7th Demon Prince Jilbagias’ Chronicle of Demon Kingdom Toppling

55.1  Like Cutting One Own’s Body

Good day… This is the demon prince Jilbagias who is almost exhausted to death after a battle to the death against the patriarch of the white dragon.

And the 『Exhausted to Death』  part was by no means a metaphor.

Before me―― Laid Verossa’s figure. His body was filled with laceration and his bones were obviously breaking in numerous places. Alas, that tattered body was back to normal right now thanks to the transpose curse.

You know what that means right?

I who took over all his wounds was the one who ended up with a tattered body instead.

「Gah… Ha…!!!」

I vomited blood the moment I took over Verossa’s wounds. Though it felt as if my upper-half was grated with a file, strangely enough, I couldn’t feel anything from my lower half. This fu*cking Verossa’s hips bone had actually broke…!

「Wooof! Wooof!!!」

Liliana was licking my wounds to heal me while whining non-stop. As if she said 「Good grief!! How can you ended up with even worse wounds after I healed you a while ago!!」

Sorry… For making you worry about me, Liliana…

Let’s keep up with this pace, there were still ten people waiting for their turn…

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Thus, I healed my subordinates. Thanks to Faravugi’s nonsense vitality, some of my subordinates like Vigne were already on the verge of death. Had the battle prolonged by one or two minutes, some might really have died.

Well, I was also responsible for about a quarter of their additional wounds though!!

Currently, aside from her maid uniform that had burned black and tattered in many places, she was safe and sound. She had yet to wake up though.

No matter how much I hate those night elves, they did use their body to shield me from the white dragon’s light breath attack, an attribute that could literally kill them. Even I would feel bad if I left them to die――

『You’re the idiot one for jumping in front of me! Now enjoy your trip to hell knowing that you are protecting me, the one who betrayed you, HAHAHAHAHA! Aren’t you supposed to say something like that instead of healing them?』

…

Ante, if you had the time to spit that nonsense, you should use that to help me. Help me to line them up and explain the situation to them.

『This one refuses to work. I already overwork myse~lf. I shall watch you while your working your ass off from inside your soul vessel.』

Ante appeared in her phantom form beside me, lying down as she shouted 『Do your best♪You can do it♪』.

Had I known this would happen, I wouldn’t ask this useless Demon God to help me…!

… By the way, Sofia was still burned black and didn’t even twitch at all, what should i do about her? The Transpose curse didn’t seem to work on the Devil since they weren’t even living beings to begin with.

『A~h, maybe she’s in a dormant state after receiving such a fatal wound. In this world, our body is no different from our soul.』

According to Ante, for minor injuries such as losing their limbs due to physical attack, the devil’s body would be healed immediately but, if it was a severe wound caused by spell or disruption of magical power, they had to wait till it healed naturally. In most cases, they would enter their dormant state―― In short, passed out.

『You have been fighting many devils during your active years as a hero, right? Shouldn’t you know about this?』

We usually finish them off as soon as they fall rather than satisfying our curiosity…

『I see… So you do not take your time as they passed out…』

――Oy, stop making humans look like the bad guys.

「Your Highness! Jilbagias-sama!!」

「Young master, you’re safe!!」

「WOAAH, WAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT DRAGON DOING IN THIS KIND OF PLACE!?」

There were many footsteps coming from outside the fortress.

When I turned around, I saw the demon race warriors standing dumbfoundedly right in front of the castle that was on the brink of collapse.

There were five of them, they wore inconspicuous leather armor and were equipped with portable spears. Seeing their ragged breathing, it seems they were rushing to this place as fast as possible. Some of them have black coloured war paint on their cheeks.

「Your… Highness?」

「Such magical power…」

「Like a completely different person before his departure…」

They murmured such things.

They came as soon as they felt something was amiss. They’re my observer and shadow guard from the Reiju clan that was assigned by Platy to me.

「You’re late. The battle just ended.」

I pointed at the corpse of white dragon behind me while propping myself up after my body was healed by Liliana.

「Let me confirm your identity for the time being. You guys are the observer appointed by my mother, right?」

The reason why I didn’t call them was purely due to my own consideration.observer

「… Yes, we are…」

The seemingly oldest one among them―― Appearancewise, he looked like a middle aged human―― was the one who replied to me. He had been sweating non-stop since he saw Faravugi’s corpse.

On top of coming late, the target of their protection got ambushed by a dragon, and by the time they had arrived, he had already defeated that dragon―― I really didn’t want to imagine what they were thinking about right now. My stomach already hurt just by trying to imagine that.

「My subordinates are safe. I’m in the middle of treating them, help me to line them up.」

「Yes.」

The warriors of the Reiju clan moved at once without even voicing any complaint, maybe they didn’t want to commit another blunder.

「――NUGAAAAAAAAAAA!」

「Your Highness, are you going to treat them in person!?」

When I took over the wounds of the night elf hunter whose body was burnt black, the young warrior of the Reiju clan suddenly screamed in panic.

「Yes… My wound will be healed by the saint(Liliana) after all… Isn’t she quite convenient since we don’t even have to bring sacrificial slaves?」