Hundreds Years After I Was Called [Just Corpse], I’ve Become Strongest Undead When I Woke Up - Chapter 93: It Was My Fault

「Are you the one who attacked me just now? I see… you seem to be quite powerful amongst humans.」

The devil said this as he appraised Pope Elmenius the Fourth.

In fact, the pope once belonged to a party of adventurers led by the Hero King of Romana, Alendros the Third, who slew the disaster-class monster.

Despite his busy days as the top brass of Holy Melt Religion, it was obvious from the super high-ranking magic he used before that he was by no means becoming weaker.

「Daruel, get back for healing.」

「P-please be careful… Your Eminence… That guy ain’t your average devil…」

「You’re correct.」

The pope glared at the devil with a sharp glint in his eyes.

「High-ranking devil, you committed a heavy crime of polluting this sacred place by coming here.」

He unleashed a coercion that was enough to suppress low-ranking devils.

But the devil received that with ease.

「High-ranking devil? You think I’m the same as those high-ranking devils which you can find anywhere? How naive.」

「What?」

「Hehehe, foolish human, tremble in fear upon hearing my name!!!」

And then, the devil paused for a few seconds as he spread his arms and opened his mouth again.

「My name is Mephisto! A Duke-rank Devil, the highest status in Hell!!」

「「「…」」」

The Holy Knights were at loss for words upon hearing that name.

Because no one here didn’t know about the devil Mephisto.

As long as they were someone from the Melt religion, they would find that name appearing in the scripture that they read every day.

It was the name of the strongest and worst devil who once drove humanity into the abyss of despair.

Although humanity barely managed to repel him by making him enter the gap between dimensions with the assistance of an angel who came from Heaven, humanity had already suffered enormous damage by that point.

Many researchers said that the development of civilization was delayed for a few hundred years because of that event.

「D-Devil… Mephisto? Nonsense! As if we’re going to believe that you’re the same devil who was imprisoned in the holy dimension prison a thousand years ago!」

The one who broke the silence was the pope.

He raised his voice as he denied such possibilities.

「I shall execute you for mentioning that abominable name! VANISH (Miraculous Flash Spark)!!」

The pope unleashed another extremely powerful flash of light.

Moreover, the power was twice as powerful as the previous strike.

「Hehehe, You think that spell of yours can defeat me? Dream on.」

「!!!」

But the devil looked as composed as ever despite suffering from a direct hit.

「Now it’s my turn.」

The devil spoke while pointing his index finger.

The next moment, a thread-like beam was fired from the tip of his index finger.

Different from the light fired by the pope, one could feel sinister power from the light fired by the devil.

When the devil was swinging his arm from above to below, the beam followed the movement of his arm.

And then, when the beam passed the ground beneath the pope’s left arm, it vanished.

Although the pope and everyone who saw that scene doubted their eyes for a moment… Their eyes opened wide in astonishment the moment they noticed an unusual phenomenon.

「T-the temple wall is…」

「Split… right in half?!」

「D-don’t tell me… that light just now was…」

The pope was also at a loss for words.

「T-this is…」

The beam that was fired by the devil just now cut the earth.

It went nearly unnoticed due to how neat the severed surface was.

「Whoops, it seems I missed a little bit.」

「Y-you b*stard. You did it on purpose, huh…」

「I definitely won’t miss it next time, and how about I slice that body of yours in two?」

The pope barely managed to dodge the second beam by turning his body to the side.

But with a flick of the devil’s finger, the beam that failed to sever the pope’s body rushed toward the pope again.

「Kuh…」

「HAHAHAHAHA! NOW LET’S SEE HOW LONG YOU CAN DODGE THIS!!」

「How dare you underestimate me!」

Although the pope was counter-attacking with a white light strike, the devil didn’t even try to dodge and calmly took the blow with his body.

The overwhelming difference in their powers could be seen by anyone in that place.

But unbeknownst to anyone, the pope prepared a sure-kill attack in the midst of such deadly combat.

「…This is… a magic circle, eh. Since when di—」

The pope drew a magic circle by using his feet.

「Too late. COME FORTH, ANGEL REPLICA (Pseudo-Angel)!」

The magic circle shone, and the magic that could reverse the hopeless situation had already been invoked.

The one who appeared was a white beauty.

The beauty spread her wings as a brilliant light radiated from her entire body like sunlight.

That figure was definitely that of an angel.

But she wasn’t a real angel.

「This is a replica modeled after an angel that was created to combat a devil. But her power rivaled that of a real angel.」

『Confirmed the existence of a devil. Moving to exterminate the target.』

A spear appeared in the hand of the pseudo-angel after she spoke with her mechanical voice.

She rushed straight toward the devil, leaving behind a trail of light.

「Huh, this one isn’t bad. Low-rank angel… No, her power seems to be above that…」

The devil then unleashed a massive amount of magical power that he kept inside to face the incoming pseudo-angel.

The pseudo-angel who noticed that increased her output too.

『As a result of the analysis of the other party’s power, increasing the output.』

「If you really want to beat me, you should at least summon an archangel!」

『Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred… Reaching maximum output. The probability of crushing the other party is―』

The next moment, both sides clashed with a force that was simply out of the world.

『―One percent…』

Following that, the body of the pseudo-angel exploded into pieces.

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「D-devil… Mephisto? Nonsense! As if we’re going to believe that you’re the same devil who was imprisoned in the holy dimension prison a thousand years ago!」

I looked at the conversation that happened in the garden of the temple from the window.

…Um, my deepest apologies.

That was my fault for sure.