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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Six hundred years ago, a large star fell from the night sky of Gaia.
It was a massive star, brighter than others, with a strangely erratic trajectory.
The people of ancient times, lacking in entertainment, gathered to watch the falling star.
And they soon realized…
That the falling object they thought was a star was something completely different, despite its resemblance. It appeared to be a grotesque pentagram made of cloth.
The ancient people, terrified, tried to flee, but it was too late.
The cloth pentagram fell among them, instantly taking the lives of hundreds.
The massive pentagram continued to move, slaughtering countless people.
It was eventually destroyed by the heroes of that time, but the blood-soaked history books later revealed its identity:
‘69th, Pentagram Decarabia.’
It seemed to be a living organism, judging by its cloth-like appearance, but its grotesque form and cruelty made it difficult to call it a living thing. So, the ancients classified it as a Demon.
That was the first recorded appearance of a Demon in this world.
Then, people with Demon’s Blood were born, and people became aware of the threat of Demons.
And 400 years ago, another Demon descended upon the world.
A Demon with bird wings and a golden body.
As soon as it arrived, it massacred innocent civilians.
It also performed various feats, like turning metal into gold and water into wine.
Some ignorant ancients were said to have worshipped it, mesmerized by its powers.
But it was destroyed rather anticlimactically.
A single superhuman dueled and beheaded it.
Even if the sword’s material was transformed into gold, its sharpness remained, and the superhuman’s magical power could compensate for any decrease in the sword’s durability.
Thus, the second Demon met a swift end.
Thanks to that, the ancients thought,
Maybe Demons aren’t that hard to defeat?
‘48th, Alchemist Haagenti.’
However, that complacency was shattered a few hundred years later.
One hundred and fifty years ago, another Demon descended.
At first, people were anxious, but not worried.
They had already defeated Demons twice in history.
And it wasn’t even with massive armies, they only needed a few superhumans.
So they believed they could handle it again. There might be some damage, but it would be over soon… that’s what they thought.
That hope was quickly crushed.
The most powerful nation at the time was brought to the brink of destruction in just a few days.
Many strong individuals challenged the Demon, but they couldn’t defeat it.
The superhumans’ powerful bodies were effortlessly cut down by the Demon’s greatsword, and over ten thousand people were incinerated by the black flames it unleashed.
They were finally able to destroy the powerful Demon after sacrificing three armies and dozens of superhumans.
From then on, people were once again reminded of the threat of Demons.
The trauma of that incident was so great that they started executing all potential threats, those who carried Demon’s Blood.
‘68th, Belial of the Black Flames.’
And the 72nd, Andromalius, who appeared recently.
Those were all the Demons that had appeared in history.
“Haa…”
Reilly, the Fourth Knight Commander, sighed as he read the historical records.
He had been having frequent headaches lately.
Even after nine months, the problems caused by the otherworlders were still piling up.
A Demon had descended, and a strange Demon-worshipping order had appeared.
As a result, the Empire’s officials were all suffering from headaches.
No matter how many problems they solved, new ones kept popping up.
‘What’s happening to the world…’
He lamented his situation.
Anyway, this was what he needed to figure out:
Why did they steal Andromalius’s arm?
All the Demons recorded in history had unique abilities.
So, he must have had one too. And that ability might still be lingering in his arm.
“Haa…”
His sigh deepened.
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“Cough… ugh…”
Under the dark night sky, somewhere on a plain, three adventurers were dying.
They were the A-rank adventurers who had been hired by Im Ha-neul.
“This is strange. Are you sure you guys caught her? Lian contacted us at the end. Did you erase that memory?”
And the ones who had beaten them to near death were just a few people.
The Lemegeton order that had been causing a stir recently.
It was unclear how powerful they were, but they had easily subdued the A-rank adventurers, even though it was a surprise attack.
One of the followers spoke as they watched the dying adventurers.
“Leave them. It seems they hired someone else to report it. These guys know nothing.”
“What? They went that far? How cowardly can you be?”
“It’s called being cautious, you idiot. Now we have no leads on why Lian contacted us.”
“No, wait, we need to at least know who hired them. Hey, what did the client look like?”
The woman who had been threatening the adventurers with a dagger asked.
But she didn’t get an answer. The adventurers were already dead.
“Tch, I told you to just injure them.”
“I didn’t think they would die so easily, Chief.”
“Whatever. Let’s go. We have a long way to go.”
They got up and started walking. The woman called “Chief” was carrying Andromalius’s left arm.
The snake wrapped around the arm turned its head, guiding them.
The ability of the arm they obtained was simple yet powerful.
It led them to what they desired. Although it had limited uses.
After walking for a long time, they arrived at a desolate mountain range.
The Chief looked at the direction the snake was pointing and ordered her subordinates,
“Dig here.”
The followers started digging.
Thud-
After digging for a while, they hit something solid.
The followers brushed away the dirt, revealing an altar with a symbol engraved on it.
The Chief smiled faintly.
“We finally found it.”
An altar where a Demon was sealed.
As she had said before, Demons were sealed in various locations throughout the world, and you could either destroy those altars or offer sacrifices to them.
Of course, as befitting the word “sealed,” most of them were hidden in the deepest corners of the world…
But thanks to the item, they were able to find one after hundreds of years.
The woman called “Chief” examined the altar.
It had a rather gentle-looking symbol engraved on it, resembling a pair of wings. It was probably Seere’s seal.
She caressed the symbol in the center and thought to herself,
‘We will release you soon.’
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The world was in chaos.
From a macroscopic perspective, it was like a time bomb waiting to explode.
Trouble was brewing everywhere.
But from a more microscopic perspective…
For example, from the perspective of someone living a solitary life in the forest…
No matter how chaotic the outside world was, it had nothing to do with Yor.
“Hmm…”
A few weeks had passed since I captured the assailant and had them reported.
My daily life hadn’t changed. Eat, sleep, hunt, fight loneliness.
Occasionally greet guests who visited the forest, endure the berserk phase.
My goal was still to survive, to live peacefully. And if possible, to make some friends.
That’s how I lived my life. But lately, I had been wondering about something.
It wasn’t anything serious. I was just curious.
You know how sometimes you have those random thoughts?
Why is the sun hot? Why do seasons change?
Those kinds of sudden, pointless questions.
It wasn’t anything profound, just pure curiosity that popped into my head.
“What’s wrong?”
I was lost in thought, my head lowered, when I heard a voice from across from me.
It was Yoo Chae-rin. I saw a red dot floating next to her.
It meant she was streaming. It felt like it had been a while since I appeared on her stream.
And it had been a while.
She had been busy leveling up lately.
“Oh, I was just wondering about something.”
“What is it?”
[What is it? What is it?]
[Our oppa… He’s dressed kinda hot today… hehe]
[Tell us everything, honey, this unnie will tell you everything]
[Who said you could call him “honey,” you bitch?]
She seemed interested. As my source of information, she sometimes answered my questions. And my current curiosity happened to be about otherworlders.
I asked her without hesitation,
“By the way, how do you otherworlders have relationships with the people here?”
My question, coming out of nowhere, disrupted the calm flow of the stream. The chat fell silent.
After a moment of stunned silence, Chae-rin asked,
“W-What…?”
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