2nd Round Villain

102 – – Year N, the Demon King, the Hero, the Saint, and the Villain – 2

I wanted to touch the sun.

When I realized that the sun was below me.

I was deeply frustrated.

*****

The blonde girl, who had just come from a brief and intense battle, squatted on her jade floor. It was cold, hungry, and cold. To the point where I can’t even remember the last time I had a conversation with someone.

He steps forward several times a day in front of hundreds of Ascendants, but they do not see themselves as equals. I only see it as a fun toy.

That fact was not sad. It’s because I’ve been prepared for everything from the beginning. However, it was just too much to bear.

Trude-.

Someone’s footsteps landed in front of the prison bars where the girl was imprisoned. Perhaps the ‘God of Time’ Cronus, who was trying to take her to the arena again, had come, so the girl turned her head with blank eyes.

The girl’s golden eyes shook violently.

“Oh, Maria… !”

“How are you, warrior?”

“Yeah, how are you here… I hope the demon king… ?”

“Looking at your appearance, you don’t seem to be very strong.”

There were two black and white beings inside the gold eyes. Completely contrasting beings. Behind the white girl stood a black being like a shadow.

“Devil! What is this! Isn’t this different from the promise!”

The blonde girl, the warrior Frey, suddenly began to rage against the demon lord Kanos.

“Why Maria… ! Why are you doing something unexpected! Then our plan… !”

The demon king stared at Frey with a gloomy gaze and raised his hand. Soon after, Frey’s exhausted body floated into the air and was choked by an intangible force.

“Don’t be frivolous, champion.”

“Kek… off, black… !”

“I am not your friend. No matter what I do, I have no right to challenge you.”

Full-!

“Coke! Coke!”

“I called the saintess because I decided that knowing your plan would help us achieve our ‘goal’ more. Because the saintess will stick with the ‘Joker’ at the closest distance in the future.”

Spouting hard words at Frey, who coughed out the pressure, Kanos pushed Maria on the back. Maria, who had been pushed away, resisted the power because she had not yet received Frey’s permission to come in, but the power of the demon king was not something she dared to resist.

Iron Puduk-!

“Don’t treat Maria carelessly!”

As Maria fell in front of him, Frey rebelled in rage. Maria felt a strange sense of incongruity from that appearance.

‘why… ? The hero is worried about me… ?’

“Warrior… One, I want to ask you something.”

“Maria, no. There’s nothing I can tell you right now… .”

“Hero, don’t refuse. I can explain it with my mouth, but I brought it to you because your explanation can buy me more faith.”

“… damn it.”

Frey bit his tongue at Kanos’s actions of ignoring his words. It was like a mouse driven into a corner.

“To some extent, I was expecting it.”

“uh? Maria, what?”

“Those who are entangled in Joker-sama’s return… I thought it wasn’t just the demon king. There must be an assistant by his side.”

Maria calmly murmured her words, controlling her embarrassment inwardly.

“When I was put on the guillotine, I heard from Joker that there was no demon king. Thanks to that, I thought there would be a demon king because of the return.”

“Exactly, right. After all, Maria is smart.”

“At that time, there was no hero, right?”

“… .”

“At the time, I didn’t have eyes, so I couldn’t see in all directions. I didn’t know if the hero came to the execution ceremony or not. But, that’s how it felt. The warrior with the flag of the sun could feel the blazing energy even if he was nearby.”

Maria’s snow-white straight gaze met Frey’s quivering eyes. Frey hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly nodded.

“… That’s right, I wasn’t there at the time. I was with the Demon King.”

“As for the people behind Joker-sama’s return… Are you a warrior?”

“I’m the one who brought him back, so I’m not wrong. The Demon King also contributed. Did you tell the Joker your guess?”

“No, if the hero was really behind it, I thought there must be a reason why the hero hid it. Was it a good choice?”

“Whew, good job. I’m so glad. The Joker shouldn’t know… I’ve been acting so stupid You look down on Maria.”

Frey let out a deep sigh. Maria didn’t know if it was because of her physical fatigue from the hardships she had been through, or because of her sudden appearance.

“Hero, please tell me. I need to know.”

“ha… .”

“Why did the hero join hands with the demon king, plan the Joker’s return, betray the continent and stand on the side of the demon king’s army? and… .”

Maria asked an age-old question that has been lying around for about five hundred years.

“Please tell me why indomitableness became subservience.”

*****

In my previous life, when the war between the continent and the Demon World is intensifying. The demonic throne in the middle of the demonic castle.

A girl sat on it in a pessimistic posture. With black hair like the abyss and eyes red like blood. The girl’s eyes, as always, were trapped inside the black window.

‘dark… .’

If your vision is blurry, you should take off your sunglasses, but the demon king Kanos did not.

Only Kanos himself knew whether the darkness meant the scenery of the demon castle or if it represented the hope his heart saw.

‘Truly a fleeting world… .’

Kanos’s gaze, which seemed to contain the deep abyss, scanned the inside of the castle. It was a very dark place.

‘I’m tired of waiting. Dreaming an undeserved dream that doesn’t fit the rules… It’s time to give up.’

It was then. The door of the castle opened, and a shadow covered in black rags entered. The Demon King shook his head.

“There are no eyes to see here. Because I swallowed them all.”

Even though he sensed an intruder, the demon king licked his lips without blinking an eye. It was a reaction as if he knew the presence of the intruder in the first place.

“So, you can take off those crude rags and disguises. Warrior.”

“… Meet the Demon King.”

After the intruder walked to the front of the constellation and took off his rags and mask, his bright blonde hair and pale, delicate face were revealed. An appearance that would not be reminiscent of the Demon Lord’s Army, the intruder was actually far from the Demon Lord’s Army.

Continental Hope.

Adversary of the Demon King.

The indomitable warrior, Frey de Siegfried.

“A hero who should have been trained to die on the continent by now, what steps are you taking here?”

“There is something I want to tell you. Do you have a good time?”

“There is a court-martial meeting scheduled for a while… If it’s important, you can cancel it. What have you come for?”

“Devil.”

Frey’s demeanor was polite. She knelt down on one knee in front of the demon king with full courtesy and opened her mouth like a foreign envoy to an audience with the emperor.

“Continental destruction, can you give up?”

Kanos gave an answer dryly.

“It is the warrior’s share. I am the Demon King.”

“There are no absolutes in this world. Why does the mightiest person under heaven want to be bound by rules?”

“If you came here to play trickily with your tongue, I’ll pull out that tongue right now and dip it in salted fish. Do you want everyone in the underworld to enjoy a dinner made of you?”

“… !”

“The hero’s role is to kill the demon king. The role of the demon king is to destroy the world. Don’t make fun of your tongue. You will be completed only by killing me.”

Frey bit her lower lip painfully. Kanos raised his chin and looked down at the hero with a rather arrogant look.

“… Wait, can I be offended? I have something to show you.”

Frey’s calloused hand touched the hilt of the massive sword hanging from his back.

“as you please.”

Clap-!

As soon as Kanos gave permission, the sword was drawn from its scabbard. Holy sword Excalibur. The legendary sword, which was said to have never been drawn by any warrior except the first warrior, but pulled by this generation’s ‘Fraud Siegfried’, shines in the darkness.

Light permeated between the darkness and took over the space. The golden sword covered Excalibur’s blade. Frey jumped high into the sky as she knelt down and rose from her seat with a flurry of momentum.

Excalibur created a golden vertical semicircle. The sword that had been raised above Frey’s head fell like lightning. Heat as great as the sun burst at Kanos.

In order to block the attack of such a dazzling Frey.

Kanos raised a finger. even the ring finger. without holding any magic.

bang-!

Kwaji Jijik-!

“Ugh!”

“… What are we going to do, warrior?”

The one that bounced off was the holy sword Excalibur. The sword, said to be sharp enough to slice through steel like tofu, fell off without even cutting a single ring finger.

On the other hand, Kanos’s eyes were sunk in silence, as if he hadn’t received even the slightest shock. Frey spat out words as he coughed up blood in shock.

“Cool… That was the best blow I could wield right now.”

“… .”

“The strength of the warrior is gradually weakening as generations pass. On the other hand, the demon king is called the strongest demon king of all time. I know. That the Demon King wants a life-and-death opponent to fight for his life. But as you just saw, even though I’ve finished growing up, I can’t stand against you… Kuck!”

Kanos took the form of a noose and gave strength to his hand. Frey got down on his knees and grabbed his neck. An intangible force choked Frey’s throat.

“Kek! Big Hag! ugh… !”

“A truly, truly pitiful warrior. To be a warrior is to have indomitable pride that will not give in to evil and will not lose its brilliance, but to predict defeat before even fighting properly. You don’t even deserve to be a warrior. Die like this.”

“That, that’s not it… ! The reason I came to the demon king today is… !”

“Destroy. A hero who cannot stand against the demon king does not need to be alive. A weak person who can’t even handle his own destiny is a hero. A miracle is something that comes unexpectedly when you do everything desperately and desperately!”

Frey’s complexion turned blue, as if he would run out of breath at any moment. Of course, the future in which the pressure of the demon king would decrease did not happen.

An emergency situation in which the lifeline is shaken. Frey’s arms floundered and her tongue twitched desperately.

Red eyes coated in black caught Frey’s vision. A gaze full of contempt and contempt. As it was a stare he had already received countless times, his pride was not particularly hurt.

“perhaps… ! Because I can make your wish come true… !”

tall-.

With that one word, Kanos’s pressure ceased as if dead.

“… Do you know what my secret wish is and say that?”

“Cool, cool! You’re looking for a match, aren’t you!”

“Yeah, but now I know. that it is an impossible dream. I am confident of winning even if I combine all continents and dimensions, so where can I find my match? At least I put my hopes on you, but in the end you too… .”

“Why does the Demon King only think about finding a match?”

Frey asked a curious question.

There was a ripple in Kanos’ eyes.

“What are you talking about?”

“If you don’t have a matchmaker, you can just make one. Aren’t your powers infinite?”

“God cannot make a god like himself.”

“god… Even if they are not gods, there are those who are comparable to gods, such as Theseus the Godslayer. If you want to find your match, you can raise it.”

“No nonsense. In order to raise you, the warrior who is the last hope of the continent, I have been sending the demon army step by step until now, giving you a chance to grow. But even you, who have grown up, couldn’t even get past my ring finger.”

“I am not the strongest except you! Why do you think only I can be your adversary?”

Frey picked up the momentum and continued.

“There are a lot of strong people in this world. There are not too many of them who are stronger than me, but they definitely exist.”

“That would be by your standards. As far as I can see, there is no difference between you and the others. archangel? Oh king? great sage? To me, they are all at the same level.”

“Yes, I know that much. But there is only one person you can put your hope on.”

“Who are you talking about?”

Canos’ harsh questioning, who has not yet been tricked by the hero. After taking a moment to catch his breath, Frey mentioned in a calm voice the existence he had been repeating over and over again.

“The second person in the Demon King’s army, the second person in the demon world, and the second person in this world.”

“Under one person, above all people. joker.”

“He is a miraculous magician who turns the impossible into the possible. maybe you don’t know I wonder if the Joker will fulfill your wish that you thought was impossible.”