177. Thanatos
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On the day of the birth of a new demon king and the ceremony of enthronement, the Shinigami who was imprisoned in the dungeon escaped.
The commanders of the corps who watched the ceremony of the demon king inheriting the power of the previous generations were perplexed.
‘What the hell happened!?’
‘Hasn’t it been exhausting from experiments and childbirth? At most, only the armed forces of the executive level would have remained.’
‘Tick tock tock… that restraint, borrowed the power of the great demon king, created, object… can never escape…’
‘The 41st Thanatos has also disappeared!’
In order to catch Thanatos, who escaped with the ‘successful work’, a pursuit team was dispatched, albeit in a hurry.
Since he had to help the succession ceremony of the new Demon King, the corps commanders who could move were limited. Thus, only Satan and a force of about 500 imps were formed in pursuit.
The escape was made only a few minutes ago. Because as soon as the restraints broke, Oz could notice them. So, if it was the imps who were hunters of darkness, they would be able to chase them without difficulty.
To the left and right of Satan running through the demonic realm, ugly looking trees passed by. The wind whizzed by my ears violently. The amber eyes of the imps flashed through the darkness of the demonic realm.
Satan tilted his head in wonder as he ran after the trail.
‘How did you kill the officers and escape? What about the restraints?’
She used to be the strongest corps commander, but now she has weakened to the level of an executive. So Satan alone among the corps commanders is pursuing.
But, how did such a god of death break the restraints, kill the officers guarding the prison, and escape?
The demon king army could not find a conclusion on this.
It was a force beyond their common sense.
Soon, Satan was able to find the reaper.
His clear eyes, no different from those of a handsome boy, were dyed amber and sparkled.
‘found.’
Imps spread widely and surrounded the target from afar.
Surprisingly, the god of death was standing in the middle of the Devil’s Palace, in the direction of the Devil’s Castle, facing Satan.
‘Am I buying time by letting the successful film escape first?’
A move that can only be thought of as such.
‘A foolish bitch.’
Satan clicked his tongue.
Giving up one’s life for personal affection. Now that it’s time to die, did you want to imitate the insignificant creatures?
It was an incomprehensible psychology to him, who lived thousands of years and all his emotions were worn out, and only instruments, speculation, and madness remained.
‘Quickly kill and pursue successful works.’
Imps formed a circular encirclement and approached her, and Satan also ran, dyeing his body black.
Even then, the god of death stood still with his head bowed and his long hair hanging down.
Even though her entire body was disfigured by torture, experimentation, and restraint, she did not feel any emotions or fluctuations.
‘Rest in peace, the great god of death.’
Satan waved his claws, reciting good-bye to his trusted old ally.
But he was overlooking it.
He did not know about the power of will, the power that makes even a boy with insignificant talent born as a Hwacheonmin into a hero.
The god of death had the will to protect his family.
In the thick darkness of the demonic realm.
‘…!’
The death god’s eyes flashed.
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After reminiscing and thinking, the demon king opened his eyes.
In front of her eyes, the forty-year-old Thanatos was still on one knee.
Even though he missed out on the successful work that day, the demon army didn’t care much. The god of death killed Satan after a fierce battle that almost killed him, and there was no chance that a small child without combat training would survive in the Devil’s Realm.
But, I hope we will meet again like this.
Could it be because he was a demon king who had never seen a god of death in person? As a result, she underestimated the seed of the monster.
No, the corps commanders had the same idea at the time, so it would be correct to say that Luna’s talent was beyond their imagination.
Now the coalition will rush towards the demon castle.
Likewise, for those who have been hurt a lot, there is an option to negotiate an end to the war, but it is not a word. Roosevolnik is not one of those people. The demon king who inherited his blood knew it well.
Before that, you’ll need to try your hand at this side first.
Even though the 40 Thanatos are nothing but failures, they are also the seeds of the blood of the Shinigami and Roosevolnik.
Each of them is not comparable to the corps commanders who have lived hundreds or thousands of years, but if all of them work together, they will be able to generate firepower equivalent to two corps commanders.
In addition, they were very good secret weapons in that they were assassins.
Above all, human blood flows through their bodies, albeit partially.
The demon king looked down at my small hand.
dismissal-
His fingers twitched and a weak spark rose from his fingertips. The aftermath of violating the rules of the world still lingered.
Originally, if it was the previous demon king, it would have been a big risk that she should have gone into immortality immediately to recover, but she was still here.
Half of the blood flowing through her body. Human blood reduced the penalty by half.
And the same goes for failures.
They will reduce the cost of entering the Holy Stone Barrier to a minimum, and you will receive less penalty from weakening due to the Holy Stone.
Of course, I don’t expect to be able to kill him. But even losing an arm would be a huge gain.
The demon king recited to the 40 Thanatos to give orders.
[Listen.]
But then, the white scars on her body faintly flashed.
[Oops…!]
The Demon King frowned.
And for a moment, her eyes flickered.
[…]
The demon king felt that the light remaining in the wound had some effect on him. Right away, it was affecting the mind.
She remembered Roosevolnik running towards her from the battlefield. And I remembered the strange sensation I felt then.
Half of the blood was afraid of him and tried to kill him. But half of his blood wanted him intensely.
Born from the corpse of her dead mother, this is the first sensation she feels. It was family love.
And, the answer he whispered to Roosevolnik for the last time. ‘Wait.’
What emotions did you say?
[…]
The demon king felt his own thoughts and composure waver, but he let it go. It was not considered a bad change.
For a moment, she hesitated to give orders to the Thanatos.
The moment I wanted to think about it with a little more grace.
[Ah-!!]
Intense pain was felt in the wound.
The Demon King groaned and crouched down. Her slender body trembled.
And, behind her, darkness shone.
The darkness created the shape of a being as if it had an ego, and it gently embraced the trembling demon king as if it were hugging its own daughter.
The darkness was absorbed little by little into her.
time goes by.
[…]
The Demon King raised his head.
The wound that started from her collarbone, where the pure white light stayed, had healed greatly before I knew it. The scar was black with a glimmer of darkness.
The demon king, whose eyelids trembled, opened his eyes. Her eyes were the same as they were before shaking in the light of the wound. It was the source of all evil, that of the Demon King.
A black light lingered in his eyes for a moment and then disappeared. The golden eyes had faded and had a dull color.
The demon king opened his mouth without hesitation.
[Listen.]
He said it without emotion.
[Go. And do the rouge ballnik.]
There was no answer. However, the forty-year-old figure, who was kneeling on one knee, did not appear to have been there originally.
The demon king leaned back on the throne.
There was still darkness behind her.
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A forty-year-old Dark Elf ran through the night.
Where they passed, there was no sound, no wind, no shadow.
In an instant, they crossed the Devil’s Land, over the walls, over the rooftops and people. But no one was aware of its existence.
From the moment they were born, they were educated with only the purpose of assassination… No, they only ran towards one target. It didn’t eat, rest, or sleep, and just ran like a machine.
And eventually we reached the place where the man was.
Standing on top of the tall clock tower, the first of forty objects moved mana and increased eyesight. It was the mana operation of local acceleration control.
He stared out for dozens of kilometers. I caught Doyun drinking tea through the window of a building.
-discovery.
His thoughts were passed on to the rest of the thirty-nine without a sound. They also felt Doyoon’s position.
But Doyoon didn’t feel them.
No matter how much they partly inherited Enoch’s blood and had his abilities, Doyun’s sensory range due to his 7th sense was much wider than them.
But they are also descendants of Thanatos. The power of stealth, which Enoch had trouble detecting even with his seventh sense, was also partly innate.
Of course, this is also not perfect, so if you get close enough, Doyoon will notice. But by then, the siege would have already been completed.
Power equivalent to two corps commanders when combined. Besides, the fight is done with their first attack.
There will be a bloody bloody battle in which even Do-yoon will not be able to avoid serious injuries.
Sasak-!
The first one on the clock tower has disappeared. At the same time, the thirty-nine new models spread all over the place also disappeared.
They completed the encirclement outside of Doyun’s sensory range. He ran like a shadow toward the Muspelheim castle where Doyoon was.
All forty individuals stared at Doyun with cloudy yellow eyes and pulled out two daggers.
Each of them, each one of the strongest assassins in the current Demon King’s army, drew their swords in the same motion without any error.
Right before entering the sensory range of the target, the first gave the command.
-kill.
A newly born 40-year-old god of death. As in the 15th life, their murderous intent rushes towards Do-yoon.
The time when the first one moved mana and the darkness permeated the black dagger.
‘Don’t touch Dad.’
A cold whisper was heard.