Chapter 254 – 254. Discussion With the Demon King (4)
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The red light spread like a mirage and rolled over.
Eventually, as it began to take shape,
Hwagwang, who was rampaging like an ascending serpent, was completed in human form.
A woman with hanging dark blue hair with a reddish tint appeared in the light. She had the same appearance as the Savnak in front of her, so much so that one might think that they were twin sisters born from the same mother’s belly.
“Savnak, you called me, the third descendant of the Demon God, to find answers to your questions…. Missing me must have been your calling? Do you still have regrets?”
The woman opened her mouth.
The woman who appeared in front of her was the shape of the heatwave’s demonic core, voluntarily borrowing the appearance of Savnak.
Without the form, it was impossible to speak on an equal footing, so the demonic core of the heatwave borrowed the mana of the Yushin to temporarily take shape.
The heat wave, which appeared out of nowhere without asking Yushin for a separate opinion, looked at Savnak, who had called him, with a heartless look.
“You have changed a lot since the last time I saw you. Have you ever dyed your hair?”
Yushin asked.
The heat wave distorted her face.
It was the same expression as Savnak, befitting the figure borrowed from Savnak’s appearance.
“It happened when my nuclear body and your thunderbolts were united. Because of that, the nucleus, which was a crystal encased in the power of a pure heatwave, has become cheap without knowing the fundamentals.”
In response to the heat wave, Yushin recalled the magic core of the heat wave that Heinkel had shown.
Half of the magic cores stolen from Savnak.
And the assembly of filled thunderbolts in place of the half in Savnak.
The magic core of Yushin’s heatwave was made up of two colors. As the thunderbolt was overlaid on the power of the heat wave, it became a new form. The heatwave dismissed it as ‘cheap without knowing the root’, as if it was very unpleasant.
“How dare you make me, the third descendant of the Demon God, look like this….”
As if proving that the magic core of the heat wave had changed into a new form, the hair of the heat wave, which was the same as Savnak’s, was discolored dark blue.
The heatwave grinded teeth to pieces.
Sharp bolts of lightning flew all around her.
A red heat wave accompanied by blue lightning. The heat wave, integrated with the thunderbolt, soon became a new form called the power of the depth charge, and was raging around the heat wave.
“Demon King of Depth Charge, Yushin Gilead.”
The heat wave named Yushin, who became the new demon king while acquiring all the power and authority of the demon king, as the “Demon King of Depth Lightning.”
At that unfamiliar name, Yoo-shin was disgusted with an expression that made him grow chicken.
“It’s as disgusting as the unpleasant name of brain fracture.”
“Shut up.”
The heat wave, which maintained a solemn appearance while making an expression of displeasure, lost its composure at a word of Yushin.
More offensive than any insult,
In particular, the heatwave was outright angry at Yushin’s suspicion of the second grade disease.
It happened because he borrowed Savnak’s appearance for the imagery and even his personality resembled him. It was because of that that Yeom Yeom was suspected of being seriously ill by Yu Shin. Of course, the heatwave wasn’t without its downside.
“Heaven, why did you choose Yushin Gilead? Yushin Gilead is not a descendant of the Demon God. Originally, it would have been the principle that the magic core belonged only to the descendants of demons.”
Savnak asked.
He demanded an answer as to why he did not return to him and stayed with Yushin.
The heat wave said to him.
“I only lend my strength to those with a strong will. It does not intervene in good and evil, in the dark, in the holy devil, in order and in chaos. The only thing that matters to me is strength, and only those with a strong will are qualified to embrace me, the third descendant of demons.”
When Yushin struck the final blow,
It was the will of the heat wave that made the half of the split magic core dwell in Yushin.
If the heatwave had not acknowledged Yushin as the new master, the demon core would have remained with Savnak as it was split in two. In other words, Yushin’s enchantment with the magic core was purely a decision made by the authority of the heat wave.
“… Is it because I was defeated by Yushin Gilead?”
“Don’t jump to conclusions, Savnak. I only respected the will of Gilead, who fought against you with desperate determination, and recognized him as the new successor to the heat wave.”
The courage to challenge the demon lord of the heat wave even though he knew he could never win,
The noble pride and honor of resisting the king of ten thousand horses to save the elves,
The foolishness of never hesitating even though his body was covered in blood from numerous wounds and injuries,
The heat wave, which watched all of this through Savnak’s eyes, recognized Gilead, the Yushin God, as the new successor, who had won the victory after overcoming hundreds of death threats.
“Savnak, you have taken down countless opponents with a single sword. I pay homage to your noble fighting spirit, who won the victory only with your own pure strength, without relying on authority. You were definitely one of the top five successors of all generations.”
“Even so, did you mean that Yushin Gilead was chosen as the new successor?”
“You have won against opponents that are difficult to beat, but Yushin Gilead has won against you, who could never be defeated.”
“…….”
Savnak had to shut his mouth at the remark of the heat wave that stabbed his heart sharply.
Did you agree with her answer?
He silently nodded his head with a pensive face.
“I didn’t know there was such a profound reason. Best of luck in the future, partner.”
“Shut up.”
The heat wave distorted Yushin’s face as he made a smirk.
Chijik——!!
A thrilling blow of the level of static electricity that occurs when you touch a fur coat in the middle of winter was dealt to Yushin.
Yoo-shin, who tried to close arms with the heat wave, gave up on the attempt and had to step back.
“Just as Gilead, the God of Restoration, accepted the thunderbolt into the demon core and completed it in a new form, I must also create a demon core with the corresponding power.”
It is impossible to kill all the puppets of the grid with only half a magic core.
I needed the same strength as before.
It had to be a flawless appearance when he competed against the Demon Lord Slayer of the Holy Empire.
So Savnak asked Yushin, who completed the half-magic core in a new form, how to do it. It was because in order to achieve revenge against the beast of lust and to appease the souls and ghosts of his subordinates who died unjustly, he needed absolute power.
“Savnak, that was an expedient that was only possible because Gilead, the God of Restoration, was an imperfect human being. No, it was only possible because he was Yushin Gilead. It is a territory that is not permitted to you, the devil.”
“Then in the end… , Do you mean that there is no other way than to get the magic core back from Gilead?”
In response to Savnak’s question with a stiff expression on his face, Heat Wave said in a voice that seemed difficult to answer.
“It is not that there is no way. But….”
The heat wave clouded his speech for a moment.
When she hesitates her answer for a moment,
The realm created by the power of the heat wave shook like a surface of water raging with strong waves.
“Savnak!!”
A high elf woman with pale purple blonde hair hanging down to her waist forcibly interfered in the small space created by the power of the heat wave with a voice full of rage.
When the dark green overflowed, with her holy sword hanging down,
She spewed her hatred towards Savnak, unleashing her terrifying murderous intent all over her body.
“Savnak, I will kill you this time.”
The powers bestowed by El Cid radiated from Ardena’s body like a tornado.
And also, the enormous amount of energy received from the World Tree wriggled at once.
The power of the oath and the life force of the world tree.
The existence of Ardena, which possessed both El Cid’s power and the power of the World Tree, was enough to threaten Savnak.
This time, as if to see the end of her until one side fell apart, Ardena aimed her sharp blade at her savannah, unleashing a bit of her unwavering intent to kill. As if she said she would take her life without fail.
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Ardena saw that her soul was headed for her sanctuary, and she secretly followed it.
It wasn’t a very serious reason.
It was just an action that stemmed from an unfounded suspicion that she was cheating on her by any means.
However, the moment she discovered a terrifying new presence in her sanctuary, Ardena took it seriously, clearing her mischievous mind that she would surprise her Yushin. The sign she caught in her sanctuary was the sign of Sabnak, the demon lord of the heat wave, the enemy of the crippled Daecheon, whom she could never forget.
“Savnak———!!”
The woman’s furious shout broke the stillness of the evergreen forest.
A monster that sacrificed countless compatriots,
It was a warning to the King of Manma, who threatened the safety and peace of his compatriots with a terrible invasion.
While shouting the name of the opponent he hated endlessly, he swung his sword at Savnak, who did not hold the hilt. It is an attack without the slightest hesitation. It was an act so hateful that he even forgot the rule he had made for himself to never attack an opponent who did not raise a sword.
“Kuk!”
Savnak, who drew the hilt in an instant like pulling a pistol from a holster, swallowed a silence as he blocked Ardena’s sword.
He grimaced at the pain inflicted on his hands.
It was because Ardena blocked her reckless attack with her imperfect posture.
It was Savnak, her master swordsman, who could barely block it, but if she were any other swordsman, Ardena’s sword swung like a slash, and she would have been cut in half from head to crotch.
“Yushin, where are you hurt?!”
Ardena asked in an urgent voice.
She never doubted Yushin.
Without saying anything to herself, she encountered Savnak, the enemy of the crippled Daecheon, but rather she looked after his safety first.
For Ardena, Yushin was an object of admiration and admiration, but he could never be the object of suspicion.
“It’s okay. There are no injuries.”
“Surely that cunning devil was trying to seduce you. To lure you in and steal your magic core….”
“…….”
At Ardena’s words, Yushin shut her mouth.
Seeing her hatred, it seemed that she would not listen to anything she said.
“You have grown a lot, Ardena Valencia. Did he now embrace the power of El Cid? I can even feel the power of the World Tree…. It looks like it’s completely different from when I was just being miserable.”
“It is to destroy groups like you who threaten the peace and safety of our compatriots.”
Perhaps it was to avenge her defeat by Savnak in the past, but Ardena began to rapidly grow stronger like a fast-running beast.
She said, ‘I’m sure you were El Cid’s disciple. Maybe that’s why the image of that detestable woman was reflected.’
It is no exaggeration to say that she is the embodiment of El Cid.
Just as Savnak felt when he first saw her in her past, she remembered El Cid who had humiliated her in her Ardena form.
Since it was a sudden power, she was somewhat clumsy in handling the life force of the World Tree and the authority of El Cid, but if she continued to grow and train herself, it seemed that she would reign as a strong person comparable to the six demon lords.
“But it is still a long way off. You are not yet my adversary, Ardena Valencia.”
“Don’t be cocky, Savnak.”
Savnak eventually corrected his posture, holding his scrap sword.
A full-scale attack is about to unfold.
Ardena, who recalled the time she fought with Savnak in the past, said that sharp attacks would come from various directions, and she put on a nervous expression.
“Savnak, I will definitely destroy you with my own hands.”
As Ardena sent her warning to Savnak, she expressed her determination and conviction.
