The Hero Who Returned From Death Quits - Chapter 213



EP10. The Falling Twilight

I looked at the being in front of me. The Demon King showed no sign of panic even though he was surrounded.

… I did feel a little disappointed. If the enemy had shown a confused appearance, it would have been easier to exploit the gap. However, common sense tells me that it would not be easy for an opponent of the Demon King to show a confused appearance, so it was only a little disappointing, but it was not much different from what I thought.

As soon as the Demon King saw me and my allies, he looked around as if he was looking for something. What could he be looking for? I thought about that for a moment, but quickly dismissed it. I didn’t care about that kind of thing.

The Demon King seemed to be planning to attack head-on. In fact, it wasn’t impossible to predict. He probably thought it would be better to confront them head-on than to sit still and protest. His way of thinking seemed similar to mine.

But the crucial difference in mindset is that he is a natural born strongman, while I have already experienced countless defeats.

I have never been strong enough to think I was strong enough, so I don’t know. I have never been so confident in my own abilities that I thought I could turn the tide of a battle purely with my own strength, so I don’t know what it feels like.

That’s why I’m so jealous.

In this fucking and unreasonable world, I am angry and screaming silently inside without meaning.

Yes. Perhaps he was confident that he could use his own strength to break through this vast army. Since he was confident, he would confront them head-on. That’s what I thought.

At first glance, it seemed like I was similar to him in taking a gamble when he was in a disadvantageous situation, but in the end, the fundamental method he chose was completely different from mine. If I had been in that situation, I would have given up and retreated, or rather, abandoned the castle and moved in the direction of burning the other castle to the ground. However, the enemy chose to fight head-on even when he was surrounded.

If we only look at the power, the enemy may not be pushed back that much. In terms of manpower, they are far behind our forces, but the Demon King was originally like that. He was a being that could change the balance of power with just one.

But what does that mean? Even if the Demon King is strong, it’s useless if he can’t use his power to its fullest.

I turned my eyes to look at Saint and Beatrice. They both nodded.

If the Demon King could run wild on his own and change the balance of power, then we had to make sure he couldn’t do that. Yes, those two had to tie up the Demon King’s hands.

From the beginning, there was no intention of dealing with the Demon King. The only goal was to tie up the Demon King’s ankles. By doing so, the Demon King could only watch as the power gap clearly tilted toward his side.

Saint and Beatrice are strong. However, no matter how strong they are, they cannot hope to win against the Demon King. The difference in strength was so great that it could be said, dare I say.

However, it is possible to endure. In the first place, miracles that are manifested through divine power are abilities specialized for defense rather than offense, and the inspector is better than anyone else in the same level at protecting himself.

That’s why I believed in Saint and Beatrice. No, I had no choice but to believe in them. There was no other way.

“Okay, then let’s go!”

Finally, the clashes began, and fighting broke out in the capital.

…

Demon King Laplace frowned. Surely, among those rushing at him, there must be one who gave him such a hard time.

That means he must have thought carefully about how to restrain and tie himself down. Laplace licked his lips as he thought about that.

He was confident. He was confident that he could win no matter who his opponent was, as long as they were weaker than him. However, he was not arrogant. He was just looking forward. He was looking forward to what the leaders of those people who had made him suffer so many times would do to stop him.

He laughed as he thought that, but as soon as he realized the truth, he burst out laughing.

‘Even in a battle where I absolutely must not lose, I am having such foolish thoughts. Am I also a demon?’

Although there are differences between clans, the basic idea is that the demons like to fight. The foundation of the demons is selfishness. They act only for themselves, only for their own benefit. And it is only natural that they prefer to fight for that.

As a Demon King who thought that he only had the will to carry out the will of the Demon God, it felt very pleasing to know that such a fighting spirit was alive and well within him.

‘Okay… Come here once. In the end, I will be the final victor, and as for you… The moment I find you, I will tear you to pieces and throw you to the beasts as food.’

But even though he was happy because of his fighting spirit, he still felt angry at the being who had caused him trouble. He lost his most trusted subordinate by being caught up in that scheme, so it was needless to say. Perhaps it was a courtesy to think of killing him in one go without causing him any pain. Well, in the end, such things didn’t matter. The Demon King began to glimpse the future.

And then, finally, Beatrice and Sein began to run forward.

“Yeah… Those guys are just trying to stop me.”

The Demon King smiled broadly. Sein swung his sword first.

“already.”

A powerful blast of energy shot out at the Demon King. It was a skill that only the Grand Master could perform, firing powerful energy from the sword. However, the Demon King did not even blink an eye at the sight.

“It was seen.”

The Demon King took a step forward and moved his hand slightly.

And with that alone, Kang-gi’s orbit was twisted and he was deflected to the side.

The sight of Se-in was astonished. It was no exaggeration to say that Kang-gi was basically the essence of magical power, created by compressing and compressing magical power. Since she had launched such an attack, she had also suffered considerable bleeding, and it seemed absurd that she had just wiped it away with a light hand movement.

‘…Yeah, this is a prediction of the future. If that’s already predicting what I’m going to do… .’

Hold on. Sein immediately wrapped his body in a self-defense gimmick. Even if he wrapped his sword in gimmick and tried to attack, it would be meaningless. Realizing this, Sein looked at the Demon King carefully.

‘Yeah, I didn’t plan on winning from the beginning.’

As the Demon King moved his hand to activate black magic, at that moment Beatrice released her divine power and caused an explosion. The Demon King smiled at this action that seemed to indicate that she was trying to completely block the use of black magic and stop the Demon King.

“…Wow. I knew that divine power and black magic would explode when they met, but I really didn’t know it would be used like this. The black magic formula that was being created was blown away.”

The Demon King spoke as if in pure admiration. Then, Se-in rushed straight to the Demon King and began swinging his sword.

The Demon King easily dodged all of the sword strikes. It was a sword that didn’t even have any power, so all he had to do was dodge. And when he saw that, Se-in lightly bit her lips. Since she didn’t have any power, it wasn’t even a real attack, just a restraint, but her pride was also in her swordsmanship. It was hard to accept that she couldn’t even brush past them because of her power.

“Shit….”

The Demon King continued to conjure up a spell while avoiding the sword of Saint without paying any attention. Beatrice hurriedly tried to stop it, but the Demon King simply laughed.

“Aren’t there too many for you to block them all?”

When Beatrice blocks one spell, two other spells of black magic appear. She gritted her teeth. She knew that the difference with the Demon King was extreme, but she was getting angry when the amount of spells that were increasing in real time became uncontrollable.

Finally, the Demon King fired dark magic at Beatrice. Beatrice reflexively put up a defensive shield, and at that moment, the Demon King kicked Sein and sent him flying towards Beatrice.

And then, there was an explosion. Beatrice’s defensive barrier and the Demon King’s black magic collided, causing an explosion. Sein was caught in the explosion and fell to his knees, and so was Beatrice.

Everyone had already seen the contents of the power. The Demon King smiled. Now, if I just kill those two…

At that moment, an arrow flew. The Demon King barely managed to catch it.

And the one who shot that arrow was none other than Ainzel. As soon as the Demon King noticed this, he spoke.

“Is that you?”