Heading to the Demon King

Today marks one month since Lucy-nuna and Melissa-ssi became pregnant.

I organized an expedition to head towards the Demon Lord Army territory, a mysterious land known to be in the south.

The expedition team, including me, gathered above the jungle south of the Kyle Holy Kingdom.

This jungle is a vast wilderness created by the Demon Lord Army 500 years ago to stop humans.

It’s known as a place where humans have entered, but none have ever returned.

Since I’m a Champion of Darkness, I decided to enter with confidence.

The members of the expedition are me, Louisa-ssi, Kanpasha-ssi, Nerubika-ssi, Kureha-ssi, my pet Minji, Lime-sensei, the 5th Legion Commander of the Giant Ent Kingdom Hanifa-ssi, and 300 carefully selected Tentacle elite soldiers.

Louisa-ssi, Kanpasha-ssi, and Nerubika-ssi are following to assist me.

Minji isn’t just my portable urinal; I’m taking her to show her a wider world, and Kureha-ssi is Minji’s pet groomer.

Lime-sensei is coming along to see new places.

Hanifa-ssi is following Zahara-ssi’s orders to protect me and to negotiate with the Demon Lord Army territory as a representative of the Giant Ent Kingdom.

And unlike the trip to the Bohak Forest, I now have the leisure to go comfortably, so I’m taking 300 Tentacle elite soldiers.

I gave the Reapers the important mission of protecting Luciana-ssi and Melissa-ssi, who are carrying the children of God.

My wives and the main executives of the Holy Kingdom were out in front of me to see me off.

Lucy-nuna took my hand, her eyes glistening, and said.

“Kyle-gun. For our children’s sake, please don’t get hurt and come back safe.”

“I understand, Nuna.”

Zahara-ssi gave orders to Hanifa-ssi.

“Hanifa-ssi. I’m giving you the mission to explore the Demon Lord Army territory as a representative of the Giant Ents. And make sure to protect His Majesty’s safety.”

“Yes! Queen-nim!”

My daughter, the Giant Ent Atilla-ssi, now fully grown, approached me, hugged my head, and saw me off.

“Papa! Come back safe~!”

“Our daughter, study hard at school.”

“Yes!”

Atilla-ssi inherited Zahara-ssi’s beauty and moderately resembles me; she’s really pretty.

As Ariel-ssi approached me holding my son Meredith-gun, Meredith-gun reached out his hand and babbled.

“Pa! Papa! Papa!”

I kissed Meredith-gun on the forehead, looked at him with loving eyes, and said.

“Aigoo, so cute~”

Ariel-ssi smiled and said.

“Kyle-gun. Our Meredith-gun seems to like his dad. Go and have a good time~”

Ctilla-ssi, with her baby Krakens Karena-yang, Kiara-yang, and Kazem-gun attached to her clothes, approached and said.

“Haha! Our children are so happy to see you. Honey, give the kids a goodbye kiss.”

When I kissed each of my three Kraken children on their bodies, they seemed to feel good, shaking their bodies from side to side and stretching one leg towards me.

Now it’s time to leave.

I led the expedition into the jungle, lush with tropical climate plants and trees.

Behind me, my wives and subordinates were waving their hands enthusiastically, shouting for me to come back safe.

—

Around the time the Kyle-gun expedition entered the jungle, in the Elia Holy Kingdom, the summoning of the Hero, supported by the Hamel Empire, was nearing its end.

In the center of a vast field on the border between the Elia Holy Kingdom and the Hamel Empire, stood a giant statue of the Goddess Elia.

Around it, hundreds of huge pits were dug, and tens of thousands of priests, paladins, and Hamel Empire regular soldiers stood everywhere.

Next to the statue of the Goddess were King Madhan of the Hamel Empire, his legitimate children, the First Prince Tobias-gun (36 years old), the First Princess Fria-yang (27 years old), the Second Prince Andre-gun (17 years old), Shaldad-gun (male, 21 years old), the child of a concubine, and key figures of the Holy Kingdom, Pope Benedict III, and the Saintess Asha.

Here, an atmosphere of fear and death overflowed.

The reason was that the hundreds of pits were filled with living Demons, monsters, and criminals, regardless of gender or age, bound or with their limbs cut off.

For the Hero summoning ritual, 500,000 lives had to be killed at once and sent to the Goddess Elia.

Therefore, the sacrifices were not allowed to eat after entering the pits and were being kept alive with divine power.

From afar, carts carrying the last sacrifices entered.

A young Demon boy with his hands tied trembled with fear in the arms of his legless mother.

“Mom… what do we do…”

“Stay in Mom’s arms. Sob sob sob.”

As the paladins and soldiers overturned the carts directly into the pits, the sacrifices screamed and fell into the pits.

The priests sent divine power to prevent the sacrifices from getting hurt.

When all the sacrifices were gathered, Saintess Asha gave a signal.

“Your Holiness. Now is the time.”

When the Pope gave permission, the cardinal next to him blew a trumpet, sending a signal.

All the priests simultaneously looked at the statue of the Goddess Elia, knelt down, grabbed their crosses, and began to pray, shaking their bodies like crazy.

The paladins and soldiers poured oil into the pits, scattered firewood, and lit it.

From all the pits, the screams of Demons, monsters, and criminals echoed as if they were in hell.

“Kkeuaaaaaa!! It’s hot! Euaaaaa!”

“Kuaaaaaang! Kua! I will hate humans forever!”

“Mom! Mom! Save me!”

Many soldiers of the Hamel Empire, not strong in faith, frowned at this horrific situation.

But the faces of the people of the Holy Kingdom were filled with pride and happiness that they were carrying out God’s mission.

Saintess Asha, with a refreshed face after completing her mission, shouted towards the statue.

“Goddess Elia! All the sacrifices are gathered! Please send the Hero!”

Suddenly, a giant pillar of light fell from the sky onto the statue, and its thickness expanded, covering the entire field.

As the corpses of the dead, enveloped in the pillar of light, became light particles with their souls and floated into the sky, a beautiful spectacle unfolded across the entire field, with thousands and tens of thousands of light particles rising into the air.

Everyone in the field stared blankly at this sacred scene, and some believers shed hot tears of emotion.

When the last light particle of the sacrifice had risen into the air, the giant pillar shrank and disappeared, and the Goddess Elia’s magnificent and beautiful voice was heard.

“My children. Wait for the Hero.”

Saintess Asha looked back at the people and said with a happy expression.

“Everyone. The Goddess will soon send down the Hero, so let’s wait here.”

Nothing remained in the pits.

—

This is Daejeon, South Korea, Earth in 2074.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun is a 17-year-old high school sophomore.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun has a black crop cut hairstyle and is 180cm tall.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun is in the sports club, so he has a cheerful personality and moderate muscles.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun was walking along the road with his childhood friend and girlfriend, Kim Na-yeon-yang.

Kim Na-yeon-yang is 17 years old and attends the same school as Park Gyeong-cheol-gun.

Kim Na-yeon-yang has black bobbed hair, is 163cm tall, has B-cup breasts, a slim body, plump hips, and smooth legs.

Kim Na-yeon-yang is gentle, timid, and likes to help others, so her friends wondered how she was dating Park Gyeong-cheol-gun with this personality.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun suggested to Kim Na-yeon-yang.

“Na-yeon-ah. The exam ended yesterday, should we go to the karaoke room now?”

“That was just a pop quiz yesterday. I have homework from the academy…”

“Hey. You have to play when you play. Let’s go to the karaoke room.”

“S-should we?”

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun took Kim Na-yeon-yang’s hand and led her to the karaoke room.

Kim Na-yeon-yang’s face was also red, so she didn’t seem to dislike it.

Just then, a truck came speeding down the road ahead.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun was excitedly chatting with Kim Na-yeon-yang as they headed to the karaoke room.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun discovered a girl standing in front of the oncoming truck and shouted.

“Huh? What is it!”

Suddenly, an extraordinary sense of justice surged from within Park Gyeong-cheol-gun, and he immediately jumped in to save the girl.

The truck driver suddenly discovered a male student holding a female student’s hand and jumping in front of the truck.

Since it was 2074 anyway, the truck driver thought the artificial intelligence brakes would stop automatically.

But suddenly, the vehicle system screen flickered and a blue screen appeared.

The truck driver panicked and cursed.

“What the hell is this all of a sudden! You shitty thing!”

The truck driver had to manually step on the left brake, but he got confused and strongly stepped on the right accelerator.

Brrrrrrr Kwang!

The truck hit the male and female students as they were and went several meters further before stopping.

The truck driver got out of the truck with a pale face, and what he saw were two people with their brains spilled out and a cat with its stomach burst open.

People around screamed at the horrific scene.

“Kyaaaaak! Someone died!”

“Call the police quickly!”

The truck driver collapsed with trembling legs and muttered.

“I killed someone… I’m ruined.”

—

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun woke up in a place like a Greek temple made of marble, holding Kim Na-yeon-yang’s hand.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun and Kim Na-yeon-yang were wearing shiny white loose clothes.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun was puzzled.

“Huh? Weren’t we hit by a truck?”

Kim Na-yeon-yang cried and tapped Park Gyeong-cheol-gun’s chest.

“Euaaaang! It’s because of you! Why did you jump in front of the truck to save a cat! You idiot! Moron!”

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun muttered with a puzzled face.

“Huh? It was a cat… Why did I suddenly act like a crazy bastard?”

In fact, the Goddess Elia bought Park Gyeong-cheol-gun’s soul from the Goddess Gaia with divine power, and the Goddess Gaia had intervened.

Then, a beautiful woman appeared in front of them, who was the Goddess Elia.

The Goddess Elia has long blonde hair, is 180cm tall, and has abundant F-cup or larger breasts symbolizing fertility.

The Goddess Elia had a benevolent face and exuded a sacred atmosphere.

The Goddess Elia looked at Park Gyeong-cheol-gun and Kim Na-yeon-yang and muttered to herself.

“Huh? I was told to send only one boy, but a bonus came along?”

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun didn’t hear and asked.

“Yes?”

The Goddess Elia sent a benevolent smile and said.

“It’s nothing. I am the Goddess Elia of the continent you call the fantasy world. You are a righteous child who bravely threw yourself to protect a small cat. You are a chosen being from Earth and must become a Hero of the Elia Continent to save the continent from crisis.”

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun had a headache, so he stretched out his palm forward and interrupted.

“Wait! Wait a minute! So, I’m the Hero?”

“Yes.”

“Please send me and my girlfriend back to Earth quickly.”

“You are in soul form. Your bodies are gone with your heads burst open, so you can’t go back. If you don’t become a Hero, you will simply disappear.”

“This can’t be…”

Kim Na-yeon-yang just sat down and started sobbing.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun had heard of this development in fantasy web novels.

“If I go to the fantasy world, are there any perks?”

“Yes. You will be given Hero perks.”

“Can I go back to Earth later?”

“That’s difficult, but if you accumulate enough achievements, it might be possible?”

“Then what happens to my girlfriend?”

“She will be annihilated.”

“Yes?”

Kim Na-yeon-yang widened her eyes and wailed.

“Please save me! I don’t want to die! Ueeeeeng!”

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun hugged Kim Na-yeon-yang tightly, glared at the Goddess, and shouted.

“If my girlfriend doesn’t go with me, I will also disappear! Even if you send me as a Hero, I will destroy the continent!”

The Goddess Elia looked at Park Gyeong-cheol-gun with her mind’s eye and saw that he was sincere, so she listened to Park Gyeong-cheol-gun’s words.

“Huuu… If you give up some of your perks, you can create a body for your girlfriend and go together. Will you do that?”

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun answered without a moment’s hesitation.

“Yes!”

Kim Na-yeon-yang looked at Park Gyeong-cheol-gun with eyes like a rain-soaked puppy and said.

“Gyeong-cheol-ah…”

The Goddess Elia reached out to Park Gyeong-cheol-gun.

“Now I will give you the perks. Your soul already has the highest growth limit as a warrior.”

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun was surprised at his potential.

The Goddess Elia continued.

“I will give you the ability to translate, reconstruction of the body, genius of the sword, Champion of the Light Race, and the blessing of the Goddess Elia. The ability to translate means you can speak the languages of the continent, and the reconstruction of the body means you will have a Hero’s body to use on the continent. The appearance of the body is the same. The genius of the sword is the ability to become so strong in swordsmanship that no one can follow you. If you become the Champion of the Light Race, all Light Races will unconsciously feel affection for you.”

“What is the blessing of the Goddess Elia?”

“If you receive my blessing, you can contain the divinity of light in your body. I lost seven lower gods a thousand years ago and have been leaving the vacant seats because there were no suitable candidates. I will give you the divinity of the seven virtues.”

The Goddess Elia put the divinity of the seven virtues-chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility-into Park Gyeong-cheol-gun’s body and said.

“You have become a vessel to contain these, but you cannot use them directly. Give these to your most trusted companions.”

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun looked at Kim Na-yeon-yang and asked the Goddess Elia.

“Could I know the perks I gave up?”

“I was going to give you ‘infinite magic power,’ but I decided to use it to create your girlfriend’s body. Your girlfriend will have higher magic power than an ordinary magician and will become an expert in defensive magic.”

The Goddess Elia said to Kim Na-yeon-yang.

“You must protect Park Gyeong-cheol-gun from danger. Of course, you can also translate.”

Kim Na-yeon-yang, with eyes that had stopped crying, looked at the Goddess with sparkling eyes and answered.

“Yes!”

The Goddess Elia soon notified the children.

“You can do whatever you want on this continent. Solve the crisis of the continent and become a hero who will remain in the history of the continent. Goodbye~”

A shining circle appeared under the children’s feet.

As the light enveloped the children, they disappeared.

—

When the children came to their senses, there was a giant statue of the Goddess Elia next to them, and many people were looking at them.

There were huge pits everywhere, but the insides were empty.

A sacred-looking woman with long silver hair spoke as a representative.

“Hello. I am Saintess Asha of the Elia Holy Kingdom. Who is the Hero?”

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun answered.

“First of all, I am the Hero. Next to me is my girlfriend, and she also received a special blessing from the Goddess.”

Saintess Asha smiled and greeted them.

“Everyone. Welcome to the Elia Continent. Please save our continent from the crisis of darkness.”

“I understand.”

The Hamel Empire and the Holy Kingdom, considering Park Gyeong-cheol-gun and Kim Na-yeon-yang’s young age of 17, decided to enroll them in Hamel High School, a prestigious high school in the capital of the Hamel Empire, and teach them.

The reason is that the Hamel Empire supported most of the sacrifices and demanded ownership of the Hero, and the Elia Holy Kingdom accepted the Empire’s proposal on the condition that it would dispatch the Hero when the Holy Kingdom was in danger and that Saintess Asha would unconditionally be put on the same team as the Hero.

Also, Hamel High School has excellent teachers and a great educational curriculum, so the Hero can get stronger quickly.

There was also the purpose of making the Hero become friends with the nobles of the Hamel Empire and develop an attachment to this continent.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun and Kim Na-yeon-yang were granted the status of baron and given houses and maids next to the royal palace, respectively.

Park Gyeong-cheol-gun and Kim Na-yeon-yang were transferred to Hamel High School a few days later.

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