## Chapter 1418 – The Approaching Darkness

The detection meant someone was using gate magic right now!

Frankly, there are hardly any beings who can use gate magic in this era! It’s almost certainly Risha and those Lich bastards!

“Then I have to go right away, you son of a bitch!!!”

Maybe this time I can catch the Lich bastard’s tail!

“Hahaha! Foolish bastards, recklessly hastening their own demise!”

Thinking about it made a burning joy erupt in my heart. It had been a life of just defending without any real plan! But now, finally, I can attack a little!

I can finally kill those bastards!

Ugh, damn, it’s so refreshing.
My murderous intent is already boiling over.

“Go quickly! Risha! Tell me when the location tracking is complete!”
“Understood!”

Liztina drew power from her body, and Risha unfolded her spell.

There are three of us right now. Let’s go and check it out first, and if we need more manpower, we can send Risha. With the skills of these three, there shouldn’t be any problems.

No. Should I just send Risha ahead to the others first?

It might be better to gather all the support.

“Risha, after you go over there, immediately leave and inform everyone. Gather them all at once and overwhelm them. Got it? Liz and I will check out the situation first.”
“As you wish.”

Risha nodded, staring at the gate she had created.

Soon.

ㅡFlash!

“It is done!”

Risha shouted loudly and created a new gate!

Has the tracking already been completed?

As expected of Risha!
Truly the incarnation of the Inter-net!

“If I go through that, will I reach the site immediately?”
“You will be able to go to almost the same location. However, it would be wise to be cautious.”
“Because there might be a trap?”

Risha nodded.

Of course, I’m considering all the traps. This Kim Kat doesn’t underestimate the enemy before a fight, and I never let my guard down. To make the win rate 100%, I have to think about those variables.

“Don’t worry. This Kim Kat is a man who rose to this position solely through combat and slaughter. I’ve already thought about those basic things.”
“Then there is no need to worry.”

Then let’s go now!

“Sis! Ready!”
“Of course! Let’s go and fuck up those little bastards!”
“Good!”

Liztina, who had created flames in her fist, exuded fighting spirit and answered loudly. As expected of a woman who has lived by beating things to death, she is truly magnanimous.

“Go!”

ㅡThump!

And so, I immediately kicked off the ground with Liztina and jumped into the gate. Unfolding my power as I entered. Being careful of traps and ambushes, I prepare myself.

Following us, Risha also came after us.

She was also unfolding her magic. From now on, we are infiltrating enemy territory. As soon as we enter, we will strike quickly, shake things up as much as possible while assessing the situation, and then either retreat or inflict meaningful damage.

ㅡSlither, slither.

The sensation of crossing the gate was fleeting, but it was always fascinating. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this feeling.

“Celestial Demon Divine Art.”

Anyway, I wrap the unfolded power around my body.

Those bastards can easily break my power. Celestial Demon Obliteration Jade or Celestial Demon Reign, things like that. They can easily withstand attacks made of my pure power. But they can’t defend against other physical things.

The initial strike will be in that way.

“Sis, you know? That my power doesn’t really work on those guys.”
“I know. Then we just have to fight in a different way.”

I haven’t tested whether all of her powers don’t work either, but I think the Lich’s power will only work on me. The Lich’s mark is engraved on my body.

ㅡFlash.

And so.

We completely crossed the gate.

ㅡWhoaaaaaa!

The scenery changed in an instant. It was daytime just a moment ago, but now it’s night here. That means it’s quite far away.

And.

I took in everything that unfolded before my eyes.

“Krrr, krrrrrr!!!”

In front of us, there was a black altar.

On top of the altar, a bizarre-looking angel was restrained.

“Kuaaaaaaa!!!”

The restraints were made of magical power, and the angel was a terrifying monster with thousands upon thousands of eyeballs stuck all over its body. The reason I called it an angel was just because of the wings, but the bastard was currently screaming with its eyeball-filled maw wide open.

I don’t feel much powerful energy.

The Lich’s power is the same.

In just a moment, I completed all my assessments.

“Is this just a place where small fry are gathered?”
“…!”
“…!”

In front of the altar, there were humans who looked like cultists. The humans with pale white skin were all wearing black robes, and just looking at their pale complexions, it was clear they were evil bastards.

Weak.

These bastards here are not the main force. Looking at the magic circles floating nearby, it’s clear they’re using some kind of magic, but they don’t seem to be strong in combat.

“O-oh, ugh…!”

The stairs leading up to the altar.

The bald man standing in the middle of them pointed at me and started gagging. A rather fancy hat was placed on his head. He was holding a nice staff in his hand.

The leader here, huh.

He looks the strongest among them, but he’s not worth my attention.

“Hmm… you seem very surprised? And not very strong.”
“Apart from the demonic beast restrained on the altar, I do not sense anything particularly special.”
“I agree.”

They glanced around, saying the right things.

It doesn’t seem like the Lich is here. Nor does it seem like the Lich bastard’s core subordinates are here. There is a high-ranking cultist, but the Lich’s power I feel from him is quite weak.

The boiling heart cools down. The senses of a demigod clearly inform me that this place is a bust in terms of combat. It wasn’t a key facility. There were no traps either.

“H-huh…!”
“U-uh…!”
“…!”

But the atmosphere is unusual.

The cultist bastards, who clearly look like cultists, looked at us and seemed very frightened, recoiling in horror.

What the hell.
They look like they’ve seen a ghost?

“Hey. What are you all?”

Their emotional expressions are quite rich? Their attitude is more like people than monsters, so I temporarily hold back my violence and ask.

“Kuaaaaaaaaoooooooo!”

The one who answered was the angel restrained on the altar. It twisted its whole body, trying to break the restraining magic, but it was completely suppressed by the high-ranking cultist standing there, so it couldn’t break free at all.

“Let’s just kill everyone except that one over there.”
“Wait.”
“Yes?”

ㅡSwish.

I stopped Liztina, who was about to step forward, and asked again.

“What are you all? Hey you. You’re looking at me. Answer me.”
“…!”

The pointed-out high-ranking cultist was clattering his teeth and trying to gesture something. I immediately activated the mysteries of the Celestial Demon Reign to hold him in place so he couldn’t move. It’s a technique that can be used like a kind of telekinesis.

“Ugh!”

The high-ranking cultist, whose movements were sealed, screamed.

“Can’t you understand me?”
“Ugh… Keuh…!”

Ah. Did I restrain him too strongly and he can’t speak?
I immediately released the mysteries of the Celestial Demon Reign.

“Kuh…!”

Now he will be able to speak.

“Before I tear off your balls, answer me.”
“H-how did you get here…!”
“What?”

The high-ranking cultist shouted in a very flustered tone.

And right then.

“It’s, it’s the god of the cult!!!”

One of the cultists screamed, tearing his voice.

“The god of the cult has invaded!”
“The demon king from another world…! The demon king from another world has appeared!!!”
“Oooooooaaaaaaaack! Outer god! It’s an evil outer god!!!”

ㅡAaaaaaaaah!
ㅡKyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!

At the same time, incomprehensible words and screams erupted.

“What? What are you guys saying now?”

The cultist bastards, who had quite human-like appearances, were completely terrified and screamed in horror. But what did they just say?

“What did you say? The cult’s what?”

This is too embarrassing.

As I was trying to sort out the situation.

ㅡClang!

The high-ranking cultist slammed his staff on the ground and shouted.

“Do not listen to the voice of the evil outer god!!!”

Are you talking about me?

“Huh…!”
“…!”
“…!”

Anyway, perhaps because the superior gave the order.
The cultists became quiet.

Soon, the high-ranking cultist pointed his staff at me and shouted reproachfully.

“Demon king from another world with powerful power!!!”
“What the fuck?”

What?

“…Hey? Kat, they’re calling you the demon king from another world?”
“It seems they are also calling you the god of the cult…?”

It wasn’t just me who was flustered.
They also looked at my face in disbelief.

“Seriously, I never thought I’d hear these kinds of words from these cultist bastards in my life.”

God of another world?
Demon king from another world?
Outer god?

No matter how I look at it, those are ominous words that refer to truly evil bastards, and the cultists should never be saying them to me.

“We will never yield to you!!! Even if we fall here, you will not be able to take our souls!!!”

And he roared at me with a conviction that came from deep within his heart, like a paladin.

Because of this, it felt like I had become the bad guy.

It was so unpleasant that I thought about killing them all for a moment, but since I was going to kill them anyway, I decided to listen to what they had to say before killing them. It’s interrogation and information gathering time. Let’s see what those bastards are doing.

“Brothers! Prepare for the final strike!”

ㅡBuzz!!

And it was the moment he instructed. Bizarre magic circles floated in the air, and the cultists who had been in shock all started rolling their eyes back.

“Oh, oh! Oooooooo!”
“Ooooooooong!”
“Arararararack!”

Then, they started writhing and foaming at the mouth. It was clear they were unfolding some kind of evil magic.

“Risha. And Sis. Stop for a moment. Let’s watch what they’re doing. These bastards are panicking now.”
“Ah… Yes. It seems so.”
“They seem like clumsy friends?”

That’s how it looks to me too.

The cultist bastards… they’ve shown a lot of inhuman and thorough aspects, but these bastards here are, well, a bit…

They looked very ordinary.
Clumsy.

“Kahhhhhack!”

At the same time, the otherworldly angel restrained on the altar began to shrivel up like a mummy. Looking closely, the bodies of the angel and the cultists were drying up. The extracted energy was gathering in the high-ranking cultist’s staff.

“Kuhaha…! Demon god in human form! Look closely!”
“At what?”

The high-ranking cultist proudly looked at the staff with the gathered dark power, then swung it. ㅡTsu-pat! At the same time, the dark power exploded. The exploded darkness became an intense beam and stretched out, rushing towards me like a giant lightsaber.

“Risha. And Sis. Shoulder to shoulder.”
“Ah, yes.”

ㅡFlash!

I simply put my arms around my women’s shoulders and flew away at high speed, avoiding the black line. Seriously. It was so easy. The dark beam lasted for about a second longer and then disappeared.

“I felt a rather intense energy? Like the Lich’s…”
“Yeah. If I had been hit, it would have hurt a lot.”

That wasn’t ordinary magic.

It’s magic with the Lich’s power added to it. But the bastard using it was too ordinary. I don’t know what kind of bastard he is, but it’s clear he doesn’t know how to use that kind of power even if he has it.

“Huh!”

Anyway, the high-ranking cultist, whose attack had failed, dropped his staff in horror.

“What are you really? I need to interrogate this bastard.”

Apart from the fact that his skin was as white as snow, he was really ordinary. He didn’t seem like a human who was obsessed with fanaticism, nor did he seem like a fanatic who was absorbed in evil. He was showing extremely human aspects. Of course, the other cultists who were withered and dead underneath were the same.

Are there guys like this among the Lich’s subordinates?

Why would they have a facility like this and bastards like this?

“Come here. Risha, keep this bastard from doing anything. He might commit suicide.”
“Understood.”

ㅡFlash!

She immediately restrained the high-ranking cultist with magical power and pulled him towards us. He was almost screaming in terror.

“Uaaaaack! Let me go! Let me gooooo!”
“This bastard is so loud!!!”

ㅡThwack!

Liztina slapped the bastard’s cheek, and his teeth fell out in a flurry, and blood poured out.

“Ah, aack…!”

Anyway, I have to do what I have to do. From now on, I just need to be careful that he doesn’t commit suicide and interrogate him.

“So, our cultist friend? Shall we talk a little?”
“You’re trying to plunder my soul!”
“Why the hell would I take your soul, you bastard.”
“Everything is for this world!!! Our savior!!! The mission is complete!!!”

And at that moment.

ㅡFlash!

I felt a powerful energy.

“Be careful!!”

ㅡPuh-uh-uh-ung!

Risha unfolded a magic circle, and at the same time, the high-ranking cultist’s heart exploded. It was instant death without a doubt. The cultist, who had become a corpse, could no longer speak.

“He’s dead.”

That was something that couldn’t be stopped.

“That Lich bastard…”

Because this was the Lich directly activating magic from a distance and killing his own subordinate.

“Was he watching everything?”

What the hell?
It was an incomprehensible event.

I stared at the scene for a moment. All that remained were the altar, the surrounding lush greenery, and the corpses of the cultists and the otherworldly angel.

“What… is it? I can’t understand it. What is this…”

Liztina, who seemed very embarrassed, looked around and said that.

“First of all, this doesn’t seem to be their main base. It’s a kind of… facility. It seems like a facility, but it’s just something they use and throw away…”
“I know that, but.”

ㅡClick.

“These cultist bastards. What the hell are these bastards?”

I grabbed the corpse of the high-ranking cultist whose heart had exploded.

“First, let’s investigate this corpse. Risha. These bastards are really bothering me.”

There’s something about these bastards.