Apotheosis of a Demon – A Monster Evolution Story

Author: Haru no Hi (春の日)

Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n7529eu/

A back-to-basics(?) monster evolution novel.

A new VRMMORPG, “World of Yggdrasia”, was recruiting beta testers from all over the world. Ten thousand testers began their journey of swords and sorcery in a new realm, one that was as large as Earth.

At the same time, a clandestine experiment was underway. Unbeknownst to the world at large, 100 secret alpha testers were given bodies of monsters and summoned to the same land.

The girl of white was one such tester. Despite the odds against her, she continued to evolve again and again. To rebel against the real world’s invasion, she would become a most terrible beast, the destroyer of worlds… the Bunny Girl!

“…wait, what? Me?”

Our protagonist would survive, unyielding, knowing no despair.

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Translator’s Note: This is set in the same universe as Akuma Koujo and is a part of the Demon series together with the aforementioned novel, but the two don’t really have much to do with each other’s plots. This is pretty much a standalone novel.

And warning, this translation gets very liberal at times. Maybe a lot of times.

Someone just asked me about retranslating this into another language, so I might as well announce this here: Feel free to use this translation as you wish. You don’t need to notify me about what you’re doing, either.

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Arc One: Struggle

01 – The World of Yggdrasia
02 – The First Battle
03 – My Rivals were Squirrels and Snakes
04 – Revenge
05 – The Choice
06 – The First Evolution
07 – From the Eyes of a Certain Beta Tester
08 – Village Discovered
09 – First Contact
10 – Slave Hunters
11 – A New Name
12 – Secret Alpha Testers
13 – First Friend
14 – Bandits and Traders – A
15 – Bandits and Traders – B
16 – Berserker Event
17 – Secret Alpha Tester No. 01 – A
18 – Secret Alpha Tester No. 01 – B
19 – The Final Alpha Tester

Arc Two: Reincarnation

20 – A New Beginning
21 – First Village Visit
22 – Demihuman Slaves
23 – A Curious Meeting
24 – Express Train
25 – Through the Train Window of Another World
26 – The Auction
27 – The Heist
28 – Rabbit Roughhousing
29 – A New Country
30 – Contact with Players
31 – Traveling with Players
32 – The Players’ Event
33 – Interlopers
34 – Experimental Militarized Monster Avatars
35 – Event Conclusion
36 – Path to the World Tree
37 – Contract
38 – Reincarnation
39 – A Contract and an Oath

Arc Three: Retaliation

40 – The World Starts Turning
41 – Determined Evil – A
42 – Determined Evil – B
43 – The White Shadow Comes
44 – City of Pleasure – A
45 – City of Pleasure – B
46 – The Emperor’s Trap – 1
47 – The Emperor’s Trap – 2
48 – The Emperor’s Trap – 3
49 – The Emperor’s Trap – 4
50 – A Demon’s Awakening – A
51 – A Demon’s Awakening – B
52 – End of the Battle
53 – A New Power
54 – The Warrior – 1
55 – The Warrior – 2
56 – The Warrior – 3
57 – The Warrior – 4
58 – The Warrior – 5
59 – Plots and Plans

Arc Four: Mayhem

60 – Prelude to Chaos
61 – The Sinister Sage
62 – The Changing World
63 – The Corporation Strikes
64 – Once More Toward Earth
65 – The White Darkness Lurking in the Town
66 – Shadow of Evil
67 – Follower of the Dark Lady
68 – Infiltrating the 4th Research Center
69 – The Ghost
70 – The Wounded Hero – A
71 – The Wounded Hero – B
72 – The Meaning of Evil
73 – The Sin of Man
74 – The Brewing Storm
75 – To Be Called a Demon – 1
76 – To Be Called a Demon – 2
77 – To Be Called a Demon – 3
78 – Goddess from the Machine – Dea Ex Machina
79 – The Fairy King

Final Arc: The Final Battle

80 – Demon Lord: Fiorfata, the Unseelie Lord
81 – Return to Yggdrasia
82 – Heroes of the World
83 – Battles of the Magic Circle
84 – Monster Reinforcement
85 – The Players’ Battle
86 – Intruders
87 – Humans
88 – Monsters
89 – The Brazen Heroine
90 – Confusion
91 – The Blademaster’s Battle
92 – Evolving Power
93 – To the Final Battlefield
94 – Monster Assistance
95 – The Voice
96 – The Last Magic Stone
97 – The Final Evolution
98 – Gods and Demons
99 – The Final Battle
100 – Final Chapter: The Wish

Afterstory:

101 – The White Goddess
102 – Portents of Nightmare
103 – The Nightmare Begins
104 – Toward Earth
105 – Brian the Demon
106 – Final – The Rabbit Goddess Descends