## C385
The center of the Seventh Evil, after all this time.
The former home of the Dragon Lord Neo, now a fairytale castle managed by the terrifying Dark Bear.
*Whoosh!*
Cale’s group arrived at the Seventh Evil from the Kingdom of Lan through a teleportation, accompanied by a bright light.
"Uh-"
Cale smiled awkwardly.
"Has the number of people increased a bit?"
It was then.
*Thump!*
One hundred people knelt down at the same time. The chilling thing was the speed and force with which they did it was identical, as if a single person had moved.
“Greetings to the Heavenly Demon!”
They were the members of the Demon Cult.
A huge castle where the final boss of the Seventh Evil resided.
The white castle, as beautiful as a fairytale castle, was surrounded by fluffy clouds like cotton candy, but it was quite large.
The Seventh Evil had the second largest field compared to the other Eight Evils, and this castle was worthy of its grandeur.
Naturally, the lobby of the first floor of the castle was also quite spacious.
"..."
*Swoosh.*
The Heavenly Demon raised his hand.
*Thump!*
The one hundred people bowed deeper, hitting their heads against the ground.
“Demon!”
At their shouts, the Heavenly Demon simply stood, impassive.
"Ha, ha-"
Cale looked at the terrifying Dark Bear who was smiling awkwardly.
This adorable little bear was rubbing his hands excitedly, trying to get closer to Cale.
“Ha, ha, Young Master, long time no see.”
Behind the bear, Gashan, a Beast People of the tiger tribe, waved his hand.
“Hick!”
The bear flinched at the sound of Gashan’s voice behind him, and ran towards Cale with a trot.
He glanced back.
‘Oh, God!’
Gashan, with completely white eyes and various patterns engraved all over his body.
Two crows, emitting an unsettling caw, were flying around him.
*Cling.*
The terrifying Dark Bear unconsciously grabbed the leg of Cale’s pants.
*Gulp.*
Cale Henituse, the Most Evil One.
He never thought he would be so happy to see him.
‘There are too many crazy people!’
After Cale’s group left, one by one, they had been registering as NPCs or temporary NPCs, starting with the Pope of Apitoyu, a Dragon Half-Blood.
Of course, they were also working on creating the Black Castle portal, so the terrifying Dark Bear had encountered other groups of Cale on several occasions.
That’s why he realized.
‘These people are the most normal!’
Cale, Choi Han, the terrifying baby dragon and the two ferocious cats.
They were the most normal.
Those guys from the Demon Cult who said they served the Heavenly Demon.
‘Demented psychopaths!’
They seem like a cult, the way they act saying they’ve found a new place to settle.
The others, like Gashan, the Beast People, were also strange.
‘And the Dragon Half-Blood were also strange!’
Starting with the Pope, the Dragon Half-Blood were arriving one by one to this place saying they were going to create an ‘Order of Knights of Miru’ or something.
They were silent, which made them terrifying.
In fact, there were many others who were strange and terrifying.
'...Of course, the strangest one is-'
*Gulp.*
Dark Bear felt a chill down his spine.
"Long time no see."
"Eruhaben-nim."
A smile of relief appeared on Cale’s mouth, who was looking at the members of the Demon Cult with suspicion.
*Thump, thump.*
He unconsciously patted Dark Bear’s head as he greeted the Ancient Dragon Eruhaben.
"Are you busy with the portal?"
The Black Castle portal.
Eruhaben, who was the most skilled in magic after Miss Sheritt, the former Lord, who could not leave the castle, had registered as a temporary NPC and was working with the researchers of the third planet to create the portal.
In addition, he was helping to rebuild Apitoyu, which had been devastated by the hunters of the Purple Blood Family and the dragon forces of Apitoyu.
"More or less."
Eruhaben, who had replied indifferently, glanced at Dark Bear and said:
"Dark Bear. This kid is more capable than he appears. He has made things much easier for us by taking care of the small details."
Oh.
Cale looked at Dark Bear with admiration.
And Dark Bear couldn’t look at Eruhaben.
‘Hmm.’
He couldn’t forget the reaction Eruhaben had shown after becoming a temporary NPC.
‘Does that mean dragons can be hunted by players at any time?’
‘What? That, that’s impossible yet, but-’
‘Could it be possible in the future?’
‘Yes, yes, yes, if you level up and do several things, then-’
‘Hmm. It’s fun. Very fun.’
Eruhaben’s gaze, who was laughing saying it was fun, had a touch of madness.
‘Can dragons level up here too?’
‘What? Temporary NPCs can’t level up-’
‘Oh, yes? Ha, ha, ha-’
Dark Bear couldn’t forget his loud laughter.
Since then, he had been running away from Eruhaben for some reason.
*Thump, thump.*
"Good job."
Instead, he was comforted by seeing Cale patting his head with a rough hand.
‘Yes. I, the great Dark Bear!’
The only one I will serve is our great Most Evil One!
The leader of all these creatures!
The living Most Evil One!
Our Cale Henituse!
Just as the corner of Dark Bear’s lips was about to rise…
"Is he going to be born soon?"
Eruhaben’s voice caused a subtle change in the atmosphere.
Cale pointed to the flower-embroidered cloth he was wearing on his side.
"Yes. It seems he will be born within seven days."
The hatching rate had started to increase very slowly from 95.2%.
[Hatching Rate 95.21% (Time Remaining: 6 Days 23 Hours 21 Minutes)]
[Birth Ceremony Progress 0%]
[Reward Class Undetermined]
In addition, it also showed the remaining time.
‘I will have to reach 100% progress in the birth ceremony before time runs out.’
That would improve the reward class.
‘It seems this kid is the one who will receive the reward.’
[* The target’s reward will change depending on the completion percentage of the event. (From F to S class)]
While Cale checked the mission description, Eruhaben asked him dubiously.
"From what I've heard, well, that hatching seems to be a bit of a warm process."
Eruhaben had already noticed Cale’s way of working. Therefore, he had noticed something strange about what Cale had said.
"Why did you call Clopeh Sekka in such a hurry?"
Clopeh Sekka.
*Glancing.* Eruhaben’s gaze turned to the two people who hadn’t approached yet.
Clopeh Sekka and the former Pope Casillia were together.
‘Hmm.’
The Ancient Dragon also felt a little uncomfortable seeing them together.
‘When did they become friends?’
Clopeh Sekka. That guy was standing next to Pope Casillia, with a joyful expression.
Of course, Pope Casillia’s eyes didn’t leave the Dragon Half-Blood Eden Miru.
"..."
However, she couldn’t approach.
Eruhaben, who seemed to understand her feelings, frowned slightly. In fact, he couldn’t easily approach Eden Miru either for some reason.
"Ah."
At that moment, the Ancient Dragon saw Cale smile.
"It’s good that they’re together."
What?
Cale greeted Clopeh Sekka and Pope Casillia.
"Hmm. It’s very comforting."
He looked at the two with satisfaction and then looked at the Heavenly Demon.
‘Huh? What?’
More precisely, he looked at the creature that was next to the Heavenly Demon.
Eruhaben felt a bad feeling about that meaningful look, and his gaze quickly turned to Cale’s group.
“Jiji!”
“Jeje!”
"..."
The ten-year-old children, Raon and Hong, were laughing, and On was smiling. They seemed to be enjoying themselves.
"..."
Rosalyn avoided the gaze, and Choi Han had a vacant expression.
"Jaja."
And the Crown Prince Alberu Crossman was beaming.
It’s very suspicious.
And the Heavenly Demon, who received Cale’s gaze,-
"..."
He had an expression of great interest, but also distrust.
‘What’s going on?’
Just as the Ancient Dragon was about to remember the last time Cale had caused trouble, Cale opened his mouth and revealed his true purpose.
"Within seven days, a great legend must be born."
His voice was serious.
“!”
Dark Bear flinched.
A legend?
"The new evil of the Seventh Evil. The birth of a great evil must be known by the Eight Evils, and even the entire continent."
Huh?
Dark Bear loosened the strength of his front paws, which were grabbing Cale’s pants.
*Swoosh.*
The pant leg came off his front paw.
He flinched and Dark Bear took a step back.
Didn’t they say that in seven days it would be the birth of Eden Miru?
Dark Bear, the provisional final boss, already knew that Eden Miru could become the new boss of the Seventh Evil.
But, a legend?
"Hmm."
Clopeh Sekka let out a soft sigh of admiration.
"..."
And Pope Casillia’s eyes widened.
Dragon Half-Blood.
She, who didn’t fit in anywhere and had been rejected.
Eden Miru. He was a Dragon Half-Blood who had protected everyone by confronting the former Dragon Lord Neo, whom Casillia hated.
He was going to take the place of the Dragon Lord Neo, and she had decided to protect him.
Her new life-
‘Make him a legend?’
And let everyone in this vast world know about it?
The birth of a Dragon Half-Blood-
Make him a legend?
The continent of Apitoyu.
The former Pope Casillia, who had created a sect that worshipped dragons as gods on the continent of Apitoyu and had managed to control the entire continent in two hundred years.
An intense fervor began to shine in the former Pope’s eyes.
"Oh, Heavenly Demon, is that what we have to do?"
The Heavenly Demon replied with a smile to his subordinate’s question.
"Well, wouldn’t it be fun? I’m also planning to help."
The Central Plains.
The Demon Cult, which had maintained a long and tenacious history there.
The sect that worshipped the Heavenly Demon as a god.
Their madness often made even the most powerful warriors feel disgusted.
For them, a ceremony, a ceremony to make something into a legend-
"We have a lot of experience with this."
It was something they often did.
"..."
*Thump.*
Dark Bear took a step back.
*Thump.*
He flinched as he felt something touch his back and turned around. It was the Ancient Dragon Eruhaben. Dark Bear, who was about to quickly move away, unconsciously grabbed the leg of the Ancient Dragon’s pants as he saw the excitement reflected on his face.
Meanwhile, Pope Casillia spoke with an impassive face.
"If we have to tell everyone, I think it would be better to prepare a birth ceremony, invite the intermediate bosses of the Seventh Evil, open the castle and show the ceremony to the inhabitants of the Seventh Evil."
Her voice was soft, but strangely full of enthusiasm.
"Also, we should inform the other final bosses of the Eight Evils about the birth ceremony. If we call them, we might be discovered, so I think a notification would be better than an invitation."
That’s why Dark Bear was afraid.
A member of the Heavenly Demon’s group also intervened.
"I think the ceremony should be grand and majestic. It’s not a simple birth, is it? It’s the birth of evil."
"I think it would be good if it also had a touch of holiness."
While Casillia and the member of the Demon Sect were talking.
"Cale-nim."
Someone spoke.
It was Clopeh Sekka, who had been standing silently, with a smile on his lips, except when he had first exclaimed.
He finally opened his mouth.
“The real one has arrived!”
Everyone heard Raon’s words, which he muttered in a low voice, but they pretended not to hear them.
*Swoosh.*
Clopeh Sekka stepped forward.
He stood in front of Cale and stared at Eden Miru’s egg wrapped in the flower-embroidered cloth.
"Actually-"
His voice, emanating a sacred aura, resonated slowly in the lobby.
"Legends don’t need to be announced."
Actually, legends don’t need to be announced.
"Legends are something that is seen, heard, felt on the skin and known with every breath."
Cale Henituse.
The path of legend he was walking was not a deliberately created ceremony or a story invented with the legend in mind.
Clopeh Sekka knew this better than anyone.
Because he was the one who had planned everything hoping to become a legend, and he had finally understood the way the real one did it.
"We just have to show it."
A ceremony?
We don’t need any of that, we just have to show it.
"The evil that is created here."
Clopeh’s smile deepened.
"The birth of evil. Just by seeing its signs, everyone will gather."
And naturally, they will create a story, a legend.
Clopeh Sekka raised his head and looked at the ceiling.
The ceiling of the lobby, where fluffy clouds like cotton candy were floating.
"Ah-"
Clopeh could see how that fluffy cotton candy was turning into something terrible and sinister.
"I see the evil."
When he smiled with radiant innocence.
"Clopeh Sekka."
Cale reached out and patted Clopeh on the shoulder.
He’s really trustworthy.
"This time, do whatever you want."
If I leave it to this guy, the birth ceremony-
"I’ll help you with everything."
The reward class will be S at the very least.
* * *
*Wooong--*
The castle where the boss of the Seventh Evil resided.
The so-called Cotton Candy Castle.
The inhabitants or creatures who lived in the village near the castle, which was the boss of the Seventh Evil, looked at the Cotton Candy Castle with worried eyes.
*Wooong--*
The sky above the Cotton Candy Castle, which stood in the center of the vast prairie, was weeping.
"What, what’s going on?"
*Flash, flash.*
Blood-red lightning flashed between the clouds, showing its presence from time to time.
In addition-
"Those clouds are-"
The sky was covered in blood-red clouds.
It’s sinister.
Really sinister.
*Caw, caw-*
And crows appeared from everywhere and flew towards the Cotton Candy Castle.
*Caw, caw-*
The sky covered in countless black birds flying towards it.
"...It’s sinister."
But the people who said that didn’t have a bad face.
Because they were beings who lived in the Seventh Evil.
They were living beings who existed in a world with their own stories, based on a fairytale.
"The trees, the trees!"
Someone shouted, as if filled with joy.
"The trees are growing like horrible monsters!"
The sky was weeping! Blood-red clouds were appearing!
Crows were flying from everywhere!
And the trees were growing horribly!
"Damn, now there’s also wind and rain!"
Wind and rain, all the ominous omens were heading towards the Cotton Candy Castle.
As if a great evil, which a fairytale hero had to defeat at the end, was being born.
*Thump, thump.*
While the story of the Cotton Candy Castle spread rapidly throughout the Seventh Evil.
"Human, aren’t you exaggerating?"
"...Damn."
Cale was regretting it.
But his hand was still on the ground.
The strange trees growing horribly, it was Cale who was making them grow as he had done in the past in the jungle with the help of the Indestructible Shield.
"Ugh."
The Heavenly Demon also let out a sigh and exhaled more blood-red energy.
"Miss Mary."
"Yes."
"It’s your turn to act."
The Necromancer Mary nodded, with a bone in her hand.
*Clang.*
The earth trembled, and it was time for the skeletons to come out.
All the ominous omens were heading towards the Cotton Candy Castle.
"It’s not enough."
Meanwhile, Clopeh Sekka felt something was missing.
His gaze turned to the Ancient Dragon Eruhaben, Rosalyn and Raon.
Clopeh Sekka, a master of magic, told them:
"It’s not enough."
Clopeh Sekka’s eyes were shining with madness, thought Rosalyn.
"Evil must be more evil. Evil enough for the bosses of the Eight Evils to focus on it."
With a soft voice, Clopeh Sekka approached the three.
That night.
A pillar of black light rose from the Cotton Candy Castle.
And that light spread in all directions, making the line visible across the entire field of the Seventh Evil.
*Caw, caw-*
The crows followed that line, and the skeletons that were buried everywhere appeared, moving only towards the heart of the Seven Evils, the vast cotton candy plain.
It was truly horrible.
And the news spread throughout the Eight Evils, arousing the interest of other countries that were always watching the Eight Evils. Of course, Cale’s influence was also present in the interest of other countries.
Because he had sent magical images of that strange spectacle to Ahn Roh Man and Queen Tamahi of the Kingdom of Lan.
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<What’s happening in the Seventh Evil? :O>
Have you seen the video that was leaked?
It looks like a game video that someone uploaded.
Damn.
What’s going on there?
- What video?
- I saved it. Check the link.
- Damn. What is this? It’s too sinister.
- Wow. New World is fun. Everyone is in chaos.
- Oh my god! ... But who recorded a video of the Seventh Evil?
- I don’t know. Are there already players who can access the Seventh Evil?
- Is it the birth of a Demon King?
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The birth of evil.
The preparations were underway.
"Cale-nim. You can go little by little, managing your state."
"...Yes, okay."
And Cale was gradually using the ancient powers, one by one, with Clopeh Sekka’s extreme care.
*Clang, clank-*
For some reason, Eden Miru seemed to have achieved enlightenment, and he was expressing his will without force.
* * *
And finally, the last helper appeared before Cale.
"...What, there’s a need to create a birth that will become a legend?"
The former Lord Sheritt.
A strange power shone in her eyes.
"Yes."
And Cale smiled.
*Clang.*
The egg moved without force.
"Oh, Most Evil One!"
At that moment, Dark Bear approached Cale to give him some news.
"Count Lupeh, the boss of the Third Evil, has said he will be available tomorrow and will come to visit!"
The Third Evil, another evil that Cale had dominated.
Count Lupeh, the boss of that place and believed to be a true noble of the Demon World, was going to make a visit.
That visit meant...
"Oh, Most Evil One, you said Aurora would come tomorrow, right?"
"Yes. It’s true."
Aurora.
The leader of the group of Mediators and the only descendant of the former Demon King.
And the one who was looking for Count Lupeh.
The two demons had decided to meet secretly in this place tomorrow.
There were four days left until the birth of Eden Miru, the birth of evil.
