Player who Returned 10,000 years Later - Chapter 261

To be honest, he’d fallen asleep because he’d trained without taking a break in order to increase his control of demonic energy.

After seeing Kim ShiHoon had created a pillar of light and was going through the demonic monsters, he’d relaxed.

‘What’s going on?’

He’d only closed his eyes for a short while.

After feeling that his body was being dragged somewhere, he opened his eyes; then something unbelievable was in front of him.

“Huh?”

Kalgia looked at KangWoo while making a confused expression.

Rather than the Demon of Prophecy, he looked like someone who played around with no job.

No charisma could be felt coming from him.

“Did the summoning fail…?”

He mumbled in confusion for a short while but shook his head.

‘I did everything the Book of Hell stated.’

He’d never imagined he’d be laying on the sofa while holding a beer and popcorn, but based on his outer appearance, everything was as the Book of Hell described.

That human with sharp eyes…

‘That person is…’

The one who’d revolutionized Hell in just ten thousand years and had reached the peak among all demons.

The Demon of Demons…

Hell’s Hell…

Predator of Predators…

The one who had the Sea of Demonic Energy inside him and had forced the archdukes to kneel with all of his Authorities.

‘The Demon of Prophecy.’

Kalgia nodded.

It didn’t matter how he looked…

From what he’d researched, the Demon of Prophecy matched the Demon King.

He was able to do this summoning after tracing the Sea of Demonic Energy that the Demon King had. He’d used everything the Demon Cult had saved up for thousands of years to do that.

‘There’s no way we failed.’

The summoning had been carefully calculated.

“Aah!”

Kalgia knelt.

“Demon of Prophecy…!!”

“What?”

KangWoo’s eyes widened after seeing Kalgia call him ‘Demon of Prophecy’.

“What nonsense…”

“We were waiting for you to descend!!”

“What did you say?”

“I discovered the truth! The truth that Satan has been hiding all this time! Come! See this! It’s the book where the truth is written!”

KangWoo’s eyes trembled.

The book Kalgia held…

It was the book called Book of Hell Lilith had written and spread among the Demon Cult members before she met him.

‘What the fuck is going on?’

The situation was so complex that he couldn’t understand what was happening.

The beer and popcorn fell from his hands.

“I realized it after reading this book! You’re the Demon of Prophecy all the gods are scared of!”

‘No.’

“The one true evil being that will cause and bring destruction to the whole world.”

‘Uhm, excuse me? Fuck.’

“It wasn’t Satan we have to serve!”

‘Stop.’

“Demon of Prophecy!!”

‘Stop you, motherfucker.’

“Please, punish those humans and bring an end to this world!!!”

‘Stop, you crazy bastard!!!’

KangWoo grabbed his hair.

The situation…

He finally understood what had happened.

‘Lilith…’

Before he met with Lilith, she’d distributed the Book of Hell within the Demon Cult.

At that time, nothing much had happened.

After all, from the Demon Cult’s point of view, it was just like a novel.

There was no way Satan, the being they served, had been defeated by a human in just ten thousand years who had reached the peak of all demons.

Who would believe in such a thing?

‘That’s what should’ve happened.’

KangWoo glared at Kalgia, the black magician who seemed to have lost his mind.

‘Fuck.’

Someone who believed in such a trashy novel had appeared.

And to make things worse, the one who’d believed in that was the last remaining ‘Phase of Evil.’

“…”

KangWoo turned his head.

* * *

‘Oh, fuck.’

He felt lots of stares directed at him.

There, he saw Gaia, Kim ShiHoon, Chae YeonJoo, Cheon MooJin, and members of the Celestial Wolves Troops.

There were also Shargiel and angels staring at him.

“H-hyeongnim…?”

Kim ShiHoon’s face had turned pale, and his voice trembled.

He was trembling as if he were looking at his worst possible nightmare.

“…”

He remained silent.

No, there was nothing he could do besides be silent.

There was only one way to describe the situation…

‘I’m fucked.’

Was there a better way to describe it?

KangWoo’s expression paled.

Unlike when Balrog appeared, it couldn’t be solved with something like the Warrior of Light or whatever.

The situation had become so messed up that there was nothing he could do about it.

“Hmm?”

Kalgia looked around.

It was normal for him to react like that.

One of Gaia’s subordinates that had gone there to interrupt the ceremony had called out ‘hyeong’ while looking at the Demon of Prophecy.

“What’s—”

Paf-!

KangWoo extended his hand.

Kalgia’s head exploded, and his cerebral fluid scattered away.

‘Shut up.’

Letting Kalgia talk would only make the situation worse.

“H-hyeongnim!! What’s going o—”

“Hey!! S-say something! Th-this isn’t true, right? Something has gone wrong, right?!”

Kim ShiHoon and Chae YeonJoo shouted in confusion.

Of course, they knew that KangWoo was a demon in the past, but…

But him being the Demon of Prophecy meant that he was the one who would bring destruction to the world.

“Ugh…! That human… has deceived us!”

“No!”

Kim ShiHoon refuted Shargiel.

“Something has gone wrong!! There’s no way Hyeongnim is the Demon of Prophecy!!”

“Shut your mouth! Isn’t it obvious after seeing that?!”

Shargiel pointed toward KangWoo.

“Everyone should’ve realized how evil the demonic energy that came out from the ceremony was!”

It was true.

When the ceremony was at its peak, a huge black fissure appeared in the air, and a breathtaking amount of demonic energy came out of it.

“The one that appeared from there is that human! Even the Phase of Evil called him the Demon of Prophecy! What more evidence do you need?!”

Shargiel glared at KangWoo.

“Even Ms. Gaia has said it!! Satan wasn’t the Demon of Prophecy! Then that person is the cause of everything! He manipulated Satan and did everythi—”

“You bastard, what nonsense are you saying?!”

Chae YeonJoo stomped on the ground, red magic power rose from her body, and her chains rose into the air.

“That guy might not be the good and honest hero you imagine, but still…!” She shouted out.

“He isn’t a bastard capable of doing such horrible things!!”

If KangWoo was the Demon of Prophecy, it would be correct to assume that everything that Satan had done until that moment was at KangWoo’s orders.

He was the one who revealed that Satan was connected to the Demon of Prophecy, after all.

Then, if Satan really was a subordinate of the Demon of Prophecy.

The one who killed Alec, the one who cruelly killed the hero Reinald, and the one who’d made Saint Ludwig fall had been KangWoo.

“You’re all being deceived by that demon!! Can’t you s—”

“Shut up.”

“Yes…?”

“I said, ‘shut up’.”

Kim ShiHoon pointed his holy sword toward Shargiel.

“What do you know?”

The tip of the sword trembled.

“What do you know about Hyeong, you bastard?!!!” Kim ShiHoon shouted.

“You don’t know everything Hyeong has done until this moment; how much of a burden he was carrying on his shoulders, yet you dare to say things like that!”

“Everything was a lie…”

“Shut up!!” Kim ShiHoon shouted.

It was clear, based on his expression and his voice filled with confusion and anger, that not even Kim ShiHoon was completely sure about the situation.

“Hyeongnim! Please, say something!”

Kim ShiHoon turned his head to KangWoo—the one whom he admired and loved.

“…”

“Please… Hyeongnim…” Kim ShiHoon said in a sad voice.

He seemed like he would collapse at any moment.

KangWoo remained with his mouth closed while looking at Kim ShiHoon.

Unlike his blank expression, there was a huge storm within his mind.

‘Fuck, what should I say in this situation?!’ he inwardly shouted.

He felt like his head was about to explode. He was surprised at how he could remain so calm on the outside.

‘FUUCCKK!!!!’

He was truly fucked.

He was so fucked that there didn’t seem anything he could do about it.

‘What should I do?’

He needed a way to free himself from the shit-like situation.

‘Should I say the Demon Cult summoned me by mistake?’

That was the first thought that crossed his mind.

KangWoo bit his lip.

‘No.’

He shook his head.

The situation had gotten too big to cast aside and call a mistake.

Of course, people like Kim ShiHoon, Chae YeonJoo, and Gaia would probably believe him.

KangWoo looked at Shargiel.

Not only Shargiel, but other Angels were looking at him with hatred.

“Wh-what?”

“What’s going on?”

“Isn’t he the non-blood-related hyeong of captain Kim ShiHoon?”

“Ah! The one surrounded by golden light!”

“Then why…”

What about the other players?

They were all making confused expressions.

‘There’s no way I’ll be able to deceive everyone.’

Leaving players aside, angels suspecting him was the worst possible scenario.

The problem wasn’t just Raphael, there were other archangels and even gods supporting him.

It would be like becoming the enemy of the entire world.

‘Damn it.’

KangWoo frowned.

‘Think.’

He had to think of something… a way to solve the situation—how to turn the tables, even in the worst-case scenario.

‘I can do it.’

There’s no way there wasn’t a way out.

He was used to those kinds of situations, and he had always overcome them.

‘A way…’

KangWoo’s eyes widened.

He felt excitement running throughout his body.

‘Yes.’

The ends of his mouth went up, and he clenched his fists.

If he thought about it, the answer was quite simple…

There was no need to think too deeply about it.

‘I see.’

There was one way to solve the situation.

“Hyeongnim!! Please, say something!!”

He raised his head and looked at Kim ShiHoon, who was screaming at him.

Tap-

He leaped forward and raised his fist.

Paf-!!

“Cough!!”

Without hesitation, he punched ShiHoon in the face.