the night before.

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

Driven by his survival instinct, Cornes immediately summoned a substitute, and then transferred his soul into the substitute. This was his last straw.

In fact, he cannot let the container eat his body and resurrect as a substitute like before, because Pedro knows him too well and will definitely destroy his current body.

You can't become like him.

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 both Cornes and the substitute.

But in order to prevent failure, Cornes only transferred a part of the soul, which happened to contain some of the memories he thought were the most important.

In the end, Pedro was indeed a step too slow, and the magic sword failed to hit the stand-in, but only tore Cornes' body into pieces.

In this way, Cornes finally succeeded in using a golden cicada to escape from his shell at the cost of 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 because he gave up those useless things, including the Nova personality in the Demon King and his companionship with other Dark Knights.

"Pedro, you really opened my eyes." Cornes sighed sincerely as he looked at the beam of light that continued to hit him.

And the reason why he still has time to sigh about this kind of thing in such an emergency is because the magic he just cast has been released. In less than a minute, the huge black sun in the sky will fall, and by then Ped

Luo couldn't escape at all.

Of course, he also felt that it was difficult for him to escape the pursuit of the light beam, but at least he gained a bargaining chip to continue negotiations with Pedro.

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

"Hmph, Cornes, ever since I learned that the Demon King was dead, my life has become worthless, so you lost this battle, go to hell with your ambition!"

Then, Pedro roared angrily, pouring all his power into the beam of light, preparing to make a desperate move.

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

That woman was once a member of the Demon Clan and even had the chance to become the fifth Dark Knight, but later in a battle, her body was destroyed in order to save Pedro who was in a desperate situation.

Because the wound was caused by a weapon mixed with gold ore, she never recovered, leaving only a trace of her soul.

Pedro had been in love with her for a long time. In order to take care of her, he once wanted to say goodbye to the Demon King. Unfortunately, the war between the demons and humans broke out and the Demon King did not agree.

At that time, a female elf defected to the demon clan, and she was proficient in forging and 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. However, Sirt knew how to take the overall situation into consideration and integrated his soul into the flaming magic sword without authorization.

So Pedro's weakness is not only the Demon King, but also the woman named Silt.

At this time, before the light beam struck, Cornes summoned a substitute to move to Pedro's side.

"If I say that I have a way to resurrect Sirt, will you continue to fight with me?"

"..."

Sure enough, Pedro was stunned, and the movement of the light beam became slower.

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

"Pedro, don't listen to him. Now that the devil is gone, I, like you, have no value in existence. Moreover, I am very satisfied that we can leave this world together, so please don't hesitate. Let's

Kill him together."

"Haha, it's really touching. Am I the only one who thinks this idea is stupid?"

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

"...It's already this time. There's no point in provoking me." Pedro asked with a cold face.

"No, no, no, you misunderstood. I just want to say that you obviously don't have to go to this point. Now that the devil is dead, aren't you completely liberated? Then again, haven't you thought about quitting before?

Demon, do you want to spend the rest of your life with Sirte? Now I can give you this opportunity, and I can restore Sirte to his original body, what do you think?"

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

"Haha, you Kones, I almost fell into your trap. 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 seriously.

"How could it be? If you think about it carefully, now that Sirt has returned to its original state, your magic sword will lose its original power, and you will naturally no longer be able to pose a threat to me. And we are still partners.

As long as you don't continue to go against me, I will naturally not do anything to you."

This explanation made sense, and Pedro really fell into deep thought. Although Sirt kept trying to persuade him, he couldn't listen to it at all.

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

As expected, Pedro chose to compromise. He figured out that the reason why he was loyal to the Demon King was just because of the remaining feelings of master and servant when he was a human.

Now that he is a member of the demon clan, he does not need to have the friendship of a weak human being. Now that the demon king is dead, he does not need to be loyal to anyone. He might as well just think about himself.

Facing his change of heart, Cornes snickered secretly, but there was a very generous smile on his face.

"Of course there is a way. When have I lied to you...well, if you don't believe it, I can help you now."

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

"Tsk, tsk, you are too arrogant, what if I lied to you?"

"But you..."

"Anyway, you don't need to give your magic sword to me, I can directly release the magic."

"Oh, okay."

Pedro took back his sword. Now he completely believed the other party. To show his sincerity, he even eliminated the beam of light.

Cornes also performed the same operation, and then he transformed himself into the appearance of an old man, holding a cane in his hand.

This is exactly what he looked like when he appeared in White Peak Town. In fact, he has always shown himself as a necromancer, and now he wants to use the black magic he developed while disguised as a human.

Immediately afterwards, a black magic circle was generated under Pedro's feet, and white arms emerged from it. Those hands were so thin and long that they could not belong to humans.

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

Pedro was overjoyed. Even though more than five hundred years had passed, he still remembered Sirte's original appearance. There was no doubt that Cornes was really helping him.

Then, several more black arms emerged from the magic circle. They summoned a mass of soil-like material, and then continued to shape it. It didn't take long for a woman's body to take shape.

Cornes relied on the memory of Sirte to transform the statue into her likeness, and the last step was to put the soul into it.

The whole process did not last long. After the soul entered the body, Sirt was successfully resurrected, exactly as before.

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

She is tall and wears a black gothic dress with a hollow skirt, and her proud legs can be vaguely seen.

At this time, facing his lover whom he had not seen for more than five hundred years, Pedro could no longer care so much and rushed over directly to hug Sirte into his arms.

"Great, Sirt, you are finally back."

"..."

However, Sirte's eyes were dull and he did not react to Pedro's hug. He was like a puppet that had lost its strings, just letting him play with it.

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

"Oh, don't worry," Cornes said quietly, "It always takes time for the soul to merge with the body, and I have helped you so much, and you still treat me like this. This is too hurtful.

Alright."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was too anxious." Pedro calmed down.

"That's pretty much it. Anyway, you have to wait at least one night before you can renew your relationship."

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

"Haha, being a companion is just a piece of cake for me," Cornes said with a smile on his face, and then changed the subject, "However, I always feel that it is a bit unfair to let you leave like this."

"……What?"

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

At this time, he realized that although he could see Sirt again, he could not exert the power of the magic sword and could not protect himself and the woman he loved.

"Oh, why are you so nervous? I just want you to do me a favor." Cornes came over and patted him on the shoulder. "You should know very well that Emil and his gang are coming next."

I'm in trouble. With my current ability, I'm afraid I can't defeat them, so..."

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

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

Strangely enough, after he reunited with Sirte, he actually became afraid of death.

Therefore, before Cornes could express his request, Pedro made his position clear.

"Kenes, I'm very grateful for your help, but I'm a useless person now, how can I possibly help? If you really feel that you can't defeat them, you can leave here with me, and honestly

, you don’t have to become the new Demon King, after all, revenge on humans is not the real mission of the Demons, is it?"

"...That's it, that's such a pity," Cornes shook his head in disappointment and continued, "It seems that you are no longer the same as me, so naturally you can't understand me. Well, then, you go.

Well, you have lived your happy and happy days, but when I rule the entire continent one day, you must cheer for me."

"Haha, that's natural."
To be continued...