Every one-thousand years, one hundred mamodo descend upon earth to conduct the ultimate battle. The winning mamodo becomes the mighty king of the mamodo world. There is only one problem — in order for the mamodo to use their powerful spell books, the mamodo need a human partner. If his spell book is destroyed, the mamodo loses the battle. Upon defeat, the mamodo disintegrates and returns to the mamodo world.

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