EP.108 Disaster, nightmare, ghost (1)
The western front line, the demon world Krempelia.
The knights were resting in the middle of the ruined old city. Their surroundings are full of corpses of demonic beasts. It’s not just the corpses of demonic beasts that are full of them.
“······.”
There are as many human corpses as there are demonic beast corpses.
Knights remain silent over the death of their comrades. It was a miracle that he had no choice but to die.
‘It’s all thanks to the warrior.’
Rather than being sad about death, I am thankful for miracles.
The knights’ gaze turns to the person standing in the middle of the battlefield. The starlight shines brightly next to him.
Champion, Kyle Torben.
“···Phew.”
Kyle put the holy sword in the ground and let out a short breath. Her body was heavy. It was because he had been swinging the sword all day.
‘···I wasn’t planning on coming forward.’
Kyle could not ignore the call from the engineer commander.
‘The devil of an apostate suddenly appeared on the front line.’
The army of demonic beasts cultivated by the apostate is strong.
In order to deal with demonic beasts created by mixing only the strengths of various demonic beasts, the existence of superhumans is essential.
Such demonic beasts appeared simultaneously.
The number of superhumans is limited. The attack was so sudden and violent that a limited number of people had to step forward. Kyle also did not avoid injury.
“···Kyle?”
Kyle turned his head.
The saint, Sarah, was approaching him. Her robe was also stained blue with the blood of the demonic beast.
“Kyle, are you okay?”
“Please give me some heels.”
“···Are you hurt?”
“It’s no big deal.”
Kyle held out his arms.
It was an arm that had been bitten by a magical beast. Sarah frowned as she looked at her arm with blood dripping from it. No matter how you look at it, it wasn’t a minor injury.
“···The wound is bad, Kyle!”
“It will heal quickly.”
“Even if it heals, if it stays the same, it’s like this…”
Sarah stopped speaking and then closed her mouth.
I bit my lip and remained silent.
Although the apostate’s magic was difficult, it was not my first time dealing with it. I have experienced even worse battles than this.
‘At that time, I came back without a single wound.’
Sarah remembers clearly.
I clearly remember the sight of Kyle wiping out the traitor’s demons and returning unharmed…
-Wow, hey. I’m dying.
-It’s very painful. Raniel.
-Are you sure? Hey, in order to match your speed, I have to drain my mana to the bottom, right? Anyway, shit…
And, the appearance of the man next to him.
That was why Sarah was silent.
‘This wouldn’t have happened the way it was supposed to.’
Something happened that wasn’t supposed to happen.
There was no need to ask why. It’s definitely because of that man’s absence.
“······.”
Kyle also knew that, so he remained silent.
As you swing your sword and run among the demonic beasts, you will realize it even if you don’t like it.
‘···There is no one to come with me.’
I felt completely isolated.
Normally, that wouldn’t have happened. Even if we were isolated, a path was soon cleared. This was because there was a wizard following him.
He cleared the way.
He stood next to her and filled in what she lacked.
‘I changed the terrain, bound the demonic beasts with chains… and even took the lead at times.’
Because there was such a wizard, Kyle was able to swing his sword with peace of mind. But not anymore. He couldn’t just swing a sword.
Because there is no wizard to look after you.
Because he was kicked out by his own hands and not by anyone else.
“···after.”
Kyle let out a short breath.
The wound healed quickly. Kyle clenched his fist and grabbed his holy sword again.
Dang, daeng.
A bell rang in the watchtower.
Kyle looked at the watchtower. Remia, carrying her arrow, spoke her words with the shape of her mouth.
“…They’re coming again. “Go to your seat, Sarah.”
“···all right.”
At the sound of the bell, the knights wake up one by one.
Kyle is at the forefront of them. Kyle stared at the battlefield in silence.
Boom, boom.
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The ground is shaking.
The cries of the demonic beasts echo in my ears. Demonic beasts are coming from beyond the horizon.
Kuuk.
Kyle fixes the holy sword and catches it.
Then, suddenly, a question pops into my head. It is not a sudden question. It was a question I had for a long time.
‘Why doesn’t humanity perish?’
No, it’s a little different.
Kyle corrected some of the questions that came to mind.
‘Why don’t they destroy humanity?’
The hostility between the Demon King’s army and humanity has been going on for hundreds of years. Humanity has not been extinct for hundreds of years. Until now, Kyle had known that it was thanks to the warrior.
However, what is the reality?
I knew it after I became a warrior.
‘The hero is not that great.’
Objectively speaking, it is true that it is strong.
However, if you look at it comparatively… the warrior is also not as strong as the four disasters. A warrior can never be perfect alone.
Receiving the saint’s blessing.
Receiving support fire from the shrine.
The only way to achieve balance is with the help of a wise man.
In comparison, disaster is perfect alone.
If such disasters strike the kingdom together, the kingdom will only be reduced to a handful of ashes.
‘No, we don’t have to be together.’
Ganichalt, the sword of death.
Even if the most feared disaster crossed the front line… Kyle had no confidence to stop it.
I have felt it keenly over the past five years.
The moment I faced the Demon King, I felt it intuitively.
Heroes are expendable items. The hero is not as great as people say. There is no need to go to the devil. Even when standing in front of the sword of death, a warrior loses meaning.
‘If they want to destroy the kingdom, I cannot stop it.’
Humanity’s final shield.
Even calling yourself that is an impossible task.
‘then.’
In front of the truth.
“······.”
Does all of this really have meaning?
Kyle looks at the crowd of demonic beasts. He then looked at his hands.
The holy sword in his hand still shines brightly.
It just shines.
Brilliantly, terribly brilliantly.
2.
The outskirts of Cadinac, the city of night.
There is a hidden passage on the outskirts of Cadinac, far from where the demonic beasts run amok.
‘Passage to the Demon World.’
It was Lepe who made it.
The Succubus Queen, Lepe, has lived for a long time. It wasn’t until the era called ancient times… but at least we have been living here since the era before Cadinak was born.
The city of night, Cadinac.
Lepe chuckled and laughed as he pondered the name of the city.
‘That’s funny.’
The city of night, the city of Changguan.
The person who planned that place was none other than Lepe.
‘I charmed the lord and remodeled the street to my taste. ‘No one noticed that.’
It was a long time ago.
Lepe saw the secret passage he had designed.
“I originally didn’t plan on writing it like this…”
Anyway, all you have to do now is get through this passage. The success of the plan was just around the corner.
“…If we had known it would be like this, would we have brought you here?”
“Didn’t you say you were avoiding tracking, Lepe?”
“No, there is no tracking at all. “I didn’t think it would be this easy?”
Things worked out so easily.
It was so easy to solve that it was ridiculous.
‘Not even the guards noticed, and the royal capital’s barrier is meaningless in front of Mr. Gletus’ parasite…’
For fear of being tracked, they even used human corpses.
However, thinking about it now, it doesn’t seem to have much meaning. Because they arrived first and were waiting for the hostage to be transported.
“······Isn’t it too easy?”
Lefe suddenly muttered that.
‘Is it this easy to invade the royal capital, kidnap a key person… and escape?’
It’s like this.
“…If we just invade, won’t we be destroyed?”
“What do you mean, Lepe?”
“No, if you think about it, it is.”
Lepe said.
“I always thought there was something in the royal capital? So you were so scared because you thought even the Four Disasters couldn’t touch it?”
But, what is the reality?
“You just went in, and you just came out.”
“…I guess so.”
“Then why don’t you destroy it?”
Dyke agrees with that question.
That is a question that everyone living in the depths of the demon world, drinking demonic energy, has asked at least once.
Humans are extremely weak beings.
Of course, very occasionally, superhumans appear… but a handful of flames cannot drive out the darkness that has existed for hundreds of years.
‘Four disasters.’
A darkness that has existed for hundreds of years.
Among those living in the devil world, there is no one who does not know about disaster. There is no one who doubts their strength.
The ancient lich, Skeval.
Gletus, the apostate.
The sword of death, Ganicalt.
Black Storm, Black Dragon Belial.
When one of them died, no one believed it. The Four Disasters are like a kind of faith for the demons.
‘The level of existence is different.’
Even those who have reached the pinnacle of a race are mere insignificant figures in the face of the four disasters. Disaster is a disaster because it cannot be faced.
‘then.’
At this point, I have doubts.
‘For hundreds of years, why hasn’t humanity been destroyed?’
That is a very natural question.
The hostility between the demon world and mankind has been going on for hundreds of years. For those hundreds of years, humanity survived.
There are times when a country collapses.
But the balance was maintained.
Demons can never understand that balance.
“Why on earth?”
Lepe tilts his head.
Dyke looked at her and slowly opened his mouth.
“···I heard something.”
“You heard something?”
“A long time ago, I had the opportunity to have an audience with one of the plagues in person.”
Dyke remembers something from a long time ago.
Before carrying out the operation, I happened to encounter a great being.
“I asked the ancient lich, Skebal, why other disasters did not occur.”
“So, what did you say?”
The ancient lich answered that question.
Thinking of that answer, Dyke opened his mouth.
“You said contract.”
“···contract?”
“Okay, contract.”
Dyke did not understand the answer he heard that day.
Because it was too difficult to understand.
“The contract from the beginning. First light and first transaction. Star bondage. He said those words. “I don’t know the details.”
“contract······?”
It was an unknown word.
This is the moment when Lepe wants to ask about that again.
Giggeek, Giggeek.
The sound of something dragging the floor was heard.
Lepe turned his head towards where the sound was coming from. That place is at the end of the alley.
“···found.”
A shadow stood at the end.
The shadow that should be cast on the floor is standing on the ground. It writhes and reveals its pupils.
‘Black eyes.’
Those intense eyes remain in my memory.
Lepe blinked for a moment, then opened his mouth slightly. What came out of his mouth was pure surprise.
“…I never imagined this.”
3.
“···It’s still the same, senior.”
“what.”
“No, whatever. just······.”
Kalt looked around in silence.
Blood is flowing through the rubble of collapsed buildings. The flowing blood is blue and black.
‘It’s no joke.’
Kalt inwardly stuck out his tongue as the blood flowed down to his feet with a slap sound. The corpses of demonic beasts are piled up like a mountain around.
They are demonic beasts weakened by the barrier.
However, even though it is weakened, it is not easy to deal with. They are all just difficult magic beasts.
‘Those things can’t even use their strength properly…’
Kalt glances at the wizard standing in front of him.
“Why do you think you’ve become stronger, senior?”
“I haven’t gotten particularly strong.”
Raniel van Trias.
The gray wizard shrugged his shoulders.
