Chapter 237 – 237. The Power of the Demon King Has Awakened. [Claudia’s Decision][3]
“It’s delicious… It’s really delicious… I’m not just saying that, it’s real…!”
After dealing with the mutant zombies, Kim Tae-sik brought some food ingredients and cooked for Claudia.
Claudia was impressed by the taste.
“Does it suit your taste? “I felt it while I was doing it, but I thought it was too much of a style of food for people here…”
Sizzle…! Sizzle…! Sizzle…! Sizzle…!
Taesik Kim was grilling meat on an electric grill next to him.
After working hard to prepare dinner, I found out that it was kimchi stew, budae stew, etc.
Kim Tae-sik, who felt that it was not enough,
So no matter what country people are from, there is no way they would refuse to grill meat, so they were grilling beef.
“I’m delicious? “Witches especially eat a lot of food with soup, so they are used to this type of food.”
“The taste is delicious, but we believe that the essence within it must be properly brewed.”
However, perhaps it was Kim Tae-sik’s unlucky day, and Claudia was eating a lot of stew-type food.
The general population of Euphoria mainly consumes bread and meat, but
A witch usually eats soup made from special vegetables or fruits to boost her magical powers.
In some ways, the food that Taesik Kim served seemed like a step forward from that type of food in Claudia’s opinion.
“Look, Seraphim eats well too. He’s a picky eater. “But they say it’s delicious to eat without saying anything.”
Licking..! Licking…! Licking…! Licking…!
As if to show proof, Claudia pointed to Seraphim, who was lying down next to her, eating food from a thin bowl.
Hehe… Is it delicious Seraphim? Hehe…”
“Nya~~~Ang!♥”
As he watched this, Kim Tae-sik became a clown and ascended to heaven.
Seraphim responded to that laughter.
“Then, Claudia, are you making it by stirring it in a pot the size of a pot with a ladle the size of a spoon?”
Feeling better, Kim Tae-sik recreated the witches making elixirs he had seen in movies and animations.
‘That’s right. “We have a pot like that at home too.”
Grinning…!
Claudia laughed as if it was cute at Kim Tae-sik’s exaggerated gesture.
“I saw you cooking earlier, and you were really good at it, right? Do better than me. He is also good at handling knives. “To be honest, I do it with magic.”
Claudia’s praise for Kim Tae-sik never ceased.
It was worth it because for Claudia, it was the first time since Merlin that she had seen someone working hard for herself.
“Haha!! “Because I lived alone in my past life, I had no choice but to cook haha!!”
Claudia’s pouring praise,
Kim Tae-sik enjoyed it without reservation.
In his previous life, he would only order and eat for a day or two.
No matter how dexterous Kim Tae-sik was, he lived alone and could cook most dishes.
He was so lazy at the time that he had to cook, but it ended up being helpful.
“…”
It was a warm and friendly atmosphere.
Claudia also enjoyed the atmosphere.
Claudia, who had admired the taste of the food and smiled at Kim Tae-sik’s joke, soon turned into a slightly bitter expression.
“As expected… I should bring up the story first, right?”
Right…!
Claudia, still smiling with that bitter bitterness, placed the food or bowl down on the small table in front and said.
“No, there’s no need for that…”
Sigh…! Sigh…!
Kim Tae-sik then hesitated and put some soup into the stew to eat the rice.
After seeing the mutant zombie’s dark red eyes, Kim Tae-sik did not ask Claudia any questions about it.
This is because he also saw Claudia’s expression after the phenomenon occurred.
It seemed like a very complicated issue, so I didn’t want to talk about it right away.
Even more so because the atmosphere was so good.
“No. I think I should do it. We need to see something like that happen. “If I were your friend, I should tell you even more.”
However, Claudia’s position was different.
This is because the amount of information the two people know is very different.
“First of all, I used a strong binding spell to bind the mutant zombies, but the magic failed.”
“And the reason for the failure was because the mutant zombies had already been consumed by another force.”
Claudia began to tell Kim Tae-sik what she had experienced while casting the attribution spell.
“Encroachment by another force…? After all, that red eye glow was a different power…?”
On the way back, Kim Tae-sik thought about it carefully and thought that the red eyes of the zombies were the power of another being.
This was because it was completely different from the dark ether and Claudia’s magic, not just from a visual aspect, but also from his mana perception.
When Claudia confirmed it, I stopped scooping rice and looked at Claudia.
“Yes, it is not fully activated, but seems to be built into the zombies in a kind of latent form. “Then, when I tried to aggressively encroach, it instantly became activated.”
“In the end, my magical power was pushed aside, so you can think of it as a higher concept than my magical power.”
The sight of the zombies creaking like an evolutionary moment when Claudia first tried her binding spell;
It was a rejection reaction.
The rejection itself was a phenomenon that occurred because something was already established,
Claudia had increased the strength of her homing spell to bring it out.
“Claudia, if it is a higher concept than your magic power and has an effect on zombies as a whole rather than a specific area…”
Dark red energy,
The appearance of fighting monsters like zombies,
In addition, she has higher magical power than Claudia, who is close to the Great Witch,
There was something that came to mind due to those clues, but Kim Tae-sik did not say anything.
“Yes, the devil. “Zombies are now starting to fall under the Devil’s control.”
The power of the Demon King was beginning to awaken.
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“Kargarbul …!” “Kril …!” “Grrrr…!”
“The totem light flashed for a while?”
Ricardo, who was looking down at the zombies from the balcony, reacted to someone’s words.
“That’s right… I guess the way I see it…”
It was Alfredo.
Alfredo, who was completely loyal to Ricardo after the Gwangmyeonghoe Incident, was even directly reporting to Ricardo about the foundation’s Toneme situation.
“I guess it’s Claudia…”
Sigh…!
Ricardo was still looking down at the zombies and smiling.
“In order for the Demon King’s magic to be activated, the opponents would have to be mutant zombies over there…”
“-Kuuuuu| “ㅡkkkk!!!”
The zombies Ricardo was looking at were about 20 mutant zombies.
“To bring it out, it would have to be magic that erodes the inside rather than an external attack. Eventually, Claudia must have noticed that the situation has changed.”
Damn…! Damn…! Damn…! Damn…!
Ricardo turned around and walked towards the chair.
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“Devil…?”
When Cloudy said that the current zombies are belonging to the devil, Kim Tae-sik
I was surprised by the somewhat refined feel.
“Taesik, you knew too, right? The existence of the devil?”
This is because when Kim Tae-sik also thought of a being with magical power beyond Claudia, he thought of it as the Demon King.
Claudia also knew from the beginning that Kim Tae-sik was aware of the existence of the devil and was heading to Seoul.
“Uh… I heard it from an acquaintance in Seoul. About a pseudo-religious group called Dark Truth Church. “I don’t know if the demon lord mentioned in that group is the demon lord you’re talking about, Claudia, but that’s what I heard anyway.”
Nod…! Nod…! Nod…! Nod…!
So Kim Tae-sik nodded and admitted that he also knew about the existence of the devil.
“That’s the devil. “The Demon Lord that the Demon King Death Squad, using the tentative name of Dark Truth Church, is trying to resurrect, is the same Demon King that I told you about last time, who terrified Euphorie 100 years ago.”
He was the demon king Janus, who was slain by a warrior dotted by the goddess Nadia 100 years ago.
“Is it possible to revive someone even if they are dead?”
If it were a novel or an animation, I might have taken it for granted and found it rather exciting.
However, for Kim Tae-sik, who had to deal with it directly, it was a situation worthy of criticism.
“Taesik, you had a reincarnation too. “It’s similar, but the conditions must be met.”
However, Claudia made it clear that Kim Tae-sik, who had an absurd expression on his face, was the one who had experienced that absurd phenomenon.
“Ah… Right…!”
Kim Tae-sik, who almost made a mistake, immediately agreed.
“There are various gods in the universe. And the gods are divided into those who preside over specific regions or those whose abilities are close to those of gods and are classified as gods.”
“Usually the gods in a certain area have the power to control life. “That is the case with Nadia, the goddess who reincarnated you into Taesik.”
Afterwards, Claudia showed how great the goddess Nadia was, who had severely scolded Kim Tae-sik for being foolish.
‘Wow… The goddess’s name is Nadia… Oh..!!!’
However, Kim Tae-sik became even more frantic when he learned the name of the goddess.
“But sometimes, there are gods who are not that type of god but have tremendous power and control the life and death of life according to certain conditions.”
“Most of them are called evil spirits.”
“In many cases, this is done through unfair means, such as offering wealth. “For example, like the zombie apocalypse taking place on Earth PH-1 right now.”
Earth PH-1 was used as a resource for the resurrection of Janus, the demon king of Euphoria.
“Woah…”
Kim Tae-sik’s mouth fell open at the unimaginable tragedy.
“In my case, a situation arose and I received a call. “We had to evolve the dark ether, but the most efficient way was to create a zombie wave.”
“So, anyway, the apocalypse happened and this world was destroyed, and to be honest, I needed a lot of money, and as a witch who always did things alone, I wanted to have a sense of belonging. “I accepted it for those complex reasons.”
To Kim Tae-sik, who opened his mouth like that, Claudia told him about the background of her participation in the Dark Awakenings’ Demon King Resurrection Project.
‘First of all, Claudia was recruited separately after the apocalypse broke out… When I first met her, she said she was hired rather than a colleague, and that was the reason…’
Thanks to this, Kim Tae-sik understood the situation of Claudia, who was playing relatively separately from the Dark Awakenings.
“She worked as hard as she was paid to do, and it seems she has evolved beyond her expectations. “I didn’t think the devil’s power had already awakened.”
Claudia’s expression looked quite bitter.
In the end, it can be said that the Dark Awakening kept secret from them the tremendous event that began to awaken the power of the Demon King.
“…”
At that moment, Kim Tae-sik looked at Claudia in silence.
“Hey Claudia…”
Then she carefully opened her mouth.
“Yes… Tell me.”
Claudia slightly lowered her eyes and answered.
Although she was not directly involved, she has no qualms about the deaths of so many people.
This is because she is a witch who was hated and abandoned by people.
However, he feels sorry for telling Kim Tae-sik, who became his friend, about his life like this.
“What do you mean, there was a lot of financial need…?”
In the case of Claudia’s statement that she wanted to have a sense of belonging, Kim Tae-sik also had his own interpretation.
However, in the end, Kim Tae-sik also felt that the core of the concept of employment was the financial area.
“School.”
What Claudia wanted to do after saving a lot of money,
“I wanted to set up a witch school.”
It was to establish a witch school.
