Chapter 32 – Let’s Destroy the Royal Capital!

---As the era showed signs of upheaval, in the royal capital, far from Beibalon, something unusual was happening.

「Gaha! Gahahahahaha! Wonderful, wonderfullllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!」

In the great hall of the burning royal castle, King Yaldabaoth, a monster of 130 years of age, shouts in applause.

In front of him, Prince Johan, a boy with blood all over his body and golden eyes, roared.

「Dieee Yaldabaothhhhhhh!!! I’ve been pissed off with you for so longgggggg!!!」

Johan puts out the sharp claws on his hand and charges toward his father, the king. His speed, given that he was injected with dragon’s genes, was so fast that he broke the sound barrier.

However,

「Nuhiiiiii! This cute son of mine is saying joyful words! For such a cute son, I must respond with all my might!---activate compound technique “Tyrant’s Armor”---!」

---there was no way for the king of Gnossia Kingdom, the most powerful mage of the country, not be able to respond to an attack that broke the sound barrier.

King Yaldabaoth, clad in wind and thunder magic throughout his body, punched Johan’s jaw with a speed faster than the speed of sound!

「Gawaaaaaaaaaaa!?」

In an instant, Johan was blown through the roof of the castle into the night sky.

The impact was so strong that he almost lost consciousness. Although he gained endurance beyond that of a human by dragon gene injection, King Yaldabaoth’s blow shattered his jawbone and the thunderbolt and storm in his fist tore his entire body. It was a miracle that his limbs were still connected.

King Yaldabaoth’s attack was not over. He moved with lightning speed above Johan, who was almost blown to pieces, and fluttering his pure white royal mantle, raised his arms and howled.

「Guhahahaha! I want to reward whoever raised my son for raising him to a man I like!---activate compound technique “Tyrant’s Judgment”---!!!」

---at that moment, all the people living in the royal capital looked up to the sky and screamed.

In the dark night sky which should have only been lit by the moon alone, a “blazing star” appeared with a diameter of over several hundred meters---!

「Now, Johan….. and the people of the royal capital too, receive my love!!!」

And---the end of the royal capital came. As King Yaldabaoth swung down his arm, the superheated, super-massive, flaming star fell toward Johan.

Of course, below him is the royal capital, where more than tens of thousands of people live. If the star were to fall to the ground, there was no telling how many lives would be lost.

「B-bastard….」

The moment Johan noticed that---his spirit, which had been dying, revived.

「Yaldabaothhhhh! You bastardddddddddddddddddddd!!!!」

The dragon gene resonates with Johan as he screams in rage. Johan’s back wriggled and red dragon wings sprouted from his body.

His wings flapped as he charged directly toward the falling meteor.

「I will save everyone! As a prince----and above all, as an apostle of the wonderful “Rize-oniisama”!!!」

Clad with a large amount of lightning on both hands, Johan hit the supermassive star several hundred times per second nonstop.

The bones in his hands shattered and even his nerves were scorched by the heat but Johan did not stop.

「I want everyone to recognize that even a….failure can do something! And I want to be the best lord that everyone loves just like Rize-oniisamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!」

Just before the meteor finally hit the ground---Johan’s determination produced a miracle.

Just as his hands were completely burned off, the meteor shattered with a bang.

The debris from the blasted star hit hundreds of homes but it was still minor compared to the impact and damage that would have occurred if it had fallen directly to the ground. Johan risked his life to reduce the momentum of the fall and minimize the casualties.

However….that was his limit. Johan, who used up all the amplified magical power and strength of his body, fell into the hall of the burning royal castle and stopped moving.

「Haa…….haa………..da…mn………」

Johan now can only breathe roughly as blood pours out from his entire body. King Yaldabaoth descends on him with a big happy smile on his face.

「Hahahaha! You have truly amused me, Johan! It was a rather serious blow but you withstood it well!」

「……!」

Johan is furious since the king was taking the lives of his people lightly however, there’s nothing he can do since his body doesn’t listen to him.

Even though he had taken on the power of a dragon, he was still no match for ….the man named Yaldabaoth Gnossia.

The monster that reached the divine realm. Someone who is able to use magic of all attributes at a very high level.

「Kukukukuk….Johan, I’ve been asking for it all these times. The existence of a “rebel” that will entertain me, the strongest human. That’s why I sent you, the prince, to the disturbing man called Rize Beibalon. If you are killed, it is good since I could use it as an excuse to wake war but…….guhihihihihihi!!!!!!」

Yaldabaoth grabs Johan by his dragon wings, smiles wickedly, and screams….!

「This man Rize has exceeded my expectations!!! Who would have thought!? Turning my son into a monster and sending him back as an assassin is not something a normal person could come up with! It’s a real surprise! For the first time in my life, something unexpected happened!!!」

The old king’s maniacal laughter echoes throughout the castle, which is engulfed in flames.

Yaldabaoth has no sense of ethics. He doesn’t care what method was used to transform his own son. What matters to him is that he was filled with joy at the gift of Rize Beibalon, the adversary he had spent one hundred thirty years to find.

「Ah, I’m so glad I didn’t give up! I always believed that one day, the best enemy would emerge. I dared let annoying elements go unchecked without exterminating them and there was even a time I helped create an evil cult called Demiurge Religion by working from behind the scenes! If Rize hadn’t shown up, I would have had to die a quiet death!」

Yaldabaoth had developed the Kingdom of Gnossia by destroying the surrounding countries but he did not care about the prosperity of his country or the well-being of his people.

All existence is just a toy to amuse himself. He doesn’t care if his country is disturbed as long as he gets his thrills. This was the true nature of Yaldabaoth.

When he noticed that Johan had long since passed out, he grinned and turned in the direction of Beibalon.

He then grabbed the dying Johan and with a broad grin, swung him over---!

「My reward for satisfying me! Come on, Johan, I’ll give you a chance to survive! And if you make it to Beibalon alive and well, you can tell my adversary! Let’s have the best war ever---!!!」

Yaldabaoth throws Johan with all his might toward the land where his beloved rebel resides.

As he watched his son flying through the night sky at high speed, he said with a satisfied look on his face, “He’s really grown up.”.

So, he finally decided to march to Beibalon.

He could make up any excuse to invade. He could no longer hold back. Yaldabaoth’s whole body was boiling at the thought of an enemy trying to take his life, the strongest and invincible.

「I look forward to meeting you, Rize Beibalonnnnnn!」

Yaldabaoth Gnossia howls into the night sky as the royal castle burns down.

---later, when Yaldabaoth learns that the boy nobles around Beibalon, brainwashed by Rize, have killed their parents and taken over their families and have taken control of the people with the help of Demiurge Religion, he shouted “Whoaaaahhhhhhh!!? He has even taken the pagans and is steadily building up his army! Rize-kun’s will to kill me is sky highhhhhhh!!!”. And he let out a scream of joy….!