107. The Devil’s Grasp
No matter how strong the warrior was, he could not advance alone.
The one who showed me the way when I was lost.
When strong rain and wind came, the person who blocked the wind.
The person who built a bridge when we had to cross the river.
When the sky became dark, there was someone who provided light.
It was right for the warrior to move forward, but it was not the strength of the warrior alone that allowed him to move forward.
We were able to reach it after everyone’s efforts.
But could the warrior really know that fact?
After sacrificing his life and moving forward without giving up, there was no one left with him and the next step was a cliff.
I barely arrived.
I barely arrived with all my might, but who could have known that such a vain ending would be waiting for me.
Besides, we have come too far to go back.
In the end, the only thing left was to step down that cliff.
The only option is to fall off a cliff with no end in sight, where you feel like you will fall forever.
Of course, Arcel decided to accept this as well if this was the path he had to take.
If everyone can be happy with this.
If only everyone could smile through my sacrifice.
He said he was satisfied with that and willingly sacrificed himself.
…But, if I had known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have done it.
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That too was a story now left as a memory.
A nightmare where I thought everything had disappeared.
I look back on that nightmare once again.
“Our hero, why are you crying so much? “They are people who have nothing to do with the hero anyway.”
Satan Alfred sat down on the floor and used the back of the sobbing warrior as a chair.
As he admired the sight of the city that once contained many people’s memories disappearing, the warrior left alone had no choice but to despair.
“Besides, this isn’t your fault? It was the greed of the nobleman who oiled this ship well. Anyway, eat this! “It must have been a lot of hardship to get here.”
Alfred threw a nobleman with a broken neck to a group of orcs.
“Alfred, our orcs do not treat oil lumps like this as food ingredients.”
“They say whole tripe and other things are trendy these days. “I heard there are a lot of people who like the oil because it has a nutty taste?”
“Thanks to Alfred, there is plenty of other food, so there is no reason to waste your body on this. Still, if it’s something Alfred gives you, I’ll be grateful.”
The devil’s army had already gathered around what used to be a city.
A group of ferocious beasts and orcs who use those beasts as hunting dogs.
It was the cleaning unit of the Demon King’s army, nicknamed the Crows.
When Alfred destroys a city or an army, he deploys these crow units to finish him off or take hostages.
In particular, there were many orcs and monsters with a good sense of smell, so finding hidden survivors was the top priority.
“But Alfred, what are you going to do with that hero?”
“Well… I didn’t expect to meet this guy here either. “I didn’t know that you would be such a fool and leave your friends alone in this hopeless city.”
Of course, that does not mean that the risk is low.
Although it is not a unit directly deployed in battle, it is composed of sufficiently threatening Orcs and monsters, and where this unit is located in the first place, Satan Alfred is there.
He is second in rank in the Demon King’s army, but in reality, he is as good as first, so I couldn’t dare confront him.
It was very common for almost all armies that faced them to be wiped out without even being able to do anything.
“What do you want to do?”
“We lost many of our people to the warrior. So it would be right to make them pay accordingly. It will never be a good death. “It will make you regret becoming a warrior until the moment you die.”
The orcs spoke with fierce anger.
“…That’s right, what should I do? If you lick my shoes and beg for your life, I am willing to let you live. If you don’t like it, you can just leave your body and mind to those orcs.”
They were almost undefeated, but they seemed to have a lot of resentment because they often broke down when a hero appeared.
“Perhaps it might be more comfortable, much better than continuing to act like a hero and childish prank.”
Alfred said with a hearty smile.
“Oh, is it broken?”
But there was no answer.
The warrior was just wetting the remains of the people who had been reduced to ashes with tears.
“Still, I was looking forward to this hero because I thought it was fun in its own way… But I was disappointed when it broke down with something like this. At best, a city with less than a few tens of thousands of people has disappeared.”
Alfred pressed the warrior with a branch and repeatedly called out to him, but there was no response.
Normally, I would have gotten angry and joked around with myself, but now all I could do was cry like a child.
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“It would be troublesome if you deliberately disobeyed the orders of the great demon lord, even though you were working leisurely.”
“Alfred?”
“Why?”
“If the Demon King found out that you were intentionally keeping the hero alive, he would not leave you alone, Alfred.”
“Don’t worry, if you don’t mind, tell him to kill you yourself. “Why do you do what the devil says when a guy with fine limbs always asks you to look good in a wheelchair and run errands like he has bad legs?”
“That is certainly true, but…”
Just when the orcs were about to ask if it was really okay for him to be a demon lord, Alfred’s eyes suddenly changed.
Kyaang-!
Alfred kicks the shield that flew in to decapitate the leader orc and blows it away.
“This can’t be right!”
“…It looks like our warrior’s nannies have appeared. It’s coming so quickly. “If I had tried to do it, I would have kicked myself in the head a long time ago.”
But the attack is not over yet.
Arrows of ice and light flew toward Alfred and the orcs, and Alfred flapped the cloak he was wearing to deflect all of the magic.
“Ah, kid. “If you mess with other people’s things, you won’t be able to use them.”
“How…?! “You won’t be able to see me-“
“There’s a saying that says you can see things you can’t see with your mind’s eye, right? So I also saw it with my mind’s eye. Well, it can be seen with the naked eye.”
Furthermore, he smiled and welcomed the assassin who took advantage of the situation and snuck in to take out the hero.
Then he took out a heart with eyes from his pocket and showed it to me.
It is unknown whether it was really Alfred himself, but his heart was beating freshly.
“Then watch from the sky as your warrior becomes a meal for the orcs.”
“…I will definitely kill them all, including you orcs.”
“No, I never said I was going to eat you-“
Of course, after that, I immediately grabbed him by the collar and threw him high in the sky.
Her momentum was enough to send her flying through the clouds, but fortunately her magic circle accepted her.
“Satan Alfred! “Do you even know what you have dared to do?”
And then a knight with a shield appeared on top of the collapsed castle wall.
Even though he is a knight, he carries only two shields and no sword.
He is a knight who always serves as the vanguard along with the warriors and is nicknamed the Indomitable Guardian.
“Oh, hello, former knight commander. “Do you enjoy your retirement life with girls younger than you?”
“This disgusting bastard… How many times have you killed him this time!”
“We haven’t killed that many people, only about 10,000 people have died.”
He seemed to be similar to Alfred.
As soon as the Knight of the Shield saw Alfred, he did not hide his hostility, and was showing off his fierce killing intent.
“That’s about 200 times as many as the leader’s subordinates I killed a long time ago. By the way, the armor used by the leader’s men has been melted down and is being used as a cauldron for the orcs. Thank you!”
“No, you made it with armor soaked in blood and sweat?”
“Anyway, you eat humans full of blood and sweat.”
“We wash them thoroughly before slaughtering them and eating them!”
“It’s okay, everything is the same once you get into the boat. “It’s not something I eat in the first place.”
It seems that the reason is a bad relationship in the past.
There was such a story.
There is a story about a knighthood that was once called the elite unit of the Kingdom of Hermod, and all but the leader were killed in a battle with a demon.
In the end, the leader, who survived alone, took full responsibility for the defeat and resigned from his position, but upon hearing the news of the hero, he willingly decided to sacrifice himself again.
“How dare this devil…!”
With that cry, the Knight of the Shield rushed towards Alfred.
“Alfred!”
“It’s okay, you guys just take care of this hero and watch. If you use too much magic, your body will stiffen, right? “Sometimes you have to move your body like this.”
Alfred left the warrior to the orcs and immediately struck down the shield flying towards him with his hand.
“You cowardly and evil devil…! “Can’t we release the hero right away?”
“You call me a coward by punishing hundreds of people who stayed up all night and came home from work? So, everyone dies to me.”
“You bastard! “How dare you say such a thing after assassinating the king of a neighboring country that day?”
“Is that unfair to me too? “I thought it was the princess’s room, so I went there wearing a black cloak, but because the king was old, he died of a heart attack when he saw me.”
The knight grabbed his shield again and continued to attack.
Shield techniques for both attack and defense using a shield rather than a sword. If the opponent had not been Alfred, he would have crushed the enemy long ago and recovered the hero.
Especially because the fighting techniques that included martial arts were very effective against large people.
“And no matter how much I think about it, that’s the cowardly part. “Even if I don’t use any special magic and deal with you alone, you’re 4 to 1.”
Cow-!!!
At that moment, the ground on which Alfred was standing rose upward.
A distant wizard manipulated the ground.
“…If anyone sees me, they will think I am the devil.”
Alfred shrugged his shoulders and flapped his cloak once again.
An arrow of light flew towards me once again.
Click!
The arrows were broken helplessly.
The saint’s power was fatal even to her demons, but on the other hand, it was not that threatening as long as it did not touch her skin.
“Anyway, isn’t the pattern too monotonous? “After this, the cat thief eventually appears.”
Although the sun was clearly in the sky, a shadow fell on Alfred.
It seemed like there was nothing above the sky, but there was a girl with her body transparently concealed.
The assassin who flew in a little while ago was attacking Alfred from the sky.
“And I really hate cats, they meow loudly every night and I get so annoyed. “After all, it’s the demon lord’s favorite cat, so I can’t wash it in boiling water… Plus, it’s so cute when you look at it up close that the desire to do so disappears in the end.”
It was like a deadly attack that could not be avoided even if expected, but Alfred laughed.
“…But, aren’t you cute?”
Next, he deliberately cut himself and sprayed the blood on the thief.
Chi-ik…!
The ground where Alfred’s blood fell boiled and melted.
“Today’s appetizer is butterfly stew! “I hope there are no complaints!”
Now Alfred doesn’t even look at the assassin and yells at the orcs.
“Wha…?!”
The black assassin tried to avoid Alfred’s blood, but he was in the air and had nowhere to put his feet.
If you continue like this, your whole body will melt without moving.
“…You damn devil!”
“It’s not the devil that will fail, it’s the devil that will succeed. Besides, it has already been successful.”
The knight on the ground jumped into the sky with all his might.
“Ugh…!”
“Are you okay?!”
Thanks to this, his comrade was saved, but Alfred’s blood penetrated the knight’s armor and melted his flesh.
It is not a life-threatening wound, but it is clearly a fatal wound.
I couldn’t even land properly and rolled on the floor.
“Ah, you better stop with that holy whore and your stupid wizard. “If you open your mouth for no reason, both of you will have your throats ripped out?”
“Oh, before I knew it…”
“Shh. “The prostitute who sold her body to God is dirty to even hear her voice.”
Alfred was already putting his arm around the wizard and saintess who were supporting him from the rear.
If Alfred applied just a little bit of force, the two of them would have their heads ripped off in an instant.
“Anyway, what if the hero party is wiped out like this? I thought that only that hero was stupid, but now I see that you are all imbeciles too? “If the nanny has such low intelligence, then the warrior must also be like that. It’s so pitiful that she lives only chasing dreams and hopes.”
Alfred said, clicking his tongue.
The warrior was still captured by the orcs and showed no reaction.
Is it because of the shock of tens of thousands of people disappearing before our eyes, or is it because the people who smiled and greeted us until yesterday can no longer smile?
Maybe it’s both.
“But don’t worry! Since the hero is not yet ripe, I will let him go alive. Instead, since you guys only ruin the flavor, I’ll deal with it here.”
Alfred smiled widely and looked defenseless, but there was nothing he could do about it.
The saint and the wizard had already been subdued for a long time, the knight could not move properly, and even the excellent skills of the assassin group were easily overlooked by Alfred.
“Let’s pull out the tongues of our holy prostitute and the ignorant wizard and give them to the orcs as a gift. I heard that the orcs don’t give a damn when it comes to nuns or female wizards.”
“A saint’s meat is fresh and clean, and a wizard’s meat is rich in magic and nutritional value!”
“That’s right, which do you like boiled or baked? How about frying it crispy? “I will give you a special opportunity to choose.”
The saint and the wizard bit their lips in exasperation, but there was nothing they could do.
“And our thief cat has a lot of people who have a grudge against him, right? “You can look forward to it because we will cleanly remove the tendons from your limbs and deliver it to you free of charge the same day.”
From the moment the assassin’s existence is discovered, there is nothing he can do.
“Or, it would be okay to take them to your base and let them know what real assassination is. Since ancient times, assassination is assassination if there are no witnesses. Is not it?”
“That’s right, Alfred!”
The orcs cheered and praised Alfred.
All the assassin could do was look helplessly at the scene and support the limping knight.
“Lastly, Mr. Knight… Okay, if you send just one hero, he might get lost, so I’ll especially save him again. “Someone has to send them home.”
“You damn Satan…”
The knight glared at Alfred in anger, but in the end, it was just the same as before.
Due to their lack of skills, they were all defeated by just one person, Alfred, and suffered death in return for defeat.
But, cruelly, Alfred made them pay a price even more terrible than death.