The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 122



121. Finally, the clock turns back towards the ending.

“Eww!!!!”

… It was only natural that my daughter’s diving attack, which came running with tears in her eyes immediately after the reunion with her disciple, would hit me in the body. After all, since I was tied up with a verb, my daughter would have been able to sense that something was wrong with my body right away.

… But our daughter didn’t suppress her powers at all. If she hadn’t been in hero form, Dad might have been in some danger… .

“Thank goodness… Really… .”

“I’m sorry.”

In the first place, it was because you went along with my stubbornness that you ended up shedding tears like this. It’s all my fault. Whose fault is it?

… but unfortunately, a proper apology and forgiveness time could not be held right now. I don’t want to think about this while my daughter is crying… . It’s hard to think that the free time given by the end of the world will be that generous.

Luckily, our smart Leah knew that and quickly suppressed her emotions.

“Hipp.”

“Let’s go back and talk about it after we’ve finished talking properly.”

“… at our house?”

“Then, to our house.”

Shouldn’t we go home after everything is over? After finishing work, we go home and rest comfortably. Isn’t that a natural routine that has been done since long ago?

“Let’s finish it and go back ‘together’.”

So what I’m saying now is nothing special, just something obvious.

♧♧♧

The Demon King felt a strange sensation.

The warrior’s teacher

It was a well-known story that the hero would change his master in order to somehow win over himself. So, to the Demon King, the hero’s master… . had no reason to feel special. He could only think of him as a mere human who had a temporary relationship with the hero… . That was all he could think of.

Even if one of those teachers was considered a great transcendent being among humans, by the Demon King’s standards, he was nothing more than a human struggling to climb the stairs from the bottom.

‘So in the end, that mere human was the beginning of all change?’

The fact that Warrior Sera was able to display explosive potential that was completely different from before was all possible because Jade was her teacher in this episode.

In the end, it’s because of one human being that we’ve come this far.

The warrior of infinite turns

The white dragon born with a miracle probability

Even the transcendent beings who are considered great among humans

Even the great wizard whom humans bow their heads to

Even the palace knights that humans boast about are so great

Not all of them.

just

I’m just a human.

A mere human being who was not worth caring about by the Demon King’s standards, and whose name he had no reason to engrave in his mind.

In the end, it was something that the Demon King had been longing for endlessly, something that he had been thirsting for, and it was something that had finally quenched his thirst. No, it might even show him a result that was more than he had hoped for.

‘My knight, have you ever felt this way?’

He thought of his knight who was no longer in this world.

The warrior’s teacher, I knew it the moment I saw his eyes.

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Even in front of the great sky of the Demon World, the Demon King himself, his gaze was extremely firm. The moment he saw himself, the moment he directly faced his sword, he must have realized that he was the very end, but he remained extremely calm as if nothing had happened.

It wasn’t the first time. The warrior, the white dragon, and others had not lost their gazes toward him. However, even so, they were no more than a pine tree enduring a typhoon. They were just enduring with difficulty, not truly overcoming. Even the warrior didn’t dare look at him at the beginning of the infinite round.

Because there is no living being that can accept the end as it is.

… That’s how it should be.

The warrior’s master accepted it calmly. No, would it be right to say that he overcame it?

【Is this absolute faith…?】

There is no way I can lose… .

More precisely… .

There is no way that his disciple, the warrior, would not be able to overcome the apocalypse.

【What a strange person.】

He was somehow surrounded by the power of a god. He had desperately run away from his pursuit… . Did he discover the hidden arrangement of the fugitives who had abandoned even the power of a god because they did not want to die… . Or did those fugitives sacrifice their own existence to do something… . As a result, the warrior’s teacher was covering reality with the shadow of the past with the power of a god.

‘Is this the shadow of a hero who once existed?’

It wasn’t the first time I saw it. When the gods were still alive, they had done something similar to try to get rid of him. Even so, it was nothing more than a futile struggle. Originally, it would not be able to endure the shadow of the past and would collapse. That’s why it was just one of the failed lucks that even the gods had tried several times and given up on.

… I thought so… .

【It would seem that the power to turn that failed stroke of luck into a successful stroke of luck lies with the warrior’s teacher.】

Is it a coincidence close to a miracle?

Is it really true that the warrior’s teacher is special?

As a Demon King, I thought it would be the latter rather than the former.

After all, this climax that he had been longing for was all the result of one human being.

“Thank you for giving me your time.”

The warrior’s master approached with the warrior and the white dragon. The others joined the human army.

‘That was the right decision.’

Unlike the beginning, the human army was incomparably weak in terms of numbers and momentum. If it was natural, it was a natural result. Time was not on the human side from the beginning. Of course, the number of the Demon King’s army had decreased significantly, but their momentum had not diminished at all. It was natural to die while fighting them. They were a race that had only that.

That’s why

It’s worthless.

It’s meaningless.

Just destroying and killing each other

It gives birth to nothing and leaves nothing behind.

A race that is all about dyeing with blood, covering with blood, and getting stained with blood… .

‘Just like me… .’

I know.

They are all demons

And he himself is the purest and highest quality demon king.

In the end, I see myself in them, and in the end, denying them only ends up denying myself… .

… I didn’t know.

That’s why I know.

Even after this world ends

The world that he creates cannot fundamentally deviate much from the demon world.

Even if you reach the realm of god

that he himself can never truly reach the realm of creation.

Half God

Yes, he is no different from the gods he created and killed.

I know.

That’s why I hope so.

【Master of the warriors.】

“why?”

【Can you stop me?】

“Of course it would be too much for me to do alone. But with these kids, it’s possible.”

I feel reassured when I see those eyes shining with the confidence that they will never fail.

【Is that so…】

Anyone can speak.

But not everyone can say something with such sincerity.

I could feel the firm sincerity and spirit from the warrior’s teacher.

【I hope it doesn’t end with just words.】

“Even though it looks like this, I don’t have a hobby of bragging. I do brag, though.”

【Isn’t it the same thing?】

“It means I don’t tell useless lies.”

【I don’t know.】

“The Demon King is so great that there are things he doesn’t know.”

【You dare to mock me. Should I say that you have the guts to be a master of warriors, or should I say that you are fearless?】

“Compared to your subordinates, I am nothing but a drop in the bucket.”

【That quiet man?】

“…If he is so reserved, how gentlemanly am I?”

The tyrant, that guy has that side to him? Isn’t it said that things change when they’re about to die? Is that so? Or maybe he held back a lot in order to show himself as a loyal knight in front of me? Whatever it was, the tyrant, who only showed his reserved side, had that side to him… . It was a surprising story.

‘Did that guy ever act coy? I can’t believe it… .’

【I really can’t believe it.】

“Is that so?”

【Yes.】

The Demon King and the Hero’s Master had a casual conversation as if they were having a break from working together and enjoying their conversation. However, if you ask whether it was really a time of affection that made you lose your life, it was definitely not. Rather, it was more like the calm before the storm.

As the two of them talked, their energy was boiling over more sharply and more eerily. The energy of the two of them was boiling over like a volcano, so much so that it wouldn’t have been strange if it exploded at any moment.

It wouldn’t have been strange if it exploded at any moment.

【It’s been a long time since I’ve had a truly pleasant conversation. I’d like to keep doing it if possible.】

“If it’s a time like this, I can give it to you any time. Don’t you plan on quietly returning to the Demon World?”

【That’s an impossible story. Since we’ve come this far, we have to see the end. No matter what the ending is.】

“I don’t care what the ending is… isn’t that no different from saying that I honestly don’t have any big wishes?”

【That’s not wrong either. Even if this world ends… I know exactly what awaits me. It’ll just be a vicious, vicious cycle. But anyway, if you can’t seal me or destroy me… I’m a body that can’t destroy myself anyway.】

“Adversary”

【Why is that?】

“Whichever of you finds the gods who created you, let’s throw a punch at them no matter who it is… Let’s make that promise.”

【… … ?】

The Demon King did not understand what that meant at first, but soon understood the meaning and burst out laughing. Oh my! Him? With the warrior’s master? Making a promise? Even as the Demon King, isn’t this a truly absurd situation? That’s why he burst out laughing.

【Hahahaha! This is truly a masterpiece! But it’s okay. Whoever it is, I’ll throw a punch right away when I meet them. I swear it on my Demon King’s soul.】

“I too will gladly swear by my soul.”

【You are truly an interesting person. I have met many people over the long period of time, but I feel it is a waste to have finally had a conversation with you.】

“I was surprised that we could communicate better than I expected.”

The warrior’s master also shrugged his shoulders and agreed.

And soon that moment arrived.

We suddenly started talking

The end also came suddenly.

【Yeah, it’s just the right amount of regret. It’s just the right feeling when it feels like this.】

“The Demon King is being temperate. How unbecoming.”

【Even if he is the Demon King, he is still a king. That is why a king must make choices and see the results. That is his duty as a king.】

“I am an adult and a guardian. As such, I have an unconditional obligation to give my children a future no matter what.”

There are things that both of them can never give up.

There is something that both of them can never give up.

That’s why

They both aimed their swords at each other.

That was the signal.

The tranquility that had been there for a moment evaporated in an instant

-Kuuu!!!!

“Ewww!!!!!”

It returned to its original form.

The climax was finally beginning.