My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 274 Who Dares to Kill Me! I Beg Your Majesty to Come Out of Seclusion
"Interesting. You little brat, before I died I thought you were one of the restless ones, but I never expected that even now, you're still so respectful." The Demon King teased, showing no discomfort whatsoever as she switched back to her sexy bass voice.

As Danso watched the fight unfold, he remarked, "I was merely fulfilling my duty as a subject. Besides, Your Majesty, you are my guide."

"Whether it's patricide, taking sides, or being the first to flee after your death, I've simply been carrying out your will."

"If you can sacrifice a few to save the many, then do it without regret... That's what you said back then."

Danso looked at the gauntlet floating beside him with a complicated expression: "This time we came to find the runestone, strictly speaking... to find that human boy named Roland Lancelot and kill him in advance. To make the runestone in his hand invalidate prematurely."

"Who dares to kill me!?"

An unfamiliar voice echoed throughout the scene, accompanied by a series of seven counter-spells.

The once incredibly powerful prototypes suddenly knelt on one knee, simultaneously unleashing unnatural magical sparks.

Russell seized the opportunity without hesitation and unleashed a powerful punch at the nearest prototype!

However, before she could throw a punch, she realized that her surroundings had changed.

The prototypes were gone, replaced by the handsome face of an old acquaintance whom she temporarily designated as an ally.

But by then it was too late to pull back.

In those incredibly brief fractions of a second, Russell closed his eyes.

Sorry, my friend.

Thank you so much for using your magic to distract me.

But who told you to be a demon, and the ruler of the royal court?

I didn't kill you because you participated in the hunt for me three hundred years ago.

Private Marseille.

Russell! He increased the pressure in his hand!

"Eula!"

Danso: "!!!!!!!"

It was too late to dodge.

The only instantaneous escape technique the Blood Demons possess is to blast themselves into a shower of blood.

But considering the purpose of this crazy woman's gauntlets, doing so would only cause Danso unimaginable harm.

This was after he managed to avoid the situation.

What if the punch comes even faster?
Fortunately, the Lord of the Royal Court can be singled out as a combat unit because he has his own unique skills.

Shields were rapidly generated in an incalculable amount of time, only to be pierced through layer by layer by Russell.

Danso could even see the excited expression on the madwoman's face.

It seems like she would be very happy to punch herself away.

Unfortunately, Dan is no pushover either!
Using the time bought by dozens of thin blood shields, Danso had already dodged Russell's attack.

The next moment, time began to flow.

The first sound to reach our ears was seven gunshots, followed by seven exploding spears that seemed to pierce the boundary.

The prototypes almost instantly vanished into their own alternate dimension. Even though they were still in a short-circuit state at the time, this obviously did not prevent them from instantly teleporting away.

Next appeared Kalia and the Demon King, who had been switched without their knowledge, followed by Russell, who punched empty air and slammed into the ground, successfully sinking an entire plot of land.

And a certain Blood Demon Lord who also narrowly escaped death at the last moment.

Finally, Roland appeared out of nowhere beside Kalia.

At this moment, Roland was only wearing a black overcoat and a pair of black trousers.

Besides that, she wasn't wearing anything else.

In order to get there as quickly as possible, Roland even put on an extra layer of clothing and rushed over with his upper body half naked.

Then the rune circuit magic that Roland had just named Time Control played an unexpected role.

If Kiritsugu Emiya's original Time Control only had the effect of speeding up himself, then Roland successfully achieved the ultimate acceleration, and through the complete concept of 'world', he separated himself from the world itself the moment the spell was activated.

As the master of his own 'world', Roland can accelerate his speed infinitely without any side effects other than the enormous consumption of magic power.

However, the side effect of mana consumption was mitigated by the mana amplification circuit.

Although his mana bar cap doesn't increase much, his mana regeneration speed is now incredibly fast.

Especially because of the influence of the Great Source Magic, his process of drawing magic from the Great Source to fill the void in the Small Source has become very smooth, and there is no "rejection reaction".

If a normal person wanted to do this, even an extraordinary person who could already use the Great Source Magic to fight would need to go through a purification process.

The magic of the Great Source is not pure for the human body; on the contrary, it is very complex.

Various elements are intertwined and in varying proportions, and their composition may change depending on the geographical and celestial conditions of the location.

To rashly absorb the Great Source of Magic into oneself is equivalent to receiving blood of a different blood type.

But Roland didn't have this problem.

Perhaps due to a mutation in his magic circuits, he can now simply absorb mana whenever he needs to replenish it.

Da Yuan has plenty of magic, and it seems that his "blood type" is also synchronized with Da Yuan's.

How much can be recovered depends mainly on how quickly Roland can absorb it.

Unfortunately, even with Roland's best efforts, he couldn't achieve the level of instant mana regeneration.

However, what used to take half a day or even a whole day to fully replenish the mana bar now only takes half a minute.

That's a significant leap forward.

The mana he had just consumed by activating Time Control and using Blink within it was almost completely restored in just a few breaths. Although he was somewhat disappointed that the prototype had escaped, Roland was now more concerned about that man.

"How dare you! Who is this guy who tries to kill me right away?"

Roland muttered to himself, gripping his sword tightly. After a moment's thought, he put away the pistol he had taken out and then took out the Gray Spear.

According to the system description, a weapon that is useless except for being sturdy.

It can be considered as a quest item.

Roland just hasn't figured out how to use this item yet.

Just like the World-Destroying Witch's Tear he found before.

The system provides absolutely no use for a single word.

However, at least this spear is quite handy as a weapon.

Compared to handguns, which are harder to hit in high-level battles, spears are more suitable for me.

Although he was muttering to himself, Roland had actually recognized the other party's identity from the very beginning—the Blood Demon Lord.

If you ask why, it's because Danso truly lives up to his reputation as Remilia's older brother; they look remarkably alike.

The few facial differences are mainly subtle differences caused by gender.

Although it's unclear why the ruler of the royal court didn't make a move at first, Roland immediately identified him as a "hostage-taker" based on his position.

Seeing Roland already in battle stance, the Demon King said helplessly, "Hey, don't be so tense. This guy might be a good teammate."

"Teammate? Are you even conscious?! This is the ruler of the Demon Clan's royal court! You think this guy can be a teammate?"

"So what? I'm still the Demon King, and right now I'm just serving as your personal encyclopedia, aren't I?" the Demon King retorted irritably, then used his gauntlet to poke Roland's back: "Go, soothe your teacher."

"This crazy woman's fighting ability is beyond my expectations."

"And she's even excited about it. What if she turns her teammate into an enemy? You don't want to have another enemy at the level of a royal court ruler, do you?"

Roland: "..."

……

Half an hour later, at Roland's residence.

A strange atmosphere is currently permeating this place.

Roland and Russell sat together, while across the table sat the Blood Lord Danso, his expression complex.

Sitting to the side of the table was Kalia, who was temporarily serving as the Demon King's jinchūriki.

Well, calling him a Jinchūriki isn't entirely accurate.

After all, the Demon King didn't do anything like possession or parasitism.

She was simply perched on Kalia's head, which was the perfect height, allowing her to take a break from maintaining flight altitude.

"Ahem, I have a general understanding of the situation. Let me give you a brief summary."

The Demon King, now in a sexy baritone voice, began his summary: "Danso, you came here to get rid of Roland, because you didn't want that kid's runestone to be taken by another royal ruler, am I right?"

“…That’s right, Your Majesty.” Danso sighed, then looked at Roland before him.

To be honest, he didn't think he could fail to take down a human kid.

But now... he admits he's not so confident anymore.

Even disregarding the violent blonde woman beside him, and just Roland alone, he couldn't guarantee he could catch up with him.

After Roland briefly explained the situation, he understood why Russell had suddenly appeared in front of him without warning.

Not to mention at the time, even in retrospect, he couldn't find a single trace of Roland.

An entity that can approach you silently... just thinking about it makes my hair stand on end.

Especially since this guy was holding a holy sword, a holy sword that had almost killed His Majesty the Demon King.

With his small frame, he shouldn't try it.

After summarizing Danso's behavior, Roland asked with some suspicion, "Let's assume you're right for now, but what about those seven prototypes?"

Danso shrugged: "Don't think of the Lord of the Royal Court as having too many supernatural powers."

"Even we, the rulers of the royal court, have no authority to control the thirteen divine machines Your Majesty created."

"Moreover, these thirteen divine machines were never activated before His Majesty passed away."

"It's all your fault, humans. If you've sealed them away, you should at least keep them safe! Do you know how troublesome it is for these things to escape!"

Danso excitedly slapped the table, then sighed and continued, "But there's something even more troublesome right now."

"Although as the ruler of the royal court, I should not reveal this information to you, a human being."

"But... the power of the demon race has already successfully controlled the power of five countries in the Federation of Nations. The only thing missing is the Kingdom of Platia, which will allow them to completely unify the power of the Federation of Nations and then launch a war."

"If nothing unexpected happens, they will choose to expel the troublesome ones first."

"For example, having the kingdom issue a decree to expel the clergy of the Holy See."

"If you ask how he did it... the Demon King's Court produced a young man who can use the power of runes."

“Relying on that child’s power, the demons have already achieved control through mind control.”

"It's not just about controlling the upper echelons... but about controlling the entire kingdom as a whole."

“Some of His Majesty’s research on amplifying the power of runes has been unearthed by the Heart-Beating Demons. If the Royal Court Covenant had not been normal, I would even suspect that the Heart-Beating Demon Royal Court had taken action against other Royal Court Lords and controlled them.”

(End of this chapter)