episode_0095

To be honest, I did have a bit of a hopeful mind.

I have a naive thought that perhaps they haven’t heard of the ‘moon’ yet.

But judging from her reaction, that didn’t seem to be the case.

Cold sweat ran down my back. Many questions arose in my head.

Since when did you notice? You didn’t notice it from the beginning?

‘···No, that’s not it.’

This was my second time meeting her.

Even when we first met, she had already entered that unidentified hole, but she didn’t say anything.

So, it is highly likely that I didn’t know at the time.

So when? When did you know?

‘···No, wait a minute.’

Then, all of a sudden, I could sense a sense of discomfort.

What’s more, Enen’s reaction is too calm compared to how he noticed me examining the moon.

Since you mentioned the moon, I thought you’d mention that piece of cheat rock I picked up.

Strangely enough, there was no such sign.

It’s a sensitive topic, to the point where if that pebble is discovered, the character is immediately deleted.

Because of this, I was able to make some bold inferences.

‘Surely… you don’t know?’

I know a lot about the moon.

Up to this point, it was all right. I had searched the book for a long time and even asked the saintess.

However, he does not know that he has picked up a stone related to the goddess of the moon.

I decided to test her out a bit to make my reasoning more certain.

I try to act as calm as possible and keep saying the same thing.

“Haha, sorry about this. I was looking through the book and got curious so I asked Yuris. It seems like it was a pretty sensitive topic?”

“I won’t say anything about your curiosity. But please stop being curious. Otherwise, I will have to give you a more serious warning.”

As I listened to her answer, I thought to myself.

‘also.’

The reaction was too calm. In the game, when you find that rock, you go crazy.

I thought they would at least steal the rocks, but that wasn’t even the case.

I continued to reason in my head, smiling awkwardly.

‘I’m sure Enen has a way to see me.’

After all, he is a god who looks down on the world. He must have many eyes to observe his own world.

Especially for a warrior like me, it wouldn’t have been strange if there was something I could focus on.

‘But that means of observation is somewhat limited.’

You can’t always see me, or something is bothering you.

As I got there, something suddenly occurred to me.

‘Now that I think about it···.’

Whenever I entered the Lunar Exile, the status window was always broken.

As if it wasn’t allowed here. Not only that, but even the curse had disappeared.

So what if that place of exile was a space that blocked her view, including the curse and status windows?

And what if she doesn’t know that?

‘···That makes sense.’

Of course, it wasn’t accurate because it was just a guess. But it seemed worth checking.

So next time you find it, go in again.

If you get caught, something pretty scary will happen, but if you don’t know then… it might be a good refuge.

So the conversation slowly came to a close. After putting away the wine bottle and glasses, I slowly started preparing to leave.

“Oh, by the way.”

Then suddenly I remembered something I had forgotten. When I thought about it, I realized there was one important thing left.

I asked her straight away.

“Who will be the next Four Heavenly Kings?”

Once you know who it is, you can plan your next move.

To be honest, I was confident.

Haven’t you been working hard to build it up?

He possessed two of the Four Heavenly Kings’ powers, and even without them, he was clearly one of the strongest.

There was even a complacent thought that ‘Maybe the next Four Heavenly Kings will be easy to catch too…’

Anyway, I asked with that in mind, but Enen gave a strange reaction.

Her face, which had always had a faint smile on it, changed into a slightly shit-chewing expression.

It’s like imagining a bad memory.

But that was only for a moment, and soon her expression changed to her usual one and she slowly opened her mouth.

“The next Four Heavenly Kings──.”

*

Bali MacGuff.

The commander-in-chief of the Demon World’s opposing forces, and the one known as the Empire’s Sword Master.

A great man who has already been written down in history while still alive.

He thought as he advanced through the surface of the demon world.

Since when did you start hating the demon race?

The answer was obvious.

From his childhood. From his childhood, which must now be a distant memory, he learned to hate the demons.

The reason why this happened is also simple and clear.

The 20th warrior… So, as the previous warriors died, the Demon King’s army advanced into the human world.

Because his parents were killed during that attack.

The cause of death was death in battle. It was the most glorious death for a fighter, but it was a fact that was difficult for me to accept because I was so young at the time.

The reason he became the commander-in-chief of the Demon World’s opposing forces was not specifically for the sake of humanity.

Rather, he continued to fight in order to vent his anger against the Demon Tribe, and ended up becoming the commander-in-chief.

Becoming the strongest person wasn’t as easy as people think, requiring overwhelming talent alone.

It is true that being born into a prestigious family played a part. Even though my parents are dead, the things they left behind clearly helped me grow. I will not deny that I was very talented.

If I didn’t have talent, I wouldn’t have survived until now.

But the reason he was able to get to this point was because he had endlessly pickled himself with hatred.

The path he had taken was not very bright, and instead, the blood of his subordinates and demons was spurting out at his feet.

It wasn’t a very happy life.

Still, McGuff had no regrets.

At least he tried. He fought endless battles under the pretext of slaughtering the Demon King’s army, but he was just a well-thrown sword.

But that’s why···.

‘I hated the warrior.’

He was given immense power simply by being chosen by the goddess without any real effort.

To McGuff, running wild here and there as if that was his strength was just pathetic.

Of course, Luke’s curse played a part in that, but that didn’t make his hatred go away.

But there was someone he hated more than Luke and the Demons…

“Finally arrived.”

An empty lot in the Demon World.

MacGuff, who arrived there with his army, muttered this.

In the center of the empty lot, a passenger was already waiting.

He waved a thin sword endlessly in the air.

Shhh! Shhh!

The sharp sound of the wind echoes quietly through the empty lot.

McGuff opened his mouth as he looked at the passengers.

“I’ve been waiting for the day I’ll meet you.”

At this time, McGuff’s heart was pounding with tension and excitement.

Ultimately, he is the one who provided the culprit who killed his parents. The culprit who broke the barrier of the human world.

And, the first of the Four Heavenly Kings of the previous generation. The slayer of warriors.

“I’ve already investigated enough information to catch you. That you always come here and swing your sword whenever you have time. And that this place is particularly weak in magic.”

The place where Mac Gough arrived was an empty magical land.

The surface of the Demon World. Where the human world and the Demon World meet. Therefore, it is a place where the two manas collide and subside. Since the mana itself is thin, it is a place where everyone, whether demon or human, becomes equally weak.

“I don’t know why you came here, but that habit will send you to hell. I’ve called upon every force I can to catch you.”

As McGuff said, he had a huge force behind him.

102 knights, 560 soldiers, and 53 magicians.

The commander-in-chief’s force may seem small, but it was a considerable number for a hastily assembled force.

Above all, there were a whopping 102 knights. Warriors whom he personally taught and raised, and with whom he went on countless battlefields.

The fighting power of each of them far exceeded that of an ordinary knight.

McGuff gave the order to surround the passengers who had arrived at Gongmaji.

Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!

Well-trained troops form groups and surround the passengers.

All kinds of murderous intent came upon the passengers.

Shhh! Shhh! Shhh···

Only then did the sound of the passengers’ swordsmanship, which had been echoing continuously, stop.

Then he looked at McGuff and opened his mouth.

“··· Didn’t you say you don’t know why I came here?”

The passenger was a handsome man.

Long, light blue hair that resembles the blue sky, a pure white face that shows no emotion at all, and a well-proportioned, solid body.

Unlike those in the demon world, the opponent’s appearance did not look like a demon at all.

Of course, that’s natural. The opponent isn’t a demon.

“The reason is simple. You already said it. It’s because the mana here is the most barren.”

He adjusted his posture again and aimed his sword forward.

“No matter what you do, mana is slow to react. Whether it’s casting magic, casting sword energy, or even just transferring mana to your body. It’s restricted.”

Raise your sword.

“But that’s why it’s the best place to practice swordsmanship.”

And again the sword swung downwards.

Shhh!

Once again, a small wind noise resonates all around.

A sharp, infinitely sharp blow, refined and pickled hundreds of millions of times.

It was a perfect posture that was breathtaking just to look at.

McGuff’s expression twisted as he watched the scene. He pulled out his greatsword and put all his strength into it.

“··· Even that training will end today. Warriors! Kill that guy!!!”

Soon the order was given and hundreds of troops rushed towards the male passenger.

“······.”

The man raised his sword without saying a word.

*

──A few hours later.

“Kuhhh··· Kahk, kahk!!”

Blood is everywhere. Severed weapons are strewn about.

Even the countless soldiers who had fought together through the battlefield were now reduced to a handful of meat, ready to return to the earth.

Even the great sword that McGuff loved so much was now broken in two and stuck in the floor.

McGuff thought, covering his ruptured chest.

‘What happened?’

Clearly, we have prepared as best as we can. We have also been diligently researching information about the enemy.

They clearly had the upper hand in terms of troops, and they even thought they had the upper hand in terms of information.

However, I did not think it would be easy and continued to be on guard and take every precaution.

Even though he was the strongest in the empire, his opponent was still his opponent.

And yet···.

‘Is the difference really that big?’

McGuff looked at his opponent.

Just a little sweat and a little out of breath.

The blue-haired man, unlike McGuff, was fine. Not even his calm expression seemed to have loosened.

I expected it to be tough. I expected the other person to be very fast.

But in the middle, that is···.

‘Dozens died in the blink of an eye.’

His own heart was also pierced at that time.

In the blink of an eye, literally, dozens of warriors fighting alongside him were torn in half. It’s surprising that someone with his level of visual acuity didn’t even notice it.

This wasn’t a matter of discussing the differences in height and height of the realm.

That doesn’t make sense.

It was literally a physically impossible blow.

As McGuff was thinking that, the other man took a deep breath and started walking towards McGuff.

McGuff glared at the guy, spitting out blood.

“···A monster.”

“Don’t worry. You were a strong enough opponent. You just had a bad opponent.”

“If it weren’t for you, if it weren’t for you… my mom and dad wouldn’t have died.”

“······You must be a person from that era. I’m sorry, but it was an inevitable disaster.”

“Why on earth, why on earth···.”

McGuff continued, his words choking up as the blood continued to rise.

Maybe it was because of his mixed emotions. But anyway, he continued talking.

“Why did you betray humanity···?”

“······.”

The man with the light blue hair didn’t say anything. He only frowned slightly.

Instead of answering, the man raised his thin sword towards the sky.

And then he just struck me down.

Choaaaak!

McGuff’s neck flew into the sky.

The commander-in-chief of the Demon World’s opposing forces and the strongest man in the empire met such a meaningless end.

“······.”

After finishing one fight, the man swung his sword towards the sky without saying a word.

Shhh!

A precise slash cut through the air. From the man’s perspective, the slash was pointing towards the sun.

Of course, putting down the sword didn’t cut down the sun.

“···Still.”

The man muttered quietly as he watched the slash that cut through the air.

“Still can’t reach my black sky···.”

The man’s name is Evan. Evan Clockwalker of Eternity.

A fallen warrior from the previous generation who murdered the previous generation’s warriors.

He who abandoned the most glorious position and betrayed the goddess.

The next four heavenly kings Luke would face.