-I declare a territory war.
Incubtera’s voice echoed like thunder.
It was the language of the world, directly influencing it.
For example.
[A territory war is declared between Forzia’s territory and Incubtera’s territory.]
Like a system message.
Woong!
A resonant sound emanated from Incubtera’s body, and his energy began to expand.
Woong!
The materialized energy took the form of a barrier.
Thud!
It collided with the barrier protecting Forzia’s territory, causing vibrations.
A small barrier from Incubtera and a massive shield protecting Forzia’s territory.
Soon, the two barriers.
Whoosh.
Merged into one, changing color.
That was it.
[A territory war has been declared.]
An absolute law that the demons and nobles of Gehenna could never defy.
A power that forced those who could wield god-like strength to descend to the ground and clash with their entire bodies.
Thud!
The territory war had begun.
Slam.
Forzia bit her lip and clenched her fist.
Sway.
Her veil fluttered and slightly slipped off in the swirling magical wind.
‘Finally….’
It had finally begun.
The first territory war of Forzia’s territory.
Forzia felt the power that had filled her territory seep into her.
In contrast, Incubtera remained the same as before.
However.
“……”
Forzia couldn’t move easily.
Having a massive power within her, she could feel it even more.
Whoosh-!
The energy Incubtera possessed.
Incubtera’s power.
His influence.
It was a sight only visible to Forzia.
Behind Incubtera, tens of thousands of souls surged and cried out.
A walking territory, Incubtera was truly a being who had become a territory himself.
“Now, will you be delicious?”
Incubtera said, looking at Forzia.
“But it’s a shame to eat you like this.”
Lick.
Incubtera licked his lips again.
“Finely minced meat is not bad to chew on.”
Swoosh.
Incubtera slowly raised his hand.
Forzia felt she had to do something, but.
Twitch.
She couldn’t move her body.
Overwhelmed.
Crushed by the immense power, her whole body wouldn’t listen.
In the next moment.
Wham-!
A hole appeared in the air, and bone blades began to pour out from it.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The sounds of flesh being pierced and bones being shattered.
There.
“Cough!”
Forzia stood staggering, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Incubtera’s blades had pierced her.
No.
“So, you are still your mother’s daughter.”
It only seemed like they had pierced her.
Only a few bone blades had pierced Forzia’s skin.
Even those were just glancing blows, avoiding fatal injuries.
The reason Forzia coughed up blood was.
Zzzzzzz.
The sharp vibrations created by the resonating bone blades.
A feeling like being finely ground.
Tap!
Forzia quickly kicked off the ground, breaking the bone blades and escaping.
In the next moment, Forzia’s body spun rapidly.
An outstretched hand, and a flame sword that sprang from it.
Whoosh!
It blazed and aimed for Incubtera’s heart, but.
Clang!
The flame blade was easily blocked, turning into a bonfire in front of Incubtera’s eyes.
“Still….”
Incubtera’s face, visible beyond the flickering flames, had a small smile on it.
“It’s going to be somewhat fun.”
Whoosh!
The flame blade was being sucked into Incubtera’s mouth.
* * *
“Hah… Hah….”
Forzia was breathing heavily.
It was more fitting for a demon to say it was a limit of magical power rather than a limit of physical strength.
“You haven’t eaten for a hundred thousand years, I hear.”
In contrast, Incubtera was looking down at Forzia with a very relaxed face.
The difference in quantity.
Whoosh!
The evil spirits behind Incubtera numbered in the tens of thousands.
In contrast.
Flicker.
The energy behind Forzia was as precarious as a candle that could be blown out at any moment.
A continuous battle.
It was the moment when the fight, which she had barely endured, completely tilted.
“A hundred thousand years.”
It could be a time longer than the history of humanity.
During that time, Forzia.
“It’s natural for stagnant things to rot.”
Was trapped in Beze, becoming Beze’s earthbound spirit.
In contrast, Incubtera was a hunter who had been hunting non-stop while roaming Gehenna, and.
Lick.
A gourmet.
Everything about the two was clearly different.
“The lives devoured.”
That.
“The wounds torn by clashing.”
That.
“The experience of battle.”
Those.
“Determine the taste.”
Represent the value of existence.
“What you have is definitely tempting. Even if it rots and stinks after a hundred thousand years.”
Incubtera said, approaching Forzia.
“But you have merely let the finest ingredients rot.”
It was a lament and a sorrow.
To Incubtera, who could be called a gourmet, Forzia was nothing more than the finest ingredient that had gone bad.
Nevertheless, it was only the rarity and value of the ingredient that could be recognized.
Not a dish completed by adding and adding, but a final state that was barely worth not throwing into the trash.
“So, I will take you before you rot any further.”
The moment Incubtera’s third eye fully opened.
Wham-!
A space made of large teeth appeared in the air.
This was Incubtera’s authority and power.
Devouring.
Devour, devour, and annihilate.
Incubtera was the one who annihilated without leaving even a small trace, not even bone fragments or dust.
The moment his meal was about to begin.
“……!”
Incubtera’s eyes widened.
Trickle.
A clear liquid was dripping from the corner of his mouth.
Trickle.
It increased in volume.
Drop! Drop!
It turned into a stream, wetting Incubtera’s front and the floor.
It was like a gourmet’s instinct.
An irresistible appetite, a top-grade ingredient that made his mouth water.
No.
Whoosh-!
It was the gluttony of a gourmet who had a perfect dish, already completed, right in front of him.
Forzia, who was on the verge of death, slowly turned her head.
There.
“Aaaah-!”
Lee Rowoon was standing there.
Incubtera’s groan burst out.
“Aaaaaaaah-!”
He was screaming like a child in unbearable pain.
“This is it…!”
Incubtera shouted.
“This is it-!”
What he had been searching for, what he had been hoping for.
The end point of his unstoppable hunger.
“If I just have that….”
In Incubtera’s eyes, Lee Rowoon did not appear as a life or anything else.
“If I just eat that!”
Food.
A well-prepared, top-class feast, and a food that could end this long hunger.
Wham!
It was the moment Incubtera rushed towards Lee Rowoon.
Wham!
A huge shockwave spread in all directions.
* * *
Incubtera stood still in front of Lee Rowoon.
The barrier that was protecting Lee Rowoon.
It had extended from Incubtera, not Lee Rowoon.
“Kuh!”
Incubtera cried out as if in agony.
[You cannot interfere in a territory war.]
The voice of the world echoed.
Lee Rowoon didn’t even flinch, but rather Incubtera stepped back.
“Haa….”
Unbearable hunger.
Yet, there was something he couldn’t help.
“To have to eat trash when there’s delicious food in front of me.”
It was the fact that they were in the middle of a territory war.
“Is it to ruin my appetite, or is it an appetizer?”
Incubtera turned his back on Lee Rowoon and began to walk towards Forzia.
A territory war.
It was the law of the world, an absolute law of Gehenna that could not be defied.
When a territory war was declared, the lord became a being that could be destroyed from being immortal.
Also, at that time, they would simply use their power and fight until they destroyed each other.
Interference by others in that sacred battle was absolutely forbidden.
Whoosh!
It meant that he had to finish Forzia before he could touch Lee Rowoon.
“No….”
Forzia said, regaining her senses.
“You must escape!”
Incubtera, whom she had faced, was a monster beyond common sense.
He was a top-tier powerhouse among the candidates with titles, and his gluttony was something that surpassed his power.
In contrast, Lee Rowoon.
‘In the end, you haven’t gained anything.’
He was no different from the last time she had seen him.
If so.
Whoosh!
She must not let Lee Rowoon engage with Incubtera.
At least until Lee Rowoon had fully recovered from his injuries, she had to buy time.
Forzia’s veil began to turn black again.
“Please run away!”
Forzia shouted, drawing on all her strength.
“I will buy time somehow!”
That person was the one she had been waiting for.
The true successor who had appeared after a hundred thousand years.
“Forzia. Do you really think that person is the successor of that one?”
Incubtera said, approaching Forzia.
It was because he was confident that he could finish Forzia in an instant and target Lee Rowoon as well.
“That person is neither a successor nor anything else.”
Incubtera said.
“A person who cannot even interfere in a territory war. How can a being without a title be your mother’s successor?”
Incubtera smiled.
“That is just a lunch box.”
A satisfied smile.
“It is a carefully prepared lunch box left by your mother, and the one who devours it will possess Gehenna.”
“You’re talking nonsense!”
“No. Look.”
Swish!
Incubtera’s hand enveloped Forzia.
“No. You will become one with me. See how the existence of your mother’s successor, who will be eaten by Incubtera, a mere marquis, will crumble.”
The bone blades that sprouted from his arm pierced into Forzia’s torso like sharp animal teeth.
It was the end.
A blurry vision.
Even in that, Lee Rowoon showed no movement.
“Run….”
Please.
Please run away and survive.
And may you fulfill your mother’s, that one’s will, Forzia’s eyes were gradually closing.
“Do people become so desperate after waiting for a long time?”
A voice was heard.
“Well, I guess they would become desperate. So, they would want to do that while throwing everything away.”
A voice as if disgusted.
“By the way. I thought all of my teacher’s children would be worth seeing.”
Incubtera’s head slowly turned.
“This is so disgusting that it’s hard to describe with the word ‘dirty’.”
Wham!
Incubtera’s head spun around.