## Chapter 1434 – Salvation

“KYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!!!!”

An intense shock overwhelms my mind and heart! I can only scream while tearing at my hair…! The shock is so great that it’s a wonder I haven’t collapsed!!!!!

“You bastards!!!!!!”

Not Soul Friends, but!!!

“They were all evil spirits!!!!!!”

A scream bursts forth.

However.

ㅡKee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee!!!

Even with my scream, Mersin is…

Still grotesquely twisted. When playfulness is excessive, it’s just bizarre. Laughter that surpasses amusement is also an absurd kind of thing…!

But I still!

Want to deny this fact!!!

“Then what was it that smiled at me all this time! And what was it that grabbed my body when I was struggling, that gave me strength!!!”

Extreme confusion!

I thought it was an illusion! I thought it was demonic interference! I thought it was a mental breakdown I was seeing in my extreme state! So I used it as a trigger. I was in a critical situation where I was seeing illusions, so I decided to use it as a trigger to draw out my last strength.

However.

They weren’t mental devices, but real beings.

And to top it off, they were evil spirits.

“Miyoooooooong!!!”

My head is spinning. I can’t believe such a reality exists. I never even once thought they could be evil spirits! How can I do something I’ve never even imagined!!! How can someone who’s been blind since birth distinguish colors and paint a field of blooming flowers!

A truly insane shock washes over me!!!

The fear of civilization felt by the wolf girl who died in the concrete jungle!!! This is a shock comparable to that!!!

I looked around!

“Vigal! Andromalius!!!”

For now, those two demons weren’t there.

All I see is the twisted Mersin and Salverin, whom I killed in the duel. And those guys whose faces I barely remember. Strangely, there were also dwarves and dark elves, who I probably killed overseas…!

The beings I believed were friends are all evil spirits!

In extreme situations, I didn’t receive their support, but only their curse!! Betrayal! Betrayal! I feel a betrayal that makes my blood run cold…!

“Wait!”

Then…!

What about the Wright brothers! Buddha and King David. And what about Hwanung? Are they all evil spirits that have descended into reality?! Certainly! It’s possible! The Wright brothers are the fathers of the bomber, a civilian massacre machine, and the fighter jet, a professional killing machine!!!!

Creators of nightmares!!!

“But I’ve never actually met the Wright brothers!!!”

In the midst of insane confusion, my vision and mind seem to be distorted. The Wright brothers… what are they? There’s a Wright brother smirking in the corner of my vision right now!!!

ㅡKuhahahahahahahahaha!!!

The Wright brothers are laughing maniacally!!!
Is that really demonic interference?
Or an evil spirit?!

I don’t know!

“Ah…!”

Really…!
Are they really evil spirits!!!

I remembered those who were my friends.

ㅡHahahaha!
ㅡHohohohohoho!
ㅡKalkal!

Familiar laughter, something I had clearly experienced until now. The joyful laughter of souls giving me strength.

ㅡ…

That sound fades away.

ㅡKee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee!
ㅡKee gee gee gee gee gee geek!
ㅡKee kee kee kee kee kee kee kee kee kee kee kee kee!!!

The laughter of fiends rises to the surface.

“Ah.”

ㅡSqueak.
ㅡSqueak.

The sight of them grabbing my body and infusing me with the power of friendship while laughing.

ㅡCrash!!

That sight shatters like an illusion.

ㅡGrip…!
ㅡGrip…!

Evil spirits appear, grabbing my body with hatred to prevent me from moving, clinging to me like mud.

“Evil spirits that appeared… to curse me.”

The truth.

Of those I believed were friends.

「Those are the evil spirits that have possessed you!!!! Extraterrestrial Demon King!!! How dare you call yourself a guardian while dragging around such evil spirits!!! You are the same as the Outer Gods of that celestial space!!! A monster from another dimension!!!!!」

ㅡFlash!!!

With the Lich’s shout, a beam overflowing with dark power is fired. Block it? No. I can’t block it. I have to dodge it.

But I couldn’t dodge it.

ㅡThwackakakakakakang!!!

The beam strikes my shield.

“Keuk…!”

Blood gushes from my mouth.

I’m not dead yet.

But.

ㅡKee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee!
ㅡKee hyah ha ha ha ha ha ha!
ㅡKee gee gee geek!!

The evil spirits craved my death.

The Demonic Celestial Shield I deployed protected me, but it was just a cage trapping the evil spirits inside. I existed inside a circular shield filled with evil spirits.

Inside the glass marbles I played with as a child, there was something with a bizarre spiral shape… now I can understand what it was! The end of a being trapped inside a shield like me, crushed by evil spirits! Those things were being sold openly in the form of marbles…! Not a toy for children to play with!!! It’s just the destruction of a being in the shape of a marble!!!! What will the children who play with such things become in the future!!! I couldn’t understand!! Humanity will have a hard time dealing with such a future!!!

ㅡSqueak!

“…”

Overlapping evil spirits.

Humans, dwarves, and dark elves, or whatever they are, grab my arms and legs while laughing at me with distorted faces.

ㅡKukwakakakakakakakakakang!!!!

A sudden explosion and fierce vibration.

“Keuhak…!”

My vision is blocked!

I can’t properly see and avoid the Lich’s magic…!

ㅡKwoong!!!
ㅡKwagagagagagang!!
ㅡThwakwaaaaaaaaang!!!

Continuous attacks and overlapping damage. The Lich’s magic keeps pounding on my shield…! If I get hit more, it’s dangerous. I don’t have much power left.

ㅡFlash!

I flew aimlessly while maintaining the shield.

Like a parade of demons, dragging the evil spirits along.

“Kyaaaaaaaaak!”
“Kaaaaaaaak!!”
“Kee gee gee geek!!”

Gradually.

The evil spirits, which had been flickering and twisting bizarrely like heat haze, regained a clearer form. The evil spirits are gaining concrete forms. The semi-transparent Soul Friends, whose faces were blurry and only impressions remained, are grotesquely distorted as if merging with demons.

Eventually, the being that was Mersin exploded with anger and more clearly rebuked me.

“How dare you…! How dare you! How dare you kill me so cruelly!!!! You talked all about friends!!! I won’t forgive you!!!”

Not just Mersin.

“I’ll kill you!!! I’ll definitely kill you!!!!”
“You son of a bitch!!! What kind of Paladin are you!!! You bastard!!!”

Salverin and the nameless guys.

ㅡ…!
ㅡ…!
ㅡ…!

Continuing rebukes. Countless evil spirits curse me and scream with inhuman languages and incomprehensible pronunciations of hatred. The inside of the shield is filled with noise, and I can no longer use my hearing properly.

“Squeak!”

Even Bulverza?

“Are you Bulverza?”
“Squeeeeeeeeeeeak!!”

I’m going crazy.

“If it weren’t for you!!! If it weren’t for yoooooou!!!”
“I hate you!!! I curse you!!!”
“Die! Die!! Die!!!”
“To the same place as us!!!”

The evil spirits continued to roar. Every word curses me. Why did you kill us. Why did you take our lives. They burst with deep hatred, trying to drag me down to where they are.

“…Ah.”

My hearing, vision, and senses all seemed to be blocked. I was being crushed by evil spirits. Will I also become like that glass marble sold at the stationery store? A terrible end. An unacceptable demise. I shouldn’t have an end, but that’s the future I see now.

“Die!!! Die!!! Die here!!!!!”

The curses of the evil spirits fill my brain.

I don’t know if I’m flying now. What I’m doing. What happened to the Lich. How far his attacks are coming in.

I couldn’t.

Even know.

“Our…! Our hatred, resentment, and grudge!!!”
“Tear apart!!! Tear apart!!!!!!”
“Die!! Die!!!! Dieeee!!!”

Endless, penetrating curses.

If they could destroy me with curses.

Over and over again.

It’s a level of abuse that would have destroyed this Demonic Celestial Kim Kat countless times.

“…?”

However.

“I.”

I’m still moving.

“I’m still alive.”

I’m still deploying the shield.

“Heu.”

The moment I realized that.

「Heuhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!」

Laughter.

Bursts out.

“So!!!!!”

I feel an unbearable sense of pleasure.

“What am I supposed to do!!!”

What was this situation anyway? Why was I so shocked by something like this? No. When I think about it, isn’t it fucked up?

“It’s just ridiculous, you evil sons of bitches!!!”

ㅡGah!!!!!!!!!

I scolded the evil spirits crushing me.

The extreme shock of witnessing the truth of the Friends. It shatters and disappears like broken glass. Instead, what fills that window is.

Emotions called anger and doubt.

ㅡShudder…!
ㅡShudder…!
ㅡShudder…!

The forms of the evil spirits vibrated intensely for a moment.

「I have guided you with swords and death!!! Even in death, you don’t understand your place and try to curse your benefactor!!!」

There’s no point in arguing.

These bastards are all sons of bitches who deserve to die. Killing them is justice and a good thing. So I have been killing them so naturally.

These bastards are all evil beings who deserve to be slaughtered.

Slaughtering them is.

Extreme justice.

「Well!!! That’s why they became evil spirits after death!!! The fact that you appeared as evil spirits!!! Proves your wickedness!!!!!」

This Demonic Celestial Kim Kat has given these sons of bitches who have fallen into the path of evil, half of their atonement in the name of `death`. That is. Something to be grateful for. Extreme good deed. I am their benefactor. Therefore, they shouldn’t blame me, but thank me for killing them…!!!

But!!!!!

Daring to appear as evil spirits without knowing gratitude!!!!

「I killed you to atone for your sins!!!! How dare you come here and cause trouble!!! There can’t be sons of bitches like these!!! You ungrateful bastards!!!」

This is.

To put it simply.

It’s like saving someone who’s drowning.
And then they ask for your belongings.

I’m furious at that evil and fucked up mentality.

「I define all good, evil, justice, and wickedness!!! Your grudges, resentments, hatreds, angers, and vows all!!! Cannot reach me!!! I am the Demonic Celestial Kim Kat!!! What can you evil spirits do to me!!!!」

The Demonic Celestial Kim Kat.

Is a man who has been practicing justice while building up Fusion Confucianism. What has accumulated on my path is the corpses of evil beings, which can be said to be byproducts of justice. That is my pride. It’s not something that evil spirits can use to whine.

“So you guys.”

Faces the evil spirits.

ㅡ…
ㅡ…
ㅡ…

The evil spirits were just standing still with expressionless faces.

“Don’t give me that evil spirit bullshit.”

I declared.

“Just. As you have been doing until now. Become my dolls. Exist as my good Soul Friends.”

I declare their identity.

Then.

ㅡRustle.

The figures of the overwhelmed evil spirits began to melt. Their figures crumble like sand falling in an hourglass.

And.

ㅡHahahaha.

In the `correct` form.

They are reconstructed.

ㅡHahahahahahahahaha.
ㅡHee hee hee hee hee hee.
ㅡHaha! Hahahahaha!

Mersin and Salverin smiling in a kind way. And the dwarf Rumillerzaud, and the dark elves I killed in the desert. And all the other robbers and prisoners.

The reconstructed guys faithfully perform their roles as Soul Friends.

Smiling warmly, they give me Smile Power and the power of friendship.

The inside of my shield, which is like a barrier.

Had become such a paradise.

「Wh, what is this…! The nature of the evil spirits is changing!!! Twisting the very foundation of the soul!!! It’s impossible!!! There’s no way this is possible!!!!!」

The Lich’s mental wave shakes my brain. A voice that seems very flustered… That’s right. That’s what it was. That’s what it was. Enlightenment. A fierce and powerful enlightenment blooms from within me.

“Ah.”

Yes.

Finally.

I found out.

How to beat you, Lich.

「ㅡThwackakakakakakakakakakakakakakang!!!!!!!」

A cleansed mind. A fully recovered body. Normalized senses. All of that makes me the Demonic Celestial Kim Kat. The figures of the Soul Friends disappeared. And what I see is the Lich’s great magic flying towards me.