Demon Realm (1)
The office of the head of the commercial association is a mess.
“Hmm.”
Hubert, who was sprawled out on a top-of-the-line chair inside, let out a soft groan.
The head that was facing the floor is lifted and the eyes slowly open at the same time.
He blinked his eyelids a few times and looked around, then calmly stood up and started stretching around to warm up his body.
“Hmm, something feels sore. No matter how bad I was sitting in the wrong posture, it wasn’t even that long…”
It is probably the aftermath of evil magic that infiltrated to manipulate the mind.
Although the attempt itself was successfully prevented, the aftereffects caused by the penetration of high-density energy could not be assumed to have been completely non-existent.
Moreover, since Hubert had not trained any special mysteries, he was bound to be somewhat weak in this area.
‘If it were a decent opponent, this alone would have been enough.’
For a person like himself who operates on a continental scale, assassination attempts are just a part of everyday life.
Thorough security throughout the entire activity area, including the headquarters building, powerful security personnel who can block even the military or special forces from attacking, and personal capabilities that go beyond simple self-defense skills.
However, such methods had no choice but to be an exception in this case.
‘Tsk, it couldn’t be helped since it was my opponent.’
Hubert clicked his tongue and slowly looked around.
Diana, who had fainted, was lying down on the sofa next to the reception table. Her breathing was even and she was just asleep, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with her.
After looking at her for a moment, his eyes quickly turned to where the head of the table was.
To the demons who had gathered together so calmly that it was doubtful whether they were the ones who had caused an uproar just moments ago.
Ken Miyamoto, an ordinary-looking young man with black hair and black eyes, is a count-level devil.
Frances, a viscount-level devil, is an old gentleman wearing a pure white outfit and holding an old-fashioned cane.
and-
With them standing behind him in a polite manner, there was a devil-level archvillain sitting alone on the sofa with his legs crossed—’Hela’.
The demon lord who had just descended to this land was resting his chin on his arms crossed on his crossed legs and lightly nodding his head while listening to the two demons talking behind him.
‘···Looking at it like this, the atmosphere is no joke.’
A beautiful appearance that is not obscured by extraneous elements such as tall horns between long, roughly tied black hair, black wings on the back, and black and red eyes.
In addition, the figure that made even the clothes worn roughly on her body look like works of art due to the lack of women’s clothes, was so charming and overwhelmingly charismatic that I lowered my eyes without even daring to say anything.
Hubert was inwardly amazed at the sight and looked at his new avatar with fresh eyes.
Since this was my first time using a female avatar, I had to deal with numerous entities so far, so it was inevitable that I was still unfamiliar with it.
＜Object information＞
-Entity name: Hella
-Race: Demon Lord
-Common characteristics: 「Mind Herb」, 「Persona」, 「Xenoglossy」, 「Subspace Storage」, 「Limit Breakthrough」, 「Mimicry」
-Individual characteristics: 「Demon King」, 「Annihilator」, 「World of Demon Heaven」, 「Magic Power Control」, 「Mysterious Eyes of Domination」, 「Bright Country Color」, 「Lord of Illusion」
– Special Features: Han Seong-hyun’s twelfth avatar. The horn, right arm, and eyeball containing the essence of the 14th Demon King Leraye were used as a medium. The influence of the medium was so strong that some of the characteristics from when he was alive were inherited. Not only does it contain enormous energy, but it also has strong resistance to divine power.
Not only did it achieve transcendence immediately upon birth, but it also had as many as seven individual characteristics at birth.
These are all high-level characteristics that combine various skills and overlap effects, so it is no exaggeration to say that the being who was born complete from the beginning was the Demon Lord Hela.
“Demon Lord”, which is a racial characteristic and the foundation of all abilities, “Annihilator” who is involved in aggression and combat in general, and “Demon World”, which brings its own unique domain to the world.
‘Hans also possesses “magic control.” And the other three…’
「Mystical Eye of Domination」, 「Gyeonggukjisaek」, and 「Lord of Illusion」.
These abilities, which are based on possessing and dominating an object and reigning over it, were very closely related to the lineage of Leraye, the 14th Demon King.
‘I never would have thought that the Demon King was a succubus hybrid. ‘I was inadvertently overlooking it because I was only considering the performance of the material.’
Perhaps that had a huge impact on the inability to change the s*x of the individual.
It was rather strange that the mediators that possessed such power were attacked like that, but ended up becoming male.
‘Well, it’s useless to discuss it now. ‘It’s a type that hasn’t been seen before, so it must have some utility.’
After organizing his thoughts, Hubert looked at Hella with a subtle expression.
A beautiful appearance that is different from other beauties I have seen so far.
However, his gaze as he looked at such a beautiful woman contained only a wavering emotion.
···No matter how pretty she looked, she was herself.
Only the appearance was different, but the basis of existence, soul, and self were the same, so it was impossible to recognize them differently.
It’s like looking at yourself in a mirror, perfectly disguised as a woman.
I don’t know if he was a narcissist, but as someone who prides himself on having extremely ordinary tastes, I just felt very uncomfortable.
‘I might give it a high score in terms of art, though.’
Of course, if you look at it objectively, there will not be many people who can even be compared to Hella.
If there are any candidates, at least the vampires including Saint Riesta, Jin So-ran and Bricky, or Crown Princess Riley, the elf Shapiron, the great sorcerer Misty, Zhuge Hyemina, Nangong So-ran, the dragons of Geumgo Island, and the orthodox succubus Sianna. It should be…
‘···what? ‘There’s more than I thought?’
While I was thinking like that, I paused without realizing it.
Suddenly, I realized a new fact that I had not been conscious of before.
‘Were there this many women around me?’
They are all beautiful women who show off their individual charms.
When I realized that fact, one topic naturally came to mind.
‘…Could it be that I was a rare alpha male?’
A fact that no one knew… not even the person involved!
But that unfounded confidence soon disappeared like bubbles.
I’ve never even had a real relationship, let alone a relationship, so what kind of alpha male am I?
‘Tsk, then that’s right.’
For some reason, I feel a surge of regret.
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So I decided to stop my random thoughts here and move on with the story.
“Hubert? Now that you’ve roughly figured out the situation, come over here. “I scolded them, so don’t worry.”
Hubert walked slowly to the captivating voice that tickled his ears just by hearing it and headed towards the place where the demons were.
Then he sat down on the sofa across from where Diana was sleeping and glanced at Hela who was sitting at the head of the table.
‘The pressure is even greater when we meet up close. Even though I’m hiding my energy as much as possible.’
The two devils standing on either side of the back of the chair stared at Hubert with wide eyes.
It’s as if he wants to rip off your head the moment you commit rudeness.
Hubert, who averted his gaze at that burning loyalty, laughed inwardly.
‘It looks like there is no problem with dominance.’
Originally, it was almost impossible for even a high-ranking succubus to brainwash a powerful person who had reached that level, but in this case, the story was different.
They were a race of demons with origins in the demon world, and Hella was the new ruler of the demon world whose legitimacy was certain – the demon king.
“I’ve explained it to these kids, so they won’t do any harm to you in the future. Now, you guys should apologize properly too, right?”
“Hmm, if you had revealed that you were Hela’s servant a long time ago, you wouldn’t have done something like this.”
“hehehehe, I almost made a big mistake too. As a body that serves a master like us, let’s forget the mistakes of the past and do well.”
Indeed, like the devil, his attitude is to just crush the apples and move on.
Of course, Hela did not let such trick go unnoticed.
“Use it.”
“···I’m sorry, please forgive me.”
“Well, I would like to formally apologize as well. “I will make sure to repay this debt.”
A trap planted on the continent by Demon King Hela.
That was the new setting given to Hubert.
This may explain why she protected him.
And there was one more very large issue involved in this setting…
‘Is there anything more to say than a merchant’s relationship?’
It was at this time that he expanded his business into the demon world with the background of being a demon lord.
Of course, it will not be an easy task as there is a dimensional barrier that cannot be easily crossed, but it just so happens that you have a capable slave who can be used in many ways… no, you have subordinates, right?
‘hehehehe, if Hubert Company can dominate the Demon World market…’
It did not matter if the land did not follow a normal market economy.
After all, what he really wanted was the enormous karma that would result from exercising influence.
“Anyway, what is there to say about forgiveness when you are on the same boat? Let’s do our best from now on.”
“oh! As expected, the barrel is big. “I recognized it right away…”
“That’s what I’m saying.”
Visions of karma pouring down from the sky filled his retinas.
He lightly licked his lips, swallowed his saliva, and spoke with sparkling eyes.
“···There is a business I’m thinking about right now, but it’s not easy to proceed with it, right? “Perhaps I could get some help from you there?”
It was the moment when the dark merchant without blood or tears, who would sell goods to the devil in exchange for money (karma), opened his eyes.
***
“Hmm.”
Hela, who was fully armed with magic weapons taken from Horus’s “Golden Treasury,” nodded in satisfaction as she slowly clenched and unclenched her fists.
My body, which used to be awkward, has now become quite accustomed to it.
Hadn’t he already dealt with undead who had nothing but bones, stocky dwarves, and even the body of a dragon that didn’t even have a human shape left on it?
It was rather funny to be embarrassed by the size of women’s bodies now.
Of course, as he lived his entire life as a man, there was quite a bit of residual rejection, but the “Persona” that controls the emotions and tendencies in the avatar allowed him to naturally operate “Hella” regardless of his feelings about the main body.
Just like other avatars have done so far.
However, in the meantime, I couldn’t help but be concerned about the personality of the individual…
The problem was that Hella’s speech was a little rough and easy-going, but no matter how you looked at her body, you could not see her as a man.
‘Could it be that this is the femininity that was latent inside me or something like that?’
What does it mean to be feminine to someone who is really masculine?
When I realized that, I couldn’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable.
‘Ugh! Harley… I need a Harley…! Harley munches on undercooked meat and swallows it!’
I feel like the internal wounds I suffered from Hans’s chubby-pathological words and actions in the early days of acquiring “Persona” are relieving.
However, I tried to think positively as I watched Harley roaring wildly and inhaling meat.
In any case, the very slightest bit of femininity that remained inside of her has been scraped to the ground and thrown into one place, so if she manages to control this, won’t she literally become the embodiment of a manly man?
‘Yeah, it’s not that bad if you think about it that way.’
In the process of calming down, some of Dracal’s citizens complained about noise pollution due to Harley’s roar, which showed off his wild nature, but this was something he could not do anything about.
‘···Well, I guess I could just save my money and hold a meat festival. Rather than that, the priority now is to understand the situation in the Demon World.’
Hubert, who was faithful to his role as a merchant, immediately began making preliminary preparations to open a business route in the Demon World, but in fact, the immediate priority was to deal with the problem that had now arisen in the Demon World.
The reason he started taking interest in the demon world in the first place was because of his anxiety about it.
Of course, the most important thing in solving a problem was collecting information, and in that sense, the two demons who had just left the Demon World were an excellent source of information.
.··It should have been so.
“Well, actually, I’m not that interested in the situation, so what I told Hubert is all I know. “If that’s okay with you…”
“hehehe, I’m sorry. It’s been over 5 years since I left the demon world, so I don’t have the latest information… “For now, let me tell you what I know.”
It was a bit unreliable, but to summarize what I heard, it could be seen as a ‘fight between factions over who will be the next Demon King.’
It has been going on for hundreds of years and has now become an event that is nothing special.
The explanation was that this was also the reason why the Demon World was quiet during the time when the Immortal King was rampaging after the 14th Demon King Leraye led the Demon King’s army and invaded the continent more than a thousand years ago.
‘···Now that I think about it, there was also one essence of the Succubus Queen, a member of the Demon King’s Army, in the “Golden Treasury”.’
They added materials that were of lower quality than the Demon King’s remains, but excluded them for fear of having a negative effect…
‘A succubus mixed race demon king and succubus queen executive. Now that I think about it, it’s highly likely that their relationship wasn’t just that of a monarch and a subject.’
Anyway, what was important now was the fact that besides those two demons, I had one more point of contact with the demon world.
There is also a special link that is presumed to be quite closely related to the previous Demon King.
‘Siana.’
Hans’ subordinate succubus who belongs to the Immortal Army.
Since the lifespan of the demon race is quite long, we may have known about those who died more than a thousand years ago.
Even if that weren’t the case, they produced the previous Demon King and high-ranking executives, so the remaining faction in the Demon World must not be that small.
‘If you swallow it whole…’
It will be easier to carry out work in the demon world.
Demon King Hela nodded slowly and immediately took action.
And the immortal king Hans also began to move in step with him.
A terrible collaboration that would have made everyone in the world scream if they knew about it had begun.
No one knew that fact yet.
