Dungeon Hunter Chapter 225:

Chapter 225: Explosion (3) 

Yoo Eun-hye looked at the white flash from a distance .

"His Majesty will be safe . ”

Oswen was next to her .

The two of them were travelling on White . They had moved for half a day and barely escaped the scope of the explosion .

“I don’t have a good feeling . Again . . . can’t we go back?”

"His Majesty wanted me to take you to the original location . I have to follow that order . ”

Oswen spoke gently .

Although he now had the terrible appearance of a creature, he was originally a human . He was a skillful blacksmith who dealt with iron . It was unfortunate that the Hell Monarch noticed him, but he didn’t completely forget his human mind .

“By the way, you are really a stupid woman . Why did you come back? Thank you for bringing His Majesty back, but aren’t you human?”

"He said something . He is our hope . I came back to verify if he is that hope . ”

Yoo Eun-hye replied without any hesitation .

She had gone over that answer in her mind several times .

Oswen closed his mouth . Then he opened it again .

"Is he your hope?”

“Yes . I guess so . He . . . is humanity’s last hope . Nobody else knows it . ”

"Huh, a human still thinks that despite knowing His Majesty’s true nature? Then what will you do next?”

"I don’t know . Everything is confusing . However, I feel sorry for him knowing that he is surrounded by enemies . ”

Yoo Eun-hye sympathized with the man . She didn’t know why . She just felt sorry for him .

Oswen was dumbfounded . He thought that this woman was crazy .

"Then what about staying by His Majesty’s side?”

“Huh?”

"The seal of a slave . Then His Majesty will give you some credit . ”

Oswen threw out those words .

In fact, Oswen knew that His Majesty, or Randalph Brigsiel as she knew him, tended to open up a little more when there was a contract .

It was because he was sure that person would stay at his side .

“ . . . I understand . I’ll do it . ”

“You will regret it . ”

“It is fine as long as it will benefit the world . Getting closer to him will help out a lot . ”

“Ha! A totally genius idea . It is so bizarre that it is genius . ”

Oswen was filled with admiration .

Yoo Eun-hye gave him a pained smile .

“Will he be okay?”

"Believe in him . "

Oswen replied concisely .

A heavy silence returned .

 

Soon the explosion stopped and the white light faded .

My eyes were ringing . My senses felt shallow . My vision was blurred and my whole body was stinging .

It was the aftermath of the explosion .

‘My magic power has evaporated . ’

I shook my head . Of my restored magic power, only 2% was remaining . This was just enough to sustain my flesh .

It was a testament to the enormous magic power that went into protecting my body . Of course, I didn’t have that much magic power remaining before . . . I turned and searched the surroundings .

There were craters all over the place . The holes were deep . The clouds in the sky were cleared .

The creatures around me had evaporated . I couldn’t see even one bone . All the corpses were gone . There weren’t even the remnants of high class creatures left behind .

‘How great . ’

I clicked my tongue .

It was more destructive than I imagined .  

The terrain in this area had changed and I alone had survived .

However, I soon shook my head . It had great destructive power, but it wasn’t enough to kill a grand duke . At best, it would only destroy the demons and creatures . The grand dukes would be able to keep their flesh .

Of course, that was assuming that their original state was fine .

I climbed up from a crater . My body was at the bottom of the steepest cliff . The melted ground was still hot but I managed to hold on .

‘My magic bag is messed up . ’

I wanted to get some useful items from my magic bag but it didn’t listen to me . It seemed like the explosion had caused the items in the magic bag to be jammed .

I shook my head and kept moving .

Chiik . Chiiik .

It felt like the ground was melting with every step . The earth was burning and melting like it was lava .

Chwaaaak!

It happened when I almost reached the top of the crater .

A sharp sound entered my ears .

Degururu!

A person’s head fell into the crater . I was familiar with it .

It was the head of Grand Duke Upa Bullenon .

His head had been cut off .

As I climbed out of the crater, I looked at the person who killed Upa Bullenon .

“You son of a **** . "

Someone was cursing while vomiting . As I expected, it was Ariel Diablo . Her surroundings were filled with hundreds of corpses of demons and creatures . She had killed all the strong opponents that survived Hope .

It was a pure physical achievement, with little help from her magic power . She truly was a weapons master . She could use all types of weapons .

“Randalph Brigsiel . Do you have business with me?”

Ariel Diablo glared at me . A third of her proud horns were cut off and she had deep cuts on her shoulders . Spears were stabbed in her sides .

Anyone could see that she was at her limits . If I attacked Ariel Diablo now with my sword then it was highly likely I could kill her .

She knew it as well . I wasn’t in my normal state, but she was in an even more serious condition .

"You could finish me off now without much difficulty . You can do it but . . . it should be finished before the other demons under my command arrive here . ”

I shrugged .

"I won’t touch an injured beast . ”

The possibilities were high but I had lost almost all of my magic power . Besides, in terms of pure swordsmanship, she was ahead of me . There was no guarantee that I wouldn’t be gravely injured .

Of course, Ariel Diablo would weaken over time . She had far tor many injuries for them to heal naturally . It wouldn’t be too late to kill her if I just sat and watched .

But . . . I needed to be faster than her troops . She was the first person to enter Greenwich Observatory, but her demons and creatures arrived very slowly . It felt like they were coming one at a time . It was a very wise decision .

"Huhu, I guess you are more of a coward than I thought . ”

"A day will come when we will meet in a normal environment . There is no need to hurry . ”

"That is just a coward’s excuse . ”

She was provoking me . She was a demon who didn’t like being weak . No matter how noble her lineage, she couldn’t help her instincts .

I smiled and stared into Ariel Diablo’s eyes .

“What is happening in the Demon World?”

I needed to know this . It was the original reason why the grand dukes assembled . I had wanted to hear the story but the invasion of the angels caused a battle .

Ariel frowned . Then she smiled like she realized something .

"You, did you not receive the special quest?”

"Let’s say it is something similar . ”

“Haha! Cough . . . ! You don’t know . No, I will tell you . Right now, there is someone running around the Demon World . ”

“Someone strong enough to threaten a grand duke?”

"Half of my forces were eaten by him . Upa, Pandemonium . . . Okullos’ forces in the Demon World have completely collapsed . ”

What?

I didn't answer for a moment .

I put my thoughts together .

"Who would have that type of power in the Demon World?”

I asked incredulously .

The Demon World was originally divided into four equal parts . Ariel, Upa, Pandemonium and Okullos had divided the Demon World precisely between the four of them .

This had continued for hundreds of years .

Yet that was blown away in a few years?

It was nonsense . It was an impossible task .

"There wasn’t even an army . He is the only one . ”

“One? Is he a god?”

“He is someone who tried to be a **** in the past . ”

Ariel was calm . She didn’t seem surprised that something like this had happened . While I was frowning, Ariel asked me .

“Randalph Brigsiel, do you know about the Shadow Emperor?”

Shadow Emperor .

Hell Monarch .

He had many titles, but I never imagined that name would pop out of Ariel’s mouth .

Ariel scowled with frustration .

"I don't know the exact details . That was just what was written in the contents of the quest . But I know a little bit about the Shadow Emperor . If the Shadow Emperor is truly in the Demon World then it will be a hassle . ”

Not only Ariel, but the other grand dukes seemed to know about the Shadow Emperor . They felt fear and hurried after hearing his name . If not, they wouldn’t have gathered so quickly like this .

Indeed, that was the reason .

I recalled the high dark elf Shilla for a moment . She was originally Chrisley’s mother, but became frozen and was sold at the Demon World Auction . She was surrounded by ice and I felt a powerful curse magic . Oswen hadn’t yet found a way to melt the ice .

I heard that the magic power was similar to mine . To be precise, it was similar to the Shadow Emperor . I had thought the Shadow Emperor might be in the Demon World, but the possibility was extremely low . How could a dead person be in the Demon World?

Yet now Ariel said that he was in the Demon World . The Hell Monarch was devouring the forces of the grand dukes . It wasn’t easy to believe .

“The Shadow Emperor, I’ve never seen him but I believe Pandemonium has . Anyway, the demons in the Demon World wouldn’t last that long . Pandemonium said that the strongest mortal is the Shadow Emperor . He said that only all the grand dukes attacking him would work . It is a really ridiculous story . We ignored him because he was human . Anyway, he was executed by the gods . However . . . I remembered . It is the first time Pandemonium has recognized someone . How can I not remember?”

"It doesn’t make sense . Even if he was revived, can he alone take over the Demon World?”

The power prepared by the Hell Monarch .

I took over the Underground World .

His treasure trove was still intact .

Yet he was trying to take over the Demon World alone .

It was impossible unless he was a god, and he wasn’t one .

“The special quest stated that he will occupy the Demon World in one year . We have been participating in the game so we didn’t know about the situation in the Demon World . Only you have the key to solving this problem . ”

The key to solve the problem?

Returning to the Demon World?

Something seemed suspicious . I should have received the quest to stop the Shadow Emperor .

“But it is over . I lost my main force, Upa is dead and I don’t know about Pandemonium . If Pandemonium’s words are true, we won’t be able to stop the Shadow Emperor now . I can’t stop him alone . It will be better to build up my strength here . ”

I roughly understood . Ariel Diablo seemed to have determined her route . It would have been different if the four grand dukes had led all the creatures in the Demon World . But now that this had happened, she decided that they couldn’t win .

"Huhu, if you don’t kill me now then you will be very annoyed later on . ”

“Pandemonium would be more annoying . ”

I moved my eyes around . Pandemonium couldn’t be seen anywhere . He didn’t seem to have died so he must have escaped .

I missed him . . . I felt regret .

I desperately wanted to stab him after he attacked me, but it seemed like I would need to postpone it .

"That's right . ”

Ariel Diablo also agreed . She had to admit that Pandemonium could be very annoying . In some respects, Pandemonium was more annoying than Upa . He was sly like a snake .

I turned back .

Ariel was unlikely to die here due to her demons and Pandemonium had escaped .

‘If Pandemonium knows that Upa is dead then he will move straight away . ’

From now on, it was a fight against time .

I had already eaten some of Upa’s dungeons, but it would be annoying if Pandemonium started moving .

I needed to move faster .

‘Hell Monarch . Shadow Emperor . . . ’

I thought about the Hell Monarch as I walked .

I thought he was dead . His heart was inside me . Even now, my heart was beating faster when I thought about the Hell Monarch .

Was it the real Hell Monarch?

Or was it someone posing as the Hell Monarch?

‘One year . ’

The special quest specified one year . If I became a devil and returned to the Demon World then I would meet him .

Or . . . he might come here, so I needed to think about my options carefully .