——— Timeskip ———
Nothing big has happened after my last amazing encounter.
Alright, that's a lie. A big one at that. I did always say I'm terrible when it came to lies.
A lot of interesting things have taken place.
It's not that much, but it's still worth the attention considering the fact that these types of things don't happen frequently.
In order to cure her boredom, Rose decided to open a huge enterprise.
Yes. The primordial pink now has a business to run.
As of now, it's not really a big deal, but I can see it taking over the world business in the near future.
What a monopolist... And with her business skills, there won't be any room for competition.
I mean, she's so sly and clever, even I have to always be on guard against her.
And the worst part about it is that you may never know when she intends to trick you.
Although she hasn't tried to trick me big-time, I can tell that there's more behind her silly nature.
She's definitely cooking a big scheme up.
The business is mostly about selling the stuff that was not present in this world.
What I mean is that she deals with the selling of goods and rendering of services unavailable to this world, and these were ideas derived from our old world.
I also had her to owe me one by me helping. Yeah, she wasn't really a science inclined genius, but she had her own unique perks.
Using a bit of my knowledge, the production of these materials was possible.
I gave her the information on how to produce some of these goods, one good example being the mirrors I had ideas on how to make.
Some of these items recreated were traditional clothes, glass, plastics, etc.
Gathering the materials used to create these things was not particularly easy, but it wasn't impossible.
Just give the work to the underlings to stress themselves over.
I've learned to rely on others more, a very good thing, by the way.
And no, I'm not being lazy, Kalisha.
Kalisha: 「Hehehe. You know me so well, Sariel-sama. It makes me happy and weirded out at the same time.」
Even after clarifying myself, she still found a way to.... *Sigh*
As I was saying, most of these materials were gathered by out subordinates.
Actually, Rose summoned some of her subordinates to help in this business of hers.
It was the first time I met a few of them since my time in hell.
As expected, they seemed way too elegant. Heck, some were filled with intense pride and arrogance.
One actually dared to call me a lowly demon upon sight of me.
I mean, what in the Veldanava?
When the opponent isn't releasing a shred of aura, it is common knowledge that the individual must be a high-level aura farmer.
I don't actually hold a grudge or anything—no, I've grown past that.
I actually pity him. He faced an enraged Rose who definitely sent him to hell a few times through an unorthodox method.
After the big revelation, he practically groveled before me, an act I deemed unnecessary but was ignored.
Back to the matter, I sent them the information of the materials needed for the recreation of a few of these things.
With my subordinates having the data on these types of things, I am confident that they will definitely put it to good use in the future, considering the fact that they belong to my lineage.
Most demons from my line exhibit intelligence unusual for demons.
Well, not all of them. Haruka would be a good excuse for my stupid antics.
Some also show my silliness in their own unique way, whilst others behave cold and very calculating, always measuring the odds of it all.
I won't be able to mention all their personalities, but it should be known that they exhibit my different characteristics in their own unique ways.
As they gathered the materials, I also taught a few of them how to actually put these material to use.
It was a taxing yet fruitful process. They understood me as if I were speaking to myself.
With that all done, it was left with the actual working of it.
Although you can make glass simply by heating and then rapidly cooling silica, the manufacturing of soda-lime glass is a little more complex.
By adding soda; that is, sodium carbonate, the melting point of the sulica sand is reduced so it can be transformed into glass at lower temperatures and save energy during manufacturing.
The process for making the plastics was far different.
Plastic is made from raw materials like crude oil, natural gas, and coal through a process called polymerization.
There are many different types of plastics, including thermoplastics and thermosets.
Thermoplastics usually soften when heated and harden when cooled, while thermosets never soften after being molded.
They are there for different uses.
Although it's my own deduction, I can boldly say that thermosets are made for permanent purposes.
Meanwhile, thermoplastics are made for recycling purposes.
The particular features of thermosetting plastics make all objects made with this type of polymer particularly difficult to recycle.
This is because the bonds that are created during the plastic solidification and relevant cross-links are final and can not be dissolved.
Plastic can also be made from waste, renewable materials, or CO2.
The steps for making plastics are:
1. Extract raw materials: Crude oil, natural gas, and coal are extracted from the earth.
The thing about crude oil is that it is not "made" in the actual sense that humans can actively create it.
Instead, it forms naturally over millions of years when decomposed organic matter like plants and algae are buried deep within the Earth's crust under high pressure and temperature.
The name for this process I stated is "thermal maturation," which transforms the organic material into hydrocarbons that accumulate in porous rock formations, creating crude oil deposits that can be extracted through drilling.
Over millions of years, the remains of these animals and plants are covered by layers of sand, silt, and rock.
Heat and pressure from these layers turned the remains into what we now call crude oil or petroleum.
The word petroleum means rock oil or oil from the earth.
But this is all the knowledge I acquired from Earth, which can not be applied here with this era's technological level.
But what is magic here for if it can not be used in the literal sense of its definition?
The laws of physics can be broken by the use of magic, which is what I always do.
Gathering the necessary raw materials, I used time spirit magic along with my skill 『Thermal Manipulation』 to accelerate the time process and heat content of these materials.
I also increased the gravitational force acting on these materials as that was also necessary for its decomposition.
It was a long and taxing process, but it was still done.
The matter was successfully decomposed, and the next step could be taken.
The hydrocarbons were naturally formed, and with the presence of magicules, the desired result was naturally achieved through the power of will.
These materials were accumulated and stored for future use.
Don't ask me how that was done.
2. Refine raw materials: Crude oil is heated in a furnace and separated into lighter components called fractions.
Well, there's nothing like a furnace in this realm, so compromisation was only natural.
3. Create monomers: Monomers are molecules that are the building blocks of polymers.
Polymers are long or larger molecules consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers.
4. Polymerize monomers: Monomers are chemically bonded into chains to form polymers.
Well, a polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules, which I did clarify, so that's that.
5. Form plastic: Polymers are formed into plastic pellets, which are then used to make a variety of plastic products.
That is the concept of it all. Quite a taxing but interesting process if I say so myself.
I had to do all this with my subordinates taking notes for themselves.
I will not stress out myself like this again when I have so many capable warriors in my arsenal.
Well, there are many other things we did with this work, but they may be mentioned later.
I also heard about a recently popular event the humans called the "Lake Shore Dyed Scarlet Incident."
From my perspective, Blanc settled in a place called Silberia as her realm and forged a pact with its ruler at a certain era, probably the era of myths.
The reason why I knew such a thing was because I had actually gone to visit her once.
At the time, she was their safeguard and had ensured that they prosper due to the ancient pact they formed.
This would continue until an hier with the capacity to be the perfect vessel arose.
During that time, we nearly fought due to her thinking that I had come to end them.
She was scary as hell at the time.
We settled it like friends would and passed the night over beer (wine) like true men.
She told me the story of it all.
From my viewpoint, the distinctive red eyes of the Silberia royal family served as the evidence of her blessing, granting them extraordinary perception beyond ordinary limits.
Their bodies were dedicated to accumulating magicules, harnessing a potent source of magical energy.
It almost seemed like a perfect plan executed by fate.
One faithful day, she found the perfect and ideal vessel, the princess of Silberia, known as Blanche Nam Silberia.
As she stated in the pact, she would grant the girl's wish for the body to be hers.
Quite the deal, if I may add.
As she stated, she was left puzzled when the girl's wish turned out to be the desire for friendship.
Heck, even I would be confused.
Perhaps she was one of those unassuming female leads in those girly stories about beautiful princesses who were never easy to predict, always getting the prince charming and stuff.
Bleuh! I can't watch those types of animation without getting a severe case of headache after a minute of watching! So lame!!
I mean, I'm an Otaku, not some obsessed princess loving jackass.
Oops. I got sidetracked.
Anyway, despite her confusion at the time, she still embraced the proposal and became attached to the girl, taking the role of her guide and mentor.
They nurtured their relationship over the course of several years and lived happily ever after.
... Yeah, right. That's only if life wasn't such an asshole.
Simple and short, the dude (Blanche) died pathetically.
Kalisha: 「Damn. Harsh....」
Heh, even she felt that one.
Well, here's what happened.
There were some nefarious individuals who caused the invasion of the Eastern Empire.
Yes, they invaded the Kingdom of Silberia.
Back then, Blanc's power was still developing, leaving her helpless.
In a desperate attempt, the Blanche girl forcibly terminated their contract, allowing Blanc to gain full control of her body.
Grief-stricken for the first time, she became furious, unleashing a forbidden spell, indiscriminately claiming the lives of both the innocent and guilty.
This resulted in the infamous legendary event known as the "Lake Shore Dyed Scarlet Incident."
It's a really touching story. Well, I've never seen her lose her cool to that extent.
I had the slightest idea of performing my forbidden magic on her, but she (Blanche) has lost her home and family.
Would she really want to return to such a cruel world?
Perhaps Blanc also thought so, which is why she never actually insisted on me helping her out.
As she explained, she pretended to be defeated by the imperial guardians of the empire, abandoning her host body as a farewell gift to Blanche.
She had already planned to sever the tie she had with the material world.
To ensure that her body remained untouched, she cast a special seal, preserving its immortal beauty and burying her beloved friend beneath the land.
I kinda felt sorry for her. Even a strong woman like her grieved at the loss of her friend, so I weirdly felt justified for my brash action against those fools that annoyed me.
Someone like her was also affected by this world, and although I don't completely understand her pain, I can definitely see it.
Well, I only wish that someone would be able to break that cold heart of hers and make her let all that pain out.
Not like she needs it if I'm right.
Recently, I've been receiving damage reports with Veldora being the perpetrator of such reports.
Veldora has now become bolder in his approach due to the fact that I once defended him against his sister.
He continued to assault the human territories without any regard for their lives.
I actually tried to talk him out of it, but it I could only do so much.
Honestly, I don't mind as it works the same way with Guy.
As long as he continued with this, the humans would always form a united front to fight against him.
That way, they wouldn't destroy themselves in meaningless battles.
But it seems like they've gotten over their heads again.
Looking at the human army below me, I could only sigh in frustration.
I mean, they just heard news of Veldora destroying a nearby kingdom, and they still intend to claim his forest as their own.
Perhaps I have to make my ownership of the forest clear...
They have already prepared for their invasion as they were all fully armed and determined.
They are all fools. Their determination would be crushed as soon as they saw overwhelming strength.
That's just how feeble and stupid some humans can be.
Well, let's act up.
I had my demon wings on, and my dark gown made me look like a badass villain.
Well, the extra effect of my slightly leaking aura is what made me look ever the more stunning.
To be honest, I was quite angry that they had forced me to make such a tough decision, to the point of a bit of my aura leaking out.
If I were to spare them, their generations would become even more ambitious. I don't want that.
So I will end their life here. Let them feel the wrath of a primordial at the very least.
Or perhaps....
Sariel: 「Oi! What are bastards doing in my forest?」
I spoke in a demanding and authoritative tone.
Surprisingly, they weren't even able to see how angry I was.
Heck, they didn't even know who I was considering the reply I received.
「Huh? Your forest? What a joke!」
This was a reply from one of the soldiers.
Another comment was given.
「Do you think you own this forest? How delusional! Who do you think you are, fool!?」
Let's see something.
Sariel: 「Oh? How brave of you to speak to the primordial silver that way.」
I had intentionally brought up the whole introduction thing.
Why?
「Huh? Hey guys! This dude thinks he's the legendary primordial silver! How cute.
Look, man. Why don't you go home and tell your mom to give you some tits for dinner. You'd grow up quicker that way.
The primordial silver is a godlike figure who saved the world. She resurrected thousands on the spot and even drove out evil dieties to protect us.
After she did that, she left the world to be on its own, trusting us to take care of it in her stead.」
Hm? Did they really think I had completely left the world?
How laughable. Humans always like to believe in what they understand.
They also like to delude themselves with abstract lies to satiate their incomplete inaccurate knowledge.
They prefer to be told lies instead of the truth to satisfy their foolish vanity.
What a wonderfully flawful race.
They didn't even seem to acknowledge my demon wings and the fact that I was flying.
And what the heck is with the "she" reference!?!
Sariel: 「Look, if you don't leave this forest, I'll kill you all.」
「Ha! The only thing that is gonna kill me is your sense of humor. Did you really think you were some big shot of the sort? How impudent!」
Wow. I've been so enlightened by those era's stupidity.
Even Kalisha wasn't as dumb as them! How on earth did they rival that diety of foolishness!?!
Kalisha: 「Hey!!」
Well, too bad. I'll just do as I said.
So, which magic are we spamming today?
Kalisha: 「Hm... Now that I think of it, you haven't really tried using my spirit magic in a while—no, rather, you haven't really used me properly before!!」
I guess that's right. I mean, I did come up with one of the sickest space-time magic to ever exist; that's if any even exists.
But I did use it that one time to make that crude oil...
Do you think it could work on a large range?
Kalisha: 「It depends on the rate at which you manipulate space.」
Well, I think I'll hold off on this magic.
Kalisha: 「Why?」
Don't worry. I'm still gonna use it. But that's for another day.
「Hey, kid! Speak up!! What's your deal!?」
How saddening. These guys are really idiots. Who the heck is their captain?
Without paying a flip to their ramblings, I flew higher above them.
Now, let me try this out.
「Where the heck do you think you're escaping to.」
I don't really need to mind them at this point.
For that mere reason, the feeling of curiosity, a forbidden magic, was cast.
Sariel: 「Have a taste of true terror.『Destruction Soul Wave』.」
With a mere snap of my finger, a devastating magic was unleashed.
A rampant energy wave was released, and the damage was instantaneous.
「GAAARGHK!!!」
「W-WHAT THE HELL!?!」
「WHAT DID YOU DO!?!?」
「MAKE IT STOP!! MAKE IT STOOOOOOP!!!」
Sariel: 「Wow. My magic got even more devastating than before.」
This magic was created by yours truly when I had some time to fuck around.
In actuality, this magic was not supported by my skill, but it was the effect of primitive magic.
If I had it right, this magic's effect was the power to affect the souls.
This was used to create a super-destructive interference energy wave that made the soul energy of a target go haywire.
When a person's soul energy rampages chaotically, they experience an extremely painful sensation.
Like the feeling of having a million needles directly pricking your heart.
That's gotta be painful, even worse than the feeling I got from Iverage's attack.
That is the punishment I gave to these fools. This type of pain is a permanent one, and until that person can stop the wave, there is no escaping.
Their thoughts were accelerated a millionfold, and every second that passed by felt like an eternity's time.
To be exact, it has not yet reached a full minute, yet thousands had already died.
This was just how powerful this torture technique was.
I think I'll use this change of plan.
Instead of eliminating them, I'll make them experience the transcendental level of pain that will stick with them as the life-threatening consequence of going against me.
I stopped releasing the energy wave, allowing the remaining warriors to catch their breath.
They had about a hundred thousand warriors, but now, they have been reduced to less than tens of thousands.
Quite the kills for me, don't you think so, too?
I looked at them, obvious disdain present in my eyes.
Sariel: 「Do you still wish to question my proof as the silver primal demon?」
To this, they shook their heads ridiculously. They couldn't even speak.
They had bloodshot eyes, with salivating mouths dripping with blood. They also bleed from their nose and eyes, a deep reminder of the wave's effects.
Seeing as they could not even hold a conversation, I took the lead.
Sariel: 「Go on. Tell your ruler that the silver primordial has returned. Spread the word to the world.
Let them know that I have long discarded my role as the world's protector. Your actions have changed my mind, and now, I care less for the future of your kind.
This forest is the storm dragon's home and my territory. If you pathetic humans dare to madden me again, just know that death would be your biggest blessing yet.
For what I will do to you, humans would be far worse than what you just experienced. I believe you to be wise enough to make the right decision. Farewell, fools.」
Well, I haven't really done what I said about discarding my position.
I consider it a legacy that was left behind by one of my dearest friends, and I'll see through that my job is done in the end.
As for my lack of interest in them, it is a half truth and a half lie.
I do hate their antics, but that should not mean that I should judge all humans that way.
Well, they shook their heads rapidly and began to run for their lives.
It turns out that their captain was among the deceased. How sad.
Meh, I'll just have to clean this all up.
Now that I think of it, I'm still a demon peer. Isn't it time I evolved into a demon lord?
Hey Raziel-san, do you think that I should absorb all those souls and evolve?
「Answer. It would be advisable not to just yet. If it were easily possible, I would have done that a long time ago.」
Hm. That's true. She would always go out of her way to do something without my permission with the excuse that I said she was free to act on her own.
It's a solid fact, by the way. I reckon telling her that...
So, what's the cause? What would make you so nervous to do such a thing.
「There are some things hindering your soul. One would be your.... skills...」
Hm? Why's she suddenly solemn... Oh, wait! Seriously!?!
Raziel-san, you think too much. Just because you're also a skill doesn't really mean I'll see you as a hindrance.
「I am the biggest hindrance to you as your ultimate skill. An ultimate skill would cause the biggest strain on one's soul, and–」
———And I don't give a damn, alright?
Did you really think I cared about such stupid trash? I knew already that a time would come like this, which is why I will not give you a chance.
Become a hindrance to me? What a load of bullcrap. You, a hindrance?
Do you even know what you're talking about.
This is the first time I've heard you say the biggest nonsense in my life.
「?」
If you were a hindrance, who would Feldway and Twilight be to me? Listen, you are not a hindrance.
To help me from the beginning till now, spending millenia with a stupid person like me and guiding me since birth is the distinct definition of the word "hindrance" to you?
How flawful.
「Notice–」
Don't use that word to reason with me. You know, you have some of my qualities, with one being my stubbornness.
I already know that, so going against me is doing time a favor.
「....」
Look, if you consider yourself a hindrance, should I do away with you to free myself?
「!!!」
Umu. As expected, your reaction says it all. Don't mind that.
It's the emotion called guilt. It's a normal thing to experience guilt when you feel that you have done something wrong or anything related to what I mean.
And trust me, you haven't done anything wrong.
As a skill, you can't easily comprehend the broad concept of emotions, so don't work yourself up because of it.
You are taking this way too seriously, but just let it become who you are.
If you feel troubled about any emotional problems, just tell me.
I'll be there to assist you in the way that I can. After all, you can trust your soul partner, right?
「..... Yes.」
Good. Now then, please explain everything you meant.
「Understood. Thank you very much, my lord.」
Hm? She just expressed herself. That's a good start.
「From the received information, it has been deducted that an evolution using souls would require you to fight off the thousands of wills present in the souls of those you absorbed.
Doing such a thing wouldn't be easy as you would require over tens of thousands of souls to evolve.
Your soul is being strained by the presence of multiple skills, along with the fact that you would have to control your evolving demon factor.
Doing all this at the same time would be impossible as of now, and you need some time to develop your skills to do all this.
I will personally ensure that it is all possible in the near future. Countermeasures are being prepared.」
Hm! So, I'll leave all the brain work to you. Is that alright?
「It is.」
Good. I now get it. It's really nice to understand things.
I've already got a plan to make this happen faster, Raziel-san.
How about we store all these souls in my soul dimension?
「!!!」
That way, my soul wavelength resonating throughout that dimension would suppress their wills.
「That's... a brilliant plan!」
Hm! As expected from me! I'm so clever.
Kalisha: 「As clever as a stick.」
Oi! Don't ruin the magical moment shithead!!
「I have a suggestion.」
You don't need to ask. Throw it on me, baby!
「Would it be possible to wait until you have acquired a million souls?」
Hm? Sure. I can wait. But why?
Kalisha: 「Oooh, I see what she's cooking. That's definitely gonna give him a big power up.」
Huh? What are you two talking about?
Kalisha: 「She wants to see whether your magic quantity and quality would increase if you absorbed a larger amount of souls.
If you were to gather a big amount of souls, your energy capacity would sky rocket that way, and you would become very powerful.」
Okay. That's fine with me. As long as you think that by then, I would be able to suppress the excess wills, then you have my thumbs up.
「Received.」
With that, my skill was activated, and the deed was done.
The souls of the tens of thousands of humans were absorbed into my soul dimension.
I already had up to a thousand souls stored there, but it made no difference compared to the amount I just absorbed.
With that done, I did not know how to make use of the bodies.
I mean, though it seemed childish, I do not want to store up dead bodies in my dimension.
A childhood nightmare...
Yeah, that's something I would not like in the slightest. Makes me feel weird. I don't know, maybe like a creep.
It's all just a nonsense feeling of morals derived from the slight combination of my experience in life, both from here and from earth.
Well, enough about that. What do I do now?
「A Greater Demon Summoning Magic can help with that.」
Oh! That's right! The demon could use all these bodies to incarnate themselves by the use of that birthday magic thingy.
Well, let's get that underway. Saying that, I silently performed the magic without incantations.
Well, that's something I'll only use to increase dramatic effects.
A huge magic gate was formed, and an enormous amount of energy was transferred from the underworld to the central world through the magic gate.
Whatever this demon was, it definitely had a large amount of magicules.
With the magic completed, all I had to do was to wait for the energy cocoon to merge and form the demon.
Soon enough, that was done, and the figure was formed.
It was someone I never expected to see.
Sariel: 「B-Blanc!?!」
The result was unexpected.
Blanc: 「Fufufufu. Long time no see, Sariel.」
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「Note: Fortunately or unfortunately, this is the end of the chapter. I'm not gonna ask what you think about the chapter cause I kinda feel like I wrote trash throughout certain parts of the story.
Feel free to point any trash you see and let me understand that it's trash because I feel like everything I did is trash (and he goes on like that).... blah blah blah..... yada-yada.....
Well, I wrote this cbapter in a poor mood today, so you may not enjoy it like before or stuff.
Sorry about that 🙏🙏. I kinda messed up big.
Well, I hope I'll be in the best of moods in my next chapter. See yah....」
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