The Player Returns After 10,000 Years Episode 508
Reasons for Desire (1)
-Are you quite prepared? A boy’s voice echoed in my head.
Kang Woo replied with a faint smile on his lips.
Some idiot gave me plenty of time.
-Hehehe.
A low rumble of maddened laughter.
Kang Woo’s mouth sank.
He stared at the red crack with cold eyes.
Baal.
The king of demons continued in a low voice.
Let’s finish it now.
– Awesome!
The red crack twists.
It splits, twists and rips.
jerk jerk.
The sound of footsteps echoed through the cracks.
And
yes, I have to finish it now. A boy with black hair walked out.
write ha Coming out of the rift, Baal took a deep breath. I exhaled slowly.
He shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.
long time no see.
He stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.
Jjiik.
The corners of the mouth ripped up to the bottom of the ears. Sharp teeth were seen sprouting from the red gums.
Well, I don’t think it’s been long enough to say it’s been a while. I didn’t say anything to you.
…what?
Kang Woo frowned.
I asked Baal what he was talking about, but
hee
hee hee!
Baal just shrugged and laughed.
Kangwoo narrowed his eyes as he looked at Baal. Let’s ask one thing. huh?
Baal tilted his head.
After Kang Woo reunited with Baal, he spoke of a question that could not be resolved no matter how much he thought about it.
Why do you have the power of predation
?
Power of Predation.
The power that made today’s rain, no, now it’s the rain itself.
Clearly, Baal possessed the same ‘power of predation’ as himself.
‘It doesn’t make sense to have the same authority twice.’
Of course, Kang Woo could use several of the powers absorbed by the power of predation.
However, that was only possible because the authority itself was absorbed.
‘There was no way that two powers of predation could exist at the same time.
Hehehe!
Baal shrugged and laughed.
Why do I… have the power of predation?
He let out a laugh as if he was exhausted. Baal spread his arms wide and continued.
Yeah… because I was first.
incomprehensible words.
what do you mean that
Hehehe!! I mean literally! That I was before you
So
what ‘s the first thing
…
I!
cooong!
I stamped my feet roughly.
I went up first!!
Cry out as if screaming. From the hell of one thousand to the hell of nine thousand !!
I went up before you!!
hee hee hee!! I was struggling like crazy. huh? to live! to survive!! I struggled like crazy,
miserably, nasty, and miserable.
Crawled. Catch and eat and eat and eat and eat! While you’re fidgeting downstairs!
He
has reached the Nine Heavens.
however!
why.
Why did you complete the Demon Sea!
why not yourself He who was weaker than himself who was later than himself,
‘he who was nothing’.
Could it be that he was able to complete the demon he hadn’t been able to complete?
……
Kang Woo’s eyes shook.
The desperate cry of Baal’s cry remained in my head like a trace.
That’s why… Kang Woo didn’t seem to have thought of it, as if he couldn’t even imagine it.
I looked at Baal.
You… are you saying that you were a human who fell to hell that day?
Cataclysm Day. A black crack that swallowed itself. The one who fell there
was not the only one
who fell into hell .
‘iced coffee.’
I see.
That’s what it meant.
Kang Woo let out a laugh.
-long time no see. The words spoken by Baal, who came out of the rift.
I realized that those words were not directed at myself, but while looking at ‘Earth’.
‘Yes, I’ve heard of it.
Before himself, Baal was the first demon to ascend from Hell in the First Heaven to Hell in the Nine Heavens.
and. Baal was the first of the demons to kill the ‘Duke’ and usurp the position.
*
It was undeniably true that Baal was also a demon who wrote a new history in the Nine Heavens Hell, although many people were buried because of his miraculous steps after ascending to the Nine Heavens Hell.
yes it fell
Baal glared at the rain with burning eyes.
and.
hard.
He grinds his teeth ferociously.
I reached the Nine Heavens Hell several times faster than you.
……
You and I.
Baal continued with his legs trembling nervously.
In the first place, it was created as a vessel to complete the ‘Demon Sea’.
Just for that, the demon god created the beings Baal and Oh Kang-woo. no it’s not just you and me … It’s not just you and me? okay! The demon has made countless bowls like you and me!
And which of them survived. Among the surviving bowls, which one was closest to ‘complete’? It’s not you… it’s me.
Baal gritted his teeth and said.
…under.
Kang Woo let out a short laugh.
‘So that bastard saw me and called me a puppet.’
In the first place, he was just a vessel made to contain the evil spirits.
After completing the Demon Sea, he is destined to lose everything in the hands of the Demon God.
Well… I know roughly what you’re talking about.
however.
So what?
….what?
The words are fucking grandiose.
at last.
Aren’t you saying that you’re an idiot who couldn’t complete Mahae?
If you were the best, you would have completed the ma year.
However, it wasn’t Baal that completed the demon, but himself.
Baal’s eyes trembled.
He frantically twisted his expression and chewed his nails nervously.
hee hee hee!!
He shrugged and laughed. I don’t understand… Why was it you and not me? huh?
Among the bowls created by the Demon God, the one with the highest degree of perfection was himself.
But in the end he failed. why? why? why? why?
thump thump thump.
He stomped his feet violently and howled. why! Was it you and not me?
Baal glared at the rain with mad eyes.
His gaze toward Kang-woo contained only one emotion.
Act on your inferiority complex, you stupid bastard.
Kang-woo put a fishy sneer on his lips.
The emotion in Baal’s eyes.
Laughter burst out at the desperate sense of inferiority towards himself. Why didn’t you complete the makai?
It was something I didn’t even have to think about.
you.
Kang Woo looked at Baal with deeply sunken eyes. because I didn’t want
Arakail is right.
The essence of the devil is desire.
Desire
only desire completes the devil.
Didn’t I… desire?
okay.
Kang Woo recalled Baal, whom he met in the Nine Heavens Hell in the past.
The strongest archduke.
The existence that killed Beelzebub and usurped the seat of gluttony.
but.
That was all.
You killed the Archduke and took his place. So what… what did you do next?
I…
yes you.
shit.
Kang Woo twisted his lips.
I was satisfied there.
I didn’t want any more. After receiving the title of the strongest grand duke
, he realized that
there was no one who could stand against him in hell .
He stopped ‘desiring’ anymore.
I gave up.
Satisfied.
Unlike you.
Kang Woo took a deep breath.
Unlike Baal, who was satisfied with the position of Grand Duke,
even after he ascended to the position of the Demon King,
even after completing the Demon Sea.
he wasn’t satisfied
…how?
Baal looked at the rain as if he couldn’t understand.
How can you? What I wanted was different from you.
Kang Woo let out a laugh. Even if they were vessels of the same mahae, their desires were different. That must have been the difference between you and me. hee hee hee!!
Baal asked in a maddening voice.
So what did you wish for? huh? What a grandiose desire it was to be able to obtain the Demon Sea!!
um that’s it
Kangwoo crossed his arms and thought for a moment.
What he longed for
when he was in the Nine Heavens Hell .
He longed for the immense power of the Demon Sea. Kimchi stew… I wanted to eat it.
…what? Didn’t you like it too? You said you originally lived on Earth.
I don’t know if he was Korean. The spicy soup, sour kimchi, white rice, and thick meat…
To be honest, it was worth it.
No, this crazy… There were some other things. No, I thought it was a lot.
Woman Yes, I wanted to meet a girl too… Let’s see. I wanted to read a novel after turning on the air conditioner and getting into the futon.
It’s honey.
Baal looked at the rain with his mouth wide open.
why?
Kang Woo burst out laughing. Do you think it’s a sick reason? Do you think it’s a pathetic and insignificant reason?
Baal did not answer.
But Baal’s eyes were so fierce that he didn’t even need an answer. Well, then.
Kang Woo smiled brightly and continued.
could you do it …what?
When I heard that you were the strongest grand duke. Could I have achieved what I wished for? That’s…
Baal was speechless.
What Kangwoo desires is a desire that cannot be realized, at least in the Old Heaven and Hell.
That
would be possible only if you kill the seven grand dukes, collect weapons containing the spirits of the grand dukes, and then acquire a magician capable of interfering in space and time.
No, that alone is not enough.
I didn’t know it at the time, but I had to be able to break through the defense mechanism called ‘star guard’ with my bare body.
if you
do you think you can do that? That’s…
Baal’s voice trembled.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a big deal if it was now that he could take the heart of a demon god, awaken his godhood, and deal with the law of the titan.
but.
‘If it was the country at that time.
At that time, if you were the one who occupied the position of the Grand Duke of Gluttony.
If you were satisfied there.
If you are the one who has stopped desiring.
Could I have dared to desire the absurd goal of returning to Earth?
Would I have been able to move forward with longing?
Baal gritted his teeth. Anyway, now you know why I have a demon, right?
I didn’t want to live as a demon.
I didn’t want to stay in hell. Because his essence
was Oh Kang-woo, a ‘human’, not a devil.
human? Are you human?
Hehehe!
Baal crouched down hugging his stomach. no.
You and I….
Pointed at Kang Woo with a finger and then at himself. Yes, ‘we’. He spoke with eyes glistening with madness.
I’ve never been human.
he said chewing it up.
……
Naturally, memories of the past when I entered the inner world came to mind. -Do you remember your mother’s face??
The words Bauli said while looking at himself.
– Do ordinary humans have the power of predation? Do you think that a mere human being can remain sane even after absorbing such an enormous amount of demonic energy?
The answer is simple.
It was one from the beginning.
He
wasn’t human in the first place. never been human He has been a monster in a human shell since his time on Earth.
‘…This is what I was expecting
.’
That he was not ordinary was something he had expected from the first time he used the power of the Power of Predation in Hell.
so?
Kang Woo asked in a low voice.
…isn’t that surprising?
Baal tilted his head in disbelief.
Kang Woo laughed. It’s the same reaction as a demon god. Why should you be surprised? ok? I can’t believe I wasn’t human!! Do you even get frustrated with this
?
Now, what does it matter whether you are human or not?
Even if he was not human,
even if he was simply a monster wearing a human skin.
whatever.
Whatever it was, it lived as a human being, existed as a human being, and desired as a human being.
If you’ve done this, can’t you just be a human being?
call?
Baal kept his mouth shut as if it was absurd. It seemed like he was adding settings while revealing some hidden truth from earlier. Since it is a vessel to complete the mahae
, what kind of grandiose and idiot-like setting is applied to
a monster wearing a human shell ?
No matter what you say, it’s the same new kid.
No matter what his identity is, the life he has lived as ‘Oh Kang-woo’ does not disappear.
The world doesn’t disappear when you close your eyes.
