"Hello, young hero, your journey has reached its end." Luke stared silently at the angel floating in front of him. "It has been a long time since we last met—""Ha."The angel fell silent. She watched as he stood up from the floor. His left hand combed through his short black hair revealing piercing black eyes. Said eyes glared daggers into the angel who felt nothing at the burning gaze."What a joke. A long time? It's been less than four years since you dumped us in this hellhole," he said with a sneer.Four long years trapped in another world. He had spent four birthdays away from his friends and family while trying to survive in this place. Thinking about them made his deceased heart clench with longing. His only companions were a bunch of strangers he had never seen in his entire life. In return for all his efforts, he was killed by the people he was supposed to protect in order to return home. It was a complete and utter joke."I don't care what you have to say. Just send me home

What? What did he just say? Did the demon king he had killed just offer for him to become a demon king just like him? What kind of sick joke was this? Did he really think he would say without batting an eye?[Are you rejecting the offer?]He snapped. "You killed countless people. My entire party is dead because of you. Grace died to take you down."[Grace? Are you perhaps referring to the Saintess? Were the two of you perhaps lovers? If you became the demon king, you could resurrect her.]"No," he denied instantly.[No, what?]"I refuse," he said as he crossed his arms. "I'm not going to become a demon king for such a pointless reason."[Well, that was a quick rejection. I thought for sure you would accept. Did she mean that little to you?]"I respect her as a comrade. She wouldn't want me to bring her back as a minion to some demon king after dying to kill one. If you think I'll be willing to desecrate my comrade's remains just so they'll be at my side once more, think again," he sai

[Should I be honored that you chose my weapon?]"You're looking into it too much. It's just the best equipment for fighting against angels," he said.[Item Information][Sanguine][Godly][Attack +2,000][A blood red sword belonging to the late 12th demon king. It was forged by the demon blacksmith Tien Autry using the demon king's very own bones and bathed in the blood of angels.][Every time you draw blood, you regain a small portion of your health.][Against those with the 'Divinity' attribute, it has double the effectiveness.]As expected of the main weapon of the 12th demon king, it was made for striking down angels. No wonder they had difficulty defending against it during the final battle. The rest of the demon king's equipment must have also been Godly. Their best equipment had been Legendary."You know, if I didn't know any better, I would have thought you were setting us up to fail," he said as he pushed the angel back.She gnashed her teeth together as pressed back. "You!"

"You what?" the angel shrieked.He sighed. She didn't have to scream. He was surprised too, but she didn't need to scream like a banshee. At this rate, his ears were going to go. It was really tempting for him to just kill her and put them both out of their misery."How is that possible? Wouldn't there be a contradiction?" he asked.[Yes, it causes a paradox. So how do you think the paradox is resolved?]Luke had to think about it before saying, "If there are two demon kings for the same position at any one time, I would assume that one of them would have to die."[That's correct. Which of the demon kings do you think will disappear?]"The fact that you were the demon king I fought means you survived," he said. "How?"[The demon's system prioritizes their survival of demons; therefore, it will pick the demon king it believes is the better option. While I was just a newborn, the previous demon king had already used his ability to turn back time and had lost to me already.]"So, it deci

While he laid low, it wouldn't hurt for him to seek out allies. Not everyone had fallen into line with what the angel's wanted. Several had been wary of what the angels had to say. If what his scrambled memories of the future said was true, several people had been very outspoken about not trusting the angels before learning more about the world. Those people would later die under mysterious circumstances.No one had noticed any connections between them since it happened over the first year and in different locations in different ways. One died from a demon attack while another died in a training accident. It was chalked up to be because of how dangerous the world was, and the angels insisted that they be careful so that they wouldn't end up like them.Considering how wide the angels' influence was, it wouldn't be surprising if they got the natives involved to get rid of anyone that could convince the rest of the summoned people to not listen to the angels.He would have to approach th