122. The Empire’s Goal
The Demon King of Chloride.
The name was enough to attract the attention of the royal family.
“…the demon king of flames?”
“What did the Demon King of Flames say to you?”
“I told you to kill them all! I will kill you and throw the Empire into chaos…!”
Betrayed, the Bileaf had nothing to hesitate any longer. I confessed everything with all my might. wanted to
cool-
“···uh?”
Vileaf touched the dark blood that ran down his lips.
“What is this…?”
That was the advice. My head exploded. A headless corpse lay on the ground.
No traces were left. I just made him pay the price of betrayal according to the contract imprinted on his soul.
If there is, it’s just that the Magi inside the Viriff has had a seizure.
Because nobody noticed.
“There are demons nearby! Find him!”
“How dare you!”
But humans only see what they want to see. The imperial family were furious at the thought that someone had assassinated Bairif.
Daphner Philian, Ballaf Thislord, Roselle Chartern, Aina Diapirn, and other stars and heroes, as well as knights, wizards, and soldiers were scattered everywhere.
For the sole purpose of finding the fictitious demon who killed the Baileaf, the conflict until now has been forgotten.
“How dare you…!”
The imperial family was furious, and Berge was one of them who was furious and climbed up the crater. He pretended to search the area with Hillen Cargill.
“Did Fail do it?”
“okay.”
“How could the magic be not revealed?”
“It has nothing to do with magic. Because it worked on the soul in exchange for breaking the contract.”
There was only one reason I had to tell you.
“Don’t forget that what’s in your head is stronger than a contract with a warlock.”
“·················ogue.”
It was a warning.
Although Berge himself decided to abandon him first.
He also understood the psychology of Bileaf, who had reached the worst of the situation.
But understanding and understanding are two different things.
It was unheard of for a family or a single warlock to dare betray him.
Even if he would abandon his family, he did not dare betray his family.
That was the Demon King, and that was Berge.
“···I know.”
Hillen avoided his gaze and turned the topic.
“But what are you going to do now? It is no longer a matter of whether to use the third prince to undermine the power of the empire or not, right?”
“…Byleaf, you bastard.”
Hillen was right.
Berge’s presence was revealed through Baileaf’s mouth.
In front of the four royal families, in front of the heirs of the empire.
I was so careful though.
I’ve been hiding it so
“You need to calm down.”
“I am calming down now.”
By not revealing his magic, he was truly demonstrating superhuman patience.
It was very confusing.
It was the first time a warlock had betrayed a demon king.
He paid the price of betrayal, but the aftermath began to strangle Berge.
“What do you think the empire will look like?”
“I will be frantic to find the Demon King’s Tower.”
“Is that so too?”
“I don’t know exactly what Vileaf used, but there was an explosion enough to shake the canyon, and the first prince’s camp was full of wounded and the numbers were small. If you think that they are the elite of the Osrian duke, if you think about the pride of the first prince…”
It was as if the first prince of the empire, the most prestigious family in the empire, had suffered serious damage to their pride.
The Empire was a gigantic castle that was pathologically obsessed with the fame it had built up over the years, and did not tolerate even small scratches.
The fact that the Demon King was not aware that he was doing something secretly in his realm was also one of the parts that touched their rebellion.
In other words, the Empire must move to repair its wounds.
“···really.”
Berger lamented.
“It’s like a dog thing.”
isn’t it?
“You bastard bastard. Because of you alone.”
Berge grinded his teeth. His gaze was on the soul in his grasp.
– No, that’s ridiculous! why me···!
“You idiot. Did you think you could get out of my hands when you die? Did you think death would solve everything?”
You don’t even know what it means to become a warlock and belong to the demon king.
Well, hundreds of years have passed since the warlock disappeared from Arain, and Baileaf became a warlock by his own power, not the Demon King, so it was not known.
But that couldn’t be an excuse.
“Look forward. You will never perish happily.”
– Oh, no···!
Virif’s soul trembled in terror.
And Hillen Cargill, who was watching it, did the same.
* * *
In conclusion, finding demons that don’t even exist has of course been a failure.
The only achievement that the subjugation team achieved was ‘information that the demon king of flames was involved’, and suffered enormous damage beyond that.
Instead, they found something else.
“There is a dungeon here.”
“There are no traces of other warlocks.”
The underground dungeon where Vileaf stayed. Its existence, which was located just below the deeply dug crater, surprised everyone.
Because surprisingly, there was not even a single trace of it.
“Didn’t Hillen Cargill tell a lie? Only one warlock? There must be some great undead.”
1st Prince and 2nd Prince, 1st Princess and 3rd Prince.
The royal family in charge of each unit set up a separate seat. Not far from the crater, a tent with the imperial flag was set up.
At the words of the second prince, the first prince sneered.
“Don’t be silly.”
“gibberish?”
“There were two Death Knights. There were dozens of Dyurahans, and there were a thousand undead. And there was the Bone Lesser Dragon.”
“Who believes what you say is true?”
“Go outside and grab someone and ask.”
“Well, who knows if they’ve already kissed?”
“It’s still blatantly blatant about nonsense. I’m not saying I didn’t see the explosion.”
“…what is that?”
It was such an explosion that the canyon shook. It was also true that the first prince who caused it suffered great damage.
“Then I will believe it to be true for now.”
“It’s not a belief, it’s a fact.”
“But it doesn’t make any sense to think that one man did it!”
“Your brother is right. It is absolutely impossible alone. so···.”
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Martin intervened.“Moreover, there is no answer other than that the Demon King has decided and intervened.”
The other three royals nodded their heads. If a warlock could do such a thing, there was only one thing, except that he gave him the same amount of power as the Demon King.
“The Empire seemed so shallow. Dare to be like a demon king…”
Quiet anger spread softly.
“By the way, do you think that it is the Demon King of Chloride?”
“What if?”
“Can’t it be the Demon Lord of Lies?”
“He believed he would be saved until the very end. You wouldn’t even think of it as acting.”
“Well, if that was acting, I would have been acting as a theater actor, not a warlock. Or politics.”
The 2nd prince nodded at the 1st prince’s determination. The image of cursing the demon king while shedding tears of blood, and then vomiting blood when he put the demon king in his mouth, was strongly engraved in everyone’s mind.
“But it is also necessary to think about why the Demon Lord of Lies is called a lie.”
“He has been cautious for over a hundred years. But now, you’re doing something so stupid that you’re going to get caught?”
“Certainly, that’s a bit odd.”
“And there is a precedent for the Demon King of Fire to hide the tower itself. It is not strange to say that other demon lords use such crude measures that they no longer do.”
One by one, the imperial family agreed to the words of the 1st prince.
“Then it’s no longer a warlock issue. The empire is playing with one demon king. No one knows what would have happened without the help of Hillen Cargill.”
“Are you congratulating me for being a hero who grabbed your hand?”
“I was just telling the truth.”
“Yeah, it’s true. Aren’t you thinking too much about your brother being the demon king of lies?”
The second prince shrugged and took the side of the third prince.
“I just said no.”
“Maybe it will.”
“Your friendship is quite strong, so you are very respectful as an older brother.”
“Seeing you say things that you don’t even mean to you, you seem to be very angry.”
The 2nd prince smiled slyly.
“Stop being sarcastic. So what do you guys think now?”
“What do you think of your brother?”
It was the 1st Prince and 1st Princess who suffered the most damage. So the two of them were the most angry.
“I will return to the ecliptic. We will report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor and formally suggest subjugating the Demon King.”
The 1st prince created a warlock and wanted to erase the direct cause of this situation.
“I’m trying to find any warlocks that might remain and get the most out of what I can get.”
The 1st princess believed that traces of warlocks and demons remained.
“It’s nice to have this clean. No warlock’s corpse remains, so there’s no point in fighting. I’ll have to see the face of that badass demon lord too.”
The corpse of the warlock who was assassinated by the demons disappeared as it was in powder. There were no traces of demons anywhere, so there was no evidence that they defeated the Warlock.
However, the anger did not go unnoticed as the culprit was identified through the last testimony of the Warlock.
Although the evidence is mere words, all those gathered here were of the royal family. He had enough power and justification to aim for the throne.
If they are, then so be it.
The moment the demon king of chlorination came out of the warlock’s mouth, the moment they acknowledged it, it was the decided answer.
“Is there anything else to see?”
let’s withdraw
The four members of the royal family who were in check for the throne joined hands.
And its purpose was the Demon King of Chlorination.
It was the worst outcome for Berge.
* * *
“ha ha ha···.”
laughter came out.
“Ha ha ha ha ha···!”
It came out really crazy.
Suddenly, the past came to mind.
At the time when the Emperor of Jespine was kidnapped and the Imperial soldiers attacked like zombies.
When it was like hell, when you block, a stronger person will come, and if you block again, a stronger person will come.
Externally, the subjugation was successful.
The warlock was killed and the undead all returned to their original form, so it wasn’t wrong.
But it was the beginning, not the end.
“The Hillen Ball.”
Returning to the ecliptic, Martin called Hillen and Berge.
“I never thought I would be able to keep my promise to you so quickly.”
It was just an improvised cause to attach Hillen to Martin, which Berget hoped would never come true.
“It has been decided to launch a heroic action against the Demon King of Flame.”
···Oh My God.
I had a gut feeling that things would go like this. However, it was different to hear directly from the prince whom I met in a few days in the Yellow Capital.
“It’s not enough to kidnap Kaede, to do something like this. The demon king of flames who dared to play tricks on the empire will never be able to sleep comfortably with his legs outstretched.”
Indeed it was. Berge felt like his blood was drying out day by day. I thought my head would explode, but I couldn’t come up with a good idea.
“But the Tower of Chlorination is not what it used to be.”
“Yeah, the very existence of the tower was concealed. So you failed too.”
“Yes that’s right.”
“Actually, that’s a problem for us too.”
If they found the tower, the Empire was confident that it would be trampled upon at once.
Even if he was a Demon King, he was a young man who had only been summoned for over a year.
In front of the imperial power, he was just a tricky monster.
But it wasn’t Erzest.
It was not a human realm.
The same was true of Habstrain Gorge, but there was no comparison between Erzest and Habstrain, which snowed all year round and was more rugged.
The level of the monsters in the first place was also much higher.
“In the end, the most important thing is to find the tower through such unfavorable conditions. But it will never be easy.”
Why is a mountain range a mountain range? It was not one, but a huge stream of several mountains, and its area was large enough to be comparable to that of a single kingdom.
There was no ‘can’t find’ option.
However, there was a problem of when and what kind of damage to take.
How to shorten it was the key in the end.
“you’re right.”
“Even Your Majesty regards this as an extension of the warlock subjugation.”
“…that word.”
“It’s just what I thought.”
“I don’t know if I can say this, but…”
“Try.”
“Isn’t that too easy?”
No matter how imperial it may be, it is Erzest. Rather, if the Empire and Erzest were attached to each other, it was undoubtedly a foreign territory.
You can’t even send in an army, but even then you split it up?
Hillen’s common sense couldn’t quite understand it.
“I understand. I think so too. But it is Your Majesty’s will, and your will in the Empire is absolute.”
“Oh My God.”
Hillen was astonished. Berge was relieved but also angry.
Dispersion of power is good, but this means that the Empire is looking at it insignificantly.
Dare to be a human being, the Demon Lord himself.
“It’s better. I will definitely come to the rescue of Kaede. So I want to ask you a favor.”
“Of course I will find the tower with His Majesty.”
Whether he wanted it or not, he had no choice but to join the 3rd Prince for the reason of Erzest.
“Thank you.”
“Of course it is.”
The prince and the hero held each other’s hands.
* * *
There was no reason to refuse.
For Martin, Hillen was the hero who wanted to attack the Tower of Chloride more than anyone else.
It was right to do anything if it could increase the odds even a little.
“Sir, it takes a lot of preparation to climb Erzest. I want you to send Fail first.”
“I know.”
What Hillen could do for Berge was to give him another reason and get him out of the zodiac.
“Damn it, damn it, damn it…!”
Berge escaped the empire using a moving magic circle. He arrived at Hortonwalk, changing his robes several times to hide his path.
And I found another annoying bastard.
‘Such garbage.’
They were the dogs of Akan who searched Erzest to find Lavinia Akan.
I wanted to kill them all, but for now I endured.
Avoid them and return to the tower. The first floor of the tower was a maze of nothing. However, in his view, he could see magic cannons hidden in the wall. There was a sense of stability in the part that it was almost completed.
“My lord! You’re back!”
“Devil!”
The dwarf and the mad princess greeted him, but Berge waved past them roughly.
After passing the empty second floor, Elena crossed the third floor.
“The Demon King.”
“Have you been?”
4th floor. Dark spirits, dark knights, and elves welcomed him.
I admired the quite rich structure, but I couldn’t afford it.
Berger, who was about to go up to the fifth floor, stopped. Come to think of it, they were now part of the whole tower.
If we did something to stop the Empire, we had no choice but to do it together.
“There, you. Go to the 5th floor and call Gordon. And you have Logger and Lavinia on the first floor.”
“Yes, my lord.”
The pointed elves dispersed.
“What’s going on? Demon Lord, your complexion looks pale.”
Ernya approached with concern.
“Yes. That’s a big thing too.”
“…if the Demon Lord is like that, it seems like a really big deal.”
“right.”
“What?”
“The empire will come.”
“Empire?”
“The 1st Prince, the 2nd Prince, the 1st Princess, and the 3rd Prince. All four members of the imperial family with the possibility of succession to the throne.”
“…you mean your brother?”
widely-
Kaede dropped her sword.