Kyle

The giant Tentacle monster was about to impale Omar’s chest with a cone-shaped spear made by twisting ten thick Tentacles together.

Sunshine, with trembling legs, stood up, using all the divinity he had saved for his escape to activate his ultimate technique one more time.

“Kuluk. Horn of Justice that destroys evil! Kuluk. Kuluk.”

The light was weaker than before, but a complex magic circle was slowly drawn in front of Sunshine.

However, Kyle’s party wasn’t going to let that happen.

Hantes, surrounding the magic-splitting sword Diareshte with Aura, swung it with a full swing, shattering the sphere of light with a crash.

Just as Hantes ran to strike Sunshine’s neck with Diareshte, Eloise spread her arms, blocking him with her body and screaming.

“Kyaaak! No!”

The moment Hantes brought down Diareshte, covered in Aura, on Eloise, Abein, who had disappeared somewhere, appeared with Blink, pushing Eloise away and taking the Aura hit instead, screaming.

Jiiiiiiing

“Uwaaaaaak!!”

Eloise, who had fallen to the ground, was wide-eyed at the unexpected situation.

“Abein-nim!”

Abein, bleeding like a fountain from the wound in his chest, collapsed, smiling and taking Eloise’s hand, confessing his feelings.

“I… I have had a crush on Eloise-nim. I am happy to protect you, even now.”

Eloise, tears streaming down her face, held Abein’s head to her chest and cried out desperately.

“Abein-nim! Abein-nim! No way!!”

“Oh, I can see my grandfather. Hahaha.”

“Please get up! I’m sorry for avoiding you until now! I’ll be good to you from now on! Waaah!”

Abein lost consciousness due to severe bleeding.

Hantes ignored Eloise, who was holding Abein, and approached Sunshine again.

But as Sunshine fired, Hantes shouted urgently.

“Damn it! No!!”

At the same moment Sunshine fired, Alher, who had jumped in front of Sunshine, came down, slamming his Aura Warhammer into Sunshine’s horn.

“Kuaaaa! For the God of Darkness!!”

Sunshine’s horn and Alher’s Warhammer collided, creating a deafening roar.

Kuaaaaaaaang

After a circular energy wave spread from the point of impact, a shockwave blew out with a quake, sending low-level Spirits flying and screaming.

“Uwaaaa! Save the Spirit~~”

When people came to their senses, they saw Sunshine and Alher standing in the same position, with Sunshine’s horn colliding with the Warhammer.

Sunshine’s horn snapped off, and Sunshine fainted, falling to the side.

Thud

Alher’s Warhammer turned to dust and scattered in the wind, and a blood fountain erupted from the seven holes in Alher’s head with a puaaaak, and Alher fell forward.

Thump

The Tentacle heroes screamed with worry and ran to Alher.

Asmodeus, checking Alher’s pulse, said in a grave voice.

“He has internal injuries as well as wounds to his soul! At this rate, he’ll die soon!!”

Hantes, blaming himself, wailed.

“Damn it! If I had cut off the Unicorn’s neck just a little faster, I could have saved Alher-nim! Uwaaaa!”

Matthias grabbed Hantes’ shoulder and said with a sorrowful face.

“No. You did your best. Alher-nim would have known that too…”

Nerubika burst into tears.

“Sniff sniff. Uncle Alher! You can’t die! Waaaaah!”

—

I struck Omar, who was staggering and unable to come to his senses after being hit in the head by a meteor shower, mercilessly with my hammer Tentacles, knocking him down.

I plunged a cone-shaped spear made by twisting ten thick Tentacles into Omar’s chest.

Omar coughed up sap, then slammed his head into the ground with a thud, dying.

According to my memory, the World Tree carries seeds for its offspring within its body, and when enough divinity is gathered, it injects divinity into the seeds and sends them to new continents or worlds.

As I dug into Omar’s body with my Tentacle legs, a round seed the size of a human head appeared.

I let out a cry of joy.

“Oh! World Tree seed acquired!”

Looking around, the morale of the Light Spirits was very low, and most of them were either killed or surrendering to the Dark Spirits.

I returned to human form, carrying the World Tree seed, and approached my expedition, announcing our victory.

“Hey! We caught the World Tree, so the fight’s over now!!”

But the atmosphere was unusual.

Nerubika was crying, and all the other Tentacles looked depressed.

I ran over and asked.

“What’s wrong?”

People parted as I approached.

In the center, I saw Elhar lying down, bleeding from the seven holes in his face, and Asmodeus, who was maintaining his life by injecting Dark Mana into him.

Elhar is the loyal Archbishop who has served me since I first arrived at Minji’s Holy Land in the Gale Kingdom and has been with me in countless battles.

I wasn’t used to seeing Elhar dying like that.

With a face hardened by shock, I ran to Elhar, knelt down, and called out to him.

“Elhar! Wake up!”

Elhar called out to me in a dying voice, shedding tears of blood.

“Your… Majesty…”

“Elhar! Don’t talk!”

“Kuluk. Serving Your Majesty… Kuluk… made me happy. Kuluk. Kuluk. Thank you… for giving me the opportunity. Kuluk. Thank you.”

“Elhar!! It’s not over yet! We still have a long way to go!!”

Asmodeus said to me with sad eyes.

“He took a direct hit from the Unicorn’s divine attack, causing serious damage to his body and soul. It’s only because the Unicorn was weakened that Alher is alive. Even if I inject Dark Mana, the Dark energy inside Elhar keeps dissipating.”

I pounded the ground with my fist in anguish.

“Damn it! We just caught the World Tree, and only good things should be left! Elhar!! You have to keep working with me!”

Elhar said with a smile.

“Hahaha. Kuluk. Thank you for choosing someone like me. Kuluk. I don’t… Kuluk. Kuluk. I don’t regret it.”

I cried out in sorrow.

“Damn it! Isn’t there any way to save Elhar\?!”

Then the Four Great Spirit Kings approached.

Ifrit suggested.

“Kid. There’s one possibility to save him, but do you want to try it?”

“How do I do it?”

“You caught Omar, right? They say the World Tree seed has the power to revive the dead. Feed the World Tree seed to Elhar.”

If I consume the World Tree seed, I can gain tremendous divinity, and if I purify it with darkness and plant it, I can obtain a Dark World Tree.

Can I feed that supreme treasure, the World Tree seed, to Elhar?

Without a moment’s hesitation, I chose to feed the World Tree seed to my loyal subordinate Elhar.

“Elhar. Eat this World Tree seed.”

Elhar shook his head, refusing.

“Kuluk. Your Majesty, no. Kuluk. Kuluk. Use it for Your Majesty’s cause.”

I gestured to Asmodeus, and Asmodeus opened Elhar’s mouth.

I crushed the World Tree seed above Elhar’s mouth, putting the pieces into Elhar’s mouth.

As soon as the World Tree seed fragments entered Elhar’s mouth, they all turned into liquid and went down his esophagus.

I fed all the World Tree seed fragments to Elhar.

The blood coming from Elhar’s seven holes stopped, and his complexion improved.

Elhar seemed tired and began to snore softly.

Asmodeus checked Elhar’s pulse and said to me with a smile.

“Elhar is completely back. Good job. My love.”

Nerubika cried with relief.

“Waaaaah! That’s a relief!”

Everyone, including Kyle’s party, cheered at the end of the war.

“Uwaaaa! Darkness won!!”

“The war is over! Hahahaha!!”

The results of this expedition were enormous.

We defeated Omar, the World Tree corrupted by light, obtained his corpse, and completely purified the Spirit Realm with darkness.

The Unicorn Sunshine lost all her divinity and was bound by Mona’s sealing magic.

Eloise, Abein, and the 51 surviving Elves were all infected with Brain Parasite Tentacles.

The Kyle Expedition was survived by me, Louisa, Kanpasha, Nerubika, Asmodeus, Matthias, Hantes, Mona, Elhar, and 156 Tentacle elite soldiers.

I gave the World Tree’s corpse to the Four Great Spirit Kings and received the Unicorn and Elf prisoners.

I asked Ifrit what would happen to the Spirit Realm in the future.

“Now that there’s no World Tree or World Tree seed, what happens to the Spirit Realm?”

“Well, having a World Tree creates an environment that Light Spirits like, but it’s not absolutely necessary.”

“That’s a relief then. Is there a way for us to return?”

“Is our little kid scared of being trapped in the Spirit Realm? Ujuju~”

“Don’t joke around.”

“By absorbing Omar’s corpse, we have enough divinity, so we can send you and the prisoners back to the continent.”

“Okay. There’s no chance the Spirit Realm will be corrupted by light again, right?”

“The Four Great Spirit Kings aren’t just sitting around doing nothing either. Kid. We’ll protect the Spirit Realm.”

“I trust you.”

We wanted to return to the Kyle Holy Kingdom quickly and rest, so we decided to return immediately.

The Kyle Expedition gathered with the bound Unicorn and infected Elves at the place where Omar had been.

Omar’s corpse had been sucked dry of all divinity and was now sawdust.

Numerous Dark Spirits surrounded us, expressing their gratitude for saving the Spirit Realm from the light.

“Everyone! Thank you all!”

“Thanks to you, the Spirit Realm could survive!!”

The Four Great Spirit Kings looked at us with warm faces and created a giant black portal back to the Kyle Holy Kingdom.

Elquines, Ifrit, Sylphid, and Noahs each said a word.

“Kihhihi! Goodbye! Be sure to call us later~”

“Kid. You’re really my type, don’t you want to be milked dry in the Spirit Realm?”

“I hope you’ll call me on the continent too. Contractor.”

“It was good to fight with you. I, I just liked it!”

I led the expedition and confidently entered the black portal, saying goodbye to the Spirits.

“Heroes of the expedition, let’s go home now! Goodbye, Spirits! Please continue to help the Dark races!”

—-

When I went outside, it was the capital’s plaza.

The Demon Public Security Forces were densely packed around, surrounding the black portal.

The Public Security Forces Captain saluted me.

“Loyalty! Your Majesty! Did everything go well!”

“Yes. We safely saved the Spirit Realm from the light.”

“Understood! I will inform Archbishop Bashir immediately.”

I promised the Kyle Expedition a six-month salary bonus and a three-week paid vacation and disbanded them for now.

I walked with the soldiers, leading the Elf prisoners, to my temple.

From afar, Bashir ran over with soldiers and a carriage, asking how I was.

“Your Majesty! I heard you saved the Spirit Realm! I am proud of Your Majesty!”

“Hahahaha. God can do anything.”

“I believed it!”

I had the Elf prisoners and the Unicorn locked up in the temple’s underground prison.

I rode in the carriage with Louisa, Nerubika, and Asmodeus to my temple.

—

Two days later, over hundreds of thousands of citizens gathered in the capital’s plaza to hear the results of this Spirit Realm expedition.

I sat on the throne in the center of the platform, accompanied by the Reapers.

The host next to the platform excitedly explained what had happened in the Spirit Realm.

“~~ And so, the God of Darkness saved the Spirit Realm from the light! From now on, the Spirit Realm will be a permanent ally of the Kyle Holy Kingdom, and many Spiritists will emerge from the Dark races!”

People applauded and cheered with pride in the Kyle Holy Kingdom.

Clap clap clap clap clap

“Long live the God of Darkness, Kyle!!”

“Long live the Kyle Holy Kingdom!! Uwaaaaa!!”

When the atmosphere had heated up to a certain extent, I raised my left hand to quiet the citizens.

Now it was time to award the expedition heroes.

As the host called the expedition heroes to the platform one by one, I handed them medals with the applause of the citizens.

The expedition heroes, moved to tears, grabbed my hand with their Tentacle legs and shouted honorably.

“It’s Grardor! It’s an honor!!”

“It’s Jegorgon! Thank you!!”

After awarding all the medals, it was time to mourn the soldiers who had sacrificed themselves in the expedition.

I gave a speech.

“The expedition was victorious! But until this expedition was victorious, there were sacrifices of numerous heroes! I will announce the names of the heroes who are not here but sacrificed themselves to lead the expedition to victory!”

People became solemn.

The host next to the platform announced the names of the honorably fallen heroes one by one.

“I will announce the names of the heroes! ~~ Norzo! Rahaki! That’s 136 people! Next, the God of Darkness will speak!”

I rose from the throne and promised the citizens.

“The names and achievements of all the honorable heroes of the expedition will be recorded forever in the Kyle Holy Kingdom History and the Capital History Museum! I will award medals and benefits to the families of those who died in battle!”

People sobbed, commemorating those who had died in battle.

A small Tentacle girl, about one year old, grabbed her father Tentacle’s Tentacle leg and asked.

“Daddy! Where did Rahaki Mommy go?”

“Well, our Mommy fought hard next to the great God of Darkness and went to Hell.”

“Did Mommy become a Hell warden?”

The father Tentacle, shedding tears, squeezed the girl’s Tentacle leg tightly and said.

“Yes. Hahaha. She’s a proud mother. Shall we go to the History Museum together later, my daughter?”

“Yes! Is Mommy’s name in the History Museum?”

“Of course.”

The families of medal recipients can use public facilities cheaply as a benefit, and their children can enter prestigious schools in the capital through a special medal admission.

The father Tentacle stroked his still young daughter, hoping that she would be proud of her mother when she grew up, with a face mixed with pride and sadness.

The myth of the Spirit Realm expedition will remain forever in the memories of the people of the Kyle Holy Kingdom as long as the Spirit Realm lasts.