Chapter 38: Artificial Demons And Natural Demons (1)

Chapter 38: Artificial Demons And Natural Demons (1)

“Demons are born in two ways. They can occur naturally or be artificially created.”

The demons known to the world were generally understood to be ‘naturally occurring’.

“Do you know the cause of the former?”

“Corruption?”

“...Yes, corruption.”

In the case of natural occurrence, it was generally believed to be caused due to the ‘rampage of superpowered individuals’.

[Hehehe, the demon within me is raging...! Bow down! I am the newly born demon, Devil Chong!]

[Agh, the name itself is so demonic!!]

[You’ve been weird since you were a kid, and now you’ve finally become a demon! Get out of the way, you devil, Satan’s spawn!]

[I’m not Satan’s spawn! I am Satan himself!]

The desire to become strong.

The desire to possess something.

Hatred towards someone.

The sorrow of losing a loved one.

Anger and vengeance.

Obsession over a concept.

Madness caused by mental stress.

“There are many factors that corrupt a superpowered individual. What’s scary is that these factors are emotions that all ordinary people experience.”

The fact that superpowered individuals transformed into demons due to the excessive negative emotions of humans had been widely known as ‘routine’ since the great transformation.

“The first demon appeared in 2002 when a child born in 2000 was 3 years old...? Anyway, it started when he was still a toddler.”

“Do you remember? That one whose parents were murdered...?”

“Yes. A robber came in and killed his parents, and the baby awakened his power due to his parents’ pain and became a demon.”

Those who became demons all dramatically increased in strength.

Either their bodies would change, their physical abilities would significantly improve, they would turn into a completely different non-human entity, or they would remain in human form but embody evil itself.

“That child set himself on fire when he turned 10, committing suicide. After that, several more demons appeared. They called children who used their powers at a young age ‘monsters!’, and then the child, after watching monsters in TV movies, really thought he was the same and projected himself as such.”

“The ‘Snow Woman’ incident at Mount Fuji?”

“Yes.”

In a small rural village near Mount Fuji in Japan.

A girl whose hair turned white due to the awakening of her powers was teased by the surrounding children as a monster, and she thought she was a real monster like the ones on TV and became a monster-demon.

“She froze the children and tragically trapped herself in ice. That’s why we’re trying to educate and raise superpowered individuals in separate educational institutions, like this Sejong Island, rather than in places where ordinary people are.”nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.

If you awakened as a superpowered individual from a young age, you had no choice but to be isolated.

It was so that superpowered individuals do not become demons themselves.

It was also so that non-superpowered individuals do not end up as their victims.

“And now that things are socially stable regarding superpowered individuals... everyone has reached the point where they create their own demons just because they are a little hot-headed. Whatever form that takes.”

[The existing demons are boring! I’m going to create my own demon!]

“No. There was no need to verify it, I had no desire to, and I didn’t want to see the researchers fleeing while I was verifying it. I killed them all in the meantime.”

I had reached a level where I could just look and know everything.

“If you artificially cultivate the egg of a woman who has become a demon, a demon is born. Using that egg to make some kind of cell, and through that, what’s created is...”

“The devil’s seed.”

“That’s right.”

“It’s terrifying.”

Brewer swallowed hard with a pale expression.

“It’s more horrifying and cruel than I thought. The fact that such things are happening on Earth gives me goosebumps.”

“But it’s reality. Jeon Yu-bin was probably not just a test subject but also a ‘host’ who had produced the devil’s seed several times.”

“What’s the basis?”

“It’s speculation, but isn’t it the fact that the appearance of Lilith and Jeon Yu-bin was similar? Suppose they make the devil’s seed from the cells extracted from the body of a succubus called Jeon Yu-bin, and that seed infiltrates another human and sprouts. In that case, it will resemble the host.”

“...So it’s not just because the devil’s appearance is similar to the old stories?”

“That’s correct.”

There might be someone who became a devil by mimicking Dracula.

Naturally.

But if you extracted the devil’s seed from Dracula, another power-user could become a devil-like Dracula through that seed.

“How do you feel? It feels like you’ve stepped into a world that’s deeper, darker, and dirtier than you thought, right?”

“It’s horrifying, but it’s a story we must know. After all, in the Gyeolsa, beings like Goblin or the boss consider demons as enemies, not allies to be persuaded or villains alike.”

“Right. Because the devil is nothing but an enemy to world domination.”

Gyeolsa opposed the devils and demons.

Even though all power users had the potential to become devils, the Gyeolsa, where power users held key positions, was doing its best to eliminate the devil.

“We’re eliminating the devils that could ruin the world we will rule. Quite a Gyeolsa-like, boss-like thought.”

I would protect the star that I would rule.

Sometimes I got the feeling that the Gyeolsa was a completely different organization from ordinary villain organizations.

“So, Brewer, you should be careful too. All power-users have the potential to become devils, and once they become devils, they can easily destroy this Earth for their own purposes.”

“What about you?”

“Me?”

“Yeah. If the Goblin becomes a devil, what kind of devil do you think you’ll become?”

“...I don’t know.”

I hadn’t thought about it, but I might become a devil more powerful and horrifying than any other on Earth.

“If I were to become a devil, I’d like to be called this.”

“How? King Goblin?”

“No.”

“The One Who Ends the World.”

In other words, the Devil of Endings.