The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 57



56. The Master Protected Something Precious

“You’re persistent.”

The second leader of the Demon King’s Army, Ahudias, spoke with sincerity. The human before his eyes was too persistent.

“Coolook!”

The absolute power that destroys life force, magic energy

The black arrows that had gathered from it hit him twice in the abdomen and once in the thigh.

It was the result of an effort to somehow protect what needed to be protected.

‘I never thought I’d waste this much time fighting a human who couldn’t even climb over a wall.’

Even though I couldn’t use my strength properly due to restrictions, I never imagined that I would be held back like this by a human who couldn’t even overcome a wall.

“Please, just die.”

He created a black arrow, thinking that this would be the last, and fired it at the human man guarding the dying dragon egg.

Chae-Ang!

But it’s not over.

“… Not yet. Cool!”

Even though her vitality was rapidly decreasing due to the arrow made of magic, Jade did not give up and swung her sword to strike. She could not give up. No matter what happened, she would protect what she wanted to protect. Isn’t that the natural thing for a guardian?

“I don’t understand. Since that arrow has struck you, there is nothing you can do but die. So why don’t you give up? Why do you keep holding your sword and blocking my path?”

‘The Demon of Ridicule’ That was the name given to him because he was a demon who enjoyed laughing at those who were struggling in vain. However, he could not laugh at the human in front of him, even though he was struggling in vain. Even in that state, even though death was definitely approaching, the man’s eyes were not filled with despair at all.

Those who are making a futile struggle know better than anyone else that they are making a futile struggle. That is why those two eyes should have been filled with despair. But that man is different. Even though he clearly knows that he is making a futile struggle, his eyes do not die at all. Even though his body is clearly headed toward death, his eyes are not swept away or caught up in it in the least.

It was still brilliant.

Faced with those dazzling eyes, the ‘Demon of Ridicule’ could not bear to ridicule.

rather

‘Those eyes seem to be laughing at me.’

I feel dirty.

He couldn’t help but feel very dirty because he couldn’t bring despair to a human who couldn’t even climb over a wall, and he couldn’t even break that gaze. It felt like his pride as a demon was wavering.

To him like that

Jade said.

“A mercenary is… always living with death by his side… .”

Take up the sword.

There was no more strength left to draw out the ‘mana of nature’.

But the man does not give in.

He has something to protect.

It’s not like I’m risking my life for a few pennies.

There is something that must be protected, so we carry a sword to protect it.

There is no need to think deeply about which is heavier: carrying money or carrying life.

Therefore, the man does not fall.

Can’t fall down.

“The fear of death… I broke it a long time ago.”

I’m not afraid of dying.

What is truly frightening is dying without being able to protect what you really need to protect.

So I can’t give up. I can’t die.

Just a little more… Just hold on a little longer.

If you just hold on a little longer… .

Mr. Las… .

I’ll come… .

Leah… .

dump!

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“… It’s finally over.”

Ahudías couldn’t laugh. In the end, he couldn’t shake off those brilliant eyes until the very end. It was a victory that was truly a victory, but it was a victory that left him with nothing but a sense of defeat. That’s because the ‘Devil of Ridicule’ couldn’t laugh.

“The inferior race is so inferior that it is not surprising that they can do anything. What a good lesson you have learned, nameless human.”

It was at that moment that I was thinking about moving to retrieve the dragon egg.

Kuung!

Creepy!

The second stone, Ahudiyas, instantly thought of the Demon King. An absolute presence, a truth that you should not dare to rebel the moment you see it, a vast yet distant gap that makes you realize the truth… . You can only know it by being close, you can only realize it by breathing… . Its very existence is literally on a different level… .

The second seat of the Demon King’s Army, Ahudias, felt such an absolute gap.

It’s not even the Demon King’s castle in the Demon World where the Demon King resides… .

In this human world.

That’s impossible.

This should not happen.

But in a situation where his body was trembling, denying it by saying ‘this can’t be happening’ every day didn’t change anything.

Fujik!

Knock! Knock!

The pitch-black blood of the demons pollutes the soil of the human world.

It did not bring despair to humans.

I felt fear from a being that wasn’t even the Demon King.

When his pride was shattered not once but twice, Ahudias could not just sit back and do nothing. Even with blood flowing from his mouth, he tried to regain his senses somehow, and thanks to that, he was able to regain some of his senses.

Only then could I see it.

‘Dragon… .’

There was a dragon right in front of him. To be more precise, it was a hatchling, a dragon baby.

At first glance, it didn’t look like a hatchling. It had a human form. It was probably transformed into a human form using the polymorph magic it already knew, as it was cared for by humans.

Ahudias was able to immediately spot the hatchling, who had the appearance of a silver-haired human girl.

“Nice to meet you….”

“Shut up.”

“Ugh!”

“Kneel down.”

Kookoookooow!

Dragon’s words

The absolute power of the dragon

It was hatchlings who did it.

A hatchling that has just hatched from its egg.

‘… This is ridiculous!’

Even if he couldn’t use his strength due to restrictions, he was still the second-ranked, a mid-level demon that no one could reach. He was unable to open his mouth and was forced to kneel down because of the poorly-formed verb that Hatchling used? It couldn’t happen. It shouldn’t happen.

But that didn’t change reality.

‘This is no ordinary hatchling!’

Even though a lion’s cub is still a lion, that was beyond the limit. Even though it was born as a perfect being, it was on a different level from an ordinary cub, but it wasn’t to this extent.

There is only one thing I can think of

The hatchling in front of you is on a different level from the normal hatchling.

The hatchling paid no attention to the demon in front of him and only showed interest in the fallen human.

“You’ll be fine soon.”

Ahudias couldn’t help but laugh at that sight. The thing that destroyed that human’s life force was magic. And it was the concentrated magic of a pure demon, so the life force destroyed by it would have been impossible even if the saint whom humans praised so much had come.

That human’s ending has already been decided.

The moment he sacrificed his body to protect the dragon egg without avoiding the black arrow, everything was decided at that moment.

That is why Ahudias was ridiculed even though he was in the very form of submission by the verb. He was able to enjoy watching in real time, right before his eyes, the moment when such a great being was doing meaningless things and becoming filled with despair. For the ‘Devil of Ridicule’, it was the best moment, the best gift.

“Get well soon.”

It makes no sense.

No matter how great the dragon is known to be, Magi is absolutely not a fundamentally destructive force… .

At that moment

The demon couldn’t help but doubt his own eyes.

‘What? What is that light?! How can a dragon’s magic be pure white?!!’

Human lifespan is short, and the knowledge preservation organs are also short. However, the Demons were a long-lived race, and they had endured for a long time with the desire to rule the human world someday. Naturally, they had preserved all kinds of information about the human world for as long as possible. That is why they still preserved their knowledge of dragons. That is why Ahudias knew.

The color of a dragon’s magic power is different depending on the source of the dragon. A red dragon has a red light like a flame, a blue dragon has a blue light like waves, and a black dragon has a pitch-black color like darkness. In this way, the color and properties of the magic power also differ depending on the dragon’s source.

but

Not even once

With a pure white color

The white dragon has never existed in this world.

The white dragon that had never been born before was born as the last dragon.

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Originally, Dragon Alea should have been born as a red dragon, just like Sera had been in many of her previous experiences. However, the fluttering of a butterfly’s wings intervened. It was because of the god of wandering, Wolford, and the saintess of wandering, Stella.

The divine power left behind by the two gods and the saintess worked to make Rhea, who should have been born as a red dragon, be born as an unprecedented white dragon. However, it could be seen as a stroke of luck for Rhea herself and Jade.

“Get well soon.”

The pure white magic instantly annihilated the pitch black magic that was almost completely draining Jade’s life force. In addition, the pure white magic instantly reversed Jade’s body that was on the verge of death.

“Coolook! Huh! Huh! Haa… .”

His complexion, which had been pitch black due to the rotten blood he had vomited out due to the magic, instantly returned to its original state.

“Phew.”

Leah, who had the appearance of a human girl with silver hair and amethyst eyes, let out a sigh. Although she was indeed adorable and cute, her immense presence made it impossible to simply feel cute. At least in the eyes of the Demon King’s Army’s second-ranking member, Ahudias, she was a nightmare in itself.

“Ma. That’s ridiculous… How could… .”

“Is it your turn now?”

The second leader of the Demon King’s Army, Ahudias, became anxious. He had to return to the Demon World somehow. He had to return to the Demon World and inform them. He had to inform them that there was a being in the human world that was more dangerous than the Celestials.

So, somehow, I made an opening and escaped… .

“Die.”

“Kueeeeek!”

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Ahudias vomited out the pitch-black blood of the demon race. He was vomiting blood like crazy, as if he was vomiting out all the blood flowing in his body.

“Coolook! Coolook!”

But Ahudias did not die. This is because the concept of death does not exist among the demons. Therefore, the dragon words only brought pain close to death to Ahudias. However, if you ask if Ahudias was not suffering, it was not. He did not literally die, but rather was struck by a terrible, hellish pain that was so terrible that he would die.

but

Hell is

It was just the beginning.

“Die”

Because the dragon’s wrath was still burning.

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The second seat of the Demon King’s Army, Ahudias, has lost the ability to smile. Even though he is the ‘Demon of Ridicule’. To that extent, he has been destroyed, destroyed, and destroyed.

“Please….”

“Die 10 times.”

“Kuaaahh …

I want to die.

A demon who did not know the concept of death could not help but think that he truly wanted to die.

‘Just destroy me! Please!’

Instead, the Demons had the concept of annihilation. The Demons had a core that was the source of their existence, and if they destroyed it, they would be annihilated. Therefore, if that hatchling Leah had spoken in her tongue, saying, “Destroy the Demons’ core,” Ahudias could have been annihilated.

But Leah didn’t do that.

That’s because if I ended it like that, my anger wouldn’t subside at all.

If a tiny ant suddenly bit a child’s arm, would the child just sit there and do nothing? Of course, the child would wave his hand.

But the demon in front of him dared to touch his father. If he had been even a little bit late, he could have really lost his father. When the child of that dragon saw it, even though he was a child, would the hatchling Rhea, who was fundamentally a perfect being, just let that demon go?

Of course that can’t be the case.

“Die 100 times.”

“Jebaaal!!!!!!!!!!”

Ahudías had nothing left in his mind. Only the despair of not wanting to live dominated everything. He wanted to die. He wanted to disappear. Please… make me disappear. Please… make me disappear.

To him like that

The absolute being has sentenced.

“Die 1,000 times.”