Chapter 1
Chapter 1. Lord of the Nine Thousandth Circle of Hell. Return to Earth (Part 1)
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The Nine Thousandth Circle of Hell is known as the strongest. It is the place where the strongest demons gather, battling each other endlessly for eternity. The sky glows blood red and flames scorch the burnt soil.
The battles raging on are not for the title of the strongest. No, that title has been taken for ten millennia.
Hell, which had been divided forever under the rule of the Seven Great Demons, was united by one man. The reason that all demons are united, the true lord — the Great King.
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A dark-haired young man sat on a magnificent throne built from the bleached bones of the Seven Great Demons. Though he sat on the throne with his eyes closed, the aura he emanated could blow anyone away. Kneeling in rows in front of him were thousands of demons who were shaking in fear of his massive power.
One of these demons slowly began to inch towards the Great King. With the body of a hulking beast covered head to toe in crimson fur, it stood five meters tall on four legs. His body was solid, almost as if carved from stone, with a single horn atop his head. Numerous sharp teeth protruded from the bottom of his mouth, and massive bat wings loomed on either side. This was a typical appearance of the demonic forces.
A representative of the demonic forces bent down on one knee before the King.
“Oh, my King.”
The Pallock.
It was once said that no one could rule the Nine Thousandth Circle of Hell but him, yet now he knelt down in terror in front of a young man.
Anyone would be frightened looking at the ‘uncommon’ obedient stance the Pallock was in.
However, all the demons present here understood the fear of the Great.
The Lord.
Ten thousand years ago, a man with the Power of the Devourer descended into Hell. This man had immediately begun exterminating demons one by one.
He’d started with the First Thousandth Circle of Hell and eventually reached the Nine Thousandth Circle. Devouring demons along the way, he became stronger and stronger, becoming, in the end, the most powerful lord.
Thousands, no, tens of thousands of demons had been absorbed by his Power of the Devourer, and even the Seven Great Demons who’d never overcome one another in strength, fell to their knees before him.
The reason for the unification of all demons – a terrible monster, devouring them one after another.
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Even Pallock, who didn’t know fear, couldn’t help shaking in terror.
— Why would you go back? Don’t you already have everything there is in Hell? — Pallock mumbled with fear, barely opening his mouth.
The man’s closed eyes opened a little and more energy began to flow from him:
— I have everything? What do I have?
The Pallock didn’t say anything.
The young King’s face was distorted as he spoke:
— To have something, there must be something in the first place. Tell me, what have we got? — There was accusation in his voice that was slowly turning into anger. — There’s no food, no entertainment. What in this damn place is there that I can possibly have?
The wasteland, the bloody sky, and the unquenchable tongues of flame – there’s nothing in the Nine Thousandth Circle of Hell but that.
When he heard that, Pallock rounded his eyes.
— So you’re hungry? I’ve prepared something special for you. Hey, guys! Bring it in!
— Yes, sir!
The demons, following orders, brought in a giant plate.
On it, covered in dark, almost black blood, laid the head of a demon.
— He is the last demon of their kind. Your Majesty, though it is a modest gift, it expresses our loyalty, please do not refuse, — said Pallock.
The spectacle presented to Kang Yu looked disgusting, causing his face to become even more distorted in anger, and he blurted out:
— Unintelligent bunch, that’s not what I want!— He threw the plate on the ground, and it flew away with a crackle.
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With his hands clenched firmly in fists, the young man stepped forward.
— I! I don’t want to eat this disgusting looking and tasteless food. I, I… — His hands trembled.
The indignation swallowed him up so much that his voice began to break down.
— Kimchi Jjigae … I want a kimchi Jjigae.
— Kimchi Jjigae!
— It’s my true desire!
— Food filled with blood and meat!
(T/N.: Demons take it verbatim – blood and meat, and this is https://goo.gl/i88tMg, kimchi soup.)
— No… Idiots, that’s not it!
Kang Yu clenched his fists even harder and screamed.
It was a red dish with meat, but not at all what demons imagined.
Pallock looked at Kang Yu with eyes full of devotion:
— Whose head is it to be made of? Or probably from the entrails? Just say the word, and I’ll cook it all, no matter how difficult it is.
— Kimchi Jjigae is something else! — Kang Yu said in a complaining voice.
For demons, “eating” was nothing more than devouring the defeated loser.
— And, you said you didn’t have enough entertainment? Indeed, you have already killed all the Strongest …
— As was expected of the Lord.
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— Lord of bloodshed and massacre!
— I want to read a manhwa or a novel!
Pallock, dissatisfied, punched the ground, with all his power. Under this pressure, a hole was formed in the ground.
— I am so weak that I can’t please you… Please, kill me!
— Listen to me, please. — Kang Yu has returned to his throne in despair. — At least I need a woman. Yes, at least a woman…
— A woman? We have Lilith.
— Lilith!
— The Succubus Queen!
— The first beauty of Hell!
One of the demons lined up stepped forward and inquired:
— Will Lilith’s heart not be enough? — Her voice was strange enough, and her many tentacles were already wrapped around the hands of the young Lord.
Her face with 18 eyes blocked everything. The King was silent.
18 eyes. There were dozens of tentacles moving by themselves. A tongue that looked like a snake.
She was called an incredible beauty. But Kang Yu’s head hurt and he put his hand to his forehead:
“Succubus. Why a succubus?!”
It didn’t look as he had imagined. After all, a succubus that eats other people’s sexual energy should at least be beautiful. Yet she looked even worse than Pallock himself.
And she wasn’t the only one. This was what all Hell’s succubi looked like.
— Tonight I will come to His Majesty’s bedroom.
— No, don’t come.
— Oh, you must be embarrassed. You can’t do this because you’re the king of the Nine Thousandth Circle of Hell?
— Just don’t come.
— Oh, how sweet. You shouldn’t be so modest. I’ll be with you my whole life.
— I beg you, disappear…
Kang Yu tilted his head down and covered his face with his hands. He was not the kind of person who only looks at someone’s appearance in love.
On the contrary, he truly believed that if he fell in love, appearance would not play a big role.
However.
‘Not to this extent.’
The problem wasn’t that she was ‘scary.’ Her appearance just didn’t fit human aesthetic standards in any way. At all.
‘To Earth…’ Kang Yu thought strongly about going back to Earth.
Despite the servants’ desperate attempts to persuade him to stay, his decision was firm. Contrary to their intentions, their pleading only strengthened his desire to return.
‘I’m going back.’
A few days before, he had finished the last Mighty Demon — which completed his preparations.
Finally, it’s time to be compensated for ten thousand years of torment.