CH 205

Gaiden Episode 3

As with his ominous premonition, Demon King Hakram smiled more contentedly when he saw the unbreakable egg.

“character. So how about doing this?”

It had not yet matured, and the demon king held a single egg the size of a human head in one hand. And at once, he escaped the central spring by moving in space.

The dragon, noticing that the environment had suddenly changed, became even more anxious.

‘The sound of the wind.’

A wind blew from somewhere. In the meantime, there was also the sound of the flapping of the wings of a monster living in the Valley of the Demons.

‘And the ferocious heat.’

A hot energy that could be felt even inside the egg was rising from the bottom.

“This is Majeonggol.”

A deep, dark valley where the essence flows into the Hvergelmir Spring. That place is the magic bone.

While the demon dragon, who had not been able to recall all the information about the magical bone in his head, became dazed, Hakram explained it for him.

“Even the one-eyed Cyclops, who are said to have the hardest leather in the Demon Realm, fall to the cliff of the Demon Valley, and their entire body is torn to shreds.”

Demon King Hakram, who had spoken up to that point, let go of the hand holding the egg. It wasn’t an accidental drop, it was clearly intentional.

When the supporting power was gone, the egg fell down the cliff at once. The valley was much deeper than the demon dragon in the egg had guessed.

The egg crashed into a rock in the middle and fell down without mercy, breaking dry branches.

And finally, the egg containing the demon dragon plunged into the stagnant black water below the canyon.

The shocking heat pierced the demon dragon like a harpoon, to the extent that his head turned white. It was like being in black lava.

I’ve been short of breath.

It fell on the demonic bone, but the egg was not broken. But it was painful, as if his whole body was burning.

“I’m sorry. The offspring of the demon dragon that have not yet been born.”

Demon King Hakram, who looked down at the dragon egg submerged in the bubbling black lava, clicked his tongue as if he was genuinely sorry.

“You can’t scream.”

Now even the Demon King can’t be brought out again. This is because no living creature can survive in the dark abyss full of rampant magic.

Hakram spread his black wings and giggled as he landed on the lowest rock.

“… How much longer do you think you can hold out? Huh?”

Even though he knew he wouldn’t hear the answer, the voice he asked was as sweet as a child’s.

“I hope you survive until I come to see you again. That would be a lot more fun.”

I wanted to shout not to go, but the Demon Dragon, which was not born from an egg, couldn’t lift a finger.

Demon King Hakram left the Demon Dragon Egg in the Demon Valley.

how much time has passed

The egg was pushed into the current and constantly drifted away somewhere.

By the time he got used to the pain, the Demon Dragon realized that he was heading to an even more terrifying place.

cack. cack.

An ominous roar echoed from afar.

The demon dragon’s egg arrived at the edge of the demonic bone full of purple poison. The end of the valley, which was so dark that it was dyed purple, was like a mountain hell.

The deepest part of the Demon Realm, where even the monsters that feed on the corpses of monsters cannot fly, and no demons dare to enter.

The dragon was intuitive.

‘No one can survive here.’

It was the worst.

A vicious energy flowed from the ground like the hand of a giant who had won death, enough to feel that the time when he was immersed at the beginning of the magic bone was better.

‘Are you going to die like this?’

The demon dragon, who already had an ego in the egg, thought blankly.

‘… Hate.’

I can’t speak and I can’t move. Nevertheless, the dragon tried to struggle.

‘I want to live. I don’t want to die!’

Among the countless knowledge passed down from ancestors, only the survival instinct remained.

It is impossible to come out of the egg. As soon as it breaks out of the egg, the demon dragon loses its protective shield and will suffocate without being able to spread its wings once.

In the end, the demon dragon chose first before being encroached on by the demon.

‘let’s eat.’

Let’s absorb the magic that is spread here in our body!

There was only one thing the Demon Dragon who was in the egg could do. Because it is not yet born, it is to transform a body that is not in perfect shape and is flabby to fit the environment.

So, he began to absorb the evil magic with his whole body.

The body, which had not yet matured due to the repulsive action along with the pain as if it were stabbed with a needle, burst like an egg yolk, but it didn’t matter.

I had to eat to live. If you don’t, you’ll be eaten by the vicious Magi.

It’s strange that it didn’t

After a long time, the demon dragon, who was trapped inside the egg, suddenly thought of that. He survived that hell. The ferocious purple Magi, who were afraid at first, felt somewhat familiar.

But he was only alive, and he was still in pain. Dozens of times a day, Magi tore his body to pieces. The body that repeatedly split and reattached was already torn.

‘Maybe I’m already crazy.’

No one was coming now. It’s been quite some time since the demon king who threw the demon dragon’s egg into the valley and chuckled was no longer visible.

Demon King Hakram was murdered.

Now that he was a demon dragon who had grown to the point where he could hear the cries of monsters in the distant sky and read the meaning, it was easy to hear the rumors.

Hakram was born as a king’s vessel, but he was not tolerant. No people would truly follow a king who reveled in slaughter solely out of interest. His excessive tyranny made enemies on all sides.

In the end, it was said that other demons who could not stand it gathered forces and beat Hakram on the head and ascended to the throne of the Demon King. However, the glory of that moment was short-lived, and the generation of the Demon King, who did not have proper power and authority, continued to change.

As demons are a race that reveres strength, they extremely hated the unacknowledged becoming the Demon King. Those who were clumsy and became the Demon King were immediately kicked out of their seats. Countless blood flowed again to take the throne.

It was truly a chaotic time.

‘… I heard that the 112th Demon King was a good ruler.’

According to the voices of the monsters, it was so.

The 112th Demon King, who sat on the throne not long ago, was quite strong and had the qualities of a monarch.

Judging from the fact that he even signed a peace treaty with the heavens, it seems that he was the Demon King who tried to rule the Demon World by maintaining his authority for the longest time.

Will a stronger and more perfect king be born as time goes by? The Demon Dragon, who had been thinking up to that point, stopped thinking about it further.

‘It will be the same bridle again anyway.’

The Demon King loses his crown to another strong man.

It is a history that has been repeated dozens of times. Similarly, the 112th Demon King was killed without fulfilling his lifespan.

Who will be the 113th Demon King? The whole demon world was excited about preparing to welcome the new monarch, but the demon dragon was not very interested.

He is a king who cannot be met no matter who he is.

The Demon Dragon has renounced the duties and responsibilities inherited from its predecessors.

At first, Demon Lord Hakram hated him. I have promised many times that I will surely leave this cursed magical bone and pull out the heart of it and brutally chew it and swallow it.

But even the intense anger that burned his heart like boiling water at first faded as time passed.

Demon King Hakram has already died at the hands of other demons, and generations have changed dozens of times since then. No more purpose or hope remained in my mind.

‘Is it my turn now?’

Although he had survived so viciously, the end was slowly approaching.

The survival period in which the demon dragon could not wake up from the egg and survive had long passed.

He became a mutant by absorbing the vicious magic that erupted from the demonic bone, and he lasted twice as long as his original value.

‘I’d rather go out without hiding in the egg.’

The last feeling of regret came to the Demon Dragon, who was waiting for death in the pitch-black darkness.

He remembered the time when his life was threatened by the Demon Lord Hakram.

‘If only I had seen the light just once.’

It was only now that I waited for death under the dark valley, and I wondered.

‘Did something change?’

At least he would have died knowing what light was, so his eyes would not have been as dark as it is now.

The Demon Dragon quietly listened to the sound of his heart beating. Except for the cries of the monsters, it was the only sound the Demon Dragon could hear.

I didn’t want to miss the last beating sound.

But it was then.

“Ah… … . it’s noisy Are you the crybaby who cried all night long?”

It was the first time. After being caught in the hands of the Demon King Hakram and falling into a deep valley, someone spoke to him.

If I wasn’t really trapped in an egg, I wanted to open my eyes.

‘Are there any demons that can enter the Magic Valley?’

This has never happened in thousands of years. Even the demons who invaded the majeonggol were young boys who had not yet taken off their shirts.

“Because of you, I can’t sleep these days. What’s so sad? Huh?”

The boy’s voice was full of anger.

I wanted to give an answer, but now that the demon dragon is trapped in an egg, he can’t move and he can’t make a sound.

The moment he thought about it, the boy spoke again.

“what. Can’t talk because you’re locked up? Then you can come out.”

The boy understood the thought waves that came out of the demon dragon’s egg.

I couldn’t believe it. The Demon Dragon was engulfed in a sense of surprise and strange excitement.

It was strange to see a living creature come to the magical bone, but they were even talking to each other.

It was only now that I felt alive, to the point that the struggle I had been struggling to survive all this time was overshadowed.

“It’s tough. Breaking the eggshell is not a thing for you, is it?”

The boy grumbled as he was bored.

“You are a demon dragon.”

When asked how he knew it, the boy answered with annoyance and obedience.

“I heard a little about it when I came here. Some madman dumped the demon dragon’s eggs in this beggar-like valley, so that the demon dragon was not born for thousands of years.”

It was. Since there is only one Demon Dragon per generation, the next Demon Dragon’s egg will not be hatched as long as this Great Demon Dragon is alive.

In the end, as he struggled to live somehow, it was like taking away the chance for the next demon dragon to be born. It felt like my chest, which had been pounding, was getting cold.

Now the demon dragon’s vicious vitality was showing its bottom.

Thinking that the reason I did not die on the way to the end was to meet that mysterious life, I felt a little more at ease.

He had never seen the light, but he seemed to have a vague idea of what it was.

The dragon thought with all his heart.

Thank you for coming.

“Hey.”

But the boy’s reaction was strange.

“Set it straight. Do you want to die?”

“If not, say you want to live.”

Even the casually asked option was really strange.

But if you have to choose between the two.

‘Alas.’

The Demon Dragon sighed and hoped.

‘I want to live.’

This time the boy didn’t say anything.

Flutter!

The sound of wings spreading was heard. I couldn’t see him, but it seemed that he could not stand the magic flowing in the valley any longer and was about to leave.

The Demon Dragon silently let him go.

It was true that he wanted to live, but it was enough to meet and talk to someone for a while before he died like this.

Now it was time for both the boy and the demon dragon to leave this dark valley.

It was the moment when the dragon was thinking so.

Jijik.

Suddenly, the sound of burning flesh was heard. Then someone’s hand touched the egg.

The Demon Dragon had a rare experience that went beyond astonishment and was so startled that his accident was paralyzed.

The boy he thought was gone jumped into the black lava and held the egg in his arms!