Chapter 414: Confrontation

Chapter 414: Chapter 377 – Confrontation

Milim couldn’t understand Takumi’s way of thinking, but she admired him for it.

“Looks like warning them not to make a move was pointless after all. In this world where the strong prey on the weak, these girls are the real predators.”

If weak Demon Lords like Clayman dared to provoke this place, they would be the only ones who suffered for it.

The thought made Milim chuckle softly.

Just as she was about to charge into the city and search for Takumi herself, a Phase Gate lit up nearby.

Shuna, dressed in her shrine maiden outfit, and Shion, wearing a secretary-style uniform with a tight pencil skirt, appeared before her.

The two immediately locked onto Milim and realized that she was the “guest” Takumi had mentioned.

A child?

That was the first thought that crossed their minds when they saw Milim’s youthful appearance.

However, the moment they sensed the terrifying power she made no attempt to conceal, a trace of respect appeared on their faces.

As kijin, they revered the strong and respected those with true power.

“Honored guest, Lord Takumi has invited you inside. Please follow us.”

Shuna extended the invitation with graceful politeness and gestured toward the Phase Gate behind them.

“I’ve already been detected? And what exactly is that thing?!”

Milim stared at the Phase Gate with undisguised curiosity.

She didn’t refuse Shuna’s invitation and promptly followed them.

Led by the two women, she passed through the spatial transfer corridor.

A moment later, all three appeared before Takumi.

By then, Milim had already understood the basic principle behind the Phase Gate.

It visualized normally invisible space, then connected two spatial anchor points together.

“To understand space this deeply and even turn it into something that can be used routinely… that’s incredible. You’re the king of this empire, Takumi—the one who ruined Clayman’s plans, right?”

Milim raised her eyes toward Takumi.

Under the probing power of her [Dragon Eye], his information should have been laid bare before her.

Instead, amidst a mass of censored static, the only thing she could make out was his name.

Takumi, meanwhile, stared directly at Milim, appreciating her cute and delicate appearance.

Her cherry-pink hair was tied into twin tails, framing a fair, tender face that looked almost impossibly soft.

Her petite frame made her look like a little girl of twelve or thirteen.

Looking past the cloak covering her body, Takumi could see the bold outfit underneath.

Only a few scraps of fabric covered the most alluring parts of her body, while almost everything else was left exposed.

For someone with more conventional tastes, her figure might have been too petite to appeal to them.

Takumi, however, was hardly conventional. He appreciated every kind of beauty.

After indulging in too many sumptuous meals of voluptuous older women, a sweet and refreshing petite girl made for an excellent change of flavor.

Thinking this to himself, Takumi activated [Emerald Eye] and inspected Milim in return.

Fair was fair. If she was going to look at him, he would look at her too.

[Name: Milim Nava]

[Level: Catastrophe Class (???)]

[Entries: Dragonoid (Gold), Satanael, Lord of Wrath (Gold)…]

[Dragonoid (Gold): Descendant of the Star-King Dragon and a human. Born as one of the strongest beings in existence, possessing unfathomable power.]

[Satanael, Lord of Wrath (Gold): Uses wrath as fuel to infinitely amplify magicules. The price is loss of control.]

Although quite a bit of Milim’s information still appeared as question marks to Takumi, he could at least see a substantial portion of it.

Sensing that he was probing her in return, Milim smiled instead of taking offense.

“Hahaha~ Are your eyes like mine!?”

She immediately leaned in until her eyes were right in front of Takumi’s.

An indescribable, almost electric sensation surged through her heart, causing her magicules to slip out of control for a moment.

BZZZZ—!

The overwhelming aura of magic nearly shattered the surrounding space.

Takumi reacted immediately, helping Milim stabilize the power running wild inside her.

At the same time, he lightly brushed a hand in front of her face, allowing strands of faith power to flow into her petite body and help clear her mind.

By the time Milim regained her senses, layers of crimson had already spread across her flawless, pale skin.

“Mmm~~ You’re really different. You look very easy to like!”

Milim broke into an excited smile and proudly puffed out her chest.

Unfortunately, her proportions were rather disappointing in that particular area, and the black cloak wrapped around her made it impossible to see much anyway.

Takumi didn’t look disappointed. He had already known what she looked like beforehand.

The corner of his lips merely lifted as he replied calmly, “If I can earn the favor of the Destroyer, I suppose my charm must be pretty impressive.”

“Definitely. And you’re really strong too.”

Milim nodded enthusiastically in agreement.

The two then stared at each other for several seconds.

An awkward silence quietly settled over the room.

Neither spoke until Takumi finally asked, “Why did you come here? Just to say hello?”

Milim let out a breath when he took the initiative to ask, then stared at him with burning intensity.

“Before I came here, I wanted to make you my subordinate.

“Now… I want to even more!!”

“How dare you!”

The moment Shion heard that, she exploded in anger.

She drew her massive blade in one swift motion and brought it crashing down toward Milim’s head!

The heavy blade tore through the air with enough force to resemble a hundred-ton truck smashing straight down.

Faced with Shion’s attack, Milim burst into delighted laughter.

“Hahaha! What’s wrong? Do you want to play with me?”

She extended one pale hand and effortlessly caught the descending blade.

CLANG—!!!

The metallic impact erupted into a tangible shockwave of sound, sending cracks crawling across the surrounding walls.

Milim had stopped Shion’s massive weapon with nothing but her bare hand, yet there wasn’t so much as a scratch on her palm.

“Demonic Art: Hellfire!”

Seeing this, Shuna attacked without hesitation.

Purplish-black ghostly flames condensed around her body, then shot toward Milim the instant she pointed a finger.

The flames appeared scorching hot, but in truth they were freezing cold. They could burn magicules themselves without harming the physical body.

“Interesting! This is so interesting!!”

Milim immediately saw through the nature of the ghostly flames, and the monstrous aura within her body began expanding at terrifying speed.

A violent shockwave erupted around her like a volcano on the verge of exploding.

It wasn’t an attack Milim had deliberately released.

More accurately, Milim hadn’t done anything at all.

She had simply stopped suppressing the overwhelming aura she normally kept restrained.

Takumi could tell immediately, because he did essentially the same thing all the time.

Seeing the situation rapidly spiral out of control, he raised a hand and pressed downward.

“Spatial Severance!”

The space before him was instantly divided, cutting off both sides’ attacks.

Takumi then spoke in a calm voice.

“Enough. Shion, don’t attack without permission. I know you two were trying to protect me.”

At his command, Shion and Shuna immediately lowered their heads.

As secretaries utterly loyal to Takumi, they had attacked even while knowing they were no match for Milim, solely because they wanted to protect their master.

Takumi understood and appreciated that loyalty, but this was not the time to prove it.

Milim, however, was still brimming with fighting spirit and looked somewhat dissatisfied.

She had only just started having fun.

Why did it have to end already?