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nChapter 106 – Demonic Race Berdan

nIt was another planet different from Earth.

nTo be specific, the demonic realm was in another dimension entirely.

nThere existed four demonic races.

nPurian, Lubeta, Keruoh, and Dabehneh.

nOut of those, the one called Jamon from the Lubeta race was known as the demon king, for he had over half of the total magical energy in the realm.

nOn top of that, over half of the demon world was his territory.

nThe rest was split amongst the remaining three races.

nThe demon king Jamon had decided that peace must be made between the demons.

nIt was for his plan to go beyond the demonic realm to other realms and the entire universe in a plan for conquest.

nSince he had absolute power, the other races had no choice but to follow his will.

nDue to the constant war between the races, they knew well how powerful the Lubetas were.

nNot only that, but demonic races were born with the innate ability to detect the magical energies of their opponents.

nNo matter how brave a dog was, it would piss itself in front of tiger. Put in another way, natural instincts.

nIt was a peace pact only in name, and in reality, an absolute command.

nHowever, the demonic races pretended to follow him only in appearances.

nAll of them were rotten to the core.

nDue to magical energy being limited in the demonic realm, one could not grow any stronger, and thus many planned to grow stronger by pulling in magical energy from other realms.

nThey planned to take down the current demon king and take over as the new one.

nOut of the 3 races, the one that put his plans into motions first was Zekill.

nHe commanded the weakest of the four races, the Purian.

nIt was probably because his desire to grow stronger was far greater than any of the others.

nAfter the peace pact was made, he had traveled to the dimension where Earth resided by expending all of his magical energy he had absorbed so far.

nHe then spawned gates that connected his territory to Earth.

nWhile observing the magical energy that kept on gathering, he recovered his magical energy.

nHe had waited with bated breath to obtain massive power.

nHowever, there was one who knew about all about his plans from the start.

nHe was Berdan, leader of the Keruoh race.

nThe demon king was far stronger than him and the two could not even be compared, but he still was the 2nd strongest in the demonic realm.

nBerdan knew why Zekill was heading to Earth.

nHowever, he did not react at all and even pretended to be blind to the scheme.

nInstead of increasing his territory in other dimensions like Zekill was doing, he was enjoying his luxurious life in his own territory in the demonic realm.

nThe reason was simple.

nZekill was considered weak amongst the demonic races.

nOn top of that, he was still recovering his magical energy, so there was no way that he could match up against Berdan.

nThe moment that the plan Zekill toiled away for 40 years bore fruit, he had planned to consume the entire world that Zekill had created.

nOf course, he planned to do so after he had subjugated the Purians, who were weak due to Zekill’s absence.

nHe was going to use one of his powers, Dimensional Travel, and travel without any loss of his magical energy.

nThese powers that demons were naturally born with were called Authority, and just like the special traits that an Awakened could have, they did not cost any magical energy.

nBerdan’s plan had him gambling with his life since he would be violating the peace pact.

nThe demon king, Jamon, could unite all the races under one banner with just brute force if he wished so.

nHis plan was pretty much spitting at the mercy the demon king showed.

nHowever, if he was able to absorb all the magical energy of Earth and the Purian race, he would be able to obtain enough magical energy to face against the demon king.

nHowever, that scenario he planned was destroyed in a split second.

nZekill had lost to the humans, who he had believed to be vastly inferior to the demonic races.

nBerdan already knew that the humans had mutated into the Awakened, allowing them to fight against the monsters.

nHowever, he believed that they were no match for the demonic races.

nThere was a vast gap between the two, after all.

nHowever, as if mocking at that concept, the humans had defeated one of the four leaders of the demonic races, Zekill.

nNot only that, he was defeated by a single Awakened.

nNow, he could no longer head to Earth without a plan.

nIf he also disappeared from the demonic realm, the Dabehneh race would absorb the magical energies of the two races without leaders, obtaining enough energy to fight against the demon king.

nEven if Berdan took a huge risk to obtain the magical energy of Earth for himself, it was far from enough to face against the demon king.

nThat’s why he decided to bring over Min-Cheol to the demonic realm, since he had the greatest magical energy in all of Earth.

nBy doing this, he would be able to continue fighting against the other two races while obtaining a massive amount of magical energy.

nIt was simple as killing two birds with one stone.

nThe amount of magical energy that Min-Cheol possessed was far beyond what one could imagine.

nIn order to obtain magical energy, they would have to kill monsters.

nThe magical energy the monsters possessed would naturally be passed onto the predator who took them down.

nBut would that make any sense?

nThe amount of monsters Min-Cheol slayed to obtain magical energy was far below the amount all the other ranked Awakened had.

nJust looking at the level difference, it was clear as day.

nMin-Cheol’s level was not even 400 yet.

nHowever, there were ranked Awakened that were almost level 600 on Earth.

nDespite having a special trait of infinite mana, the amount of experience required to level was the same as everyone else for Min-Cheol.

nThis meant that others had hunted two or more times than how much Min-Cheol had so far.

nBut how did Min-Cheol obtain so much magical energy that it was difficult for him to be compared to others?

nThat was due to the radical faction.

nThere were nearly 2000 Awakened in the radical faction before.

nThink about how many monsters and the subsequent magical energy they must have consumed.

nJust the like the food chain, Min-Cheol, who had killed them all, had obtained all that energy.

nOf course, Min-Cheol had no idea of this at the moment.

nAfter all, he didn’t take them down for the sake of magical energy.

nMagical energy wasn’t visible to the human eye.

nThe result was that Min-Cheol had magical energy far greater than anyone else on Earth without him realizing that he did.

nBerdan made his decision and sent his servant, Kurin, to Earth.

nAfter finishing his mission, Kurim kneeled before his king and spoke.

n“Keruru. Sir Berdan, I’ve completed the mission you’ve tasked me with.”

n“Good work, Kurin.”

nBerdan spoke as he stroked the giant horn that jutted out of his forehead.

nThe pathetic form Kurin had seemed far worse in front of the giant form of Berdan.

nNot even being able to make eye contact, Kurin smiled nervously as he replied.

n“Kerururu.”

n“How was his magical energy.”

n“Kel. He had enough magical energy to make me doubt that he was human. Despite that, there’s no way that it’s close enough to what you carry. However…..”

n“What is it. Speak.”

n“It seemed to me that it’s a bit of a stretch……. for a pathetic human to have killed Zekill. Even if he is the weakest of the four demonic races and was recovering his magical energy, he was still the leader of an entire demonic race.”

n“Continue.”

n“He only had 2

/3rds of the magical energy that Zekill possessed.”

n“He does not know how to use his magical energy. We cannot judge him from just the amount of magical energy he carries. And even that much magical energy is enough. It seems that he possesses far more magical energy than I had expected initially.”

n“Keruru. It seems that the evolution called Awakening gives quite a lot of power.”

n“Even so, they’re still mere humans. They will kneel before the might of the demonic races.”

n“Correct you are, sir. Kel kel.”

n“What of the message I asked you to declare?”

n“I have delivered your message to the dot.”

n“What was his response?”

n“Other than swinging his sword in arrogance, it seemed that he would obey without much resistance.”

n“What a foolish race. He will never expect that the moment I obtain his magical energy, I will subjugate the Purian race and head for Earth.”

n“Kulkerukeru. That’s right. Seeing that they did not understand my words and had to ask multiple times, the humans must be very idiotic existence.”

n“Yes. Have you also notified the other two humans as well?”

n“Of course. The one called Brook was quite rude.”

n“Brook. Is that the one with the second highest magical energy?”

n“Yes, that’s correct. Brook was quite weak compared to Min-Cheol, but still had quite a tasty amount of magical energy.”

n“Yes…. Yes. Remember that the rest are nothing more than snacks. Do you understand?”

n“Yes, sir Berdan!”

n“Good. Kurin. Go guard the portal that will soon be formed. The moment the foolish humans cross over, report to me immediately.”

n“Yes sir. For you, the all powerful absolute!”

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nHo Jin explained what he heard from Min-Cheol to the commander Yoon Jong-sun.

nIf the demonic races do arrive on Earth as Min-Cheol said, the damage would be insane.

nThe first wave of monsters would threaten humankind.

nEven if the first wave was successfully fended off, the magical energy the monsters left behind would make the portals far stronger, making the second wave that much harder.

nThe monsters of the dungeons had become 1.5 times stronger due to the magical energy that was spread out when Zekill and his subordinates were killed.

nThe peace they had so desperately fought for would be destroyed, and higher level portals would appear.

nStronger monsters would pour out and humanity would no longer be able to stop them at a certain point.

nWith a serious expression, the commander spoke.

n“How can such nonsense be true!”

n“This information isn’t completely confirmed yet. I’m just informing you what had happened to Min-Cheol.”

n“No….. I don’t have a good feeling about this.”

n“…….”

n“So what is Min-Cheol’s take on this?”

n“He is obtaining multiple new skills and preparing for the worst.”

n“Is that so. That’s why our lad Min-Cheol was uncharacteristically asking for skill books.”

n“Yes, that’s correct. That’s why I ignored the rules of the the association and asked assistance for him.”

n“What use is there for laws and rules in such a grave situation like this!”

n“You’re right.”

n“There’s something you must do.”

n“Huh? What’s……”

n“Bring me the list of all the skill books ranging from S to S ranks the association currently possesses to me immediately.”

n“…….”

n“Humanity’s survival is on the line here. You know well enough that only Min-Cheol has the key.”

n“Yes, I understand.”

n“Give all the support we can give him. If he needs manpower, then give him manpower. If he needs money, he’ll get it even if I must empty my own pockets. Do you understand now?”

n“Yes, commander.”

nThe commander gave the order to support Min-Cheol in any way possible.

nThrough the defeat of Zekill, Min-Cheol’s ability was already confirmed.

nThe commander believed that the chaos that was about to hit Earth once more could not be faced without the help of Min-Cheol.

nContinuing to speak for awhile, the commander suddenly spoke in a more serious tone than normal that carried resolve.

n“One more thing…..”

n“Please speak.”

n“…….”

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