episode_0287

‘Something has awakened. Something ominous!’

After pausing, Eugene Schneider looks at the distant sky ahead. The sky was tinged with the setting sun, but there was nothing particularly noticeable in that red sky.

But he can definitely feel it.

‘Something inside me is reacting!’

Ssshhh…!

Eugene lightly places his hand over his heart.

It wasn’t just a sense of déjà vu or something flashing through his mind.

His body was clearly reacting.

“Eugene? What’s wrong? Do you sense a demonic presence nearby?”

Then, his adoptive mother Marianne asked from behind him.

The three, who had decided to run towards Pangea all night, changed their plans.

They decided to camp.

So, they are looking for a place to camp.

“Ah, no, Mother. I think my demonic energy rose a bit because I caught too many monsters.”

Eugene skirted around the issue.

While mentioning his demonic energy state.

Considering the situation, Eugene Schneider thought he should share information as openly as possible with his beloved adoptive mother Marianne.

So, he told her to some extent about his half-demon blood, and the changes in his body that were created after his awakening.

“Yes, it seems right to take a break. Even if your ability to control your body has improved compared to before, you have been pushing yourself too hard for the past few days, Eugene.”

Marianne nodded with a worried look on her face.

When Eugene cautiously brought up his secret, his adoptive mother Marianne already knew about Eugene Schneider’s half-demon heritage.

But to her, half-demon Eugene Schneider or human Eugene Schneider was equally a lovable son, so there was no need to mention it beforehand, and she hadn’t shown it until now.

As a result, Eugene’s trust in Marianne only grew stronger.

“Yes, Mother, I agree. If we push ourselves to shorten the time, we might run into trouble when we actually have to fight a big battle. Since we have to bring my second sister along as well, we’ll be careful.”

His mother’s meticulous consideration, how could Eugene refuse it?

That’s why they changed their plans.

‘But still, the reaction inside me continues, though it’s lessened compared to just before. Somewhere far away, something great has definitely happened.’

Eugene Schneider, having reassured Marianne, once again looked at the sunset sky towards Pangea.

“That appearance!”

As Eugene thought, something beyond imagination was actually happening.

An event that had become reality after going back a full 1000 years.

Before she knew it, the elf Priscilla, who had rushed to Jeanne’s side, could not help but be shocked by the situation unfolding before her eyes.

“Demon King!!!!!!”

Still, a black-purple flash of light was pouring down from the sky, and a being began to appear within that flash.

The appearance of that being was clearly that of a Demon King in the eyes of the elf Priscilla.

Of course, even Priscilla, who had lived longer than humans, had never actually seen a Demon King.

Nevertheless, unlike the human race, the history of the elf race has experienced the descent of Demon Kings who received the grace of the Demon God in a considerable number.

As a result, records were also prepared in considerable detail, and Priscilla had grown up sufficiently looking at those records since she was young.

‘Red horns! A huge tail! So… it was a Demon King?’

Jeanne, having received confirmation from Priscilla, stared with wide eyes, almost frozen, at the Demon King’s descent that was taking place about 30 meters away.

However, her reaction could not be limited to mere surprise.

‘Besides, Ms. Mina! Is the Demon King??!’

The person she had trusted so much since she started her mercenary life.

It is because her friend Mina, who is currently working hard to lead this community properly even in the mercenary village, is turning into a Demon King.

‘No way, Ms. Mina doesn’t have any contact points. Why is Ms. Mina!’

It didn’t make sense.

Jeanne is also aware of the Demon God’s Eye through Eugene and Elizabeth, and the possibility of the Demon King’s descent through it.

As a result, even if there was no direct mention from Eugene Schneider in the letter, she vaguely guessed that the current situation indicated that the Demon King’s descent was imminent.

But it was just a vague guess, and she couldn’t directly experience it.

She thought that someone among the demons in the Iskandar Mountains in the north might become the Demon King.

But the fact that the Demon King is descending from within her colleague, even from someone she thought was the furthest from the Demon King, made Jeanne fall into a state of panic, not just surprise.

“Sister!! Mina, sister!!!”

ㅡthud thud thud thud!!!

At that moment, a voice filled with a sorrowful feeling was heard.

It was Margaret, the slum girl who loved Mina so much.

A huge pillar of light fell on the warehouse where Mina was working, and Margaret, who had been having a pleasant conversation with her until just before, was also surprised by the appearance of the pillar of light.

Afterwards, Margaret turned her head towards the side where the pillar of light had fallen, and this young girl also saw Mina turning into a Demon King.

It was an intensely felt, uneasy feeling, and it must have been a feeling that her beloved Mina sister was gradually moving away from her.

That’s why Margaret threw away the rope she was working on and ran towards Mina, who was surrounded by the Demon God’s pillar of light.

“No! It’s dangerous, Margaret!”

Whack!

“Aaaaaah! Mina, sister!!”

Startled by the sight, Marie hurriedly rushed out and grabbed Margaret’s small body as if embracing it.

“What in the world! What is going on, Ms. Priscilla!”

“That appearance right now, is it definitely Ms. Mina? But why is Ms. Mina like that!”

The other Red Fox mercenary colleagues who were busy preparing for the move barely managed to pull themselves together to a minimum and gathered next to Priscilla and their leader, Jeanne, and asked.

[Are you refusing…?]

The Demon God, who is marking Mina as the Demon King, in the Red Fox Mercenary Village that has become such a chaotic mess, spoke in a voice full of discomfort.

Grrrrrrrrr…! Grrrr! Grrrrrrrrr…!

Mina’s red horns, which were sprouting on her head, convulsed as if they were being controlled.

[What a great willpower. To directly receive my demonic energy with a mere mortal body, one would inevitably fall into transcendent ecstasy and succumb… Are you refusing this?]

Mina is refusing to evolve as a Demon King.

There is no way that the being marked by the Demon God as the Demon King will accept becoming the Demon King without any sense of rejection.

There are those who desperately want to become a Demon King, but some show a rejection response due to unconsciousness deep within their hearts.

If it were a Goddess, she would go through the process of persuading them in her own way, but the Demon God is not such an entity.

He subjugates the target with overwhelming influence.

So, what is the influence of the Demon God that is currently sweeping over Mina?

It is explosive ecstasy.

While falling into a state of oblivion in ecstasy, her body and mental state are completely transformed into that of a Demon King.

However, contrary to the Demon God’s intentions, Mina is not falling into a state of oblivion.

‘I can’t be swept away by these feelings… How can I, with the hope and happiness I’ve gained… hatred, resentment, and animosity…’

The chosen vessel, Mina, was desperately resisting with her will the mind of the Demon King, who was supposed to lead the world into chaos and lead the revival of the demon race.

‘Margaret… Charlotte… and my precious children…’

Because the love she has for her current life is too strong to use ecstasy to break Mina’s heart.

‘Loneliness… and sadness… that’s right… the resentment was also great…’

Mina was abandoned as soon as she was born, and she witnessed the beings she had become attached to disappear like ashes in the flames.

Afterwards, she flowed into the underground city and experienced the hell of human society, and even after leaving the underground city, she experienced the extreme of loneliness through a wandering life.

Her life would be more than enough to fall into distrust of humans and desperate self-pity.

‘But I’ve met too many good people in the past few years…’

The wounds created by people were eventually healed by people.

While working as a blacksmith, Mina realized that at some point.

The love of the underground city master, who passed on the work to her, was like an old tree.

And the other blacksmith colleagues who were helping and approaching her around her.

Furthermore, Mina was able to become a mentor to small lives growing up in similar environments to herself.

That was the hope that she had barely created with her own strength.

Since Mina has a great protective will for it, she is showing a fierce reaction even within the Demon God’s influence.

[Amazing, I thought it was just a strong vessel that could hold a huge amount of energy, but it was a vessel with a depth that was not inferior to it.]

The Demon God, having grasped the other side, could not help but admire it.

[You’re arrogant, but that’s why I like you. Good! I must possess you, a vessel with such a strong will! Hehehe…]

It was admiration.

Admiration for strong vitality and willpower.

Because it is the Demon King that is being created for the first time in 1000 years.

The Demon God’s expectations were that high.

To think that such a vessel would resist his energy, which humans can’t help but be captivated by,

He wants to subjugate and possess her through even more powerful power.

[Do you see them, Mina? The people in front of you. I’m saying, do you see the people you cherish and love so much…]

And the Demon God will subjugate Mina, a vessel of strong will, through a method that is extremely demonic, like a Demon God.

[Your will, I’m going to turn it into hatred and regret. How is that possible? It will be very simple if I show you the miserable deaths of those in front of you.]

The fact that loved ones are sacrificed because of oneself.

The Demon God, who had a beautiful heart, was beginning to touch the reverse scale that he could never endure.

‘Do, don’t do that! Stop it! Stop!!!!’

Mina, whose reverse scale was touched, was rapidly flustered and her expression was distorted.

[If you don’t accept my power, I will explode it as it is, and then the terrible thing that you are so refusing will happen.]

Of course, the Demon God cannot directly intervene and kill people in the current world.

Just like the Goddess, the Demon God also needs a medium.

Mina, who is linked to him, is the medium.

‘I understand… I’ll follow your will… so please don’t harm them…’

In other words, the Red Fox Mercenary Group and the slum children will be killed indirectly by Mina.

Mina, who could never endure that situation, eventually decided to become the Demon King according to the Demon God’s will.

[Demon King Mina, that is now your identity. Your memories and thoughts will act as Demon King Mina.]

Paaaaaaat!!!

When Mina opened the lock on her heart, the Demon God poured out his energy.

Flash!

A flash exploded in Mina’s body.