Dungeon Defense

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What's the right end?

At some point, I was only focused on this thought.

Even when you smile by moving the muscles of your face. Even when I have serious meetings with other Demon Kings. Even though it was so terrible, even when I mixed flesh with my lovers, I was sometimes captivated by one thought. And every time it came to me, it stuck to my skull like wet, cold moisture.

How to die.

“ ……. ”

I suddenly looked back.

His vision was extremely short because there were trees everywhere. People were dying out there. Because of the war I started. How many more of the 400,000 have we slaughtered so far? From now on, I've decided to simply count to 500,000.

Five hundred thousand.

How is a man responsible for the murder of 500,000 people?

Before killing Pymon myself, there was a very clear plan.

Executed as a villain at the execution site.

It was simpler than I thought. It was only after I publicly announced what I had done. The Eighth Monthly Blindness, from the Lily War to the Puppet War. The assassination riots at the governor's palace in Batavia were also self-inflicted. Without hiding it, I jumped to my death penalty just by revealing it as it is.

At first, there are a lot of people who want to beat me up.

A Republican endorser. The Horsemen applauded the newborn Demon Prince because they were blinded by the lunar army's performance. Those who are enslaved by the Liberation of Slaves.

However, one by one, I keep my mouth shut.

Many will turn their backs when they hear that they are masters of the Moon Blind Army. Either way, the Moon Mercenaries have won. Pymon was the first to conspire, and Dantalian's strategy should be praised for bringing victory to the Demon King's army. Of course hundreds of thousands of people are dead! But sacrifices for the greater good are always inevitable.

However, one by one, I keep my mouth shut.

Many will protest after hearing about the war of the lily. Purging the Neutral Demon Kings was purely deceptive, and even though it was revealed that the Dantalians deliberately created a coup, people may still protest.

However, it is to remain silent one by one.

Eventually, someone tells me.

Many of the Demon Kings and Dukes were killed by Dantalian.

Now the voice is getting louder. It escalates. The lives of soldiers who died in the subsequent wars are discussed. Finally, the witches realize that the Dantalians have literally played with them, and they are furious with this endless darkness.

What kind of scream will be heard in the square then?

Kill him!

100,000 people will shout out in one tone and one desire.

Kill the Dantalian! ’

The perfect stage.

A Demon King born of the devil's nature, so damned even the gods. He manipulated and butchered Mine and Humans to satisfy his own selfish and sadistic desires, but ultimately he is judged by the people for his crimes.

‘Sinner. There is one last word of repentance. ’

Says the executioner. It could be Marvas, it could be another Demon King. But the executioner I put a dot on in my mind is Daisy. The person who hates me the most in the world cuts my throat. That's the end without a scratch.

"Repentance?"

With 100,000 angry spectators watching, I smile. A smile that will be the last act of your life. I'll put on a perfect act. They are filled with endless joy, insulting their victims and their people.

‘I have never repented. Killing people was my pleasure, and killing more people was my job. If you regret not killing a million people and then disappearing, you regret it. Why I couldn't kill any more! ’

At that moment, history engraves a vision of absolute evil being punished.

The stillness subsides. People are appalled by the horror I have uttered. Immediately, citizens will get angry and throw things around like a bomb. The Execution Ground is in chaos, and the only thing that is repeated is the sound of Dantalian's death.

Remains an evil that no one can defend.

Dantalian disappears by the sword her daughter wields.

This is for the best.

It was the ideal end of my dream.

“Ugh…!? ”

I tripped on the roots of the tree.

I thought I crossed the right path, but I lost my footing. Maybe it's because they aren't used to the new flesh yet. I grimaced my eyebrows while rolling on the ground. My body was very sore because I could not spread the fallout. Dust covers your face.

‘No one will come after him. ’

You look back. The bush is dense. I didn't know if I'd noticed, but I decided there were no pursuers. Yes, no one interferes. That was important. This plan was only meaningful if it was kept completely secret…….

‘We have to get out of here. ’

I pushed my way. I hurt my knee badly, but it didn't matter. My body was able to withstand such a small wound.

The only time I changed my mind was after Pymon died.

I carried Pymon's bloody handkerchief in my arms at all times. Every once in a while, every time I stopped thinking, every time I felt the depression that I had to endure, I took out my red handkerchief and gently dug my nose. Then my lazy depression disappeared as if washed away.

― ― ― Is death enough?

It was like a kind of obsession.

I entered the palace building where Pymon had fallen asleep, and I was alone for five hours, seven hours, and I was still thinking. It was not enough. Something was critical. I wondered if it was really best to be publicly executed or where.

Dark Sanctuary.

The visions of the lives I have slaughtered have been relentless. The vision was captivated not only by sight, but also by touch. Black fingers scratched my forearms, calves, thighs, and necks.

‘Will I be able to fulfill my responsibilities just by dying? ’

I muttered as if to ask the visions.

All of this? ’

Naturally, the shadows didn't answer.

It just mechanically repeats the sound they used to make in their lifetime. They were clear about my projected vision of memory and psychology, and they were clear about whether or not I was satisfied with the question.

‘But what else can I finish? ’

The accident was constantly wandering around without finding an escape route.

But realizing Daisy had been acting, the answer came as if a thunderstorm had struck. The idea was not given in the form of an answer from the beginning. It shook my skull first in the form of a crucial question.

― ― ― What happens to this world when I die.

It wasn't until Daisy uncovered that this crucial question arose from me. Definitely one of the questions, and it was the heaviest. I was so obsessed with Dantalian. But a Dantalian is an illusion, whether it's an 'intentional illusion'.

‘What if it's all over...? ’

I didn't know exactly what this world was like.

Maybe I didn't know whether people would live on or not. Then there was no problem. Dantalian's evil deeds will be preached to and fulfilled. But what if I end this world with my death?

‘It should not be so. ’

Something cried in my mind.

It's like nothing ever killed Jack Orland.

Four hundred thousand lives have not been lost.

The noble ideals of Pymon.

And Barbato's beautiful beliefs.

None of it.

‘That, no matter what.... ’

I bit my lip.

One possibility at a time.

There was a possibility that if I die, the world itself might end.

Normally dying is dark. There is no picture, no sound, and it disappears completely. My personality, my memory, my voice, my nuance are all gone.

That's fine.

I could stand it.

But it was unacceptable for my sins to evaporate silently.

The world should know me.

I have to remember who I was.

And you have to remember exactly how many lives were ruined by me. There was a woman named Pymon. There was a girl named Barbato.

My daughter.

Daisy will be there.

‘ ……. ’

I had to die to take responsibility.

He didn't have to die to have a sense of responsibility.

In this contradiction, I pondered. I didn't know how calm I was in the accident. However, the sky was dark when he entered the morgue, and when he came out, he was washed away. Later I realized I'd been stuck there for two whole days.

I found the answer.

The rest of us, we just move it into action.

‘Dantalian dies. ’

First, Lapis.

A companion who has always helped me.

‘However, my consciousness moves to another place, not Dantalian's body. ’

‘Does that mean...? ’

‘I'll use Ivar's doll. ’

Laffith already understood everything.

‘You're asking for endless responsibility. ’

‘Yes.'

I live with my consciousness implanted in Ivar's puppet.

We don't live as Dantalians. As the craftsman who created the misconception of Dantalian, I have to bear the sin, I continue to survive.

‘I... will never see you again.' ’

‘Ah.'

I nodded.

I simply had to stay alive. The happiness and affection of Dantalian is thrown away. Lapis, Laura, Ivar, and no one else, even if they find out where I am, they will never find me.

This is for the best.

Dantalian is punished and forced to support this world forever.

It was the end for me.

‘I want you to live. Laffith. I forgot.... ’

‘That's impossible. ’

Laffith refused.

I refused to live in a world I could never meet, and wanted to face the end with the Demon Prince. I couldn't convince her as much as she couldn't convince me. Laffith Lazuli died with her lord, Dantalian.

Next up is Ivar.

‘Oh, no. Your Majesty, I can't... I can't, Your Majesty. ’

Require dantalian to continue acting. And with the announcement that he would never see me again, Ivar Lodbroke was desperate. I'd rather die with the Demon King Dantalian.

I had no choice but to grant Laffith such an end, except Ivar. I needed someone to play Dantalian to the end. Other than Ivar, there were no such talent.

‘Only me.'

Ivar is self-centered like a broken doll.

I had compassion, but I had already come too far to turn my feet because of compassion. And Ivar knew it. Ivar is also responsible for the collapse of my forces.

‘Yes, Your Majesty. ’

Eventually Ivar convinced himself.

‘I will accept that I cannot meet His Majesty forever...'... and that I must deny it even if I know it. ’

Everything is ready.

Daisy will never tolerate an ending like this. Thus, the body of Dantalian died with her. Daisy would have comforted Dantalian that he had closed his eyes comfortably until the moment of his death.

But...

Nothing is done yet.

It's my responsibility from now on.

In order not to lose meaning.

― ― Forever.