Luvicer The Demon

1

The northern mountains on the southern continent feel very cold because it snowed heavily last night. The weather looks clear, but strong winds always blow, making the air even frigid.

"Nature becomes one with the heat, making the surface shine--- Fireball!" A long-haired man with a long robe was also chanting fire magic and attacking a group of monsters. Orc! A monster that looked like a horned boar but had a human-like body attacked the man from all directions. The man had two horns on his head with his long black hair. His whole body appearance was like a human in general, but the difference was that he had two horns on his head.

“I have to meet that person immediately!" The man ran while being chased by several orcs. He ran while carrying a backpack and his magic wand. The man looked very difficult because he was the only one in that place until someone helped him.

A lightning-fast attack hit several orcs who were chasing the man. Several orcs were seen being torn in half and dying instantly. A petite girl with dark brown wavy hair and a sword many times longer than her body appeared in front of the man.

The girl is Wolly, who is currently fourteen years old, but her physical appearance still looks like a ten-year-old child. Carrying her Zweihander sword, she approached the man.

“Can you still fight? Please help me finish off all those monsters," Wolly asked for help to finish off the remaining Orcs.

“A kid?” The man was surprised to see Wolly.

“Hufft, can you help me?" Wolly sighed after hearing the man's words, but she still tried to ask for help if he could.

“I'm sorry— I can still fight, I'll help you," the man apologized and was willing to help Wolly finish off the remaining Orcs.

With the help of the man, Wolly easily killed all the remaining Orcs. The man used some basic magic to help Wolly.

“Hufft— you shouldn't have traveled alone. Ever since the shooting star incident, many strange monsters have appeared around here." Wolly felt relieved because she had eradicated all the orcs. It seems like there was an important event that happened a few years ago that caused many monsters to appear.

“You mean the incident eight years ago? I didn't expect it to reach the whole world." The man seemed to know something about it.

“Do you know about that incident?" Wolly asked curiously.

“Ah, no-no. I just heard rumors that something happened on the central continent eight years ago," the man answered Wolly's question hesitantly as if hiding something.

Wolly looked dissatisfied with the man's answer, but in her mind, she didn't mind it.

“Thank you for helping me. My name is Luvicer Van Attor. You can just call me Luvicer." The man thanked Wolly for helping him and introduced his name with a bowed body position.

“My name is Wolphira Ilizeiros. Just call me Wolly." Wolly also introduced herself politely, and then she rewrapped her sword in the scabbard and strapped it on her back.

“Illizeiros!? Do you know Margaret!? Margaret Illizeiros!?” After hearing Wolly's full name, Luvicer suddenly grabbed Wolly's shoulders and asked a question that made it clear he was very surprised to hear Wolly's name.

“That's my mother," Wolly answered the question flatly and felt a little annoyed.

“Huh!!??” Luvicer was very shocked to hear that.

It turns out that the person Luvicer was looking for was Margaret. He traveled far just to find Margaret. Luvicer told Wolly about it. Hearing this, Wolly told Luvicer to meet Margaret at her house.

Edward's land, which was previously just a stretch of grassland, now has several houses can be seen standing firmly throughout Edward's land. Now the land has become a small village with the activities of its residents looking relaxed. Some of them work as farmers and ranchers, and since the incident eight years ago, some of them now work as monster hunters.

Wolly and Luvicer walked together, but some people who saw them whispered because Wolly was with someone from the demon race, which was very rare to find anywhere except in the western continent.

"Mother, someone is looking for you," Wolly called Margaret, who was in the plantation area.

“Huh? Demon? It's very rare to see a Demon outside the western continent. No wonder I feel a strange Mana around here." Margaret answered Wolly's call and saw Luvicer, who was a demon race.

“Mother, I met him in the forest, and he said he was looking for you" Wolly spoke to Margaret while eating the tomato that Margaret had picked.

“Ah, so he's a demon race. I didn't notice his horns earlier. Turns out they're not what I thought. They look like humans who just have horns on their heads." Wolly muttered to herself because she was late in realizing that Luvicer was a demon race.

“My name is Luvicer Van Attor. Please teach me about dark magic!" Luvicer introduced himself and bowed to Margaret in begging.

“ Hmmm… Okay! I'll teach you on one condition." After listening to Luvicer's request, Margaret paused for a moment and thought until finally she agreed to teach Luvicer dark magic.

“Whatever the conditions, I'm willing to do it!" Luvicer looked excited to hear Margaret's answer.

“Next year, Wolly will be fifteen years old. At the age of fifteen, she will travel to Mount Jeevan. As a mother, I am very worried if she travels alone. Therefore I want you to accompany Wolly's journey to Mount Jeevan as a condition that I will teach you dark magic" With a very serious look, Margaret challenged Luvicer with her condition.

“If you feel that you have objections, you can refuse it and just forget about the dark magic," Margaret added a sentence after seeing Luvicer, who looked a little hesitant after hearing the condition.

“Don't underestimate me! I will do anything to return the dark magic to the hands of the Demons!" After listening to Margaret's words, the doubt in Luvicer's heart disappeared. He remembered his goal again, which was to study the dark magic that was once owned by the Demon race, but because of the war thousands of years ago, the magic faded, and the Demon race could not maximize their abilities.

The Demon race is a race that is very suitable for using dark magic. They can also use other magi, but they cannot bring out their maximum potential when using magic other than dark magic. Therefore, many demon races adapt using various weapons and learn various skills possessed by other races. So slowly, their original power, namely, dark magic, is fading. Only a few demon races have become mages. If a demon becomes a mage, it cannot use high-level magic because of incompatibility with magicTheyer than dark magic.

"I traveled far just to meet you. I just heard rumors that there is a mage from the human race who can use dark magic," was an additional sentence that came out of Luvicer's mouth, who was very ambitious to learn about dark magic.

“Okay. Before I teach you about dark magic, I want you to fight Wolly first." Margaret replied by holding Wolly's shoulder, and Wolly looked very confused after hearing Margaret's sentence.

“I have to fight a kid? Wait... but she helped me fight the Orcs before. I shouldn't underestimate her," Luvicer muttered, remembering that Wolly had helped him.

The fight between Wolly and Luvicer opens with Luvicer shooting fireballs, which Wolly easily avoids due to his agility.

You don't have to hold it back. Bring out your best power!" Margaret shouted at Luvicer.

"Okay. Don't blame me if your daughter gets hurt." Luvicer accepted the challenge and used his best power.

Margaret just smiled and looked very confident in Wolly's abilities.

“Nature becomes one with the heat, making the surface shine--- Fireball!” Luvicer used his best power to chant fire magic that looked so big, and then attacked Wolly using that magic.

The fireball moves very fas,t and it attacks Wolly. If an ordinary persowereas hit by that attack, that person would have been burned to ashes. But Wolly easily slashed the fireball with his sword until the fireball disappeared instantly with nothing left.

Huh!?" Luvicer was very surprised when his attack was countered by Woll,y and without him realizing it, Wolly had pointed her sword at Luvicer. then Margaret stopped Wolly with just one command to stop.

After telling Wolly to stop, Margaret ordered Wolly to fight her to set an example for Luvicer. Margaret attacked Wolly first with her fire magic that she repeatedly cast without saying a word. Wolly easily avoided and eliminated the fire magic that Margaret cast, but Wolly could not approach Margaret like Wolly had approached Luvicer before.

“Mages are always underestimated because they can only do long-range attacks, because the duration of chanting spells is too long when facing enemies who use close-range attacks. But without chanting spells, a mage can match the fight with opponents who use close-range attacks," Margaret said while walking back to pick up the basket filled with tomatoes after she put it down so she could fight with Wolly.

“Starting tomorrow, I will train you to use magic without chanting spells. After that, I will tell you about dark magic." Margaret carried the basket of tomatoes and turned around to go home while waving her hand behind Wolly and Luvicer.

Luvicer was surprised to see Margaret and Wolly's fight. He had never seen a mage so agilely fighting face-to-face with a sword user. In his heart, Luvicer felt that his long journey was not in vain. Meanwhile, Wolly was happily eating the tomatoes she had taken from Margaret's basket earlier.

2

The cool air in the morning makes all living things excited to do their activities. Wolly is seen practicing by lifting weights. She uses two baskets filled with large stones, and between the baskets, he adds a strong-looking wood to lift the two basket loads. Wolly easily lifts the load with his small body. From the outside, she does look like a very weak girl. But inside, she is a fighter who always trains every day.

“ugh--- so tiring... Hey, why do you want to go to Mount Jeevan? If not for the sake of learning dark magic, I don't want to travel that far." Luvicer, who looked tired after training with Margaret, asked Wolly's purpose in going to Mount Jeevan, considering that Luvicer had promised Margaret to accompany Wolly on her journey as a condition for Margaret to be willing to tell Luvicer about dark magic.

"I want to reach the top of Mount Jeevan," Wolly flatly answered Luvicer's question.

“Huh!!? Wait, wait... do you know how far Mount Jeevan is? And do you know what's on Mount Jeevan?" Luvicer was very shocked and couldn't believe what Wolly said.

“I don't know how far, but I will definitely reach the top of Mount Jeevan," Woll,y with a wide smile made Luvicer very surprised.

“Are you crazy!? I don't believe this. Because entering the Jeevan Mountain area is very difficult. Only Climbers are allowed to enter the Jeevan Mountain area.” Luvicer held his head like someone who couldn't believe what was happening. Because he had no choice but to accompany Wolly.

“Climbers?" Wolly looked confused by Luvicer's words. So far, Wolly had lived very isolated in the mountainous area, and she always gained knowledge by reading books at home. However, of all the books she had read, none of them discussed Mount Jeevan. So it was only natural that she didn't understand anything about Mount Jeevan other than her conversation with Mary, Louise, and Grandpa John a few years ago.

“Even Climbers, you don't know? Well, it seems like I have to tell you.Thiss is for my own good, too" Luvicer looked resigned to Wolly's ignorance about Mount Jeevan.

“Climbers are those who try to climb Mount Jeevan as high as possible. They also look for various materials on Mount Jeevan to sell. Materials from Mount Jeevan have a high exchange rate. But since the incident eight years ago. Their goal, which was initially only to find materials, has now most of them have the main goal of reaching the top of Mount Jeevan. Some mysterious people appear in various parts of the world and tell the whole world that at the top of Mount Jeevan, there is a spring that is rumored to grant all requests for anyone who drinks water from the spring. I still don't believe that it exists because so far no human has managed to reach the second part of Mount Jeevan." Luvicer seriously gave Wolly a lot of information.

Hearing this made Wolly run quickly into the house, take a notebook and stationery that looked very traditional and then write a summary of what Luvicer said.

“How many parts does Mount Jeevan have?” Wolly asked Luvicer curiously.

“Four parts. The first part is the human area. The second part is the demi-human area. The third is the demi-god area, and the last is the peak area. But there are no records whatsoever that explain the areas other than the human area. It's just a rumor that spreads without any certainty of whether the information is true or not. The only way to find out is to climb as high and as far as possible. But those who climb past the human area are never seen again. That's why I didn't expect you to have such a desire. Now you should know the risks you will face," Luvicer explained to Wolly in the hope that Wolly would change her mind.

“That's very interesting!" Wolly wrote a summary of all of Luvicer's words about Mount Jeevan. She did not feel afraid, let alone discouraged from climbing Mount Jeevan. Because Luvicer's words made Wolly even more challenged to immediately climb Mount Jeevan.

Luviver felt disbelief. He had given Wolly information about the dangers of Mount Jeevan. Instead of making Wolly afraid to climb Mount Jeevan, the information made Wolly even more enthusiastic about climbing Mount Jeevan.

After that, Wolly left Luvicer to run for a few hours. Wolly's spirit was burning, so she decided to continue training by running. Luvicer also left the place where they were talking and went to a house not far from Wolly's house. The house was the house that was occupied by Mary, Louise, and Grandpa John a few years ago. Luvicer immediately cleaned himself before he read some books.

When it's dinner time, Luvicer is invited by Margaret to eat together. but sometimes Wolly also delivers food to the house occupied by Luvicer. Luvicer always reads and notes something after training with Margaret. he is a smart mage, but his current power cannot support the intelligence he has. Because of that, he is very dedicated to studying dark magic whatever the risk.

3

“You have to let the Mana in your body flow as it pleases. When the mana in your body flows, you can also control the mana freely. Imagine Mana like blood and oxygen in the body. When mana touches the brain, mana will mix in the mind and be able to read what is in the mind. At that moment, you can use magic without having to chant a word." Margaret was seen training Luvicer how to use magic without chanting words. Beside them was also seen Wolly, who was practicing swords alone.

Edward was seen walking with a body full of wounds. His right eye looked injured, and even worse, he lost his right arm. Seeing that, Margaret immediately rushed towards Edward and healed him. However, Edward asked that his right arm not need to be healed. But strangely, Margaret did not look panicked at all when she saw Edward's condition. Luvicer and Wolly were certainly very surprised to see Edward's condition. Moreover, Wolly, who knew Edward's strength very well, did not expect that there was a creature that could hurt Edward.

“Luvicer, Wolly. Pay attention to this." Margaret ordered Luvicer to observe her while healing Edward's eyes.

A sparkling light was seen surrounding Margaret. The light was very bright and also warm. Margaret was using magic to heal Edward's eyes. The eyes that were previously badly injured now looked healed without a single scratch. This was one of the greatest powers that Margaret had. Luvicer and Wolly were very amazed to see that. Especially Luvicer, as a fellow mage, felt that Margaret was far above him. Because Margaret was a human, she could maximize her light magic. After showing her magic, Margaret invited them all to eat together before continuing to practice.

Luvicer underwent separate training with Margaret every day. Margaret ordered Luvicer to meditate in nature and try to control the mana in his body. For days to months, Luvicer always meditated to become one with the surrounding nature. After a few months, he was finally able to use magic without chanting a word.

Luvicer demonstrated his magic and was watched by Wolly, Margaret, and Edward. Luvicer cast fire magic that looked very big without changing a word. He felt very happy because he succeeded in doing it. Those who saw it were also happy about Luvicer's achievement.

“Read this" Margaret gave Luvicer a book that looked very old but the cover of the book looked elegant black.

“This book!! Where did you get it!?” Lucifer was very surprised when he saw the book.

“Where I got it from is not important. The important thing is that the book is in your hands now. I can only learn one magic trick that is in the book. That book is not suitable for me because you know what is in the book," Margaret continued to answer Luvicer's question without answering the question correctly. She walked while gathering mana to use magic, which took quite a lot of mana for her.

“That's all I can do. So, forgive me if I can't tell you much about dark magic. That's the only book I hav,e and now you better learn it through that book. Ok," Margaret used dark magic by appearing several small gravity balls, where the balls were like black holes that attracted everything around them.

“This is more than enough. I am very grateful!" Luvicer was very grateful to Margaret for being willing to tell him about dark magic and also for teaching him how to use magic without chanting words.

Several decades ago, on the western continent in a very large library on the western continent.

Since the end of the war with the demon nation, the demon king at that time agreed to an agreement to reduce the use of dark magic. Because of that, many books containing dark magic were destroyed, until finally, the next generations could not learn dark magic anymore. The decision made by the entire race to bring down the power of the demon race was very appropriate at that time. Because books are proof of existence, and if they are destroyed, no one will know all that anymore." Luvicer was reading a book in the library. His physical appearance did not look at all different from his future self. The demon race is known to have a long life.

“Luviver! Luvicer! Class is about to start!" someone shouted, calling Luvicer. Luvicer immediately closed the book and returned it to the bookshelf. After that, he left the library and went towards the source of the sound.

Back to the present. One year has passed since Wolly met with Luvicer.

The air is getting colder. Winter is coming, and in a few weeks, Wolly will make her journey to Mount Jeevan.

From a distance, a group of people was seen riding horses towards Wolly's house. They were wearing clothes that were very foreign to wolly but Luvicer seemed to know their clothes. The group of people looked restless looking for Margaret. Margaret along with Edward appeared and approached them.

They seemed to be discussing something very important. Wolly and Luvicer could only watch from a distance.

After they finished talking, Margaret walked towards Wolly. It looked like something important had happened on her face. However, Margaret and Edward didn't tell Wolly anything.

“My dear, I'm sorry. I can't accompany you until your departure. We'll meet again later. I'll be ready to listen to all your travel stories. Bring this ring. I'm sure you can do it." Margaret hugged Wolly very tightly and apologized because there was something that made her have to leave immediately. Margaret didn't tell him where she was going, but she gave Wolly a gold ring before they parted for a while.

Margaret was seen leaving with the group, while Edward would follow Margaret if Wolly had left for the trip to Mount Jeevan. During those few weeks, Wolly and Luvicer continued to train until the time of departure arrived at the beginning of winter.

4

Today is the day of Wolly's departure for a long journey to Mount Jeevan with Luvicer. They decided to start the journey at the beginning of winter, according to Luvicer's advice. Wolly is still very unfamiliar with this world, so she trusts Luvicer completely.

Edward helps Wolly prepare everything Wolly needs for the trip. While Luvicer is also preparing the items he will bring. Most of the items Wolly brings are survival equipment. Food ingredients do not need to be brought too much because, during the trip, food ingredients can be found anywhere. Survival equipment that is the most important item to bring includes a sword as a tool to protect yourself. While Luvicer only uses his magic wand because he cannot do close combat.

They both have to be careful because currently, the monster population has been getting higher since the incident nine years ago. Wolly is not afraid of any monster because now she will go on a journey that she has been waiting for all this time. A journey that makes her happy to be given the chance to live again.

“Wolly, you must always remember that the basics are everything. Never stop practicing. We will meet again later." Edward spoke to Wolly before they parted ways for a while.

In her mind, Wolly is very grateful to Edward. Although sometimes she is weird, she can be a good father. Wolly really respects Edward.

Wolly and Luvicer walk towards the north while Edward walks towards the south, where Margaret is. Wolly and Luvicer will have their first goal to reach Mount Jeevan. They have to cross the ocean to get to the central continent. Therefor, they will walk towards the northern port in the southern continent.

“Aren't you sad because you have to separate from your parents? Even though it's only temporary, this trip seems like it will take a long time." Luvicer opened a conversation with Wolly as they walked in the middle of winter.

“No, they are good parents. I am very sure I will meet them again." Wolly answered Luviver's question casually without looking sad. In her previous life, Wolly was used to living far from her parents. So she had often faced things like this.

The river flow seemed to have stopped because of the cold winter. Along the way, it looked very quiet because most of the animals were hibernating. The two of them continued walking until they passed a crossroads and arrived at a very large meadow. The grass on the meadow was not visible at this time because it was buried under a fairly thick pile of snow.

“Luvicer, I want to go to the peak before leaving this continent," Wolly pointed towards the northern mountain peak, which was quite clearly visible. To the west was the road to the harbor, while to the north was the road to the northern mountain peak of the southern continent.

“Are you sure?" Luvicer asked Wolly, and Wolly felt very sure.

A few moments later, an explosion was heard, followed by flames that were seen blazing from the direction of the peak.

“This Mana…” Luvicer felt a familiar and quite large Mana.

Wait... maybe we should go straight to the port." Luvicer felt that they would be better off walking straight to the port rather than approaching the source of the explosion.

Wolly didn't listen to Luvicer's words and continued walking quickly towards the explosion. Luvicer immediately chased Wolly.

The two of them walked quickly toward the source of the explosion. From a distance, smoke from the source of the explosion could still be seen at the top. With their quite heavy luggage, they rushed towards the northern mountain peak of the southern continent.