Shadow and The Jester
Chapter 05's

Chapter 05: True Demon Lord & The Next Heavy Battle & A Surprise.

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(POV Third Person)

"Hehehe~ Interesting once~ Just this time there is someone who can guess the direction of my attack~ Moreover, he it is a human~!"

A young girl could be seen saying that with great excitement, as her pale brown reptilian eyes began to look at Dafa with obsession.

Of course, by the time it happened, Sora who saw it immediately froze, before a cold aura could be felt spreading from the surroundings.

Meanwhile, Rafi and Akane did not quite understand the intent behind it, with Dafa himself preferring to think of a way to escape this little girl in front of him.

After all, even though his appearance looked like he was around the age of ten to twelve years, but the aura coming out of his body was even, no, it would most likely make even a Upper Level Caster fall to their knees.

Where, the reason why these three people who were together with him could still stand quietly, was because he had already prepared some things to prevent this kind of scenario from happening, he said, when they were talking to each other.

It's just, every thing he had prepared to fight something similar to the girl in front of him, somehow all of it he felt would be useless, would not be useful, to fight against this embodiment of absurd power that was before him.

Hence... ["Can you run away from here? I'll hold this lunatic back."] As a result of not having a chance to win, the only option he could take right now was to escape, which made Dafa send the telepathy to these three comrades.

However, his words seemed to have instead succeeded in making Sora and Akane immediately put on a face full of rejection, while Rafi herself immediately understood the intent behind it.

["Dafa, is this because we're only burdening you?"] It was the only conclusion that the person could come to, after looking at their current situation.

["Yes, you are just a burden of life, especially if he uses you as hostages."]

["You know what, Daf? Your honesty is sometimes very painful."] Rafi could only say that with a wry smile growing on her face, before she pulled Sora and Akane away from there.

Seeing the three men leave, Dafa did not forget to send them one last message, before finally focusing on the girl who seemed to be so disdainful of him, he said, to the extent that he was waiting for her to finish chatting with the three people.

["By the way, go North from this place. And, if you are confused which way, just turn right from the direction of your current running goal."]

...

Upon hearing that, Rafi immediately turned to follow the instructions from Dafa, while Sora and Akane still did not accept the decision.

"Why did we leave him!? Isn't it dangerous to leave her alone there in such a condition!?" Akane expressed her frustration to Rafi, because in addition to not being able to help in any case, she can also be said to be the cause of what is happening right now.

Although it was actually that, he was not wrong in any case, considering that the attack appeared all of a sudden, plus even with both hands still intact, it was still impossible for Dafa to be able to defeat the little girl, making the statement feel terribly wrong.

But the problem is that, for Akane it is like her fault, just because she is not aware of the fact.

On the other hand, Sora who heard that wanted to voice his displeasure as well, but immediately stopped in the middle of the road, after he saw blood pouring from Rafi's palm.

'Did he force himself to do this?'

That was the only logical answer that Natsuki's girl could think of, especially after remembering how close the two of them were.

Moreover, given the fact that they were indeed a burden to Dafa, it made him unable to deny the actions of the Teenager.

After all, not only had they never fought under such conditions, the three of them could also be said to have never killed a human at all, let alone wielded a weapon with the intention to kill someone.

With that in mind, Sora could already understand the meaning of the burden of life that Dafa spoke of.

'If only I had the strength, maybe things wouldn't have become like this.'

At that time, it was not only Sora who had such thoughts, because without him realizing it, the two people who were with him had the same thoughts, too, although for different reasons behind it.

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Back to the Dafa side.

After sensing that the presence of the three people had already moved away from there, Dafa then began to prepare the plan he had been thinking about since then.

Nixryiums. It is a unique metal that can be found within the Scandinavian mountains, which is more precisely, located in a mini metropolis called Nivis City.

It can be said, the metal has excellent Mana conductivity, to the point of making all the Casters in the World fight over it, because in addition to being a very good introduction to Mana, Mana, but the metal is also known as one of the five most powerful metals in the world.

But, ever since the rumors of the awakening of the Fallen Hero - Peuri Nivis, appeared three years ago, there was almost no Caster who could get the metal, because reportedly the metal has now been protected by the messenger of the Fallen Hero itself, known as Winterwoman.

It's just that, thanks to some of the affairs the teenager once had with the Caster Association located in Japan, it had made him manage to secure quite a lot of Nixryium, which he turned into a thread.

The thread is really versatile, because in addition to being able to be used as a tool to attack, but it can also be used as a shield, as well, by coiling them together to form a kind of dome around him.

To add a plus in this regard, considering that this metal itself is very suitable for various things related to ice, making the thread very suitable for use by Dafa, he said, because the main element of his is also ice.

But for now, let's continue the discussion later, because Dafa's preparations have been completed.

Of course, when that happened, the long almond-haired girl immediately smiled with more and more width, at which point she said; "Are you finally ready~?"

Dafa only replied with a light nod, before he said; "I am so grateful for your humility. Because, it's already let me get ready for this far."

"Hehehe~ Of course I am very humble once~ Because, no matter what you do, the one who will win in the end is me~"

This time, Dafa did not answer him, to which the teenager himself preferred to prepare with a dagger of his own, which emerged from empty air.

While the girl in front of him, he was seen starting to grow a much larger horn on top of his head, with his nails sharpening even more, he was seen, as well as some strange-looking patterns started to appear around his face.

"Before we start this, can I tell you what your name is, man~?"

Dafa who heard that looked pensive immediately, before he smiled slightly and said in a tone full of arrogance; "The Jester. You can call me by that name."

"'The Jester'~? That's not your real name, is it~?"

"Yup, that's true. But, that name could also describe most of me."

Upon hearing that, a quite thunderous laughter immediately came out from the little girl's mouth, where at the same time, a small earthquake was immediately created there.

It took almost five minutes, only to wait for the girl to stop laughing, where after stopping laughing, the girl somehow decided to introduce herself as well.

"Then, introduce also~ I Orobas~! The fifty-fifth seat of the seventy-two Demon Lords that exist in this World~!!"

'Demon Lord? Was this fellow just saying as one of the seventy-two Demon Lords?'

Yes, after all, if the fifty-fifth number alone was this strong, let alone the top ten number? Doesn't it feel impossible to defeat them in the near future? In fact, even if you wait for a few more years, it is still uncertain, if the people in the Palace can defeat this girl.

'I guessed it, if they were from the beginning intending to use us as disposable soldiers only.'

Even so, in the end it was not that important, considering his current goal was to be able to survive from this girl in front of him, which seemed to have an ominous intention behind that innocent smile of hers.

Then, with the sound of the first water droplets descending from the sky as an opening, the two people immediately ran at full speed towards each other.

Amidst the torrential rain that suddenly appeared, the explosive power of their steps managed to create a crater that has a large comparison between the two, with the two of them successfully resisting their first attack against each other.

"Hehehe~ I've guessed~! You are indeed very strong~!"

After saying that, a much faster barrage of attacks compared to the previous one, started raining down on Dafa from various sides.

If not for his experience, coupled with the luck that always enveloped his existence, most likely Dafa would have lost, he said, especially after remembering him who could not even keep up with the speed of the girl at all.

The attack continued, until...

*string!*

Right after the sound was heard, thousands of threads immediately wrapped around the body of the Orobas, before freezing it in a matter of seconds, along with the surrounding area.

Of course, it only happened in less than five minutes, but it was enough for Dafa, to exchange his main body for an illusion, in the hope that it could trick him a little, while his original body would later try to run away from there.

However, unlike what she thought, instead of being deceived, the girl could easily realize the illusion, when she kicked Dafa with such terrifying power behind it, she said, to the extent that a rather large hole could be seen opening up on the left side of his body.

Even so, Dafa was still seen to rise again, which certainly made Orobas' smile grow deeper, especially after thousands of threads returned from thin air and managed to wrap around and re-open it.

But, as had happened before, the girl was able to free herself very easily, to the point of making Dafa pierce his tongue with vexation.

'Damn 'em... In fact, even illusions are useless, huh?'

While Dafa began to become frustrated, on the other hand, it could not be said to be the same for Orobas.

"Hahaha~! Finally~! Finally~! I found it~!" The girl said this while emitting a deadly aura from the surroundings, which became even stronger, each time her laughter became louder.

Of course, it does add to the frustration that Dafa has, because... 'I have a bad feeling about this.'

Especially after seeing the look in the eyes of the girl, who was really hated by Dafa, because she understood the purpose behind the look in the eye.

'What should I do now?' While thinking about it, Dafa began to freeze the hole in his body, only to stop the bleeding from occurring any further.

After he was done with it, this time he did not defend or attack her directly, but instead walked around Orobas, which of course managed to make the girl confused.

But it didn't last long, because... "Tu-wait a minute!! How do you do that!?"

For the first time, Orobas' smile was completely shattered, after he saw Dafa's body somehow split, creating ten shadows, each of which continued to walk around him.

Where, the thing that surprised Orobas was not the fact about Dafa that could be a lot, but the fact about... 'What the hell is going on? Why can't I see his soul?'

As the girl herself had just said, these eyes actually had the ability to see the soul of a person, which made it impossible to be deceived by using illusion magic.

However, out of the ten Dafa that were surrounding him, he could see absolutely nothing inside each of them, making him feel like he was staring at a mirror.

"Of course, it's impossible for you to see it, because..."

*Slash!* *slashh!*

"... I was never there in the first place."

Right after the words were finished, Orobas frowned, as his right arm had somehow disappeared.

"Maybe I can't beat you, but that doesn't mean I can't fight you at all. Anyways..." This time, Dafa again appeared not to fall from him, with the girl's right hand at her feet, "... In my hometown, The Jester is often referred to as the Incarnation of Death and True Devil, which has even been considered equivalent to Lucifer, until it is often thought of as the Incarnation of him."

"So, please don't underestimate me too much." A crooked smile immediately grew on Dafa's face, after he ended his speech, while preparing to attack using the dagger he was still holding.

And, as Dafa had expected, the Demon Lord girl laughed out loud, which immediately made her understand more about her nature.

'This guy's... He's just bored.'

That's absolutely right. Why did he come to that conclusion? Real easy. Just look at this fight from the beginning, even ordinary people will soon understand the intent behind it.

After all, all the abilities shown by her were all lies, because in fact this girl was still completely restrained.

That easy example, when he punched Dafa, which should have destroyed his upper body immediately, but it just hollowed out his body, and it was not so bad, either, because his internal organs are somehow still fine.

Of course, upon realizing this, Dafa soon had a crazy plan that, despite being a double-edged sword, was truly extremely dangerous to his life.

However, in order to survive in the World, the teenager ended up deciding to just bet with his plan.

After all, other than that it had a much better possibility than his other plans, it also helped him greatly at the moment, too, because he actually still had no way of escaping from the girl that was in front of him.

After deciding that, Dafa then immediately called Orobas while lowering his weapon.

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Author Note :

Yayy!!! Update again!!

In this chapter, full with our new MC, plus shown some of the things that our MC has, plus some other facts about the Earth.

But, you need to remember again, if in fact it is, the reason why the MC can still look to draw with this Orobas, it is because the fight only lasted for less than ten minutes, he said, because if it is more than fifteen minutes, then our MC will actually soon die, due to his poor endurance.

Then, if about every MC ability shown in this chapter, especially about the way this MC can cut the arm belonging to Orobas, later it will be explained in the next chapters, he said, although it will certainly make the portion of Souji appearance less, but calm down, after the chapter, Souji will get a portion that appears quite a lot.

So, for those of you who want to support the author, you can support the author through a trakteer author account, which you can access through IG author @Panagakos_Void.

That's what the author wants to say, see you in the next chapter! Adios~!