Chapter 19: I’ll Definitely Kill You

 

There were numerous battlefields in this world.

 

Strange portals stretched endlessly, from which monsters of another world emerged.

 

People called them monsters.

 

Creatures born solely for meaningless slaughter, possessing no intelligence whatsoever.

 

Individually, they were not strong, but their numbers increased exponentially over time, requiring constant vigilance.

 

They had to be continuously hunted, monitored, and killed.

 

By now, these rules had been established. Portals were monitored strictly, walls were built around them, and pathways connected to civilian areas were thoroughly controlled.

 

Of course, this did not mean complete control.

 

The number of monsters crossing the portals was too great, and maintaining the front lines that had been established for thousands of years took a significant effort.

 

Therefore, deaths on the battlefield were an expected occurrence.

 

For thousands of years, countless people had died, and countless others had blocked their paths again.

 

For such a long time.

 

Humans had endured by killing and dying for each other.

 

[Disgusting.]

 

It wasn’t particularly for anyone’s sake.

 

It was merely for my self-satisfaction.

 

It was revenge against the trash that had given me a filthy feeling the day before and the demons who had overstepped their bounds without knowing their place.

 

They would also cross that portal.

 

My size was too large to pass through that portal.

 

Of course, it would not be impossible if I shrank, but I had a strong instinct that I should not cross that portal directly.

 

That portal was unstable.

 

Although lower-ranked creatures could cross the portal without any problems, the higher the rank, the stronger the restrictions, resulting in severe penalties.

 

That’s why even the Demon King did not cross the portal directly.

 

Jörmungandr instinctively felt it.

 

It could be seen as a kind of future foresight felt by becoming a god.

 

Crossing that portal wouldn’t result in death, but it wouldn’t be without any injuries either.

 

Therefore, I gave up on crossing the portal to directly exterminate them.

 

But I didn’t give up on taking revenge on them.

 

A giant body floated.

 

Soaring freely in the high sky, I could see all the battlefields at a glance.

 

It was miserable.

 

Countless humans and monsters were entangled, taking each other’s lives.

 

This happened simultaneously on all battlefields.

 

Endlessly spawned monsters overwhelmed humans with sheer numbers.

 

Therefore, the situation on the battlefield was very disadvantageous.

 

If this situation continued, countless lives would undoubtedly be lost.

 

That’s why I revealed my strength.

 

Looking down at those insignificant insects, I controlled my energy with the skill that a god possesses, concentrating it solely on the monsters.

 

The moment my energy touched them.

 

Without knowing what had happened, their bodies twisted and rotted away.

 

By the time they realized that the energy was coming from someone, it was already too late.

 

Without even struggling, they vanished in an instant, leaving no trace of their existence.

 

All these things.

 

Occurred simultaneously to all the monsters on the battlefield.

 

“What, what the…?!”

 

The humans who were fighting them fell into confusion.

 

Without any warning, the monsters vanished in an instant. They looked around for the disappeared monsters, but there was no way they could find them.

 

Their bodies, souls, and existence.

 

All of it vanished just because of a single being’s thought.

 

Jörmungandr remained calm despite causing all these things.

 

There was no intention to reveal the dignity of being a god.

 

Of course, it wouldn’t be bad to imprint myself as a god to them.

 

To reveal myself while saying that I controlled this battlefield.

 

To boldly show that I was the one who annihilated all those monsters in a single blow. But I didn’t want that. This was simply my amusement. In such amusement, I had no intention of receiving useless reverence and respect.

 

Moreover, there were more people making wishes to me lately.

 

To be precise, it was as if their thoughts were transmitted directly into my mind. Every day, numerous people wished upon me, which made Jörmungandr sick.

 

Besides, it was impossible to completely block those sounds.

 

The countless wishes echoed, making it impossible to distinguish them properly.

 

So, Jörmungandr blocked all those sounds.

 

Of course, doing so would reduce the divinity granted to me, but the divinity I had gained was enough to plan for the future.

 

In the first place, the idea that one could become stronger solely through divinity was flawed.

 

Divinity merely helped me, who was blocked by walls, ascend to the sky.

 

Becoming stronger from there was purely a matter of my own domain.

 

Thus, I did not reveal myself.

 

Those who received the Goddess’s blessing and were close to the gods seemed to recognize me floating in the sky.

 

I didn’t care much.

 

I just leisurely floated in the sky, killing all the monsters on the battlefield.

 

In the blink of an eye.

 

All the monsters they had been fighting vanished without a trace.

 

Jörmungandr, who had caused all these events.

 

Sealed the portal with his divinity and returned to the cave.

 

The seal wouldn’t last long.

 

I had no talent for sealing, and the laws near that portal were so distorted that everything collapsed quickly.

 

But it was enough to last ten years.

 

That should suffice.

 

To give those bastards a blow.

 

* * *

 

It was an overwhelming number.

 

I thought it would surely sweep away all the humans.

 

However, the Demon King frowned at the unexpected result.

 

[All of them… died?]

 

It was strange.

 

The numerous monsters had all died in an instant.

 

As if they had never existed.

 

It was clearly beyond the capabilities of humans.

 

As far as he knew, the heroes and humans on the front lines did not have the ability to handle so many monsters.

 

The plan was perfect.

 

I thought all the humans would die trapped behind the walls.

 

But.

 

What was this?

 

[Ha… Haha….]

 

It was a grand dream.

 

I intended to send all the monsters in a total assault, breaking through the humans’ frontline and resurrecting my true form with the accumulated death and blood.

 

But the result was different.

 

If the monsters had just died, I could have used the accumulated death on the battlefield to be reborn.

 

But all that power.

 

Scattered without even experiencing death.

 

And.

 

The Demon King knew the most likely candidate responsible for such things.

 

[That snake bastard…….]

 

It was him.

 

That guy must have entered the battlefield.

 

If not, it couldn’t be explained.

 

The ability to erase the existence of all living beings as if they never existed was only possessed by him.

 

My blood boiled.

 

How much time had I spent planning for this?

 

Gathering and gathering monsters endlessly.

 

Directly subjugating the mindless monsters and forcibly involving them in the plan.

 

All those monsters carried my demonic energy.

 

Using the blood of those killed monsters, I created a magic circle, prepared to resurrect my true form, and absorbed the power of death to advance one step further.

 

But.

 

All of it.

 

Was blocked by some wretched, legless creature.

 

[Ha.]

 

Fine.

 

You’re strong.

 

I’ll admit that.

 

You were the strongest creature I’ve ever met.

 

But.

 

Interfering with my plan.

 

I couldn’t tolerate that.

 

How long had I been planning for this?

 

Thousands of years.

 

During those long years, I induced the humans to be complacent and secretly placed my subordinates among their leaders.

 

After taking control from the roots.

 

I planned to directly manifest myself and sweep away everything in the human realm.

 

But.

 

A plan of thousands of years.

 

Was stopped by a mere snake.

 

[So, that’s how it is.]

 

The Demon King rose from his seat.

 

Boom——!

 

The massive throne shattered simultaneously.

 

Black demonic energy surged from his body, swirling around him, and began shattering everything nearby.

 

With every step he took.

 

The ground broke, and everything around him began to crumble.

 

[I will go myself.]

 

Penalty?

 

I didn’t care about that.

 

I would devour all the creatures in the human realm and become stronger again.

 

When he stood before the portal.

 

Wooong——!

 

The portal began to distort.

 

[What the…?]

 

A mysterious force invaded the portal.

 

At the same time, it twisted the portal and began binding it with chains of light.

 

As if sealing it.

 

[Damn it!!]

 

He tried to remove the chains immediately, but they couldn’t be touched.

 

As if saying, you, a lowly being, couldn’t even touch them.

 

And finally.

 

Sizzle…….

 

The portal was completely sealed.

 

The only way from the Demon Realm to the human realm was blocked.

 

At least, for several years.

 

[Ah, Ah….]

 

The Demon King vowed.

 

No matter what.

 

I will kill that lowly creature.

 

With my own hands.

 

Making sure it leaves no trace, making it regret ever daring to touch me.

 

The Demon King vowed so.