< The Demon King's Descent (2) >
A demon world whose entire dimension is only about the size of one continent of Outerica.
Even the Demon World, unlike the harmonious Earth World, had the extreme condition of being full of negative energy.
Could it be because of the extreme environment of the world itself?
The Demon Race, a race born in the Demon World, possessed abilities specialized for combat compared to normal life forms.
As long as you have basic strength and magical power, you don’t have to eat food to survive, and you instinctively acquire a fighting style that suits you without having to learn anything.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that they are a race literally born to fight.
But fortunately for the other races on Earth, in return, they were bound by various restrictions.
In the first place, it was difficult to escape the space called the Demon Realm that was isolating them, and even if they did go outside, they would have to endure a significant loss of strength, which was also part of the restriction.
‘If it weren’t for that, this world would have been in an endless war with demons. The same goes for the angels of the heavenly realm.’
But, to put it the other way around, it was no different from saying that the power of the demon race was maximized only in this demon world.
But, of all of them, how powerful would the power of the Devil Duke be?
[Khuuu— Khuuu—]
[···Damn it, these damn seeds···!]
That was the reason why the Duke of Gorang, Siphar, was able to hold out against Hela and Davidson until now.
The right side of his head, which had been covered in scales, disappeared and he suffered deep wounds that exposed bones all over his body, but the devil’s tenacious vitality somehow managed to minimize any loss in fighting power.
“···You’re persistent. They say you’re the best in the Demon World in terms of physical strength. It seems like that wasn’t just an exaggeration?”
“Kahaha!”
But that too was soon coming to an end.
Indeed, his physical abilities were as terrifying as I had heard, but his opponents were even worse monsters.
Hela, who was flapping her wings slowly as if she was coming to the world, looked down at the two-headed dog below with haughty eyes.
A cross-section of a torn neck, writhing and twitching in real time.
However, the speed was extremely slow, befitting its reputation.
If he’s in that condition, it’ll probably take a few days to fully recover.
‘It’s surprising that it’s like that even though the concept was completely devoured using the “food god”.’
It would be possible because the essence that still contains the power of a demon is intact.
It would be impressive enough to recover from an injury of that size in just a few days, but given that the very concept of the area was robbed by Davidson, the loss of strength in the recovery process would be significant.
‘I can’t just leave it like that. That essence is no longer yours. It’s all mine.’
With such a shameless thought, Hela licked her lips with her tongue as she pulled the whip in her hand tautly to the sides several times.
At the same time, Davidson’s tongue twitched and drool flowed from all three of his mouths.
Of course, that kind of appearance was neither more nor less than a provocation to the person dealing with them.
‘Damn, damn! Where on earth did these guys come from? Leray must have died on the expedition without leaving anything behind! How can they be catching us now?’
Sippar ground his teeth fiercely.
They completely viewed themselves as prey about to be caught.
It was an unbearable humiliation for him, who had reigned at the top of the demon world for a long time.
The problem, however, was that it was now a reality that was right in front of us.
‘No! I can’t die like this! I’ve suffered so much up until now! And on top of that, my opponent isn’t even a demon dragon, but a mongrel that came out of nowhere?!’
This is not the reason I have lived my life struggling like this.
The reason I challenged the Demon King’s throne despite suffering defeat several times was definitely not for this kind of ending.
‘···Ugh, damn it!’
Eventually he made up his mind.
Even if this incident causes catastrophic damage that is difficult to recover from, I’ve decided to get out of here for now.
It is an admission that it was too greedy to try to resolve this situation without making that level of sacrifice from the beginning.
‘If I can just somehow get out of here…’
By now, news of the attack on their base has probably spread throughout Abnormal.
There is a difference in power and a locational advantage, so if you gather all the high-ranking demons under your command who were focused on the battlefield against Dark Nest, you should be able to deal with them.
‘You have no fear in crawling into the heart of my domain! I will make you pay the price for your arrogance!’
It wasn’t for nothing that each faction was using their power to grab land.
In the Demon Realm, one’s status and level of power are directly proportional.
But an infiltration operation in which the leader himself participated!
Considering the risk of failure, isn’t this no different from gambling?
Kukukung—!
[I’ll melt them all!]
[Aww——!]
With a wolf-like roar, red flames burst out from Sippar’s entire body.
A powerful shock wave spread out from around him, and a hot heat that seemed like it could burn down the world instantly engulfed all directions.
“···Ha, you still have this much strength left?”
Hela could tell that he was frowning and attacking again.
That Siparga has completely given up on defense and is focusing all of his energy on that one thing.
As all means of reducing damage, including the magic barrier, disappeared, the huge body that had allowed attacks without defense quickly fell into disrepair.
However, the opponent is a strange duke whose physical abilities surpass even those of dragons.
While withstanding the attacks with pure brute force, the hellfire grew in size in an instant and soon began to threaten the “World of the Heavenly Demons” itself.
Hwaruk— Hwaruk!
Of course, Hela and Davidson could not escape the flames that engulfed and shook the entire space.
A bright red flame flickered on its tongue, quickly eating away at the thick magical field surrounding Hela.
‘Is this a do-or-die situation now? A fire that burns everything. If this continues for a long time, even for a country like mine, it’ll be a bit burdensome.’
Is this really a peacock-level demon?
She clicked her tongue lightly, gripped the whip tightly, and infused it with all her magic power.
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If you don’t do this, even this highest-level magic tool of the Demonic Calculator won’t last long and will be damaged.
Sizzle— sizzle—
On the other hand, Davidson, a physical monster, had no choice but to endure the heat with his bare body.
Infinitely repeating the cycle of being burned and regenerated in the blazing flames.
Even so, he kept moving his mouth, gulping down the hellfire that touched the corner of his mouth, and rushed at Sippar again.
[Ugh! This damn thing! How did he even get out of this fire!]
[Cough!]
In the end, the distorted head on the left got its neck string bitten off by that reckless attack.
Even though he tried his best to resist while spewing flames, he was unable to do anything about the gap created by his lack of numbers.
The sight of Davidson continuing to burn in flames without a care in the world was so gruesome that it reminded me of the gatekeeper of hell.
But at that moment.
The distorted face that had been tearing at his nape suddenly broke into an evil smile.
As if he had already expected that this would happen to him.
[Keuhehehe—! Okay, then I’ll send you to hell first!]
Immediately after that.
Ssssssss—
A red light flashed from the eyes of the snake hanging from Sippar’s tail.
And in an instant, the tremendous heat that was melting the world was sucked into the snake.
All these changes occurred in an instant, as if time had been cut off in the middle.
“Kaha?”
Davidson’s body, which had been diligently chewing and swallowing the flesh that had entered his mouth, stopped.
A situation that changed suddenly and drastically without warning.
He moved his three pairs of eyes and looked at the place where he felt the heat like the sun.
[Hahaha! Get out!]
A snake with a tail that slowly crumbles and turns to ash due to the concentration of excessive energy.
The final light burst out from within its mouth.
Towards him, who was enjoying a meal with three mouths.
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Kwaaaaang——!
A huge shockwave erupted, and a single beam of light shot into the sky, illuminating the world.
“Keuk! It’s hot···!”
“Get back! Get back!”
“Focus on defense! You’ll get swept away!”
At the same time, a hellish heat spread throughout the battlefield that even the most powerful demons would have difficulty enduring.
The “World of Heaven” located on one side of the battlefield collapsed, and the energy trapped inside began to sweep away in all directions.
“Ugh, what is this···?”
“What happened? The Duke?”
“Lady Hela! Is the fight over?!”
The demons who had been fighting outside, regardless of their camp, all narrowed their eyes and looked in that direction.
The inside was not visible due to the dense magic storm, but it was unbearable not to do so.
Even though they were continuing this fierce battle, they actually knew it well.
No matter what they do here, the outcome of this battlefield will ultimately be determined by the outcome of the fight that takes place there.
Gulp.
The magical storm that suddenly occurred amidst everyone’s tension gradually died down.
And the appearance that was revealed there.
Thud thud—
[Ugh! How on earth···!]
A huge head, strangled by a long whip and spitting out blood.
Ewww—
Another monster that enjoyed its meal by skillfully moving its three heads around a single crushed skull.
“···I was surprised.”
Hela, holding a whip in one hand, lightly swept her forehead with the other.
The heat that Sipar emitted was so intense that even though she hadn’t been directly hit, her hands, which were highly resistant to fire attacks, were covered in sweat.
“Well, it was a good try. The opponent was just bad.”
Hela glanced up and looked at the sky.
Following the trajectory of the ray of light that disappeared beyond the scar that split the purple sky.
I never thought that he would fool me into thinking he would make a wide-area attack, and then use the snake on his tail as a sacrifice to launch a fatal attack.
The attack, which used the hellfire that filled the space as a medium, had an activation speed close to instantaneous, which did not match its power.
Hela, who was a little further away, didn’t even have time to respond.
But fortunately for Davidson… no, for Harley, there was one thing left he could do.
Kkwadtuk— gulp!
The green glow on one side of the three heads slowly faded as they nervously devoured meat as if replenishing the calories they had consumed.
It was the remnants of ‘「Jewel Eye: Coercion」x3’ that forcibly broke the snake’s neck and changed its direction at a critical moment when the port was aimed at him.
‘If I had been hit by that… Well, I wouldn’t have died, but I would have suffered a significant loss of strength. I might have even become a deficit.’
I came all the way to the Demon Realm to do mercenary work, so I couldn’t leave with a loss.
Fortunately, Harley doesn’t use this ability very often, so it shouldn’t be a big deal.
It is not certain whether there was an enemy who could observe what happened inside the “World of the Heavenly Heavens”, but it was something that could happen.
‘Tsk, I’m feeling too relieved because things are going so well. Even if we have an overwhelming advantage in terms of power, our opponent is a duke-level demon who has reigned over this hellish demon world for over a thousand years.’
No matter how much “Jewel Eye: Coercion” had the characteristic of becoming stronger the more energy was poured into it, there was a limit to the output that could be produced by one or two.
As it was a means of escape, the resistance of the snake that breathed hellfire was also extraordinary.
But now he has three heads!
Thanks to the use of Cerberus’s factor, the three jewel eyes, which had their original heads replicated and had their outputs preserved, were deployed at the same time with full power, and just before the light beam shot out from the snake’s head, they were able to turn its angle toward the sky.
The impact shattered the world of “Macheon” in an instant, but now it didn’t matter.
If he had allowed that extreme, fatal attack, then it would have been different, but since it had failed, the fight was basically over.
“Oh, ohh …
“Hella has triumphed! Long live Hela! Long live!”
“Eww! The Duke of Freaky!”
“That’s ridiculous! How? What on earth is your true identity…?”
And it was clearly visible even to those who had been blankly staring at the situation.
The image reflected in their eyes was extremely simple and clear.
The strange peacock fell to the ground with his entire body completely wounded, not to mention losing two of his three heads and his tail.
On the contrary, Hela, with a clean body without a single scratch, is holding the dog leash as if it were its owner.
And there was even a pet monster that was calmly munching on the peacock’s body with its large body, as if it were eating the meat it had hunted.
In the Demon Realm, a land of survival of the fittest, this big deal or anything else meant nothing.
Besides, isn’t that creature not a demon in the first place?
Taming and raising a monster is also just a skill, and if it had been dealt with in such a one-sided manner, there would have been no room for excuses.
‘Ugh, am I going to fail like this again? Not this time either···!’
And the change in the air current was keenly felt by Sippar, who had been humiliated and suppressed.
The public sentiment that had been directed towards him was moving away in real time.
To the winner who holds his leash as if he were the master.
It was the same when selecting the 14th Demon King, and the same when selecting the 15th Demon King.
[···Ugh, I lost. I, Sippar, recognize you as king.]
In the end, he had no choice but to close his eyes tightly and say those words.
In the first place, the faction called ‘Abnormal’ was a force that was centered around only the strange Duke Sipar.
Even if you hold out like this until the end and die, the members of the disintegrated faction will just leave in search of a new ruler.
And perhaps the target will be the winner of this place that reeks of the Demon King.
‘I’d rather bow down and go in first. Just like I’ve done several times before. It’s okay. As long as I survive, there will be plenty of opportunities…’
But at that time.
“Oh, I’m sorry about this. I’m afraid I have a prior engagement.”
[···What the heck··· Keuk!]
The whip around his neck tightened even more.
No, that wasn’t all.
The whip, which wriggled as if it were alive, began to saw his neck with its sharp spines.
[Ugh! Why… why! I’m a duke! If you have my support, it will help you deal with the Darkness and the Demon Dragon! Then you can get closer to the ‘real Demon King’…]
“I promised to take care of all of your work first. A verbal contract is a contract, right? It hasn’t even been that long since we talked about it, so it’s a bit much to break it unilaterally already…”
Hela smiles awkwardly and winks one eye.
It was a refreshing sight, not seen from someone who used tremendous magical power and the “Annihilator” to cut off heads while alive.
“And by the way—”
As true death approached, Sippar began to rebel fiercely.
But it was already too late.
There was also Davidson who used his large body to press down on his body, but he was already defeated and subdued, so there was no way for him to escape the execution of the “Demon King” and the pressure of the “Eye of Domination”.
“—I am already the real Demon King.”
A cold word spoken while looking down at him, writhing like an insect with a cold expression.
I don’t need your help dealing with the other two guys.
Just shut up and spit out the truth. That will help more.
It was a final verdict that contained many implications.
[Ha··· haha···. As expected, you···.]
Phew! Kuung!
A star that had reigned at the top of the demon world for a long time fell to the ground.
A vibrating sound that resonates heavily, like the weight contained in its meaning.
Hearing Hela’s last words, the expression on the demon’s face was so subtle that it was difficult to describe what he was thinking.
Then, Hela threw the head at Davidson, who was holding down the body of the bastard like a hunting dog, and immediately extracted the essence of the Duke of Gorang.
If there is any essence left in the body, it may take a long time to regenerate, but if it is extracted, even that slight possibility disappears.
like that.
Hwaaaaak—
A polyhedron with a red flame burning inside appeared in her hand.
A peacock-level essence on par with the Succubus Queen’s magic stone.
The waves that flowed from that rare item even in the Demon World spread out in all directions.
Slurp— thud— thud!
Those surrounding him began to kneel one by one.
From Hela’s followers, including the Dream Walker, to the Abnormal’s minions who had been fighting each other just a moment ago.
As if in a ritual—they offered adoration and fear to the victorious ruler.
《Your influence as a Demon King expands. The entity’s existence becomes more distinct.》
As if worshipping the new demon king who has descended upon this land.
