THE BIRTH OF THE DEMON LORD

"I refuse!!"

WHACK — RIGHT ON THE HEAD!

Allen cast a time spell.

"What are you doing??"

Time returned to normal, and Allen left the classroom.

"You really are stubborn, huh. Hard to talk sense into a rock."

Allen walked into a room where students were training with swords for tomorrow's tournament.

He saw how determined and passionate they all were.

Among them were Stella and Rika.

"You've grown a lot, Stella," Allen murmured.

Someone approached Allen.

"So you're the one… Allen, right?"

Allen glanced sideways.

"Yeah."

He was shocked. The person talking to him was one of the Seven Great Students — the weakest one, in fact.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Grimore."

Grimore extended his hand for a handshake.

Allen reached out his hand as well.

Grimore smiled. His grip tightened.

"Hey, can you let go? It's starting to hurt."

"This is just the beginning."

Grimore ripped off Allen's arm.

Allen screamed in pain.

Grimore stomped on his head.

"This is the so-called guy who beat Kuroichi and @×××? What a joke!"

With the last bit of strength, Allen pointed at Grimore.

Grimore laughed.

"What? You jealous, little brat?"

Stella rushed over.

"Stop it, Grimore!"

Grimore glared at her.

"Shut up."

He cast a spell, chaining Stella in place.

"Die."

Allen tried chanting a spell, but strangely, Grimore didn't die.

"What's going on with my skill?" Allen muttered.

He realized that ever since Grimore attacked him, the system hadn't responded. Even when he was about to die, there was no system alert.

Allen tried to summon his sword.

No luck.

Suddenly, Rika appeared behind Grimore and hit him with a baseball bat.

Allen used the chance to retreat.

But Grimore snapped. He grabbed Rika by the neck.

"Trash like you doesn't deserve to live."

Rika was losing breath, struggling, but her body was weakening.

Allen tried to get up and regenerate, but failed.

Still, driven by the urge to save Rika, he charged at Grimore.

Grimore casually turned and fired a spell.

Allen's head was blasted open.

He died.

"Tch. Trash."

Stella and Rika were stunned.

Kuroichi and Lina arrived and were shocked by Allen's corpse.

"What did you do to Allen, brother?!" Kuroichi yelled.

"I just killed some pest."

Lina ran over to Allen's body.

"You really killed him..."

"He was nothing but trash to me."

"You're a monster."

Grimore released Rika.

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IN ANOTHER REALM

Kanaya opened her eyes.

"Where am I?"

A white-haired man walked toward her.

"You're finally awake… Kanaya."

"What happened? Who are you? Where am I?"

"You've got lots of questions." The man took a deep breath. "You've died. Again."

Kanaya was stunned.

"Died? Wait—doesn't Allen have the Reactive Evaluation skill that makes him immortal?"

The man snapped his fingers. A screen appeared, showing Grimore, Stella, Rika, Lina, and Kuroichi… and Allen's dead body.

Kanaya couldn't believe her eyes.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm Fujimiya Hanemia, a shinigami. My job is to torture reincarnated souls."

Kanaya gasped.

"W-wait, what do you mean?"

"Yes. Reincarnators can't go to heaven or hell. My job is to punish them."

Fujimiya snapped again, showing all the people he had tortured.

He walked slowly toward Kanaya.

She panicked and tried to run, but he easily caught her.

Her body froze. She couldn't move — only suffer.

"Please, stop..."

Fujimiya ignored her and continued torturing her.

She died over and over again in agonizing pain.

As she lost hope, she saw an orb offered by Pandora.

"That orb… Is Pandora trying to help me?"

Without hesitation, Kanaya grabbed the orb.

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BACK IN THE ISEKAI WORLD

"You idiot. What are you doing? You could lose everything you've built."

Grimore laughed.

"If I let Allen live, tomorrow's tournament would be a problem."

"Is that so?"

Suddenly, Allen appeared behind him, unchaining Stella.

"Impossible... how are you alive again?"

"The answer's simple," Allen stood, facing away. "I'm immortal."

"In that case—die!"

Grimore unleashed a powerful spell.

But with one snap, Allen erased it.

"What?! How?!"

Allen appeared behind him and kicked him with overwhelming force.

Then he vanished.

SYSTEM: YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CHANGED YOUR ROLE.

NEW ROLE: DEMON LORD.

STR: ????

SPEED: IMMEASURABLE

DEF: ????

LVL: €€€

Allen looked at the status window in disbelief.

"Am I... powerful now? What kind of abilities do I have?"

**SYSTEM:

NEW ABILITIES UNLOCKED:

SUPERHUMAN TRAITS

IMMORTALITY

CREATION

DEATH MANIPULATION

LIFE MANIPULATION

CONCEPT MANIPULATION

EXISTENCE MANIPULATION

LAW MANIPULATION

ELEMENTAL MANIPULATION

BIOLOGICAL MANIPULATION**

Tap to view more unlocked abilities.

"This is insane. I'm like a main character from an isekai anime."

Allen tapped the screen.

**SYSTEM:

MORE ABILITIES UNLOCKED:

TIME MANIPULATION

PLOT MANIPULATION

REALITY WARPING

EXISTENCE ERASURE

VOID MANIPULATION

DIMENSIONAL MANIPULATION

POWER NULLIFICATION**

Allen smirked.

"Alright... I'm ready for the tournament tomorrow."

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THE NEXT DAY

All the students gathered outside.

Kuroichi approached Allen.

"Oh, Kuroichi."

"Yeah."

"Why are you coming to me?"

"We're on the same team, you know."

Allen chuckled.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing."

"By the way, how are you feeling?"

"I'm fine."

Suddenly, the lights went out. Surprised, Kuroichi instinctively hugged Allen.

A screen turned on.

Test, test. 1, 2, 3.

"Hello everyone. I'm Kafatos, judge of this tournament. I'll explain the rules before we begin."

TOURNAMENT RULES:

1. No killing allowed.

2. Go all out — no holding back.

3. Be cautious at the final stage — the boss there can kill with a single hit.

"That's all. The tournament will begin in 5 minutes."

To be continued…