Chapter 195: The Spear of Death

Rekal focused on condensing his energy while lost in thought. Soon the compression was complete.

He stared at the sphere of condensed Lust demonic energy.

It was only thirty centimeters across.

Tiny.

But small did not mean weak.

Rekal was certain.

Even the Gaon who had killed Dormanimonu would die the instant this sphere struck him.

It was then.

Boom! Boom!

The explosions grew steadily closer.

Rekal swallowed hard and shouted.

“Unfold the final prophecy!”

At Rekal’s command, a pattern formed in Bawoozan’s remaining eye.

The eye turned blood-red and lost its function just like the other five.

Bawoozan spoke.

“After the storm passes, the spear of death shall pierce you and grant eternal rest.”

The prophecy ended.

Rekal gritted his teeth upon hearing it.

Nothing had changed.

It was then.

Whoosh!

A storm of rain and wind struck.

Naturally, it was no ordinary storm.

Its power was overwhelming.

The outer walls of the Demon King castle were torn away by the wind.

Every raindrop that struck exploded like a small bomb.

That was not all.

The raindrops killed Bawoozan and destroyed every communication crystal.

Not a single one remained.

The link to the other Demon Kings was severed.

Yet Rekal paid it no attention.

Right now he could not afford to worry about Bawoozan or the crystals.

The storm……

The rain and wind raging outside was unmistakably the storm mentioned in Bawoozan’s prophecy.

According to the prophecy, the spear of death would appear next.

And once pierced by that spear, he would find eternal rest.

In other words, if he avoided being pierced?

If he somehow dodged it?

Rekal looked at the sphere of demonic energy.

Yes… with this much……

Gazing at the sphere, he shook off his unease.

Not long after, the storm subsided.

Rekal tensed.

The spear of death would appear now.

“……!”

He flinched.

A long dark-colored spear had suddenly appeared ahead.

The energy contained within it was immense.

And it carried that special power.

It was clearly the spear of death from the prophecy.

……It’s not just one?

The problem was the number of spears.

He had naturally assumed there would be only one.

That was why he had prepared only one sphere.

Yet the spears of death were far more than one.

While Rekal stood stunned, the spears began to move.

They flew at incredible speed.

They reached him in an instant.

Reflexively, Rekal hurled the sphere of Lust demonic energy he had prepared.

The sphere could block only one spear of death.

Rekal frantically tried to think of a way to stop the rest.

But the next moment told him the worry had been pointless.

Stab!

The sphere of Lust demonic energy was pierced by a spear of death.

It scattered and vanished.

……I couldn’t dodge it.

Even if there had been only one, the outcome would have been the same.

The power of the spear of death was far beyond anything Rekal could withstand.

One by one, the spears of death plunged into Rekal’s body.

And so Rekal met his death.

The one who had delivered that death—the being who had created the spears of death—appeared.

Swish.

Gaon waved his hand.

The dark-colored spears embedded in Rekal’s body vanished.

With their disappearance, Rekal’s body began to turn to dust as well.

Soon Rekal’s body was completely gone, leaving only demon stones behind.

Just like with Babub, there were three.

Gaon examined the stones Rekal had left.

Do all Demon Kings leave exactly three?

The number and quality were almost identical to those from Babub and Dormanimonu.

Gaon opened his pouch, stored the stones, and focused his senses.

Countless demons were detected.

Gaon’s target had always been the Demon Kings.

But that did not mean he would kill only them.

There may be innocent demons among them.

Some demons probably had nothing to do with this invasion.

However, their numbers would be extremely small.

And he had no time to search for them one by one.

“Rage of the Thunder God.”

Having confirmed the position of every demon, Gaon used Rage of the Thunder God.

Naturally, it was to kill them all.

Dark clouds appeared and poured down lightning. The number of demons within his senses decreased rapidly.

Before long the last demon died.

Having finished cleaning the Demon King castle, Gaon left it behind.

Once outside, he began moving northwest.

The reason was simple.

The next destination—the Demon King castle of Kuranos, the Demon King of Sloth—lay to the northwest.

It should end quickly.

According to Babub, the strength of the Demon Kings other than Myrdaon was roughly the same.

In other words, Kuranos would be dealt with just as easily.

So Gaon turned his thoughts to the destination after that.

Finally, we meet.

The next stop was Myrdaon’s Demon King castle.

Myrdaon—the greatest reason Gaon had come to the demon world.

The time had come to face him.

Anticipation rose within Gaon.

He wondered how strong Myrdaon’s rank would be.

The Demon King castle of Askalon, the Demon King of Bitter Cold.

Askalon looked at the communication crystals floating before him.

Every crystal showed a Demon King.

All of them except Babub, Rekal, and Myrdaon.

-Did Babub get taken out too?

-Probably. No contact since then……

-He went to Asfal, so he’s dead.

-Same as Rekal. Must have been done in by that guy.

At the mention of Rekal, everyone fell silent.

They had not seen the end with their own eyes.

But they did not need to see it.

They knew exactly what had happened.

Rekal was dead.

And they knew who had killed him.

The human who had crossed from the middle world.

And they knew that human’s name.

It was undoubtedly Gaon—the one who had ruined every plan.

It was then.

-What the hell!

Kuranos shouted.

The cry was full of panic.

“What happened?”

Askalon, who had stayed silent until now, asked back.

-What?

-What’s going on?

Not only Askalon.

Everyone asked.

But Kuranos gave no answer.

Swish!

Kuranos’s communication was cut off.

“……”

Askalon could not say a word.

No—he chose not to.

He was not the only one.

None of the Demon Kings could open their mouths.

They understood why Kuranos’s communication had been severed.

He reached there already……?

Kuranos’s Demon King castle was the closest to Rekal’s.

But “closest” was only relative; the absolute distance was still enormous.

In other words, the travel speed was unbelievable.

That made the situation even worse.

If this speed was not a one-time burst?

It was dangerous.

Staying alone like this was dangerous.

“Everyone.”

Askalon broke the silence.

“How about gathering in one place?”

It seemed best for them to stay together.

This was no time to worry about pride.

Clinging to pride could get them killed.

No—it would definitely get them killed.

-Good.

-Where do we meet?

-Just us? Or bring our subordinates too?

Fortunately, the other Demon Kings shared Askalon’s thinking.

Askalon, who had worried someone might insist on pride, let out a sigh of relief and spoke.

“We should talk with Myrdaon as well, so let’s gather in the Black Forest and head out together.”

Myrdaon could not speak.

He simply stared blankly at Perkano.

He had heard a truly shocking report.

Gaon had come to the demon world, and Rekal had been killed by him.

He brought his rank with him?

Gaon was undoubtedly the human who had obtained rank.

Yet the idea that he had brought it across dimensions made no sense.

Why come while damaging his rank?

The stronger the power, the greater the energy required to cross dimensions.

That was exactly why Myrdaon himself had never gone to the middle world.

Because it would damage his rank.

Does he not know I obtained rank?

He had naturally assumed Gaon knew.

After all, the artifacts created by splitting his rank existed in the middle world.

But what if, contrary to expectation, Gaon had never seen those artifacts?

What if he did not know Myrdaon had obtained rank?

That could be possible.

It was not an impossible scenario.

Myrdaon’s eyes flashed.

It looked like a very good opportunity had arrived.

“Where is he now?”

Myrdaon asked Perkano.

“I am sorry. His location has not been identified yet.”

“Find him as quickly as possible. I will deal with him myself.”

“Understood!”

Perkano answered and left.

Myrdaon began focusing on steadying his rank.

But not long after, he had to stop.

Perkano had returned.

“……?”

Myrdaon looked at Perkano with a puzzled expression.

At first he thought the location had been found.

But the expression on Perkano’s face said otherwise.

It was full of panic.

“What is it?”

Myrdaon asked.

“That is……”

Perkano trailed off, carefully watching Myrdaon’s reaction before continuing.

“It is presumed that the Demon King of Sloth has been defeated.”

“Kuranos?”

“Yes.”

“……”

Myrdaon said nothing.

Even Kuranos?

If Kuranos had been taken down, there was only one possible culprit.

Gaon.

How does he know?

It made no sense.

How had Gaon learned the locations of the Demon Kings?

No matter how hard he thought, he could not figure it out.

So Myrdaon stopped thinking about it.

To be precise, he stopped thinking about how Gaon had learned the locations.

Instead, he thought about Gaon’s route.

……Next is.

There was no need to think long.

He could guess Gaon’s next destination.

It will be here.

Having finished his thoughts, Myrdaon told Perkano.

“Prepare for battle. Gaon is coming.”

Finally……

Gaon looked at the Demon King castle ahead and smiled.

He had finally arrived at Myrdaon’s Demon King castle.

As he closed the distance, he focused his senses.

I heard there weren’t many, but this few?

The number of presences detected inside the castle was extremely small.

Honestly, he wondered if it was even a Demon King castle.

Of course, while the numbers were low, the quality was exceptional.

The strongest among them was naturally Myrdaon.

It was only natural, since he possessed rank.

Stronger than Astrex.

Myrdaon’s rank was stronger than Astrex’s.

That made it even more surprising.

Myrdaon had split his rank, after all.

To be stronger than Astrex even after splitting it?

Of course, that posed no problem for Gaon.

If anything, it filled him with greater confidence.

Gaon strode toward the Demon King castle.

Not long after, he came face to face with several beings blocking his path.

Every one of them was outstanding.

The weakest was at the level of a demon marquis.

Of course, that did not mean they could stop Gaon.

Gaon did not stop walking.

He continued forward and waved his hand.

Multiple dark-colored spears appeared and flew toward the beings blocking his way.