## Chapter 1196 – Power

As I landed, I thought,

“Ah.”

I dedicate this victory to my women and my friends. My friends. They appeared when I was in dire straits, supporting me from behind, smiling, and giving me strength.

ㅡKhehehehe!
ㅡHahahahaha!
ㅡHeeheeheeheeheet!

Their ghostly laughter still echoed in my ears. Maybe it was because those bastards were already dead. Their laughter was a bit creepy, but there was no friendship like this.

Beautiful and strong friendship…

Of course, it was just… a hallucination and auditory hallucination I had imagined.

Even so.

“Our friendship is real.”

Mersin. Beolbeoja. Le Miller Zaud. Bwigal. Salverin. They were all decent guys, even though they were dead now.

“With that friendship, we.”

So, to those who were already dead and gone, I said,

“We killed the ancient great demon Adramalech.”

I conveyed these words.

We killed the great demon together. You guys are dead, but since you’ve become one with me anyway, it’s the same as killing him together. I felt tears welling up in my eyes.

“Sob.”

I sobbed out loud.

“Ooooooohhhhhhhh!!!!”

I imagined it again, but the lost friends showed no signs of reappearing. Yeah. There will be another chance someday. Even then, behind me, holding and supporting my body.

Let me hear that laughter.

ㅡSparkle.

Light poured down from the sky.

The brilliant sun.
Was shining brightly as always.

“Ah…!”

I thought I could see my friends’ faces in that sun…!

And so.

ㅡChaaak.

I gently landed on the ground.

“Wow, damn.”

But now I can even fly in the air. Isn’t this really aerial walking? I’ve reached the point where I can kick off the air and shoot my body forward without lying.

ㅡImmense power.

I felt an immense power, the end of which I couldn’t fathom. An incredibly powerful force was wriggling inside me.

I should test this again after I recover some strength.

I have no idea how strong I am now. I know specifically that I’m strong enough to destroy that powerful Adramalech.

“Our husband!!!”

As I was checking my body after landing, the women over there ran up and shouted. Cloudi, Karin, and Liztina.

“Killed a damn strong great demon, damn it!!!”
“Karin?”
“Kyaaaaaaak!!! Katt!!!”
“There’s only emotion left now!!!”

Before I could even tell them my war story, they surrounded me in an instant.

ㅡPaaat!

I was being tossed into the air.

“Hooray for our husband!”
“Katt is the best!!”

ㅡHwaaaak!

My body, soaring high into the sky, plummeted, and they caught me and threw me up high again. The feeling of the wind wrapping around my body was so pleasant that

“Hahahahahahaha!!!”

I burst out laughing.

Their fanatical celebration continued for a while. Eventually, when the tossing ended, they burst into tears and hugged me, crying.

“Hic… Hic! Katt! I really…! I thought something terrible was going to happen!”
“Why would something terrible happen? It was a fight I was guaranteed to win. That’s why I told you to run away.”
“Still!”

Cloudi was practically streaming with tears. It was a mixture of anxiety and pride. It’s understandable, since I showed them the scene of killing something like that.

Why is she so cute?

She’s 100 years older than me.

“How can you have such power… Haa. Really. I’m so moved that I can’t even speak…”
“This older sister knew this would happen.”

Liztina and Karin also praised me, almost crying.

“Successful bet.”
“Successful bet.”

Then they nodded, looking satisfied.

“What bet?”

What bet?

“If you’re this strong, there will be no one in the kingdom who can stand against you. It’s really worth raising you.”
“You’ve grown up so fast.”

This is love.

“Katt. Mama is so happy that you’ve grown up so well… I have no regrets now.”
“Hehehe, what regrets are you talking about.”

Cloudi was almost ascending to heaven.

“Anyway, thank you for raising me well. It’s all thanks to me being great, but it’s also thanks to my older sisters raising me.”
“You know it.”
“That’s enough if you know. Then!”

The four of us held hands and circled around, laughing.

“Hahahahahahaha!”
“Heheut!”

The rotation lasted for a long time. I was so happy that I couldn’t stop crying. I laughed and cried like them.

As they rotated and praised me, they asked about my power this time.

“This… I don’t know exactly, but.”

Let’s stop rotating.

“It’s too powerful. The output itself is incomparable. It was to the point where destruction was contained in my fist.”
“Certainly. I didn’t know you could fly to the sky.”

I didn’t know that either.

“I’ll show you after I do some experiments next time. I think I’ll faint if I let my guard down right now.”

Was it because I used almost all the power in my body? Even when I tried to unleash divine power, only a faint flame flickered. I must have used up all my mana, because I can’t even emit aura. I need to recover first.

“Yes, yes. Let’s go back quickly.”
“Then let’s go back and rest.”

Let’s rest.

“But where is everyone?”
“They’re mages, so they can’t move like us. They’re hiding well with the witch.”
“That’s a relief.”

I was worried, but since Lisha was with them in the first place, there was no way they would get caught up in it. Then I guess I should go back now.

“Heomi.”

Only then did the surrounding scenery come into view.

ㅡComplete shitshow.

All words other than “complete shitshow” were meaningless.

There was almost nothing left nearby. This place is still okay. Only a crater remained where Adramalech’s magical bombardment had fallen earlier.

“What should I do with this.”

It was fortunate that I flew in a straight line, destroying the dwarves’ city and reaching the distant forest. The forest was all gone, but at least there were no cities in this area.

I need to check the city first.

“No. Let’s stop by our carriage before we go back.”
“Why the carriage?”
“I need to take it to their city.”

Let’s take care of the urgent matters first.

Before that, let’s recover Bwigal.

* * *

“Are you, are you okay! Are you hurt anywhere…!”
“I’m fine, so don’t worry, Lisha.”

She’s too soft-hearted after all.

I put my hand on Lisha’s head, who was almost about to cry. Then Lisha didn’t know what to do and hugged my torso.

“Katt-nim…! To single-handedly kill such an ancient great demon! I can’t think of anything anymore!!! Hic!”
“Hehehe, ah. Oh, right, Hilde.”
“Yes?”
“Take this.”

I handed Hilde, who was rejoicing with teary eyes, a black jewel. It came out after killing Adramalech.

“T, this is!”
“It came out after killing that guy. Do you know what it is?”
“Hmm… I can feel the power. A very evil power at that…”
“Lisha. Can you find out or make something with that?”

This is made of the demon’s energy itself, so I or the other women don’t seem to be able to use it. At best, it would be to strengthen Bwigal? Or, exceptionally, it could be used to strengthen Hilde’s power.

“Now that I have it, I will try. But if it is made of the great demon’s power, Hilde using it…”
“Ah! Is that true!”
“Yes.”

Let’s do that.

“Father. You know it was dangerous, right?”
“No. It wasn’t very dangerous.”
“Are you going to do that…?”

For a moment, Ari had a cold expression.

“Ah.”

It was really okay.

“I’m sorry. But I thought I would win, so I did it.”
“That’s enough if you know… But please think about how we would feel if Father was seriously injured.”
“…Okay. I will.”

I only fight battles that I’m guaranteed to win so I don’t have to see that.

“Really, Blackie, I thought I was going crazy. Really, what am I going to do without Blackie? Don’t do such dangerous things.”
“Winia. Why are your breasts drooping?”
“What nonsense! They’re not drooping! Where are they drooping!”
“Hehehe, I’m just kidding, I’m just kidding.”
“Bullshit!”

I reassured Winia, who was anxious.
Winia is too small and frail.

“Anyway, Katt-nim, power! Tell me about your power!”
“I’ll tell you properly after I recover.”

I can’t exert proper power right now.

“And there’s something I need to do first.”
“Blackie, what’s wrong?”

I need to go to the dwarves’ city.

“Wouldn’t you like to rest a little before that? You look very tired… And you don’t seem to have any strength in your body.”

Lisha said worriedly, but I’m fine.

“Even if I rest, I have to finish what I have to do.”

I have to keep what I have to keep.

I immediately went to the carriage and checked on Ilryong and Iryong. They were healthy as always. And after examining the inside of the carriage. I immediately took the carriage with the women and headed to the dwarves’ city.

* * *

A city that was about half destroyed.

“Aigo!”
“Uwaaaaaaang!!”
“Aaaaaaaaaaak! Aaaaaaaaaaak!!”
“Ooh!!! Oooooooooh!!! Owaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaak!!!”
“Mom!!! Mom!!! The house Mom bought me!!! Uwaaaaak!!!”
“Kkieeeeeeoeok!!!”
“Uwaaaang!!”
“Ooooooooooeeeeeeoeok!!! Aaaaak!! My dream house!! My dream houseeeeeeeee!!!”
“Sniff!”
“Heueoeong!!”
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!! Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!”
“House!!!! Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!!! House!!! My jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!!! House!!!!!!! House is!!!!”
“Iik!!! Iiiiiiiiiiiiiik!!!! Eoeiiiiiiiiiiit!!!”
“Myaooooooooooooong!!!!”
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!!”
“Save me!!! Save me!!!! Please save me!!!! My house!!!! Save me!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

All sorts of dwarves were sitting on the ground, screaming and crying. Countless buildings had turned to dust, the walls were split in two, and large craters had formed here and there.

It was only natural that the dwarves who had lost their homes in an instant were crying in front of them.

“Heo…”

It was the same for the owner of this city, Vacuumseosus, who had come to declare war on me. He wasn’t crying, but he was sitting there like he had lost everything.

“That, that giant evil being is… what is it?”

He looked up at me and said in a bewildered tone.

“And you who fought it…”

Adramalech floating in the city’s sky.
There were really many who saw it.

“That was an ancient great demon.”
“An ancient great demon…?”
“I received a divine revelation and came to this land to kill the great demon sealed in the dwarves’ land. But he was stronger than I thought. I didn’t know it would turn out like this…”

I have to take responsibility since it turned out like this because of me.

“Investigate all the collapsed houses and bring them to me.”
“What?”
“I have to restore them, you bastard.”
“Restore?”

It’s not just anyone, but the dwarves’ precious houses were destroyed because of me, so I have to fix them. Adramalech, you son of a bitch…! I have to spend money because of this bastard!

“…”

Vacuumseosus opened his mouth for a moment at my words.

“You are a dwarf slaughterer…”

He said that as if he was suspecting me.

“If the dwarves do something bad, I’ll slaughter them. But the ordinary dwarves who live here, other than the soldiers you brought, haven’t done anything bad to me, and the city was destroyed because I was fighting. Whether I’m a dwarf slaughterer or not, it’s only right that I restore it. And I’ll slaughter even humans if they do something bad.”
“…”

He shut his mouth tightly at those words.

“I’m sorry. But damn it. You declared war on me, so let’s just call it even with me restoring it.”

I feel really sorry for the ordinary dwarves who lost their homes.

But I can just restore them.

“Then… you want me to organize the damage and bring it to you?”
“Do that. I’ll be waiting in the city ahead.”
“…I understand.”
“Ah, but. Among those, there are soldiers you brought when you declared war, right? Exclude the houses of those bastards that were destroyed.”

I have no intention of fixing that.
Deal with it.

“You have to take responsibility for that.”

This bastard has to take responsibility for the soldiers since he declared war.

“…I will.”

I’ll spend some money, but anyway, I collected diplomatic relief funds, so I can use that. Money is a waste, but acquiring the fragment of God and waking up Adramalech and destroying him was really amazing.

Let’s think of it as paying the price for that.

Then it’s a damn good deal.

In that way, I rested and recuperated before leaving after finishing everything.