Chapter 202 – 49. Demon King (5)
Demon King Casperence.
A monster that suddenly emerged 300 years ago and devastated the northern part of the continent, driving demon beasts around.
An evil that plunged the whole world into fear of destruction by destroying countless cities and killing countless people.
The despair of that era, fortunately, disappeared into the history books as the human army, united around the [Light] Hero, won the Great War of the Holy Demons…
After that, the Demon King, who borrowed the body of one of the Cataclysm Summoners and reappeared on the continent, was eaten by me today before he could do anything right.
“······!”
I digested the newly acquired food with the [Heaven] Attribute and stood still, silently trembling.
It was indeed a dazzling bundle of experiences.
Epic level [Shadow] Attribute.
300 years of knowledge, experience and class.
Demon’s authority allowed as the vanguard of the Demon Realm.
And so on…
If I were to enumerate every single thing I gained, it would be endless.
‘······ It’s the best ever.’
I wanted to calmly analyze this achievement in a place where I could be alone right now, but the tense situation did not allow this.
As I put the unconscious Leah in my shadow and looked around, Hye-rin silently appeared in front of me and said,
“The monsters’ attack has begun.”
Behind her, Park Min-ho was dragging the restrained Seo Seung-hyeon down the cliff.
Hyerin and I headed to the circle of knights who succeeded in overpowering the natural people.
There, as Ah-young lifted the shadows from her skin and healed the wounded, Jane Brillitt, her tour guide maid, spoke her meaningful words.
“Weird······.”
“What?”
“The only people who attacked us were men.”
Moving her gaze after her, all of those who really regained their original flesh color were men.
There are no women
It was too easy to guess why.
“How long does it take from here to the natural village?”
“······If you go off the road and cross the bush in a straight line, it will take you about 10 to 15 minutes.”
“Just tell me the direction and I’ll fly in the sky and go first. Half of the knights stay here to protect the non-combatants, and Hye-rin watches Seo Seung-hyeon from here too.”
“Okay.”
“The other half of the knights and Minho follow the lady-in-waiting’s guidance and come to the village.”
I rose high in the sky and flew in the direction Jane pointed.
After flying for about two minutes, I could see the traces of an uncivilized city down there.
The reason why there are no people and the buildings are collapsing and ruins is probably not just because of the primitive way of life.
With both feet on the ground and entering the most intact-looking house, I immediately understood why the women had not taken part in the raid.
They are tied up here.
Half were corpses.
“Hmm…”
It was a truly beautiful landscape.
Murder, robbery, assault, rape…
You have done a lot, Seo Seung-hyun.
I checked the condition of the women who were still breathing one by one.
“I hate it… Don’t do it…”
“Please forgive me······.”
“You’d better kill me…!”
Most of them were exhausted, and those who were awake showed symptoms of delirium, as if they thought it was Seo Seung-hyeon when they heard my footsteps.
“Your head is still intact.”
It was delirium, not mental breakdown.
I didn’t know if this could be cured with magic, a long time, or the [Life] Attribute.
The probability of recovery was small, but not zero.
So I killed them all.
If they later testify about Seo Seung-hyeon’s evil deeds in time, it will be a headache.
The honor of our summoners must not be tarnished.
Seo Seung-hyeon should be recorded as a pitiful victim who was manipulated by the mastermind behind this incident.
So I only used the power of the [Shadow] Attribute to annihilate the women.
Moments later, several footsteps entered the corpse-infested space.
“Oh, my God!”
“That is unfair······.”
Amazement and sighing erupted from everyone. It seemed that it was not uncommon for veteran knights of the imperial palace to encounter such a horrific scene. Minho’s face was also very pale, so it was worth seeing.
If there was no immediate emergency, we would have collected the bodies and built a cemetery for the rest of these victims.
However, the situation was not over yet, on the contrary, it was getting very serious, so we hurriedly returned to the other children, leaving the destroyed village behind.
I opened my mouth at the place where all the tourist mountaineering party gathered.
“Cities adjacent to mountain ranges are dangerous.”
Everyone nodded their heads in dismay because they had just heard the roar echoing endlessly across the Great Mountains.
Our present location is near the top, halfway up the mountain range.
“I go east, and Hye-rin goes west to subdue the monsters. The rest immediately return to the villa. Seo Seung-hyeon and the naturalists are transported together and put in prison.”
The villa, where the remaining classmates would be having sex parties with sex slaves, was a fortress that was safer than most cities, as it was exclusively for the royal family.
The captain of the knights resisted passively, saying that they could fight together, but they could not refute my argument that they were ① slower than Hyerin and me, ② weaker than Hyerin and me, and ③ needed escort by non-combatants.
But there were exceptions.
“Go, Your Excellency! Can’t you take me with you?! My family, the territory is right in front of the mountain…!!”
Jane Brillett. The lady-in-waiting of our mountain guide. She pleaded, dropping to her knees and clinging to the crotch of my trousers.
“······Yes. You will come with me.”
“Thank you thank you!”
Except for Hyerin and Jane, I went down the hiking trail towards the coastline.
On top of the hill with only three left, Hye-rin, who knew the inside story of this situation next to me, whispered in my ear, conscious of Jane.
“······When the work is done, I will receive the award♡”
She uttered her unusual words in an alluring voice and immediately disappeared from sight. It descended in an instant with the space ability of the [Earth] Attribute.
······Anyways, awards. What the hell are you asking me for…
Are you planning to go on another date like the last time?
As for me, I can only hope that Hyerin doesn’t run over me with her patience. She is me who has grown tremendously after eating the demon lord, but I am still far from winning her in her bed…
Still, Hyerin is well qualified to demand an award from me.
The beginning of this situation was the evil greed of Seo Seung-hyeon and the devil, but the reason the situation has grown so much is because I secretly intended it.
I deliberately did not prevent the monsters from attacking the city in advance.
All to increase my honor.
It is to clearly imprint the power and value of the mythical attribute in the minds of these weak humans.
“Let’s go.”
I wrapped my arms around Jane’s waist and said, silently giving orders.
‘Good.’
As my body soared high into the sky with the woman, my shadow escaped me and began to descend the mountain rapidly.
A shadow clone that uses the ability of the [Shadow] Attribute.
According to my instructions, it plans to attack Minho’s group near the entrance of the mountain.
The goal is to silence Seo Seung-hyun and natural people.
Murder and extinction.
Immediately after their heads and necks are suddenly separated, only a meaningful voice will remain in the place where my alter ego passed.
[These useless things. I will retrieve your shadow.]
By doing this, people manipulate Seo Seung-hyun from behind to make him bury himself in the investigation of a non-existent existence, thereby hiding the evil deeds of the summoner in the labyrinth.
‘As planned.’
As I flew to the estate of the Brillit family, I thought about the identity of the demon I had just tasted.
The demon king wanted to devour this world. No, strictly speaking, that intention was breathed into by the Demon Realm. The demon lord was simply engulfed in an infinite hunger just as he was created in the red moon and repeatedly ate.
The demon world wants to dye everything on earth with demons.
Concerning this, a startling question and hypothesis has popped into my head and I can’t seem to get it to go away.
‘Demons and [Heaven], The two look so alike, don’t they?’
Now that I have swallowed and understood the demon lord, I can’t get rid of these thoughts.
It was because the hunger that the demon king had been possessed for 300 years was very similar to the desire for control of the [Heaven] Attribute.
······To be honest,
I don’t know the difference between me and the demon king in terms of nature.
The Demon King became my food. Because he was weaker than me. If I were weaker than that, I would have become the devil’s prey.
If so, I am similar to the demon lord but more powerful than the demon lord.
Maybe Demon EmperorCould I call myself that?
‘There is virtually no difference.’
Repeating such thoughts, we reached the sky above a certain city.
“Ah…!! No!”
The voice in my arms fell into despair.
The ground had already become the den of monsters.
This too was as I expected.
In terms of power, the South is the weakest on the continent.
The North is a battleground where demons battle every day, the Holy Land of the United Church thoroughly protects the Holy Land in the East, and the mercenary market is booming in the West as rich people protect their property.
In addition, the center is the continent’s strongest region, where the empire’s mighty legions and transcendentalists protect the imperial family,
The South is a peaceful land that is only interested in the development of culture and art, so it is relatively lacking in defense against enemy invasion.
The Demon King also knew this information, so he decided to take refuge here.
“Jane, wait.”
When I snapped my finger, [Heaven] Attribute magic spears rained down on the ground like showers.
All demons and natural people were pierced by the spear and lost their lives.
Then there was no living person left in the city.
After putting Jane on the ground, she ran to the half-collapsed manor house.
“Father! Mother! Sister!”
But no one responded to Jane’s voice.
It was a tragedy.
“I can’t believe it… Heh! Hehe!”
But I’m not sure.
I can’t relate to Jane’s feelings.
Is it because I have never felt family love in my whole life?
I understand her grief with my knowledge, but not with my heart.
Also, of course, there is no such thing as guilt for me.
Even though I, who watched the attack of the monsters, actually killed a lot of people.
Even those who lost their lives became my food indirectly, though not directly like the demon lord.
The greater the sacrifice in this situation, the greater the benefit to me and Hyerin who resolved it.
Jane’s parents, by sacrificing their meager lives to me, had the infinite honor of helping to raise my honor.
They should thank me
“······.”
Suddenly, I made up my mind to rape Jane.
It was not an unmotivated impulse.
First, I was annoyed by the rudeness of Jane, who wailed sadly in front of me in the midst of all this joy.
Second, I was curious about Jane. She wanted to know what she was thinking. How will she react to my choice?
Finally, thirdly, I felt a tremendous sexual desire watching Jane’s tears.
The daughter of the family I killed spread her legs at the scene…
‘That’s ugly.’
So I lay her on the cold floor, in the middle of these ruins where only the two of us live.
“Hey… Huh… Swallow… Your Excellency… Swallow, what now… Ugh?!”
