

If you think of Ajin as a mere familiar, destroying his body was the safest strategy.

However, as a human being, there was no way Leo could stand the premise of killing an Ain who had given him family affection.

“But what if other family members get sick?”

The Demon King soon ran towards where his colleagues other than Leo were.

In order to throw Leonardo even further into the cycle of good and evil, and to bring even more despair to the man named Leonardo, he began attacking members of the Reinhardt family.

“This strange thing!! “Get away from my granddaughter!!”

Marken shouted and swung his shield at the Demon King. The judgment was made that if at least suppression was possible, this problem might be put on hold.

“What a pity. “I never thought everyone would be this foolish.”

However, Marken was also shaken when he attacked with a shield rather than a sword.

Pussuk!!

His face was simply blown away, and his left arm holding the shield was torn by his fingernails. One of the old man’s arms was shaking like a stretched rubber band, and was on the verge of being amputated.

“Ugh…!”

“Father!!”

Gladio hurriedly blocked the shield to protect himself, but he could tell just by looking. Marken’s arm was already in a state that was no different from being amputated.

“Isn’t it a good feeling?”

As if Gladio’s protection was no different, Ain tears the shield to pieces again. He collapses immediately from the force, tearing his lungs to the point of exposing them.

The judgment itself of subjugation was arrogant.

“Brother!”

Defending his family, Chris threw away his dagger.

Because she had caught the most test subjects so far, she had no stamina left, just like the two warriors.

She was the only fighting force that could capture the demon king called Ain.

“With magic…!!”

Rios hurriedly sought treatment for his parents and grandparents. Aria was already critically injured, and the only thing she could do right now was provide first aid.

‘…Damn it…! I am…!’

Leonardo felt a pain that felt as if his head would break. There was no one here who did not feel that kind of pain, but the pain that Leo felt was immediately beyond such physical concepts.

[…Leo! No! If you fall too…!]

Leo was also being eroded by the plague called the Demon King to the point where it was pointless for the wise man to suppress it.

Using a familiar called Ain as a carrier, it eroded even more thoroughly into the existence of Leo.

At the same time, it also meant that the vessel called Ain was completely shattered.

‘…No…’

Disappearing.

The many relationships that he continued, continued, and continued.

Those relationships are crushed in the most hopeless form.

I already knew why I couldn’t fight with Reinhardt before returning.

I had already understood since I was in my 20s that Ariasviel was unable to hold on to me.

‘…I am like this again…’

Because Leonardo was weak, he couldn’t help, so he was sent back alive that way.

Reinhardt’s family was kicked out and came back to live in the hope that he would live.

‘…What’s different from now?’

I thought it would be different, at least now.

He thought that he had become stronger and that it would help him differently than before.

But it was the opposite. Rather, he arrived here in the worst possible form, capable of completely resurrecting the Demon King.

‘What on earth has changed since then?’

Even though Chris’s eyes are being torn apart right in front of him, Leo can’t do anything.

There was nothing I could do other than scream from the insignificant mental pain.

“…There is a way…”

A short method that will soon cross your mind. Someone will have to make a sacrifice, but this method will definitely allow everyone to get out of here alive.

But only one person has to be sacrificed.

[Leo, you… No way…]

The wise man’s thoughts also rush to his head. I felt like he was desperately trying to stop me, but I couldn’t think of any other possibility to save everyone.

“…Sage… Please.”

With those words as his last words, Leonardo turned to Ain.

Black divine power gushed out from the body without filtering. As he was being eroded by the Demon King, he was unable to use the black divine power without difficulty.

[No! If you do that, you…!]

The wise man was able to get a glimpse of Leo’s intention in the unfolding ceremony. He unleashed in his hands a magic he had not taught, a black magic that could cause a soul to die with a single blow.

“…Are you finally coming forward?! Rubeeen!?”

The charging demon lord, his entire body was already cracked like the earth hit by an earthquake, and demonic energy was gushing out.

Ain only has excellent physical transformation abilities, but he was not born with immortality like Leo and Ren.

Soon, the vessel called Ain will inevitably collapse.

So before that.

‘…It’s about remembering.’

Magic is created in one hand of Leo. Contrary to the pure magic taught by the wise man, a murky and deceptive black magic is created, like when he overpowered the berserker.

‘…Damn…!’

Leonardo himself knows it.

When you use black magic, your connection with the devil becomes stronger again. If I were to use it in the current situation, there was definitely a possibility that my body would be completely taken away.

‘…Still…’

There was no room to retreat anymore.

At least for now, I didn’t hesitate or lose anything.

The reason he regressed was because he was there.

“…No more…!”

The composition is the curse of instant death used by the King of Death, and Leo already knew the trick since he had experienced it once.

“Die…! Devil…!!”

What was thrown was a curse aimed at the Demon King, not at the demi-human but at the Demon King’s soul.

With this, it would be possible to annihilate the Demon Lord without killing the demi-humans.

“It’s a really childish idea. “What a disappointment!”

But the Demon King already knew that.

Leo’s actions were already within the scope of predicting the form in which the Demon King’s curse would take effect.

[Have we finally crossed the line!! Ruben!!]

The Demon King came out of Ajin’s body and attacked Leo.

Just as black magic attacks your mind, this time it takes over your body.

[You, too, were nothing more than a foolish human being. This time it’s my victory!]

As the devil’s energy gradually penetrated his body, Leo’s mind gradually became tinged with that of the devil.

The joy and pleasure satisfy the devil.

If you have this power, you can perfectly embody your existence in this world.

＜…I guess I’m mistaken.＞

That was a fact that Leo also knew.

[…The curse…! In your body…! Why is your ban…!]

The curse of instant death used on the Demon King was judged to be meaningless if it only entered the body of the immortal Leo.

That was limited to the fact that the target was Leo.

The reason immortality came about in the first place was because Leo forcibly engraved a ban on God.

＜…Because I used this curse on you in the first place… We are still completely strangers, aren’t we?＞

[…It’s just a matter of time anyway. As soon as they are combined…!]

That too was already predicted.

“Sage…!! “Hurry up and take him out!!”

[…I understand.]

The wise man went outside without being affected by the devil.

It had to be that way.

[…I’m sorry…]

The Philosopher’s Stone soon leaves Leo’s body. It was forcibly removed through a black stone.

“Wait a minute…! Wise man…!”

Aria, who was barely healed, understood the current situation.

I understood what the wise man wanted to do.

[I’m sorry…!]

The wise man used magic to escape the Demon King’s Castle.

Magic applied to everyone present except the Demon King, and the Demon King was possessed by Leo.

“No…!!”

When I realized it, it had already been activated.

“No way!!”

Only the fallen Aria’s screams echoed through the Demon Castle and the fallen Leo.