Demon King – Chapter 605 – The Birth of the Demon Lord

Abyssal Amber could never have imagined that, as an existence that had sustained the demon race’s continuation for countless years, it would end up being backstabbed by two utterly ordinary humans who did not even reach the average level of the other world.

Of course, it had no consciousness or intelligence, and it did not dream at all. But this backstab was like adding frost on top of snow, directly pushing it into an unprecedented desperate situation.

More than ten years ago, Abyssal Amber awakened from its once every five years accumulation dormancy. Within the already not very large effective range of its weakened abilities, it searched for suitable individuals to continue carrying out its primary job.

Thinking about how glorious it once was, only to end up in such a miserable state now. If it were not for the lack of consciousness and intelligence, it probably would have already shut itself down mentally.

But this search brought an unexpected delight. A certain unborn baby girl unexpectedly possessed extremely high compatibility and potential, the best one it had encountered in thousands of years.

This opportunity could not be missed. Through the transport of magic power, without anyone knowing, Abyssal Amber injected the power it had accumulated into this most qualified girl, planting the seed of transformation within her body.

Just as it happily continued observing and waiting to reap the results, the child’s parents delivered it a ruthless backstab, stabbing it so hard that it doubted its own stone born existence.

Because it had spent far too long in this world, and had dispersed too much power during its initial carpet style search upon arrival, it had long since weakened to the point where its ability range was limited to roughly the area of Crystal Amber City.

Searching for suitable candidates, transporting magic power, planting transformation seeds, as well as subsequent observation, situation assessment, and reclaiming power after failure all had to be carried out within its effective range. Once outside this range, it could only stare helplessly.

So that pair of parents accidentally made a relatively correct move, directly taking their daughter out of Crystal Amber City to live in another city. Now this was great. Forget about reclaiming power, Abyssal Amber did not even know where that girl was anymore.

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But in fact, the parents’ actions would not have caused too much change in the final outcome. If the transformation failed, a Daughter of Amber Crystal would still die. However, without Abyssal Amber reclaiming the power midway, the Daughter of Amber Crystal could indeed live longer. Although it did not cure the root cause, it could be considered a life extending measure.

Because she was the most qualified one, Abyssal Amber naturally gave more power to this chosen girl than to other Daughters of Amber Crystal. Even if it failed, the power could still be reclaimed, so in theory the impact was not that great.

Ideals were full, reality was harsh. The one thing Abyssal Amber had not anticipated was the rapid development of human technology. Now even leaving the country was a one day affair, and moving to live and settle in another city was not a problem at all. People nowadays could easily run beyond its ability range.

With so much power given out, after calculation, Abyssal Amber realized that its remaining power would not even last until the next five year cycle. The runaway girl showed no intention of returning, and if this continued, it would run out of power and shut down, directly declaring mission failure.

That would not do. The demon race that had continued for countless years could not just end like this. As a dedicated work machine, Abyssal Amber would naturally not give up on completing its task. Rather than sitting and waiting for death, it might as well go all in. There was a chance to gamble and win.

The departed girl’s qualification was simply too outstanding, so Abyssal Amber was unwilling to give up on her easily. Although it had no way to deal with her now, there were always sisters or the like. Even distant ones were fine, they would still have better aptitude than ordinary people.

After reaching this conclusion, Abyssal Amber searched within its range for suitable candidates. Then it found the child left behind at the family home by that pair of parents, the existence with the closest blood relation to that girl.

Having been backstabbed too badly and weakened too much, Abyssal Amber no longer even had the chance to test that child’s aptitude. But just as it found him and prepared to act, it discovered that the other party was actually a boy, instantly plunging it into a dead end.

Not only was he a boy, upon reaching him, Abyssal Amber realized it did not even need to test. This child’s compatibility with the demon race compared to his sister was worlds apart. One was a chosen daughter of destiny, the other was practically in complete astrological conflict.

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Forget it, conflict it is. There was no other choice. Since the situation no longer allowed it to pick and choose, Abyssal Amber could only grit its teeth and act. Using what little power it had left, it followed the flow of the river and dragged some unlucky kid playing by the river into the water in one go.

Abyssal Amber was like a program set with fixed commands, an extremely rigid existence that did not understand flexibility. That was why it had kept failing and charging ahead head first all this time.

But now, the unlucky kid in front of it not only had poor aptitude, he was even a boy, so transformation was absolutely impossible. Abyssal Amber might be rigid, but it was not stupid enough to keep smashing its head into a wall.

With the dead end blocked, its rigid logic was forced to take a detour. Since the body’s aptitude did not work, and nothing matched, then it would simply make a body that did match. It would use itself to construct a suitable body for him.

Using the stored information of successive Demon Lords as reference, and using itself as material, Abyssal Amber reconstructed a juvenile Demon Lord body appropriate to the other party’s age for this drowning unlucky kid.

It transferred the little unlucky kid’s consciousness and soul, everything about him except his body, into this brand new body. He became she. At the cost of its own non-existence, Abyssal Amber successfully fulfilled its duty.

Because it was a newly constructed body, there was naturally no need for any transformation. The Demon Lord was directly born under such strange circumstances.

Because the little unlucky kid’s original body was too troublesome, Abyssal Amber casually exiled and sealed it into its own extra dimensional space. Only through magic power could it be temporarily summoned back.

The newly born girl stared blankly at her tender little hands in confusion. The soaking wet feeling all over her body made her uncomfortable, and the wind by the rural riverside blew against her naked body, making her shiver from the cold.

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Having only just completed the transfer of soul and consciousness, the girl did not even know who she was. Her mind was completely chaotic. Alone by the riverbank, the young girl felt helpless and afraid.

“Dad… Mom…”

Struggling to get up, the girl who had not yet adapted to her new body suddenly recalled the memory of drowning in the river and being subjected to something strange not long ago.

Already unable to walk steadily due to her lack of adaptation, the shock made her stumble. Her foot slipped, and she rolled along the riverbank and once again plop plop fell back into the river.

Translator Note

So Eiru was really a boy, after all! No wonder her parents always treat her as a son, because she was male from birth to kid.

If so, then I guess when her parents came back, Eiru already disguised herself back to male. So her parents never know that their son has turned into a girl? But, why does her grandma know about it then? Maybe because at that time she only lived with her grandma?

Well anyway, based on my understanding so far:

-> Eiru had been a boy since birth.

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-> Abyssal Amber turned him into a Demon Lord girl.

-> Eiru disguised as male in front of her parents (maybe), but stayed as a girl with Eiya.

-> Eiru sealed part of Eiya’s soul (the one called Insurance Mechanism) inside herself, then sealed their own memories too, and somehow she stayed back to male for years.

-> That’s why Eiru only knows that she was a boy, because her memories were sealed.

-> Then at the beginning of the novel, it had been 2 years since Eiru’s male transformation went off, and she was back to being a girl, but her memories were still sealed.

Well, that’s all my opinion~ what do you guys think?