## Chapter 1252 – Savior of Hell

“Here… is the information I have on the Great Demons.”

Asmodeus asked for some time, and after waiting for about 30 minutes, she brought a thick book and handed it to me.

“What’s this? A grimoire?”

Just by looking at it, it reeked of ominousness, like some kind of demonic scripture. It had the unsettling vibe of a book made by a gloomy serial killer with reading as a hobby. What could the book be made of? Just imagining it sent shivers down my spine…!

“Inside… is the information on the Great Demons that I’ve gathered so far.”
“Heh heh heh, good. You thought well.”

The blue-skinned giantess trembled before me as she began to explain the book.

This book contained information on the other Great Demons, things she had collected while living in Pandemonium. Since the other Great Demons were rivals, intelligence was essential.

Skimming through it while listening to her explanation, it seemed that the powers of the Great Demons were all pretty similar.

Of course, there were weaker ones, but even the strong Great Demons were bound to get hurt if they fought each other. And an injured Great Demon was just food for another Great Demon, so they mostly divided their territories and didn’t invade each other.

“But there are only seven of them?”
“Yes… It’s presumed there are more, but that’s all I could gather…”
“Is that so?”

When a human backstabs another human, it’s a bad thing. All scammers should have their wrists cut off, be beaten to the brink of death, and have all their teeth pulled out.

But what about a demon backstabbing another demon?

It’s a good thing, since one less demon is around. A demon killing a demon is a good thing.

I wasn’t oblivious to the fact that this was Asmodeus’s cunning plan, but so what? Cunning plan or not, if I could kill more Great Demons, that was all that mattered.

—Odville.

A long time ago, when I became a Quasi-Priest and met Kadia, she gave me a task. So I went to a city called Odville.

Odville was a city without a church.

Therefore, it was vulnerable to demons, and demons had infiltrated the city. Dedalt, a Lesser Demon I saw back then, had successfully latched onto the city.

He used his power as bait to create a puppet who would kidnap fresh orphans.

He indulged in pleasure by devouring the sacrificed orphans.

It was a terrible thing, and I slaughtered him, but that wasn’t all.

The demon Zeltouma was the same.

—The Right to Workers’ Liberation!

The prophet who dreamed of a socialist paradise on earth tried to improve the treatment of workers with the power he received from the demon. The demon said he would cooperate with the socialist revolution, but it was a lie. In the end, the demon revealed his true colors, stole the prophet’s body, and attacked me.

Of course, he was no match for me.
I crushed him.

But just because they died didn’t mean the victims came back. So back then, I thought all demons had to be killed. Demons deceive humans and lead them to ruin. In the process, they drive more humans to destruction and desecrate their souls.

For some reason, I’m reminded of the prophet who used the Right to Workers’ Liberation.

How many years ago was that?

“T-This is all I can offer…”

Asmodeus trembled and bowed her head.

“Hey. Do you want to live that badly?”
“Yes, yes…”

This bitch… People change their minds after going to the bathroom. After receiving the book, I wanted to kill her. The fact that she created that insane tentacle hell and tortured souls was just too disgusting.

But she cooperated well, so it’s only right to kill her last. Thanks to this bitch, my work time will be shortened.

“If you want to live, damn it. Tell me about the Great Demons. About humans.”
“…”

Let’s ask a few more questions.

“Most of the Great Demons… yearn to go to the human world. They want to freely harvest souls there… to increase their power.”
“I knew it.”

Of course, with such a merit, it’s not strange that they would join hands with the Lich. Andromalius didn’t seem to be involved in this, but that Lich bastard needed the power of the Great Demons.

He likely colluded with the Great Demons, using the dimensional rift and entry into the real world as bait.

Several circumstances pointed to that.

I hope there’s someone in this list she gave me who knows something about the Lich. Would the distance make it impossible? Anyway, if it’s through someone else, I might be able to find out.

“Have you ever been to the human world?”
“N-No, I haven’t.”
“Is that so?”
“B-But I sent down an avatar… a hundred years ago…”
“An avatar. What did you do then?”
“I harvested souls in exchange for contracts.”
“How many?”
“M-Many…”
“How many, exactly?”
“About five hundred…”
“You crazy bitch!!!”

—Kwaang!

I immediately kicked her, sending her flying over there.

“Kyaaaaak!!!”

This is why Great Demons are a problem!

“I’ll ask you one last time! You! Tell me everything you know about the Great Demons who went to the human world!”
“I-I don’t know! As far as I know, no Great Demons have gone to the human world!”
“Then you don’t know anything about the Lich either!”
“I-I don’t know!”
“Good! If you want to live, get out of this palace!”

I’ll spare you for now!

“What?!”

But that doesn’t mean I have to leave this palace behind!

“Hilde, let’s go!”
“Yes!”

—Paaat!

I immediately went outside with Hilde and soared into the sky! Okay! I’ll keep my promise! Since you handed over the book, I’ll postpone killing you until the very end!

“Of course, this palace of evil is going to be destroyed!”

I immediately spread my palm.

“Celestial Demon Obliteration Jade.”

I deploy the Celestial Demon Obliteration Jade.

I dropped the sphere of destruction I created onto the palace.

—Kwaaaaaaaang!!!

A huge explosion occurred, and the palace disappeared without a trace. Seeing Asmodeus, she seemed to know how to use teleportation magic like that succubus.

She probably escaped on her own.

If she couldn’t escape, she’ll just die.

“That’s so refreshing! All those evil structures should just be destroyed!”
“You’re right, Hilde!”
“Let’s work harder to kill all the Great Demons!”
“Yeah!”

I’ll smash them all!

“If we completely eliminate the demons from this land, who knows! Maybe this Pandemonium will become Khatt-nim’s!”

At that moment, Hilde looked into my eyes and said that.

“What?”

This place becomes mine?

“This Pandemonium becomes mine?”
“Yes! If there’s no owner, Khatt-nim can take it over!”
“Not bad, I guess.”

I hadn’t even thought of that.

Well, if I could take over this entire land, it wouldn’t be bad. It doesn’t seem very useful, but it would still be good to have.

Still, this place is huge.

I’m interested, but realistically speaking, it would take a long time. There would be many difficulties… No.

“If I want it, it will be so.”

That’s obvious.

* * *

After destroying Asmodeus’s palace, I returned.

“Khatt. Is everything going smoothly?”
“Heh heh heh, very smoothly. I’ve already smashed two Great Demons.”

I’m truly the savior of humanity.

“Wow, how many days has it been and you’ve already killed two? It was so hard when we went to kill Andromalius together.”
“Yes. The magic he used was quite tricky. We ended up just running away.”

Back then, Karin, Liztina, Claudia, and I worked together to catch Andromalius. How much stronger have I become compared to then?

“It’s been an explosive growth.”

Actually, it’s only natural.

When fighting Andromalius, I thought, if only I were faster. And if only I could resist that demonic magic. And I. By taking the fragment of God, I gained even stronger power.

As a result, my body gained strong power and became faster than before. Not only that, but I was able to create true Aura Armor and resist magic.

I’ve become stronger than them.

And I.

I’m a man who can unconditionally overwhelm anyone weaker than me.

So now, the Great Demons are no match for me.

“Anyway, how much longer are you going to be catching demons? After that’s done, I think it’ll be okay to go back to the capital.”
“I need to go back as soon as possible. I’ll catch a few more Great Demons. Then let’s go.”
“Okay.”

It’s about time to go back.

Kadia must be waiting too.

For now, let’s gather some information about the Lich while taking down the Great Demons here and then go.

“By the way, Khatt. What about the Titans’ golems?”
“That? Well, there’s no point in finding them all. Let’s do that later.”

The golem’s arm is in Hilde’s inventory. Risha is currently storing the most important core properly.

The arm doesn’t seem to be of much use, but the core might be useful. But that’s not important right now.

The Great Demons come first.

* * *

After that day, Hilde and I continued to enter and exit Pandemonium, wreaking havoc everywhere. Since Asmodeus gave me the book, it wasn’t difficult to find the other Great Demons. As expected, it’s faster to go find them than to wait for them to come.

“Keuhak!!!”

The neck of the Great Demon who identified himself as Amdusias twisted.

“You weakling.”

Killing this bastard was very simple. He led his subordinates and challenged me, but he couldn’t beat me anyway. —Thud. When I let go, his corpse collapsed.

“This one wasn’t as useful as Asmodeus.”
“If you don’t have anything to give me, you just die.”

He didn’t know much. I interrogated him, but there was no information to extract, and he didn’t have anything that would change my mind.

So he had to die.

“Let’s go.”
“Yes.”

After killing him, I recovered the wandering souls and left the building. After rising into the sky, I deployed the Celestial Demon Obliteration Jade and smashed the ominous nest.

“Khatt-nim. Has your power increased even more?”
“Power, huh.”

I do feel like I’m getting a little stronger as I kill the Great Demons. But it’s insignificant. The destructive power of the Celestial Demon Obliteration Jade has increased.

“Is it just because you’re getting more skilled?”
“Is that so? By the way, it’s really amazing destructive power.”
“Heh heh heh, right?”

Anyway.

That kind of daily life continued. Hilde and I stirred up hell, came back to rest, and then went back to stir up hell again.

It didn’t take that long.

But the anomaly occurred.

After Amdusias, when I killed the Great Demon named Seere.
That is, the second one.

“Huh.”

—Whirrrl!

At that moment, something black rose from the corpse. The rising thing became smoke, and the smoke soon transformed into some evil-looking “faces.” The owners of the faces were truly extraordinary. From those who looked like human elders to outrageous demons. Those were the faces.

“So you’re the human who’s been going around killing Great Demons.”
“Amazing power. Amazing power. Unbelievably amazing.”
“Is the goal our extermination? Are you trying to exterminate us because we take human souls?”

The faces began to say something in different voices and tones.

Looks like this.

The other Great Demons were gathered together.

“What are you guys? Is this some kind of communication magic? Did you plant it in Seere?”

I asked, but they didn’t answer.

“Is there no intention to negotiate? Is there really no answer other than extermination?”
“You know it well. That’s exactly it.”

Whatever it is, it’s all going to be smashed.

“Amazing opinion. You’re a really amazing human. It’s amazing that you don’t negotiate.”
“Because he has that power. If he wants it, he can do it.”
“I can see the endless fighting spirit in his eyes. That being will surely be satisfied only after killing all of us.”

The smoke-faces began to have a meeting among themselves in front of me. I watched it quietly. These smokes aren’t real anyway. Remote. In other words, it’s like a video chat.

“The intention has been confirmed. You are an enemy of Pandemonium.”

The face that looked like a human elder said that.

“Do demons even care about that?”
“…Usually they don’t. But. Now that it’s been decided like this, you’ll regret it.”

Regret?

“You’re talking nonsense.”

I’m speechless.

“Is there a way? All you Great Demon bastards get one-shot by me. What can you do by gathering? All you can do by gathering is get collectively crushed by me, you bastards.”
“…”

—Sarrreuk.

I said that, but they disappeared without answering.

“These bastards?”

Is there something?