chapter 10
10 – Arm Wrestling (2)
‘What are you doing! You bastard!’
‘Dak-tda-dak!’
I stared at his empty eyes without anything. Those sneaky eyes!
Desperately trying to lose. After witnessing the demon lord’s power, it seems that he realized what the best course of action was.
“Keuuugh…!”
“Taaah…!”
Chorori’s clenched hands hurt so much. Is it because it’s just bones, not skin? Is this a foul?
“Great… Both. There is not an inch of concession.”
The demon king, watching the confrontation without any concessions, muttered.
‘I’m afraid I’ll lose to you if I give in, so what should I give in!’
The demon king, who doesn’t know what we’re trying to do with the goal of defeat, seems to have been touched by the fierce battles of the players.
“I am looking forward to the finals. I don’t know who will come up.”
“!”
“!”
Aww!
The demon king’s words made the field heat up. Even if my hands explode, I won’t release my strength until they touch the floor.
“Kuaaa!”
“aaagh!”
Although it’s a low-level monster, the skeleton’s strength stats were obviously superior to me, a human who hadn’t even awakened. But…
‘I didn’t carry my luggage for a day or two either!’
Think of it. Baek Dong-ha. The face of the party members who treated you like a dog.
– Ugh… Dongha! It’s a big deal! Come and see!
– What’s up! Rebecca!
-Leave my plate armor at the forge. I also buy fruit juice when I come.
-… That’s 60kg?
-What?
-… They said they went and came.
“Profit!!”
However, the dynamics of power were not only counterproductive.
‘Ah, no.’
…!
– Took
“Just!! Tadak! Exactly!”
The victorious… No, the defeated skeleton danced.
“Wow! Are you quite old?”
Unable to know the inside story of this arm wrestling, she grabbed my forearm and burned her plane with an innocent expression.
‘… I lost, no, I won.’
f*cked. There is no 1st prize, Massage Kwon, the 2nd prize prize, is just an asshole shortcut, and playing games with her all night with the 4th prize prize is a terrible torture.
‘If this happens…’
3Rd prize. Only 3rd prize
‘The 4th round, in the confrontation between the demon king and juhongi, juhongie will die. In other words, if I lose in this match, in the quarterfinals, I will be in third place due to Juhongi’s disqualification.’
I didn’t need Fenrir’s fangs or anything, but it was enough to avoid all the statues like dog poop.
‘The next game… I have to lose at all costs.’
More than that.
‘Because of that bastard!’
Green, who met my eyes, was startled and hit the distant mountain. It’s the attitude of not knowing what happens to my arm.
‘That Sans bastard! I’ll pour you Coke later and melt all your bones!’
– Took.
A small white hand is on his shoulder, and when I look up, the demon king is smiling with his mouth wide open as if he is proud of me. He puts his lips to my ear and whispers a little.
“…Well done. We will see you in the finals.”
‘Suck your dick.’
*
Parangi and Nami’s tearful struggle ended with Nami’s victory, no, Nami’s defeat. She was a skeleton with no lips, and I could see her white teeth chattering.
And then the semifinals begin.
-Soowook
-Quaaang!
…There’s an additional patient next to the yellow one… Pity it.
I carefully suggested it to the demon king in preparation for the worst.
“Huh? To cancel all buffs?”
“Yes. Wouldn’t that be fair?”
It was literally. Judging from the Demon King’s actions so far, it’s a story that’s good enough. But the unbelievable fact that came out of her mouth shocked me.
“Did you unlock everything?”
?
“What?”
“I unlocked everything. When I was making the bracket earlier.”
Yeah… So now that destructive power is purely physical…
I had nothing more to say.
“Keep it off!”
“aaah…”
The second half of the quarterfinals.
The duel where me and Blueie risked their lives is in full swing.
“This… This f*ck…”
“Just..Tdak.”
This bastard. I can’t do it by force. I put my face near the blue guy’s ear and said softly. So that the demon king can’t hear it.
“… This chewy. Give up at this point and win. The extras have to eat in moderation. Before later soaking it in a bathtub full of Coke…”
!!!!
“Ugh!”
Parang exerted a lot of force and dragged him until the back of her hand touched the floor in front of her nose.
‘You bastard! That’s your answer!’
Never, never let that hand touch the floor. It’s me who loses.
“Keep it off!”
With all the strength he had been sucking, he pulled his arm, which had been leaning on the floor, back to the center.
“Blue… You really…”
The Demon King, who was watching from the side, admired Blue. From her point of view, it would seem that the blue guy who was pushed into the corner pulled him back up again.
‘Eugh?!’
Once again, the hand leaned toward the bottom of the blue one. It’s a crisis.
“Almost done! Cheer up!”
The excited demon lord exhales heavily and cheers me on. f*ck. I’m not pushing.
…
… Here comes the intuition.
A tingling arm, rough breathing, and bloody tendons. The pain that inevitably accompanies the human body.
The demon lord must have a premonition of my victory… And the skeletons who know the truth must have a gut feeling of my defeat.
I know…
I can’t stand it any longer…
‘… I can’t help it.’
Whoa…
‘Blue. You brought it upon yourself.’
I pushed my foot under the table as far back as possible.
-Shuwook!
-Kwajik!!
!!!!
“Tdak!, Ttak!”
Kwajik! Kwajik!
Then he started to pick up fierce soccer kicks to the shin of the blue guy.
“Just right!, Just right! Just right!”
Of course my feet hurt, but I couldn’t help it.
This is not an action to win arm wrestling. For the bigger picture.
‘Ugh… Please…’
My toe hurt. It is a battle of flesh and bone. Parangi held it tight and did not let go of his strength until the end.
‘Hurry up and pay attention, damn it!’
Puck! Puck! Puck!
“Damn it…! Exactly!”
When any part of your mind seems to be broken.
“Wait, what are you doing!?”
The Demon King blew his whistle and intervened in arm wrestling.
“Just… Tdadak.”
Only then did Parang roll on the floor holding onto his shin. The demon king is very angry and reprimands me.
“You, you are such a disappointment! It’s a foul!”
The Demon King, a matchmaker, inflated his cheeks and trembled his lips.
As expected.
“Mi, sorry! I wanted to win so much! You told me to come to the finals earlier. So… So, without me knowing, stop…”
I lowered my head, biting my lower lip as if I was genuinely resentful.
‘This is not enough. Baek Dong-ha. The directing is dull. Change the soul!’
-Duk, Duk.
!!??
Hot tears ran down my cheeks. If tears stopped coming out, I tried to bite my tongue, but fortunately, I was able to cry right away as I recalled the memories of suffering because of the demon king.
“Just, right!”
“Just, ttadak!”
The skeletons booed. Either that or not. When the demon king heard my lines, his angry expression softened.
… Now, Demon King, speak. If you are sure of winning, you will act according to my thoughts.
“…Still, no foul play… I want to meet you in the finals… Bar, foul play.”
“…Oh no. Ugh, hehehe.”
‘Whoa! These f*cking skeletons!! It’s all a mouthful of silence!!’
Unlike the directing where he prostrates himself on the floor and weeps, inside, he is enjoying his victory while doing a folk dance on the rainbow bridge.
‘He lived again!’
Only canned beans as a participation prize will be given to cheaters who openly play dirty.
“… I’m sorry. Rules are rules.”
The demon king patted me sobbing and said as if he couldn’t help it. I’m sorry, it’s okay!
I opened a can of beans and sat in the crowd, feeling the stinging gazes of the skeletons.
“What are you looking at? Why. Can you give me a bite?”
What would you do if you were yummy? Mr. Pak, I will break everything.
I am the one who vomits every day with the devil. I am confident that I will respond vigorously even if the Bone Dragon, not the skeleton, hits the shoulder.
The beans I chewed while watching the skeletons burst their arms were very sweet.
*
“Right, right. Tadak!”
“Crick!.”
The arm wrestling is over. As expected, the Demon King won. I decided to grant her wish right that she gave to herself. By majority vote. f*ck.
The demon king restored all of the yellow, orange, and blue teeth that were sad because her arm was broken. Now, everyone is sitting at the table and having a party.
“Just right! Follow me! Exactly!”
“Damn it? Crackle! Exactly!”
“What? Really? Hee hee…”
The demon king, who had mostly listened to the conversations of the skeletons, laughed in the middle of the conversation.
“…What did you say now?”
“… Huh? This is the story of how Yellow fell before being promoted to a 5th grade Skeleton Soldier. Parangi threw it on purpose.”
… Did you have a class?
She looks happy, but somehow her expression is getting worse. These few days I could tell just by looking at it.
How much time had passed like that?
“…I want to go to bed now.”
The Demon King rose from his seat.
“Damn it? Crackle! Clap Clap!”
“Just… Just? Right.”
Judging from the hands of the skeletons grabbing the hem of her skirt, it’s probably ‘already? No? Wait a little longer!’ I guess.
Either way, she left her kitchen and headed down a dark hallway.
‘Why are you like that?’
Her kitchen, which had been gloomy for a while after the demon king left, quickly became noisy with crackling sounds. They seem to have a lot to say among themselves.
‘Me too… I have to go in now.’
Then someone grabbed my hand as I got up. It was the blue that stuck in the 4th river earlier. This child. Are you trying to get revenge?
“…Why? What do you have to say?”
“Just right! Tadak!”
Blue smiled kindly (?) And held out a spoonful of canned beans he had been saving.
“… That’s it. Eat you.”
“Tadak! Just right!”
‘Let’s forget everything with this! Be like a man!’ Her clattering jaw joint trembled with laughter.
“Yes, thank you.”
Huh?
-Toouk.
Before I received it in my hand, the spoon he handed me with the beans fell to the floor. Fallen beans scattered messily.
“…Hey, what are you doing? I spilled it all on the floor…”
?
‘What?’
There is no blue tooth. It’s not just blue. All the skeletons that had been sitting on the table and crackling a while ago had disappeared.
‘…’
An empty kitchen.
…
No small noise.
‘Did he disappear because his magic power ran out?’
Only the candles we just ate are scattered on the table.
…
‘Let’s clean up and go in.’
– Dalgrak. Dalgrak.
In the spacious, quiet kitchen, only the sound of empty cans being removed was whispered.
*
I was walking to my room after tidying up the kitchen and washing up.
…
‘… It bothers me.’
-Turbuck, turbuck.
I arrived at the devil’s visit. Her bedroom, which she didn’t lock, but didn’t particularly open.
‘By the way… This is the first time I’ve visited the demon king first.’
I wonder if I’m scratching it for no reason, but I can’t seem to sleep because I’m worried about the demon king’s last attitude.
“Now?”
…
There was no answer.
‘How long has it been since you joined? Probably sleep me too…’
“…Why?”
!
A dark hallway, beyond a wooden door. The devil’s small answer came back. The echo of her voice made it clear that she was under the covers.
“… Where does it hurt?”
I had been praying for a long time to search for the demon lord, but it wouldn’t hurt me because of that. ‘Cause I’m not a sorcerer
“…No.”
“…Yes, then.”
-Turbuck, turbuck
…
The demon king’s weak voice turned his back and grabbed the hem of my clothes as I walked. I went back to the door and asked.
“They were… Skeletons. Can I summon you again?”
“…Yes.”
“…With the same kids?”
“……No.”
…
[Don’t you remember me?]
A word asked by the demon king as soon as he summoned the skeleton.
… I had a strange feeling. The lonely feeling I felt in the kitchen where the skeletons disappeared.
Could it be that she didn’t want to use her commanding summons because of that feeling?
‘A demon? Demons with emotions no different from those of insects?’
That’s ridiculous. He did not feel any emotion from the demons who had fought his way up to the 99th floor of this tower. They just attack people who come in.
‘Let’s not ask any more questions.’
For some reason, I didn’t have the confidence to handle it.
“…I go to bed too.”
“…Over there.”
– Chabak, chabak.
I hear the sound of her footsteps walking barefoot through the wooden door. She wasn’t too scared. Wonderfully.
I could feel that I was standing face to face with this wooden door.
“…Why?”
“…You can’t go out. No. You.”
Things she said countless times.
For the first time, I wasn’t scared.
Because her voice was weakly trembling.
“…”
I had nothing to say in return. Don’t go out? Are you still here with you?
‘It’s sophistry.’
I felt like I could talk about everything now.
I’m in so much pain in this place where I’m locked up with you,
Isn’t it enough if you’ve rolled that much?
Please let me out now.
…
“…Sleep well.”
… I walked out without saying anything else, leaving only a short greeting.
Is it because I’m afraid of the devil’s retaliation that I can’t be honest?
I don’t know either.
-Turbuck, turbuck
When I was far away from the door, I heard a small talk to myself through the door.
“… I’m more afraid of not having it.”