Chapter 62: The Villainous Aristocrat, Reaches a Conclusion

I’m starting to lose track of what I’m doing.

I just keep creating things I want to make. Testing each creation one by one.

The kotatsu needs some adjustment in the fire magic. Got a massive burn all over because I stuck my head into it.

“Do it seriously!”

“I am dead serious! Ideas for things I want to make just keep popping into my head!”

It’s like a sense of omnipotence.

Right now, it feels like I can do anything. No, I actually can.

LeGard Bit, stone knights, and the extremely thin steel threads enchanted with puppetry magic to control them. And now, the kotatsu.

There are still plenty of things I want to create.

“So, don’t break yet, okay! It’s lonely experimenting by myself!”

“Ku!!”

Lynette manipulated a mannequin to attack, but the stone knights countered.

Honestly, puppetry magic is amazing.

It allows me to control everything as I wish.

Even prosthetic limbs can move as desired using these steel threads.

In terms of quantity, it became possible to multiply the individual fighting power many times over.

I’d like to try being a one-man army someday.

Not hastily constructed stone knights but steel knights created using a large amount of rare metals, armed with firearms.

Ah, yes. I might even equip the created knights with pile bunkers.

…Huh? Pile bunkers?

“Kukukuku. That’s right, pile bunkers! Now, I don’t have to worry about recoil damage!!”

My right arm is currently a prosthetic limb.

In other words, I won’t take damage from the recoil when using the pile bunker.

And the prosthetic limb can be repaired as many times as needed.

Break it all you want! I took the pile bunker from the magic bag, instantly improved and modified it.

To enhance penetration, I installed a rotating mechanism on the stake, then fired it at the mannequin and the rest of them.

Well, demons are sturdy, so they probably won’t die just from this!!

“D-Don’t come!”

“But I’m coming!”

Perhaps feeling discomfort from the high-speed rotation sound of the stake, Lynette took a step back.

To make sure he couldn’t escape, I used LeGard Bit to block his rear and firmly cut off his retreat.

Now, let’s test the power of the improved pile bunker!!

“If that’s the case!!”

Lynette unleashed a baby puppet soldier to attack.

Dodging its attacks, which moved at an incredible speed, was difficult.

However, there was no need to dodge anything.

With my current state, I think I can handle anything, even if my limbs, head, and torso are severed.

As long as my bones and flesh aren’t completely obliterated, I won’t die.

Therefore, no need for defense.

“Don’t you dare kick the bucket!”

“Gu, gaha!!”

While I was being slashed all over by the mannequin, I thrust the pile bunker into Lynette’s torso.

In a moment of desperation, he used the mannequins as makeshift shields, but it was like adding insult to injury.

With the stake rotating and the enhanced penetration, the mannequins were completely crushed.

The stake from the pile bunker indeed pierced through Lynette’s torso.

“You, this human-like creature!!”

“I’m glad you like it!!”

Lynette stopped the quantity-based battle with the mannequins and launched a thread attack.

However, it no longer had any effect.

Through the extremely thin steel threads that had turned into magical tools, I could also use his puppetry magic.

In other words, I could also launch thread attacks, and defense was easy.

I guarded against the magical threads trying to sever my neck with wires and proceeded to cut off Lynette’s right arm and both legs below the knees.

I put him in the same state as me!!

“Guh, this can’t be. Me, losing to a mere human!”

“…Haa, haa… It’s over, huh… Haa, it was fun…”

I created everything I wanted to create.

There are still plenty of things I want to make, but my magical power is running out.

Without magical power, magic can’t be used. It’s time to wrap things up.

As I thought about it, my body suddenly felt heavy.

The fatigue from overusing my body came all at once.

I approached the doll-like Lynette.

“Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. I have about fifty thousand things I want to ask you. Well, even if you don’t want to talk, I have a torture method where you can’t quite die.”

“Guh, you, you madman!!”

“Huh? Who’s the madman here? Stop the abusive language. Oh right, if I touch you, I’ll turn into a doll, right? I might as well meticulously chop off your left arm and cover your whole body with metal.”

“That’s precisely why you’re a madman!”

What is madness?

Taking measures to completely seal the enemy’s moves would be a matter of course.

Let’s just dismiss the loser’s nonsense as mere prattle.

“Losing gracefully is unseemly, Lynette.”

“That’s right, that’s right. Just as someone unknown over there says… hey, who are you?”

Unintentionally adopting a tone similar to Maria’s.

Before I knew it, a man was standing by the lethargic Lynette.

Covering both eyes with an eyepatch, he was a mysterious demon wrapped in a robe.

I distanced myself and heightened my vigilance.

“You don’t need to be on guard. I have no intention of engaging with you. I am a colleague of that Lynette over there.”

“…Considering my current state, now would be a chance to kill me.”

“Indeed, your magical power is probably depleted. However, there’s no meaning in killing you. I do not endorse meaningless killing. Therefore, I won’t kill you.”

…He’s serious, this guy. I don’t sense any hostility.

“Let’s go back, Lynette.”

“W-Wait!! Cooperate in killing him!! He will be a threat to the Demon Lord’s army in the future—”

“Lynette.”

The intimidating pressure emitted by the eyepatch-wearing demon intensifies.

Then, the eyepatch-wearing demon roughly seizes Lynette’s horn.

“I ordered it. Turn the upper echelons of the empire into puppets, hold them hostage, and make the emperor wage war on the kingdom. Who told you to turn everyone in the imperial capital into puppets?”

“Well, th-that’s…”

“Thanks to you, countries all over the world will strengthen their guard against the Demon Lord’s army. Your mere tens of thousands of puppet soldiers are nothing when the nations of the world unite. …Now return quietly. Understand?”

“Grr, y-yes. I-understand.”

Lynette’s gaze turns toward me.

“Hey!! Tell me your name!! It’s for engraving on a tombstone!!”

“… “

Hmm. Freya should have made a big deal about me, but perhaps they don’t know.

Should I say it? …No.

“No need to say it, right? Come on, just quietly tuck your tail and run, baldy.”

“Who are you calling baldy!! I’ll kill you!!”

“Hehe.”

“Hey, Judge!! What are you laughing at?!”

“…Not laughing. Well then, human. Let’s meet again someday.”

“I don’t want to. I never want to see you again.”

“Heh, not bringing him along… Hehe, baldy…”

In an unrestrained manner, the demons retreat again, blending into the mist that reappears.

Hmm.

The name of that eyepatch-wearing demon is Judge, it seems.

Like Lynette, Judge is a demon not featured in the scenario of “Fantasista Stories.”

However, I think his strength was greater than Lynette’s.

His presence was on a completely different level. Honestly, if we had engaged in consecutive battles, it would have been undoubtedly dangerous.

“…Well then…”

I sprawl on the spot.

My magical power is completely depleted now, and I can’t even move my body.

“Goodnight.”

Today was a good day.

Even though my limbs were severed, I reached the pinnacle of shaping magic and enchantment magic.

Creating things will be much easier from now on.

Ah, when I wake up, I should improve the kotatsu to prepare for winter.

The royal castle of the Kingdom of Gardanakia.

“Kunou von Draussen. I grant you the title of Viscount!! It’s a reward for this time!”

“…I appreciate it, thank you…”

How did it come to this? Why, how did it come to this?!

I explicitly told Freya in advance to keep this matter confidential.

And yet, they boldly bestow the title of Viscount as a reward…

Really, how did it come to this?!

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