The King of the Battlefield

Chapter 236: Dantalian (1)

Translator: Subak

Editor: DearestKafka

What was he going to give him?

“An equal destruction.”

Muyoung answered briefly. He didn’t need more than that.

This was merely a prediction but Dantalian wasn’t that well perceived compared to the other demon gods. You can see that just by looking at how the demon kings call him as a ‘cornerstone’.

An outstanding being even among demon gods.

He acted alone and lived alone.

Muyoung had never heard his name in the past even among demon gods.

It meant that Dantalian was the only one to get excluded when the demon gods were purging the opposition party.

That was the reason Dantalian wouldn’t have good feelings towards them.

And so Muyoung offered their destruction.

In an equal way. He would annihilate all demon gods regardless of them being of the opposition party or not.

But of course, Dantalian would also be included in that list but he didn’t say that out loud.

“Destruction? Are you saying that you will be the one to destroy all demon gods?”

Swooooosh-

It was at that moment.

The world stopped.

The countless elves, Bae Sungmin and all the living beings outside the barrier.

But it wasn’t that the world had really stopped.

This…was an ignition of a divinity.

He had clone a world that was the same as the real one.

It seemed like Dantalian’s ‘lie’ also manifested in this place.

It was clear that it was the first time Muyoung saw a demon god.

He had seen demon gods massacring humans several times and seen how the great magician Merlin fought with three demon gods but simply having seen that and facing it directly gave a really different pressure.

‘However…’

Muyoung raised his head.

It was different from the past. The past that he could only watch.

What did he get strong for? The reason he ran without stopping.

It was to prepare for situations like this one.

To protect himself from the threat of a demon god and rescue humanity!

He spread his six pairs of wings.

And then, heat started to flow a little bit in the world of lies.

If that man could recreate a world with his lies then Muyoung a wielder of a special divinity that was able to leave heat in that world made through lies.

A fire that purified Gabriel, Luciferre and everything else!

“The destruction of the demon gods is the same as the destruction of the world. An absolute rule that can’t be done and can’t be undone! Are you saying that you are going to break that rule?”

“If Solomon did, then I can.”

Solomon had broken the rule to not destroy the world.

He had pushed in people in this world, made them compete with each other and kill each other and became enemies with the demon gods that were beings you couldn’t resist against.

Rules?

He told them to give that to the dogs.

Muyoung was an irregular. A special being. Someone that wasn’t held by rules!

If someone wanted to restrain Muyoung with rules, then Muyoung would break that tie and make the one trying to restrain him suffer eternally.

On top of that… Dantalian didn’t only speak the truth.

He vaguely mixed lies inside the truth.

That meant that there may be some lies mixed between the words Dantalian said.

Dantalian laughed the moment the name of Solomon came out from Muyoung’s mouth.

“Hahaha! He couldn’t even get close to the proper truth but broke the rules! He’s really foolish. Solomon didn’t destroy the world but saved it. The ’ark’ that was meant for humanity to live in was also made by Solomon and he also spread power to resist the demon god in various parts of the world. But you are saying that you want to break that rule.”

Muyoung didn’t express it but he could only frown inwardly.

For Solomon to have saved the world.

That world shouldn’t be the Underworld. He must be talking about Earth.

But when Muyoung combined the stories he heard and the images he saw, then the one that lead Earth to destruction was Solomon.

The small lights of hope that were in the Underworld?

Well… Perhaps he may have wanted to atone for his sins at the end.

Or he just planted those because they just weren’t a match at all.

‘An ark.’

Humanity’s hope. The machines that rescued Muyoung from the deep swamp.

He thought about why those things were in the Underworld.

How they could pass to the Underworld.

If Solomon had really wanted to plant hope, then he would have rather gone to space.

They crash landed in the Underworld… He could only think of it in that way. By someone’s influence.

And there was a high probability that that someone was also Solomon.

He hadn’t made the ark but made that ark fall to the Underworld.

“That’s a lie.”

Muyoung spoke but Dantalian didn’t even react.

He didn’t get angry saying that it wasn’t a lie but didn’t even try to convince Muyoung.

That’s why it became harder to grasp if he was telling the truth or lie.

It seemed like Muyoung’s ability to see through lies couldn’t completely handle a demon god that was solely born to make lies.

But one certain thing was that Muyoung would be getting something precious taken from him.

“The Underworld is merely a part of the world. If the walls of the Blue Temple gets destroyed, humans will be able to return to Earth. You couldn’t even realize something that small and always say that you want to break the rules. That’s really funny.”

A lie.

But of course, a rumour like that used to spread in the past.

But in the end the conclusion was that ‘that wasn’t possible’.

It was because the demon gods had broken that wall. The demon gods, that were trying to exterminate the human race, had destroyed the walls of the Blue Temple and killed Merlin. This was an undeniable fact. Muyoung could be sure of it as he returned to the past once.

“How long do you plan on lying?”

“I am the embodiment of lies but everything I said until now is the truth. You possess a quite fine divinity, but you won’t be able to resist against the demon gods when you haven’t approached the truth.”

At this point even Muyoung got confused.

Dantalian was speaking. Get closer to the truth. That he would tell him the truth then.

But those words by itself could be lies.

Was that a lie or the truth?

The other certain thing was that Muyoung didn’t know about Solomon as much as Dantalian.

Dantalian continued speaking.

“I know everything. I coveted the bodies of hundreds of people and obtained the largest fountain of knowledge. I even lived in the place you call as ‘Earth’ and the time I spent as a human is also long.”

“Weren’t demon gods sealed by Lemegeton?”

“I don’t have a specific body. That was the privilege given only to me. That is also the reason the other demon gods keep their distance from me. Fear towards someone that knows a lot more and has experienced a lot more. And so they gave me the stigma of the ‘incarnation of lies’.”

That was quite plausible.

Dantalian’s words had the power to convince others.

Muyoung’s power to ‘sympathize’ didn’t find any strange points either.

Muyoung didn’t think that he only told lies but it wasn’t easy to distinguish what was a lie and what wasn’t.

“The condition to destroy demon gods? I know all of their conditions. Do you want to know them? Do you want to get close to the truth?”

Muyoung smirked.

Certainly, Dantalian was quite hard to deal with. Even if Muyoung killed him here, he wouldn’t actually die as he didn’t have a determined body. His plan to turn him into an undead also fell apart.

And he needed the ‘condition’ to kill him. He had to hold that condition and threaten him to get the upper hand.

“What do I have to give you if I want to know?”

“Didn’t you say that you will give them an equal destruction? I’m talking about the ones that gave me a bad name and destroyed the world with Solomon.”

Muyoung nodded.

“I promise you. That I will bring you their destruction.”

“Fine. I will engrave their ‘condition’s in your soul.”

And then, the world started to spin again.

Tik Tok.

The clock ticked and they returned to the battlefield.

Muyoung checked his surroundings.

He had learned about the ‘conditions’. It wasn’t that he found out about all of them, but he would certainly become a threat with those numbers of conditions.

“Master, are you okay?”

Bae Sungmin nodded.

Muyoung nodded and pulled out Anguish.

“Massacre all the dark elves. Don’t let his soul settle in another body!”

It was a battle only in name and it was closer to a massacre.

Muyoung dispelled the barrier and proceeded with a merciless massacre by mobilizing all his forces.

The city of the dark elves got dyed with blood without discriminating from men with women.

“This…this isn’t right. This is too cruel.”

The high elf Ain said.

Muyoung shrugged his shoulders.

“Can’t do anything about it. If Dantalian moved to another body then it would become impossible to catch him at all.”

“Was there no other method? Did you have to kill all of them?”

“That’s right.”

Muyoung confirmed that.

And he didn’t listen to other opinions.

He proceeded with things faster than before.

“Prepare yourselves. We will go meet Gremory.”

Now that he learned about the conditions, there was no need to delay anymore.

Muyoung then burned down the entire city with his flames.

As if he didn’t even want to leave behind a corpse.

So that the soul wouldn’t be able to move to another body.

Muyoung originally prioritized efficiency.

He did become more laid back after obtaining a divinity but now that he obtained the information he was rushing forward as a mad bull.

Nothing had changed greatly and only his coldness from before had returned.

But there was still a bit of uncomfortability. Muyoung was the one they had to believe in and follow but it seemed like there was something bothering them.

“Pa…”

First, Snow didn’t try to approach Muyoung. If it was like before, it wouldn’t have been weird if he went to Muyoung everyday to get carried in piggyback, but they were keeping their distance and watching from afar since Muyoung massacred all the dark elves.

The others also felt that way but didn’t say it out loud.

The only one to state the things like they were was Azul.

“Perhaps Dantalian may have taken control of his body. But don’t worry. He may be Dantalian but is also Muyoung at the same time. Dantalian carries out the role of the body he took control of with the utmost integrity so you will be able to accomplish your objective and settle your old grudges.”

The possibility of Dantalian having taken control of Muyoung’s body!

Azul put a satisfacatory expression but the others couldn’t accept that easily.

Having that possibility in by itself was being disloyal.

The reason they were following Muyoung wasn’t because they were hoping for Muyoung to settle their grudges.

They were following him just because he was Muyoung.

“Don’t you have a way to confirm that?”

Tacan asked.

And Azul laughed.

“Kill him. The one that kills him will know if he was real or a fake.”

Everyone fell silent.

There was no one that could do that.

Bae Sungmin turned his head completely.

The sure thing was that Muyoung didn’t look that different outwardly and only, the ones that were ‘connected’ to him felt a bit uncomfortable.

Perhaps that may not be something strange. Maybe he really was Muyoung and they were feeling that way because they went through an accident after meeting Dantalian.

But…at the same time they weren’t able to hide their anxiousness.

Could Dantalian really have taken over Muyoung’s body?

That doubt was enough to make everyone a bit anxious.

But they also couldn’t believe in Azul’s words either.

He was someone that worked and was under Dantalian, the incarnation of lies. He was being oppressed thank to Muyoung.

They needed to clear out if that was a truth or lie.