118 – Demon King Astaroth – 3
“What should we do now, master? He looks really angry…….”
As she looked at her energetic back and thought that she still lived up to her name as a succubus queen, Nika, who had turned into a tearful girl in just a few seconds, came clinging to her.
“Didn’t you think about everything before saying it?”
“That’s not it…… She just did it because it was dirty and mean to talk about the bad things she did…… It’s…… Lol…… Swimming…… hehehehe, please save me! Master! Sorry!”
Nika tried to make up her own excuse, but eventually she gave up and clung to me, crying. She checked Astaroth over his shoulder.
“I am the devil! I am the succubus queen! Both should have been me! “It should have been!”
Perhaps it was because I was so angry that Mattaengi had gone away, or for some other reason, that I didn’t rush straight here and just screamed loudly.
It would be better if it happened like that. The more you lose your reason, the bigger the gap will be, and you won’t have to fight with Nika and Elisiere on either side like you do now. He raised her body and gently teased Nica.
“I provoked you because I could handle it directly. Yes? “Can I just watch?”
“Huh?! Then I die! Please save me, master! Nika was wrong! “I will never go out on my own again!”
“Could it be that he really meant it? “You never know when that thing might rush at you, so don’t worry about it falling.”
Elisier pushed Nika away as she tried to cling to her again. Although it seemed like he was pushed away because he was afraid that Astaroth might attack at any moment.
“Don’t worry. “Nika, would I really ask you to fight something like that?”
I got up from my seat. Her left hand still throbbed. While massaging her fingers that were shaking against her will, Elisier asked a question with concern.
“Was it okay, dear? It was a very bad face from earlier. Also… ….”
I glanced, and dark pink eyes turned to my left hand. As expected, it seemed like he wasn’t able to manage his facial expressions this time either.
“It’s okay. Trying to write that brought back memories of old times. “I’ve made up my mind several times, but it’s still not easy.”
“If it’s hard, you don’t have to bring it up-“
“What if I kill him clumsily and then resurrect him again?”
“… ….”
“And, I think it would be difficult for me to fight without getting you involved. Think positively. Elisier, that means you were that strong of a demon lord.”
“How can I think positively when all of that strong power has been taken away and I have had four months. “This is truly absurd encouragement.”
Although Elisier looked at her with concern, she did not try to stop her until the end. She seemed to realize that once she had made up her mind, it would be no use.
Astaroth raised his head just as the conversation ended. In that short period of time, it had changed into something closer to a half-monster rather than a demon.
Her eyes, which had turned completely black, were half-turned, her arms and legs were covered in black and red magic energy, and her magic sword was also twisted in an even more grotesque way than usual.
Each strand of hair was wriggling strangely, as if it was alive and moving with its own ego, and even its wings were engulfed in dark red energy.
The only thing that gave us an idea that the original was a succubus was the body that was still the same and the lewd clothes that only vague traces of it remained.
“What are you doing, not attacking me? “Are you at all scared because it was Queen who mocked you?”
While Elisiere and Nika were keeping the distance between each other as much as possible, the two of them moved their positions to avoid getting caught in the blind attack, and the eternal thought took place.
The effect of mentioning the queen’s status was clear. Astaroth screamed and rushed forward. I parried the swinging magic sword.
ㅡBagjagjak!
No, rather than saying he hit me, it would be more accurate to say that I was thrown away.
As soon as the demon sword and the eternity collided, the tremendous force that came from them broke the bones in their wrists, and their legs rolled on the floor as if they had been thrown off the ground. This was despite using mana breathing techniques to strengthen the body.
The power, which was already incredibly destructive, rose even further after he lost his reason. With every step I took, the ground seemed to split like a sheet of thin ice and even shook as if there had been an earthquake.
Dodged the magic sword that was thrown vertically. A huge, fan-shaped canyon had formed right next to me. It extended all the way to the horizon, and the bottom was so deep that it could not be seen.
‘Yes. ‘Keep running wild.’
It took time by blocking the attack, bouncing back, and countering by regenerating its shattered bones and concussed body. He didn’t forget to mention Nika and Elisiere and touch Yeokrin from time to time.
You must not try to fight back carelessly. When the biggest gap appears, you should aim for that moment and finish it off at once.
ㅡQuad deuk!
She intentionally pushed her throbbing left arm into the sword. The entire left shoulder was torn off. He immediately cast a healing spell and made her new arm grow.
I was afraid that if I didn’t do this, it would interfere with the battle.
‘Just a little more.’
I suffered the double whammy of having my bones broken and my internal organs shattered in one attack and my left hand constantly going numb, and I somehow managed to defend against Astaroth’s attack. So that their patience runs out faster than mine.
“aaah!!!!!!”
After suffering injuries that would have killed me a hundred times more without the healing magic, the moment I had hoped for finally came.
Astaroth raised his sword high above his head. A power so great that it could not even be compared to before began to condense into the strangely twisted magic sword.
‘Now.’
She focused her mana on her legs and kicked off the ground. Even with her body strengthened to the maximum, all of her leg bones were shattered as she was unable to handle the repulsive force, but she was restored with healing magic and eternity was summoned back.
Astaroth widened his dark, bloodshot eyes, as if he hadn’t expected that the guy who had just been defending himself by crushing his body would attack in return.
‘You can do it. Can do. Can do. Can do. You can… ….’
I was constantly hypnotized in my mind and gritted my teeth and endured the pain of my throbbing head and my left hand shaking like crazy. At the same time, the light spear is held in the left hand.
‘…… Uh?’
Gwangchang, eul… ….
‘This…’ … what… ….’
The power used by Astaroth. As soon as I recognized the familiar feeling coming from it, a terrible hatred welled up from deep inside my heart and began to eat away at my reason.
I have seen it so many times that I could never forget it. Memories forever engraved deep in my heart surfaced one by one.
Savior.
Savior of ‘humans’.
“Ugh…… !”
My head hurt so much that I couldn’t bear it. My legs felt weak. I stumbled and placed my hands on the floor to support my falling body.
Due to the inertia of running, his fingers were broken and broken, and the skin on his palms was completely peeled off, but it was cute compared to the primal pain he felt in his head. All I could think was that something was breaking apart.
‘Why… ….’
What on earth is this demon that resides in that guy? Is it true that I can feel the power of the demon king of the old world that I killed with my own hands from the power that resides in the demon sword?
With that thought in mind, a magic sword filled with all-too-familiar power was struck at my head.
Astaroth felt something strange.
It was like that when the mummy crate, which was running at her at an incredible speed, suddenly clutched her head in agony and fell to the floor.
I did not miss the opportunity and swung the magic sword, and when it came close to hitting my head, I was confident of victory.
But.
“Not…… Okay… ….”
Why was the mummy crate, which should have been destroyed without even a trace of its form, remaining unscathed? Why was the world, which had been torn apart and destroyed by a single slash, intact even after being struck with all its might?
And I didn’t understand why the cluster of lights gathered on Mira Krait’s right hand.
“Not…… It happens…….”
With a small murmur, a great brightness burst out.
A halo of light that we cannot even understand with our own minds, as if it were not of this world. Astaroth felt truly overwhelmed as he looked at the light.
The reason that had been consumed by anger and greed returned in an instant. Just as a river that meets the great sea realizes its size, Astaroth also realizes how insignificant his power was.
‘No.’
Astaroth, realizing what he had just thought of, gritted his teeth and forced his anger up. The driving force that had brought Astaroth to this point began to stir again and overwhelm reason.
Desire for life. Desire for the queen’s position. The desire for the position of the devil. Lust for power. Desire for power. Desire for status. It all swirled dizzyingly.
“I don’t want to do that again…… !”
“Uh…… ?”
It was a useless thing. Even the desire I had so forcefully gathered was shattered as soon as I saw the brilliance that appeared in his hand.
Overwhelming fear was engraved in his heart, which was filled with only anger, hatred, and desire. I instinctively realized that no matter what I did, I couldn’t win.
The jealousy that exploded with the appearance of a new queen, so overwhelming that it showed itself even though she knew in her head that she should wait for a more perfect opportunity, melted away helplessly.
Freed from her jealousy and anger and able to make rational decisions, her mind quickly came to a conclusion.
‘I have to run away.’
No, this is not an escape. It was just an operational retreat. Since it is impossible to win in a head-to-head fight, the strategy is to distract attention by targeting other weak targets first.
So what I was trying to do now was not running away, but a strategy and tactic, and it was a way to win the war. So Astaroth tried to escape by opening a portal.
“Why is this… ….”
Until I found out that I couldn’t bring out any more demon energy.
Astaroth, embarrassed, once again increased his power. Nothing has changed. And while I was denying the situation and trying to gain strength again, I realized this.
It wasn’t something that couldn’t be pulled out. It melted into that brilliance. As light drives away darkness, as the sun melts snow. Like the laws of nature, it was natural for demon energy to melt into that brilliance.
Astaroth knew the concept of such power.
‘…… ‘Holy sword?’
While Astaroth was astonished at the possibility that had arisen without his knowledge, the brilliance took on a form. The golden halo displayed a brilliant power like the morning sun illuminating the sky at dawn.
“No.”
A voice filled with fear came out.
No. Astaroth denied his thoughts several times. But it was not denial in the general sense. It was not a denial of the power itself.
It was a denial in the sense that even the Holy Sword was nothing more than a lamp in front of the sun compared to that light.
In the brilliant light, Astaroth was able to see Mira’s face for the last time. I could see tears flowing down my cheeks. His lips were constantly moving and saying something.
His arm moved. The sun in the sky faded before the more overwhelming light, the moonlight disappeared, and the starlight expressed awe.
There was light there.
That was kinda sick ngl
Wow…. Just wow bro