Novel The Max Level Hero has Returned!

Chapter 508:

The only communication possible with all other creatures who cannot communicate.

You could call

it a conversation.

“I think so.”

“Over there. Are you staying here alone?”

As Io guided Ilina and me inside, he shook his head quietly.

“Didn’t I tell you? This is a rough and difficult place to live in, but it’s not a place you can’t live in if you adapt.”

Certainly, the place where Io took me was not magma, but a place where clear and cool underground water flowed.

Luminous stones shining beautifully in green light and moonlight fireflies shining brightly inside were filled with various medicinal herbs and mysterious plants.

“It’s a strange place.”

“Oh!!”

At that moment, I saw someone sticking out his head from a rock in the distance, and quickly running towards Lich Io.

“Beasts or demons?”

Its true identity was none other than a boy of the Toin tribe and a girl with bloody eyes unique to the demon tribe.

The two children hurriedly ran up and shouted at Io with their eyes twinkling.

“A friend? Did you bring a friend?!”

“Ah yes. I brought it. Even though it was unintentional.”

He was accustomed to comforting the two children and pointed at the magma cow following me.

“How are you?”

“Wow… Whoa…”

The Toin boy pricked his ears and opened his eyes wide, and the Asmodian girl looked around the magma cow curiously.

“What about the others?”

“We have guests! So the adults told us to play outside!”

Io’s eyes shook once at the bright child’s cry.

“You’re such an uninvited guest. I’m sorry, but can you wait a little longer?”

At Io’s words, I quietly nodded. Then, looking at the magma cow watching me, I smiled.

“Stay here and run away, it’ll be fun. Got it?”

Seeing the magma cow shaking and nodding frantically, I tapped its horn in satisfaction.

Then, he moved along with Io.

The village Io mentioned was not that big. It was said that it was a small village where roughly 30 to 40 people gathered to kill.

Although, of course, it is surprising that there is room for people of that size in these living hell-like underground mountains.

However, the village, which should have been a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, was a mess here and there.

And demons, beastmen, and orcs and dwarves, who seemed to be the villagers, huddled together in the center of the village and were threatened, and skeletons clad in black armor surrounded them.

“Stop!!”

Seeing this, Io jumped out in front of them without hesitation and stopped them.

Io, who blocked the threatening villager with his eyes shining, shouted at the skeletons thrusting spears.

“Isn’t the promise different! You said you’d just leave us alone!”

It wasn’t the skeletons that responded to his cries.

“Things have changed.”

It was the existence of a dreamer who walked out of the skeletons.

Surprisingly naked, the girl with an expression that seemed to feel no shame at all smiled coolly as she lightly bounced her pink hair.

“The situation has changed… what can you say…”

Io’s voice trembled at the overbearing Dream Succubus’ actions.

“As promised, didn’t I tell you that I would protect the residents of this place in silence by providing the elixir I made once every six months!”

“Cook… Cook Cook…”

At Io’s protest, the dreamer giggled at what was so enjoyable.

“Yes. It was like that at first.”

“If not!”

“So things have changed.”

Mongma’s expression hardened as he spoke calmly.

“This is no longer a relaxed situation.”

Quaang!!! bang!!

At the same time, black explosions occurred all over town.

“Ah… ah…”

“I’ll give it to you in three days. If you can’t make an elixir accumulated over 50 years in three days and donate it yourself, I’ll burn the whole place.”

“That’s bullshit!”

Frightened Io shouted as he banged his teeth.

“What are you saying? Wasn’t it you who offered the contract as an elixir in the first place?”

“That’s…”

“Today is just a warning, so I won’t commit any killing. With your power, you could harm us, but don’t forget. Those who look after us say that a low-class lich like you can’t do anything. I mean.”

After saying what they had to say, Io sat on the floor with his hands shaking, leaving behind the dreamers and skeleton soldiers who turned around and left.

“I was foolish.”

There was regret in his voice.

* * *

Tracking down the dreamer wasn’t very profitable. It was because they were scattered on the spot, not by land, and the dreamer who led them escaped through a dream, a unique power of a dreamer.

In the end, finding a way to the demon realm through land without wasting energy had no choice but to get help from Richie Io.

Wasn’t there a way that demons invaded the continent in the past?

Some of them lost their will and others lost their strength because they forcibly broke through the defensive barrier installed by Hares because they used space transfer instead of land in the first place.

The way to pay the price and enter was not very good.

I don’t know, but they probably didn’t know this road that Io knew.

If I had known that, I wouldn’t have gone through such a loss.

The existence of an outsider was not welcomed by the villagers.

I looked around the village, ignoring the cold stares at Illina and me, and hung out my tongue as Io treated the injured.

“A rich woman who follows God on the subject of corrupting God, raises prayers and even heals…

”

It seems that the lich, who has only bones and glistening eyes, has nothing to say.

“So, when are you going to guide me?”

He stopped moving his hands at my question.

and looked at me

“Are you afraid you won’t help?”

“You have to do your own thing.”

“Hehehe. I knew that. That’s not wrong.”

It was he who muttered bitterly.

“It will be difficult for you to win against that monster in the first place.”

He seemed to have no idea what kind of existence the saint of the continent was.

“I was foolish. I shouldn’t have made such a risky promise when he noticed and set his eyes on this place.”

“A dangerous promise?”

At my question, he turned off the light in his eyes and slowly opened it.

Then he spread out his small, bony hand.

At the same time, a small light gathered over the bones of the hand, creating a small hallucination.

“Oh oh.”

“It’s still a small illusion. Even if you look at it like this, he was an engineer who produced illusions before becoming a lich. After that, his job has changed once.”

Mainly, the skill to create such an illusion lies with the magician. It cannot be said that there was no black magic or associations of black magicians in the past that he used.

“He highly valued the spiritual order I was making. So he said that he would close his eyes and keep quiet about the existence of this place if I regularly dedicate the elixir to me.”

Those without strength will be eaten. That was the law of the demon realm.

And if it was a demon who could pressure Lich Io like this and dominate the area, the result was obvious.

“He knows a passageway that only my villagers and I know about. So he’s periodically putting pressure on us. But… it looks like something went wrong along the way.”

The fact that the man who had been quiet until now suddenly changed his mind and put pressure on him was an element that could not be taken lightly.

“So? What are you going to do?”

Io lowered his head at Illina’s question.

“I’m sorry, but I’ll have to give up this place. Then find a safe place…” ”

Then come to the Palan Empire. I’ll protect you.”

At Ilina’s suggestion, he shook his head.

“We are the ones who cut ties with the world. There is no reason to return to the world now.”

“Then you’re going to die here or find a safe road that you don’t know when you’ll find it and move again?”

“Because resistance is impossible.”

“Did you ever think of resisting?”

Io was silent at Ilina’s question. Instead, he glared at Illina with red eyes.

“Do you think resistance is possible? You don’t know. He’s a monster. A monster. He’ll never win…” “I’m

already terrified.”

“There’s nothing more to talk about. Please stop interfering. You helped me train the Magma Cow, so I’ll tell you the way to the Underworld. But no more, no less… Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa wuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatrs haves i have nothing to talk about ! My hair roots! My precious hair roots! They are the last traces of my lush hair!”

Io looked at Io’s hair as he calmed down and spoke heavily, but when I pulled a strand, he screamed and struggled.

“How can a saint who serves a god be so cruel! He didn’t even touch my hair!”

“Is the person who worships that god greedy for hair?”

“Do you think you’ll be fine too?! Everyone’s hair falls out…”

“I don’t fall out, don’t worry. I’m different from you, who was born bald.”

“Like this vicious man! And I’m not bald! My hair is still…”

“The rest must have gone to heaven.”

“Kaaaaaagh!”

He couldn’t hold back his anger and struggled and expressed his anger.

At that time, a small child poked out his head from beyond the rock in the distance.

It was a native boy and a demon girl that I met for the first time.

The two children, who had been looking at us without saying a word, looked at us and then jumped up and hid themselves behind Io, only sticking their heads out.

“Kyaa! Cute!”

Seeing that, Ilina grabbed her cheek with both hands and let out a cute scream, and the two children hid behind Io as if they were frightened.

“Oops. Don’t come out… Aaaaaaa! Please don’t pull your hair!”

“Ehehe! No hair! Io bald! Bald!”

“Keugh?!”

The children yanked Io’s hair roughly, and Io screamed and slammed his teeth frantically.

“Oh! Mom told me to bring this!”

“That’s right! If you eat bread, your hair will grow as well!”

Eventually, when a native girl handed over a small bread basket, Io’s screams stopped.

The emotion reflected in the eyes was warmth.

“Ah… Thank you so much for this. It’s a delicious bread.”

“Uh uh…”

The children who were troubled by Io’s words looked at Ilina and me and said quietly.

“Oh, my mom said to share the delicious food…”

“Yes. We should share it. Please sit here.”

Io skillfully picked up the two children and seated them on a nearby rock.

“Would you like to eat together?”

“No, I won’t.”

I’m a little curious about how flour or rice was grown in the ground, but I didn’t dig too deep. It’s okay if you find a way.

The two children chewing and chewing on the bread continued to look at Illina and I, as if they were curious.

“Are you curious about my sister?”

“Pretty sister! Is your sister the beautiful goddess Io was talking about?”

“Oh, what about this girl?”

The demon girl answered while hesitating, and Illina’s cheeks turned

red

. Pretty is recognizing. Even

if you cut off ties to the world, the child was like a child.

“It won’t be easy to make a spiritual order right away, but there will be some time left after guiding you and returning. I just have to suffer a little more. And we have to get out of here before the next delivery deadline approaches. If I give my life, I might be able to evacuate them.”

At his words, I calmly took out a toy from the subspace and waved it to the Toin boy.

“Wow…”

“It’s a gift. Do you like it?”

“…Ah…yes!”

I smiled and stroked his hair, and the boy squeezed the small toy in his hand with his

eyes sparkling

. looked at Io and asked,

“Looks like you’re trying to let us go before they see us. Is it wrong?”

“You saw it right away. They are too risky. I know you’re a saint with great power, but can even a saint handle

it?” Io, who hit his teeth with a crackling sound, looked at me. ”

Oh, of course, it’s hard to see you as a saint with a wicked temper.

” I want to recruit him.”

“Recruitment?”

“Your elixir-making skills are quite useful.”

At my words, Io waved his hand with his bony hand.

“I told you before, but I refuse. I’ve cut off ties to the world.”

At this point, I can’t help but wonder. I’ve already had the experience of sending the demons away once. I couldn’t think of many people who could do such a thing. “Who the hell is he?” ”

He

… . yes. He sighed briefly and closed his eyes.

It

was then.

Kwaaaang!!!!

Another loud noise rang out from the quiet village.

“What ?!”

”

What’s wrong with the children?” As a character full of justice, she didn’t just

ignore

this. Leaving

behind Illina, who was moving quickly along with Io, she ran into the village without looking at it.

I narrowed my eyes as I watched the black aura that started to spread throughout the village.

How come you’re familiar?

Thinking that, I also moved on. It’s not easy to go to the Pandemonium if you keep getting interrupted like this. Let’s

bounce off the floor lightly and head towards the village. I saw several people already lying down with serious injuries.

Among them, I saw some who seemed to be dead and didn’t move.

“Why did you attack!!!

” ”

Khehehehe. I thought you’d make excuses and run away. I sent the dream horse, Lapis, to see his liver, and he was ready to run away.”

“Keugh…”

It wasn’t wrong, so Io gnawed at his blackened teeth and brightened his eyes

. I can’t!”

He shouted as if resisting, gathering black air currents in both hands.

“Oh. Are you going to resist me?”

“I have no choice but to drive you out of here!”

As Io hurriedly started chanting, jets of black light gathered around him and began to rotate.

“Hmph!!”

But the one wearing the black robe attacked Io . Even before it was completed, it manifested its power and suppressed his attack

. Will you reveal this to me? A guy who couldn’t even cross the wall of a 7th circle master dares this Command King?!”

That

guy seems to be the main culprit of this situation. I looked at him without saying a word and then slowly moved on

. Io collapsed on the floor and groaned in agony.

” This

Io!

”

He stood up and said,

“Don’t worry. I will not take my life All according to my great will. Become a faithful follower of the true Undead!”

Behind the robed man who shouted confidently, a dreamer named Lapis, who first attacked this place, walked out with a leisurely step.

“Dian-sama. what are you waiting for The Demon King of Destruction is waiting.”

“Shut up! I’ll take care of what I have to do!”

The Demon King of Destruction?

While listening to the story, I reached out my hand as I saw the black monster using magic to completely subdue Io soon.

Then, I stopped Illina from jumping out.

“Davi? ”

“It’s okay. I’ll do it.”

At my words, she put on a puzzled expression. Coincidentally, I have a little bit of a relationship with him.

“I thought he was hiding somewhere.”

He said that and took a step further. “That ‘s

it?!”

“You are an absolute curse that I can’t handle! There is not a single one who has survived this cursed hand!”

Io’s eyes were colored with despair at the stranger’s cry.

And the moment a black orb flew toward him. A

jingle …

As I stepped forward, I stood in front of Io before I knew

it

. What?!”

Io and the others looked at me in shock at my sudden intrusion. It was too close to defend. Nevertheless, I took no defensive action or mana

. I just accepted it.

Kwaaang!!!

As the black whirlwind wrapped around my body with a tremendous explosion, the assailant paused for a moment and let out a burst of light.

“Hahahahahaha!!! I don’t know where you came from, but you’ve put yourself in the position to die. Poor mortal!! Now that black whirlwind is destroying your body…”

His voice, which had been shouting confidently, gradually dwindled and fell silent as if he had lost his words.

“No one has ever stopped

him ?

” do you remember the voice? You son of a bitch?”

Then, I shook my hand lightly to clear the whirlwind, and when I smiled, his body trembled.

I heard the eyes of the invisible guy under the hood quickly roll.

Then there was silence for a while. ” Hey

.”

“…hehehehehehe! I’ll give you a deadline, so make sure to make a promise…”

“Stop moving. Don’t take off the bottom and stand there.”

How is this pretending to go back

naturally

? How are you still alive when your subordinates fell apart? Seeing how you go around saying that no one survived after being hit by your attack?” His identity is none other than the King of Death, who was the main culprit behind the ancient undead raids in the Farran

Empire

. It was Deian, who was called the king of the dead.