Episode 96. This isn’t enough. Harder!
For demons, desire is a concept that takes priority over anything else.
No matter how human beings choose to coexist, it is impossible to overcome their innate limitations for that purpose.
‘Ah, I shouldn’t do this… ….’
Of course, if I were as strong as my lord, I would be able to withstand it, but the one in front of me is infinitely weak compared to him.
It was clear that if he was forced to compete with one of the widespread demons with his bare body, without even going to the lower-ranking executives who were lower in rank than him, he would die horribly.
The human race that has been trampled by the Demon King’s army has been such a weak and insignificant being.
‘I know that Hyosung will suffer if I do this, but I find it so lovely to see her like this.’
Yes, his existence was the only thing that freed me from that infinite bondage where I could only realize my desires by reminiscing about the past glory.
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Even if he is a weak human being, even if he is reduced to something worse than livestock or insects, this feeling will not change.
This feeling, which remains unchanged in any state, is definitely an emotion that should be defined as love.
‘Such a lovely person, at this moment, he is playing according to my will. ‘
However, such feelings ultimately stem from selfishness, not altruism.
What was in front of me was not an object of loyalty, but a means to achieve one’s desires and a person who could be called the purpose itself.
‘So just a little bit….’
The more I think of my lord who is not swayed by my playing, the stronger these feelings become.
How could you suppress this urge to long for a relationship with him?
‘Just a little bit. Just a little more… !’
“Marilyn.”
But the continued playing without losing my mind only lasted for a moment.
Immediately hearing a voice coming from behind, Marylin stopped playing and quickly looked behind her.
He is his lover, and at the same time, the only one who can keep his impulses in check.
“Oh, Mr. Airi?”
The coldness felt in that gaze felt much harsher than usual.
It is natural. What we originally discussed was to gradually adjust the level and conduct training appropriate to his stage.
In such a situation, you act arbitrarily and try to trample on the seeds before they can grow.
If you want him to grow, wouldn’t you have no choice but to be angry?
“Aha~ I’m sorry. Stop without even realizing it….”
Mary Lynn belatedly realizes her mistake and suppresses her impulses.
Of course, if we fight again, we won’t be defeated like last time, but even if we fight that far and win, there will be no benefit at all.
If the impulse continues to be suppressed, there may come a moment when it becomes unbearable, but right now it is not at that level yet.
“Well, it was a joke. Because I don’t mean it that way…….”
“No, please continue.”
After coming to that conclusion, I came back to myself when I was about to retreat.
It was the exact opposite of the scolding I expected.
“Yes?”
“I told him to continue playing as before. In fact, I think it would be good if the performance was more intense than it is now.”
At Airi’s next words, Marylin began to stare at her with a blank expression on her face.
Don’t stop playing, just keep playing. Even more violently?
‘What on earth…? …. Wasn’t this woman in a position to want to protect Mr. Hyosung?’
For a moment, I thought he had lost his mind, but in reality, Airi’s gaze had already been taken away from him and fixed on him.
The expression on his face also did not clear up at all.
Serious and sharp eyes…….
As if those feelings had taught her from the beginning that she was aimed at him, not herself.
“Wow!!”
As he was receiving Airi’s gaze, he took a deep breath and began to gradually raise himself from his seat.
The performance has stopped, but the afterglow of the performance has not yet gone away.
The instinct awakened by him was gathering mana at this moment and trying to suppress his actions with all its might.
“Ugh, haa, haa…… !”
Nevertheless, the sight of him using the spear as a walking stick to raise himself from his seat was far beyond Marylin’s expectations.
Originally, I thought I wouldn’t be able to endure this much and would collapse for a while.
‘That’s ridiculous. Even though his opponent was rotten, he was a candidate for the Four Heavenly Kings.’
Although his desire to win disappeared after seeing the end of the Demon King he longed for, Natae’s desire must have increased his potential the more he was lazy.
The remnants remained to some extent even when processed into equipment, and the lost instinct would even be able to bring out stronger power than before by mixing in one’s own magic power.
But to overcome that much strength with his mental power.
“Hyosung, are you okay?”
“Yes, eh. Are you okay.”
Airi passes by him, who is embarrassed by him, and approaches him.
He quietly answered her question and grabbed the spear, resisting the force of the armor that was still suppressing him.
“At first, I was surprised by how heavy it suddenly became, but when I think about it, it has withstood many things worse than this.”
“I can’t say it’s okay, but I can’t say I’ve reached my limit yet… …. “You mean, right?”
“Yes, if you press this hard, you will get a lump.”
Heavy breathing and pale complexion.
His face is drenched in cold sweat, and his legs, which are leaning on the pole, are shaking.
“I wonder how much I can endure now… ….”
Nevertheless, the smile on his lips showed his will to endure even his uncontrollable sadism.
I thought he might destroy it with his own hands, but he actually tried to show his winning spirit and aim for more than this.
‘It’s broken…’ …. ‘Don’t you?’
Yes, the moment when something that even he didn’t expect happened.
The moment she encountered that image, Marylin felt an emotion that she had never felt before make her heart flutter.
No, she definitely felt this way in the past.
It’s just that so much time has passed that I forgot.
But there was clearly a moment when she needed her own skills, to become the person she wanted to be.
‘That’s right, it’s not broken yet. To the extent that I pushed it a little… ….’
He was happy with my playing, felt excited about it, and hoped we could spend more time together…….
I felt that a part of a glorious time that I thought would never return was materialized in a simple way in this moment.
“Marilyn. “Could you please increase the tempo a little more?”
“…Yes?”
“I said it was okay to play harder.”
“Ah, yes a little… …. Just a little bit, right?”
Feeling her heart swell at that, Mary Lynn began to turn her trembling fingers to the strings of her lute.
The very little that is allowed to oneself.
Let’s increase the tempo of the performance just a little, just enough to keep him from breaking down.
-Tiing~!!
But there was no way that was possible.
A body that may be accustomed to patience, but also knows the pain of that patience.
Because I wanted my desires to last even a little longer, I even accepted the existence of a lover who would suppress my impulses.
If we are given permission to relax such caution, isn’t it possible to exercise restraint?
“I’m sorry, Hyosung. “I also realize that I am doing something wrong…”
What’s more, unlike the lord who can’t feel anything from my playing, he is stimulated by his own playing.
Nevertheless, he is trying to hold on somehow and use the pressure of this moment as his strength.
“If you show me standing up again in such a mess, there’s no way I can stand it!!”
If it gets ruined at the end, that would be the end.
On the other hand, if you prove that you can endure until the end, wouldn’t you be able to express your love for him with confidence in the future?
-Tiriring, ttiriing!!
True to her desire, she played with her own emotions more than ever in this moment.
Faster and more intense.
For this moment, I am ready to bury everything that is suppressing me.
Being intoxicated by the mesmerizing melody that causes the most dizzying feeling.
“Oh my gosh, ugh!!!”
The pressure created by that performance began to shake the human spirit with all its might at this moment.
It is not specialized in military power, but its potential is at a level worthy of being the second-in-command of the Demon King’s army, following the Demon King.
An ordinary human would not be allowed to resist, and his mind would eventually become intoxicated with a madness more intense than drugs, making him forget even the fear of death.
“Ugh… …. Ah ah ah ah ah!”
Nevertheless, he is holding on.
At this moment, I am trying to maintain my senses by suppressing the thought of becoming conscious of my performance.
And if I maintain that miasma, it will lead to an opportunity to control the vast power that oppresses my body.
-Move, easy maaa… ….
Of course, the same thing applies to armor as momentum increases, but unlike the beginning, even that was now rising to a level where competition was possible.
-Anyway, you have to work hard to become like that person. It doesn’t mean anything…….
“Shut up you lazy bastard!!!”
Yes, it is not an enemy that cannot be defeated.
An enemy that has already been defeated once is only caught with a corpse, but wouldn’t it be extremely pathetic to conclude that it is impossible before it even begins?
“There are so many things to do in my future life, why should I rest and sleep…” . If you’ve already lost, just be quiet and use my experience points. “You piece of sh*t!”
With the spirit that came from such faith, he stamped out the magical energy emitted by the armor and pressed down on it. He then grabbed the javelin in his hand and tried to take a stance.
-Kugugugugugugugu!
The thrill of the atmosphere that arises just by standing there.
At this moment, a force that makes even the surrounding space tremble attacks him, but even so, he does not fall.
He tries to hold on without collapsing and, on the contrary, wants to make the explosive power displayed at this moment his own.
“aaa!!”
The tip of the spear is thrown with all its might, accompanied by a loud shout.
At that moment, the powerful magical power bursting out of the armor was concentrated on the tip of the spear, eventually producing a powerful force that extended forward.
-Pooooo!
An attack that is impossible to imagine happening from a javelin.
After that, the afterimage of the scarecrow passes by, the exterior wall of the building behind it, and the ceiling.
-Quagagagagaga River!
The spear that tore through everything eventually extended beyond and fell into the nearby mountain, making a roar.
The practice spear failed to land on the surface, but even that was because the spear could not withstand the current magical power and was crushed in the middle.
If only the spear could withstand its full force.
For example, if it were made of a strong metal such as ‘mithril’ rather than wood or iron, the attack at this moment might have caused a small landslide and buried everything that existed beneath it.
“Heo-eok, heo-eok…” ….”
But the awareness that he almost caused such a disaster did not exist for him at this moment.
I just did my best and succeeded in releasing the power.
Although it wasn’t enough to control it, I was just focused on resisting and liberating the force, so I lost all my stamina.
Nevertheless, just by overcoming the oppression caused by the equipment, he could be said to have secured the possibility of exceeding his limits.
“I did it, I did it. Really… ….”
Marilyn, who was watching from the side, also realized this.
As she watched him grow as he resisted her own sadism, a smile that she was not even aware of gradually began to appear on her lips.
I gradually began to believe that if I continued to be the way I am now, I would be able to overcome even if my impulses became stronger.
“Thank you for your hard work, Ms. Marylin.”
It’s time to get absorbed in his great achievements.
Immediately after announcing the end of her first training, Airi passed by Marylin and began to approach the fallen man.
Despite the fact that he had clearly accomplished something that no human being could have achieved, he spoke in a calm and serious voice as if he had expected even this.
“And thank you for your hard work, Hyosung. “Let’s take a little rest and then continue the next training when the old man comes back.”
“Oh, yes…” …. “This is not the end.”
“Yes, this is the beginning.”
The eyes that look at him, who is tired, slowly open, and his gaze gradually begins to gain strength.
“The difficulties that Hyosung must overcome in the future cannot be overcome at this level.”
On the other hand, the answer seems to be that even this is just the beginning.
Hyosung had a blank expression on his face as he couldn’t really listen to those words due to fatigue, but even that was soon taken away as he felt the signs of popularity flooding the training ground.
“… It looks like people heard the commotion and came to visit. “I will explain things to them in a moment.”
“Ah, yes. “Please do me a favor.”
Airi starts to leave the place in place of him who collapsed from exhaustion.
Mary Lynn, who came to her senses belatedly, followed her and called her out.
“Hold on a minute, Mr. Airi.”
“Why are you doing this, Mr. Marylin?”
Suddenly, Airi stops in her seat and looks at herself.
The coldness felt in those eyes was, as expected, a big difference from the emotional appearance he had shown so far.
Marilyn could vaguely guess the reason.
“Are you affected by my power right now?”
“… ….”
“… “I see.”
Yes, no matter how much she did it for him, encouraging him to this extent was a departure from her usual self.
Even being able to know what will happen in the future does not apply to a fickle demon who even she cannot predict.
“Did you have the awareness that if I were not careful, my control could fail?”
Nevertheless, the reason she encouraged it was perhaps because she, too, lost her normal judgment due to her own playing.
“… “What on earth have you seen in the future that makes you feel impatient?”
What happens afterward?
Perhaps she abused the one she loved and encouraged her growth?
“I’m sorry, but I’ll tell you about that later. “Until the designated time arrives, it is better to minimize variables.”
As if to prove that my guess was not entirely wrong, she did not deny my concerns and simply left her position.
There was no confusion or awareness that she had gone wild.
It is true that she was influenced by Marylin’s performance to some extent, but even that could not be said to have influenced her to the extent that she lost her senses.
“… “It’s not enough.”
She just made me remember something I had forgotten.
She is the last successor of the Haven clan.
As someone who has inherited the will of my clan, what I must prioritize is to save this world that is heading towards destruction.
“This is not enough, Mr. Hyosung. “I can’t take her down at this level.”
And what awaits afterward is for him to personally step in and block the path of the dragon who declared the destruction of mankind.
As this is a future where the transcendent is involved, the outcome cannot be immediately guaranteed.
Because I can’t guarantee, I can’t help but feel anxious even though I achieved results that exceeded my predictions.
“So, I have to get stronger faster.”
“If only to prevent what Thasian will soon do at this excavation site…”
Everything is for the coexistence of love and mission.
The first challenge in making him a savior will begin with removing the last dragon left in this world with his own hands.