Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 4 Prologue
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Devil Lord Leohart.
After the death of the previous devil lord, dominating at the peak of the devil world was the new young lord.
Although Wilbert, who was part of the moderates, had the reputation as the strongest, he had chosen to evacuate from the human world in the previous war, choosing to have a stable and peaceful life. After the war ended sixteen years later, loyal to their basic instincts, both the moderates faction and the radicals faction in the devil world had a desire for revenge against god, harbouring strong resentment.
-Until about a year before Wilbert's death, the state of affairs in the devil world had a big change.
With Wilbert rallying huge support, the moderates faction quickly collapsed., and the momentum for the Radical faction and the Conservative faction rose.
At the end, the two factions merged into a single force, and crowned the new devil lord, Leohart.
Him having the blood of the immediate family of the duke house which has produced generations of devil lords since ancient times, and also with his display of valour in the last war, was the reason that he was chosen. Back then, Leohart was different from Wilbert, who was better than him at controlling the situation of the devil world. He had led the elite forces in the forefront of the front lines, and has achieved excellent military exploits. Although there was another devil on the front lines with a similarly splendid record, however, contact with that devil was lost in the war. Hence, the honour of a war hero was given to only Leohart. And it was with this honour, that had gained him the support of the Moderate faction and the Radical Faction, and hence letting him gain the seat of the devil lord. Still, Leohart was very young, and since he was hailed as the successor of the strongest devil lord Wilbert, it just isn't so awesome. Hence for the symbol of the authority of the throne, he specially chose the biggest, grandest, and the most stately palace in existence in the devil world for his use.
-But right now, Leohart's palace had suddenly received an intense shock. No, that’s not a metaphor. It was an intense vibration that had originated from the throne chamber, literally shocking the whole palace. Then -
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Leohart escaped from the chamber from a hole made in the wall by the attack, and landed lightly in the the atrium. Looking up, he saw a shadow coming after him, jumping from the collapsing wall. The hem of the jacket flapped in the wind, and with the strike of a sword aimed at Leohart, this was the strongest man, the ' God of War ' from the last war from the hero tribe.
Jin Tojo.
Leohart immediately raised the cursed blade in his hand, barely managing to block Jin's strike. Thung!... The sound of their swords clashing instantly sounded out. Due to the strength of the strike, there will in after-effects, and so with a boom, the aftermath from the attack spread out in all directions, instantly destroying the floor of the atrium and the other facilities in the palace, like the fountain and the pool. Presently, -
Hahahahaha!...
Leohart then separated, brandishing the cursed blade, causing Jin to quickly move back with a Oh! and a flip over Leohart, and with his sword on his right sword, he said with a giggle:
Ah~ It has dulled a little... Seems like imagining the actions and actually doing it are really indeed different...
And even patting his shoulder with the ridge of his sword. Just then, -
- Your majesty Leohart!
Are you all right your majesty!?
Guardsmen hurried to Leohart's side, raising their magic weapons at Jin, at the ready to fire.
Stand down. You are not a match for him.
But they were ordered to stop by Leohart calm judgement. The elite troops guarding the throne chamber would all be paralysed, and if the normal soldiers were to fight him, their aftermath could range from never being able to fight again, to being a worthless sacrifice. However, when Jin looked around, -
..Really? Apart from you, there seems to be quite a few fitting the role of a hunter...
Said that like he has seen through the situation.
...Even his analytical surveying of the situation is so keen, this really is troublesome.
Right now, Balthier was Leohart's trusted vassal, and should be awaiting orders, hiding in either the crowd of the normal soldiers or the nearby buildings. Following that, -
Your majesty Leohart, may I ask taking what would be the best action to make now?
Balthier, unsure, asked for orders.
- None of you make any moves. I shall be the one to take care of him.
-After all, he was the Jin Tojo, known as the strongest hero.
In this year, Leohart who was crowned at a young age, it was him himself who eliminated part of those who had desires for creating puppets for their own means. But there were still many like Zolgear, who were still not yet eliminated.
However,
Whether was it sympathy, or that he had a chivalrous heart, he didn't know. Jin had taken in Mio Naruse, and letting her live together with his son, and as for the reason, Leohart couldn't understand why, from Lars's report, from the one responsible for observations. Wait, could it be that -
… Could it be that the reason for protecting your son and Wilbert's daughter, was for you to come here directly to settle your score with me, Jin Tojo?
Nope, I've had no such intentions. The reason that I came to the devil world, was to personally witness the changes that had taken place after Wilbert's death, and to just take a rest at your place on the way... Fine, fine, this is a warning to you guys, to not get anyone to bully and take advantage of my son's intentions.
Even while talking, Jin's eyes was focused intensely on Leohart.
And here I was thinking that after taking Wilbert's position, you would be reluctant to have the orphaned girl who have inherited his power. The one who doesn't know that she has the blood of the devil lord, and have been raised like a normal girl, and could possibly have been a potential devil lord, must have been played around with very well. And for the other party to be rather chivalrous young male hero?
… - Shut up.
Leohart rushed towards the Jin who had a wry smile, and increased his speed with his body lowered reaching high speeds in just a moment, slashing at Jin.
-In the war, Leohart's skill with his blade had taken the lives of many from the hero tribe.
However, every strike of his blade was being blocked by Jin. What's even more surprising, was that with the way Jin was moving his blade, there wasn't even any sign of swordsmanship. It was just purely reflexive brandishing of his blade that was nullifying Leohart's relentless swordsmanship, producing countless amounts of times their swords had clashed.
To have this much skill, it is possible for you who is still this young to be on the devil lord's throne... And not to mention that you still have a pair of eyes. Ah... If that's the case, you really are something noteworthy.
Jin gave a smile, like he had just understood the truth. Even if he was from the hero tribe, as to whether or not he is a human; normally a human was weaker than a devil by several levels. And on the conditions of a human's body, he was past his prime.
And yet Jin's body condition was able to match up with the current devil lord, and possibly surpassing him.
...This is really unbelievable... So this is Jin Tojo?
Amazing... He really was worthy of having the name as the God of War. Although having participated in the wars that lasted until sixteen years ago, Leohart had never had the chance to fight with Jin, -
To think that he had such power...
In that war, the devils of a calibre similarly as good as Leohart, had suddenly disappeared. And it was very likely that like the rumours, they had really crossed paths with Jin. In the sixteen years that had followed, Leohart had studied to reach the even more advanced levels in martial arts. But still, it was likely that he was only able to barely stand a chance against Jin.
After the war... No. Even during the war, he had never met such an opponent.
So what!?
Leohart then rushed forward at a speed and angle that was even faster and sharper than before, releasing a shockwave that was different from before. Leohart's cursed sword, then clashed with Jin's blade.
Oh oh...!
Leohart had swung his blade from Jin's back, but he had jumped aside. Following that, Jin watched the cursed blade in Leohart's hand let out a black aura, and after being impressed and letting out a ho~, he discarded his broken blade.
I knew that wasn't just a normal cursed sword... But, I guess it indeed had to be like that just to be the devil lord's weapon?
Leohart's cursed sword Loki, was the currently known most powerful magical sword. Since their combat prowess was at a similar level, their weapon would probably the the deciding factor between victory or defeat.
Devour him, Loki.
When Leohart said that quietly with a low voice, -
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The cursed blade seemed to emit a dark glow in response. The agglomerate and influence earned from the feat of defeating the strongest hero, was one that Leohart was willing to gain at all costs, even if he had to level the city.
Hence, Leohart has let the cursed blade Loki's powers increase to its limit.
A loud sound, was accompanied with a disruption. The space distorted in where the darkness surged out wildly.
This darkness could devour Jin whole, with the potential of leaving no traces of his body or spirit. That was the attack.
The battle has ended, at least, that was how it was. Devil lord Leohart instead saw an image of unbelievable confidence.
Before Jin Tojo was devoured by the darkness, he let out an impertinent smile, and following that, -
Wowowowowowowowowowowowowowo!
With a roar, a green aura appeared on Jin's body, and then concentrated it on his right fist.
With exaggerated movements, he used his right fist to ram into the darkness with seemingly brute force, shaking the area with a heavy bass sound, and rebounded the dark energy back to Leohart. Faced with the dark energy rebounding back to him at a much faster speed, -
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Deciding quickly, Leohart used his cursed sword to sweep upwards to the right, cutting into that darkness and splitting it.
In next moment, an earth-shaking shock and 'boom' sound resounded.
The deflected and cut dark energy, totally obliterated the giant south wall of the palace.
The impact was so strong, that it forced the atmosphere in the atrium into a frenzy, with confusion and screaming everywhere. Just then, -
All right... This should probably be enough.
It seems that Basara Tojo's purpose for his visit was already accomplished.
No matter how ambitious Leohart was, or how dense the evil intentions and dark desires are in the surroundings, the currently expansion of the currently former devil lord's faction would not stop, and would eventually dissolve the state of the moderates faction.
The most effective way to stop this, would be to shake the trust of the devils in the new devil lord's ability and charisma, creating doubts in the subordinates. And this is the reason why Jin chose the atrium, which was teeming with normal soldiers onlooking, to have a 'meeting' with Leohart. Just now, Leohart's assault, the the meaning of power was shown to the surrounding people, but then he had instead received Jin's counter-attack.
Not only had Jin rebounded Leohart's attack back to him, he had shown his existence of being a very big threat part of the devils in the city.
This would probably enough to deter the current devil lord from deploying the higher ups, and to create doubt and unrest in lower subordinates
This would probably be enough to give them a scare...
Just was the Jin Tojo who was thinking this was about to decide to slip away, something caught his eye.
- !
The next moment, he moved his body, in a way, and creating a thunder-like shockwave.
In the explosive impact creating a confusion maelstrom, devil lord Leohart personally saw 'that'.
Running across the atrium in an instant, and rushing into the falling rubble.
Hoping to escape in the mess...?
Beyond the city wall was a cliff, and under the cliff was a moat. Jumping from the whole in the wall, it was likely that the water would ease the impact of the fall, and the chances of making it out safely was quite high. However, that was not accounting for the huge weight of the falling rubble, with quite a few large pieces of the city wall mixed into it. Based on his abilities, to scale the city walls was probably effortless for him, so why did he chose a rougher path? Just as he was thinking this, he saw it.
Jin, who was leaping into the air, reached out towards a small body in the falling rubble, and brought it into his arms. Wearing light body armour, it was probably one of the soldiers on the city wall. But rather, it seems like that he had taken Leohart's attack, and Jin who was an enemy had no obligation to help him. But, -
...That was?
What Jin was hugging, was obviously a child. This caused Leohart to think,in the palace, there was a young soldier, who although was quite young, due to the power possessed, was highly praised and employed.
Though young, he was still a devil, and since he was quite powerful, a mere moat couldn't possibly kill him.
But, if he was knocked unconscious from the large amount of falling rubble or from the shock from the explosion, then it was likely that he would die if he landed in the moat. Hence, the Jin who was in the air immediately took action.
Woaaaaaaaaaaaahhh...!
In the condition that Jin are holding in boy in, he kicked towards just above.
From above, the huge pieces of the city walls then burst into smaller debris. With the explosion that had already echoed, Leohart was still in shock, unable to comprehend just what had happened, and then the Jin who was in the air met his eyes.
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Leohart was looking at Jin, who had sprouted a winner's smile. And with this emotion, huge amounts of debris fell from the cliff.
Shall I pursue, your majesty Leohart?
Seeing the situation, Balthier asked this question from his side.
Don't bother... There isn't the need. Continuing the fight with him would be just a waste of energy.
But Leohart shaked his head, and just ordered Balthier to to check on the injuries of the soldiers and clear the debris.
Giving the direction Jin and the young bot fell a last look, he turned and headed back into the palace.
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