crown

Kwaaang-

Mountain peaks exploded in the fire that the gorilla king spewed out, followed by landslides.

However, the exploration team had no choice but to run towards the disappeared peak.

It was because the gorilla king chasing from behind was incomparably more threatening than the rocks and dirt rolling down from above.

bang! bang! bang!

Kerbell shouted as he slammed the falling rocks from their place.

“Go up! Over the mountain!”

At Kerbell’s words, ‘James Tim’, who was being chased by the gorilla king, passes him by.

However, unlike the others, James, who came up from the back with his team, did not pass by Kerbel.

“bailiff!”

Kerbell asked with a grin at James, who approached with a stiff face.

“How did you come wearing something like that?”

“I don’t know. I thought we completely hid our presence, but the order is exactly where we are.”

“There is no point in hiding. Then let us go!”

It was then.

Bake wow wow-

The air vibrates at the voice of the gorilla king.

A voice that seems to attract all the monsters that exist in this abandoned world.

At this rate, James felt intuition that he would not be able to escape the pursuit of the gorilla king and the many beasts that followed him.

‘I’ll have to stop here.’

James turned to face the gorilla king and pointed his sword at him. Kerbell, who was just about to move, shouted in surprise when he saw it.

“What are you doing?”

“Go first. I’ll take a shot and catch up.”

ugh-

The sword steel that James, who had reached his peak as a swordsman, exerted his abilities to the fullest, was very splendid.

In Kerbell’s eyes, the sword steel seemed so great that even a 9-star superhuman could easily block it.

However, the opponent is not a 9-star superhuman, but a disaster-like existence that turns the ground upside down with just a single step.

No matter how positively I try, I don’t think I can win.

And Kerbel liked someone so courageous.

Kerbel grinned as she raised her hammer.

“Sir James is exactly what I have been told. Let me too.”

“… good.”

“So what do you want to do?”

Kerbell knew very well that a man named James would not be stopped simply by his sympathy for the Gorilla King.

“I want to slow down the chase.”

“Also… … . Let’s do it, then.”

It was the time when Kerbel’s hammer was shining with divine power.

thud!

The gorilla king stopped.

His big eyes were clearly looking at the two.

“Why are you doing that?”

“I do not know.”

Kerbel and James open their mouths in puzzlement.

At this moment, the gorilla king remembered the two humans who had given them terrible pain not too long ago.

A man who burned his fur and heated his bones with a fire that could hardly be quenched.

They are the humans who inflicted an invisible attack on a subject that looked like a small and weak prey, leaving an indelible scar.

The presence of Yeomma and Swordsman, who were not here, stopped the gorilla king.

Bake wow wow-

The gorilla king opened his mouth at the two of them while screaming.

In front of his mouth, a fireball much larger than the one that destroyed the peak is created.

Seeing this, James and Kerbell did not take a single step back.

Rather, at the same time, it rose into the air and galloped toward the gorilla king.

* * *

Thanks to James and Kerbel’s catching the gorilla king’s gaze, the others were able to safely cross the ridge.

Even after crossing the ridge, Kim Jeong-moon did not stop walking.

They believed that the two remaining would come back alive, and they knew that they would catch up to them soon.

Even more problematic was the team members.

‘All of our team members are safe.’

But it wasn’t ‘James Tim’.

less than ten people.

One of Earth’s top 10 hunters, John From, who was running right next to him, was carrying two unconscious people on his shoulders.

“Did you get hit by the gorilla king?”

“Once he moved, the other monsters also went crazy.”

At John’s answer, Kim Jung-moon widened his eyes.

“Isn’t that one thing moving?”

“After that, a huge number of demons are following. It reminds me of the military.”

“How did that happen… … .”

John said in a somber voice.

“We can’t go to headquarters.”

John’s hand, which is holding the wounded on his shoulder, gets stronger.

They are team members who do not know when they will die, but they cannot attract that gorilla king and countless beasts to the headquarters to cure them.

The headquarters is right next to the gate, and breaking through there means that those monsters can enter the Earth soon.

“We have to lure them elsewhere.”

Kim Jung-moon agreed with that and nodded with a firm face.

And it was then.

Kwaaang!!

Whoa whoa whoa-

From the other side of the mountain up there, a huge explosion sounded and the gorilla king’s scream erupted.

The sky, which had been red like a sunset, suddenly brightened as if two suns had risen.

‘Dangerous.’

I can feel the pain in his voice, but the power contained in it is still strong.

Suddenly, it dawned on me that I couldn’t leave everything to Kerbel and James.

‘I’m next.’

In the end, Kim Jung-moon knew very well that if the two broke through, he would have to stop it.

In that case, it would be better to join the two now and stop the gorilla king together.

So Kim Jung-moon stopped and shouted at John.

“I have to go too. You lead the team!”

“What is that… … !”

“I want you to survive as long as possible and lure those monsters away.”

After summoning Achilles’ spear and shield, Kim Jeong-moon began to return the way he had come, carrying wind in his feet.

* * *

The one Carter was holding looked like a crown, but it was a bit different from the usual ones I know.

‘Bone Crown?’

Could this be the coffin used by the ancient barbarians that existed a long time ago?

The gloomy appearance of the coffin made of bones makes you feel very strange just by looking at it.

‘Is that a new power?’

Kater nodded.

[I put in everything except the demon king’s bones that were used to make the body. Even that was not enough, so I put the essence of the Skeleton King inside.]

‘The essence of the Skeleton King? Where else did you get that?’

[Obtained after the Skeleton King fell.]

Come to think of it, he had been picking things up for a while after the Skeleton King raid.

That must have been the essence of the Skeleton King.

‘So what can I do with it?’

[Can control demons.]

‘Like the Demon King?’

[The demon king’s dominance is on a different level from that of our human kings. If you order to die, the person who receives the order should just die.]

I shrugged.

‘Isn’t our side not too different?’

[different. It is absolutely impossible for demons and beasts to refuse the order of the demon king they serve.]

It is a device that forces absolute obedience.

‘I like it?’

It’s also the most necessary thing at a time like this when you’re besieged by monsters like that sea.

But here a question arises.

‘Isn’t it something you shouldn’t use?’

Anyway, that crown wouldn’t be usable here either, for the same reason that Kater couldn’t get out of the bracelet.

So, in the end, you have to write outside.

Do I really need to write it?

Cater, who hung his head for a moment at my question, answered with a sigh.

[Lack of ability. I tried to find a way with more time, but isn’t that the situation now?]

‘What skills are you lacking in?’

[I realized that the demon lord’s body and demons alone would not be able to exert control. Of course, it would be possible to control a few monsters even in their current state. However, it is unreasonable to dominate those many things. It needs one more thing.]

I think I know what it is without even hearing it.

‘It’s karma.’

[Yes.]

The transcendental demon king deals with karma.

Even Kater, who has the body of a demon lord, cannot deal with karma unless he is a transcendental person.

He said he would try to find a way, but that would have been close to impossible.

After all, that crown was as if it were made for me from the beginning.

‘Good.’

Satisfied.

But at the same time, ominous thoughts come to mind.

‘Then, is the person controlling those magic beasts also a Transcendentalist?’

That makes sense.

And if that’s really the case, even if we succeed in using the crown to control those beasts, we will all die in the end.

I’m not a transcendentalist for nothing.

But Carter shook his head.

[It doesn’t seem so.]

‘How can you be so sure?’

[If there was a transcendental person comparable to the demon king out there, my body would have noticed it first. Because this body is such a body.]

There was a point in Carter’s words.

Even if he is wrong, there is nothing he can do about it.

After all, there is no other way than for me to wear the crown.

‘Can you block the approach of the witches?’

I said it while thinking of Carter who stopped the Skeleton King from over the gate during the Skeleton King raid, but Carter shook his head.

[The demon lord’s body itself emits a huge presence. That’s why the witch can’t approach. However, it is highly likely that it will not work if the witch is being manipulated by someone else like now.]

‘… That must be it.’

In the end, until I complete the crown, the team members have to drag out time so that I don’t get killed by the beasts… … .

The problem is, I don’t know how long that will take.

‘I don’t think it will work just by infusing the power of the source.’

However, the reality is that this is the only way for us.

I called my teammates and shared the conversation I had with Kater.

“… So I am going to give it a try.”

Alice raised her hand and asked.

“Is it still difficult to implement fantasy?”

“yes.”

Strangely, neither my father nor I could materialize the fantasy gate in this abandoned world.

If that was possible, the speed of exploration would have been incomparably faster than it is now.

“How are you? If there are any opposing team members, let’s wait a little longer. It’s because reinforcements might come from the headquarters.”

The reaction came out immediately.

“Of course I should. If you stay here, you will starve to death. How lucky I am that there is something I can do.”

“Just give me orders. I just follow.”

The front is the reaction of the hunters, and the back is the reaction of the fantasy knights.

After all, it is a good opportunity worthy of the elites of both worlds.

“You shouldn’t focus on killing demons. The first priority is to hold out without breaking the formation. Kater, Ellis, and Sir Leon stand at the forefront and hold on. I will do my best to rule the crown.”

“yes!”

“Then let’s leave in ten minutes.”

After the briefing, I came to a corner with the only person on my mind right now.

“Brother, I think it would be better for our Arlene to stay in the cave… what do you think about it?”

“Are you telling me to hide from me while my brother is risking his life?”

Aline’s rebellious voice that is rarely heard.

I was proud of myself, but at the same time a little embarrassed.

“I have never used this crown before. I don’t know how long it might take. I can’t have you by my side in that situation.”

At my extremely logical words, Arlene clenched her fists.

“That’s why I have to go with you. This is, I can help my brother… It’s an opportunity that rarely comes.”

be determined

I realized I couldn’t break Aline’s stubbornness.

“Please promise me one thing, Arlene.”

“I’ll do anything to fight by your brother’s side.”

“Don’t die before me. never. If you want to be in danger, you have to come right into the cave. okay?”

After looking into my eyes for a while, Aline smiled.

“yes!”

“Funny… … .”

“Hehe.”

The 10 minutes went by in an instant.

Seeing the faces of the brave team members puts my mind at ease.

“Persistence is the top priority. Everyone please don’t die.”

“yes!”

After giving them a slight smile as they answered in unison, they walked towards the entrance first.

“let’s go.”

I will definitely bring them back alive.