131. Asmodians
The moment I left Theresia and moved outside, Ian immediately grabbed Empress’s collar and shouted.
“Go back!”
“… Summoner, calm down. It’s already too late.”
“you can do it-! The cooldown is short, and if you drag the time with the firepower of Suzaku and Ifrit… !”
“Not that.”
Empress said so and pointed to the back of Ian’s hand. On the back of his hand was a pattern representing each summoned beast, and he saw a sword wrapped in fire disappearing quietly.
Theresia is dead. Realizing that, Ian quietly lowered his head.
“master… sorry. Because of my mistake… .”
“No, it’s not your fault.”
Even at Anna’s words, Ian was so self-blame. Summoner’s responsibility is heavy. A commander who quickly grasps the strength of the opponent and devises a strategy against him.
If such a summoner commands them to fight, no matter what the outcome is, it’s not the summoner’s fault.
It can’t be said that being weak is a sin, right?
“Ian… .”
“It’s okay… ah?”
The children tried to comfort him, but they didn’t even understand the sorrow of losing a pet, so they didn’t even know how to comfort him.
After spending so little time, the children waited for Ian to recover quickly.
“Okay, let’s go.”
“Uh, huh?”
“what are you doing? Not moving fast.”
And the wait wasn’t that long. Within seconds, Ian regained his energy and instructed the children to act.
Seeing him regain his energy in such a short time, the children doubted whether he was a psychopath.
“That, Ian?”
“why?”
“Fine… ah?”
“Are you okay?”
“Theresia, she’s dead… .”
In the end, Noah, unable to contain her curiosity, carefully opened her mouth. Asking if he was asking all that stuff, Ian looked at Noah with a half-smiling face.
Of course it wasn’t okay. It’s because people are the ones who can shed tears even if the character they love dies, and the summoned person who actually met and followed him died.
However, that is not forever.
“it’s okay.”
“how… .”
“It can be saved.”
“… huh? Can you save me?”
“okay.”
The children listened to the words that the dead Theresia could be brought back to life. Originally, it was orthodox that a summoned beast that died to the demons could not be recovered, but is there any other way?
In response, Ian gave instructions on how to recover a dead summoned beast.
“You bastard, you only need to take out Theresia’s heirloom after killing him and cutting his belly.”
“No, that… Will it be digested? ?”
“Sorry, there is no such system.”
Ian declared that to the children. Unlike the children who were completely inhabited by another world, he was a semi-systemic being.
Of course, Theresia summoned by the game system is also a systemic existence, and there is no such thing as being killed by demons in the game system.
A fallen summoned beast can be revived by killing a demon. The reason Ian shook his head was not because he lost Theresia forever, but because work became a nuisance.
The children didn’t know such details, but they realized that Ian wasn’t just a bloodless and tearless being.
“Then let’s go quickly. It’s dangerous to stay here.”
Saying so, Ian urged her to move. It had teleported around, but there was a possibility that the Four Heavenly Kings were still there.
I don’t know where this is… It would be better to stay as far away as possible.
“Empress, erase the traces.”
“don’t worry. Who do you think I am?”
With the help of the Great Witch, Ian and his party walked through the Demon Continent, erasing traces.
Like a wanderer who wanders through the desert in search of an oasis, he advances through the land of demons, where his feet are stuck.
* * *
After absorbing one of the Four Heavenly Kings, Richard the Seocheon Demon Sword went straight to the Demon King’s Castle.
The power difference between the Demon King and the Four Heavenly Kings is not that strong. The Demon King subjugated the other Four Heavenly Kings not only with force but also with extraordinary charisma.
Richard wasn’t. He was the only one who obeyed her by force, so now the time has come to test again whether he is worthy of his loyalty.
[Richard? What suddenly-.]
[Keek! Richard! Finally crazy… !]
They cut down all kinds of demons residing in the Demon Castle, absorbing their power, and approaching the place where the Demon King resides.
There, Richard locked himself in his room and encountered the demon king who was sniffing.
“You’re squeezing again.”
“… Seocheon Magic Sword.”
“What the hell is that weird name? I am Richard.”
Saying so, Richard drew his sword. When there was no demon king, the demons did not have names.
Just an unknown creature that just dies and kills. The demon king gave them a name and became king.
“I don’t like it. You gave us a name and forced us to do it.”
He didn’t like it. The fate of the demons who are bound by names and leash… … .
Now, the demons will regain their freedom. I will go back to those days when I fought with honor and lost my life.
“Are you here to kill me?”
The Demon King said so and looked up at Richard. He was exuding a lot of momentum that could be seen at a glance that he had become stronger than before.
But no worries at all. Demons cannot defeat the Demon King. It’s not caused by a power gap, it’s kind of close to a concept… …
Chae Aeeng-!
The blade of the Seocheon Demon Sword is swung towards the Demon King. At the speed of light, the Demon King realized that he had eaten the other Four Heavenly Kings and nurtured his power.
I couldn’t even follow it with my own eyes. But it doesn’t matter. The Demon King thrust his head towards the sword.
“Kill it.”
If only I could kill him- Seeing the demon king behaving like that, Richard stopped his sword.
“… What are you doing?”
“Look, you can’t kill me in the end, can you?”
“I just thought it wasn’t worth killing you if you didn’t resist.”
“Even thinking that way means it’s fixed.”
After chanting so poignantly, the Demon King laughed at Richard. We’re all just toy dolls in the model garden.
Richard couldn’t admit that. So I decided to break her logic.
As it was for the purpose of coming here, he swung his sword towards the Demon King’s neck. Sigh-! The decapitated Demon King grabbed my head that floated into the sky and connected it to my body.
“… you are.”
Her two eyes twinkle. Even if you are the Four Heavenly Kings, you cannot go against fate. Only those who were designed to be that way can defy fate.
And the Demon King was designed so that he would not die by the hand of anyone except the hero, that is, the player. Nevertheless, Richard cut her off.
“I ate it!”
pleased. shout with joy It was a chance to break free from the shackles clinging to my fate.
She killed Richard in an instant and began to devour him. In the end, Richard could not resist the Demon King. Even if he ate a part of the player, it would mean that he was a demon in the end.
The Demon King, who ate Richard and obtained two powers and one summoned beast, greedily touched the summoned beast that seemed to be a hero.
“Ahhh-.”
With this, I could give the bitch who designed this damn world a shot.
* * *
“Heh, hey- hey, Ian… Let’s rest a little… .”
“… Is that so?”
Looking at Shira, who was sweating profusely, Ian couldn’t say the same thing as not to be shy or that she was almost there.
You don’t even know where you are right now, and you don’t even know how far away you are from reaching your destination.
In such an extreme situation, it is impossible to just push it out.
“Shall we rest here?”
After Ian looked around and made sure there was nothing, he ordered Empress to put a barrier.
As ordinary humans, it was a space where it was difficult for them to breathe.
It was only after Empress broke the barrier that the children sank to the floor panting.
“Huh- I can barely breathe… .”
“It’s hard… .”
Stella and Shira, who did not open their mouths, droop on the floor. Their attire is ruffled here and there, and their underwear is exposed.
However, as if he doesn’t care about that kind of exposure, he shakes off my clothes and ventilates the inside.
“It’s hot!”
“Huh… It’s cool… .”
The ozone layer that protects the earth has been pierced, or the sun is shining unnecessarily. And to the sandy desert that radiates the sun’s heat back to the earth.
It was a very difficult area for the party, who had their whole body wrapped around them to prevent contamination, to pass.
Ian looked at Noah, averting her eyes from their exposed parts.
It must have been very difficult for her, too, but she was pulling food and water from her bag to eat.
“Ian, this… .”
“… Yes, thank you.”
Ian, who was handed it, immediately swallowed the water. To preserve the food for a long time, chew it by mixing it halfway with water and then look around to determine the direction to take.
‘When the hell will it end?’
Various thoughts dominated my head, such as where the Demon King was and whether he was going to wither and die here.
And then, the sandy desert squirmed and spit out a demon.
“Anna! Empress!”
“Yes! master!”
Ian, who found him, immediately sent a summons to the demons, but the demons, who found the summoned beasts running towards me, raised both hands and shouted.
[Ha, surrender! help me!]
“… surrender?”
Anna, who arrived in front of the demons, pondered what to do and looked back at Ian. Ian thought deeply, and ordered Empress to bring the demons bound.