Chapter 117 – 117 – But Do We Need to Know That?
Who knew? That people can dare to face the tragedy of the world.
Humanity, which had been immersed in a quagmire, was brought back to its feet by one superman. With his guidance, mankind was able to gain the courage to stand against all evil.
Thus, a group of heroes received the blessing of ‘aptitude’ and set off on a great expedition at the vanguard of humanity.
It would have been great if the story had ended with them succeeding.
And they succeeded.
Succeeded in facing a huge failure.
Who knew? That no amount of power they possess, not even the mysterious secret arts of a lost ancient civilization, not even the great twin brother and sister gods who gave them the blessing of aptitude, can ultimately completely eliminate the evil spirit ‘in’.
Although he succeeded in killing the demon god, the source of all evil in the world, the disappointment that followed was something no one expected.
“It will come back to life, just like before.”
“How long will it take?”
“Seven years. Maybe sooner.”
The wizard Evenna, who placed his hand on the demon’s gigantic corpse and closed his eyes, made a cold diagnosis in the end, even though he knew what his colleagues were hoping for.
There are few things in the world as bitter as the frustration at the threshold. The heroes who did not lose their smile while climbing the demon’s spine eventually broke down and became pale.
The cry echoes, asking, “What are we fighting for?” Some people sneered, saying they thought it was a mistake from the beginning.
The despair that spread among the strongest and bravest almost drove them into infighting.
“Stop.”
But Edin did not collapse. The greatest among them did not give up. It’s as if he firmly believes that he shouldn’t be like that.
Of course, believing that you can endure has a different weight than proving that you can actually endure.
“Rejandartam, I think we need to seriously think about the ‘next best solution’ we talked about before.”
“Don’t be ridiculous. I would rather watch the whole world wither away from the demon’s venom than leave you in that situation and forget about you.”
“You really should stop saying nonsense. Your grandson was born not long ago. If the world is destroyed like you said, where will that child grow up?”
Edin smiled innocently. Holding the sword made by Rezandartam, the first ‘Blacksmith of the Gods’ aptitude, like a cane.
“Let’s say I’m giving the egg, which turns one year old this year, its first birthday present. Mr. Dragon King.”
Everyone asked questions with their eyes as they had no idea what he was talking about.
Rezan Dartam, who was always confident because he was the greatest engineer of his time, opened his mouth for the first time, having difficulty getting his words out.
Maybe things would end up like this, so I received an oracle from the Twin Gods and secretly prepared a compromise.
The compromise was a terrible one. Building a prison using Hero Edin as parts. Putting a seal on the Demon God that will be maintained by his power for all eternity.
Their friends, who were carefully selected as representatives of the world and rose to the rank of demi-gods, are imprisoned in a huge ziggurat along with demon gods and made into eternal watchers.
To be left alone, unable to eat, drink, or even die.
“Is that possible? Is that possible?”
“Theoretically? Of course. If it wasn’t possible, we wouldn’t have made it in the first place. I guess it’s just a matter of how strong Edin’s will is to endure it? Conscientiously? Would he want to do it?”
“What are you talking about?”
The first to sense the unusual atmosphere was Evenna, an elf who used to get scolded mischievously for not being tactful.
It was the bride Evenna, who received everyone’s blessing, and who still wore the petal ring Edin had given her on her finger.
“Why are you talking as if Edin’s sacrifice will solve the problem?”
“Would you please listen first and then be sad, Evenna?”
“No, it’s not worth listening to. Not Edin. Never!”
“What if you could trade with me and get the world we wanted?”
“There is no world without you in the world I wish for!”
Even I cried out mournfully and looked around him as if asking for consent. However, no one came forward and took Evenna’s side.
Even her fiancé was not on her side.
“Evenna, the dragons have already brought all the parts of the seal building nearby. The moment the demon god is revealed to be immortal, the seal can be completed right away.”
“Just bring it. I will consider this as declaring war on the Grassroots Guardian, the greatest force of the new kingdom of Elan!”
Some doubted whether he could dare to step forward, while others seemed to respect Edin’s resolve.
Even I regarded all those reactions as her betrayal. As she raised her staff high, everyone backed away from her in fear.
There wasn’t one.
“Take him home. Comfort him when he’s sad. Can you do that?”
“Who are you talking to-“
Someone gently squeezed Evenna’s shoulder. Then he covered her mouth with a handkerchief imbued with the scent of her sleep.
The Archmage, who could summon a meteorite to break Edin’s stubbornness if necessary, collapsed and fell asleep with a simple mixture of herbs that could be picked up on the road.
The porter, who always helped the party without saying a word, answered Edin’s words only after carefully laying Evenna down.
“I will. As I always did as you commanded. Respected warrior.”
“Thank you.”
Edin raised his head sadly. Dragons were flying from beyond.
Carrying the parts of the prison that would become Edin’s new home on that body.
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“And?”
“She told the porter what kind of person she was. What weather she liked, what food she liked, and what she was easily moved by.”
The fragment of the Demon King dressed as a coachman muttered in appreciation.
Shit. The remaining bald man in black uniform is probably still driving the empty carriage vigorously. Pretending as if they were still carrying us.
I just hope that our colleagues will not be deceived by that inducement for long.
We hid deep in a cave inside the basin and didn’t light a fire to avoid being detected, so we couldn’t see anything.
Thanks to this, the teacher’s temperature dropped and his breathing became increasingly rough. I tore up the emergency rations, soaked them in water, and put them in the religious leader’s mouth as quietly as possible under the cover of darkness.
The leader deftly chewed and swallowed it without making a sound. He squeezed my wrist tightly as a sign of gratitude.
The transmitted grip strength is weaker than expected. There is not much time given.
You have to work your head desperately. What should I do? How can I get out of this son of a bitch’s clutches?
“Contrary to rumors, I prefer food that doesn’t kill people, but I’m not a vegetarian, so I can roast and eat animals that spoil the aesthetics of the forest. The smell of freshly baked bread, the scent of young flowers blooming with dew at dawn, and the rain-covered mountains. “He likes to smell the dirt.”
“I’m looking for romance.”
“Putting my last love letter into the mouths of trusted people, I sent Evenna away. I imprisoned myself in the ‘World Temple’ built by Rejandartam and blessed by the gods. But an unexpected problem occurred. A fellow inmate at the prison… Was more talkative than I expected.”
“Are you saying you drank it?”
“I lost all sense of time and had to constantly listen to its whispers in the dark. It was really hard.”
“···I don’t think I could have lasted even a day.”
“I don’t expect a mere porter to be able to withstand something like that.”
개새끼가.
“I could ignore all the other taunts and temptations. I had to protect this world, where Evenna would live for a long time, from poison. But there was only one thing he said that was difficult to ignore. It was not because of Evenna’s sorrow for losing me, but because of some kind of cowardice. “He keeps whispering that he is suffering from a low-level trick.”
“Evil intent?”
“At first, I didn’t want to believe it. I thought that because I was agitated, he got even more excited and was upset. But his words convinced me. Even if I leave for a while, he will be resurrected after 7 years, so why worry? He’s just a bastard. “The poisonous air from the world is leaking out just a little bit, and the year’s crop is only going to get a little worse. So, I want you to go.”
“I told you to check it yourself.”
“Yes. And what she said was right. Even I was not in her hometown. I took her to some village in the kingdom I built and treated her like an animal.”
The Demon King’s fragment paused for a moment.
When I think about what an asshole the other fragment, Gunther, was, it strikes me that he is much more human, even though he is part of the same person.
Of course, if I hadn’t seen him capture and kill the Shingyo search party without hesitation before hiding in this cave, then it might have felt more humane.
It would have been better if we hadn’t been told that they would never let us go and that they would kill us in a week or so.
“My ring was still on Evenna’s finger. Can you believe it? He didn’t even think about taking it off? When I asked her to comfort me when she was sad, he was sucking away the tears she shed.”
“I can’t believe it.”
“Me too. There are still times when I wonder if I saw something wrong. But contrary to my wishes, they were definitely real. That is how the story of the Demon King who succeeded the Demon God began. What a man who sacrificed himself for the whole world asked to protect. “You didn’t protect me, so the whole world will have to pay the price.”
“It’s strange. Gunther seems more interested in reviving the aptitude class system than in revenge.”
“Not all ‘I’s think the same way. But they all have the same purpose. To engrave a lesson in this world that can only be conveyed through pain.”
I nodded slowly. In the end, they are all crazy.
“Let me ask you just one question. How great of a wizard was Evenna?”
She said, “She was so great that she could have destroyed her kingdom by splitting the moon into pieces and dropping them on the Earth. There would never have been a wizard like her in this world. But she was such a great wizard that I was completely immune from her cowardice and harassment.” “It’s not safe.”
The old warrior spoke clearly. As if he knew what I was going to point out.
“She told me a little while ago that she was overpowered by her simple herbal sleeping pills. It could have been her intimidation, or it could have been her own way of robbing her of her power to resist.”
“You don’t know for sure.”
“I don’t know. How would it have benefited me to ask her deeply how she could have insulted her? I just killed her as soon as I saw her and took her even-na to her hometown. .”
“Can I ask one more question? Was Evenna a powerful person?”
“··· Yes, he was like a general of a country.”
The voice becomes increasingly faint. There is an atmosphere where you feel like you will die if you cross the line.
“And if you are in such a position, of course you have many enemies. It turns out that the fairies who usually worshiped and flattered Evenna are taking the lead in erasing Evenna’s traces and presence from elven society. Make sure that no one can find Evenna, who is being held captive by the porter. . And he was sitting on the property, whimpering.”
“I have no doubt that it was so. I guess the porter was at fault.”
“Okay. If that’s the case, just think about it and keep quiet. If the chat continues for too long, passers-by might overhear-“
“Let me ask you one last question.”
“Do you want to die?”
“Did I fuck that bitch, you asshole? Why are you fucking with me?”
The leader made a sound of out of breath and looked back at me.
After rummaging around for a moment, the Demon King’s fragments took out a torch stick and ignited it with a dagger and flint.
Then he tilted his head towards me with an eerie smile.
Shit. He has the same facial expression as Gunther.
“Tell me, lowly porter.”
“Word.”
“Your grit is admirable. It’s not easy to act like that in front of someone who can tear you like paper.”
“It might not have been easy for you to tell it, but you talked about it well. But what happened to you that made you a bastard who throws tantrums as if you didn’t get love from your mother? Is it really necessary for us, people from a later generation, to know in such detail? “If you wanted to, you should have done it to those people at the time. Why are you doing this to us who don’t even know anything? I’ll ask you again, old man Fossil. Did I fuck that bitch?”
“But courage that brings no benefit is not courage, but bravery. What good do you gain by making me feel uncomfortable now?”
This is how Garam can rub your back comfortably, you asshole.
The answer to the Demon King’s question burst through the Demon King’s chest.
Garam fell from the ceiling and drove a heavy sword into Gunther’s spine. As sticky blood and the light of the torch flowed down the blade, the Demon King groaned in pain and fell to his knees.
The white-haired Tigris, who seemed to still have a grudge against me, glared at me over the shoulder of the Demon King, who was as tall as a human even when he knelt.
“Did you even notice?”
