Chapter 115: The Demon King has appeared. What’s their condition?

Succubus looks at me suspiciously.

“How did it happen?”

“Just, you know, happened?”

“You’re suspicious.”

“Originally, when traveling, many things like this happen. The saint might follow the hero, maybe. I’m not really into it, but I think Succubus would like it?”

Succubus gave a complicated and hard-to-understand expression.

It seems like she might really like him?

Later, it would be fun to tell the hero, Erin, or Maria and cause a ruckus.

-Seems like it won’t work.

I thought I heard something strange.

“Hmm. What is it? Did he show up after all?”

It’s good if the Demon King appears here, as it saves trouble.

I still feel bad that the hero hasn’t joined yet, but there’s nothing to be done.

For now, all I can do is drag this out.

It seems like this side is quite strong too.

They say there’s no defense against a mob, so let’s kill the Demon King just enough that he doesn’t die.

“I never thought I’d have to show up myself. Damn goddess!”

Yes, that voice is definitely the Demon King’s.

“Oh, you know the goddess?”

You know about Kanora?

-The fool who’s been rejected by countless gods in the lower realm is speaking well now.

The actual goddess seems to be upset by this reaction.

Is this the first time facing him directly?

“If they had caught me in the celestial realm, that would’ve been enough. How dare they try to hinder me in the lower realm! Fine, I’ll kill all of your gods. I will wash my neck with your blood!”

Kwarurururung

The ground shook with the Demon King’s voice.

The Demon Castle began to crumble again.

And then, a huge monstrous being appeared.

“Oh, wow. How scary.”

I’m actually scared to death.

Has our Demon King transcended his physical form?

A giant being with no physical concept appeared. Its entire body sparkled and emitted a sinister light, which felt really unpleasant.

“Look at its appearance. Compared to our world’s Demon King, this one looks like a joke.”

Suddenly, the pride of our Korea openly provoked the Demon King.

I don’t know about the Demon King of their world, but it does look like a joke.

I’ve only come to terms with it by having the face collapse to make it less ugly.

He wouldn’t even be able to seduce women with that face.

Also, the Demon King doesn’t even react to such minor provocations.

-Pathetic. Pathetic Demon King. With a face like that, you’re probably still a virgin. Maybe a succubus will take care of you?

-What did the Demon King’s mother eat when she gave birth to him, though?

They said everything possible to insult him.

Still, the Demon King didn’t take the bait.

Since the hero had already revealed the truth, their insults didn’t matter.

“Impudent saint.”

“You loser pathetic Demon King.”

“The only reason I’ve tolerated you this long is because your goddess was insignificant. But now, it’s time to kill you and your gods.”

“Go ahead, try. Oh, how scary. Hahaha.”

The Demon King’s form grew even larger.

In short, it seemed like he was trying to do something with his size.

He was using the threat of a mob and trying to push forward with his massive form.

“Is that the Demon King who’s been annoying me?”

“Yes, Pixie.”

“Damn, he’s really living his own damn way. That’s the Demon King for you.”

-Messing around.

Pixie’s powers shone through.

The Demon King, who was growing larger, suddenly started shrinking again.

As expected of our pixie.

It seems like he can no longer defeat Pixie.

Maybe this will be easy to deal with than I thought?

“Even a mob is a mob in its own way. Is this game going to work?”

“There’s a strange one using peculiar tricks. I’ll kill you first!”

A massive abyss surged toward Pixie.

This was something the backup couldn’t prepare for in time with the holy light.

There was no choice but for me, who was nearby, to throw the Aegis Shield.

“S-saint?”

The young knight, who flew in front of Pixie, spread a massive light barrier.

The abyss that was pouring toward Pixie was deflected by the light.

“Phew. That was dangerous.”

“As expected, the Demon King is not just some ridiculously strong guy.”

Right, even if we’re being looked down on right now, the Demon King isn’t ordinary.

After all, he’s the one opposing the hero.

“Yeah. He’s damn strong, you could say. It seems like he’s using all his power now.”

Honestly, I feel like he seems weaker compared to the Demon King I knew.

There’s a reason for that.

Ah, but since we’ve gotten this strong, what else could we do?

The Demon King did shake the heavens and earth in his own way, but that was in another world, and the Demon King of this world has clear limitations.

So, even though he lured us into his territory to create a favorable battlefield, he’s still losing every time we confront him.

“It seems like you brought something strange. Don’t forget, this is my world!”

“No, Demon King, don’t act like that. You look weak.”

The more he acts like that, the weaker he looks.

Honestly, it’s almost sad.

But still, in the world of Yukran, he was a truly terrifying and powerful being.

Even when he cursed the hero’s party towns through the Four Heavenly Kings and attacked, the hero’s party felt chills down their spines.

But the Demon King right now… I don’t know.

Doesn’t seem that impressive.

“How did you end up so pathetic?”

How did he end up so pathetic, stumbling like this?

The Four Heavenly Kings are all dead, and he came all the way here, resurrected as a mere copy of himself, resisting this far.

It’s almost heartbreaking.

If only the Serpent Dragon plan had succeeded, Korea would’ve been hit hard by now.

But even that failed, and even if it had succeeded, it wouldn’t have been the Yukran continent.

It’s like the Demon King got his own house looted but decided to plant flags on another continent.

“Hmm, in that case, I should attack too.”

This time, Battle mage came forward.

The sinister spear that Battle mage used cut through the darkness, creating a new trail of light, flying straight toward the Demon King.

“Is it okay to shoot that spear?”

“That’s how it’s supposed to be fired.”

The spear itself was in Battle mage’s hand.

As expected, Battle mage is really strong.

Kwahwang!

“Impudent bitch! Do you think I’ll be shaken by this?”

Battle mage’s attack was absorbed into something.

“The attack was absorbed?”

The Demon King I knew wouldn’t have neutralized the attack like this.

So, could there be some change in the Demon King?

Honestly, it seems like it.

The Cheonma’s energy ball Pepero edition is flying now.

The Demon King, who had been allowing the attacks, could it be?

“You’re using such petty tricks! Don’t think of me like the Black Knight!”

The attacks that were continuously poured toward the Demon King, but he wasn’t foolish; he casually swatted them away.

Still, he’s blocking that.

The Black Knight, is certainly not something to be ignored.

Wasn’t it Cheonma’s energy balls that pierced the Black Knight’s armor?

The Demon King is strong, too.

The Enrgy balls created by the Cheonma is no ordinary energy balls.

Then, it might be difficult to distinguish who’s stronger.

Well, the Cheonma didn’t really show her full strength, though.

“Hmm. I see now.”

“What is it?”

“That bastard absorbed my attack.”

Yes, it was almost like he swallowed it.

To be more specific, it was absorbed.

The attack itself became meaningless.

“You mean Energy balls?”

“My Energy balls was created with only my own power, with the help of the goddess Kanora. But if he accepted it as it is, normally…”

“He’ll die.”

It was created with the Cheonma’s power.

Of course, it’s not ordinary, and if the Demon King accepted it as it is, the inside wouldn’t be normal either.

“At least, there should be some kind of change in his physical body. It’s not like he’s reacting at all.”

“What do you mean by that?”

It seems like the Cheonma figured something out.

“The Demon King doesn’t have a physical body. It might be a mental form.”

When the Cheonma said this, I suddenly realized it.

The Demon King doesn’t have a normal body, so it must have been a clone that came.

When the clone arrived, I should have noticed something was off.

“So, are we trapped inside his mind?”

“Yes. It was strange from the moment that Black Knight suddenly showed up. But if we go back a bit further, the problem started with the copies of the demon kings and angels before that.”

That part did seem a bit illogical.

The first original I met wasn’t normal either.

Perhaps the Cheonma is right.

“So…”

“The Demon King might not have fully resurrected yet.”

That’s when I suddenly realized something.

Looking at it now, the Demon King I knew wasn’t exactly the same.

Even when the Demon King was truly fighting, he didn’t grow that enormous.

The fact that he’s strongly affected by Pixie is strange.

Yes, that makes sense.

The Demon King hasn’t fully resurrected.

That means it’s hard to move with just his mind.

“So, is that a mental form or something transcendent?”

I could have expected that.

The fact that he doesn’t have a physical body means that, in essence, he’s a being hard to attack physically.

“So, it’s not a physical body, but a mental form. I’ve heard of similar beings in the martial arts world.”

“It would make sense in a world with magic.”

A mental form.

Does that mean the Demon King can’t come out into the real world?

What do you think, Goddess?

-It’s possible. If that’s the case, the Demon King’s goal must be to obtain a physical body. To do that, there must be some fake followers supporting him.

I see.

So, the answer is clear now.

In other words, we’ve been too nervous up until now.

The Four Heavenly Kings were still within the range of powerful beings.

And the Demon King is a being beyond that.

We all grew stronger because we trusted Goddess Kanora to prepare for such a Demon King.

Even though it’s a mob fight, honestly, we were ready to face a being strong enough that it didn’t feel like a grand showdown.

But now, it feels like all that preparation has been for nothing.

“If that’s the case, it’ll be hard for him to escape from here.”

“That’s right. If the Four Heavenly Kings have been captured, there’s essentially no way the Demon King can leave this place alone.”

Especially since we’re blocking the Tower of Fate.

Soon, the Tower’s protective barriers will begin to collapse, and we’ll be the only ones searching.

“But if he’s a mental form, isn’t it more troublesome? From the outside, it would seem like he’s stuck in this tower, right?”

“That’s true.”

It was the opinion of the Mermaid Princess.

That’s a valid point.

Have we been crawling through traps all this time?

In the end, even if we’re strong, we’re trapped in his mental world.

That means we could still be affected by his mental attacks.

That makes things a bit more troublesome.

“But we have the Aegis Shield and Pixie combo.”