Chapter 159 – Consequences of Gambling – 2
“Maintain your formation as much as possible!”
“Watch out for those falling from the trees!”
The battle in the forest was fierce.
Just by listening from afar, you could hear dozens… No, hundreds of urgent cries, which included harsh sounds of metal and screams.
“I guess I have to go now.”
A complex magic circle was drawn on the floor of this place, a little away from the battlefield.
And there were three people standing on top of it, me, Melissa, and Leia.
“If you teleport, we will immediately waste time, so use that time to break through straight to the Demon King’s Castle.”
“I, too, will try my best to cause as much trouble as I can.”
There was tension on the faces of the two people.
A gamble where you jump into a situation where you might die.
They were the most trustworthy colleagues at this moment, showing trust and expectations by entrusting everything to me.
“Please do me a favor.”
My heart is weighed down by the pressure and burden.
More tension than when facing death.
The sensations I felt throughout my body felt so unfamiliar and strange that I thought I had become a different person.
‘In the end, you end up going through this hardship.’
As I grabbed the handle of the sword to calm myself, I felt a familiar touch through my palm.
The light yet firm handle quickly restored calm.
As always, I have no choice but to come this far.
As I thought about it like that, as usual, I started to feel a little more relaxed in my mind.
‘Well… It’s not like there’s no compensation.’
There were many things involved that led to the subjugation, but I have no intention of going back empty-handed.
To me, who doesn’t care much about fame or money, you are a warrior who defeated the Demon King, and you are a fool, and these are all things I don’t need.
The reward I wanted was, as always, a lump of desire.
Since I went through all the hardships caused by the Demon King, I should capture him alive and enjoy his body to my heart’s content.
The devil is a great danger to mankind.
The joy of subduing her will be sufficient reward.
‘I will torment you as much as I want.’
At that moment, anticipation was already spreading in my head to the point where I almost let out a dark laugh.
As a result, the tension of the battle was fading away.
Instead, a strange feeling of anticipation was flowing through my veins.
While the hand holding the handle unconsciously tensed, Leia and Melissa cast teleportation.
“Then let me begin.”
Soon, the pure white light unique to teleportation completely covered my vision.
The heartbeat I felt in a short moment suddenly became very fast.
Originally, teleportation would have meant moving to a specific location with the vision briefly blinking, but it felt like time was passing slowly.
But it wasn’t that long, and the green forest and numerous monsters filled the field with vision again.
“Kiiike…!” This… Is a human! “
“Keueeeeek—!”
“The enemy has appeared behind us!”
Compared to humans, various shouts with very strong personalities scratch unpleasantly in the ears.
As expected, the monsters that discovered us rushed at us right away.
However, those who were relatively nearby ended their lives in the intense fire.
Grrrr!
“Keueuuuuu!!!!”
“Boo… It’s fire…!”
“Get off!”
Due to the intense heat spreading around them, the monsters had no choice but to step back and watch the situation.
However, Leia did not pay attention at all and immediately returned to her dragon form.
“It’s a dragon!”
“Don’t be scared!”
Glossy red scales and huge wings overflowing with majesty.
The monsters were momentarily taken aback by the large and powerful creature that appeared in the middle of her battlefield, but they immediately rushed at her.
“You’re so arrogant!”
Leia’s intimidating voice, which I heard after a long time, shook the forest.
She hit the charging guys with her huge legs, and various corpses flew into the air along with the uprooted trees.
“Don’t panic, surround and attack!”
The monsters’ offensive was so intense that it could almost be described as pouring down.
On the outside, it looked like Leia was slaughtering the enemy, but injuries were slowly forming on her body.
“It will cause confusion, so dig into the gap.”
To help her, Melissa chanted her spell and her pure white chains rose from her floor.
Dozens of chains continued to pierce the monsters’ bodies like skewers.
Leia and Melissa’s indiscriminate attack.
Naturally, the monsters’ attention was focused on them.
“Then… Let’s go see the devil’s face.”
Boom!
Pour mana into your legs and make your body bounce.
There were no monsters that could respond to the explosive movement in the chaos.
Occasionally, there were some who tried to attack in their own way, but they were turned into pieces of meat just by swinging their swords in passing.
“A suspicious guy is heading to the Devil’s Castle!”
“Catch the dragon and that woman before that!”
As expected, heading to the Demon King’s Castle was much easier.
Most of the troops were currently fighting fiercely with the Allied Forces, and those in the rear were also stranded.
I was able to reach the entrance to the Demon King’s Castle in an instant just by running while cutting down the occasional guys that got in my way.
“It looks so ominous.”
There was a gloomy atmosphere when seen from afar, but it was even worse when seen up close.
The color is so dull and dark that anyone would think it was a cursed castle when they first saw it.
The presence of a powerful and dark force flowing from within strongly stimulated the survival instinct.
But I couldn’t stop my legs from moving.
“Invasion···! Keuuuuu! ‘
As soon as he plunges his sword into the neck of the monster that was standing as the gatekeeper, he throws himself inside.
The sun was already high in the sky outside, but inside the Demon King’s Castle it was strangely dark.
But fortunately, thanks to the flowing energy, it wasn’t that difficult to guess where the Demon King was.
‘It was easy up to this point, but then the problem comes.’
A feeling of intimidation so strong that it can be felt vividly despite the distance.
The sense that made me feel how powerful the Demon King was destroyed any optimistic thoughts.
There were far fewer monsters than outside, but the tingling skin was tightening the tension that had loosened.
“Is it finally time to meet face to face?”
The Demon King’s Castle was huge, but it didn’t take long to find the target as long as you knew where it was.
As evidence, a stronger power than before was leaking from inside the door.
An ominous door with a black glow.
There was no need to even ask who the being behind this was.
When I kicked it with all my might, the door flew away with a cheerful sound.
Kwaaang—!
“You’re here.”
As soon as you enter, a small but clear voice penetrates your ears.
Despite his somewhat violent appearance, his calm voice felt like he was scraping off his survival instinct.
No matter what happens, he is confident that he will never be defeated.
The calm that only a being with such power can have.
A chilling sensation ran down my spine, and alertness rose.
“There’s no need to ask who it is.”
Black armor sitting on a throne.
The person wearing it proudly revealed his or her presence to the point that no explanation was needed.
The red eyes shining through the intimidating helmet were looking down at me arrogantly.
“I never thought trouble would come to me on its own like this.”
“That’s quite a coincidence. “I was thinking that was a problem too.”
Approach her with her sword in her hand.
The sound of footsteps echoing around felt like a signal before a typhoon arrives.
Step by step. Step by step.
As the distance narrowed, the tingling of the skin became worse.
Accordingly, her alertness and tension were rising infinitely.
“I never thought I would make such a stupid choice at the end.”
Even though the distance to attack was narrowed, the demon king sitting on the throne was relaxed.
She just looked at me intently, as if she was observing me, and showed no sign of getting up.
“Stupid choice? “If you see me alone like this, I think my plan was successful.”
“That was a stupid choice. “I used all the soldiers I could gather as bait, and you, the biggest saboteur, will die by my hands.”
“We’ll see.”
He grabs the sword strongly and kicks the ground at the same time.
When the distance narrowed to just in front of me, I swung my sword, but all I could hear was the sharp noise of swords clashing with each other.
Chang—!
“You’re stupid, and you’re hastening death.”
At some point, there was an ominous red sword in her hand.
She was sitting and holding her sword arrogantly
“It’s time to get scolded, so get up now.”
