Shadow and The Jester
Chapter 23

Chapter 23: The Demon Lord Power Scale.

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(POV Souji)

The things that Niji explained, it could be said, were very vague and unclear at all, but that was certain... 'It looks like this place is similar to Vortex.'

After all, this Vortex can be said to be a portal to a Foreign World, or commonly referred to as the Externorum, where it is similar to this, although it is different only in the port.

Wh why? That's because, while the Vortex appears in the form of a fragment of space, or a kind of dark vortex that resembles a black hole, in a random place and can be seen by everyone...

However, this can be said, only certain people can enter here, plus usually it is, only their souls can enter here, without their bodies, without their bodies, where there is no one way that this woman knows, to get out and in from this place.

Where, the point is.... THERE'S NO WAY OUT AT ALL.

However, since this place is similar to the Externorum, so there will definitely be a way to get out of here, because it is impossible, if something can get in, but it cannot get out.

This is similar to a beginning, which will surely have an end, where it will make an endless paradox, if only continued.

Ahem! By the way, after finding out, if I seemed to be just a manifestation of my soul, it immediately made me understand, as to why, ever since I arrived at this place, it was, my whole body feels so weird.

"But still, Darling. This is shocking. Rarely can I see such a beautiful soul like yours."

I could only reply with a wry smile and say; "Not really. In fact, I think this soul of mine is one of the worst in the world."

After hearing this, Niji immediately opposed it and continued to speak, regarding my beautiful soul, which I immediately ignored.

Wh why? That's because, right now, I still need to focus on finding a way out of this place.

Although I decided that, but somehow, I felt like I had just forgotten something, but what?

And, since I can't remember it at all, so I decided to spend some of my time going forward to think of a way for me to get out of this place, of course along with Niji, of course, while letting the woman play with my body.

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(POV Third Person)

Meanwhile, on the side of the Dafa group.

After the time seemed to indicate eight o'clock at night, they all then decided to camp and prepare food for dinner.

Of course, Dafa was someone who was immediately expelled from the place, aka where the group cooked, just because they did not want any strange food made by him.

After all, even though the teenager could be said to have quite above average abilities in all sorts of things, but somehow, he was able to, it was just cooking that the person really could not do, to the point that there was barely a single dish, which could be eaten.

At best, the only food the teenager could cook was fried rice alone, where the ingredients to make it were not their own.

So, because it was not allowed to help cook dinner, Dafa finally decided to take a walk around the place.

Of course, Orobas went along with him. Because, ever since their journey began, that Demon Lord girl really did not want to escape from her body at all, to the point of making Sora almost explode.

But, as usual, Dafa managed to calm the Natsuki girl down, lest she do something very careless.

After all, even though his behavior in these few days seemed harmless at all, it was worth remembering, if the little girl from earlier was hanging on his shoulders this was one of the Demon Lords in this World.

So, surely the power this person has is not a mere figment, let alone Dafa has already exchanged blows with him.

Oh yes, thanks to the short battle that took place between him and Orobas, Dafa was able to give a little scale, regarding the level of these Demon Lords.

Not to mention, because Orobas also helped him in doing the scale, so Dafa can be a little sure, if the scale he made this can be said, quite accurate.

The point is, Dafa can only conclude it like this;

And so, for the second, there was a Demon Lord like this Orobas, a Demon Lord who was not from the second generation, but his strength had already rivaled, in fact it could be said, almost surpassed, by, the Demon Lords of the second generation.

Oh yes, as we just talked about, that this Demon Lord Council seems to have several generations, where from the second generation, to this latest one, aka the sixth generation, where, it can be said that they almost always have members replaced with new ones, but not with the first generation, which until now, has never been replaced.

Back to topic.

In the third there was an unremarkable Demon Lord, inconspicuous in any case, but still powerful enough to maintain his position as a Demon Lord.

After all, anyone who was more worthy, could claim any seat of the Demon Lord, but they should be able to defeat the holder of the seat.

This is similar to the ranking system that is usually in a Game, where the players are required to defeat someone with a higher rank than him, to claim the rank.

And, in the latter, there was a Demon Lord similar to Zagan, an ordinary Demon Lord who was too narcissistic, to sometimes make some other Demon Lords uncomfortable. Or it could be said, that these types were just clowns from this Demon Lord Council.

"But still, I was quite surprised, because you actually refused to claim the position from Zagan."

Dafa could only smile wryly, after he heard the words from Orobas. Because, before they started this journey, the teenager had been offered by this Demon Lord girl to claim the position of Zagan.

However, with so relaxed, Dafa immediately rejected it, where he did not tell the reason for his refusal at all, aka he just rejected it.

Later, Dafa spends the rest of his time playing around with his thread, until Sora calls him to dinner.

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Meanwhile, somewhere inside the Groen Forest.

Two people can be seen running aimlessly, while looking to have a very sad face.

'Dangerous... Damnit damnit!! DAMNIT DAMNIT!! Why did it all end like this!?' He kept running, thinking about it in his mind.

However, no matter how frustrated he was at his current state, but that fellow was ultimately only able to grit his teeth alone, with flames of fury seemingly blazing within his jade eyes.

'If only I were stronger, Onii-sama would not die.'

After all, that person was already well aware, that he was really just a burden, because he did not dare to kill the waji*ngan.

Even so, since the rice had already become porridge, so all he could do now was move his legs aimlessly, hoping that everything that had just happened to him, was just his nightmare.

On the other hand, someone who is with him, he feels the same frustration as the person, where this person must also feel a huge frustration, he said, as a result of not daring to kill the waji*ngan, to the point of making things very bad like this.

However, no matter how much the two people wanted to assume that this thing that had just happened was just their dream, but because everything felt so realistic, it was all so realistic, this makes them have to return to feel the cruel reality that is happening to them.

Just like that, until the sun rose, the two people continued to run, until they unknowingly arrived at a certain place.

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Note Author:

Yayy!!! Update again!!

In this chapter, there is a lot going on, starting from a little explanation about where Souji and Niji are, what happened on the side of the Dafa group, the scale of the strength of the Demon Lords in Dafa's point of view, up to the appearance of two particular people at the end of the chapter.

For those of you who have read the previous version, I am sure you will understand, about what is going on. However, it will not be the same as the previous version, where in this version, the problem will be very persistent.

Also, for the next chapter, there will be a few things that smell R-18+.

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