Regressor’s Life After Retirement

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[Master of Flame (4)]

Paimon is ugly. He glared at Nibaniba with a distorted expression. Blisters and signs of melting were visible all over her body.

[Ugh….]

I can’t believe I, the Fire Demon Lord, got burned!

Nibaniba’s fur was scorched and intact in various places, but that fact did not lessen the shock that Paimon received.

‘Are you really the one who inherited part of my power?’

I couldn’t believe it.

Although he lived for a long time and had many children, Paimon never once encountered a being that was a threat to him.

She was one of the first Demon Lords and the oldest flame of the Demon World.

Master of flame.

It has been called that for a long time.

There have been many demons who control flames, but they all either kneeled before him or had their power absorbed.

Of course, that fierce demon rabbit had to do the same.

But why…

“I will defeat Baal and become the Great Demon King!”

-Rarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

‘The more you fight, the stronger you become!’

A kid who swings flames while saying nonsense.

However, the sight of it flying around with its entire body covered in flames that were stronger than the first time was incredibly powerful.

[It’s not a name someone like you should say!]

Paimon dodged Nibaniba’s attack to the side, then created a whip with flames and struck the opponent’s back.

However, at that moment, the huge flame shield created by Nibaniba blocked the whip.

Cheeeeeeeek!

The spark and flame could not merge, but instead collided and pushed each other away. If one flame had been stronger, it would have eaten the weaker one, but the two flames faced each other tightly.

…No, I had been losing out little by little for some time.

‘This can’t be happening!’

Crack!

At that moment, Paimon threw the game he had been waiting for.

-Rarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

-Rarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

-Rarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The flames that bloomed to the point of covering the heavens and the earth soon merged into one and became a huge tsunami that hit Nibaniva.

[The source of your strength is me! You think you can surpass me!]

Blood was flowing from my nose, probably because I was overexerting myself from using my strength. However, Paimon did not care and raised his magical power even more.

“I will become the strongest in the world! “No one can bully good people!”

Lily didn’t back down either. The girl knew she was winning and raised the flame with even more confidence.

-Rarrrrrrrrrrrr!

-Rarrrrrrrrrrrr!

Numerous fireworks filled the area around Lily.

It took on the appearance of countless people and races Lily knew.

The army of flames created by Lily rushed towards the tidal wave.

The powers of the two demon kings collided and an enormous shock wave exploded.

-Bububububububbung!

-Bububububububbung!

-Bububububububbung!

The series of explosions turned my vision white.

The demons who had retreated tens of kilometers away were thrown to the ground by the aftereffects and suffered from the heat that was burning their lungs.

And in the center of the explosion,

“I won!”

Lily fell to the ground and quickly flew towards Paimon, who was staggering.

Won!

He defeated Paimon, one of the 10 rulers of the Demon World. Lily flew to Paimon to conclude the match.

At that moment,

I grinned.

Paimon, who had been staggering, corrected his posture and smiled slyly.

At the same time, the ground beneath her exploded and something flew out.

Hot!

It was a huge hand that grabbed Lily.

A hand made of rugged black rock with lava flowing like veins on it.

[Has it finally arrived? My first companion.]

That’s it…!

The floor Paimon was standing on rose up, revealing the identity of the hand.

It was a giant tens of meters tall. Red-hot lava flowed like blood veins on a bumpy body made of black rock.

It was at that moment that Abraxas screamed from afar.

“Demon King Castle!”

At first, due to Paimon’s presence, the clash of flames caused by the two demon kings was so strong that it was not detected later.

Paimon’s Demon Castle is secretly approaching from underground!

‘What a fool!’

If you think about it, it was strange from the beginning.

No matter how powerful Paimon is as a Demon Lord of the Tenth Place, no matter how much he wields flames optimized for mass destruction, it is

absolutely not easy to wipe out the rebels single-handedly.

‘I should have been suspicious when he didn’t even bring one of his common servants… The situation was created from the beginning as if it was going to be a one-on-one match.’

The Demon King can be transformed into any form.

That fact was forgotten for a moment.

Abraxas shouted.

“We have to go now too! “If you brought the Demon King Castle, there will be servants in there!”

just as expected.

The body of the lava giant opened, and demons emitting powerful magical power were coming out of it.

“Is this guy called the Demon King so cowardly?”

Cheon Mu-geuk, who exploded Lion’s Roar, launched a light attack like a thunderbolt.

Wendy also shouted “Sister!” and made a path out of ice and slid all the way down.

Meanwhile, Abraxas commanded the army and gave the order to advance.

‘no!’

Abraxas bit his lip and looked at Lily.

Paimon was reaching out to the girl’s face, who couldn’t move.

***

“Let go! “Let go of this!”

[This is not an ordinary guy. You have to hold it tightly.]

That’s it.

The demon castle’s lava giant, who had served Paimon for over thousands of years, tightened his hands and held Lily tightly.

“I told you to let go!”

Lily twisted her body wildly, creating sparks.

-Rarrrrrrrrrrrr!

A flame that made even Paimon, known as the Queen of Fire, tremble in fear.

However, the lava giant was a being that had lived with Paimon and the flame-type demons for a long time.

That’s it…!

The giant, whose fire resistance was superior to Paimon’s, was capable of withstanding even Lily’s flames for a while.

Meanwhile, Paimon approached Lily. She looked at Lily with a surprised expression.

[You…!]

The girl’s frightened expression was half revealed through the gap between the half-torn demon rabbit doll.

[…okay. It can’t be a demon rabbit or something.]

Paimon, who found out the other person’s identity, looked down at the girl with an expression of bewilderment.

Lily.

Along with the landlord, the most famous enemy in the Dimensional Allied Forces was the identity of Nibaniva.

‘This lowly test subject… has a stronger flame than me?’

I couldn’t understand.

No, I couldn’t tolerate it.

So I shouted even more fiercely.

[Your flame was stolen from me by humans! So, it is my right to get it back!]

The moment Paimon reached out and was about to grab Lily’s neck, he shouted,

“Go! “Can’t you stop?”

-Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

Paimon stopped his hand and looked back at the presence, which was so enormous that even the Demon King was shocked.

“If you harm even a single fingertip of that child! “I will rip you all to pieces and kill you!”

“Let go of my sister!”

Cheonmugeuk looked like a murderer, and behind him, Wendy was running, radiating terrifying coldness.

[Troublesome intruders are coming.]

Paimon frowned and turned his head to the side.

There, the Demon King and her dependents knelt down and waited for orders.

[While I am absorbing the power of ‘this’, you must not let them harm me.]

[I obey my master’s orders.]

[I obey my master’s orders.]

Balrog, a demon with a flame whip and his whole body Acrich, whose bones were on fire, stood up at the head.

Hundreds of demons led by them blocked Cheonmugeuk and Wendy.

-Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!

-Blah blah blah!

“You can’t really put it out!”

“I’m going to my sister!”

‘I guess I can tie it up for a while.’

After confirming that his subordinates were blocking the intruders, Paimon stretched out his hand again. He held Lily’s small neck tightly.

“Ugh…!”

Lily resisted, struggling with her whole body.

However, when he was caught by the lava giant’s hand and was grabbed by the neck by Paimon, his complexion quickly turned pale.

[It won’t take long.]

“I don’t like it…”

As Lily’s strangled body went limp and her resistance gradually weakened, Paimon began to absorb Lily’s flames in earnest.

Ssssssut….

The enormous flame latent in Lily’s body was transferred to Paimon.

[Ahh…!]

Paimon raised his head to the sky and moaned at the distant pleasure spreading throughout his body. Her red hair rose to the sky.

It was a more enormous firework than expected. There is still no end in sight to its potential.

‘With this power, I might be able to remove Baal’s stigma myself…!’

It would be possible.

If I could absorb all of this monstrous girl’s flames, I would not only be able to remove Baal’s stigma, but I would also be able to kill him.

‘I! This Paimon will become the master of the demon world!’

Slurp.

The wounds on Paimon’s body healed on their own and his complexion returned to his original appearance.

The more she did, the more Lily’s complexion became paler and her plump cheeks became thinner.

“So…”

Lily blinked desperately as she tried to close her eyes. I held on so as not to lose the flame inside my body.

However, resistance was not easy when the entire body was suppressed. As time passed, Lily’s spark flowed into Paimon.

“Oh, that guy…”

Tears formed at the corners of Lily’s eyes. It became blurry before my eyes and I couldn’t see anything.

‘I’m sorry…’

I wanted to become the devil to prevent him from being in danger and to prevent my friends from getting hurt anymore.

‘If I die, you will be very sad, right? As and Grandpa Heavenly Demon…’

Ssssssut…

More than half of the flames have already been taken away. Lily felt her body becoming weaker.

My eyes close.

No more….

That was when the miracle happened.

Ugh…!

Something vibrated near the Demon World Rabbit doll’s heart.

At the same time, a refreshing power seeped into Lily’s body.

“Ah…”

Lily opened her eyes wide and looked down at her chest.

[Holy Flame]

One of the five godly gems collected while traveling through various dimensions with the uncle.

-kid. It’s probably better for you to keep this.

Lily recalled what the great man had said to her when he gave her this jewel before leaving for the demon world.

-I? It would be a big deal if I lost this…

Lily, who was usually very clumsy and lost things easily, shook her head with a disapproving expression, but the great man insisted on putting the jewel in the girl’s hand.

-You have it, just in case.

-But…

-If you’re really anxious, ask As to put it inside a doll and sew it for you. Then you won’t lose it.

-So it’s not my responsibility if this disappears later? Write a memorandum and go!

-Anyway, I learned only bad things from somewhere…

‘Why is this thing sparkling all of a sudden?’

After coming to her senses, Lily focused her consciousness on the [Holy Flame] near the doll’s chest.

[Holy Flame] is a jewel containing the flame of God.

For Lily, who wields a flame containing the power of a demon, this jewel was nothing short of polar opposites.

‘But it’s not like that anymore…’

Rather, the warm power flowing from the jewel was protecting Lily’s body and filling it with a new flame.

The reason was because Paimon absorbed all the magic energy in Lily’s body.

When all the ‘magic energy’ in Lily’s body came out along with the flame, the flame contained in the [Holy Flame] began to fill the empty space.

Lily’s talent for attracting flames began to absorb the sparks of God that she had rejected.

-You are human.

Abraxas said so to Lily.

And humans sometimes receive help from God.

‘I don’t know, but… I can fight!’

Fortunately, Paimon had not yet noticed the existence of the [Holy Flame].

[Ahh…!]

Paimon raised his head and trembled, soaking in the pleasure of absorbing Lily’s power.

‘But if you try to attack, you’ll notice right away. What do we do?’

Lily thought about it with a calmness that was surprising to herself.

Thanks to [Holy Flame], the girl may have made smarter decisions than usual, or she may have grown up herself.

For a moment, Lily’s eyes sparkled.

‘Then let’s give it all at once! ‘Eat so much that your stomach will explode!’

After making a decision, Lily handed over the flame she had been holding on to to Paimon all at once.

It also contains the ‘God’s Flame’ obtained from [Holy Flame].

-Puhwaaaaaaaaaaa!

The response came immediately.

[Aaaah… Aaaah!! What have you done…!]

At first, Paimon’s face, which was shaking with extreme pleasure, distorted, and soon her body began to swell like a balloon.

At the same time, his entire body began to rot.

[Aaaah! It’s painful! My body! My body…!]

Paimon fell to the floor, rolling around in pain.

Blisters burst all over the body, the skin rotted, and flames and magic leaked out.

It was the result of greed, wanting power beyond measure.

[Please save me! Please save me…!]

Surprised by his reaction, the family members tried to run to save Paimon, but

“How dare you turn your back on me while my throne is in front of you!!”

“Surround and wipe out everything!”

“Bad guys!”

The situation was completely turned by the actions of the angry Cheonmugeuk, Abraxas Wendy, and the demons that followed them.

“Will you let me go now?”

Lily spoke to the lava giant who was still holding her in his hand.

“If you don’t let go, your owner will continue to be in pain like that.”

Wow….

The lava giant who put Lily down in front of Paimon knelt down on one knee in front of him.

[Aaaah! It hurts, it hurts! help me! No, kill me…!]

Paimon was still rolling around on the floor. Flames exploded from her burst and torn body, creating a sea of fire everywhere. Because of this, quite a few demons couldn’t even approach.

As Lily briefly entered the flames, Paimon crawled across the floor and approached the girl.

[I lost! So, what can I do to relieve this pain…!]

Inside his body, his own flame, Lily’s flame, and the flame of divine power clashed with each other and exploded, causing Paimon to become more and more terrible.

It won’t last long anyway. Lily nodded quietly.

“okay.”

[thank you! thank you so much! Ahhh…!]

Lily put her hand on Paimon’s head, who was hanging on to her leg.

And it absorbed all the flames and magic that had been taken away from Paimon, as well as all the flames that Paimon had.

Zuuuuup-!

There were no side effects like Paimon.

In the first place, the size of the bowl was different and the range of power it could handle was different.

In short, a difference in class.

[My flame is this easy…]

Paimon, whose strength was drained from his body along with the pain, gasped and looked up at Lily.

“…….”

Two flames were swirling around the body of the girl with her eyes closed.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! Lily’s flame and

roar,

filled with magical energy that originally came from herself !!

A flame containing divine power obtained from [Holy Flame].

Two flames with conflicting properties danced around Lily.

The coexistence of two conflicting properties.

This too was possible because we were human.

[You… are the true master of the flame.]

Pusssss…

Paimon’s body turned to ashes and began to disperse.

She looked at Lily with a complex expression filled with resentment, anger, jealousy, and envy, and then turned her head to look at the lava giant.

[From now on, take care of that child. A place I’ve never been to… I hope you can go too…]

That’s it!

The lava giant bowed his head and fell silent, and Paimon soon completely scattered and turned to ash.

And after a while,

“Whoa…”

Lily opened her eyes and spoke to the numerous demons lying down in front of her.

“Now let’s go see Mr. Man.”

[Master of Flame (4)] End

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