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Amid flying sand and rolling stones, with a wild wind roaring, Matthew arrived.
He hadn't wanted to come at all. Today was the premiere of the new anime Borrowed Friends, and binge-watching it with Time Acceleration turned on was a thousand times more important than beating a dog.
But those fools like Ares were simply too dumb. Matthew had clearly sent them a guaranteed-win Divine Artifact, yet they didn't even know how to use it.
If he didn't come now, Ares would definitely get kicked back to the God Realm, and he'd have to start over with a new goddess — regardless of her strength, it would just waste his time.
No way around it, Lord Matthew had to step in personally.
Grabbing Ares by the ankle and tossing her aside, Matthew raised his hand and summoned the Dragon Slaying Holy Sword.
At this moment, there was no other living thing left in the Demon King's Castle.
Matthew in his linen outfit versus the ten-story-tall S-rank Demon King's Main Body, Hages — it looked more than a little ridiculous.
Staring at the tiny Matthew, Hages, already nearly berserk, didn't hesitate and swung his right forepaw down in a single strike!
"Ha ha, so another one who doesn't fear death has come. Trying to play the hero saving the damsel, huh? How naive."
"You still don't know, do you? This King's strength has already surpassed the limits of the Water Blue World. Under this sky, I, King Hages of Hell, am invincible!!!"
"Pfft!"… "Boom!"
That right claw, comparable in size to an elephant's body, was sliced apart along with the leg attached to it and fell to the ground.
The invincible King Hages: "..."
He looked down again at the remarkably handsome human youth beneath him, as if something had come back to him.
In the next instant, Matthew, having just severed one of his legs, raised the Golden Dragon-Slaying Holy Sword and spoke the two large characters engraved upon its blade—
"Bankai."
"Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!"
Dark clouds had covered the sky without anyone noticing, and pitch-black lightning roared furiously like a thunder dragon.
The earth split open.
This time it truly split open — a hurricane of level 15 or higher swept away the Three-Tailed Hellhound Demon King Hages, along with his entire Demon King's Castle.
A heart-stirring violin melody mixed together with the roar of the lightning, forming a new Dragon-Slaying Holy Sword.
To be precise, it should be: "Bankai, the 40-Meter Golden Dragon-Slaying Holy Sword!"
【The 40-Meter Golden Dragon-Slaying Holy Sword】
Attack Power +9999
Defense Power +9999
Critical Hit Rate +99.9%
Critical Hit Damage +99.9%
Special Skill: Duration 5 minutes.
Special Skill: Ignore Defense.
Special Skill: Double damage against the Dragon Race and Demon Race.
Special Skill: 10x damage against Demon Kings.
Special Skill: Guaranteed hit.
Special Skill: Violin BGM.
……
Gripping the 40-meter Golden Dragon-Slaying Holy Sword, Matthew shook his head and said, "I had someone deliver a Divine Artifact that clears things in one minute, and they still don't know how to use it. This generation of goddesses is hard to manage."
With Bankai complete, Matthew in his linen outfit still looked plain and unremarkable, but the massive sword in his hand was more than enough to strike fear into any Demon King.
Matthew looked around. "Where did Hages go?"
The Demon King's Castle was reduced to rubble, and atop the ruins, the Three-Tailed Hellhound Demon King was nowhere to be seen — replaced instead by a white flag.
Words were written on the white flag: Lord Matthew, I Was Wrong.
Matthew said, "Come out."
The white flag's words changed: If you don't forgive me, I won't come out.
Matthew said, "I actually wasn't planning on killing the Demon King today. But give it a little longer and I might just change my mind."
The sound of digging came from some distance away from the white flag, and a cute Three-Tailed Shar Pei dog, its right forepaw wrapped in a bandage, crawled out from below.
The Shar Pei dog had tears welling in its eyes, its left forepaw waving a small white flag back and forth, on which was written: All-powerful Lord Matthew, please put away your massive sword first, would you?
Matthew didn't care what it had written and simply asked, "How do you know me? Did Niluber tell you?"
At those words, the Shar Pei dog Hages immediately collapsed to the ground, blood gushing out of its ears.
In the Demon Realm, there was no such thing as "Niluber" — only Her Majesty the Lord of Demon Gods. And only Matthew knew what the Demon Lord Lady looked like or what her name was. Hages, merely an S-rank, wasn't remotely qualified to know that — he wasn't even qualified to hear it!
The Shar Pei dog Hages knelt.
There was no choice but to kneel.
The man across from him had nearly questioned him to death with a single casual remark.
And then there was the 40-meter massive sword in the man's hand — with that sword around, even a three-year-old child could kill Hages as easily as squashing an Ant. If he dared stand up, he'd probably be turned into a Dog Meat pie before long.
The Shar Pei dog Hages knelt down and said, "Honored Lord Matthew, your existence isn't really a secret. I happen to have done some research on demon-world relations, so I not only know that you are the most handsome man in the Myriad Realms, but also the strongest!"
After going back and forth for a good while, the five minutes ran out, and the 40-meter Golden Dragon-Slaying Holy Sword returned to its normal form. Matthew found it too tiresome to hold, so he tossed the sword onto the ground.
The premiere time had already passed, so there was no rush anymore.
Matthew crouched down and asked, "Aside from handsome and strong, are there any other legends about me in the Demon Realm?"
Hages: "You are the Male God who holds the Authority of Kindness in the Goddess World. Even though you've kept an extremely low profile, countless goddesses still secretly adore you and want to bear your children."
Matthew chuckled. "Is that so? I had no idea. Anything else?"
Hages: "The Goddess World has a Dueling Arena. It wasn't originally meant for gods to use, but ever since you took up residence in the God Realm, the conflicts between goddesses have grown so fierce that they can only settle who's Qualification to love you by dueling on the arena."
Matthew: "Heh heh heh, I had no idea. Anything more?"
Hages: "..."
Its face flushed red.
It looked like it was trying very hard.
Matthew: "Is that all?"
Hages: "There's more, there's more!"
It had never seen a god so utterly shameless — already bragged up to this degree, and he was still asking if there was more.
But to Save life, it couldn't afford to worry about that anymore.
"Her Majesty the Demon Lord secretly adores you too."
Matthew raised an eyebrow. "How do you know that?"
Hages: "Head Steward Lord Meli accidentally let it slip. She said Her Majesty the Demon Lord even mentions you while talking in her sleep. If it weren't for the God Race and Demon Race being sworn enemies, Her Majesty the Demon Lord would have long since come to serve you."
Matthew patted the dog's head and sighed, "I knew it. Being too handsome is a sin too. From now on, I suppose I'll just avoid being seen when I can... Anything else?"
The Shar Pei dog Hages: (°ー°〃), froze up...
At this moment, Demon King Hages, who liked to keep a trump card in reserve and treasured his life above all, suddenly felt a bit like dying.
Perhaps sensing its "difficulty," Matthew said, "Forget it, you don't have to say any more."
Hages hurriedly pleaded, "No, no, no, Lord Matthew, I have plenty of other talents, please give me one more chance!"
It picked up a stone in its mouth and flung it far away, then dashed off in a blur, dashed back in a blur, set the stone down, spun in circles, jumped high, jumped low, and bowed in every possible pose.
One stone, "Woof!"
A second stone, "Woof!"
The two stones added together, "Woof Woof!"
1+1=2
Matthew: "..."
Hages: "I can also guard the door!"
"..."
"Watch children!"
"..."
"I also know plenty of dark histories and little secrets about other Demon Kings!"
Matthew: "Alright, alright, you don't need to say any more."
"No, Lord, please give me one more chance..."
Demon King Hages was truly on the verge of tears. "I can also cook and do laundry, my nose and ears are especially sharp — when it comes to treasure hunting and pathfinding, no Demon King is better than me!"
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