studiobondurri Chapter 91
Chapter 91
It was all nonsense, but I still listened because I thought there might be some hints about how this world unfolded after my death.
However, if I listened any longer, it seemed like the sorcerer would just continue blabbering about her noble duties, making it completely useless.
“I was curious to hear what you were going to say, but it’s just absurd.”
The woman turned her vacant eyes towards me, growing wide in disbelief.
“You...!”
“I’m saying it’s just like that, Yoo Han-ul.”
I was curious about what she was going to say, but I quickly realized what this sorcerer, sitting in this castle and crying about sacrifices, truly wanted.
“This woman wants to turn the humans from Earth into residents of this castle.”
“What do you mean?”
“No, don’t listen to that devil’s voice! It’s a lie.”
The woman desperately shouted at Yoo Han-ul.
“I didn’t intend to put them in pain. They were only necessary for this world!”
“Wait, so you’re saying it was really you who turned those people into souls?”
“If only my abilities were greater, I wouldn’t have had to burden them...”
Sacrifices, sacrifices.
She claimed to have sacrificed everything, but from my perspective, her words and the actual situation were completely different.
Yoo Han-ul frowned.
“Burden? What do you mean...”
“Unfortunately... I couldn’t keep the magic that stops time and summons another version of you alone. I needed others to share the burden of the magic... so I had no choice but to seek their help.”
‘As expected.’
I understood now.
The same Dummy Statue, but not without reason was it classified as A-rank in the system.
Like moons orbiting a planet, the residents outside are simply there to share the magical energy the core entity can’t handle alone.
No matter how powerful she was, it wouldn’t have been easy to maintain this barrier by herself for such a long time. From her perspective, this might have seemed like the only reasonable choice.
Yoo Han-ul looked down at the sorcerer, who was holding onto his ankle with a bone-chilling expression.
“To get help, what did you do!?”
“I had no choice. The villagers are my property as well. You think making such a decision was easy for me?”
Her excuse was something I could only nod along to.
‘That’s definitely more demonic than any demon would say.’
Thanks to her words, Yoo Han-ul looked completely repulsed.
Even when he was alive in this world, he didn’t care for class distinctions. Now, raised in a democratic society, it was obvious how his words would hit him.
“It seems like you’re having trouble understanding, so let me summarize.”
She had said so much that I figured it might be hard for Yoo Han-ul to follow, so I quickly explained it.
“Basically, this sorcerer wants to turn all of Earth's humans into beings like the soldiers outside and the residents of this castle.”
Just like the countless soldiers who had already been sacrificed.
Absorbing the magical energy from creatures of other dimensions to replenish the magical energy drained from this world.
The true goal was to feed humans from other dimensions in order to revive their own world.
And that was likely the same goal as the ‘enemy of humanity’ who had brought me into this world.
‘How fitting for you.’
I felt genuine disdain for the one who had once been my king.
Even after I died, no, even after you died, that disgusting desire has not changed in the slightest.
What kind of soul is driven by such a swollen sense of self that it would sacrifice others to pursue its own desires?
“No!”
Meanwhile, the sorcerer, who had been silently observing, shouted sharply. It seemed like she had realized Yoo Han-ul wouldn’t side with her.
The woman screamed shrilly.
“Hero, you have to save us! We’re not supposed to just die with our hands tied. Everyone has the right to live!”
“But death comes to everyone. Are you such a noble being that you must continue living by sacrificing others’ lives?”
“Your Highness, don’t provoke her...”
“Shut up!”
The woman screamed, her eyes bloodshot with rage.
“I didn’t want to do this either! But this is my noble duty. As the great mage, I must resurrect the world!”
“So why did you keep your own body intact and store it in a place where time is stopped?”
“What?”
She could reshape the space at will, and I was continuously sent crashing into walls.
“The hero can’t save you!”
Just as she said, I was thrown back so quickly that Yoo Han-ul vanished from sight, but it didn’t matter.
In fact, I needed to distance myself more from him.
That’s why I provoked her further.
Boom!
How many times did she unleash her magic on me?
Finally, unable to break through the walls any longer, I collapsed to the ground.
It hurt terribly.
“Cough, gasp!”
The sorcerer, still firing magic at me, rushed forward and grabbed my hair, pulling me up.
“How dare you insult me? What do you know about my life! This noble duty!”
“Hahahaha!”
I laughed loudly.
It had been a long time since I laughed like this.
But I couldn’t stop, it was too absurd.
“You can’t even stand your own filth unless you put on a show, can you?”
“What?”
“Of course. You’ve been left alone in this hopeless castle, feeding off others’ souls, living like a parasite.”
I laughed at the human before me.
“Is there nobility in a bug?”
Human beings’ grandiose words are just there to hide their ugly essence.
No matter how much they shout about noble duties or saving the world, the essence doesn’t change.
“If you truly wanted to fulfill your duty, you would have sent those living here to another dimension with your last bit of power.”
This nameless... No, a sorcerer not even worth knowing the name of, could have chosen dozens of ways to protect her people.
But instead, she turned her villagers into souls and left them wandering the barrier.
Just because she didn’t want to die.
She was nothing more than a parasite, feeding off others’ blood.
Not worthy of being struck down by the hero’s holy sword.
“This is the first time I’ve been so insulted.”
The sorcerer, who had been recklessly casting magic in rage, now had a completely cold expression.
My provocation had clearly worked well.
“I no longer wish to speak. You will die. You will die and become the beginning of the world’s resurrection!”
The sorcerer, saying that, reached out to grab my neck, intending to absorb more magic.
She was definitely a powerful sorcerer.
Having controlled this entire area for so long, her magical control was of a level that even my prime self would have found formidable.
Naturally, she wasn’t someone I could easily deal with now.
Ugh...!
Just as the magic within me sought to reach her like a magnet.
Crack!
The sorcerer’s body slammed into the ground hard.
“Aaahhh!”
A giant wolf, big enough to devour tens of people, smacked the sorcerer with its massive paw.
Growl!
Like a long-awaited master, the noble wolf nodded its head at me.
The sorcerer, crushed under the wolf's paw, stared up in horror.
“Ma... Mavandian? Why are you here... no way.”
“Mavandian? I see you’ve earned yourself quite an interesting nickname while I’ve been gone.”
Hearing my response, the sorcerer began trembling, her hands shaking uncontrollably.
Then she asked me.
“W-Who are you?”
Shaking the dust off my clothes, I stood up and answered kindly.
“I am the Demon King who will destroy this world.”@@@@