“I already knew that those idiots had a plan and weaseled their way into those around me,” said the Demon King, laughing as he held Lee Jun-Kyeong by the collar. “It’s laughable. To think they wanted to stop me…”0

The corners of his mouth twitched even more. Even with his face melted off, the corners of his mouth were visible, curling up. There were even strangely fluttering balls of light that served as eyes.0

“To think I would help the humans.”0

It was at this moment that Lee Jun-Kyeong was certain.0

‘The Demon King I thought I knew…’0

The Demon King that he had read about in the book. The Demon King he had once admired.0

‘...doesn’t exist.’0

Now, there was only the Demon King, who had truly become a monster. Lee Jun-Kyeong closed his eyes tightly.0

Cough, cough.0

His entire body ached as if he had needles piercing him all over. It was a side effect of driving all of his powers of the source at once. He had no other choice, as he had been in a situation where even pouring all of his powers of the source into the binding hadn’t been enough. He had been forced to drive all of his mana into it as well without any ability to save some aside for his physical condition.0

His body couldn’t bear what he had done.0

Crack.0

His fingers had slowly begun to regain feeling. However, that was the extent of his recovery.0

“You really are impressive,” the Demon King...0