40. Humans leave for the demon world, and the demon king returns as a king (4)
“You’re laughing and tapping your bones.”
“I’m sorry.”
“It’s just as you said. So, it is a power that you must obtain.”
“Are you trying to gain strength because of the confrontation with your brother?”
“huh. Is it strange?”
“A little bit.”
“That’s why, even if it’s a little difficult,
stay here. “The demon world is probably safer now than the human world.”
Signy nods his head slowly.
“Ever since I got this bump on my back… Even people who didn’t hate me didn’t say anything nice about it. I cursed. But here, everyone likes me because of this, which feels really strange.”
“Tell them to be filial when they are born.”
“…The baby will be born someday, right? “I can’t even imagine what it must be like.”
Deus scratched his head
.
“I really can’t imagine. Anyway, I’ll look for it quickly and come back.”
“Yes, I will be waiting.”
“Sorry.”
“Just say thank you.”
“Yes, thank you.”
Deus left Signy’s side and called Alex to the Demon King Hall.
Yulgeum was also present.
“Alex!”
“Yes, my lord.”
“You little bastard, why
are you looking so dull?”
“These days, life feels good.”
“When did it not come out?”
“Honestly, it was like that from when my lord ran away from home until not long ago.”
“Don’t like it too much. Who knows whether a demon king or a hero will be born?”
” yes?”
“He’s a hero’s child.”
“Oh no. “The devil is unisexual.”
“Parthenogenetic reproduction?”
“yep. Don’t you know about budding, division, and such? The demon spirit itself
is a being that will become the demon lord. “Even if he grows from the body of a warrior or, at best, from a crevice in a rock rolling on the road, he is the vessel that will become the Demon King in the future.”
“Why are you spraying magic on the rock?”
“For example, it is like that. Well, sometimes there are people who love statues.”
Yulgeum was irritated.
“If you’re going to talk dirty, I’ll leave.”
“I’m sorry, Yulgeum. Because the lord lacks common sense…
“So you’re saying you’re going to look for Suzaku
.”
Deus nods at her words.
“huh. Are you going together?”
“Phew…. I only find it at times like this.”
“Then when are you going to find me?”
“You won’t help?”
“Why are allies like this?”
“But it’s strange.”
” what?”
“Hmm… You’ve grown a lot since you got the Karma Vortex, right? “It’s so powerful that it can’t even be compared to what it was before.”
“You mean my great power?”
“Except the great ones.”
“Because I am not stingy with praise.”
“Only to yourself?”
“Because, other than myself, I have not met anyone worthy of infinite praise.”
“I envy you for being so shameless. Anyway, I don’t think I can say I’m weaker anymore compared to previous demon kings.”
Alex smiled brightly.
“Now that Jin Geum-yong says that, I feel relieved too! “I was worried that I would become the weakest demon lord.”
Deus looked like an axe.
“Who is this bastard that gave birth to these four months?”
“Is it my fault?”
“Then is it my fault?”
“How can you, a subject, speak out about your lord’s faults?”
“Who is the guy who took the sublease property and destroyed it?”
“Shouldn’t we look at the cause?”
“Both are noisy. In conclusion, I regained my strength again. And yet… the oracle to form an alliance is still maintained. “Why?”
“Could it be that God has fallen out of love with humans
?”
Yulgeum burst into laughter at Alex’s joke.
“It would be nice to feel comfortable.”
“Otherwise, does this mean that my lord and our demon world are still inferior to the human world?”
“I guess so.”
Deus frowned at Yulgeum’s answer.
“It looks like I haven’t tasted it yet, but my body is overflowing with power?”
“I don’t really want to taste it, do I?”
“You fell asleep?”
“Do you think you have tasted all of my power by fighting against Jingeumyong and Yulgeum?”
“Oh, you said your real name is Metatron? “Chief of the angels.”
“There is no hierarchy among archangels.”
“Are you still the oldest?”
“I told you not to talk about your age!”
“But how old are you really? First of all, you’re over 70,000 years old, right?”
“I exercise my right to remain silent.”
“Isn’t this from when this world was born? 100,000 years old? 1 million years old?”
“This is the body that existed when dinosaurs were alive
. it’s okay?”
“What are dinosaurs again?”
“There was something like that. “Okay then, I’ll put that aside and go with you, so let’s leave right away.”
Deus put the word dinosaur in his mouth once more and turned to look at Alex.
“butler!”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Then let’s go back to the human world.”
“four!”
Deus had no idea that Zeke was coming to the Demon World.
He ordered Alex to find a path leading to the lava-infested land of Demon Whispers.
That was the passage that the Demon King used in the past when he descended into Horsetail Woods.
After riding the devil’s horse for five full days and half a day, I arrived at the lower entrance to the passage.
It was not a physically connected road. There, he chanted a magic spell and opened a path to heaven.
A huge mountain made of illusion touched the sky.
I hurried along the spiral-shaped passage that runs along the outside of the pillar.
When Deus reached about halfway up, he stopped and looked into the distance.
It is the border of mugwort.
It was a dry land with a river of green mud flowing through it.
The miasma hovered around the Devil’s Forest like fog.
What Deus was seeing now was beyond that.
“Yulgeum.”
“why’?” “
You said it was the beasts
of God that destroyed the Silver Age, right ?”
“ O ”
“o’
“The Death God and Leviathan. And the one who commanded that army was… Lucifer?”
“that’s right.”
“After destroying the Silver Age, did Lucifer become the Demon King? Then, God floated the continent of Jose in the air to avoid Lucifer. “To create a home for humans.”
“That’s a question I can’t answer. “I am Jingeumyong, who is responsible for the harmony of the world and the survival of dragons.”
“Are you saying that the ones who destroyed the Golden Age were
Adapas?”
“ O ” “o’
“Nezargo created that Adapa.”
“yes.”
“So… does that mean humanity was destroyed at least twice?”
“that’s right.”
“Is destruction their hobby?”
Yulgeum smiled bitterly.
“It would be better then. “It’s foolish.”
Yulgeum was curious about what Deus was looking at and approached him.
There was a sea in the distance.
The water broke white along the golden sand.
The shallow, warm water, as if it were a coral reef sea, had a transparent green jade color.
It was defined in one word as the land of mugwort…
“The power of nature is amazing. “It was only 70,000 years ago that 99% of living species became extinct, but it seems they have already almost recovered.”
“Not the power of God?”
“It’s not much different. “Those two.”
“Unless my eyes are mistaken… Isn’t that the land where the sun sets?”
“It’s not an illusion.”
“So… doesn’t that mean there’s no need for the demons to be obsessed with the Jose continent anymore? “It would be easier to invade the land of mugwort.”
Before Yulgeum could reply, Alex answered loudly.
“Zoooooo! Have you gotten better again? Why do you abandon the fertile land of humans and covet the land polluted with mugwort? “You shouldn’t drink sea water just because you’re thirsty!”
“Why is he so excited again? “I was just asking.”
“Demons must attack humans. You must hate humans! We must covet their land! That is the fate of the demon race.”
“I know you’re crazy, so please shut up.”
“It’s not me who’s crazy.”
“But now this guy is swearing openly. “Now I’m 667 years old, is that it?”
“Isn’t it past the time you graduated from puberty? Please accept your fate now. My lord is the devil. “Isn’t this
demon number 16 growing like weeds on the road somewhere ?”
“Hey, I’m just asking this because I’m really curious.”
“Ask.”
“Is there some kind of law that prevents the Demon King from killing the Demon Duke?”
“That’s…
“Nothing, right? “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that in the Demon World’s law book.”
“So..
“After breakfast, take some time before lunch and cut it off within a reasonable range before you kill it, okay?”
“…Yes, my lord.”
Deus looked at the land polluted by mugwort again.
And the horizon beyond.
The horizon was a gentle arc. As if it were proof that this land where the Demon World is located is round.
So just how huge is it?
How foolish is it to be obsessed with that small world, which is less than 2,000 kilometers across, even including the ocean on the continent of Jose, which is about 1,000 kilometers in diameter?
“Let’s go, Alex.”
“Where are you talking about?”
Alex asked.
The place Deus was looking at was a land of mugwort sparkling with light.
I was so anxious about that gaze that I had no choice but to ask.
“Where are you going?” Of course wee.”
Deus took steps again.
Alex sighed in relief and followed after him.
And Yulgeum followed behind them from a distance with a complicated expression on his face.
“I don’t think it’s here either.”
Alex said from the shore where lava poured like a waterfall.
Deus frowned.
“Anyway, I can’t seem to do anything right.”
“Here comes the Emperor.”
“That’s why I should have taken good care of the main dish. “If you think about it, it was the property of the demon world.”
“sorry.”
“Let’s go to sleep and stop fighting. Let’s go and eat.”
Deus looked back at Yulgeum.
“Why? “You have to feed them and make them work.”
“What did you do there?”
“Isn’t it a big deal just to follow the demon lord?”
“Anyway, if I give you something to eat, you’re going to slap the kidnapper too, right?”
“It depends on what you buy. “I won’t get caught.”
Although the words were ticking, Deus immediately moved to a nearby city.
“long time no see. “Eating together in a place like this.”
Yulgeum rested her chin on the terrace.
People passing by on the street
glanced at her.
This is Jin Geum-yong, a former angel and incumbent.
When it comes to beauty, she is second to none.
“I’ll buy you food instead, so you come up with an idea too. Where do you think the Death Beasts are?”
“It was originally sealed in the demon world. “The being who wielded the Death God’s Beast was Lucifer the Great Demiurge.”
“Did the Four Gods of Death also participate in the first war?”
“No, no.”
Yulgeum shook his head.
“The Death God Beast… if I had to compare it, it’s like a sword or shield armor. Alive, but not alive. Where should I start… Ah, the shrimp are delicious!”
“You want to talk about shrimp first?”
“Sorry sorry. “It was so delicious that it came out without me even realizing it.”
Deus picked up the shrimp stir-fried in spicy sauce from the plate in front of Yulgeum.
“Is it that delicious?”
“huh. It’s similar to that. What was it… It was a dish from the Geum era…
Yul-geum looked around with a frustrated expression. Then I made eye contact with Alex.
Alex opened his mouth without realizing it.
“You mean Maralongxia?”
“that’s right! that.”
Deus looked back at Alex.
“How do you know about Golden Age cooking?”
“ah!”
“Did you lie about your age too?”
“It can’t be. “I am also a foodie. How could I not know that it is the cuisine of the Golden Age
?”
“Gourmet food on the theme of octopus head.”
Deus grunted and ate the shrimp.
