The Death King, Isis Remnant, is neither as brutal nor as cold-hearted as the world believes her to be.
She kills anyone she doesn’t like without mercy. If you resist, death is the only thing that awaits you, a disaster that brings destruction in her wake… that’s how the world describes the Death King.
However, in reality, even throughout the long history of the world, the times when she’s actually had the desire to kill a living creature can be counted in one hand.
The reason for this is that she was originally a lonely and quiet person, but the most important factor is that the magic power of death that she is surrounded by is heavily influenced by her emotions.
To Isis, most creatures are far beneath her, and she can easily take their lives even without the intent to kill them.
Even wyverns, which are a dangerous threat to humans, are no more than a mere “hindrance” to her; a simple whisper would be enough to end their lives with her magic power of death.
Due to her ability to cause death even unintentionally, Isis usually suppresses her magic power of death as much as possible.
Even if she can’t fully suppress it, she is always careful to avoid scaring people away.
But now, Isis is using that raging anger, filled with killing intent she’s never had before, to control the space around her.
The woman has no trace of lightheartedness, no intention to suppress her power.
Those foolish beasts that brought out her wrath… their fate will be judged by the King.
[………………”Die”.]
At that moment, the magic power of death from Isis’s body, along with the violence she was always capable of, was unleashed.
The magic power of death, thick with clear killing intent, was released with her powerful words. Affected by Isis’s immense rage, it granted her targets a brutal and merciless death.
From the moment those forces were unleashed, it took just under a second for the Black Bears to lose their lives.
However, in that brief moment, the Black Bears would experience tens of thousands or even billions of deaths.
The tips of their fur died, their skin died, their flesh died, their blood died, their bones died, and every single cell in their body died.
In that instant of death, an overwhelming and despair-filled finality consumed them in an unimaginably compressed time.
At the moment of their utter annihilation, if any shred of emotion remained in the Black Bears, it would be one thought—Ah, I’m finally dead…
The magic power of death, unleashed with her powerful killing intent, completely erased the existence of the Black Bears—obliterating not just their bodies, death was conferred even to their souls.
In other words—it was a complete “annihilation.”
As Isis had declared, not even a drop of their blood remained in this world, as the Black Bears vanished before her eyes.
However, Isis’s rage did not stop with the destruction of the beasts before her.
Her magic power of death spread across the entire Elven Forest, devouring anything that had drawn her ire, uprooting all the Black Bears in the forest.
In just a few seconds, the Death King had spoken only a single word… But today, in this very moment, the Black Bears—once feared vermin—went extinct, never to inhabit the Elven Forest again.
There was no sound around.
None of the warriors who had gathered to defeat the Black Bears, not Lilia-san, nor anyone around her, not even Razelia and Neun, could speak.
That’s how overwhelming the power of Isis was.
Rightfully reigning in one of the top corners of the world… A being of a different dimension entirely, where those beneath her could only feel hopeless in the face of her power.
All those gathered continued to stare at the Absolute, their hearts filled with fear. They prayed, desperate and torn, hoping they wouldn’t be the next to feel the brunt of her rage.
After finishing off the Black Bear, Isis moved quietly toward Kaito, gently lifting his body as though carrying a fragile treasure.
[……Lilia.] [Wha!? Y-Y-Y-Yes!] [……Kaito…… I will carry him…… Where’s…… the inn?] [T-T-T-This w-w-way.] [……Unnn.]
Shaking so badly that she could barely speak, Lilia told Isis the location of the inn. After listening, Isis nodded and followed after her.
The existence of trash such as the Black Bears was no longer in her mind, her only concern was Kaito, still unconscious in her arms.
[Looks like it’s all over, huh.]
[Eh? What’s over?]
Shallow Vernal said as she put down the tea she’d been sipping, while Kuromueina simply tilted her head, still munching on her baby castella.
[About Kaito-san being attacked by Black Bears…]
[Kaito-kun was attacked!? Hmph!?]
[It’s already over.]
[Eh?]
[The Black Bears were killed by the Death King.]
[Eh? Isis did? Eh? So then, what about Kaito-kun?]
At Shallow Vernal’s words, Kuromueina immediately jumped up, preparing to use Teleportation Magic to fly over to the Elven Forest. But before she could, Shallow Vernal calmly told her that it was already over.
[He was injured, but he’s fine now. His injuries have been healed.]
[I-Is that so… That’s good. H-However, in that case, where am I supposed to direct my anger?]
[I dunno?]
[I dunno, you say… Rather than that, Shiro! If you knew Kaito-kun was going to get hurt, why didn’t you tell me!?]
Kuromueina was left dumbfounded by the fact that Isis had cleaned up the mess. After expressing her sincere relief that Kaito was safe, she turned to question Shallow Vernal, who had known about it in advance but hadn’t bothered to tell her.
While Kuromueina’s anger was obvious as she questioned Shallow Vernal, the latter didn’t seem particularly fazed. She responded indifferently, without any sign of concern.
[If I had told you, Kuro would be angry at the Black Bears, wouldn’t you?]
[Of course I would! I’m seriously angry, just the fact that I let Kaito-kun get hurt!]
[When you’re angry, Kuro would use magic to “hit” them, right?]
[Of course I’ll hit them! I’m going to seriously hit them!]
[If you do that, not to mention the Elven Forest, “you would wipe out nearly half of the continent.”]
[……Uuuuhhh……]
After hearing Shallow Vernal’s indifferent remark, Kuromueina, who had a furious look on her face, couldn’t find the words to say.
[So, I thought it would be less damaging if I let the Death King clean up this mess.]
[That is… That really might be true, but… what would you have done if Isis hadn’t made it!?]
[I would have just made the Black Bear disappear myself.]
[Ugghhh…… Geeeeeezzzzzzz!]
If Isis didn’t make it in time, Shallow Vernal said she would step in herself.
Kuromueina, seemingly unable to find the words to refute her, simply puffed up her cheeks and turned away sulkily.
[Mnnhh, it’s good that Kaito-kun is safe, but… I feel like I’ve just burned out. I can’t even direct my raised fist anywhere.]
[Then, do you want to fight for the first time in a while?]
[…When was the last time we fought again?]
[It’s been 3,465 years.]
As Kuromueina’s frustration with the Black Bears seemed to build up, Shallow Vernal gave her an idea and stood up, lightly waving her hand to create a space where only she and Kuromueina existed.
Kuromueina agreed that it was a good idea—perfect for venting her frustration. After nodding her head, they both turned to face each other in the space Shallow Vernal had created.
[I’m not going easy on you today, alright?]
[When has Kuro ever gone easy on me in a fight?]
[Come to think of it… I never have gone easy on you.]
[Well then, let’s get started. This fight we haven’t had in a while…]
Just as Kaito was being brought into the inn by Isis, in a space where no one could see or hear them… Shallow Vernal and Kuromueina, the polar opposites of White and Black, were clashing violently, as if they were venting out all their built-up stress.
<Author’s Notes>
Wyvern-senpai has also brought the Black Bears into the club, the club of the beings one-punched by one of the Six Kings.
For the meantime, the Underworld King is brawling against the God of Creation.
T/N: No bonus chapters today, I’m kinda distracted rn