episode_0266

“Haa…”

Before I knew it, a sigh escaped my lips.

I don’t know if it’s a sigh of relief that it’s all over or a sigh of accumulated fatigue…

Is the Demon King… dead?”

“…Yes, he is.”

The sky is still dark.

It will take time for the night to pass, but it probably doesn’t matter.

The Demon King is dead.

In addition, I felt the undead energy under the royal capital gradually disappearing.

The Demon King’s advent in this Roman Kingdom was coming to an end with the subjugation of the Demon King.

But….

“So? What brings you here?”

“? Hero, what are you talking about?”

The Pope tilted his head at my words.

It seems that no one else but me noticed his presence.

But I turned my gaze towards the presence that I could clearly feel, even though I couldn’t see it.

“Great Sage Equal to Heaven.”

There, one man with black, stiff hair fluttering was silently riding on a somersault cloud, looking down at me.

He stared at me for a moment, then nodded slightly and said,

“It’s been a while.”

“Yeah, it’s been a while. Considering what you did to me…”

When I think about how he told the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven about me, which led to the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven making me obsessed, I still get angry.

But that’s that, and this is this. I have no intention of arguing about it now.

“So what brings you here? Did you want to see the Demon King fall?”

“That’s half right. There are three reasons why I came here.”

With those words, he got off the somersault cloud and walked towards the Demon King’s corpse.

“First, to get back the Demon King’s status that we originally should have had, which he took.”

At the same time, faint streams of light flowed out of the Demon King’s corpse, and some of it went to the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and the rest disappeared beyond the sky.

“Second, to see with my own eyes the hero who defeated the Demon King.”

His golden eyes, which seemed to contain burning flames, stared at me.

Just when I had the illusion that I was reflected in those eyes, he looked away and said the last reason.

“Third, to confirm whether the current humans can overcome the ‘Trial’.”

“!”

At that moment, an enormous energy began to overflow from the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

Unlike when he limited his power to give me the teachings of the ‘Clock’ before, it was as if he was trying to exert his full power.

The overwhelming power was on a completely different ‘level’ from the Demon King I had just faced, so much so that I couldn’t understand if this guy was the Demon King.

“Heok!…”

“Kuh…”

Due to the pressure, the Pope and the Holy Knights who were there to assist him turned pale and knelt down, unable to breathe properly.

I know the cliche is that the DLC ending boss is stronger than the main story ending boss…

But does the difference have to be this big?

Even though the Demon King in the main story was clearly absorbing the power of the Seven Great Sages, including the Great Sage Equal to Heaven…

But….

“…”

‘I don’t think I’ll lose.’

“…Golden Fiery Eyes. You have reached that level.”

“…?”

But the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who looked like he was about to fight at any moment, instantly eliminated all his power and turned his body.

“I will wait for your choice.”

“Choice? What choice?…”

He didn’t answer my question and disappeared on his somersault cloud.

“…He’s just going to say what he wants and leave.”

* * *

The Demon King has fallen.

However, because the Demon King killed even the ‘King’ of the Roman Kingdom, including high-ranking officials within the royal palace, the Roman Kingdom was thrown into unexpected chaos.

In fact, this may be natural.

They were about to hold a grand festival to celebrate the defeat of the Demon King, but suddenly the complete Demon King appeared in the Roman Kingdom and killed the king… There’s no way chaos wouldn’t ensue.

But Princess Emula seems to have made more preparations than I thought.

Even though the king of the Roman Kingdom died and the first prince, Ragna Roman, died, she quickly seized the royal castle.

After she seized the royal castle to some extent, even if not completely, the next thing she did was to organize the public sentiment of the royal capital’s people.

“Hero. To calm the public sentiment, we need the help of His Holiness the Pope and the Hero.”

“Yeah, I know.”

“I know, Princess Emula. No… I should call you Queen now.”

Fortunately, most of the dignitaries from each country were safe.

Some of them had minor injuries, but their lives were not in danger.

And among them, the Pope and I had to stand before the citizens of the royal capital once again as witnesses to everything that had happened in the royal castle and the royal capital.

“…Actually, the best thing would be if you, Hero, would marry me, then the people would be relieved.”

“I told you that’s impossible…”

“Your Majesty. It’s time.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Emula nodded slightly, as if she was disappointed, and stood before the people.

I watched that scene for a moment and then sighed deeply.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes, I’m fine.”

“It couldn’t have been easy facing the Demon King…”

“Ah… I’m okay with that.”

In fact, that didn’t matter.

Even before reaching the pinnacle, it was not difficult to face the Demon King.

What I’m worried about right now is…

After defeating the Demon King.

After everything was settled with the undead disturbance in the royal capital.

“Then… is it because of the Goddess’s story?”

“…Yes, that’s right.”

* * *

When Princess Emula left to look after and deal with the chaos inside the royal castle and the situation of the dignitaries.

The group including Baekryeon, who had finished the undead disturbance, returned.

“Young Master Leon. I thought you would be safe, but are you really okay?”

“Yeah. I’m fine.”

“I felt an incredible power. And… you look very different from before.”

“I gained some enlightenment.”

Seolran was surprised at my words, and then smiled.

“Really… how strong are you going to get?”

“I don’t think I can get any stronger than this…”

“Hero. Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.”

When I stroked Levia’s hair, Levia’s eyes suddenly changed slightly.

“Levia?”

“Just a moment… Hero, the Goddess…”

“What?…”

“A, a Goddess?”

It was His Holiness the Pope who was surprised at Levia’s words.

Only the Saintess can hear the Goddess’s prophecy.

Usually, Saintess Batori would hear the Goddess’s voice, but he was startled, perhaps not knowing that Levia had reached that level, and looked at Levia.

“Why the Goddess?”

“She wants to descend directly…”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. Just a moment…”

Levia’s golden eyes turned pure white.

It was clearly the same color as the Goddess’s eyes, which had descended after I had sex with Levia for a long time.

“G, Goddess!…”

“Goddess! Your servant greets you.”

The Pope and the Holy Knights, who felt the Goddess’s divine power, quickly bowed their heads, and the Goddess, who had descended on Levia’s body, nodded lightly at the sight and looked at me. Then she bowed slightly and said.

“Hero… I can’t thank you enough for your grace.”

“…Is everything over?”

“Yes. Thanks to you, we were able to drive out the darkness of the world that was threatening this world.”

The Goddess nodded lightly at my question.

Then she smiled kindly and continued.

“Now, all that remains is… the trial that the original inhabitants of this world must overcome.”

“If it’s a trial…”

“Yes, the Seven Great Sages are them. Their existence is natural… so all that remains is…”

The Goddess’s eyes look at me.

As I tilted my head at the gaze, she carefully said.

“Only your choice remains.”

“My choice… Come to think of it, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven said the same thing, but what choice are you telling me to make?”

“Of course… the choice of whether to stay in this world or return to your original world.”

Everyone was startled at my words and looked at me.

Of course, the people from the Holy Kingdom, who already knew about me, were looking at me silently, as if they had roughly guessed it.

“Young Master? What are you talking about?”

“Original world?”

“…Do I have to choose right away?”

The Goddess shook her head at my words.

“No. You don’t have to choose right away. There is still… time left. There will probably be enough time to think about it.”

“…Of course, you won’t be able to just hang out here and then go back, right?”

“I’m sorry, but…”

The Goddess put her hands together as if she was truly sorry.

“I swear in the name of the Goddess that there will be no disadvantage to you no matter which one you choose.”

“…Then I’ll think about it a bit.”

“I understand. Choose whichever you won’t regret…”

Leaving those words behind, the Goddess’s presence gradually disappeared.

I watched the scene for a moment, sighed deeply, and then looked at my party members who were looking at me.

“Young Master?…”

“Leon… what are you going to do?”

“…I don’t know.”

Everything is over but…

It seems my story is not completely over yet.

Whether to go back or not.

The time to choose has come.