Chapter 365
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 365
Chapter Title: 72nd Demon Realm
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The one who ruled the Demon Realm was a lord named Kranus.
A Transcendent with the face of a deer and a body resembling a human.
And that Kranus was now facing a crisis.
Damn it How in the world
If you dont give me the answers I want, you die?
The blade touched Kranuss neck.
His skin tore, and blood beaded up.
This madman!
To be wounded by a mere human.
It wasnt even an attackjust the blade pressed to his neck.
Yet the lords skin had ripped as easily as that of some fragile creature.
What the hell is this guy?
The demons waiting outside had all been annihilated.
The Demon Kings were rushing to the castle with their demons, but hed lose his life before they arrived.
Pl-please! Ill talk! Just get that sword away!
If you try anything funny, Ill cut you down on the spot?
Only then did the human withdraw his sword.
His rigid body, frozen in place, regained its freedom.
Kranus exhaled ragged breaths and wiped the sweat-drenched face with his sleeve.
Hand over the information.
Before that, can I ask one question?
No. Dont.
Kranus clamped his mouth shut.
This fool, I can hear your brain grinding from here.
Tenebris looked at Kranus with pity.
If he couldnt control his expressions like that, his neck wouldnt stay intact.
Then let me rephrase the question?
At the words about rephrasing, Kranuss face brightened.
What is it? Ill answer anything I can!
Anything would be better than the first question.
Tell me everything about the lord you serve.
Information about his lord?
That was no different from betraying him.
Thats why he couldnt answer even with a blade to his throat.
Fine. Ask something else, and Ill tell you everything.
The first question had been too heavy.
Confident now, Kranus felt he could answer any question that came.
Tell me everything about the Demon Realm ruled by your lord.
You mean the Demon Realm our lord rules?
Yeah. You know it, right?
Of course he knew.
Hed faced that damned face every time his lord summoned the lords.
Hed barely suppressed the urge to tear it apart each time.
If you dont want to answer oh well.
Jeong Hoon once again aimed Titan at Kranuss neck.
Thick killing intent rose, pressing down on Kranus again.
Urk I-Ill answer!
Kranus said with difficulty.
Answer honestly.
But Jeong Hoon had no intention of withdrawing his killing intent.
As Tenebris said, he could clearly hear the guys brain grinding.
The fool was desperately trying to weasel out of this, so Jeong Hoon would make him feel it in his bones how futile that was.
Th-thats
The guy kept stammering, rolling his eyes to the end.
Slash.
Jeong Hoon mercilessly severed his neck.
With a chilling sound, Kranuss head hit the ground.
Using Absorbing Star Great Law.
Acquiring experience.
All stats increase.
Afterward, he used Absorbing Star Great Law to raise his level and stats.
Hmm, nothing worth taking separately.
Since becoming the Dimensions Lord, slaying lower-realm beings no longer granted extra rewards.
Not that he minded.
Instead, he could now freely plunder their items.
Jeong Hoon opened Kranuss inventory.
It was filled with countless items.
Transfer all of this.
All items have been sent to your inventory.
No need to sorthe moved everything over.
He could sort later, after finishing up.
What a shame. The guy we couldve interrogated just dropped dead.
No, sir. Kranus here wouldve twisted words and stalled for time no matter what.
How are you so sure?
Im a lord like him, after all
Tsk, I didnt like that sneaky face, and turns out youre the same type.
Thats too much! I just know because Im the same kind of lord!
Same difference.
Then does that mean you, Tenebris, are the same as the other gods Gah!
At Tenebriss demonic expression, Baal hurriedly shut his mouth.
You must really wanna die!
Just as Tenebris lunged at Baal.
Quiet down.
Jeong Hoon intervened, defusing the situation.
Y-you, count yourself lucky.
Ill be careful next time.
Baal, whod tried a bit of defiance, shrank back again.
We can get the info from the ones coming now.
Jeong Hoon had mediated because the Demon Kings had arrived at the castle.
The Demon Kings would know too.
That the signal from their lord, Kranus, had been cut off.
Then lets wrap this up quick.
Demon King Pers was utterly confused by the scene before him.
Assemble all forces and come to the castle immediately! No time!
Just 20 minutes ago, hed gotten an emergency summons from his lord.
Pers had gathered his forces in 10 minutes and rushed to the castle at full speed.
Along the way, he learned an intruder had entered the Demon Realm, targeting the lord and heading for the castle.
An intruder in the Demon Realm?
Pers was dumbfounded upon hearing the report.
No demon noticed the intruder until it reached the castle gates?
Did that even make sense?
The portal connected to the human world was at the western edge.
The lords castle was in the center.
That distance, and not a single demon had encountered it?
By the time his thoughts reached that point, Pers arrived at the castle.
Simultaneously, the signal from his lord cut off.
Danger!
His lords signal severed?
Had something happened to him?
Unease crept up.
Pers hurriedly led his forces into the castle.
The result: total annihilation.
As they entered, the lead demons screamed and fell, followed by the demons attending Pers, then the rear guardsall dropped in an instant, turning into cold corpses.
Only Pers remained.
Choose.
The one whod wiped out all those forces was none other than a human.
Am I terrified of a mere creature like this!
His pride was deeply wounded, but the fear consuming his body left him unable to move a finger.
Would you rather die, then?
The human raised his sword.
Th-this was it; hed really die.
Pers squeezed out every ounce of strength and opened his mouth.
Ill talk!
Slick
A stinging pain prickled his neck.
The humans sword had already touched it, blood trickling from the point of contact.
Pers panicked.
One secondno, 0.1 second later, and this head wouldve hit the ground.
I hear your brain grinding. Ill cut you down without mercy. Your lord went the same way, so dont try any tricks.
Gulp.
G-got it.
Feeling the gap in skill to his bones, Pers spilled everything.
Info on the 72nd Demon Realm, and the 71st, 73rd, 74th, 75thall of it.
Down to who the lords of those realms were, just like Kranus.
Hmm, thats all of it?
Of course! I swear on my neck!
What about the one ruling above?
I dont really know that Ive never even seen them.
The one ruling the 71st to 75th Demon Realms.
A Transcendent called Jin of Jecheon.
Jin, huh Who the hell is that?
I dont know either.
Tenebris and Baal seemed clueless too.
Jeong Hoon even asked Thanatos, who was manifesting on Earth, but Thanatossealed long agoonly repeated that he didnt know.
Tch, guess Ill have to find out myself.
Hed thought info would make it easier, but no one was helpful.
Th-then youll let me live?
Hed slain all Demon Kings except Pers.
With the lords seat vacant, Pers had suddenly become the top power in the Demon Realm.
No.
Wh-what?
I told you to choose. Spill all info, or die.
I-I gave you everything I know!
Pers cried out, face pale.
But Jeong Hoon smirked and pressed the sword to his neck.
I said all info, didnt I?
That included info on Jecheons Jin.
Pl-please spare me, and Ill find out somehow!
Perss words didnt continue.
Because Jeong Hoon slit his throat.
Lets go.
Jeong Hoon shook the blood off his sword and turned.
Hmm, was killing him necessary? Wouldnt it have been better to keep him in place and use him?
Baal glanced regretfully at Perss cold corpse.
Why trust trash like this?
We couldve bound him with restrictions?
Why bother?
Jeong Hoons goal was Jecheon, who controlled this Demon Realm.
If useful along the way, hed bind them, but this one wasnt.
You what are you?
No need to use themtheyd come rolling in on their own.
Jeong Hoon turned, meeting his gaze.
Thats Jin.
He knew without checking.
An aura worlds apart from the rabble.
Jeong Hoon put away Titan and drew the divine relic hed acquired from Escannon.
When Escannon used it, it was sword-shaped; now in Jeong Hoons hand, it was a single orb.
Form of Nothingness
Unlike the Remnant of the Void or the Book of Heavenly Retribution, no trial was needed.
Qualification requirements met.
Becoming the Dimensions Lord had granted a free pass on trials.
The orb glowed briefly and sank into Mukho.
Escannon wielded the relic as a sword; Jeong Hoon, as All Master, fused it into desired gear, upgrading performance while drawing out the relics power.
Mukho showed no reaction.
One change since becoming Dimensions Lord: he could no longer see Anima or Mukhos souls.
Communication, once possible, was also dead.
Feels empty.
Normally, the thing wouldve rejoiced at the fusion.
Jeong Hoon fiddled with his chest and glared at Jin.
A divine relic? You youre one of us?
Wariness thickened in Jins eyes.
One of us Could be, or not.
Halfway there?
Jeong Hoons eyes widened slightly.
Sharp one.
Right answer. Smarter than I thought.
I dont know how you managed it, but you picked the wrong opponent.
Yeah? Feels like I picked right.
Well see how long that confidence lasts.
Jin smirked and pulled out a candlestick.
That was his divine relic.
Finish quick. If a Named notices, itll be a headache.
The Demon Realm was wrecked.
All its senses focused on Earth, so it wouldnt notice yet, but time would reach Logoss eyes and ears.
Hurry.