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Gasping, Cale quickly looked around.
“We are inside the castle of the Telia city lord.”
Aurora politely answered, as if responding to his question. Looking away from Cale, her eyes met those of General Mol.
“…….”
Not only that. They were in the middle of the lord’s castle garden, and the demons of the Demon King’s army were deployed everywhere, looking at them with sharp gazes.
‘It’ll be because of me.’
Aurora. The last and only descendant of the former Demon King, and also the leader of the Mediator Alliance. From the Demon King’s side’s point of view, Aurora is a rebel and an enemy that must be eliminated. Therefore, although he understood that they were tense, they were making a big mistake. To correct that mistake, Aurora opened her mouth.
“Interesting.”
But someone opened their mouth before her. The Ancient Dragon Eruhaben. He looked around with an arrogant expression. His irritation and disdain were not hidden in his eyes.
“Your gazes are quite arrogant.”
The Ancient Dragon was very tense. He wasn’t in a good mood.
‘Dragon King.’
The Third Emperor, who had appeared as the King of the sea and dragons, saying that he dominated the dragons, although they weren’t dragons. They couldn’t even cope with the blue dragon and the tsunami. Furthermore, Cale, who had resisted to stop that, isn’t in good shape. Although he said that he would get better over time, he was worried that it would worsen, so Eruhaben was feeling everything around him very sensitively.
“What? Arrogant?”
A demon stepped forward in response to the Ancient Dragon’s words.
*Kuung!*
He seemed to be someone of high rank, with a large spear. Aurora, of course, knew him. The leader of the second army. He was said to be someone very loyal to the Demon King.
“Enough.”
But there was a hand that stopped him. General Mol didn’t even look at the demon who had stepped forward.
“Mol. Are you blocking me?”
At the words of the second army leader, Mol calmly said:
“They are the Demon King’s guests. Who are you to behave like that?”
At Mol’s cold gaze, the demon who had stepped forward clicked his tongue. He seemed annoyed at having missed a good opportunity. Mol’s gaze turned to him, and the demon silently retreated. Demon King. He couldn’t disobey his orders. But he looked at Aurora and said:
“What a pity to have to see a cunning rat wandering around the house.”
But Aurora’s expression didn’t change one bit. She had an expression of not having heard anything. But when Choi Han frowned, Eruhaben was about to speak again, but he closed his mouth. Because he saw Cale open his mouth.
“Hey, Mol.”
To be honest, Cale wanted to rest, he was annoyed and tired. That’s why he asked:
“Do you have much time?”
Unlike his fever-flushed face, his cold gaze turned to Mol. Mol unconsciously swallowed his saliva. He remembered Cale from the day he faced the Dragon King, one of the Three Emperors. He had that look when he destroyed the Pope. A small, weak voice echoed in the garden.
“It seems you want to watch them all die.”
Cale turned his head, leaning on the wheelchair, and stared at the second army leader. Looking at him, he asked Mol:
“Shall we go?”
Suddenly, tension seized Mol’s face. If Cale left, they wouldn’t be able to stop the gray disease. After understanding the gray disease, the Demon King’s side had no choice but to immediately decide to blockade the important city. The gray disease was such a terrible disease.
“…….”
Cale looked around. He seemed to be suffering and tired, but his eyes were bright. The atmosphere calmed down, and Cale opened his mouth looking again at the demon, the second army leader.
“If you don’t know the situation, you lack common sense and don’t know your place, then you are arrogant.”
Then, he shifted his gaze to Mol without hesitation.
“Guide me.”
The corner of Mol’s lips curved slightly.
‘It’s him.’
Although he seemed to be suffering and weak, he was the same guy who had dominated the Chaos God sect and had faced the Dragon King that night.
“…….”
Mol looked around. Then, passing the second army leader, several demons stepped forward. They all belonged to the third army and were direct subordinates of Mol. Although their abilities were inferior to Mol’s, they all possessed discipline as sharp as a honed sword.
“They await you.”
*Jeobok~*
When Mol started walking, the third army surrounded Cale’s group, forming an escort formation.
“…….”
Cale stared and then gestured to Ron. *Kirik*. Ron pushed the wheelchair in which Cale was sitting. Eruhaben and Choi Han, and Raon, who had become invisible, followed them. They were those who had accompanied Cale, except for the injured and the personnel attending to them. Of course, Aurora walked right behind Cale along with Ron. Only Aurora had come from the Mediator Alliance today.
‘That guy is here too.’
And there was an unexpected figure. Young Master Jimon, the owner of Moraka Castle. The guy who had allied with the Chaos God sect was there. With a serious expression, he walked beside Choi Han. General Mol looked him up and down and then continued walking in front. His gaze turned to the lord’s castle.
*Cadak*. When he nodded his head, the curtain of a window closed. Thus, Cale’s group entered the castle of the Telia city lord.
“Hmm.”
The second army leader only groaned, doing nothing more. General Mol and the third army’s attitude was so serious, even solemn. They were sincerely escorting Cale’s group, who was with Aurora. It was something inevitable.
Because he had saved their lives.
The sea attack created by the Dragon King, one of the Three Emperors, wasn’t directed at the Demon King’s army, but the Dragon King didn’t care if they died or not. If General Mol hadn’t given the evacuation order, they would have been completely wiped out. If Cale hadn’t freed Mol, there would have been many casualties without realizing it. That’s why the third army sincerely escorted Cale’s group.
*Kirik~*
Only footsteps and the sound of the wheelchair were heard. The castle was eerily silent. Cale looked at the eerily silent castle and opened his mouth.
“Here?”
The place that should have been the meeting room. A large room with a firmly closed door. It was said that the Demon King was on the other side of that door.
“Yes.”
Mol answered and looked at the person in front of the door. The first of the eight armies. The leader of the first army, the Demon King’s personal guard, looked at Mol and Cale who was behind him, and nodded. She gestured to the personal guard demons surrounding her. The door would open soon.
“…….”
Choi Han stared at the first army’s personal guard, whose attitude was sharper than any other demon in the Demon King’s army. He was still tense. Both sides were tense. But no one opened their mouth.
*Kiiik*. The imposing door of the room was opening. Mol swallowed, etching the scene in his eyes. At that moment, he heard Cale’s indifferent voice behind him.
“The Wanderers?”
No. This guy is about to see the Demon King. The being that governs the Demon Kingdom, a place comparable to the Divine World and the Heavenly Kingdom, is on the other side of the door that is opening. Is it time to ask questions? At the so calm and indifferent question, Mol had no choice but to answer.
“They left yesterday. They said they had to find their targets. They said they would stay longer in the Demon Kingdom.”
The Dragon King’s group, one of the Three Emperors, had left the Demon King’s castle. Their targets would no longer be only Choi Jung Gun. Cale’s group would also be their target.
“Oh.”
Cale smiled slightly.
*Kiiik*. Mol stepped back. Cale looked through the opening door, a table and a chair in the middle of the wide hall. Looking at the person sitting in that chair, he smiled slightly and said:
“The Demon King must have a very broad heart. Having reduced a castle to ruins and wreaked havoc on the Demon Kingdom, you simply let them go.”
Astonishment seized the face of Mol, who was stepping back, but Cale didn’t care.
“…….”
“…….”
The Demon King and Cale. The two looked at each other. *Kirik*. Ron pushed the wheelchair and entered the hall.
“!”
But Ron couldn’t move.
*Suuk*.
The Demon King, sitting in the chair, raised his hand. Then, although Ron wanted to advance, the air pushed him back.
“…….”
“…….”
Eruhaben and Choi Han’s expressions immediately hardened.
This single movement. With a single gesture, they could feel how powerful the Demon King was.
The King of the Demon Kingdom.
The only existence that is above the vast Demon Kingdom, in this world without gods or emperors. They could fully feel its meaning. Neither the Ancient Dragon nor Choi Han could move.
*Juruuk~*
A drop of sweat appeared on Choi Han’s forehead. Ron’s face turned white. The Ancient Dragon was standing with a calm expression, but at that moment, he clearly realized something.
‘I am weak.’
The Ancient Dragon realized that he wouldn’t be able to defeat the Demon King, no matter how much he fought. He had never felt that even before the Third Emperor. He realized that the reason the Demon Kingdom had survived even when the Divine World and the Heavenly Kingdom looked down on it was the Demon King, who was incredibly powerful.
‘The Demon King no longer needs any army.’
The Demon King’s eight swords? The eight armies? Those existences are not necessary for the Demon King. Eruhaben admitted that he had misjudged the Demon King. He is not the King of a country, nor the Emperor of a country.
In the Demon Kingdom, it was said that the Demon King could become a Demon God in the future, and that they followed him. If the reason was his strength, he understood. That guy is truly powerful like a god.
While no one opened their mouth, the Demon King looked at everyone indifferently…
“Haa~.”
Cale sighed.
-Human, the Demon King seems very powerful!
He ignored Raon’s cheerful voice and opened his mouth.
“How boring.”
He felt that the Demon King was powerful. Because he had fought against the Third Emperor, and he had met the God of Chaos and the God of Balance. The Demon King is a powerful rival on par with them.
‘Maybe he’s at the level of Chaos or Balance.’
He thought that he might be someone close to the level of the ancient gods, even superior to the Third Emperor.
‘I don’t understand why that guy is so controlled by the Hunters and the Chaos God Sect.’
But that didn’t matter to Cale. Cale clearly knew the most important thing, no matter how powerful his opponent was.
In the time of Kim Rok Soo. He wasn’t powerful. Even so, he wasn’t afraid to face the powerful. Especially in situations like this, Cale tended to act without hesitation. Why?
“Let’s not do useless things.”
Cale tilted his head to the side and asked the Demon King:
“I’m going home.”
“…!”
The Demon King’s pupils widened slightly. A smile appeared on his lips, as if he had discovered something interesting.
“!”
“!”
The leader of the first army and General Mol of the third army were surprised by the Demon King’s expression, and at the same time, were surprised by Cale’s arrogant attitude. The tension surrounding Cale’s group suddenly disappeared. Cale’s appearance, calm but arrogant, like a libertine.
-Human, I haven’t seen you like this in a long time!
Raon spoke in a slightly more cheerful voice, but Cale looked at the Demon King with a gaze that could be considered quite disrespectful.
‘What?’
What are you going to do if you look at me like that? I don’t even like the Demon King’s carefree smile. Damn Demon King. Cale doesn’t like the Demon King.
Aside from the Count Lupeh matter, the Demon King’s army had attacked a village and had sent those demons as test subjects to the Transparent Blood Hunter family. Their bodies were dead, and their souls lived as NPCs in the New World without remembering anything.
The guy who ruled the Demon Kingdom had done that, and Cale clearly remembered it.
‘Will that guy worry about the gray disease?’
Well. It seemed that this guy wouldn’t care how many demons died.
‘That’s why I brought Aurora and Young Master Jimon.’
But the Demon King’s army had carried out the village attack secretly. Because the moment it became known, the Demon King would lose his authority, his reason, and his support.
‘The gray disease is the same.’
The gray disease couldn’t be hidden. If left alone, it would spread throughout the Demon Kingdom, and the demons’ attention would be focused on it. And Aurora and Young Master Jimon, who know the causes and consequences well, are here. Even if they died here, their subordinates are all over the Demon Kingdom. Would the Demon King let that pass? The Demon King didn’t care about the lives of the demons, but he did care about his position.
‘So he can’t get rid of me.’
What good is it to be powerful? If a guy has something shady in his past…
‘Even if he’s powerful, there’s no reason to be afraid.’
Unlike the God of Chaos and the Purple Blood Family hunters, Cale acted with more confidence, without worrying about his life.
“By the way, you’ll surely have heard it from General Mol,”
He pointed to himself. With his face flushed from fever, gasping, he confidently said:
“If I die, the entire Demon Kingdom will be covered by the gray disease.”
Cale asked again.
“I’m going home?”
“…….”
The Demon King said nothing, but his hand slowly lowered. Cale told Ron:
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, Young Master.”
*Kirik~*
The wheelchair entered the large hall. In the hall were demons who seemed to be advisors and guards of the Demon King. They all stood behind the Demon King, who was sitting in the center.
*Kirik~*
Cale’s wheelchair stopped. The Demon King sitting in the chair. The table that was in front of him. Cale stopped in front of that table. Sitting in the wheelchair, he leaned back and said to the Demon King:
“If you’ve invited a guest, what kind of manners is it not to prepare a chair?”
Amidst the continued tension, Cale threw the main topic instead of wasting time.
“Only I can solve the gray disease.”
Of course, Cale intended to purify the gray disease. No matter what the Demon King did. But he didn’t let the other party know. Cale liked to resemble the Demon King.
‘So—’
They had gathered under the pretext of a deal. But in this situation, only Cale held all the power. If they wanted to share what Cale had…
“Make me an offer.”
Demon King.
“What can you give me?”
What can you give me? Cale’s indifferent eyes looked at the Demon King, as if he were observing him. It was a look that the Demon King had never seen in his life.
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