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[Sacrifice]
‘The devil has already been summoned? ‘
The great man gazed at the top of the skyscraper obscured by dark clouds. His face was stiff.
Coo coo coo coo coo coo.
Dark clouds gathered above the building, forming a huge band. The dark cloud wriggled like a living creature, and flashes of light flashed within it from time to time.
Rumble-flash! Rumble-flash!
“……”
The great man had seen scenes similar to that several times in his previous life. And even after the war with the Demon World ended, I often saw that scene in my nightmares.
After seeing that scene, half of my colleagues turned into corpses the next day.
‘…But then and now are different.’
Even to his own surprise, Daein regained his composure quickly. I slowly caught my breath and regained my composure.
‘You can’t conclude that the Demon King has been summoned just by looking at that appearance.’
At most, it’s been one month since Hellgate began.
It was impossible for the Hell Gate to expand in size to the extent that the Demon King’s powerful body opened the gate and came out.
‘There is a possibility that it is not the devil but something else.’
However, even if the Demon King had not been summoned, it was clear that the phenomenon was unusual.
The great man frowned and muttered.
“…I have no choice but to check what’s inside for myself.”
Slurp.
The great man used [Stealth] to completely erase his presence. I suppressed my inner strength as much as possible and cautiously approached the skyscraper.
Crrrrr…!
Kiyaa…!
The area around the skyscraper was swarming with zombified humans and monsters. They drooled like sentinel dogs, guarding their surroundings.
The great man passed by and headed inside. The entrance to the building was wide open. However, the great man did not go inside but stopped for a moment.
Tsutsutsu….
The inside of the building was filled with darkness. Even with human eyesight, it was impossible to look inside.
Because it was not ordinary darkness. The great man’s expression hardened again.
‘Even the erosion barrier?’
[Erosion Barrier] was a magic that overlaid the environment of the Demon World onto the Earth.
In other words, the inside was already like a demon world.
It is a terrible environment that ordinary humans cannot survive, but at the same time, it is the best environment for demons to draw out all their natural strength.
Therefore, fighting demons inside the erosion barrier was tantamount to suicide.
The great man thought for a moment.
‘Shall we go and bring more people?’
But the worry did not last long. The great man immediately shook his head.
‘If the real Demon King has been summoned, even that power won’t be enough to defeat him.’
For now, I’ll just do some reconnaissance and then head back. The great man made that decision. He stretched out his right hand forward.
Procrastination.
A ghost crawled up onto my right palm.
[Haaam.]
The anglerfish opened its mouth wide as if yawning. The pudding-like body swayed from side to side.
Ssssssut.
The great man drew darkness from the hungry ghost.
The ‘magic energy’ of the demon world and the ‘darkness’ of natural attributes are not completely the same. Magi is something that demons process ‘darkness’ to make it more destructive.
‘And I can process the darkness attribute.’
This is the Heavenly Demon Divine Gong.
Tsutsutsutsutsu.
As I raised my Heavenly Demon Divine Power, the darkness inside my body began to process.
Stronger and heavier. Destructive and sharp.
Tsutsutsutsu!
Although it is not completely the same as the ‘magic energy’ used by demons, Daein managed to create an energy similar to it.
Slurp.
The great man spread the heavenly magic energy throughout his body. The Cheonmagi was spread thinly over the skin, completely coating the entire body.
‘Then let’s go.’
After completing all the preparations he could, the great man stepped into the erosion barrier.
***
When people think of the Demon World, they usually think of a terrible hell.
‘It’s the error of hasty generalization.’
The demon world that Daein experienced in his past life was not all like that.
The Demon World is made up of dozens of countries.
And the demons who rule each country are called ‘demons.’
In most cases, the demon king is the strongest demon in each country, but this is not necessarily the case.
Among the demon lords, there were cases where they had no interest in the Earth at all, and in very rare cases, there were cases where they were friendly to humans.
‘…I learned that after I killed all the demon lords who invaded Earth.’
Still, Daein had some hopes for that fact.
What if the demon lord who has descended or is about to descend here is not so aggressive?
‘If you’re just trying to cross over to another dimension for the purpose of sightseeing, there might be room for conversation…’
However, that glimmer of hope was shattered less than five minutes after Daein entered the erosion barrier.
‘This is…’
The great man looked around with a stern expression.
Bulging.
The inside of the erosion barrier looks like the stomach of a giant creature. The dark red stomach walls wriggled everywhere, and sticky gastric juice flowed out every time.
And the dark red walls were filled with people buried in bizarre shapes, with only their faces barely visible.
-They were all alive and writhing.
“Ugh….”
“Someone please help me…”
“Please help me…”
A man with half of his face melted A woman with bloody tears flowing from her gaping eyes A fish-like sound of wind through her melted jaw Old people and children….
“…….”
The great man looked around in silence at the miserable scene. At that moment, Daein realized what was happening here.
‘…It’s a sacrifice.’
This skyscraper itself was a huge altar.
An altar created to achieve something by sacrificing the lives of countless people.
Daein’s eyes, as he looked around, stopped at one place.
“Mom, ah….”
It was a girl who looked to be about 8 years old.
The child desperately called out to his mother in a thin voice as if he was out of breath.
“Mom, I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”
What does it mean to be sorry?
The adult walked towards the child. But I didn’t mean to hear an answer.
The man standing in front of the child who was out of breath lightly stroked the child’s cheek. The child’s face trembled when he felt that touch.
“mom…?”
“sorry. “I can’t survive in this state.”
The great man spoke in a calm voice. The blind and deaf child could not hear.
“It would be easier to die.”
Most of the girl’s body, which had fused with the wall, had melted. It was as if he was already dead.
“Mom, Mom…”
The child, as if mistaking the hand of a great person for that of his mother, tried to put a smile on his face even in the midst of pain.
The adult patted the child’s cheek.
“Kid. “Have a nice dream.”
And the great man poured some energy into the girl’s body.
“!!”
The girl’s face trembled and she lowered her head. And it never moved again.
“……”
The great man passed by him without saying a word.
Countless faces were seen groaning horribly on the walls, but the Great Man no longer paid attention to them.
‘First thing to do is check what’s up there. If you repeat the same behavior, they will notice.’
The great man walked towards the spiral staircase in the middle of the erosion barrier.
The spiral staircase stretched hundreds of meters to the roof of this skyscraper. The great man began to climb the stairs one by one.
Jump and jump.
The great man walked at the fastest speed without showing any force. He had no intention of fighting at a disadvantage in a place that was almost like the middle of enemy territory.
‘Let’s just do reconnaissance and then go back.’
As I went round and round up the spiral staircase, the view kept changing. The painful faces of the people stuck on the wall kept changing.
‘I’m just going back after reconnaissance.’
As we climbed higher, painful moans, cries, lamentations, and screams echoed in all directions.
‘…just scouting.’
The great man climbed the stairs in silence. While climbing the stairs, he often encountered monsters.
Crrr…
Crrr….
But they passed by without recognizing the great man who had completely killed them.
How many stairs did you have to climb like that? Daein finally arrived at the roof of the building.
“Then why don’t you do some reconnaissance?”
Chaeng.
The great man drew his sword and went up to the rooftop.
***
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuck!
A huge magic circle was drawn in the middle of the rooftop. The magic circle glowed blood-red, perhaps because it had sucked the life force from the entire building.
Tsutsutsutsu!
At the center of the magic circle where magical power swirled, a person was smiling.
[Hehehe…]
In fact, there was quite a bit of absurdity in calling ‘it’ a person.
Mountain goat horns sprouted from both temples and two pairs of flap wings sprouted from its back. And black scales covering the body.
[Khahaha…!]
Except for the face that still had some human traces, no matter how you look at it, it looked closer to a ‘demon’.
[I can’t believe such an enormous power exists…!]
However, the great man who came up to the rooftop was convinced that the being was a human. Because the Demon King didn’t come out that poorly.
The great man narrowed his eyes and looked at the other person.
‘Devil Superhuman.’
In the war that started with the opening of the Hell Gate, the superhumans who sided with the demon lords and betrayed the allied forces were called ‘devil superhumans’.
There were different reasons why superhumans turned into demon superhumans.
Because they were intoxicated by the powerful power proposed by the Demon King and
thought the Allied Forces would lose the war
, or because they were kidnapped by the Demons and forced to do so, etc.
What is clear is that the damage suffered by the Allied Forces in the war due to demon superhumans was enormous.
The demon superhuman standing in the center of the magic circle looked up at the sky and burst into laughter.
[Hahaha! If I had this power… If only this power was perfected…!]
A red iron stake was stuck in the center of the demon superhuman’s chest. It was the [Devil’s Totem] that Daein was looking for.
Tsutsutsu Tsutsutsu!
The power gathered in the center of the magic circle was gathered again into the stake in the demon superhuman’s chest.
He cried out, feeling mind-numbing pleasure.
[I become the king who rules this world!]
His name was Choi Hyuk.
A superhuman who was treated as third-rate until a few weeks ago. He was just a human being with no special fighting skills or characteristics.
However, his life changed when he picked up the [Devil’s Totem].
The moment he touched the totem, a lot of information came into Choi Hyuk’s head.
How to create a zombie army using totems, how to
use humans as sacrifices to gain a powerful body like a demon, and
even how to open the Hell Gate and summon other demon kings!
It wasn’t the devil who tempted him. Choi Hyuk chose all of this on his own. Because of this, I had no regrets.
[Hehehehe….]
A creepy smile appeared on Choi Hyuk’s lips.
The magic that would complete his mighty body was almost finished.
Tsutsutsu Tsutsutsu!
Once this magic was complete, Choi Hyuk planned to lead the zombie army and conquer the world one by one, starting from the Korean Peninsula.
It was then that a voice of relief was heard from somewhere.
“I’m glad it’s a fake demon lord.”
[!!]
The moment Choi Hyuk turned around in surprise, the sword was already stuck in his heart.
Phew!
[Whoosh…!]
Choi Hyuk looked down at the sword that had pierced his chest with an expression of disbelief. And then I turned my head and looked back.
Daein was looking at Choi Hyuk with a sneer.
“Originally, I was only going to do reconnaissance. “I was so foolish and let my guard down.”
[What a dog…!]
The great man pulled out his sword.
Shake…
Choi Hyuk’s body, which fell to the floor, trembled several times and then calmed down. The great man squatted down in front of his corpse.
“I need to take care of what I need before I go.”
Daein grabbed the stake that was stuck in Choi Hyeok’s chest with his hand.
[The Devil’s Totem]
A symbol sent to Earth by the Devil with his power. Although the devil’s plans are always hidden, depending on how it is used, it can also be used as a great artifact.
‘I don’t know what kind of demon king’s totem it is yet, but I just need to find out slowly…’
The great man pulled the stake with his hand. But I wasn’t selected. It was as if I had become one with a corpse.
“Should I cut it off?”
The moment Daein mutters with an annoyed expression,
it flashes!
Choi Hyuk, who was thought to be dead, opened his eyes. At the same time, an enormous amount of magical energy burst out of his body.
-Bubububububbung!
The great man instinctively took a step back in self-defense. His body bounced dozens of meters before finally stopping.
[Kkeukkeukkeukkeukkeukkeukkeuk.]
Magical energy spurted out from Choi Hyuk’s resurrected body. The amount was incomparable to what it was just a few minutes ago.
[The human body isn’t bad either. Although he is a bit weak.]
He licked the wound on his heart with his long snake-like tongue.
Slurp.
The hole in my heart healed in an instant. The great man’s expression became distorted as he looked at that scene.
“Crazy…”
The great man has now realized the identity of the huge magic circle carved on this rooftop.
In addition, Gkungkkungi was contained in his totem.
“Was the guy I killed the final sacrifice for your coming?”
The Demon King, who descended to earth in a human body, flicked his long tongue and licked his lips.
[Kkkkkkk. I was planning to wait until this body was completed, but unfortunately I have to use this at least.]
[Sacrifices] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
