๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐: ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ซ 1
“Your Majesty, are you alright?”
Pantereon looked around Siwoo with a bewildered expression.
The terrain had been literally scorched to the ground.
This was an attack beyond his understanding, even as one of the empire’s strongest.
In the first place, it was questionable whether this could even be called a ‘fist’.
If you combined the power of a siege weapon with a large-scale spell from the Empire’s magic force, you might be able to produce about half of this effect.
“Don’t stand there gaping, hurry up and find His Majesty, you cub!”
Rinoa stomped her foot and ran towards where Siwoo had been.
She, who had assisted Siwoo for a long time, had also never seen an attack of this size.
If you had brought a real dragon and had it breathe fire, it might have been this much. . . but the opponent wasn’t a dragon, it was the Emperor of the Empire.
Rinoa pushed through the smoky dust and searched everywhere.
“Lizard!! Over there!!”
At that moment, Pantereon called her urgently.
Where Rinoa ran after hearing Pantereon’s voice, there was the Emperor lying face down on the floor, panting.
“Your Majesty!!”
“Haak. . . haak. . . haak. . .”
“Your Majesty, pull yourself together! If you die here, we won’t be able to decide on the next Emperor!”
“Hey, you crazy bastard!!”
Rinoa kicked Pantereon’s torso with her foot.
“Your Majesty, shall I give you a potion?!”
“Haah. . . no. . . haah. . .”
Siwoo barely shook his head.
It felt like his vital organs were slowly burning from the very depths of his stomach.
If he hadn’t used the life energy, he would have turned to ashes before he could even get rid of Antichrist, as his regeneration wouldn’t have kept up.
“W-Water. . . do you have any?”
Siwoo asked her in a rough voice, looking at her.
“Ah, yes!!”
Rinoa took out a water bottle from her arms and tried to carefully hand it to Siwoo.
However, Siwoo didn’t even seem to have the strength to raise his neck to drink from the bottle.
“Excuse me for a moment!”
“. . . . . . .”
Rinoa tried to put water in her own mouth.
In order to feed Siwoo water from mouth to mouth.
Thud.
At that moment, a large lion’s paw blocked the water bottle and her mouth.
“What, what is this?!”
“Hey, Rinoa. What kind of rude thing are you doing?”
“What am I!!”
She shouted at Pantereon with a flushed face.
“His Majesty tends to drink a lot of water.”
Pantereon answered Rinoa’s words with a very serious face.
“W-Well then?”
“So I’ll do it instead.”
“. . . . . . .”
Pantereon filled his mouth with all the water in the bottle.
Then, he grabbed the back of Siwoo’s head and slowly began to bring his face closer.
Siwoo’s eyes met the beast king’s deep gaze, slowly opened his mouth.
“I’ll kill you, you son of a bitch.”
Bam!!
Siwoo mustered all his remaining strength and hit Pantereon’s face.
“Haak. . . haak. . . I’ll just. . . drink it myself.”
He rummaged through Pantereon’s arms and took out another water bottle and quenched his thirst.
Once his thirst was quenched, he longed for painkillers this time.
In fact, all of his injuries had been healed and there were no injuries left, but the lingering aftereffects were stirring his head.
Siwoo staggered to his feet.
He had to pull himself together.
โ’๐๐ข๐ฉ. . . ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ.’โ
Just by opening the door to the 6th Core, he had already far surpassed the limits of a human being.
The rebound was only natural.
The feeling of his body being torn apart and shredded in a blender was repeated every second.
ใ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฒ?ใ
Pre asked, sitting down on Siwoo’s head.
“”U. . . barely.”
ใ๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ’๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ.ใ
“Yeah, it’s all thanks to youโ”
Kuku, kuku, kuku, kuku, kuku!!
At that moment, a huge magic circle was formed on the ground, with violent vibrations and the earth’s axis shaking.
Before they had time to be surprised, a flash of light flashed and their figures disappeared.
๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
A vast space filled with darkness.
A peculiar aura and demonic energy of immeasurable concentration are intertwined.
A place where all senses are distorted, making it impossible to grasp its depth and breadth.
The Demon Realm.
“Phew! Your Majesty, are you alright?!”
Rinoa, who had been lying face down on the floor, raised her head and searched for Siwoo first.
Fortunately, Siwoo seemed unharmed.
“Where is this. . . oh?”
As Rinoa, who felt an eerie aura, glanced around, magic circles flashed everywhere and new figures appeared.
“Huh?!”
“Kuku. . .!! What is this all of a sudden!”
“Master?! What the. . .”
“Master! Are you alright?”
“Y-Your Majesty!!”
About twenty people and non-human races of the Empire who seemed to have been forcibly transferred shouted and called out to Siwoo when they found him.
They had all been fighting enemies in the areas they were in charge of, so they were all in a terrible state.
“. . . . . . .”
Siwoo looked at them with a hard face.
He didn’t show any signs of being happy or relieved.
Then, Siwoo glared at one point and clenched his fist.
ใIt’s been a long time.ใ
The mastermind behind all these events, and the being at the top of the demon race.
“Bablehner.”
Siwoo pursed his lips towards the 4th realm Demon King floating in the sky.
ใThe reason I’ve gathered you here is for a kind of selection.ใ
Bablehner, who looked like a young boy, spoke to Siwoo and Siwoo’s party in a commanding voice.
His gaze and tone of voice were as decisive and clear as the orders of a king sitting on a throne.
“Selection. . .?”
Choi Dae-soo growled and asked Bablehner back.
ใYes, selection. But.ใ
Bablehner stared at him with a sullen face and glared with his pitch-black eyes.
ใWho gave you permission to speak?ใ
A thin, pale finger pointed at Choi Dae-soo.
Click.
“Kreeeeeeuk!!!”
At that moment, Choi Dae-soo’s knees buckled and his palms touched the ground.
A sharp killing intent and momentum pressed down on his shoulders and back, forcing him to kneel.
ใI’m the one who does the selecting. All you have to do is follow.ใ
Bablehner flicked his finger.
Dozens of magic circles were created in the void, and all the executives who had been fighting Siwoo’s party appeared.
Kuโโโโโโโung!!
The golden cudgel pressed down on the ground, exuding a ferocious aura.
“Keureureuโ You bastards!!”
The Kraken’s crimson eyes burned fiercely.
ใSelection, in other words, survival. Try to survive the army of this Bablehner.ใ
“Damn it!! Everyone, prepare for battle!!”
ใBegin, Kraken.ใ
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!”
At the cry of the vanguard wearing a goat mask, the demon race, Archdevils, and Fallen Angels rushed towards Siwoo’s party.
“Dammit. . . is this the end now?”
Behind someone’s muttering, a wave-like demonic energy covered the area.
โโโโโKugagagagagagagagaga!!!
The final war that would decide the fate of Earth had begun.
๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
ใWhy such an expression, Min Siwoo?ใ
The 4th realm Demon King asked, looking down at him with an emotionless face.
Siwoo stared at his opponent without even having time to look back at his comrades who were fighting.
As if he knew that everything could end with a moment’s carelessness.
ใIt’s been ten years since we last met. Aren’t you happy?ใ
The last time the two of them had met face-to-face was during the last war ten years ago.
The time they had met in the morgue of the HSIU Paris Branch in France was when the 4th Realm Demon King had temporarily manifested.
Siwoo compared the him that had incarnated in Saint-Germain’s body at that time with the being that was now in front of him.
Just as a shadow cannot be compared to the real thing, the fully revealed Demon King exuded a presence that overwhelmed everything else.
“. . . .What have you been doing for ten years.”
Siwoo’s mouth opened for the first time.
Bablehner had far surpassed Antichrist that Siwoo had barely managed to defeat by opening the door to the 6th Core.
Something more than a monster.
Its end, its limits, cannot be seen.
ใYou’re not one to talk, who disappeared without a trace for ten years and destroyed all of the demon race’s plans.ใ
Overwhelming demonic energy could be felt in each and every syllable.
“Definitely. . . I should have killed you back then.”
ใHahaha. Min Siwoo, I didn’t know you could say something like regret.ใ
“This isn’t regret. It’s reflection, on the idiot that I was.”
ใYour unfortunate wordplay is still the same.ใ
Bablehner said to his opponent in a grumbling tone.
He didn’t seem impatient.
Even while his subordinates were fighting the greatest hunters in the final war, Bablehner’s actions were leisurely.
The confidence that he could clean everything up at any time.
ใShouldn’t we finish what we started?ใ
A strange light gleamed in the eyes of the 4th realm Demon King.
Siwoo let out a long sigh in his mind.
Would he be able to open the door to the 6th Core again with his current condition?
“Yeah, we should. You son of a bitch.”
Even if it wasn’t possible, he had to at least try.
For the first time, a distorted smile appeared on Bablehner’s face.
ใKukukuk. . . Then let’s begin. The final battle between you and me!!ใ
๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
Kugugugugugugugugugugโ!!!
In an instant, everyone’s gaze turned to one place.
“Ah. . . ah. . .”
Their mouths are too surprised to close.
A sigh close to despair burst out of the hunters’ mouths on its own.
A magnificent and immense demonic energy that seemed to erase this world rose up, centered on Bablehner.
KuwaโโโKwagagagagag!!!!
The ground exploded, and a wave of magic power gushed out over the area, causing a typhoon-like gale to blow.
Bablehner’s new form shot forward.
“Damn it.”
Siwoo hurriedly opened the Core’s Gates one after another.
The power of the ether passed through his dantian and spread strength throughout his body.
1st Core, 2nd Coreโ 5th Core, the last 6th Core!!
Siwoo’s mana veins, which were trying to open the Core with all their might, stopped momentarily.
โ’๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต. . .!!’โ
It didn’t open.
Siwoo bit his molars hard enough to draw blood and threw the power of the 5th Core forward.
โโโโโโโโโโ. . . . . . .
The demonic energy and magic power clashed in the air, and a dazzling flash of light filled the surroundings.
An area with a radius of several hundred meters was erased by the force of the explosion, and something flew away to one side, causing mountain ranges to collapse.
ใKukukukuk. . . Khahahahahaha!!ใ
Bablehner, who had survived that tremendous shock wave, bared his teeth and burst into madness.
People’s faces turned white at the earsplitting laughter.
“Your Majesty. . .?!”
Kikl looked for Siwoo, who had disappeared.
Siwoo, who she found by spreading her magic detection, was beyond the collapsed mountain range.
“Someone has to go and get His Majesty!!”
Kikl shouted at the top of her lungs while facing Behemoth.
If Siwoo died here, it would be no different from annihilation.
No, before that, Siwoo was a lord to whom Kikl had sworn her loyalty with her life.
“I’ll go.”
At that moment, someone shot out like a beam of light and headed towards where Siwoo was.
“Keuheuk. . .”
“Master!!!”
Lo-an, whose eyebrows flew up, discovered Siwoo.
He knelt down and supported Siwoo’s neck.
Blood flowed incessantly from Siwoo’s nose and mouth.
“Are you alright?!”
He couldn’t be okay.
The fact that he was alive after taking that blow seemed like a miracle.
The appearance of Siwoo, who was already riddled with wounds and breathing shallowly, was nothing more or less than the appearance of someone who was dying.
Lo-an didn’t know what to do, so he took out a potion from his arms.
“Master, it would be better if you ran away for now! We will somehow hold them off, so Master should plan for the futureโ”
“. . . .Long.”
At that moment, Siwoo’s blood-filled mouth twitched.
“Yes?”
“. . . .Xiaolong.”
Siwoo called his disciple’s old name.
Lo-an nodded his head and answered his call.
“Yes, your disciple Xiaolong is here.”
“. . . .Give me that. . .”
“What are you referring toโ absolutely not!”
Lo-an refused with a hardened face when he realized what Siwoo meant.
“Xiaolong. . .”
“Yes, Master. . .”
“Please.”
Siwoo said, barely raising his hand to Lo-an’s shoulder, his eyes half-closed.
Lo-an bit his lips.
Blood flowed down his chin and dripped onto Siwoo’s crimson chest.
“I will give it to you. . . but you must. . . come back alive.”
At Lo-an’s words, Siwoo smiled slightly.
[Monkey King: One Peach]
An upgraded version of the peach that he had eaten when he had fought Siwoo before.
Siwoo was risking his own life.
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