Chapter 178: Come on, Masked Demon Big Brother!

【Ah, this vexing guilt, truly delicious～】

【But that speed and strength just now, could they really be possessed by a human?】

Vanir lay on the ground, immersed in the guilt Broly transmitted while pondering Broly's earlier attack.

Originally thinking the boy was merely favored by the Goddess, with her aura on him causing his Thousand-Mile Eyes to fail, he never expected the other to actually possess real strength.

That speed was so fast that if not for his Thousand-Mile Eyes capturing future changes in the surrounding air, he wouldn't even have been able to react.

And the weight of that fist striking him felt like being rammed by a giant magic beast concentrating its force.

If the other had aimed at his mask, this clone of his would probably have been KO'd outright; the other's earlier words weren't arrogance, just stating a fact.

This little brat really is a genuine monster! 【Then, how should I deal with the current situation?】

Vanir grew troubled.

「Mr. Vanir, if you don't get up from the ground, I'll consider you to have surrendered over here. 」

Over there, Wiz shouted at Him.

「Bastard, Wiz you heartless lich, can't you let me lie down a bit longer, absorb more of his guilt? 」

Vanir, with only half his body left, propped himself up from the ground and roared at Wiz, who had a hand cupped to his mouth as a megaphone.

「Huh, you're not dead? 」

After Vanir got up, Broly's guilt over thinking he'd killed a good demon from overexertion vanished outright.

「How is it, I'm not dead, doesn't that disappoint you? 」

Vanir's body recondensed, and He asked directly.

「No, I'm not disappointed, just curious—why can a weak demon like you boast so much? Aren't you ashamed? 」

Broly spoke his heart's truth; sincerity was his finisher, and Vanir felt as if an arrow had pierced his heart.

「I'm weak? 」

Though just a clone, in this world, how many people can instantly kill Him?

「You're not weak? 」

Broly raised his small fist, as if saying: I just blew you up earlier.

「Hah, hahaha, it seems I really was underestimated. Since that's the case, there's nothing more to say. If today I can't show you my might, then I'd be unworthy of being a Hell Duke. Come out, my clay clones! 」

Vanir, having restored his body, slapped the ground; the grassy ground turned soft, and countless tiny clay Vanirs crawled up from the ground.

「This is? 」

Broly looked at the small Vanir jumping onto him, unable to understand what these doll-sized little things could do.

「Not even going to dodge? Then I'll teach you a lesson: when facing unknown things in the wild, keeping your distance is a good habit. 」

「These strange little trumpets of yours, is there a problem? 」

Broly held a small trumpet Vanir and asked.

「Of course there's a problem. The problem is, boom～」

Vanir snapped his fingers.

On Broly's side, fire suddenly erupted, kicking up a large cloud of smoke and dust.

「The small clones I create can explode～」

Vanir then continued.

「Each explosion equals the power of an intermediate Fireball spell. Being bombarded by so many of my small clones, even if you're a monster……」The words weren't finished when the smoke and dust dispersed. In the center of the smoke, Broly waved his hand; aside from his clothes being somewhat torn by the explosion, he had no other injuries.

Of course, the state of him being covered in ash and dirt doesn't count.

「An interesting trick, but the smoke kicked up is too big, lacking in spectacle. If I were to give a score for this kind of talent performance, I could give at most seven points. 」

Broly said seriously.

「You bastard, just how high is your defense value? 」

Vanir asked.

「Maxed out. What's wrong? 」

「Your values can't all be maxed out, right? 」

「No, intelligence and luck aren't maxed out. 」

This answer left Vanir silent. He realized the boy opposite might be a super stat monster, and this ability should have been bestowed by the gods.

「Damn it, those goddesses with donkey-kicked brains, are they sending more unreasonable cheat reincarnators into this world again? 」

Vanir cursed. As a Hell Duke who enjoyed humans as emotional chefs, he had cleaned up many messes caused by reincarnators into this world—messes that could threaten human lives or even the world.

For example, that Fortress Destroyer caused by a certain reincarnator. If he hadn't asked another Hell Duke with reality-warping ability to forcibly twist that thing's movement path, who knows how many human cities would have been destroyed by it.

And now, another reincarnator who might evolve into an unsolvable existence has arrived. Vanir liked humans, but also understood their dark side.

Therefore, he knew what could happen when someone with absolute power grows up in this world.

Only two possibilities: one, a Holy Saint who can restrain their desires and power; two, a lawless tyrant who follows only their own desires.

The former is a superman, the latter a homeland person, and the probability of the latter appearing is far greater than the former.

Though the one opposite now looks like a normal-minded little brat, who knows what the other, already this strong now, will become in the future? The current Demon King Army, since the Demon King himself as supreme ruler isn't very interested in invading human territory or destroying humans, isn't considered too great a threat to humans.

But if the Demon King changes in the future, like that old friend long ago reincarnated into this world who could quickly level up by soloing monsters.

Are we supposed to pin this world's future on the current Demon King's daughter, hoping another hero falls for a beautiful demon queen and becomes a new Demon King who restrains his power? No, such things have too many uncertain factors. What if she doesn't fall for that beautiful demon queen routine? Then this world is finished.

No, he must stand up for this world and fight the brat with dangerous abilities opposite him.

If possible, before the other fully grows into an unsolvable existence, crush him in the cradle. Defeat him, make him sign a contract with himself, limit his behavioral norms……

Wait, why am I, a Hell Demon, doing this? Protecting the world—shouldn't that be the gods' responsibility? 【Damn it, this world definitely has a problem～】

Vanir's thoughts raced, and after figuring these things out, he gave up his original playful mindset.

「Hey, little brat……」

"What?"

"For this world, I must defeat you here!"

"Hmm?"

Broly didn't understand what the other meant, but at this moment Vanir charged over here without hesitation.

"Cheer on, masked Demon Big Brother!"

Pity, behind Vanir there was no little boy shouting like that to Him, nor would anyone understand that as a Thousand-Mile Eyes Demon, He was now determined beyond measure to save this World from possibly falling under the rule of a dictatorial Tyrant in some future Timeline.

(Note 1: Broly's Strength/Power was too strong, Vanir couldn't see through his future in this World, but initially thought this was a shielding situation caused by the Goddess's Blessing~)

(Note 2: The Red Demon Clan Fortune Teller could divine a certain world-destroying if line of Broly because the divination target and method were different, not directly divining Broly~)

(Chapter End)