Chapter 289

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[ To the Demon Realm (2) ]

Two months later.

“Hmm~.”

The great man yawned and lay down on the sunbed.

The sun was shining so hard that it stung my skin a little. The wind that blew occasionally was cool.

The great man slightly lifted his sunglasses with his fingers. And I looked at the emerald beach stretching out in front of me.

“Wendy! Look at this! “What a big fish!”

“Ahahaha! It’s bigger for me!”

Two girls in children’s one-piece swimsuits were splashing around in tubes.

If it weren’t for the sea monsters floating around with their eyes rolling, it looked like a scene from a photo shoot.

“Kids! “Don’t go too far!”

As long as the demon lords didn’t suddenly appear in droves, the two girls wouldn’t be in danger, but Daein was so annoyed that he cautioned them.

“huh!”

“huh!”

“Anyway, you answer well.”

Grinning, Daein reached into the icebox next to him and took out a can of beer.

Gulp.

The cold beer went down my neck. The great man wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and smiled cheerfully.

“Ugh! “This is how people live.”

With the Allied Forces’ attack on the Demon Realm imminent, Daein took a few days off.

‘I think I’ve been using my abilities too much. If I don’t rest for even a few days, I don’t think my body will be able to endure any longer…’ When

Daein said that with a pale complexion, the leaders of the Dimensional Allied Forces were at a loss and told him to please rest.

Immediately after that, Daein went on vacation to an uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that he had already booked.

“The Allied Forces are doing just fine without me now.”

The great man muttered as he took out his third can of beer and drank it.

The plan for the Dimensional Allied Forces to preemptively attack the Demon World before the opening of the 4th Hell Gate was being carried out in secret.

Daein told us most of the information about the future that he knew, and even now, experts in each field were staying up all night preparing for the final war.

‘I don’t have anything to do now… I need to rest for a while and recover my stamina.’

Completion of the Holy Spear Longinus.

At that timing, the Dimension Allied Forces will go to the Demon World and begin the fight that will put an end to this war.

In other words, now was the only time I could relax.

The great man looked up at the bright blue sky and muttered.

“Once we get to the Demon World, this terrible fight will end. Then I will finally be able to retire…”

If you think about it, only a few years have passed since his regression.

However, what I experienced in those few years was much more spectacular than the decades I experienced before the regression.

…So that’s why.

Daein has been thinking about a lot of things lately.

“Retirement…”

In the past, I vaguely longed for life after retirement. A life

where you no longer have to risk your life to earn money, where

you don’t have to meet people you don’t like, and who

live comfortably until you die, doing only what you want to do.

That was the ideal ‘retirement life’ Daein imagined.

But as he thought that time was getting closer, Daein wondered what he wanted.

‘Because the position I had before the regression and the position I have now are completely different…’

Power, wealth, connections, and influence on the world.

To be honest, the current landlord was a person who had a much harder time finding out what he couldn’t do than what he could do.

Plus, he was young.

In the future, infinite options were available to Daein.

There are so many that I don’t know what to do.

‘How will my future self live after retirement?’

Daein suddenly became curious and operated the watch on his left hand. Then a hologram screen unfolded before his eyes.

What Daein displayed on the screen were the photos given to him by future Lily.

Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.

The great man touched his finger in the air and flipped the photo to the side.

It started with a photo of a similar age to Lily now, and as the photos went sideways, Lily grew taller and taller.

Under the photo, there was crooked writing written in permanent marker.

-Baking class with uncle! It’s like a cookie monster made by an old man -_-

-A trip to Byron Continent! There are so many amazing things here!

-I graduated from Superhuman School today! Thanks for coming everyone!

Most of the photos showed Lily and Daein together. He was often seen taking pictures with other acquaintances, such as Wang Gu-ho, Baek Young-hee, and Cheon Mu-geuk.

“I wish we had traveled all over the place…”

We had been to so many places together that the background in the photo kept changing and the clothes we were wearing also changed.

The two people in the photo looked very happy. A smile appeared on the face of the great man.

Then suddenly the person disappeared from the photo.

“…….”

The background of the last photo looked like the Devil’s Castle.

Many people dressed in black had their heads bowed. Among them, there was a girl with red hair.

Even though it was just a photo, the solemn atmosphere was clearly conveyed.

-lie.

There were only three words written under the photo.

“Tsk…”

Daein ended the hologram. It was a strange feeling to experience one’s own death indirectly.

“…Still, I’m glad I know the reason.”

Of course, the great man had no desire to die at all.

So I prepared a lot and was confident that I wouldn’t die.

But wasn’t that the same for your future self?

Although he may not have been as good as today’s Daein, he would have known a lot of future information and would have used it to find ways to win the war and survive.

But why?

“Wait a minute, what happened to your head?”

The great man shook his head as if he could not understand.

And once again, I made a firm decision.

I will never die like that, I will

survive somehow, I will enjoy all the wealth and fame I have achieved so far, and I will live until I shit on the wall.

And what if…

“Mister!”

“dad!”

Hearing a call from afar, the great man raised his head.

Lily and Wendy were running at a brisk pace, leaving footprints on the beach, holding a lobster bigger than the two of them combined.

“Man, look at this! We got it! “Let’s grill it for dinner!”

“My sister and I caught it together!”

The two girls, whose mouths were already watering, placed the unconscious lobster down in front of them and swallowed their saliva.

The great man couldn’t stop laughing at the bright look in the children’s eyes.

“anyway. “They don’t give me time to think seriously.”

After skillfully preparing the lobster, Daein took out all kinds of cooking utensils, including pots and steamers, from the subspace.

The great man with his sleeves rolled up spoke confidently.

“wait. “I’m going to make you a very delicious lobster dish today.”

“uh? That’s not it… I just said let’s grill it and eat it?”

Lily, embarrassed, said with shaking eyes.

Wendy, who had yet to eat Daein’s dish, just smiled brightly.

“What are you talking about. “I found precious ingredients, but I need to cook them properly and eat them.”

The great man was already dismembering the lobster with the Heavenly Demon Sword. Unknown seasonings poured out of his subspace.

And, as always, the result was disastrous.

***

A small cabin built on an uninhabited island.

The two girls were fast asleep in the same bed, facing each other.

“Ugh. It’s not delicious….”

“I hate you, Dad….”

The girls were talking in their sleep with unhappy expressions, as if the taste of the lobster dish was still lingering on their tongues.

“It’s tricky. “It’s okay to eat this time.”

The great man chewed the unidentified lobster dish left over from earlier – Lily was furious, saying it was out of this world, and Wendy burst into tears – and placed his hands on the heads of the two girls, one by one.

Ssssssut.

The magic power that flowed from the great man’s body seeped into the bodies of the two girls.

The magic power searched the two girls’ bodies thoroughly like a detective chasing a criminal. And in the end, the great man found what he was looking for.

For a moment, Daein’s eyes calmed down.

‘found. A fragment of Soul Eater.’

In the past, Abraxas said that there seemed to be some traces related to the Demon King left in Lily’s body, but in fact, it was not the Demon King, but a fragment planted by a Soul Eater.

Soul Eater implants his ‘fragments’ into the bodies of children who have the talent to become his vessels.

‘It was because of this that the little boy didn’t grow up.’

When he previously went to the continent of Gaia, Daein removed the demon sealed within Lily’s body with the help of the elves.

However, the fragments of the Soul Eater were not found at that time, and as a side effect of not being able to completely remove the fragments, Lily’s physical growth stopped from then on.

Daein used [Energy Manipulation] to pull out the fragments of the Soul Eater hidden deep inside the girl’s body.

‘Come out obediently. It’s no use holding on.’

Wow!

The fragment tried to hold on, but there was no way to escape the hands of Daein, who had even absorbed the main body of the Soul Eater.

Daein crushed the fragments of Soul Eater in his hand. And in the same way, the fragments of the Soul Eater were removed from Wendy’s body.

“Huh…”

After all the work was finished, the great man lightly stroked the two girls’ hair. The two were still asleep, talking in their sleep.

These children will grow up normally like other children.

Go to school, make friends, and grow up someday.

“Hmm-.”

The great man who left the hut stretched greatly.

The white full moon floating over the uninhabited island illuminated his pale face.

“Cluck. “Why are you standing there alone?”

“Oh, I’m surprised.”

The great man was startled and looked to the side. When I arrived, Cheon Mu-geuk was shaking the gourd in his hand.

“The moon is shining brightly, so would you like to have a drink with your teacher after a long time?”

“Good.”

The two sat facing each other at the table in front of the cabin. After a few drinks were exchanged, Cheon Mu-geuk opened his mouth.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“…As expected, you knew.”

“Cluck. Hey. “You can fool ghosts, but you can’t fool me.”

Cheon Mu-geuk emptied his glass in one go and continued speaking. But his voice cracked a little.

“I immediately thought it was strange. “It’s hard on your body, right?”

“Well, that’s right.”

[My body is currently very unstable! Sufficient rest and stability are needed!]

[My body is currently very unstable! Sufficient rest and stability are needed!]

After the fight with Soul Eater, the Star of Transcendence continued to send warnings.

“Let’s take a look.”

Cheon Mu-geuk grabbed his disciple’s wrist and felt his pulse. The Heavenly Demon Divine Technique gently scanned every nook and cranny of the great man’s body.

After a while, Cheon Mu-geuk spoke with a stiff expression.

“I can’t do it. Disciple. “Don’t go to the demon world, stay here.”

“yes?”

The great man looked at his teacher in bewilderment, but Cheon Mu-geuk’s expression was serious.

“The devil will come and kill this teacher, so you should recuperate here quietly.”

“I’m moved just hearing that.”

The great man laughed haha and emptied his drink. Then he filled his teacher’s cup with alcohol and filled his own cup again.

“Of course you know that’s not possible, right?”

“…You damn bastard.”

Cheon Mu-geuk let out a long sigh but did not force it any further. Because I knew very well that I couldn’t stop my student’s stubbornness. S~eaʀᴄh the NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

“hmm. Same goes for As and Master. “You seem to think I’m going to the demon world to die…”

he said, giving the impression of a great person.

“I’m not that kind of a guy, am I?”

“…Are you asking me to believe that, you bastard?”

The great man was at a loss as to how to explain this as his teacher’s sighs became deeper.

“If you look at things like cartoons or movies. They say a death flag is raised in this situation, right? A soldier sees a picture of his daughter before going to war, or suddenly receives a letter from his girlfriend. “You spend your last vacation with the kids… Then nine times out of ten you die in the next scene.”

“You now…!”

“But, Master. “That can’t happen to me.”

The great man looked at his teacher with a stern expression.

The two people’s eyes met and the man smiled brightly.

And he said it with confidence.

“Because I’m an expert in happy endings.”

A few days later, the Holy Spear Longinus was completed.

[To the Demon World (2)] End

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