Are you worthy of saving the world?

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"Demon...Lord Demon King!"

A group of demon soldiers rushed into the throne hall of the Demon King's Castle in panic.

"What happened? There's been a lot of noise outside since a while ago."

Demon King Rosa frowned slightly, revealing an unhappy expression.

She had lost contact with Yuli and Celeste since a week ago.

She was in a bad mood: Could it be that these two guys had left me alone to travel around?

"It's... it's the hero! The hero has entered the Demon King's Castle!"

"what?"

The demon soldier continued to shout: "Just now, someone appeared at the main gate of the Demon King's Castle... After identification, it was the long-lost hero!

The Seven Demon Generals, Lord Fermat, who went to stop them, have been defeated... Now, we can't capture the hero!"

"What on earth are you doing? Stop the hero and the princess!"

"Um... Lord Demon, there was no sign of the princess... The hero showed up alone!"

"Alone..."

Rosalia showed a surprised expression.

Why didn't she come to see me with Celeste? What on earth happened...

Although she wanted to rush out of the hall to find Yuli right now, she gave up this plan after calm thinking.

If Yuri really wanted to see him, he could sneak in.

Rosalia knew that Yuri had an innate ability to hide his whereabouts at night.

Since he chose to break in through the main gate with such fanfare, he must have his own considerations.

"Pass the order, don't let the heroes get close to this place...!"

Demon Lord Rosa stood up from her throne and announced loudly.

"Gather the remaining seven demon generals and kill the hero in the Demon King's Castle!"

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"——Boom."

With the final muffled sound, the battle outside the Demon King's Castle finally came to an end.

Only a black figure was still standing proudly.

Around him were hundreds of fallen demon soldiers, turning the ground into a river of blood.

In the battle just now, numbers lost their meaning.

In the face of overwhelming strength, the arrogant demon soldiers were unilaterally harvested like straw.

Perhaps it can't be called a battle at all, but rather some kind of boring and repetitive task.

Just like finishing the assembly line work, Yuli let out a long tired sigh.

"call……"

Still that expression of boredom.

I stretched my body and moved my shoulder blades.

Then, without even looking at the soldiers lying on the ground, he headed straight deeper into the Demon King's Castle.

A new enemy has emerged.

They are completely different from the miscellaneous soldiers that were used to consume the hero's energy before. They are the top-level demons that exude the aura of a strong man.

"I am one of the seven demon generals directly under the Demon King, the Flame Demon Andru! Are you the hero?"

The minotaur warrior, with flames wrapped around his body, lowered his head and looked at the humans below with sharp eyes, and roared.

“I see, no wonder he was able to defeat the Four Heavenly Kings and Fermat… He is definitely not an ordinary person!

Human, let your death become a stepping stone for us to ascend to a higher level! Come, let’s fight it out in a fair and square manner!”

"...Keep your voice down. I worked so hard to make the Demon King's Castle as quiet as a library."

Yuri said this, ignoring the roaring Fire Demon, walked past her and headed straight ahead.

"What……!?"

The Fire Demon Andru turned around angrily and glared at the black boy who passed by him.

"How dare you ignore me... Hero, please don't be too——"

The roar stopped halfway, and white ice quickly spread upwards from the fire demon's hooves.

He didn't notice at all that the hero had already activated the Demonic Prosthetic Arm when he gave his name.

and so……

He didn't even realize that he had been defeated long ago, and was still issuing stupid declarations of challenge.

"------"

In a flash, the Fire Demon's body turned into an ice sculpture, retaining a deep expression of horror and disbelief.

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Passing through the long and narrow passage, Yuli arrived at the atrium of the Demon King's Castle.

Waiting for him here is the third of the Seven Demon Generals.

"------"

"------"

The two sides maintained a distance of about 20 meters, staring at each other in silence, and no one intended to speak.

Yuli didn't speak because he had no interest in speaking.

The other party confronting him does not speak because he does not have the ability to speak.

The third of the seven demon generals directly under the Demon King——

It is a giant demon flower that is kept in the courtyard of the Demon King's Castle.

The statue of a goddess that was originally in the imperial capital of a certain empire is used as a nest. The blood-sucking man-eating plants that roost on it are even larger than the Titans.

The bright red and huge petals bloomed gorgeously under the dark clouds.

The horrible monster waved its countless tentacles fearfully, as if it was going to devour the world.

This posture reminded Yuri of the evil god tree and the witch king he encountered when he first entered the singularity.

This ominous plant might also be a descendant of the darkness in the abyss.

"It helps that you can't talk. Every guy here is so irritable."

Yuri said this softly and slowly walked towards the demon flower.

Perhaps sensing the approach of the hero, the demon flower's long tentacles twisted even more frantically.

The end of it far exceeds the speed of sound, and if it is touched, the bones and marrow will be sucked out and devoured until not even a drop of blood and flesh is left.

Since it's a man-eating plant that can't move, maybe there's a way to avoid fighting it, or bypass this atrium...

But—Yuri had no such intention.

He walked towards the demon flower with an expressionless face and entered the attack range of the tentacles.

“Shua——!!!”

One of the tentacles shot towards Yuri's head.

The demon flower's hunting is even faster than lightning, which makes people wonder how many innocent lives it has devoured so far.

"As expected... you are also a follower of Yanhong. So we are brothers in the same sect."

As Yuri spoke, he used his demon prosthetic hand to firmly grasp the front end of the tentacle that was about to pierce his head.

"!?"

"Blood type matches... no problem. My energy just ran out in the battle, so I'd like to borrow your nutrients, Junior Brother."

The next moment, the demon's prosthetic hand glowed red.

The brave Yuri released the power of the Scarlet Witch and began to absorb energy through the tentacles of the demon flower.

"—!!"

Faced with the irresistible crimson power, the demon flower realized that it had become the prey, and it waved its countless remaining tentacles and attacked violently.

However, the stormy attack was completely cut off by the "Azure Queen" in Yuri's right hand.

The arrogant demon flower was grabbed by the brave man Yuri by one of its tentacle, and its energy was continuously extracted.

The gorgeously blooming flower of death quickly withered and soon turned into a black, rotten dead tree.

Leaving behind those cold words without any gratitude, Yuri walked out of the courtyard and climbed up to the palace where the Demon King himself lived.

"...Thank you for the hospitality."

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After entering the Demon King's palace, Yuli met three of the Demon King's direct guards one after another.

——The fourth of the Seven Demon Generals, the Death Knight Dullahan.