131 – Demon King Maker – 6
“What an amazing human being.”
“What is so fascinating?”
When I came out after supplying Nika with vital energy, Dullahan held out the helmet in his hand and looked at me here and there. I wondered if the eyes were really on that helmet.
It may be true when fighting on the ground, but it would be difficult to fight on horseback while holding a sword and a spear at the same time.
“What kind of arrangement did the Demon King make that allowed you to come across the Succubus Queen so closely and still be fine? And against a queen who not only hides her strength but also sprays pheromones when she gets horny?”
Seeing as I completely believed in those words, I felt like I could put aside any worries about being stabbed in the back. I have no intention of doing that either, so it is a mutually beneficial relationship.
“Patience.”
“Patience?”
“It is an essential virtue to become an honorable knight. There are times when you have to wait for an infinitely long time to obey your master’s orders. “It is also necessary to be willing to accept dishonor for true honor.”
“I see. What you say is truly correct. Who would have thought that someone with such true chivalry would serve the devil? After all, does a true monarch attract talented people? He was truly born to rule.”
Durahan, who understood and interpreted my words, jumped up and got on the ghost horse. He then placed the helmet he was holding in his hand where his head should have been.
It was my first time seeing it with a head, so it felt a little strange and awkward at the same time. When I looked closely, I saw that it was not fully inserted, but was floating with a slight gap.
“We will now leave. “The faster the subjugation, the better.”
“Wait a minute. What about me? “You’re not going to tell me to jump on my own, are I?”
In general terms, you can catch up with physical strengthening. However, I was not sure if the opponent was a ghost horse that was not affected by the terrain and was faster than a normal horse and never gets tired.
More than anything, if you just run and follow, you will waste a lot of stamina. There would be hundreds of thousands to millions of undead to defeat in the future, so such unnecessary consumption of stamina was unacceptable.
“Hmm, I didn’t think of that. “Just wait and see.”
Durahan stabbed the ground right next to the ghost horse he was riding with his spear. Then a shadow appeared from the spot where he had stabbed him, and he slowly rose up. The rising shadows coalesced and changed shape.
The gathered shadows were soon reborn in the shape of a ghost horse. The newly appeared ghost horse came in front of me, turned its body to the side and slightly bent its legs.
“Can I ride it? If possible, ride it.”
“What if it is possible? “Are there any special conditions for boarding?”
“There is. The first condition is, of course, to become a ghost, but that would be out of the question from your point of view. Of course, I can make it for you if you want.”
“No need.”
Would you say I’m crazy?
“It’s okay, and the fact that there is a first means that there is a second one. “What is the second condition?”
“All you have to do is kill enough humans to be recognized by the ghost horse. But since you are human, recognition is actually…… ?”
As soon as he heard those words, he jumped up and jumped on the ghost horse’s waist. She felt a cold, strange touch running down her inner thigh, something that seemed alive yet not alive.
The ghost horse calmly got up and stood next to the Dullahan. He seemed to be teasing me for a moment, then turned his head slightly and even licked my hand. An eerie chill enveloped his hands.
The person who made it right next to me asked, “What is this?” He was looking at me with a gesture like that.
“Actually what?”
“I was going to say it was impossible, but instead, he recognized you as his master. It’s amazing. “What have you been doing all this time?”
“Well, there is something like that.”
I vaguely avoided answering and smiled bitterly on the inside. Although it happened in a different world, it was true that the Sword Saint sent out his life force as soon as he saw it and killed enough people to test it.
Because it was confirmed that the karma accumulated in the soul does not change even when crossing over to another world, it is not particularly strange for the ghost horse to immediately recognize me as its owner.
“It’s not honorable to reveal a past that you don’t want to talk about. I get it. “Can we just leave for the Demon King’s Castle now?”
“That’s right. Instead, you have to guide it?”
“Of course.”
After all the ghost cavalry had escaped the succubus’ territory, I closed the gap through which we escaped. White flames soared all the way to the sky, burning and engulfing the entire territory without a gap.
The front of the helmet was facing this way, as if watching the scene.
“Why?”
“When I look at you, I think of the Sword Saint. He thought the Sword Saint was the only person I couldn’t beat, but I think he might have to change his mind.”
“Was the Sword Saint that strong?”
Of course, the current Sword Saint is strong enough. However, it was clear that he would not reach his peak when he boldly set out to kill the demon king, saying that he would not only wipe out the demons but bring peace to the continent.
“20% Of the demons died at the hands of the Sword Saint. A total of eight corps commanders were wiped out. The only remaining corps commanders are those who were not in their turn to fight at that time. “If the Demon King’s departure had been delayed, Astaroth, Raptarukus, and I would have ceased to exist.”
“The Demon King overwhelmed such a swordsman from the front.”
“Yes. I saw the strength of the Sword Saint with my own eyes, and I also saw the strength of the Demon King with my own eyes. That is why it is even more difficult to believe that he has passed away. “I saw his powerlessness with my own eyes. How could someone with such great power die?”
After hearing those words, I became confident. It is said that Astaroth, who held the magic sword, was not as strong as Elisier. He was extremely strong at that level, but he probably couldn’t reach the level of Elisiere’s power.
‘I brought my strength, but I couldn’t use it all?’
Or, it may be that the abilities before holding the demon sword affect the abilities that can be demonstrated after becoming the demon lord.
Assuming that was the case, I briefly thought about how strong the 1st Corps commander next to me would become if he held the magic sword. I’m not sure, but I can’t think of a number of cases where I won without taking out the light spear.
“I will gradually increase the speed.”
The ghost horse kicked the ground and started running. I unconsciously grabbed hold of the mane and then quietly let go. Her body was not shaking at all.
It was an amazing experience. Even though it was running with all its might, shaking its body like a real horse, its body did not shake at all and no vibration was felt. Moreover, there was no sound of her hooves pounding the ground.
“Is it fascinating?”
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“Of course it’s fascinating. “Would any living person ever ride something like this?”
“Me too. It never occurred to me that a living human could ride a ghost horse. “This too must be the devil’s arrangement.”
After that habitual worship, the conversation ended. Thousands of ghost cavalry, including Dullahan and me, ran silently without a sound.
I was wondering what weapon to use on the ghost horse, but in the end I put in the eternal sword and took out only the dragon sword.
‘The Elder Lich will recognize eternity.’
Because there is a record of him and Maker coming to the academy to kill me. She even fought with me for a while, so she probably remembers the weapon she used back then, the eternity.
There was nothing good about having my true identity revealed for no reason.
‘…… ‘I don’t know what to do with him.’
I glanced to the side. Perhaps because he was on his way to an honorable death, there was a Dullahan driving a ghost horse who was very energetic.
Perhaps because the only things filled in that removable helmet are honor and loyalty, strangely enough, I did not feel any hostility even though it was clearly an enemy to humans.
I have to say that I somehow feel like I know why that guy didn’t kill the hero and instead boldly fought against him.
I also thought it would be the least unpleasant to reveal the identity of the person as I did in the original work, give them time to recover if they were injured, and then fight them one-on-one fairly and defeat them.
“Stop!”
At Dullahan’s command, the entire cavalry stopped in place. There was no inertia at all. It was an action that was only possible because he was a ghost. I looked ahead to see something.
The horizon ahead was slowly approaching.
“I thought you noticed we were going?”
There was no way the ground could move by itself, so the cause was obvious. One way or another, the Elder Lich found out that we were heading to the Demon King’s Castle.
Durahan, who had been scanning the horizon for a while, growled lowly.
“You traitor, you have prepared your defenses very well. “It will be difficult to ride the ghost horse anymore.”
The land over there was not just idle. At the bottom was a sea of rotten flesh that looked like a swamp, with countless arms sticking out of it.
As if the horse was trying to hold his leg as it passed by.
“There is nothing we can do. To detour…….”
“I guess it’s already too late?”
On both sides, diagonally, and even on the road we had just passed, the same swamp of rotten flesh that had been seen lingering in the distance was rising.
“Did you notice anything around you when you came?”
“There was none.”
“I didn’t feel anything either. Then there is only one conclusion. “It’s spread so shallowly and widely that we can’t detect it at all, and then it’s being combined into one on the spot.”
In other words, that swamp of rotten flesh and the countless arms rising above it are undead, like flesh golems.
In any case, it was a possible method because the undead were free to disintegrate and combine as long as only the flesh remained.
Suddenly, the rotten flesh closest to me began to form a circle. In the pile of flesh on the front, organs imitating the eyes and mouth of a creature were created.
“I was waiting…… 1St Corps Commander… ….”
A horribly distorted voice came out from the mouth of the melted undead. Every time he spoke, a piece of flesh fell off, but new flesh immediately sprouted to fill the empty space.
“Next to that-“
ㅡrrr!
The white flame fired hit directly into the undead’s face. The white flame burned away all the flesh that had been rotting away, defying the natural order of life, leaving no ashes behind.
“What should I do after hearing something like that?”
I drew my dragon sword in the air. The slash combined with magic swordmanship was shot out surrounded by white flames, and at the same time, a meteorite made of white flames began to fall.
“You should move a little more during that time.”