DEMON CASTLE-Chapter 107

Hazard was running, and Mary was trying to keep the Harbinger of Destruction alive for her own safety and benefit. She had no place anywhere anymore, but if she could stay with this person—someone who was the Harbinger of Destruction and personally favored by the God of Destruction—it could bring her significant advantages. Even while running, she could still feel the explosions of the high-ranking and primordial gods. The Abyss trembled. The gods and angels were at war, and it was easy to guess that all gods were watching this battle. If such a war were to take place anywhere else besides the Abyss, that world would have been destroyed long ago. But now, it was in the Abyss—a place with the nature of destruction itself. Destruction destroyed but was never destroyed. It was like saying that light illuminates or darkness darkens; such a thing could not eliminate its origin or true essence. If that were the case, someone would have long ago erased existence itself, which represents the presence of the worlds, and ended all of them at once.

"What realm is ahead?"The Mare Queen's face twisted."The Beheaded Graveyard."Its name was strange, carrying a dark meaning. Hazard felt a deep loathing for the name and, after running for hundreds of kilometers, they finally saw it before them."Don't attack anything—even if it attacks you first!"The Mare Queen warned Hazard with a serious look.Hazard nodded in acknowledgment, but his gaze kept shifting to every direction, trying to learn more about this new place. He had already realized that at this level of the Abyss, various realms existed, and whatever force could keep them stable here was not something he could afford to challenge.

As they entered the new realm, Mary took flight, carrying Hazard and five other women. Hazard, who checked the women's physical conditions every hour, noticed that one of them was going into labor. Due to the woman's weak body, they were forced to land after three hours of flight.

The Beheaded Graveyard was a place filled with graves and a thick, mysterious mist infused with magic, making it difficult for even Hazard to see through."Her child... is a goblin."Mary pulled the goblin infant out and looked at its mother. The woman did nothing but cover her private area with her hands as if silently begging not to be forced to bear another child. When Hazard saw this, he took the baby from Mary and examined its eyes. It had inherited nothing from its mother—its goblin genes had entirely overpowered its human ancestry. The only trace of human blood in its veins wasn't enough for Hazard to justify keeping it."There's no need for extra baggage..."The mother didn't want it, and Hazard himself had no fondness for goblins. The betrayal and trickery of the two Goblin Demon Kings had instilled a kind of racial prejudice in him. Perhaps abandoning a newborn child was cruel, but Hazard was the Undead Demon King—a dead being, a symbol of malevolence—not a shining-armored hero fighting for justice.

Flying over the eerie Beheaded Graveyard wasn't pleasant. The creatures found here weren't typical undead but rather beings that had been corrupted—all of them headless. They bore the mark of this cursed land, where it was said that anyone who remained would eventually lose their head, falling under an eternal curse to wander endlessly in search of it, just like the one who created this realm.At first, Hazard tried to subjugate these creatures, but after failing, the Mare Queen explained the nature of this place.Their power ranged from weak, zombie-like beings to legendary entities. Some possessed enough intelligence to avoid approaching Hazard and the Mare Queen."You may mock their power now, but the moment you attack one, you'll realize what kind of monsters slumber beneath this ground and how much they despise intruders."Hazard nodded. Holding territory in the Abyss was no simple feat. After experiencing what had happened a few days ago in the Fallen Angel Realm, he had no intention of underestimating any creature in the Abyss—not even for a second.

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His battle with the goblins had already shown him how close he had come to death.However, avoiding random attacks wasn't easy. Beings of various races, all desperately searching for their heads, would do anything—some even sought to steal the heads of others, creating deadly conflicts across this land.

The strangest thing Hazard saw in this realm was a massive, headless scorpion-like creature being driven away by several Abyssal monkeys. That was until the ground beneath them began to shake. As they hovered in the air, Mary's worried expression deepened."There's no escape... You've been challenged to a duel.""What?!"It seemed that something had made mental contact with Mary. As an armored, knight-like figure emerged—an ancient being—Hazard could only utter one word:"Dullahan."

Riding a headless horse whose hooves burned the ground with every step, the Dullahan raised its lance and aimed it at Hazard."I challenge you to a duel—for your head!"Hazard was stunned. A duel? Out of nowhere? Who even was this Dullahan?Yet, it felt as if several powerful entities were watching him. A heavy pressure filled the air, indicating that these beings were not far away. That was the reason Mary's expression darkened.

Now, did he really have to fight? And if he did—what then? If he lost, his head would belong to the Dullahan. But if he won—then what?"This duel must be fair! You have no head to offer if you lose!"The Dullahan ran a hand along his neck."A fair point, Undead..."Then, his hand moved to his sword."Defeat me... and you shall become my master."

Hazard was shocked. He had been trying to escape the duel, but now, in the eyes of all the spectators, the duel had become balanced. Even though the idea of gaining a legendary-level warrior was tempting, Hazard knew that without a system to analyze his odds, his chances of winning were dangerously low.

"How will this duel be conducted?"Hazard asked, seeking the best possible conditions."I issued the challenge, and you accepted. The terms... are yours to decide."

Hearing this, even though his face lacked muscles, the Abyss itself seemed to testify to the existence of a sinister smile forming on Hazard's lips.