Martin is my junior

Fists and fists touched.

bang!

The two Transcendentalists retreated almost the same distance from the shock.

Latun laughed.

‘This is it.’

It doesn’t feel like hitting a soft sponge like before.

The feeling of hitting was conveyed properly.

‘It must be a mixture of the power and authority given by the ‘existence of the outside world’.’

Latun knew that the strange feeling of the first clash was not due to the power of the authority installed in the room.

On the other hand, the demon king’s face was horribly distorted.

It wasn’t because he was annoyed at the opponent who fought by drawing out his strength only to his limit.

Because now I know who the opponent is.

[Latun… … .]

When the demon king stopped, Latun also stopped moving.

“Did you just find out about that?”

[Isn’t it different from what it looked like back then?]

Long ago, when Latun stopped by the 3rd Demon Realm to find Rin, the Demon King didn’t even fight him.

Since there was no struggle for divine power, it was too late to find out about the divine power.

“At that time, there was a reason why I couldn’t reveal myself.”

[I guess so.]

It would have been natural for him to hide his true face in order to roam around in a mess in those countless worlds.

“Then why did you change like this? At that time, he was gentle and dignified unlike the demon king. What happened to your arms and eyes again?”

Latoon talks to me like a friend I haven’t seen in a long time.

The demon king frowned.

[Don’t pretend to be friendly. The meeting between you and I took place thousands of years ago. And we only talked for about an hour. You don’t even know my name.]

“… Do you still remember meeting and talking thousands of years ago?”

[…] … .]

“And don’t you have to know the name to be close?”

The Demon King burst out laughing.

[So you’re trying to tell me we’re close now?]

“It is not.”

[Hmm… In fact, I know what you want.]

“What do I want?”

[Isn’t that trying to pass the time?]

“why me?”

[Don’t be shy. I know you’re waiting for someone to come to help you. But that wish won’t come true.]

Latun narrowed his brows.

“Why do you think so?”

[The person who will help you cannot be a Transcendentalist. I don’t know which of them you’re waiting for among those who are waging war against my servants, but as long as Herpel is there, we can’t come this far. Herpel is a transcendent.]

Ratoon’s expression became subtle.

He focused on the demon king’s words, ‘I don’t know who the human you are waiting for is’.

‘I’m glad you haven’t noticed yet… … .’

It is also meaningful only when you can come here safely.

As the demon king said, if there was a transcendent there, it would be almost impossible for Martin to come this far.

‘Should I go back?’

In fact, getting out of here with Loki and Horn was not that difficult for Latun now.

The problem is that if that demon king hides in a gap after that, it will be impossible to rectify what the ‘existence of the outer gate’ has done.

Rather, the destruction of the earth will only accelerate further because of the divine power that has been sprinkled while fighting the demon king so far.

“Hmm… … .”

Seeing Latun looking at him with sunken eyes, the demon king laughed fiercely.

[You are in a dilemma.]

The Demon King was also able to understand Latun’s worries because he knew the current situation Latun was in.

‘As long as Herpel is gone, humans cannot come here. Then this fight will never end.’

In the end, Latun’s only option would be to retreat.

The demon king averted his eyes.

You can see Horn killing the men trying to enter through the door, and Loki looking at him from behind such a Horn.

‘I can’t stop you guys from escaping, but I will never miss that horn.’

Just when the demon king was about to move towards the door, Latun opened his mouth.

“decided.”

[Are you going to escape?]

The demon king put a sneer on his lips.

Do you think there will be another opportunity like this in the future, the demon king was asking in silence.

But Latun shook his head.

“No, I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing.”

[…] I didn’t see it that way. It’s stupid. The person you wait for cannot come here.]

“They say the transcendent is the opponent, but that would be true if it were originally.”

[…] original? What does that mean?]

Latun did not answer. I was just muttering to myself.

‘But Martin is my junior.’

Warrior.

It is a being that makes the impossible possible.

“Let’s start over after you’ve had a good rest.”

Ratoon raised his fist.

He decided to trust Martin.

It just didn’t feel too bad.

* * *

‘Does this make sense?’

In terms of abilities, transcendentalists are like gods.

However, despite being a transcendental demon, that demon is acting as the devil’s subordinate.

I can’t help but wonder

‘Isn’t there such a thing as ambition in the subject of demons? Or is the demon king here a very greedy person?’

I heard that even if you are a demon king, if a transcendental person appears among the demons under you, helping him become independent is one of the few rules established by demon gods.

However, the fact that the demon king here has that demon tribe as his subordinate means that the demon king is so greedy or that demon tribe voluntarily decided to remain under the demon king’s command.

‘Either way it’s not good for me…’ … .’

If it’s the former, it means that the demon king’s personality is that damned, and if it’s the latter, it means that the loyalty of that demon is just as great.

kang! kang! kang!

The sound of swords clashing with swords can be heard from here and there. Sometimes it comes from high up in the sky, and sometimes it comes from not too far away.

I can’t see the two of them except when the two stop for a moment as they clash their swords.

‘fast.’

A battle seemingly unbounded by time and space.

It is a battle between transcendents.

“Back off!”

Yeomma shouted and stretched out her hand in front of the Sword Saint.

Fire-

bang!

Fire was created in front of the Sword Saint, blocking the aftermath of the collision between the two transcendentalists.

It was a very powerful shockwave that would have surely killed or seriously injured the Sword Saint if it hadn’t been for the fire of the Yeomma family that had come down from ancient times.

“Never mind me and attack him, firefighter!”

At the words of the swordsman, the demon with eyes full of holy fire twisted his face.

“Shut up! If it wasn’t for me, you’d be dead right now!”

“Do you think I will die that easily!”

Despite the fact that he almost died a moment ago, the swordsman swung his sword into the air without losing the slightest bit of fighting spirit.

And thanks to his appearance, the superhumans could not lose their fighting spirit even in front of a distant battle between transcendents.

The sad truth is that will doesn’t solve everything.

‘I have to find a way.’

Because she has the body of a demon lord and uses the divine power the former demon lord planted in the demon lord’s sword, she is able to deal with that transcendent even temporarily, I know that even that will not last long.

Right now, Kater was frantically drawing on the divine power of the Demon King’s sword without thinking about what happened.

I slowly averted my eyes.

I can see the demons that have stopped moving.

The ‘domination’ that Kater had put on was released.

When this happens, we have no choice but to fight.

‘Should we scatter?’

If a melee breaks out, even if Kater loses, the Transcendentalists won’t be able to capture us all together.

They have to go around and catch each of us who are mixed with demonic things.

I can’t think of a better way right now.

‘What should I do… … .’

Then I heard Arin’s voice.

[master!]

‘Were you watching?’

[yes! That demon, the one in the memory of the black dragon!]

‘How does the black dragon know him?’

[Because the black dragon once tried to rebel! At that time, the demon who blocked and sealed the black dragon was that guy!]

Certainly, a transcendent of that level should have subdued the black dragon.

‘Isn’t there a better way?’

[If you use all the karma the Master has while pulling out the darkness and work together with Kater, I think you can overwhelm it temporarily!]

‘… That’s what I know.’

The problem is that if that happens, I will be caught by the Demon King.

Then the plan we’ve been trying to achieve by coming here will fail.

Ultimately, I have two options.

Believing that Kater will last a long time, inducing a melee and secretly heading to the Devil Castle. Or, as Arin said, bring out all your strength and sort this situation out for now.

In the past, I would have chosen the former without thinking.

But since I already knew what camaraderie was, I couldn’t make that decision hastily.

It was then that my father quietly whispered to me.

“Martin, the battle will begin now. You get out of there.”

I turned my head and looked into my father’s clear eyes.

My father must have also come up with the method I thought of.

“A lot of… I will die.”

“Even before the world changed like this, our heroes were always on the edge of death. The justification for protecting the world has been given, but there is no superman here to save his life.”

This is my father who made a killing squad to kill me in primeval life and willingly gave his life.

I know what a hero is.

Now I too am a hero.

“When I saw you at the beach earlier, I felt that the atmosphere had changed a lot.”

“… … .”

“It was a change for the better. Today’s you are different from the way you look at your colleagues.”

“then… Go?”

“Yes, even if no one else knows, Father can know. Don’t change your mind in the future. That would be good for you too.”

“… Don’t be afraid to say such a thing, right?”

Anyone who says this at a time like this must… No, let’s not think.

“The sooner you suffocate the demon king, the less damage we will suffer. Go quickly before Kater’s strength runs out.”

My father shouted loudly without giving me time to answer.

“Kill the demons and demons! attack!”

As if the superhumans of Roden had been waiting for that voice, they attacked the approaching guys.

“Let’s kill the demons!”

“Fireman, don’t be foolish there and follow me well!”

“Be good to you.”

a little later than that,

ㅁ~!

A horn is heard from behind.

Bake it-

Pangea’s reinforcements, including the Great Demon Beast, started moving shaking the earth’s axis.

“Don’t overdo it, just go back if you want to die.”

The father also rushed forward, creating a magic circle in both hands.

The great battle had begun.

The only ones standing still on this battlefield were me, Krishnar, and Leon.

“… Why aren’t you going?”

At my words, Krishnar smirked.

“The cheers were like that.”

As he raised his hand, the soles of his feet began to tingle.

“It will be most helpful to you if I go with you.”

A small amount of mana shone in his hand.

The swamp beneath my feet absorbed my body in an instant.

* * *

The body, which had been descending for a while, stopped.

Krishnar reached forward, and a long passage opened in front of us.

“Branch.”

We started running along the pathway he made.

“Do you know where the demon castle is?”

“Its name is Demon Castle. You’ll know for sure when you get nearby.”

“So is he.”

The conversation ends there.

We just ran without saying anything for a while.

It was good that the speed was fast, but it bothered me that sweat was pouring down Krishnar’s face like rain, as if he was overdoing it to make a passage.

“Why are you working so hard?”

“… I want to see the demon king’s face.”

“Looking at his face, what do you do?”

“I have to watch you die. You can see the demon king slain by a warrior you’ve only heard about, but wouldn’t it be worth putting up with this level of suffering?”

I almost laughed without even realizing it.

That’s just what he said, because it was clear that the truth wasn’t like that.

‘It’s similar to Cater.’

Krishnar, who was inspired by his father and escaped the villainous path.

The reason he rushes is probably because he can’t let his father die.

“Then let’s speed things up a bit. Oh, are you going to push yourself any further?”

“huh! It’s easy.”

Creation of passages becomes even faster.

After that, I didn’t talk to him who was overdoing it.

I just ran without a word.

After an hour like that, we stopped.

“Can you feel it?”

“yes.”

An enormous demon that can be felt even dozens of meters underground.

We finally arrived at Mawang Castle.