Chapter 170 - A Mans Contract 3 (1/2)

Chapter 170 - A Man's Contract (3)

“If you answer my questions, you will no longer be in pain.”

[!!!!]

Petra wriggled his body in a vertical movement.He vigorously expressed his opinion through this method.He looked like a Wisp trying to express its emotion.It was quite funny, so Artpe laughed as he slightly loosened the cocoon.

[Fuck off······ Koohk!?]

When he regained some control over his Mana, he tried to freeze Artpe with his cold energy.However, the cocoon ignited.It started to burn, and it caused tremendous pain to Petra.

“Our party’s greatest strength is that we share our Mana and attributes.Isn’t it awesome?”

[Ggoo-ahhhhhhhhhh!]

It wasn’t a simple flame.It was the flame of the Phoenix that was infused within the longsword.Moreover, Sienna’s magical energy had been added too, and it had transformed into something that could be called a holy flame.This flame had manifested all along the cocoon!It was so painful that tears of blue blood started to pour out of Petra’s eyes.

[Ggoo-ooh, ggoo-hooooooooo······.]

The flame over the entire cocoon extinguished itself in short order, but a flame continued to burn at the tail end of the cocoon.Moreover, Artpe still had a full reservoir of Mana.If he received help from his staff, he could easily create another flame.It would be much bigger than the one from before.Hurray for the Materialization magic.

“You probably know this, but there won’t be a second chance.”

Artpe wasn’t being stingy.It meant that Petra would die if he was hit with an attack similar to the one from before.

[I’m a Four Heavenly King······ Do you really think I’ll cooperate with a hero?Foolish hero, you will lose against the power of the Demon realm….]

“I see.You do not serve the Demon King.Right?You said the Demon realm instead of the Demon King.”

[······!]

Arte spoke as he touched his neck.If he had a shackle, it would have been located exactly at that region.Of course, Petra knew what Artpe was referring to.

[You bastard.How much….Koohk.How much do you know······!]

“I told you what I know earlier.I know the Demon King keeps the Demon race in check using his Innate ability.This is how he normally controls the Demons.However, I also know that the previous Demon King’s forces aren’t fettered by the Demon King’s shackles.This group is secretly working behind the scene.That is all I know.You should be fettered by the Demon King’s shackle, yet you are free from it right now.”

[You are merely a hero, so how...!?]

“How I found out about it isn’t important.Well, let’s continue our conversation.You probably didn’t like your current situation, right?You finally reached a position that was directly beneath the Demon King, yet someone suddenly showed up to steal your spot.Moreover, the Absolute Control of the Demon King became untenable by this new group.”

[······.]

Artpe was making an educated guess to a certain extent.He had no proof that the previous Demon King’s faction had interfered with the current Demon King.However, Artpe had killed a Demon in the ruin just now, and the Demon possessed more magical energy than Petra.This was why Artpe knew that Petra’s original position had been threatened.He was able to deduce all this.

“Moreover, if I had to make a guess right now….Did something happen to the current Demon King?”

[······!]

When Artpe saw Petra’s eyes widen, he came to the conclusion that something disastrous had happened to the current Demon King.There was no way that monster would be pushed around by a level 400 Demon.What the hell happened!

Artpe sighed in lament when he realized the whole situation had gone awry.Why did the previous Demon King’s faction do nothing in his past life?Why only in this current life…..

“Wait moment.”

At this point, he remembered the words of the previous hero Nanarai Bodra.His sunbae had always been obsessed with boasting about himself.He loved listing his accomplishments.In all his boastings, did he explicitly write down the words, ‘I killed the Demon King’?

······he never did.

“Whoa.Wait a moment.”

Shit.Why was he having such thoughts now?Artpe couldn’t understand it himself, yet the idea had blossomed.It filled the space within his head.

He glanced at his comrades.They were looking at him with worried eyes.He glared at Petra, who was dancing the twist within the cocoon.He asked Petra a question.

“Is the previous Demon King still alive?”

[······.]

Artpe was greeted by a long silence.Petra studied them, and in the end, he came up with an answer that would cause the most strife to Artpe’s party.He put on a sincere sneer as he replied to Artpe’s question.

[······what will you do if I said he’s still alive?]

“My god.”

Petra hadn’t even thought about hiding his emotion.Artpe’s head spun.

He had first come up with the idea as a joke.Since there were two heroes, it wouldn’t have been strange if there were two Demon Kings. However, the vague idea had suddenly turned into something concrete.In the end, it had become reality.

He didn’t know what happened to the current Demon King.At the very least, it was clear that the previous Demon King was at large on this world.Moreover, the previous Demon King was clearly stronger than the current Demon King!In the end, the arrogant sunbae-nim had been unable to kill the Demon King of his era!