107. The Being of God
“god?”
God.
At the so absurd sound, Berge did not even laugh.
“Do the humans of Arain believe in such things?”
But Hillen was serious.
“Rumors are circulating among the aristocrats. It will never be a rumor that came out without a reason.”
“Are there really people who believe in God?”
“There are no gods in Araine.”
There is magic and there is an auror. There is mana and there is spirit. It took effort and talent, not the miracles those who believed in God cried out.
No one could prove the existence of God. There was no divine power called the power of God.
In Arain, God was naturally culled.
“But there are those who consider non-gods to be gods and serve them.”
『A ‘human’ who calls himself a god.』
“It’s funny that humans call themselves gods, but it’s even more surprising that there are fools who believe in them.”
The fact that he died in defeat by these guys.
“Who is it?”
“The hero who killed the two demon kings.”
“I didn’t know you were that crazy. Did you get hit by Reina and then turn around?”
『…to be precise, a hero from about 500 years ago.』
Arain ate dozens of demon kings for a thousand years. Although it was rare that a hero who killed two demon kings was rare, it was not at all.
Today’s Hillen Cargill was like that, and looking back over a thousand years, there were about three.
『Daniel Deirus.』
『About 500 years ago, I killed two demon lords and gained immense power. There was no one stronger than him in the world, and he grew arrogant. He considered himself greater than the king and the emperor.”
“The kingdom and empire would not have left it alone.”
“The situation was good for him. At that time, the continent was engulfed in telephone calls. The flames that began as a result of the empire’s territorial expansion war spread across the continent, and the number of people suffering increased.
When people are in trouble, they find a place to turn to.
But it wasn’t the country. For the people at that time, the state was an evil of extortion, exploitation, and forced conscription.
“At that time, Daniel Deirus appeared. He built his reputation by helping people. More and more people followed him.”
“It is said that when the flames of the decades of war were extinguished, it had grown out of control.”
“and?”
“But in the end he was just a hero, and the king and emperor did not tolerate him.”
“I charged him with all sorts of crimes and drove him away as a traitor who turned to the Demon King.”
“It’s fun.”
“When the atmosphere of war broke out again, he declared by sweeping away all the pursuit of the Allied Forces that had come to arrest him.”
“I’m going to kill the third demon king and let him know of his greatness.”
“If you return after killing the Demon King, worship yourself, who has never come out before and will never come out.”
“Did the kings condone it?”
“He made a condition. I will climb the tower ‘alone’.”
A hero can never climb a tower alone and kill a demon king.
This is because there is a limit to the strength of an individual warrior.
At least, this truth did not change 500 years ago or today.
“result?”
“The Demon King’s Tower has collapsed.”
“Successful?”
“But the traces of Daniel Deirus have also disappeared.”
“Is it annihilation?”
“Most people thought he was dead. But the followers who believed in him and followed him were different.”
“He claimed to have ascended to heaven after he killed the third demon king and finally obtained the power of the gods. As time passes, he will come back to the world to save them.”
As the passage progressed, Berger had no choice but to laugh.
“If you kill three demon kings, you become a god?”
Then the demon should have already become a unique god.
The same goes for the grand dukes.
“Anyway, after all, there are assholes who can’t forget the heroes who died 500 years ago.”
“In summary, yes.”
“Their madness has gone beyond the limits and caused a lot of strife. There were several subjugations, and I thought 110 years ago was the last one left.”
“I will find out at once. Let me take note.”
“Yes.”
“How about the change encyclopedia?”
“It’s not bad. At least if it’s mutually beneficial, the chances of holding hands have increased.”
“It’s really not that bad.”
“Yeah, it’s really not that bad.”
The Demon King and the Hero looked at each other and smiled. Soon, communication was cut off.
‘A fanatic.’
Not exactly a god, but there are rumors of that in the southern part of the Empire.
‘Are there any traces of involvement in the battle between the Union and the Empire?’
Did Jason use them to spark a war between the Empire and the Union?
‘I couldn’t find any suspicious-looking human…’
I didn’t realize that the butterfly effect was rolling in when I spit out a single word in a flash.
‘done. I’ve loosened up enough.’
His thoughts soon returned to the warrior revered as a god.
‘It was said that a hero who killed the three demon kings almost came out.’
It was a story that could never be ignored.
There is no guarantee that what might have happened once won’t happen twice.
And no matter how much your tower is.
Even if the first floor’s magical fire and the princesses’ attacks were given priority.
indeed.
‘Can I defeat the hero who killed the three demon kings?’
If it was the Demon Realm, it would be a meaningless worry.
I have the confidence to not be defeated by anyone. However, it was different now that it was weakened by the dimensional interference.
Of the other demon lords, no one can win except Vivian.
If there are a few stellar and creepy humans, you have to worry about their lives.
In the end, it is the power of the individual who goes round and round.
It was Berge himself who remained last and fought a fierce battle with the hero. If he was weak, there was no point in raising other things.
‘The Balrog wasn’t the problem.’
Anyway, there is no need to worry about being invaded by the tower for the time being. Conversely, Berge is not sure when to go out again.
so.
At least until you think it’s enough.
‘I need to release the interference.’
[5135110pt]
All Magi points.
[0pt]
poured into the interference release.
* * *
“···strength.”
Gordon, who was listening to the report of the elves who had safely melted into the Kingdom of Akan, clenched his fist.
The individual’s condition did not change significantly. However, it felt as if several hundred weights were attached to the body and then a few fell off.
‘no way?’
Dimensional interference is dispelled using the power of the tower.
All demons belonging to the tower are affected together.
In other words, releasing the dimensional interference was not only for the individual demon king, but also for all demons and demons belonging to the demon king.
‘Part of the interference has been released.’
Not all, although small compared to the whole, it is by no means small.
At least, it was the greatest sense of liberation ever experienced since Gordon’s advent.
The freshness makes me smile.
‘It’s so much fun to get back what you originally had.’
Dimensional interference forces act on two-dimensional forces.
Demons and demons are affected, but in principle, they are Magi.
Dimensional interference suppresses magic. Although it is a simple suppression of energy, the power that moves all demons and demons is in the end Magi. The suppression of magic is also connected with the suppression of the body.
The slight release of that meant that the flow of magic became smoother and the pressure on the body was reduced.
‘I thought you weren’t interested in disarming dimensional interference because you were busy using princesses, elves, and dwarves.’
Even so, the Demon King was also a Demon. The demons are weak and cannot tolerate falling over.
“Gordon, come to the office.”
At that time, the demon king’s call came.
“Did you call?”
“Did you feel it?”
“Yes. It feels a little more like the underworld.”
“From now on, I plan to use all of my magic points to cancel the interference.”
“Really? Then the tower is…”
“But I have no intention of doing anything. You just can’t use your Magi Points.”
“·················ogue.”
A deep ominous arose. It didn’t always end well.
“I thought of one thing. How can we feed greater failure and frustration to humans and heroes? How can I stop them from growing?”
In fact, no matter how weak monsters are placed, there is no denying that death will help the hero become stronger even a little.
The same goes for strong monsters. At first, you will be embarrassed by the unexpected force, but eventually you will be caught. That is the strategy of humans that has not changed until now.
“Is there a way?”
“You don’t want me to kill you. There’s really nothing to kill. Demons, demons, of course, even monsters. It’s not placing anything.”
“·················ogue.”
‘Aren’t you going to open the door at all? They even put a carpet on the floor to ask you to come.’
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Maybe it was the power of experience, luckily it didn’t come out of my mouth.“Did your eyes just look weird?”
“…Ah, no. So what are you going to put on the empty floor?”
“Of course it is a trap. There are loggers and golem magicians, and Lavinia who is well versed in human subjects and magic. We use them to lay traps on the second and third floors.”
Not the usual things you can buy with magic points, but something original and more vicious.
“For example, it would be good to first lower the temperature itself to force damage to humans and create a maze without an exit. Humans, in a special way, always go to the road. It would be quite interesting to see them freeze to death while wandering around without knowing that there is no exit.”
Well, you’ll eventually break through the wall and come out.
“But what if we put hallucinogens on it so that they recognize each other as enemies? Even if the warriors don’t know, the humans weakened by the cold will suffer quite a bit.”
“So that’s…”
“It’s up to you to lead. On the second floor.”
“…the degree of cold has its limits. The same goes for mental magic. Equipment with high magic resistance is basically worn by the warrior squad. I don’t know if the Demon King is an Incubus and I’m an Incubus again…”
“So you have to make it work.”
“Do you have any good numbers?”
“That is what you are thinking about from now on.”
“·················ogue.”
“I was just talking about the big picture, and it’s up to you to add flesh there. What is the use of a lieutenant when the Demon King has done his job?”
It was so true that I couldn’t say anything.
“Even if we develop it and make it more complete, it will not be possible without the help of Magi Points and Towers.”
This is because the spirit-based magic entered.
“I’d like to at least make it up to the previous stage and complain about it.”
“We will try.”
“I don’t like hard work. I like to show results.”
“I will do my best.”
“It sounds the same.”
“Can I ask you just one thing?”
“Ask.”
“I agree with the opinion of the Demon Lord that he wants to make the warriors have nothing to gain. But protecting the tower is only a process in the end.”
The Demon King builds a tower, protects it, and accumulates power.
And when the time comes, it conquers the dimension.
That is the strategy of the Demon Realm, the Demon King.
“But if it’s the Demon Lord’s way, they can’t get anything, but we can’t get anything either.”
“Why do you think there isn’t?”
“Do you mean there?”
“I will bring the monsters from the mountains into my family.”
“Didn’t you say you didn’t do it until now?”
“If it was a normal monster, I didn’t have the heart to do it because Magi was a waste. But what if you turn them all into chimeras?”
“… Lavinia Akan. Are you talking about that princess of Akan?”
“okay.”
Gordon wanted to refute why he believed in human princesses, but he couldn’t.
“…to attach the tail of a succubus queen to a titan won’t be easy even for demons who are well versed in magic.”
“In the first place, there are no demons interested in things like making chimeras.”
Due to the nature of demons that kill, devour, and absorb power, there was no need to rely on something like a chimera.
But it was different here. As in the Demon World, demons and demons were not overflowing, there was no time to prey on each other.
“When the heroes come, I will make it impossible to obtain anything and bring the monsters from the mountains into my family one by one and transform them into chimeras.”
“If that’s the case, it’s definitely a good way…”
“Will the princess do it?”
“Yes.”
“I’m going to.”
“…Isn’t the Demon King not a Demon Dragon, but an Incubus?”
“Don’t be silly.”
“No, otherwise, why are dragons, elves, and princesses one after another to the Demon King…”
That was then.
woo woo woo-
The vibration occurred in Berge’s arms.
The slight chill made the office full of heat a little cooler.
“…are you the Demon Lord Reina?”
“Stand aside out of sight.”
“Yes.”
Berge injected magic.
“What’s going on?”
“It’s your office.”
Reina looked at the view beyond the communication area without saying a word.
“okay.”
“this time.”
“what?”
Berger was a little perplexed by the chill felt from the horse. But he tried to keep his expression calm.
“What do you mean?”
“you.”
“okay.”
“Do you have anything to say to your maiden?”
“What to say?”
“My wife has made an alliance with you.”
“And I think that trust is important between allies.”
『No matter how strong the individualism of demons is, I don’t think that fact will change. If I was going to live alone, I think I should have rejected her proposal in the first place.”
Berge tapped the table with his fingers.
head turned tight.
‘what? What’s the matter?’
The hint was in her words.
office. this time. alliance. and trust.
‘···Caught?’
Did you go to the snow and save Hillen Cargill?
my heart sank.
Eyes met Reina from the communication area. Her pupils were colder and sharper than ever. As if facing an enemy in front of him, he felt a gentle anger.
‘No, no.’
If it was discovered that he had interfered with her work by saving Hillen Cargill, or that he had invaded the realm of the Demon King, there would be no way to say it like this.
Doesn’t this seem like one more chance?
‘then.’
It took me to However, it did not enter the realm of the Demon King.
‘Communication.’
I communicated with her in the snowfield. It was on the outskirts of the snowy field, but it was deceived as Erzest. And fortunately it wasn’t Reina’s realm.
So what to do now?
“···sorry.”
“what?”
“When we communicated, it wasn’t Erzest.”
“It was a snowy field.”
“But it was not your domain. So I just didn’t say it. Because it’s not a good thing even if it’s not an area. I didn’t mean to deceive you and do anything.”
『To save the monster?』
“okay.”
Without hearing what Reina was saying, she nodded her head recklessly.
“…it really was a snowy field.”
“···uh?”
just what
‘no way···.’
Did you foolishly pass the guided interrogation?
‘What an idiot…!’
It was a stupid mistake I made with my numb feet. Berge’s complexion turned pale.
Uneasy, Reina Sordain’s answer did not come back immediately.
‘What the hell are you doing around here!’
Gordon, who was sitting in the square, screamed silently.
Time has passed. One second felt like an hour.
“I’m happy.”
“Relief?”
“…Honestly, if you lied to the end, I thought about what to do.”
“Because trust, once broken, cannot be reestablished.”
Even more because it’s a demon.
“But you didn’t. I think I am lucky.”
‘…is it passed safely?’
breathed a sigh of relief. It felt like going back and forth between heaven and hell in an instant.
“I will invite you.”
“suddenly?”
“Why did you come to the snowfield? I will give you what you want.”
As a result, communication was cut off.
“···········?”
“···········?”
Berge and Gordon looked at each other and tilted their heads.
“Is Healan Cargill captured by the Demon Lord Raina?”
“Do I know, do you know?”
What is it?
Berge confirmed Hillen’s safety first.
Fortunately, he was unharmed.
* * *
“…for the past, I will apologize.”
Reina Sordain was speechless. Berger, who was worried, opened his mouth first.
“It is clearly my mistake to have come to the vicinity without saying a word, no matter how out of your realm.”
The answer still hasn’t come back. The atmosphere became even colder. The chill of the snowy field added to the back of my neck.
‘Shit.’
I had to do something about it, but I couldn’t come up with a good idea.
At that moment, Reina opened the drawer and took out a candy. I took it and put it in my pocket.
“It doesn’t really matter that part.”
“Does it matter?”
“It would have mattered if you had lied to the end, but not now.”
Reina rolled the candy in her mouth. It had a sweet cherry scent.
“It is not special for the Demon King to save monsters. Erzest is a place where it snows all year round, and the only environment similar to that place is a snowy field. She understands you. It’s embarrassing that I didn’t tell the truth from the beginning, but I didn’t hide it until the end.”
“···Thank you.”
Berge sighed in relief. My heart that was about to fall started beating again.
“So, did you find a monster you like?”
“I just wandered around the outskirts to avoid entering your realm, so…”
“It seemed so. She said she would give you what she wanted.”
“no way?”
“Did you see the monsters outside?”
“saw.”
When they arrived at the entrance of the tower on the first floor, hundreds of monsters were placed as if welcoming Berger.
“I will give them all to you.”
“···really? Why all of a sudden?”
The more monsters to make into a chimera, the better. It was a welcome offer, of course, but it was too sudden.
“Because you want it. If it comes close to the realm of the real woman, doesn’t it mean that it is urgent?”
“Yeah, but…”
“So I give it. As an ally, I think it’s a natural thing to do.”
“If that’s the case, then I’ll be grateful.”
“However.”
she has attached
“You should also give her the equivalent.”
“It’s not something you give in the first place.”
“I just want to give. However, the one-sided relationship quickly breaks down. If something goes, I think something must come.”
“I don’t think being unilateral is bad.”
“You are making a funny joke.”
Berger was worried.
There was a need for a monster, but there was no rush. It was a job to slowly make Erzest’s monsters into his family one by one.
It means that there is no need to supply it right away, even if it is necessary to give something corresponding to Raina.
However, this was a favorable offer from Reina as an ally.
Rather than simple content, we need to understand its inner meaning.
‘A monster is an excuse.’
We just want to solidify our trust in an alliance that is about to crack.
“What do you want?”
“What do you think your wife wants?”
“Well···.”
Not long ago, I could say that it was a direct help.
However, Gillian Eind and the White Eagle were defeated, and the northern tribes curled their tails like frightened dogs.
There, Marge Chernian decided to refrain from further strife.
‘No, wait.’
Does Reina Sordain know that?
It was through Hillen Cargill that Berge heard of Marge Cernian’s plans.
And he didn’t even make it public. Due to the nature of Reina, who was not very interested in the human world, there was a lot of possibility of not knowing.
“I will tell you about the situation in the northern part of the Empire.”
“Northern situation?”
“Isn’t the war officially over yet?”
“It’s funny. Do you mean that we and humans would even end the war by agreement in the first place?”
“So, shouldn’t we be more aware of how that one moves?”
“Are you getting it from Jason? It wouldn’t be your ball.”
Berge did not bother to correct her thoughts.
“Then is there anything else you want?”
“Ugar.”
“Ugar?”
“Not long ago, Ugar contacted her. And then, out of nowhere, he said this.”
“What do you mean?”
“Jason is not the culprit. Believe in yourself.”
“What kind of bullshit?”
“Even the woman doesn’t know. After that, contact was cut off. I wanted to ask again, but because of the circumstances, I forgot for a while.”
“Would you like me to find out?”
“It’s not particularly difficult, is it? I think it’s very cheap for hundreds of monsters.”
“···good night.”
‘You said it wasn’t Jason?’
What did you see and what did you hear that made you say that?
‘Even though Ugar is a coward and a nerd, he doesn’t say anything out of the ordinary.’
‘Maybe I didn’t find out that I was the culprit.’
‘Damn, it’s like walking on a blade.’
“I’m counting on you.”
“okay.”
Reina grabbed the outstretched hand. Contrary to the chill that she exudes, her hands were warm.