Chapter 234 Yamato Hina and the Demon King Medinilla ㉝
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
The Hero-Hunting Hero (Natsumi) vs. The Demon King-Slaying Demon King (Medinilla).
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Demon King Medinilla looked down at me with a smirk. Her stats appeared in a floating window before my eyes.
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Name: Medinilla Magnifica
Race: Celestial Demon
Gender: Female
Class: Demon King
Level: 99 (MAX)
LP: 972,000 / 972,000
MP: 19,440 / 19,440
Condition: Normal
STR: 9720 | VIT: 9720
DEX: 9720 | AGI: 9720
MAG: 9720 | MIN: 9720
Skills:
* [UN] Sloth¹
* [C] Unarmed Combat Lv. 6
* [C] Claw Strike Lv. 5
* [UC] Leadership Lv. 5
* [SR] Intimidation
Titles:
* Demon King
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Her level was maxed out at 99. In terms of raw stats, she was actually slightly lower than me, but at this tier, the difference was negligible. The real problem was her LP-it had an extra digit. That had to be a Demon King modifier.
And then there was that Unique Skill: ‘Sloth.’
I’d expected it, but seeing the confirmation was a gut punch. It was the same category as one of my own ‘Seven Deadly Sins.’ I never thought I’d end up fighting someone with the exact same power. Because I possessed it, I knew the truth: despite the name, ‘Sloth’ was a collection of purely malicious abilities. The worst of them was ‘Time Compression.’²
I used it constantly, so I knew it was a cheat. The duration was short, but the advantage was absolute. My only edge was that I can use the same power, and Medinilla didn’t know it yet. I still had a chance.
”There is no point in dragging this out. Shall we settle this quickly, noja?” Medinilla raised her hand.
The air froze instantly into jagged icicles that surged toward me. She had opened with ‘Ice of Sloth.’ “‘Ice of Sloth!’” I countered.
The two spells collided, eroding each other until they both shattered into a cloud of frost.
”Oh? To think you have the same skill,” Medinilla said. “Honestly, it’s hardly a ‘Unique’ skill if everyone has it, noja.”
”I’ve been wondering,” I said. “Have you had that from the start? Or is it a Demon King perk?”
”I have no reason to hide it. The answer is no. I simply realized I had it one day. I certainly didn’t have it two hundred years ago, noja.”
So she’d acquired it later. That didn’t sound like the Goddess’s doing. For a second, a man in a white tuxedo flashed through my mind. Who the hell was he?
”If our spells are just going to cancel out, I’ll have to be more tactical,” she mused.
”Like I’ll give you the time!” I triggered ‘Time Compression’ and lunged.
To anyone else, I would have looked like a blur. To me, the world had slowed to a stuttering crawl. Except for her.
”So, you can use this too? I had a feeling… You really are dangerous, noja!”
We were both standing in a world of extreme acceleration. I unleashed a flurry of sword strikes, but she evaded them all with impossible grace-tilting her body, ducking, or shifting just an inch. But my stats were higher. My blade finally grazed her. I didn’t let up. I pushed the speed further.
”Hahaha! How long has it been since I last bled? You’re stronger than the last Hero, and certainly the strongest of this lot. I’m impressed, noja.”
”Save the talk for later. You’re wide open!”
”No problem. Everything is fine.”
As Medinilla spoke, a sharp crack echoed through the air. An impact slammed into my chest, and I was sent flying. The world snapped back to normal speed. Barely a second had passed.
”Master-sama!?” Honoka cried.
”I’m fine!” I waved her back. My heart was pounding. “What just happened?”
”That’s my line,” Medinilla replied, looking genuinely surprised. “How are you still alive, noja?”
I was lucky I’d layered ‘Aias’³ as a precaution. That sound had been the first layer of the shield shattering. She had intended that to be a killing blow.
”I see… you haven’t mastered your power yet,” she said. “You were compressing time by sixty-fold. But it goes much deeper than that. For example… like this, noja!”
Another impact. I didn’t even see it move. My mask clattered to the floor.
”Aha, so that is your face. It’s quite… to my liking, noja.”
”Then maybe we could stop the fighting?” I said, though I knew it was a lost cause.
”Lord Sieben… No, wait,” Yamato stammered. “Are you… Sasaki?”
Yamato and Ise had seen me. So much for a dramatic reveal.
”What of it?” I asked.
”Ah, no… I mean… back then…”
”Save it,” I snapped. “We have a Demon King to deal with.”
”I’ll help!” Ise shouted.
”You’re in the way. Stay back.” I focused on Medinilla. She was the only thing that mattered. She could compress time further than I could.
”That last hit was three hundred and sixty-fold,” she said. “And I can still go higher, noja.”
”You’ve gotta be kidding me.” I tried to force a laugh, but it came out dry.
I triggered ‘Time Compression’ again. I’d thought sixty was my limit. I had to break it. I had to go further. The world slowed. Honoka and the others became statues. Reach higher!
”Impressive,” Medinilla’s voice drifted through the slowed time. “But not enough, noja.”
Snap. The second wall of Aias broke.
”Exceeding six hundred-fold on your first try is worthy of praise. However, my maximum is… three thousand six hundred-fold.”
The remaining five layers of Aias shattered instantly. It was impossible. The seventh layer was exponentially stronger than the first, yet she blew through them in a literal heartbeat. Then I saw it-the shards were encased in ice.
”Casting five consecutive ‘Ice of Sloth’ spells is quite exhausting, noja,” she sighed.
She was rapid-firing spells during compressed time. That was insane.
”I think it’s time to end this.” Medinilla unleashed a final ‘Ice of Sloth.’
My compression had already hit its limit. I tried to counter, but she was too fast. The spell hit me directly. My body began to turn to ice, freezing me where I stood.
”Master-sama! No!” Honoka screamed.
”Hono… ka… stay back…!”
”I won’t watch you die again!” Honoka lunged past Mihiro and threw her arms around me. She kissed me, and for one fleeting moment, I felt a spark of warmth. She must have used the Spring of Lourdes.⁴ But it wasn’t enough to stop the Demon King’s magic.
”Honoka, you…”
Honoka was still smiling as the frost claimed her. Her breathing stopped.
”You idiot.” Honoka, I will never forgive you for this. I pulled her frozen body close with the last of my strength, and my consciousness plunged into the darkness.
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Summary:
Sasaki engages in a high-speed battle against Demon King Medinilla, who possesses the same ‘Sloth’ skill. Despite his efforts to push his time compression limits, Medinilla overwhelms him with 3600-fold acceleration and rapid-fire ice magic. The chapter ends tragically as Honoka sacrifices her life to give Sasaki a final moment of warmth before they are both consumed by ice.
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Trivia:
- Medinilla’s LP is nearly a million, significantly higher than Sasaki’s despite similar stats.
- The ‘Sloth’ skill was not innate to Medinilla; she acquired it roughly 200 years ago.
- The mysterious figure in a white tuxedo is glimpsed in Sasaki’s memories.
- Sasaki’s identity as ‘Sasaki’ is officially revealed to his former classmates Yamato and Ise.
- The ‘Aias’ shield has seven layers, all of which were shattered by the Demon King
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Character Insight:
Sasaki shows growth by breaking his 60-fold compression limit, reaching over 600-fold in the heat of battle, but realizes he is still outclassed. Honoka’s motive is pure devotion, refusing to watch Sasaki die and using her final life force to comfort him.
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Behind the Scenes:
The line ‘No problem. Everything is fine’ is a direct reference to the Japanese meme from the game El Shaddai. Medinilla’s name is taken from a genus of tropical flowering plants known for their showy pink flowers.
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TL Notes:
Notes:
• Medinilla – The Demon King from two generations ago. She has pale blue skin, long silver hair, goat-like horns, and golden eyes with black sclera. She has a petite, loli-like appearance and wears a twilight-colored dress with red roses.
• Natsumi – The protagonist. Height 168 to 171 cm, weight 57 to 59 kg. He has a baby face, but he hides his eyes with his bangs. He was bullied by the Sugita gang just because his name sounded like a girl’s name.
• Honoka – Petite, cute “transistor‑glamour” girl with high‑level healing magic, built like a tiny bomb of lewdness and huge breasts. Started as a cold‑hearted slave mocking Sasaki, then flipped into full devoted “Goshujin‑sama” maid mode, obsessed with his scent and desperate to bear his child. Used to be Hidaka’s obsession, later violated by Sugita, which left her furious and tightly protective of the protagonist. Bashful smiles, but the second anything touches him she goes nuclear. Usually in a sleazy maid outfit, the anti‑aesthetic to Lotte and Nadja’s clean uniforms.
• Sasaki – The protagonist, 168–171 cm and 57–59 kg, with a baby face hidden by black bangs. Once bullied and thought dead by the Sugita gang, he now fights as the gladiator Seven. Wielder of Snatch and Time Compression, he’s the hidden source of many curses and a shapeshifter. Dressed in green scale armor with a blood‑red muffler, he wields dual longswords.
• Sieben – Young man with black hair and a mask covering his eyes. He purchased Honoka and Ria.
• Yamato – Yamato Hina. Student council vice-president. Serious, beautiful, with long straight hair and sharp eyes.
• Mihiro – Post-gender swap of Yuki Chihiro: Height 160 cm, B-W-H: 82-55-80. Futanari. Short haired black hair, handsome.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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