Chapter 422

"Ahem. Then Helena, may I ask you a few things?"

At Michael's words, the viewers weren't the only ones curious about Helena.

Seonghyun's entire backup team was listening closely to Michael's interview.

Even though many of them were exhausted from the fierce battle and subsequent victory over the Destruction Lord, they couldn't help but be quite curious about it.

In fact, the biggest reason the backup team couldn't travel together with Seonghyun was his strength, and his vassals played a significant part in that strength.

It was inevitable that they would be curious.

Especially since Helena was the one Seonghyun chose without hesitation among the vassals when he could only summon exactly one.

Everyone couldn't help but be curious.

A level of focus that wouldn't be an exaggeration to call the interview of the century.

The interview was beginning in front of an audience rapidly approaching 300 million viewers.

However, the surprising point was.

"Then should I look here and answer?"

As Helena said so while looking exactly at the camera, which should never be visible to NPCs or monsters.

The viewers couldn't help but get goosebumps watching that.

-?????????

-Wh-What is this??????

-Even if vassals have intelligence, aren't they treated as NPCs?

-Yeah yeah yeah that's right????

-But how is she looking exactly at the camera???????

-What is this?????

Everyone was typing in the chat in surprise.

It was understandable.

Neither NPCs nor monsters could ever see the camera.

Because this was an in-game feature influenced by the system.

It was something that could be considered a given, but Helena lightly ignored that and was staring straight into the camera.

Since it could possibly be a coincidence.

Michael somehow suppressed his goosebumps, looked at Helena, and asked.

"P-Perhaps you looked there because you saw something?"

"Hm? Well, I can't see it exactly, but I do know something is looking at me, you know?"

"Y-Yes?"

"The outsiders are watching us through this right now, aren't they? Right?"

"……???"

Michael wearing a terrified expression as if he had truly seen a ghost.

And the viewers weren't much different either.

-??????What is this???

-Seriously what is this??????

-Does it mean she can't see it but can feel it??????

-What the heck, this is super scary???

-No but she's an AI…… how??

-Was the ghost story about Eternal World being another dimension actually true?

Everyone was getting goosebumps while typing such chats.

Well, wouldn't it be a given.

When a beautiful and alluring woman holding two severed heads gives an interview, speaking as if an NPC knows this world is a game world, any gamer would be creeped out and terrified.

Was it because she read the room?

Helena spoke as if it was no big deal.

"I don't really know what's there, but I know someone is watching me, and Seonghyun told me about it before too."

"Ah~! Ahh! I see."

"Right, normally they wouldn't know. I can only feel it because I'm at my level."

At Helena's words, Michael was able to feel relieved with a slightly softened expression.

Still, seeing them relieved that Seonghyun had told her, Helena also thought inwardly.

'I should be a little careful.'

She made up a rough excuse because it seemed to overlap with the time when the residents in the past were startled and called her the Demon King.

Well, it was also true.

Anyway, since the outsiders came to this world for amusement, it would be natural for them to be surprised if she said such things.

As Helena stood as if ready to do the interview like that.

Michael somewhat salvaged the situation and threw a question at Helena.

"You took on the Abyss Lord alone, were you confident from the beginning?"

"Hmm."

At Michael's words, Helena was about to answer without filtering, but recalled the atmosphere from earlier and pondered for a moment.

And deciding to hide the fact that she was a being of the past for now, she answered appropriately.

"Well, I suppose so. I did have the upper hand in compatibility too."

"Ooh!? That's amazing."

"It's only because Seonghyun made me well."

"As expected of someone incredible enough to be called the Demon King."

"Ahaha! Our Seonghyun is indeed incredible!"

As Michael suddenly praised Seonghyun, Helena also laughed cheerfully and nodded her head.

Since Seonghyun's greatness was a fact everyone knew.

The viewers also had no choice but to agree.

-He made a vassal like that???

-If he didn't restore her but created her, it really makes no sense;;;;;

-Seriously how strong is he???

-I wonder what went into her as materials.

-No, what did he put in for an Almighty Monarch-class vassal to pop out???

-No, it's more than that since she caught the Abyss Lord who was similar to the Destruction Lord that the backup team struggled against;;;

-And alone, at that.

As everyone was making a fuss and talking like that.

Michael also wrapped up the situation and asked.

"You are amazing indeed. I definitely feel your greatness, to think you achieved creation. By the way, are you yourself also a Monarch?"

"Yeah, I'm a Monarch too. But I can't tell you what kind of Monarch I am. It's a shame though."

At those words, everyone including Michael, the viewers, and even the backup team felt regretful.

Well, it couldn't be helped though. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Moving past that for now, he asked this and that, asking about Seonghyun's daily life and various other things.

How much time had passed like that?

Michael looked toward Seonghyun, whose battle hadn't ended yet, and asked.

"Come to think of it, Demon-, no, Seonghyun-nim's battle hasn't ended yet, what do you think about it?"

He asked Seonghyun's vassal about the aspect of the battle.

Because among those present, Helena was the most powerful.

Perhaps they thought she might even be able to provide commentary, but.

Helena looked closely and said.

"Hmm, Seonghyun is being pushed back a bit."

"Yes!? Th-Then shouldn't we go help him?"

At those words, Helena smiled gently and said.

"Because Seonghyun can do it alone. Don't worry and let's watch. You couldn't see until now because there was a screen. I will show you."

As Helena said so and snapped her fingers.

The space on Seonghyun's side, which they had thought was invisible until now because it was too fast, began to be seen clearly.

However.

"Wh-What is that?"

"Ahahaha! Looks like they fought quite fiercely."

Helena laughed cheerfully, but the rest could not.

Michael, the viewers, and the backup team were all like that.

While the floor, ceiling, and all walls had been annihilated and disappeared, only Seonghyun and the Despair Lord floated in the empty air, aiming their weapons at each other.

Seonghyun had a sword, and the Despair Lord was holding a spear close to a staff.

The viewers watching that swallowed hard.

-Crazy what the hell happened????

-And the Demon King doesn't even have a single scratch in the midst of all that???

-Same goes for the Despair Lord;;;;

-No seriously, what kind of fight have they been having?

-He seems stronger than the Destruction Lord or Abyss Lord, but was it to this extent???

At that moment when the viewers were typing such chats.

Helena looked at them and said.

"Looks like Seonghyun was pushed back more than I thought."

Along with those words, the Despair Lord began to move again.

Everyone watched that in a state of hyper-focus.

And Helena said.

"Even so, Seonghyun will win though."

Helena, speaking excitedly as if humming a song.

And everyone watched the situation with an anxious heart, wondering if perhaps Helena's strong trust and faith might be broken.

Seonghyun's battle restarted like that.

7.

Around the time the dimensional curtain was just lifted and Helena, the backup team, Michael, and the viewers were watching Seonghyun's situation.

Seonghyun could have understandably been quite exhausted from the battle that had lasted for about 30 minutes, but he was looking at his opponent with a smiling expression.

Unlike the Abyss Lord or the Destruction Lord, it did not have a human form; as if molded directly from despair, it was a shadow-like figure without even facial features.

However, the sight of it wearing a robe and armor over such a figure was quite impressive.

Full of majesty yet exuding a hideous energy, that distorted despair was on a different dimension from those Seonghyun had fought until now.

It was quite strong.

Although he had fought using the power of darkness and the powers of other Monarchs until now.

He could tell just from seeing that neither had taken any damage even though he had used quite a bit of power.

That guy called the Despair Lord.

'He is quite strong.'

And the opponent was thinking the exact same thing as Seonghyun.

He had tried to ignore him since he was merely a human, but.

He was stronger than expected.

And even the energy felt for the first time in a long while.

There wasn't a single thing that wasn't bothersome.

Although the dimensional curtain was lifted.

Because audio was not transmitted, words they could not hear came from the Despair Lord.

"Are you the second Overlord?"

The first Overlord Helena.

And Seonghyun, who could be called the next generation.

At that question, Seonghyun nodded and acknowledged it.

"Yeah, I am the Overlord of this generation."

"……If so, then that woman from earlier must indeed be Helena."

"That's right."

The hateful Helena, whom he feared to no end.

He thought he would finally go out into the world after being released from the seal, but how surprised he was seeing Helena.

However, the Despair Lord was already not thinking about that.

"If I lose, I will be absorbed by you."

"Probably, right?"

"……."

Pondering considerably at those words from Seonghyun.

The Despair Lord looked at Seonghyun and said.

"I am despair itself, which will crush everyone and bring everyone to their knees. Nothing can escape my swamp."

"So?"

"I will kill you and surpass her as well. I will put you into the pit of despair."

Shouting those words, the Despair Lord began to emit his power.

As the energy of despair that would captivate everything in despair spewed out.

Seonghyun nodded as if amused.

Gripping the sword of the Hero Hindel, he granted darkness to the sword.

Holding the sword dyed in darkness containing the concepts of blocking and severing, paradoxically, he sliced despair with darkness.

Seogeok———!

With that as the start, the battle between the two restarted.