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"Is this that Lucifer's home? It's enormous. Way bigger than my place!"
Kaito stared at the vast manor in the distance with pure envy written across his face as he complained to Grayfia beside him.
"Oh my, Kaito-sama, aren't you a Prince of the Jura Tempest Federation? I heard you even served as Regent at one point. Is your residence really smaller than this?"
Grayfia looked at him with genuine surprise. She hadn't expected that Kaito, of all people, would have a home smaller than Rizevim's manor.
It was a good thing she had never visited. If she had seen Kaito's actual residence — a modest three-story villa — she would have been lost for words. Nothing at all like the grand, sprawling estate one might imagine for someone of his standing.
"Hmph. The entire Jura Tempest Federation is mine. I can live wherever I want."
"Tomorrow I'll sleep in the plaza. Let's see who has a bigger place than me then."
Kaito muttered it under his breath, eyes still fixed on the manor's extravagant decorations.
"Hehe, as long as you're happy."
Grayfia let the corner of her mouth twitch, then replied with a composed smile.
Kaito drew in his energy. A sharp light passed through his eyes. He exhaled slowly.
Then:
"Hey, what's-his-name, Vim! Get out here! You had the guts to kill your own son, so come out if you've got the nerve!"
"Don't just sit in there saying nothing. I know you're home!"
"Come out, come out!"
Grayfia stared at Kaito, completely at a loss.
'Was this really the same person who revived countless people with a flick of his hand? What happened to that peerless composure?'
"Hmph! Who dares insult Rizevim-sama here? Do you have a death wish?"
A squad of devils led by a high-ranking devil flew out of the manor, the leader shouting furiously.
"What is this? The big boss won't come out himself, so he sends the small fry to take the hit."
The moment Kaito finished speaking, a golden light flashed in his eyes. The entire squad of devils turned to dust and vanished on the spot.
"Hehe, it seems an interesting guest has arrived. Oh my, isn't this my dear servant, Grayfia?"
"What's this, has Sirzechs abandoned you? Come crawling back, have you?"
Grayfia's brow tightened slightly at those words. She glanced at Kaito beside her but said nothing.
"You've got a screw loose, haven't you? Grayfia just doesn't want anything to do with you. She's moved on from your sort."
"What, do you think you're some rare coin that everyone wants?"
"I @#¥#%¥..."
Rizevim had barely opened his mouth before Kaito's furious barrage hit him like a wall and shut him down completely.
'Who am I, where am I, what am I doing here? Σ(ﾟДﾟ;)'
From birth until this moment, he had never once been spoken to like that. Every person he had ever encountered — subordinate or enemy — had at minimum maintained a surface-level veneer of respect.
But this man opposite him...
Kaito looked at Rizevim still standing there in blank shock and used his magical power to form a small hand in the air. He delivered a sharp rap right to the top of Rizevim's head.
Then, imitating a certain someone, he pointed at him and called out with a grin:
"Still staring? I'm taking you in!!!"
That light, utterly contemptuous little knock snapped something in Rizevim.
"Bastard! I will make you die!"
"Burn everything, incinerate what stands before me! [Hellfire]!"
A violent surge of magical power erupted from Rizevim's body. His eyes turned crimson. A dense layer of magical energy wrapped around him entirely.
A chilling black-red flame ignited in his hand, radiating scorching heat and an aura of pure destruction.
"Die! You hateful wretch!"
The searing black-red flame, laced with curses, shot straight at Kaito.
"Kaito-sama, be careful! That is [Hellfire]. Anyone struck by it will be cursed and tortured to death."
Grayfia's expression shifted instantly. She knew exactly what that flame could do.
Kaito glanced at it and simply blew out a light breath.
"Hoo."
The moment his breath touched the flame, it recoiled as though it had met its natural enemy, desperately trying to pull back. The breath followed it without losing a step.
The flame was snuffed out without a trace.
"What! How is that possible!"
Rizevim stared in shock.
He had killed countless people with that move. His own son had been easily finished by it.
"Is that all? Then take one of mine."
"[Samadhi Fire]... actually, never mind. I'm afraid this whole world might not survive."
Kaito had been about to release it when he remembered — he was a Peak Golden Immortal now. The Samadhi Fire he could produce was nothing like it had been at the Nascent Soul stage. He stopped himself just in time.
"Right. [Fire Release: Undying Human Technique]!"
Kaito shaped his magical power into a massive fireball, dozens of meters across, and gave it a gentle push forward.
"Hmph. You think you can hurt me with something that simple? That's completely delusional."
Rizevim watched the enormous fireball rolling toward him with a flicker of disdain. He had expected far more.
"Is that so? Explode!"
At Kaito's word, the fireball seemed to answer. The fiery red surface turned pale white in an instant. It contracted sharply inward, then:
Boom...
A mushroom cloud shot straight into the sky. The shockwave flattened thousands of square kilometers of land in every direction.
Grayfia threw up a protective barrier with her magical power and stared down at where the manor had been — now a deep crater in the earth.
"Rizevim... just like that..."
"Hehehe, who said a fireball can't kill someone? Gone, right? Speak up! Get up and say something!"
"Oh, my apologies. You're just a soul now! Ah Fan, time to get to work!"
Kaito called out cheerfully at the crater below, summoning the Conqueror's Banner into his hand and drawing the other party's soul into it.
[Three hundred thousand. Not bad. Adding the devils who fell properly before, the stock is coming along nicely.]
[Open system panel.]
Kaito
Gender: Male
Age: 24 years (Immortal)
Realm: Peak Golden Immortal (Peak Eleventh Stage)
Cultivation Method: Basic Cultivation Method
Special Abilities: Eye of Identification, Advanced Dimensional Gate, Space Compression Technique
Followers: Izayoi Sakuya, Tom
Magical Treasures: Tenkuu, Conqueror's Banner (2.95 million souls)
Items: Dragon Ball Space Capsule Technology, Origin Explainer, Human Federation Spaceship Construction Technology, a box of small umbrellas, Coke (drink it and die, you bastard)...
Overall Evaluation: In the myriad worlds, you are already an existence that can cause a storm of blood and gore just by stomping your foot. Why not try stepping on others? (￣︶￣)♦
Kaito looked over his panel and nodded with quiet satisfaction. Then he spoke softly:
"Next stop, the Heavenly Realm. Can't have devils without angels..."