The Betrayed Devil No Longer Hides His Power

26 – The Beginning of Destruction 4

Asmodians showing clear hostility.

Toward them, I moved forward slowly.

Then.

-Pak!

“Huh?”

An arrow fell at my feet.

Looking at it with a clear meaning of warning, I stopped my steps.

“Stand there! If you get any closer than this, I will attack you!”

“… “

Opponents who show extreme hostility.

So, in the sense of trying to have a conversation, I spoke to them in a clear voice.

“I am the demon king, Arcadia Harmageddon. As the ruler of this country, I want to meet with your representatives, so come and see me.”

“!…”

“Don’t… Demon King… Say?”

The demons seem quite agitated by my words.

Looking at this, I spoke in a calm voice, keeping in mind that my name could still affect them.

“Yes. I will also tell you that I am not here to do you any harm. I just want to hear about your circumstances for not responding to my call, so why don’t we have an open conversation?”

“Ummm… “

“Uh… What do we do?”

Demons who hesitate and can’t decide what to do.

Looking at the appearance that it seems that the system is not so well organized, I thought that it might end surprisingly simply.

Then…

“Don’t be shaken! What’s there is just a dirty traitor. He is no longer our lord or anything!”

“Huh?”

At that moment, I saw a familiar figure.

A female demon with blue hair, blue eyes, and prominent long horns.

The moment I saw her, who was once one of my direct subordinates, just like her Hela beside her,

I said with a light smile and a raised voice.

“Isn’t that Jormun over there? Jormun Surtna. From what I see, you seem to be the representative, but come out and talk… “

-Pak!

As if cutting off my words, the arrow flew once again.

Just like before, the arrow landed right in front of my feet.

“Noisy! Even if you are truly the Demon King, nothing has changed! We will no longer serve, trust, or follow anyone!”

“Jormun! What the hell is this! How could you, who swore allegiance to the Demon King, do this? Come out and get down on your knees right now! I will not tolerate disloyalty beyond this!”

As if she couldn’t stand it any longer, Hella stepped forward and expressed her anger.

Originally, as they were close friends with Fenrir and her biological sisters, her words could have been somewhat effective.

But…

“That’s what I want to say! Hella, how can you still serve the Demon King? Because of his foolish delusion, our Demon Kingdom was destroyed! Even at this moment, countless demons are shedding bloody tears in the aftermath! I have no intention of dealing with a guy like that anymore, so go back!”

“This guy… !”

Hela pulls out her weapon as if she can’t stand it any longer in Jormun’s bay.

However, I stopped it once again as I held her by the shoulder.

“Back off.”

“Ha.. But!”

“Didn’t I tell you? This is entirely my responsibility. Even if I have to leave the finishing touches, it is only my duty to tie the knot.”

“Kuh… “

Hella bit her lip to suppress her emotions.

Then she erased the emotion of her anger from her face,

As it was, I quietly stepped back.

“… All right. Please take care of yourself. Demon King.”

“Thank you.”

With that said,

I slowly started walking forward.

“Didn’t you hear the warning! Go back now! If any more come, I will shoot!”

I could tell from the previous conversation.

That the stage where you can solve it with your mouth has already passed.

Then, there was only one thing left.

If words don’t work, you have to solve it with your body.

“Damn it! Power fire!”

Joremun gives orders with urgency.

Even those who were hesitant to shoot me until just now let go of their bowstrings at her direction.

I thought he was a ragtag guy with no rules. And it looks like it’s not like that either.

In that respect, I thought of him as a competent subordinate.

As I am.

I looked at the arrows flying towards me.

Arrows of enormous scale poured down like rain.

I thought it was unexpectedly spectacular to see the things that could be used in war, aiming only at me.

And.

-Pak!

“!!!”

“What… what… “

My hand lightly swung at the end of my brief appreciation.

Right after that, the arrow that was flying this way stopped in the air.

It looks as if he is holding them one by one with an invisible hand.

And.

– Perfect!

Arrows that fall in abundance at the same time as you lightly flick your fingers.

To be honest, I could have just defended it with a barrier or burned it down at once without having to put on a performance like this. This was the best choice to save on supplies that were already scarce.

‘I’m going to break the morale of those guys once.’

A visual effect that cannot be compared to simply defending.

The aftermath was predictably immediate.

“What… what… “

“How can so many arrows… Entire.”

“Kuh… “

Asmodians expressing embarrassment,

And then, Joremun’s expression began to harden.

Watching that scene, I started moving forward slowly again.

*

Immediately after stopping the rain of arrows with just a gesture, the demon king slowly approaches this direction again.

Those steps, running or not running, were never fast.

It wasn’t even using special attack magic on the way.

However,

Watching the demon king slowly approaching like that.

She…

She

Since she was born, she has been seized with an overwhelming fear she has never felt before.

A sense that I didn’t even feel when dealing with the warrior party in the past.

With the pressure of an unstoppable catastrophe approaching her eyes, Jormun couldn’t help but feel her breath suffocate.

“Kuu!…”

However, in the midst of this terror, she again took her heart.

She came this far and couldn’t be broken.

No matter how terrifying the opponent is,

She didn’t even start in the first place if she was going to back down in vain like this.

‘I will not give in… Even thinking of the men who died because of that guy. Even for the resentment of the people who were sacrificed because of that guy… I never… I can’t forgive him!’

A terrible horror created by a foolish monarch.

Recalling the scene, Jormun pulled out her hammer and gave a sharp command.

“Damn it! What are you doing! Shoot again! No matter how much I do, I won’t be able to stop it forever!”

“Ha… but… “

“It’s an order! Let’s do it right now! Otherwise, I will rule with military discipline immediately!”

“Ah… Got it… !!”

A subordinate trying to give the order to fire again according to Joremun’s instructions.

But the next moment, his face hardened as if he had seen something he couldn’t see.

“Ugh… aaa!”

“! Gut!…”

A terrifying presence felt in an instant.

In response, Yoreumun reflexively swung his hammer towards it.

A weapon containing the essence of lightning that can burn even a dragon.

In other words, it could cause tremendous damage if wielded incorrectly,

Her Now, she didn’t even have time to argue about such things.

However.

– Chin!

“!!!”

Her hammer was caught lightly as it was, colorless for the power contained within it.

At this, Jormun’s face began to be stained with an inconceivable astonishment…

Looking at her like that, the man…

The demon king said in a calm voice.

“I’m not very used to things like this… I don’t think it will be easy to deal with each and every one of them and not cause any casualties.”

– Perfect!

After those words, the demon king lightly flicked the hammer with his fingers.

At first glance, it was a simple movement, but

The immense power contained within made Joremun helplessly roll on the floor with the hammer.

“Keuugh!…”

“In that respect, as I requested earlier, I would like to spend some time with you personally. Could you give me permission?”

A very polite request from the Demon King.

However, after seeing this, Jormun felt anger erupt once more and stood up from his seat.

And.

-Fajik! Dismissed!

“… “

Colossal mana radiated from her body.

It took the shape of a black lightning bolt and began to coil around the hammer in her hand.

“I would have said… I have no more conversations with you!”

An answer full of anger.

At the same time, Joremun swung the hammer full of condensed magic toward the demon king once more.

“… Chit.”

-Kwaguawang!!!

A wave of tremendous power that occurs instantaneously.

With that blow, the demon king’s body, which was on top of the castle wall, was thrown back into the castle.

Jormun immediately followed him and jumped off the wall.

‘Do… Did you finish it?’