Shincon’s One Coin Clear - Chapter 175

Episode 175. Demon Realm Trial (3)

Theory and reality are different.

The educational reality of Korea proves this.

Theoretically, you can get a perfect score in the college entrance exam just by going to high school diligently.

In theory, yes.

This is because the CSAT is a test to see if you really know the theory taught in high school.

But the reality is not.

No matter how smart a student is, he or she must spend at least 5 hours a day on average to study to get good grades.

If you go back a little bit further back in time, there was even a proverb that said, “If you sleep for four hours, you will stick and if you sleep five hours, you will fall.”

Of course, this does not apply only to the educational reality of Korea.

The same goes for the dimensional labyrinth.

‘Theoretically’, a player who fully understands the characteristics of monsters and the rules of the stage and prepares the specs appropriate for them will die casually.

The skill built into the card could be ‘theoretically’ handled perfectly by the player, but no player handled it perfectly from the start.

The same goes for transcendentalists.

Right now, Purkas is an example.

He prepared perfectly for this trial by inviting four demon kings, including Barbatos and Agares, but was in danger of being defeated by Dantalian.

The gap between theory and reality often catches even the transcendent.

‘That’s why my choice is valuable.’

Dantalian looked up at the sun in the center of the courtroom.

The corner of the mouth keeps rising.

Theoretically, it is a situation that the sun can overcome.

Through conversations and explanations around them, they explained what the ‘forced truth’ characteristic of the Demon Realm trial was, and through the circumstances, they threw out the situation that they had to give false testimony.

There is also a way to negate the ‘Forcing the Truth’ trait to some extent by having Salomon, a fellow player from earlier, discover the Blood Awakening of Shen Dragon Flower.

But this is just a theory.

Confidence that a human body can withstand the characteristics of ‘forcing the truth’ that even the demon king cannot endure.

Dantalian himself had a sense of associating himself with Shinryonghwa’s blood awakening, which he hadn’t even mentioned.

And the ability to succeed in expanding unknown territory that has never been experimented on without failure.

Taeyang did something that could only be talked about theoretically in reality.

Even Shinryonghwa’s Blood Awakening was about dealing with the power of the Demon King, which is higher than the level of my soul.

“Perfect.”

Dantalian smiled whitely.

The punishment of ‘forcing the truth’ struck the sun.

However, Balak’s dragon blood, which caused an awakening reaction, perfectly preserved the sun’s soul.

Soon, the lightning that had dyed the courtroom pure white faded.

All that remains is complete silence.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Barbatos’s eyebrows twitched, and Purkas’s face contorted like a bloody slaughter.

Agares raised his monocle.

“I have nothing to say.”

“okay. I have nothing to say about this.”

Baal agreed.

The judge’s judgment takes effect when the court’s ‘forcing the truth’ characteristic does not cover right or wrong.

The court has already passed judgment on Yun Taeyang’s testimony.

“Yoon Taeyang’s words are the truth.”

If it was a lie, Yoon Taeyang should have died.

Even if it was a lie, Yoon Taeyang had already paid for his crime.

“This… … .”

Baal interrupted Purkas.

“There is no objection.”

The demon world trial system was created with the consent of 72 demon lords, and all demon lords contributed a little, big or small.

Sitri laughed.

“If magic did not kill the witness, we must accept it as fact. That was the intention. Initially.”

In the first place, that is the principled purpose of the court’s truth-forcing characteristics.

Want to lie to the point of hurting yourself?

hit it if that’s what you want

You can pay the price just by being hit with a mace.

It was an extremely devil-like catchphrase, and that’s why such a system could be established in the devil’s society.

thump thump thump.

Without a moment’s thought, Baal raised the hammer in front of him and struck it three times.

It was the sound announcing the end of the demon world trial.

***

Baal was the first to leave the courtroom.

The demon king of the first rank in the form of a boy behaved as if he were still a boy regardless of how long he had lived.

The second group that escaped were the 12th rank demon king Sitri and the jurors who participated in the trial ‘without any interest’ represented by her.

The third is Dantalian and the Sun.

And Purcas, Agares, Barbatos, and the group of demon lords who followed him to the trial still remained in the court.

Agares nodded at Barbatos, who was sitting there with a hard expression on his face.

“As you can see, there is nothing I can do about it. I’m sorry that I couldn’t participate in the trial as the judge because of Baal’s participation, but if I were the judge, I couldn’t do anything.”

“Of course I understand. I will give you the power I promised.”

“I’ll only accept the secret steel technique. I was going to be there anyway, and it’s you who completely fell over.”

Agares said in a dry voice that he would receive only one of the two powers he had agreed to receive.

“I didn’t want to understand, but it’s ridiculous to dare to give the authority not to accept it.”

words of self-esteem.

Agares tapped Barbatos on the shoulder and left the courtroom.

Of course, not everyone reacted as favorably as Agares did.

The remaining four demon kings brought by Barbatos took the power or promise they had promised without hesitation.

“Agares has a lot of free time, but we split the time we didn’t have. I understand?”

“I’m sorry about this.”

There is no life form that likes to lose unilaterally.

That was also true of the 72 Demon Kings.

And among the 72 demon lords, the demon lord who hates losses the most is Purkas.

However, the loss of Barbatos was so severe that Purkas felt sorry for Barbatos even after seeing the loss.

“That’s too bad.”

Furkas also lost the trial and was labeled as having lost to Dantalian and lost the powers he was able to mine on stage.

However, in terms of practicality, it was not comparable to Barbatos.

It was because Barbatos proceeded with the work by immediately making up for the loss of Furkas himself.

With this incident, Barbatos threw at least 10 powers into the air, no matter how little he caught.

It was difficult to expect Barbatos’ mentality to be intact since he had suffered a major failure comparable to Astaroth’s 20 power return case.

“I don’t need any consolation.”

Barbatos replied with an expressionless face.

In fact, Barbatos was not regretting the lost powers.

He was thinking of Dantalian and the sun.

‘It’s at a level where I can apply the power of the Demon King.’

It is an amazing existence.

Of course, it wasn’t that there weren’t players who reached that level.

Agrippa’s Cain also reached the stage of applying his authority.

It was the same with the blood-splattering lightning and gliding falcons of Orc players.

It wasn’t even on the Elf side.

However, the really surprising part is that the sun has reached such a level while still not even half way up the dimensional labyrinth.

Both Cain and the bloody lightning are gliding falcons.

It developed its abilities by shedding blood among top-level competitors.

But the sun was different.

He reached that stage himself without competing with anyone.

For the first time, an exception has been made for something that has not had an exception for a very long time.

‘I must prepare.’

Of course, it was clear that it would be difficult.

Because the demon king standing behind the sun is Dantalian.

Barbatos quickly reviewed the situation from his seat and found what he had to do.

“Purcas. I will keep my promise. But apart from that, I want to apologize to you.”

The 8th Rank Demon King’s Apple.

Purkas stroked my beard.

“I will not make excuses. Because of what I suggested, you are labeled as defeated by Dantalian. Demon lords who do not know the situation. Or the demon lords you know will laugh at you.”

“Does not matter. You suggested it, but I chose it. I regret it, but I have no regrets.”

Purkas shook his head.

Barbatos looked at Furkas and his eyes lit up.

“There is room for overturning a tarnished reputation. Can you hear me?”

“Leave room to turn.”

“okay. It’s a simple story. If you win the fight against Dantalian once again, your reputation will be overturned.”

Victory.

It doesn’t have to be a brute force fight.

There is no need to fight directly.

Tearing out Dantalian’s new card that interfered with his work.

It can also be done in an indirect way.

A very small win is enough.

Some would call it a mental victory, but among demon lords with high self-esteem, that mental victory was important.

“Barbatos. You are a demon king with outstanding abilities. Among the demon lords, it is unusually famous as a demon lord who knows trust and always keeps what he says. Also, you are famous for your lofty temper. That’s why your apology is welcome. I know that your apology is rare and valuable.”

Purkas brushed his beard once again and continued.

“I am not.”

“What do you mean it’s not?”

“I don’t think reputation is that important. What’s important is what’s in my hands, intangible values don’t mean much to me.”

Purkas took a step back.

“I’ve already been swept away by my emotions and missed my job. A confrontation with Dantalian is not the right choice in my opinion. I’m sorry. But I realized this. Dantalian is not complacent. You and I went head-to-head, but we lost. He can do me even more damage.”

It was a fact I knew.

In this case as well, if Dantalian hadn’t been openly aiming for Purkas’ rice bowl, there would have been no confrontation with him.

Furkas would rather cut ties with Dantalian than retaliate against him and recover what he had lost.

“Don’t you think that Dantalian touched you because you calculated to run away like a frightened dog? Shouldn’t we show that it isn’t?”

“Maybe.”

Purkas nodded.

Barbatos was not wrong.

But at the same time, Purkas thought that was enough.

If Purkas ends his work here, the link with Dantalian will be over.

It is a story that you can get away from Dantalian with the end of the damage you have done so far.

The taste is bitter, but that’s enough.

I lost money and the case was closed.

The farther away the possibility of harming me is, the better.

That was Purkas’ judgment.

“Disappointing.”

Despite Barbatos’ contemptuous eyes, Furkas did not change his attitude.

“… … It makes me feel bad that you are on the same throne as me.”

“Barbatos. Not everything in the world goes the way you want. And no matter how much you tease me, my judgment doesn’t change.”

Barbatos closed his mouth.

That’s right.

Dantalian should have taken Purkas’s disposition into consideration as well.

Barbatos walked out of the courtroom with rough steps.

Confirming the exit, Purkas sighed lightly.

“It wasn’t like me.”

He rose to the top of transcendence in pursuit of only safe growth, but denied his own principles of action.

“Now I have to go back to being myself.”

grow up again

Of course, Purkas was not a demon king who would forget his losses.

I planned to remember and remember and return it someday.

But that period is just not now.

Purkas knew very well that a gentleman’s revenge is not too late even if it takes 10 years.

By the time all the paintings of Dantalian were removed and one day I forgot this incident.

It’s not too late to take revenge then.

tall.

Purkas, who was going out of the courtroom, stopped.

In front of him were Dantalian and Taeyang, smiling with their characteristic poker faces.