TN: Best and longest chapter so far imo. I’m having a lot of fun translating this chapter :3
「Ah, welcome, Lean-sama.」
「Yes. A pleasure to meet you, Zedd-san.」
The day after the decision was made that the future course of action would be to have the captive humans become my experience.
I had visited Zedd-san, the eighth-ranked『General Marching』of the Demon King’s Army.
Tiana-san and the Demon King-sama were not here. I came alone because I heard that there was an important meeting today.
『Since I cannot go, you can ask Zedd to take care of it. He is the one in charge of managing the prisoners, and I believe there is an arena in the place where he rules. Moreover, there is no ceiling there. Besides, tomorrow is a full moon, so the conditions will be perfect.』
The vampire race is a race loved by the moon. Under the moon, they are given not only improved status but also increased healing abilities, night vision that allows them to see more clearly than in the daytime, and many other benefits. This is even more so when it is a full moon.
…That day, the day the vampire village was destroyed.
If it had been a night with a full moon, the humans would have been annihilated by us without a choice. I don’t think Noin and Edith, two of the《Holy Twelve Apostles》, would have been defeated, even if they would have had a tough fight.
Rather, I think they were warned of this and decided to fight in broad daylight.
「…What’s the matter, Lean-sama? You look horrified.」
……Oops.
I couldn’t help but think back to that time and the anger that came out of my head.
Well, I have never forgotten my resentment towards humans even for a second since that day.
「No, it was nothing. I’m sorry.」
「Is that so? I hope so. I have my men preparing the prisoners, so please wait a moment. Oh, you may come in.」
The arena where I entered after being told this was already a classic arena. The kind you often see in cartoons.
I heard that in a previous world, there was a facility called the Colosseum where slaves and prisoner fighters used to enjoy killing each other, but I wonder if it was like this inside the Colosseum.
「Now… Today, as a preliminary check, you will have 15 people to fight you.」
「Oh, we’re not going to get it all done today, are we?」
「Yes. This training is also about you gaining real-world experience. No matter how many knights are lined up, they will not be able to win in front of you who have received the blessing of the full moon. Therefore, we will decide on the number of prisoners to dispose of in a day and kill them according to that number, so that you can practice for a long period.」
I am level 10 now, and my full moon night ability is over 4000 in all statuses. With the effect of『Avenger』, it is even doubled against humans. No matter how many small fry gathered, I can kill them all in one breath.
In my previous life, it was said that numbers were the key factor in war. However, in this world, where the difference in power in terms of status is so pronounced, it is quality that counts.
No matter how many people you have, you will always be the overwhelmingly strong… The reason is that no matter how many people you have, in the face of the Demon King’s Army executives and, though I hate to admit it, the《Twelve Holy Apostles》, the weaker ones will end up as a ragtag crowd.
And on the night of the full moon, I am one of those strong creatures.
「I see. We will gradually reduce the power from the full moon and eventually defeat the enemy in the state of the new moon.」
「That’s what I’m saying.」
I appreciate this.
Dad told me that training is essential for vampire martial artists because if I don’t get used to the variation in physical abilities, I may not be able to recover from it in an emergency.
After a while, the humans came out and Zedd-san went to deal with them.
It was quite interesting since vampires have excellent senses and I could hear everything they were saying.
What was interesting was the faces of the humans, who at first had been so excited that they would not be killed, but who gradually turned pale when they heard what was being said.
Some of them were so pale that they were on the verge of tears, and it made me feel good.
Zedd-san’s talk went on and he started to explain the game.
I mean, Zedd-san is so rude, isn’t he? He said that the Demon King-sama is a benevolent person.
Not wrong, but that’s for the demons, not for the humans.
「Let’s get started, shall we? Lean-sama, you may come in.」
Oh, we’re good to go?
「Yes, thank you, Zedd-san.」
Now, the game begins.
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「……Pft. Bwahahaha! Oh, come on, the demon tribe is shorthanded! It’s reckless of you to let these kids deal with us!」
「I had suspected there was something wrong with them, but apparently, demons are just too smart for their good. Come on, let’s get rid of this guy and go back to the mainland.」
「Oh, I’m so anxious, I lost it… But what kind is this guy? Well, whatever.」
A few seconds after entering, I could already hear voices that wanted to beat me to death regardless of the game.
Zedd-san, quickly signals the start of the game. Ahh~, it’s irritating. The voices are loud. Seriously, hurry up and die. I’m going to kill you.
「Well, you have five minutes now. You may begin.」
Oh, finally!
Now, let’s kill them!
「Oh, man, this is really pissing me off. You scared the shit out of me, even for a second… Hey, you guys, stay out of this. I’ll kill you myself!」
Huh?
That’s stupid. Can’t he even tell the difference between his and my abilities?
I’m getting stressed out just listening to his voice, so let’s just kill him.
「Die, you little brat! ……eh?」
He lunged at me without a plan, so I decided to go straight to his face without hesitation. His head exploded. Ugh, that’s dirty.
「Wha……! T-This kid is…」
I’d like to kill them a little more neatly, without getting blood or brain plasma on me.
Let’s try various things. Next time, let’s try to cut off the head as I did in the village. If I do it quickly, I might be able to kill them without getting blood on me.
「Damn it! …Ugh!」
There was a gurgling sound and a moment of resistance, but then the skin shredded and the head came off with no problem.
……Ah. no good. All the blood spurting out.
But it feels good… No, not the blood shower, but this feeling of killing a human being is great.
I feel like I’m contributing to the world, like I’m exterminating all the pests in the world one by one.
Well, what I’m doing is killing, so it’s no surprise that I’m an outsider myself, but I’m free to indulge my mood.
Since I have so many experimental subjects, let’s study various ways to kill them cleanly.
First, crush the head.
「Guuukk!」
Too much force was applied and my hands were covered with brain plasma.
Then I’ll break his neck.
「Gooooh!」
Oh, this might be good. No blood.
Next, I’m going to crush the vital spot on the lower half of the body.
「GYAAAAAAAA!!!」
Uwa~, noisy. And they don’t die instantly. No, let’s just stomp his penis… Good, he’s dead.
Hee, one of them dropped his weapon and ran away. There’s no way he’s going to escape anyway. Let’s kick him seriously.
「UWAAAAAAAA! STOP! STOP! HELP…!」
…Wow~, it blew up.
I guess the force is too strong on a night with a full moon. As for the speed, I would step on a little bit too much momentum.
Now now, nine more to go. I wonder how I should kill them.
…Ah, but I guess it hurts when a man’s penis is crushed, doesn’t it? He was screaming like he was out of this world.
It was loud, but it wasn’t that bad.
Let’s try it again.
「eh? …GYAAAAAAAA!!!!」
Oh, I’m going to wake up to something new.
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But is this one that needs to be done twice when killing them? Killing the entire human race while making them suffer would take too much time, and maybe it would be better to destroy them with a single blow if possible? Hm~mm, difficult problem.
「GAAAAAAH!! GUOOOOOO!! 」
「Ahh geez, noisy!」
People are thinking! Die!
So I stomped his head to death. I got my shoes dirty already…
Enough is enough, let’s do it all at once. Eight left.
Crush the bones.
Eviscerate the guts.
Split them up around the waist.
Grab their legs and throw them over the wall.
Slam the head into the ground.
Tear it off vertically.
Fangs in the neck and sucking all the blood… took too much time, so I gave up and crushed his guts with a gut punch.
「……aa, aaa…aaaaaa…」
「Hm~mm, I still can’t get used to the power of the full moon. I thought it would be over in ten seconds, but there’s an extra person.」
The power of the full moon and the『Avenger』was much stronger than I expected and still difficult to control.
Because I was using my head to control them, it took me 15 seconds to think of a way to kill him. And I still haven’t been able to kill one person because I couldn’t think of a way to kill him.
「Well well, it was quite a show, Lean-sama. I see that the princess of the vampire tribe is invincible on a night with a full moon.」
「Really? …wait, no-no. Invincible? Even I can’t beat the executives like Zedd-san and Tiana-san! I’m still not used to this speed and power at all…」
In fact, if I had not been concerned about killing and if my body had been accustomed to this status, it would have been settled in two seconds.
「Oops. There is one more person left. Let’s kill, let’s kill♪」
「Hi…!?」
The last knight was completely demoralized.
He was shaking, his face was drenched in sweat, and he didn’t even have his sword anymore.
Hmmm, how should I kill him? I’ve almost done it already.
「S-Spare me! I’ll do anything! I’ll even tell you information, so please…please……!」
He started to get down on his knees somehow.
Ehh~ ……Even if you do that, it won’t move me one millimeter, and I’m dying to kill you.
Ah, I know. Maybe I could try to focus on the process of killing, rather than the result of killing? They might be pretty desperate if they are about to be killed, how about making them think they can be saved for a moment, and then die.
I’ll give it a try.
「Hey, don’t you want to die?」
「O-Of course! Of course not!」
Oh, this is good.
I just gave him a minute to kill, and he’s got a great clingy look in his eyes. I wonder if he’s forgotten about Goddess Misery just now.
「Ah, yeah. Then die♡」
「eh? ……a”」
So I killed him by putting a hole in his neck.
Now everyone. The time was 30 seconds.
Well, that was neat.
Now, let’s check the results, shall we?
「Lean-sama. You’re, uh, very ruthless, aren’t you?」
「Ruthless? Since the day my village was destroyed, all my forgiveness toward humans has been thrown over the cliff. Now, let’s see how high I’ve risen.」