Chapter 387 – Episode 387 – The Demon King and the Saint, Their Story.
Odelia used to live in a small town. A village near the territory of the demons, where they interact with the demons. It is a village with hundreds of residents, and they have adapted well to life there over many generations. There were humans who were connected to demons, and there were also humans who left the village and went to kingdoms or empires with many humans.
Odelia was a pretty girl who lived an ordinary life in the village. Then one day, the village was attacked by demons. She said that all but one girl were dead… It was a sad story.
And Odelia was not killed but taken away by her demons. The reason for raising her as a slave was simply because she was cute and pretty. She was trapped like a livestock and had to survive by eating food that did not even taste like food to her. She was sometimes bullied by demon children her age in the name of play. The girl had no choice but to be broken.
I wanted to die every day.
I wanted to kill them all.
So she prayed.
If there is a God.
Please give me the strength to kill these demons.
Her hatred grew day by day. And, at some point… God responded.
Ceres, goddess of death.
She was impressed by Odelia’s qualities of “Death” That were deep in her heart, and appointed her as her own maiden. Ceres said this: I will give her strength, so listen to her and follow her own words.
In some ways, it was simply a relationship between God and believers. However, the problem was that the god she served was the goddess of death.
First she killed a rat.
Next, she brutally killed livestock in the same area.
That day, Odelia felt joy. Although she was beaten by her demons, she could never forget the thrill of their hands as they took her life.
Afterward, Odelia became even more cruel. The more lives she killed, the more she understood the power of “Death” Given to her by her goddess, and she became more adept at using it. And one day, Odelia finally succeeded in getting her revenge. She killed all of her demons who were her enemies, along with dozens of undead she had personally created. Some burned them, others mutilated their bodies. Some people just killed someone with “Death.” The more she did, the more her god Ceres praised her, and Odelia felt joy as always. And as she defeated her enemies, she felt a pleasure closer to orgasm than ever before. However, after experiencing the worst, she felt a sense of skepticism in a corner of her heart.
Still, that’s just how humans live. After she killed her enemy, she felt a surge of satisfaction and then her mood subsided, she thought.
And later, a demon general came with his army. It was a natural process since an incident occurred in which demons died on a large scale.
Perhaps it was because everything was fleeting after taking revenge, but Odelia was obediently captured by the demons. She was dragged away and tortured harshly, and she was also interrogated about how she killed her demons. But Odelia did not open her mouth. Because there is no particular reason to say it. If this was the reason, it was the reason. Ceres, the goddess of death, only secretly helped Odelia when she thought she was about to die, but she actually took a liking to Odelia, who was being pushed into an extreme situation. Until this time, Odelia had been under the illusion that everything she did was an ordeal and that she should rather enjoy her pain right before her death.
Then she meets a demon again.
The general who captured Odelia and brought her here. He was a demon man who would later become the demon king. He had just investigated the dead demons and the incident involving them and Odelia.
Although he does not know the source of the ability, there is evidence that it was revenge, so he decides that there is no need to capture and torture Odelia any more and releases her. But he did not give freedom. Was it because he needed it, or did he feel sympathy for the young girl, who was human, but enduring so much pain? …, Provided her with her own space to stay and food to eat in the name of her surveillance. The demon man was blunt but looked after Odelia affectionately, and Odelia did not reject anything and lived while enjoying the things he gave her. I don’t like all demons, but there’s no reason to refuse when they give me something good.
“What. So then you two fell in love later on?”
“Haha, haha… I hate to admit it, but… Please tell me that we are a father and daughter who others do not know. Collock. I’m still the devil… Demons or… “I hate it all.”
Odelia, lying side by side next to the dead demon king, continued her story even though she vomited blood on her pale face. The story that followed was like this.
The demon man continued his investigation. I should have finished it long ago and stayed, but there was something involved in Odelia’s attack on the village. And he got closer to the truth. The fact that behind the demons, there is Ceres, the goddess of death—.
To be made a saint of death and to be raised as a faithful servant who has no problem carrying out Ceres’ orders… It was a play on the board laid out by the goddess of death. And he captured and tortured a Ceresian demon to find out the purpose of the goddess.
Most of the life in this world leads to her death, so she can regain her lost power and create her own world.
And after much deliberation, she figured out when the goddess of death was looking away from her for a moment and informed Odelia of this fact. No matter how crazy she was, Odelia was angry at that time.
“Are you saying that it was a reformation?”
Haha. No. Cough, no… Joe. I know I’m a crazy bitch. I like killing. Then and now. Only… I just didn’t want to be treated like a piece on a chessboard. Of course… The Demon King really did have a ‘great cause’.”
The reason why the devil wants to conquer the world. Besides the war between demons and humans, there were many ways for the Goddess of Death to stain this land with blood. So the demon man, who later became the demon king, made a decision. Since I couldn’t stop it anyway, I decided to kill the goddess at that moment when she became stronger by getting her blood on her hands and receiving the protection of death. That’s why he kept his powers hidden. He was able to become the Demon Lord despite hiding his skills, and decided to participate in her plot for a while, hoping to one day kill the Goddess of Death.
… So the Demon King suddenly became incredibly strong. That was the reason why he was ridiculously stronger than the Demon King before his return who had fought Charlotte. He tried to kill me and awaken as a warrior of death to kill the goddess, but since I was surprisingly well-prepared, he had no choice but to reveal his stored power.
“So you and the Demon King are noble?”
Haha! Collock, you know I’m a villain?”
Even if the purpose is to kill the goddess in the end.
Before returning, the Demon King had already caused numerous deaths. If I had left him alone at the last moment, the Demon King who returned instead of me would have returned to the past and at the same time been recognized by the Goddess of Death and become a hero. And what did you do? Also, he may have started a war to catch Ceres off guard and then killed her. Or maybe he killed the goddess as soon as he returned.
In fact, assumptions are meaningless.
I have no reason to forget the past.
“You. And the devil ruined this world.”
“I guess so.”
“Don’t rationalize your or the devil’s evil deeds. “You and the Demon King are both fucking bastards to me, no different from then or now.”
Are we creating a massacre to prevent further massacres?
I just can’t understand it. Although I took away the means for the Demon King to return to the past and became a warrior of death to overcome many challenges, I did not want to feel grateful. To me, the Demon King and Odelina were still bastards that I didn’t mind killing.
But…
“The will… That’s it.”
“Haha… Collock.”
I think I can send it to you nicely. Although we cannot justify their actions, we can sympathize with the Demon King’s cause and what Odelia went through in the past.
“Regret… “There is none.”
“Didn’t you want to kill the goddess of death?”
“Haha… That’s it, our hero… “I’m sure you’ll do well.”
Even though I haven’t seen it with my own eyes, does that mean I trust it?
“… Did you know? Jeon… “I truly loved the warrior.”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t love you even if I share skin with you.”
“I know. And I… I had already fallen in love with her since we first met. I am entangled in such a terrible “Death”… A person with firm beliefs… Similar to me, but… A very different man.”
Death.
I have been through countless times.
“It’s the same class, but… A man of complete opposites. I can’t help but fall in love… There isn’t one… ?”
I am not completely broken like Odelia. If there is a difference… Because “Her she” Existed. Odelia opened her mouth first, probably anticipating what I was going to ask.
“The princess… Perhaps Ceres-sama is with him… Will. Don’t worry though. Maybe soon… “She will go to the warrior to negotiate with her.”
“At that time. “You mean that goddess bitch will really appear?”
This time, the goddess appeared possessing Odelia. According to O’Delia, she might appear in person to corrupt me, and she said she would aim for that time, but that didn’t happen.
“Unconditionally.”
“Okay…”
Lucia.
A little bit… Hold on.
“Haha. Still, I’m jealous. Like a warrior… Women who end up with hot men… Especially him…”
Little by little.
Odelia’s voice is fading.
“What is death? So cool yet… What a sad thing… It was… “Yes.”
My eyes are slowly falling. At the same time, she places her hand on the devil’s seeker hand. She said he was just like her father. Although she loves me as a member of the opposite sex, the person she truly loves most, life-to-life, is probably the Demon King.
“Close your eyes comfortably. Your revenge… “I will finish it.”
There was no answer.
In front of me, the dead demon king and the happily smiling black-haired woman remained as cold corpses.
The devil who became evil for the lesser evil.
And a saint who was used by the goddess of death.
Odelia hated the Demon King but also loved him. So, he looks comfortable while holding her hand like that.
… I look at the devil.
It seems that the Demon King had a cause of his own. In order to prevent this world from falling completely into death by the Goddess of Death – rather, he actively follows her will and gains strength to stab the Goddess in the back at the last moment. But, no matter what, it couldn’t be justified from our perspective. I was just struggling to survive.
Necessary evil?
It’s terrible.
I understand, but I don’t want to defend it at all.
So like this… I had to stop it.
…
I guess so.
“Whoa…”
Finally, the devil was killed.
“Wow!!!!”
After the Demon King died, the Demons completely lost their will. Although there were demons who fought until the end, most of them started to run away or surrender. The friendly cheers of victory fill the entire battlefield.
Look up.
It’s an unusually bright day.