Book 1 Chapter 954

954.

Leo headed for the entrance of Guardsron.

Lunia and Elena followed behind Leo.

"Is this really enough with this number of people?"

Elena asked with a puzzled look.

They were on their way to stop the enormous number of demons from the Age of Calamity.

Yet, including Luna, there were only four people.

Leo chuckled at Elena's words.

"Who do you think we are?"

It might have sounded arrogant.

But Leo was someone who had the right to say such things.

'Why is this guy so unnecessarily cool?'

Elena clutched her head and sighed deeply.

Then, she glanced sideways.

Lunia was staring intently at Leo's back.

This elf with a fiery personality also felt the same emotions as herself…

"Stop posing and explain properly."

Lunia grabbed Leo's nape and shook him violently.

"Why aren't you revealing your identity to Luna! What did you do to Luna!"

Lunia, with her eyes narrowed, shouted aggressively.

Thanks to Lunia's nagging, Leo's body swayed back and forth.

"I made Luna and Lisinas fight."

"Ah. No wonder. You can't reveal your identity because you're afraid of retaliation, can you?"

Elena smiled faintly as if she understood.

Lunia pouted her lips and looked at Leo.

Then she scoffed.

"I'm going to tell Luna everything! And Lisinas too!"

"There, there. Be a good girl."

"Don't treat me like a child!"

"Shhh."

Leo brought his index finger to Lunia's lips.

Lunia's face turned bright red at the sudden intimacy.

"Wh-what are you doing!"

Seeing Lunia hastily retreat and wipe her lips, Leo said,

"It's not just for that reason that I'm not revealing my identity."

"Then what other reason is there?"

Elena asked, crossing her arms.

"I don't want to tell them the outcome."

"……"

"Because those two are different from Dwe'no."

During the Age of Calamity.

Leo believed it was impossible to save the world.

It was in contrast to the other great heroes who believed the world could be saved.

However, everyone else had different perspectives in detail.

Lisinas and Luna, and Aron, believed without a doubt that they would win without losing anyone.

This was because they didn't want to imagine a future where even one person was lost.

Conversely, Dwe'no thought someone might die.

He believed that the future could not be won without sacrifice.

That's why Dwe'no remained unshaken even after hearing that everyone except Kyle had died.

"But Lisinas and Luna are different."

If they were told that they had no place in the brilliant future that unfolded after the subjugation of Ereboz.

They would surely be shocked.

They wouldn't collapse from the shock.

But it was evident that they would feel great sadness.

Furthermore, they would be even sadder if they heard that Leo had reincarnated alone in the future.

And when they saw the reincarnated him standing before them.

Leo couldn't even imagine what Lisinas and Luna would feel.

Elena and Lunia fell silent upon hearing Leo's words.

"I… I told Lisinas about you."

"I didn't tell him I was Kyle, did I?"

"Yes… He said he had no face to meet you because of a promise."

"……"

Leo smiled bitterly.

Lisinas would have predicted the future after hearing the stories of those who came from the future.

'At least I want them to feel hope that the world was saved.'

He didn't want to see them saddened by his lonely struggle.

Watching Leo's lonely back, Elena softly twirled the ends of her hair with her finger.

"Ah, right. He seems rough, but he's genuinely kind. That's why he charms this woman and that woman."

Elena, who had been grumbling, sighed deeply.

Lunia bit her lip.

Come to think of it, Leo himself would want to reveal his identity the most.

For him, the great heroes would be more precious than anything.

He clearly wanted to open up and share stories with them.

"I'm sorry…"

Lunia apologized, avoiding Leo's gaze, and Leo patted her head.

"It's okay."

"……"

"It's also true that I don't want to get hit."

"Give me back my emotional moment! My emotional moment!"

Lunia grabbed Leo and shook him vigorously.

In the meantime, the party arrived at the entrance of Guardsron.

Luna, who was waiting at the entrance, widened her eyes when she saw Lunia.

"An elf?"

"It's an honor to meet you, Luna. My name is Lunia El Lundar."

Lunia greeted Luna respectfully.

Meeting Luna again made her heart flutter.

At the same time, she felt a pang of bitterness seeing Luna not remembering her.

'She said the memories aren't passed down because it's not Luna's world?'

She felt a needless ache remembering Luna who had once acknowledged her as her successor.

"Did you learn the magic of stars?"

"Yes? Ah, yes."

"My magic has been passed down to future generations!"

Luna's eyes sparkled.

'Luna's passion for magic is unchanged no matter the era.'

Lunia smiled faintly, seeing Luna unchanged from her memories, even though Luna didn't remember her.

"You know."

"Yes!"

"Can I dissect you?"

"Yes!"

Lunia, who had answered without thinking, suddenly asked urgently.

"What did you say?"

"Dissection. Don't worry. I'll sew you up without leaving any scars."

"Le, Leo! Help me!"

"Heeheehee! I can't!"

Lunia hastily tried to hide behind Leo, but Luna laughed and grabbed Lunia.

"We'll do the dissection later."

"Hey!"

"Defeating the demons of Tartarus is the priority."

"Right. That's true."

Luna, who released Lunia, nodded and placed her hands on her hips.

"Then, shall we depart?"

Luna smiled brightly.

The lighthearted and eccentric demeanor from just moments ago was nowhere to be seen.

Her eyes held a deep killing intent.

Lunia and Elena shivered at Luna's sudden change in atmosphere.

***

Clomp- Clomp- Clomp-

The monsters were marching in formation.

The large-scale movement of monsters.

What should have been chaos was like watching trained soldiers.

"Hehehe. That refugee city is finally finished."

"What a shame. If I had gone there, I could have eaten fresh meat to my heart's content."

"Why do you only think about eating like a pig? We can make a lot of corpses. That will be our army."

The various demons all believed in the destruction of Reisar without question.

"By the way, I hope there won't be any problems at Guardsron."

"What kind of problems would there be?"

"Did you forget? There are those monsters in Guardsron."

At those words, the atmosphere among the demons turned frosty.

Monsters.

It was the term the Tartarus demons used to refer to the great heroes.

Heroes who had slaughtered countless demons, almost to the point of massacre.

When they first heard their words about saving the world, the demons scoffed.

The world had already tilted.

It was merely holding on precariously.

The world's destruction was a foregone conclusion.

The inhabitants of the surface had given up hope long ago.

A world filled only with sighs and fear.

The world the demons yearned for.

In such a situation, fighting against Tartarus while talking about saving the world was utterly ridiculous.

However, the legion commanders were being subdued one by one, and recently, even the advance of Giant King Gi'as was blocked.

Their belief that the world would be destroyed remained unchanged.

However, a sense of fear of dying without witnessing the world's destruction spread among the demons.

Death was not fear.

Destruction was the instinct of demons.

Just as Ereboz, who created the demons, desired the world's destruction.

They too yearned for the sight of a world turning to ashes.

But dying without seeing that sight was terrifying.

"With such an enormous number of monsters, what are you worried about?"

Then one demon scoffed.

"Guardsron suffered great damage by the Giant King. If this many demons and monsters attack in such a situation, they'll be struggling to defend themselves."

At those words, the anxiety among the demons disappeared.

"It might even be a good thing."

A smile filled with pleasure appeared on the demon's face.

"In this chaotic situation, maybe we can take care of one of them?"

At those words, greed flickered in the demons' eyes.

"I want the elf's corpse!"

"It's been a long time since I tasted dragon meat."

A sinister gleam appeared on the faces of the Tartarus demons.

It was still a time when the great heroes were establishing their terror in Tartarus.

In other words, they hadn't yet been ingrained as an absolute terror.

The demons indulged in their imaginations.

They recalled the images of their prey they had trampled on.

Those who screamed, plunged into fear and panic.

Things that were merely prey to the demons.

They were the ones doing the hunting, as always.

The demons were convinced of this.

"I heard there's one hero among them who survives."

"Ah. I've also heard rumors about that human. They say he always returns alive, no matter the situation?"

"I wonder how long that luck will last."

"It will be soon. They say he always appears on the front lines. Someone like that won't last long."

"I thought he wouldn't last long either."

Amidst the demons' conversation, a calm voice was heard.

"He ends up surviving until the very end."

*Thwack-!*

Leo plunged his sword into the face of the demon who had scoffed that he wouldn't last long.

The demons' minds froze at the sudden turn of events.

In the meantime, Leo twisted his wrist.

*Thwack-!*

*Whoosh-!*

A scream erupted with flames.

"Kaaaaaaahhhh!"

Only the lower part of his nose remained, allowing him to scream.

The demon writhing in pain soon turned to ashes and disappeared.

Leo, appearing amidst thousands of demons, moved at an invisible speed with a red glare.

"Wh-what!"

"Human?!"

Exclamations of shock emerged from among the demons.

*Screeeech-!*

A gray flash scattered, and he began to slaughter the demons.

"Kiiiiiiiaaaaaah!"

"Aaaah!"

Fear erupted among the demons.

One of the high-ranking demons leading the demons shouted.

"The enemy is alone! Don't panic! He's just prey! A rat in a trap!"

"He looks lively! I'll eat him up!"

A giant loudly exclaimed with triumph.

Leo flew towards the giant's face.

"Do you want to eat?"

"What?!"

The giant's face, meeting Leo's gaze with an expressionless face, froze for a moment.

Leo, without hesitation, charged towards the giant's mouth.

"Then eat to your heart's content."

*Crunch! Gagagagagagag!*

Leo, from his mouth to his throat, and then from his intestines to his groin.

He pierced through and landed on the ground.

It wasn't just a simple piercing.

As he pierced through, he unleashed a ghastly slash, shredding the giant into pieces of meat beyond recognition.

*Drip- drip- drip- Clang- Clang-!*

Blood and flesh rained down like rain.

Leo, who had landed on the ground, got up.

He rested his sword on his shoulder with a slightly crooked expression.

The high-ranking demon who had shouted that Leo was a rat in a trap froze, his face stiffening as he met Leo's red eyes.

"Strangely, they think that way."

Leo curled the corners of his mouth.

"You are the hunters and the bringers of fear."

Leo let his sword hang down.

"That's why you played with countless people and killed them cruelly."

*Thump- Thump-*

Leo walked through thousands of demons.

For some reason, all the demons felt a sense of dread.

He was just a single human.

However, his momentum overwhelmed thousands of demons.

Demons without legion commanders were merely a disorganized mob.

But even so, it was strange to be overwhelmed by a single person.

"So, I decided to do the same as you."

Slaughter and trample demons.

More cruelly than anyone else.

Thus, the surviving hero Kyle was imprinted as the most terrifying existence to the demons.

"Only then did they realize their place? Only then did they realize they could also be hunted."

Leo smiled chillingly.

"So, who wants to die first?"

"Eek! Don't just stand there, kill this guy…"

*Thwack-!*

Leo severed the high-ranking demon's head.

Of course, demons wouldn't die from such an attack.

That was fortunate for Leo and unfortunate for the demons.

'Because I can make them die painfully.'

His sword flashed, painfully slashing the demon.

'It's been a while.'

A mad smile appeared on Leo's face.

'Slaughtering demons too.'