Somebody Stop the Pope – 54



Episode 54

7.

The incarnation of the Demon King.

This is a word referring to a being imbued with a trace of the Demon King. Its special characteristics include that it enjoys eating its own kind and possesses a terrifying level of demonic power.

The devil we are talking about here is a concept quite different from magic.

Magi is simply energy but demonic nature literally means the nature of a demon.

As a being that possesses a piece of the Demon King despite being a mortal he is closer to being a pure devil than anyone else.

Just like that guy.

“I don’t think I’ve fully awakened yet.”

I threw the guy’s right arm which I had grabbed with my right hand to the floor and laughed out loud.

Despite having just been ripped off the beast’s right arm had regenerated.

It was a regenerative power that was truly astonishing.

Perhaps it’s the regenerative power that came from preying on its own kind just a moment ago.

These are beings we have encountered several times in Eden.

Judging by the shabby prison uniform the guy was wearing it seemed like the other guys had probably carried out a terrorist attack to take this guy away from his custody.

I don’t know why such a dangerous guy was detained in the Ability Management Building but it was fortunate that he was.

If we hadn’t been here the guys would have managed to escape with this incarnation.

If that had happened something terrible that is hard to express would have happened.

In the worst case scenario the Demon King may have revealed himself through an incarnation.

Because the incarnation body was also a body that the Demon King could manifest in.

“That’s fortunate.”

Of course not all incarnations of the Demon King can manifest the Demon King.

In order for the Demon King to descend into the incarnation of the Demon King the demonic nature of the incarnation must reach its peak.

In other words the incarnation body must corrupt countless souls before it can materialize.

Fortunately the boy in front of me hasn’t become that evil yet.

but.

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[Passive skill <Will to Destroy Evil> defines the opponent as a villain!]

[Lists the evil deeds of player <Park Soo-ho>.]

[<Assault> <Murder> <Group Bullying> <Cannibalism> etc. 17 cases]

As expected of an incarnation of the Demon King I could tell that it was yellow from the start.

Because the evil deeds recorded by a boy who looked to be about 15 years old were all gruesome.

Looking at the category called <Group Bullying> created there I could roughly figure out what kind of guy he was.

Krrrrrrrr!

“I guess you’re losing control. Is this your first time eating a cannibal?”

The beast before my eyes was baring its teeth and spewing out black magic energy and it couldn’t easily attack me.

I can see it in my eyes.

The magic energy was running wild in the guy’s body. He absorbed the magic energy through an act called <cannibalism> but it seems that it is not easy to control.

The state of being close to beasts also proves it.

If you are used to <cannibalism> you can maintain your sanity even after <cannibalism>.

But the only thing left in the boy was his wicked instincts.

“There’s something my grandmother once told me. If you can’t bite don’t show your teeth. And a mad dog needs a club to beat it. Things like that.”

Krrrrrr!

The guy was wary of me with blood all over his mouth. He was even more wary because he still had his beastly instincts.

Divine power is the ultimate form of magic.

And my divine power was a particularly strong innate power especially that of Parma so it was only natural that I was instinctively afraid of it.

“If you’re scared you should run away you little beast.”

There was no need to measure it long.

I ran straight towards the guy and punched him in the chest.

The moment my body touched his evil magics that had escaped my control began to attack me from all sides.

Magi covered me with her mouth wide open as if she was going to swallow me whole.

In it the demon king’s incarnation instinctively moved its body.

Paaaaat-!

The guy who was pushed back by my fist quickly turned his body around. Then he created a mass of magic in the air and rushed towards me using that mass as a pedestal.

The black nails sprouting from the boy’s hands glowed with an ink-like glow.

Ki-ki-ki-ki-ki!

My nails roughly scratched the sacred protection surrounding my body. A ripping sound like scraping metal tormented my ears for a moment.

But the guy’s nails couldn’t penetrate the thick protection.

If it was a shield made of magical power it would have been torn to shreds but it didn’t leave even a scratch on the divine protection.

I didn’t miss that gap. I swung my claws and grabbed the guy’s neck whose body was open for a moment with my right hand.

“Keeeeeek.”

The incarnation struggles to escape somehow.

If it was a normal human it would have broken his neck but the guy twisted his body without paying attention. When he couldn’t move his body he soon turned his head and glared at me. The guy’s red eyes looking at me were filled with malice.

[The opponent’s powerful curse is nullified!]

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Beyond those red eyes there was only blind hatred directed at me.

Crackle- Crackle-!

Before I knew it the magic energy that had flowed out of the guy’s body began to erode the area in all directions.

Starting from the floor the iron bars of the wall detention cell were eroded by the guy’s magic turning it black and flowing and dozens of tentacles stretched out from the erosion.

The tentacles were not targeting me but the incarnation of the Demon King.

The floor eroded by magic wrapped around the body of the incarnation caught in my hand and pulled it strongly as if trying to somehow retrieve it.

But I had no intention of watching those guys retrieve the incarnation.

“Let’s end it here neatly.”

[As divine power is concentrated the passive skill <Holy Fire> is activated.]

The flame that started at my feet quickly spread out eating away at the erosion.

I blinked several times and before I knew it the Holy Fire had filled the entire floor.

In the midst of the sacred flames that burn away magic I lit another sacred flame over the body of the boy I was holding in my right hand and spoke.

“The wicked will perish because of their wickedness.”

The flame of the Holy Spirit burned fiercely.

8.

The flames of the Holy Fire that had engulfed the 38th floor died down on their own as the erosion of magic was completely removed.

The unprecedented terrorist attack on the second building of the Department of Ability Management in broad daylight ended like that and I sat quietly at the place where I had burned the Demon King’s incarnation and waited for the group.

In front of me was a pile of gray ash that had once been the Demon King’s incarnation.

“Your Majesty. We have subdued those heading to the rooftop. We have also discovered a black magic circle on the rooftop and have completely neutralized it.”

“What kind of black magic circle was it?”

“It had the property of causing a huge explosion by using human blood and flesh. Given the level and scale of the magic circle it could have collapsed the entire building.”

“Well done Leo. You saved a lot of people.”

Leo bowed his head humbly to my compliments and quietly looked at the ashes piled up in front of me.

“I was only following Your Majesty’s orders. But Your Majesty what is this?”

“The Demon King’s incarnation. It looks like this is what they were after.”

Leo’s expression distorted greatly at the mention of the Demon King’s incarnation.

“I guess this is the true nature of the demonic spirit I’ve been feeling since a while ago. Your Majesty. The demon lord’s incarnation has appeared…”

“I guess that means the Demon Lords have gathered quite a few followers. This guy was on the side of the Demon Lord of Wrath.”

The Demon King’s incarnation is a similar concept to the prophets of the religious order.

Just as there is more than one prophet there are many incarnations of the Demon King. Among them only those whose demonic nature has reached its peak can truly become the vessel of the Demon King.

Moreover just as each religious sect has its own prophet so do the demon lords.

Since there are seven Demon Kings there are incarnations that fit each faction.

This guy I just destroyed was one of the incarnations of wrath.

“You can check the details yourself Leo. Be honest. How long have you kept him alive?”

“70% were saved. The remaining 30% died because they were weak to begin with.”

“Did you fold it in half?”

“They are the ones who sold their souls to the devil. I only asked them for a fair price.”

“…So where did you get 70% of them? By the way Luna is currently….”

“Your Majesty!”

“They say even a tiger will come if you call it.”

At that moment Luna appeared.

Luna’s right hand was holding someone’s hair and upon closer inspection it was revealed that Luna was dragging a woman.

With her strength she could have easily lifted it but Luna particularly hates warlocks.

This may be because Luna remembers losing her parents to a warlock when she was young.

To her it’s probably pretty generous of her to treat you like trash.

Originally they were treated worse than trash.

“I intentionally kept Leo alive because he’s better at extracting the information he needs than I am.”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Of course! Are you worried about me? It’s embarrassing.”

“They say that kind of thing usually has to be said with a blush to be more credible.”

“Haha you’re being dishonest. I saw it on the internet but someone like His Majesty is called a tsundere…”

“Please don’t look at that.”

Is it okay for the Limen Church to go like this?

What the hell are you looking at on the internet? I know I learn fast but this is way too fast.

I let out a deep sigh. Then I looked at Team Leader Kim Dong-sik who was standing next to Luna with a bashful look on his face.

“Team Leader. Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Oh yes. Lee Se-hee attacked me earlier but for some reason she’s fine.”

“That’s fortunate. Mr. Limen really likes our Team Leader Kim.”

“…Ah! Could that really be it?”

“I gave you a blessing before.”

“Thank you so much!”

“I promised to treat Team Manager Kim’s wife to a meal but how can Team Manager Kim not do it? I don’t want to be hated by his wife.”

I said that and smiled faintly.

I placed the Blessing of Protection two weeks ago because I wanted to give something back to Team Leader Kim who has been helping us a lot with our church’s work.

Even though two weeks have passed it seems that Team Leader Kim still has some faith in Limen as he has managed to defend against the Warlock’s attacks several times.

That’s what blessings are all about.

The blessings bestowed by those who serve Limen naturally have a greater effect on those who have faith in Limen.

Anyway I will have to check his faith later and ask him about more important things.

“During the battle we had no choice but to eliminate one of the personnel that the Ability Management Department was detaining.”

Team Leader Kim frowned slightly at my words and asked back.

“That must be Park Soo-ho. Park Soo-ho must have been the only person detained on the 38th floor.”

“You knew that.”

“Of course. Park Soo-ho is 16 years old. He awakened as a player in March of last year. He assaulted and murdered two classmates at the Awakening Academy. He was also implicated in several other criminal charges. The charges were revealed and he was detained here two days ago.”

한마디로 원래부터 개새끼였단 소리다.

At this point a question arises.

“Shouldn’t he be thrown in juvenile detention right away?”

Team Leader Kim lowered his head as if embarrassed at my question.

“I have nothing to say.”

“…I think I know.”

Just by looking at his attitude it was easy to guess what had happened.

It means that he was a guy who was hard to mess with.

“He was just like the children of powerful people. If it was the personality of Minister Yoo Seon-ho that I know he probably wouldn’t have been picky about that.”

“Unfortunately even the Ability Management Department is divided into factions. I am truly truly sorry.”

“I told you before that’s not something that Team Leader Kim should apologize for. It’s someone else’s problem. Then if that bastard Park Soo-ho is the son of a powerful person isn’t it a bit of a difficult situation?”

Then Team Leader Kim answered as if he had been waiting for that.

“This is the position of our Ability Management Department one of the victims of terrorism.”

“And you should also quietly publicize the crimes he committed. Let’s just pretend that he died because he deserved to die. He’s already dead anyway.”

If it were my style it would be right to make it so that it is not alive even though it is alive but a guy who is already tainted by the devil brings about countless evils just by his existence.

So wouldn’t adjutant general supervision be a reasonable alternative?

Team Leader Kim who understood what I meant nodded again.

“If it is your will Siwoo I will do so.”

“Oh and just like last time we would like to conduct the interrogation of Lee Se-hee first at our church. Is that okay?”

“That is beyond my authority. I think it is a matter that requires direct approval from Minister Yoo Seon-ho. Lee Se-hee is the worst criminal and is wanted internationally.”

Well then there’s nothing we can do.

“I had something to tell Minister Yoo Seon-ho. Could you please guide me?”

“…It’s a story related to terrorists.”

“Yes.”

I took a deep breath and shook my head as I finished speaking.

“I guess it’s not a problem that can be solved at the religious level.”

Our Pope please stop this