I Became the Burden of a Conscienceless Party - I Became the Burden of a Conscienceless Party chapter 160

160 – The Pursuit (5)

Chase (5)

The luggage at the warrior party was aimed at escape.

That was because I thought it would be difficult to achieve the goal of meeting the Demon King in a party of heroes.

At that time, the warrior was so weak and the target she was trying to defeat was ridiculously strong.

It was all because of me.

It was because I was fooled by people who thoughtlessly trusted me and lost my power.

That’s why Jim was thinking of returning to the Demon King’s Army. He thought he wasn’t good enough to be a warrior.

But Esmeralda did not give up. She crawled up, keeping the spark alive, even through waves of absurdity that struck her again and again.

She persevered despite the absurd karma that came with her goal of fighting the Demon King.

I have overcome death several times.

That must have been why.

‘I believe you can reach the final goal.’

The warrior Esmeralda can reach the Demon King Belphegor.

It was something that would eventually be achieved, even if it took time, even if it meant the destruction of all of humanity and the destruction of only her and her party of warriors.

Because she has proven herself countless times and is still doing so.

‘But that’s not right. I can’t pass on the sins that were born from my own mistakes to someone else.’

So I hoped to escape.

At that time, it may have seemed like he was just trying to survive.

No matter how much your intelligence declines and how honest you become about your desires, the one belief you hold deep inside will never disappear.

That belief has indirectly created a path by limiting our actions.

As a result, Jim regained some of his original strength and memories by taking on the karma of others.

So he isolated himself and went on a journey with the warrior party, hiding himself.

Even then, I had full intentions of escaping, but I also saw some possibility in the warrior party.

“Mr. Jim?! Wait! Clear this cobweb right now… …!”

“No, my lord. Please don’t do that.”

That’s why I gave up on escaping.

We made it a policy to make it look that way. We actually did it that way.

Despite having numerous opportunities to escape, he chose to stay and thus was able to deceive the warrior.

That’s why it’s such a crucial moment.

“If we touch the spider web, even the Legion Commander Eight, whom we have fooled, may notice our presence.”

“but……!”

“I’m fine. You know, the blue flames I’m handling. I’m pretty resistant to fire to begin with, so I’ll be fine.”

The eyes of the warrior, Esmeralda, are deceived by a structure called a spider web.

It physically blocks her ability to read her surface psychology.

It has been tested long ago that Esmeralda’s ability is not always active.

The moment she reads your mind.

When someone acts impulsively or you need to know the other person’s true feelings.

Fight, negotiate, confirm.

At every moment, I checked her reactions and controlled my thoughts.

Of course, Jim couldn’t completely manipulate her surface psychology like Irina. However, as long as he knew when to read her thoughts, he could control them at that time.

‘The three poisons and the five desires and seven emotions are poisonous in and of themselves.’

Yes, I adjusted the condition.

Esmeralda conditioned her body to think thoughts that she would not want to read at a time when she could read her thoughts.

“So move quickly so I can find another way! I’ll join you later!”

So he escapes from the warrior party.

He makes sure that the warrior Esmeralda doesn’t even know that he has escaped.

“… … Huh! Got it.”

An environment close to extremes.

The trust built up over time.

A clearly defined time limit.

All of these things dull the thinking of the warrior party.

“Yes, then let’s definitely meet again.”

Jim stood in front of the spider web and said.

I closed my eyes as if savoring my last memories with the warrior party and listened to their worried voices.

“then.”

After reflecting on his journey with the warrior party for a while, Jim moved on.

Although he planned the escape, it was not his own work.

In that sense, the biggest mistake Esmeralda made was none other than this.

“I’ve been waiting for you, Mr. Jim.”

“Yes, Lilith.”

That’s because I didn’t consider that Jim was still communicating with Lilith.

***

The second corps commander understood.

Why did he feel the need to drop the third?

“ha…….”

He is strong. Other legion commanders can also be said to be ridiculously strong.

No matter how much he looks down on those weaker than him, how could he not know such objective facts?

He knows full well that they have enough power. Considering that they even have the first, it is hard to think about losing.

And that’s why.

“Ten, did you lose it?”

Now that First was tied up by Shiva, they were being pushed back.

Commander Ten, fascinated by the overwhelming majesty of the First, shouted as if he were the same being as it was and went wild, only to have his heart pierced.

Although he quickly got back up again, as is typical of the vampire race, there is no way Ten could survive being isolated alone in the enemy camp.

“Fuck… … .”

The commander and twelve thousand.

If we look at the difference in power, the legion commander is clearly superior.

Unlike the dragons who wasted their long lives, the demons had to always fight to survive.

The demons are being destroyed.

No one can predict how much of a monster the ruthless beings in it will become.

It is a world where even children, who are proof that the world is connected, are sacrificed to greedy adults.

It was in the middle of a harsh winter that was taken for granted.

Family ties disappeared, and with each new generation, the demons grew stronger.

Actually, it was a natural thing.

Because children who survive among adults who use, deceive, and even kill children have no choice but to be strong.

But, isn’t there a critical side effect to that?

“Now that we have more numbers than the dragons, this is how it turned out.”

The one who could fill all of that was the First. But now that the First’s feet are tied, all of those prerequisites have been shattered.

Even the legion commander who was once considered so strong now has less than half of his men left.

Because of their own greed, they were unable to unite and ended up dying.

The remaining legion commanders? Eight and Seven fell to the rear, Ten fell behind, and Third was sent out by his own hands.

Twelve, Eleven, and Force, who should have joined a long time ago, have also lost contact.

And the one paying the price was none other than Second.

Because he sent Third out without permission in such a dangerous situation, Belphegor gave Second a proper punishment, just as he had said.

“Stop staring blankly and come at me, you little lizards.”

The second provoked the twelve thousand people looking down at him by wagging his finger.

There are no allies around and only six enemies floating in the sky.

How long can he last in a 1:6 situation?

It’s one thing when First is held for longer than expected, and another when Ten dies suddenly after being caught.

All circumstances were pushing him towards death.

‘Oh, I see. The anxiety I felt was referring to the current situation.’

I didn’t want Lacrima to die.

However, this is not the first time I have felt anxious.

It was the same when Belphegor frowned at Lacrima’s excessive antics, and when she went out to the human world to play without permission.

Yes, every time, Lacrima was in danger of death.

But this time, it was different. Even if she was in danger of dying, he was willing to risk his life to protect her… … .

‘This time, I tried to protect you even at the expense of excluding you.’

The second raised his head.

You can tell just by looking at the fact that only one Twelve Million was assigned to the First.

“You were after me from the beginning, weren’t you?”

Their primary goal is none other than the exclusion of the Second.

Yes, the anxiety he felt.

‘I guess the thing I hated the most was the situation where you died because of me.’

He was afraid that Lacrima would die because of him.

***

The first objective of ＜The Eye of Truth＞ is, of course, to stop the Demon King Belphegor.

Because that’s what La Pa wants.

However, since Belphegor was directly under Rapha’s control, there were two major forces that Twelve Thousand had to worry about.

The transcendent being, the first and the extreme being, the second.

First can be said to be out of the norm just by existing. It means that the very fact that it is in the position of First makes it a monster that is beyond description.

If Belphegor hadn’t existed, the Demon King would have been first.

It is to the extent that it can be said that he is the strongest Demon King after La Pa.

but…….

‘The thing you have to be most wary of is the second.’

They unanimously preferred second over first.

The first is already a completed being.

However, the second is something that can be ‘completed’.

It is inevitable to deal with an already completed being, but it would be a fatal mistake to leave a being that could become complete alone.

The second has already reached its peak.

It was not something that he could achieve through a lifetime of training like Shiva, but rather something that he was able to reach through a natural process of growth.

That sharp feeling.

The ability to find the right answer.

Who can dare to assert that that keen sense will not point us in the direction of the divine path?

It’s something that even La Pa can’t say for sure right now.

It was she who took Tina in and planted Tana’s heart in her.

Wasn’t it because of that feeling?

That’s why most of the Twelve Thousand were invested in attacking the Second.

but…….

“Hehehehe… … Hehahahahahahaha!”

They couldn’t help but wonder if that was really the right decision.

An intangible ability called feeling.

I thought about it vaguely.

But now that six Twelve Thousands have joined forces to attack Second, I can’t help but feel it.

“Is that all?”

The odds are overwhelmingly in our favor.

The second was already a total mess, but thanks to the twelve thousand working together, there were no casualties, and no one was even hurt.

But anxiety grew.

“Do you really think you can kill me with just that?”

A keen sense. Yes, it’s as if all twelve thousand are indirectly experiencing the Second’s abilities.

Anxiety that sends a chill down my spine.

“That’s all!!”

It was pointing out that his molting had begun.

“Do you think you can take him away from me?”