Player Who Returned 10,000 Years Later Chapter 231

Published at 14th of March 2023 07:37:08 AM

A huge cavity where darkness sits.

There was an urgent sound of footsteps covered in ice.

"Satan!!!"

A man in a black robe rushes into the cavity.

A giant sphere measuring over 30 metres was rattled.

The long darkness that extended from the sphere moved the body.

At the end of the darkness, a red demon mask comes to mind.

[What's going on?]

"Well, that's..."

The priest spilled the end of his words.

The pupil shakes. He picks his breath and opens his mouth.

"Communication signal... stolen."

[What?]

Satan ran out of darkness as if he could not understand.

I can't believe you took the comm signal. What does that mean?

"There is another connection to the 'Mirror of Darkness' that the Apostle Julia has now."

[Wait, then why didn't Julia send an emergency call.]

It was still hard to understand.

If the communication signal had been intercepted and the Dark Mirror had been in contact with another being, Julia would not have known.

I should have destroyed the Dark Mirror by sending or failing to contact it any other way.

"That is…."

The priest rolled his eyes as if he had no idea how to convey this message.

Within days, he told me the situation seemed to have given up his mind.

"He who calls himself Satan... appears and speaks instead."

[Again... that bastard again??]

Satan returned with a voice saying that he was going crazy.

He impersonates his own name.

He is impersonating his name and raising his work everywhere.

When I thought of the plan that had been played out because of it, I felt like my reason would fly away in anger.

[Even Julia was deceived by him?]

"Kid, we're saying something similar to what we were planning to say in the first place, so I don't think Priest Julia is aware of the situation."

[You're saying something similar to what you were planning...?]

"Yes, the plan is to drive the Guardians to the culprit who corrupted Ludwig. It's similar… to be honest, we're doing better than we planned."

[…….]

Silence flowed.

Satan's eyes trembled.

'No way.'

I had some expectations about the identity of the impersonator.

I don't want to admit it, but there was only one person who could do this in his memory.

And how he can help himself.

I don't have it.

'He's a monster.'

He's a hell of a nightmare.

A tyrant who has remained unchanged for many years since the establishment of the Seven Dukes.

No demon 'craved' like him.

A desire close to madness, obsession. The memory of the millennium war reminded me.

Satan's body trembled.

I said urgently.

[Turn the communication back this way.]

"Boo, that's impossible. Even now, the priests of Calcia are doing their best, but the magic pattern is so complicated that we can't turn the communication around."

The priest swallowed the spit and spoke.

"All I can do now is take a piece of the communication signal and listen to the video and the voice..."

[Khh. Turn that on first.]

"Yes!"

The priest manipulated the bead in front of Satan.

I saw Raphael, Julia and the angels.

And then.

[What...?]

Satan opened his eyes.

A human in the footage.

I was terrified looking at a young man with sharp eyes.

[Why did the Demon King... Wait, then who...?]

I was confused.

At that time, innumerable powers of the Demon King passed through his head.

[No way!]

Satan trembled.

The worst assumptions came to mind.

[Power of Identity….]

Satan's eyes sank deeply.

His head turned fast.

[Find it.]

"Yes…?"

[The scope for maintaining the power of identity is not wide. He's trying to create an autobiography near the Angel Fortress.]

I've been beaten a few times before.

Satan trembled in fury.

[How long do you think I'm going to be under?]

Rather, I thought it was a good opportunity.

I didn't know if the Demon King was impersonating himself as he wrote such a small number.

But it is.

'That too is the last time.'

Reveal his crookedness under the heavens.

If successful, it is possible to turn Raphael's attention towards the Demon King, not himself.

"The mask of hypocrisy he wrote. '

Peel yourself off.

And I will destroy all that he has spoken of.

I will give him the end worthy of the title of Grand Duke of Vengeance.

[Put all the troops you can!! Find traces of where the communication was tampered with! Kill him!]

The power of identity created by the power of identity is insignificant anyway.

If we can find him, it is not difficult to defeat him.

'This time.'

It's your turn.

Satan glances at the Demon King in the footage and shines a yellow pupil.

* * *

"……."

Heavy silence sat down.

Raphael opens his mouth slowly.

"Why should I believe you?"

[…….]

Satan did not answer.

After a while of silence, he said.

[It's your freedom to believe and not yours, Raphael. As long as I have the Mahjong, you and I are destined to kill each other. But….]

I spilled a grin.

He turns his head and stares somewhere.

It's where the rain stands.

[I don't like them wearing hypocritical masks to mess with my name.]

"Satan...."

The look of rain was distorted.

He turned his head to Raphael.

"Raphael. You don't believe the devil's harsh words..."

"Shut up, man."

"... You're doubting me."

Rafael's reaction is a deep sigh of rain.

"Very well. You may investigate the inside of the Hall of Protection through his Magi, as Satan says."

"Are confident."

"I know why you doubt us and how much you care about Ludwig. But we're innocent. Mr. Ludwig was corrupted by Satan's scheme."

"……."

Raphael firmly shut up.

Conflict arose in his face.

Satan's Horse and Guardians' Horse.

To be honest, neither Satan nor Guardians believed him.

"Ludwig...."

I put the name of his apostle in my mouth.

A man who devoted his faith to the light more than anyone else.

A precious apostle with outstanding talents, an unwavering will and a firm belief.

For light, it is not uncommon for a human to simply abandon even family and friends.

Losing such a faithful apostle is also painful as Raphael.

'Not necessarily as much as your revenge.'

I wanted to do it with my own hands.

Raphael looked at the rain, Kim Si-hun, and Satan with sharp eyes.

'Who is it?'

Are you lying?

It was complicated in my head.

'One way.'

I raised my body.

"I will investigate the truth through your magic."

[Good choice.]

Raphael moves slowly.

Julia smiles bitterly and raises her hands.

In her hand was the crystal of Magi, which Satan had made beforehand.

Kim Si-hun, who was watching him, said in a loud voice.

"Brother... are you okay? If Satan pushed his hand into the Hall of Protection, we..."

Kim Si-hun said with a worrying expression.

It was clear that the Guardians did not corrupt Ludwig.

When Ludwig's communication came, all the members of the Guardians gathered.

But when I saw Satan trying to cheat so boldly, I didn't think there was anything planned.

"This is all I've done for Ludwig..."

Kim Si-hoon muttered as if he was blaming himself.

When Ludwig was corrupted.

If you hadn't killed him yourself.

If I had defeated him somehow.

There would have been no reason for such unfair suspicion.

'If you do this and play with Satan's lies again.'

I couldn't seem to wash away the guilt that lay in my heart.

"Don't worry, Sihun."

Rain hit his shoulder.

He bites his lips and speaks in a strong voice.

"No matter how much they try to tell the truth,"

Will the sun be covered with palms?

Don't you see the burning lights are dark?

Rain empowered Kim Shi Hoon's shoulders.

"Truth does not go out."

Orot is just Tao.

* * *

[... what is it?]

Satan, who was watching the video, muttered with an incomprehensible expression.

[Why on earth?]

He never corrupted Ludwig.

The Demon Church has never touched him, so the one who corrupted him must be the Demon King.

By the way.

'Why...?'

How can you be so brave?

If you trace the magic of your magic, the angels will find out that there is no magic in the Hall of Protection.

Then it's the Guardians who drive us to the culprit.

As he wished, they will be executed by Rafael himself.

'There's no way he doesn't know that.'

It was complicated in my head.

An ominous feeling spread.

Satan cried out in haste.

[Find him quickly!!]

I had to stop him before he did anything.

"Satan..."

[Hurry!!]

"That's..."

A priest in a black robe trembles.

[... What's going on?]

"G, we have a report now. They've traced the communications back to the top, where they're manipulating the magic."

[Then quickly defeat the demon and turn the communication this way.]

"That is…."

He looks pale and trembles as if he doesn't understand the situation.

"Wealth, identity is invisible."

[Are you just shooting footage from another place...?]

Satan's expression was distorted.

[It doesn't matter.]

It was a pity that I could not find a location with identity, but this was enough for once.

Now, the Demon King is stealing the magic that should originally lead from the middle through some kind of broker.

If you can find the place where you're manipulating that communication.

[Destroy it and cut off communication with the Dark Mirror itself.]

Physical destruction allowed us to solve the problem.

In other words, you can't stop hacking with software, so you destroy the hardware that is leading the hack.

No matter how skillful the device is, if you physically destroy it, you will not be able to perform its function.

"That's it, that's it."

The priest opened his mouth in an embarrassing voice.

"In the first place… Sat, there is no communication."

[... what? What are you talking about?]

"Now, that video from the Dark Mirror..."

Gulp.

I swallowed a spit.

"This is a recorded video."

Chapter end