The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody - Volume 5 - Chapter 57

CHAPTER 57

The Ex-Demon Lord and a Nightmare

Whomp… Whomp… A horrible noise boomed in my mind.

Before me was an unfamiliar townscape.

Rows of distinct buildings lined what appeared to be the main drag, where a crowd of civilians were gathering. For whatever reason, bloodlust and hatred had settled onto their faces.

Their gazes locked onto Ireena, who was paralyzed with fear.

“Guys? Why are you…?!”

I couldn’t wrap my head around what caused this. As she trembled, cowered over in fear, the crowd pelted her with the worst names and insults imaginable.

“Shut up, you monster!”

“How could you fool us for all this time?!”

“Execute her! She deserves to die!”

Kill her. Kill her! The masses chanted hysterically, looking at Ireena with bloodshot eyes.

And then…they began to move as a collective, racing toward the girl standing there in pure terror.

“Aaah?!”

They had her surrounded in the blink of an eye. One of them dragged Ireena down.

“You little—!”

“Monster! Mutant! Beast…!”

They started to stomp on her as she lay crumpled on the ground.

“Agh, ngh…gah! S-sto…p…!”

Her beauty was ruined under the maelstrom of violence. Bone splintered. Facial features deformed. Her snow-white skin was dyed crimson with blood—

“Help…me…”

As she approached death’s door, Ireena stretched her hand out toward me. However, I couldn’t take it into mine.

I couldn’t save her.

Even though I was trying to reach over to her, my body wouldn’t budge. Even though I was trying to articulate something to stop the mob, my vocal cords weren’t cooperating.

I could only watch as my friend was murdered.

“A…rd…”

She offered the smallest of cries. It almost sounded like a soft shriek—Ireena’s death throes.

“Filthy monster! I bet she won’t be able to resurrect if we crush her face!”

One man grabbed a huge mallet and swung it down on Ireena’s head. There was a horrible sound. Already grotesquely contorted from enduring gruesome brutality, her face was pulverized.

“ Gasp?!”

It felt like I had managed to break through the water seconds before drowning. I reflexively shot up, sitting upright on the bed. Hyperventilating, I tried to wipe away the sweat on my brow.

In a daze, I murmured to myself, “It was all a dream…”

Yeah. All those visions were part of a nightmare.

As certain proof of this…Ireena was stretched out next to me on the king-size bed. Like Ginny and Sylphy next to her, she looked like she was having a peaceful night’s sleep.

“ZZZ… I…can cook…too…,” she mumbled adorably.

I instantly felt a wave of relief.

“…Give me a break. That nightmare took it too far. Why would I have such a dream?”

I couldn’t envision a future where something would cause that to happen to the world’s most adorable girl. Most dreams were removed from reality, but this was really pushing it.

“Sigh… Guess it’s too late to go back to bed.”

I could hear the birds chirping outside the window. I got out of bed, walked over, and opened the curtains. It must have been the crack of dawn. The sun peeked out from behind the mountains.

“I hope I’ll finally have a good day.”

By the time I let myself say that aloud, I had already let go of my nightmare. I let out a little yawn and stretched my limbs.