121. Regrets of the Hero Party (8)
121. Regrets of the Hero Party (8)
Greed, the demon king of greed, had to get everything he wanted, such as money, people, and honor.
‘f*ck.’
I was like that.
I am the one who makes people tremble just by hearing my voice.
Why are you messing around with lizards like this?
There was a man at the end of the long torn reptile eyes.
‘If only I wasn’t that bastard. I wouldn’t have lost everything I wanted-!!’
Injury from Lee Jun-woo.
It took a long time to recover because it was a fatal wound even though he was a demon king, so he replaced it with a new body.
However, in the meantime, the other demon lords took a blind eye.
‘You’ve weakened a lot, Grid. It has become useless.’
‘This, these bastards-!!’
‘No matter how injured you are. If that’s the case, recovery won’t be of much use. So, your guy… ‘
Find a party of warriors and see the end.
At least get injured.
Die.
Die at our hands or come back after defeating the warrior party.
That’s up to you.
‘Sea Baal… ‘
I don’t need a demon king who isn’t strong.
Sacrifice for the survival of other demon lords.
The grid was so miserably abandoned.
Recalling his own wretched memory, Grid howled at the warrior party.
-All of you-!! It’s your fault-!! It was you guys who ended the life of the demon king-!! I will never forgive you!!
Grid used his tail freely and swung it around him.
It is difficult to avoid a wide range of attacks in a cramped cave.
Luna and Hare moved their bodies sweating profusely.
“No, if you get hit, you die… ! Joe, watch out, Luna… !!”
“Yes! Thanks, Hare!”
“Oh, no… why am i worried… “
Hare shook her head and shouted again.
“No… He, just gets hit by the tail and dies… !! Don’t get in the way between you and me… !”
“That must be difficult!”
“What?”
Didn’t you hear?
Luna evaded Grid’s attack with her eyes coldly shining.
‘As calm as possible. Never get excited.’
Whoop-
Inside Luna, numerous emotions fluctuated.
The corpses of family members seen in the past.
Uncle’s death.
And then, the smiling face of the Demon King lightly stepping on the corpse.
Luna bit her lip and met the lizard man’s red eyes.
“You there. Lizard.”
-Is that voice a warrior? Aren’t you hiding behind him like last time?
“… It looks like the red devil I saw then. Checking is over.”
If that demon king is right.
I have no reason to back down.
Luna shouted in her heart.
‘Holy Sword. Lend me your strength! I’ll kill the demon king with my own hands!’
-…
The Holy Sword didn’t answer.
However, she responded with action.
Luna put her hand to her heart and slowly took out the holy sword.
She pulled out the blade all the way and shouted.
“I still haven’t forgotten my family’s enemies! It always appeared in my dreams! You, you, no matter how many times I die-!! I will definitely kill you!!”
-I wouldn’t have killed your family…
“Noisy! You tried to kill me! It’s an attempted murder!”
-…
Udadadada-
Luna ran in front of her with a blue sword wrapped around her holy sword.
Hare, who watched her closely, took her steps in line with Luna’s thoughts.
It was similar to a childhood friend of 10 years.
“Lu, Luna… ! The target area is ‘there’… ?”
“I don’t know! But what you think is right!”
“Oh, okay… ! Then I’ll move… !”
“Yes!”
Afraid to finish the answer, Hare rushed towards the Lizardman’s abdomen at high speed.
Grid laughed and swung her sharp claws.
The only sound was the sound of a loud wind cutting through the air.
-These quick bastards… If I had my original body here… !! All of you would have died at my hands… !!
Hare kept trying to attack Grid’s abdomen like a flying fly.
Grid was able to guess that the goal of the warrior party was the abdomen.
However, it was Hare’s trick.
‘The real attack is… hide in lies… !’
According to the old man’s teachings.
Hare only steals the Lizardman’s eyes.
“Now Luna… attack… !!”
“I will do it even if you don’t tell me!”
A holy sword imbued with blue sword energy.
Luna thrust her holy sword down towards the part she was aiming for with her upright heart.
“Head.”
My uncle told me.
If you don’t know the opponent’s weakness, attack the head first.
“Your uncle roughly said that the head is the weakness of all living things.”
Luna’s feet touch the ground.
She accompanied him along with the screams of the lizard man’s head echoing through the cave.
-That, that-!! These worm-like warriors-!!
“Oh, my head is cut off, but I’m talking, mister… !! Also, does a lizard’s head regenerate like a tail… ?”
“No, the head does not regenerate. Good job.”
Koo Goong-
Lizardman.
No, Grid’s body lost strength and fell forward as soon as his head fell to the ground.
The warrior party defeated the demon king much more easily than Lee Jun-woo thought.
“… Perhaps, being so weak is a matter of the body.”
“What are you talking about! We are strong! Mister! Hero Luna! The thief Hare is strong!”
“… He’s not a thief, he’s a thief.”
“That or that!”
Hare shouted that it was completely different.
She asked for corrections, but Luna never did.
“A thief and a thief are the same, what!”
Because I honestly didn’t feel the difference.
The demon lord’s subjugation ended more boringly than expected.
Lee Jun-woo approached the lizard man’s corpse on the floor without a word and knelt down on his knees.
“… “
“Mister! What are you doing there! Why are you looking so serious!”
“Because I won… ! You can laugh, man… !”
Lee Jun-woo stared at the Lizardman’s corpse with a stiff expression.
At the time when silence passed and the small sounds in the cave started to bother me.
Lee Jun-woo got up from his seat and stroked Luna and Ha-re’s hair.
“Everyone did well in defeating the Demon King easily. Especially, Hare.”
“Yes… !”
“You made Luna shine. You did very well.”
“Heh heh heh… thank you… “
Hare smiled quietly and savored his touch.
Luna couldn’t stand to watch him, so she shouted with her face reddened.
“Me, me! I have a lot to praise too! You did great! Praise it quickly!”
“… Luna, you’ll do a lot later.”
“W-Where is that!”
“No.”
I can’t do that right now.
“Don’t hesitate, Luna.”
“Yes… ?”
With that said.
The surrounding atmosphere suddenly sank to the floor.
Something was starting to change.
Luna and Hare didn’t want to admit that change.
“Ah, mister… ?”
“… “
“Your eyes are getting red… “
Ah.
Luna and Hare let out a sigh.
Lee Jun-woo put his trembling hand into the space.
Then, he carelessly dropped a rope on the floor.
The meaning of that action was one.
“If you… me… subdue… And… go back home… “
For Estiya to annihilate the demon lord.
Subdue yourself with a rope.
Although Luna and Hare always listened to the old man well.
“Ah, the demon lord in the uncle’s body… me, i can’t… Ah, how can you attack the old man… “
“… Why did you make this choice… ?”
I couldn’t easily hear this order.
Even if you know that the person in front of you is not the old man, but the demon king.
The two couldn’t move easily.
***
It won’t be easy.
It must be difficult.
Even though I drained all of my body’s mana.
Your physical ability is still considerable.
“It will take a long time.”
It is a dark space.
Things reflected in my eyes appear in front of me like a TV screen.
What I’m using my body right now is Greed, the demon lord of greed.
He was using my body as he pleased and fighting.
“I hope everyone doesn’t hesitate, but wishing for that would have no conscience.”
A grid that can’t use my body properly.
I was in the middle of adapting, so my body showed many weaknesses.
Luna and Hare seldom attacked.
“I could have stabbed you enough… Too bad.”
Did you hear my muttering in the dark?
The door opened in the dark space, revealing Minerva.
“… What is it that you regret? Jun, that’s your body that leaves scars properly.”
“Long time no see, Minerva.”
“… Yeah, it’s been a while.”
Minerva sat next to me as if nothing had happened.
You must have seen the conversation between me and Luna in a book.
It seemed like he noticed that my emotions had been released.
“Minerva.”
“… Why.”
“The future you showed me. Are you sure that’s right?”
“… That’s right, as a result, the two of you will subdue you and annihilate the demon lord.”
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Luna and Hare defeated the Lizardmen.
Minerva’s options came to mind before my eyes.
[Are you going to annihilate the demon king now? There is one way.]
[1. Destroy now.]
[2. It will be destroyed later.]
The reason I am here is because I chose number 1.
I chose to annihilate now and surrendered myself to Grid.
‘Everything you want! My, I’ll make it all happen! What do you want. Uh, woman? Also, money? I can do that enough. With my power, anything is possible. How is it? Isn’t it okay I’ll promise!’
I heard Grid’s nervous voice.
I checked the future and accepted his offer.
Not because he wanted what he promised.
For the growth of Luna and Hare.
I looked at Minerva and asked her questions.
“More than that, it’s amazing that you gave me this choice. I’ve never thought of giving the initiative of my body to the Demon Lord.”
“… I gave this because it was the most helpful way. It has no other meaning.”
Minerva smiled suspiciously.
‘Sure… Even if you kill the Lizardman, Grid’s soul is still alive… This must be the best way.’
I imprison Grid’s soul in my body.
The body is tied up and taken home.
The rope I dropped on the floor is not an ordinary rope.
As long as they tie themselves up, Luna and Hare will win.
In the meantime, I just watch Luna and Hare grow.
“… Junwoo.”
“Yes, Minerva.”
“Quickly defeat all the demon lords. That’s right b… I think it will be comfortable.”
Minerva smiled sadly.
Did she say me or did she say you?
However, one thing is known.
‘… It has changed.’
After that day.
Minerva, unlike before, prioritizes my safety.
The priority was to defeat the Demon King.
“If you want to be happy, defeat the demon king quickly. I’ll help you, okay?”
“…Okay.”
With that, I answered the sad-looking Minerva and fixed her gaze on the screen.
I could see the hardships in front of my eyes.
No matter how you looked at it, it didn’t look like there was no chance.