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Chapter 69 - The Prince and Princess's Destructive Play (Romance of Blood)

The storm had not yet ceased.

Thunder split the sky of the magic island of Never Island, and black lightning raced across the sea.

In a vortex of magical power erupting from the depths of the earth, Demon Lord Regna=Val=Noct was about to unleash his final magic upon the sinking Hero Ares.

"End here, Taiga Nanjo..."

Jet-black magic converged on his arm.

It was at that moment.

"...Stop it, Demon Lord-san."

A girl's whispering voice descended. A voice like a flower, yet tinged with madness.

"Don't... break my 'Prince'!!"

In an instant,

Countless shadows surrounded the Demon Lord.

The Doll Corps.

Porcelain skin with cracked smiles, the 'human-like dolls' created by Mel Aria charged at the Demon Lord with bared fangs, creaking and groaning.

"It is a knight's duty to fight for his princess!!"

One by one, they detonated themselves with explosives, bathing the Demon Lord in flames.

DOOOOON!!!

Amidst the roar and flash, Demon Lord Regna bellowed.

"How naive!!"

The Demon Lord's magic barrier deployed, and most of the dolls were dissipated before they could explode.

However, in that chaos, there was one who was different.

"...!"

It was a figure with a burnt mantle, a bared sword. One covered in blood and cloaked in black smoke.

Hero Ares.

Mingled with the dolls, hidden in the flames, he had even suppressed his own body heat.

"Gotcha!!" Hero Ares charged forward, his sword held at his side, aiming for the Demon Lord's chest.

But Demon Lord Regna's reaction was a split second faster.

"By the likes of you...!"

He raised his right arm, and in that instant.

Pitari.

"...What?"

A thin, yet unusually 'strong' green magic thread had wrapped around his arm.

"This is... Mel Aria's!?"

He tried to shake it off, but it was too late.

"Go, Ares-sama!!"

Mel Aria screamed with a voice filled with madness and love.

The Hero's sword flashed and pierced the Demon Lord's body.

"Guaaaaaaaaah...!"

With the Demon Lord's scream, blood scattered into the night sky.

But at the same time, the Demon Lord's dark magic went berserk as a final, automatic defense.

Ares, who was there, was also blown away.

The two were caught in the wave of darkness and collapsed to the ground simultaneously.

...Silence. Only the wind howled.

After several long, long seconds.

Gishii... using his sword as a support, one man, crawling on the ground, rose to his feet.

"...Sheesh... for a boss of this level..."

With a smile on his blood-soaked lips.

"Why... do they forget that I'm the protagonist until the very end..."

Hero Ares declared his victory.

"The winner... is me. The winner of this game... is mine!!"

A victorious roar echoed toward the sky.

That smile was beautiful, cruel, and betrayed even the gods. It was the smile of the 'Worst Hero in Human History.'