NOVEL NEXT chapter 37
37 – Childhood Friend Hero’s Journey (10) – Demon King
The land of demons where the warrior party arrived.
The first time they set foot on that land, Marc and Mer showed a surprising expression.
“This is the realm of demons.”
“Wow… That sounds like a lot of treasure.”
Their reaction was natural.
A place where normal people would never set foot.
It was because it was a place that people who did not belong to the warrior party could never see.
Although they came to defeat the demon lord as a party of warriors, they still couldn’t erase the feeling of being amazing.
Especially to Mer, all these things started to look like money.
How much money can you get by researching this place?
I continued my happy imagination without revealing it as much as possible.
“…”
Of course, Raina was an exception.
Her expression was not bright, but rather dark..
She has been here before.
And she was brutally defeated.
That’s why I couldn’t let go of my expression.
“Kuh…”
I remembered the misery of that day again.
Right now, her emotions were never light.
She calmly burned her anger.
This time, she will prove her own honor and skills by defeating the demon king with her words…!
I swore that I would achieve such an end as the strongest warrior.
With that kind of determination and burning will, the warrior party continued to move forward.
I was finally able to see the Demon Castle.
“This is… The Demon Castle.”
“It’s full of treasure… No… It looks kind of scary.”
Demon Castle.
That sense of intimidation is never light no matter who sees it.
My colleagues who saw the castle for the first time looked at the castle, which boasted a much larger and more overwhelming appearance than the castle in the capital of the empire.
I was a bit nervous and excited, but…
Raina suppressed them as much as she could.
From now on, it’s a real battle.
“From now on… Don’t be vigilant. I’m going properly.”
“Yes…”
“Let’s do that.”
You must never be careless.
Raina properly warned the two of them, and the two followed her words.
In this way, everyone tightened their nerves and entered the Demon Castle.
Kikkik…!
The massive castle gate was opened and the warrior party slowly entered the castle.
And then…!
[Fire Bolt]
Kwakwakwag…!
Innumerable magic circles were drawn around the warrior party.
And the glow of the magic circle covered the warriors’ party in an instant.
The bombardment of hot fire-attribute magic has begun.
[Barrier]
“Keugh…!”
Ignorant, but overwhelming magic bombardment.
It’s such a magic that its destructive power is by no means light.
Raina blocked it brilliantly.
Mer and Marc were surprised by this situation, so they couldn’t defend themselves.
Raina was not at all vigilant. She deployed her magical powers and spread barriers in all directions, and luckily no one was hurt.
“It seems that there are still excellent wizards in the Demon King’s army.”
The magic to welcome the intruder, the illusion was never disappointed.
It was really quite a skill.
So it had to be removed quickly.
Raina tracked the wizard’s location back.
Raina was able to trace back its location and find it.
The direction the magic circle is being drawn is on the ceiling…!
There, they could see that the wizards were bombarding them.
‘I’m sure… The Four Heavenly Kings would have dealt with it…’
But I felt a little strange.
The Four Heavenly Kings are gone.
The Four Heavenly Kings were all dead by the warrior party led by Alan.
Aside from that, the demons that remain are the demons who don’t see much except for the demon king.
Then who the hell is it?
Who in the Demon King’s Army would use this much power?
It was Raina who was obsessed with an incomprehensible question.
‘Let’s deal with that first…’
But rather than such personal curiosity, what I had to do now came first.
Rina immediately threw her sword blade towards the ceiling.
The magician hit by the sword fell to the floor.
“…”
The dust that rises.
And the wizard who rises from the dust.
She was Rina who was slowly examining the figure…
Rina was in shock.
Because the magician’s true identity was Elina, who died in battle with the demon lord.
“Eh… Elina?”
Her own colleague, no, her former colleague, Elina. She looked at her lianas with her unfocused eyes.
What kind of situation is this? It was a situation I couldn’t figure out, but…
As if not waiting for Raina’s thoughts, Elina threw her magic at Raina once again.
“Kuh…”
I even thought about that for a while.
I once again blocked her attack with a barrier.
“Oohhh!!!”
Quaang!!!
In the meantime, there was another Demon King’s army charging at Laina.
The demon lord approaches with lightning speed and delivers a heavy blow.
Since Raina released the barrier with enough speed to escape, her body was unharmed, but…
Her heart was different.
Raina was shocked once again.
“Ah… Andros…?”
The second demon lord who put her fist into her.
The identity of the demon king’s army, who easily blew away Laina with his massive strength, is…
Her dead colleague was Andros.
Andros also attacked himself with unfocused eyes.
Seeing her appearance, Rina panicked once again.
“What the hell is this…?”
Her dead colleague is alive.
Then she attacks herself.
With these two surprising facts, Raina couldn’t understand what the situation was.
She was just dazed for a moment and she just watched this situation.
Not knowing whether to be glad that her comrade was alive or sad that she attacked herself like that, she just watched the situation blankly.
“Whoa… I heard someone came to Jim…”
And there was someone who spoke to her in such a foolish way.
An elegant and beautiful voice coming from a throne overshadowed in darkness far away.
This was a voice Rina had heard before.
“Aren’t you the clown who called himself the hero back then?”
Laina finally found it.
A demon sitting on a throne with her legs crossed.
The demon king looking down at himself and smiling.
@ @ @
I heard from Luna that Raina came to visit.
I was puzzled when I heard the news, so I did my own research.
I decided not to pay attention to the warrior party, but I had to know to some extent in the situation where it came around me, so I couldn’t help it.
Anyway, that’s the result of my research through the Imperial Connection I trust.
I came to know everything that happened.
The news was all shocking.
“What…? Are they all true?”
Adneam holds the empire’s information network.
I couldn’t believe the things he told me.
So I asked again, but…
“Yes… Yes, Alan.”
He didn’t deny what I said.
He once again expressed his intention to be certain.
“Wow… There really is no spectacle.”
Really, even if I listened to it again and thought about it again, something so absurd happened.
“It makes me laugh out loud…”
A party of warriors that failed after challenging the demon king.
The warrior party is said to have been destroyed.
It is said that Nera returned to the church and explained everything that had happened.
And Adneam obtained it and I received it.
“To think that all of the warriors’ party died except for Raina and Nerah…”
The truth Nera said came as a shock.
Andros, Elina, and Miner of the warrior party. The news was that they were all dead.
My comrades from the past were slain by the Demon King.
When I heard this news, I expressed my heartfelt condolences.
Although… It’s also the time I left the warrior party.
I don’t have good memories of Andros, Elina, and Miner.
To be honest, I didn’t expect things to go well, since they’re the ones who broke up like sh*t and abandoned me, saying they didn’t need me…
I tried to express my condolences at the fact that he died.
Like it or not, long or short.
However, the mourning did not last long.
Although the news of the obituaries of colleagues I have just heard is shocking,
It was because the news that followed was also quite shocking.
“And you released Mark and Mer?”
“Yes… Yes… With the warrior’s pardon…”
The news was that I had freed Mark, the rebel, and Mer, the thief, whom I had managed to capture.
And that wasn’t all.
“And you added them to the warrior party?”
“That… That’s right…”
The news that he even recruited those criminals as colleagues.
Hearing the news, I grabbed the nape of my neck.
How on earth are you going to think about recruiting criminals to your party?
Are you thinking about filming Suicide Squad as well?
No matter how much I thought about it, it was nothing other than crazy.
“I’m really going crazy… I thought I’d organized a party to catch the demon king…”
This was a great troll.
It’s like pouring ash powder into the rice I’ve finished cooking.
I was no different than a fool who had ruined the fate of real mankind.
How do you really do this?
It has already become cramped.
But now I have to do what I have to do, right?
It wasn’t my style to give up and give up already.
“Haa… So where are they now?”
“There are rumors that you have entered the realm of demons again.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
I think I’ve heard roughly all the information.
I turned my back on Adneam.
I was about to leave this place.
“Where are you going?”
Adneam asked me.
He seemed curious about where I was going.
“To the place where the warrior party is…”
Isn’t that obvious?
“I have to get back what I gave you.”
I was thinking of going to see my childhood friend from now on.