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Stella, who had completely lost consciousness in the lower world, could barely feel relief the moment she headed into space. A being that blocks the sun with its gigantic body. Although she did not know her exact skills, she was at least the only person who could handle this situation on her own.

‘Faith… is recovering faster than expected.’

The faith restored was also unusual. Stella, who was able to observe each and every believer in the underworld, was able to understand exactly what was happening.

‘Countless creatures from the underworld are watching this place.’

Those here were not the only ones who noticed the demon’s movements and prepared for it. Already, intelligent lifeforms, including elves and dwarves, throughout all of humanity were making their own preparations, but with a sense of suffocation, they were paying attention to the area around Akasha’s Lair where demonization was taking place.

Some saw the hero directly wiping out demons with magic, some through spirits, and some with the power given to him by God, and Stella descended on his body. Naturally, faith was bound to gather like crazy.

‘…This should be enough to deal with Akasha above.’

I was able to save an hour from worrying about the situation in the universe. And the worries that remained in the lower world disappeared with the appearance of someone new. For the first time in a long time, Stella felt satisfied with the feeling that things around her were going the way she wanted.

Even the fragments of Stella that remained in Wayne’s body completely disappeared, and Arjen, the newly appeared enemy of the demons, slowly descended to the ground.

“What, it’s a dragon? Is that the dragon that plotted with Rhenias?”

“I don’t know either. At first, everyone thought it was nonsense and didn’t pay attention. Only Rhenias believed it, and the result was like this…”

A female demon, with goat horns sprouting out and black as a shadow from head to toe, stroked Rhenias’ head, which was separated from the body, with red eyes, as if pitiful.

“It can be said that it is all thanks to Rhenias that we were able to stand here on our own two feet. Rather, they aren’t even paying attention to this side in the first place, so let’s all stop making excuses and get rid of that dragon first.”

“Yes. No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem to be that dragon. Even the color is different. That dragon was dark.”

Arjen’s scales were not dark at all, but a brilliant silver. And Arjen, who appeared majestically at a dramatic time, took care of Eugene first, not caring about what the demons were saying.

“Eujin… You’re still there…”

Arjen, who was not a god but knew the space they lived in well, never took his eyes off Eugene. This is because Arjen also knew that if his body was damaged, he would not be able to return.

Also, Wayne, who was sleeping like dead next to Eugene, also came into Arjen’s field of vision. Even though he couldn’t compare to Eugene, Wayne was also someone who had a place in Arjen’s heart.

Arjen had no choice but to become sensitive just because the two were in a defenseless state.

And while something irreparable could happen if you made a mistake, there was no way that people around you who seemed to be enjoying their lives could not seem to be worth it.

“Hey.”

At first, the Demon King candidates looked at each other in confusion at Arjen’s tone, which was like a bully grabbing a passing student.

“Is that dragon calling us now?”

“I think so.”

“It’s refreshing to call someone like that… Well, since you didn’t say it in full, there’s nothing you can do about it?”

Arjen interrupted the demons who were about to start their own conversation again.

“When given the chance, quietly disappear. I won’t say anything again after this.”

“…What did I just hear?”

Derma, a demon lord candidate whose size was comparable to that of Argen in his main form, asked the other demon lord candidates at his feet with a bewildered expression.

But no one could answer. Because I heard the same thing, I had no choice but to react the same way.

Of course, the demons also know well the power of dragons. The prevailing opinion is that if there had been the intervention of dragons during the invasion of the underworld thousands of years ago, even without the intervention of gods such as Stella and Prinia, the odds of victory would not have been guaranteed.

The number of people was small enough to be considered ‘virtually extinct’, but the power of each individual was so outstanding.

However, no matter how fast and long the dragon was, the opponents were those who were as strong as a hand, fighting for the first place in the demon world. And it’s not just one or two people, it’s a whopping five.

In the past, when only two monarchs appeared together, they had to worry about the destruction of humanity, but they could not understand how a single dragon could be so arrogant.

“I guess I need to teach this arrogant and noble lady something.”

The first to step forward was Derma. His gigantic body, bearing the name of Abaddon, scattered like dust. The scattered dust particles grew in size on their own, and eventually each one became a locust with a sharp stinger.

As Derma’s main body, which had been scattered to dust, flicked its tongue against the roof of its mouth, a swarm of locusts worth tens of billions of pounds rushed at once to devour one Argen.

No matter how small the attack, the overwhelming number of attacks that would be difficult to even imagine would have made one’s mind go blank, but Arjen responded without being shaken at all.

And that too in the easiest and simplest way.

Grumble!

A red light appeared in Arjen’s mouth, and a huge amount of flame spewed out. The dragon’s trademark breath filled the air and spread out in waves.

“This is crazy…!”

The reason Derma’s voice was filled with confusion was not because he was surprised by Arjen’s breath. It was close to common sense that a dragon could spit out such flames from its mouth without any magical effect.

What really surprised him was that he never considered the aftermath that would occur after Arjen used the breath. Although it has become a demon world, it was originally Akasha’s hideout. It was a forest full of grass and trees, and the dragon’s breath had the power to burn living vegetation.

The dragon’s flames, which were also scattered in all directions to incinerate the locusts, were uncontrollable. Natural forest fires are difficult to extinguish, especially dragon flames.

This is not an exaggeration; no one can really guess how far the fire will spread.

“Is it okay if this whole area burns down? No… not just this area, but the habitats of humans and elves will burn and there will be many casualties!”

Arjen opened his eyes brightly and responded to Derma’s point.

“Yes. I don’t care if this whole world burns down, right?”

Arjen’s eyes, which had been looking at Derma for a moment, are fixed on Eugene again.

“As long as Eugene is safe, it doesn’t matter what happens to everything else.”

“Even if you go crazy, you are still crazy.”

Arjen smiled slightly at those words. Isn’t that a nickname you’ve had for a long time? Even though, thanks to Eugene, that aspect has been greatly diluted and Arjen now receives praise from time to time, he has never forgotten his true nature for a single moment.

“Yes, that’s right. What a crazy dragon. I’m going to die anyway. Can you at least tell me your names? I’m the type of person who doesn’t really care about such things, but Eugene said it’s polite to at least remember his name.”

A male demon with a fox-like face responded to Arzen’s words.

“That’s good. We demons are also a society that values names. I am Mamon from Mauritius.”

“I’m Arjen. Mauritius Mamon… Yes, I remembered.”

Arjen nodded with a light smile, but very harsh words came out of his mouth.

“Now that I remember, I can die in peace.”

Arjen’s huge body disappeared from their sight in an instant. The first to react was Demon King candidate Catania Azazel, who was cradling Rhenias’ head. However, ironically, because he was holding Rhenias’ body, he reacted but was unable to stop Arjen.

“…?”

A silver-haired, red-eyed beauty suddenly appeared before my eyes. That was the last sight Mauritius saw in his life.

“Lunch of Jormungand.”

Creep!

A magical snake suddenly pops out from the floor and swallows Mauritius’ body whole. The snake, which seemed to be ascending to heaven, casually lowered its head to Arjen’s side and spit out a piece of black meat that had just been ‘Mauritian Mammon’.

Puhak!

And Arjen put it in his mouth without any hesitation and chewed it as if he was savoring it. There was no need to describe the facial expressions of the remaining Demon King candidates who saw that scene.

“Ah… I’m sorry, now that I think about it, it’s been quite a while since I haven’t eaten… Because of that damn dragon bastard you mentioned earlier, I’m of a constitution that can’t digest anything other than meat from living sapient beings… Are you sorry? ”

Arjen’s red eyes, now humanoid, flash like madness. To avoid being consumed by fear, the Demon King candidate ‘Helios Asmodeus’ tried to lighten the mood by revealing his name.

“Did you say Arjen, my name is…”

“Ah… That’s it. There is no need to know the name.”

Helios expressed doubts about Arjen’s suddenly changed attitude. I wondered if the fact that the person who said he would memorize the name of the person he was going to kill did not need to know the name was an expression of his will not to kill.

However, Arjen’s next words were even more shocking.

“Because I just filled my stomach with food. I’m just going to kill you.”

“What does that mean…?”

“Ugh…? Ah, I guess you misunderstood what I said. So… Eugene said it’s good to know whether the pork he eats is ‘Yorkshire’ or ‘Iberico’… I’m not sure, but you mean the breed of meat, right? Hehe, aren’t you really thinking deeply?”

Of course, Eugene didn’t say it like that. It was just small talk we had while eating. Of course, it’s true, anyway, the remaining demons no longer have any intention of taking their time in front of Arjen. At the same time, a common thought took root in my head.

‘It’s a crazy dragon…’