The Demon King's Reincarnation Starts a New Life From Zero

V2 Chapter 2 The Land of Darkness

The sea that was between the Dark Continent and the Shutaia Continent was called the "Farthest Ocean".

It was now known that the Black Continent was at the end of that sea, but that was unknown in the past.

[Farthest Sea Edge].

Constantly sailing aimlessly, it was an ocean where one could not see what was in front of them.

Seeing that, the fishing people believe that it is “sea where the blessings of God have stopped”.

There's nothing out here, just the end of the world.

Therefore, the Gods sealed this sea as “Faraway” End so that people would not approach it.

Some brave sailors traveled to try to see the end, but none of them returned.

There was no mistake that they were swallowed by the Farthest End.

Therefore, one must not approach him.

“...... And well, that's why stories like this are the most scattered in the Shutaia Continent.”

“How is it for us?”

When Shion nodded at Zweita's reasonable question, he placed the book that had the title [Faraway Sea Ends] written on it on the table.

“It was something similar. The shipbuilding technique itself did not even exist, and no one was interested in what was on the other side of the sea. It seemed that the Monsters did not know that there was another place known as Shutaia Continent.”

Far from it, it was said that the Black Continent Monsters did not even know about the existence of Humans.

What changed that situation, was the day of a certain. A single woman is swept onto a beach on the Black Continent.

Altejio who was just a mere Monster back in those days── Demon King Army Northern General had taken an interest in that strange woman.

His height was much shorter than he was like a child, but his appearance and atmosphere were very mature. She was a woman who had such a strange balance.

After helping him, he learns that the woman is part of a race known as Metallio.

Metalio──or race Ore-man. A race that specializes in blacksmiths.

Naturally, Altejio at that time did not know about it.

Altejio told the woman that he himself was a Monster. Although the Metallio woman who heard that was shocked, she immediately apologized for her reaction.

When Altejio asked the woman who came from a place that was not here what she wanted to do from now on, it was said that the woman said that she wanted to stay here.

The woman said that her name was Margarett.

To the woman who said that she threw away her birthplace and traveled, Altejio did not ask for any more details. He said that he was hesitant to ask because of his painful condition.

When he revealed that his specialty was in blacksmithing, he made a request saying that he wanted to produce weapons for Altejio who had taken care of him as thanks.

Many of the weapons he made included Altejio's beloved sword, the “Light Burying Sword Auraal” was born, and at the same time, the blacksmith technique was brought to the Black Continent.

Devils who had a further interest in blacksmithing techniques seemed to go to Margarett to learn one after another, though, and Devils who devoted themselves to spreading blacksmiths in every place on the continent.

Incidentally, it was said that the number of Devils walking on the coming beach had increased and wondered if any interesting people would arrive.

“Is no Devil interested in what is on the other side of the sea?”

“It seems that no one has such a spirit of inquiry.”

When Shion replied, Zweita with “I understand” and nodded.

“...... What happened between Altejio and Margarett?”

“I don't know because he didn't answer me.”

Pretending not to hear Zweita mutter about “when we return, let's make him spit it .....”, Shion gathers his thoughts.

The Monsters of the Black Continent had no interest on the other side of the [Faraway Ocean].

And then, even on the side of the people of the Shutaia Continent, except for some people, they did not try to get close to the [Sea of Farthest Ends].

In that case, where all of that is unclear. The clue to that is in the old book that has [Investigation in the Land of Darkness] written on it.

This book was an old book that was in the corner of the bookstore where Shion entered.

For high-class books, they usually had Preservation Magic thrown at them to prevent degradation.

Naturally, the effect would vary depending on the magic level, but it seemed like this book had a lot of hope for it, a high-grade Preservation Magic bestowed on it, and it had brilliance as if it was as good as new.

“Why is such a book in the corner?”

“That's because it's a book that happened a lot in the past.”

What Shion was currently visiting was a bookstore located in the heart of the royal capital.

It was a bookstore that mainly dealt with high-class specialty books oriented to nobles and scholars, and did not sell books to the general public.

He had a cover letter for it prepared by Luuty as a reward for Ogre's extermination, but if he didn't do that, he wouldn't even be able to enter the place. This book is in the corner of such a bookstore.

At the time of his writing, he received the most outstanding praise from some scholars as the latest interpretation, but had many conjectures without any positive evidence, it is said not to be printed as a malicious publication that can confuse the hearts of people.

“According to this book, it seems that humans once believed that Monsters came from a place known as [The Dark Sea].”

“What is it?”

[Dark Country].

The author of the book defines it as the residence of the Monster.

The basis for that was the method in which the Monsters appeared.

“Zweita. What method did we use to come to the Shutaia Continent?”

“It was Transfer Magic.”

Transfer Magic──Magic where someone moves themselves to a different location in an instant.

There was also a magic called Transmission Magic that did a similar thing. This makes it possible to send not yourself but a targeted group to another location.

As a matter of fact, no one human can use this type of magic.

Even among Monsters, only a portion of those who were proficient in magic could use it.

In other words, since even the existence of Transfer Magic or Transmission Magic was unknown at that time, it was interpreted that Monsters seemed to have emerged from the [Darkness Council] that existed in some other dimension.

However, the alleged “Monster that attacked from this other dimension” only fanned people's fears more than necessary as a result.

The book ended up not being printed for that reason, but the existence of the [Darkness Nation] continued with a tone of profound authenticity among the people.

At that time, the Demon King Shuklous who was said to be in the Shutaia Continent was made from the [Darkness Kingdom], and even the Monsters that emerged from empty space were made into his reinforcements, as well, or sent by Shuclous's political opponents.

“How exactly?”

“Gramfia may have sent them in. Most of them are ....”.

This was only Shion's conjecture, but the Gramfia Demon King who was in the Dark Continent probably knew the places where mankind lived.

He was not sure if Gramfia knew that it was the Shutaia Continent or not, but after all, if one had at least a picture of some sort of place, it was not, it is possible to send irresponsible subordinates with Transmission Magic.

Since it was also possible with the Transmission Magic to appoint someone to make them return, there should also be times where the vanguard sent brought back the prisoners.

It is not known to what extent the Gramfia did that, but to the degree where they can somewhat influence the culture of the Dark Continent, it is a fact that there are prisoners from the territory of mankind.

And then, the existence of Demon King Shuklous had become a cover for such an action.

“In other words, for a very long time ...... Everything was made into the fault of Demon King Shuklous.”

“H . But, what Gramfia had done ....... was just a slave hunt, right?”

“Hmm. Instead, what Shuclous did was clearly an invasion. Even so, from the point of view of mankind, it might really be a hunt, but it was nothing more than an invasion by Monsters. Gramfia may also have such intentions.”

The first battle was prolonged with the Demon King Shuklous.

Making fear of the [Darkness Council].

On any given day, the turning point will come, to exhausted humanity.

“In other words .... Hero summoning.”.