Chapter 424
Muston swallowed dryly as he looked at the dark green distorted space.
‘What is this?’
It’s the first structural dimension you’ve ever seen in your life. Neither magic nor witchcraft, but the aura of Saihan. It felt similar to the demonic energy used by the Demons of the Black Tower.
‘No, that’s not a problem now.’
The existence of the monster staying in the gap of that dimension was terrifying. I didn’t feel the slightest energy, but his presence alone made it hard to breathe.
‘I can kill myself with my nails…’ .’
I can’t move like a mouse in front of a cat. I didn’t know what to do, so when I was frozen like a stone statue, I heard a second voice from inside the dimension.
“It’s not common to see kids these days talking about jealousy so candidly.”
Creepy goosebumps ran up her spine at the young woman’s voice, which sounded like she was excited.
“All, who are you?”
Muston cupped his neck in his hand and forced his tongue to move. Is it because I don’t want to die? Instinctively, respectful words came out.
“You called.”
Light green light shimmered in the lozenge-shaped pupils floating in the dimension.
“I called, what is that… .”
“You say, ‘I’m jealous. I will take away what you have even if I use all the means in the world. I never miss it.’ Have you already forgotten what you shouted?”
“Huh… .”
Muston shut himself up.
‘You heard that?’
I just shouted because my heart felt like it would burst, but I didn’t know that there would be anyone listening to me. Heat rose to her face and neck in embarrassment.
“No need to be ashamed.”
A voice mixed with laughter flowed from the dimension.
“<Jealousy> is an essential emotion possessed by wise sages, universal emperors, and the greatest warriors in the world. There is a saying that everyone has a snake in their heart.”
“snake… .”
“Unlike hypocrites who hide their inner feelings and wear masks, you have revealed your heart honestly. That alone is far better than double-faced scumbags.”
“ah… .”
Despite the voice of a woman who seemed much younger than herself, it resonated greatly in her heart.
‘I’m better?’
Since I met Raon, I have not been recognized by anyone.
Everyone shouted only Raon’s name, and even the teacher didn’t look at him, but when he was recognized by others after a long time, his emotions were so strong that his hair stood on end.
“Emotions are meaningful only when they are revealed. You are one step ahead of others.”
The energy inside the body that was shaking like it was about to explode slowly subsided. The strong storm that swept the beach had stopped and it felt like seeing a clear sky with clouds gone.
“So, are you saying you can give me strength?”
“of course. ‘Cause I’m here for that Everything the human you were jealous of will turn to you.”
In the dimension, the red lips smiled thinly. An incomprehensible ominousness emanated from her beautiful laugh, but she could not back down, saying that she gave her strength.
“Is it possible that his fame, talent, and people’s recognition will become mine?”
“It is not that difficult.”
The woman immediately replied as if she didn’t have to think.
‘It makes no sense. but… .’
I felt like I could do anything if I could hear her voice.
‘Who the hell are you?’
Is it because I was too surprised? It dawned on me that I hadn’t heard the answer to the first question.
“All, who are you?”
Muston once again asked the woman in the dimension what she was.
“I am the fifth demon king of the Demon Realm. Lord of Jealousy. It’s Envy.”
From the cracked dimension, a white hand emerged as if it had never seen the sun before.
“If you hold my hand, I will hand over to you everything you were jealous of.”
“ah… .”
Muston looked at Envy’s hand and his chin trembled.
‘It was the demon king?’
No, it makes sense to be the Demon King.
Now I can understand that huge presence. Because it was impossible to overwhelm people with only a presence without any energy unless you were a person who transcended the species.
‘Is this an opportunity or… .’
Devil. No, I came up with a myth that demons grant human wishes and take their souls.
“Then what do I have to give you? Is it a soul?”
“You are with me.”
“Together is… .”
“Are you going to come into my household?”
“Does that mean you will become a subordinate?”
“okay.”
Envy honestly told me what he wanted.
‘Isn’t it okay if it’s about subordinates?’
After all, even if you live now, you are not living.
The teacher’s attention has shifted to Raon, and he’s only on his side, so if he stays like this, he’s about to wither and die.
It was a condition that could be fully received if the soul was not taken away.
“hmm… .”
Muston stopped to stretch his arm into Envy’s hand. Looking at the snow on the floor, I remembered the master’s face with his gray hair neatly brushed off.
‘Should I ask the master one more time?’
Was it because I was distracted by Envy’s presence? He wanted to go to Lek Tar again and ask him about the value of himself and Raon.
“Now, can you give me a minute? The person I want to meet… .”
“It’s already too late.”
When he was about to refuse, Envy’s hand jumped out and squeezed his hand tightly.
“Because the contract had already begun when you called me.”
As soon as those words were finished, a terrible demonic energy flowed over the back of my hand to the point where I couldn’t breathe.
Koo Goo Goo!
The dark green Magi instantly pushed away the aura, seized the mana circuit, and penetrated to the bottom of the soul.
Jiji Jijik!
Muston screamed in agony as if his soul was being pierced by a heated iron.
“Quaaaaaagh!”
“You just have to be patient for a little while. If you endure a little bit, what you wished for… ah?”
Envy came outside to finish the contract, but turned her head toward the top of Mount Sterlin.
“Sloth.”
Her red lips quivered and curled up.
“Were you there?”
* * *
Raon looked up at the messages that came to mind and lifted his head.
[All stats increase by 12 points.]
[An additional 6 points increase due to the effect of the winning streak.]
All stats increased by 18 points, and the muscles and mana circuits of the whole body were excited.
My mind was also uplifted, and it felt like all the fatigue had disappeared.
‘As expected, they give it properly.’
As Lars said, the system sent high rewards for the level of the bet.
– No, you give me too much of this!
Lars opened his mouth wide as he read the message.
-The king only asked for 5 pineapple pizzas, but why did his stats go up by 18!
The guy screamed that it was a fraudulent contract.
‘The system you entrusted treated me very fairly. What’s so dissatisfied with?’
– The fair is a piece of shit! When the original king returns, he will unconditionally destroy that first and build it again.
‘I think so.’
After shrugging his shoulders, Raon confirmed the message that came up next to his abilities.
[The attribute <Barding of Snowflake> is created.]
This time, it was a characteristic named after the tale. He is a guy who really likes flowers.
‘What is this?’
-Eh, you’re giving me a barding? How crazy is this!
Seeing Lars do his rage dance, it seemed like a pretty good trait.
<Barding of Snowflakes>
Use Glacia’s cold energy to harden the inside and outside of the body.
The content was simple and I could understand it right away. Seolhwa’s barding was a defensive characteristic that reduced internal and external injuries.
‘Not bad.’
It seemed like it would be easy to use because it was a way to operate cold and anger.
‘Thank you for using us today. Mr. Hogang.’
Raon nodded his head as if making fun of Lars.
-You will be punished!
‘The demons say it’s a punishment, the sky will surely fall.’
-Queueueuk, really, the main king… uh?
Lars gritted his teeth and turned his head to the bottom of the mountain.
-Why is that jerk here? Could it be that it really happened?
The boy opened his eyes and groaned.
‘What. Why all of a sudden… .’
I followed Lars’ gaze, but all I could hear was Sloth’s breathing.
– Is it impossible to run away?
Lars frowned and climbed onto his shoulder.
– Wake up. And get ready. It will come soon!
‘I have to tell you what’s coming!’
I was about to look at Lars to ask who Raon was, but I felt a huge presence above my head that seemed like the sky itself.
‘This… .’
He shook his chin and raised his head. A tall girl was floating in the air.
Upon making eye contact with a girl who was so out of place with this place, there was a shock as if the vessel of the soul was shattered into pieces.
‘no way… .’
It’s the second time that I’ve caused such a resonant in my soul. It was when I met Lars and Sloth. That woman seemed to be the same ruler of the Demon World as the two of them.
He looked closely at the girl with trembling eyes.
Contrary to his youthful appearance, his body was thin and long like a flower stalk. Could it be because of the golden jewelry worn on the wrists and ankles? It envelops an atmosphere that feels dreamy and mysterious at the same time.
I felt a torrent of intense emotions in the dark green eyes that flowed down. A feeling of jealousy directed toward the world as a whole, not toward an individual. When I faced the goal of that deep and dark emotion, my heart tightened as if it would explode.
‘… Is that Envy?’
The only person who could recall the emotion in that woman’s eyes was Envy, the lord of jealousy.
-That’s right.
Lars furrowed his brow.
– It seems that stupid jealous guy caused an accident.
At that, I looked at Envy again. A distraught Muston floated behind her.
‘That guy summoned me?’
-As I said before, he was on the verge of crossing the border. He must have been feeling down after being hit by you, but after he woke up, it seems like something happened.
‘Shit… .’
It occurred to me that I should have been more certain, but it was too late. Now I had to find a way out of here somehow.
Gooooo!
As Envy slowly descended, the barrier that Sloth had set up rose and blocked her path.
“Sloth is a barrier, I thought I felt wrong.”
Like Lars, Envy reached out his hand without panic, as if he felt the barrier of the sloth.
Don’t fall out!
As the dark green aura that bloomed from her hand advanced like a snake, the barrier of sloth made of black air current twisted in an oblique line.
“under?”
Envy, who came down to the top lightly, tilted her head when she saw Raon standing next to Sloth.
“Why are humans or something here?”
Her eyes ran down Raon’s body like a snake’s tongue.
“It’s trash that doesn’t make me feel jealous at all. Just where did you see… .”
Envy narrowed her eyes and clapped her hands lightly.
“ah!”
She nodded and let out a sweet smile.
“It is you. Being jealous of this child.”
Envy pointed at Muston behind him and licked his lips.
“I was going to just satisfy my greed and move on, but to meet you like this is really unlucky.”
“Keugh… .”
Raon bit his lip and lowered his stance.
‘Living?’
The atmosphere in Envy changed rapidly. The mischievous smile of a teenage girl twisted like a demon on a battlefield.
It wasn’t even energizing. Just the change of emotions caused a throbbing pain in my brain.
‘I have to endure it somehow.’
He rolled his eyes while operating the ring of fire and the cartoon ball. Sloth did not wake up in this situation and was sleeping soundly.
‘Why isn’t that awake? It’s a dangerous situation!’
-Even an Envy can’t kill Sloth in one hit. That means it’s not dangerous yet.
Lars shook his head, telling him not to try to understand Sloth.
“I think I was unlucky.”
Envy let out a sonorous voice and shook her hand. Waves of her magnificent power were felt in her light, fly-chasing movements.
Gooooo!
A feeling as if the sky were pressing down on the whole body. The fear of disappearing from the world as a handful of blood came over me.
‘But this feeling… .’
I’ve been through
A while ago, the memory of when the Sword Demon struck down with a sword wrapped in a sword came back.
Raon operated the ring of fire in polarity. The seven rings made the most careful rotation ever, leading them to a world of super concentration.
– You stupid bastard. If you want to stop it, raise your rage!
Lars shouted to incite his anger, saying that he would not be able to safely block that attack at his current level. Since it was the same demon king’s feelings, it seemed like they could offset it.
‘… no.’
Raon bit his lip until it bled.
‘I can’t use it now.’
In order to survive, the number of spleen must be saved. Now was not the time to show anger and indolence.
“Big… .”
Believing in the strength of his growth, he pulled out the Jecheon Sword while stepping on the advance.
‘It’s too late to cut it off or shed it.’
I didn’t know that the attack would come right away, so I didn’t have enough time even though I was in a world of super concentration. I had no choice but to block it now.
He grabbed the blade of the Jecheon Sword with both hands and raised it from the bottom to the top.
Quaaaaaa!
The herbivorous rosary wall, the strongest defense of the cartoonist, spewed out red flames on the back of a sword. It was not a destructive firearm, but the flame of guardianship to protect the master swayed and smelted a magnificent shield of flame.
Woo woo woo!
Raon did not stop even after raising the rosary wall. He put the technique of heavy sword and absolute sword into the shield of rising flame. It was a move that abandoned softness and elegance and focused only on defense.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Envy’s dark green aura collided with the flame of the rosary wall, shaking the entire Sterlin Mountain. The heat that seemed to melt all the snow that had filled the entire mountain spread to the son-in-law.
‘Aww!’
Even though I was raising all the auras of Danjeon, it felt like my shoulders were about to be crushed.
Without any technique, he just pressed down with force, and it was absurd to have such a shock.
– You idiot! Use your anger!
‘Not yet.’
It’s not a crisis yet.
He gave strength to his legs that were about to break and pulled out all the heat of the cartoonist. He endured the pain that seemed to burn his mana circuit and pushed away the dark green aura.
Wow!
The ice sheet at the top of Mt. Sterrin was smashed like a spider’s web, and Envy’s energy melted without being able to overcome the heat on the bead wall.
“under?”
Envy laughed and tilted her head. He frowned as if in her annoyance.
“Do you block that?”
A dizzying energy gathered in her grip to the point where it was different from just before.
– You’re just going to stop that? Do you really want to die like a dog?!
Lars flew up in front of Raon’s face and his lips trembled.
– What ENB is aiming for is sloth. Even if Sloth happened now, it wouldn’t save you. I’m going to trample on you first!
‘So what?’
-There is only one way for you to survive here. It’s just handing over to the original king!
The boy raised his lips with an expression that did not know if it was a smile or a smile.
-Envy is different from Sloth, which is annoying to think about. You won’t be able to go over on horse teeth like before!
Lars urged him to turn over quickly, saying that things couldn’t work out as well as Sloth.
‘If you enter my body, you go out of control. Then, if the three demon lords collide, what will be the inferiority?’
-With that inspiration, it will last for a very short time, but it will die quite a lot.
The guy said that the aftermath of the force would be so large that it would be difficult to block it.
-Still, I will try my best to bring the king to his senses as quickly as possible. Because there are the king’s subordinates there.
‘Just one more.’
Raon swallowed dry saliva and opened his mouth.
‘I heard that there is a natural barrier made of human and monster blood in Lower City, but will that also collapse?’
– Of course it breaks. Perhaps even the lizards will jump out and make a fuss.
Lars shook his head, saying that he couldn’t help it in the current situation.
‘Then no.’
Raon shook his head. In order to save the people in the lower star, such a result should never happen.
– You stupid bastard! Envy may be nasty and stale, but she’s not stupid! Your mouth doesn’t work! Give yourself up quickly!
Lars grabbed him by the collar and shook it, saying he had no time.
‘Snout… ah!’
The method of attacking Sloth before and the information about Envy he had heard through Lars were put together like a cogwheel, and the only way to survive here came to mind.
“To make a jealous piece of trash move twice.”
When Envy tried to make a second gesture, he took a step closer to her.
“Don’t go there.”
“What is that bug-like guy now… .”
“Now you have given permission.”
Raon aroused anger that he did not take out even in the face of death.
Gooooo!
The rage that was united with blue malice wrapped around his soul, revealing his sharp teeth to Envy.
“Boo, anger? Why are you angry… .”
“Lord of Jealousy. Hey Envy. I am the vessel that serves the Lord of Wrath.”
He stopped at Envy’s hand as he was about to move forward at those words.
– You stupid bastard! That doesn’t work!
‘I have no intention of stopping here.’
Raon swallowed back the blood that had risen to Mokuldae and calmed his eyes.
“Vessel of anger? Why are the servants of Lars in the realm of Sloth?”
“Because this land belongs to Lars.”
“I’m out of my mind. There is a lot of sloth!”
“He also belongs to Lars-sama.”
“What is that… .”
– What?
Envy and Lars opened their eyes at the same time.
“Lord of indolence. Sloth is already under the command of Lars.”
A red light that melted jealousy flashed in Raon’s eyes.
– You impostor! What are you going to do again this time!
