I Grabbed the Tyrant’s Heart - Chapter 270
“I thought Euel was more well-mannered.”
The Southern Emperor chuckled bitterly, flicking his left finger.
But the plants binding his body didn’t move at all.
“How dare this…!”
Eventually, the Southern Emperor began to burn the trees that had wrapped around him, and I could almost hear the scream of the plants in my ears.
As the bindings were loosened, he moved forward and swung his sword wide in a horizontal arc.
“Damn it!”
With his sudden freedom, the Southern Emperor, unable to regain his balance, shouted in frustration.
“Euseniel Hardland!”
“Yes?”
I calmly responded to his furious shout, and veins popped out in his eyes. He placed his hand in his chest as if determined to make his resolve clear.
“Such arrogance, Your Majesty. Do you not realize that I’m the one at an advantage here?”
“What?”
“I only need to break it!”
I threw the fragment of the Kirapt heart that I had taken from within my chest in all directions.
Bang! Crash!
With a thunderous noise, the screams intensified.
“Ahhhhhhh!”
“Kyaak! What is happening!”
“You…!”
The formalities that had been bothering me disappeared, and I felt like I could breathe again.
“I heard the Southern Empire’s palace was modeled after the Northern Empire’s, right? I’ll happily destroy it for you, and then you can rebuild it. Oh wait, will you even be able to rebuild it in your lifetime?”
I chuckled, and the Southern Emperor twisted his face in a terrifying grimace.
The Southern Emperor was highly emotional. His mood swings were even more extreme than Tess’s.
Though he didn’t fall for my provocation, the way he gritted his teeth made it clear that he was furious.
“I thought Euel was different from a dirty devil contractor, but I guess not?”
“Dirty devil contractor, Your Majesty, you really have no creativity. Is it not surprising that you always use the same insults?”
“Iiickk!”
Suddenly, unable to hide his anger, the Southern Emperor charged at me.
“You speak the same words as that filthy bastard!”
Ah, so Tess must have said similar things to me.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
“Iiicckk! Die! Die, die, die!”
He seemed agitated, but the Southern Emperor skillfully launched his attacks. Using magic to block my vision, he tried to strike me with his sword.
By now, I wondered if his so-called rage was just a facade.
“Why aren’t you dead?!”
Such rude words. How dare he?
“Your Majesty, why are you still alive?!”
Although he was wildly swinging his sword, I parried the Southern Emperor’s attacks, which were aimed at exploiting my openings.
“That guy is finished! The Northern Emperor is already mad!”
Was it because his attacks weren’t working? He screamed in desperation.
“Devil contractors? God’s contractors? Hahaha! All just hollow words, and false power!”
He laughed like he had lost his mind and continued to rant. Even in the chaos, he swung his sword, pouring fireballs above my head.
“The rampage has begun, so it’s over!”
It almost seemed like he was venting his frustrations.
I tried to ignore it, but I couldn’t stop my heart from racing after hearing those words.
“He has already killed several people, haven’t he? It’s too late, it’s too late!”
The Southern Emperor relentlessly charged at me with eyes wild with fury. I quickly leapt to the side, running toward the nearby building.
He immediately followed, and before he could stabilize himself, I launched a fiery mass toward him.
The beautiful building was struck and began to collapse.
He shouted as the destruction unfolded in the background.
“Haha! We’re connected, connected! I know that guy is finished!”
The insane Southern Emperor, sounding so similar to Tess in some ways, seemed unbelievable.
…But perhaps it’s not so far off, considering Tess has also lost his mind in certain ways?
“Oh. The Southern Emperor may look insane, but my Emperor is perfectly fine.”
I said, deliberately adding ‘look’ to make my point.
The Southern Emperor twisted his face in a grotesque expression. It only now occurred to me that he was different from the last time we met.
His waxen complexion and sharp, defined features remained, but his once-glittering blue eyes had dulled.
He looked like someone who had lost everything.
No, is he even human anymore?
“What exactly has the God of Light taken from you?”
How much more has the God of Light stolen from him that he wants to offer me as a sacrifice?
“And what is it that you still want to take?”
Whether it’s the devil or the God of Light, from the moment a contract is made, the person is bound by shackles.
The one who gains powerful abilities, knowledge, or other things they cannot truly possess begins to lose something in return.
But there is always a choice.
Unlike Tess, who has already lost everything to the devil, the Southern Emperor wouldn’t have lost ‘the ability to live as a human’ if he hadn’t sought more power.
“I want everything, everything!”
The Southern Emperor’s eyes gleamed maliciously as he lunged at me.
For a moment, I had thought that Tess was as mad as this man. I should have reconsidered.
The Southern Emperor was far, far worse.
“Then be a sacrifice!”
“I’ll decline.”
The Southern Emperor swung his sword lightly, but every time our blades clashed, a heavy sound rang out. Despite everything, he was still a formidable opponent.
“People who keep coming at me like this are not to my taste.”
Of course, I responded leisurely, as I was quite relaxed.
But I kept my guard up, aware that he might be using magic.
“I don’t care about your tastes!”
“Well, I’m someone who cares a lot about tastes.”
I smirked, and the Southern Emperor’s eyes reddened with rage.
Ah, my Tess.
My lover, who became my taste.
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