204. Recruitment
Reina melted the frozen sea again. Berger ignited a flame of mana, erasing all the magic.
After pushing the surrendered warriors to the tower, they dragged the floats into the sea.
As if nothing had happened, the sea regained its calm.
* * *
“Not enough prisons.”
“I think it would be better to pack the heroes on one floor.”
They were assigned to the 10th floor, wearing handcuffs that limit the mana of all the warriors except for the stars one by one.
It’s deep sea anyway, so it’s hard to escape even if you put it on the first floor, but it was just in case.
Surveillance was carried out by the Surima tribes.
Berge entered the meeting to make a decision on their treatment.
All the Four Heavenly Kings had gathered, and the two demons who were demon kings and their lieutenants were also there.
“So your opinion is that you want to accept all of them as your family?”
“The more, the better. Even more so if it’s all a hero.”
Berger was worried about Ernyan’s argument. In fact, the first time was difficult, the second and third times were easy.
It was tempting to accept a group of warriors, who started from a thousand and reduced to about eight hundred, as they had already accepted the warriors as well as the princesses into the family.
‘The family of eight hundred warriors.’
And what if all the family members unite around Hillen Cargill and take control of the Heroes’ Guild?
The guild leader who disguised himself as a ballaf was also caught. What is the reason why Hillen can’t take control of the guild of heroes who have become communist?
“It might really be possible if you bring all the stars into your household.”
“It’s not really possible, it’s possible. He said that the guild of heroes can be put under the control of the demon king.”
where is that
The Heroes’ Guild is undoubtedly the best and strongest group on the continent. Since its establishment, it has permeated the continent for a long time, and now it is impossible to talk about the situation apart from the Hero Guild.
Guild-linked countries, imperial families, royalty, and even nobles and merchants.
After the invasion of other countries took place under the pretext of subjugating the demon king and an agreement was signed to prevent a recurrence, in order to defeat the demon king, he had to borrow the hand of the hero and the warrior guild.
Naturally, the connection with the guild had to deepen, and the connection between the guild and the continent spread like a spider’s web.
“Isn’t it difficult to manage when the number increases?”
Vivian asked.
“What does it matter? If you take it into the family, it’s over.”
Betrayal is impossible if you become a family member. This is because, as time goes by, the family automatically realizes that after death, the soul belongs to the Demon King and suffers more than death.
Except for one stupid warlock who got into a corner so quickly that he didn’t know.
“But how?”
“You can use Armani’s marbles.”
“That’s impossible. Because the connection with the demon realm has been cut off.”
Berge was cut off immediately, and Vivian became the same in exchange for swearing at Archduke Alkyin.
“Are you stupid? Looks like Reina isn’t the Demon Lord, right?”
“Oh, right. Haven’t you broken up yet?”
“What are you talking about now? The maiden’s tower has disappeared. The authority of the Demon King has also disappeared, how are you going to connect with the Demon Realm?”
“It is possible to purchase Magi Points in return. Because the tower itself has not disappeared, but has been absorbed. A portion of your authority remains.”
“Really?”
“If your body is in contact with the throne.”
Reina laid her hand on the throne. He used his powers to connect to the demon realm.
“. . . really.”
“Buy Armani’s marbles while connected. A lot, a lot.”
“The magic point is 0.”
“Ah, is it because everything you have belongs to me?”
The tower is gone, can you pass the Magi points?
While checking the tower’s system for a moment, Berger grabbed Reina’s hand.
“I can do this.”
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Magic points passed through physical contact. For a moment, Ernian’s eyes twinkled, but no one saw.‘Well. I’ll just have to stand still. Be strong, my lord. I’m cheering for you.’
Except for Elena, who was next to him.
“This is too much.”
“Buy all the Armani beads. In the future, if it is discovered that you are also part of my family, Archduke Alkyin will definitely cut the connection.”
“i get it.”
Thousands of beads were poured in front of Berge. He then smiled satisfied.
“But I don’t know if I can convince them.”
“First you have to convince the stars. And using the stars to convince them.”
“Ralph.”
Lavinia raised her hand.
“You want to convince Ralph?”
“yes.”
“why?”
“me.”
“Do I recognize you?”
“secret. promise. I can’t kill you.”
“I made a promise, but I couldn’t kill it, so I couldn’t keep it? So you want to take responsibility?”
“yes.”
Did Lavinia have this side?
“finger.”
“I put my finger on it, so I have to protect it in some way, this is it.”
what. Does having just one finger mean so much to Lavinia?
‘Among the promises I made with my fingers, I’m sure I didn’t ignore it.’
After thinking for a while, I concluded that there was no Berger.
“good night.”
“yes.”
“I’ll help too.”
“I know your craft very well.”
“Why are you looking at me?”
“I didn’t say anything.”
“I didn’t even say I said that.”
Kaede’s eyes narrowed. Berger turned his head.
“But not Ballaf This Lord, no Daniel Deirus gnome.”
“The name of the guild leader I knew wasn’t like that.”
The Crown Princess of Hilderan, Ernap, had quite a lot of information and contact points about the Hero Guild. The guild chief was never called by that name.
“Are you really Daniel Deirus? Hundreds of years ago, you killed two demon kings and disappeared with the third tower?”
“I said it with my own mouth, so it would be right.”
“But the skin…”
“It was Ballaf Dislord. Perhaps it is also one identity. You don’t know how many more.”
“…she didn’t even notice that he was wearing a shell.”
“me too.”
That was the creepy part. Neither the demon kings nor the stars knew.
Above all, Berge was astonished that even he himself did not realize that fact. A demon dragon that is unmatched in terms of sense.
Regardless of whether it was Daniel Deirus’ ability, it was something that could never be underestimated.
“I will interrogate him myself.”
“yes. So what are you going to do next time?”
The speed of wealth was beyond imagination, and the warriors arrived first, but the bravery was not yet over.
“Do I really need to worry about it? It is impossible for those without wealth to find the tower.”
“It’s asking if you want to ignore them completely, or if you want to join the remnants before they leave.”
“The latter seems to require conditions.”
“Once the main force arrives, it will be at least two days, and at least a few days wandering on the sea in search of wealth.”
I would never have imagined that the troop of bravery and wealth were annihilated and they were all taken prisoners. I’m just guessing it’s a little bit confusing.
“As time goes on, it will feel strange and retreat. Then it becomes difficult to join the warriors. You won’t let the wealth go, will you?”
“Sounds natural.”
We will dismantle all the floats and extract the floaters. And I will combine it with the tower to make a sky tower.
It was the grand ambition of the Dwarves, but now it has become the ambition of Berger.
“Then you have to convince me within those days. We were going well, but we agree that Ballaf This Lord was defeated by the Demon Lord and retreated.”
In this way, the justification for the survival of the warriors who have lost their wealth in the open sea is established.
It doesn’t make any sense to say that he had lost his wealth to the Demon King, and that he had swam over hundreds of kilometers of the sea while he was alive.
Even if you don’t know the stars or the top-ranked warriors, all of the seven hundred.
“Ah, won’t you release the Ballaf Dislord?”
“Sounds natural.”
The debate between Berge and Ernyan became increasingly intense.
Reina listened quietly, then whispered to Vivian who was next to her.
“If the real woman felt it right, I think that princess is leading the meeting.”
“right.”
“Why?”
“That’s because it’s Berge’s true friend.”
“Are you human? No matter how much people are accepted into the family, isn’t that a different matter?”
“Don’t expect common sense from Berge.”
“…that’s right. The towers and behaviors of Berge were completely different from what she knew and learned.”
“And now we are a family, aren’t we? What would you do if Berge was dating an orc?”
“…that’s a little bit.”
Reina thought that the dignity and honor of the Berge that was served was as important as her own dignity and honor.
Everything he shows will soon become the pride of his family. You have to be an example.
In that sense, it was quite ok until Ernap. Although he is a human being, he is the contract of the Spirit King, so it is not now, but as time passes, he will grow to be strong enough to deal with any demon king alone.
However, the Orc was not just a monster either.
“It’s a joke. Unless Berge turns back, there’s no way that’s going to happen. After all, we, Seorima-sama, don’t make jokes.”
“I just didn’t know if it was a joke because it wasn’t particularly funny.”
“what?”
“Your jokes are vulgar and insignificant. It’s not even worth a laugh.”
“I’m done talking now!”
“Be quite. Are you in a meeting?”
The conversation that started well but turned into a dispute ended with Berger yelling.
* * *
Ralph Schmitz couldn’t believe the current situation.
“Household.”
“I want you to become a member of the Demon King’s family.”
“great.”
“You say it’s very good.”
“Roselle.”
“You, me.”
“Because you know who the princess is.”
“Roselle.”
“must.”
“A deal to become a family member or die unconditionally.”
“Roselle!”
“Surprised, why are you screaming!”
Roselle Chartres nervously covered her ears.
“What is the case now?”
“I’m trying to convince you.”
“so why!”
The princess and you were persuading me to become the Demon King’s subordinate.
“You lost to the princess. no?”
“right.”
“You still don’t understand the situation?”
“… Really, Your Majesty.”
“Yes, I am a member of the Demon King of Fire. It’s a childish name, but you’re one of the Four Heavenly Kings.”
“Then why are you?”
“I happened to be…”
Roselle Charter laughed awkwardly.
“good.”
“Are you going to protect Jijo? Then you die.”
“You cannot betray humanity by becoming a hero.”
“It’s harsh. So you and the princess are traitors to mankind?”
“is not it?”
“It’s not, but it’s not.”
“What nonsense?”
Roselle shook her head desperately. Lavinia said that Ralph had to be persuaded somehow, and the Demon King said the same thing. He said that if he persuaded him, he would draw a little bit of his own blood and give him more.
“The Demon Lord of Flame is different from other Demon Lords.”
“It’s different, isn’t he the one who ruined the present peace by killing countless warriors and messing around?”
“So, let’s try to establish peace again. After all, peace for a hundred years was achieved through an invisible secret drug with the Demon King.”
“There is a difference between falsehood and chloride.”
“Not different. The Demon King of Fire is already capable of destroying the continent if he decides to do so.”
“What nonsense?”
“The Four Heavenly Kings. Do you think Lavinia-sama is the only princess?”
“…what is that?”
“The Dark Knight is Kaede Jespine.”
“The 9th Princess of Jespine…!”
“Whether he is a giant or a dwarf in hell is Louise Werft.”
“·················ogue.”
“Well then, a question. Who is the Dark Spirit Magician?”
It wasn’t difficult. So it wasn’t funny anymore.
“Erny Hilderan.”
“Yeah, right. The Crown Princess of Hilderan said that the Great Spirit Magician who summoned the Spirit King is the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King. you know that’s all Hillen Cargill is also a member of the Demon King.”
“what?”
Ralph’s brow wrinkled.
“Since when!”
“Before I first met you.”
“I was completely blown away. But at that time, it was the heroic act of the Demon King of the Beast.”
“So it means that he purposely fed Hillen Cargill the Demon King of the Beasts and raised him. I noticed here.”
“What do you mean?”
“Not all Demon Lords are the same. It doesn’t mean they don’t oppose each other as demon lords. And let’s hear it, the relationship between the Demon Lord of Fire and the other Demon Lords is the worst. Especially, the Demon King of Lies.”
Roselle Charter whispered.
“You want to tear and kill the Demon King of Lies. Don’t you think this is the most reliable? Rather, the humans you want to protect will keep the lie alive until the very end.”
Because that peace was made out of lies.
“·················ogue.”
Ralph shut his mouth.
“I want to think about it for a while.”
“no. now.”
“Your Majesty, even for me, time is…”
“right now.”
Ralph winked at Roselle for help. But Roselle shook her head.
“There is no time. The Demon King’s goal is to persuade you to send them up when the main force arrives.”
“…that’s probably the most natural thing.”
“Accept, bone.”
“Princess, really?”
“yes.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You are very lucky. If you accept it now, they will make a shield out of dragon bones.”
“Logger.”
“Through Logger Friedree.”
“Logger? Is the logger here?”
“Yeah, Logger has been the Demon King’s dog for a long time and has been faithfully making magic cannons and weapons.”
“…it’s really terrifying. But what about Dragonborn?”
“It is definitely there. I guarantee.”
Ralph nodded.
“I will accept it.”
Even Ralph Schmidt, who cares about humanity, could not stand the revenge and the Dragon Bone Shield made by Logger Friedree.
And this persuasion was being done to all the Heroes of the Stars.
* * *
“You convinced Ralph Schmidt?”
“yes.”
“Good job.”
Berge handed the chocolate. Lavinia was gladly received.
“The others?”
“Aina Diaphrin-sama was easier than I thought.”
Ernap, who had decided to persuade Aina Diaphrin, smiled.
“easy?”
“After all, it’s a magician, so even though he’s angry with me, he died because it allowed me to experience the power of the Water Spirit King next to me.”
Spirits are pure force of nature. Since it is the utopia that wizards who deal with attribute powers always pursue, no wizard will miss the opportunity to witness and feel the power of the Spirit King.
Of course, he had jealousy and envy towards Ernyan, but it was resolved well.
“well?”
“yes. I promised Roselle the price that I had given her, and she wanted to come in.”
“What? whoever wants it! Never do my tail!”
“Those who are human wizards have no wisdom and cause than they think, and they are greedy ahead of them.”
One of the demon kings, who was struggling, and the words of the demon king who realized something passed by.
“Besides, Roselle has gotten stronger lately, hasn’t it? There’s also that influence. They say the two are historical rivals.”
“Hey, that’s fun.”
To keep each other in check and fight to become a member of the Berge family. It was very interesting.
His gaze returned.
“Vivian.”
“Don’t covet my tail.”
“It’s noisy and you can see it.”
“…how did my situation happen.”
Vivian, who muttered, immediately corrected her complexion.
“Of course it worked. Is that my area of expertise? He said that he had a strong desire to live because he had not accomplished anything yet. And I was also looking at Hillen or something as an object of envy. So I asked you?”
“Communication with Hillen.”
“right. After talking to Hillen a few times, he passed away.”
Of course, I constantly hinted that it was okay, that it was natural.
“Good work. Well.”
“Are you getting something?”
“No, it’s easier than I thought.”
“It was like that. There are very few people who have such great convictions and are going to be warriors.”
Because he was chosen to be a hero, he becomes a warrior. In a world that has coexisted with the Demon King for a thousand years, will the Demon King feel like an enemy he must kill?
Do you think that if you become a hero, you will surely kill the demon king and save the continent?
not. To them, being a hero is just a title and a job. Because I have so many things, because I was chosen, my life is more precious.
In such a situation, how many people will jump into the profession of a hero with a great cause or sense of mission?
“Of course, there will be warriors with a cause. But there are many more warriors who are not. There is even a saying that he is a chosen mercenary as a derogatory term for a warrior.”
“Is that so?”
“It’s like that. Everyone values life the most.”
“i get it. Kaede, what about you?”
“Well, rather, he proposed to me first.”
“what?”
“I want you to live. I made a deal to reveal the true identity of Ballaf Dislord if I let him go.”
“A deal?”
Berge’s brow wrinkled.
“Is it a deal to reveal the identity you already know? Pablo Barkat, is he an idiot?”
“Before the match between the Demon King and the guild leader, I passed out and was brought to the tower, so I wouldn’t have seen it.”
“okay? Then I’ll have a look.”
I can’t stand it because I’m curious what kind of bullshit you’re going to say.
I don’t know if there really is any useful information to put down Daniel Deirus.
When it was his turn, Louise exclaimed.
“All the Dwarves persuaded me!”
“you?”
“No, I just swung the ax and the logger did it all. I was having a seizure because I was about to destroy wealth, and then I clenched my teeth saying that a tower is more beautiful than a boat, so it came over one by one. Of course, I promised to let you handle the dragon’s byproducts and the tower’s remnants. I’m a dwarf too, but the craftsmen are very simple. by the way···.”
“by the way?”
“Are you really building a sky tower or something? I also wanted to see it, so I actively cooperated with it.”
“Don’t worry about that.”
Now that I have become serious about the Sky Tower.
Berger murmured.