The demon warrior, looking at the defeated human king before him, couldn't help but speak up.
"You are much easier to fight than the hero, even if you are equipped with world-class gear, have so many troops to help you, and have set up so many traps."
You won't be able to save your own life either.
Butcher King!
I did nothing wrong!
Those who are not of our race are sure to have different hearts!
Do you think the demon race is united from top to bottom?
Only now do I realize that the goddess's blessing... is also a curse!!!
It took me so long to understand this truth: it's a cycle, and the war... is far from over!!!
"Then I look forward to the next cycle, Butcher!"
As the demon warrior's weapon fell, the human knights fell silent, for their king, who had been with them throughout their lives... had finally fallen!
"For the King!!!"
"revenge!!!"
This same king was the one who revitalized the continent back then, and now he is the one leading the human empire to its demise.
He may not be kind to all races, but he is friendly enough to humans. The knights angrily charged at this demon executioner, but even the king was no match for him, so what could these guardian knights do?
Perhaps because they had cleared the human capital, a light, slightly crimson drizzle began to fall as the demon warrior left the castle...
He stood on a lookout tower at the gate, looking out over the battlefield of all races. Now that he had killed the ringleader, the human race had no power to resist. The king of the Demon Court had promised him that, even for the sake of the old hero who had once saved all races, he would leave some safe territory for the human race.
And now... it's time for him to fulfill his promise.
...
"What? Cut the weeds and wipe them out at the root? But... this doesn't align with the goddess's teachings!"
The returning demon warrior stared at the demon king with wide-eyed shock. They had clearly agreed that when the demon court was established, the demon king would swear that after defeating the human race, he would also make the human race one of the myriad races. That's why he believed that the demon king of the demon court had a heart to save the world and could truly quell the chaos and achieve lasting peace on the continent.
But why you...
"Historical experience tells us that we cannot leave the enemy with even the slightest hope, otherwise... if they make a comeback, it will be extremely detrimental to our future generations."
The Demon King had his back to the demon warrior, so the expression on his face was completely hidden.
"What about the vow you made when you started your uprising, the vow of equality and coexistence among all races, with the goal of ending the chaos and achieving lasting peace, rather than perpetuating the cycle of hatred!"
"Without humans, there will be no new hatred. Don't you understand?"
Do you really understand?
Yao Yong stared coldly at the ruthless king before him. When... when did he become like this?
"But you once said that even if it was for the sake of saving the old hero who saved all races, we should leave a place for humankind to live. Have you forgotten that?"
Why...
The Demon King sighed heavily and shook his head with his back to him.
"Equality only applies to us. To be friendly to our enemies is to harm ourselves."
The Demon Court has grown larger, and some things are not as they used to be. Even I am unable to fulfill all the promises I made.
I'm sorry... Hero, I did it for all races, for all races...
"All races? But the human race... is also one of the many races!"
Bang!
Yao Yong stormed out of the door in anger, leaving behind only the Demon King, who still had his back turned. Even after Yao Yong left, he remained the same, simply looking at the myriad races' troops and knights below the floor-to-ceiling window.
The demon warrior who left couldn't understand whether what the demon king did was truly the right thing to do. Back then, when the demon court was first established, the demon king united all races under the banner of equality to overthrow the rule of the human empire.
After years of fighting and the sacrifice of countless demons, the final goal was to completely annihilate the human race. How hypocritical!
If his only fear was that humanity would rise again, then he, the Demon Warrior, was willing to suppress them with his own body and spend the rest of his life on human territory!
Just as he told the old hero, back then, all races were chased to the limit by the demon army, and only the human kingdoms on the other half of the continent had the strength to resist the demons.
Without the heroes of yesteryear, there would be no Demon Court as we know it today!
And how is doing this any different from the actions of the former human empires?
If we only show goodwill to those we perceive as all races, what about the future?
If there are conflicts among the myriad races, what would the Demon King do then?
Will he break his promise again, just like now, and take up the butcher's knife to slaughter the human race?
Why does the butcher always appear...?
After the demon warrior killed the human king, the war between humans and demons came to a complete end. The demon court ultimately decided to exterminate the human race, just as it had done to the demon race in the past.
Unable to accept the policies of the Demon Court, Yao Yong chose to retire and return to his hometown, secretly protecting some humans.
These humans were ordinary people, nothing special. Yao Yong only hoped that in the future, among all the races, there would be a name associated with the human race. But something unbelievable... still happened!
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