Chapter 122) - Monster Army (6)

Chapter 122) - Monster Army (6)

TL/Editor: Rungir

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Kerrrrgh!

A pained scream erupted from Horrible's mouth as his heart was shattered by Zion's sword in an instant.

Yet, even in desperate agony, the Monster King twisted his body, extracting Zion's Eclaxia and began to flee in a crazed panic.

Aaaaah!

Fear-filled screams spilled from him.

In some ways, Horrible was no different from a child.

Having been born not long ago, he was true to his emotions and lacked any experience in restraining them.

Thus, facing a being stronger than himself for the first time, he was overwhelmed by fear, desperately wanting to escape the situation.

In the Monster King's mind, there was no longer any trace of arrogance or belief that he was the pinnacle of power.

Boom!

Using a partial eclipse to amplify the Heukseongha in his legs, Zion quickly caught up to Horrible.

Certainly, it was abnormal for the Monster King to still be moving despite his heart being crushed, but there was no doubt or confusion in Zion's eyes.

Horrible originally has two hearts.

The Monster King Horrible possessed a real and a fake heart. The heart Zion had just destroyed was the fake one.

The real heart was hidden somewhere outside Horrible's body.

But that doesnt mean I can't kill him here.

Destroying over 80% of the body could sever its lifeline, even without finding and destroying the real heart.

The Hero in the chronicles had killed Horrible using this method.

Knowing this, Horrible must have decided to flee.

Uaaaah!

The Monster King, lashing out in desperation, aimed his attack at Zion, who was quickly following him.

His arm, imbued with the traits of dozens of monsters, aimed a more powerful attack than before at Zion.

But, crackle!

No matter how powerful the attack, Zion, who had not lost his composure, was not going to be hit.

He smashed Horrible's attack effortlessly and quickly closed in, swinging his previously withdrawn Eclaxia broadly.

Slash!

The regenerated leg was sliced again, and the Monster King tumbled to the ground.

Then, Zion's sword strikes began to rain down indiscriminately on the Monster King.

Swoosh!

Zion, without expressing a word and without any emotion in his eyes, continued his assault.

Horrible, trying to survive, intermittently screamed and resisted, but it was futile.

This was no longer a battle.

It was simply a slaughter.

Roar!

The surrounding monsters tried to come to their king's aid,

Block them! Do not let them disturb His Highness Zion!

But they were held back by the knights of the Balt Knight Order, and,

Screech!

By demons that had infiltrated the center.

I'm going to die, I'll really die like this!

That was the thought filling Horrible's mind as more than half of his body was destroyed by Zion.

As his eyes dimmed of light, they met Zion's.

Horrible saw in Zion's eyes four distinct black stars swirling vividly, feeling an infinite terror.

To him, Zion seemed like an immense presence that reduced him to a firefly in front of the sun.

If not Zion, then who in the world could possibly be the pinnacle?

"Please, spare me!"

Realizing this, a desperate plea burst from Horrible's mouth.

"Spare my life! I will crawl on the ground if you ask. I will do anything you command!"

A cowardly cry, unbecoming of a king of monsters.

But Zion's sword strikes did not cease.

Crash!

They became even faster.

"Uaaaah! Please spare me! Pleaaase!"

Right before his lifeline was severed, a final, prideless cry escaped Horrible's lips.

Clank!

Zion's sword stopped right in front of him.

Along with it, the explosively amplified Heukseongha slowly began to recede.

"?"

The Monster King, staring blankly at the Eclaxia stopped before his eyes, was filled with doubt, never having imagined Zion would actually stop.

"You begged for your life."

Zion smirked, as if pleased by Horrible's last desperate plea.

He had never intended to kill Horrible from the start.

The second reason Zion had specifically chosen the Monster Legion among the disasters was precisely because of Horrible.

"Why suddenly stop."

"Should I have killed you?"

"No, not that!"

"Then first, stop the monsters."

"Understood!"

Confused, the Monster King nevertheless signaled to his surroundings.

After all, having been defeated in war and captured by humans, his end was all too predictable.

"I... defeated..."

A voice of despair escaped from Horrible.

He still couldn't quite believe it.

That he had been pathetically beaten by humans and begged for his life.

But at the same time, the image of the human who had done this to him brought fear to Horrible's eyes.

'The man with grey hair.'

Despite having been defeated and humiliated in the war because of him, Horrible felt no anger or hatred.

Instead, he felt a sense of relief to be out of the situation where he had to confront that man.

Where did such a person come from?

The human woman who summoned legions alone was impressive, but compared to the intensity of that man, she was nothing.

Then, step, step.

Low footsteps reached Horrible's ears.

The pressure from those footsteps involuntarily turned his head.

And the Monster King saw.

"You, you are...!"

The man he had just been thinking of was slowly coming down the stairs, approaching him.

Along with him, fear surged again.

Whether he knew of Horrible's feelings or not, Zion stood impassively right in front of Horrible.

"The restraints suit you well."

"......"

The Monster King, unable to respond and seemingly finding it difficult to meet his eyes, lowered his head.

But then he raised it again at Zion's following words.

"You will be executed tomorrow morning."

"......!"

"You will be burned so that not even your corpse remains. Dozens of mages are scheduled to pour high-level fire magic on you."

Why would he come all this way to say this?

Did he come to enjoy the sight of him wailing in fear?

"Is that why you're here? To gloat?"

"Gloat?"

"you mean?"

Horrible quickly changed his words, and Zion, watching him, chuckled before continuing.

"Don't you want to live?"

Horrible looked at him as if he had asked something obvious.

All that was left in him, after discarding his pride and everything else, was his survival instinct.

"Of course, I do."

"Then I'll let you live."

Zion's voice, offering to spare the leader of the enemy they had fought mere hours ago, was utterly calm.

The Monster King's eyes widened greatly.

"Are, are you really...!"

"However."

Zion interrupted his question.

"You'll have to do as I say."

It was a continuation of the conversation they couldn't finish on the battlefield.

Part of the hunting plan Zion had prepared before coming here.

Of course, the prey was Utekan.

"What is it?"

Horrible had already committed on the battlefield to do anything if spared.

Thus, there was no hesitation in Horrible's question to Zion.

"The Giant Clusters."

A voice devoid of emotion flowed from Zion's mouth.

"Gather the monsters and head there. Rave around and wait for further instructions."

"Rave around you say?"

Horrible asked, not understanding, but Zion did not answer.

As always, explaining the reason was not Zion's style.

"Oh, and."

Before turning around, Zion seemed to remember something he had almost forgotten and spoke to the Monster King.

"Before you leave, hand over your 'real heart' to me."

"!!!!!!"

It was said with a casualness like considering a stroll.

But to Horrible, it was far from casual.

How did he know about the 'real heart,' something he had never spoken of to another?

The Monster King couldn't understand what being stood before him.

"How did you..."

"I can't blindly trust you. I need collateral, don't I?"

With that, Zion smiled slyly and turned to leave the dungeon.

"Leave first thing tomorrow."

With those words, Zion completely disappeared from Horrible's sight.

But Horrible's eyes lingered for a long time on the spot where Zion had been.

The next morning.

The Monster King Horrible was officially executed in front of the entire Seventh Legion.

But that evening.

No one in the Steel Fortress noticed something slip away into the night.