The night before.

Cornes was stabbed by Pedro's magic sword, and it was useless to plead with him, as he would die here if he continued like this.

Driven by his survival instinct, Cornes immediately summoned a stand-in, and then transferred his soul to the stand-in, which was already his last straw.

In fact, he can't let the feeding container eat his corpse and resurrect him as a stand-in, because Pedro knows him too well and will definitely destroy his current body completely, and the stand-in will not be able to transform into his appearance at that time.

Seeing his actions, Pedro didn't expect that he still had the strength to resist, so he had to inject more power into the magic sword, intending to penetrate Cones and the double together.

But in order to prevent defeat, Cones transferred only a part of his soul, which happened to contain some of the memories that he considered most important.

In the end, Pedro was a step too slow, and the magic sword failed to stab the stand-in, only tore Cones' body apart.

In this way, Cornes finally succeeded in using a trick to get rid of the golden cicada at the cost of a part of his soul, but this did not have much impact on the power of the demon king he possessed.

Rather, his willpower became stronger, as he gave up the useless things, including the Nova personality in the Demon King's body and the friendship with the other Dark Knights.

"Pedro, you've really opened my eyes." Cornes sighed heartily as he looked at the pillar of light that continued to attack him.

And the reason why he still has room to sigh at such an urgent time is because his magic has been released just now, and in less than a minute, the huge black sun above the sky will fall, and Pedro will not be able to escape at all.

Of course, he also felt that he would not be able to escape the pursuit of the pillar of light, but at least he had the leverage to continue negotiations with Pedro.

However, Pedro looked at the behemoth in the sky and laughed calmly.

"Hmph, Cones, since I learned that the Demon King died, my life has been worthless, so you lost this battle, take your ambition to hell!"

Then, with a roar, Pedro poured all his power into the pillar of light, ready to make a desperate move.

But Cornes did not give up hope, because he knew that the purpose of Pedro's life was not only to be loyal to the Demon King, but also for a very important person, that is, his beloved woman, Syrt.

The woman was once a member of the Demon Clan, and even had the opportunity to become the fifth Dark Knight, but later in a battle, she ended up destroying her body in order to save Pedro from a desperate situation.

Because the wound was inflicted by a weapon mixed with goldenrodite, she never recovered, leaving only a wisp of remnant soul.

Pedro has been in love with her for a long time, and in order to take care of her, he once wanted to resign to the Demon King, but unfortunately later the war between the Demon and the Human Race broke out, and the Demon King did not agree.

At that time, a female elf took refuge in the demons, and she decided to forge magic swords for the four dark knights.

Except for Pedro, the other Dark Knights resolutely chose to sacrifice the most important person in order to awaken the magic sword, but Syrt knew how to take the overall situation into account and integrated his soul into the Flame Demon Sword without authorization.

So if you want to talk about Pedro's weakness, it is not only the demon king, but also the woman named Syrt.

At this point, before the pillar of light struck, Cones summoned a stand-in to move to Pedro's side.

"If I say I have a way to bring Syrt back to life, are you going to continue to fight with me?"

“……”

Sure enough, Pedro was stunned, and the movement of the pillar of light slowed down.

But the magic sword in his hand immediately radiated light, and at the same time, a gentle female voice sounded.

"Pedro, don't listen to him, now that the Demon King is gone, I, like you, have no value in existence, and we can leave this world together, I already feel very satisfied, so please don't hesitate, let's kill him together."

"Hehe, it's really touching, am I the only one who thinks stupid?"

Seeing that there was hope, Cornes hurriedly continued to shake Pedro's heart.

“…… It's all at this time, and it's useless to provoke me. Pedro asked with a cold face.

"No, no, no, you misunderstood, I just want to say, you don't have to do this, since the demon king is dead, aren't you completely liberated? Then again, didn't you ever think about quitting the Demon Clan and spending the rest of your life with Syrt? Now I can give you this chance, and I can get Sylt back to his old body, what do you think? ”

Pedro was indeed tempted, but he immediately reacted and sneered.

"Hehe, good you Cornes, I almost fell for you, if I agreed, you would definitely stab me in the back, after all, I am not a small threat to you."

However, Cornes shook his head and explained earnestly.

"How so? If you think about it, since Syrt has returned to its original state, your magic sword will lose its original power, and you will naturally not be able to pose a threat to me, and we are so good friends, as long as you don't continue to fight against me, I will naturally not do anything to you. ”

The explanation made perfect sense, and Pedro was lost in thought, and despite Ster's constant persuasion, he simply did not listen.

"Do you really have a way to restore Sylt's body?"

Pedro really chose to compromise, he figured out that the reason why he was loyal to the Demon King in the first place was only because of the master-servant feelings that he had left over from his time as a human.

Now that he is a member of the demon race, he doesn't need to have the friendship of a weak human at all, and since the demon king is dead, he doesn't have to be loyal to anyone, it's better to think only about himself.

In the face of his change of heart, Cornes snickered secretly, but there was a very bold smile on his face.

"Of course there is a way, when did I lie to you...... Well, if you don't believe me, I can help you now. ”

Pedro nodded, intending to hand him the magic sword, but Cornes immediately waved his hand.

"Tsk, you're too big-hearted, aren't you, what if I'm lying to you?"

"But you ......"

"In short, you don't have to hand over your magic sword to me, I can directly release my magic."

"Oh, okay then."

Pedro withdrew his sword, and now he had completely trusted the other man, and as a sign of sincerity, he even eliminated the pillar of light.

Cornes did the same, and then he transformed himself into an old man, with a cane in his hand.

This is exactly what he looks like when he appears in White Peak, in fact, he has always been in the form of a necromancer, and at this time he has to use the dark magic he researched when he disguised himself as a human.

Immediately after, a black magic circle was formed at Pedro's feet, and white arms continued to emerge from it, and those hands were thin and long, and could not have belonged to humans.

Pedro was a little nervous, and couldn't help but suspect that Cornes was going to backtrack, but in the end, those white hands grabbed his magic sword and pulled a translucent soul out.

Pedro was overjoyed, and even though more than 500 years had passed, he still remembered what Sylter had been, and there was no doubt that Cornes was helping him.

Next, several more black arms drilled out of the magic array, and they summoned a mass of dirt-like substance, and then continued to shape, and it didn't take long for a woman's body to take shape.

With the memory of Syrt, Cornes transformed the statue into her likeness, and the last step was to put the soul inside.

The whole process didn't last long, and when the soul entered the body, Sylter was successfully resurrected, just like he had been at the beginning.

I saw that she had long black hair and a bright red rose pinned to her head, and her appearance was quite outstanding, and she looked like she was in her twenties.

She was tall and wore a black gothic dress with a cut-out hem that allowed her proud legs to be faintly visible.

At this time, in the face of his lover who had not been seen for more than 500 years, Pedro could no longer care so much, and rushed directly to Sylter and hugged Selt into his arms.

"Great, Syrt, you're finally back."

“……”

However, Sylter's eyes glazed over and he didn't react to Pedro's hug, just like a puppet off the string, just left him to fiddle with.

"Cornes, what's going on?" Pedro asked angrily.

"Oh, don't worry," said Cornes faintly, "it always takes time for the soul to merge with the body, and it hurts you too much to have such an attitude towards me after I have done you so much." ”

"Oh, sorry, I was in too much of a hurry." Pedro stabilized his mood.

"That's pretty much it, anyway, you'll have to wait at least one night before you can continue your lead."

"Well, thank you so much this time, I don't know how to repay you." Pedro said slightly apologetically.

"Hehe, companion, it's just a gesture for me," Cornes grinned, and then changed his words, "Still, I always felt a little unfair to me just letting you go." ”

“…… What? ”

Pedro's heart sank, thinking he was going to regret it.

At this time, he realized that although he could see Syrt again, he could not exert the power of the magic sword now, and he could not protect himself and his beloved woman at all.

"Oh, why are you so nervous, I just want you to do me a favor," Cornes walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "You should know very well that the Emir's gang is going to come to me for trouble next, and with my current ability, I'm afraid I can't beat them, so ......"

Pedro couldn't help but wonder that he couldn't even use the magic sword, and even if he had the heart to help, it wouldn't work at all.

What's more, his heart is still in the hands of the emir, and if he goes against them, he will definitely not end well.

Strange to say, after he reunited with Syrt, he became afraid of death.

So, before Cones could say what he wanted, Pedro made it clear.

"Cornes, I appreciate your help, but I'm a waste now, how can I help? If you really think you can't beat them, you can leave here with me, and seriously, you don't have to be the new demon king, after all, revenge on humans is not the real mission of the demons, is it? ”

“…… Ah, that's a pity," Cornes shook his head in disappointment, and continued, "It seems that you are not all the way with me now, and naturally it is impossible to understand me, alas, well, you can go, go and live your happy life, but when I rule the whole continent one day, you must cheer for me." ”

"Haha, that's nature."

Pedro laughed happily when he saw that he was no longer pressing.

Then, under the watchful eye of Cornes, he took Sylt's hand and walked deeper into the forest.

However, he noticed that Sylt's pace was rather slow, and he gradually fell behind him.

He didn't pay much attention to it, and turned around patiently and waited patiently for Sylter to catch up.

However, the moment he turned around, he found that Syrt was clinging to him, and his chest was cold, as if something sharp had pierced him.

“…… What, what? Pedro was surprised.

Immediately afterward, the self-healing ability began to take effect, but since the sharp object did not move away, the wound could not be healed at all.

"Hahahaha, Pedro, who told you to go against me, now I will give you a taste of betrayal by your beloved."

“…… What the hell have you done, Kones! ”

Pedro quickly pushed Sirt away, and when he looked closely, he found that his chest was pierced by a crystal dagger, and strangely, he couldn't pull it out.

And some strange substance in that dagger was eating away at his body.

After Sylter succeeded, he gradually retreated to Cornes's side, and then turned back into his prototype, which turned out to be Cornes' stand-in.