Those who knelt down were not hated enemies, but partners who had lived and died together. This fact weighed heavily on his heart.

Now that there is no reason for existence, the Shadow King shouted.

"Just kill me!"

Let it all end here.

Simply return to the world of nothingness, forget everything, and sleep in peace.

"Quick!"

The dominators still didn't move.

Just like at the beginning, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed over and over again.

The Shadow King lifted his face unbearably any longer.

Under the command of the Absolute, the greatest warrior who still fights bravely and stands up to protect the Lord.

Facing him, those enemy soldiers who still remembered him put their fists on their chests and lowered their heads one by one.

"..."

Although everyone has fought so far with different wills, the soldiers who have never lost their respect in their hearts expressed their respect.

The number of those soldiers is enough to cover the sky.

When all the soldiers lowered their heads, he who was watching silently turned around quietly.

And just like that, the vanished Shadow King hid his tracks.

Also because of the internal strife among the three kings, the kings suffered heavy losses in combat power, and the war ended in defeat to the rulers.

The kings fled to the dimensional gap with the rest of their troops.

Looking at the soldiers under the king's command who were moving on a large scale through the huge portal, Cheng Xiaoyu was speechless for a moment.

'The scale of the remnant soldiers and defeated generals has reached that level......'

During this period, how many soldiers died because of the mere 'game' of the Absolute One?

The quantity is simply immeasurable.

I can understand the feelings of the rulers who raise the banner of rebellion against their masters for them.

The Shadow King who disappeared before the eyes of the ruler appeared again before the kings.

The Shadow King and the Beast King.

Although the kings had anticipated the armed conflict between the two kings and held a sense of tension for them, under the mediation of the Dragon King, the worrying things did not happen.

"Now is the time to replenish the declining combat power. I know the situation of the two people, but I will never allow fighting."

The Dragon King gladly accepted the return of the Shadow King.

Seeing the dragon king moving in human form, Seong Jin-Woo swallowed.

Although he knew that the existence in front of him was just the appearance left in the memory of the Shadow King.

' But this is the king of light dragons, the king of destruction......'

Just the terrifying power conveyed from the eyes is enough to make people tremble.

The kings who hid in the dimensional gap avoided the sight of the rulers, and looked for a world where they could cultivate new legions.

Countless images of the universe and planets flashed before Seong Jin-Woo's eyes.

Then, the image stopped on a planet.

Cheng Jin-Woo unconsciously let out an admiration.

"what......"

In the dark universe, that blue planet exudes beautiful brilliance alone.

is the earth.

After a long time of hard work, the kings successfully opened the passage to the planets of other dimensions, that is, the earth, from the gap in the dimension.

With the appearance of unprecedented enemies, human beings cannot avoid annihilation.

Seong Jin-Woo looked at the city that had been reduced to ashes like 'Every floor of the Castlevania dungeon can be seen, and his face gradually became stiff.

"Is this something that will happen in the future?"

"This is what it used to be."

Facing the completely unexpected answer, Cheng Jin-Woo's eyeballs shook.

The scare is also temporary.

The Shadow King continued to explain calmly.

"Although the rulers issued military orders after realizing what the kings were doing, that was after everything was over."

If the goal of the kings is to destroy, then the goal of the rulers is to maintain the world.

The Dominators are enraged to see the rogues they let loose destroy other worlds.

Then, to right the wrong, they used the ever-forbidden, divine tools.

Long before launching the rebellion, they secretly stole the God's item, the Cup of Reincarnation, from God's warehouse.

It is a rare item that can turn back time by about ten years.

'TEN YEARS!'

Cheng Jin-Woo's eyes widened suddenly.

It happens to be the same timing as when the portal was formed and hunters began to appear. Could this be a coincidence?

"You are right."

The Dominators do everything they can to save the other world, but Earth is too weak for a war with the Kings.

The earth without magic power cannot bear this grand war.

rulers and kings.

Whoever wins, the land suffers the same.

After several rounds of repeated struggles, the rulers made a final decision.

If you can't save everyone, let some people survive and continue to continue the lifeline of this world.

"In that case, could it be..."

"That's right. Even if the rulers can't save everyone when the war comes, they still want to protect you."

Only then did Cheng Jin-Woo come to his senses.

That's why the rulers knew that the human race would face disaster, but they didn't come into contact with the human beings, but quietly carried out their operations underwater.

'Human beings who can survive in a changing world......'

The Dominator bestows magic upon the humans, and those humans face the Hunters squarely.

If the people knew that all but the few who are now hunters are going to die...would society be able to function?

impossible.

Cheng Jin-Woo shook his head in his heart.

After a long explanation from the Shadow King, Seong Jin-Woo understood the reason why the portal and the hunters appeared.

However, he hasn't heard the explanation he most wants to know.

As if knowing Cheng Jin-Woo's heart, the Shadow King made a gesture, and the surrounding background changed drastically.

"Upper beings such as rulers or kings can feel the passage of time changed by the use of 'God's props'."

Although there is no way to fight against this passing.

The Shadow King added this.

When the rulers corrected their mistakes many times, the kings were also further adjusting their plans.

Until the tool of God can no longer exert its power.

"Wait... is the cup of reincarnation limited?"

"It has no infinite power. Just as the Absolute who created the world is removed by his own creation, all power has an end."

Because of the bitterness in his tone, Cheng Jin-Woo involuntarily turned his head to look at the Shadow King.

"Speaking of which, how did the creations kill the Creator?"

"It's the same as if you were to be harmed by a machine made with your own hands."

Yes.

Even machines made for human needs can cause harm to humans to some degree, depending on how they are used.

It is the same reason that humans are afraid of artificial intelligence made by their own hands.

"We were created to fight, and that is enough to knock down the master."

Cheng Jin-Woo nodded.

Soon, around Cheng Jin-Woo and the Shadow King, several kings that Cheng Jin-Woo was also familiar with appeared.

"Kings are inspired by the ways of rulers."

Just as they lent power to humans in order to strengthen the world, and sowed magic power in order to kill monsters, kings also decided to borrow human bodies.

After the king came to the world, the legion arrived faster than the rulers expected.

"This is a plan to turn the earth into a huge trap by using the magic power sown by the ruler."

"Because I want to wipe out the forces of the rulers who came to support humans at once..."

"" Exactly."

If kings with great power want to enter this world, they will inevitably need a body that matches this world.

So, the kings looked for suitable human containers one by one.

But because the powers of both the King of Destruction and the King of Shadows are too powerful, it is difficult to find someone whose body can bear their power.

"At this time, a very powerful mage who works under the King of the Illusory Realm suggested to me. He said that he would find a suitable candidate for me."

designer.

The sorcerer, who was called the designer by the kings, said that he would help the shadow king come to this world at the cost of making himself immortal.

The Shadow Lord, interested in the human world, accepted the suggestion.

However, no one can bear the 'power of death'.

"People with a high degree of magic sensitivity, people with an overwhelming physical advantage, and even people with superior mental power. Everyone can't bear my power. They are either crazy or dead."

No living being can be an instrument of death.

A contract with the king.

This has a different level of meaning from ordinary conventions.

The designer gradually became anxious.

It began to tremble, and while it was looking for other candidates, the Shadow King found someone.

"..."

Cheng Jin-Woo raised his head.

It feels like hundreds of monitors are showing various images of myself at the same time, and my figure appears everywhere.

"At that time, I found out. You are the closest to death at any time, but you will break away from the end with the determination to die every time."

Four years of working as a hunter.

Cheng Jin-Woo, who is also the lowest rank among the E-rank hunters, experiences the danger of the dungeon every day, but he never leaves the dungeon.

For my mother, for my sister.

For the only family left, he sacrificed himself and fought desperately.

The scenes of these four years have all remained in the memory of the Shadow King.