episode_0083

“You bastard! Why did you come so late!”

“King, you said that the main character usually appears last.”

“Are you the main character? uh? Where is this mutt… ! You’re not even a mutt anymore! I’ll downgrade you to a poop puppy!”

“… So, you don’t like it?”

Are you saying that?

of course… !

“I fucking love it!”

“Kung!”

Appear like a hero! It came at just the right time! Starting today, Aru will be the main character! The main character is a poopy puppy! What a unique leading role!

Aru’s gaze came through the smoke and scanned my body. Oops, I forgot. I quickly hid behind Beatrice. Just yet, I can’t let Aru see my entire body.

“Keng… ? however… Are you hurt? A young demon… ?”

Aru, who saw my blood-stained chin earlier as I was vomiting blood, asks in a worried voice.

“Ah, Mr. Wolf, who lives somewhere, didn’t help me in time… Cough! Cough!”

“Uh, young demon! Kkkk!”

“Don’t look here! We have to stop him!”

While answering the question, I forced myself to cough. Aru’s pupils ripple. The girl’s back twitches. Ha, what a sweet sight. It means that someone is dragged here and there as I guided them.

“Ugh… porridge… I’m going to break it… .”

Claire, the warrior who stands up again like Ottogi. Aru, who realized that the target of Claire’s killing spree was me, immediately rushed towards Claire.

Claire, who had already been attacked by Aru once, seemed to have no intention of accepting it gently. With both hands full of the Heavenly King’s flag, which seemed unreasonable, he responded head-on to Aru’s attack. A fierce fight broke out.

Ta-tat- Pkeok! Pak-!

Claire’s fist stuck in Aru’s head, and Aru’s claws scratched Claire’s face. This opportunity to catch the wolves’ attention should not be missed. Without wasting time, I stabbed myself in the abdomen several times with the dagger I was holding.

Plop plop-.

“Lord, lord?”

“Uh, did you see it? Shh. Close your mouth. There are times in the world where secrets can be beneficial. Let’s take this opportunity to increase Aru’s loyalty.”

You think I woke up Claire for no reason. It means that he has to be at least that strong to turn him into an assailant capable of hurting me.

Aru showed up unexpectedly quickly, so I didn’t have time to get hurt. This problem can be solved if only Beatrice shuts up.

“Master… It’s dangerous. What should you do if you accidentally damage an organ? .”

“It’s okay. Because I know my body best. And demons won’t die even if their organs are pierced.”

“Ha, but self-harm is too dangerous… .”

“Tsu-eup.”

Pinch-.

He made an index finger with his thumb and index finger and pinched Beatrice’s buttocks. If this happens once, Beatrice will no longer be able to refute my orders.

“Ugh… .”

“I have threatened to harm Aru once before. That one thing lasted 300 years. But now I think I’m running out of medicine. The dog keeps not listening.”

“That’s because Aru is going through puberty. It’s like a child who is jealous and angry at his parents. However, Aru’s love for his master did not change.”

“Love? Sir Beatrice, what I want is a weapon that puts my name first, no matter what. Not a very soft daughter. It’s the same for Sir, it’s the same for Mr. Yohan, and my goblin friend who will be my assistant from now on is no exception. The only exception would be WooriLC, who takes a different path than me.”

I don’t want to be at the level of an emotionless machine like Lilith, Duke of the West did for Aru in her past life. Efficiency may be better, but I like beings who can think for themselves and speak for themselves.

However, there is a degree. We will not tolerate anything that goes against the owner’s authority. I need to take this opportunity to strengthen my discipline.

“Master.”

“Do you have something to say?”

“… I’ll tell you later.”

“Okay, Kyung is lying here because he’s hurt. I’m going to help Yohan and Aru for a while.”

“Yes.”

“Oh, and.”

He pressed Beatrice’s shoulders and forced her to lie down on the ground and whispered.

“Please don’t hurt me without my permission. I will forgive you this time, but neglecting your duties due to an injury will also be considered an overstep in your authority.”

“I will keep this in mind, my lord.”

“Yes, I will believe it.”

Pinch-.

This time, I pinched Beatrice’s soft cheek. I felt a strange sense of pleasure as it stretched like a loaf of bread.

Throbbing-.

My stomach hurt a little. Even though it’s just a knife wound for show, it can’t be helped since it’s an actual stab wound to the stomach. I didn’t mind.

“Mr. Yohan, let’s go. Our L is protecting Sir Beatrice.”

“Got it, demon.”

“Leader, are you going to fight with that body?”

“It is difficult for Aru to defeat Claire alone. Claire is very weak, and since she has experienced an awakening, she will barely win if she goes to the end, but if one of her limbs becomes crippled, the loss will be great.”

The hand-to-hand combat between Aru and Claire was still tense. I approached Claire while riding on the back of a Nioh that could easily ride ten people.

What follows is an obvious development.

Nioh and I fought by assisting Aru as much as possible. I again restricted Claire’s movements using the weapon that had turned into a magic wand, and Nioh used his fierce determination to block Claire’s soulful counterattacks that occasionally occurred.

Aru, who was in charge of our main force, cut Claire’s whole body with his claws filled with flashes of anticipation. Claire tried to protect herself by wrapping the Celestial flag around her body, but it was futile. Because a human without a sword could not completely block the wolf’s sharp attacks.

Claire was slowly chipped away.

Aru’s attacks with his claws and teeth continued like rapid fire, and his counterattacks, which he barely managed to muster up, were blocked by Nioh so easily and in vain. By the time she was forgotten, the drops of my magic energy had seeped into parts of Claire’s body and paralyzed her.

Suddenly!

“porridge… Yes… lee… .”

“Grrr! Kkkk! Grrrr!”

“Boy, let’s get comfortable now.”

“Yes, ugh! ouch! Oh, if only Aru had come sooner, you wouldn’t have been hurt like this!”

“Ker, keung? mi… sorry… .”

Claire is cornered. Before he knew it, the floor was filthy with his spilled blood. Is it possible for this much bleeding to occur in the human body?

Claire’s legs gradually lost strength. Even if I left it like this, I felt like I would fall over. Like a shipwreck that is slowly but surely sinking… Claire’s heavy eyelids gradually closed.

Suddenly! Suddenly! Kwaduk-!

“Ugh… .”

Aru’s hand blade cut the veins and tendons of Claire’s wrist. Now Claire can’t make a fist. He must helplessly watch the river of blood flowing down, realizing that he cannot stop it.

Let’s go!

“Qu… Off… .”

We pushed him to the brink of death. Claire stubbornly stood at the end of the cliff, but she was shaken severely every time she landed one or two effective hits during our ceaseless onslaught.

Sigh-!

“I… I fell down… It doesn’t work… .”

Claire’s ankle was cut. Claire, who lost the freedom of her lower body, fell to the ground. Now there was no strength left in his body to even lift a finger.

“… .”

“Whoa, it finally stopped.”

“Kkiing… Uh, the young demon’s wounds are okay… ? Let’s see… !”

“The boy had great will. Even though I am an enemy, I admire him.”

body… No, it was Claire, with her three limbs stretched out on the ground, motionless as if she were dead. But the breath is still there. A sound of breathing is heard.

Cancer, you can’t die just yet.

Aru, who tore off Claire’s flesh without even knowing why, tried to examine my abdomen without even paying any attention to Claire. Even when we were fighting, he kept glancing in my direction, so I guess he got on my nerves quite a bit.

“Kkiing… Lick… I’m sorry… I didn’t know there was a fight… .”

“What if you disappear without saying a word, man? If Aru had been a little later, this owner would have lost all his internal organs.”

“Kkiiing… I’m sorry… . Oh, it doesn’t hurt… ?”

“… ouch! Oh my, I’m dying! Someone please call a doctor! Wow!”

“Kkkk! Kkkk! Twisting, twiddling… !”

Hehe, after all, there is nothing neater than self-harm blackmail. With a wicked smile on my mind, I screamed on the outside.

Of course, we can’t keep doing this forever. There’s something I have to do before Claire’s breath completely disappears.

After standing in front of Claire, who was completely injured, I looked around. It’s like he’s trying to find something.

“But, where has our little goblin friend gone? Can’t you see it? I advised you to avoid getting caught in a fight, but I think I went too far?”

After confirming that the fight was over, Uriel approached Beatrice and supported her. Before they could say anything, I gave the order.

“Would you all like to visit your goblin friend? Both Yohan and Aru, it’s rare to find a goblin with abs, so you’ll be able to get them quickly.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“Got it.”

“Goblin… Leader, do you really intend to have goblins as your companions?”

“Colleague? Well, let’s say it’s similar. Faith and comradeship are essentially the same.”

“Kkiing… I, I shouldn’t be around young demons… ? If you get hurt again… .”

“Aru What do you mean when you say you are the fastest on your feet? Everyone else is saying they are going to work hard, but are you just trying to be comfortable?”

“Cow… .”

The entire party was sent into the forest under the pretext of finding a mutant goblin. Knowing this would happen, I told them to stay away from the goblins in advance.

From now on, it’s time alone with the hero.

“Ugh… .”

“Hero, are you coming to your senses? It may be a spirit that will fade away soon.”

“What are you doing… Are you… .”

He squatted down on top of the hero and loosened the clothes that covered his upper body. At the same time, I soothe my mouth.

“You are going to die soon. But before that, there’s something I’d like to ask you.”

“What… this… Tear me to death… .”

“Stop the meaningless swearing. These may be the last words of your life, but it’s too bad that you were born as a warrior and leave a curse as your will.”

“… .”

“Smile. I’ve died too, right? But I like smiling. They say you’re going to fall off anyway, and if you fall off with a smile, the stain will look pretty.”

“… How can you say that you are smiling?”

Perhaps because it was already torn, the clothes came off easily.

Tears flowed from the warrior’s eyes. Water drops filled with resentment fall.

“I lost all my precious colleagues… ! How can I smile… ! I couldn’t even get my revenge properly… !”

“Are you upset?”

“Keuuk… !”

“You can complain. I understand. Why are we sent into a forest we don’t want to be in, fight monsters, and die like this? Well, that’s how you feel. Right?”

“Zen… page… ! It’s miserable… ! It’s truly miserable… !”

“I am the only one who will listen to your last complaint. So, let’s clear it up. Of course you hate me. I will hate you so much that I die. But you know. Now you can’t dream of avenging your colleagues.”

“Okay… yes. No matter how hard I struggle… There is no turning back now… .”

The warrior’s eyes turned to the sky. The eyes are wet and puffy.

“Demon… Why did we have to die… ?”

“Because you fought with me.”

“You asked the wrong question… So, before I met you… Why did we have to come to the Demon Forest, and why did we have no choice but to embark on a journey that was destined to lead to death… .”

“Because the empire ordered it.”

“… .”

“It was obvious, but the answer is the answer, so now I’ll ask as well. Please don’t die until the job is done.”

“What did you do… Pfft!”

I placed both hands on the exact center of Claire’s chest. Claire let out a painful moan.

“Why did you do your best?”

“What do you mean… .”

“You were all going to die anyway. Even if you don’t die from us. An order received from the empire: annihilate all monsters in the Demon Forest. You probably didn’t think that was a feasible command, right?”

“Demon… .”

“Of course, if you continue to fight step by step, you may have grown considerably more than you are now. Since all party members would have grown together, we would have been able to kill quite a few people. But you know what? No matter how much you grow, you will never be able to surpass the level of the Dragon King. Seven dragons around the Dragon King… I think you somehow managed to get it to that point. Well, it would be Donggwijin.”

“The reason I did my best is because you killed my comrades… .”

“No, if it weren’t for me, you would have fought to the death. Because he is that kind of person.”

Because I did that in my past life.

“You already knew that death was a predestined journey. But why didn’t you run away? If it were me, I would have run away right away, right? He would have lived in seclusion for the rest of his life, hiding in a place where the empire could not find him. You went out of your way to find a group of goblins and start attacking them. It’s like obediently following what the empire tells you.”

“Isn’t that natural…? .”

“So, why is it obvious? I’m curious about the reason.”

“Even if I escape… The empire will always replace future generations of warriors… Until the demon forest is destroyed… .”

“Hmm?”

“I need to kill as many people as possible… Wouldn’t future generations of warriors suffer less? This tragic cycle will end quickly… .”

The warrior’s golden eyes are filled with innocence.

These are the eyes that appear most often when humans accept death.

Anyway, all the warriors are very kind. Returning from the future, I realized that no matter what exploits he made in the Demon Forest, only two heroes died. When a girl named Frey was a hero, the Demon King started a war, and because of that, the Empire can no longer carry out the . Although I know I didn’t force it.

He is not.

Selflessness. Yes, it is altruism. Claire, a tragic warrior, continued her lonely battle with altruism for future generations of warriors.

I had only read about him in books, but it was a new experience to hear his thoughts while talking to him face to face.

“That was the reason. Okay, I heard you right. Now… .”

I lifted the palm that was pressed against Claire’s chest.

“I guess I should finish my work.”

“… ! W-what have you done… !”

Red and black beads broke through Claire’s skin. It was a bead that had no clear surface and seemed like a haze of energy clumping together.

“I pulled out your soul. Be my food.”

“What… ?”

“This is why I woke you up and got other people bitten, so it would be a shame if I missed it.”

“What, what? Didn’t you definitely ‘accidentally’ say ‘just’ and arouse my anger…? !”

“Yes? A mistake? I know for sure that the warrior opened the door to awakening, so why did he say something that would accelerate that awakening? I was trying to make him stronger faster. That’s because it’s better for ‘absorption’.”

“That… ! Nonsense… !”

“In the first place, if I had planned to kill you from the beginning, I would have told Sir Beatrice and Mr. John to hold your colleagues hostage. Then you can easily get over it without getting a drop of blood on your hands. Do you think it was for no reason that I left only the priest hostage? Didn’t you underestimate me too much?”

Ji-ing-.

My soul vibrates. Thanks to the soul still connected to the body and the tail, the body’s lips can tremble in shock.

“Hey, don’t talk nonsense… ! You were almost killed by me before the wolf beastman came… !”

“… Ha, I think you’re misunderstanding something.”

“Ugh!”

“Killing you is no problem for me, Claire. Why do I keep having delusions in my brain? Everyone has a secret weapon. Until you kill your opponent, you shouldn’t be sure of victory. Actually, just when you thought you could kill me, you were stopped by a wolf beast that suddenly appeared, right?”

The bundle of cards in my arms tickles. I want to pull out the joker card and thrust it into the hero’s face. But the time left for the warrior is not that long.

“I tend to speak without thinking, but I don’t say things without thinking. Rather, he thinks more deeply than anyone else before speaking out. Claire, when you awakened, the game changed to hard mode, but you decided to eat your soul anyway. It’s better to grow a little more and eat it. And hard and impossible are completely different words. It’s just become harder to kill you, but it’s not impossible.”

“From the beginning, everything, this was all by design…? ?”

“Oh, I’m not a genius and that’s not possible. I am just a common, ordinary demon.”

If he had used the Joker card, killing Claire wouldn’t have been a problem, but it would be too wasteful to do so.

It would be foolish to use limited power on such a being. I would have written this if Aru hadn’t come at all.

At first, I just went to see the warrior’s party. But there I found a goblin who would make my wish come true, and from then on, I started thinking.

“I can prey on the souls of other beings. It’s the ability to turn his power into mine. This is amazing, but it also has its drawbacks. You can only use it five times in one lifetime.”

I had no intention of eating the hero. But recently, my growth has slowed down, and Aru has gone through an awakening and has risen above me. There was a need to grow urgently. I chose the warrior as the material for my growth. Anyway, in order to get rid of the goblin, it was necessary to fight him.

As a side note, in my previous life, I feasted on the souls of the Dragon Lord and wizard Merlin Gregory. It was the stepping stone for my rapid growth. In my previous life, I was able to rise from the level of a man to a universal man just by eating those two things, so there was no need to look for more, but in this life, I plan to use this power to my advantage.

To catch Kanos, the demon king above. The warrior is the first sacrifice. Endros, the dragon king who will die in about a hundred years, will be the second sacrifice.

“Why five times? Don’t ask. If I were to tell the story behind it, the story would be too long.”

Things didn’t go perfectly. Contrary to my expectations, the warrior party priest sacrificed his life to free Claire, and as a result, Beatrice was injured. But that’s okay. The harvest was much more than the loss.

“The wolf child came quite quickly, so I had to experience stabbing my abdomen with my hand… Anyway, everything worked out well. I have grown your soul as strong as possible so that I can feast on it, and I have raised Aru’s loyalty to the highest level again. In addition, Aru will not be able to act rashly from now on. For me, I only benefited. I even got a goblin friend.”

An earthquake occurs in Claire’s pupils. If you do that wrong, you could die from shock. Before that, I need to quickly feast on my soul. I opened my mouth as wide and ravenously as possible.

“The size of the soul is quite large. There is a reward in ‘awakening’ it. Hero. I guess this is why you need to guard your mouth well. Now… .”

“This crazy bastard… !”

I rolled my eyes as I shoved the quivering lump of soul into my mouth. I express my sincere gratitude to Claire, who was like a generous tree to me.

“Will you eat well?”

Jeokjeok-.