Level 1 Strongest Sage ~

Book 8: Chapter 30

I am Sitri.

A demon under the direct control of the Evil God.

The 12th in our hierarchy.

I am almost as powerful as Guzion, the 11th rank demon who infiltrated the Holy City of Sanctum.

My ranking is 12th, but I am the most powerful among the existing demons.

Thats because I was supposed to be the next demon king.

I received powerful protection from Evil God-sama because of this, and that also made me more powerful than Guzion now. Of course, stronger than the other demons aside from him.

My power is already at par with the other generations of demon kings, but I am not yet reigning as one in the humans world.

As for the reason, its because the Evil God stopped me.

The stock of negative energy under the Evil God was still plenty enough, so there was no reason to hastily install me as the demon king.

Thats why I was waiting.

Its been a century since the Demon King Velt had been defeated by the heroes.

And now its my turn.

Its finally my debut as the demon king!

was what I thought, but I was also stopped back then.

Apparently, Evil God-sama had been bothered with the existence of heroes.

Demon King Velt had been previously ranked 13th among the demons. He might be lower than me by one rank, but there was not that much of a difference in our power.

Velt also received the protection of Evil God-sama, nevertheless, the heroes that the Creator God teleported into this world slayed him in an instant.

The very existence of those heroes was a cheat in itself.

They already possessed the power to easily annihilate the high-ranking monsters, and the speed of their leveling was quite something.

Those guys already obtained the power to slaughter us demons in a blink of an eye.

Up to now, a hero would definitely appear within a few years the longest duration would be ten of the demon kings reign in this world.

The instant he arrived, the demise of the demon king would be set in stone.

So, what to do?

The demon king would desperately assault the entire world with terror and dread in order to scrape up all the negative energy they could get.

Everything was for the sake of Evil God-sama.

The demon who became the demon king would definitely perish by the heros hand, but the negative energy they managed to accumulate before that happened would become nourishment for the maintenance of the Evil Gods existence. It would also become the source that would provide for the next demon king.

Evil God-sama did not assume that we demons would be defeated.

He would scheme and train us in strategies that would counter the heroes.

However, the heroes were cheats.

No matter what he did, they would use their overwhelming Status and gibberish skills to blast it off.

Each of us had the potential to become the next demon king, so we understood that. We already gave up.

We cant win against the heroes like that.

However, for the sake of Evil God-sama who went through great pains in consideration for us, we did all we could to the best of our abilities and ingenuity to spread fear and despair among the world of the people.

Demon King Velt used numbers to compete.

He created multitudes of monsters and scattered them throughout the world. Even if they were weak on their own, their sheer number was impressive.

I thought it was a good idea.

No matter how strong the hero was, he wouldnt be able to stop the stampedes that occurred throughout the entire world all at the same time.

Velt was defeated by the hero.

In order to send monsters throughout the world, he wasnt able to surround himself with powerful subordinates, and I believed that played a huge role.

He was already prepared.

Rather than that, the problem was that the hero that wasnt really a hero almost annihilated all the monsters that he sent to the world.

Two heroes had arrived during Velts time.

Up to that point, the number of heroes sent to the world had always been one.

The existence of the holy knight and saintess that accompanied the hero was also an eyesore, but as far as I know, this was the first time that two heroes came.

The true heros strength was overwhelming.

He leveled up at a tremendous speed, so there was no mistake about it, he was as regular as a hero can be. 

The one who crushed Velts plan was a guy called Guardian Hero.

This guys leveling was a lot slower than the normal hero, so I thought that perhaps he was a substitute hero.

That Guardian Hero flew through the world at top speed and continued stopping the stampedes.

That Tina Harrivel, the Half Elf woman with the Guardian Hero, had also been a nuisance.

Even Tina, said to be descended from the hero, was also endowed with power that normally should be considered unbelievable.

As a result, although enough mana had been accumulated to raise the next generation of demon king in short, me but Evil God-sama didnt have any leeway.

That Evil God-sama then hatched a new plan, and that is to reincarnate the hero.

I didnt understand it at first, but Evil God-sama explained it, so realization dawned on me.

Way before I reign as the demon king, he would reincarnate a person from another world to be the hero, but not without casting a curse on his soul first.

It was a magnificent idea.

If the soul was cursed, then no matter what kind of curse it was, he would never be able to get stronger.

Moreover, its the curse of Evil God-sama, the worlds most powerful incarnation of malice.

It would be a spectacular curse, no doubt about it.

That reincarnated hero surely had died by now.

He received Evil God-samas curse, after all.

Evil God-sama expended a huge amount of mana in order to use the power necessary to teleport the hero, so he was resting right now.

Once he woke up, he would instate me as the demon king, and I would reign in this world. I planned to spread fear and despair as much as I could.

It would take a while before a new hero appeared.

Evil God-sama said that I consumed a lot of the Divine Realms energy. 

I would probably have a hundred years or so enjoying supremacy!

It made me truly excited.

I could imagine the contorted face of the Creator God as he stood there unable to summon another hero while I trampled on his beloved world.

I would finally become Evil God-samas strength.

Thats what I thought.

Before that Bakemono appeared before me, that is.T/N: Hi guys, sorry for the lack of updates this week, things have been pretty hectic (yeah, December) and there are tons of work to do to before the holidays set in >.