Chapter 424 – Extension
“What are those eyes? It’s unpleasant.”
Jun’s eyes become more serious with a promise.
The Demon King, who read the sympathy in it, soon realized that the object of that sympathy was himself and frowned at Ami.
But even for a moment,
“It’s unpleasant. Is this a feeling the devil needs? Well, now that I think about it, I guess I need it to some extent. But I can sacrifice the rest.”
Ami’s frown straightened, and she returned to her characteristic dull expression.
Instead of getting tired of the shame, I sacrificed another emotion called discomfort.
“Why on earth are you doing this?”
“It’s a foolish question. Of course, it’s because I am the devil.”
“Yes, you are the devil. But why did you become the devil?”
“… That’s also Umun. Isn’t it natural that it is for my own prosperity?”
After a moment of silence, the Demon King gave a very obvious answer.
After that, even after waiting for a while, he didn’t come out even when his childhood friend squeezed the cow.
His reaction was enough to make Jun smile bitterly.
“It looks like our friendship wasn’t completely sacrificed. “When I see that my childhood friends don’t mention it, so they don’t get criticized.”
Was the reason you weren’t sad or angry at the news of Kaito and Damon’s death because you had already sacrificed those two emotions?
I guess that seemed right.
“What are you misunderstanding? The only reason I became a demon lord is because of my childhood friend? “It’s not even funny.”
“Your excuse is funnier. No matter how much a person pursues his own glory, he will not sacrifice his body and mind for it. Because body and mind are the biggest reasons for pursuing spiritual enlightenment.”
At Jun’s point, the Demon King’s eyes trembled slightly as if he had nothing to say.
However, just like when Ami frowned, the reaction quickly died down.
Slosh! Sway!
Perhaps it could be said that the concentration of demonic energy hovering around him became even stronger.
There was no need to worry about what the reason was.
“I don’t feel the need to talk anymore. “That’s the end of the small talk.”
Sigh!
“W-what! “Let go of this!”
The demon energy that was hovering around the Demon King became a jet-black chain and entangled Fortuna’s limbs.
Fortuna immediately struggled with all her might, but she could not escape the seal that the Demon King had strengthened by sacrificing her emotions so easily.
“You can’t believe you tied up another man’s wife like that. “She had a disgusting hobby.”
“I don’t have that kind of hobby. Rest assured, I will release you as soon as I kill you.”
“You’re going to kill me and not Fortuna, who is tied up? Why?”
“The moment I kill you, the massacre demon will be reverse summoned and return to heaven.”
That was correct.
To be precise,
“Those words hit me hard.”
“!!!”
“Slow.”
Sigh!
Jun jumped through space and moved right in front of the Demon King in the blink of an eye.
The Demon King, who until now had thought of Jun simply as a medium to tie Fortuna to the ground, was unable to make a proper response and allowed the blow to be struck.
“… It wasn’t just a medium.”
An ordinary punch.
However, the punch succeeded in breaking through the numerous protective shields protecting the Demon King’s body and leaving a fist mark on the Demon King’s face.
Considering that among the protective shields, there was one that was placed directly on the Demon King by the Demon God, this was something that was not only surprising but also shocking.
Well, since he is a demon lord who has sacrificed his feelings of surprise for a long time, the words that came out were extremely dry.
Still, it was enough to make me throw the illusion that it was just a medium into the trash can of my head.
“Who are you?”
“I am a newbie who recently ascended to the throne, is there any problem?”
He ascended to the throne? How?
That question was the first thing that came to the Demon King’s mind.
But the question that actually came out of my mouth was something different.
“Why did you ascend to the throne?”
“That’s a stupid question. Of course, there was a reason why it had to go up.”
“Right. “Then what is the reason?”
“I would like to tell you that it is also a stupid question. “The reason is not an ordinary reason, so I won’t do that.”
After Jun said that, he explained why he had no choice but to ascend to the throne.
“For a happy life with your wives?”
“Isn’t it the same as the reason Mr. Who became the Demon Lord? Well, the person we are working with is a little different.”
The Demon King gave no answer.
However, seeing the intimacy in his eyes again, it would at least not be denying that it was the same.
Would you like me to correct one thing at this point?
“For your information, don’t think that you and I are exactly the same. Because I didn’t get to this position by giving up something like you did.”
“Is that… Possible?”
“I must have become a god because it was possible. No, rather, isn’t it because I tried not to sacrifice anything that I was able to ascend to the status so quickly?”
It was just a guess, but Jun somehow felt like it was right.
‘For example, Dohwa and other wives. Every time I took them as wives, I felt a burning desire to improve myself as the head of the household. So, if I wasn’t greedy and gave up on them.’
He may have challenged for a position for the sake of Fortuna, but it must have taken him a long time to ascend to a position due to his lack of desire for improvement.
“If it had been necessary to sacrifice something to ascend to the rank of god in the first place, I would feel sorry for my wives, but I would have given up on ascending to the rank of god.”
Is it normal to ascend to a divine position?
If something had to be sacrificed, that something must have been extremely precious.
Perhaps he would have had to sacrifice his wives’ lives.
“What is the meaning of sacrificing the lives of your wives to ascend to the throne? The reason why I wanted to ascend to the top of God has disappeared.”
“… Are you telling me to listen to those words?”
“That’s right. The reason you became a demon lord was to have a happy life with your childhood friends. But after making repeated sacrifices, you lost that reason.”
While I became indifferent to my childhood friends as a reaction to sacrificing my friendship, two of my childhood friends died, and the other two were waiting for the time to move away.
In such a situation, what is the use of clinging to the title of Demon King?
“It’s a lot late, but give up your position as Demon King now. “Keep what friendship remains.”
If you were willing, Jun was willing to help.
Even though the result was not good, the devil’s will deserved to be respected.
But very unfortunately,
“I refuse. I am the devil. Even if I die, I have no intention of leaving this place.”
He had already given up too much to make that choice.
Now all that was left to him was the title of Demon King.
“… Okay, then I’ll take you down by force.”
“Do as you wish. However, it will never be easy.”
Gooooo!
The demon king’s magical energy began to amplify to an extent that could not be compared to before.
Did a demon god intervene?
No, that won’t be it.
The moment he entered the Grand Hall, Jun used his divine power to cut off the Grand Hall and the outside world.
Therefore, it was impossible for the demon god to send power to the demon king.
You probably don’t even know the situation right now.
By now, wouldn’t the Demon God be leisurely enjoying tea time without even dreaming of the situation inside the Grand Hall?
Hehe. Maybe so. “He has no love for sweets.”
“Are you laughing? Even looking at your physical condition right now?”
While the Demon King was laughing and saying nonsense, his body became in a state where he could never laugh.
What little was left of his left eye disappeared without a trace, and his right arm and both legs withered like bare tree branches.
Above all, skin.
The skin, which was already not good, hardened and cracked here and there, like the whole land in a drought.
It was as if my life force, or rather my very existence, had been taken away.
“That’s not wrong. In fact, I sacrificed my existence.”
“You crazy bastard, if you want to die, die alone and gracefully.”
“I’m sorry, but that’s unreasonable. “I’m thinking of taking a look.”
“What?”
“When your life is at stake, what choice will you make?”
After saying that, the Demon King sacrificed his own existence to surround himself with the strengthened demon energy.
For the first time since becoming a god, my intuition alerted me to danger.
Jun, who sensed something unusual, prepared to run away and swung his sword at the magic chain that was restraining Fortuna.
Kang!
The sword contained quite a lot of divine power.
But despite this, the chains of demon energy were not broken.
In a way, it was only natural that a being of the level of a demon lord sacrificed his own existence to strengthen himself.
“You said the difference between you and me is whether you choose to sacrifice or not. But my thoughts are different. I think the difference between you and me is whether we were in a situation where we had no choice but to make sacrifices.”
“So I created this shitty situation because I wanted to see something.”
“If I were you now, I would have to risk my life to deal with you. But if you give up the slaughter horse and run away alone, there will be no need to risk your life.”
After hearing that, Jun was able to understand what the devil wanted.
He was urging Jun.
Will you sacrifice Fortuna to keep her alive, or will you risk your life with her?
“Why are you telling me to choose something so obvious?”
There was no need to worry about what to choose.
Sreung!
Jun pointed his sword at the Demon King without saying a word.
That was enough of an answer.
