Demon King – Chapter 864 – Turbidity and Filth

“Oh～ so you’re the Demon Lord. My bad, my bad…”

After realizing she had mistaken the wrong person, Shang looked a little embarrassed. But judging from how she was still wrapping her arms around Eiru’s neck and rubbing her face against her with all her strength, she probably did not feel that sorry at all.

“Sis, is this really okay? She’s… uh? She’s heavyweight.”

Inside that petite body was an utterly absurd mass. Having witnessed that before, Eiya could not help breaking into a cold sweat at the sight in front of her. Shang’s current clingy little sister act formed a sharp contrast with the look of disgust on Eiru’s face.

“It’s fine. She’s in spirit form right now. I’m the only one who can touch her while she’s like this.”

“Yeah yeah, as expected of the Demon Lord. I thought aside from the little cuties here, there was nothing in this world I could touch without materializing.”

The little one’s tone was unusually excited. After staying here for so many years, this was the first time she had encountered someone other than ghosts whom she could touch without manifesting physically. She was absolutely thrilled.

That ridiculous weight of hers also came with terrifying destructive power. To avoid accidentally tearing this place apart, Shang normally remained in a ghost-like spirit state during daily life.

Although she could pass through walls and float in midair, which was indeed fun for someone with a childlike mentality, over time, the feeling of not being able to touch anything at all inevitably became depressing.

Now that there was someone like Eiru who did not require her to materialize in order to make contact, and that person was even a Demon Lord, Shang was naturally filled with immense interest and goodwill toward her at first sight. As the endpoint of the Daughters of Amber Crystal, she could not help but feel drawn to her.

Rеαⅾ οո КatReαԁingСafe

As a Daughter of Amber Crystal grew older, her body would become increasingly frail due to forced transformation, while her mind would receive more and more information from the Abyssal Amber. Of course, because of age and limited experience, most of it was impossible to understand.

Shang, who had survived by becoming a self-proclaimed Grim Reaper, though she had lost her qualification as a Demon Lord candidate and could no longer continue receiving information from the Abyssal Amber, still knew far more than an ordinary person.

For example, she knew the truth that the Daughters of Amber Crystal existed to create a Demon Lord. She understood certain traits of a Demon Lord. She even had a certain level of knowledge regarding magic power and magic itself.

Since a Demon Lord had already been born, having a way to let an already born Daughter of Amber Crystal survive was not strange. Shang was genuinely happy that one more Daughter of Amber Crystal could live on.

“But Demon Lord little sister, why does your soul have a stain? The rest of it is clearly so clean…”

Examining this chosen girl who had become a Demon Lord without being a Daughter of Amber Crystal, the little one, whose eyes could directly perceive the colors of souls, noticed something wrong. It was the first time she had seen such a strange situation, and she frowned.

Normally, once a person committed evil, their soul would be tainted by filth. And a soul was a whole, like a cup of clean water. Once polluted, the entire thing would become somewhat murky.

But what appeared in Eiru’s body completely defied that rule.

The filth inside her was like it had been wrapped in a bubble, sealed off and isolated in one specific place, while the rest was spotless to an extreme.

Rеad οո KαtRеaⅾіոɡCafе

After so many years in this facility that punished evildoers, Shang had seen countless filthy souls.

Yet not a single one of them could compare to the degree of corruption contained in that patch inside the little Demon Lord. That level of turbidity was not something an ordinary villain could possess.

Even Shang, who had long grown accustomed to the souls of all kinds of wicked people, felt disgust and nausea the moment she saw that filth. Her expression instantly turned ugly.

And yet the rest of Eiru’s soul was incomparably clean. For a moment, Shang could not even determine what the situation with this loli in front of her was.

‘Could it be a split personality? Two souls, with one normally sealed inside the body?’

“Oh. I don’t quite understand what you mean, but it’s probably because there’s a very scummy and absolute piece of trash senior Demon Lord sealed inside me.”

At the question, the little Demon Lord remembered what exactly was inside her. Yuki had told her everything, including the sins committed by that Chaotic Evil existence.

Indeed, compared to her level of depravity, the crimes of those evildoers were like children playing house. Endless ages of blood debt, the very source of the tragedy of the Daughters of Amber Crystal. It was only natural for that senior to be so filthy.

“So it was all her…”

Rеаⅾ oո КαtRеαԁiոɡCаfe

Upon hearing that everything regarding the Daughters of Amber Crystal had a true culprit, Shang’s face once again revealed a terrifyingly crazed expression.

“Then what should we do? That soul is so dirty I don’t even want to bleach it. Tear it apart directly? No, that’s too cheap for her. I’ll crush her limbs one by one, then rip them off~ hehehe~”

Those horrifying words made the other girls break out in goosebumps.

Especially Eiru, because Shang was holding her head while saying all this. Anyone unaware of the context might think this heavyweight was about to tear her apart instead.

“Sorry to burst your bubble, but she’s an ancient monster who’s lived who knows how many years. And as a Demon Lord, sure, you can deal with ordinary people easily, but I don’t think you can beat her.”

Putting aside how troublesome a Demon Lord was by nature, that senior had even maxed out her survival skills.

Let alone Shang. Even the current little Demon Lord, who completely outclassed her in every aspect, could not do much to her for the time being.

Knowing that she would definitely be in trouble the moment she left Eiru’s body, that Chaotic Evil existence naturally had no intention of coming out.

It was precisely because of that troublesome point. Otherwise who would be willing to keep her locked inside? She would have been dragged out long ago to fulfill Xixia’s wish and dealt with directly.

Rеad oո ΚatRеaԁiոɡСafе

“How would you know if you don’t try~ heehee. Tearing her apart, having a Demon Lord as a toy sounds pretty good. Since she’s a villain, she should be my toy.”

‘You really sound like a yandere.’

Listening to Shang’s maniacal laughter, the three girls could not help complaining inwardly in unison.

To be fair, Shang was actually quite cute. With white hair and blue eyes, the Daughters of Amber Crystal never lacked in looks.

But just like how cute dolls often appear in horror films, placed in gloomy environments to heighten the atmosphere of terror.

When Shang’s adorable exterior revealed that inhuman expression and that crazed laughter, it felt like a cute pet dog suddenly turning into some alien monster. The contrast was genuinely sanity-draining.

Not to mention they were in this underworld-like place, listening to her manic laughter echo continuously along with the cold wind.

No wonder she was the final boss of this place.