Chapter 234

"How is this possible?!"

Beldia had already fallen from the equally headless undead warhorse; he could clearly feel his magic power and physical strength being plundered by an invisible but terrifying force.

And the closer one got to the position of the boy suspended in the sky, the faster this loss of magic power and physical strength became.

By now, of the charging squad, aside from him and Yasaka Hime, everyone had already collapsed on the charge route; the two of them still standing were merely struggling to hold on.

Long swords braced against the ground, raising their heads to gaze up at the guy floating in the sky — that was already the limit of what they could do.

As for attacking, when they couldn't even lift their swords, on what grounds could they launch an offense against a guy drifting in midair?

Broly manipulated his absorption aura, carefully excluding the already fallen Demon King Army soldiers from the absorption aura's effect.

Just as he was about to speak, two figures shot out from the hillside again, launching some attack magic at him from a great distance.

"Don't get close to that guy; defeat him with long-range attacks!"

The Fallen Angel who hadn't joined the charge observed the situation and shouted at the winged chimera Sylvia.

But the next moment, the Fallen Angel saw his own cast Advanced Magic 【Cursed Lightning】 rapidly dissipate right in front of the boy suspended in the sky, just as it got close.

The same went for Sylvia's magic attacks.

"Even the magic power of already constructed magic can be forcibly melted away?"

The Fallen Angel's pupils shrank.

Without further words, he and Sylvia rapidly maneuvered and flipped in the air, trying to dodge that invisible attack.

"How did he do it?"

When Broly raised his hand aiming at the Fallen Angel and Sylvia, Miss Kureya, Princess Alice's guard, also asked; she completely couldn't understand how the boy managed to do this kind of thing, making the entire charging Demon King Army collapse.

"Is my disciple amazing or not?"

Aqua put her hands on her hips, looking rather proud, as if she were the one who did this.

"This is Absorption Magic; Broly can use this unique Absorption Magic to absorb others' magic power, physical strength..."

Wiz couldn't explain the Lich skill well, so she could only vaguely explain the situation before them as Absorption Magic.

However, this ability to release Absorption Touch in an area mainly relies on Broly's own powerful Qi to drive it.

Different from conventional Absorption Touch, Broly's absorption aura doesn't absorb others' energy through technique.

Rather, it's because he possesses stronger internal energy than others that he can forcibly plunder their energy.

To use a parable: Absorption Touch is a pickpocket technically stealing money; Broly's absorption aura becomes a thug holding an AK47, robbing energy (Qi) from multiple individuals.

To avoid being robbed, either stay away from the thug, or be stronger than the thug; but in terms of Broly's individual strength, speaking only of this world, there probably doesn't exist any biological individual capable of being immune to his absorption aura.

"No good, we simply can't dodge that bizarre trick that makes our internal magic power and physical strength drain away; we have to finish off the opponent before our magic power and physical strength run out~"

The two fast-flying, dodging figures, upon discovering they fundamentally couldn't shake off the invisible attack draining their magic power and physical strength, wanted to rush in and fight Broly to the death.

But just like Beldia and the Demon King's daughter below, during the approach to Broly, because of the accelerated drain of magic power and physical strength, they fell straight down.

"Now you've calmed down, haven't you?"

Demon King Army: "..."

Most individuals had already fallen into a state of deep unconsciousness.

And those who hadn't fallen unconscious didn't have the strength to retort either.

"You call this calm?!"

Fortunately, the old Demon King and other Demon King Army members who hadn't joined the charge or taken radical actions were present; these people served as the straight men.

"Since you've all calmed down, listen to me for a moment.

*Cough cough*...

Gentlemen of the Demon King Army, by now you should have recognized your own weakness, right?

Recognize your weakness, understand your weakness, and accept your weakness.

For you weaklings, this is absolutely nothing shameful..."

Hearing the boy's words, the still-conscious Demon King and Demon King Army members: "..."

This was the first time someone had used the word "weakness" to describe them.

But, looking at their own people fallen all along the way, they really couldn't refute the Saiyan boy's words.

"Here..."

Broly forgot the rest of his lines, so he took out the surrender note from his bosom that he'd gotten before coming, from the Crimson Demon Village, written by that Red Demon Clan girl who was more than willing to become a great writer.

Reading the note, Broly continued smoothly: "Here, I sincerely hope the Demon King Army gentlemen can surrender, accept my mercy, do not continue stubborn resistance, submit to the First Strongest of Wanpa Star, submit to the will of the true strong, and live on."

Broly flipped the note over and added: "Hope the Demon King Army members who heard this speech can convey this speech to uninformed compatriots."

Yasaka Kyoichi: "..."

As the Demon King, his mood was very complex.

Having lived so many years, he hadn't never seen reincarnated heroes with absurd strength.

But one this absurd — he truly was seeing it for the first time. "Demon King-sama..."

His close aide at his side called out to him, then knelt on one knee.

"Willing to serve you unto death!"

One kneels, all kneel; the guards and close aides around him all meant the same thing, willing to stake their lives to fight for the old Demon King before them against a terrifying enemy with zero hope of victory.

"Cut it out; you want to die, but these old bones of mine still want to live..."

Though he said that, Yasaka Kyoichi still asked Broly a question.

"Before surrendering, I want to know — is that blue-haired unscrupulous woman really a Goddess?"

Broly: 「……」

He didn't quite know how to respond.

After a moment of silence, he nodded and said, "Aqua Master, she is indeed a Goddess."

"Very well, then on behalf of the Demon King Army, I surrender to you, Broly-sama."

The old Demon King nodded, but then added,

"However, I won't be surrendering just yet."

"Hmm?"

Broly looked at the old Demon King with some confusion.

"Demon King-sama?"

His confidants and guards didn't understand what this meant either.

"Three hundred years ago, a lonely hero came here and defeated the Demon King who was occupying this place."

According to the original course of events, the hero who defeated the Demon King would be summoned and rewarded by the Goddess, and the Lonely Hero's only wish was to return home.

However, after enduring great hardships to defeat the Demon King, he received neither a summons from the Goddess nor any reward once the Demon King was defeated.

He was left in this foreign world, and the Lonely Hero, with nowhere to go, could only settle in the Demon King's castle..."

The old Demon King told the story to himself, and at the end of this story, human adventurers came to subjugate the Demon King; upon discovering the Demon King had been defeated, they, unwilling to accept it, attacked the hero who had defeated the Demon King.

They tried to treat the hero as the Demon King and eliminate him, which ultimately caused the hero—whose fate was already troubled—to have his mindset snap and blacken into the new generation Demon King.

"This is the story of our clan. After crossing a long span of time, we hate humans, and we hate the so-called gods."

"So, old man wants to ask one thing for our pitiful ancestor: why exactly was he abandoned in this world?"

When Broly conveyed the old Demon King's question to Aqua, this Water Goddess looked blank: "A hero who once defeated a Demon King—how would I not know about him?"

"The hero with the ability to level up quickly!"

The Demon King reminded her.

"Saying that is useless; I've reincarnated so many heroes, how could I possibly remember them one by one?"

Aqua simply couldn't remember at all.

"Wait, so the truth is, Aqua, you yourself forgot that hero?"

Darkness and the others, who had also heard the story of the Lonely Hero, quickly realized that the so-called Lonely Hero was very likely a fact forgotten by Aqua.

"I have a question: after you goddesses reincarnate heroes, don't you need to be responsible for them?"

"Theoretically, they should be responsible, but so many heroes who challenge the Demon King have died—who knows which one will succeed..."

Aqua's voice grew weaker and weaker, and she also realized why this world would produce even more terrifying Demon Kings.

"Would saying sorry now be of any use?"

Aqua asked cautiously.

The old Demon King smiled broadly.

The next moment...

"Blacker than black, darker than darkness, pitch black, condensing the three hundred years of resentment of our ancestors—go die, Goddess Aqua, Multi-Explosion Magic!"

"Broly, save me!"

Dak. Aqua cried out.

"Go, Energy Bullet!"

Broly decisively threw his Energy Bullet at the already-formed Explosion Magic.

The old Demon King was not a combatant, but his skill level had been raised very high over his long life, especially his ability to cast spells quickly.

The collision of Multi-Explosion Magic and the Energy Bullet formed a terrifying cluster of explosive energy on the slope below the Demon King's Castle; Broly raised an Energy Barrier to block the aftershocks of the explosion, while Aqua clung to his waist, trembling like a child who had done something wrong.

When everything finally settled, the old Demon King had already collapsed to the ground; this clan's three hundred years of resentment clearly could not increase the power of his Explosion Magic by much, nor could it possibly defeat Broly, the Saiyan.

"Phew, phew..."

Aqua, having caught her breath, patted her chest and tried to stand up as if nothing had happened, but she was met with strange looks from the others.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Darkness said nothing, merely spat a mouthful of saliva onto the ground in front of her.

(Chapter End)