As the battle continued, it was natural that Seo Kang-rim’s power would grow stronger.
Only then did the King notice Seo Kang-rim’s plan, but it was already too late.
He gritted his teeth and let out a furious roar.
“Even so, I am the king of this country, I am… …!”
-Crunch!
The king saw a flash of light before his eyes.
Intense light and pain, as if the sun was digging into my eyes.
Just as his vision was bathed in light, the smell of blood spread, and he witnessed an unbelievable sight.
The sky has turned upside down.
The blue sky fell down, and the ground covered with dust and blood rose up.
Is this even possible?
The sky is the sky because it is above.
The rules of this world are such that they can never be overturned.
He shouted as if trying to deny it and tried to swing his sword at Seo Kang-rim, but his body wouldn’t move.
The severed head of the reigning king rolled on the floor.
The upside-down head was staring at an upside-down world.
At the end of that gaze, the figure of a new king was reflected.
He was the king at the lowest level.
[The ‘King of Reigns’ has been defeated!]
[The ability ‘Wheel Type’ is unlocked!]
[The ability ‘Suppression Order’ is released!]
When the reigning king died and the decree of suppression was lifted, the rebels who had been burying their heads in the ground raised their heads.
Everyone looked at the scenery on the altar.
The King of Gungrim fell down with his head missing, and Seo Kangrim stood in front of him with his back to the sky.
There seemed to be a halo behind him.
Those who witnessed this scene, regardless of whether they were rebels or royalists, knelt down without realizing it.
Despair flashed through some people’s eyes, while a glimmer of hope flashed through others.
“For me, paradise has fallen!”
“The king of dirt and worms has destroyed the heavens!”
As cheers rang out, the royal army watched in awe.
Also the royal family and nobles, including the prince.
As Seo Kang-rim staggered and gasped for breath, Bihomun and his party rushed over.
“Mr. Kangrim, are you okay?”
“older brother!”
Although they managed to overthrow the reigning king, it wasn’t an easy task.
Seeing Seo Kang-rim covered in blood, Shin Soo-ah hurriedly took out some recovery medicine and fed it to him.
Even though he himself was completely wounded.
“Hey, Shin Soo-ah. It would be good if you took care of yourself like that. Come on, drink. You guys too.”
Dokgo Jun smiled brightly and handed out medicine to the other members.
As a prince, he had access to high-quality restorative medicine used in the palace.
While they were taking a breather, Yun Bom glanced at the dead King and said.
“You really took it down… …. Master, you’ve worked hard! You’ve conquered the Great Demonic Sutra once again.”
“Not yet.”
The King of the Empire was dead, but there was still no message indicating that the conquest of the Great Demonic Realm had been successful.
Yoon Bom also noticed that fact and tilted her head.
“Huh? That’s strange. Is the conquest a success only if the coronation ceremony is completed…?”
“No. The reigning king was just a puppet.”
[The ability ‘Flame Flame’ is activated!]
-Whoooosh!
The hem of the king’s robe caught fire and began to spread slowly around him.
Dokgo Jun looked at Seo Kang Rim and the corpse alternately and said.
“Is this it? Something like an adjutant general?”
Instead of answering, Seo Kang-rim silently stared at the burning corpse.
The reigning king is dead, but the ruler does not die.
When Seo Kang-rim looked at the King’s fortune, he confirmed that he was in some kind of abnormal condition.
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[Status Abnormality] Parasite
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The reigning king was merely a host to something.
That is why, even though Dokgo Jun overthrew the King and ascended to the throne in his previous life, he was not successful in his conquest.
At that moment, Seo Kang-rim was staring at the burning corpse of the King of the Underworld.
-Whoaaah!
Something quickly burst out from the King’s body.
Seo Kang-rim grabbed it and lifted it up as it was trying to run away.
What he was holding in his hand was a bug as big as his forearm, and its legless, writhing form looked like a caterpillar.
Yunbom screamed when she saw the bug.
“Whoa, what is this?!”
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“This is the ruler of this country.”
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[Name] Parasite
[Grade] Yongilpum (Dragon’s First Grade)
[Description] A type of parasite. It parasitizes the host and controls their thoughts and actions. It has high intelligence but weak physical strength.
The entity’s abilities are not outstanding, but it can be controlled no matter how high the rank is.
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“Hey, what is that?”
“That was inside His Majesty the King’s body… …?”
“Well, since when?”
Even the soldiers nearby were terrified when they saw it.
Since when has this been ruling this country?
Seo Kang-rim activated his powers while staring at the parasite as if he was going to dig into its insides.
[The ability ‘Eyes Seeing the Boundary’ is activated!]
[Check past records!]
The scenery before my eyes began to change rapidly, as if a video was being rewound.
The seasons continued to change, and before we knew it, we were looking at a landscape from hundreds of years ago.
Several hundred years ago, Seo Kang-rim stood on the border of a time when there were no gods in this country.
[Everyone, don’t back down! We must destroy the enemy!]
The situation of being threatened by demons was the same then as it is now.
The king led his soldiers and personally subdued the demons.
The king was full of energy, but he was middle-aged, his powers were stronger than expected, and his soldiers were on the defensive.
[Your Majesty, you must evade!]
[We will block this place! Avoid it!]
Even as they died, the soldiers tried to protect their king.
Even though he felt the humiliation of defeat, the king tried to ride away on his horse, but even that was not easy.
While running away from the demons blocking his way, he ended up suffering serious injuries and fainting.
It was his fate to die there, but a tiny insect approached the king.
It was a worm that lived as a parasite inside the body of another demon.
An insect that can control any beast once it enters its body, but is weak to begin with and is likely to be trampled to death.
The king of this country was lying on the ground before the parasite’s eyes.
The parasite knew very well what kind of being this was.
That everyone supports, everyone loves, and everyone praises.
The bug looked at the sight and thought.
I want to be loved.
I want to be praised.
I wish everyone would support me.
I want to be the ruler of this country, not a bug that crawls on the floor, swallows dirt, and lives a miserable life from day to day.
Since he was injured, it was easy to enter the king’s body.
And soon discovered by reinforcements, the bug was able to return to the palace with the king.
And so the bug ascended the throne.
It was a life of luxury beyond comparison to what had existed before.
As the dreamlike days passed and the years passed, the bug felt the king’s body growing old.
Not long after, the host king died, and the worms were forced to leave his body.
The first prince followed.
The prince was born with powers and abilities so powerful that no one could match them.
[This king seems like a god incarnate.]
[Doesn’t the sight of him defeating any demon in one go look like a messenger of God!]
Hearing the story of God, the bug began to have another dream.
I wanted to enjoy eternal life in this paradise, and I wanted to enjoy more than that.
To do that, you must become a god.
After pondering over how to become a god, the bug finally found a way.
The bug crawled inside the new king’s body while he was sleeping.
Then the bug called his subjects together and began to tell them a story.
[I am the incarnation of God, the incarnation of heaven that protects paradise.]
The bug began to create fake myths.
This country is a country protected by God, and the royal family and nobles are beings blessed by God.
Those who saw the king’s power could not help but be captivated by his words.
In this way, the sky that protects paradise was born.
Strong faith gave strength to the worm, and the worm poured all its divine power into life.
A body that should have died long ago was living for hundreds of years.
The kings changed several times, but the ruler of this country remained the same.
‘If I had strengthened myself with divine powers, I could have become stronger even though I was a parasite… … .’
All of the divine power was poured into life, so the entity was extremely weak.
Could it be that he was obsessed with his body because he didn’t know that he could become a god even if he died?
Even if I had known, would I have wanted to live in this world with a living body?
-Squeak!
The parasite struggled and tried to enter Seo Kang-rim’s body, but he did not allow it.
As the hand holding the parasite caught fire, the creature screamed and twisted in pain.
The charred parasite continued to writhe as if it wanted to live, but soon stopped moving.
It was a death more pathetic than that of any king.
At that moment, a notification window appeared before my eyes.
[I defeated the ‘Sky that rules Paradise’!]
[Strategist: Seo Kang-rim]
[Contributors: Shin Soo-ah, Jang Tae-heon, Yoon Bom, Dokgo Jun]
A notification window popped up saying that the Great Demon Sect had been conquered successfully.
While Seo Kang-rim was checking it, Dokgo Jun had a strange smile on his face.
“Last time, I ascended to the throne, right? And the conquest failed… … . Did I suffer from that too?”
Dokgo Jun said it as if it was fun.
Seo Kang-rim stopped imagining how much more vicious that crazy guy would have become if he had been controlled by a parasite.
Dokgo Jun smiled broadly and then turned his head away.
“By the way, what are we going to do about them?”
What Dokgo Jun was seeing were the subdued princes.
The princes lowered their heads in surprise at that gaze.
Dokgo Jun said, tapping my shoulder with the back of his sword.
“You guys will have to deal with it too. Normally, they would all be sentenced to death, right?”
“… … !”
There was no reason for the remnants of the old generation to remain where the new king was to take his place.
Normally, there would be no repercussions in killing all the princes.
But these were not normal times.
Shin Soo-ah looked at the situation and asked Seo Kang-rim a question.
“Now that we return to the present world, will the owners of these bodies also return to how they were before?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
When the awakened ones leave the Great Demon Realm, the body owner regains his original personality and abilities.
It didn’t seem to make much of a difference to Seo Kang-rim whether he would pass the country on to one of the princes or kill all of them…
“Dokgo Jun.”
“huh?”
“Get out of here for a moment. Switch with the Third Prince.”
At those words, Dokgo Jun’s eyes narrowed.
He hesitated for a moment, seeming interested, then nodded.
“Okay, I’ll change for a moment. Do you want me to tell you what happened later?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the third prince’s appearance changed right before his eyes.
To the people of Paradise Land, it may not have seemed like a difference.
Meanwhile, the third prince, who had come to his senses, was shocked at the sight around him.
“W, what the heck is this? Abamama? Brothers… … ?!”
“Third Prince. I have something to tell you.”
Seo Kang-rim told the embarrassed Third Prince what had happened so far.
From how this country was ruled by parasites to how they were subdued.
Seo Kang-rim spoke to the Third Prince, who was gaping at the shocking story.
“Normally, all royals would be executed, but if you accept my conditions, I will spare your life.”
“Joe, if there’s a condition… … ?”
“I will receive the King of the Earth and the Worms. And I will assist the new King.”
I had to leave this world, but there were parts of it that were too precious to leave behind.
If they continue to believe in and follow Seo Kang-rim, it will be of great help in replenishing their divine power.
