Zongman, the history of a devil's rise

"Boom boom boom——"

Three consecutive beams of light shot out from the pitch-black muzzle.

Then, the roof of the house, which had no means of defense, was blown away by the three light bombs.

The light bullet, which possessed some fire power, burned everything it penetrated.

Amid the deafening bombing, most of the mansion's buildings were reduced to ruins.

"who is it?"

At the gate that had completely turned into ruins, a black shadow floated out from the other half of the room that was still relatively intact, and entwined itself in front of Vitan, forming a short, withered human figure.

——Matou Zōken.

Vitan frowned.

He was only about 1.5 meters tall, wearing a navy blue kimono, bald and hunchbacked. His overall body shape was as shriveled as a mummy, and his pupils, sunken in his eye sockets, still revealed a bright gleam.

The smell of corruption and decay became stronger.

"Who are you? You don't look like the Master of the Holy Grail War!"

Matou Zouken narrowed his eyes slightly and knocked the ground with the crutches he was leaning on, making a dull sound.

"We certainly are not."

Vitan covered his mouth and nose with the hand that was not holding the gun, and his voice was slightly low.

"Then what's going on? I haven't had any dealings with the outside world for a long time. Even the Matou family has been handed over to my son to manage. This shouldn't make me an enemy of you."

The old man is very strange now, and there are a hundred question marks in his head.

Come to think of it, my own house has been bombed.

Zouken Matou did not take direct action yet, but instead communicated with Vitan in a kind manner.

This is definitely not because he has a good temper.

It was just the sheer cowardice in his heart that was at work again.

It doesn't matter if I just lose a little face. If a single blow can cause such destructive power, I'd rather not provoke it.

As long as you can get through it safely, that's fine.

Everything is for the purpose of reaching the place he has always dreamed of while he is still alive.

This is the truest thought in Matou Zouken's heart at this moment.

"Father, there is no need to waste your time talking to this guy."

Even if it has become a weapon.

The disgust in Sora's voice continued to grow stronger.

"That's true."

"There's no need to waste time with him."

"It's just a snack before dinner. It's not worth wasting my time."

Vitan sneered directly. Explaining to such a guy would only lower his status.

"A corrupt and twisted soul that can only rely on constantly taking the young flesh of its own offspring. Do you deserve me to explain to you?"

Vitan slowly raised his hand and pointed the pitch-black muzzle of the gun at Matou Zouken.

"Damn, this psychopath..."

Matou Zouken cursed inwardly.

He had lived for so many years, but he had never seen anything like this before. Someone came and killed him without any reason.

In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, he even admitted his mistake.

If he said that the man in front of him was a Heroic Spirit or the Master of the Holy Grail War, he would accept it.

It is not impossible to meet a reckless guy occasionally.

But the problem is not the other side at all.

Others might not be able to see it, but as the one who created the Command Spells system and the Heroic Spirit Summoning system, how could he not know it?

"Wait……"

"boom--"

Matou Zouken seemed to want to say something, but as the sound of the trigger was heard, the jet-black light turned into a blazing beam of light that directly pierced through Matou Zouken's head.

A streak of light flashed across the night sky, and the crutch that the old man was holding in front of his chest melted away. The great magician didn't even have time to react, and he fell to the ground like a headless corpse.

——This is the difference between heaven and earth.

"It's really a bug, disgusting."

Vitan watched without any surprise as Zouken Matou's headless corpse mysteriously transformed into piles of wriggling, dirty, engraved worms.

The bugs made a hissing sound, trying their best, as if they were trying to reshape themselves into human form.

But right after the magic was broken, it was obviously impossible.

"But that's kind of his style."

It is obvious that the one who just came out is not the real body of Matou Zouken.

Instead, it was the insect clone he made using insects.

But this also explains why Zouken Matou had already noticed Vitan's burst of energy at the door the moment he did, but he waited until Vitan had destroyed half of his house before coming out.

After discovering that they could not reassemble their bodies, these imprinted insects stopped their meaningless movements and trembled all over. Slowly, a long crack appeared on their backs, and knife-sharp wings emerged from it, and their outer skin fell off.

Buzzing, the engraved insects swarmed towards Vitan.

This terrifying scene is probably the biggest blessing for people with trypophobia.

——But, it’s all in vain!

Behind him, a densely packed, small magic circle, no less numerous than the Marking Bugs, unfolded in an instant.

Then, light bullets like a torrential rain swept towards the engraved insects.

Every second, hundreds of engraved insects were completely turned into black ashes under the burning effect of the light bullet.

From the beginning to the end, it was impossible for these insects to even get close to Vitan.

"But we can't let these guys get away."

Vitan's eyes flashed, he raised his gun and pulled the trigger suddenly towards the sky.

The blue light bomb suddenly shot up into the sky like a rocket, and then exploded in the air like fireworks set off at a festival, producing countless small sparks in an elliptical shape that spread in all directions.

The next second, a deep blue oval light shield was formed.

But in the next moment, the color of the light shield gradually faded and finally merged with the surrounding colors.

"Okay, now the barrier is complete."

Indeed, because of the atmosphere here, few people usually pass by.

But this does not mean that there is really no one here at ordinary times.

The old bug's barriers are usually used for warnings to detect people with magical powers coming and going.

It will not react to ordinary humans.

The barrier that Vitan is using now is to directly isolate everything around it, let alone humans.

From now on, no living individual can step into this barrier.

Similarly, any living being within this barrier cannot leave.

In this way, this place becomes an insect cage for Matou Zouken.

A cage that he couldn't break out of no matter what he did.

"Let's go."

"I guess that filthy bug is already in his lair, preparing his self-righteous trap and waiting for me."

"No matter what, that filthy soul can never hurt you, father."

Chapter 4 k Don't Abandon Me, Brother

The prey was already trapped in the jar, and Vitan's movements became neither slow nor slow.

It doesn’t matter that there is no door. The previous attack has given Vitan several passages that can lead him directly into the house.

Along the way, he also admired this dilapidated old house with great interest.

Of course, among these, there were also attacks from insect magic that Vitan had expected, as well as triggered magic traps.

But no matter what kind of attack it was, it was automatically bounced back by the protective barrier formed by Vitan using the "Crystal Reflection Technique".

When walking through the last corridor.

Vitan saw a small figure curled up in the corner.

"Father, what's wrong?"

Sora's voice rang directly in Vitan's mind.

"Nothing, I just happened to see one of the goals of this trip."

"What I didn't expect was that she actually came out from that place down there."

Is this probably a common practice?

After all, having come to this world and this point in time, it seems that we cannot just leave this matter alone.

What's more, this is within Vitan's capabilities and can be done conveniently.

So Vitan didn't mind following the example of his predecessors and doing the same thing again.

Thinking of this, Vitan placed Kong in the holster on his waist and walked towards the figure.

The petite figure also kept shrinking, clinging tightly to the corner of the wall.

However, despite being in such a cowering posture, there was no emotion expressed in her pupils.

It feels like she is a robot, and the reason she is in this posture is that the program makes her more defensive.

As a demon, Vitan can sense it very clearly.

Even though she had just experienced an earth-shaking attack and the attacker was right in front of her, and she was very likely facing death, the young girl still did not show any fear.

However, this phenomenon does not mean that she has overcome her fear.

It's just that she has become completely numb to the outside world.

The cold expression in Vitan's eyes changed instantly, becoming gentle and amiable.

This is not a difficult task for Vitan, or for the devil at that.

For demons, every demon is the most professional master of emotion control and face-changing.

What's more, he now has his own children, so it is even easier for him to imitate this gentle expression.

He came in front of the purple-haired girl and squatted down, keeping his height parallel to hers.

Then he wanted to reach out and touch her like he had done before when he touched Alexia's head.

But the little girl subconsciously put her hands on her head and squatted down.

"Sakura?"

Vitan didn't mind the actions of the little girl in front of him. Instead, he asked softly and patiently.

When the little girl heard Vitan calling her name, she finally reacted. She loosened her hands that were covering her head and looked at Vitan in confusion.

"you are?"

She could not find any impression of the person in front of her in her memory.

Especially since I came here a year ago, I have never even left the house. How could I possibly know this big brother in front of me?

"It seems that you are indeed Sakura."