Raise a Warrior 278

Chapter 278 – Chapter 68. Geek.

The sky is red like blood. A barren land without water. Dark magic that is so thick that it takes your breath away. An empty plain with nothing.

“Cybaal-.”

Princess Ganesha, who saw her demon world for the first time, expressed her feelings with a thick curse word. That’s why the demon world was a fucking place. It’s also a very cool place.

A land that, at first glance, seems uninhabitable. There was a tall castle right there. It wasn’t a beautiful castle made by various races, but a savage castle that seemed to have been put together as it was.

Anyone could see that this was the destination they had been looking for so long. So, after exchanging glances with each other, the team members lined up and started walking without speaking.

Buff Sister Rosalia gave weak buffs to her teammates. In the past, he would get tired quickly even if he stayed in this state for a little while, but after gaining the spirit’s energy, his mana increased overwhelmingly. Even considering that she becomes lewd a lot, accepting her divine spirit would be an unprecedented fortune for her.

Ji-hyeok, who was walking in the lead, was very nervous about this powerful magic that was slithering into his body. … There was absolutely no good energy. It wasn’t even this far when he came to the Devil World of the Demon King.

What the heck is there?

Even at this distance, an existence capable of exuding such powerful demonic energy would be no shortage compared to the Demon Lord. Jihyeok was a little worried that he might have touched him by mistake. … But I’ve come this far, what can I do? Still, since there are Princess Ganesha and Hero Elizabeth, I’ll be able to deal with them somehow. If it doesn’t work out, you should be able to take out the magic beast.

On the way, while taking a short break in the middle, Princess Ganesha approached Ji-hyeok.

“Hey, Kang Jihyuk… Is this okay? A few people might die.”

“We should try to do as little damage as possible. … Isn’t it an abomination that needs to be eliminated someday anyway?”

“Then you order. I’m new here, so you’re better than me.”

“All right.”

Jihyeok readily accepted the authority handed over by Princess Ganesha. He looks better that way too.

After a short break, the three warrior teams headed back to the Demonic Fortress. Occasionally, the sky flashed with the sound of thunder. If it was like the human world, the weather would be gloomy like it would rain right away, but here, let alone rain, not a single drop of water fell.

Still, all of them were experienced experts, so they endured well in this unpleasant environment and carried out their orders well. If they were shy people, a word or two of complaint would have come out already.

As they walked steadily like that, they came close to the Demonic Castle before they knew it. … At some point, the magi became so thick that it was difficult to breathe. Each team’s buff magicians applied slightly stronger buffs to their teammates than before.

Finally-

Jihyeok stood tall in front of the crude castle gate. The big guys who opened the tower door earlier gathered in front to use their strength once more, but the gate suddenly creaked open without warning.

The three teams quickly prepared for battle and prepared for the enemy’s attack. … However, inside the open gates, it was empty and there was nothing. Ah- nothing.

Princess Ganesha looked at Jihyeok for a moment. I mean, what kind of situation is this? Of course, Jihyeok couldn’t guess at all, so he only shook his head slightly saying he didn’t know.

After being on guard for a while, the team received Ji-hyeok’s signal and slowly entered the castle. I knew it would be full of demons, but I didn’t see a single piece of dung, let alone a demon. It was literally a complete void.

“… What is this again?”

Ganesha murmured as he lazily scanned the empty castle. As soon as she arrived, she knew she would fight to the death, but she didn’t expect to see an empty castle.

“Everyone, don’t relax until the end. This is the enemy camp. I don’t know what will happen.”

Jihyeok ordered Yayel to keep checking to see if there was something like a magic circle. She searched here and there for the magic circle, not only she but all of her wizards were focused. There were magic circles in every ten of these suspicious places.

But strangely, no matter where you looked, there was no magic circle in the castle. Even if I checked to see if I missed something, the result was the same.

“… It is strangely clean.”

There were only a lot of demons, but there was nothing strange about it. So it was more award-winning. Of course, the psychology was strangely twisted. To the extent that it would be better to have a magic circle.

… What is this? What do you mean?

Ji-hyeok was also puzzled by this unfamiliar situation he encountered for the first time. However, he did not remain vigilant until the end and went upstairs, vigilant in all directions.

With each floor he went up, the magic grew thicker. However, the inside of the castle, without demons or magic circles, was empty like ruins.

… The highest level arrived in doubt.

Jihyeok felt that the owner of the Demon World was here. Magi has now become so powerful that it can even penetrate buffs. So the buff magicians applied more powerful buffs.

“Everyone is nervous. It is here.”

The team members swallowed dry saliva once and strengthened their fighting spirit. They walked towards the depths. The structure of the castle was simple, so it was easy to find the way.

I took one step at a time and arrived at the huge door. However, the door that had been closed opened wide as soon as the warrior team arrived as if they were welcoming guests.

Ah.

They could not easily enter the open door and watched the movement for a while. After confirming that the wizards had no clue, Jihyeok nodded his head to go inside.

The three teams slowly made their way inside. Floating spheres of light lit up the dark space. However, the sphere of light that had brightened the field of view suddenly turned off at some point.

“Turn it on quickly!”

Jihyeok shouted to light the sphere, but the sphere turned on again and went out in the blink of an eye. However, instead of the sphere of light, a red light flickered flickering, illuminating the surroundings. Perhaps because of the color of the lighting, everything looked blood red.

Their gaze was focused on one place. Seeing something, they raised their weapons and prepared for battle without an order.

In the distance, on a crudely made throne, someone was sitting with their chin resting.

Two horns on top of his head, purple skin that looks red in the lighting, black eyes with no whites, and a muscular body that wriggles as if it is alive.

The humanoid demon had no nose and its mouth was torn to the side. He was sitting quietly on the throne, staring at the hero team.

– It took a lot of work to get here.

He was polite, not like a devil. It was the first time in Jihyeok’s life that he had ever seen a demon like this. And even the one who becomes the owner of the Demon Realm. He usually goes on a rampage for daring to enter his territory without permission.

However, Jihyeok did not let go of his guard and silently pointed the holy sword and glared at the devil. He looked at the warrior team with a somewhat empty gaze for some reason. The hero did not feel any envy from him.

– Don’t be nervous. Be at ease.

Of course, as he said, who would be able to relax and relax? But the guy clapped his hands as if he really didn’t want to fight, and then he built a chair out of thin air and offered it to them.

– Have a seat.

“What kind of tricks are you doing?”

– What tricks are you talking about? Nothing. Sit there, human.

During the conversation, Yayel checked the chair carefully to see if there was any black magic on it, but it was a really ordinary chair. Jihyeok didn’t know what the other party was up to.

– I have a lot of doubts. If I wanted to fight you, I would have done it a long time ago. But that doesn’t mean anything anymore.

Jihyeok couldn’t understand what the hell he was talking about.

– Sit down, come on. … Should I be forced to sit down?

The opponent slightly raised his hand. Then, the chairs were lined up, and the team members sat down on the chairs without a chance to resist. Of course, Jihyeok resisted his powerful magic as much as possible.

Whoops. It was an enormous magic. To the point where I lost my will to fight in an instant. … Where the hell did he hide such an enormous demon?

– You’re a stubborn person. Also quite strong.

Ji-hyeok, who eventually gave up resisting, sat down on the chair. Everyone had bad thoughts in their heads. … The opponent was really overwhelmingly strong.

Jihyeok’s chair suddenly moved toward the other side. The team members who saw that shouted loudly, saying, “It’s the captain.”

If this was an attack, the hero gripped his handle tightly to swing his holy sword, but the chair didn’t come close enough.

– Nice to meet you, human.

“… What is this?”

– As you can see. That you want to talk about.

Jihyeok was the first demon in his life to be so docile. He was so weak that even the neglected dreamer didn’t do this at first. Aren’t demons united by contempt and hostility toward creatures?

Of course, the hero quietly watched for an opportunity. He was ready to break this bondage at any moment, run out, and wield his holy sword.

No matter how docile they are, in the end a devil is a devil. In the first place, it was an existence incompatible with humans. He didn’t know how he would change afterward, even if he said he would come out so favorably at first. Jihyeok never wanted to sit back and test his fate.

– I was lost in thought for a long time. I don’t know how much time has passed.

The devil suddenly started talking nonsense.

– One day I realized … What do you think about nature?

Is it suddenly the essence?

Jihyeok looked at him. He gesticulated his chin slowly, as if to speak freely.

The hero never dreamed that he would come to the realm of hell and talk about the essence of the devil.

“… Well. If I had known about the essence, I would not have been like this.”

– You don’t seem to know anything?

“It seems like it exists, but I only know it doesn’t exist.”

– Strange logic.

“You know the word logic?”

-Your knowledge has been passed down from us. Knowledge is what we do.

Oddly enough, Jihyeok became more and more engrossed in the conversation with him. Even though I know it shouldn’t be like this.

– Anyway, I thought about the essence for a long time. And I realized That the essence is an illusion soon.

“… An illusion?”

– From the beginning until now, everything is an illusion.

Jihyeok was instantly stunned. The blank-faced demon smiled lightly for the first time.

– Are you surprised?

“Because it’s so ridiculous.”

– In the void we were born, but even our existence is void.

So it seems that the devil who fell into nihilism like this was born.

– We exist in the eternal cycle of emptiness. That’s the essence.

… However, if you compare this to the world in a game, his thoughts were very accurate. It’s amazing how he realized the principles of this world so accurately.

Jihyeok got goosebumps. He was very curious about what this guy really was.

“… Who are you.”

It grinned, showing sharp fangs.

– I am Kukrov. Before I abandoned everything in the void, I was the Great Demon King and ruled the entire Demon Realm.

The former Great Demon King, Kukrov.

This nihilistic archevil was the owner of this empty castle.