The Demon Queen's Disciple
Chapter 70 - Time Passed

Day 41....

Now in a world that was supposed to be a prison for Lucius, it had turned into an ice palace with lakes and rivers flowing in various directions.

Right in the basement of the ice palace, Lucius stored all the meat from his quarry.

He ate it in sufficient portions. Not much, but not a little.

Thanks to his previous actions, the crack gap contained in this magic Relic had been repaired. And it was no longer possible for him to summon any more wild animals from there.

But in the presence of hundreds of animal flesh hanging neatly in that extremely cold storage of ice?

Lucius never imagined he would need another meal for months.

Meanwhile on the other hand, Zephyrith looked very busy to finish his homemade medicine. A medicine in the form of a mysterious black powder, which can be used to impart demonic powers to its users.

And in this....

The humans.

Dozens, even hundreds of prisoners have been tested with the drug. But not many survived.

Even if they could survive the side effects of the drug, they all lost their minds.

............

Day 63....

'Zraaatt! Sraaash! Whoa!'sang!!'

In a world that should be hell for him, Lucius seemed busy sharpening his sword technique with direction from Carmilla.

'No! Not like that! Try to lend me your body for a while, I'll show you how!' shouts Carmilla who immediately took over Lucius' body.

He quickly began to move to launch the sword technique he intended.

A technique where the movements are like a beautiful dance. But at each step, a swing from his sword was able to kill his enemy with immeasurable sharpness.

'Sraaaasshhh!! Fraaasshh!! Araaassshh!!!'

With that movement, Carmilla easily crushed the huge rock created by Lucius earlier to pieces.

"Wuaaah, that's amazing." praise Lucius after seeing it.

'Unbelievable what?! You should be able to do it yourself!' reply Carmilla's angry.

"Yes yes.... I understand." Lucius replied briefly.

He quickly placed both his hands on the dry land. It used earth element magic to create that 4 meters high hard boulder before him.

"Alright, I'll try one more time" Lucius said to himself with a smile.

Meanwhile....

Aurelia who saw the figure of Lucius continue to train casually in the world began to creep in fear.

He imagined what if he was caught in the situation? Replace Lucius?

Would he be able to survive staying sane in such an extreme situation? Or will he go mad and kill himself?

Or the....

He would give up on all the requests from Zephyrith as the one who framed him?

"I'll try to get in while he's fast asleep" Zephyrith said from behind Aurelia.

He was carrying several glass bottles with the black powder. Intended to kill Lucius while he was helpless.

Just as Lucius was sound asleep, Zephyrith attempted to enter the dimension slowly.

But....

"You sure? I can feel you, you know? Just continue a little and I can get out of here." Lucius replied in a sudden loud voice.

'Wh-what?! N-wasn't she just fast asleep?' thought the Zephyrith who just touched Relic was.

Neither Zephyrith nor Aurelia knew that Lucius was in the body of the real devil, who guarded Lucius' body as he slept.

A little Carmilla felt that there was a change in the order of Mana in this world, and she would quickly awaken Lucius' body.

With that, it was impossible for the two of them to infiltrate in.

The dimension that was supposed to be this prison, had instead turned into an impenetrable fortress for Lucius.

"I was curious anyway, why don't you just leave if you're so scared of me? It might still take me 6 months or so to find the key to this world. Aaah, is it because the tools that hold this world are too precious so inevitably you have to take me?" asked Lucius at length.

Zephyrith and Aurelia got more goosebumps every time they heard Lucius say. The boy seemed to be able to see into such a distant future, even though he was trapped in that small world.

In the end, the two decided to refocus on their research. The sooner they finish, the sooner they leave this cursed place.

............

Day 127....

Lucius' stockpiles of meat were beginning to thin. Maybe it's only left for about 2 weeks. But he no longer cares so much about it.

At this time, he was preoccupied with other things.

"Fuhuuh...."

Lucius' figure is seen training his physique using his sword. He appears to be taking off his shabby, dirty upper clothes, wearing only short black pants for his training.

His sword ability had improved greatly during this time in the world.

For him, the world has become a perfect closed training ground. Nothing can disturb or disturb him.

Even the figure that should be his enemy was precisely afraid of him.

While resting, Lucius designed a new magic to anticipate when he had to fight the mysterious figure.

Including fixing his artificial Arcana in his small castle made of ice.

"Say, what else do I have to learn?" lucius asked himself, which was in fact addressed to Carmilla.

'Your reflexes and physical abilities have really reached their peak, Lucius. Your body may no longer be trained. But you can still learn some other techniques. What about the empty-handed martial arts technique?' ask Carmilla.

"Eeeh, has it reached its peak? Hmm, but empty hands huh? Which fool would fight without a weapon?" lucius replied a little disappointed.

Zephyrith and Aurelia, who saw Lucius often talking to himself, assumed that Lucius had begun to lose his sanity due to prolonged isolation.

Causing himself to create an imaginary 'friend' to talk to.

'I told you your body is basically untalented. After all this is over, I will teach you how to go beyond your limits, Carmilla replied.

Unexpectedly by anyone, Lucius retaliated.

"Eh? What's he saying?" zephyrith asked surprised instead of playing.

"Teacher, I feel like we should just run away now?" aurelia panicked.

The research of both to create a suitable drug on the human body is almost complete. Just a little more.

If Lucius says it is true, he has found a way to get out of there....

'Swuuuooossh!!!'

Suddenly, a portal formed right beside where the two were sitting.

From behind it, the figure of a young man with long, disheveled black hair, as well as those tattered dirty clothes walked out slowly.

"Aaah, the outside world. I have long wanted to breathe fresh air." said Lucius with a smile on his face.

He can be seen stretching the muscles of both arms while walking. On the belt on his left waist, Mithril's sword was seen hanging quite neatly on his sword sheath.

'Deg! The deg!!'

In a truly unexpected moment, when Zephyrith and Aurelia were used to seeing Lucius who was busy practicing and no longer trying to find the key of the world....

The figure that the two of them were afraid of had stood right before them.

'Swwuuushh!!!'

The Zephyrith quickly created a portal behind his body. Intend to immediately run away with Aurelia.

But....

'Yaharrr!!!'

The magic formation that formed the portal suddenly shattered just like that.

The Zephyrith who had no time to think immediately made a second, third, fourth portal....

Even so, not a single portal had managed to form.

"You-you?! What are you doing?!" yelled Zephyrith fearfully.

Aurelia who seemed to have noticed it immediately fell to the floor with both knees as a pedestal.

"Ja-so that's Arcana." said Aurelia with a trembling body.

With a wide smile, Lucius pulled out a card made of thin metal plates with his left hand using two fingers.

Showing a card with a flow of magic formation that is so complicated bright light blue. The magic formation seemed to shine quite brightly in Lucius' hands.

"You know? Being weak sometimes opens our eyes to many new things" Lucius said as he walked slowly. His right hand was seen starting to slowly pull the Mithril sword.

"Being weak?" ask Zephyrith fearfully. He tried to use different kinds of magic. But none of the magic can be active.

"What if I meet a witch who is far more talented than I am? With magic knowledge far beyond me? Also with which is more abundant than me? How can I win?" asked Lucius who kept walking closer.

Aurelia seemed to have cried helplessly, realizing what was about to happen to them.

"Haha! Stupid question! That means you're not strong enough!" reply to the Zephyrith who was growing increasingly panicked at Lucius' every step of the foot.

He could only bully to frighten Lucius.

"No, there's another way. That is by dragging them to the same level as me. Besides, you seriously haven't noticed since I came here?" ask Lucius to come back.

"Huh? Whatchu mean?" ask the confused Zephyrith.

"Even your students have noticed it. Take a look at the place where you stand." Lucius replied briefly.

Just then, Zephyrith realized what had really happened. A sight only Clairvoyance Eye could see.

The scene where the Mana should have spread out and formed a gentle flow in this world, seemed to be pushed very strongly in all directions with Lucius as the center.

Or rather, with the Arcana card as its center.

"Aetherlocks. My Original Magic. With this, I can drag any talented magician to the same level as myself. That is to be an ordinary man without magic." Lucius replied as he pointed his sword right in front of Zephyrith's face.

An Arcana capable of neutralizing all sorts of magic? How will he fight? All of his offensive and defensive abilities required magic.

An empty-handed fight? With guns? He had seen how Lucius fought without magic hundreds of times. Not once in his mind had crossed a wish to be able to defeat Lucius in such a fight.

But when the magic of everyone around Lucius is sealed....

Zephyrith's fear and worry was finally answered. It is better that he leave Lucius from then on.

Why continue the experiment in this place? The place where there is a time bomb that is not even known when it will explode.

Therefore, he had to pay for his arrogance with death....

'Jleeeeebb!!! Oruuugg!'

Suddenly, Zephyrith thrust a syringe right into his right neck. Putting all the liquid along with the mysterious black powder into his body.

"What are you doing?" asked Lucius in a panic.

"Teacher! What are you...."

"Go and bring the stuff! Hurry along!" zephyrith shouted as she threw Aurelia's body with all her might backwards.

Appreciating her Master's decision, Aurelia immediately got up and ran to the corner of this room. He was seen picking up a golden chest that was about the size of half his arm.

Aurelia immediately took the chest away, leaving this place probably for good.

"Did you think I'd let it go?" lucius retaliates, intending to chase Aurelia.

But....

'Swuuushh! Aaaaakkkk!!!'

Suddenly, an extremely powerful punch struck Lucius' body. Throw it tens of meters. Through some of the walls that it passes through.

"Yes!!!" lucius shouted in pain while spewing blood.

In front of him was a man.... Or rather, someone who used to be human.

His body began to mutate as a result of the mysterious compound. Starting from the size of the body that is enlarged, the muscles that are getting hardened, also the Mana that increases sharply.

A pair of visible horns began to grow on his head while the color of his skin turned dark gray.

The highlight of his rosy eyes that were so sharp it gave off such a powerful aura of intimidation.

Seeing that, only one word flashed through Lucius' head.

"Devil?!"

"Gumfgrrrrrrr!!!" shouted the nearly 3-meter-high monster. The monster that used to be none other than Zephyrith. Former researcher from the Magic Tower.