Chapter 296 - Lost Octopus (3)

Chapter 296 - Lost Octopus (3)

"Fuuu."

Oh Kang-Woo sighed and shook his head.

Although his will to save Lilith had decreased by half, he couldn't ignore a loyal subordinate who had accompanied him for hundreds of years.

'Who could have...'

He narrowed his eyes.

The first question that had popped up in his mind when he had first heard of Lilith's kidnapping was who the culprit could be.

'The likeliest culprit is...'

The Prince of Lust, Asmodeus.

He was the prince of Hell who had frantically tried to get his hands on Lilith ever since they were in Hell.

If Asmodeus had also managed to go back into the past and be revived like the other princes of Hell, that was reason enough for him to kidnap Lilith.

'But...'

There was something he couldn't understand. The feed on the crystal orb was live. If Asmodeus really had kidnapped Lilith, there was no way he would send Kang-Woo a crystal like this. It made more sense to think that someone else had sent the crystal for some other purpose.

"Lilith."

- Sniff. M-My king.

Lilith looked at Kang-Woo, pus leaking from her tentacles.

Doing his best not to vomit, he asked in a low voice, "Who kidnapped y—"

Tap.

Just then, someone walked out of the darkness that was holding Lilith captive.

'Rakiel...?'

The first thing he saw were black wings and a stature slightly larger than a human's. It was only obvious that Kang-Woo would first think of the Constellation of Corruption, Rakiel.

'Rakiel kidnapped Lilith?

It was even more unbelievable than Asmodeus sending the crystal orb. Rakiel was currently sealed by Seraph's power. No, even if the seal had broken and he had crossed into Earth, there was no reason for him to kidnap Lilith out of nowhere.

'What's going on?'

As Kang-Woo's confusion was reaching its peak...

- Are you watching?

The black-winged being completely revealed himself.

"Ah..." A short exclamation left Kang-Woo's mouth.

It was a face he'd seen before, and just the fact that he recognized the face meant that it obviously wasn't Rakiel.

"Fuck... Come to think of it, you had black wings too."

Kang-Woo feigned laughter and glared at the half-human, half-demon.

"Lucis."

He was the son of Lucifer, the Prince of Pride, as well as the half-breed between Lucifer and a human woman.This material is rooted in n0velbin★

- I'm relieved you still remember me.

Lucis smiled wickedly.

There was no way Kang-Woo would have forgotten. He had said some bullshit about having fallen for Lilith's true form at first sight, and he was a depraved boy who had stabbed his loving father in the stomach.

'There's no way I'd forget a bastard like that.'

Although he had been slightly instigated, Lucis had ultimately made the conscious decision to stab Lucifer. There was no way that Oh Kang-Woo, the icon of light and justice, would do something so depraved as making a son stab his father.

"Son of a bitch. I'm surprised you had the gall to come back to Earth after doing something as depraved as stabbing your father."

- What...?

Lucis looked at Kang-Woo with a blank expression for a moment before his face crumpled.

- What the hell are you talking about?! It's all your fault that I stabbed my father, Satan!!

"Hah," Kang-Woo laughed in disbelief as he raised his hand to swipe up his hair. He stared Lucis down. "And now you're even trying to pin me as Satan?"

- Do you really think I wouldn't recognize you after you hide in a human body?!

Lucis screamed in anger.

- After that incident, I talked a lot with my father and learned that Lady Lilith used to be a loyal subordinate of the demon king. But back then, she was clearly following Satan's orders.

"..."

Kang-Woo looked back on the past.

'Oh, right...'

This was still back when he was impersonating Satan while wearing the red demon mask. He'd made Lilith and Balrog call him Satan, so it was understandable that Lucis would make such a mistake.

- And after making some deductions, I was finally able to realize the truth.

Lucis glared at Kang-Woo.

Kang-Woo could more or less guess what Lucis had concluded.

'If Lilith, who used to serve the demon king, is suddenly serving Satan, and if Satan was in the form of a human instead of his former demon form...'

The first thing that one would think would be that the demon king had made his subordinate pretend that he was Satan. At least, that was the most logical conclusion.

'But...'

Kang-Woo narrowed his eyes. There were still some variables. The first was that Lucifer fully believed that Kang-Woo was Satan.

'At the very least, there is no way Lucifer thinks that I impersonated Satan.'

Every action had an impetus. Lucifer didn't know Kang-Woo's circumstances, so in his mind, there was no way the demon king would pretend to be Satan in the first place.

"Ah...!"

He saw Lilith, still restrained by the darkness.

"M-My king!!"

"Kuh! How many times must I tell you?! You are being brainwashed by Satan! The demon king is already dead!!"

He heard Lucis's boisterous voice. As he was shouting at Lilith, his eyes widened once he saw Kang-Woo coming out of the black Rift.

"H-How did you..."

"Haaa, fucking hell." Kang-Woo sighed deeply.

He couldn't help but get angry after finding out that the matter that he had been so anxious over had been nothing more than a childish game.

"Move."

"Kuh!"

Lucis bit his lip at the overwhelming amount of demonic energy coming out of Kang-Woo. He created a spear of darkness and pointed it at Kang-Woo.

Crackle!

Black lightning danced at the tip of the spear.

"Aaah, my king!!"

Lilith shed tears when she saw Kang-Woo. Yellow pus splattered everywhere, exuding a horrendous stench. Her tentacles wiggled and grew longer.

"..."

Flinch.

Kang-Woo stopped in his tracks. He couldn't help but grimace at the tremendous stench filling the entire space.

"Ah... I don't wanna save her..." He unwittingly said his honest thoughts while clenching his hair and lowering his head.

"You scumbag..." Lucis clenched his jaw and glared at him.

He couldn't help but be heartbroken as he saw the yellow pus flowing from Lilith's eyes. Not only had Satan brainwashed her, but he was also trying to abandon her.

"Are you blind?! Can't you see her tears—her sorrowful tentacles?!"

"I can. I can see them all too fucking well."

"Then how... how could you say something like that?!"

"That's what I want to ask. How the fuck can you say something like that?"

"Satan..." Lucis bit his lip and surged with rage. "I know exactly why you took the demon king's body and brainwashed this poor woman! I know it all, Satan!!"

"I don't think you do."

"Didn't you do it to obtain her love?!"

"The fuck d'you say?"

Black lightning crackled in all directions.

"That's how desperate you were for her love!! Because Lilith is...! She's more beautiful than anything else in the world!"

"Stop..."

"But...!"

"I said stop..."

Boom!

Lucis stomped on the ground.

"Your love is twisted, Satan!! There is no point in false love!!"

"Please... don't say cringe lines like that."

"I will take this opportunity to reveal the whole truth to her!!"

Lucis waved his hands, and the darkness that was restraining Lilith moved forward.

He then said solemnly, "Satan, this is your last chance. If you truly love her..."

"..."

"Reveal the whole truth here."

Kang-Woo turned his head to look at Lilith, who was restrained by the darkness. Yellow pus was spewing out of her as if she were a fountain, and her green tentacles were wriggling grotesquely.

"Lilith..." He anxiously called out her name. He kneeled and lowered his head. "I'm sorry. I'm actually Satan. The demon king was torn apart by the dimensional wall as he crossed over to Earth and died. I've been... deceiving you all this time."

Kang-Woo revealed the truth in a voice filled with sorrow. Lucis poked Lilith as if telling her that it was exactly like he had said.

"Ah..." Lilith shortly exclaimed.

She wiped the pus coming out of her eyes with her tentacles and smiled.

"It is okay. I... believe in you, my king. I do not know why you are lying, but... I..." Lilith said with a firm voice, "I love you."

"..."

There was a heavy silence.

Kang-Woo's shoulders trembled a bit.

"Sniff... Sniff, urghhh."

Tears dripped down his cheeks.

"I'm Satan..."

"No, my king."

"I'm telling you, I'm Satan..."

"You are not Satan."

"Urgh... Waaaahh." He wept while grabbing his head. "I'm fucking Satan..."

Please just believe me.