140. Flow around the tower (2)
We are ready to meet Hillen Cargill and Hilderan.
But it was the beginning, not the end. What he had to put all his efforts into was building a bridge on the tower and preparing for him.
“What does that mean? Demon King?”
The dwarf warrior, Logger, closed his eyes. He denied reality with a trembling voice.
“Did I hear it wrong?”
“I heard it right.”
“ah.”
Logger flopped down. Sadly, there was only the Demon King and him in this place, so no one supported him.
“no!”
“no?”
“You’re selling magic cannons, my children? How could you?”
“When the tower collapses, there is no magic bullet or nabal.”
“good. It is understandable to sell after making a hundred concessions. You could use it to buy materials to build the tower’s legs. However!”
No matter how much you give in!
“Degrading the performance of my masterpieces with my own hands! This is killing me twice!”
“listen carefully.”
“No matter what you say, it is not enough. Rather just dig it!”
“good night. Please respect your opinion.”
Berge changed direction after thinking of just threatening him. Because that way doesn’t bring out the logger’s motivation.
“Is that true?”
“So you are responsible for that.”
“Are you responsible?”
“Let’s say we sold the magic cannon as it is.”
“Yes.”
“People will definitely notice that it was made by a dwarf. Because your work is great.”
“Yes, of course. It’s different from anything made by humans.”
Ahem, the dwarf shrugged proudly.
“Of course, the same Dwarves would know.”
“I will. My craftsmanship is so amazing that even dwarves like me are amazing.”
“Of course, it will also enter the ears of the second princess of the Werft Kingdom.”
“···Yes?”
“Isn’t it natural? The Dwarves designated magic cannons as a strategic weapon and prohibited them from being exported. You know that?”
“No, of course.”
“But if the magic cannons created by the dwarves are being released on a large scale from the top of humans, how do you think they will react?”
Of course, we will start an investigation.
And after digging and digging and digging, maybe the arrow of doubt.
“Isn’t it likely to turn to you, who has not yet been revealed in disobedience to the princess’s orders and escaped? Logger Friedree.”
···Daughter soup.
Logger took a breath.
I instantly imagined it. Louise Werft, running with a roar, and a huge ax in her hand.
And even the way the ax smashed his own bone.
“Of course, since you’re in the Demon King’s Tower, right now, that bitch can’t do anything about you. But one day I went out…”
“What the Demon King said is 100 times correct!”
“No, I respect your opinion. It is meaningful to protect the pride of a Dwarf craftsman, enough to bear all of that.”
“No, no! The demon king is right! Dwarven magic cannons are too early for humans! I think it’s appropriate to lower the performance and make it just human-level!”
“You don’t have to say that for me. I have already made up my mind.”
“Demon Lord, please!”
Logger grabbed Berge’s crotch. Berge frowned at the sight of tears, runny nose, and saliva pouring down.
“Listen, Logger Friedree.”
“Yes, yep!”
“I am the Demon King.”
you are a vassal
so.
“If I do it, I just do it. Do you understand?”
“of course!”
“good. Go and lower the performance of the magic cannons. You don’t have to do it all, just a hundred sentences first.”
“Loyalty!”
Logger bowed his head and walked out.
“Once again, it’s over.”
One by one, they were going over small mountains for a huge project that moved the tower.
* * *
“This is an honor. The hero who found the Tower of Chloride said he would see me alone.”
The maids brought the car.
“It was the older brother who said not to move in haste.”
“Yeah, if I had known it would be so easy to find, I would have moved first. is not it?”
“No, it wasn’t easy. We found it in a relatively short time, but it took a lot of hardship and sacrifice.”
“Well, Daphner Philian is dead. Oh, just one question.”
“Are you talking to me?”
“As much as you want to ask me, I also have questions for you.”
“What is?”
“The Four Heavenly Kings. Demons with that childish name.”
“·················ogue.”
The Four Heavenly Kings Martin Jespine met were two. A dark spiritist, and a dark knight. And, ironically, the Dark Knight was his dearest brother, Kaede Jespine.
At first, I didn’t know because I was confused, but looking at Kaede’s case, the Four Heavenly Kings were most likely princesses kidnapped by the Demon King.
‘The Dark Spirit Magician is probably….’
The Crown Princess of Hilderan, it must be Ernya Hilderan.
Rumors about her spirits were not limited to the Kingdom of Hilderan, but spread all over the continent.
I couldn’t honestly say this, even if it was out of the question how she and Kaede were human. Because it was the act of selling even my brother.
“Have you already heard?”
“It would be different from hearing directly from you.”
“The only ones I’ve met are the dark animists.”
“Yeah, what I’m curious about is the Dark Spirit Magician. I first heard of the existence of the Four Heavenly Kings. Maybe it’s the bad taste of the Demon King of Chlorination. I think they must be high-level demons. right?”
“I think . . . maybe.”
“How was the dark spiritist you met?”
“What part are you talking about?”
“all.”
“It was strong. A tsunami of snow caused by her gestures was enough to engulf the entire search party. After that, it was obscured by avalanches and shields, but then it rained blasts of fire and broke the shield.”
“You are dealing with the spirits of water and fire.”
“After that, monsters attacked the search party. The work of the dark spiritist ended there.”
“Once you use magic and disappear, it could be that there are side effects to demons dealing with spirits. great. So why did you come?”
“Did you know?”
“The subject is missing. But what if you knew?”
Floyan didn’t ask ‘what’. It was obvious that Martin had a question that came out of an audience with the emperor.
“What did your Majesty say?”
“Because he is an unprecedented demon king, he said that he must subdue it and eliminate it before a problem arises.”
“I think so.”
It was only outwardly.
“To kill the foolish demon king that appeared on the surface, leaving the real enemy who was playing tricks on the empire.”
“Is it your brother’s breath?”
“Yeah, it’s your brother’s breath.”
“What is the reason?”
“The cause is the same as what you heard from Your Majesty.”
“Is it true?”
“I do not know either.”
Floyan shrugged.
“Your brother, Marlene, and the Duke of Osrian insisted strongly.”
The Osrian duke and nobles who supported the 1st Prince and 1st Princess followed. That was the trend.
“Can’t you even guess?”
“It’s a guess, but isn’t it the same with you? It’s not like there’s no one secretly holding hands with the Demon King. There is just no clear evidence.”
The collusion between power and the demon king. In fact, everyone who knew it already knew it.
It was natural.
In the past, the demon king was the object of fear, but it is literally just the past. Currently, humans are clearly superior to the demon lord, so if it helps, it can be used sufficiently.
Isn’t it human to use enemies to eat?
A tribe that does anything for money, power, and fame. that’s human
“But it was the Osrian Dukes who suffered the most from this incident.”
“I don’t know. Is the relationship deep enough to take that into account?”
“Or maybe it’s your Majesty’s will, and your brother is just dancing like a puppet.”
Their eyes met each other.
In fact, it is.
Succession to the imperial throne, on the surface, seemed to be a battle between the imperial family and the nobles who followed them, without the emperor intervening at all, but the emperor was also a person.
There are some fingers that hurt more from biting ten fingers, and there are those who like them more among the royal family.
At least, even if the emperor didn’t show off, it was in their view.
I don’t know if it’s because he’s a simple eldest son, or because he’s the child most similar to himself.
However, if many of the royal family felt it implicitly, it was not a simple feeling or an illusion.
There was a reason why the two princes, who had different mothers and were rivals, were able to get to know each other secretly.
It is a natural instinct to unite to overthrow a common enemy.
“What will your brother do?”
“Is there anything else to do? Your Majesty’s will is clear, so we must do our best to kill the Demon King of Fire.”
“with me···.”
“great. To be honest, I don’t have the confidence to defeat you on my own. It’s enough for our fight after that.”
The two princes held hands.
‘I didn’t come here for this…’
The sorrow of the third prince deepened.
* * *
swing the sword
A golden aura overflows.
It cuts through the air, cuts through the air, and extinguishes even the dripping sweat.
The flowing flow leaves a long trajectory, becoming a dance and coloring the world.
“Heh heh, heh heh…”
Kaede took a deep breath.
The Demon King’s Tower had sparse mana, and naturally, the number of Auras she could restore decreased.
It quickly became exhausting and the auror was quickly consumed. It was the worst, but in a sense it was good. Because I could feel that the more I overcame those conditions, the stronger I became.
‘What should I do?’
However, I could not practice purely today. All the while swinging the sword, the thoughts did not disappear.
Empire is coming soon.
The Empire comes to kill the Demon King.
If you encounter them, what should you do?
It was different from the previous time I had persuaded my older brother. They would surely want to kill the Demon King, and they had no choice but to be caught.
The only hope was the tower migration that the Demon King was talking about, but it was questionable whether that would be possible.
There is no part in her common sense that the Demon King’s Tower runs on its feet.
“Here you go.”
A white hand handed the handkerchief. It was Ernap.
“Wipe it.”
“thank you.”
“Are you in trouble?”
“·················ogue.”
“Do not worry. Nothing to worry about will happen.”
“Do you think so?”
“If the Demon King says he can do it, he will do it. It’s always been like that. If you decide to move the tower, it means you really want to move it. There will be no conflict with the Empire.”
“But I have never heard of such a case.”
“Did you ever imagine that you would become the Four Heavenly Kings?”
“·················ogue.”
No way.
“There is no tower of the Demon King where the heroic dwarves make magic cannons to fill the first floor, the princess of Akan creates a chimera and fills the second floor, and the princesses of Hilderan protect the fourth floor with the elves.”
“…that’s right, though.”
“So I believe. There is nothing Kaede-sama can do anyway.”
“…and that’s it too.”
Somehow, I felt very uncomfortable.
“By the way, what’s going on?”
“I just wanted to say hello. You know I’m leaving, right?”
“ah. To Hilderan…”
“yes. I’m sorry. We didn’t even get to know each other very well.”
“Are you sorry?”
Kaede couldn’t understand her. To say that he regrets leaving the tower in a situation where he is not bound by the strange thing called the Armani Orb, nor has he signed a contract with a warlock.
Is it because he doesn’t want to go back to the kingdom and live his original life?
“Ah, Kaede-sama, would you like to drink this?”
When Kaede saw the small piece that Ernyl had taken out, he was delighted with it.
“Where do you get this?”
“Last time, I went out with the Demon King and bought it. Now that I’m back in the kingdom, I’m giving it out.”
“thank you.”
A brown lump quickly disappeared into Kaede’s mouth. The sweet taste made me smile.
“Do you like chocolate?”
“After training, I feel like all my fatigue is relieved by just one of these.”
Kaede looked the most fun after coming to the tower. I don’t know if it’s because I just like chocolate, or because I haven’t eaten chocolate for a long time.
It was the first surprise that I felt from a noble princess and knight who always had a hard expression on her face.
“This is precious.”
“Yes?”
“it’s nothing. Would you like to eat more?”
“Are there more?”
“Here you go.”
Ernyl threw some more chocolates. While Kaede was fussing around, she went up to the fifth floor and knocked on the door of the office.
“The Demon King.”
Awkward, the door opened. The Demon King asked bluntly.
“What’s going on?”
“Before I go, I want to give you one last piece of advice.”
“advice?”
“Kaeden-sama is a bit savvy. So is the Demon King. So the relationship between the two is still tight, right? They are the Demon King and the Four Heavenly Kings.”
“···therefore?”
bang-
Ernyl took out a thick sack from the subspace pocket and placed it on the table.
“···What is this?”
“Chocolate.”
“···········?”
“Just like oil is painted on a rusty machine, chocolate is painted on the relationship between the Demon Lord and Kaeden.”
“·················ogue.”
It took a long time for Berger to understand what the hell he meant.
Of course, that didn’t mean he was convinced.