Episode 249. Demon King Belkarion (1)
The air is somehow reddish,
The putrid stench of a rotting corpse,
Even an unpleasant crying sound that makes your stomach tingle.
At first glance, it is a dangerous place that you cannot help but think you should not set foot in.
– Wow
Under a huge vine tree, a devil borer was tearing apart freshly caught game.
Around him is Big Mantis, who treats everything he sees as food, regardless of whether it is of his own kind or not.
Below them, death worms were moving around, their elongated bodies constantly wiggling as if they were patrolling their territory.
In a nameless wetland deep in the demonic world teeming with these fearsome demonic beasts,
A man with bright red eyes appeared openly.
The demonic beasts that sensed this presence all turned their gaze.
It would be normal for the beasts to attack as soon as they spot them, especially since they don’t miss prey that comes on their own feet.
“Key profit… … .”
The demon beasts only made warning cries, and no one could easily approach them.
When he recognized the enormous amount of energy coming out of the man’s body, he became frightened.
“Aren’t you coming?”
Then the man shook his head and provoked the demon beasts.
The demonic beasts who were stimulated by this all rushed forward with their teeth and front paws raised, but
– crispy
Exactly one minute later,
All the demonic beasts that attacked the man were scattered all over the place with their limbs cut off, and more than 5 minutes later,
“Ah-oh! “I’m finally feeling better now.”
All of the marsh beasts were destroyed.
The man relaxed his body leisurely without any sign of difficulty.
“You are here.”
Then, another middle-aged man with a neatly trimmed beard appeared behind the man.
“Didn’t I tell you this many times? “It’s okay to leave, but please leave at least a word.”
“Then aren’t you going to nag me again, telling me to be careful about this, be careful about that? “If I listen to you nagging, my will to fight disappears?”
“Isn’t this all my advice for the Demon King? To become a true monarch, it is also important to have the right attitude toward learning.”
The man covered his ears as if he didn’t want to hear any more.
The strongest man in the demon world and the absolute monarch. Demon King Belkarion.
Although he possesses overwhelming force that can take out even vicious upper-level demon beasts in the blink of an eye, he becomes infinitely helpless in the face of the nagging of Rogers, his servant and general manager of the Demon King’s Castle.
“Hey Rogers. I’m fine with everything, but I don’t really want to be nagged even after I’ve done something good, right? “If it’s like today, can’t you just say a good word and move on?”
“I would like to, but when I look around the site, I don’t think I can do that. “No matter how good the wetland is for demonic beasts to live in, I had no idea that a habitat would be created in an area so close to a private house.”
Rogers looked around with a face full of agony.
“Wouldn’t this force me to move around more often? “At least for the peace of our demon world residents!”
The reason why Belkarion destroyed the marsh beasts was simple.
This was to ensure the safety of residents living around wetlands.
For him, it was not something he did once in a while, but a daily routine that he continued to do as he traveled around the demon world every day.
“Anyway, please return quickly. “Bestie is waiting.”
“wait for a sec! “We have to dispose of the body here, right?”
“I will do it.”
Rogers stepped forward proudly, holding the demon king back.
Then he stretched his hand forward and gathered mana.
-Growling
Soon, a red magic circle and a high-heat flame spread out like a pillar of fire from the hand, which immediately attached itself to the torn corpses.
Soon the corpses all turned into a handful of ash and disappeared without a trace.
After finishing all the cleaning, the two demons immediately headed towards the demon castle.
“Hey Rogers. Do you know what I’m thinking these days?”
Belkarion, who was walking backwards, suddenly asked with a smirk on his lips.
“You’re thinking about that human kid you met 10 years ago.”
“what? “How did you know?”
“You’ve already spoken one hundred and forty-two times more. “Don’t you always bring it up when you think it’s worth forgetting?”
“okay?”
Feeling embarrassed, Belcarion looked up at the sky and ate his food.
“If you go by the ages of those people, they’d be adults by now, right?”
“I guess so. “In terms of physical age, you would be just as old as the Demon King.”
“I am. “I still can’t forget the bold words he said to me.”
The Demon King quietly closed his eyes and recalled that moment.
“You obviously said you wanted to make a deal with the Demon King, right?”
“that’s right. They asked me not to cross their land no matter what. And he said he would help me. “He was a really weird guy?”
“Certainly, I don’t feel like I said anything to survive.”
Rogers nodded and agreed with Belkarion’s thoughts.
“And these days, I’ve been thinking about this again… … .”
Belcarion suddenly turned his head and looked in the other direction.
It was in the direction of the Lemea Valley where I met the boy.
“What if, just what if. “If the moment comes that I have to agree to that deal, what will I ask of him?”
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“Did you have any special thoughts about that?”
Belkarion did not answer right away but paused for a moment.
“If I were to ask you to give me the best battle to cool down my boiling fighting spirit, wouldn’t it be possible?”
“It seems absolutely impossible. “Isn’t this a very difficult request for just one human male to handle?”
Rogers denied the devil’s thoughts, saying it couldn’t happen.
“You said that, right? Humans are a species with great potential for development! Wouldn’t it be possible if we continue to grow? Besides, that kid… … .”
“… … ?”
“The eyes were not at all menacing!”
It may have been his mood, but Belcarion felt that the boy might be able to grant his request.
“Speaking of the handover, it is said that the atmosphere in Lemea Canyon is unusual these days.”
Rogers then turned the topic to another direction.
“Lemea Gorge? “There are demonic beasts running amok. Isn’t that always the case?”
“That said, I think the problem is a little different this time. Recently, it has been said that demonic beasts are crossing the canyon and the Blood River into the inner demon world.”
Belkarion suddenly stopped and asked with a surprised expression.
“Are you saying the demon beasts were kicked out of their territory?”
“That seems like a possibility. Maybe a new high-level demon has appeared in the canyon, or… … .”
“or not?”
“It could be that the humans beyond the canyon have embarked on a large-scale subjugation of demonic beasts.”
Rogers suggested several other possibilities.
“Humans.”
At this, the Demon King stroked his chin and fell into trouble.
Coincidentally, the place where I am now is not far from Lemea Gorge.
After making up his mind, Belcarion immediately spread his wings.
“You go back first, Rogers. “Speaking of which, I want to go to Lemea Gorge.”
“What should I tell Besti?”
“hmm… … . “Tell them I went to buy a gift!”
With those words, Belkarion flew high into the sky.
Rogers watched him until he disappeared over the horizon, sighed a little, and turned to face the Demon King again.
Did it fly like that for about 30 minutes?
Arriving near Lemea Canyon, Belkarion soon folded his wings and settled on the ground.
-bang!
Then, as if it had been waiting, a death worm popped out from the ground with its large mouth open.
However, Belkarion did not panic and calmly grabbed both sides of the worm’s mouth,
-Kwazijic!
With his incredible strength, he tore off my mouth on the spot.
“What Rogers said was true.”
Belkarion said calmly as he looked at the torn body of the worm.
Death worms that live deep inside the canyon appear outside the canyon.
It was definitely a strange thing.
Belkarion, convinced that something unusual had happened, quickly moved into the canyon.
“… … .”
quiet.
Normally, there would have been at least five or six attacks by demonic beasts, but for some reason, not even a single insect was seen in the canyon.
I continued to move forward with a feeling of doubt, and soon the Blood River appeared before my eyes along with the sound of trickling water.
Belcarion, who had been moving forward, suddenly stopped.
Exactly 10 years ago, that exact place.
I first saw the boy just twenty steps from where Belkarion was standing.
But now 10 years have passed.
At that location was not the black-haired boy that Belkarion had seen, but
Another human was there.
I don’t know why, but there’s a blonde man who makes me feel repulsed just by looking at him.
“nice to see you. Lord of the Demon World… … .”
Of course, it was a person I had never met before in my life.
However, as soon as the man saw Belkarion, he clearly called him the master of the demon world.
As if I knew who he was from the beginning.
“Do you know me?”
“Looking at the elegance that radiates from the body or the strength of power that gently exudes, there is probably only one person in the entire demon world who can possess this kind of energy. “I apologize if it wasn’t the case.”
He was a man whose sly smirk did not even twitch his eyebrows and was quite annoying.
Still, Belcarion realized one thing from his words just now.
Regardless of whether he was the master of the demon world or not, that person wanted the master of the demon world to appear.
Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to look like you were looking forward to it.
For now, I decided to respond appropriately.
“So, have you taken care of all the demonic beasts around here?”
“It’s impossible for me to do it alone. I drove them out with the knights who followed me. “I felt like I had to break through a dead end.”
The man seemed to be giving an incomprehensible answer, but then he knelt down on one knee before Belkarion.
“Lord of the Demon World. No, devil! Please, please listen to our request!”
“ask?”
“yes! In our human world, an unclean entity that goes against God’s order has appeared and is disrupting the world. However, we could not stop him with our limited strength. “That’s why I came to the demon world and asked for help.”
“What do you mean, you want me to deal with that negative entity you’re talking about?”
“No matter how urgent it is, we can’t make such a shameless request. All we want to ask you is to come over to the Human World and cause a little trouble.”
Belcarion’s eyes narrowed for a moment.
“Are you asking me to come over to the Human World?”
“yes. Please come over like that and cause only minimal damage. “That’s all I ask of the Demon King.”
“What do you gain by doing that?”
The man did not answer right away, but gently turned the corner of his mouth upward.
Then I slowly opened my mouth,
“We will make the entire human world aware that such negative entities should not exist in this world.”
“… … !”
“Can you help me?”
Belkarion was so dumbfounded that he let out a laugh.
Are you making people aware of how dangerous the negative beings in the human world are through you?
Doesn’t that just mean they are confident and want to put on a puppet show according to their own tastes?
How dare you make a bold proposal to the strongest person in the demon world to do a puppet show?
Rather than feeling bad, I was just dumbfounded.
“Hey, human friend.”
Feeling uncomfortable, Belcarion opened his mouth with a bitter smile.
“What is your name?”
“Eshel. “This is Eshel Wert.”
Upon hearing the name, Belkarion’s lips twitched slightly.
“Berth?”
Although his memory isn’t that good, there was one name that stuck in his mind for 10 years.
Eshel Bert.
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but it happened to have a name similar to the one Belcarion remembers.
“Perhaps, just by any chance…” … .”
Belcarion looked at him and asked again.
“I’m talking about that friend you’re talking about now who is a negative being. “What is that friend’s name?”
When asked the name of the being of negativity, the man seemed a little hesitant for some reason.
However, he answered calmly, as if it didn’t mean he couldn’t talk.
“draft.”
“… … !”
“This is Sian Berth.”
As soon as I answered, a cold silence fell,
Soon, on Belkarion’s lips,
“Sian Bert?”
A smile of sincere joy appeared.
(Continued in the next part)
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