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‘The Demon King has already been summoned?’
The man stared at the top of the skyscraper, obscured by dark clouds. His face was set in stone.
Kookookookookookook.
Dark clouds gathered above the building, forming a huge band. The clouds moved like living creatures, and flashes of light flashed from time to time within them.
Urrrr-flash! Urrrr-flash!
“······.”
In his previous life, the Great Man had seen a similar sight several times. And even after the war with the Demon World ended, he often saw that sight in nightmares.
After seeing that sight, the next day half of my colleagues turned into corpses.
‘···But then and now are different.’
To his own surprise, the man quickly regained his composure. He slowly took a deep breath and regained his composure.
‘You can’t conclude that the Demon King has been summoned just by looking at that appearance.’
It’s only been a month since Hellgate began.
It was impossible for the Hellgate to expand in size enough for the Demon King’s powerful body to open the gate and come out.
‘It’s possible that it’s not the Demon King, but something else.’
But even if the Demon King had not been summoned, it was clear that this phenomenon was not normal.
The man frowned and muttered.
“···There’s no choice but to check what’s inside.”
Slurp.
The man used
Krrrr···!
Kiyaa···!
Zombified humans and monsters swarmed around the skyscraper. They guarded the area, drooling like guard dogs.
The man passed by and headed inside. The entrance to the building was wide open. However, the man stopped for a moment instead of going inside.
Tsk tsk tsk…
The inside of the building was filled with darkness. Even with a person’s eyesight, it was impossible to see inside.
Because it wasn’t an ordinary darkness. The man’s expression hardened again.
‘Even to the erosion barrier?’
In other words, the inside was already like a demon world.
It is an environment so dire that ordinary humans cannot even endure it, but for the demons, it is the best environment where they can draw out all of their natural strength.
Therefore, fighting the demons inside the erosion barrier was tantamount to suicide.
The man thought about it for a moment.
‘Shall we go and bring some more people?’
But the worry didn’t last long. The man soon shook his head.
‘If the real Demon King has been summoned, even with that power, he can’t be defeated.’
For now, I’ll just do some reconnaissance and then go back. That’s what the man decided. He stretched out his right hand forward.
Slowly.
A ghost slowly rose up onto the palm of my right hand.
[Hwaaam.]
The ogre opened its mouth wide as if yawning. Its pudding-like body swayed from side to side.
Ssssssssut.
The great man drew darkness from the devil.
The ‘Magi’ of the Demon World and the ‘Darkness’ of the natural attribute are not completely the same. This is because the Demons have processed the ‘Darkness’ to make it more destructive.
‘And I can also process darkness attributes.’
That is, with the Cheonma Shingong.
Tsk tsk tsk tsk.
As I raised the Heavenly Demon Sword, the darkness inside my body began to process.
Stronger and heavier. Destructive and sharp.
Tsk tsk tsk tsk!
Although it wasn’t exactly the same as the ‘magic’ used by the demons, the great man managed to create an energy similar to it.
Slurp.
The Great Man spread the Cheonmagi all over his body. The Cheonmagi spread thinly over his skin, perfectly coating his entire body.
‘Then shall we go?’
After completing all the preparations he could, the Great One stepped into the erosion barrier.
***
Usually, when people think of the Demon World, they picture a horrifying hell.
‘It’s a hasty generalization fallacy.’
Not all of the demon worlds that the Great Man experienced in his past life were like that.
The Demon World is made up of dozens of countries.
And the demons that rule each country are called ‘demons’.
The Demon King is usually the strongest demon in each country, but this is not always the case.
Among the Demon Lords, there are some who have no interest in Earth at all, and in very rare cases, there are also some who are friendly to humans.
‘···I found out about that after I killed all the demon lords who invaded Earth.’
Still, the man had some hope for that fact.
What if the Demon King who has descended here, or is about to descend, isn’t such a belligerent guy?
‘If you’re simply coming over to tour another dimension, there might be room for conversation…’
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But that glimmer of hope was shattered less than five minutes after the man entered the erosion barrier.
‘This is···.’
The man looked around with a stern expression.
Bumpy.
The inside of the erosion barrier looked like the stomach of a giant creature. The dark red stomach walls moved all around, and sticky gastric juice flowed out every time.
And all over the crimson walls, people were buried in grotesque shapes, with only their faces barely visible.
―They were all alive and moving.
“Ughh …
“Someone, please, help me···.”
“Save me···.”
A man with half his face melted away, a woman with bloody tears streaming from her gaping eyes, an old man making a hissing sound through his melted chin, children…
“······.”
The man looked at the gruesome scene in silence. At that moment, he realized what was happening here.
‘···It’s a sacrifice.’
The skyscraper itself was a giant altar.
An altar built to achieve something, at the cost of countless human lives.
The man’s gaze, which was looking around, stopped at one place.
“Mom, Mom, Ah···.”
She was a girl who looked about eight years old.
The child called out for his mother in a thin voice, desperately, as if he was out of breath.
“Mom, Mom, I’m sorry···.”
What are you sorry about?
The man walked towards the child, but not to hear an answer.
The man standing in front of the child who was gasping for breath lightly stroked the child’s cheek. The child’s face trembled as he felt that touch.
“mom···?”
“I’m sorry. I can’t live in this condition either.”
The man spoke in a flat voice, though the child, who was blind and deaf, could not hear him.
“It would be easier to just die.”
The girl’s body, fused with the wall, was mostly melted. She was already as good as dead.
“Mom, Mom···.”
As if he mistook the hand of an adult for that of his mother, the child tried to smile even in the midst of pain.
The man patted the child’s cheek.
“Little one. Have a nice dream.”
And the great man poured some of his internal energy into the girl’s body.
“!!”
The girl’s face trembled, then she dropped her head. And she never moved again.
“······.”
The man passed by without saying a word.
Countless faces groaned horribly on the walls, but the man paid no more attention to them.
‘I need to check what’s up there first. If I repeat the same behavior as before, they’ll notice.’
The man walked towards the spiral staircase in the middle of the erosion barrier.
The spiral staircase stretched hundreds of meters up to the roof of the skyscraper. The man began to climb the stairs one by one.
Thud thud.
The man walked as fast as he could without showing off his momentum. He had no intention of fighting at a disadvantage in what was essentially the middle of enemy territory.
‘Let’s just do some reconnaissance and go back.’
As I circled up the spiral staircase, my view kept changing. The pained faces of the people pinned to the walls kept changing, too.
‘I’m just going to do some reconnaissance and then go back.’
As they ascended, painful groans, cries, lamentations and screams echoed in all directions.
‘···Just reconnaissance.’
The man climbed the stairs silently. While climbing the stairs, he often encountered monsters.
Krrrr···.
Krrrr···.
But they passed by without noticing the great man who had completely killed their presence.
After climbing so many stairs, Daein finally reached the roof of the building.
“Then, should we do some reconnaissance?”
Chae-Ang.
The man drew his sword and climbed up onto the roof.
***
Woof woof woof woof!
A huge magic circle was drawn in the middle of the rooftop. Perhaps because it was sucking life energy from the entire building, the magic circle glowed red like blood.
Tsk tsk tsk tsk!
At the center of the magic circle where magical power swirled, one person was laughing.
[Kuhhhhh···]
In fact, it was quite a stretch to call ‘it’ a person.
A goat’s horns sprouting from both temples, two pairs of membranous wings sprouting from its back, and black scales covering its body.
[Hahahaha···!]
Except for the face that still had some traces of humanity, it looked more like a ‘devil’ in every sense of the word.
[There exists such an enormous power···!]
However, the man who climbed up to the rooftop was certain that the being was human. The Demon King didn’t look that shabby.
The man narrowed his eyes and looked at the other person.
‘Devil Superman.’
In the war that began with the opening of Hellgate, the superhumans who sided with the Demon Lords and betrayed the Allied Forces were called ‘Devil Superhumans’.
The reasons why a superhuman turns into a demon superhuman vary.
Intoxicated by the powerful power offered by the Demon King,
Because it seemed like the Allied Forces were going to lose the war,
Or maybe you get kidnapped by the demons and forced to do something like that.
What is clear is that the Allied forces suffered enormous damage in the war because of the demon superhumans.
The demon superman standing in the center of the magic circle looked up at the sky and burst into laughter.
[Hahahaha! If I had this power… If only I could perfect this power…!]
There was a red iron stake stuck in the center of the demon superman’s chest. It was the
Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk!
The power that had gathered in the center of the magic circle was then gathered into the stake on the demon superman’s chest.
He cried out, feeling a dizzying pleasure.
[I will become the king who rules this world!]
His name was Choi Hyuk.
A superhuman who was treated as third-rate until a few weeks ago. He was just a human with no fighting ability or special abilities.
But his life changed when he picked up the
The moment he touched the totem, a lot of information entered Choi Hyuk’s head.
How to create a zombie army using totems,
How to obtain a powerful body like a demon by sacrificing humans,
How to open the Hell Gate wide and summon other Demon Lords!
It wasn’t the Demon King who tempted him. Choi Hyuk chose all of this on his own. That’s why he had no regrets.
[Kuhhhhhhhhh···.]
A faint smile appeared on Choi Hyuk’s lips.
The magic that would complete his mighty body was now almost finished.
Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk!
Once this magic was completed, Choi Hyuk planned to immediately lead the zombie army and conquer the world, starting from the Korean Peninsula.
It was then that a voice of relief was heard from somewhere.
“It’s fortunate that it’s a fake Demon King.”
[!!]
The moment Choi Hyuk turned around in surprise, a sword was already stuck in his heart.
Phew-!
[Ugh, ugh···!]
Choi Hyuk looked down at the sword that had pierced his chest with a face of disbelief. Then he turned his head and looked back.
Daein was looking at Choi Hyuk with a snicker.
“I originally planned to just go and do some reconnaissance, but I was so stupid and let my guard down.”
[This, this, this dog···!]
The man pulled out his sword.
dump···.
Choi Hyuk’s body, lying on the floor, trembled several times before quickly becoming quiet. The man crouched down in front of his body.
“You should pack what you need before you go.”
Daein grabbed the stake stuck in Choi Hyuk’s chest with his hand.
A symbol sent to Earth by the Demon King containing his power. Although the Demon Kings’ secret intentions are hidden, it can be used as an excellent artifact depending on how it is used.
‘I don’t know which Demon King’s totem it is yet, but I’ll find out slowly…’
The man pulled the stake with his hand, but it wouldn’t come out. It was as if he had become one with the corpse.
“Should I cut it?”
The moment the person muttered with an annoyed expression,
Flash!
Choi Hyuk, who was thought to be dead, opened his eyes. At the same time, an enormous amount of magical energy burst out from his body.
-Pubberbubbubububung!
The man instinctively took a defensive stance and stepped back. Only after his body was thrown dozens of meters did he finally stop.
[Keke, kkekekekekekekeke.]
Magic energy poured out from the resurrected Choi Hyuk’s body. It was an incomparable amount from just a few minutes ago.
[The human body isn’t so bad. It’s a bit fragile, though.]
He licked the wound on his heart with his long, snake-like tongue.
Swish.
The hole in his heart healed in an instant. The expression on the face of the man looking at him suddenly distorted.
“crazy···.”
The man now realized the true identity of the giant magic circle that had been carved into the rooftop.
Plus, the secret that was contained in that bastard’s totem.
“Was the one I killed the last sacrifice for your descent?”
The Demon King, who had descended to Earth in a human body, flicked his long tongue and licked his lips.
[Kekekeke. I was going to wait until this body was completed… But I guess I have to write this, even though it’s a shame.]
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