Chapter 195: Chapter 195

“Ah… I really feel like I’m going to die…”

Park Hyun-a said in a dragging voice.

The treatment had been going on for hours already.

No, is it right to even call this treatment?

Park Hyun-a was self-harming.

Making her own body a complete wreck.

When she was about to die, Rachel would heal her along with potions.

“Did you think changing the vessel would be so easy? It’s a life-risking task.”

“I’m already doing that!”

Sara Dunphy shook her head and carefully examined Park Hyun-a’s body.

She massaged various spots with a serious expression before speaking.

“It doesn’t seem ineffective, but at this rate, I don’t know how long it will take.”

“Roughly how long will it take?”

“Several months. Maybe even several years.”

At the mention of years, Park Hyun-a’s face hardened.

While this was called treatment, it was no different from torture.

Working the body to the brink of death and healing it.

Then working the body again, and repeating the healing process.

To think she’d have to do this process that feels like death after just half a day for several years.

“Fuck! I’d rather just die! Just kill me now!”

“Don’t be spoiled. If you want to change the vessel in a short time, you must embrace even greater risks.”

“How much more dangerous does it need to be than this!?”

“Hmm, wouldn’t it be better to ask Choi Hyun-seok over there?”

Sara Dunphy threw a glance at Choi Hyun-seok.

His body is mysterious in many ways.

Not only is his mana conductivity high, but his vessel is also extremely flexible.

To the point where he showed no discomfort even containing mana that would have reached others’ limits.

The circuits through which mana flows were also abnormally strong.

In summary, he is a research subject in many ways.

“Though he probably didn’t intend it, Choi Hyun-seok has clearly gone through similar processes multiple times.”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded with a grin.

He spoke while looking at Park Hyun-a.

“Older sister. Just feeling like you’re going to die… That level isn’t enough.”

“Then what should I do?”

At that moment, Choi Hyun-seok erased his smile and put on a serious expression.

“Ah, fuck… I’m dead…”

“You need to really think you’re dead . Don’t you need to go at least that far to achieve anything?”

Choi Hyun-seok’s smiling expression was utterly hateful.

Park Hyun-a jumped up and grabbed Choi Hyun-seok’s collar.

“Are you mocking me? Huh!?”

“No! You asked me to tell you, so I told you, why are you acting crazy!?”

Choi Hyun-seok didn’t just take it either.

He grabbed Park Hyun-a’s collar in return.

“Yes! Crazy! I’m not the old me who just got beaten up anymore. This is it!”

“This bastard is forgetting the grace of raising him!”

Just as Park Hyun-a and Choi Hyun-seok were wrestling around.

She looked around with a serious expression.

Choi Hyun-seok blinked and looked around.

“Didn’t you say no one could find this place?”

The group was in seclusion at a location away from the Demon King’s castle.

Because Park Hyun-a’s condition wasn’t good, they couldn’t risk using spatial movement magic as they didn’t know what might happen.

So they had unavoidably set up a concealment barrier and were hiding, but it seemed someone had infiltrated inside the barrier.

“The possibility of it being a demon who wandered in by chance… Is none. They’re walking straight here.”

The group formed a formation with tense faces.

If they could see through Sara Dunphy’s magic, they must not be an ordinary person.

Currently, Park Hyun-a’s condition wasn’t good, and Choi Hyun-seok wasn’t normal either, so they couldn’t let their guard down.

Finally, the uninvited guests revealed themselves.

Park Hyun-a narrowed her brow and squinted her eyes.

“Not human… But a demon, right?”

The uninvited guest was a demon with a build similar to Park Hyun-a’s and emanating dense demonic energy.

If not for the demonic energy, they would have mistaken them for a human due to their small height and build.

Park Hyun-a’s eyes sharpened.

The demonic energy felt is at the Corps Commander level.

This level of demonic energy could only be found in about ten people even if you searched not just the Demon King’s army but all demons.

Naturally, all their details were in Park Hyun-a’s head.

“I haven’t heard of someone like you existing.”

The demon who appeared spoke to Park Hyun-a’s words.

“I am Demon King Tegrad’s daughter.”

Demon King Tegrad’s daughter.

At this shocking news, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes grew so wide they looked like they would pop out.

“It was a daughter, not a son!?”

Choi Hyun-seok’s expression was pure shock as if he really hadn’t expected this.

Park Hyun-a immediately elbowed Choi Hyun-seok in the solar plexus.

“Kuhek! Why are you hitting me!?”

“You crazy bastard! Is whether they’re a son or daughter important right now!?”

What’s important isn’t whether they’re a son or daughter, but that this demon is the Demon King’s child.

Park Hyun-a turned her gaze and grinned while looking at Sidriel.

“Right. That makes sense.”

“The Demon King, that perverted guy, couldn’t have died quietly.”

Finally, the questions that had been nagging at her mind were resolved.

Why the Demon King had fallen so helplessly.

“I understand if you had prepared a card .”

Park Hyun-a asked Sidriel.

“You. You received demonic energy from the Demon King, right?”

“That’s right. Father shared his demonic energy with me for decades.”

“As I thought… I felt Tegrad’s demonic energy was too dense.”

As magic or demonic energy reaches higher levels, it gains unique characteristics.

Even for a child, having demonic energy so similar to Tegrad’s would be impossible without directly inheriting it.

“That guy had a gambler’s spirit too. To think he’d make such a bet.”

The act of transferring demonic energy or magical power rarely happens.

Because the risks far outweighed any benefits.

First, the person transferring loses their power rapidly.

While doing so, the efficiency is extremely low.

And considerable dangers follow for the person receiving it.

In other words, the Demon King made an extremely dangerous gamble that risked both his power becoming senile and endangering his royal authority, as well as his daughter’s life.

“Well, seeing how fine you are, it seems Tegrad won in the end.”

Now she could understand why he had such a transcendent expression and could die so peacefully.

He had achieved everything he wanted.

“So. Why did you come here?”

Then why did this young demon come looking for the human who killed her father?

“Are you thinking of revenge?”

At Park Hyun-a’s question, Sidriel shook her head. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⁂𝕟𝕖𝕥

“I came to propose a deal.”

“You must know well that the holy war is in full swing right now.”

“Of course. We’re going through all this trouble to stop it.”

The group’s goal was to prevent the success of the holy war.

Though with the Demon King already dead, it was essentially a failure anyway.

“Now that Father is dead, if things continue , the holy war will be considered successful, and then we won’t be able to stop the Deusis faith anymore.”

“You know the situation of the continent better than I expected.”

“I learned from father.”

“It’s no exaggeration to say that humans are currently under the Deusis faith. If the holy war succeeds, even if the Drason Empire and other kingdoms combine their strength, they won’t be able to stop the Deusis faith.”

Park Hyun-a nodded with a dark expression.

Though they say you have to try things to know their length, currently there was a high possibility things would flow as the demon said.

Already more than half the continent was composed of devout believers of the Deusis faith, so what would happen if they succeeded in the holy war and ended the war?

If anything, their influence would become so great that even the gods of heaven wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.

“What does that have to do with the deal?”

“Only I can prevent the success of the holy war.”

“You can stop the holy war?”

Sidriel nodded and pointed at Choi Hyun-seok.

“Only we know that the man over there killed father.”

Choi Hyun-seok’s heart skipped a beat for a moment, but there was no emotion in her eyes.

“If we announce father’s death as natural causes and I formally become the next Demon King, then as long as I don’t die, the holy war cannot succeed.”

“Hooh… So the deal is that you want us to help you become Demon King?”

Park Hyun-a examined Sidriel’s expression with sharp eyes.

“Why ask us for help with that? You could tell the Demon King’s army.”

“The Demon King’s army is currently united under 1st Corps Commander Dorithugs. He plans to become the next Demon King himself.”

For a moment, a hint of anger flashed across Sidriel’s face.

“I haven’t reached full maturity yet. In contrast, Dorithugs is strong. I need at least ten years to defeat him.”

“So you want us to help you become Demon King until then, and protect you?”

When all was said, an awkward silence fell.

Everyone seemed lost in their own thoughts.

“There’s one thing we need to address.”

At that moment, Choi Hyun-seok raised his hand.

“Nevertheless, you’re a demon. While Gatren is our enemy, demons are originally humanity’s enemy.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Even if the enemy of my enemy is my friend, I don’t want to leave behind embers that could become a threat someday.”

Choi Hyun-seok’s point was accurate.

Just because Gatren is trying to start a continental conquest war right now, is it right to join hands with demons?

If Gatren rules the continent, many will die, but at least humans will survive.

However, if demons take the continent, the human species itself would be threatened.

While Gatren might be more dangerous currently, is it right to help demons who might exterminate humans in the future?

“I understand your concern.”

Sidriel placed her hand on her chest.

“I promise. When everything is over, we will no longer be hostile towards humans and will live quietly in our land.”

“Even when everything is over, at least while I am Demon King, we will not wage war with humans.”

Choi Hyun-seok was not at all convinced.

Setting aside whether they could believe the immediate promise.

Anyway, it meant they might wage war with humans again in the next generation after her.

“Don’t judge by human standards.”

“I’m still young. Having inherited father’s blood, I will live at least 800 more years. Maybe even longer.”

“Anyway, you get at least 800 years of peace. Isn’t that a good deal?”

Choi Hyun-seok found himself nodding unconsciously.

From a human perspective, it’s an unfathomably long time.

If they could maintain peace with demons during that time, it’s not a bad deal.

‘Actually, demons do help somewhat in preventing division among humans.’

What’s the reason why several kingdoms, including the Drason Empire, are desperately trying to keep demons around?

While Gatren is one reason, equally important is the peace that demons provide.

If they could deal with Gatren who poses the biggest threat, and then utilize just that peace, it wasn’t a bad deal at all.

Choi Hyun-seok asked the group.

“I am not a person of this era. It doesn’t seem right for me to give an opinion.”

Sara Dunphy stepped back.

For the same reason, Liam also didn’t give an opinion.

Choi Hyun-seok shifted his gaze to Rachel.

“Rachel… I’m not sure…”

“It’s okay. I wasn’t expecting anything from you anyway.”

“How dare you say that!?”

Throwing aside Rachel who came charging at him.

Choi Hyun-seok looked at Park Hyun-a, the last one remaining.

“What does older sister think?”

“Not bad. If things go as that demon says. We’re not in a position to be picky right now anyway.”

Park Hyun-a and Choi Hyun-seok nodded simultaneously.

“Alright. We accept the proposal.”

At the word ‘accept’, a slight smile appeared on Sidriel’s face.

“Good. I’ll tell you what needs to be done from now on.”

Sidriel continued with a slightly brighter voice than before.

“First, the 1st Corps, 4th Corps, and 5th Corps have already gathered around Dorithugs. We can’t do anything about them right away.”

“Our task is to take command of the 2nd and 3rd Corps, where the Corps Commander positions are vacant.”

Sidriel raised her head and stared somewhere far away.

“We start with the 3rd Corps. Make the Division Commanders who were under Hemis submit.”

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