Demon King
Chapter 167 Black Month [4]

In order to protect the underground, I must complete the Tower of Destiny. But to finish it, I need gold. The gold? It was clear where I should go for it: Belphegor, and all the gold he took from me. Gold coins are one of the most common things to find. Monsters, humans, demons, and angels would leave the gold coins when they died without fail. They are used as currency, of course, but also the valuable materials needed to make objects, whether they are artifacts or magical architecture. After calculating the amount I needed to complete the tower, I gritted my teeth and went back underground.

“Destiny!”

“Destiny!”

“Captain!”

“Brother..!” Mireina stood on top of the highest spire, spreading her shield outwards as all the high-level demons fought around her to add mana to the shield. They were assisted by members of the Rebellion. It almost looked like a cult was gathering around their priest.

“How much longer do you think you can hold it?”

“At most thirty minutes!” I had hoped for an hour and a half.

“I request three hours!”

“But... alone..”.

“No, you can.” Mireina weakened, but when she saw my eyes did not tremble, her face changed rapidly. After reaffirming my belief in him, he began to bring out more mana than before. ”

“Yes yes! I can do that!”

“It was an ability that could not even be used properly without Destiny ..” Belphegor muttered as if the scene was pitiful, but I was lucky to arrive in time to replenish his energy.

“Rain, I need your money.”

“I will. That was for you from the beginning. ” Until now, I thought he was a con man who robbed my money, but he has done it to save our whole life.

“Belphegor poor.”

“Give me your strength, Rain.” The demons muttered sympathetically to him. Belphegor produced all of the gold he had collected so far, a staggering amount that I was a bit flabbergasted to see.

“Don't look sad. Give it all to me. ”

“You know how precious gold is to the devil, Destiny!” Gremory, whose one hand was stretched out to Mireina to pour magic on her, shouted at me. I replied with a friendly smile.

“Then, choose what is more valuable between gold and your life. I'm honoring your thoughts. ”

“You're so cool even when you're mean to me.” I took out all the gold that every demon had before by quietly turning to the members of the Rebellion. Lee Chan-yu has already taken his money, and the rest can't fight the atmosphere.

“Why did you borrow once you saw us, brother?”

You'll see soon enough. But that wasn't enough. At best, we have about 50%.

“... I have to go to Earth and take money from humans now.”

“Although you robbed all the wealth that the demons had, it wasn't enough? What are you doing ?! Are you making weapons to destroy heaven? ” Another demon yelled at Gremory, who was yelling at me. He seemed a little upset that his money had been stolen. But the underground would have been destroyed otherwise, so they had to go along with it.

“Something like that.” I looked outside the top of the tower and pointed to the inner courtyard. The gold coins I collected were immediately converted into mana to begin building the Tower of Destiny. The Black Palace refers to the palace where I lived before. However, after becoming a human, it became impossible to maintain it, so I sealed it. Now, it was formed due to the gold coins I had collected. A tower built from black obsidian was already towering high above the demon castle.

“It...”

“What are you trying to build with that money…? Sire, why…? ” Most of the demons were stunned as they looked at the tower, which was not even ten percent finished yet.

However, only one person seemed to be unimpressed watching it. That's A.

“That's an accurate name, Tower of Destiny.” He smiled bitterly as he said that.

“There were times when I was made confused by the role given to Belphegor, but I see it was not because of the desire for wealth.”

“It's for this.” I wondered about my own greed and myself in the past, to take all that we could. But, right from the start, I wasn't too greedy on unappetizing things like gold.

“If you are greedy and collect more, maybe..”.

“How long has it been since I heard that name. You get everything back? ”

“You will know when you see it.” Some of the demons who were listening to us stepped back, muttering amongst themselves, now they know who he is.

“No way, she's alive..?”

“Didn't Destiny eat it in the past?”

“True... huh?” Amimon, or Mammon, is a great demon who handed greed over to me in the past - no. Instead of giving up, he was forced to give it up after he lost a match.

“...” I do not intend to owe him any more, but now it cannot be helped. We both have something to keep safe.

“Please.”

“Hah.” With a snort, a black shadow appeared behind his back. Immediately, a pile of cartoon gold appeared behind me.

“Take as many as you want.”

“I will take at least ninety percent of it.”

“...” His eyebrows cringed. Maybe he didn't know I'd take so much of the wealth he accumulated by defeating the horde of monsters. It was enough to match the 50% gold I had taken from the other demons.

Fate was even taken from Amimon.

“It's like our king ..” The demons are quite relaxed, although we can all die soon. Well, it could only be expected from a being called a demon.

Finish it quickly.

“Thank you, it's going well.” I'm not wrong to say I need 90%. I poured all the money collected from Amimon into the tower without leaving a single coin. The tower began to soar above us.

“Babylon Tower..?” My sister muttered blankly while looking at him. The Tower of Babel, built by a proud man, ignores God's will and tries to reach it. God spread their language to prevent the construction of the tower. In the end, they could not finish it and left it. I laughed at my sister's words and denied them.

“I don't try to replicate such human failure.”

“Does it really fail..?” Many others opened their eyes wide when they mentioned the tower. As it turns out, there is a common myth between Hater and Earth.

It's a tower.

“Finally up.” Gremory said as he watched the tower rise to endless heights under the black moon above — a collection of false desires from the distant past of heaven. Heaven was the greatest cause of Great Fusion and the master of the loud voice that incited the demons when Devil's Night arrived.

“Cannot.”

“Are you not too greedy?” Knowing my intention and the power of the tower, the devil stopped talking. I'm staring.

“Destiny.” As I tried to move there, a voice held me from behind.

“Let go of me.” His eyes were wide open, but he immediately nodded with a warm smile.

“Good.”

“Do you want me to call your name?”

“No, I'm angry because you teased another woman.” He seemed to be referring to Mireina and my sister. I smiled at her cute little complaint and then approached her for a kiss.

“We can do the rest after I get back.”

“I'll wait.” The woman who monopolized the love of almost all the demons in the past; the only woman I wanted to protect who remained by my side. The No. 1 contributor who made Amimon acknowledge my strength, and might even make me a demon lord. He let me go, and I waved at him before approaching the tower.

Now, it's time to devour that black moon.