## Chapter 1324 – Demon King

ㅡHiss.

Despite my warm greeting, Peleiseo only made a strange hissing sound. Looking closer, I noticed a mask covering his mouth.

A very mechanical mask.
Can he even talk with that thing on?

“Hey. A guest is here, say hello.”

ㅡHiss.

In any case, countless tubes extending from the machinery were attached all over Demon King Peleiseo’s body. Dozens. Maybe even hundreds.

Seeing those tubes stuck to his back, shoulders, chest, and waist like that, it felt like I’d walked into a server room.

Clean up your cables, you son of a bitch.

“…”

But… what the hell is that?

Honestly, it was beyond imagination.

I never imagined anything like this. So, I was a bit taken aback. What kind of contraption is that?

No matter how advanced technology is, I can’t understand that.

More than anything, seeing the Demon King turned into a power strip made me feel sorry for him. What turned him into a power strip?

I imagined a more dignified and powerful Demon King.

Not some giant power strip.

“Can’t you talk?”

Anyway, he just stared at me without reacting. Honestly, I wasn’t even sure if he was alive. He didn’t seem to be in very good shape.

He was old. Aged and wrinkled as if he’d weathered the storms of time.

But more than anything, the strange thing was…

I didn’t feel any great energy from Peleiseo. No lie, I really didn’t feel anything. He wasn’t intense at all.

This is a Transcender?

Unless the demons are mistaken, there’s no way they’d consider something like this a Transcender… He looked like a half-corpse. A half-corpse turned into a power strip.

Well, the Soviets considered Stalin a superhuman. Similarly, North Koreans still consider Kim Il-sung a superhuman. The people’s faith has little to do with reality.

“Then I’m disappointed.”

I turned to look at Risha.

“…!”

Risha was covering her mouth with her hand, in shock.

I guess it’s understandable. After all, her father had undergone a dark evolution into that power strip. She must be as surprised as elementary school kids seeing SkullGreymon for the first time.

“Risha. Is that really Peleiseo?”
“Y-yes, yes, yes…! Th-that is indeed my father!”

The moment Risha shouted.

ㅡFlash!

A crimson light burst from Peleiseo’s eyes.

ㅡGoooh.

At the same time, his power began to grow little by little. Oh. So, he’s powered on now? Well, now that our power-strip Demon King is on, I hope he charges all his classmates’ portable batteries.

ㅡHissing sound.

The mechanical mask’s unique breathing sound was exhaled.

ㅡClick.

The arm resting on the armrest of the throne moved.

And.

“Oh, oh…! Oh, oh, oh…!”

The voice of an old demon flowed from within the mask.

“I don’t know how many hundreds of years it’s been…!”

ㅡCreak.

He moved his upper body as he spoke. As a result, the countless attached tubes moved along with him. It looked incredibly grotesque.

“My beloved daughter.”

Beloved daughter?

The tone itself was full of joy, but… I couldn’t find a trace of vitality in that cry. That’s how powerless the Demon King was right now.

Should I just smash him right now?

No.

I’ll watch the situation a little longer.

“…Father.”

Risha looked almost terrified. She exuded an extremely uncomfortable atmosphere. She swallowed and then.

“Why do you look like that?”

She asked, as if she had made up her mind.

“And my beloved daughter… you’ve changed so much. I’m sure you were just a small child when you set out on your expedition…”

A red light was bursting out, but his gaze was empty.

No. To be precise, it wasn’t empty.

It was like he was looking at the past.

It was the gaze typical of senile old people. They don’t recognize reality as reality. They live believing the past superimposed on their eyes is the truth.

“Ah, I was so happy that I only talked about myself. Well, then. For my grown-up daughter… I should prepare a wedding. My grandson will be proof of glory, and he will be the wise ruler who will succeed me…”

He’s really gone senile.

That’s why he’s walking around with those tubes attached.

Come to think of it, that might be a kind of IV drip. To keep the dying Peleiseo alive, they subjected him to those machines.

Honestly, seeing him alive even after becoming like that, you could call him a Transcender.

Even so, it’s strange that the demons respect the Demon King. His power has amplified with the light in his eyes, but that’s it. If you can call that a Transcender… then anyone is a Transcender. The word Transcender can only be attached to someone with strength like Kim Kat.

“Hasn’t he released his power?”

For now, that seems likely… Does he regain his true power when he gets up from that throne? If so, then destroying the throne would have the same effect.

“I don’t need a wedding. I already have a partner.”

Risha said firmly, looking straight at Peleiseo’s face.

“Ah, ah… is that so…”

He seemed very surprised to hear that.

“So much time has passed… so it’s only natural… So. Who is the one who will become my son-in-law? Is he perhaps the heir of the Aiollai family? Or the third son of Kurastia…?”

The families of the Demon Realm?

The Demon Realm has fallen, and those families must have been destroyed hundreds of years ago… The Demon King didn’t seem to think about those things at all. No matter how developed Earthlings’ science and technology are, just as there is no hair loss cure, it seems that even cloning technology couldn’t do anything about the Demon King’s dementia.

“None of them.”
“None?”
“The mighty man before your eyes is my partner.”
“…?”

At those words, finally.

The Demon King shifted his gaze to me.

ㅡWhoosh.

The light was still burning.

But I could read his emotions in that gaze.
It was like he had completely forgotten and had just realized it.

“Yes. It’s me. I am Risha’s husband.”
“Ha…”
“Ha?”
“Hahahaha…!”

He’s laughing?

“So that’s how it was…!”

ㅡClatter.

As he laughed, the tubes that reached the ceiling shook and made noise.

“The ancient hero… is my daughter’s partner! It’s incredibly surprising.”
“Everyone reacts that way.”

And soon died.

“I was curious. The identity of the one who destroyed my fleet. Certainly, with that much power… no one could have stood against you.”

As if he could see my power, he said that while staring at me.

“More than that… how can a human being handle that kind of power?”

Power, huh.

“I’ve never seen a being with such powerful strength. Moreover, a being who is handling that powerful strength entirely on their own… never before.”

ㅡClatter.

The attached tubes shook each time he moved his body slightly.

“It was the same during the Great War. The Transcenders we’ve experienced were all weaklings who only borrowed the power of gods. They couldn’t be strong on their own. Idiots who borrowed power from gods and evil gods.”

Power that wasn’t even their own.

Power borrowed from gods.

But the demons were defeated by such beings.

“Even I…! Even I am suppressing transcendence while sitting on this throne of infinity…!!!”

ㅡHiss!

Perhaps he was talking to himself and getting excited, steam was spewing from his mask.

But I didn’t understand what he just said.
Suppressing transcendence while sitting on the throne?

“Incredibly amazing! Ancient hero!!!”

ㅡWhoosh!

The Demon King’s light burned even brighter.
His power was growing.

“What method did you use to handle that power with a human body, mind! And soul! Originally, you would have been crushed and annihilated by a power you couldn’t handle!!! No matter how gifted a hero you were, it would have been impossible!!!”

I don’t understand what this bastard is babbling about.

“I’m not handling it.”
“…What?”
“I dominate it.”

The reason I can dominate my power is.

“Because it’s me.”

It’s just Fusion Confucianism.

“It’s something only I, Kim Kat, can do, Demon King. But you… did you say you were a Transcender? But you don’t seem to be anywhere near transcendence.”
“…”
“You couldn’t handle transcendence.”

That’s not the appearance of a Transcender.

“You know what that means, right.”

I raised my fist.

Then.

“Keu…”

He laughed heartily.

“Keuhahahahahahahahaha!!!”

ㅡClatter.
ㅡClatter.

The tubes extending in all directions shook with the recoil.

“Full of spirit!!!”

As expected of a senile old man, his voice is loud.

“You said you took my beloved daughter as your partner!!! I’m very satisfied that you’ve shown that much spirit!!!”
“I don’t need your approval.”

Should I just kill him now?

“However.”

What?

“I can’t forgive a mere human… for defiling my daughter’s body.”
“Kekekeke! What is this filthy bastard babbling about!!!”

The Demon King expressed his anger.

With that, his power is gradually amplified. Yes. The question has been answered. His power was suppressed from the beginning. As expected, the demons are worthy of worship.

No matter what he looks like.

If he has that kind of power, he deserves to be worshiped.

“Risha is my woman! If you, an old geezer, can’t forgive it, what are you going to do! If you’re senile, go to the back room like an old man and wait for death!”
“…Arrogant.”

ㅡThud.

At that moment.

ㅡThud thud thud.

The Demon King.

ㅡThud!

Began to rise from the throne.

With that, the countless tubes stuck all over his body fell off. A strange liquid of unknown use burst out from inside the tubes separated from his body.

At the same time, the Demon King’s body became a honeycomb. It’s only natural. Those tubes were stuck in that situation. If they all fall off, it can only become a honeycomb pizza.

“This bastard.”

Even so.

The Demon King was dignified.

“That method of handling the power of transcendence with a human body… I’m very curious.”

Finally, the guy who had completely risen from the throne, ㅡThud! Grabbed the tubes connected to the back of his head with his hands and tore them off. And he tore off the mechanical mask covering his face and smashed it.

ㅡSwish.

At the same time, the honeycomb holes that had appeared in his body were filled in at a rapid pace.

Not only that.

ㅡGoooh.

His time began to go backwards. His old face regained vitality, and the sparse hair that had grown like weeds soared. His body, which had regained its health, turned muscular. His bones were strong, and a powerful energy surged from his body.

Finally, the Demon King stood tall as the Demon King.

The Demon King with pale skin.
He swept his long, silver hair back.

“At this rate, you’ll be my match.”

Watching the Demon King’s expanding power, I sensed it. At the same time, my blood began to burn. Demon King… yes, Demon King. The Demon King was indeed a Transcender.

I don’t know well, but the Demon King sitting on the throne was not his true form. That is the Demon King’s true form.

Yes!!

You have to come out like this!!!

“A match. That’s an interesting thing to say.”
“This bastard’s voice has changed too?”

The Demon King’s voice had also changed to a deep one. It was truly a dignified attitude as if he had regained his prime. Not only that, but something seemed to have changed even in his mind.

It’s only natural.

He came back from a half-corpse state to this healthy man, so it’s natural that his mind would be sound.

“Originally, mortals cannot handle transcendent power. Not the body. Not the mind. Not the soul. No matter how strong a hero is, trained by trials, it is not enough to handle transcendence.”

ㅡCrackling!

Demon King Peleiseo said that while creating a magic circle, and took out his sword from within.

“Even I could not handle transcendence. Therefore, after obtaining the power of transcendence from another world, I have been resting on the throne of infinity for as many as three hundred years, and I have endured the pain to make myself a Transcender.”

A deep history.
It’s all because you’re a weakling that you’re buying suffering.

If I were an unparalleled genius like me, I could handle transcendence on my own.

“With that, I became a Transcender, but…”
“You don’t look so good.”

The throne and those tubes were a kind of device.
A device to stabilize the Demon King’s power.

“It’s not enough.”

Not enough?

“Something is missing. I am convinced that something else is needed for me to ascend to a true Transcender.”