Long ago, the world was rough.

It was true that there was certainty between man and subman, but man was man to man, and it was not uncommon for submen to dispute with each other.

If the population of the race increases, food will be needed, and territory will be needed.

That's why I was looking for some reason to be hostile.

Humans hated subhumans just because part of the area was close to the sole of the beast.

The sub-people despised and disliked those who were sub-people and had different parts from their own clan.

There was a clan in there called the Horn Clan.

At least I don't know what a beast I am, I never saw it.

Because no one knows, the name of the beast must not have entered the name of the clan.

There have also been families in the past with horns like goats and deer, but very few of the subpeople had horns, and the minority was a good subject for exclusion.

Even though it is easy to imagine that the perimeter of a unicorn with only one rare horn in a rare horned subhuman will be full of enemies.

So the ancestors fled to the land on the border and chose the path to live in secrecy.

The descendants were educated to thoroughly manage reproduction so that the number of tribes did not increase too much and to take great care not to be discovered by humans and other subhumans.

But the flow of time degraded all things.

By the time I was born, the threat to humans and subhumans had faded, and the number of clans had increased considerably over the number regulated by my ancestors.

Our clan has enlarged the village and expanded the hunting base.

I was a mother-in-law and always worried my mother, but my father was happy to laugh that he could have a good partner in the future.

One day, when I was away, I would meet a man.

The man's name was Grest, a knight unwilling to serve the kingdom of man.

When we first met, Grest was seriously wounded dying.

He suffered a hand wound in a near-field war and got lost in the woods, although he struggled to escape his enemies.

The beasts attacked the wild beasts, and it was only to repel them that the beasts would not smell Grest, who had returned blood.

I wandered through sleepless days in the woods and was debilitated.

In front of the first person I saw, I thought, almost nothing would change from us.

Surely they had no horns or tails, but the beasts attacked the clan and lost them.

So I helped Grest, I took him with my father to the village and intervened.

The villagers were surprised at first, but soon gathered food for the dying Grest, looked after him throughout the night and looked after him.

It was also worth it. Grest instantly recovered, to the point where he could walk on his own feet.

Grest thanked him deeply and repeatedly thanked him for leaving the village.

Although the words did not make sense, our thoughts were certainly conveyed.

Grest's gratitude at that time was genuine, there was no lie in the tears shed on the kindness of the villagers.

But a few weeks later, the village was burned down.

It was the man who said Tavez who burned down the village.

Tavez, who was the head of the Knights who knew the circumstances of Grest's return, explained the matter to Wafroy, the king.

Wafroy was boasting of his own power as king of a powerful kingdom.

He heard about a very rare subhuman in it and said:

"The subhuman of a single horn, not in the appearance of any beast, his family is a ghost that brings unto us an evil evil that is not good. It is the duty of the powerful to put an end to their blood."

Someone I knew, a friend, they killed my family.

Everyone walked out in front of the humans to let me get away with shallow injuries.

He said he entrusted the future to those who must have survived to rebuild the village.

I ran away desperately, but I ran into one chaser.

As soon as I saw the chaser's face, I knew, it was Grest.

Grest's face was completely hazy, just seeing that face made my heart illuminate as if it had been saved somewhat.

I'm sure Grest was just forced to lead us to the village, and his heart must have been as scratched as ours.

Further pursuits were imminent from the rear, I realized I couldn't escape, I told Grest.

'Kill me, it may be hard for you. But I don't want the savages to be happy to kill me. "

Even if you don't understand the words, I'm sure you'll understand the thoughts.

Grest waved down his sword after only a little worrying.

But that sword did not take my life, and instead beat my horn clean off the roots and broke it.

And gave him his own helmet and cape, and protected my horn marks and tail as a concealer.

It was a bitter measure, but that saved me.

The chasers were losing interest in making sure I didn't have horns.

Grest let me get away with it after I had done the chase.

After most of it had cooled, I tried to return to the village but no one was alive.

All the bodies had been cut from the neck upwards.

The humans had taken the horned head of the Horn of the Horn as a trophy.

So I guess you saw me without horns and decided I wasn't worth it as a loot and didn't pursue it.

I remembered all the villagers' names, so I kept waiting that I might meet someone I knew one of these days.

But wait, wait, wait. Nobody came back.

I left the village site feeling limited in strength, unable to satisfactorily secure food in a situation without manpower.

What are we going to do now? I kept worrying about it, but all I could think about was relying on someone I knew who had never experienced it before.

I know you're alive, Grest.

The marks of the broken corners were cut with stone and carefully hidden.

I cut it while biting the rope that if I could also find the tail, it would surely be a problem.

On his head he wrapped a bandage and confirmed what he looked like in the lake.

I got a dry laugh that whoever saw it was human, just like that person who tragically killed us.

Then I visited the kingdom of Wafroy.

There were surprisingly many people in the city.

I don't know the human language. I was wandering around as a beggar pretending not to have a voice.

Still, many humans were kind to me.

I was blessed with a meal, and on cold days I was given a blanket.

Nothing is different from us, I was even confused that we were really murdered by this human being.

I learned a simple word and I finally found a house to live in Grest.

He had a wife and a happy family.

I'm sure my family would have some uneasy anxiety if I pushed him suddenly, let's just see how he was doing. Let's call him when he was alone, I thought so. I was watching Grest from the window.

So I realized that Grest's young child had something.

The child took what was decorating the house with prank, the look of Grest smiling embarrassed at it.

The sight of a smile, but my heart rapidly chilled out.

It was a skull, of the Horn Clan, it was also my mother's.

The scar that was in that corner, you can't even see it wrong.

The head that was taken away was sent as a memorial to something of great merit.

Maybe Grest didn't know it was my mother's head.

But didn't you think of anything in front of a face similar to mine?

Why are you still laughing at the remains of a clan that has been destroyed with your own hands?

Humans and subhumans are different, I fully understood at this time.

I sank into disillusionment and stood in the woods.

There's nothing to ask for in this world, there's no reason to keep living in such a world.

I didn't get the energy to do what I needed to do to live.

So in no time did I faint and come to death.

I don't move around. There's a beast trying to attack me.

The beast will surely eat the bones, and you will not be humiliated with the carcass like that.

I accepted with the hope of death.

"Hey, you dying ghost. You're lucky you survived, no. Is that bad luck from you?

The next time I noticed, I was sleeping in bed and there was Yugra by my side.

Only life-extension measures had been taken, but the bodily weakness remained unchanged.

Yugra affirmed that she would die not so far away if she stayed this way.

I wanted to die like this, but Yugra whispered sweet words to me like that.

'You despaired of life, and you said you could still die. But dying is not the only way to end despair. While you're alive, but you can do that, right? Why don't you just get on with my suggestion if you don't have an untrained life, and you don't have anything to lose anymore anyway?

I have nothing more to lose, I certainly thought I did.

That's why I became the Demon King at Yugra's invitation.

Yugra gave me the power of 'annihilation' because 'you need it'.

He learned other words, learned magic, and was given knowledge.

But where I got those powers, I was me.

Despair for the world had not changed one thing.

The other demon kings do not show any willingness to get used to each other even if they are slightly obnoxious.

Then I was freed from Yugra, unchanged.

I ended up throwing Yugra a question, wondering how I could put an end to despair.

'You just have to be honest with yourself about that. Uh, but being too honest can be a problem. If you want to hang up, take another look at the path you've taken. "

Yugra did not answer properly.

But I followed the advice and went to the village site.

The site of a burned settlement with nothing, nothing different than when we visited it before.

If there's a change, it's just that I became the Demon King.

So I used that power without thinking about it.

The remains of those in the village who had already been torn apart by the beast were regenerated with necromancy, creating an undead.

What was slightly surprising was that it was reproduced distorted with dirt and stone to the head that should have been taken.

I guess the soul remembered its own form in disgust.

But they will not return, and the miracle of the resurrection of the dead will not be easy.

I knew that because I was myself in resuscitation magic.

Those around them have already died once, forcibly manipulating their souls back into their bodies, which is not so different from what humans do to their heads.

That's what I thought, and when I tried to disarm it, words leaked out of my mouth on the lid.

"Are you guys gonna stay like this?

I was surprised at the words I said to myself that inspired me around Yugra and 'black'.

The undead won't answer, but can it end like this?

I was given that power, the power to leave them dead in this world and give them a chance.

I made all the corpses of the Horn an undead and headed to the kingdom of Wafroy.

The reaction of the humans was remarkable.

A simple reaction of all humans to fear or hostility.

For the first time before the undead, which plays again and again, the humans died one after the other, creating a new undead.

Burning and destroying the village, Tavez was surrounded by the undead of the knights and devoured alive.

Wafroy, who called the Corner a ghost and gave orders to eradicate it, was surrounded and uprooted by the Corner undead where he was trying to gauge his family and escape.

I reunited for the third time as the humans of the remaining kingdoms were also ravaged by one undead after another.

That was Grest trying to protect his wife from the undead.

Grest has found me and begged me to abandon my sword to understand that the culprit of this status quo is me.

'I'll give you my life, so just miss my wife and kids. It may not be forgivable if I think about what I did to your clan. But I helped you then, so save me a few lives, just for you. "

I let down the undead that was around Grest and the others.

And I gave Grest's thrown away sword to Grest again and said:

"You saved me from being subhuman. Then I will save you from being human. It's up to you to live after that."

He stared at the surrounding undead and shook his back teeth, telling his remaining wife 'I'm sure she'll be fine' and harming herself.

I only worried a little, Grest did sin but showed sincerity.

The direct cause is already dead, then I already tried to leave the scene thinking so.

But Grest's wife's whining words made the stray disappear.

"I wish I'd been dead then, this - chemical"

In the end I made Grest undead as promised and made the other undead order not to attack me.

Grest then devoured and killed his wife, and the kingdom of Wafroy perished.

The clan undead decided to return to the village and liberate it.

"Whoever wants to stay can stay."

That's what I ordered, but all the undead demanded liberation from necromancy, and even my father and mother's undead never showed me any kind of willingness to communicate.

I thought I helped clear their grudges, but the anguish recalled by necromancy must have been more resentful than that.

Still, revenge was served.

But there is nothing left, nothing has changed, nothing has been born.

Nothing, nothing.

I wanted to die again.

Even with this power, you can't end despair.

"Oh, are you gonna die after all?

That's when Yugra reappeared.

Yugra said he said it took him by accident but he was probably watching the disturbance I caused.

Yugra said with a laugh.

'But unfortunately, resuscitation magic still hangs on your soul. You're gonna be back where you just died, aren't you?

Nothing to lose, I regretted thinking so.

Yugra took the end of death from me.

I begged Yugra to kill me.

"We cannot bring back those who have lost their original lives, and we cannot give death to those who have lost their lives. Well, I call it resuscitation magic, and I'm bringing it back to life. I'm sorry, I haven't studied it at all, so I don't think I can. '

Neither Yugra, nor 'Black' nor the other Demon Kings had the art of completely killing me for becoming Demon King.

I had to live in this desperate world forever.

There is no way that others can easily hold that even Yugra, who created resuscitation magic, can't gain anything by searching around for the means to die.

I still want to die, I want to die, but I don't.

Having abandoned myself, I've decided to abandon everything.

All you want is to die.

That's when Purple said, "If it becomes a threat to humans, there may appear someone who will destroy you."

It was a clear intention to use me to wish for death, but I began my invasion of man without hesitation.

Because I thought there might be a slight possibility of human brutality.

I thought if someone like Yugra resented me, it would create the means to destroy me.

By then there were three identical undead lined up around me.

The saved, Grest.

Destroyed, Tavez.

Who commanded you, Wafroy.

I couldn't allow myself to stay alive.

So the three symbols that turned my life into despair decided to stay until I died.

"I'm sorry I want to die, but I'm a little in the way, so I'll see you later."

In the end, as a human threat, I remained inferior to 'black' and 'purple', and my invasion was to be stopped by Yugra.

There was no means of letting me die even if I put it in the post-resurrection world.

I decided to resume my previous imitations in response to the invitation of 'Scarlet'......

Woohoo, I'm not dying for this.

Somebody, please.

Let me die.

The Ethereal Demon King is staring at this one hatefully.

Is the sight of that time floating in my brain because I brought up a topic from the past?

"Know my past and say what it is? Did you have any sympathy for me? Then let me die!

"- I have no sympathy. I don't have the power to understand the despair and suffering you've tasted."

It cannot be said that the demon king of the Ethereum, who lived for so many years without it gaining even if he wanted to die, can truthfully understand the darkness in his heart, etc.

If you're a compatriot, no, I don't think you can fully understand the weight of it, even if you can understand the psychological situation with your compatriots.

My compatriots taught me how to kill a demon king in the sky, and even entrusted me with his name.

I mean, that's the same thing you're saying: 'Kill the demon king of the sky'.

But still.

"Then..."

"I don't want to kill you."

Kill the Ethereal Demon King and end it, that's all I can't do, I don't want to.

"... what, you don't want to kill poor me, it's not sympathy after all"

"No, I wonder what this is. I can't express myself because I don't feel like I've held it much. But I guess I owe you an explanation."

Until we came to this place, we only gave priority to capturing the demon king of the Ethereum and stopping the invasion.

So what can I say when it comes to time......

I'm not like my countrymen, I can't imitate shaking someone with words.

But I can understand how the demon king of the sky feels.

"When I was young, I was captured by demons and raised as a force hostile to humans. For me, the demon that raised me was the only sign, and I've lived foolishly. But one day the demon died, not at all. I lost sight of the value of my life. Still, and ever, I was jumping to find value in my way of life. I was... more or less like you."

Father, when Beglagud was destroyed by Lachra, I had never found value in my life before.

Still, if I decided it was worthless, I felt it would all be over and I was trying to get my value back to the grumpy.

"One day at the border. The thought had more consequences than I had hoped. I just need to say I've got my revenge on the person I want revenge on. Successfully left me worth my life."

"Oh my God, I'm not proud of that...!

"But I didn't think about what lay ahead. So I thought I'd had enough, and I was trying to accept it when I hung up on death."

……

"But trivial things overshadowed it. You know what that is?

"I don't know!

"- That's greed, I was content to prove my worth. But beyond that, I thought I could add more value to myself before I lived. I don't want to lose to someone, I can still do a little more, that greed refused to accept death."

"Dear Hate, I've never had such a greed."

"Oh, that's why. That's why I don't want to kill you. You've never had the lust in your life, and I don't want to kill someone who despairs of the world and wants death on his own."

Wishing for death is not greed, it's an escape that just wants to give up everything and end it.

I am not saying that the act of being deprived of hope, despairing of life and choosing death is a complete mistake.

I guess some minds are better saved by choosing death, but it's still too early for the Ethereal Demon King.

It would be much longer than me if I only lived, but the time I wished I was raw should be shorter than me.

"You became the Demon King, you tried to end despair, but all you did was generate revenge and tragedy. I wouldn't be trying to grab hope."

"What hope do you have in a world like this!? All this despair..."

"At least I have hope. I believe I have a life ahead of me. So I don't want a guy in front of me who denies all hope to die knowing nothing but despair."

Yes, this is anger.

I met a lot of people, including my countrymen, and I had various experiences.

And I was able to find a new goal of living.

I was raised by the devil and couldn't live as a decent human being. I don't like being given up on what I couldn't possibly have done and crushed that possibility.

"I don't know that!

"So I want you to look, your greed, your hope. Can you give yourself that time? Make the time to wish for death the time to seek a way not to wish for death. I don't want you to die with nothing but despair. This is my ego, I'm just talking about how I can't allow you to die personally"

"Are you telling me to live just to satisfy you? No kidding!

"I'm not kidding, this is also a story to protect my way of life. It's a fight to believe that men like me have hope, too. That's why I'll do everything I can to help you. If you still can't find hope... return your name."

"I've been suffering from the despair of this world for hundreds of years, even if you work together, what do you get there for decades!? You think I can trust you in the first place!?

"It's easy if you believe me."

"Then let me hear it!

"I (...) to the (...) demon (...) tribe (...) of the previous (...)"

"- Huh!?

"I've heard it from other demon kings. Demon kings can give instructions and orders to demons born in their own demonic realm. He said he could give more powerful orders to the demons he created."

If you become a unique-class demon that has grown from natural occurrences, you can also rebel like you did when you were the Purple Demon King.

But the Demons can produce it for the first time with mutual consent, where the power of the covenant will be affected.

Therefore, it is possible for the Demon King to exercise absolute command over the Demon Nation.

I don't think you'll have a chance to use it because it's demonization after you've admitted to serving your whole life? 'said the purple demon king,' but it would be usable for this kind of thing.

"Are you insane?

"It's sane, you just have to order, 'Don't betray me'. I'll give you the deal to stop the invasion."

"... I knew it was insane, if I told you to give me your name on the order, that would be the end of the story, right?

"I don't mind you using that order in the end, but I want you to believe me first."

The Ethereal Demon King will remain silent staring at this one.

Time is at stake, and the lightning magic that struck my first hand has given my compatriots a signal.

If you could see the signal, it wouldn't be strange if it was time to arrive.

In that case, my compatriots will take the lead in this negotiation, when that happens......

"... good, even if you're up to something else, if you order the Demons, it'll all be bright. You can't do anything more than overlap with resuscitation magic."

"I don't imitate that, I rather care if you don't fail"

"You're gonna tell me."

I guess I was going to get negotiated first.

Unbind the Ethereal Demon King, it flutters slightly but doesn't appear to do anything instantly.

I'll be walking over here in a while.

Remove the gloves on your right hand and put your palms up to this side.

"Show me your right hand, too."

……

Give me your right hand the same as they say.

The Ethereal Demon King grabs his right hand as if slightly annoyed, letting his palms face down.

"You point this way! And hold hands!

"Oh, oh."

Shake hands between right hands as they say, only slightly different wrist orientation.

The Ethereal Demon King creates a thin needle with ice magic to the left, he says, looking at my face.

"I'll stab you."

"Where?"

"You've got it in your hand!

That's how I wave the needle down vertically into my hand with my hand shaking.

The needles penetrate each other's hands.

There is pain but not so much.

When the Ethereal Demon King pulls out the needle, blood flows from each other's right hand.

The blood of the Ethereal Demon King feels slightly lower in temperature, but it is undoubtedly the temperature of man.

It's a strange feeling to say that each other's blood is mixed.

Looking at his right hand, the right hand of the Ethereal Demon King began to glow pale.

"I tell thee, accept the blood of the demon king of the 'Pale', and accept his body as a permanent subordinate."

"- Oh."

"Then tell thy name, and offer unto the LORD thy word of allegiance."

"My name is Ekdoik-Salf. O demon king of the sky, I will give you my time."

The moment I proclaim it, a vast amount of magic flows into my right hand from the right hand of the Ethereal Demon King.

The same magical powers of the demonic world, the unique magical powers of the Ethereal Demon King, circle my body.

My body's hot, my whole body's skin, my flesh, my bones, everything in my flesh seems to have heat.

"Oh, guh, guh!

My body has been melted and I am being forced to rebuild it now.

I guess this is what it would be like to be treated like that, no, it's actually happening.

I feel the magic like a drooling liquid overflowing from the bottom of my body creating and going.

Most humans may pass out at this point in general pain, but it fits into the border at some point.

"Ha, ha,... are you done"

"I'm about to change my body, but my interference with my soul is over."

I don't know the changes in appearance that are familiar with not looking in the mirror, so that the skin color has become slightly lighter and blacker.

Inside...... I don't know this one very well either.

But my whole body is very heavy, and once I get some sleep, I'm going to fall asleep for a long time.

"Now you can give me orders?

"... yes, it should be"

"Then give me the order you want."

I'm not saying this is reassuring.

As the Ethereal Demon King said to himself earlier, if you get his name out by order, it's all water bubbles.

The Ethereal Demon King will decurse resurrection magic with that name, and may hit me on my countrymen with further orders.

But at that time, it's a shame that the demon king of the sky wasn't given the opportunity, but if my compatriots did, it would be possible for me to deal with them where I betrayed them.

Even in identifying this position, I took a good turn for Lachra. If he was a Demon, he would gladly give me guidance if I were the target.

The Ethereal Demon King slowly opened his mouth as he stared at this face.

"... Ekdoik-Salf, name me -"

... No or I still couldn't do it?

I'm sorry, brothers.

"- Do your utmost to prevent the day from coming."

……

"Any reply?

"... you could use a few stronger words, huh?

Did they use the order, this body has no response whatsoever?

I was assuming a reflexive effect that my body moved and forcefully worked on my spirit.

"Why are you answering me?!?

"No, it's only natural to try... I told you to order me to do that"

"I am!?

But there's no compulsion.

"... that's enough!

The Ethereal Demon King releases his hand and turns to him.

No, it's not good.

Promises are promises, steps should be taken properly.

"Halfway is not good, can you give me a proper order"

"That's why I'm telling you I do! The enforcement of orders isn't working because you're sincerely trying to do everything you can! That's why I'm telling you already!

I mean, what is it?

You're telling me you've conveyed my sincere desire to do my best.

That's enough...

I see. You're saying it was something you deserved to believe.

"Ekdoik-Salf, crawl to the ground!

"Oops!?

Suddenly, the body is sucked to the ground, and the entire body is under enough pressure to plunge into the ground.

It's like I can't move, is this the power of the Demon King's command...

But why, suddenly, oh, did you actually give me unexpected orders to prove enforceability and show me?

"I see it's powerful, you can solve it now."

"Do that for a while!

Did I piss you off something, people's minds are still difficult.

What the hell are you talking about, that modulation is definitely a ritual of demonization.

So you're saying that Ekdoyk has become the demon clan of the Ethereal Demon King?

Where is the need to risk alternative bargaining material to be missed or, no, not being able to defy the orders of the Ethereal Demon King?

I know the height of Ekudoik's magic manipulation, but I don't even think I know enough to interfere with contract magic when demonizing.

No, if we get knowledge from that Yugra star people. Or is it possible?

But shortly afterwards Ekdoyk was slammed to the ground.

Definitely that would be the exercising of an order by the Demon King to the Demon Nation...... the negotiations failed?

What to do, we should go back, no. But we need to know more about the situation.

Considering that if the pursuers arrived, some of them would be attacked here, it was behind them that they were so far away that they could look directly at the rind with telescopic magic.

If we get close enough to hear the noise, Ekdoyk might be able to detect us again.

"Gu!?

Severe pain in his right leg, a knife piercing his inflated tibia when he points his gaze at him.

A knife for throwing like they sell anywhere, attacked!?

Be vigilant around you, or if you've already been captured, throw this body away.

"Ugh, ah?

My body is paralyzed, I can't spin the rot.

Is this... Shit, is it poison?

The body is quick around the poison for a small amount of time, the body instantly snatches its function and falls to the ground.

Relatively safe is thought ability and hearing, sense of smell, touch… is there any?

Can't build magic, paralysis poison or something.

I can't even satisfy my breathing because my muscles are relaxed.

"No, you were right about your friend!

One woman appears in sight, is this the hidden magic used by the dark parts?

In the dark of some country, or no, the scenery is adventurous.

The knife embellishment that's equipped for it, that's Royal Tays'......

"When you're in distress, they don't hesitate to dump your body, so you've been paralyzed by poison!

I was wary that a knife worth a little more would have some effect, but I got caught off guard with a knife that I could buy for a kid's allowance.

The same was true when Archbishop Ukka saw this low-quality object, but the habit of being chronic should be cured.

The woman walked over, leaning back on her back, unable to move, forcing her mouth to open.

"Was it definitely the right back tooth, oh, there was! But how did you take it out...... well you should pull every tooth out!

So the woman did not hesitate to screw her hand into this mouth and pulled the demon stone for the transfer of her soul out of her back teeth.

I can say that I was fortunate to have paralyzed the majority of my pain due to the poison, but there is something quite coming.

"It doesn't seem to have any other teeth... that's just it. I'm afraid I'm hiding as much clothes as I'm blurring, right? Rest assured, I am good at inspecting my belongings, too!

That's how I examine this garment around my nose and take possession of it one after the other.

This woman, she's been looking into every inch of it so much that I don't think it's natural to pick it up.

It was securely recovered from the top to the emergency demon stone where the clothes were sewn together and hidden away.

"Hmm, that's too much. Wouldn't it be quicker to get naked already?"

"I agree with that, but could you spare me doing it in front of 'me'?

A new man's voice, this voice sounds familiar.

I can't move my neck but I managed to move my eyes only slowly.

At the end of his gaze was the man he met in Tayz, the star people of Yugra.

The man speaks to this one with a clear look that he can make a laugh.

"Hey Larheit, are you happy to be reunited with 'me'?

That eye was starving far more than it had ever been when we met, and it was conceived of a madness that was invisible to our hearts.