Demon King
by Afuhfuihgs
I gathered my Tentacle Heroes and Teacher Lime and told them everything I had heard yesterday.
I voiced my thoughts.
“Kanpasha. Just as you said, the Demon Lord candidates all have friends, lovers, and figureheads.”
Prince Ranulf could have a friend, Princess Shagira a lover, and the innocent and indecisive Prince Silvan could be made into a figurehead.
Kanpasha clicked his tongue as if he couldn’t believe it had turned out exactly as he had said.
Nerubika asked.
“Kyle-nim. So, who will you choose?”
“That’s the problem. The current Demon Lord wants all of his children to survive, no matter who becomes the Demon Lord. I have to fulfill the Demon Lord’s request while also making one of them a Demon Lord who follows my goals.”
Kanpasha pondered and then said.
“When I heard His Majesty’s words, Ranulf is a very ambitious person. Such a person would never leave a dangerous element alone. If he becomes King, he will surely eliminate his brothers behind His Majesty’s back.”
“A dangerous guy, huh.”
“But because he is ambitious and capable, he can be an excellent ally in the war against the Light Race.”
“What about Shagira then?”
“Shagira grew up sheltered in her family’s care, so she won’t have the qualities to lead the Demon Lord Army. Even if she becomes the Demon Lord, her grandfather, Adnel, will ultimately take control.”
“So, marrying Shagira would be meaningless?”
“That’s not necessarily true. Either way, having married into the Naga royal family, the Nagas will help Kyle-nim. However, it will be Adnel, not Shagira, who will proactively help His Majesty.”
“Then what do you think about Silvan?”
“From what I’ve heard, if you treat him well, he’ll follow you around calling you ‘Hyung! Hyung!’ Silvan is exactly the kind of figurehead Demon Lord that Kyle-nim wants, isn’t he? And the Undead will also become Kyle-nim’s allies.”
“Each has their pros and cons.”
At that moment, Teacher Lime opened her mouth.
“What about the Tentacle Overlord?”
I said what I had heard.
“The 10th-ranked Tentacle Overlord’s name is Asmodeus. She suddenly appeared in the Demon Lord Army 200 years ago, defeated the former 10th-ranked Overlord, and became the 10th-ranked Overlord. And she’s the Tentacle of Original Sin.”
Teacher Lime said with a delighted face.
“What? That Asmodeus Unnie? I’ve been around for 1000 years, you know. The Tentacle of Original Sin, Asmodeus, is an Unnie I know~”
Louisa looked at Teacher Lime with wonder.
“It’s amazing to meet someone you know after 1000 years.”
I thought deeply and made a decision.
“Since she’s Teacher Lime’s acquaintance and a veteran of the Tentacle Wars from a thousand years ago, let’s go meet Asmodeus first.”
I asked a maid for Asmodeus’s location.
It turned out that Asmodeus was at her private residence in the capital, so I and the Tentacle Heroes went to find Asmodeus.
The information about Asmodeus that I heard from Teacher Lime was as follows.
A thousand years ago, the God of Darkness, the Tentacle Kamaite, bestowed the divinity of Original Sin upon his seven strongest children and made them the Tentacles of Original Sin, and Asmodeus was said to be the Tentacle of Lust.
‘Wait a minute. The divinity of Lust is something I don’t have, right? Asmodeus had it.’
Asmodeus was Kamaite’s most beloved wife.
By Kamaite’s standards, all Tentacles were children, so to associate with a Tentacle, you would inevitably end up associating with offspring, and the values themselves would be different from humans.
Asmodeus was said to have treated Teacher Lime like a 친언니 (chin-eonni – close older sister).
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When we arrived at a large mansion, Asmodeus’s Tentacle subordinates greeted us as if they had been waiting and opened the gate.
The fact that Tentacles formed a pillar of the Demon Lord Army made my heart swell with pride.
We were guided to the hall of the mansion.
The moment I entered the hall, my whole body froze in shock.
There was a giant pink Tentacle, 5m in its main body alone, that had blown my head off when I was Kim Cheol-soo on Earth.
Since I am also a Tentacle, I could tell that it was that Tentacle just by looking at the texture and smoothness of the giant pink body and Tentacle legs in front of me.
The feeling I had wasn’t fear, but shock that I had met it here like this.
My subordinates were puzzled when I stood still.
The pink Tentacle greeted us in a captivating female voice that sounded like it was licking our ears.
“Welcome, Great Champion of the Dark Race~ Please come in~”
‘Does she not know me?’
I decided to pretend not to know and greeted her.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you. You must have heard of my reputation.”
“Hohoho. You’re quite the hot topic these days.”
I threw out a meaningful question to see if Asmodeus knew me.
“Have you ever met me before?”
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
“Never mind.”
Although we were enemies when I was human, we can be comrades if we are the same Tentacle and the other party doesn’t know my past.
I decided to put the past behind me.
When I think about it, thanks to the pink Tentacle, I escaped from unloading 택배 (택배 – courier) and am now living happily, aren’t I?
Just then, Teacher Lime came in, saw Asmodeus, and jumped up and down excitedly.
“Unnie! Unnie! It’s me, Lime!”
Asmodeus waved her Tentacle legs wildly in delight.
“Oh my! Lime! It’s been 1000 years! I’m so glad to see you!”
Teacher Lime ran with her arms open and hugged Asmodeus’s giant main body tightly.
Asmodeus also stroked Teacher Lime’s head to her butt with her Tentacle legs.
Asmodeus and Teacher Lime had met after a long time, and the two of them were chatting away, so the rest of us, including me, became background screens listening to their stories.
Teacher Lime told a long epic story of how she ran away 1000 years ago, went to the Bohark Forest, created the Slime Kingdom, and recently met me.
Asmodeus chimed in and sighed at Teacher Lime’s story, listening happily, and then began to tell her own story.
“Oh my. So Kamaite-nim disappeared and you lived like that. Now let me tell you my story.”
Teacher Lime answered with a childlike appearance that she doesn’t show to us.
“Yes! Unnie!”
“After Kamaite-nim disappeared, I and the Tentacle subordinates who survived sealed ourselves on an island southeast of the capital. And 200 years ago, the seal suddenly weakened and we all woke up. Our forces were quite strong, so I killed the former 10th-ranked Demon Lord Army and became the 10th-ranked Overlord and took over the territory.”
“Unnie is the Tentacle of Original Sin! Unnie is so strong that she could even become the Demon Lord!”
“No. I’m not interested in becoming the Demon Lord and I’m satisfied with this position.”
“Then why are you supporting Prince Silvan?”
“Hmm. Just because I like him. Not in a romantic way, but as a pet.”
“Unnie hasn’t changed from the old days, living as your heart leads you, has she?”
“Well. That’s right.”
“Was there anything special in the last 200 years?”
“There wasn’t anything particularly special?”
‘Hey, you invaded Earth once! Why are you hiding this?’
I probed Asmodeus one more time.
“Have you ever been to another world?”
“Puhut. What are you talking about? How can you go to another world?”
“Just kidding.”
‘Does she really not know, or is she pretending not to know? For now, she’s an ally, right?’
“Kyle-nim seems to like joking around, unlike what I expected.”
Teacher Lime glared at me and scolded me.
“Kyle! How rude to Asmodeus Unnie!”
Asmodeus laughed and comforted Teacher Lime.
“Lime. It’s okay~ Kyle-nim is cuter than I thought and he’s my type, so let’s forgive him.”
“If Unnie says so, I understand.”
‘Even if it’s a human form, Tentacles are too high of a hurdle!’
Asmodeus looked at me and asked.
“Kyle-nim, you’re worried about who to support among the Demon Lord candidates, right?”
I answered with a troubled face.
“Yes. That’s right.”
“I will become Kyle-nim’s supporter.”
“Yes?!”
“That’s exactly what I mean. Kyle-nim and I are the same Tentacle, and I agree with Kyle-nim’s goal of creating the Dark Continent. And Kyle-nim is the Champion of the Dark Race, so there’s a high possibility of achieving that goal. I will become Kyle-nim’s ally rather than the Demon Lord.”
‘Oh! I’ll forgive you for killing me in the past! Now that I see you again, Tentacles are my type too?’
“Thank you! If Asmodeus, the Tentacle of Original Sin, helps me, it will be a great help in the future!”
“Hohoho~~ Let’s get along well as fellow Tentacles. Kyle-nim.”
“Yes. Hahaha. Then who do you think I should support?”
“I recommend Prince Silvan. Prince Silvan is innocent and obedient, so he can move as Kyle-nim wants.”
“Is it okay for me to use Prince Silvan?”
“Even if you use him, Silvan will become the Demon Lord anyway. As long as you don’t kill him, it’s okay.”
“I understand.”
I made up my mind here.
After all, the forces of the Werewolves, Nagas, and Undead are similar.
If I support Prince Silvan, I can get a figurehead Demon Lord who moves as I please, and I can also get Asmodeus, the Tentacle of Original Sin.
“I, Kyle, will support Prince Silvan.”
Asmodeus waved her Tentacle legs and said in a happy voice.
“Oh my! You made a good choice! I’ll arrange a banquet with Silvan and the other Undead lords. And from now on, Kyle-nim and his subordinates should live in this mansion. The Tentacle soldiers can live in the barracks for soldiers right next to my mansion. This mansion is my private residence in the capital, and there are private residences and barracks for soldiers of the Undead lords around it. It will be difficult for other factions to harm Kyle-nim and his companions.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
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As soon as we heard Asmodeus’s words, we quickly left the palace, gathered the Tentacle forces of the expedition, and moved our base to Asmodeus’s mansion.
Asmodeus’s Tentacle soldiers all greeted me politely, and the Tentacle maids kindly guided me and my subordinates.
My room became the room next to Asmodeus’s room because Asmodeus said she wanted to get along with me.
I reaffirmed that I absolutely don’t like the Tentacle form.
In the evening, a banquet was held in the large hall of Asmodeus’s mansion.
The following people participated in the banquet.
Asmodeus (Tentacle of Original Sin),
Me (Champion of the Dark Race),
Prince Silvan (Vampire),
His grandfather, 4th-ranked Balthazar (Vampire),
His grandmother, Anna (Vampire),
His mother, the 3rd Queen Stefania (Vampire),
His maternal aunt, 11th-ranked Magdalena (Dullahan),
Magdalena’s husband and Stefania’s older brother, Rodrick (Vampire),
Lifeeater, the king of the Rechedhollow tribe in the Jungle Autonomous Region (Undead Trent).
The highest authorities of the Undead faction who support Prince Silvan as the Demon Lord are all gathered here.
The forces they brought are thoroughly guarding the mansion, and the forces are also stationed in the private barracks they own around it, so no one can easily attack this mansion.
Perhaps the Naga and Werewolf factions are also uniting their forces with their respective factions.
Many people saw me go to Asmodeus’s mansion, so the Nagas and Werewolves will also know that I have joined the Undead faction.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, I and my subordinates must now only go to places with many Undead.
Various precious animals were placed on the banquet table, anesthetized.
Some animals had faucets attached to their wrists, and blood flowed out when opened.
Asmodeus and I dipped the animals with Tentacles coming out of our mouths and sucked them up.
Magdalena and Lifeeater picked up the animals with their hands and rotten vines, brought them to their mouths, and absorbed their life force.
The Vampires poured blood into cups and drank it.
Balthazar came to me and expressed his gratitude.
“Kyle-nim. Thank you for choosing my lacking grandson. The Undead faction will now become Kyle’s ally.”
Magdalena also fixed her head to her neck with a pink ribbon, came with Rodrick’s arm, and said.
“I see you knew Silvan’s good points. Our Silvan is innocent, but he’s a kid who does what he has to do.”
Rodrick also nodded.
Lifeeater, the king of the Rechedhollow tribe, moved his tree root-like legs and came to me.
Lifeeater is an Undead Trent made of withered and rotten trees with no leaves.
Lifeeater said in a creepy low voice.
“My nephew may seem innocent, but he’s lucky. For a strong person like you to choose my nephew. Hehehe. Today is a good day.”
As I talked to people, Silvan looked at me from afar, hesitant.
Magdalena and Rodrick went to Silvan and preached to him, and Silvan mustered up the courage to come to me and bowed 90 degrees, thanking me.
“Hyung! Thank you for choosing me.”
‘Don’t call me Hyung with that girly face and girly voice! It turns me on!’
“No. The person who will become the Demon Lord must maintain his dignity.”
“Hyung! Please drop the formalities! Let’s get along.”
“Haha. Should we? I’m glad to have a younger brother like you too.”
When I smiled brightly and looked at Silvan, Silvan’s cheeks turned red and he fidgeted with his hands.
‘Wait! It’s not what I’m thinking, is it?’
Silvan looked down and said shyly.
“Hyung~ I’m glad to have a handsome Hyung too.”
‘Not a strong Hyung, but a handsome Hyung? Ugh! But I’ll put up with it because he’s like a girl.’
“Okay. Tell me if you need anything.”
“Yes!”
I told Silvan about my adventures.
Silvan looked at me with eyes like he was looking at his favorite celebrity.
After that, I listened to Silvan’s story.
The people around us watched with happy faces as I and Silvan strengthened our friendship.
I talked a lot, so I went out to the terrace with a glass of wine to get some fresh air.
Undead and Tentacles were swarming below the terrace, standing guard.
Silvan followed me to the terrace.
I asked.
“Silvan. What’s wrong?”
“Hyung. I actually have a problem… You’re the only one I can talk to.”
‘It’s not “I like Hyung,” is it?!’
“Okay. Tell me.”
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