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◈ Our Precious Demon King ◈
Chapter 10: Conquering the Demon Realm
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South Korea’s Hunter Management Bureau.
With more funding and support than even the National Intelligence Service, the agency worked like a well-oiled machine.
“Here you are.”
“Wow, that was quick.”
Less than ten minutes after Cheon Yubeom appeared, Lee Mina arrived with two resident registration cards.
“Kim Remi?”
Junyong tilted his head as he examined Remi’s ID.
“How old does being born in XX make you?”
“Nineteen. We estimated her age as that of a high school senior...”
Kim Junyong chuckled.
“Remi, looks like you can’t drink.”
“...”
When Remi’s expression darkened, Lee Mina looked alarmed.
“Sh-should we make another one?”
“No, it’s fine.”
Kim Junyong gave Remi a mischievous grin, but she knew there was no controlling her master’s playfulness and simply let him be.
The shop owner took the IDs and began activating their phones, barely daring to breathe.
Sitting in the waiting area, Junyong pointed to the chairs opposite him.
“You two sit down, too.”
“Ah, yes.”
He quietly studied Cheon Yubeom and Lee Mina.
“Is this some kind of returnee care service?”
“...?”
When Cheon Yubeom looked confused, Lee Mina quickly answered.
“Yes, that’s right.”
Cheon Yubeom protested with a look.
‘We’re not just observing a returnee. He’s already a villain!’
‘Just keep your mouth shut.’
As they exchanged glances, Kim Junyong smiled brightly.
“So, what do you think after watching me?”
“Compared to what I expected...”
Cheon Yubeom hastily swallowed the rest and chose something positive to say.
“You seem much easier to talk to.”
“That’s funny. Weren’t you the ones who arrested me and hauled me off before even talking?”
“When someone kills a person... we usually arrest them.”
Kim Junyong shrugged.
“So I should’ve let a rapist live? What about you two?”
“Pardon?”
“Have you never killed a bad guy?”
“...”
Neither Cheon Yubeom nor Lee Mina could say a word.
The Special Investigation Unit often encountered villains and potential villains. Surely these two had also been forced to take lives during investigations.
“I don’t really like killing people.”
“Pardon?”
“She killed them.”
Now that they thought about it, that was true.
Both turned their eyes toward Remi.
Junyong’s next words reached their ears.
“For the record, she really loves killing people.”
“...”
“I usually keep them alive and torture them.”
It was impossible to say which statement was more horrifying, and neither sounded like a joke. Their heads spun.
Only the clicking of the phone shop owner’s mouse broke the silence.
“Anyway, I’m going to live quietly. I don’t need returnee support, either, so you don’t have to keep following me around.”
“...We can’t do that.”
“Oh?”
Lee Mina bravely spoke up.
“The returnee support program is extremely important.”
Belheim was an unfamiliar world.
A battlefield, at that.
Ten times as much time passed there.
And in the end, people returned to Earth by experiencing death.
It would have been stranger for a returnee to be mentally sound. In the early days, returnees had frequently failed to adjust to society and become villains.
“You’re in a better position than most, Mr. Kim Junyong. Returnees with families are nine times as likely to adjust to society.”
“Heh. So what do you want?”
“Please allow us to provide close protection, as we’ve been doing, to help you settle into society more easily. We’ll do everything we can to help you adjust to modern life.”
“Hmm.”
Kim Junyong chuckled at this open declaration that they intended to watch him.
“I already have a bodyguard right here.”
Cheon Yubeom and Lee Mina glanced at Remi, then squeezed their eyes shut.
‘That’s even more dangerous!’
Understanding their worries, Kim Junyong kindly explained.
“Fine. I’ll tell you my rule. I don’t fight unless someone starts trouble with me.”
“...”
They had saved civilians from nearly getting killed in those disputes several times today alone.
“Anyway.”
This wasn’t a negotiation.
Kim Junyong was simply being nice enough to explain things.
He understood why people would feel uneasy when a tiger appeared in their village, but the tiger had no reason to go to such lengths to reassure them.
The tiger just wanted to stroll around and look at the village.
“Get lost now.”
“...”
When the two remained firmly in place, the corners of Remi’s lips rose slightly.
“Shall I cut them down?”
“If they’re still here in three seconds.”
Whoosh!
Cheon Yubeom and Lee Mina fled at the same time.
“Shall I chase them down and cut them down?”
“Leave them. Do you think they’ll stop just because I tell them to?”
The world was full of surveillance cameras anyway.
He simply didn’t appreciate their direct interference.
If they wanted to work hard at staying out of sight, well...
“Are you done?”
“I-it’s d-d-done.”
The shop owner, who had been anxiously watching them, held out the phones with trembling hands.
“Oh.”
Kim Junyong and Kim Remi stared at the devices for a long time, like children who had just been given toys.
All they did was stare.
“How do you use this?”
“Ah! I’ll help you with the initial setup. First, facial recognition here...”
The shop owner kindly set everything up for them.
“Call this number.”
“Ah, yes.”
When Junyong handed over the business card his sister had given him that morning, the owner took the hint and began saving the number.
“Should I save it as Director Kim Jangmi?”
“Save it as ‘Sis.’”
“Ah, yes.”
With the initial setup completed smoothly, Junyong made the call.
“Hey, Sis. It’s me.”
[Junyong? Is this your number?]
“Yeah.”
[I was worried. What a relief. Nothing’s happened yet, right?]
“Oh, that. Don’t worry. They came, we talked, and they left.”
[They came and left? What did they say?]
“Like Jihun said, it was some returnee care thing. Anyway, we agreed not to bother each other.”
[...Can you really settle it like that?]
“Apparently.”
[...All right, then. Can you come to my clinic by six?]
“Sure.”
There was still time to spare.
Kim Junyong ended the call and held out the business card.
“Do you know where this clinic is?”
“Yes. For something like this, you open the map app and enter the address here, like this.”
[Starting route guidance.]
“Ooh!”
The owner shared in Kim Junyong’s delight.
“Just follow these directions.”
“Okay, thanks. Charge it to this.”
“Oh, there’s no need.”
Kim Junyong held out his sister’s magic credit card, but the owner waved it away.
“Did those two pay before they left?”
“Oh, no, that’s not it, either. It’ll be automatically debited with next month’s phone bill.”
“What? Were you acting generous with my money?”
“I-I’m sorry.”
As the owner’s face went pale, Kim Junyong chuckled.
“I’m kidding. Just kidding. Thanks for your help.”
“Yes. Have a safe trip.”
The owner remained in a deep bow until both customers had left.
Once they were gone, all the tension drained away, and the owner collapsed into a chair.
“Wow, I nearly got fucked.”
When the Bureau agent had secretly dragged the owner away and issued threats, it had felt like the end.
“She really is fucking gorgeous, though.”
The owner stole one more glance at the departing customers.
* * *
[Turn right.]
Junyong showed Remi the phone as it spoke in a clear voice, as though showing off.
“See? This is Earth’s civilization.”
“I have one, too.”
“Heh heh. You Belheim folks ain’t seen anything like this before, huh?”
“...I’m from the Demon Realm.”
“Hehehe. Oh, you country bumpkin.”
“...”
He turned right, only to stop in his tracks.
Barricades covered in KEEP OUT signs stood in the way. A tall fence had even been put up in the middle of the road, blocking the view.
“What’s this?”
Vehicles were completely barred from entering, but a narrow sidewalk remained open on one side, allowing people to pass.
Kim Junyong asked a passerby.
“What’s this?”
“A dungeon.”
“Pardon?”
What kind of lunatic mage built a dungeon here?
Wasn’t it common sense to build one somewhere quiet, where there wouldn’t be many intruders?
He wanted to ask more, but the man had already walked away.
Kim Junyong’s curiosity and impulsiveness wouldn’t let him pass the dungeon by.
He approached the fence and gave it a light tap. It was thin.
“Cut it.”
“Yes.”
Shing!
A light swing of Remi’s sword created an entrance.
Stepping inside, Kim Junyong was surprised for the first time since returning to Earth.
“Wow!”
A black sphere floated in the middle of the road.
About five meters across, it was as black as oil. It wasn’t hard to guess what it was.
“A demon?”
But why couldn’t he sense its energy?
The evil energy had been halted mid-summoning, but he should still have been able to sense it from this close.
“Shall we take a closer look?”
Kim Junyong tried to draw mana from his Mana Core, then flinched.
“Oh, right.”
His Mana Core was still frozen solid.
This is oddly inconvenient.
I should unlock my status window soon.
Kim Junyong stepped outside the fence and smacked a passing man on the back of the head.
Smack.
“Ow! Why’d you hit me?”
“Just felt like it.”
“What the fuck? Are you crazy?”
The man hurried away. You didn’t avoid shit because it was scary, but because it was filthy.
“No fighting spirit...”
To think he would put up with such sudden provocation and run away.
Were modern people really that weak?
Still, the brief burst of irritation, pain, and disbelief from the man provided enough energy.
When he looked at the black sphere with Mana Sight, he could finally make out its structure in detail.
Kim Junyong let out a cry of wonder.
“Wow...”
He could see golden energy gently wrapping around the sphere.
Kim Junyong knew the source of that energy, which felt both familiar and strange.
“It’s Earth’s god.”
Soft, warm energy.
Earth’s god was preventing the demon from being summoned.
“Wow, so that’s why I couldn’t smell the Demon Realm.”
He had thought the city was far too intact for a place that had suffered an invasion from the Demon Realm. His chance to enjoy the unusual sight didn’t last long.
Tweeet! Tweet!
Police officers soon came running at the sound of whistles.
“Come out! You’re not allowed in here!”
“Hurry.”
“Hey, officers. I heard this was a dungeon. Where’s the entrance?”
“What? What kind of strange question is that?”
Then Remi stepped forward.
“Shall I cut them down?”
“...Are you hunters?”
The officers glanced at the longsword in Remi’s hand and backed away. They asked because only hunters could obtain permits for blades that large.
But Kim Junyong, an honest man, spoke nothing but the truth.
“I’m a returnee, but I’m not a hunter yet.”
“Ah!”
Then it made some sense.
Only hunters could enter dungeons.
“You enter dungeons through your phone.”
“Pardon?”
Kim Junyong’s response made the officers even more wary.
Something was definitely suspicious.
Returnee and hunter were practically interchangeable terms.
He was a returnee, yet he didn’t even know about hunters?
They tensed and were about to call for backup when someone spoke.
“We’re from the Bureau.”
Cheon Yubeom appeared again through the cut fence.
The officers relaxed after seeing the ID Cheon Yubeom held out.
A Grade 3 hunter was very reassuring backup.
“Two suspicious individuals approaching a dungeon without authorization.”
“Yes, understood. We’ll take it from here. You can go.”
“All right. Keep up the good work.”
The police left just like that, and Cheon Yubeom and Lee Mina once again stood before Kim Junyong and Kim Remi.
“You followed us again.”
“...”
“Anyway, good timing.”
“Pardon?”
What exactly was he expecting them to do?
“This is a demon summoning that got blocked. Why do you call it a dungeon?”
“Pardon? We call it a dungeon because it’s a dungeon.”
“Where’s the entrance?”
“Right here.”
“What? Where am I supposed to go in?”
“Through your phone?”
“You little shit.”
Kim Junyong chuckled.
“Getting pretty comfortable with me, huh? Even cracking jokes?”
“N-no. I’m serious.”
When displeasure appeared on Kim Junyong’s face, Cheon Yubeom hurriedly showed him a phone.
“Y-you just need to install this app.”
“Hey, how’s an app supposed to get you into a dungeon...?”
Kim Junyong stopped himself.
There were several apps installed on Cheon Yubeom’s phone.
Only one of them gave off the divine power of Earth’s god.
“What is this?”
Kim Junyong strengthened his Mana Sight and looked.
The golden radiance surrounding the enormous black sphere and the glow coming from the app gave off the same energy.
“S-since you’re a returnee too, Mr. Junyong, you should be able to install the app.”
Still doubtful, Kim Junyong followed the instructions.
He stared at the app now installed on his phone.
[Demon Realm Conquest]
“What the...?”
“If you launch it, you’ll connect.”
“To where?”
“Where else? The Demon Realm.”
First the goddess of Belheim, who knew nothing but how to bless others, and now Earth’s god, too...
Did all gods have such bizarre powers?
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