Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"Is this the place where the Demon King resides? Hmm... I think I understand."

"Let me take a look at him first and see what kind of person he is."

Volume 3, OVERLORD: Chapter 28 The Skeleton King Who Traveled to Another World

Blood stained the earth red.

However, not everyone died.

The remaining people faced a reality far more cruel than death.

"Ah... Ughh ...

The knights who attacked the village.

During the ongoing attack, someone suddenly appeared and stopped them.

It was a man dressed in unusual clothes, with black hair and dark purple eyes.

They didn't know who the other party was, but just based on his weak and thin appearance, they could already look down on him.

So the knights attacked the innocent young man who was passing by.

It's nothing... Just kill everyone who appears in this village.

Kill all the men. As for the women, decide based on the situation. Keep the pretty women and enjoy them at your leisure. As for young girls... well, they can be considered.

It was precisely because of these actions that they suffered an experience more painful than death.

Blood splattered across the ground once more.

All the soldiers who tried to get close to the young man were completely torn apart by his overwhelming power.

That's right—tear it to shreds.

Yan Ming picked up a long spear from somewhere on the ground, and with the help of this spear, he easily defeated all the soldiers by combining strength and skill.

Not only that.

Because the attack was carried out using relatively precise methods, various parts of their bodies were also attacked at the very moment the spear touched them.

Such as some important organs.

Such as one's own eyes and spine.

However... regardless of the type of injury, it only remains in a state close to its limit.

They suffer greatly, but they don't actually die from the pain.

"Damn it!!"

One of the soldiers attempted to stab himself with his sword, but Yan Ming's spear blocked the attack in time.

Deflecting the sword blades, Yan Ming's body moved like a shadow among the soldiers.

In less than a few seconds.

The soldiers suddenly vomited large amounts of blood and collapsed to the ground.

But they are all still alive.

It's just more painful than when I was alive.

"Get out of this village, all of you!"

Yan Ming said with his back to them.

Despite being just an inconspicuous figure, it still sent a chill down the spines of these soldiers.

"Otherwise, I will make you suffer more than death."

The soldiers cried out in agony and fled in all directions into the distance.

Even though some of them had their nerves in their hands and feet severed, they still clung tightly to each other.

This does not indicate a good relationship between the soldiers.

It was simply because these guys were afraid of death and couldn't wait to get away from Yan Ming, so they had no choice but to use this fastest way to escape.

Yan Ming's body was soaked in blood.

He released the spear from his hand and looked around at everything with an indescribable expression.

The village grounds were littered with corpses, a small portion of which consisted of the remains of half the soldiers from the previous regiment.

But the vast majority of the corpses belonged to those innocent villagers…

Yan Ming felt a deep resentment towards this. He hated himself for not noticing it in time; otherwise, he would never have allowed these soldiers to go on a killing spree.

Woz, who had been observing all of this, walked over from the side.

"My Demon King, since you are so angry about this and have already killed most of the soldiers, why not kill them all instead of letting half of them go back?"

"Killing them all will only lead to the village being attacked again in a short period of time."

Yan Ming just saw that many of the surviving villagers had fled to the more central area of ​​the village.

He defeated all the soldiers in the vicinity, but that doesn't mean those guys won't attack again.

"They should belong to some country or somewhere else. If I kill them all at once, the people there will realize that these soldiers have been wiped out, but they won't know why."

"Simply put, you need a reason to tip off their leader, right?"

Let those who ordered them to attack the village know that there is a powerful warrior in this village who can take down an entire army with his bare hands.

If they simply kill them all, the enemy will likely send another attack to investigate why the legions were wiped out.

If someone tipped them off, they would consider the situation of the village.

They would never risk annihilation again just for a small village.

Yan Ming's judgment is as follows.

"Truly worthy of being my Demon King, so thoughtful and deliberate."

Woz praised him again, as he always did.

but.

Woz, intentionally or unintentionally, also paid attention to Yan Ming's situation.

…No major changes have occurred.

Strange... This demon king personally slaughtered the enemy's leader with his own hands, yet he didn't feel the fear that ordinary people should have?

Or is it because the other party is a demon king that he can accept it so calmly?

Wozniak only dared to think about these questions superficially in his own mind.

"So, what do you plan to do now?"

Yan Ming looked at the book in Woz's hand.

"Have we truly arrived in a new world?"

"This... because it uses the power of the Aurora Veil instead of the Time Demon God to travel directly, theoretically it should cause the contents recorded in the Omaguchi Advent Calendar KT to be deviated."

However—Woz opened the book and glanced at it.

"Fortunately, it seems that this world won't have such a big impact on the book."

"What does it mean?"

"Books also have a self-correcting ability to some extent. As long as the world is not too outrageous, the deviations that arise in theory will get back on track the next time we go to the correct world."

In other words, at least for now, we don't have to worry about those complicated issues?

Yan Ming nodded for the time being.

"In that case, let's stay in this world for now."

Is there anything you need to do?

"At least for now."

Without saying a word, Yan Ming walked directly towards the center of the village.

We need to at least confirm the safety of the surviving villagers.

Just as Yan Ming was thinking this...

When he and Woz arrived at the scene, they couldn't help but stop in their tracks.

"...Huh?"

The first person to raise doubts was Wozniak.

He looked ahead with some surprise.

In the very center of the village, the villagers sat in a somewhat frightened manner, all gathered around the central spot.

--However.

Nearby lay the corpses of the soldiers who had been there before.

"What...what's going on?"

"I don't know... it seems like someone took care of it."

Yan Ming briefly examined the condition of the soldiers' corpses.

Very strange.

Some people were burned to death, while others were electrocuted.

Some people even had a patch of blood on their chest, suggesting they died from a ruptured heart...

This could not possibly be the behavior of these villagers.

Are you alright?

"I...we're alright..."

Only after Yan Ming comforted them did the villagers lower their guard a little.

"Don't worry, I've taken care of all the soldiers around here, no one will hurt you anymore."

"solve…?"

Hearing Yan Ming say this, the villagers were somewhat surprised.

"My lord... are you also a magic caster like Lord Ainz?"

Magic Chanter?

The two exchanged glances. Could it be that the so-called magic caster had dealt with the soldiers who were indiscriminately slaughtering them?

"While we are very grateful for the adults' help, but, but! Two children ran into the forest right under our noses!"

"Please calm down."

Yan Ming quickly calmed down the villagers in front of him.

"Don't worry, just tell me which way the child ran."

“Okay, okay… I remember, Anri and Nim were heading that way…”

After learning the details, Yan Ming looked at Woz.

"Woz, you stay here and are responsible for protecting the villagers' safety."

"Huh? Me, my Demon King... are you planning to go into the forest alone?"

Yan Ming's injuries have not yet healed.

Although Woz knew that with Yan Ming's strength, no matter how injured he was, if it was just those soldiers from before, even if there were thousands or tens of thousands of them, they would never be a match for him.

Even so, this is the truth.

To ask him to let his wounded monarch go alone into the depths of the forest while he himself remained here...

His heart, belonging to that of a subject, would always feel guilty.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Yan Ming didn't say anything more.