I Am the Weakest of the Four Heavenly Kings but the Demons Are Obsessed With Me

44 – A person who unexpectedly made a contract with the devil

Blood-soaked robes.

The robes that Woocheon was wearing fell where he swung the holy sword. There was a tattered piece of cloth there, torn and cut.

It was difficult to understand. The place where Ucheon was standing was in the exact opposite direction.

But why was Rainy Clothes discovered in this direction? Why did Ucheon run away in the direction where the devil worshipers were?

This time, Ucheon’s body was not seen. However, if the clothes were this messed up, it would have been difficult for the body to be healthy. I thought I might not have gone far yet.

The power of the hero… I sharpened my sense of chasing something unclean. I expanded my senses to the limit to find familiar magical energy, not the squishy energy of black magic.

I cut down the warlocks who got in my way. It was definitely in that direction.

I felt demonic energy. Not that strong… It was a half-human, half-demon demonic energy. I wanted to ask Woo Cheon.

I didn’t even know what I wanted to ask. I just felt like I had to say something because my heart was so tight.

It didn’t take even a single breath for me to run to the alley where I could feel the demon energy.

The rain was beyond here.

With that certainty, I carefully looked into the back of the alley.

“….”

Black robe. Ucheon was wearing the same robe that the warlocks wore.

The presence of the devil was felt in the ‘sword’ that Woo Cheon was holding. It was a faint trace that I could only sense now that I was using my senses to their limits.

I couldn’t understand what I saw.

And soon, I understood.

I understood why Ucheon was able to survive even after being attacked by a demon named ‘Clavis Aurea’, why he was able to survive against the Four Heavenly Kings, and why he was able to recover so quickly even after receiving such severe wounds.

Rainy weather’s mana and magic power were at a poor level.

Something other than that was used. It’s hard to guess… The power of the devil.

I remembered the story I heard from a demon named Scarlett: ‘Devils even bring the dead back to life.’ So, if Woo Cheon was the devil’s contractor, it was understandable that Woo Cheon was alive.

But… As expected, something was strange. Something was contradictory.

Woo Cheon fought together with himself against the black magicians. Helped him win against Clavis Aurera. He rescued a hostage held by a warlock.

If rain is the devil’s contract… There was no reason to do that. In the first place, he wouldn’t have needed to help himself in the first place.

My head was pounding. Were the ‘Organization’ and the devil related? Maybe so. Since I didn’t know much about the ‘organization’, the possibility was open to me.

But in that case, there was no way Seongguk would cooperate with the ‘organization’. Demons are more unholy beings than demons. Faith does not compromise.

Fever rose in my head. One more possibility came to mind.

If… What if the contract with the devil was recent? What if you had no choice but to make a contract with the devil?

Then, of course, the trigger was a demon named ‘Clavis Aurea’. Until then, they had done their best to stop the warlocks, so it was only natural.

At the time when Woo Cheon was protected in the dark, he made a contract with the devil.

After that, he disappeared from his side. Because Woocheon, who made a contract with the devil, couldn’t be by his side, his hero. So he suddenly disappeared….

At the Academy, it appeared again under the name ‘Plum R. Orchid’.

And then he gathered the heroes of the academy and rescued himself from doing something unreasonable. He escaped from the demon world, hiding his presence with a strange mask. He even used magic to force it, as if he ‘didn’t want to show it’ any more.

All of this was done for his own benefit.

Rainy weather… He made a contract with the devil to help himself. Only then could all these events be explained.

Considering the nature of the rain, the price of the contract would not have been one that sacrificed others. According to legend, there are two ways to gain power from the devil.

One is to offer sacrifices.

The other one is….

It means giving one’s soul.

It was obvious which one Woo Cheon would have chosen between the two.

Rainy weather.

He gave his soul to the devil.

To save myself.

*

The Demon World.

The Demon King’s Castle was in a chaotic atmosphere as the ‘end of the world’ was taken back to mankind. This was especially true in that the resources supplied from the human world had decreased drastically.

Originally, all responsibility would have gone to the demons who manage the ‘dungeon’. In this case, it was appropriate for ‘Slug’ to take responsibility.

It was a reasonable thing to do, but the current situation was a little different.

This is due to the special nature of the event called ‘The Hero’s Invasion of the Demon World’. Even the demons and demon beasts that guarded the dungeon were all sent into the demon world in pursuit of the hero. Killing a warrior is a task that takes priority over anything else.

In this case, failing to protect the dungeon was not a problem.

The problem was that even after suffering such damage, they were unable to capture the hero in the end. Naturally, the responsibility fell on the Four Heavenly Kings who were dealing with the ‘warrior’.

“Well, this is why I shouldn’t have left it to a corpse.”

And, the other two Four Heavenly Kings shifted the blame to the Four Heavenly Kings.

This is because while the two were dealing with the heroes of the human world, it was the Four Spirits who chased the hero. If the hero had escaped to Human World, he would have had to go over to Human World and catch him.

However, the King of Death was so distracted by the ‘cane’ that he let the warrior go.

It was a problem for which the King of Death had no choice but to take responsibility.

The Demon King, who had been struggling without much response to Magenta’s sarcasm, opened his mouth.

“I will go to Ingye myself.”

“…Huh? Are you serious?”

“Yes. If you directly expand the dungeon and move to reclaim the territory, this will at least compensate for this. I will also provide resources.”

“Uh, well, it doesn’t matter if that’s the case… But why?”

The King of Death could not answer that question.

Because the story about the last ‘cane’ left behind by the devil was not something worth telling to others.

Anyway, I have no regrets about life anymore. In that case, it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to focus on one thing that looked like a road.

The King of Death thought so.

“Tsk, I made a mistake and I will fix it. There is no reason beyond that.”

In the end, it was decided that the King of Death would go to the dungeon to provide support.

Scarlett, who attended as Lane’s substitute, just watched the Demon King ‘lying’ with her calm eyes.

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After the meeting of the Four Heavenly Kings.

Scarlet quietly followed the Demon King. And when the presence of the other two Four Heavenly Kings disappeared, she summoned the Four Heavenly Kings.

“Lord of Darkness.”

“…A representative of the weakest guy. Tsk, don’t call me that weird nickname.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“What did you call me for?”

“The reason the Four Heavenly Kings are going to the Human World… Is there any other hidden reason?”

“…Is this the ability of a hero?”

“That’s right. If it’s about a lie… Even if you don’t want to know, you will find out.”

The King of Death knew quite a bit about the existence of a ‘warrior’. Because his daughter was a warrior’s companion.

His daughter wrote several stories about the warrior in her letter and sent them to him.

For that reason, the Demon King knew a lot about the hero’s abilities beyond what other demons knew.

I also know that Scarlett has inherited at least half of the ‘power of the warrior’.

“…It’s none of your business.”

“This is an incident where the Demon King’s archenemy, the hero, was lost. If there is a disturbing reason… I also cannot leave the Four Heavenly Kings alone.”

“…Tsk.”

The King of Death was not as accustomed to packaging lies as the truth as was Rain.

I didn’t know in what categories her ability to grasp the truth operated.

Knowing that her own actions were enough to arouse the Demon King’s suspicions, the Demon King had no choice but to confess everything honestly.

There was no shame in telling personal stories to others. The Four Spirits King had lived too long to feel such emotions.

He just felt rejected for telling unnecessary stories.

“…Then, the Four Heavenly Kings are looking for traces of that devil.”

“Yes. I think there might be a clue… In the staff I made for Raine. The strange half-demon hero wearing that mask might know something.”

“….”

Scarlet stared at the Demon King with unfocused eyes.

I thought about it for a while.

After deciding on something, he nodded his head and opened his mouth.

“Four Heavenly Kings.”

“Is there anything more to say?”

“Perhaps…Rain may be alive.”

“…What?”

“A few days ago, I discovered traces of Lane’s contract with the devil.”

Scarlett shared the information she had obtained with the Demon King.

She thought that if their destinations overlapped, she could get help in finding ‘Rain’.

It was difficult to tell other demons because it violated the taboo of ‘demon contract’, but I thought it would be no problem to tell it to the Demon King, who was born a ‘demon contract’.

“…Tsk, did something like that happen? I understand. I’ll refer to it.”

After hearing the situation, the King of Death nodded his skeleton and disappeared.

Scarlett also left for her office.

Underneath where they were talking, a pink rat was eavesdropping.

A black bat was peeping at them outside the window.