Chapter 418 – Extension
“Jun, are you sure you’re okay? “It may be on the lower floors, but this is the 55th floor.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. “Don’t worry, just talk about yourself.”
To Bruce’s nervous question, Jun answered with a confident voice, as when making a promise.
It was as if he was talking about the obvious fact that the sun would rise tomorrow morning as well, so Bruce felt Jun’s presence once again.
“June. In the time we haven’t seen each other for a while, you have become something even more amazing.”
“Huh? Well, that’s right.”
“On the other hand, I am the same, no, I must have become an even worse person because I was fired from the position of the Four Heavenly Kings.”
Bruce’s self-mocking voice.
Although the voice was different, the emotions contained within it were very familiar.
This is the feeling that Park Han-jun, who had not had a proper job until his late 20s, had every time he saw his friends who had succeeded in getting a job.
Thanks to this, Jun knew very well that hasty consolation in times like this would lead to anger.
In times like this, it was enough to wait for words to continue in silence rather than comfort.
“I’ve always been like that. When my childhood friends climbed high, I always had to watch them from below. There is also the position of the Four Heavenly Kings. I didn’t take my power. My older brother, who became the devil lord, or rather, my childhood friend, gave it to me through coercion. Haha!”
Even though there was nothing to make him laugh, Bruce burst out laughing as if he was really happy.
It felt like he was asking people to laugh at him for having risen to a high position through connections, so the louder his laughter got, the more silent he became.
“Besides me, all of my other childhood friends achieved the status of Four Heavenly Kings through their own efforts. Was that why? At some point, he started treating me like an insignificant person. Later, it got so bad that no one treated me as one of the Four Heavenly Kings.”
“What about the devil? “Isn’t that what the devil should have done?”
Bruce shook his head weakly with a bitter smile.
There was no need to ask what it meant.
“So that’s it. I’m very happy now. Because you didn’t do that. Even though he has risen to a high position, unlike my childhood friends, he treats me like an equal friend. Even though you and I are enemies and I even betrayed you.”
“Don’t run too much. “It’s all because there’s a good reason.”
Jun told Bruce one by one about his friend’s clothes, which were extremely unfortunate compared to the women’s clothes, the evil friends who were like enemies that he made because of the friend’s clothes, and the tearful incidents he had to experience because of those bad friends.
Even though he didn’t tell everything and only told a few impressive stories, when the story was over, Bruce’s face was as pale as if he had just watched a horror movie of the century.
“My, what I went through was a bad thing.”
“Okay. And that’s why I can’t easily give up on a friend like you. “Compared to the evil people I talked about, you are a very normal friend.”
Bruce nodded his head silently.
I meant to agree, but that just made me feel bad.
“By the way, you didn’t give up on Lilith either. Lilith is the one who treated you like a fool, and she won’t do the same to you.”
“That’s right. But it wasn’t as severe as Damon and Kaito. If I was having a hard time, he would comfort me secretly behind my back.”
“Hmm. “I don’t feel like saying this, but…”
“Even that comfort could have been a process designed to torment me? “I know.”
A grim scenario that would make even Satan stand out.
Even the probability of the scenario being correct was very high.
But Bruce’s voice wasn’t bad.
Even if the gloomy scenario was true, he remained calm, as if it didn’t matter.
How is that possible?
“No matter what the intention behind the consolation, it is a clear fact that it gave me strength.”
“He gave me strength during the most difficult times. That’s definitely worth saving. So what danger is she in now? How did you end up in prison? Stop talking nonsense and tell me now.”
Bruce nodded and quickly told the story of what had happened.
“Just before the Destruction Demon, or rather the Angel Fortuna, destroyed Lilith’s Soul Orb, I barely managed to save her soul bead, so I decided that I could no longer continue the mission and returned to the Demon King’s Castle.”
Damon and Kaito excitedly pushed Bruce and Lilith, who returned after failing their mission, to be punished even though they could not welcome them warmly.
“My brother judged the opinions of those two people to be reasonable, and following Damon’s argument, he dismissed me from my position as the Four Heavenly Kings.”
Because he expected that this would happen someday, Bruce stepped down from his position as the Four Heavenly Kings without any complaints, and it is said that the Demon King decided that the punishment was enough and did not impose any further punishment.
“Then why were you in prison?”
“… I rebelled. After hearing Lilith’s punishment that was handed down after me.”
Although Liris was not dismissed from her position as the Four Heavenly Kings, the punishment given to her was so cruel that it was thought that it would be better for her to be dismissed.
“When she fought Fortuna, the damage she received was greater than expected and Lilith was unable to come to her senses even though her soul was restored. Kaito, who had been eyeing her since long ago, did not miss the opportunity. That guy is Lilith, Lilith… Wow!”
Let’s use it as a seedbed for producing babies.
The bastard named Kaitor suggested that to the Demon King.
And the devil…
“It’s reasonable! If she’s the queen of dream horses, she’ll definitely give birth to great babies! Brother! No, that’s what that bastard said!”
At first, I thought I heard wrong.
But when Kaito picked up Lilith’s body, drooling over her, it was only then that Bruce realized.
He said he didn’t hear wrong.
“My mind has turned completely white. When she came to her senses later, she was already leaving the Demon King’s castle with Lilith on her back.”
“You managed to escape there.”
“A hermit. It’s thanks to my power as a demon. Even if it is not helpful in battle, there is nothing like its power in running away.”
However, no matter how effective it is, it is useless if there is no energy to support it.
Bruce, who had so little demonic power that he could be mistaken for a human, was captured not long after escaping from the Devil’s Castle.
“In the end, I was imprisoned as punishment for daring to rebel against the devil’s decision. I don’t know what happened to Lilith after that, as she was immediately locked away. But”
“I’m sure he’s being ignored by that bastard named Kaito.”
“Crack! Okay, so let’s hurry.”
“Is that necessary? “We’re already there.”
“… What?”
Bruce opened his eyes in surprise at the completely unexpected answer.
Jun complained that the promise had been broken, but he had no time to soothe his complaints.
“Well, it’s true. It’s really the 60th floor.”
Even after washing my eyes and searching, my current location was the 60th floor.
It’s not just the entrance, it’s right in front of the boss room.
The building in front of me was the proof.
A signboard depicting a naked succubus.
The exterior wall of the building has all its color peeling off and has cracks everywhere.
And the faint sound of a woman chanting.
The building that appeared to be a window at a glance was the 60th floor boss room, Night of the Succubus, directly managed by Liris, the Queen of Dream Demons and one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
‘It’s only been 10 minutes since I closed my eyes, and we’re already here? The distance between the 55th and 60th floors alone would have been as long as crossing the empire, and there would have been countless monsters blocking that distance.’
It was an impossible task, no matter how powerful a human being was.
What on earth happened to the friend in front of me while I was not seeing him for a while?
“A rather great being.”
“What is that! Speak clearly!”
“That’s just how I know it. Even if I tell you clearly, you won’t believe me.”
No matter how flexible a person is, he would not believe that his friend became a god without even seeing him for a moment.
Everyone will laugh it off and ask if it’s a joke.
It would be no different from Bruce.
I didn’t want to waste time persuading him in an urgent situation.
“Ah, I still have to ask this. Bruce, do you blame me and Fortuna?”
Jun and Fortuna were not entirely responsible for Bruce and Lilith ending up in the current situation.
Jun and Fortuna simply cruelly trampled on the enemy’s intentions, but the trampled party could have thought differently.
“… Honestly, there were times when I resented it. If Lilith had suffered even a little less damage, things would not have gotten to this point. But not now. You guys did nothing wrong. You guys were just defending yourself. If we had to judge right or wrong, it would be with my brother, or rather the devil, who gave us such an order.”
“Do you really think so?”
“Yes, I think so.”
June looked carefully into Bruce’s eyes.
When he looked calmly, his eyes were filled with only gratitude, not resentment.
“Are you finished checking? Then let’s go quickly.”
“Okay. Let’s go, go.”
Unable to resist Bruce’s urging, Jun opened the door to the Changgwan wide.
Welcome, gentleman.
Oh my, you are so handsome.
How are you with me tonight?
Luxurious interior.
Soft lighting that further enhances the atmosphere.
And beautifully decorated women.
At first glance, unlike the exterior of the building, which was a commercial building, the interior of the building was luxurious enough to make you think you were in a hotel.
However, despite this, Changgwan’s unique vulgar and dirty atmosphere was not hidden.
The interior was so obsessed with luxury that it was harmonious and awkward, like a rich man’s house.
Behind the soft lighting, I could see clouds of accumulated dust and wallpaper stained with something I didn’t know.
Above all, women.
Although they had expensive dresses and accessories, and equally dazzling looks,
“Don’t touch me. “Don’t come any closer.”
I saw it the moment our eyes met.
Two eyes filled with dirty desire.
The moment I got close, I stabbed her in the nose.
A filthy stench that hasn’t been washed for several days.
“I feel bad.”
That one word was enough.
To express them,
Kieeek!
To bring out their essence.
