37. The Demon King returns to the human world (4)
[I am tired of wandering the heavens and earth of the Northern and Southern Myeongs alone. I tried washing my feathers with fire, but the sorrow of being alone does not go away. Your eyes are clear. Since you look into my eyes and don’t waver one bit, at least you won’t change your mind lightly. What is it like? Will you be my master?]
“What should I do instead?”
［It is not my intention to place any conditions.
The only condition is that you must be an upright person. I am a divine beast who originally served angels. He helped the angel to set the world on fire, and the name of that fire is Purification. I don’t want my fire to turn into a fire, so I want to make the right person my master. That is my only wish.]
Zeke looked into the Firebird’s eyes again.
It seemed like it was something that couldn’t live without its owner.
Since there was no one that strong, it would not have been able to dwell there yet.
Zeke thought about the incredible power of the Firebird.
If an unjust being gets his hands on him, it will be a curse worse than that of the devil.
I didn’t know yet whether accepting him would be a blessing or a misfortune.
I made up my mind.
“i get it. I will be your master.”
At that moment, Zeke’s sword and shield burned bright red.
It felt like my arms and hands were going to melt from the extreme heat.
But Zeke did not let go of his grip on the sword and shield. Since he said he would serve him as his master, he decided to believe in the Firebird.
trust.
The moment those words settled in my heart, the heat became gentle and gently enveloped my entire body.
The Firebird, like the embodiment of fire, disappeared.
Instead, all that remains is a sword and shield whose shape has completely changed.
A shield with a firebird engraved on it and a pair of red swords that looked like tail feathers were wrapped in Zeke’s hands.
At that moment, Zeke learned the name of the great being who had taken refuge in him.
“Suzaku?”
“You did a great job.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
“Is this a compliment?”
Deus crossed his arms on the cliff overflowing with flames.
The gas caused intermittent explosions, creating waves of fire. Although the force field created by Deus’ magic spirit was impenetrable, the heat made my skin burn.
The place where Deus stands now was a crater that formed in the Horsespine Mountains.
Using the pressure of Io, a huge volcano in the Demon World, magma erupted onto the Jose continent tens of thousands of meters in the air.
“If you could do something like this, shouldn’t you have done it a long time ago? “Why did you fight with the dragons at the entrance to the demon world?”
“That’s right.”
Alex scratched his cheek.
“That’s also the 666th century. “Should I say it’s frustrating or honest? Do all of the past demon kings have heads like protozoa
?”
“Isn’t it because if you can’t defeat the hero, conquering the human world is impossible anyway? “You tried going down the side road 10 years ago, but weren’t you eventually stopped by the hero?”
“Anyway, I have to find Suzaku.”
“But my lord, I have one concern.”
“what?”
“How do you plan to deal with that monster called Suzaku? “Do you, Yulgeum, know how to do that?”
Alex glanced at Yulgeum.
Those eyes contained a genuine desire to help. But Yulgeum just smiled pretty as if it was someone else’s problem.
Deus opened his mouth.
“It’s simple. Instead, you’d be begging to become the owner there, right?”
“…I’m always jealous of that baseless confidence.”
“It’s not like that. Ah, but this guy is real!”
“I am against violence.”
“Ha, Suzaku is not an independent life form. “I also learned this because I obtained the memories
of the Karma Vortex , but the four gods of destruction named Hyeonmu, Suzaku, Blue Dragon, and White Tiger are a type of weapon.”
“You mean weapons?”
“huh. It was Lucifer who created them. “He is the first demon king.”
“yes?”
“Didn’t you know?”
“yes.”
“why? “Isn’t it the Demon Spirit of the previous generation who was playing the main role not long ago?”
“He always gives me orders… so
he never tells me the details.”
“Is that so? Anyway, I think Lucifer’s expulsion from heaven was related to the fall of the Silver Age. “The memories at that point were not contained within the Karma Vortex, but after the Silver Age ended, Lucifer sealed away the four gods of destruction and became the king of the demon world.”
“Why did you seal away that powerful power? “If I was going to become the king of the demon world, it would have been better to have power.”
“Because it’s so powerful. Even if it was called a seal, it would have been nothing more than putting the sword in its sheath. So,
didn’t it just pop out like this?”
“Does that mean the other three Gods of Destruction are also somewhere waiting for their master’s call?”
” maybe.”
Alex tilted his head.
If there was such a powerful being, why didn’t previous demon kings use it?
Deus immediately brought up a story that could answer that question.
“Their master is Lucifer. You could also call it Mahon. “The Demon King can obtain that power only when he dies.”
“ah!”
“Lucifer’s blood may have become thinner over the generations, but the fact that he is the master of the gods of destruction will not have changed. That’s why it was possible for Forty to use his tricks to deal with me. The problem is that Mahon has now been destroyed. “Your god of destruction has lost his master.”
“So you said you were looking for the owner.”
“huh. Suzaku is the embodiment of fire. They nest in lava lakes. “There are probably only a few
places on the entire continent of Jose that are more suitable for a Suzaku to live than here .”
“I guess so. “The continent of Jose originally had no volcanoes.”
Alex said, clapping his hands.
“Then, how about getting the other three gods of destruction as well? “The white tiger is a tiger, so it likes the forest, right?”
“For now, I’m skeptical.”
“Isn’t it a powerful force? If my lord gets his hands on it, he will be the most powerful of all demon kings…
“I told you earlier. The owner is Mahon. If they recognize me as Mahon,
Suzaku would have already come looking for me. Just because I obtained some of Lucifer’s memories doesn’t mean I’ve assimilated into Lucifer, right? Mahon is no more. Because it disappeared. Perhaps the seals of the remaining three gods of destruction will never be able to be broken.”
“that!”
“Do you understand now that I am not cursing the previous Demon King for no reason?”
“…If only my lord had not run away from home…
“If you say one more word, I will sew up your snout.”
“Are you saying you won’t listen to your subordinate’s advice?”
“Is that advice? It’s clear. Ah, anyway, look around quickly. If you find something, don’t fight and tell me. “You will never let someone weaker than you be your master, so you must first subdue him with force.”
“All right.”
The lava lake had a radius of up to 300 meters.
The lava filled with water overflowed to the east and burrowed underground.
The river of fire flowed for hundreds of kilometers through lava caves beneath the earth. It flowed into the sea through the devil’s whisper, but we didn’t know it yet.
I searched for about half a day, but I couldn’t find Suzaku.
The search area was expanded to reach the bottom of the crater.
It’s only been 10 years since the volcano formed.
But the nearby ecosystem had completely changed.
Sulfur flowed down the cliff and created a yellow wall.
Acrid steam passed over a group of strangely shaped rocks. Alex was exploring the heat circle with one tentacle.
Deus and Yulgeum walked slowly, as if they were taking a walk, following Alex.
“It really seems like Lucifer has inherited the memories.”
“Not everything.”
“I’m a little worried about what kind of impact your existence will have on this world.”
“Who are you saying that?”
“Whoever it is.”
“Are you afraid that order will be broken?”
“That’s what it means.”
“Will my alliance with the dragons still be valid even if I have Suzaku?”
“The oracle hasn’t been handed down yet.”
“Has the power ratio tilted that much?”
“It seems like that.”
“Zeek… is that guy that strong?”
“It won’t be because of the power of one individual. No matter how strong a hero is, he cannot fight and win against the Demon King alone.”
“Are you the one who brings courage?”
“Zeke is very good at that, isn’t he?”
“yes.”
At that time, the two people looked to one side at the same time.
A dome-shaped roof was visible beneath the sharp mountain ridge.
“Have you come down here already?”
The dome covered with dark blue, shiny ceramics was none other than the main hall of Seonghwangcheong.
The main church was located about 50 meters higher than Neuekan.
” Alex!”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Have you found the lava vein yet?”
“yes. “There is a dragon vein flowing underground, but you rarely see large stagnant areas.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to investigate the dragon vein that ran to the east earlier?”
“Since we’ve come this far, how about doing a little more?”
“Just figure it out. “Because the eyes that can see the heat are up to you, not me.”
“I will definitely find it. “Please wait a moment more.”
“I’m going to take a look at Seonghwangcheong down here, so you can search a little more.”
“Yes, my lord!”
Deus came down to the garden in front of the main hall of Seonghwangcheong with Yulgeum.
“It must have been empty for 10 years.”
“I’m sorry I haven’t told you yet…
Yulgeum folded his hands and bowed his head.
“Someone lives here.”
“here?”
Deus, who was answering, suddenly
slammed his foot on the ground.
There was a pop sound and the ground about 30 meters in front rose up. Blood spurted out like a fountain and a monster fell to the ground, writhing in pain.
“Is it full of things like that?”
The monster Deus killed was a giant ground puppy. It was a mugwort monster that lived by digging into the ground with its hook-like front feet.
Of course, since it was 2 meters long, it could easily slice and eat something like a human.
That wasn’t all.
There were hordes of monsters roaming the sky, waiting for any openings. It had a long tail and flap-like wings and was a type of pterosaur that was already extinct in ancient times.
“huh. “I’m living.”
“That’s amazing. Probably not the Seonghwangcheong guys. “Because we were the first to abandon this land 10 years ago.”
Statues of decapitated saints were lying around in the garden in front of the main temple.
If Seonghwangcheong was managing this area, the parish would not be like this.
“Down there, to be exact.”
At the edge of the parish garden was a vertical cliff tens of meters high.
After going down the long stairs called the Pilgrim’s Stairs, a road suitable for horse-drawn carriages finally appeared.
After going down the road for about 200 meters, there was a wall that enclosed the inhabited city.
“Neuekan?”
“ O ”
“People settled there?” Deus felt strange.
And I was able to find out the cause of that feeling
.
The attitude of Yulgeum and the symbolism of the city of Neuekan.
Deus seemed to know the identity of the person there.
“You’re so big.”
“That’s right.”
“Zeke… is over there right now?”
“I don’t know if it exists now.”
“Is Zeke over there?”
Deus clenched his fist without realizing it.
Speculation boiled over.
threat.
It’s been a long time since I forgot that I once treated him like a servant.
The image of Zeke that remained in Deus’ memory was that of a hero who defeated the previous demon king.
