166. Shackles of the Past
“Sell the logger. And use the third prince.”
It was a decision that Berger had made after much deliberation after grasping the seriousness of the situation.
“Then the relationship between me and the Demon King will be revealed to the third prince.”
The way Hillen got to know Logger was the Demon King’s Tower.
“No, let’s change the story a little. It’s not that we met at the tower and got to know each other, but that Logger was never kidnapped by me in the first place.”
Few were aware of the abduction of Loggers in the first place, and at least all of them were in the hands of Berge.
If you want to hide it, you can do anything.
“He ran away from Louise Werft’s hand and entrusted it to you.”
“I voluntarily created a magic cannon to help you, but I deliberately lowered the level for fear that the dwarves would find it.”
『…It’s a pretty plausible story, but if you make a mistake, it can cause problems with the Werft Kingdom and cause even bigger problems.』
“If only the Third Prince’s Highness would inform Werft of the existence of Logger.”
“If you let me know, it will be.”
But is that true?
“I will not. If he finds out that Logger is in Hillen’s hands, he’ll either get some help or try to hug him. I’ll be the dagger that stabbed Rufus’s brother or Floyan’s brother.”
Kaede’s advice, which has been with Martin for decades, has given him more confidence.
“I think so too. We met only once, but the desire in his eyes was unusual.”
“As long as there is clear evidence that Logger-sama exists, I will definitely cooperate with Hillen.”
“If there is clear evidence, the logger should be exposed.”
“Excuse me, it is difficult to show it directly. Because of the trauma of being chased by Louise Werft, he is extremely reluctant to reveal himself. Then show me the logger’s evidence.”
“Is there such a thing?”
“Magic Cannon.”
The cause of all this.
“Tell him that I will give you a decent dwarven magic cannon.”
“···exactly.”
The magic cannon itself was originally developed by the Dwarves.
Remodeling continued at the same time as development, and the developed mana cannon was different from that of humans who had just begun to follow.
“The control of magic cannons in the Werft Kingdom is absolute, so it’s impossible for a single tier to have a Dwarf-made magic cannon.”
“Unless there is a Dwarf craftsman who has left the kingdom.”
“That’s it. What if I could give you one more weapon the Logger made?”
“If you put the power of interference into the weapon Logger-sama made, you can only think of it as Logger-sama.”
Loggers aren’t the only craftsmen who are brave. Even among the Dwarves, there are warriors. But there was no one who excelled as a logger and was a hero. No, there was no one who focused only on craftsmanship while being a warrior.
“But even if that’s the case for now, you’ll have to let the logger meet eventually.”
“I will.”
But it will be very late.
Well, at that time.
“It wouldn’t hurt to show it to you once. The princess who originally wanted to kill Logger is now a member of the tower.”
The price for the two princes to fight in earnest, that is very cheap.
“But you must never be caught in the Werft Kingdom, right?”
“Sounds natural.”
“All right. Then I will deal with it.”
The call was cut off, and Kaede, who was listening, asked.
“It would be better to pass it as quickly as possible, so I think it would be better to give me my sword.”
It was made by the black logger Kaede is currently using.
“okay. Magic Cannons are also widely available, so just give one of them and ask them to make it again.”
“yes.”
Some Dwarves were producing magic cannons to cover the entire tower with magic cannons.
“Well, it doesn’t have to be Logger-sama’s. But is that possible? Turning the barrel to the outside and shooting from the inside out.”
“Well.”
The tower has no windows by default. And the solid exterior wall is not scratched at all.
Why would the warriors climb without breaking the tower from the outside?
They all try and it doesn’t work, so that’s why.
“Theoretically, if you want to scratch the tower, you need at least Dragon Breath or Anti-Magic…”
Even that, if you use your magic points to spread tower defense magic or self-repair, it’s a no-brainer.
“Well, it will be okay.”
The purpose is not to destroy the tower, but only to turn the barrel from inside to outside.
As if the legs were attached by themselves, I wondered if the power of the tower would do something for me.
“If that doesn’t work, we can just use it internally or export it the same way.”
“okay.”
“Oh, take it.”
Berger pulled out five huge bags.
“What is this?”
“It’s chocolate. Ernya is telling me to bring it to you.”
“I want you to tell me that you are very grateful.”
“I do.”
Berger chuckled.
* * *
“Logger Friedreira…”
At one time, he was the one who made the continent uproar.
The 2nd princess of Werft wandered around the continent following him and suffered hardships as he got caught up in the Demon King of the Beasts.
The name was gradually forgotten due to the war with the pirate archipelago, but the wanted order was still maintained.
‘Logger Friedry is one of the top three craftsmen in Werft.’
His value doesn’t just stop there. The specialty of being a warrior. The peculiarity of being a warrior and specializing in creating something rather than fighting.
As a result, it is special that it can contain some interference in weapons or equipment.
That’s the value of a logger. That’s why they’re trying to find out by turning on the lights in the Werft Kingdom.
‘I am extremely reluctant to meet with outsiders due to the order of want.’
Well, I could understand.
Looking at the magic cannons and swords sent by Hillen as a substitute and the top of the golden moon, I had no choice but to think so.
‘Logger Friedree is right.’
An excellent magic cannon that only Dwarves could make, and a famous sword with interference power was something of a higher level that a normal craftsman could not create.
‘Logger Friedree was at the top of the golden moon.’
I trembled in exhilaration.
What if the innumerable masterpieces that he has created and will be made come into his hands?
What if you could just use them?
“…this is it.”
One thing to be aware of was the Werft Kingdom.
‘You don’t have to be caught.’
Even if there is a high chance of getting caught, you should.
‘I have to run to catch up with my brothers.’
I couldn’t help it.
And even if they were caught, I didn’t know that there would be a way to cover up the problem.
Werft Kingdom was unpacking huge strategic equipment in Dormut, Akan, and Hessen in the name of saving the kidnapped princesses and artisans.
A warning was sent to the three kingdoms that it was regrettable that the dwarven weapons were not suitable for them, but Werft remained silent.
Because of this, the current relationship between the Empire and Werft was gradually cracking.
If we can persuade the nobles well and lead public opinion in an advantageous way, we can somehow avoid the worst.
It was overly optimistic, and it was just a self-rationalization of thinking about the outcome. But it didn’t matter.
‘the problem is···.’
Before I could contact Hillen, I found out what was going on between the top of the golden moon and the top of the black toad.
And I was sure. this can never be escaped
‘My brother didn’t usually sharpen a knife. Still, wouldn’t it be right for me and Hillen to hold hands?’
The urge to swear was intense.
It wasn’t a precise trap, but it was so precise that no gaps could be seen. As the nobles who were with the 1st Prince or Osrian Duke joined hands, the Kingdom of Iasin had already abandoned them.
It was hard to get help from the kingdom, so it was like a lamp in the face of a great storm called the Empire.
It’s fabricated evidence, but it can’t be refuted, so the justification lies over there. So it was inevitable to ask for compensation and return the artisans.
however.
‘The value of the top of the golden moon is not the craftsmen.’
If you had a logger, it was worth the risk.
“Who is out there?”
“Yes, my lord.”
“I have to go out. to prepare.”
“Where would you like to go?”
“I need to see my maternal grandfather.”
This job was too big for Martin to handle alone.
* * *
Berge, who had handed over the matter to Martin, returned to the tower after delivering the magic cannon and sword.
“I’ll have to make a guy who can go to and from the tower other than me.”
It wasn’t just one or two things that bothered me because I couldn’t go out other than the little things.
“If that was the case, I wouldn’t have put the tower in the sea.”
“Did you know that I talk a lot these days?”
“Is that so?”
“You seem to be starting to resemble Ernyl more and more.”
It was quiet when Ernap was present, but it gradually changed as Ernn disappeared.
“…that’s not it.”
Kaede was sullen.
“Don’t do that.”
“I think it’s because of Louise-sama.”
Unlike Ernyl, who only occasionally talked to each other, Louise came to visit her ax several times a day horribly.
He was also very talkative, so Kaede had to go beyond a simple match-up, and be her partner as well.
Naturally, there was a lot of talk.
“How do you think your brother will turn out?”
“I will try to save the top, or even if I can’t, I will try to get it somehow.”
“Is the logger worth it?”
“there is. Although in this tower… well, the Daewoo is the same, but Logger-sama is counted as one of the best on the entire continent, and he is even more remarkable with the added speciality of being a hero. It is also being proved that the wanted order has not been canceled in the Kingdom of Werft.”
“Is that enough?”
To be honest, I didn’t know much about Berger. I just kidnapped the best-looking guy in the workshop.
And if you asked for something, they made it right, but it was natural for all dwarves to do it because loggers were everything until recently.
“By the way, other Dwarves don’t seem to be far behind Loggers, do they?”
“Aren’t they the craftsmen of the royal workshop?”
The Royal Workshop was a collection of those who were considered to be among the best in the Werft Kingdom. In other words, the Werft Kingdom robbed Berze of all the key talents of the kingdom.
“Anyway, first we need to see how Martin comes out and respond.”
“yes.”
“i get it.”
Kaede went downstairs and someone knocked on the door.
“Can I come in?”
It was Vivian. She dragged a corpse.
“Are you dead?”
“Hidden. got it all figured out There was a pretty severe ban, but who am I?”
Vivian gave an alluring smile.
“Your name, Ottor Croyan. I am 43 years old. He is the commander of the Black Lion Knights of the Osrian Dukes.”
“He’s the commander of the Black Lion Knights.”
Somehow they looked like the faces they had seen, they were from the Habstrines.
“Then the first prince is certain.”
“That’s right, I tried to kidnap you on the orders of the First Prince.”
“What else?”
“I think you have something to do with Hilderan or Hillen Cargill. So he became a messenger for the two of them and made contact with Martin.”
“It’s not wrong.”
Berge is not a herald of Hilderan and Hillen Cargill, but the opposite, but broadly the meaning is similar.
“Other than that?”
“I haven’t asked yet.”
“Then make me vomit out everything you know. Everything from one to ten.”
“After that, will you be a complete bum?”
“Is that a problem?”
“No, I thought you would use it as a family member again.”
“I’m not particularly interested.”
“Well, then.”
Vivian dragged Otor out again.
“The first prince.”
The peacock toward the top of the golden moon wasn’t very detailed in a big way. But it seemed like a well-planned script, and although it looked sloppy, there were no gaps.
It was the top of the black toad that made such a situation. It was the top of the Osrian dukes, and the Osrian dukes were the mother of the first prince.
The first nobleman of the empire who supports the first prince.
‘Martin said it was an attack on Hillen…’
Is that really the case?
if it was It was really if, but maybe this is Jason Kochmundo’s attack on Berge Deias.
‘Not many people know that the top is mine.’
Even that, most of them belonged to the Berge family. Except for one person, Jason Cockmundo, who lent me the money and didn’t miss the source.
‘And Jason noticed that I had kidnapped the dwarves.’
I remembered the last appearance of the tower’s unity.
Those confident eyes did not show a sign of acquiescence. No, it was rather a feeling of certainty.
‘He was very angry when he realized that Vivian had kidnapped the dwarves.’
and coldly abandoned it.
The unity of being the same Demon King was not very important to Jason. Does it help or not? Does it get in the way or not? That was all.
‘But I knew it wasn’t Vivian and I noticed that it was me.’
Then, it was not strange that the anger was directed at Berger.
‘If I were Jason. What should I do if I don’t like one of the demon lords and have an accident.’
The best way is to kill them. Use the warriors with strings to create a heroic action and deal with it as it is.
‘But what if you can’t?’
It will blow away the support base. Even if it is hidden, there is no choice but to come out.
Exactly, just like the series of circumstances that are happening right now.
Originally, the Empire was going to use it as a competition for succession to the throne of the imperial family as well. At some point, it was transformed into a mortal warrior act made up of all heroes.
The top of Berge has been attacked twice in the meantime. One time to the demons of beasts, and the other time to the superiors of humans.
‘Especially the demons of beasts.’
Only Jason and Ugar could receive the demons. However, in Berger’s opinion, Ugar was not a person who was ready to attack first.
Of course, it was still just speculation.
“What do you think?”
Gordon, who rushed to the sudden call and heard all the stories, was in agony.
“I have the same thoughts as the Demon King. There is no solid evidence, but my heart is going away.”
Oh My God. Gordon sighed.
“Attacking the same demon king? It seems that the Demon King Jason has been too dyed with Alain.”
“Yeah, so cocky.”
Gordon asked anxiously about life.
“What are you going to do?”
“You can’t just live with it. Of course, you have to pay the price, right?”
“There is no confirmation. If you attack Demon King Jason in such a state, a report will go up to the Archduke.”
“Don’t worry. It’s not the guy, but the minion he showed me.”
Black toad top.
“I’m going to turn it into a grassy field.
“That is crazy!”
“bedlam?”
“As the Demon Lord said, the top of the black toad belongs to the Osrian Duke and the 1st Prince. It’s an attack on the Empire head-on. Didn’t you say that even if the five demon kings fight together, it is impossible to guarantee that an empire is an empire?”
“It was.”
However.
“That was the story back then. The situation is different now, isn’t it?”
this tower.
“Isn’t this tower moving? Even now I am in the sea.”
“ah?”
“There is no need to worry about the back. I no longer have to worry about their reaction.”
After returning, Berger took a completely different course from before the return.
It was the fetter of death, the desire for revenge for the hero, and the strong aspiration that there would be no two failures, the shackles that bound Berge.
It’s passive, making it less like a Demon Lord.
But now the shackles are gone.
There was no longer any reason not to go crazy like before the return.
“Please make me realize why I became the head of the Demon King Military Academy.”
“·················ogue.”
“When you attack the top, if you are sure it has something to do with Jason, there will be a reaction.”
“What if not?”
“Even if not, it doesn’t matter. It’s just that Jason didn’t get involved, so I can make the subject known to those who dare attack me and covet me.”
Of course, the ripple effect will never be simple. Maybe the whole continent will rise up.
No, it will happen. For the past 100 years, humans have not been preemptively attacked by the Demon King. The unwritten rule that humans have the upper hand is broken.
“…it will be a huge crowd.”
“Yeah, and we can eat it.”
Breaking hope and creating greater despair. That is the basis of the standard.
“Of course it should be fine, but is there any other way than simply hiding?”
Seeing Gordon’s distrustful expression, Berge called Logger instead of answering.
“Make . . .”
“···Yes?”
Berge got the answer he wanted from the bewildered Logger. Gordon was amazed.
“It’s a graveyard! If this is the case, no matter how great a hero is…”
“Then next…”
Berge injected magic into the communication port. After a while, the answer came back.
“What’s going on?”
“I have one request…”
“Request?”
“A magic ball that can freeze anyone. can i get some of it? I will pay the price.”
“Again? How much do you need?”
“the more the better.”
Berger smiled brightly.
The demon dragon, who had forgotten the fear of death, was finally throwing off the shackles of the past.