The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 191: Rei Assar's Identity
POV: Monica Lionstein
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The road fell into a sea of fire. This was a small rural town on the border of the Eldant Empire. This is not the result of war. The destruction has occurred without warning.
On that day, a rain of fire descended from the sky. This was a punishment given to the city residents who were negligent in their offering to «Zenifrit», the Fire Elemental King.
The raging flames burned the houses and turned the surrounding farmlands into scorched earth instantly. People fled for their lives from the swirling flames and black smoke, desperately praying for forgiveness.
They unintentionally ignored their offerings to the Elemental Lord. Just because they experienced rare droughts, plants used for offerings failed to harvest.
Despite the sword fighting appearance of the beautiful princess girl along with the total offerings of all the stored grains that were originally meant for winter consumption, the Elemental Lord's fury could not be appeased.
In the face of the great Elemental Lord's fury, humans were completely helpless. All one could do was bow their heads and grit their teeth, endure desperately and wait for the disaster to pass.
"Elemental Lord Great, we beg of you to calm your anger."
The high-ranking maiden princesses who serve at the «Divine Obsession» Ritual have offered prayers at the Great Shrine of the shrine for three consecutive days to appease the anger of the Elemental Lord.
And the one chosen to lead them was the newly appointed Fire Queen, a girl who was only fifteen years old.
While the other daughters rested in turns, she herself focused all her efforts on maintaining prayer without rest or sleep.
At the same time, the image of the people being devoured by the red flames was stamped deep in his red eyes. The rain of destruction finally stopped on the morning of the fourth day.
The crowded street a few days before was now turned into a scorched wasteland. All the houses were burned, leaving nothing but pale gray despair.
The peaceful everyday life that had been defended with great difficulty by the townspeople turned to ashes in an instant. And after everything was over it calmed people's worries.
"The loving Elemental Lord has heard our prayers." The old temple leader spoke to comfort the prostrating Queen.
However, the young Queen covered her ears and shook her head, "I can't do anything. I failed to protect them", that was what he thought to himself.
"Why, why would an Elemental Lord do such a thing to an innocent citizen?!"
"Miss Monica, the wishes of the Elemental Lords cannot be understood by mortal men. All we can do is pray for forgiveness. Miss Monica, you've done amazingly."
In reality, among the people in the ruined city, no one complained.
After all their possessions were taken away by the tyrannical and senseless calamity, the townspeople felt nothing but sincere gratitude towards the Queen who had calmed the Elemental Lord's anger.
Nevertheless, such gratitude pierced into the heart and soul of the girl, more painful than any evil curse.
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(It's almost like that time in the past.)
The girl's consciousness was brought back to the present from her memories. The swirling red flames roared as they burned the trees in the forest.
Mia Vialine uses military spirit «Garuda» whose hellfire burns «Teng» enemy team. The masked girl silently stared as the forest was devoured by the blazing flames before her eyes.
With this, four teams have been eliminated by «Team Inferno». Adding to the annihilation by Nephesis Loran and Alicia themselves, seven teams were lost.
«The Magic» Stone obtained is more than enough to ensure progress to the final. However, this was not at all important to the girl.
(My goal is not a victory at the Sword Style Festival.)
Gazing at the dawn sky, he whispered, "Demon King Successor, Rei Assar, we must prepare the sixth Queen well to serve her."
A few hours earlier, Alicia had taken Nephesis Loran without permission to awaken Kirigaya Kaizo's resurrection. But apparently, his plan ended in failure.
However, the betrayal of the dark spirit was foreseen. Although the loss of Nephesis Loran was a miscalculation, «Plan» was not affected at all.
(Since the beginning, I never had any intention of handing over control of the dark spirit to the Demon King who was about to rise. There are only two potential candidates. The decision will reach the final stage.)
"What fate says, no matter which one, the two have such a deep connection to my past."
In particular, there are certain girls with a rare tendency to be «Ratu». From the inner pocket of her military uniform, the masked girl took out a pendant in a silver chain.
Ruby inlaid spirit crystals that sealed the memories, displaying the figure of a young girl in a dress. Her hair was tied into one, fiery ponytail. Eyes clear like ruby.
This was a weak and fragile girl who had always been hiding behind her older sister and her parents. The masked girl initially thought that they would never meet again since that day, four years ago.
"Geez, it looks like Miss Rei Assar still misses the young lady a lot."
Hearing a voice from behind, the masked girl quickly closed the pendant in her hand. Turning around, he found the person standing there was the girl whose picture was displayed a moment before in the pendant.
But instead of a dress, she was now wearing the uniform of the Sizuan Princess Academy. He was not in his childhood appearance either. Instead, this was him after many years of growing up.
"How insipid, witch. Or are you trying to make fun of me?"
The eyes behind the mask stared coldly at the person imitating the form of Victoria Blade. Although his voice remained calm, the leaves that fell on his feet were already smoky as if they were burning with fire.
"Fufuu, how rare it is to see you show such emotions. Could this girl be the sixth Queen candidate requested by your «Plan»?"
"It's none of your business. Go."
Instantly, his fingertips released a swift and ferocious fire. Enveloped by the red flames, the shadow of Victoria Blade disappeared like a mirage.
"Very scary. Even stepping on your shadow is forbidden."
The air shook and immediately at the place where Victoria disappeared. A beautiful girl appeared with a mocking smile.
His shoulder-length hair was a striking and bright blue. Very beautiful and reminiscent of a snake carrying a deadly poison, that was the impression one received from that blue color.
Dressed in erotic dancer clothes, she wore a thin veil that covered her mouth. He is a Spirit Contractor, Sefira Blum. Princess of Alphen Territory, and at the same time, second person of «Inferno» Team.
"I hope you don't forget. That the identities prepared for you to participate in the «Swatchers» Festival as well as the military spirits you possess are all provided by my home country?"
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*Connected.....
*Note: This story is fictitious. If there is a similarity in the name of the character, the scene, or the story, it is a mere coincidence and there is no element of intentionality.