Jamie picked up the magic stone from where Satan had vanished, and he could feel its vast magic.
But the actual value of this wasn’t the magic.
“It has his essence in it.”
In other words, it can be regarded as a stone with the power of Wrath.
If he absorbed it, then he could become a demon lord. Of course, it had to be something that could be handled, and Jamie had the confidence to do it.
He wasn’t weak enough to fall, crumbling for this. But he had no intention of using this in haste either.
If he absorbs it, he will surely gain incredible power, and it wouldn’t be an addition to him but a multiplication.
But this imposes too many restrictions on his plans.
‘Because I would be like a demon.’
And now he had to head back to his land.
The prelude to the great war with the churches has begun. And in such a situation, if the demon lord appears, the subjugation would start with him.
Not only will the Seldam Kingdom abandon him, but he would also have to stay far from his family.
And he didn’t like that.
But that is how a demon works.
‘However… if what he said is true.’
Sun God Ra.
Come to think of it, Jamie didn’t have many connections with him.
Even if they were tied together, they never fought directly, so he didn’t know how strong Ra was.
He could only think of Ra as the head of the 12 Gods, so he might be the strongest.
But Satan told him that he wasn’t able to stand up to him for more than 10 minutes.
Was that possible?
Arguably, Satan was one of the most powerful enemies Jamie had ever fought.
And among the 12 Gods, only a few were stronger than Satan.
The power of the 12 Gods isn’t just raw force, but in a one-on-one situation, most Gods would struggle against Satan.
“Let’s get it right.”
He decided to give it up to Trika or someone.
As Satan said, there might be a time when you might need this. Jamie spread out the sealing technique to prevent the magic from encroaching on anything in the subspace.
No one will be able to take it out if not for him.
And he looked at the place where Satan died one last time.
Trika was sitting on a high cliff with the World Tree Staff in his hands, leaving the demons under him to rest.
This was the one thing Akashic had left behind.
“Your Majesty.”
When he turned around, he saw Beiros with a bandage around the left eye.
He had permanently lost his left eye while fighting against the vampires.
Even Beiros, with his super regenerative ability, couldn’t recover from this, so they put bandages on it for now.
“Sit down.”
Trika turned his head and pointed to the seat next to him.
Beiros asked.
“Is everything done?”
“Looks like it.”
“He seems to have won.”
“He has.”
The energy on the other side had vanished, and all they could feel was Jamie.
Jamie had defeated one of the 5 great demon lords. So they could afford to spend some time in peace.
Of course, they still had no place to return to. And Beiros asked.
“What happened to Akashic? I don’t… see him around?”
He had been unconscious till now, so he didn’t know what had happened. And instead of answering, Trika showed him the staff.
Beiros, who saw it, was shocked as he bitterly mumbled.
“He overdid it in the end, huh.”
He laid back on the spot.
“Just for today.”
Trika didn’t respond to it as he didn’t care. He was only a demon lord now, with no castle, domain, or subordinates.
It was embarrassing to call himself a lord.
‘As soon as I return, I need to hold a funeral for everyone.’
That would be the only reward he could give them.
And so the two stayed silent.
“Here you are.”
It was then.
Jamie’s voice came from behind.
The two immediately looked back.
There stood Jamie with a tired face.
“Is that so?”
Jamie opened his mouth with a bitter expression looking at the staff.
“He was looking anxious as he died.”
He didn’t know what Akashic had done to his body, but it looked like the god of nature was drenched in magic.
It seemed like he obtained power, but the price of it was his life and being unable to rest even for a day in the past 3 months.
He needed that god for the sake of the future, and he didn’t want to see him die like this.
“I am sorry.”
“Akashic did his best.”
“Right. So he could hold on until I came back.”
“A lot of other people died too. Now, I am the only commander left.”
Beiros grumbled, fiddling with the sand; he was probably sad that so many died.
He had lost 9 of the 10 commanders and 90 percent of the troops.
Jamie looked at Trika.
An undead with no expression, but he could feel his pain. It might not be of much help, but Jamie patted him on the shoulder.
“You have been through a lot.”
“No. If I wasn’t this lacking…”
“This couldn’t be helped. You cannot ignore what happened.”
“I am their king, their lord. In addition… I am sorry, my lord, but we don’t have much time left.”
Trika was changed for the sake of the war, and most of the power was now exhausted.
He could barely stand now.
“Please allow me to spend the rest of my life with my men.”
Jamie frowned at it.
“Who said you could die?”
“I turned into a concept, and I had to give up a lot. I can….”
“Tch. That.”
Jamie placed his hand on the chest of Trika, and White appeared as it embraced him.
“Lord… this…?”
“He changed a lot, but this is Black.,”
Byu!
White cried out like it was pleased.
Before Trika could even respond, white light flowed from White’s body and began to get absorbed into Trika.
“… this.”
“At first, you were an undead I made. The bond of the soul surely did weaken, so we need to make it stronger than before. If you were a living being, this would have been a mess, but since you are an undead below me, you are under my control, so you do not get to think about death.”
“Lord.”
Trika smiled as he surrendered the body to the white light.
The starlight flashed, and the chains of reverse heaven penetrated the body of Trika and restored the body which was dying.
Eventually, everything which changed him was broken down.
“I am overflowing with power.”
“This is the power you should be enjoying.”
Until they met, his host who was Diablo Volfir, wasn’t by his side, so he hadn’t been able to show his true power.
But it was different now.
Most of the strength from Jamie’s heyday returned, so even if they were in different dimensions, Trika would not weaken.
Also, he could try to become a concept if he wanted to now. And might even destroy the great demon lords.
“Thank you.”
“Enough. And, do not care too much. You have your life here, and there are people who you need to care for. So don’t think about coming back to me until you feel like you can fully devote yourself.”
“Lord…”
Jamie respected Trika.
Unlike in the past, he now had many responsibilities to fulfill. And he knew a lot had changed from the past.
With him, who was a solitary general without any emotions except anger and hatred, Trika’s subordinates worked hard for his sake until the end.
He never recognized such sacrifices in the past.
He was always cold-hearted, even to people who fought for him and had given harsh punishment to those who failed to do their missions.
Diablo Volfir was more terrifying than anyone as he was goal driven.
And now.
He had family, friends, and colleagues.
He had Dark Knight Trika, who always silently carried out the orders alone, and now became a demon lord with subordinates.
Although he lost many in the war, they can be gotten back.
And Jamie wanted to help him.
“Lord”
As Jamie was thinking, Trika cautiously said.
“You have something to say?”
Trika nodded his head and said to Beiros.
“I need to talk to the lord alone.”
“Yes.”
Beiros, who heard it, immediately got up and left the place.
Judging from this, it was clear that Beiros was someone who had a clear idea of serving the ones he respected despite the thug attitude he had.
And Trika said,
“Before Akashic died, he left a message for you.”
“Message?”
“He told you to go find Yeomjae.”
“Are you talking about the Yeomjae I know?”
“Yes.”
“Why the hell would….”
Yeomjae was one of the 12 Gods.
He was also a person whom Jamie never had contact with except for the time he got sealed.
In a way, it could be said that Ra was someone he knew better.
“Why did he ask me to meet him?”
“He said that he is the first nature God created by Gaia.”
“First nature god!?”
As Jamie knew, the 12 Gods were the actual invaders of planet Bless, which humans now live on.
These beings conquered Bless by winning the war against the original Gods.
But, it is being said that Yeomjae is one of the old Gods?
Jamie couldn’t believe it.
And if he is an original natural god…
“It means they were a traitor?”
Not just any traitor but the one who sold the planet and drove their own mother out.
And meet with such a God?
Jamie frowned.
“The choice is up to your lordship.”
“What is this now?”
“According to Akashic, it is uncertain whether it would help or not. So he left a message for you to meet them first. It is my opinion that even if Yeomjae was a traitor, I think Akashic meant that if it was you, lord, then you can handle him.”
So it isn’t certain if Yeomjae is the enemy or not.
However, Jamie right now wouldn’t have a hard time even if he met with him, according to Akashic.
Jamie began to think. The secret of this God was shocking but he wondered if he had to meet him.
‘Come to think of it, he is one of the 12 who rarely did anything to me.’
There were quite a few, and Pyro was one of them too.
“I understand.”
“Will you head back now?”
“I have to.”
When he was in the core of Devildom, then three months passed here.
It was difficult to see this as a simple illusion of space and time.
The time axis of the other dimensions was returning to normal.
Then it would mean that more than a day passed on Bless.
And he had to return.
“I will be leaving.”
“Should I help you?”
“Uh. I will take Beiros.”
“Beiros? I don’t mind, but is it fine? It will be difficult for high-ranking demons to hide their magic in the human world.”
“There is a way.”
“Then…”
“Phew. I will go for real this time. I hope nothing changes down there.”
As Jamie mumbled, Trika got up.
“If something happens to my lord, I, Trika, will leave everything to help you.”
Jamie smiled at those words and nodded.
“I hope so.”
And the messy situations in the Devildom ended.
At the same time.
An old man in shabby clothes was plowing a small field.
About 40 years have passed since he settled down in the Siltair Kingdom on the western side of Arisha.
The world has turned into a pot of chaos, but it had nothing to do with this old man who lived alone.
“Still a hobby you do.”
A large man in a black robe appeared in front of his old man, who didn’t even bother to look.
The man spoke again as he was being ignored here.
“The time to choose will come.”
“…”
“Do not think that you can stay silent forever. You will be forced to stay with me.”
The old man stopped as he was plowing, but he didn’t turn back or speak.
He gave out a tremendous burst of energy, making the wild animals and birds quickly run away.
The man smiled as he felt his skin tingle.
“I will wait for you. Yeomjae, let’s meet next time.”
And he vanished.
The old man sighed as the presence vanished.
“I can no longer delay it.”
As he mumbled that, he went into the shabby house.
