Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 192

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Part 2, Chapter 59

‘But how?’

From the first Hero to the 7th Hero, Adam.

A total of seven Heroes challenged the Demon King. And after many fierce battles, they finally killed the Demon King, but the Demon King came back to life as if mocking them.

Aphene does not die by ordinary methods.

‘Think. A way to kill the immortal Demon King…’

Iberis organized her memories once again to calm her anxious heart.

The memories shown by the First Saintess.

And the traces of the Demon King that flashed by…

‘Certainly in the Saintess’s memory, the Demon King separated his own heart.’

Aphene put his heart in a small box and hid it.

Even if his body dies, as long as his heart remains intact, the Demon King continues to resurrect.

Even if the body is destroyed, the Demon King’s complete power originates from his heart.

‘…I need to eliminate the Demon King’s core to end everything!’

The Emperor, sacrifices, early resurrection.

However, the Demon King’s ordinary resurrection does not require sacrifices.

The reason Aphene hasn’t moved until now is because he couldn’t regain his complete power with his core.

There’s no way the Demon King wouldn’t know the location of his own core, so why couldn’t he find it?

Even though it was hidden in a place only the Demon King knew, if he couldn’t find it, someone must have taken it.

Or someone moved it without knowing it was the Demon King’s core.

Even Adam didn’t notice the Demon King who couldn’t properly resurrect.

If that were the case, it would be relatively easy to move around, so there was no reason to hesitate and waste time.

“Was it in a place the Demon King couldn’t go…?”

Iberis muttered quietly.

At that moment, she recalled how Abracxas would subtly change the subject whenever the underground was mentioned.

The Hero in the Demon King’s Castle.

If that were the case, the Demon King naturally couldn’t return to the Demon King’s Castle to find his core.

‘That’s why he was lurking around Adam…!’

Iberis sprang up from her seat.

Skillfully mounting her horse, Iberis immediately grasped the reins.

Her destination was the Demon King’s Castle.

* * *

Sliding down from her horse, Iberis quickly entered the Demon King’s Castle.

‘If it’s a place to hide a box, it would probably be…’

Something like an underground room.

Lying flat, Iberis tapped the floor with her fist.

Thud-

When she tapped one spot, a different sound was heard than before.

Iberis hurriedly examined the floor.

It was when her groping hands touched a certain point.

With a click, stairs leading to an underground room appeared.

‘Could this be it?’

The unknown space revealed before her eyes was certainly suitable for hiding something.

Iberis went down with confidence.

She descended the stairs, groping with her hands through the space filled with nothing but darkness.

Going down, she found half-melted candles and matches scattered about.

Iberis lit a match and lit a candle.

Iberis extended her hand holding the candle to illuminate the inside of the dark underground room.

“…!”

In the center of the underground room was a small box.

Iberis put down the candle and ran to check the box.

After brushing off the light dust, Iberis hurriedly picked up the box.

‘Can it really come out this easily?’

Iberis opened the box with trembling hands.

It was a strangely light box.

Iberis quickly opened the box that weighed only as much as old wood.

The box was completely empty.

‘…It’s a trap!’

Iberis hurriedly got up to escape from the spot.

But first, strong hands grabbed her from behind.

“So there was a little rat in the Demon King’s Castle?”

“Ugh…”

Beyond her blurred vision, clear red eyes were positioned.

However, they weren’t Abracxas’s that she had become familiar with seeing in the Demon King’s Castle.

He wouldn’t do such a thing.

It was a face she had never seen before.

But rejection arose from within her body. Like water and oil that cannot fuse, she pushed him away.

She had met Abaddon before, so the one before her eyes was definitely Iberis.

Though they were meeting for the first time, they had deep enmity.

If not for the Saintess, she would have almost died once.

As her breath was instantly cut off by his grip, Iberis frowned.

She had no intention of dying before saving Adam.

‘Divine power…’

However, when she showed signs of using divine power, Iberis threw her to the floor.

“Where do you think you’re trying such tricks…”

Rising flames blocked Iberis’s path.

Iberis quickly created a shield with divine power to block the flames.

The flames made of magic could not pass through her shield.

Then Iberis bared his teeth and laughed.

“Ho, you have some tricks.”

Iberis grabbed her forehead that had hit when she fell.

Perhaps because she had hit it wrong earlier, her head was dizzy and her eyes seemed about to close at any moment.

‘If I collapse here, it’ll be terrible!’

She was in front of Iberis, who already had a history of almost killing her.

Unlike Abaddon who tried to avoid fighting, if she showed weakness to him with his belligerent nature, she would die.

But her eyes kept closing.

At that moment, a person appeared in front of Iberis.

“Hey, it’s not right to bully the princess when the Hero isn’t even here.”

With the appearance of a familiar voice, brilliant light spread.

Iberis, who had been about to close her eyes, hurriedly raised her head.

“…Lord Kyrillos!”

And called out to him.

“How did you get here…”

Joy at meeting him and surprise spread simultaneously.

However, Kyrillos laughed heartily and said.

“How did I come? I received His Majesty the Emperor’s command and came to rescue the princess who was about to be captured by an evil villain in place of the Hero!”

Kyrillos spoke with a cheerful smile as if he had forgotten the situation.

Kyrillos extended his hand to help Iberis up.

And skillfully brushed the dust off her clothes.

“Actually, I cast a small tracking spell on the maid. I was worried Adam might do something strange.”

And confessed his sins to Iberis in a small voice.

It’s absurd that he cast a tracking spell, but he also knew Adam would do something strange.

“You’re always the first to know when something happens to Adam, aren’t you?”

And Kyrillos spoke without erasing his smile.

“As far as I remember, this is the first time I’ve seen the maid.”

“….”

“My mind was in chaos so I was spending time alone, and now an Iblith….”

Kyrillos said while stroking his chin.

He acted troubled, but strangely he seemed relaxed.

Rather, it was the fallen demon who bristled at his remarks.

The Iblith who got up staggering despite taking Kyrillos’s magic looked fine.

“A mere human knows my name.”

“Be grateful that I, a mere human, remember your name. I didn’t know it until a few days ago.”

Kyrillos smiled and conjured magic orbs.

His magic had become more skillful than before.

As if he were someone who had used it for a long time.

Could he become this skillful in such a short time?

The moment Iberis had doubts, the Iblith charged first.

However, Kyrillos smiled leisurely and said.

“Last time…. Ah, which time was it? Anyway, I died then because I didn’t know you. It’s 11 battles, 5 losses, 6 wins.”

Though his mouth moved constantly as if joking, Kyrillos’s magic orbs poured toward the Iblith without rest.

Not to be outdone, the Iblith created flames.

And at that moment, Kyrillos dispelled all his magic orbs.

And charged at him.

The Iblith reached out with eyes like watching a moth diving into fire.

It was an action to create fire, but Kyrillos wasn’t flustered at all.

“Even if you throw such kindling, blocking it with magic is enough.”

He charged at him while creating a shield with magic.

The shield made of mana shattered and fire collided with his arm, but it only slightly singed the robe he wore.

Thud!

“That’s why you’re weak in stamina, relying only on your abilities.”

Kyrillos, who had pinned down the Iblith, spoke triumphantly.

And pierced him through in one stroke with a sword made of mana.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————