Demon King
Chapter 130 Predation [5]

Obviously if I take my sister underground, only disturbing things will happen, so I have Mireina watch over her and go there alone.

“You're back, Destiny.” Rain greeted me with his head down as usual, but his appearance was a little different. He had a small chain hanging on his wrist and on the waist of his clothes. Noticing my gaze, he pulled slightly to the chain with a bitter smile.

“As you know, this fight will be different from the previous one. I have done some preparation of my own.

“A chain?” I can't imagine him fighting directly. Now that I have evolved into the Predator Belkena, I can measure its strength, but that is only the amount of mana that appears on the surface. I don't know anything about his abilities either. Or rather, I don't remember.

“I'm sorry that I may not be a great source of strength in this fight.”

“No, it's okay. This is my fault. So, I have some requests. First, I need information on some artifacts. ” I called Annihilation and Echo of the Soul, and Rain responded as if he had been waiting.

“I saw. Sometimes good results come from dirty and dusty things. The result of the fight against Chaos Soul, right? ”

“Iya.” He stared at the two objects, formed by thousands of souls united and transfixed in two completely different forms. His interest was clearly visible on his face.

“Jiwa is truly amazing. If any is left in its natural state, it will shrink and disappear, but the soul does not. Even if they unite and become one, they will not disappear. If more of them come together, the value doubles exponentially .. ”

“That was the first time I heard there was such a defined soul.” Combined and become one. If so, are all the souls I eat a part of my soul? I'm not in the mood to hear it.

“The elves wanted to get their grades through Chaos Soul, but they failed. Try to change something that does not change, pay the price.Trariwise, you try to calm the situation without thanking. You managed to create something with a good shape. How beautiful.”

“Experimenting with other human souls ... it is disgusting..” Rain smiled and nodded at my sincere feelings.

“You can't do it with your own soul, but your words are true. You did a good job. ”

“You helped, Rain.”

“It's just insurance. It's not my own power. ” He shook his head without accepting the things I pushed towards him.

“They cannot be handled by anyone other than you.”

“Even you?”

“Not possible for me and anyone. After all, didn't you already understand the power of the artifact? ”

“Yah, exactly..”.

“Oh? Getting accurate information is a great way to create a solid plan. ” Rain wags one finger and smiles.

“A product within the specified limit cannot produce anything other than the set result. The enemy you have to face will not be defeated with any clear force. Have you never experienced it before? ” I wonder if what she means is a Goddess Touch.

“If you regain enough strength to fully grasp this artifact, then maybe that's the moment when everything is neatly finished.” I don't understand his words. Maybe he's still hiding something from me?

“Now, do you have anything else for me?”

“Record. I want this to work permanently. ”

“It will cost you eight million gold.” After purchasing the footage at a merciless price, all my underground work was completed. Inevitably I was curious when I saw Rain take away the large amount of gold I had. He had a lot of money, but where did he spend it? I decided to ask that question again but met with the same mysterious words. He gave me that note.

“Compared to the time I saw you after Great Fusion, things have changed so much in such a short time.”

“... All I need to do is unchanged.” I let go of my question and replied bluntly, noting some of my mana so that I could track down the energy from Chaos Souls. I have moved to survive, so far by killing and eating those who want to kill me. The only difference was whether it was against goblins or a group called Elakatra.

“I'll be back in Devil's Night.”

“I'll wait.” Back on Earth, everyone, including my sister, was waiting for me. Han Jia has been completely fired, of course, but I called Solas to join us as well.

Myu.

“Imut!”

[Was the spider originally crying so adorable?]

I used the tape and saw the needle spin. Before, it was only Solas and me. But now that everyone here is improving, we can move together. However, Han Jia, despite being expelled, constantly appeared. When he was about to be cast out once again with magic powerful enough to knock him unconscious, he ran over and whispered something into my brother's ear. His skin immediately turned pale.

“This is not a combat team, this is a unit to guard and search us.” I left the party and started running, making full use of Ubiquitous. I headed to the room where large quantities of concentrated. Elakatra was moving along, so it was easy to find him.

“Hei.”

“Ugh ?!”

“Iya!” There were a total of five elves, all of them were fully armed high-level entities. They were not demons that turned into elves like Marcocias, but rather elves from birth.

Why us ?!

“Sial, they are less informed .. who are you?” Even for the elves, Erkindra's intelligence was staggering. A smile played on my lips.

“Why are you blocking our way, man? We just walked together. ”

“Ah? May I ask where you are going? ”

“We have no obligation to tell you that.”

“You can't tell me because you will follow me.”

“Ugh ...” They can't answer. Elves are not good at lying, not even Elakatra. Since they viewed all beings as inferior, they felt no need to hide anything from others. When I pulled my dagger, they prepared their own weapons, but not long after, I shrugged and sheathed my dagger again.

“I have no intention of fighting you. I just want to fight Chaos Souls. ”

“…”

“If so ..” The knights of Elakatra share views with each other. Undoubtedly, they have received reports of what happened in Incheon.

“Then, we also have to fight you.”

“Is that so?” No more time to waste.

“Moving!”

“No, don't!” I swung my dagger. A black mana gushed out from the end of the short dagger, drawing a diagonal line that cut through the bodies of the three elves. It was a death line that no one but me could detect.

[You gained 314 experiences.]

[You gained.].

[You received 498 gold.]

“... ?!” Although I used it, the results also surprised me. How was the power of the Reaper strengthened so much by this dagger?

“What an unreasonable power..!”.

“Sial, why? That power was exactly like his…! ” At the moment, the sky is screaming loudly. I only use my power once. However, with that, it seems like all living and breathing beings in the world are desperate for my power. Yeah, just like the people who witnessed the death were the Reapers. Countless emotions assaulted me, rendering me unable to breathe. The dagger in my hand felt very heavy, and mana was boiling inside of me. As if waiting for this moment, the Echoes wrapped around my throat started to rage again. It filled me with destructive impulses.

Then, I suddenly realized. The moment when I can capture my power for myself. ‘Ah, I'm stupid.’ It is not the fear of others that I feel; it is mine alone. My own fear and despair. It was so huge that it gave me the illusion that it came from countless other beings. I am still very weak, very afraid of my own strength.

Echo had calmed down first. I condensed his strength, regained control of the power and pulled it into me. But that was when one of the surviving red elf scarves emitted an ominous light. Was it because I was closer to me in the past? I can instinctively feel what it means.

[It's about five years earlier than I expected.]

I swung my dagger at the quiet and gentle voice of the man.

[Long time no see, Fate.].

I sighed as I cut through everything in the room where the voice appeared. It was the voice of the enemy that I had to face one day.

My first reunion and conversation with an entity that the elves called ‘L.’