Chapter 125…
The Demon King’s pupils trembled over and over in bewilderment.
<…Human father, I have never even met your daughter. What are you talking about…?>
[Oh, that handsome face is getting distorted!]
[Honestly though, I think Jihan is more handsome.]
[Yeah the art style shifts but I also prefer Jihan’s vibe lol]
[Is that important right now!? That guy might become Jihan’s son-in-law!]
[We should kill him, right?]
[Execution!]
[Execution, execution!!]
But none of that reached Lee Jihan.
No chat, no Demon King’s voice.
Only one thought filled his mind:
“Go ahead and try meeting her. No—actually, you won’t. Not here. Not ever.”
His head was completely dominated by a single truth:
He absolutely could not let that sleazy guy meet Ray.
[When you think of all the Braver Maker heroes who got tricked by that slimy face and ended up in the ‘Demon King’s Bride Ending’…]
[Kill him!]
[KILL!]
[Just kill him already!!]
[In the name of all fathers, judgment shall be passed!]
[Demon King: W-wait… Father… please listen…]
[???: Father? Who’s your father, huh!?]
<…Someone’s father, I have never once left this place.>
“There is no need for conversation!”
Fwaaash!
High-ranking spirits appeared around Jihan.
“Your crime is this—daring to be one of the potential future husbands of my daughter!”
As soon as he said it,
the attacks of the five elemental spirits poured down.
All of them coated generously with—
<BIRURURUK!>
—the power of the low-rank Light Spirit, Lighty.
[We, the Fathers’ Association, hereby withdraw support for streamer Lee Jihan.]
[From today, we become one with Lee Jihan streamer.]
[Any attack on Ray is an attack on me!]
[Demon King: I DIDN’T ATTACK ANYONE THOUGH!!]
[???: Your existence is an attack!!]
KWA-GAGAGAK!
A vortex of fire pillars,
a huge tidal wave,
a blizzard freezing the ground into permafrost,
winds swirling like typhoons,
and jagged spikes of stone bursting from the earth—
All of it crashed toward the Demon King.
<Ghh!? How!? You do not even possess a hero’s aura—how!? A mere human!>
[Fathers are strong!]
[He fights on behalf of dads nationwide!]
[Fun fact: Sometimes fathers actually appreciate their son-in-law.]
[Yeah honestly true… “Thanks for taking care of my daughter, son-in-law…”]
[LMAO WHAT IS THIS CHAT]
[Pick one personality, dads!!]
[But Ray CANNOT be taken!! You brat!!!]
ZZZZRRT!
The Demon King was shaken.
The elemental attacks, imbued with holy energy,
were shaving away at his body bit by bit.
<Tch! Pathetic tricks! HAAH!>
He shouted, and dark energy gushed out—
thick like coagulated blood—
and spread to swallow the spirits.
“Unsummon, all of you!”
But Jihan moved faster than the darkness.
A moment stretched into eternity—hyper-focus.
FWASH!
He unsummoned every spirit before the darkness touched them.
PAPAPAPAK!
“Lighty!”
He wrapped light energy around his iron sword.
“Shade!”
Then he called the shadow spirit.
Darkness cloaked his body;
he sank into the shadows, lowering his stance.
<Such cheap tricks won’t capture me!>
The Demon King spread his aura everywhere, desperate to find Jihan.
But his darkness could not detect someone cloaked in a spirit’s darkness.
<Damn it, where!? Where are you hiding!?
Show yourself, coward!!>
His furious roar echoed.
[WOW;;; he’s offsetting Detection with the same attribute??]
[Did someone teach him that??]
[Nah nah he’s just doing it instinctively lol]
[He used something similar in that one dungeon btw]
[Yeah the heat-sensing boss—he summoned Ifrit to confuse him lmao]
[So this is like… the evolved version?? Crazy]
[Is he really a Heavenly Demon… or is HE the Demon King??]
[Demon King-sama!!]
[Actually Heavenly Demon ≠ Demon King lol]
[Ahem! It’s… a bit different… ahem!]
[Boomer detected taking psychological damage LOL]
Chat exploded with excitement.
But Jihan didn’t appear.
And then—
“Ray has high standards!
She takes after her dad!”
<Behind me, human!!>
The Demon King turned, but—
“Ray has high standards!
She takes after her dad!”
It was Shade—
mocking him with Jihan’s voice.
SHAAA!
In that instant—
Jihan’s ordinary iron sword, coated in Lighty’s pure radiance,
slashed across the Demon King’s back.
[DAMN, that bait-and-switch is sick!!!]
[THAT’S IT!!!!]
[LMAOOOO who uses a shadow spirit to troll like this]
[The devs gave Shade a prank-loving personality but THIS is next-level]
[Dude’s insane… wow…]
<Kuhg!!>
Light—pure spirit light—
as potent as a holy sword.
SHHHHHHH!!!
The Demon King’s flesh sizzled like acid.
[Why’s he hurting so much??]
[Because demon lords are pure darkness so holy damage wrecks them]
[But that’s just an iron sword??]
[LIGHTY IS COATING IT LOL
THAT MAKES IT A HOLY SWORD]
[Jihan mass-produces holy swords casually lmao]
<You dare trick ME, a mere human!?
RAAAAGH!!>
Claws tore at him,
but Jihan twisted away—
SLASH!
—and countered again.
<GRAAAAH!!>
One dodge, one hit.
Hit, dodge.
Pure, selfish DPS trading.
[…wow…]
[That’s actually disgusting]
[His control is insane;;;]
[He’s overpowering stat difference WITH SKILL??]
[New viewers, just watch quietly.
Jihan’s control is always S-tier.]
[His mechanics AND brain—both god tier lol]
Slash.
Rip.
Crack.
And it wasn’t just physical attacks.
Jihan summoned and unsummoned
every spirit he had—low, mid, high.
Burning through his mana like wildfire.
<Ghh… I WILL NOT lose to a mere human summoner!>
The Demon King’s form warped.
His body swelled to twice its size—
CRRRRK!
—and four new pairs of arms burst out.
[Whoa;]
[Yeah the handsome part is gone;]
[No way Ray is marrying THAT;]
[I used to think their faces matched… I repent]
[I thought he and Jihan matched too… I repent again]
[LOL superficial judgments!!]
[But looking at handsome guys is a thrill okay!!]
Terrifying aura surged.
But Jihan didn’t stop.
“Lighty!”
A streak of golden light flew from his chest—
a tiny golden bird—
and pierced the transforming Demon King.
BAAANG!
“I’m not waiting for you to finish transforming!”
Yes.
A father’s fury
had no rules, no shame, no mercy.
<Ghh… COWARD!!>
Black smoke poured from the Demon King’s mouth.
“Coward?”
Jihan rushed in.
“Remember just one thing.”
PAPAPAPAK!
“A father with a daughter…”
His swordsmanship—
the one he used in Gangho Sword Chronicles—
unfolded again in Braver Maker.
Blades that strangled the opponent—
KWAANG!
“…is allowed to be even more cowardly.”
The storm of strikes fell upon the Demon King.
[Huh?]
[Jihan??]
[BRO NOSEBLEED AGAIN]
KWA-GAGAGAK!
His attacks rained down like a hurricane.
[Holy—wait, are those moves even POSSIBLE in Braver Maker???]
[There’s no martial arts system?? No stat compensation??]
[This is insane… amazing…]
[Forget that—JIHAN YOU’RE BLEEDING]
His lower-cam showed red blood dripping.
Jihan sniffed hard and kept going.
[What the—]
[Jihan what IS he]
[Why is he so tough now??]
[Bro even wipes a nosebleed stylishly lmao]
But nosebleed or not—
the Demon King came first.
SHRIEEEEK!!
Jihan thrust in the final blow.
* * *
“Dad! Jack, Lisa, and Rona!
The four of us finally cleared a dungeon together!”
Warm sunlight.
Fifteen-year-old Ray, with her flowing red hair,
ran into Jihan’s arms, rubbing her face against his chest,
as if begging for praise.
“Haha, really? My Ray, well done!”
“I finally became a C-rank adventurer!”
“Hahaha! Amazing! Truly amazing, my girl!”
He lifted her and spun her around.
Even at fifteen, Ray burst into bright giggles,
twirling in the air.
“Then should we ask Paro to cook something tasty?”
“Meat! Meat! After running the dungeon, I’m starving, Dad!”
Her face was full of excitement.
[…Damn.]
[This is healing…]
[For real…]
[I got scared when Jihan nosebled earlier though…]
[But at least it’s not like before when his equipment bugged him all the time lol]
[He said he went to the hospital recently. Gotta be careful with fatigue…]
[Still, seeing him holding Ray and laughing like that…]
[He just LOVES that girl lol total daughter-simp]
“And Dad! From C-rank and up,
I can actually take the same quests as you!”
“Haha, then should we go dungeon-running together this weekend?”
“…Really??”
Her golden eyes widened.
She tilted her head in disbelief.
After all, Jihan had always been reluctant
to let her enter dungeons.
‘Dad didn’t seem that thrilled about dungeon-running before…’
Her expression clearly held that question.
“Of course. Really.”
“Yay! Dad! You’re the best!!”
“Haha, am I really that great?”
“Yes! Really! Dad is the coolest and the strongest!”
She hugged him tightly.
“Miss, Master, if you’re back from outside—please wash your hands first!”
“Okay, okay, Paro!
Oh—Dad, did you go out too?”
Ray looked at Jihan.
He patted her head gently.
“Shall we wash hands together?”
While washing hands side by side, chatting lightheartedly,
Jihan thought:
A father…
could defeat even a Demon King for his daughter.
And as he looked at his adorable daughter beside him—
“Ray. Let’s eat.”
He smiled warmly.
Of course, Jihan had no idea.
That among the “villains” he would someday have to defeat—
among the potential future sons-in-law—
his own name was also included.
