## Chapter 1323 – Demon

There were still a few demons wandering around on the ground floor. Unlike the demon workers in that hatchery, who seemed to have very faint egos, these ones seemed to possess reason and emotion.

However.

“Ah, I understand…”

They couldn’t completely disobey Risha’s orders.
They lowered their tails when Risha gave a command.

“These bastards are a complete mess, huh?”
“…”
“Their discipline is utterly gone.”

It’s not like they’re under Risha’s command, but they’re fawning all over her. I almost feel sorry for the Demon King leading such a pathetic army. Is the military authority not with the king but with the entire royal family?

This is a mess like no other.

Even though they wouldn’t become our combatants, they couldn’t ignore Risha’s words.

“Hmm, even I find this a bit strange. We’ve only met today, but they think they have to be this obedient.”
“Perhaps the authority of the royal family is that great.”

That means Pelezej has completely overwhelmed the demons.

That’s how strong he is.

Anyway, we followed the demon we encountered by chance. He didn’t know the Demon King’s location. He only knew about his mission, the location of the barracks, and the evacuation area.

So Risha ordered him to guide us to someone who would know.

Who would that be?
Of course, a commander.

“Hehehe, but maybe they’re just intimidated by me and pretending to listen to your orders, Risha.”
“Hoohoohoo, perhaps.”

Should I test that out?

“Hey, you bastard, hurry up!!! We don’t have time!!!”
“…”

When I suddenly shouted, the demon glanced back at me.

But that was it, the son of a bitch. As if he was ignoring me, he turned his head forward again without saying a word.

“This son of a bitch is ignoring me?”
“Agh! Aaaaaaagh! My ear! My eaaaaaaar!!”

So I immediately ripped off his ear. As blood started gushing out, he collapsed in a fit. The son of a bitch ignoring me.

“Be quiet. Unless you want the other ear torn off.”
“Kuh…!”
“I’m telling you, you son of a bitch. Even though I seem calm, I’m holding back the urge to kill you demon bastards. So just listen when I talk, got it?”
“Y-yes, I understand…”
“Understand?”
“I understand.”
“Then get up, you son of a bitch.”

Looking at the demons, I feel nothing but murderous intent.

Seriously… I want to kill all these bastards. I’m only holding back because Risha is next to me; if she wasn’t, it would be very difficult to suppress the impulse. Thinking that, we walked on, and soon we arrived at the place he guided us to.

“Is this it? Where your commander is?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Bring him out.”
“…Yes.”

He went inside, and soon appeared with an armed commander. The commander looked very flustered. However, at the same time, he also had a determined look, as if he had resolved himself for some kind of showdown.

“You will hear nothing from me!”
“Shut up, you idiot. I came with an invitation from the Demon King. Look at this.”
“…What is that?”

As soon as I showed him the letter, he tilted his head.

“But I have received no orders!”
“Do you know the Demon King’s location?”
“I do not!”

Then he wouldn’t know.

“I didn’t expect much anyway.”

My purpose is a little different.

“…”

I looked at the demon who was watching me from the side. The demon who guided us here… He’s useless now.

“I guess there’s no choice. You can die now.”
“What!”

The scientist bastard from before had some information to extract, but this soldier bastard is of no use to me. ㅡThwack! With a light punch, the demon’s upper body disappeared completely.

“Heok!”

The commander who saw that was horrified and pointed his sword at me, but he didn’t seem to have any will to fight. Even if he did, it wouldn’t matter. I lightly snatched the sword from him.

“Let’s get hit a bit.”
“Uheoeoeoeok!!”

I beat the shit out of him with the intention of half-killing him.

ㅡThwack thwack thwack!
ㅡWham!
ㅡThud!

“Kahaaaak…!”

In less than 10 seconds, he was a mess.

“Now, guide me to your superior.”
“A-alright… Kuek!”

The staggering commander started moving. This was my aim. By going up the chain of command like this, a higher-ranking guy would inevitably appear, and that would lead me to the Demon King.

It’s a crude method, but there’s only so much I can do without any clues, and above all, I have confidence in my fists. Who can stop the Heavenly Demon Kim Gatz? If you mess with me, you’ll die. Even if you don’t open your mouth, you’ll die.

Loyalty is nothing in the face of the pain of shattered joints.

“T-this way… My superior is…”

The inside of the fortress was like a maze, but as a commander, he knew the way well.

“Really? He’s in here?”
“Yes…”
“Die now.”
“Yeeet?!”

ㅡWham!

As expected, when I punched him, he was smashed to pieces along with the door.

“Ugh!”

And the next guy inside made that sound.

“Alright, you too, let’s get hit a bit.”
“You…!”

I immediately dragged him out.

* * *

Like that.

We went up the chain of command, heading towards the innermost part of the fortress. This seems like a better method than I thought. We’re making great progress.

No one could withstand my violence.

Once my fist lands, they have to tell me what they know.

Of course, after being guided to the location of the higher-ranking commander, I killed the guy who guided me. Demon King’s army commanders inside the aerial fortress? All these bastards carried out the bombing orders.

How many cities have disappeared? How many people died without even screaming? Bomber. How many civilians have been massacred by the bomber of death created by the artificial great demon Light Brothers!!!

Absolutely!!!

“I will never forgive these worthless bastards!!!”

While piloting the bomber, the people below must have looked like insects!!! Those who have been killing people so lightly must all die!!!

“I’m starting to get a bite.”

After killing nearly ten commanders like that.

I felt that the destination was getting closer.

“…Stop for a moment.”
“Hmm? Risha?”

Then Risha stopped me and said.

“Sit next to me for a moment.”
“Okay.”

There was a suitable spot, so I went and sat down right away. As soon as I sat down, Risha suddenly grabbed my face and met my gaze.

“Are you… very angry?”
“Angry?”

What’s she talking about all of a sudden?

“I can feel your great anger.”
“Ah. Anger.”

Risha, who was stroking my face like that, slowly moved her hand and started touching my head. That touch was so soft… Ah. Right. This was it. She was worried about me seeing me angry.

“You’ve already killed like ten commanders, haven’t you?”
“They were all guys who had to be killed anyway.”

Risha is so kind after all.
I grabbed her hand and replied.

“If they’re no longer useful, they have to be killed.”

I spared the scientist, but he will also be discarded when he’s no longer useful. I have no intention of letting the people involved in this giant bomber live. Maybe the only ones who will survive are the guys who are growing in the glass tubes right now or the ones who were just born and are being educated.

Even then, I won’t care much.

When the situation is over.
I’ll just care about it once I have the余裕.

“That is true, but aren’t you consumed by anger right now?”
“…Is that so.”

I’m definitely pissed off.

Seeing the faces of the demon bastards, my anger really boils over.

“The demons… erased the cities. That anger is natural. I am also angry about that. But seeing you venting your anger like that makes my heart ache.”
“Risha…”

Risha looked at me with a worried face and said softly.

“I’m sorry. I know it hurts to see me angry.”

I showed too much anger.

“It’s not something you should be sorry for. I just…”
“No. It’s my fault. I won’t show you my angry side in front of you anymore.”

I reached out and rubbed Risha’s ear.

“Ah, ah…”
“Well… there may be times when I have to show it if the situation doesn’t allow it. But since you said it hurts, I’ll try to avoid it as much as possible. Okay?”
“H-hearing you say that… makes me feel better… Haaah…”

She crumbles right away just from touching her ear a little.

“Hehehe, she really likes having her ears touched.”
“I-I was going to comfort you… but I’m being comforted instead… Heuuut…”

I comforted Risha by touching her ear and then got up from my seat.

“Let’s go then. Wow, calming down my anger makes me feel a little better.”
“…”

As Risha said, I calmed down my anger.

All that remained was a coldly cooled mind and a firm will to achieve my goal. There’s no need to explode with anger when killing demons. Just kill them.

Like that.

ㅡSqueak.

I opened the door and moved on to the next stage.

What I saw was a very wide corridor.

And in front.

There was a large door right in front. I could instinctively tell. That’s the Demon King’s audience chamber. Because the last guy I killed was the Demon King’s aide. Circumstantially, he seemed to be a similar rank to Doran, but he’s not my opponent.

And.

ㅡ…

In front of the door, a muscular demon taller than me stood with his arms crossed. I walked towards him with Risha.

“…”

He wasn’t armed.
He was weaker than me.

The guy who was looking at us with his arms crossed.

“I don’t know how many hundreds of years it’s been, Princess.”

He bowed to Risha.

“You were very small back then… You’ve grown up completely. I’m glad to see the grown-up Princess.”

Risha didn’t answer.

That’s the end of the story.

“Get out of the way, you bastard.”
“…”
“Can’t you see this invitation?”

I showed him the Demon King’s invitation.

“Tch.”

The guy who saw that distorted his expression and took a step to the side. What a bland bastard. I’m the idiot for expecting him to attack.

“The door is wide open, just like that. Are you just going to open everything?”
“…Don’t get the wrong idea.”
“Wrong idea?”

He has a rather dignified voice.

“I’m just letting you in because the Demon King ordered me to let you in. Originally, you would never be able to cross this door.”
“Hehehe, what a load of crap.”

ㅡWhoooooosh!!!

I launched a surprise Heavenly Demon Divine Art and shot out a fist.

“Heok!”

Even so, it was a light check. He reacted immediately and tried to block it, but at the same time as his palm and my fist collided.

ㅡKwaaaaaaaang!!

His upper body exploded and disappeared into dust.

“Is this what you call a gatekeeper.”

Too weak.

“H-he didn’t seem quite strong?”

Risha said in surprise.

“Risha. That kind of thing is nothing compared to real power.”
“Hmm… It certainly seems that way. As expected of you. An unparalleled warrior who never loses. I’m proud.”
“Hehehe, well, I’m an unparalleled warrior. But Risha. Did you know him?”
“I have impressions in my old memories. I don’t think he was someone I talked to much.”

Risha looked down at the scattered lower body with cold eyes.

“He was a nobody.”

ㅡCheok.

Anyway, this giant door in front of me.

Instead of breaking it, I decided to just push it open.

ㅡKugugugugugu.

With a light application of force, the door, which seemed to be ten meters high, began to open with a loud noise.

Like that, we.
Arrived at the Demon King’s audience chamber.

* * *

The first thing I felt when I came here was.

As expected of the size of the door, the room was overwhelmingly large.

In the aerial fortress, where weight and space must be used as efficiently as possible, this king’s audience chamber was just incredibly large for the sole reason that it was the king’s audience chamber. It was only used for the purpose of the king sitting there. The waste was extreme.

“Hoo.”

But above all, what caught my eye was.

The appearance of the Demon King Pelezej.

ㅡWhoooooosh.
ㅡWhooosh.

The king’s audience chamber was very large and splendid. This space made of gold and silver seemed to symbolize the prosperity of the old era, that is, the demons. And what about the throne on which the Demon King was sitting, which was nothing less than a symbol of such prosperity?

There was a very splendid throne.

Behind that throne.

Even I, a modern person familiar with machinery and digital technology, couldn’t describe the overwhelming mechanical device. Numerous gears and engine devices. And various tubes of unknown purpose were attached closely together. A bizarre but majestic. Splendid and incredibly large machine.

Demon King Pelezej was sitting on the throne.

With numerous tubes extending from the mechanical device attached all over his body.

“Hey Pele, a guest has arrived, aren’t you going to say hello?”