Talent-Swallowing Magician Chapter 7

Episode 7

The Shame of the Mervinger Family

There was a dragon there.

A dragon standing upright with a solemn expression, its huge body fully inflated and a powerful storm of magical power flowing out.

It was the same guy that Elric had dealt with just a moment ago.

However, the prestige he exuded was completely different from before.

It was arrogant and intense.

His eyes were filled with the gaze of an absolute being who seemed to overwhelm and dominate all things.

on the other side.

Across from him stood a human whose physique was infinitely smaller than that of the dragon.

Black hair and black eyes.

In contrast, he had a pale complexion.

It looked like it was going to be crushed by the dragon’s swung paw and disappear at any moment, but strangely, it had a cynicism on its lips.

As if the dragon running this way was laughable.

For a moment, Elric realized who the black-haired man was.

‘Devil!’

The ancestor of all ghosts, monsters, and extra-human beings that exist in the world.

It was also known that he had a natural relationship with Yongjong, who pursued the law.

I guess that’s why I’m running into trouble…

If there’s a problem.

‘Who the hell is it?’

It was impossible to guess the identity of the Demon King.

Elric had a deeper understanding of the genealogy of the demons than anyone else.

Since the death of the dragon. This was because the Mervinger family had built a reputation by waging war against demons for over a thousand years.

30 years ago. It was for this very reason that they were the protagonists of the Great Demon War, which greatly enhanced the family’s reputation but eventually led to its downfall.

But you don’t recognize me?

For a moment, I felt anxious.

‘no way?’

perhaps.

Anxiety that this arrangement, which was previously thought to have been left by a dragon, may not in fact have been left by a dragon.

However, regardless of Elric’s thoughts, the battle between the dragon and the demon king had already begun.

After a fierce battle the likes of which had never been seen before, with flames splitting the ground, clouds descending, and ice swirling around.

The Demon King was seen piercing the dragon’s head with a huge spear.

‘…!’

Elric had to swallow the wind without realizing it.

Because the concerns I had had became reality.

The dragon struggled to get up, but eventually lost all strength and collapsed to the floor.

The Demon King triumphantly stepped on the dragon’s head.

ha ha ha.

He burst out laughing and suddenly turned his head this way.

Eyes burning with madness were watching Elric precisely.

『It’s you. A new vessel that will release this terrible seal on me!』

* * *

It was a disaster.

Elric’s body seemed to freeze for a moment.

‘…I was too complacent.’

Why have I never been able to do this before?

I thought it might be a trap.

Perhaps it was because he was blinded by the desire to gain the dragon’s power.

What happened afterwards was also quickly replayed.

The magic energy leaking from the dead dragon instantly turned into chains, binding the Demon King’s hands and feet tightly, and a thick darkness bloomed in the air, growling to devour the Demon King.

The dragon sacrificed his soul and placed a strong curse on the devil.

Sealing into the bottomless pit.

They were trying to plunge the Demon King into the depths of darkness from which no one could escape and make it so that he could never escape again.

The Demon King struggled to escape somehow, but the more he struggled, the stronger the chains became and the more tightly they bound him.

In the end, when more than half of his body fell into the abyss, he had to make an extreme choice.

He decided that rather than being thrown into the bottomless pit like this, he would be buried with the dragon.

Tsutsutsu –

So the Demon King tore his body into pieces. His limbs turned into black demonic energy and spread out like fog.

Of course, that did not mean that he could escape from the restraints, so the fog formed a whirlpool and was sucked into the inside of the spear that was penetrating the dragon.

By sealing himself with the spear and the dragon’s corpse, he escaped the pressure of the bottomless pit.

The chain, which had nowhere to go, tightly bound the spear and the dragon’s corpse instead.

So that the two can never be separated.

So that the Demon King cannot break the seal and escape on his own.

and.

More than a thousand years have passed.

『But you have finally appeared here!』

The Demon King waited and waited. May a vessel appear that can completely contain yourself.

However, among the humans who discovered this place so far, there was no one he liked.

Still, I waited patiently and finally saw the light.

『What’s more, it’s a brand new product that’s never been used! It’s good, it’s very good!』

Also, once things started to work out, they seemed to want to keep working things out, but even though this vessel had excellent qualities, it was in a state where it had not practiced Mana.

The demon king’s satisfied laughter rang loudly.

‘damn…!’

Elric wanted to run away from the Demon King somehow, but strangely, he couldn’t move at all.

It felt as if my body was tightly bound by something invisible.

just as expected.

Soon a halo of light bloomed, and soon chains appeared tightly bound to both of his limbs.

And then the devil appeared in front of him.

With a lot of cynicism on my lips.

Looking up and down Elric’s body as if evaluating it.

『There is no need to be too frustrated. No, rather, we should be happy. From now on, you will become one with this Mephistopheles and explore the world together.』

‘Mephistopheles…?’

A name I’ve never heard before.

Elric wanted to shout something, but strangely he didn’t even open his mouth.

Demon Lord Mephistopheles stretched out his hand to the top of Elric’s head.

『Then now, human being, become my vessel.』

The moment those words ended.

Tsutsutsu –

The Demon King’s body shattered and completely seeped into Elric.

eyes nose mouth. The devil pushed his way into every hole, even the pores.

Cough, cluck, cluck!

“town! “Eup!”

Elric writhed in pain.

So much energy was pouring into my body.

Not only the demonic energy that made up the Demon King, but also the magical power of the dragon that had been mixed in to seal the Demon King!

Of course, it was impossible for a mere human body to accept it all.

Therefore, Elric’s body was changing at a rapid rate.

The muscles were torn and the skeleton was distorted.

The blood vessels were dilated and the veins were opened.

All the waste that had accumulated in the body over the past twenty years came out along the pores, and a Mana Road was formed where the magic energy of the demonic energy and dragon passed.

However, such a mana rod could not accommodate that much magic power at once, so it was repeatedly broken and rebuilt.

The more it did, the thicker and more numerous it became. Then it became a bundle and twisted around each other.

At the same time, my weak body became stronger after studying in the closet for a long time.

However, because all of these changes were forced, they were bound to be extremely painful.

I thought it would be better if I screamed, but I couldn’t even scream.

“ha ha ha. Shainark, he only thought about tormenting me his whole life, so he never dreamed that he would be of help like this.』

The Demon King was greatly pleased to see Elric like that.

It meant that the greater the pain, the more smoothly things would go.

『It’s amazing that the soul isn’t torn apart like this… but I guess it doesn’t matter.』

The Demon King moved toward Elric’s brain, not considering the quality of the vessel that much.

The purpose was to completely destroy Elric’s mental world and replace it with his own ego.

but.

“no. What is this…?』

Unlike my elation at first, I soon became quite embarrassed.

This was because the invasion was impossible.

A barrier of will protected the mental world.

‘Is it going to be yours?’

Elric growled at the Demon King.

『Nonsense…!』

The Demon King was shocked. Because he never thought that a mere human would stand in his way.

Elric was protecting his head by moving the absorbed dragon’s magic.

In common sense, it was nonsense.

Humans can control dragon magic?

That it was only absorbed for a few minutes?

It was a phenomenon that could never have happened as it was.

The problem was that Elric had already gained a vague understanding of dragon magic at the nest.

Of course, even if he couldn’t use magic, it was possible to simply move magical power.

In addition, it was easy to find the Demon King moving on the Mana Road through the mind’s eye.

『What a fool…!』

But even if it was theoretically possible, actually succeeding was a completely different story.

『It seems you are of much better quality than I thought.』

The Demon King let out a voice suppressed by anger.

Immediately a ray of ridicule flowed out.

“but. Well, how long can you last?』

No matter how much Elric had superhuman mental power, he was bound to have limitations unlike himself.

Elric also knew that fact well, so he gritted his teeth.

‘Somehow… I have to find a way!’

Even if there was no way, I planned to hold on somehow.

No matter how long it might take. Sean will definitely come back soon with a rescue team.

Then.

『I don’t know when that will happen, but I hope that one day our voices will be able to reach our descendants in the distant future.』

A miracle occurred.

* * *

That visual real world.

Hwaaa!

Brighter light was once again shining from the pendant magic mirror hanging around Elric’s neck.

It was like the dawn of dawn, like seeing the darkness dispelling the darkness.

Just as when Elric first opened his mind’s eye, the secret function hidden in the heirloom was activated.

Paaaat!

On top of the magic sword, symbols with unknown meanings appeared one after another.

It looked like a character said to have been written in ancient times, or it looked like a symbol, sentence, or diagram with symbolic meaning.

The patterns floated above Elric’s head in a swirl, then broke into small pieces and landed on the top of his head.

and.

『I hope that our future descendants can fully inherit our legacy.』

A voice that could have been left by someone rang out quietly.

However, it contained a binding force that could never be resisted.

A spirit of speech that contains deep magical formula in every word.

『Originally, we were just a group of scholars who wanted to pursue the ultimate in magic.』

『But at some point, as we craved greater power, we became tainted by the devil and caused great harm to the world.』

『Even if it was too late, we realized that mistake . We were created and our family was born in order to awaken the devil, correct the wrongs, and atone for the past .』

『The only mission left to our family is to eradicate the devil.』

『But the devil blooms everywhere and cannot disappear completely.』

『 If so, if you catch that yam and eat it again, it will disappear someday. If so, one day, true magic science will be able to bloom in this land.』

Just like a candle burning its last flame, the magic magic science radiated the brightest light and then died out.

and.

Flash!

Elric’s eyes, which had been closed until now, flashed open.

A dark light rose above the corner of my eyes and tore my son-in-law apart.

『Right here, according to the arrangement, I will swallow the first demon.』

That moment.

Tsutsutsu –

The window that housed the Demon King Mephistopheles collapsed in vain like a sand castle.