episode_0158

A world of darkness where you can’t see even an inch ahead, and the sky is covered in darkness.

The Demon King’s Castle was destroyed beyond recognition by the warriors. However, as time passed, it was restored to some extent and revealed its majestic appearance.

There, a demon spread its ominous black wings and flew in front of the throne.

“Contact with the Crown Prince, Tyros.”

“Hmm.”

A knight clad in black armor slowly appears from next to the throne at the devil’s words.

He glanced at the Demon King’s throne and spoke to the devil.

“What time is it?”

“2 a.m. Open the door when the deepest night has come.”

“Yeah. You worked hard.”

The devil, who had conveyed his entire intention, nodded once and retreated again.

The audience room where the knight is left alone.

The dark knight quietly knelt respectfully before the Demon King’s throne.

“Everything is for the Demon King.”

A savior who saved himself from a rotten world.

An irreplaceable benefactor who gave me the strength to take revenge.

Dark Knight Tyros.

I will sacrifice this body to follow the Demon King’s will.

The empire of weak humans is tomorrow.

Your skin will be burned away in excruciating pain, leaving no ash behind.

But first.

I guess I’ll have to convince her first.

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A huge mansion located in the empire.

Tyros, who had entered the empire alone while hiding his identity, entered the main gate of the mansion.

Originally, the escort should have stopped it.

However, the guard guarding the main gate of the mansion was helplessly knocked down by a single sword strike from the dark knight.

So Tyros walked inside the mansion.

Suddenly a voice came from behind him.

“Have I become easygoing?”

The dark knight turned around hurriedly.

Her feet were flying even faster than that.

Boom-!

A dark knight flying with a loud noise and crashing into a wall.

Athena opened her mouth indifferently, looking at the dark knight who had been flying away with great force.

“What is the Demon King’s dog doing here?”

“……Ugh.”

The knight slowly pulled his body out of the wall, groaning softly.

Athena looked at him emotionlessly.

“I didn’t know you would come here to commit suicide.”

“I came to negotiate.”

The dark knight looks at Athena and immediately gets to the point.

At his words, Athena raised an eyebrow.

“Negotiation?”

“Yeah. I heard you hate humans too.”

Athena looked at the knight who spoke calmly for a moment, then a smile appeared on her face and she began to laugh heartily.

Not that long ago.

Athena, who had been holding back a smile for a long time, looked at the knight with interest and spoke.

“Phew..! This is fun, this is fun. I never thought I’d hear the devil ask for a negotiation in my life.”

“If you make up your mind, we’ll be the ones who lose in the end.”

“You’re pretty rational for a demon?”

Athena looked at the dark knight carefully for a moment, then smiled strangely as if she had figured out something and spoke to him.

“You…are half-baked?”

“…..I didn’t come here to chat.”

The knight immediately cut off Athena’s words. Then he took something out of his bosom and handed it to her.

Something in the shape of a map and a key.

“What is this?”

“The key is a treasure vault in the Demon World. It is a place where all the treasures taken by killing humans are stored.”

“Huh..you’re giving it to me?”

“I heard you like jewels.”

Athena took a quick look at the key, then threw it in front of the knight and looked at him, speaking in a calm voice.

“Well. I like it, but I don’t really care. Can’t I just take it by force anyway?”

“…That’s right. But that map can’t be helped.”

The mysterious map handed over by the knight.

Athena took a look at the map, but couldn’t figure out anything because it was encrypted.

But even then, Athena’s face still looked indifferent, as if she didn’t care at all.

“Is there some hidden treasure? Something like this-”

“It’s a dragon’s nest.”

At the knight’s words, Athena’s body froze.

Not long after that, a much stronger aura began to flow around Athena than before.

“What?”

Despite her oppressive pressure, the knight remained as calm as possible.

“This is the nest we discovered earlier. We have confirmed that there are dragon traces around there recently, so they must still be living there.”

“…….”

“I heard you have a huge interest in dragons.”

Although it was a very short time, desire appeared in Athena’s tired eyes. It was a long-awaited interest for her who had been living a boring life day after day.

Naturally, Athena, whose own interests took priority over everything else, had no intention of missing out on this exciting opportunity.

Athena looks at the knight with a mischievous smile on her face.

“Do you know what happens if you lie?”

“My entire legion that discovered that nest disappeared without a trace. I have no intention of messing with the coordinates obtained by sacrificing their lives. ”

Athena snorted at the knight’s extremely serious words.

“Pfft. That’s pretty good, half. How did you know I was interested in Yong? You brought me exactly what I wanted. Better than the Emperor?”

Athena’s words indicating her approval of the transaction.

The knight felt relieved to himself that he had succeeded.

“What are the conditions?”

When Athena asked, the knight quickly answered her.

“One day. Just one day. Don’t interfere in our fight. That’s it. ”

“Hmm…”

A story that would have made the emperor grab the back of his neck and be terrified if he had heard it.

Athena was pondering something, her hand on her chin.

How much time has passed like that?

Athena seemed to have remembered something funny and suggested it to the knight with a mischievous smile.

“How about this? We’ll do this until I catch the dragon and come back. If you kill the emperor before then, you win. If you can’t finish the fight before I get there, you lose. Doesn’t that sound fun?”

“You only have fun.”

“Then what else is there in this boring world?”

“….good.”

After hearing the knight’s words, Athena extended her hand to him and the knight, for some reason, suppressed his uneasy feelings and took her hand.

“Then. Where should I try to do well?”

Athena speaks with a playful smile.

Although he had a gut feeling that she was playing him, the knight decided to accept it.

His only goal was to carry out the Demon King’s will. For that purpose, nothing else mattered.

Even Athena would not be able to destroy the natural disaster that is a dragon overnight.

There would be enough blood and screams in there to make the world cry.

However, Athena, I could never figure out what was inside that human.

A heterogeneous hero who, despite having ample power, does nothing.

“Do you not care if your own people are massacred?”

Finally, the knight, unable to bear his curiosity, asked her. Athena raised an eyebrow at the knight’s words.

Athena, who had been looking at the knight with a puzzled expression for a moment, smiled and said a short word.

“Yeah. Not at all.”

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“Why…”

Iris muttered, staring blankly at the sky.

The world is on fire.

That was the only thought that came to Iris’ mind when she saw the sight.

The moon looks red today.

A monster of overwhelming size that causes fear just by looking at it.

A demon descending from the sky, giving off an ominous aura.

A large number of undead are invading the city.

The dawn of the empire, which had been calm until just a moment ago, turned into a sea of fire in an instant.

Screams are heard from all over.

The sound of precious lives being lost can be heard everywhere.

Still, Iris could not do anything and just looked up at the sky.

‘Goddess… why such a tragedy…’

Iris prayed every day.

I prayed to the goddess, losing sleep, starving, and getting bruises on my knees.

I pray that a peaceful morning will dawn again.

Please have mercy on us humans.

Please don’t let the pain come any more.

I continued to wait earnestly for the Goddess.

But the result that came back was nothing but a hopeless disaster.

“Saint! What are you doing here!”

As Iris turned around blankly, she saw a knight running towards her, breathing heavily.

“This place is dangerous! I’ll take you to the Dash.”

“I’m… sorry.”

“There are wounded people there. Please have mercy on them, Saint. ”

Iris flinched for a moment at the knight’s words.

For a moment, my body froze and I couldn’t move. But I brainwashed myself again and forced myself to take a step.

Caring for people.

It is the duty and mission of the saint.

Just as his comrades sacrificed their lives to stop the Demon King, he too should have made endless efforts.

Today, too, the saint walked with even more clouded eyes to fulfill her duty.

-You should live for yourself too. What will you get in return if you try so hard for others?

Iris flinched at the sound of Athena’s voice once again coming to her mind.

“….for me.”

Living for yourself.

That was such a sweet temptation to Iris right now.

What Iris wants most at this moment.

Reunion with colleagues. And peaceful rest.

I’ve been working hard so far… wouldn’t it be okay to live for myself for once?

The thought lingered in Iris’s mind.

The saint lowered her head with empty eyes.

My gaze was drawn to my own wrist, which was pure white and clean.

Distinctly revealed on the pure white wrist.

Iris couldn’t take her eyes off the veins through which her life flowed so intensely.