“Tesoro, I’m handing over command to you. Pass on the situation inside.”
There was only one screen, so they couldn’t hold the screen while fighting. Plus, Darkrai explained the principle of the screen to him. He temporarily hypnotized Rotom, allowing the ‘dream’ he sees to synchronize on it.
It was because of the special nature of Sing-Sing Fruit’s space that moving within that area was equivalent to entering a dream, thus making it possible for him to transmit the dream.
“Umm, go, Darkrai has already found the Demon King of Songs in that world.”
At this moment, in the other space, Darkrai was floating in front of the Demon King of Songs.
“It seems I misunderstood something, you’re not some annoying disgusting thing, but a delicacy.”
The Demon King of Songs harbors a lot of intertwined grievances, which affects the host’s judgment. This led to a darker inner development. In the real world, Darkrai didn’t notice this particularity, but here it was different.
This was the soul space formed by the Sing-Sing Fruit, a dimension of dreams. In other words, those grievances were nightmares here, and nightmares for Darkrai were not just passive influence but also perfect food.
“Where should I start eating from? Such a difficult choice to make.”
Everything in this space was a dream, which meant it was all within the range of Dream Eater’s food, but Darkrai preferred eating nightmares, and the Demon King of Songs, this malicious collective entity, became the most delicious part.
“Never mind, I won’t let anything go to waste, I’ll start by removing the head.”
With two Dark Pulses condensed in his hands, Darkrai threw them at the Demon King of Songs’ head. That head was too ugly, severely affecting his appetite; he feels it needed some beautification first.
Boom! Boom!
Two Dark Pulses exploded on the Demon King of Songs’ head, and a wail echoed through the entire space as Darkrai’s attack tore through its soul.
Especially as Darkrai attacked, Tesoro outside conveyed what was happening here, and Shanks, who was filled with anger, also struck the head of the Demon King of Songs with the sword.
Being attacked both from inside and outside, its invulnerability was gone.
Seeing the massive scar left on the mask, a happy expression appeared on Shanks’ face.
“Very good, it’s working! Tesoro, what’s next!”
“The left… left arm, try to cut it off!”
Tesoro nearly bit his tongue, not because of anything else but because of Darkrai’s actions. He was indeed attacking the opponent’s left arm, but during the attack, the opponent’s arm gradually decomposed and melted, then turned into a streak of light which was sucked into Darkrai’s mouth.
The monster that he had trouble fighting against was like a dessert in the other’s hands. Looking at Darkrai’s expression full of satisfaction on the screen, this thing seemed to taste pretty good.
Shanks didn’t know what Tesoro saw, he just attacked the corresponding position as requested. With the combined assault from inside and outside, the Demon King of Songs no longer had the ability to wildly attack as before; now, it was putting all its effort into dealing with the enemies in front of it.
Darkrai inside was too terrifying, its attacks were ineffective against him, but Darkrai’s attacks could directly tear apart its soul. So it tried to evade Shanks and others’ attacks in the outside world. As long as it could dodge the attacks in one world, it could stand undefeated.
However, facing the full-strength attacks of the Red Hair Pirates, its resistance was utterly futile.
“The chest! This guy is almost done for, give it all you’ve got!”
Under the relentless attacks of several people, the Demon King of Songs kept retreating, even beginning to feel fear. It wasn’t the first time it had tried to regain freedom; although it had failed before, it had only been sealed again.
But this time was different; Darkrai was really after its life.
Previously, it was at most resealed, waiting for the new user of Sing-Sing Fruit to appear, then that sheet music would look for another opportunity.
If Darkrai continued to destroy it like this, there will be no chance of it ever being unsealed again.
“Dammit!!”
The Demon King of Songs roared furiously and then vanished into thin air, retreating back to where it was sealed before. This way, at least it wouldn’t be completely devoured.
In the soul space, Darkrai watched as his snack disappeared just like that, seemingly reintegrating into Uta’s body. In order not to harm Uta, he didn’t continue and simply left the space.
In the outside world, Shanks had already caught Uta as she fell from the sky. Uta’s stamina was severely depleted; it seemed she wouldn’t wake up for a while.
“Hongo! Come and check on her quickly!”
Shanks called out to his ship’s doctor. Upon receiving the reply that there were no major issues, the tension hanging in the air finally eased.
“Thank goodness…But why does her expression look so awful?”
“She must be having a nightmare; leave it to me to handle.”
Darkrai’s fingers touched Uta’s forehead and her tense expression gradually eased. Darkrai couldn’t control the content of the nightmares, but he could devour the nightmares that appeared.
Meanwhile, in the sky, several tattered sheets of music fluttered down to the ground. That was Tot-Musica, which can summon the Demon King of Songs. They had never been so tattered before; a consequence of Darkrai’s actions.
He had caused irreversible damage to the Demon King of Songs. For a long time in the future, even if Uta sang the forbidden song again, it wouldn’t have the power to break the seal.
The greatest crisis had been averted, but a new problem followed. Although Tesoro and Darkrai’s appearance timely dealt with the demon king, Elegia still suffered irreparable damage.
Towns were completely destroyed, civilians were severely injured, and at least half of the people perished in tonight’s disaster. Faced with the nation-level destructive power of the Demon King of Songs, this was the best result they could achieve in their rescue efforts.
Compared to the original timeline where everyone in Elegia except Gordon died, this outcome was much better, but it was still a tragedy.
Heracross stood worriedly by Uta’s side, silently waiting for her to wake up, while Shanks began to worry about what to do next.
Whether to leave now or stay, they would inevitably have to face this problem when Uta woke up. Such a big event couldn’t be hidden forever, but he didn’t want Uta to know what had really happened here.
She was a kind child, and if she knew that those civilians died because of the demon king she summoned, she would likely not be able to escape the guilt.
Even though she was also a victim of the sheet music, she wouldn’t be able to come to terms with it. He needed a plausible reason to cover up the truth.
“Tesoro, you said Uta’s talent could make her a world-famous singer, right?”
Looking at Tesoro and Stella, who was sending back the refugees, Shanks seemed to have made his decision.
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