Chapter 304: Chapter 304
Ho Sung Lee, who had stepped onto the land of the Demonic Realm for the first time in his life, looked around him with a tense look on his face.
On the other hand, Ssol ran around in joy.
Min Sung ordered Ssol to look for Veld, whom they had fought in the human world, and at the same time, Ssol moved quickly.
"Phew, so this is the infamous Demonic Realm," said Ho Sung Lee with a gulp.
"What do you think?"
Min Sung asked with a smile.
"I'm speechless."
Ho Sung Lee laughed.
That was because just as he said, all he could see in the Demonic Realm was land resembling that of the desert.
Knowing that Min Sung spent a long time here made him see him differently.
On top of that, when he was here, it was filled with devils instead of being this empty.
And it was a world before he became this powerful.
Would he have been able to withstand it?
No matter how positively he tried to think about it, Ho Sung Lee didn't think he could last even a few days.
The vast land was all dead, and he could smell something rotting.
As for the sky, it was red like blood, and as a result of what looked like lava around them, it was scorching hot.
"Ho Sung."
In response to Min Sung's calling, Ho Sung Lee pulled back his emotions and looked at Min Sung.
"Yes, Sir."
"If we don't find Veld, we'll end up stuck in the Demonic Realm forever. That'll become a dreadful time, and meanwhile… the human world will be dominated by the devils," explained Min Sung heavily, and Ho Sung Lee also sensed the weight.
"Then we have to find him."
"We have to do so as quickly as possible. If we don't find someone who just arrived here, the chances drastically decrease over time. Bring me the best results."
"Yes, Sir!"
Ho Sung Lee ran as quickly as he could and used his skill.
A bright ray of light flashed from Ho Sung Lee's hands and spread in all directions.
***
'Where?'
'Where do I go?'
It was painful to be looking for a place to hide, but he had to be as objective as possible.
If he made one wrong decision, they could go extinct.
He felt like it was unfair that such a ridiculous human appeared while he was ruling over the Demonic Realm, and just thinking about that stressed him out.
'First, I have to hi…'
"Huh?"
Veld stared down with a blank look on his face.
A gold goblin was looking up at him with a very bright expression.
'A gold goblin?'
Once Veld realized that the gold goblin belonged to the human, he jolted his eyes wide open.
And as soon as he lifted his left arm to slash him with his sharp nails, he had already disappeared.
Ssol was so fast that not even Veld could catch up.
"Damn it. I've been caught."
Veld trembled as he watched in the direction where Ssol disappeared and then began running in the other direction.
At that moment, there was already a dark shadow below his feet.
As soon as the shadow reached his feet, an explosive shot up into the air like fireworks.
Fwoosh!
Pop!
Veld, who was running with all his might, stared up at the sky with surprise.
"What's that…?"
Veld mumbled with a confused face before waving his finger in the air.
Rip!
The air ripped apart.
He had to teleport as far away as possible, but he felt something behind him.
Swooshhhh!
The sound of the air ripping.
As a result, Veld turned back from the air that he had just ripped, and that was when he saw Min Sung's Gungnir S flying toward him.
Before he could react…
Slash!
"Ugh…!"
The Gungnir S penetrated through Veld's wing and ripped through his shoulder.
With the Gungnir S still in his shoulder, Veld groaned in pain and fell onto the ground without being able to cross through into the rip.
Min Sung walked toward Veld, who was on almost in tears due to the pain and reached out his hand.
Veld, who was laying on the ground, immediately got pulled toward Min Sung's hand like a magnet.
Min Sung grabbed Veld by the throat and pulled his Gungnir S out of his wings.
Veld's dark blood dripped onto the ground of the Demonic Realm.
Min Sung chocked Veld's neck and clenched down on his teeth.
There was no conversation.
He had his opportunity, and in order to not miss it, Min Sung stabbed his Gungnir S through Veld's neck.
Kaboom!
The Gungnir
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S let out a spark of dark lightning as it ripped through Veld's neck.
Veld plopped down on the ground with Min Sung's Gugnnir S still in his neck.
Min Sung laid him down and then stepped on him to get his sword back out.
There was no focus or life left in Veld's eyes.
"Is it over? That's it?"
Ho Sung Lee asked with excitement.
Min Sung raised his hand to tell him to wait.
In response, Ho Sung Lee immediately stopped behind Min Sung and stared at Veld and Min Sung with his guard up.
Min Sung was staring down at Veld with a stiffened face
"How…?"
Min Sung's face was stiff as he looked down at what appeared to be Veld's dead body.
Normally, when devils died, they immediately disappeared without leaving a trace.
Was he still alive?
Just as Min Sung raised his sword to check, Veld's body showed a change.
It was a strange transformation.
Veld shed dark blood as it appeared like he was melting, but the dark clumps of blood soon changed to liquid, and then a white fog began to cover their surroundings.
And just below Veld's blood was what appeared to be a large magic square.
Min Sung felt anxious because he didn't know what it was.
Min Sung was about to step back so that he could react, but he then stiffened his face and attacked the blood with his magic energy launched through his Gungnir S.
Swoooosh!
The Gungnir S flew over with sparks of lightning and stabbed through the wriggling blood on top of the magic square.
Slash!
The sword trembled as soon as it penetrated the blood and the ground below it.
But without any change, the clump of blood continued to wriggle like a foreign substance.
Min Sung clicked his tongue. He reached out his hand, and the Gungnir S immediately returned.
At that moment, a dark and transparent light flashed from the magic square.
And after that, the wriggling liquid slowly began to take form.
What appeared to be 10 meters tall with horns and dark spin began to shine with gloss.
In addition, the arm that Min Sung had cut off was restored.
'… How?'
Min Sung breathed in.
The recovery of an impact caused by magic energy was never this quick.
But in addition to having recovered in a short period of time, Veld appeared to possess even more combat power than he had when he landed in the human world.
"Hahahahaha…"
Veld laughed loudly for all of the Demonic Realm to hear.
The devil gods in the Demonic Realm had the bodies of devils, but Veld was different. Veld was the true god of devils.
He was the true owner of the Demonic Realm.
He gave off superiority that proved just that, and it was so powerful that Ho Sung Lee wanted to throw up blood.
Ho Sung Lee found it so hard to stand that he dropped to his knees and coughed out blood.
While Veld gave off the desire to kill, Min Sung smirked back at Veld.
"That's funny. This devil son of a bitch is acting like a complete human."
Veld smiled with his devilish face. Within that smile was a face and the desire to kill.
"Even if I go extinct right here, I'm going to make sure I take you with me. I'm sure you know better than anyone that you're not able to defeat me. You're done for, and I'll end you once and for all!"
Veld laughed and collected magic energy in his right hand.
A great deal of power gathered in Veld's hands.
Min Sung clenched onto his Gungnir S with a stiff face
A substantial amount of magic energy launched from Veld's hand toward Min Sung and that power was so strong that it exceeded all imagination.
Veld used his last remaining strength with the preparation to go extinct.
If he was going to go extinct, he thought he might as well use all of his power, so he made up his mind that he would make sure to kill Min Sung in the process.
As a result, the magic energy that launched from Veld's hand was enough to wipe out the earth in one go.
"This is the end, you human!"
Veld shouted with laughter.
While watching Veld's magic energy charging toward him, Min Sung simply laughed.
'How foolish.'
From Veld's point of view as someone who was running away and lost his rationality, there was one thing that he had forgotten…
… That Min Sung was able to counter all power.
'Counter barrier.'
The ability to throw back the power that he received. His counter barrier reflected the great magic energy that Veld launched.
And as a result, that power headed back toward Veld, and since he was completely unequipped for defense, he had no choice but to accept his fate of defeat.
Flash!
"T-t-this can't be…!"
The dark magic full of magic energy swallowed Veld's body whole.
Both legs and arms ripped from his body.
More than half of his face was ripped apart. Holes formed all over his body, and then what remained plopped down on the ground of the Demonic Realm.
The magic square drawn on the ground grew faint before disappearing.
"Ugh."
Veld groaned as he crawled with what was left of his arm and coughed up dark blood.
Veld had used all of the power he had left in a state where he was already injured.
So the counter barrier was more than enough to make the physical damage made to him irreversible.
"I can't believe it. I can't believe I lost in such a pathetic way… This is impossible. Ugh!"
Veld shed tears of blood.
Min Sung stared down at Veld, who was in tatters.
Although Veld had lost his arms and legs, had holes all over his body, and was in an absolutely gruesome state, Min Sung grabbed onto his Gungnir S with a straight face.
Kaboom!
Min Sung's Gungnir S rang with a thundering noise, ready to lay upon judgment.
Chapter 305: Chapter 305
***
Veld was ultimately taken down by his own attack.
He had made a foolish move.
If he was more objective and patient, the situation would have been different.
But ever since he went down to the human world and ran away back to the Demonic Realm.
On top of that, since they tracked him down to the Demonic Realm to hunt him down, he wasn't in the right mind, and as a result of the nervousness, he made a mistake.
Min Sung clearly remembered just how appalled the Dionysus Gods were when he first obtained the counter barrier ability.
That was how powerful the counter barrier was.
The ability to return any attack by an opponent no matter how powerful it was was an impressive skill.
For that reason, he was unable to use any ordinary force, and in a situation where his life was on the line, he was able to use that strength to turn things around in his favor.
That was why Min Sung knew that if Veld saved his strength and dragged out the battle, things would get more difficult.
But since Veld made a big mistake, he was able to claim his victory.
Humans, devils, and even devil gods made mistakes.
As a result of that mistake, Veld was undergoing the process of extinction with the Gungnir S still in his back.
Dark smoke was coming out of Veld's body, and his body slowly disappeared into thin air.
While going extinct, Veld looked up at Min Sung as if it wasn't fair.
As for Min Sung, he looked down at Veld with flat eyes.
Veld's eyes, which contained great evil, slowly lost its energy and lost the only light he had left.
As soon as the light of his life disappeared, Veld disappeared without leaving a single trace.
All that was left was the gold Gungnir S that was stabbed through the ground.
"S-Sir."
He heard Ho Sung Lee's shaking voice.
When he turned around, Ho Sung Lee was standing with a devastated look on his face.
"Did you kill Veld?"
Ho Sung Lee asked, and Min Sung nodded.
"… Then how do we go back to earth?"
"…"
Silence fell between the two men on the land of the Demonic Realm.
***
Bowl rode on his shadow board and dodged all of the devils that were charging toward him.
As a result, the devils were unable to grab Bowl.
Every time that happened, the dirt on the ground exploded as if a grenade went off.
He turned the devils into the Undead, but there were many more devils than Undead devils, and the Undead devils were inevitably weaker than the average devil.
For that reason, ever since Min Sung went to the Demonic Realm, the situation grew worse.
The Undead devils were already dead, and only he and Repone remained to fight the hard battle.
Despite Repone having great attack power, there were so many devils that Repone's mana depleted drastically.
The more mana he left, the weaker the magic barrier he set up to stop the devils from going outside became.
At this rate, the magic barrier was going to collapse.
That was what Bowl was worried about.
If the magic wall fell and devils began to flood to the outside, his master would be greatly disappointed.
Bowl wanted to stop that from happening, but no matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't think of a way.
Bowl stared at the magic barrier.
It started to become evident that the magic barrier was becoming weaker.
The red dragon, Repone, also looked tired.
There was no end to the devils. Bowl began to feel hopeless.
Bowl felt frustrated that he wouldn't be able to meet his master's expectations.
He couldn't just run away.
He had to fight… for his master.
In order to stop them once and for all.
Bowl's eyes, which looked like a candlelight that was about to blow out, suddenly blazed back up.
His loyalty toward his master gave him motivation.
He used the dark magic that was buried deep within.
Bowl stopped running away and stopped.
The devils were charging toward him.
Bowl opened his mouth wide, and dark smoke radiated from his eyes.
At the same time, Bowl's body began to grow bigger and bigger.
Bowl, who transformed back into his original form of when he was a lich doll, launched his offensive dark magic.
Bones rose from the ground and wrapped around the devils, and dark smoke caused for the devils' skin to decompose, and the magic energy that flowed out of Bowl's hands
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sliced through the devils' bodies as if they were paper.
When Repone saw the great strength Bowl was exerting, Repone watched with surprised eyes.
He had no idea how Bowl could become this strong.
Repone didn't know, but Bowl didn't know either.
It wasn't something that they could just attribute to stimulation because the power was much too strong.
'How did he change so much?'
Meanwhile…
"Screechhhhhhh!"
The devils began to let out chilling screams at the same time.
The devils stopped their attacks. They grabbed their own heads and expressed their pain.
The devils screamed and crawled on the ground as if they were broken.
Meanwhile, Bowl, who was completely focused on obeying his master's orders, used his dark magic without any forgiveness.
As a result of Bowl's powerful dark magic, the devils, who were already in pain, began to get ripped apart.
The devils' flesh and blood exploded in all directions.
It no longer seemed like the human world was going to come to an end.
The red dragon, Repone, who was watching for a moment, came to his senses and let out his breath.
It seemed like the situation turned around, but it lasted for only a moment.
The devils, who were in pain, began to come to their senses.
Devils continued to pour out fo the gate, and their attacks started to become more powerful.
The devils' defense was so much stronger that Repone's breath was nothing but a short moment that prevented the devils from approaching.
While Repone flapped his wings in shock, Bowl levitated in the air and went over to Repone and used his dark magic.
Despite Bowl's elevated power, the army of devils began to pressure Bowl and Repone once again.
Following the next battle, Bowl had lost almost all of his magic energy, and as a result, he transformed back into a small skeleton.
The devils slowly walked toward the tired Bowl and Repone, who had lost all of his Aura and energy.
They had a feeling that this fight was about to come to an end.
***
"What do we do? We don't know how to get back…"
Ho Sung Lee was at a loss for words.
The thought of having to stay in the Demonic Realm forever made him panic.
"Didn't you came here knowing that was a possibility?"
Min Sung asked.
"I knew that was a possibility, but for people, prediction and accepting it as reality are two different things… Haha."
Ho Sung Lee's face turned pale.
"That's why I told you to stay there. It's not like you would be much help."
Ho Sung Lee smirked.
"Every time you say that, I feel so determined to prove you wrong. What can I do?"
Ho Sung Lee scanned the land of the Demonic Realm with knitted brows.
Ho Sung Lee felt like his life would be over if he had to keep living here.
"Oh yeah!"
Ho Sung Lee widened his eyes and looked back at Min Sung.
"The… devils. The devils are still on earth. Do you think Bowl and Repone are okay? If you don't go back there…"
Ho Sung Lee trailed off.
It was clear what Ho Sung Lee was trying to say.
Like he said, if he didn't get back, the situation would get much worse.
But the reason why he still came to the Demonic Realm was to kill Veld, and Min Sung hadn't given up on going back to the human world.
"We'll have to find a way," said Min Sugn while glaring at the dark ground of the Demonic Realm.
At that moment, Min Sung reacted to something.
"…?"
Min Sung stared into space with a blank face, and Ho Sung Lee watched in confusion.
Ho Sung Lee's face became tense.
"What's wrong?"
Ho Sung Lee asked.
"I think I found a way," replied Min Sung in a low voice.
"You did?"
Ho Sung Lee's face lit up for a second, but it died down immediately.
That was because Min Sung's face looked dark.
"If you found a way, why do you look so serious?"
Min Sung smirked.
"They're telling me to take over Veld's position."
"… What?"
Ho Sung Lee's face looked shocked.
"Since Veld died, there is no longer a ruler in the Demonic Realm. If I take that place, I'll end up inheriting the power of the Demonic Realm, which means I can also interfere in other worlds."
"Then you can open the gate to the human world."
Ho Sung Lee mumbled to himself before knitting his brows at Min Sung.
"But the position of the devil king…? No. I know better than anyone how much you despise this place. You can't become the owner of a place like that."
Ho Sung Lee bit down on his lip and continued, "I'm sure there's another way."
Ho Sung Lee tried to convince Min Sung.
"We can't miss this opportunity. Bowl and Repone are waiting for us."
"But…!"
In response to Min Sung's silence, Ho Sung Lee bowed his head.
That was because he knew he had already made up his mind.
"Let's go and eat," said Min Sung while touching his air.
At that moment, dark magic energy that was floating around the Demonic Realm began to swarm toward Min Sung.
The powerful wave of the magic energy pushed Ho Sung Lee back and made him roll on the ground.
A great amount of magic energy swarmed over to Min Sung, and when Min Sung opened his eyes again.
Min Sung gave off a presence that he didn't have before.
Ho Sung Lee stared at Min Sung blankly.
Now that he was in a position equal to the gods, surpassing that of all devils and humans, Ho Sung Lee couldn't help but tremble.
Min Sung smiled and looked back at Ho Sung Lee.
"Let's go back."
Min Sung flashed his eyes and waved his hand.
Ripppppp!
The air ripped, forming a gate.
The door to the human world had opened.
Ho Sung Lee took Ssol and followed Min Sung through the gate.
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Chapter 306: Chapter 306
***
The reason why the devils were in pain was because of Veld's extinction.
They were wriggling in pain due to the despair of losing their owner and leader, Veld.
And the reason why they were able to become stronger and pressure Repone and Bowl, as a result, was because a new owner appeared in the Demonic Realm.
Upon Min Sung's ascend to the throne of the Demonic Realm, the devils' combat ability advanced further.
Repone and Bowl were so drained and unable to persist that they knew death was near.
And as for the devils that poured out of the gate, as soon as Veld went extinct, the gate spat out the last of what remained.
No more devils were pouring out of the gate.
But the problem was that despite no more devils entering the human world, the devils that were already produced had such large numbers that it was enough to burst through the magic wall.
And Bowl and Repone were no longer able to use any more magic energy or Aura.
Just as the devils expressed their desire to kill and swung their nails…
Rippppp!
The air ripped, and Min Sung, Ho Sung Lee, and Ssol appeared.
Bowl and Repone looked at Min Sung with joy, and the situation sorted itself out in an instant.
As soon as Min Sung appeared, the devils stopped moving and fixed their eyes on him.
They then began to show movements of crowning their new Devil King.
A crazy number of devils all kneeled. They put their heads against the ground and expressed their respect.
Ho Sung Lee stared at the devils with a blank face, and the same went for Bowl, Ssol, and Repone.
Min Sung, who was staring down at the devils with an emotionless face, sighed deeply.
Seeing the devils that tried to kill him suddenly showing him respect made him feel conflicted but satisfied at the same time.
But Min Sung couldn't reach that kind of nirvana… because that would mean he had to empty himself of everything.
And he couldn't.
Min Sung's heart was still filled with rage.
All of this began with the intention to end the Demonic Realm once and for all, so there was no way he could let the devils live just because he was now the devil king.
If he could put an end to the Demonic Realm, he had to do it.
The Gungnir S in Min Sung's hand rang with a thundering noise.
And at the same time, Min Sung's Gungnir S launched dark magic energy.
Swooshhhhhh!
As soon as Min Sung swung his Gungnir S once, Min Sung, who obtained all of the power that Veld had received from the Dionysus Gods, released it, and that power swallowed up all of the devils like a wave.
The devils were swept away by Min Sung's magic energy while they were facing down, unaware of what was happening.
Min Sung, who had received Veld's power, was much more powerful than before.
Now that he was in the realm of the gods, his power was substantial.
Just by moving his Gungnir S once, he could annihilate countless devils.
1/5 of the devils turned into corpses and rolled on the ground.
Min Sung stepped onto the bloody ground and proceeded forward with his Gungnir S in his hand.
Upon seeing that, the devils got up and stepped back in fear.
If he went on to kill them, they couldn't fight back.
They had to accept death.
The devil king was superior, so the devils had no choice but to step back and shake in fear.
The annihilation didn't end there.
Min Sung swung hiw Gungnir S once more.
Kaboom!
A dark lightning covered the devils.
The screams of the devils, who were getting ripped apart, could be heard all over the place.
Wherever the power of the Gungnir S passed, nothing remained except for death.
The number of devils decreased rapidly.
The devils showed a side of themselves that they had never shown before, and that was fear.
The devils died in fear. And in the end, the devils began to run away.
The devils began to run toward the gate that was formed when Min Sung
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returned from the Demonic Realm to the human world.
But Min Sung was not going to let the devils run back to the Demonic Realm.
The power of his dark lightning swallowed up the devils that were running away.
***
The Dionysus Gods began to gather one by one, and the expressions on the Dionysus Gods' faces were all the same.
Some looked like they lost everything while some looked like sick patients, and others looked like they were either scammed or lost all of their wealth.
And their situation was not much different from having lost their entire wealth.
The Dionysus Gods gathered with distrait faces, and they all stared into space without a word.
"What do we do now?"
One Dionysus God asked.
"We'll have to find a way," answered another Dionysus God with a sigh.
"We've already lost too much. It might be best to just give up here."
"Give up…?"
The Dionysus Gods, who still had hope, were about to say something before shutting their mouths.
There was no way to face off against Min Sung, who now had all of the power of the Demonic Realm, and as one Dionysus God said, they had already lost too much.
In the midst of the silence filled with hopelessness, despair, and rage, someone appeared.
He was a young man with blonde hair, and as soon as he appeared, all of the Dionysus gods' eyes fixed on him.
He walked into the center of the gathering and clapped his hands once to get their attention.
The Dionysus Gods knitted their brows at the smiling blonde man.
The blonde god was one of the gods that were looking over the great god, and in terms of rank, he was one rank above the rest of them.
He was in a way a type of inspector, so as someone who appeared to solve problems that arose, his appearance wasn't welcome in the eyes of the Dionysus Gods.
But since they hadn't broken any kind of law, the Dionysus Gods weren't too nervous about his appearance.
For that reason, the atmosphere of the gathering was quite sharp, but the blonde god continued to smile.
"Hello."
In response to the blonde god's friendly greeting, the Dionysus Gods made it show that they were uncomfortable.
"What brings you all the way here?"
One Dionysus God asked.
"Since there's a problem, we should solve it. We can't just give up. Wouldn't you agree?"
"How? All of our plans failed."
The blonde god smiled with his eyes. He scanned the surroundings and opened his mouth.
"That's because you keep doing weird things," replied the blonde god in a heavy manner.
The Dionysus Gods coughed and avoided his gaze.
"… Besides, aren't you here because you want to find another way?"
In response to his question, the Dionysus Gods were unable to answer, and they simply gulped and avoided his eyes.
If they didn't have hope, they wouldn't have gathered in the first place.
"I have an idea. Would you care to listen?"
The Dionysus Gods looked displeased, but they didn't stop the blonde god.
They couldn't even if they wanted to, and there was no problem with simply listening.
"Let me explain."
The blonde god coughed and then stared at the Dionysus Gods with a deep gaze before continuing, "Both the Heaven and the Demonic Realm must coexist. I can't say it's symbiosis, but the Demonic Realm must exist to establish a good balance. After all, the Dionysus Gods' authority is limited. This is for the good of Heaven's development, right?"
"…"
The Dionysus Gods stayed quiet so that he could continue, and their eyes began to drift to the blonde god one by one.
The blonde god continued in a relaxed manner,
"But our target, Min Sung, ended up obtaining the power that Veld received from us. Now that he has that power, things got a little more difficult. In addition to being weaker now, our target is now the owner of the Demonic Realm."
"Just get to the point."
The Dionysus Gods grew impatient.
"The great god is very uncomfortable with this situation."
As soon as the great god was mentioned, all of the Dionysus Gods stiffened and stood up straight.
The blonde god stared at them for a while before continuing.
"Since one of the horses on our playing field became the owner of the Demonic Realm, it's become much harder to mess with him."
"…"
It sounded like he was seeking some responsibility, and since the Dionysus Gods had nothing to say, they simply bowed their heads.
"There's only one way to solve this problem."
The Dionysus Gods began to raise their heads to look at the blonde god.
As soon as the blonde god looked into space, a video appeared in the form of a hologram.
The Dionysus Gods looked up at the video, and the video was of a tombstone in the Demonic Realm.
And the tombstone was surrounded by sparkling white chains.
The Dionysus Gods immediately knew what it was.
That was because it was an old place, but a place that they could never forget.
"T-that's…!"
The Dionysus Gods made a commotion.
The blonde god looked at the tombstone in the video with a smile and nodded.
"I think we have no choice but to lift the seal off of the former owner of the Demonic Realm, Hellcard."
The Dionysus Gods looked at the blonde god with shocked faces.
"That's ridiculous…!"
"Hellcard?"
"Don't you know what lifting his seal would mean?"
"We cannot allow that!"
"That cannot happen!"
The Dionysus Gods strongly fought back.
Hellcard was a former devil who was sealed off by the great god and the Dionysus Gods in the Demon War, so the suggestion of waking him back up was hard to accept.
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As a former owner of the Demonic Realm, Hellcard had great influence over Heaven as well.
He was so powerful that the great god at the time wrote in his will that the seal around Hellcard must never be lifted.
But they wanted to wake Hellcard now.
It was no wonder it sounded like nonsense.
But the blonde god was unshaken by the reactions of the Dionysus Gods.
"You can't think of Hellcard as Hellcard from the past. Much time has passed, which means his magic energy has weakened. He's as weak as he could ever be."
"But he's still Hellcard. If he happens to regain his magic energy quickly…"
"He'll be as weak as a small child once the seal is lifted. So as long as we pose restrictions on him, there shouldn't be problems."
"But…"
"There are no restrictions to regulations we can put on sealed devils. There's no problem. Wouldn't you agree?"
The blonde god asked with a smile.
The Dionysus Gods remained silent.
That meant they were thinking seriously about what he just said, and that suggested that they were trying to accept it as a result.
The Dionysus Gods whispered to each other and shared their opinions.
And when the blonde god saw this, he smiled brightly.
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***
The rain stopped.
The dark clouds were slowly disappearing from the sky.
It appeared that a blue sky could be seen the next day.
Min Sung scanned the sight where there was no end to the bodies of the devils.
This was Earth, but the way the dead devils lied on the ground made it seem like the Demonic Realm.
[As a result of the devils' deaths, the Demonic Realm is growing weaker.]
[You must rebuild the Demonic Realm.]
[The devil king will go extinct when the Demonic Realm grows weak.]
He received multiple alert messages since he was the owner of the Demonic Realm.
Min Sung saw the message warning him of his extinction and smirked.
It had been a long time.
Despite 100 years having passed, his body hadn't aged.
It was possible that he could return to Earth and age naturally as time passed, but he didn't think it would be so bad to go extinct with the Demonic Realm either.
He felt sad about not being able to eat three meals a day, but he had eaten a lot during his time on Earth.
Min Sung laughed bitterly and shook his hand.
As a result, the passageway between Earth and the Demonic Realm closed.
Ho Sung Lee sighed out of relief that it was all over, and Min Sung commanded for Repone, who looked exhausted, to take down the magic barrier.
As soon as Bowl delivered the message, the magic barrier disappeared.
Min Sung ordered Ho Sung Lee to summon a healer to treat Bowl and Repone and told Ho Sung Lee to get some rest.
Now that the devils were all dead, the pressure and the atmosphere of wanting to kill disappeared.
Min Sung called Commander Ji Yoo Kim of Central Institute and asked her to put the investigation off the site.
That was because Bowl was going to collect the bodies of the devils.
***
The blonde god entered the Demonic Realm with the Dionysus Gods.
They bad blocked Veld from being able to enter the Demonic Realm from Heaven, but since the owner had changed, that block was now withdrawn.
"The new owner of the Demonic Realm must not care about this place," said the blonde god with a smile, and that made the Dionysus Gods feel more positive.
Since they had suffered much damage trying to catch Min Sung Kang, they felt pressured by the fact that he was now the owner of the Demonic Realm.
Most importantly, if they happened to run into Min Sung Kang after how much power they gave to Veld, the Dionysus Gods would be in trouble if they got into a fight.
If Min Sung Kang made up his mind to fight to Dionysus Gods, Heaven would be at a disadvantage.
For that reason, the Dionysus Gods hoped that Min
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Sung Kang wouldn't appear, and seeing from what they saw, it appeared that Min Sung Kang had abandoned the Demonic Realm and decided to stay on Earth.
But the fact that they never knew when he would come back made them feel anxious.
"It should be near here. Oh, it's that way."
The blonde god pointed in the northern direction.
There was a large rock there, and in front of it was a tombstone wrapped in chains.
The tombstone read, 'Hellcard', and it also warned that the seal must never be lifted.
The Dionysus Gods stared at the tombstone with nervous faces.
Despite being in front of Hellcard's tombstone after coming to the Demonic Realm, they still couldn't believe it with their own eyes.
Only the blonde god was smiling at the sealed tombstone of Hellcard.
"Shall we finally lift the seal after 2 years?"
As soon as the blonde god said that as he walked toward the tombstone, the Dionysus Gods gulped and their faces grew dark.
The blonde god took out a glove that was blessed by the great god from his pocket.
This glove was the key to lifting the seal.
Just as the blonde god put on the glove and reached out his hand.
"Are you sure the great god allowed this?"
One Dionysus God asked.
And in response, the blonde god smiled and looked back at him.
"Of course."
The blonde god then glared at the Dionysus Gods coldly.
"I thought we already came to an agreement, but it doesn't look like you've all accepted it."
He then lowered his hand.
"Are you trying to dodge the responsibility of this problem?"
The Dionysus Gods tried to avoid his gaze.
"Then we'll stop. My job is to simply report to the great god. As for the price of the mess you've caused…"
"N-no, lift the seal."
"Lift the seal."
The Dionysus Gods spoke up with upright postures.
The blonde god sighed out of pity and then grabbed onto the chains with his gloved hand.
As soon as he did…
Zapppppp!
A powerful dark lightning flashed in all directions.
The Dionysus Gods flinched and stepped back.
The records of Hellcard was enough to make all the Dionysus Gods shake in fear.
He was a devil king with such powerful combat ability that he even put the great god at risk of extinction.
And the seal was now going to be lifted from the devil king, Hellcard, who was once called the darkness in its entirety.
For that reason, the Dionysus Gods held their breath as the blonde god lifted the seal.
Kaboom!
The skies of the Demonic Realm began to erupt thunderously and spit out balls of flames.
And the surroundings of the tombstone turned completely black.
Rumble!
The rock behind the tombstone vibrated and then…
Kaboommmmm!
The rock exploded into countless pieces, and the chains in the blonde god's hand began to tremble so quickly that it made loud clanging noises.
Despite the dark light that flowed out of the blonde god's eyes due to the magic energy, he clenched his teeth and grabbed onto the chains with all the power given to him by Heaven.
Crackkk!
The tombstone began to crack and the pieces began to fall to the ground.
This was the anticipation of finally being able to see Hellcard's seal being lifted.
Just as the blonde god smiled…
Crackkk!
A very long crack formed in the tombstone.
At that moment…
Crack!
The tombstone completely cracked, and the chain wrapped around the blonde god's right arm.
As soon as the tombstone cracked, a black magic square appeared on the ground.
The blonde god looked down at the magic square and walked toward it.
As he walked toward the center of the magic square, the chains wrapped around his arm made heavy noises.
Upon stepping onto the center of the black magic square, the blonde god looked back at the Dionysus Gods.
He looked at them to ask if they were ready, and the Dionysus Gods all nodded.
In response, the blonde god threw the chains that were wrapped around his arm.
As a result, the chains dropped to the ground, and the blonde god looked down at the magic square and lifted his hands in the air.
That was when the air ripped and a pickax dropped from it.
The blonde god grabbed onto the pickax with widened eyes and stabbed it into the center of the black magic square.
Thuddd!
As soon as the pickax stabbed into it, the black magic square began to transform.
The blonde god didn't stop and continued to stab it with the pickax, and as the black magic square became destroyed, the ground underneath it cracked.
By the time he stabbed it 12 times, the black ground split apart, and a wooden casket appeared from it.
The blonde god snickered at the casket and ordered the Dionysus Gods to open the lid.
The Dionysus Gods hesitated, but after exchanging glances, they headed toward the casket.
They carefully opened the lid and threw the lid to the ground.
Inside the casket was a body that was wrapped up in white bandages except for his eyes.
He was the former owner of the Demonic Realm, Hellcard, who had been sealed up for 2 years.
After realizing that his seal was lifted, they instinctively trembled in fear.
Despite Hellcard still having his eyes closed, the magic energy that his body contained was powerful enough to be sensed.
But the blonde god looked down at Hellcard calmly. He took out a document from his jacket and ripped it while glaring down at him.
A white light absorbed into Hellcard, and at that moment…
… Hellcard opened his eyes.
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Not much had changed after killing all the devils and closing the gate connecting Earth to the Demonic Realm.
And the sky was now blue as if nothing had ever happened.
After that, Koreans that had fled to foreign countries began to return.
Min Sung, Ho Sung Lee, Woong Jang, and Sia Jang, sat around in the living room and watched Koreans return home through the news on TV.
The sight of the country's citizens returning was a historical moment.
"I feel like it's finally hitting me after seeing the news. I feel like you fighting the devils was a dream. Or wait, maybe it was a nightmare."
Ho Sung Lee smiled bitterly at the news.
"Where's Bowl and Repone?"
Min Sung asked Ho Sung Lee.
"The Central Institute is watching over them. They said the healing would take a while."
Ho Sung Lee looked at his watch and continued, "Since I sent them over early in the morning, we'll probably get a call soon."
Min Sung nodded.
"Sir, don't you want to eat? You haven't had a single meal."
Min Sung sighed and nodded.
"Yeah, let's eat."
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"Shall I decide on the menu?"
"Yeah."
Ho Sung Lee smiled and rolled up his sleeves as he walked toward the kitchen.
"Let me help you."
Woong Jang followed Ho Sung Lee.
As for Sia Jang, she said she had something to do and went upstairs to the second floor.
Min Sung quietly watched the citizens return on TV.
Min Sung's eyes looked blank as he watched the news, and they looked dark and flat.
***
Hellcard's eyes moved from side to side as he laid in the coffin.
Hellcard then noticed the Dionysus Gods staring down at him.
Hellcard, who was wrapped up in bandages, slowly got up from the coffin.
After doing so, he cracked his neck and wriggled his waist back and forth.
Crackkk!
The sound of his muscles cracking could be heard.
"Sigh."
And when Hellcard let out a sigh, a white breath came out.
The Dionysus Gods stared at Hellcard with nervous looks on their faces.
Hellcard, who had his head down, slowly flipped his head back and looked up at the dark sky in admiration.
It appeared that he didn't care about the Dionysus Gods around him.
The blonde god smiled lightly and walked toward Hellcard.
As soon as he did, Hellcard smiled and looked at the blonde god with threatening eyes.
The eyes of the god in charge of maintaining Heaven and the former owner of the Demonic Realm met.
"How does it feel to wake up after such a long time?"
The blonde god asked.
Instead of answering, Hellcard took off the bandages around his body with his own hands.
Once the bandages came off, Hellcard showed himself.
The Dionysus Gods looked at Hellcard in surprise.
Hellcard was the size of an average human being.
As the former owner of the Demonic Realm's name was like a legend, the Dionysus Gods imagined Hellcard to have a different image.
The outer appearance of Hellcard was not much different from regular devils.
Dark skin and red eyes.
No, he looked so average that the Dionysus Gods would have believed it if he said he was just a regular devil.
"I'm curious to know why the dogs of Heaven woke me up."
Hellcard asked in a low voice while scanning the Dionysus Gods.
"The dogs of Heaven? How dare you…!"
One Dionysus God shouted with rage, but he was unable to continue.
Hellcard reached out his hand, and the Dionysus God who shouted with rage got pulled toward Hellcard's hand.
And then…
Grab!
Hellcard grabbed onto the Dionysus God's throat.
Hellcard's eyes were covered in grey scales, and a red fire was covering his entire body as if he was lava.
Hellcard unleashed incomparable presence and the desire to kill.
He no longer looked like just an ordinary devil.
Hellcard gave off a threatening presence that made it clear that he was completely different.
Even the other Dionysus Gods flinched and froze up without being able to step up.
"U-ugh!"
The Dionysus God wriggled around with dark sparks all over his body in the hands of Hellcard.
The Dionysus God in Hellcard's hand looked like he was in pain as if he was on
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the verge of extinction.
The blonde god watched with a stiffened face.
"If you don't let go, you'll be at work with Heaven. And I'm sure you know you're not as powerful as you once were."
Hellcard smiled and wiggled his tongue.
His long tongue stuck out of his lips and flailed around.
"Please understand that this isn't why we pulled you out of the seal."
It was a serious situation, but the blonde god kept his calm.
"You sure know how to talk since you're a maintenance guy."
Hellcard let go of the Dionysus God.
"Gasp…!"
As soon as Hellcard let go, the Dionysus God landed on his butt and grimaced in pain.
"Then tell me why you woke me up"
Hellcard looked at the blonde god with relaxed eyes.
"Do you know who the current owner of the Dmonic Realm is?"
The blonde god asked.
Hellcard retraced his memory and smirked.
"It's probably that weak bastard. Was his name Veld? I bet it's him. Who else could it be?"
The blonde god nodded.
"That's right, but Veld has gone extinct."
Hellcard's eyes were filled with interest.
"Who did it?"
"A human."
In response, Hellcard's eyes twitched.
"A mere human killed the owner of the Demonic Realm? No matter how weak he was, how could he get killed by a human? Do you expect me to believe that?"
"And that human is now the owner of the Demonic Realm."
Hellcard's already enraged eyes were filled with more rage.
The fact that a human was the owner of the Demonic Realm was enough to hurt his pride.
"But."
Hellcard stepped closer toward the blonde god.
"You look like you think you have me in the palm of your hands. The dogs of Heaven never know their place."
Despite him giving off a strong desire to kill, the blonde god wasn't fazed.
He maintained his face and looked Hellcard in the eyes with a smile.
"I'm simply here to make a deal with you. I'd rather not waste our energy on emotions. Gods like me are not interested in such things."
Hellcard looked at the blonde god and snickered.
"How interesting. So what do you want?"
"Get rid of the human who's currently the owner of the Demonic Realm."
"And what do I get out of it?"
"You will reign over the Demonic Realm once more."
"I'm pretty sure I can still do that without helping you since you lifted the seal."
"As I said before, you are much weaker than you were before. And even with the seal lifted, there's still a barrier around your body. That sign proves it."
The blonde god pointed at Hellcard's chest.
Hellcard looked down at his body.
The words of Heaven were written on his body like a tattoo.
"Heaven and the Demonic Realm must establish a balance. Just like how there must be darkness if there is light."
The blonde god wiped the smile off of his face and looked at Hellcard seriously as he continued, "We'll help you get your position back."
"It's hard to believe such a tempting offer. What is it that you're hiding?"
Hellcard asked while staring at the blonde god.
"Like I just said, it's for balance. It's also to avoid being played by a mere human."
Hellcard sighed.
"I can't believe a human defeated both Heaven and that Veld bastard. I'm at a loss for words."
"Will you accept our offer?"
"I'm curious. Where are humans from again?"
"Earth."
Hellcard nodded and laughed at the blonde god with suspicion.
"Wait… Does the great god know about this? That I woke up?"
"Of course."
"You sure are confident. It hurts my pride."
The leisure that the blonde god had maintained began to tumble down.
That was because Hellcard's eyes seemed suspicious.
A new sensation swept all over his body from head to toe.
A type of fear that he had never experienced before suffocated the blonde god.
Hellcard stared at the blonde god and Dionysus Gods with cold eyes and opened his lips.
"You know, you're really looking down on me. Especially you."
Hellcard pointed at the blonde god with his long finger.
"You think I'm that weak."
That was when the blonde god realized that the situation wasn't going the way he planned.
Zapppp!
A long sword with a black light appeared in Hellcard's hands.
Hellcard's red and scaley eyes wriggled, and powerful magic energy launched from Hellcard's sword and wriggled in the air.
The blonde god leaped back and ordered the Dionysus Gods to prepare for battle.
The Dionysus Gods, who were staring blankly, flinched and grabbed onto their weapons.
The light of Heaven gathered in all of the Dionysus Gods' hands.
"What? You expect me to do as you say if I don't want to be restrained by Heaven? You must pay for refusing to bow down at my feet."
Hellcard spoke in an emotionless voice and swung his black sword.
A large black magic square formed on the ground, and from it came dark magic energy in the form of a demon that charged toward the Dionysus Gods around him.
The Dionysus Gods attempted to use their godly abilities to block the demon's magic energy, but Hellcard's magic energy was more powerful than they imagined.
The magic energy penetrated through the Dionysus Gods' godly abilities and damaged their arms.
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The Dionysus Gods looked down at their arms with shocked faces.
Their arms were dying away.
The dark energy was stuck on them like cancer, and now that the Dionysus Gods were weak after having handed their power over to Veld, they were unable to fight back.
Upon seeing the Dionysus Gods groaning in pain and wobbling around, Hellcard tilted his head in confusion.
"Huh? Are you joking?"
Since Hellcard didn't know that the Dionysus Gods had given their power to Veld, he thought they were just joking around when they were unable to fight back.
But once Hellcard realized that they weren't fooling around, he laughed.
"Wow… I can't believe this."
As soon as Hellcard lifted his sword, the blonde god stepped up.
"What made you so confident to wake me up…"
Just as Hellcard continued, the blonde god launched a gold light.
A gold pattern was drawn underneath Hellcard's feet.
It was God's power that was different from a magic square, and that power wasn't something that the blonde god created himself.
The former great god had put up a barrier against Hellcard.
The former great god sealed him off so that he could never get out, and the blonde god was able to use his power to make that barrier even stronger.
Hellcard's smile faded, and he felt his body freeze up, and that feeling showed on his face.
Hellcard's face grimaced like a crushed can.
"You assholes…!"
Blacklight radiated from Hellcard's eyes, and a dark aura spread out from his body in all directions.
But that was simply Hellcard's existence and color, not any kind of strength.
Hellcard was unable to move, and he simply expressed his rage.
The blonde god knitted his brows at Hellcard.
"Even if lack of trust is a common characteristic in devils, how could you let your feelings get ahead of building trust so that we can effectively communicate?"
Hellcard ground his teeth and glared at the blonde god.
In response, the blonde god smiled.
"Do you accept our offer?"
The blonde god asked in a friendly tone.
"What if I don't?"
Hellcard asked back.
"Then you must return to your coffin," replied the blonde gold calmly.
Hellcard looked down at the words written on his body and snickered.
"I see why you were so confident. But…"
Hellcard, who hung his head, lifted his face back up and stared at the blonde god.
"You've got the wrong guy. I'll show you just how big of a mistake you've made."
Hellcard laughed.
Upon confirming that Hellcard had no intention to surrender, the blonde god had to seal him back up.
As soon as the blonde god gathered all of his godly abilities, Hellcard felt a great pressure on his entire body.
Just as the blonde god took out the seal of Heaven to use on Hellcard.
Hellcard wriggled his tongue and began to show changes in his body.
The blonde god looked at Hellcard with surprise.
Hellcard was shedding as if he was a snake, and then he shot up to the sky.
The blonde god looked up in Hellcard's direction with shocked eyes.
Something twinkled in the sky, and soon after, Hellcard fell back down on top of the blonde god's head with a sword in his hand.
The blonde god activated a tent to block Hellcard from attacking him, but Hellcard broke through it easily.
Hellcard opened his mouth to laugh and just before he tried to bite his shoulder.
Swoosh!
The blonde god as well as the Dionysus Gods disappeared into thin air.
Hellcard wriggled his long tongue. He scanned around to check that they were no longer down and then snickered.
Hellcard looked at his own coffin and the tombstone covered in chains and burst into laughter.
The emotions that Hellcard had inside of him rang through the land of the Demonic Realm in the form of laughter.
***
"Sir, it's time to eat."
Ho Sung Lee notified Min Sung that the food was ready.
Min Sung, who was deep in thought, put the weight behind him as soon as he heard that
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it was time to eat.
Once he got to the table, he smelled something spicy.
He salivated before he even sat down.
Min Sung sat down and looked at the dish that Ho Sung Lee prepared.
It was stir-fried small octopus.
The octopus as well as various vegetables floated on top of the broth, and the sesame seeds that were sprinkled on top made for a fantastic view.
Min Sung lifted his chopsticks and began his meal.
He started with the white rice followed by the onions and the main attraction, the octopus.
The sweet yet spicy sauce woke up his tastebuds, and he loved the chewy texture of the octopus.
As for the crispy onions, it was sweet and it got rid of the greasy flavor completely.
Min Sung immediately picked up a perilla leaf and placed rice, octopus, and pickled radish on top and put it into his mouth.
Om nom!
The pickled radish was refreshing, and the spicy octopus made his body heat up.
On top of the savory perilla leaf, the heat of the spice made him feel hot.
Spicy flavors had a way of getting rid of stress.
Min Sung enjoyed the spiciness and the texture of the octopus and focused on his meal.
The rice disappeared in no time, and so did the octopus.
Ho Sung Lee and Woong Jang's octopus dish was so delicious that no restaurant could beat it.
***
The blonde god and the Dionysus Gods returned to Heaven.
The blonde god's face grimaced with rage while the Dionysus Gods simply looked shocked.
"What do we do about this…?"
One Dionysus God asked with a blank face.
He spoke on behalf of all of the Dionysus Gods.
The blonde god was no longer able to smile or show a relaxed look on his face.
The Dionysus Gods felt like they were about to lose their minds.
The situation was not going the way they expected.
The Dionysus Gods believed that since Hellcard was restricted, they could utilize Hellcard to their advantage as long as they kept that barrier up.
But that belief was nothing but a misjudgment that turned into a tragedy.
Hellcard easily escaped the restriction.
Hellcard freed himself from the seal, and the fact that he was now free was dangerous beyond anyone's imagination.
"Hellcard will certainly kill all humans in the human world and reclaim his position as the owner of the Demonic Realm."
In response to one Dionysus God's remark, the blonde god looked up to stare at him, but the Dionysus God disregarded him and continued, "It's obvious that Hellcard will become the devil king once more. We must report the current situation to the great god and prepare a war against Hellcard."
In response, the other Dionysus Gods nodded in agreement, and all of their eyes were fixed on the blonde god.
The blonde god covered his face with his pale hand and sighed.
"We can't do that."
The Dionysus Gods all stared at the blonde god, unable to understand.
"Why not? Then are we just going to watch Hellcard reclaim the throne?"
One Dionysus God strongly opposed the blonde god.
The blonde god slowly removed his hand from his face and lifted his head.
"The great god didn't give us permission to lift Hellcard's seal."
The Dionysus Gods fell silent as if they were drenched with cold water.
"What do you…"
The blonde god answered, but the Dionysus Gods still couldn't understand reality.
"Even if the great god allowed it, if things took a different turn, that would mean we never had the great god's permission."
That was when the Dionysus Gods understood what the blonde god was saying.
If they succeeded, that meant that it was the great god's command, but if they failed, the responsibility would be on them.
The great god dodged responsibility.
What the blonde god was talking about was outside of the rules.
The blonde god let out a long sigh.
"That's not what's important. The point is, we failed."
"Then what do we do now?"
The Dionysus Gods stared at the blonde god in despair, and their shoulders trembled.
All of the Dionysus Gods felt it instinctively that they were unable to dodge the responsibility.
"If we have to take responsibility, I believe you, who maintains Heaven, should step up…"
One Dionysus God spoke up but trailed off, and the blonde god smirked.
"Do you really think I can take the fall for everything when you were also a part of entering the Demonic Realm and lifting the seal?"
The Dionysus Gods trembled.
"The great god will soon find out that we failed, and the rumor that Hellcard has woken once more will spread through Heaven. None of you will be able to dodge the responsibility."
The Dionysus Gods were unable to blink due to the shock.
It was clear that their future was over.
The blonde god looked around at the Dionysus Gods and slowly opened his mouth.
"… Since we failed, we will become traitors of Heaven, and we'll be used to fight in the war against the Demonic Realm, and that's how we'll go extinct. If that's not the case, there will be other ways. But what's for certain is that the worst is yet to come."
The blonde god smiled faintly and continued, "So…"
The Dionysus Gods looked back at the blonde god.
"Let's go over to the Demonic Realm. I'll convince Hellcard."
The blonde god offered the Dionysus Gods to be their fallen angel.
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The Dionysus Gods dropped their jaws with blank looks on their faces.
They were unable to process what they had just heard.
Following a silence, one Dionysus God stared at the blonde god with shaking eyes and a stiffened face.
"Are you serious about going over to the Demonic Realm?"
"Does it sound like a joke to you?"
The blonde god replied in a calm manner.
The Dionysus Gods endured the weight of the silence in the midst of the chaos.
Countless thoughts crossed the minds of the Dionysus Gods.
If they thought about it, the blonde god was offering the most realistic method.
Heaven had strict rules, and those who violated them had to take responsibility by enduring a long road of pain.
And what they did was wake the former devil king, Hellcard, and let him loose in the Demonic Realm.
The responsibility that would follow was heavy beyond words.
For that reason, the Dionysus Gods had to make a choice.
Whether they would take responsibility for their mistakes after having lost their power, or if they would go over to the Demonic Realm and walk a new path with Hellcard.
Upon seeing the Dionysus Gods contemplating, the blonde god continued to convince them, "The price we'd have to pay for this is beyond your imagination. It's possible we'll never be able to step into either Heaven or the Demonic Realm ever again."
The blonde god's words were enough to sway the hearts of the Dionysus Gods.
The Dionysus Gods of Heaven were also able to be tempted.
And when they surrendered to the temptation, they would become a fallen angel.
It was a simple process.
The blonde god waited in order to give the Dionysus Gods enough time to think.
As time passed, the Dionysus Gods would become more and more afraid, making them desperate to find a way out.
After all, one spark was enough to light a whole mountain on fire.
The blonde god smiled at the Dionysus Gods.
***
2 weeks passed.
It could be considered long or short, but the people felt that there was peace once more.
The people believed that the difficult times were over.
The dungeons disappeared, no monsters could be seen, and thanks to Min Sung, the Demonic Realm, which was threatening mankind, backed away.
Of course, trauma and fear still remained due to the monsters and the Demonic Realm, but it was true that it was peaceful now.
On top of that, since not a single citizen was hurt as a result of the devils' second attack, that meant a great deal.
For that reason, Min Sung was a precious being, and that was enough reason to deify and worship Min Sung.
"This is crazy. How many people are there?"
Ho Sung Lee smoked his cigarette as he shook his head at the sight that he saw afar from the rooftop.
Despite a long time having passed since the Demonic Realm attacked, countless people were kneeling beneath Min Sung's house and paying their respects.
It was a spectacle.
Ho Sung Lee looked away from the sight. He put out his cigarette and after washing his hands and gargling downstairs, he headed to the living room.
Min Sung was getting ready to go outside.
"Where are you going?"
Ho Sung Lee asked.
"I'm going to go out to eat for once," answered Min Sung as he fixed himself in the mirror.
Ho Sung Lee glanced out the window and looked back at Min Sung.
"That'll be tiring. Are you sure you'll be okay?"
"Why?"
Min Sung asked Ho Sung Lee.
"It's chaos out there. They're treating you like a god. There are countless people bowing for you out there. It won't be easy getting out."
Min Sung thought for a moment before finishing getting ready.
"That's not a good enough reason to not eat out"
Ho Sung Lee scoffed.
"That's true. Then I'll call Central Institute so that you can get there comfortably."
Ho Sung Lee took out his phone and made a call to Ji Yoo Kim.
***
Min Sung felt stuffy at home, so he decided to eat out.
Before leaving, Bowl and Repone had returned home from their treatments.
Bowl entered his pocket while Repone followed Min Sung around everywhere.
Only the free-spirited Ssol relaxed out in the yard.
Just like that, he left the house with Bowl, Repone, and Ho Sung Lee.
Once he got out onto the roads in his car, the
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Central Institute had already cleared the big crowd.
"What a relief. It looks like the citizens cooperated."
Min Sung stared out the window without a word.
Ho Sung Lee glanced over at Min Sung and continued driving.
The restaurant they were headed to had been decided since departure.
Min Sung said he wanted to eat eel, so Ho Sung Lee organized information regarding that dish, and they were now headed toward a famous restaurant.
"We're here."
Ho Sug Lee parked, and Min Sung got out of the car.
The restaurant they arrived at was an eel restaurant.
As soon as Min Sung entered the restaurant, the manager and employee greeted Min Sung in a nervous yet respectful manner.
They showed him to his seat and worried about his every single movement as they took care of him.
But Min Sung didn't care.
An employee approached Min Sung as he contemplated on what to eat.
They offered to prepare a plentiful meal only for him, but since a fancy meal didn't suit lunchtime, Min Sung decided to eat rice with eel instead.
The employees respected Min Sung's decision and began preparing his meal.
Meanwhile, Min Sung looked around the restaurant.
It was luxurious, clean, and resembled the atmosphere of Japan.
Min Sung then looked at Ho Sung Lee who was still standing behind him.
"Sit down. Let's eat together."
"Thank you."
Ho Sung Lee bowed. He ordered a rice dish and sat across from Min Sung.
Ho Sung Lee now behaved quite naturally around Min Sung.
It was neither lacking nor too much.
That was only possible because he now knew Min Sung better than anybody.
An employee brought over side dishes, and not long afterward, two orders of rice with eel came out.
Min Sung lifted his spoon and began his meal.
He picked up a spoonful of rice and eel and put it into his mouth.
Om nom.
The softness of the eel and the luxurious scent of eel entered his nose, and the sweet rice chewed deliciously between his teeth.
The eel melted inside his mouth.
And since it was rice with eel, there was no need for many side dishes.
Radish and cucumber, which cleansed the palate, was enough, and a warm soybean soup was perfect.
Min Sung enjoyed the soft and savory flavor of the eel as he finished his lunch.
By the time he wiped his mouth with a tissue, an employee brought him a cup of black tea.
When he sipped the reddish-black tea, he felt his body, heart, and even his mind warming up.
"Not bad," said Min Sung as he looked down at the black tea.
"Sir."
In response to Ho Sung Lee's calling, Min Sung lifted his head.
"Including Commander Ji Yoo Kim of Central Institute, many politicians in both Korea and abroad are doing whatever they can to meet you."
Min Sung drank his black tea and looked at Ho Sung Lee in confusion.
"I cut them all off because I didn't think you would be interested, but what do you think?"
"What's the reason?"
"Some are doing it for their own gain while others are doing it for national power or ambition."
Even though Min Sung hadn't been in the human world for long, he was still able to understand that much.
He knew about it, but it was true that he didn't want to deal with it.
For that reason, Ho Sung Lee expressed his opinion in a concerning manner.
"I feel like it's best to meet people and control them to some degree, no matter how much you don't want to."
"Why?"
"Because if you don't, they'll try to control you."
Min Sung laughed.
"Me?"
"It's possible."
"How?"
"Misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding?"
"'It might look like he was fighting for justice, but it was actually out of spite.' They could use the emotions of humans to cause a misunderstanding about you. That could make things more bothersome, and it could also cause your reputation to be tainted, and their fear could lead to chaos."
Min Sung knitted his brows, but Ho Sung Lee didn't flinch and continued to appeal his opinion, "If you don't set it straight yourself, the world will fall into chaos."
Min Sung stared into space as if he felt bothered and drank his black tea.
Min Sung put down his teacup and sighed.
"I understand what you're saying, but it's not over yet."
"… I'm sorry?"
Ho Sung Lee asked Min Sung with confused eyes.
He couldn't understand.
"If the owner of the Demonic Realm, Veld, had this much power before, he wouldn't have had a reason to back down when the devils attacked the human world the first time. That means the Dionysus Gods were involved this time."
Ho Sung Lee realized what he had forgotten.
Min Sung clicked his tongue.
"Dionysus Gods hold grudges, meaning they're surprisingly petty and cowardly."
Ho Sung Lee smiled bitterly in agreement.
"At this point, those bastards won't give up so easily."
"You might be right."
"So you do it."
"Pardon? Do what?"
"You do the work in my stead."
"Are you saying…"
"I said I'd put an end to this."
Ho Sung Lee stared at Min Sung blankly.
"Whether I talk to them, threaten them, or kill them… I have to end this once and for all. I can't keep getting dragged around."
"Then I'll…"
"You just said we have to set it straight, or the world will face chaos."
"… Yes."
"If there's a problem, solve the problem. That's the best thing to do."
Ho Sung Lee looked at Min Sung with respect and nodded.
"Yes, Sir."
Min Sung was about to take another sip of his black tea when he stopped himself.
"It's cold."
Min Sung stared down at his nearly empty cup of black tea. He put down the cup and opened his mouth.
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"If I don't come back…"
"Please don't say that. Seriously."
Ho Sung Lee grimaced as if he was truly annoyed.
"Sir, you're not thinking of telling me not to tell the world of your death as if you're Lee Soon Shin or something, are you?"
"That's not a bad idea."
Min Sung smiled bitterly.
Ho Sung Lee sighed loudly.
"Sir, why wouldn't you be able to come back to the human world. Is it because of the Dionysus Gods? Is that why?"
"Yes, and you never know with the future."
"Sir, since when were you so negative?"
"The worst-case scenario will happen sooner or later. I'm only alive right now because my mind's not a field of roses like yours."
Ho Sung Lee wiped his nose because he was speechless.
"But do you think I can do a good job?"
Min Sung looked at Ho Sung Lee as if he was pathetic.
Ho Sung Lee nodded.
"Okay. I know what you're about to say from your eyes."
"What do my eyes say?"
"You're telling me I'll do a good job."
"No, it's a little different. If you can't even do that, just die. I won't revive you again. Just die."
"I'll do my best," answered Ho Sung Lee in a respectful manner.
"Don't just do your best. Do a good job."
"Yes, Sir," answered Ho Sung Lee with cowering shoulders.
Before Hellcard woke from his seal, he made an effort to obtain information regarding the history up until this point as well as what happened recently.
Hellcard used his own powers to obtain that information, and he had already organized them inside his head.
And once Hellcard knew what had happened while he was away, he smiled bitterly.
Both Veld and the Dionysus Gods were stupid.
And thanks to that, he was put into a favorable position, and he wasn't mad about that.
The problem now was how he would act in the most favorable position.
While Hellcard thought carefully about what to do next, he opened his eyes after realizing that someone had trespassed into the Demonic Realm.
The movements felt familiar.
Hellcard didn't hide himself, and soon after, the Dionysus Gods appeared before him.
It was the fools that ran away not long ago.
Hellcard scoffed at the Dionysus Gods.
"Do you want to go extinct?"
Hellcard asked with a laugh.
The Dionysus Gods looked humiliated, but before they could react, the blonde god stepped up first.
"We came to you with the intent of becoming the fallen angels. We came with the intention to become your subordinates, so please take us in."
Hellcard laughed at the blonde god.
"Fallen angels…? I haven't heard that in a really long time."
The blonde god stayed silent and waited for Hellcard's response.
Meanwhile, Hellcard made calculations in his head regarding their offer, but it didn't require much thought.
Since the Demonic Realm was nearly going extinct, it would be more comfortable having subordinates, and they were quite capable volunteers.
Most importantly, he liked that it was very likely they wouldn't betray him.
Since not much would change even if they did betray him, he believed that filling in the vacant spots came first.
"Okay. Fine."
The Dionysus Gods looked surprised by his relatively easy acceptance, but the blonde god's face remained unchanged as if he had seen it coming.
That was what Hellcard hated about the blonde god.
He always seemed to be hiding something.
The one he had to keep an eye on was the blonde god.
"Hey, you."
Hellcard pointed at the blonde god with his finger.
In response, the blonde god put a hand on his chest and bowed his head slightly.
"What's your name?"
Hellcard asked.
"Please give me a new name in the Demonic Realm."
The blonde god calmly responded.
Hellcard stared at him before smirking.
"Rucifer. Your name is now Rucifer," replied Hellcard.
Upon receiving his new name, the blonde god went up to Hellcard and kissed his feet as a higher sign of respect.
"You know the customs of the Demonic Realm."
"That's because I've been intending to come under you for quite some time now."
Every one of his responses were so favorable that Hellcard
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felt suspicious of this man who was now named Rucifer.
"It looks like you came her because you're afraid of being abandoned by Heaven. Yet you're claiming that you've been meaning to serve me for a long time? If you don't want me to throw you down to Hell, you'd better not lie to me."
Hellcard spoke in a dreary voice.
The Dionysus Gods trembled at his voice alone.
That was because they saw with their own eyes just how powerful Hellcard was, but Rucifer was unshaken.
"I mean it. Whether you believe it or not, I will serve the owner of the Demonic Realm according to my own ways, and that will be the right path to follow."
Hellcard shook his head as if he gave up and clicked his tongue.
"The Demonic Realm is in ruins."
Hellcard said that to insult the Dionysus Gods and Rucifer, but the Dionysus Gods felt no insult from it, and Rucifer simply guarded Hellcard from the side.
"Rucifer."
"Yes, Former Devil King."
Hellcard felt bothered by the word 'former.'
"That human took the position of the devil king and took Veld's power, right?"
"That's correct."
"That damned human…"
Hellcard tapped on his own thigh and thought for a moment before glaring at Rucifer.
"And Heaven."
"…"
Rucifer didn't move nor did he give a response.
"Hey, Rucifer. What do you think we should do about it?"
Hellcard asked.
"First, we must get rid of the human who took your position and bring the Demonic Realm back on its feet."
"That's right. The reason why the Demonic Realm is weak is because of that damned human."
Hellcard clicked his tongue before glaring his eyes.
"Then let's get rid of that human first. We'll break him one step at a time. How simple."
Hellcard snickered.
"But."
Hellcard stopped laughing and stared at Rucifer.
"I'm still not sure about your loyalty."
"What do I have to do to make you believe me?"
"Heaven has a rule of not interfering with the human world."
"…"
"So you kill him. That human."
Silence fell among them.
The Dionysus Gods looked at each other.
In the midst of the awkwardness, the blonde god, who was now Rucifer, remained unshaken.
"Yes, Master."
Hellcard looked at Rucifer's obedience and smiled.
At that moment…
Boom!
A powerful impact shook Hellcard's entire body.
Rucifer as well as the Dionysus Gods also felt it.
That meant a new presence had entered the Demonic Realm.
Hellcard realized who it was and snickered.
"I guess there's no need to go to the human world. It's time for you to prove your loyalty, Rucifer."
Rucifer smiled in the western direction.
"You will become the owner of the Demonic Realm once more, former Devil King."
"Good. Don't disappoint me."
A light flashed from Rucifer's body as he disappeared in the western direction.
After that, the Dionysus Gods stood up straight and minded Hellcard's every move.
Hellcard looked at the Dionysus Gods and clicked his tongue.
"You definitely don't act the part of so-called Dionysus Gods."
"…"
Hellcard got up.
"I'd better fix you right up."
The Dionysus Gods lifted their heads and stared at Hellcard in surprise.
A dark light flowed out of Hellcard's finger, and once it fell onto the ground in the form of liquid, it spread throughout the land of the Demonic Realm.
And the dark ground began to suck the Dionysus Gods down as if it was a marsh.
"Gasp…?!"
"Gasp!"
"Gasp!"
The Dionysus Gods wriggled around, but they were unable to escape the marsh.
Hellcard snickered at the Dionysus Gods.
"I'm not going to kill you. I'm just making you stronger, so don't resist. Just accept my strength. You'll be reborn as a true devil army," Hellcard explained with goggling eyes.
"Aghhhhhh!"
The Dionysus Gods screamed in pain as they got sucked into the dark liquid.
Then, the Dionysus Gods' bodies slowly turned black, and their eyes turned red.
Hellcard was turning the Dionysus Gods of Heaven into what looked like monsters.
And that was one of the top skills that the former devil king, Hellcard possessed.
Min Sung walked across the Demonic Realm and pulled out his Gungnir S.
With the cold Gungnir S in his hand, Min Sung looked in the eastern direction.
He felt something coming toward him.
He wouldn't have been able to notice it before, but upon receiving Veld's power, which originally came from the Dionysus Gods, he could sense it himself that he was much more powerful than before.
And whoever was approaching him didn't feel weak either.
He had quite the ability.
'Who is it?'
Veld had died, and not a single devil could cross over through the gates back to the Demonic Realm.
In that case, the only powerful presence that he could think of was them—the Dionysus Gods.
If it wasn't the Dionysus Gods, that meant that there was someone else who was hidden, and Min Sung's prediction was correct.
Whoosh!
The person who appeared in front of him had blonde hair with white light radiating from his body, and his name was Rucifer.
Min Sung knitted his brows at Rucifer.
He looked like a Dionysus God on the outside, but he sensed a powerful dark magic flowing through him.
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Min Sung thought Rucifer seemed familiar, and it was only a moment later that he realized who he was.
He was the blonde man that harassed him in his dreams.
"Why is the owner of Heaven giving off magic energy like this?"
Min Sung asked Rucifer.
"Because I abandoned Heaven and chose the Demonic Realm."
Rucifer's answer was simple.
Min Sung couldn't understand.
He was currently the devil king of the Demonic Realm.
But Rucifer abandoned Heaven and chose the Demonic Realm? On top of that, he was giving off magic energy and the energy he gave off was quite hostile.
Min Sung was certain that something was going on that he didn't know about.
"I'm curious to know the reason."
He didn't ask with much anticipation, but Rucifer willingly answered him in a friendly manner.
"I unleashed the former owner of the Demonic Realm, Hellcard from his seal. I'm thinking of making him into the owner of the Demonic Realm and rewrite history."
"Rewrite history?"
"Rule over Heaven. Oh, and the human world, too," responded Rucifer with a smile.
"Did you come over to the Demonic Realm because Hellcard is strong? Or were you abandoned by Heaven?"
Min Sung's question was out of curiosity as well as the intent to provoke him.
As soon as Rucifer clapped his hands, thunder and lightning went off before a window of light appeared on his hands.
In the window that Rucifer grasped, a powerful energy with great magic energy wavered.
"Gods also have fates. And me, Rucifer, also has a fate. And that is to take over the entire universe. That is my fate."
Rucifer smiled with sparkling eyes.
His smile was filled with greedy ambition.
Min Sung smiled bitterly at Rucifer.
"I'm just surprised that the gods are crueler than humans."
Rucifer sighed at Min Sung.
"Seeing your face makes it hard for me to not tell you the truth."
The mention of the truth made Min Sung look at Rucifer with a stiffened face.
Rucifer smiled at Min Sung.
"Aren't you curious to find out why you ended up in the Demonic Realm, why you spent all that time there, and why you returned to the human world?"
Min Sung's eyes widened.
His dilated pupils contained the reflection of Rucifer.
"What… are you talking about?"
Min Sung asked with a raging voice.
Rucifer snickered like a little kid.
"You really don't know?"
His eyes and lips bent into a smile.
His smile felt disgusting.
He felt sickened by it.
Kaboom!
A powerful magic energy exploded in all directions from Min Sung's body.
"Tell me," Min Sung threatened.
Rucifer, who was snickering, stopped laughing and nodded.
"It was all a part of my plan, but you knew that much, right?"
Min Sung ground his teeth.
Rucifer continued, "You coming to the Demonic Realm, and you going back to the human world was all a part of my plan. But you killing Veld without my help wasn't a part of it. But I'll commend you for it. Thanks to you, I had a good excuse to wake up Hellcard from his seal."
Rucifer laughed and continued, "In order to escape the great god and take over the universe, I set up a plan. And in that process, I needed someone. And you were much more useful than I expected."
"…"
"Thanks to you, I was able to prepare without being suspected by the great god. It's all thanks to you. All of this."
Rucifer smiled out of gratitude, and Min Sung wanted to rip his face off.
The thought of his painful 100 years all having been a part of Rucifer's plan made Min Sung's blood boil.
"It's time to prepare for war. You're no longer useful to me… So that means it's time you disappear."
Min Sung glared at Rucifer with the desire to kill.
Rucifer saw Min Sung's eyes and snickered.
"Didn't you hear me? You're useless now, so I'm going to throw you away now as a card. You're not thinking of fighting back when you're a mere object to me, are you? You can't beat me. You're nothing but an object that I used."
Min Sung glared at Rucifer and showed a crooked smile.
"You're acting like you're all that when you're just a lowly devil."
In response to Min Sung's remark, Rucifer's smile faded away.
"I'm a little
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sad to throw away the object I've been using though."
Rucifer's eyes lit up coldly.
"It's time to send you away."
Rumble!
While Min Sung and Rucifer faced off, the ground of the Demonic Realm shook like an earthquake.
Min Sung stared at Rucifer and put powerful magic energy into his Gungnir S.
Min Sung's Gungnir S wriggled as if it was dying to fight.
"The reason why you were so powerful despite being a mere human was all because of me, and it's up to me to take it all back…"
"You talk too much."
Min Sung refused to wait any longer and let go of his Gungnir S.
The Gungnir S spilled magic energy as it flew over toward Rucifer.
Upon seeing the Gungnir S flying through the air, Rucifer laughed out of ridicule.
Rucifer didn't use his own sword.
He then used his left hand to grab the Gungnir S that flew toward him.
Zapppppp!
The dark lightning zapped through Rucifer's left arm, but Rucifer smiled as if it had no impact.
"Is that it? I thought this was your best ability."
Min Sung clenched his teeth and controlled his magic energy.
The Gungnir S tried to wriggle out, but Rucifer's grasp was so tight that it was unable to escape.
"This is the Demonic Realm. Did you think you could use anything materialistic to defeat me?"
Rucifer's voice rang like thunder, but Min Sung didn't back down and charged toward him.
After that, he threw his fist.
The force charged with magic energy flew toward Rucifer.
Powwww!
The sound of the air being impacted could be heard, but Rucifer was simply pushed back.
Rucifer snickered and disappeared from Min Sung's sight.
And once he reappeared on top of Min Sung's head, Rucifer stabbed down the Gungnir S in his hands upon Min Sung's head.
But Min Sung reacted calmly.
He dodged Rucifer's attack. He grabbed onto his Gunngir S and pushed Rucifer back.
Despite having returned the Gungnir S back to Min Sung, his face still looked full of leisure.
He looked as if he believed he was playing around with Min Sung.
"I know you don't want to accept it, but this is your limit. It might be painful, but you must accept that you can't go up any higher from here."
Rucifer swung his sword of light.
Flash!
Kabooom!
A lightning more powerful than that of Min Sung charged toward Min Sung.
Since he sensed that substantial power was charging his way, Min Sung immediately used his counter barrier ability.
The reflected force headed back in Rucifer's direction.
But Rucifer must have predicted it because he teleported behind Min Sung.
"You're so pathetic."
Rucifer stabbed Min Sung with his sword of light.
"Ugh…"
Min Sung spat out blood.
Despair filled his head, and Min Sung immediately felt his body grow heavy.
Slash!
Rucifer took out the sword of light back from Min Sung's back.
Min Sung wobbled around before plopping down on his knees.
He tried to get back up, but he had no strength in his legs.
Min Sung stabbed his Gungnir S into the ground and turned around toward Rucifer.
Rucifer looked down at Min Sung who was on his knees and smiled.
"I had a fun time thanks to you. I had fun watching you suffer in pain in the Demonic Realm, and when I saw you kill the devils and being happy when you returned to the human world, I had fun watching. I've always been watching you."
Rucifer smiled.
Min Sung continued to spit out blood, but he kept his eyes on Rucifer.
Rucifer looked at Min Sung and burst into laughter.
"How do you feel? How does it feel to surrender after winning time and time again? How does it feel to know that all of your wins were because of me? Can you accept that reality?"
Min Sung clenched down on his teeth and charged toward Rucifer with his Gungnir S.
The dark magic energy pierced through the ground, and it flew over to Rucifer.
Upon seeing that, Rucifer opened his eyes wide, but he scoffed at the same time.
Rucifer swung his sword of light and made Min Sung's magic energy disappear into thin air.
The magic energy faded away like fog, but the Gungnir S pierced through it head-on.
And Rucifer turned his head to dodge it.
As a result, the Gungnir S slid past Rucifer's face.
Rucifer then stepped his sword of light into Min Sung's chest.
Slash!
Min Sung dropped his jaw, and large amounts of blood gushed out.
Rucifer snickered and let go of his sword of light.
With the sword of light in his chest, Min Sung walked backward and landed on his butt.
Blood continued to pour out of Min Sung's open mouth.
Rucifer was too powerful for him to handle.
He wasn't someone he could defeat with mindset alone.
The difference was like the ground and the sky.
"Just be honored that I used you. No need to feel wronged. You came up fairly high for a mere human. So you should have no regrets, right?"
Rucifer walked over. He looked down at Min Sung and spoke in a friendly voice.
Min Sung's eyes began to fade away.
He was losing sight.
Rucifer took out his sword of light.
As a result, Min Sung's body shook.
Rucifer looked down at Min Sung and grinned.
"It's been fun, my muse."
Just before Rucifer lowered his sword of light…
The dark sky of the Demonic Realm flashed with white light.
Rucifer looked up at the sky with a startled face.
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The sky flashed with thunder without stop.
Rucifer looked up at the sky with anxious eyes.
It was an instinctive reaction.
Even Rucifer, who feared no one, trembled.
Kaboom, boom!
Thunder continuously rang from the sky.
That thunder was weaker than that of Rucifer's sword of light, but Rucifer could sense that thunder from the sky had something majestic about it.
"N-no way. There's no way…"
Rucifer looked up at the sky and mumbled.
Kaboom!
Along with a powerful sound, the lightning from the sky struck Min Sung, who was nearly dead.
Rucifer stared at Min Sung with shaking eyes.
Min Sung's body was completely wrapped in flashing white light.
When Rucifer saw that, he gulped.
The wounds all over Min Sung's body healed in no time, and then Min Sung's eyes found focus again.
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Rucifer watched Min Sung, at a loss for words.
Min Sung slowly got up.
As for Rucifer, he watched Min Sung while frozen still.
He didn't sense the magic energy that he felt from Min Sung until now.
But instead, a new type of energy was surrounding his entire body.
Rucifer's mind, which was filled with dark ambition, was now completely white with emptiness.
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Hellcard looked up at the sky of the Demonic Realm and knitted his brows.
At first, he thought it was the aftermath of Rucifer and the human's fight or just a natural phenomenon, but he started to get a strange feeling.
A sense from a memory a long time ago told him what the sky was telling him.
And as soon as he realized the truth, Hellcard sprung up immediately.
"… The great god?" Hellcard looked up at the thundering sky and mumbled to himself.
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Min Sung looked over his own body.
His body was bright with white light.
He almost looked like a lamp, but that mysterious symptom soon disappeared.
Min Sung looked at Rucifer in front of him.
He appeared to be very afraid.
"There's no way. Even if I'm in the Demonic Realm now, there's no way he made that choice. There's no way he chose a mere human over me!"
Rucifer shouted.
Min Sung was unable to understand what Rucifer was talking about, and he was also unable to understand how his wounds could heal so flawlessly.
And that wasn't all.
He sensed something strange.
He could feel that he was different from before, but it was hard to recognize to what extent.
When Rucifer unleashed the desire to kill, wings of light spread out from his back.
And despite him unleashing lethal energy that was strong enough to rot the ground, Min Sung strangely didn't feel uncomfortable by it.
While he wondered, 'What's going on?' Rucifer gripped onto his sword of light.
When he did, dozens of rays of magic energy formed from his sword.
It almost looked like dozens of abilities floating in the air.
Min Sung watched the magic energy with calm eyes.
Rucifer swung his sword of light, and dozens of his magic energy charged toward Min Sung like heavy rain.
Min Sung moved swiftly, dodging every single one of Rucifer's magic energy.
Upon seeing that Min Sung had dodged them all, Rucifer's eyes stiffened even further.
"How could the great god choose a mere human like you?"
Rucifer shouted.
That was when Min Sung realized what was happening.
The great god had given his powers to him.
There were specific powers as well, but since the strength of God was a part of it as well, Min Sung's current combat ability was beyond that of what he could handle.
That was also why he recovered so quickly and felt like Rucifer was no longer a threat.
"I was going to make the position of the great god mine. I'll kill you and become the owner of creation."
Rucifer stared at Min Sung with smiling eyes that wriggled with ambition as he gathered his magic energy.
In Min Sung's eyes, the way Rucifer was swallowed whole by greed simply looked pathetic.
Rucifer, who was once so strong that he didn't stand a
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chance, was now no different from all of the other weak opponents he had defeated.
"Die, human."
Rucifer glared at Min Sung with red eyes and swung his sword of light.
As a result of the light from the sword that he swung upward, the ground of the Demonic Realm split into two as the white light and magic energy mixed together.
And that great power formed the shape of a wave and charged toward Min Sung.
But Min Sung walked toward it with no intention to dodge it.
As soon as Min Sung held up his left palm, Rucifer's magic energy collided with the light that launched from Min Sung's hand.
Crashhhhh!
It cracked like glass.
Rucifer dropped his jaw and stared at Min Sung blankly as if he couldn't believe it.
Min Sung stopped walking forward, and when he let go of his Gungnir S, it disappeared into thin air.
Min Sung stared in the direction that his Gungnir S disappeared.
The reason why he got rid of his Gungnir S was because he no longer needed it.
The great god's power was beyond his imagination.
He slowly turned his head and looked at Rucifer.
Rucifer's face contained many different emotions, and his grimace was unsightly.
He couldn't help but laugh.
Min Sung had seen situations where it seemed like something was going to come true, but it failed at the last minute.
It happened to him before, and it was happening to Rucifer now.
The despair of Rucifer, who fooled around with his life, was all too sweet.
He didn't want to end it easily.
"How dare you stare at me like that when you're nothing but a mere human?"
Rucifer roared with rage.
The loud shouting rang in all directions, but it only sounded like music to Min Sung's ears.
Min Sung flicked his finger at Rucifer.
He was challenging him to bring it on.
Rucifer gathered his magic energy in order to pour it all upon Min Sung.
Magic energy the size of a small building gathered in Rucifer's sword of light.
And that light energy charged toward Min Sung at an explosive speed.
But Min Sung swiftly dodged it and moved in from Rucifer's left side.
Rucifer flinched and swung his sword of light, but Rucifer was unable to keep up with Min Sung's speed.
Min Sung easily dodged his swing and swung a punch into Rucifer's gut.
Pow!
As a result of the impact, fragments chipped away from Rucifer's backside as if it was a god's way of bleeding.
Min Sung watched with fascination before grabbing Rucifer by the throat.
Rucifer was unable to handle the great pain and simply wriggled around.
Min Sung threw Rucifer onto the ground.
Rucifer rolled on the ground of the Demonic Realm and was covered in dirt.
While Rucifer rushed to get back up, Min Sung walked toward him.
As soon as Rucifer saw Min Sung approaching, he rubbed his neck and stepped back.
Just as his eyes widened, Min Sung's fist came in.
Rucifer was unable to dodge it or block it.
Min Sung's speed was too fast to handle.
Min Sung punched Rucifer in the chest.
Along with an explosive sound, more fragments chipped away, and Rucifer floated in the air before plopping down on the ground.
Rucifer grabbed onto his chest and wriggled on the ground.
Min Sung lifted his fist and looked at it.
He couldn't see any particular powerful magic energy.
That was also proof that he had reached a level of ultimate superiority.
When he looked back at Rucifer, he was standing awkwardly.
It appeared that he still had the intention to fight.
Min Sung smiled.
"You're too slow."
"Aaaaaaaah!"
Rucifer flipped his head back and screamed.
His explosive magic energy caused the land dozens of kilometers away to crack, but that was nothing but an act of vain.
Rucifer leaped off of the ground and charged toward Min Sung.
He swung his sword of light.
He was too slow.
It was almost as if Rucifer was a little child.
Min Sung dodged his sword of light while grabbing Rucifer's shoulder with his right hand and grabbing his white wings with his left.
He then ripped one of the wings off.
Crack!
"Aaaaaaaagh!"
Rucifer screamed and dropped to his knees.
Min Sung threw the wing away and looked at his own hands.
There was black blood on his hands.
'Do gods have blood?'
Min Sung tilted his head and then looked at where the wing was connected.
Large amounts of blood were dripping from it onto the ground of the Demonic Realm.
Rucifer cried and groaned in pain.
"Hey, are you crying?" Min Sung asked Rucifer.
Rucifer lifted his head.
Min Sung couldn't believe it.
Rucifer's eyes were filled with tears.
"I'm sorry… Please don't kill me…"
What Rucifer was saying was enough to give him the chills.
He never imagined that Rucifer would surrender in such a way, but he also understood why he would be so fearful of going extinct since he had great ambition.
And humans were no different.
Min Sung knitted his brows at Rucifer, who was covered in blood with one wing missing.
"Gods… resemble humans too much."