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    Creak.

    The audience chamber door slowly opens.

    But the sound of the door opening feels somewhat heavy.

    In addition, the thick scent of blood that brushes the tip of one’s nose the moment the door opens makes one realize that something unusual has happened inside.

    “!!!”

    “….”

    “Oh, you’ve come? You’re here sooner than I thought?”

    “Ugh….”

    The interior of the audience chamber was filled with blood and torn flesh.

    Seeing that horrifying sight, Princess Emula turned pale and turned her body away, retching.

    Well, she may have mixed bodies with men, but she probably never witnessed death so explicitly.

    And at the very center of this audience chamber.

    There is a man who has grabbed the Pope’s bloodied neck right in front of the throne and lifted him up.

    “Ragna…, Prince….”

    “Hmm?…. Ah, you’re that guy’s younger sister, aren’t you?”

    “That guy?….”

    Ragna, the prince of the Roman Kingdom and a hero.

    No, the Demon King who took over Ragna’s body, he was there.

    However, Emula, who did not properly understand that, looked at him in confusion at the Demon King’s words.

    “That guy, you say….”

    “That is a monster that has taken over Ragna’s body, so you don’t have to pay much attention to it.”

    “Don’t have to pay attention to it….”

    The Demon King shrugged at my words, looked back and forth between me and the Pope he was holding, and then threw the Pope towards me.

    Swoosh! Thud!!!

    “….”

    “Yo, Your Holiness!!”

    “Princess Emula, please take care of His Holiness the Pope.”

    “Yes?…. Yes, yes!….”

    Princess Emula, who was flustered, hurriedly approached the Pope who had been thrown.

    She calmly watched him, in case the Demon King might move, but he just looked on as if he was interested.

    He didn’t take any particular action.

    Rather, he straddled the throne behind him.

    “…There’s one thing I want to ask.”

    “Hmm? What is it?”

    “Why is there something like a ‘fragment of the Demon King’?”

    “Huh?”

    He tilted his head as if to say, what are you talking about?

    “What are you talking about?”

    “…Heavenly Demon, Demon, Witch, Yokai. Aren’t they the four entities that your power is divided into?”

    “Ah…. Those guys? Right.”

    “I asked why such things exist. No, before that, why can you exist even though I defeated all of them….”

    As if he finally understood my question, he nodded and said.

    “Well, fine. Thanks to you, I was able to appear in this world after a long time…. Shall I tell you the story?”

    “…Thanks to me?”

    I frowned at the incomprehensible words.

    Originally, I tried to talk to the Demon King to buy time for the Pope to recover….

    It seems that I can get more important information than I thought.

    “To enter this world, I had to divide my power. Otherwise, this world couldn’t handle my existence.”

    “….”

    “So I divided my existence. In the process, I took the names of ‘Demon Kings that already exist’ in this world so that my existence could be accepted in this world.”

    I heard that story from Bokhae Daeseong.

    The Demon Kings existing in another dimension had their status as Demon Kings taken away.

    “But there was a problem? It’s good to divide the power, but there’s no way to gather the divided power? Until someone gathers all my divided fragments, it’s difficult for me to directly step in.”

    “So I gathered them all by defeating them all?”

    “That’s right!”

    The Demon King says, snapping his fingers cheerfully.

    “…Annoying.”

    “Life is originally like that.”

    “…Your Holiness. Are you alright?”

    “Haa…, haa…. The divine power for recovery is…, insufficient….”

    Is it still too much?

    I handed the Holy Sword I was holding to the Pope.

    “?”

    “Can you use it?”

    “…A little.”

    At my question, the Pope nodded and carefully received the Holy Sword.

    If the Saintess represents the voice of the Goddess and the Hero represents the sword of the Goddess, the Pope is the one who executes the will of the Goddess.

    Therefore, even if he cannot completely control the Holy Sword, he can at least control the divine power inherent in the Holy Sword.

    And as I expected, the Pope used the divine power contained in the Holy Sword to restore his body.

    The Demon King, who was watching the scene with interest, raised the corner of his mouth and said.

    “If you hand over that sword, what are you going to fight with?”

    “With this.”

    I took out the Blood Demon Sword, obtained from the Sword Demon, from the inventory.

    It doesn’t quite match the power of the enhanced Holy Sword, but it is one of the few swords that can withstand my power anyway.

    “Hmph…. Good. It’s been a long time since I’ve appeared in this world…. So let’s enjoy it a little.”

    The Demon King, who was sitting on the throne, slowly stood up and took out a sword that was near him.

    “That sword is….”

    “Familiar, isn’t it? It’s the Holy Sword. Of course, I’ve eroded it with my power.”

    “….”

    Tsk, annoying thing to do….

    If that’s the case, is it impossible to combine the Holy Sword like with ?

    “Going?”

    “Come.”

    Bang!!

    He moved.

    At the same time, I moved too.

    Clang!!!

    His Holy Sword…, no, Demon Sword and my Blood Demon Sword collide.

    At that moment, a tremendous roar erupts, and demonic energy and intense energy scatter in all directions.

    “Hahahaha!! It feels good to move my body after a long time!!!”

    “Tsk.”

    * * *

    “Kyaa!!”

    “…Princess Emula, please stay by my side. You will be swept away by their battle.”

    “Yes, yes!…. I will!….”

    Bang! Bang!! Clang!!!!

    And Emula, who was watching the battle, nodded in confusion several times.

    For her, the current battle between the Hero and the Demon King was truly beyond common sense.

    ‘I, I can’t see anything….’

    She couldn’t see the figures of the Demon King and the Hero at all.

    She could only see the loud roars and the sight of crimson demonic energy and golden energy clashing and exploding.

    She was safe now because she was inside the barrier created by His Holiness the Pope using the Holy Sword.

    If it weren’t for the barrier….

    ‘W, What is the safest thing….’

    Actually, when I heard that line, I was a little excited.

    Who wouldn’t feel excited after hearing those words?

    But looking at the current situation….

    It seems like this is the most dangerous place instead.

    “But surely…. He seems to be controlling his power.”

    “Yes?”

    “I can’t completely block the clash of those two beings with my power. The fact that I can still completely block it means…. the Hero is mitigating the power coming this way.”

    “Ah….”

    That means….

    “So that he can exert more power…. I must quickly heal my wounds….”

    “I, is there anything I can help with?”

    “It’s alright, Princess Emula. Rather, is there anything you know about the situation outside?”

    “O, Outside situation…. Sir Hero Leon said that undead are rampant in the surroundings…. And…. Sister Noren betrayed us….”

    The Pope closed his eyes after hearing Emula’s words.

    Was it a wrong choice to choose Noren as a member of the Hero’s party?

    Did I give too much sin to a child who would have lived faithfully otherwise?

    “…Thinking about it now would be meaningless.”

    Now is the time to recover.

    With that resolve, the Pope slowly drew more divine power from the Holy Sword.

    * * *

    While the Pope was hurriedly healing his wounds, the showdown between the Demon King and Leon was unexpectedly coming to an end.

    “!!”

    Clang!!

    Both of them are beings who possess power that far transcends a single individual.

    Therefore, each variable brings about a big difference, but despite fighting while minimizing damage to the Pope and Princess Emula in the back, the Demon King gradually began to be pushed back.

    “What….”

    “You, you’re weaker than I thought?”

    Clang!!!

    This is the extent even without using the Holy Sword.

    If I had used the Holy Sword, I could have instantly killed him a long time ago.

    Thinking about it, I regret handing over the Holy Sword to the Pope, but it’s too late to go get it now.

    No matter how easy he may seem, he is not an enemy easy enough for me to miss the fleeting moment of receiving the Holy Sword from the Pope.

    In the end, I have to bet on the Blood Demon Sword.

    “This is…. power beyond the expected realm….”

    “Is that so?”

    Perhaps the Demon King was quite embarrassed, as he was full of playful ease in the early stages of the battle, but now he was desperately trying to suppress me with a face hardened with anxiety. But even if his power itself is similar to mine, there is a big difference in technical aspects.

    I know how to give power more efficiently and strongly, but he can’t.

    “If that’s all you have to show, let’s end it now.”

    “!”

    To be honest, I feel like I’m losing steam.

    I feel like my excitement is fading.

    But that’s that, and this is this.

    “Sword King Secret Technique”

    I add intense energy that shimmers in gold to the Blood Demon Sword that emits red blood energy.

    The guy also rushes at me, startled by my attack, and grips his sword, but….

    “It’s already too late.”

    “!!”

    Sea Divide

    The fastest thrust among the secret techniques.

    This thrust lightly pierces through the guy’s defense and accurately pierces through his body.

    It’s certain that I cut off his body by piercing through his head.

    From the cheers that I can hear from behind, it seems that the Pope and Princess Emula have also realized that I have pierced the Demon King.

    [system: Loading file.]

    “…What?”

    The moment I thought everything was over.

    I was flustered by the voice I heard in my head.

    ‘What are you…, loading?’

    At that moment, I could see it.

    Eyes still remaining in Ragna’s split body.

    Those eyes were looking at me, and

    Those eyes were clearly ‘smiling.’

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