◈ 278. [Evil Side] What is Love?
The deepest part of the Lake Kingdom.
Even in the deepest part, in the middle – a hugely soaring skyscraper.
The palace of the Black Mist, where the muddy darkness pours down like a waterfall.
royal city.
that buck that buck
This is where Crown was staggering.
His body, which had been damaged by the plague, had already died once, and he opened his eyes again in a place in the deepest part of this place.
Immediately after, he led his revived body to the inside of the castle.
to get an audience with the king.
After passing the guards and struggling to enter the audience room, the demon king sitting on the throne called his name affectionately.
《Crown. You’re a little late.”
The Demon King was welcoming the guests who came first.
Raven and Salome.
She was the owner of the plague and the prostitute. The two gnashed their teeth as soon as they saw the crown.
“Yes, you son of a bitch, you clown child… … !》
“The King of Kings! It’s him! Because he colluded with humans and attacked us! Did you make me go through this humiliation?”
When the two nightmare corps commanders were angry with the crown, the demon king raised his hand and calmed them down.
“Sleep, calm down. I have no intention of blaming the crown.”
that would be too,
“Because I was the one who ordered the Crown to attack you.”
《… … ?!”
“yes… … ?》
Raven and Salome were taken aback by the unexpected words.
The crown staggered past the two monsters and stood next to the king.
Crown’s eyes, looking down at the monsters from behind the mask, were filled with cold scorn.
“Tell me one more time. Crown took my command and struck you. Because this man is the spokesperson representing all humans here in the Lake Kingdom- and also the inspector who watches over you.”
The demon king laughed. I didn’t understand, so Raven took a step forward and argued.
“The great King of Kings… … I don’t quite understand your intentions.”
《Hmm?》
《Why did you send that clown to attack us, your loyal subordinates?》
“On the contrary, I want to ask. Raven. Now, let’s sort out the order of things.”
The demon king who was sitting on the throne slowly lowered his back.
“You guys, why did you kidnap the adventurers?”
Startle.
Salome’s shoulders shook slightly. However, Raven did not move at all and answered calmly.
《That human player named Ash. It was to find him and kill him.”
《Aha, you randomly kidnapped adventurers to kill Ash?》
The demon king giggled and swung his index finger left and right.
“No, no… … Wasn’t that your only purpose?”
《… … .》
“Have you tried it? The work of refining human dreams.”
Salome’s shoulders began to tremble like an aspen in winter.
Raven couldn’t break a cold sweat, but she felt the illusion that her palms were damp.
《Didn’t you kidnap the adventurers, use Salome’s ability to put them into dreams, pick out the ‘most terrible thing’ from their dreams, and bring them to life?》
got caught
A conspiracy they had been secretly carrying out.
f*ck!
The Demon King snapped his fingers. Then the wall behind the throne split left and right, and the wide space behind it began to open.
《Refining nightmares to create monsters is a right granted only to me.》
Kugoong-!
Let’s open all the walls.
There were countless humanoids piled inside.
With a shadow wrapped around her body, she doesn’t move like a larva wrapped in a cocoon… … countless humans.
Something like black water droplets was extracted from the human heads and rose up into the air, and the water droplets that rose up gathered in a huge glass sphere on the ceiling.
The black water droplets gathered on the glass sphere tumbled and fell onto the magic device installed below it.
The geometrically shaped magical device emitted blue light and purified black water droplets.
Just like coffee brewed from high-quality beans for a long time.
A black drop of water rolled out onto the floor after the mechanical device had finished refining it.
It had already changed into the form of a hideous monster rather than a black drop of water.
thump… … !
The demon king, who had been savoring the terrible cries of the newborn monster as if it were the sweet scent of well-extracted coffee, snapped his hands again. f*ck!
Kugoogu Palace… … .
The wall behind the throne closed.
“… … .”
Crown stared at the inside of the closing wall in silence.
His compatriots piled up in it like a heap, with a numb look behind a mask.
《I made this Lake Kingdom a colony, collected the nightmares of the people here, and gathered only the most terrible ones- I gave them new life with my powers.》
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The demon king turned his gaze to the two corps commanders in front.
“You also went through this refining process and obtained a new body. Thanks to that, I was able to get another chance at a life that had already failed.”
Monsters who invaded to destroy the people and were exterminated.
Even though they were defeated, the fears were imprinted in the minds, genes, and souls of the people of the Lake Kingdom.
By forcibly pulling out that memory, the Demon King revived it. Salome and Raven were no exception.
They were monsters that had already been exterminated and killed.
And here I got a second chance.
《… … .》
《… … .》
Salome and Raven were on their knees, bowing their heads. The demon king clicked his tongue at those two.
“You must have known. my loyal men This work is only allowed to me.”
《Wow, King of Kings!》
cried Salome urgently, crawling forward on her knees.
“I did nothing wrong! Lunared with that wolf child! Him and Raven! This son of a crow seduced me first!”
《… … .》
《He said he needed me who can extract dreams to do this job! that, and! He said that if we do it, the King of Kings will be very happy… … !》
Raven just stared at the chattering Salome.
Salome flattened herself on the floor with a pitiful expression on her face.
“It’s real! Believe me! I’m just a simple and thrifty succubus who doesn’t know anything and is happy with the remnants of nightmares left behind by the King of Kings! You know!”
“Salome. Salome. My cute and pitiful dream horse.”
The demon king, who had been holding back a laugh, nodded.
“Indeed, it is. You don’t have the leeway to make things like this.”
“Yes, yes! Salome is a stupid succubus! If I have any fault, it’s that my ears are too thin! King of Kings! Please forgive me!”
The Demon King turned his head away from Salome and looked at Raven.
“Raven. If you have something to say, say it.”
《… … You are the King of Kings.”
Raven calmly opened his mouth.
“To my great dismay, it is other than the obvious fact that you have violated your privileges. But in truth, know that everything was born out of loyalty to you.”
《Ho. Can you explain what loyalty is?”
《It’s already been five hundred years since you occupied the Lake Kingdom and purified the monster from the nightmare.》
Raven slightly raised her eyes and faced the Demon King.
“However, no matter how many nightmares you collect, you still haven’t found the ‘someone’ you are desperately looking for in them, right?”
《… … .》
The Demon King’s momentum has changed.
Up until now, if it had been a gentle spirit with a mixture of playfulness, it suddenly turned into an eerie spirit, as if the tip of a sword flashed… … .
Frightened Salome whispered to Raven. hey what are you doing it’s crazy! Why are you more stimulating and fussing!
However, Raven didn’t care and continued to stare at the Demon King.
On the demon king’s face covered in black shadows, the two white eyes narrowed.
“Raven. you every time… … I like your eyesight.”
“I don’t know what you mean by every time, but… … Anyway, that’s why I was just trying to find some other way for you.”
《Is that another way to search the dreams of adventurers?》
“exactly. If there is no one you are looking for in the nightmares of the residents of the Lake Kingdom… … Isn’t it something that might be in other people’s nightmares?”
《Haha!》
The demon king let out a short laugh and buried his back in the throne.
《… … You’ve dug a hole to escape, Raven. It was not a bad cause.”
《It was nothing but sincere loyalty to you.》
“But no matter what the cause is, don’t invade my authority again. I don’t want to kill my precious corps commander with my own hands.”
The demon king slowly raised his head and looked at the ceiling.
《… … And, that person is undoubtedly in a nightmare here. I can tell.”
The demon king’s tone became a little affectionate.
“Otherwise, there is no point in repeating this hundreds of thousands of times… … .》
《… … .》
《… … .》
Salome and Raven, who were watching the demon king, exchanged glances.
is it over? Are you forgiving?
《I’ll leave it to no questions.》
The demon king waved his hand as if he was annoyed.
“It’s just that I close my eyes. Let this never happen again.”
《Oops! As expected, King of Kings~!
《I’m just grateful for your generosity like Hahae.》
Salome and Raven bowed their heads in delight.
Only Crown, who was watching from the side, clicked his tongue inwardly. It’s too bad… … .
《So, this time my opponent… … Have you met Ash?”
The demon king smiled again and asked a question. Then Salome gnashed her teeth with a look of indignation.
“yes! I met you, I met you… … Oh my God, have you ever seen such a stupid child?”
“Have you stopped eating? How did you stop eating?”
“Although ignoring all of my mind control is annoying! what is that… … Oh, I’m going to say that this guy is handsome and move on!”
Salome lifted up her face that had been hit earlier and showed it to the demon king.
“You hit me with your fist? Do you see this here? Slap Salome’s pretty cheeks with your fists without mercy! Because you hit me?”
“you? with a fist? Ha ha ha ha! This is definitely rare!”
“Ooh, it’s nothing to laugh about, King of Kings! It’s the first time in my life that I’ve been beaten!”
Salome sighed and grabbed her cheek. She was still hot where she had been hit earlier.
《Not only by his father, but also when he was expelled in his previous life… … I’ve never been hit with his fist! All the human men were screaming when they saw me! This is the first time a man has treated me like this.”
Salome clenched her fists tightly in front of her chest.
《When I think of Ash, my heart just thumps, my body trembles because I can’t stand it, and I feel like I’m going to cry… … .》
Salome lifted her head and looked at the Demon King.
“What the hell is this feeling, King Wangjung?! Please tell us!”
《My heart is pounding, my body is shaking, and I am crying… … .》
After thinking for a while, the demon king answered simply.
《It’s love.》
… … yes?
What do you say?
Frightened Raven and Crown glanced at the Demon King. However, the Demon King calmly spoke one more time.
“That is love, Salome. My femme fatale.”
《… … love?”
Salome, wide-eyed and bewildered, slowly lowered her head.
Inside the two empty hands held together in front of the chest, something seemed to fill up.
“this… … love?”
Raven hurriedly tried to say something, ‘Don’t be rude’, but it was faster for the demon king to put his hand on his lips and make a shh sound.
Raven unknowingly thought, trembling inwardly.
That bad taste devil again!
“I see… … .》
Salome muttered with a brightened face.
“This emotion was love… … !》
no.
Probably not. maybe. no, never
Raven and Crown thought, but couldn’t speak.
It was because the demon king was watching and giggling at Salome, who was delighted with a red face.
A dreamer’s senses are volatile, so they don’t understand deep emotions.
Therefore, through the dreams of others, he experiences human emotions vicariously and infers the form of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure.
He craves emotions more than anyone else, and absorbs the dreams and spirits of others for his sake. A monster that only licks its skin and cannot approach the essence.
that’s a nightmare
The same was true of Salome, the succubus.
She had lived for hundreds of years, and on the outside she acted as if she perfectly understood and copied human nature, but inside she was empty.
so that.
This one word thrown by the demon king as a joke was causing a huge stir for her.
“ash… … .》
Salome sighed shyly with a flushed face.
“wait… … . Because I will definitely make you my own… … !》
《… … .》
“… … .”
Raven and Crown somehow met each other’s eyes and nodded silently at the same time.
I thought we could never sympathize with each other, but this time, a deep sympathy passed between the two.
On the road ahead of Salome, a tremendous… … The fact that spectacles will unfold.
‘I see a terrible future.’
Before long, a small smile crossed the corners of Crown’s mouth, which had been muttering inwardly.
Whatever Salome does next.
Imagine Ash going through a hard time because of it, it was a little fun.
‘What can I do, Ash? This is all better than your karma.’
A bad man must live by paying the price.
Because this was the only immutable law.
