Chapter 45

**The Demon King's Reproduction Ability** (魔王の生殖能力 *Maō no Seishoku Nōryoku*) is the forty-fifth chapter of Oumi Noko's manga series S Rare Soubi no Niau Kanojo.

## Summary

As Lamia finishes swallowing Daigo, Puppeteer accuses her of betraying them as they need the Demon King to create offspring. Suddenly, Lamia begins to transform into a larger body with several tails with needle-like appendages. She declares that she has not betrayed anyone. Everyone is shocked by the transformation and Puppeteer speculates that she absorbed the Demon King's power. Abruptly, Lamia pierces Marimo's belly with one of her tails and injects an unknown substance into her body. Lamia then launches her other tails and pierces the other Rankers, injecting the same substance into Honoka, Rin Mei, Ami, Mayu, Saori, Riho, and Karasu. Ea attempts to cut through Lamia's tails, but they are too strong. Yurina and the others try to figure out what is going on, with Puppeteer clarifying that Lamia is the highest class of devour-type monster and has inherited some ability from Daigo. Suddenly, Puppeteer is also pierced by one of Lamia's tails as well. To answer everyone's questions, Lamia explains that she has inherited the Reproduction Ability of the Demon King. She further explains that she has not betrayed the other monsters as this was her plan from the start. By absorbing the Demon King, she is now able to create life on her own, becoming male and female. She further explains that she has injected her eggs into Puppeteer and the Rankers and, after one hour, the eggs will suck up all their nutrients and hatch into new monsters.

As Lamia grabs Honoka and pumps more eggs into her, she and the others Rankers begin to feel their power and HP drain from them. Lamia mockingly thanks them for helping a new generation of monsters to be born. Yurina, Ea, and Haruka try to help the Rankers, wondering if they can heal them, but Lamia points out that they already used the Amrita. She suggests that they may be able to help them if they defeat her, but then Daigo may be hurt as well.

Kirino commends Lamia's procreation of a new generation of monsters, explaining that her plan can be put into motion. Riho asks Kirino what her goal is and Kirino explains that, in all mobile games, users will eventually lose interest and stop investing money. However, with Grimzelia, she plans to create a life-or-death game in which users will have no choice but to keep spending money in order to survive. The only missing piece of the plan is that they must analyze Yurina so they can incorporate real-life friend summoning. Kirino approaches Lamia, congratulating her on the success of their plan. However, suddenly, Lamia grabs Kirino with her mouth and begins to devour her. As Kirino protests, Lamia thanks her for the help she has provided so far, but explains she has no further need for her as she doesn't care about money. Lamia finishes swallowing her, but remarks that there is no point in her absorbing normal humans. Lamia then grabs Lolivia, Yuki-Onna, Medusa, Rinko and Princess Titan and, over their protests, devours them as well. With Yurina and the other heroes confused as to why Lamia would devour her comrades, Lamia conjures Princess Titan's iron ball and strikes Ea with it. She explains that, since she can absorb the abilities of those she devours, she can also pass those powers onto her offspring, making them even stronger. Lamia observes that Rebecca has vanished and remarks that she had high hopes for her due to the high percentage of human blood in her, but she pays it no mind.

Lamia then attempts to inject Ea with her eggs, stating she has no further use for her gacha drawing. But as Lamia's tail flies towards her, it abruptly goes off course, missing her. Lamia is baffled and attempts to pierce Yurina and Haruka, but her tails fail to hit them as well. Though the others are perplexed, Marimo concludes that it must be Daigo's remaining will as he does not wish to harm Yurina, Ea, or Haruka. Since this means that Daigo is still alive, Marimo proposes that they get Daigo out of Lamia's body, which may also nullify the egg status effect. Yurina agrees to the plan and the Rankers decide that, since they are weakened by Lamia's eggs, they should be the ones to go into Lamia's body to rescue Daigo. Overhearing their plan, Lamia tries to stop them with Yuki-Onna's ice powers, but Saori blocks the attack with her barrier. Yurina then declares she will pry open Lamia's stomach and unleashes her "Sacred Severed Head Exhibition" attack. The attack pierces Lamia, forcing her to open her mouth wide open, and the Rankers rush in.

Inside Lamia's stomach, the Rankers traverse her body and discover an opening towards the bottom of her stomach. After going through it, they find themselves inside of a space-like void that appears to be infinite. Inside the void, they find that everyone that Lamia has devoured have been encased in crystals, which appear to be siphoning their power. They then discover Daigo who is situated on a large crystal platform and being held by a crystal statue of a queen. They attempt to free him, but, suddenly, the statue comes to life and apparently attacks them.

Back outside, Lamia begins to convulse and then, suddenly, spits out Daigo. Yurina, Ea, and Haruka tend to him, but they also observe that the Rankers did not come out and must still be inside Lamia's body. Lamia expresses her frustration at losing the eggs she had bred, but claims that the Rankers' efforts were meaningless. She points out that, although Daigo is free, he has been transformed into a girl, much to Yurina and the others' confusion. Lamia then attacks and, this time successfully, pierces Haruka with her tails. As Lamia pumps her eggs into her, Haruka protests that she should no longer be able to do so since Daigo has been freed, but Lamia explains that they were too late as she has absorbed the Demon King's genitalia. Furthermore, since Daigo's will is no longer bound to her, Lamia can now freely inject her eggs into all of them.

## Key Events

* Lamia absorbs Daigo's Demon King powers and transforms
* Lamia injects eggs into Ami, Riho, Mayu, and the Rankers to produce a new generation of monsters
* Kirino reveals her plans for the Grimzelia smart phone app
* Lamia betrays and devours Kirino and the other monsters
* The Rankers enter Lamia's body and free Daigo, but remain trapped inside Lamia.
* Lamia injects her eggs into Haruka

## Character Appearances

* Yurina
* Lamia
* Daigo Seko
* Princess Titan
* Yuki-Onna
* Puppeteer
* Mayu Kurusugawa
* Karasu
* Haruka Nanao
* Lolivia
* Honoka Kusunoki
* Ea Yuki
* Marimo
* Ami Utsugi
* Riho Utsugi
* Saori Kashiwagi
* Rin Mei
* Kirino
* Rinko Yamada
* Medusa