Chapter 197 – Advent of the Demon King ( 8 )
The beginning is the shadow of the Demon Realm…
Cheolpeok..-!
It was a small piece that had fallen out of the darkness.
Mess… Mess…
It is said that the lowest level demon in the demon realm is an object with tentacles and a doppelganger derived from a shadow.
Procrastinate..!
Even the future demon king had a very weak beginning.
Chop–!
Key profit..!
As a lower-level doppelganger, he grew up eating insects and small reptile monsters of the same class.
Procrastinate..! Procrastinate..–!
As it ate stronger individuals and duplicated its appearance, it evolved and raised its status as a demon beast.
As the doppelganger grows to the lower, intermediate, upper, and beyond, the percentage of power gained when copying the demon increases.
Only the highest rank doppelganger can duplicate 100% of its powers.
– I will clone the strongest monster and become the strongest!
The doppelganger who appeared as the demon king in ‘Boys Become Heroes’ pledged to become the strongest by replicating the strongest demon beast at this point.
…How long do we have to copy only someone else’s power?
However, the doppelganger of this ‘world’ was different.
…Even if you replicate the strongest, it’s a monster of that level anyway. If a stronger monster appears, will you struggle to absorb it again?
Despite being a doppelganger, a race that imitates others, he became disillusioned with copying others’ powers to become stronger.
I wanted to stand at the top of everything by winning the strongest power that no one can surpass, rather than just following others.
..First of all, it creates a foothold by duplicating power. And one day I will achieve my own strongest.
It was the moment when the small doppelganger’s resolution acted as the biggest singularity in this world…
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“This is Chun Shin-hyeok’s appearance and this is my current appearance.”
‘Cheon Shin-hyeok…?’
For an instant, Cheols, who was thinking of Baek Shin-hyeok, the main character of the original work, could not immediately recall who Shin-hyeok Cheon, whose name was similar to Baek Shin-hyeok, was.
‘Wait… Chun?’
However, Cheols, who reduced the subject to the fact that his last name was ‘Cheon’, soon realized who ‘Chun Shin-hyeok’ was.
“10 Heroes… Cheon Shin-hyeok?”
“Did you know? Actually. He must be famous in the human world since he drove me out.”
The demon lord answers calmly, as if hearing a story from a close acquaintance.
‘Chun Shin-hyeok’s appearance is the same as the grown-up Baek Shin-hyeok?’
In the unplayed game, the appearance of the 10 heroes, the ancestors of the 10 families who were said to have defeated the demon king, has never been shown.
It was just a stone statue to celebrate the victory of the Shinsung International Academy.
‘It must have been muscular and had a manly face…’
There is a possibility that the demon king is lying, but I think that there is no reason for him to lie in an atmosphere where he already considers himself completely advantageous.
‘If that statement is true…’
One question arises.
Why is the demon king in the form of Cheon Shin-hyeok, the hero of the heavenly family and the one who drove him out?
“This guy was really strong… So that he could really kill me at the last moment.”
At that time, Demon King Ji, recalling the past, stared into the void and continued.
Shuuuuu-…!
In the cracks of the broken space.
– Give up. If you fought that much, it could be said that it was very good for a human being.
The demon lord, the black death, was certain of victory and said to one of the people below.
“Heo-euk… Heh… Heh…”
A man staring up at the sky with unbroken eyes while holding his breath as if he were about to die while supporting himself on a sword pierced into the ground.
Nine colleagues who ran together but fell unconscious are scattered around him.
Whoa.. Tick!
He didn’t even have the magic power left to generate even a small energy.
Even though no one can curse a man for giving up now because he has been fighting endlessly.
Suwook..!
“Ha.. One more game!”
The man who pulled the sword out of the ground staggered and pointed the tip of the sword at the black skeleton in the sky.
“Are you still fighting? I can see that you have no strength left in your eyes.”
“The one who talks a lot is lagging behind..”
“I’m a human of a lower race, but I have no choice but to acknowledge that will.”
Whoa—..!
The demon king forms hands made of smoke around Cheon Shin-hyeok as if he were hugging him.
“How about it? If you become my subordinate, I will give you the number two position. I will give you more power than you currently have. Even if it’s not the best, you will be higher than anyone except me.”
He handed over a sweet offer that no one could easily reject.
Shit-..
Chun Shin-hyeok smiled at the corner of his mouth, wondering if it was a good thing or if it had a different meaning.
“Rather, I’ll suggest it… Come under me. The ridiculous power you have. Wouldn’t it be better to use it for something good?”
“Under!”
As soon as I heard the voice of the demon king who clicked his tongue in amazement.
“If you don’t like it…!”
Tadak–!
Cheon Shin-hyeok kicked the ground.
“..Get behind me!!”
He charged at the demon king with the tip of his sword pointed forward.
Obviously, you can’t use power because you don’t have magic power.
No matter how strong his skills are, if he cannot strengthen his body with magical powers, he is nothing more than an ant rushing into a huge storm.
I bet it is.
Seruk—!
Chun Shin-hyeok’s black eyes turned golden.
Dududuk..!
The skeleton and face shape also change to a sharp appearance with a neutral feel.
Faaaaat–!!
It wasn’t just the appearance that changed.
Quagga gag gag—!!
With the tremendous magic power radiating from the surroundings of his body and the momentum of his soaring flight.
‘Uh..How did you get that kind of power?!’
Facing it, the demon king felt tremendous pressure as if a huge world was rushing at him.
Obviously that person, Cheon Shin-hyeok, was strong, but he was weak compared to himself.
“Haaaaa!!”
But what is the power of Cheon Shin-hyeok, who has changed his appearance and rushes forward?
Bone metamorphosis
It is as if it has broken out of a single layer of shell and is showing a peak power that has never been seen before!
[Transcendence]
With that single word in the head of the demon king, an instinctive warning precedes that he must somehow avoid the approaching attack of Chun Shin-hyeok.
Whoa–!
I open the gate back to the demon realm right behind.
Wedge–!
Chow ah—!
Chun Shin-hyeok, who had reached right in front of him like a teleportation, swung his sword and released a sword made of enormous light.
I’m going to go to the middle of the day–!!!
“Quaaaaagh–!!”
‘Die..! In a place like this, this body… Will die to humans!’
Even though the front of the skull was being ground and was being smashed to pieces.
–Quagagagagagak—!!!
The sword energy rushes like a wave to annihilate even the magic core, which can be said to be the heart of the demon, without losing momentum at all.
—Shoot aaaaa–
Unwillingly, the demon king was pushed by that power and passed through the gate he had opened.
Koo–..!!
Pajijik..! Pajijik..!
The skeleton became fragmented to such an extent that it was impossible to move immediately, leaving white sparks flying while being pinned to the ground.
—Shoot it—!!
Still gazing at the power of Chun Shin-hyeok, who does not lose momentum and becomes a pillar of light and embroiders the sky of the demon realm.
‘Ah…That’s it.’
I found the point I was looking for so much.
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“I thought at that time! The peak I dreamed of is that, and that is the realm that can be called transcendence that transcends everything.”
The demon king shouted with his eyes shining, got up from his seat, looked at the frightened Hiro again with a cold gaze, and moved his mouth.
“So, how absurd is that? To think that this body, the ruler of the underworld, has been ruined like this when I discovered a seed that can achieve the state that I have spent hundreds of years researching and trying to emulate, just by growing with a human’s short lifespan… It’s just pitiful.”
Hiro was still looking at the demon king’s tongue as he spoke, not understanding what he was talking about.
‘No way…!’
After analyzing the demon king’s words with the multi-ego ability of the tentacle demon, Cheols arrived at a tremendous fact.
The Demon King said that his appearance was that of Chun Shin-hyeok.
The appearance of Chun Shin-hyeok, who has reached the state of transcendence, is so similar to the grown-up Baek Sang-hyeok at the end of the poem, that they are twins.
And the demon king, who speaks as if he has reached the state of transcendence, also takes the form of a grown Baek Hyuk.
Lastly, Baek Sang-hyeok of the original work and the present Hiro are so different that they can be clearly distinguished as male and female.
‘The Demon King is talking about if Hiro just grew up, he would reach the transcendence he said… But to call it a failure.’
Doesn’t that mean Hiro won’t be able to achieve transcendence just because he grows up?
“At the highest level in this world! There is a form of strength! It becomes!”
The demon king shouted with a mad cry.
“Of course, if I tell you… No one will understand, including you.”
He looked away and said in a low voice.
However, contrary to the demon king’s words that no one would understand.
‘Of course… Because the main character of this world is Baek Hyuk!’
Knowing that this world was in an unplayed game world, Cheols understood the principle more clearly than the demon lord himself understood.
Because this world is the world of the game ‘Boys Become Heroes’, and the creators of this game created Baek Sang-hyeok as the ‘main character’..
At the extreme point of strength, there is no choice but to be the main character, Shin Baek Hyuk, who has gone through all the episodes and grown up.
In other words, transcendence means ‘Baek Sang-hyeok who finished all the stories’.
Chun Shin-hyeok’s appearance changed as he transcended, and his appearance resembled the grown-up Baek Hyuk.
The fact that the demon king now resembles Baek Shin-hyeok, except for the hair color, must also be the result of that system.
‘And… Hiro, who has a different appearance from Baek Hyuk. Because of me. It has become impossible to achieve transcendence and defeat the demon lord.’
It is impossible to transcend because he has become Hiro, a girl, not Baek Hyuk, who has already overcome the episode in a normal way.
Wow..
As a result, it is said that even if Hiro grows up, he will never be able to defeat the demon lord who has a high probability of reaching transcendence in front of him.
“…”
In that collapse, Cheols seemed to lose strength in his legs.
Although he succeeded in making Hiro his daughter and companion, on the contrary, he was unable to defeat the demon lord because of his interference, and only a future in which everyone perishes in the end remains.
‘No. It’s not over yet! If Hiro can’t reach transcendence, you’ve planned it too, right?’
A plan I never wanted to do.
‘Now… The priority is to get out of this situation.’
When I thought of that
Tadadak-..
“Master, what’s going on with the fuss… Uh!”
Baekgu came down from the stairs upstairs.
“…”
At the gaze of the demon king who quietly turned his head and stared at me.
“Uh.. Uh uh.. Ah..”
Dump-..!
Just like that, he straightened his tail, trembling, and sat down in his seat.
Shoot it-…
‘Mu..Scared..Scared..!’
Now, Baek-gu had an illusion of a huge skeleton looking down at him.
The gaze of the demon king, nicknamed black death, makes you feel as much fear as fearing death just by facing it.
“…”
When the demon king was looking at Baekgu like that.
Jiing– Paat–!
A purple-haired girl who quickly jumps out with a magic circle.
“Redemption! Redemption! Redemption! Redemption! Redemption! Redemption!”
Over and over again in a short moment, I shouted the command to overlap the magic circle.
Awesome—!!
From the head to the toes of the demon king, the magic circle is inserted in dozens of layers as if it were cut horizontally, and the magic of binding is activated.
“Quickly!! I can’t last long!”
The girl with purple hair… Let’s shout urgently like Nero talking to someone.
Clink–!
One of the mansion’s windows burst.
“Haaa..!!”
The white-haired and blue-eyed woman, who has been there for some time, shouts her spirits, raises her fists, and rushes toward the demon king standing still, blocked by Nero’s magic circle!
Pood deudeuk–!!
Tendons close to white sprouted from the arms of such a white sheep.
Saint fist
The 10th girl and her teacher, the healing guru Maria, is a technique that puts too much strain on her body, so she is a deadly fist that she said not to use if possible.
Of course, it wasn’t a skill that would be useful to someone seeing it for the first time.
‘You have to kill me…! It’s a being that must be killed here..!!’
While watching how Seo-hee is doing in the mansion, Baek Seo-yang, who felt the demon king’s terrible demonic energy, intuited that the demon king was a being that would bring great harm.
-Chijijijik–!!
-Wedge liquid–!!
The arms of the white west are dyed with divine light and glow white!
The magical power of the divine attribute is the opposite of the devil possessed by the demon king.
Pachachang!
“Haaaaah..!! Wook..!”
However, as she lifted her arms lightly, all of Nero’s absolute restraint magic was broken and Nero collapsed and vomited blood.
Turn-up!
Chi profit…
“Uh..Uhh..?”
The fist of the white west, which contains not only divine power but also tremendous physical power, is caught too lightly in one hand of the demon king.
Wow–..!
After that, let’s envelop the black smoke with the demon king’s hand.
“Kyaaaaak..!!”
Baek Seo-yang screams and collapses, grabbing the hand that the demon king let go of.
Even Nero, who was the 10th girl, and the white sheep, who was close to the 10th girl, were no match for the demon king at all.
With a bang-..!
Chulsu, who felt tremendous fear at the sight, instinctively crawled into his lap and hid Hiro’s figure behind his back.
“It’s been a while since we had a pleasant conversation.
The demon king smiled with a friendly look and stared at Cheols and Hiro hidden behind him.
“Looks like they’re being treated with respect. That failure.”
“…”
“Don’t look at me with such wary eyes. I have no intention of killing you. Just.”
Wow-..!
Black smoke curled like a whip from the tips of the Demon King’s fingers.
“Hee-ik..! Oh!?”
“Hey… Hiroya!?”
Blazing..!!
It transfers to Hiro behind Cheols and starts to burn with black flames.
“Kyaaaaak..!!”
“Hiroya!! Hiroya!!”
Cheols tried to put out the fire by covering the screaming Hiro with his body.
Blazing..!!
The flame continued to burn on Hiro’s arms and legs without causing any damage to Cheols.
“What are you doing!! Stop it now!”
In the end, let’s shout at the devil who is the cause of Cheols.
“Yes. Stop it.”
With a bang-!
The Demon King retrieves the flame attached to Hiro with his fingers.
Chee-Ik..!!
“Hikkuh..! Hik..!”
However, the blue-black burn marks that remain on Hiro continue to burn and do not disappear.
“It’s a kind of pollution and a curse. If you leave it as it is, you’ll feel hellish pain and die.”
“Ah..!”
Cheols sighs at the demon king’s words and looks at the suffering Hiro.
“I’ll come back to you once we’ve conquered the whole world. Even then, it would be nice if there were two of you. You guys are quite fun.”
Shuwook-..!
Leaving that one word behind, the Demon King disappeared along with black smoke, just like he first appeared.
