I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage: Volume 7 by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki [KOUDUKI, SHIN]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2024-07-12T00:00:00+00:00

16

The man sighed as he listened to the booming sounds in the distance. When he reflected that it had finally begun, he couldn’t help but smile.

Yes, at long last. It had been two years...no, it had been over ten if he counted from before that. Considering that his long-held wish was coming true, it was only natural that he would be in high spirits.

With that in mind, he looked toward the sky, where an even darker black was spreading. That brought a contented smile to his face as he remembered a story his father had passed down to him.

Over a century ago, when the devils and the Dark Lord had been most feared, that had been their color, for it had been the color of the Dark Lord’s hair and eyes. It was around that time that people had begun calling them devils; those with black hair or eyes had been ostracized out of fear and banished to the devils, who had used their talents to menace mankind, making black even more dreaded.

But that age had ended in the blink of an eye. A hero summoned from another world had vanquished the Dark Lord. And that hero’s hair and eyes had been black, so the color’s association with the devils gradually weakened. In place of that fear, the knowledge spread that it represented outstanding talent. Although the Dark Lord, who was thought to have perished, had made a comeback after fifty years, black was no longer synonymous with terror by then. The fact that his power had been nowhere near what it was in his prime only compounded that. The Dark Lord was judged a relic of a bygone past.

Of course, the Dark Lord had gradually regained power since...but black hadn’t returned to being their color. When he had completely recovered his power and attempted to strike fear into the hearts of the people, he had been defeated by a hero once more—and this time, the hero had inexplicably announced he was taking over as the Dark Lord, much unlike the previous hero, who had vanished without a trace.

If that had been all, perhaps the man would have obeyed this new self-proclaimed Dark Lord. Power ruled among the devils, and the Dark Lord was no exception; it was logical in a way that the one who defeated the Dark Lord would call himself Dark Lord—if that was the only factor one considered, that is.

But the series of events beginning with the revolt two years ago had made it clear: power was not the only thing a Dark Lord needed. There had been many devils who thought there was something more important than that, and there still were. Like him.

As he thought back on what his father had told him and his own experiences, he sighed again. The deep, thick darkness seemed to threaten to engulf him as he gazed into it. It was at its deepest right now...so he thought that this was the time that suited him best.

“Don’t you agree?”

“Dunno.

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