Maou no Hajimekata Volume 2 Chapter 19 part2

Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist

Chapter 19: Let's Sprung the Trap of Despair Around the Proud King of the Desert, Part 2

「Hahahahaha! Oh my God, what is this?! Looking good there, Uzermart! And you 're a virgin? So what, did you like, asked Aur to take your V-card away from you?」

「You bitch! How dare you insult me with such insinuations! And how do you know all that?!」

Zana pointed towards Uzermart, unable to contain herself. He looked so angry that he could start spontaneously emitting flames at any moment, but that was about all he could do at the current moment due to the curse Aur placed upon him in addition to the one that forced him to be obedient to his orders. Essentially it made him unable to hurt any of Aur's allies in a physical way.

「There was no point I hiding it so I just told her.」

Aur said it casually while Zana was literally rolling on the floor, laughing.

Zana's younger sister, Eldav, was still afraid of him even in his current form and hid herself behind Aur's wide back. It couldn't be helped since she was his prisoner for the majority of her life, but at least now there was no way for him to harm her anymore. But even with the curse placed upon him, his enormous magical power still made the air around him vibrate with intense heat. To partially break through such a powerful seal with nothing but his latent power was nothing short of amazing, that much has to be said.

「Master, the preparations have been completed..」

「I have also prepared some tea.」

Hoseli and Mari, came to report.

「Good. Come with us then, you will also attend.」

Descending from Fuuro, the maiden of the Goddess of the Rising Sun Kukuru, Hoseli.
From Himuro, the God of Zenith, Igaruk, and his priestess, Eldav.
And Uzermart, the vessel of Atom, God of the Setting Sun, hailing from Sahara.
Mari, Sofia's parent and the daughter of Aur's underground Dungeon.
Servant of the Moon Goddess Marina, Zana.
And the Demon Lord Aur.

Right now, this one room gathered all of the people related to the God of the Sun.

「I don't understand why I should participate in this whole endeavor. Compared to the rest of you who are nothing more than the Demon Lord's playthings, I, with my virginity still intact have the most value out of all of you peasants…」

「No one here cares about you sexual experiences, so just shut up and do as you're told. I will now explain the plan to all of you.」

Aur cuts Uzermart's pompous speech short and sits down on a chair.

「Basically, the six of us will challenge God.」

「……You must be joking!?」

Zana shouted towards Aur, unable to hide her bewilderment.

「Our opponent is the God born out of the combination of the pillars of the sun, the omnipotent and almighty being! To go against him with just the six of us, are you actually insane?!」

「That's exactly why…」

He knew this topic would eventually come, so he calmly answers.

「Going at him with all of our forces would be meaningless. The best course of action would be to challenge him with our elite few, the absolute best we have to offer.」

「Even so!」

Tapping the desk, Zana points her finger at Uzermart, who is standing across the rest of them.

「I can't trust this guy.」

「And what of it? You think I give a damn about how you feel? Even if it's the order from the Demon Lord who holds power over me, why would I, the king of king, sully my perfect hands by cooperating with the peasants like you? What are you going to do to make me change my mind? Kill me again?」

Uzermart crossed his arms on his chest and leaned back on the chair. Seeing how carefree and laid back he was even in his current form made Zana grit her teeth and clench her fists.

「If that's what it takes, then yes, even if it goes against master's orders. After all, none of us made any promises of safety to you.」

「Hahahahahaha! That's right. Promises, contracts, they have no meaning here. And if that's the case here, then why should the king of kings promise to work with mongrels if mongrels won't do anything for him in return?」

Uzermart laughed at Zana 's words without even trying to hide his disdain, angering pretty much everyone present in the room with him.

「I don't care about your attitude, Uzermart, but you should. If you won't help us, you'll spend the rest of your life trapped in a woman's body.」

And his laugher promptly stopped as soon as Aur mentioned that.

「Kuh… then tell me, how do you intend to fight this guy huh? In order to do that. You'd need to be omnipotent and almighty yourself!」

「That means we just need to work together until we get that kind of power.」

That's Aur for you, shutting Uzermart down with a single sentence. He looked like he wanted to say something but stopped and just bite down on his lip.

「…Well good. But I'm still dissatisfied with your selection of people. What are these guys useful for again?」

He looked at everyone with a disgusted expression until he stopped at Eldav.

「Let's take her for an example. The priestess of the Sun God who has lost his blessing. Now he's nothing more but an immature half-servant, And I bet she can't even do that properly. If anything, she is more like a pet than an actual human being.」

「You, whose fault do you think it is that Eve …?!」

Now that she has lost her blessing, Eldav is just a helpless woman. Also, because most of her life was stolen from her by the Collar of Obedience, she was no different than from when she was still a child.

「Whose fault is it, you ask? Don't make me laugh.」

Uzermart laughs at Zana, who was boiling with anger.

「Yours, and that underdeveloped body of yours. I doubt that skinny ass would be able to satisfy me even if I trained you properly. But I guess it turned out all right for you in the end, huh? Because I rejected you, you were able to spread your legs for the Demon Lord and beg for help in dealing with me. How very much like you.」

Zana did not yell or scream. Instead, she shot sharp spears of ice from her palm and shot them towards Uzermart's heart in the blink of an eye.

「…Look.」

But the spears melted away before even on e of them was able to scratch Uzermart's rich breasts.

「All bark and no bite. And you dare calling yourself useful?」

Blood drips from Zana's tightened lips. The power difference between her and Uzermart was far too obvious. No matter how fast she would create her spears, they will never be able to penetrate through Uzermart's thermal armor. The only way for her to score a hit on him would be to wait for a moment when he'd left himself opened, just like he did at the pyramid.

And once she'd do that, there'll be no more second chances, because he will never stop being wary of her.

「You too, the Demon Lord. Even You use wise tactics, but most of them are based on assumptions and pure luck, even that magic of yours that revived me. I am not blind, and I am not stupid either. Give me some of your followers, like that red-headed woman who split the sky in two or the girl who commands beasts. Maybe then I will be more willing to help you.」

Aur whistled in his mind. He thought tat Uzermart was not interested in other people since he was so powerful himself, but he actually recognized Yunis' and Mio's strength? Naturally, considering their strength and abilities he was going to bring those two along with him.

「Mio and Yunis? Of course, they will also cooperate with us. But I won't leave them in the hands of someone who is weaker than me. Not in a million years.」

「What did you say?」

Uzermart raised his brows, not being able to comprehend what just happened.

「Besides, if I leave any of my subordinates with you unsupervised, you'd be dead in seconds.」

「Oh?」

However, his expression turned into a mocking smile as Aur continued to talk.

「That's quite a bold statement. So you say your lackeys can defeat me?」

「Easily. So how about it? Wanna give it a go?」

Was Aur provoking him? Because if so, the Uzermart took the bait splendidly.

「Fine with me, let's do it. But really, aren't you thinking a little too highly of yourself, thinking that lowly mortals can go against the emperor chosen by the God himself?」

「I never say things that are not true.」

「Then when I win, these girls will become mine. And you will give me back my body of course.」

「WHA …?!」

Zana tries to scream at him how foolish that would be. This is because there is no merit to such a stupid game.

「All right.」

「Master …!?」

However, she was astonished by Aur's attitude towards such a ridiculous idea. He probably does not realize it, but Uzermart's defense is like an impenetrable iron wall. Even with a party of more people, defeating him would be extremely difficult.

「It's all fine and dandy, but what will you do when you lose?」

Mari, who was silent until now, asks unexpectedly.

「Haha. It's impossible for me to lose.」

Uzermart laughs confidently.

「Cept for when you and your soldiers got owned by ordinary water. And later when you were chasing me around your own place and got killed.」

「Those… those were nothing but exceptions! I won't allow them to happen ever again!」

Looks lime Mari managed to hit a nail right on the head.

「I ask again: what will happen if you lose?」

「If by some miracle you'll manage to defeat me, I'll do whatever you want. Happy now?.」

Mari laughed at Uzermart's words.

Was this their aim? But it all seems so meaningless. If he will do whatever they want, why not order him to cooperate from the get-go? Or is it because Aur knows that unless Uzermart is not defeated fair and square then he's going to refuse their every attempt at forcing him to work with them?

Unfortunately, the power of the emperor of the sands is real. Marina's judgment that he is necessary to fight against the Sun God is probably not wrong. However, there was no real profit in it for him and there was much to lose, so Zana couldn't help but to keep thinking what was it that he was actually after.

Chapter end