Chapter 406 405- Demon’s Heart
The Overlord raised Zach"s head by his hair and said, "What will you do if I kill you girls in front of you, huh? Will you let out the monster inside you? Will you become like me? And will you still say we are not the same, huh?
Listen, Zach, let me give you a piece of advice as a mature adult… everything we do… we do for ourselves. And by we, I mean everyone in this world. You want to save your harem, why? Because "you" don"t want to lose them. If you do, "you" will be sad.
See that, hah? All our actions are nothing but an act of selfishness over others to make us feel good and happy. Why are we like this? I don"t even know why I am doing this? Who am I doing this for? For you or for me? But we both are the same, so why?
I don"t understand. Why did all this have to happen to me? And why must I go through the same thing again and again? That"s right… I am here to make things right. To take revenge. To… to… what? To… do… to have… the…"
The Overlord glanced aimlessly as though he had suddenly forgotten everything.
"Well, whatever. I have said enough." The Overlord stood and opened a portal out of nowhere.
"..."
"Oh! One more thing, our old man is still alive. The reason you didn"t get his blessings was because I stole them from you. It wasn"t our father who showed you that memory, it was my doing. Father had only blessed us at that time.
So… while I do all that, find a way to save him. There are a few enemies you should take care of, but they will be easy for you to deal with. Whatever you do, don"t come in my path, or I will kill your lovers.
Only then will you realize how it feels to lose something you don"t know the value of. This is not a request or a warning, or a threat. This is my statement. I am you, so you should know better that we always fulfill our commitments.
Your lovers or harem or friends don"t matter to me. Even if they die, I don"t care. The only thing that matters is you. I can"t let you die. If you die, everything will fail.
And yeah…" He pointed his finger at Zach and said, "Remember the card you got after clearing the 100th floor of this dungeon?"
"The Lord awaits you." Zach recalled.
"That was me. If you figure out what it is and how to use it, you will be able to find me." The Overlord faced the portal and showed his back to Zach as he said, "You can do whatever you want then. You can kill me and take revenge for killing Shay. But remember, you can only use it once. So only use it when you are confident enough to defeat me. Otherwise, you will end up dead."
After saying that, the Overlord pa.s.sed through the portal and disappeared.
"..."
Zach lay on the ground and stared at nothingness for a few seconds. He was still baffled by everything, and the only goal in his mind was to hunt down the Overlord and give him a painful death.
[My Liege! Are you okay?!] Cerberus asked in a panic. [I cannot sense or listen to anything. But there is only one shadow in the area.]
Zach slowly crawled to the spot where the Overlord had trapped Cerberus in the shadow. He used the rod as a support to stand up and then pulled them all out, freeing Cerberus.
Cerberus instantly came out, covered Zach with his body, and wrapped him under his tail.
[Don"t worry, my liege! I will save your— huh? Where did he go?]
"..."
[Oh! My deepest apologies. You must have killed him!]
"No… Cerberus. As they say, you can never get rid of your shadow under the light… I could not defeat my shadow. The only way to get rid of the shadow is to be the shadow… and thus… I will do what he kept saying…"
Zach opened his menu and changed his nickname— using a token— from "Overlord" to "Shadow Lord", but he soon changed his mind and deleted that.
He then wrote "Zagreus" as his nickname.
"Let the world know me… Let the G.o.ds know me… Let me… know me."
Zach couldn"t bear to look at Shay"s chopped body, so he asked Cerberus to dig a hole and bury them.
Once Cerberus was done, Zach stood before his grave and said, "I don"t know what to say and how all this happened. But… I am sorry. I will avenge your and Natasha"s death. I will kill that b.a.s.t.a.r.d and get your revenge."
Cerberus stood beside Zach and said, [What are we going to do now. my liege?]
"Something I should have done a long time ago."
[And that is?]
"Accept who I am. It"s time to embrace my demon side and become one," Zach responded in a solemn voice.
[How will you do that? The Demon King"s blessings are still unstable, and you can"t control it.]
"I am not talking about the blessings, Cerberus. I am talking about my existence. When I was born, I only had a heart, which was a demon"s heart. I was born a demon."
He walked towards the portal while saying, "I am going to leave my human self behind and become a demon. That is… the only way to control the Demon King"s blessings."
Cerberus went in Zach"s shadow as he pa.s.sed through the portal and got out of the dungeon.
"I need to call everyone at the church and inform them about Shay"s death. And what will I do about the Risen Warrior"s guild? They now have no one to run the guild, and I don"t know anyone who can manage that."
Zach had messaged them to come to the church, and everyone had arrived by the time he reached the church, although there were only two people— Misha and Kayden. The girls were already there.
He told them everything but didn"t say that the Overlord was some version of him. Zach himself had no idea who or what exactly the Overlord was and how he came to be.
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