Merlin Lucifer III

* Merlin Lucifer III
* Elgin's Legendary Swordsman

Merlin Lucifer III, commonly known as "Merlin", serves as the main protagonist of the romantic comedy, fantasy, and adventure manhua known as The Demon King Who Lost His Job. Merlin was a demon king whose title and job as the Demon Lord of the 1st Demon King's Palace got revoked by the Demon Council.

## Appearance

Merlin is a handsome demon with golden hair, red eyes, and a well-built slim, and tall body. He does not have any demonic features and looks like any ordinary human being. He can easily charm any woman with his mannerisms, and women tend to find him irresistibly attractive.

He is well dressed and carries around his sword on his side. He wears white gloves on both hands and carries himself with confidence and pride.

Because he lacks any common characteristics of the demons, namely the horns, he is always mistaken to be a human by everyone who does not know his identity.

Merlin who could not be easily scratched, has a flawless body except for the circular scar on his left chest on his heart.[1] Merlin as Little DaisyMerlin's Sleeping attireMerlin in his usual attire wearing Alice's scarfMerlin in his cloak (Elgin's Legendary Swordsman Attire)
## Personality

Merlin is arrogant, ignorant, carefree, rude, obnoxious, dimwit, sarcastic, egotistical, and lazy. His personality embodies his title as the ruler of pride and arrogance. He is a womaniser and a gambler who does not waste any opportunity to take advantage of people to make quick money to pay back his massive debt.

Apart from his unhealthy habits, Merlin has a kind heart and is willing to help the innocent. He also does not show any restraint when it comes to protecting the people he cares for.

He also holds his pride and morals to a high degree and refuses to do anything that might bring shame to him as a demon and his position of Demon Lord. This includes ganging up on enemies and using trickery in battle. He does not care if the enemy gangs up on him, but he will not seek any assistance during fights.

Also, due to his curse, he is always ready to challenge and fight powerful opponents to death. Hence, he loves to fight, but at the same time, he is not a warmonger and only fights if the enemy has given him no other choice.

## Background

* Merlin at his Throne
* Merlin's Childhood
* Merlin vs. Ancient Giant Demon of the Snowy Mountains
* Merlin vs. Bull-headed Sorcerer of the Forest
* Merlin vs. Infernal Demon living within the Lava
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Merlin was once a human who got summoned from another world by the Altar and reincarnated as the son of a powerful demon lord Vivian Lucifer II. He was born into the prestigious family, House of Lucifer, and lived a carefree life with his sister during his mother's reign as the Ruler of Pride. But after her supposed demise during the church's 197th Campaign against the 1st Demon Kings Palace, he and his sister lost their royal status and were forced to fend for themselves in the harsh society of the demon tribe.

Realising his weakness and not knowing how to unseal his powers, Merlin decided to go on a journey to gain strength. He did so because, after the death of his mother, he and his sister were living a miserable life. So, through his journey, he expected to regain the kingship and kill the demon nobles who had usurped the throne so that he could give his sister Lilith a better life.

So, he embarked on a journey of a life of nine deaths taking along with him his mother's sword. On this journey, he came across a mysterious man wrapped in a black robe in an old cave. This mysterious man was extremely powerful maybe, even faintly stronger than the Spear Hero. In desperation, Merlin attacked this man who, using a wooden sword, not only subdued him effortlessly in a few strokes and later took out a golden pointed cone and pierced his heart fiercely. This is what caused the scar on his otherwise scarless body.[1]

But after waking up, Merlin found that he could now use his sealed powers, but unfortunately, his heart had been cursed with death. Sadly, Merlin never saw the mysterious man ever again after waking up.

So, he decided to continue his journey. His journey led him to defeat powerful saint-rank demons like the Ancient Giant Demon of the Snowy Mountains, Bull-headed Sorcerer of the Forest and Infernal Demon living within the Lava. All these accomplishments got him recognised as a demon with immense power.

After his journey, he soon reclaimed the throne of the 1st Demon King’s Palace by assinating the demon nobleman who usurpered it. Soon the Demon Council acknowledging his strength, proclaimed him as the third head of the 1st Demon King's Palace and the new Ruler of Pride.

At one point in time, his strength even attracted the attention of an emissary of hell, Triste, who offered him a position as an Apostle. In a misunderstanding that soon arose between them, he thought she was making fun of him and was planning to attack as he declined her request. So, he punched her to oblivion. Since then, he has been on bad terms with hell.

As time went by, Merlin's reputation as a strong demon lord caused him to face fewer enemies that were also weak. The situation became a problem for him due to his curse, and he soon realised that if it continued like this, he might have to kill his subordinates and even his sister if he wished to continue living. So, one day he decided to become so lazy that he would force the Demon Council to fire him from his job. This way, he could go on to explore the world and find strong saints ranked enemies to slay so that he could finally lift his curse, something he knew very well could not be achieved if he remained a demon lord.

His plan eventually worked, and the Demon Council saw his performance drop and decided to impeach him under the made-up official reasoning that his term limit expired.

Later, on his last day on the job, Merlin took advantage of the human invasion of his palace to escape from the demon nation and travel to the human lands. So, with a single stroke, he ended the forces of the Holy See, which consisted of a hundred thousand humans that attacked his domain. Later, Merlin drags along an unconscious Alice and crosses the Straits of Orkney to Great Britain; in search of a new adventure.

## Relationships

### Family

#### *Vivian Lucifer II*

Lucifer II is Merlin's mother. She is a powerful demon and the second Demon Lord of the 1st Demon Kings Palace. She was defeated and went missing during the 197th Holy Crude against the 1st Demon Palace by the Spear Hero. Merlin looks up to his mother and becomes hostile toward anyone that disrespects her.

#### *Lilith Lucifer*

Lilith is Merlin's little sister, whom he has taken care of since his mother's defeat. He cares for her very much and would not let anyone harm her. He once even killed a strong demon who was oppressing his sister.

Still, he finds her very annoying as she is very clingy and needy. She also prevents him from forming romantic relationships with women by scaring them all off.

#### *Alice Claudia*

He met Alice during a Holy Crusade that she led against him. After her humiliating defeat at his hand, he took her from the battlefield so that she could be used to row the boat he acquired to cross the Straits of Orkney. Once they reached the shores of Great Briton, he robbed her of her Mythril Armour and left her penniless. He enjoys making fun of her but at the same time genuinely cares for her though he doesn't want to show it. After spending time adventuring with her, he has started to develop feelings for her and is willing to go to any extent to protect her and end her enemies.

### Other People

#### *Asmodeus*

He is a good friend of Asmodeus, and once before knowing his gender, even wished to marry him; something he teases Merlin every time they meet. They usually spend time discussing topics relating to fashion.

Once, when Asmodeus said that he was worried about the frequent attacks from the Holy See against his domain, Merlin offered to come to his rescue and defeat his enemies if he ever got overwhelmed by their forces.

### Organisations

#### *Holy See*

He considers them to be pests and thieves who take advantage of vulnerable masses for their own selfish needs by peddling misinformation about others. He considers their existence to be pointless as he sees them preaching the same vales of the demon clan.

#### *Demon Council*

He neither cares for the council nor their politics. Hence he generally ignores them and their orders. He didn't even bother to fight for his title when it was taken away by them.

#### *Demon Lords*

Apart from Asmodeus, Merlin is not close with other demon lords as they look down on the young monarch, feeling that he was inexperienced and didn't know how deep the waters of the demon race was.[2]

#### *Adventurers' Association*

He sees them as a means to an end, as the organisation helps him make quick money.

### Nations

#### *Great Britain*

He has a personal interest in keeping the current Imperial house in power as the reigning Queen has vowed to repay the debt he and Alice owe to the Holy See.

Queen Elizabeth has vowed that not only will she use her connections in the Holy See to reduce their overall debt but will pay back the entire debt to the church within 30 years. In the meantime, Merlin must protect the nation and the imperial family as Elgin's Legendary Swordsman without ever revealing his identity. For this reason, Merlin has said he will keep her late husband's handkerchief with him as collateral.

#### United Kingdom

Merlin considers them a weak nation whose inhabitants are nothing but weaklings who have grouped; to be able to survive the current era. He also thinks that the leader of the nation, is a weak person who should be disposed of.

## Powers and Abilities

### Strengths

#### *Transcendent Demon Lord Physiology*

As the strongest demon lord who ruled over the 1st Demon Palace, Merlin is a demonic being of godly power. He has strength beyond the comprehension of lesser demonic beings, due to which there are very few beings capable of opposing him. Like any powerful demon, Merlin's physical abilities are exponentially superior to other beings in this universe. Because his capabilities are far beyond natural levels, he is immensely stronger, faster, and more durable than regular beings (in that verse).

His physical capabilities extend to the level of nigh limitlessness. Even the attacks of the strongest humans that are known to have defeated saint-rank adventurers all by themselves have shown to deal minuscule level damage on him, with some not even able to land a scratch on him.

#### *Melee Combat*

Merlin is an extremely strong fighter capable of defending himself using melee combat alone against even the strongest enemies. Due to this, he rarely uses his weapon to dispatch weak enemies, who mostly get defeated by his physical attacks alone.

#### *Quick-draw*

It is a low-level sword skill employed by Merlin that doesn't require magic or aura. Merlin is also an expert swordsman and has a fast draw speed. His quick-draw technique can end the strongest of enemies with ease.

#### *Anti-Magic*

He is immune to all magic and magic-based attacks. This ability of his also helps him to act as a conduit for channelling excess magic power from a person to stabilise their magical output.

#### *Immunity from Holy Water and and Weapons*

Unlike other members of the demon race, Merlin is immune to the effects of holy water and weapons to a large extent. If he were to consume Holy Water, it wouldn't hurt him, instead would make him drunk.

### Weapons

#### *Aethernum*

It is a Demon Sword wielded by Merlin. It resembles a Japanese Katana and is classified as an ordinary weapon. Its ability to steal the victim's life force is unique, as it is something not possessed even by weapons in the artefact grade. It is also one of the Seven Demon King's weapons, and only those capable of unsheathing it can claim the title and throne of the Ruler of Pride.

The sword augments its users' life force depending on the strength of the enemy slain using it. This power of the sword helps Merlin alleviate the effects of his curse to a great extent by helping him prolong his life force.

### Weakness

#### *Unidentified Curse*

Merlin is born with a curse that causes him to suffer cardiac atrophy causing him to feel massive chest pain whenever his life force is nearing its end. Hence, if it were not for Aethernum's unique ability to extend his lifespan, he would have died long ago. But his lifeforce is only prolonged if he slays enemies belonging to saint rank or above. Due to this, he cannot live a lazy life as he wishes and must continuously seek out and slay powerful foes if he intends to continue living.

#### *Deviant*

As Merlin possesses neither any mana nor aura, he is incapable of using attacks that require magic or aura.

#### *Gambling*

He has a gambling addiction and tends to squander away his wealth recklessly betting on horse races.

#### *Bad Luck*

Merlin is bound by bad luck due to Alice's prayers. Because of this, he has neither won any bets and seems to quickly lose any and every fortune that he gets or finds.

## Trivia

* *He once killed a Sea Demon who attacked him for his Surströmming by tearing it into two using his bare hands.*
* *He doesn't know how to swim.*
* *Merlin was the Demon Lord for only three years.*
* *Merlin is a good cook and a great mixologist.*
* *Slaying powerful undead doesn't extend Merlin's Life, as the power of his sword only works on the living.*
* *He is a womaniser with a weakness for middle-aged, older, and well-endowed women.*
* *The secret of Aethernum's ability to steal the life force of its victims is only known to Merlin and Lilith.*
* *Merlin believes that natural talent is supreme and that people cannot simply train and become strong. He believes that no amount of training can help someone get stronger beyond their natural limit.*
* *Merlin once had a bounty of 5000 Gold coins for the crime of dining and dashing.*
* *During his time as the Ruler of Pride, he had seven generals who possessed the strength of Saint Rank.*
* *He could not retain many of his part-time jobs because he got fired frequently for sleeping with the wives of his bosses.*
* *For some unknown reasons, Merlin's life force is somewhat connected to the items inside his castle, i.e. whenever his life force is in danger, an item belonging to him inside the 1st Demon King's Palace would break.*
* *Merlin doesn't want to rule the world as it involves too much work.*
* *His favourite betting racehorse is called Richard.*
* *As per O'Brien's estimates, Elgin's Legendary Swordsman's fans outnumber the military of Great Britain.*
* *His favourite dish is beef stew with potatoes.*

## Quotes

* "Your powers are yours, why do you need to prove it to others?" - to Cecilia Rose
* "Working hard is just the basic condition, but just working hard is useless." - to Cecilia Rose
* "If Heaven and Hell don't make a way for you to survive then, you will have to make one for yourself." - to Malygos
* "Someone who borrows the strength of others is not qualified to be a King" - to Poffel Copperfield
* "A person without dreams is only a dead man walking" - to Alice
* "Things gained easily are not Treasured. That's humanities Flaw" - to Alice

## References

1. The Demon King Who Lost his Job; Novel Chapter 165.
2. The Demon King Who Lost his Job; Novel Chapter 447.