Novel Will Be Taken Down on 17 May or Earlier Chapter 60 - Self-Proclaimed Demon King (1)

He was starting to get the hang of it.

 

It was from the time the commanders of the demon army appeared.

 

“…The commanders of the demon army? What about them?”

 

“They definitely have something in common.”

 

“What is it?”

 

Sung Hyunjoon pondered and then he hit the desk.

 

“Ah! The filthy unlikeable pigeon appearance!”

 

“Huft– Well, it’s my fault for asking.”

 

“Ah, what is it then?”

 

“They’re all bird heads.”

 

“…Bird heads? Oh? That’s right.”

 

Frost, where rankers from all over the world gathered.

 

Among them, Hoyeol showed an overwhelming performance.

 

Perhaps because Hyunjoon got intoxicated with it.

 

He didn’t think much of their appearance.

 

Yoon Sookyum clicked his tongue at Sung Hyunjoon, who realized it late.

 

“The demon king took the concept from legends and tales…”

 

“Yes, that’s certainly the case.”

 

“Among them, there is a demon king related to birds.”

 

Yoon Sookyum, who was talking seriously, turned the monitor.

 

Sung Hyunjoon carefully opened his mouth.

 

“…Decarabia?”

 

“Yes, Decarabia.”

 

“One of the 72 demons who use birds as servants…?!”

 

Sung Hyunjoon’s eyes widened.

 

“Sunbae… These bird heads…!!”

 

“No, that’s not all.”

 

If that were all he could give, he wouldn’t be 99.9 percent sure.

 

Click–

 

Yoon Sookyum immediately switched the screen using the mouse.

 

What appeared on the monitor was Frost’s satellite screen.

 

Sung Hyunjoon tilted his head.

 

“What’s with the satellite pictures all of a sudden, sunbae?”

 

“Take a look.”

 

“We checked this together earlier. I couldn’t see anything because of the smoke that rose like a cloud. What are you talking about… What?”

 

A clear view of Frost.

 

As Sung Hyunjoon was surprised, Yoon Sookyum continued to talk.

 

“This is the moment the commander of the demon army blew away the smoke with his wings.”

 

“Wow. You captured that?”

 

“Yes. You have to earn your keep. I’m tired of being a salary thief.”

 

“…Wait a minute. Sunbae.”

 

Looking into it, Sung Hyunjoon murmured in bewilderment.

 

Clear red patterns.

 

It was a star painted with blood and corpses.

 

It was a pentagram.

 

‘…This, surely?!’

 

Click–

 

Sung Hyunjoon moved the mouse instead of Yoon Sookyum.

 

When the window was switched, the shape of Decarabia appeared again.

 

Yoon Sookyum nodded.

 

“Yes. It is simultaneously a demon in the form of a pentagram.”

 

★ and ★.

 

Alternately looking at the pentagram that appeared on the two screens, he opened his mouth.

 

“I can confirm this one hundred percent, sir.”

 

“That star pattern, painted with blood and corpses, made you think of something, right?”

 

“Yes. It must be the process of the demon king summoning.”

 

“In that sense, it’s a good thing.”

 

“…?”

 

Here.

 

At the spot Yoon Sookyum pointed with his mouse cursor.

 

He zoomed in. Strangely enough.

 

There were no corpses scattered around that area.

 

Did the demons make a mistake?

 

No, it wasn’t that.

 

Sung Hyunjoon opened his mouth, saying it was impossible.

 

“Wait a minute. If it’s this area…”

 

“That’s right. It matches Lee Hoyeol’s entry route.”

 

“H-He moved forward while recovering the bodies in that situation?!?”

 

“I don’t know his intentions. But I suppose so.”

 

With that guess, he knew why so many monsters flocked to Hoyeol’s side.

 

Hoyeol was a direct hindrance to the demon king’s summoning ceremony.

 

Yoon Sookyum nodded.

 

“Maybe we can help Lee Hoyeol this time.”

 

If they knew who the demon king was.

 

They could be prepared.

 

In that sense, information about Decarabia was important.

 

“I’ll look for it right away!”

 

The data must be stored somewhere.

 

Sung Hyunjoon, who opened the search window and was searching for the file, opened his mouth.

 

“Sunbae. I found it.”

 

However…

 

This situation was not good.

 

No, to be exact, the compatibility wasn’t good.

 

“…What? Possess knowledge of all plants and ‘minerals’?”

 

Of all things, minerals!

 

Both in the past and in the present.

 

Hoyeol used stone alchemy skills.

 

Damn it.

 

He had promised to give useful information.

 

“What I’ve found…”

 

Of all things, it was pessimistic information.

 

Sung Hyunjoon opened his mouth quietly.

 

“He must have a lot of resistance to the earth attribute magic.”

 

“Considering the bird heads, the concept is valid.”

 

“…But he’s Lee Hoyeol, you know? Well, he has many other skills!”

 

“That’s true. But one of his main skills has become useless.”

 

Yoon Sookyum murmured in a low voice.

 

“Not only that, his opponent is the demon king.”

 

He couldn’t help but feel concerned.

 

Even if this was Hoyeol they were talking about.

 

One of his major skills became useless.

 

It was a huge penalty.

 

But his concern was one thing, what he had to do was another.

 

Then, Sung Hyunjoon took a deep breath and opened the messenger.

 

“Huft. I can deliver this to Gaon, right?”

 

“You should. They just joined Lee Hoyeol.”

 

“…Please. I hope he has a lot of hidden secrets.”

 

If it was Lee Hoyeol…!

 

Sung Hyunjoon hoped so but he thought his expectation was too much.

 

Hoyeol was a mage, right?

 

‘Suddenly, ta-da! Like fighting with a sword…’

 

Shake–

 

Sung Hyunjoon shook his head right away.

 

Even just thinking about it made him laugh out loud.

 

“Because I’m desperate, I have all these useless imaginations. Me too.”

 

He had to say something that made sense.

 

*

 

Nam Cheolmin gave a briefing on the speaker.

 

I opened my mouth.

 

“I see.”

 

Decarabia was the demon king.

 

Of course, it was a name I had never heard of even from the Akshan demon hunters.

 

The demon kings they mainly mentioned were the high-ranking demon kings among the demon kings…

 

Simply put, they were the highest-level demon kings.

 

‘It’s rather fortunate that I haven’t heard of it.’

 

Grandfel’s pride wouldn’t break in the face of any demons.

 

I, who had to deal with that, was different.

 

I am in a position where I have to struggle forever…!

 

It was a good thing that there was no change in my expression.

 

Anyway, the atmosphere around me was not good.

 

– I’m nervous. Hoyeol-ssi.

 

Starting with Nam Cheolmin, these people helped out word by word.

 

“So. In AAU’s opinion, skills that use minerals won’t work, hyung? Naturally,he will also neutralize the skills that Hoyeol-ssi usually uses, such as summoning stone pillars and stone walls?”

 

Nam Taemin, who treated his injuries.

 

He hadn’t been able to fully recover his stamina.

 

His face was full of concern.

 

Leonie said bluntly.

 

“What, there’s something like that? Shit.”

 

Of course, I wasn’t impressed at all.

 

I’d been taking it easy with alchemy.

 

But I didn’t only have alchemy.

 

‘It was worth struggling on my own.’

 

It was also worth digging several wells.

 

Fortunately, there was someone who knew my efforts.

 

It was my sword teacher, Harkon.

 

“It’s nice, but your colleague’s concerns are unnecessary. Sir Hoyeol.”

 

Harkon seemed to be looking forward to it.

 

He was thinking that my real aptitude was swordsmanship.

 

That reaction was understandable.

 

However…

 

‘I can’t imagine how they’ll react.’

 

I looked at Kitch.

 

Did she get goosebumps?

 

Brr–

 

Kitch shivered.

 

Of course, I didn’t think deeply about it.

 

Other people’s opinions or evaluations.

 

They weren’t a concern for Grandfel.

 

“It’s nothing to worry about.”

 

I said so.

 

Yeah, there was something else I should worry about.

 

I checked the flashing quest window.

 

[Class quest: Demon King Subjugation]

 

The king of demons.

 

His magical powers begin to reach out.

 

The last demon hunter.

 

Overthrow the throne of evil.

 

– Train your weakened body. (Repeat)

 

– Investigate the Northern city of Frost. (Succesful)

 

– Save the survivors. (In progress)

 

– Stop the demon king summoning ceremony. (In progress)

 

• Eliminate the commanders of the demon army. (10/10)

 

The last commander of the demon army had fallen.

 

With this, the goal of the quest was achieved.

 

However, the progress of the quest didn’t go over to success.

 

What it meant was simple.

 

‘There’s still something left.’

 

Now that the commanders of the demon army had all fallen.

 

The demon army was virtually destroyed.

 

Clink–!

 

Harkon put back his sword and said.

 

“We have no time to waste on people who have lost their determination.”

 

Those guys had broken their determination.

 

Even if we didn’t go looking for them, other players would do their best to get rid of them.

 

For experience and contribution points.

 

So my job was simple.

 

“Let’s go to the square.”

 

Frost’s central square.

 

The center of the pentagram.

 

In other words, we would reach the center of the demon king summoning ceremony.

 

Since the intruders had disappeared.

 

It wasn’t long before I reached Frost’s central square.

 

“…Unbelievable.”

 

The center of the star.

 

As much as the number of strokes that interlocked with each other.

 

There were mountains of scattered corpses.

 

The blood of those scattered bodies was like the sea.

 

The horrors caused the Knights of Lionheart, including Harkon, to lower their heads.

 

“God. Give them rest.”

 

Clench–

 

Nam Taemin gritted his teeth.

 

Jessie tipped down her pointed hat.

 

Leonie kept spitting out curses.

 

Players didn’t feel any differently.

 

Because this was real.

 

In other words, real people who weren’t NPCs were dead.

 

It was natural to feel miserable.

 

At that moment.

 

One of the bodies twitched.

 

“…Ah.”

 

Everyone reacted to the groan.

 

“…Is that a survivor?”

 

“Wait, that face…?”

 

“Isn’t that the Lord of Frost?”

 

Yeah, the person who was alive was the Lord of Frost.

 

Harkon opened his mouth.

 

“Count Sirion…? That’s right!”

 

“No way, Sir Harkon…! Unbelievable!”

 

“Oh, my God.”

 

Count Sirion.

 

If you thought about it coldly, it was natural to have doubts.

 

He was among those bodies.

 

How could he survive alone?

 

But Count Sirion was in tears.

 

“His Majesty, the Empire didn’t turn away from us…!”

 

That was enough to dispel the doubts of those who watched.

 

His face and his voice, too.

 

It was just like the Count Sirion I was familiar with.

 

But I knew.

 

[Demon King Subjugation.]

 

The fact that the class quest was not over yet.

 

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Natural Enemy Relationship: Fighting power increases dramatically when fighting demons.

 

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Plus the effect of [Natural Enemy Relationship].

 

From the moment I stepped into Frost until now.

 

It didn’t disappear even for a single moment.

 

Above all, most decisively.

 

I had experience.

 

A trick good enough to deceive the world as well as the people around her.

 

The succubus, who perfectly played Baek Yiseol.

 

The experience of facing that demon.

 

Yes, I had been wondering about it since I realized that fact.

 

The demons’ emergence in reality.

 

It couldn’t have been only a few years.

 

The demons naturally had already melted into reality.

 

In that case.

 

In Arcana, the home of the demons.

 

How many demons had been hiding among humans?

 

Of course, I couldn’t answer that.

 

It was a long time ago in the past.

 

It might be different if I kept playing Arcana.

 

But I had a gap of well over a decade.

 

However, one thing was certain.

 

He wasn’t Count Sirion, Lord of Frost.

 

At the same time, the quest window flashed.

 

– Eliminate the Demon King Decarabia. (In progress)

 

I declared in a cold voice.

 

“You’re so ugly that it’s hard to look at you.”

 

“…!!!”

 

“Enough with the acting. Demon king.”

 

It was contempt.

 

“You, who claim to be the king of the inferior race. Isn’t it shameful to hide yourself among humans while driving your men to death?”

 

As a noble aristocrat.

 

I couldn’t overlook the despicable deeds of the demon king.

 

My declaration confused the party.

 

“…The king of the inferior race. Sir Hoyeol, what do you mean?”

 

Harkon, who was approaching Sirion, took a step back.

 

But the confusion didn’t last long.

 

Decarabia was starting to show his true colors.

 

“You seem foolishly misunderstood me. Human.”

 

Shift–

 

Sirion’s body changed momentarily.

 

It was no longer Sirion.

 

Sirion’s body began to crumple mercilessly.

 

He spoke.

 

“I didn’t send them to their death. It was a noble sacrifice for the king.”

 

Soon, I could understand the meaning of those words.

 

The crumpled lump.

 

The mass began to suck up the blood and corpses.

 

“I’ll compliment you. You made a significant obstacle. However.”

 

The significant obstacle must be referring to the recovery of the bodies.

 

The moment I thought so, the demon king’s army flew in from all directions.

 

To be precise, it was mixed with the sacrifice and sucked into the mass.

 

“There is no law that the sacrifice has to be human.”

 

Decarabia, that guy absorbed the demon army as a living sacrifice as much as the sacrifices he lacked. At the same time, the growing mass gradually began to take shape.

 

A pentagram of blood and flesh.

 

As the stars faded, the sky was covered with darkness.

 

The Demon King Decarabia.

 

It was his complete revival.

 

[The Demon King, Decarabia, appears.]

 

[You’ve entered the living hell, Frost.]

 

But, so what?

 

I wasn’t even agitated at all.

 

I opened my mouth as usual.

 

“Don’t insult true sacrifice.”

 

What is sacrifice?

 

It was a word that could only be given to the people who had sacrificed their lives.

 

For the sake of pride.

 

In order to protect Frost.

 

“You don’t deserve it.”

 

Is it because I am gradually immersed in Grandfel?

 

If not, is it because I really think so too?

 

My mouth didn’t feel itchy.

 

The flesh of the pentagram trembled.

 

“I’m looking forward to the moment when that arrogance hits the ground. I’m already seeing through your magic. Regrettably. Rocks are nothing more than minerals. Your greatest talent is sealed.”

 

…What?

 

My biggest talent?

 

It seemed he was misunderstanding something.

 

‘Grandfel’s talent. Even I can’t estimate it.’

 

I checked the condition calmly.

 

The remaining amount of mana was sufficient.

 

The ‘right mana’ required for black magic was also full.

 

The physical strength for diverting aura was also not wasted unnecessarily.

 

So I didn’t hesitate at all.

 

[‘Ghostly Sword’ has been chosen as a sacrifice.]

 

[The skill ‘Exorcism’ is activated.]

 

[Invite the demon king, Decarabia, to the ‘ritual’.]

 

“Shut that ugly mouth.”

 

“?!!”

 

“You self-proclaimed demon king.”

 

Crackle–!