Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 555

At Grid's gesture, six portals were created beside the throne.

Pointing at the rippling portals, Grid said,

- Since I became the Demon King among the seven Great Demons, now six Great Demons remain. Where would you like to go first?

Su-ho stared at the six portals for a moment, then asked Grid,

"I've got something to ask."

- What is it?

"If you're a Constellation, then doesn't that mean the other six Great Demons are all Constellations too?"

- No.

"No?"

- I'm the only Great Demon who became a Constellation. Because I'm the only one who raised a partner player all the way to the seat of Demon King. So if we're being strict about it, those others aren't Constellations but sub-Constellations.

"I see. But can I even damage a sub-Constellation? You said even in the East-West War, you're just a symbolic existence."

- It doesn't matter. Whether the opponent is a sub-Constellation or a Constellation, the system will make it work that way.

"What do you mean? Explain it in detail."

- Back when the Great Demons weren't the six Great Demons but the Seven Great Demons including me, each of us received the mission of gathering the Runes of the Seven Deadly Sins scattered across different worlds and becoming the next Demon King. And through you, I gathered all the runes and became the Demon King, which caused the East-West War event to occur.

"And then?"

- But because I'm a Constellation and a symbolic existence, I can't step in directly, so I have to find a Demon King proxy and an avatar-class player to act in my place, and in that process an event where the other six Great Demons are dealt with is bound to unfold. Then the system will naturally adjust things so you can fight sub-Constellations. Otherwise, the East-West War wouldn't be nearly as entertaining.

As expected, before the system's amusement, there was nothing impossible.

"Then the levels will naturally be adjusted to my level too, right?"

- Right.

"Then instead of going to them one by one, how about calling all of them here at once?"

- At once?

"You're a Demon King now, so why should we be the ones going around? If anyone's coming to meet anyone, they should be the ones coming. Call them. Have some dignity as a Demon King. Let's not be the ones making the trip."

After thinking for a moment, Grid grinned.

- Let's do that.

Then he snapped his fingers once more, and soon another new portal was created.

- Come.

At Grid's tilt of the chin, Su-ho followed him into the portal.

***

After taking the portal, they arrived at a circular arena that called the Colosseum to mind.

This place was called the Hall of Demon Gods, a dueling ground prepared inside the Demon King Castle for fierce duels.

Demonic spirits were carved into the walls there, and white fragments that might have been bones or might not were scattered across the ground, mixed into the dirt.

Throughout the Hall of Demon Gods, portals were spread out in the formation of a hexagram, and they were standing at its center.

- Just as you said, I sent invitations. It may be impossible to bring them all here at the exact same time, but once they've seen the invitations, they'll come here on their own.

"Being Demon King isn't all that special. Even after becoming number one in the hierarchy, you still can't call all your underlings at once."

- The seat of Demon King is just a hierarchy the system created. It's not like I seized that position with my own hands. I only won the seat of Demon King by absorbing a few Stigmata, yet the idea that the other Great Demons would truly acknowledge me because of that is laughable.

On that point, he agreed.

Su-ho nodded.

Just then, one of the six portals lit up and someone revealed himself.

He had a sturdy inverted-triangle build, and his upper body was bare. He wore no shoes either.

He was wearing something on his lower body, but even that was just leather-like wrapping like some barbarian's garb, and what stood out even more than that attire was the fact that his skin was a deep blood-red color.

Su-ho had seen him before.

It was none other than Ras of Wrath.

"Uaaaaah!! So it's you!!"

[ The Great Demon of Wrath, Ras, uses Ruler-Class Fear. ]

[ Dragon Blood activates. ]

[ Due to the Dragon Mind effect of Dragon Blood, Fear is not applied. ]

Ras's voice rang out thunderously.

As expected of the Great Demon of Wrath, he was full of rage from the very moment he appeared.

But even though he used Fear the moment he came in, now not even Ruler-Class Fear stripped away buff effects anymore.

'Looks like it's because I became a High Player.'

At Ras's booming entrance, Su-ho smirked.

"Your character's really consistent."

- That's why he showed up first.

"But why's he that angry? Is he always like that?"

- No, I wrote on the invitation that the player who killed you on Earth last time had come. That's why he came first.

"Ah?"

So that wasn't an invitation but a challenge letter—no, a provocation letter?

No wonder he came storming in like that.

Then again, it was only natural.

After suffering a humiliating defeat to Su-ho before, Ras had been waiting for the day they would meet again.

And among the six Great Demons, he was the demon with the most anger.

It was only normal that he'd be the first to come charging over.

When Ras, breathing furiously, swung his hand, the pair of enormous morning stars that were his favorite weapons were summoned into his grasp.

"I have waited for the day I would meet you again...!"

"What an honor. But before that, you do know how the situation stands right now, don't you?"

"They say you're that bastard Grid's avatar? Fine then. If you defeat me directly, my true body, rather than a human contractor, then I will gladly acknowledge you and participate in the East-West War as a Great Demon!"

"Sounds good. But are you sure it's okay for you to come at me alone first? If you need it, I can even allow a joint attack with the other demons."

"Utter bullshit!!"

He lightly needled him just in case they might come at him together, but Ras immediately refused and charged in.

As expected of the Great Demon of Wrath, provoking him had excellent cost-efficiency.

When Su-ho stretched out his hand and summoned the Blood Sword, Grid asked,

- But do you not need my help?

"Do I have to? I beat him back then without your power. Why would I need it now?"

- True.

He had seen the notification saying that by becoming the Demon King's avatar, he could inherit and use the Demon King's abilities.

But did he really need Grid's power now against a guy he'd already subdued once?

He did not.

"Uaaaaaaah!!"

[ The Great Demon of Wrath, Ras, uses Rampaging Wrath. ]

[ The Great Demon of Wrath, Ras.... ]

When Ras let out a roar, all kinds of skill effects activated and strengthened him.

He soon charged at Su-ho like a runaway tank, and Su-ho stood still in place like a matador, holding up his sword and aiming it at Ras.

Boom!!

Ras came rushing in and smashed together the morning stars he held in both hands.

A powerful shockwave erupted and blasted the surroundings away as though explosives had gone off.

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