chapter 98
98. Demon World War (8)
In the first place, I didn’t come here to fight a reckless battle to catch the Demon King alone.
Find Darius Trevan somehow and kill him.
I was planning to leisurely escape the demon world and stay in the ice zone of Arene to wait for the warrior party.
Preparations were also thoroughly done.
I packed teleportation scrolls, various potions, and necessary magic tools in case of an emergency.
however.
“… Coming in person might have been a reckless choice.”
The sky is different.
In the dark, foggy sky, tinted with ash, an ominous feeling is felt from the land that is dead because of the thick magic.
Only here does the world feel dead.
Have you ever seen black soil?
If the soil were rich in nutrients, it could be black, but on the contrary, this place is dry and dead because it lacks nutrients and vitality.
‘But if I had regretted seeing this sight, I wouldn’t have come.’
Pablo was on the verge of death.
If he dies, there will be bloodshed in the family. Sarah and I, who are young, will immediately fight over the succession.
A future will unfold in which various factions supporting us will emerge and a civil war will break out.
Not only that… I didn’t want Pablo to die.
‘Father! Ugh… Ugh…!’
Sarah was in despair and was shedding tears.
She was a terrible woman who had always been cruel to me, but perhaps because we were blood relatives, I instinctively felt my heart ache when I saw her sad.
Pablo is a good father.
As soon as I prove that I’ve stopped being a jerk, Iris will be added to me.
He even gave me back the allowance I had cut off without holding back.
He was a wise man who raised his son on the right path.
I didn’t want him to die.
…I am.
He raised his sword.
The place I was summoned to seemed to be ‘the forest of demons and dead trees’.
A place I visited several times while playing and watching the ending.
It’s full of grotesquely twisted, sinister looking trees that don’t seem to be alive.
If I go over this mountain, I’ll probably be right in the middle of the Demon World.
Rustle.
“Krrrr… .”
“This makes me realize that I have reached the central area of the Demon World.”
A lower-class demonic species approaches, making a noise.
A strange-looking black wolf demon with two heads.
I added an aura to the sword.
“Wol, wool! Krrrrrr! – Kkaeng!”
As I cut off one side of the head of the rushing demon, the other head groaned as if it shared the pain.
I chased after the demon that was trying to escape and cut its body in half.
“… … .”
The two-parted demon slumps down without a single groan.
‘… There is not enough time to kill each demon one by one like this.’
I must not forget the reason why I came here alone.
We must find and kill Darius Trevan as soon as possible, and escape from the Demon Realm.
The subjugation of the Demon King will be carried out after taking refuge in the Ice and Snow Zone of Arene for a while and joining up with the warrior party and Iris.
There are about two days left.
I ran quickly down the forest and into the center of the demon world.
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‘What the heck is this?’
A strange and shocking sight unfolded before my eyes.
‘Is this the Demon World? No, this is like… .’
For a moment, I thought I was in an industrial complex somewhere.
Kookung… Kookugung… …
Various noises, like chunks of metal colliding, are heard.
There was a mixture of heterogeneous things that did not fit in with the dead black land and the ashen sky.
Buildings made of advanced magical engineering technology and the demons guarding them.
‘This has never happened in the real story! Was the future affected after I was possessed?!’
I shook off my surprise and hid myself in the vines.
Then it was then.
“Crunch! Crunch!”
Two demons guarding one of the factories simultaneously began to move away from the entrance.
A large group of people were walking and entering the factory entrance.
A white robe and a wizard’s hat large enough to completely obscure his facial features.
It was a familiar outfit.
‘It’s definitely the outfit of the Arcanian Federation guys.’
It started to smell.
The reason the Demon World ended up like this was clearly closely related to the Arcania Federation.
“… Ugh!”
I was lying in wait, and I surprised one by striking the back of the neck of one who had separated from the group and was coming out alone, and then quietly dragged him into the vines.
Looking closely at the passed out guy, he seemed to be a low-level person.
Although you probably won’t get much useful information.
I grabbed some vines, tied his arms and legs with them, and slapped him across the face.
slap!
“Ugh!”
“Be quiet. Or I’ll kill you.”
“… … !”
As soon as he saw the knife pointed at his neck, his eyes widened and he trembled.
“Answer me. Those buildings that are being built now, what are they built for?”
“…uh.”
“I said I would kill you if you didn’t answer.”
“Hee, heeeek! Just wait…! If I say it, I’ll die!”
“what?”
“Ugh!”
Suddenly the guy rolled his eyes and shuddered.
Foaming at the mouth.
The b*stard’s face turned pale from the forehead up, and soon his body fell limp as if he was about to reach the end of his suffering.
Startled, I laid the corpse on the floor and thought.
‘Is it magic? When you try to say something related to a certain keyword… it reacts immediately and makes you commit suicide?’
I was surprised at how sophisticated the federal structure was.
Is there something troubling about those factory complexes if the truth comes out?
My curiosity grew more and more.
Clearly, the reason Darius Trevan was able to change his race to a Demon… seemed to have something to do with the magic factory buildings I was currently looking at.
… After thinking about it, I took off all of the b*stard’s clothes and swapped them with my own.
We’re going to invade the factory now.
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“Krrrr… sniff sniff.”
“… … .”
As I stood at the entrance to one of the factories, wolf-like demons sniffed at me.
Although the attire was that of the Arcanian Federation, the look on her face was awkward and uncertain.
‘If there’s any problem, I’ll cut you down and go in.’
The one that was just now a corpse was wearing it, so it might mix with my scent and be distinguishable to the demons.
But those worries were unfounded, as the wolf-shaped demons quietly retreated from the entrance.
‘Get in quickly before something happens.’
I entered the factory entrance.
It seemed like no other human had come in yet besides me.
Kookung, kugukung!
As soon as I entered the factory, the noise I had heard before became louder.
Not only that, the contents inside were more shocking than I expected.
“This, this is… … !”
Green liquid filled in numerous glass containers.
The glasses were large enough to fit an adult male, and were displayed in two rows, pressed against the wall.
… and inside those glasses were humans.
‘No, I can feel the magic even though I’m human… Are you really human?’
The face becomes hideously transformed, taking on the appearance of a beast, but the body is human.
Inside another glass is the body of a demon, but with a human face.
The grotesque creatures were inside the glass, unconscious.
I approached one of the glasses.
Then, underneath the glass machines, there was an identical note with something written on it.
‘Failure, subject dead.’
Looking at the memo, I could be sure.
This factory… seemed to be a space where some kind of experiment was being conducted.
I don’t know if other factories were the same, but this one was definitely the case.
The test subjects were probably humans.
‘To do such a terrible thing… … Has the Arcanian Federation been conducting human experiments all this time in order to merge the races?’
I felt nauseous.
Inside the glass, one could also sense the sinister magic used by the Black Magic Cult.
“Hey! What are you doing there!”
“… … !”
Oops, I took too long.
It was my fault for not even noticing that someone was coming in.
“Tell me your affiliation! What brings you here?”
“… … .”
There was no choice.
I suddenly felt my body’s magical power explode.
and.
“Cough-!”
He quickly approached the approaching man and cut off his head with his sword, killing him.
Seeing that it couldn’t even react at this speed, it seemed like it was 4 stars or lower if it was unmanned, or 5 circle or lower if it was a magician.
I dragged the b*stard’s body and buried it in a corner behind the glass.
“… … ?”
But something was strange.
Something was faintly glowing from the staff he was holding.
… Wait, light?
“…shit!”
It’s a rune.
The runes on the staff were activating.
A type of signal magic that activates immediately when the caster dies, calling allies!
We must run away from here immediately!
“Over there! The signal has been cut off over there!”
“Call the executives!”
As I expected, several wizards were rushing in from the entrance.
The number is about six.
One of them told me to call the officer, so his power is probably similar to the guy I just killed.
I spared my aura and jumped at them.
Even though I was running towards them with a fierce spirit, they hesitated and did not use magic.
‘aha.’
I’m worried that the factory will be destroyed.
They are stupid.
Do you think the factory is more important than your own life?
-Whew! Crunch! Bang!
-Whizz! Squeak!
“Ugh!”
“Snap!”
“-Kreuk!”
After cutting off three people’s heads in an instant, only then do the remaining three hurriedly start using magic.
It’s already too late.
“… Phew!”
I killed the remaining three and ran away from the factory.
Even these guys who came as reinforcements probably had the runes activated.
We have to run away from here!
-Knock knock knock knock!
How many minutes did you run while hiding your body?
Pass the factory, pass the factory, pass the factory.
After several times the factories came and went from my sight.
Finally, a building that looked like it could be seen in the Demon World appeared before my eyes.
No, it’s a building that should be there rather than something that’s visible.
A huge mansion, a plaster building built high up on each floor.
In the shape of a castle, there are no windows and the middle is wide open. It looks like it could easily hold a few hundred people… That place… …
It was the Demon King’s Castle.