Demon King

“It looks good on you, boss. ”

When he saw me baptized with blood, he raised his thumb and said,

“Like a ninja turtle. ”

“... I learned from my mother not to hit a friend. ”

“I learned!? Are you trying to go against my mother's teachings, commander? ”

Compared to the armor, I know that the clothes are worthless now.A giant monster of 2m 50cm is wearing a dark red cloth that never has enough muscle attached to it. I would laugh at you.

I punched myself in the puddle. And I looked back at Lee Chong-yu, who was always wearing only a pair of light trousers. His equipment was the only one. Weapons are fingernails, too.

“Lee Chan Yuk, are you really going to keep doing that? ”

“This is my strength. To improve your regenerative skills, you have to slam them bare. My martial arts is also related to my nails. So I don't need any more armor and weapons. ”

“ ……. ”

That is, to further develop my regenerative skills, I am willing to take on tearing and exploding instead of armor.

It was a terrifying way of thinking that some of the leaders became werewolves.

I've known him from the beginning, but his venom is not extraordinary. It can never be a coincidence that he survived to the end. I thought that's why he and I fit in so well.

All right, let's finish what we need to do right now to move forward.

“I'm going somewhere else for a while. ”

“Okay. I'll go check the boss' room location in advance. ”

I recalled the entrance to the private store. Before I challenged the boss, I always went to the store, and before it was too late, I wanted to hear something clear from the rain.

I thought now would be a good time.

I once felt sorry for even 10 silvers entering a private store, but until now it was considered a really fine coin to hunt for several thousand monsters each giving more than 20 silver.

No, even so, we shouldn't make fun of the money. The entrance fee for a private store is only 10 silver, but it costs 100 gold to enter the garden of Naak once.

Moreover, I had already increased my immunity to the condition and there was no problem in the first game, but if I hadn't, I could have failed a hundred times, a thousand times, every word of El.

The first game is said to have passed relatively easily, but you don't know how high the difficulty of the second and third games will go.

Her strength that fascinated me in the first game was not the limit. She was just limiting herself to the rules of the first game.

I patted myself on the cheek. When I woke up, all I could think about was El. We can't do this. If we over-conscious her, we might actually lose the second game.

Of course she's beautiful. Men of all ages will fall in love with her, and even women will praise her beauty. It was a violent beauty that made everyone fall in love with themselves, not considering other people's tastes.

Besides, she has a crush on me. No, I have more feelings than I need to. deeper, more passionate, more sensual feelings.

That's why it's dangerous. It's hard to be loved for things I don't remember, and she's always been on the same axis as rain and 'A'. It was frightening to me that I could not help but interact with transcendent beings and emotions.

And most of all,

I was afraid that something else was going into my head that was full of life, strength, and two things made me weak.

The intensity of the self weakens. Weakens concentration and decisiveness. I was afraid of it. I was afraid that she would change me.

In fact, it was a problem to some extent, but it also applies to Lee Chan Yuk.

I've been fighting lonely battles since I opened my eyes as a Goblin. Even though there was a face to face with the rain and EI, they were just occasional collaborators. I am not even sure if I am a cooperative.

However, when I met Lee Chan Yuk and became with him, I changed a little.

You are no longer alone, and even if you are not a completely trustworthy opponent, you rely on him little by little in battle and are certainly less burdened. The burden of death, the burden of being alone.

I laughed more and spoke more. Just before, he exchanged jokes with Lee Choon Yuk.

I don't think that's a bad thing. But this is more than enough. No more distractions.

My place hasn't changed since I opened my eyes.

Dungeons. Dangerous places where you don't know when you'll lose your life.

“Commander? Aren't you coming? ”

That's all I can think about. Lee Chan Yuk's voice brought me to reality. Curiously I felt his gaze upon me, and I swung my head and poured out all my thoughts.

That's it. That's it.

“No. I'll... I'll go. ”

In a slightly stiff voice, I replied to Lee Chan Yuk, and I opened the door of the store. There was always smiling and welcoming rain.

“There you are, Feyte. ”

The last time I came to the store was before I went to see El. Even at that time, even at my level, everything changed enormously, but he didn't show any surprises at all. Particularly glad that he didn't react when he saw my clothes.

The rain seemed more interested in other things than that.

“How was she? ”

“You make a lot of mistakes. ”

“…… I thought she would. ”

As expected, it sounded like. The rain shrugs.

“I had no choice. It's too harsh to keep her from seeing Fate. There's no one to stop her. ”

“It was very beautiful. ”

“She's... the best in the whole world. ”

Except when I was talking about myself, I said that in a very serious tone, there was no exaggeration in the rain. I didn't tackle him because I also empathized with him.

“You can't fool me like this. Her attitude is very clear. …… her love for Fate will be genuine, with no lies. ”

“I'm trapped in a body like this one. ”

“Haha, it wouldn't matter to her. ”

“Vee.”

I opened my mouth freely. The rain looks comfortable smiling at me, but I'm not shaking at all.

Perfect timing. I was thinking about how to tell the story, but Vee told me about El on her own.

What I was going to say was not El's, but it was something I came to think about after meeting her, and it was deeply related.

“I insisted on being human. ”

The rain looked at me with a look of what I wanted to say and said yes.

“Yes. Faith once insisted on humans. ”

“Am I right? You're the guy who lived on Earth as the oldest son of a poor family, fell in a shit-hole college, got sucked up to his friend once, and his partner collapsed and died together, right? ”

I couldn't bear it without asking.

I was afraid to hear the answer, but I wanted to hear it before it was later.

Am I right? Am I really human? This was a question that had been doing a little since the Goblin opened his eyes, but never occurred on the surface of consciousness.

I found myself unconsciously relieved when I met the previous candidate who I thought I was in the same situation, but for a moment, I knew that my situation was different from that of the other ones. I was afraid of it.

Why am I so special? I used to be nothing special.

Why is the rain so sweet to me? Why do you expect so much from me? El...... Why is he looking at me like that?

One by one, doubts about themselves spread, and the encounter with El brought it to an intolerable point.

I had to endure this moment today because I just needed time to clear my mind before I met Rain. And I came to a conclusion in my mind.

I could no longer deceive myself by saying, 'There is nothing I can do, even if I knew it.' There was nothing I could do, but I wanted to know.

Rain, Ai, what the hell does El want with me?

No, who are they looking at through me?

Did I really insist on being human? Is it someone else who's just mistaken? Then who am I and why did I become a Goblin?

The rain was questioned about my question.

“What does Fett think of the soul? ”

“Not possible.”

“You truly understand. ”

The soul is a sacred thing that no one can touch. That is the conclusion that I was able to come to as I was going through the Jinma Tower and the Garden of Delights to understand the relationship between the soul and the body.

That's why we found Trickster in Jinma's Tower, and that's why we were able to lead the game out of the garden of fun without any confusion.

“You already know, why are you suffering? ”

“But the rain, the soul and it are different problems……. ”

“Same problem. ”

The rain is unwavering. He smiles.

“From the moment you were born to the moment you are, you have always been Fate. who has never dared to interfere, to intercept, to share, to be alone. No one can scratch Fett's soul. ”

“What about partners?"

“Ha.”

I didn't believe my eyes for a moment. Rain snorted!

“Don't be deceived, Fett.... And, I hope that you will judge for yourself later. ”

I realized the conversation was over. However, the price of courage was clear.

Rain told me a lot of things I didn't want to have a few months ago, and that made me feel better.

Even though there is no evidence that rain is completely reliable for me.

“Now, Mr. Payte, since you've brought 30,000 gold, don't you want to see something special in a long time? Right now, we can offer 17 gold pieces of wheat and Tang Suh meat. ”

After a serious conversation, the rain spoke in a cheerful tone and encouraged me to shop. I struggled with a bloody smile.

“Wish me luck today, bartender. ”

All over transparency, today's luck gave me a miss buff somewhere that gives me 50% more EXP for three hours. I took a shot at it and crashed.

All he gave me was food. What does that mean?

The boss of 3F, the Power Reaper, is someone I can handle with my current strength.

I got rid of all the weak fears, hesitations, and temptations in my mind, and returned to the dungeon.

All that was left was to really get to the end of this dungeon.

Chapter 19. Fifth Evolution 1 The End

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