Demon King
Chapter 122 Guild Growth [7]

I couldn't help myself when I saw the delicious food. Instinct takes over my reasoning, and I can only focus on results. It increases my efficiency in eating everything I can.

[You gained 79,039 experiences.]

[You received 170,000 gold.]

[Predation to Lv 3.]

[Your level increased several times.]

[You have obtained the Pure White Envoy.]

[You have obtained the Shawl Mirror.]

However, once there was nothing left in front of me, I slowly returned to my senses. It made me feel moody as I looked around at the results of what happened after I gave up on my hunger.

[Soul Magic increased 18.]

[New Magic increased 21.]

When Marcosias' body was nothing more than a drop of blood and a piece of meat, I could hardly bear to think about it. ‘Why can I remember his name?’ If that possibility had been with me since the beginning, why was it possible just now? It would be nice to bring out the memories inside me at will; if everything became clear. When I faced him, I realized that he was a demon I knew, and his name came naturally. It brought imperfection into its existence and gave me victory.

But what is this frustration that I cannot help but feel? I felt like a puppet dancing on someone else's stage. Unable to control the situation, just passing by.

‘Is there only one Elakatra I have to fight?’ I couldn't shake the feeling that I was forgetting something important, something in the gaps in my memory. ‘Do Elakatra leaders really exist?’ At that moment, I could feel the energy rising within me as if severing that thought. Instinctively, I could feel that it was the energy of Elakatra, threatening my own mana. She tried to eat me from the inside, noticing that I was not a fairy myself.

“It will not be difficult for them to know how someone like Marcocias died.” He will be the trigger that will reveal me to them. His death will prove my survival. From now on, I have to assume that the other party suspects my whereabouts and moves against me. Fortunately, it won't change much what I've planned. But at least for now, I can be assured that they do not know me.

‘What's the truth? I have put off so much because there is no answer, but one day I will have to make a conclusion. ‘ For now, at least, it's time to focus on survival. I felt the power of Predation rising within me. I can remember a time when I could only gnaw away at one's flesh, using my regeneration to turn it into my own life. I wonder if it will work out with this Elakatra inside me. Can I turn it into my own energy?

I thought about L, how he erased their energy the other day, and that was enough. It's not just the warmth I get from her. I remember all the paths she followed. My predation embraces the energy of Elakatra within me, dismantling it bit by bit. Mana began to overflow from me, circling around me to heal my wounds. I could feel my strength and skills coming together.

[Belkena Spell becomes Lv4.]

When everything was done, and I opened my eyes, countless monsters lined up around me.

“... I'll kill you all.” I considered why they did not attack me to the extent that I raised the sword to aim at them.

[I gave up.]

“What?”

[I can't beat you, and I don't want to die. So, I resigned.]

It was a neat surrender statement, coming from the man standing behind the gathered monsters. He was the greatest of them, with outstanding mana that stood out. I immediately recognized him as the parent entity. They do not look much different from humans on the outside, except for twigs that grow where there should be ears.

“Are you the owner of this dungeon?”

[Yes.]

“How do you get out?” There were basic laws that the dungeon had to abide by, one of which was that the boss could not leave the boss room.

[The door was broken in your fight. The energy is raging here. If you hadn't eaten it yet, the dungeon might have collapsed. ”

“The door is broken ..” I repeat his words like an idiot, looking back. Indeed, the door has broken. Was it possible because of the demonic and fairy energy that mingled together? Recalling one more thing to consider, I sighed.

[Is this Earth?]

“Now, yes.”

[Is that so? I've taken that into account, considering the countless people who have come here to die.]

An uncomfortable feeling enveloped me. The way this man spoke, and the choice of his words, all gave me a strange impression.

[I don't want to die. One death is enough.]

[If I could live, I would do anything. Better to be a demon than a spirit.]

The feelings of despair possessed by those who survived death. I'm convinced.

Are you the one who fell?

[I don't know what it is.]

Are you human?

[... You too?]

The monsters between us are as divided as the Red Sea. He floated in the air and flew towards me.

[I can hardly believe it, given your strength. Are you really human? From earth?]

I was.

[If so, how about. You. so, you.].

“You can call me Destiny. Did you also die during the Great Fusion? ”

[Good! Aye! When I opened my eyes, I was already here with no one to talk to.]

What a powerful creature to be born. I thought Cain was lucky among the fallen, but I didn't even think someone could be born as a dungeon boss.

[There's nobody. Everything here is very different from Earth. I was trapped inside that tree, and only recently have I been able to feel the spirit of people when they are killed. I only have these monsters, but they don't know how I feel.]

“No, they only kill by instinct. They do not have intelligence like humans. ”

[Right, but that doesn't mean they have to disappear. It felt wrong to curse these monsters that crushed my hopes.]

I decided not to tell him that even though the humans had contacted him, they would still try to kill him as the boss monster.

“What's your name?”

[Yuta Katsuragi's. You can call me Katsuragi.]

‘Japan now?’

[Will you save me?]

“Good.”

[If so, go ahead and use the sword.]

I knew he saw me as just an object of fear, remembering how I dealt with Marcocias. Do my words make sense to him? I hesitated before opening my mouth.

I have a suggestion.

[If you save me, I'll listen to anything.]

He agreed so quickly that I felt a bit embarrassed.

“Be my subordinate, at least it will be better than staying here.”

[Okay, captain.]

‘The answer is too fast!’ Did she hear Lee Chan-yu call me that before I sent her away? I reached out with a sigh, putting my hand on Katsuragi's head as she moved away. I triggered Domination, claiming this dungeon boss as my subordinate and this entire dungeon as part of my fortress. Katsuragi's eyes opened at the intense mana flow. It feels a bit creepy, but where Jinma is now inside her, gives her new, more destructive powers.

Now we have a new union member.