Time flew by, and another year passed. This was now the sixth year since Nanoda had crossed over.
During this year, many events transpired in the outside world.
Macht visited various nobles. Many of them signed a joint petition acknowledging Macht's status within human society. Centered around Glück, a faction of nobles supporting the Demon Macht was formed.
Turmoil also brewed within the Imperial Royal Family. The aging Emperor had fallen ill, leaving Duke Wolf to temporarily manage state affairs alongside the young Prince.
The entire Northern situation became unstable.
Meanwhile, within Gaderia, the Demon Special Zone was expanded.
During this year, Yuna shared all the human magic and magical knowledge she had acquired with Qual. Worthy of being called a magical genius of the Demon Race, Qual analyzed and completed a portion of the human magic system in a very short time.
Under Qual's instruction, those one hundred or so Demon soldiers learned simplified versions of Killing Magic and Defensive Magic. Although Killing Magic 1.0 was merely a straight, piercing beam of light, when over a hundred Demons fired over a hundred distinct Killing Magics simultaneously, the resulting power was enough to level a hill. It could certainly be described as possessing ample firepower.
With Qual's magical instruction supplemented by Aura's drilling, these one hundred-plus Demons became the first elite Demon unit under Nanoda's command.
According to Qual's tests, although this army was small in number, their combat power already exceeded that of forces of the same tier from the pre-Demon King era.
During this period, Nanoda also attempted to seek guidance and learn the human magic system from Yuna. Unexpectedly, perhaps due to her human soul, she actually possessed talent for learning human magic.
Previously, she could never deeply master Qual's Demon system of magic; in most situations, she still relied solely on her own Severance Magic.
Now, Nanoda had learned practical spells such as the standard offensive magic of the human system (which was essentially the modified Killing Magic), the new Defensive Magic, and floating flight magic.
Her original, half-baked basic Demon magic was effectively optimized away.
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Inside Qual's experimental base.
After borrowing from the human magic system, Qual was still developing his new Killing Magic. In Nanoda's words, this was 'Killing Magic 2.0'.
Qual felt this title sounded much better than 'New Killing Magic'.
Hard work pays off for the determined Demon; Qual's development of the auto-targeting Killing Magic had reached its final stage.
Today's sparring target was still Jane.
Jane possessed Eternal Life Magic and could recover from any injury, making her the best experimental subject.
For Jane, who lacked actual combat experience, this was also an opportunity for exercise. In a sense, this counted as a mutual improvement.
Just like her fighting style at the White Tower, Jane had two blood-colored wings spread open on her back. She flew aimlessly back and forth in the air, holding a storybook in her hands, looking somewhat lacking in interest.
"You don't look like you're in the zone, Jane," Qual asked, stroking his beard while looking up at Jane in the sky.
"..."
After a moment of silence, Jane replied.
"Recently, Mother has been with that human named Yuna all the time. She rarely tells me stories anymore..." There was a hint of sourness in her tone.
"Compared to the Demon Race, a human's life is a trivial existence. The time you will be able to spend by the King's side in the future will be far greater than hers. What does it matter if you let her have this moment?" Qual persuaded calmly.
"When you put it that way... that seems to make sense..." Jane perked up a bit.
"Alright, let us begin the test."
Jane nodded in the air.
Immediately, Qual turned his back to Jane. With a downward wave of his thick, long arm, a magic circle composed of white mana condensed in front of him, and a bolt of Killing Magic fired from within the circle.
However, very strangely, this beam of Killing Magic stagnated in the air for a moment, then quickly took a sharp turn, shooting towards Jane in the sky behind him.
Jane flapped her blood wings, turning in an arc in the air. The Killing Magic grazed the edge of her blood wings as she dodged it.
The missed Killing Magic did not dissipate or continue forward. Instead, it weirdly took another turn in the air, curving back towards Jane's back.
Sensing the mana fluctuations from behind, Jane turned sideways. However, this time, Jane's evasion failed.
As if it had become familiar with Jane's evasion posture and speed from just now, the Killing Magic made an immediate turn just as it was about to graze her waist, striking directly against it.
The powerful penetrating force left a shocking hole in Jane's stomach.
"Huh?"
Blood in her abdomen regenerated rapidly, filling the cavity. Jane hadn't expected the magic to be so flexible this time.
The best result in previous tests was that the Killing Magic would just trail behind her butt or miss no matter how it turned.
"Haha, this old man has succeeded!"
Qual grinned broadly, turning around to admire his masterpiece.
While giving it auto-tracking, Qual had also added a deceptive pursuit ability to the Killing Magic.
Now, the Auto-Tracking Killing Magic 2.0 possessed the ability to temporarily curve around partial Defensive Magic or unexpectedly adjust its attack direction while the opponent was dodging.
The current Killing Magic could already curve or go straight at will.
Under Qual's development, its penetration power had also been further improved. With sufficient mana, Qual's specially made Killing Magic could pierce through the new Defensive Magic at close range.
"Again. I won't be careless this time."
This was the first time she had been solidly hit.
Qual waved his hand again. Inside the magic circle, Killing Magic surged out like a school of fish in the sea. Streaks of twisting, winding Killing Magic with indiscernible trajectories attacked Jane once more. From a distance, they looked somewhat like several writhing poisonous snakes.
Blood spikes thrust out from Jane's two pairs of broad wings. However, those bolts of Killing Magic evaded the instant the blood spikes arrived, wrapping around the spikes and striking Jane's blood wings in a spiral path.
"Ugh..."
Many holes were instantly blasted into the two blood wings. The blood spikes decomposed and vanished, and Jane in mid-air looked somewhat teetering.
Frowning, blood surged rapidly on her back. While the blood wings recovered, two additional pairs appeared.
Six wings! Jane began to go all out, and her regeneration speed was cranked to the maximum. All previous damage recovered instantly.
With a burst of flapping wings, Jane danced rapidly through the air. Her entire person transformed into a stream of red light, leaving the tracking Killing Magic behind her.
Seeing this, Qual raised his palm again. Sniper-type Killing Magic took aim and fired at extreme speed.
Jane was hit in the blood wings once again. Just as her speed slowed, those tracking Killing Magic bolts instantly caught up, surrounding and striking her.
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