I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 24



Succession of the Demon King

A desolate atmosphere lingered in the desert.

The girl and the demon god stood at the entrance leading to the desert.

“Is this… the place? The location of the Demon King’s castle where the previous Demon King is sealed.”

The power of the Demon King is passed down from the previous Demon King to the next.

For the girl to become the Demon King, she had to find the sealed corpse of the previous Demon King.

“Yes. After the Demon King was defeated by the hero’s party during the First Demon War, the surrounding territory, including the Demon King’s castle, was devastated. It was the aftermath of the mutual destruction of the hero and the Demon King.”

The hero’s party, determined to face death, annihilated the demon leadership, collapsing and destroying the demon nation.

Despite the demons having far superior physical abilities compared to humans, they could not organize a proper resistance.

“…The First Demon War?”

The girl tilted her head at the demon god’s words.

“Wasn’t there only one Demon War?”

“…”

Oops. A slip of the tongue.

The Second Demon War was the war initiated by her master.

With her power, she brought down half the continent, and all the inhabitants of the continent, including the demons, united against her.

Since she was the starting point of the war, it was called the Demon War.

However, at this point in time, there was no distinction between the first and second.

“Puhut.”

The girl laughed softly as the demon god hesitated to find the right words.

“You don’t have to worry about it.”

For some reason, she seemed to like what the demon god had mentioned.

“I know. That you are a god who can see the future.”

“……”

The demon god remained silent.

Strictly speaking, this reality was the past.

The demon god knew what was going to happen.

The girl would become the demon king and turn the entire continent against her as her master.

She would go down in the history of the continent as a mass murderer and a villain, and be killed.

With her death, the demons and the other inhabitants of the continent would unite and coexist.

The chain of hatred would be broken and peace would come, but there would be no place for the girl anywhere.

“The fact that the Second Demon War will happen probably means that I successfully become the demon king and cause it, right?”

The girl smiled.

“That’s enough for me.”

The demon god felt a sinking feeling in his chest.

At that time, he thought that his master had gone mad with the heavy burden on his heart.

So he thought he would forcibly break the chain of hatred and kill all the other races except the demons.

But what if it was all an act?

What if from the beginning, the plan was to become evil, to become a common enemy, and to die?

You.

No way.

“……After I become the Demon King….”

“Shh. Let’s talk about that after I become the Demon King. If we talk about the future now, it might disturb my mindset for the pilgrimage.”

The girl placed her index finger on her lips.

The demon couldn’t bring up that story to her.

The girl and the demon set out into the barren desert.

The aftermath of the battle between the Demon King and the Hero during the Great Demon War had turned it into a wasteland where living beings could hardly survive, but the girl, who had grown sufficiently, overcame the extreme environment and moved forward.

‘A master with such a background suddenly went mad and became a mass murderer. I had thought it was strange from the beginning.’

The demon, who was traveling with the girl, fell into thought.

As the [Pride] that had been consuming her faded, the past that she had not been able to see began to reveal itself.

‘The master took me, who had lost everything, and raised me as her successor. She taught me everything except for the ‘succession,’ so that I could become a ruler leading the demons.’

A ruler?

……!

She was not an ordinary ruler.

She taught me how to seek harmony beyond the chain of hatred that had been severed when the war ended and the era of peace arrived.

The master predicted the peace that would come after her death.

‘……No. It wasn’t a prediction. She created it.’

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When the [pride] that had clouded her thoughts was lifted, the demon could face the truth.

The reason her master had caused the massacre.

The reason the harmony had been achieved so surprisingly easily after the end of the Great Demon War.

…The reason she, who was unqualified, could become the greatest holy ruler in history.

It was all due to her master’s arrangements.

The demon’s hand trembled.

If things continued this way, history would be recreated in reality.

That was the original goal and also the procedure to resurrect her master.

But… why didn’t she want to just watch it happen?

This world wasn’t reality.

In order to resurrect her master in reality, the master of this world had to die.

As the demon’s worries deepened, the girl approached her destination.

A massive pyramid-shaped structure located in the middle of the desert.

The remnants left behind as the Demon King’s castle sank below the surface after the destruction.

Only the upper part of the ruins was exposed above ground.

Rumble

When the girl placed her hand on one side of the pyramid’s wall, the wall reacted to her magic and moved, opening a door.

The security system of the Demon King’s castle, which should only respond to those registered, reacted to the girl’s magic control ability, which surpassed that of the previous Demon King.

The girl and the demon continued to walk inside the Demon King’s castle.

The golems and various defense systems prepared to protect the Demon King’s castle activated and attacked the girl, but she easily neutralized everything and moved forward.

There was nothing that could stop the girl.

Boom

The girl, who was heading towards the deepest part of the dark Demon King’s castle, finally arrived.

“……Demon King.”

At the corpse of the Demon King, sealed in [Eternal Frozen Land] with the hero.

“Lord Demon God.”

The girl looked back at the Demon God.

“You can do it. I believe in you.”

The Demon God wanted to stop her.

For some reason, he felt that once she became the Demon King, there would be no turning back.

But he couldn’t stop her, having spent so many years together.

The girl took a deep breath.

Then she placed her hand on the large ice.

Vroom Vroom Vroom Vroom Vroom

The moment the ice and the girl touched, the Demon King inside the ice and the girl began to resonate.

The power of the Demon King, who had lost his master, found a suitable successor.

“Ugh.”

The mark of [Super Succession] began to engrave itself into the girl’s mind.

An unimaginable, overwhelming pain that she had never felt before engulfed the girl.

“aaah!”

The more power flowed into the girl, the louder her screams grew.

The demon god bit his lip as he watched the scene of succession.

The long lives of those who had inherited the Demon King’s power until now settled in the girl’s mind.

Memories so vast that they could swallow up the girl’s short life filled her mind.

“I won’t… forget…!”

But the girl tightly grasped that short memory.

The precious memory with the demon god that she must never forget.

And the mission that would become her reason for existence.

No matter how many Demon Kings entered her, she must not forget.

[New Demon King]

[King who will reign over all demons]

[Absolute ruler who will wield all demonic powers]

[Speak the power you will create]

The karma of the Demon King echoed within the girl.

She clutched her head, enduring the pain that felt like it would tear her mind apart.

“The power I will create… the world I will control…!”

The powers of the Demon Kings so far could not fulfill the mission.

What was needed to break the chain of hatred was immense power.

An overwhelming power of death to cover the endless cycle of death.

“King of the Underworld! I will become the king of all demons and the ruler of death!”

In the girl’s world of imagination, the karma of the demon kings swirled within the history.

All those karmas aligned under the girl’s will.

“To the continent! The power of the absolute! The primordial power that births creation through death! Come to me, Hadean Eon!”

The primordial sea of lava that creates and annihilates all things.

The Hadean Eon, which refers to the era of primordial creation, descended upon her.

The [First Succession] ended safely.

The girl accepted the power of the demon king and evolved into a new demon king.

The demon god witnessed the entire process clearly.

The girl obtaining the power of the [Hadean Eon] just as in reality.

And in that process, he saw her will engraved in the world of imagination.

A firm will to bring peace to the continent by breaking the chain of hatred through self-sacrifice.

The demon god approached the girl.

Finally, the resolve was firm.

No more hesitation.

This world is no longer a lie.

As long as she accepts the girl, the girl is also the truth.

Therefore, her sacrifice cannot be allowed.

A world created in such a way cannot be accepted.

Without knowing what the master bore and sacrificed.

Without knowing how the era of peace came to be.

I cannot accept sacrificing for those who point fingers at her without even trying to understand the lives of those who made that era.

I will stop it.

Even if it means this world diverges from the history of reality.

I cannot stand by and watch the girl sacrifice herself just like in reality.

“…Huh? Demon Lord! I did it! I became the Demon King!”

The girl smiled brightly.

Inside her was a giant so immense that she could no longer be called a girl.

The Demon Lord saw her past life’s teacher overlapping with her.

‘I’m sorry, Teacher.’

With this, the teacher of reality cannot be resurrected.

But now, having shed [pride], I can understand.

The fact that the teacher would not want such a resurrection.

Therefore, I… no, I will not let this teacher meet an unfortunate death this time!

It was the moment when the Demon Lord reached out to the girl.

Ding

[Final Help]

– With your help, the girl has successfully become the Demon King. Now is the moment of the final decision. Pass the situation until the girl’s plan reaches its final stage. Help her in her last moment, her decisive choice.

The surroundings around the Demon Lord began to flow rapidly.

The world began to accelerate, excluding the Demon Lord.

Everything passes.

The time until the girl made her final choice as a slaughterer passed quickly.

“…No.”

The demon god realized what was happening.

Now she could no longer intervene.

“Nooo!”

The decisive choice, the girl’s sacrifice.

Except for the very last moment’s decision.

* * *

“Demon… god?”

The girl found her most reliable supporter, teacher, and mother in the ruins of the empty Demon King’s castle.

As long as she was with her, anything could happen.

As long as she was there, nothing that would happen in the future was frightening.

…

But the demon god’s answer did not come.

Only the girl’s voice echoed and grew smaller.

“Where did you go, demon god…?”

The girl’s body shrank.

* * *

I temporarily separated from the world of the story and heard the demon god’s scream heading towards the final chapter.

Everything is going according to plan.

Now, the demon god must make a decisive choice.

Will he unleash the full power of the divine to break free from his restraints and destroy this world?

Or will he remain forever trapped in this world, maintaining a false reality?

And having watched her, I felt I knew what choice she would make.