AN: I will take my time updating this
We, the Hero’s party, drove the strongest Devil King away into another dimension after a fierce battle.
We ambushed the Devil King who was on his way from the other dimension in the gap between the dimensions.
Even though we didn’t manage to finish him off, the Devil King was seriously wounded. For now, he will not be able to move.
With wounds all over his body, the warrior spoke as he breathed heavily.
「It was a long fight, but it’s finally over」
「It took us longer than expected, huh. It’s a shame that I didn’t make it in time to witness my child’s birth」
Said the Hero.
The Hero had married a former party member, a healer.
The party now consists of three people, the Hero Eric, the warrior Gran, and me, the mage Rakku.
All three are guys.
Facing the Hero, I said,
「Hey, you can live with your kid as much as you like from now on, alright?」
「I sure hope so」
「My kid too should be all grown up by now. He might even have forgotten my face」
Said the warrior, self-deridingly.
Both the Hero and warrior are married with kids. I’m the only one single.
「It’s about time. Let’s say farewell to this depressing place」
Just a while after we started heading back.
We noticed a large army of devils chasing after us from the other dimension.
They didn’t come in tens. They came in more than just hundreds.
We were already wounded. If we were to confront them directly, we will absolutely be annihilated.
「There’s still this many……?」
I shouted at the Hero who was looking at them dumbfoundedly.
「Leave this to me and go!」
「What are you saying? How can we just leave you here alone!」
「You do know how good I am in a drawn out battle, don’t you?」
I said that with a smile filled with confidence
「Rakku. But……」
「Your kid’s waiting for you, ain’t he!」 (TLN: …. I have no idea if it’s a he or she yet)
The Hero and warrior both displayed a complex expression of frustration and sadness at my words.
I sent them a smile.
「Hey, I’ll catch up immediately, alright?」
「……Sorry」
They both started running. Before they left, they left behind valuable healing potions among other things.
With these, I can fight for a while longer. I put them away in my precious bag.
The Devil King isn’t dead yet. When he comes back, the Hero’s power is needed to defeat him.
There’s no way I’ll let the Hero die here.
「Now then. Come at me. I don’t think you’ll ever get past me that easily」
I acted cool a little.
There are a lot of enemies. I will have to restrain my magic consumption.
I directly touched the head of the devil who came charging at me, and blew it away with a magic bullet.
After casting Bind on the devils who tried to chase after the Hero by rushing in from beside me, I blew them away.
At first I was doing alright. I killed ten, and then 20 of them.
My magic power decreased. My body started to wear out. I was losing consciousness.
The exhaustion from the fight with the Devil King was also settling in.
――GGAAAA
「Ugh!」
A devil’s arm slashed at my shoulder. A burning pain ran through the wound.
My hazy awareness immediately became clear again. I grabbed the devil’s arm and blew it away.
「I’m not finished yet!」
Some time after that, the tables started turning.
――GRYAAAGGGGG
A devil’s palm hit my stomach. Immediately my energy was sucked away.
「Drain Touch!」
A magic only high ranking devils possess. It was my first time getting hit by it.
Because I was never in the front line, I have never been directly touched by devils.
The moment I got Drain Touched, I comprehended the technique.
My specialty is Magic Learning.
In order to heal my wounded body, I activated Drain Touch at a devil.
As I used it over and over, my wounds healed, and I recovered my stamina.
「Come. Now I can fight you no matter how many years it takes」
I fought them mindlessly since then.
The space within dimensions is dense with magic essence. Because of that, levelling up goes quickly.
I could actually feel myself rapidly becoming stronger. Even so, I can’t fight with ease.
My enemies are also rapidly becoming stronger, after all.
When I felt sleepy, I casted Marionette on myself.
Marionette is originally a magic used to manipulate enemies.
Using that, I could fight even when sleeping.
「I can’t feel the flow of time……」
I feel like I’ve fought for a very long time. I wonder how many days it has been.
It might even be months already. I did not eat, and fought even when I’m sleeping.
Somewhere in the middle, I plundered a magic blade from a Devil General and continued fighting with it.
I named the sword Drain Sword.
It really helped because I could absorb the vitality of my enemies as I cut them up.
On a certain day, I felt a powerful magic presence approaching me from the other dimension.
――GOOOOOOAAAAA
Appearing with the huge roar was the Devil King.
「So you’ve recovered. That was quick」
I thought that it would take him 10 years, or at least a few years to heal up.
This was beyond my expectations.
The Devil King fired white hot flames imbued with his enormous magic power.
Even if I create a protective barrier, the heat is still transmitted. My hair was singed.
Just before the Devil King finished his scorching heat magic. A gap appeared within the attack.
I slashed at him with Drain Sword.
――GYAAAAAAA
The Devil King screamed. It was unexpectedly effective.
Facing the flinching Devil King, I activated Drain Touch without a moment’s delay.
However, the Devil King put up a magic barrier.
Drain Touch could not get through it.
While in pain, the Devil King swung his magic sword. He quickly took the opportunity.
Even so, a line appeared on the surface of his belly.
We both swung our swords, and the battle continued.
Our swords clashed tens of times. The battle dragged on.
Finally, my partner, Drain Sword, broke.
It seems that a Devil General’s sword cannot match up to a Devil King’s.
――GRR
The Devil King became complacent. For a moment, it was as if smirked.
It was obvious that he is careless, and a chance arose.
I immediately grabbed it.
「So what. I’m not a swordsman, I’m a mage!」
I fired a flame bullet at the Devil King’s stomach. The Devil King burst into flames in a moment.
Seizing the chance, I jammed my hand into the flames.
Drain Touch.
To defend against the flames, the magic barrier’s source is all used up.
Drain Touch passed through to the Devil King.
My skin is burning and scorching.
However, with Drain Touch, it’s recovering using the absorbed life force.
My skin continued burning and recovering.
A staggering pain assaulted my hand. But it doesn’t matter. As it burned, it continued draining.
On the contrary, the Devil King had its body burned while its vitality was being absorbed.
――GRAAAA……
In the end, the Devil King stopped moving.
Only its charred body remained. It’s magic source is also fading away.
A complete annihilation.
After defeating the Devil King, I looked around without letting my guard down.
The devils are also retreating.
「Did I…… do it?」
I muttered these words, but there was no reply.
Finally I have accomplished it. I have protected the Hero and the world.
AN:
Please take care of me.
Basically, this is a story where the protagonist doesn’t go through too much suffering and is light hearted.
If you think that it was interesting or good,
or if you feel like reading more
please rate and bookmark this. I will be extremely grateful.
I will also be very thankful if you would leave your impressions and typos.
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Looks interesting *bookmarked*
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Thanks
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This mage guy is so cool! My chuuni heart is burning!
Thanks for the chapter!
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No errors ‘popped up’ in front of my face. If you want an editor, not that you really need one, I’d be happy to help.
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The english is quite good and can be managed for reading while there are small mistakes
1. “You do know good I am in a drawn out battle, don’t you?” could be “You do know how good I am in a drawn out battle, don’t you?” or “You do know that I am good in a drawn out battle, don’t you?”
2.”I self-confidently said that with a smile.” could be “I said that with a self confident smile” or “I said that with a smile filled with confidence”
3.”An chance” is grammatically wrong and it should be “a chance”
4.”the Devil King had its body burned while its vitality absorbed” should be ” the Devil King had its body burned while its vitality was being absorbed by Drain touch.” or just ” the Devil King had its body burned while its vitality was being absorbed.” If anybody feels I am wrong please correct it cuz i am not that good in English myself…. After all I learnt it through reading novels…………. and if you think this is good enough i can help you in editing
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Oh god so many mistakes smh
I mainly need help in wording to make it more natural in English, since reading Japanese while trying to write it out in English makes the sentences feel Japanese. That’s primarily why most jp tls have this Japanese feel to it.
As for the minor grammatical errors, it’s usually because I word it in a certain way, but erased part of it and write something else without reading the whole thing after that.
I appreciate you pointing them out tho. I’ll get to correcting them in a while.
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imagining him saying ‘you shall not pass’
no, i wont put gandalf’s meme here.
thank you for the chapters~
seems this thing is promising.
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please continue this.
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DRAIN TOUCHI…….!!!
Satou Kazuma: someone calling me?
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Very readable, keep up the good work!
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Thanks for the chapter 😺
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…. And here I thought he’d use the devils as nourishment. I’m not too sure how someone could survive 10 years w/o food or water, especially while they were constantly expending energy.
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um, Drain Touch?
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Drain Touch is said to absorbs “vitality”. That sounds like it should include the necessary nutrients for the body to continue operating. 🤔
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Light hearted? Yesss~
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Plse Mooooorrrrreeeeeeeee!!!!
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Seems interesting. Yori Shasha was here.
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Thanks for the chapter
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So much retort worthy material but I shall go with: If defeating the Maou was that simple why did you even need the hero for?! He stole his job!!!
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something i want to ask. Is this novel is Harem?
Thx FOr CHapTER!!
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No idea yet. We are at the latest chapter right now, which is only the fifth one.
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Owh… welp just try this novel
Thx For Replay
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Thank you very much, seems like my fav type, so def goes in bookmark, please continue
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Isn’t his name Luck not Raku?
I read the raw part and just wonder if his name is Luck or Raku?
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I went with Rakku because honestly Luck sounds terrible as a name. It’s ラック not ラク tho
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Nice.
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thanks 🙂
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Looks interesting, I’ll be reading more.
Do I really need to leave my typos here? I don’t want to make typos just so that I can read a novel, such a heavy tax…
(I’ll endeavour to point out any that I notice.)
Thanks for all the chapters.
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this mage is fucking savage! I hope author doesn’t nerf him
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Ok it started interesting. thanks for picling up the project.
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Just noticed… he fought for 10 years (??), but his party did not go back to help him.
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They couldn’t go back to him
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Interesting
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Thank you very much
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Gostei vou começar a ler!!
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