009. Champion
“Damn, dog-like…!”
He constantly expressed his dissatisfaction with his mouth. However, the elf’s hands were busy preparing the ingredients.
Wash in water, chop vegetables, mince meat.
Then, suddenly, he stopped cutting.
“ha···.”
A sigh came out.
Cooking is also a dish, but it was even worse to have to make a bonfire on the empty floor on the third floor because there were no special facilities.
‘How did I become like this…’
The Demon King swears by the standard. So I believed. And the Demon King did not betray his faith.
At least everything I said was true. I just didn’t mention the more important parts.
“pup.”
I know who I am. Even Elven couldn’t treat me like this.
What was even more irritating was the thought that it would be better than five years of slavery.
‘If you get out of the goblin den, there is an ogre den.’
Granada shook her head and concentrated on cooking again.
A cast iron pan was heated and greased with oil. Add minced meat and when oil melts, stir-fry it with vegetables and add spices.
The smell of fragrant food spread softly throughout the tower.
“Wow.”
Then, someone came down from the stairs leading upstairs.
“Delicious smell!”
‘human?’
He was a pretty man who looked to be about twenty years old. I wondered why humans were in the Demon King’s Tower and then disappeared.
‘At least, I must have been in the same situation.’
It must have been that he was caught by the demon king and became a slave in the tower.
“What dish is it?”
she came near
“Simple stir-fried meat.”
“Smells good.”
“Of course. Who did it?”
Granada was excited and shrugged.
“By the way, I haven’t seen you, so how did you get here?”
“It’s like you.”
“Then you were kidnapped?”
“kidnap? Aren’t you a slave?”
each other’s eyes met.
‘…where have you seen it?’
White skin, platinum blonde hair, and between them, there was something in her memory that was gleaming softly in purple eyes.
‘Where? Where did you see it?’
At that moment, something poked her head from behind her back. It was a collection of pure mana, a spirit.
Platinum blonde hair and purple eyes. and spirits.
Several words fit together like a puzzle.
“…the Crown Princess of Hilderan?”
“Do you know me?”
“…that crazy!”
“noisy.”
Just then, the Demon King came down. Granada got up and ran.
“Are you crazy?”
“I think you are crazy.”
“You kidnapped the Crown Princess of Hilderan! What the hell is this!”
“Oh, that’s it.”
“Is that the story? There must have been a riot in Hilderan! If there is nothing, how are you going to stop the hero when he comes?”
“I’ll take care of it, so even cook it.”
“Now take it easy…”
“It is an order.”
“·················ogue.”
Granada became porridge and roasted the meat.
Then, suddenly, I was caught up in one thing and caught a strange thing that I did not know.
‘…But why did the Crown Princess come down from the 4th floor instead of the prison?’
Why are you sitting calmly holding a fork with the Demon King?
“why?”
When our eyes met, the princess smiled brightly. No matter how I thought about it, I didn’t feel like I was kidnapped.
He looked at the Demon King with a questioning expression.
“It doesn’t matter. It is impossible to escape the tower.”
“I don’t think that’s the problem.”
“It was just released appropriately to come out cooperatively.”
“I’m going to release you like this…”
The fundamental problem was with the Crown Princess, not the Demon King.
No matter how accustomed to the demon king and how often he is kidnapped and then released for a price or rescued by the heroes, the relationship between the demon king and the princess is still there.
kidnapped and victimized
The calmness that looked like my own home was never seen by anyone.
After a while, the dish was completed and Dark Elf Gordon joined in.
“It was very tasty.”
She stroked the princess’s belly and scraped the plate. With that bright light, Granada wondered if this might not be the Demon King’s Tower, but the royal castle of Hilderan.
“Then let’s get straight to the point.”
At the glance of the Demon King, Gordon dragged the Crown Princess up.
“As you have heard, that woman is the Crown Princess of Hilderan. How do you think Hilderan will react?”
“Yeah, of course there’s going to be an uproar.”
There was a rumor I heard before Granada became a slave.
The first princess of Hilderan was so talented that she succeeded in signing a contract with the spirits even at a young age, and the whole kingdom was said to be devastated by the extraordinary.
Since such a princess was kidnapped, it was almost impossible to go crazy with crab foam in her mouth.
“Probably by now, he is organizing a large-scale warrior corps by submitting a request to the Hero’s Guild. The blessed fortress of Erzestra will protect them from gossip, but Hilderan’s will will not stop there.”
It was natural.
“I believe that I am not alone in committing suicide against the hero.”
Granada snorted bluntly.
“I had no intention of doing that. If you are a hero enough to enter the tower, the game is already over.”
“What if?”
“I will send you back to Hortonworks.”
Granada understood the explanation that followed.
“So, I’m asking you to mess up the human world on behalf of the Demon Lord.”
“to sum up.”
“Are you going to join a group to gain power, to purchase information to find the whereabouts of the heroes, to interfere with them if possible, to fail or to delay them as much as possible?”
“okay. But before that.”
The Demon King rose from his seat.
“I’ll have to check your skills.”
* * *
3rd Floor.
On a floor where there was nothing and no one on the stage, I stood face to face with the Demon King.
There were two reasons why Berge brought Granada to the tower.
One was to prove that he was the Demon King and to give him trust.
The other was to accurately check his skills.
Cooking was just too cheeky, not the main purpose.
“You must have been a slave for a long time, but your body is surprisingly good.”
“At least I don’t have a body to cook.”
“It was tasty. He has a talent.”
“·················ogue.”
Granada struggled to change the topic.
“But isn’t this a fight I can’t win in the first place?”
Even if it was a surprise attack, he had already been trained once. There was a clear level difference between the two.
“I will not use one hand. then?”
“Not enough.”
“Make conditions. If you win, I won’t force you to speak respectfully. And I treat you well as a servant, not a slave.”
“…aren’t you even making me cook?”
“If you wish.”
“I’ll do my best to blow my head…”
The elf and the demon king collided.
After a while.
“…obviously, I heard that demon lords that have been newly summoned are particularly affected by interference.”
“Do you think the demons don’t know what you know?”
Why would you create a Demon King Military Academy and send only selected talents? It is to select those who will not easily fall down even in the worst circumstances, and who can maintain the minimum force even if weakened by the interference force.
That is the vanguard of the demon realm, the demon king.
“I will know.”
The Demon King calmly raised the fallen Granada.
“Now go down.”
* * *
“It is such an honor to see you again!”
Bark was pleased with the two familiar faces that were looking for him.
I don’t know the name, but it was the refusal to spend money like water and the elf slave he bought.
‘But did your face originally look like that?’
It was strangely fuzzy, but I just skimmed over that it was because I drank alcohol.
“I want to buy your time.”
Rich denial said without hesitation.
“Your entire mercenary corps. First of all, about a year would be good.”
“uh···. What exactly do you want me to do for a year?”
“First of all, you just have to live like you are now and take on the mission to subdue monsters. Promise me that your mercenary corps won’t do anything it can’t handle.”
Bark was worried. It was clear that the other party would spend a huge reward, but nothing was free in the world. With such confidence, who can be sure that it is not dangerous?
“I don’t think I can make that decision on my own.”
Bark was the leader of the mercenary corps, but the red hawk had a relatively horizontal relationship.
“Let’s discuss it. I will give you as much money as possible.”
Twenty red hawk mercenaries entered the meeting.
“It’s so suspicious.”
“But money is for sure. We’re not mercenaries if we don’t want to spend a lot of money.”
“Do you know what to do?”
“Are you saying you won’t do it? You can specify it in the contract so that you can reject it if you feel it is unreasonable.”
“Do you believe that?”
At that moment, the refusal placed a blunt pocket on the table. The mercenaries opened their mouths to the pouring gold and silver coins.
They looked into each other’s eyes and nodded.
“good.”
It was too much money to refuse.
“But there are conditions. Please specify in the contract so that we can reject any unreasonable request we think. Of course, we will do our best to be as objective as possible according to our mercenary rank. and···.”
“good night.”
Bark stated several requirements and agreed to the refusal.
“Instead, I have a condition.”
“which···?”
“Receive the elf Granada as a member of your mercenary corps.”
“···Yes?”
“It’s okay to just take it outwardly. Granada will issue orders to you on my behalf.”
* * *
There are classes among humans. And there are many organizations.
Horse Tower, Hero’s Guild, Mercenary Guild, Free Knight, Craftsman’s Union, Black Moon, etc.
Some are state-related and some are not.
However, the advantage they have in common is that a group that attracts people must have power, and even if you are not a king, you can have the same power as a king.
I put my luggage in one of them and drew a picture of it encroaching from the inside.
One by one, they fell into my hands and eventually I wanted to become a true black screen that took over everything.
The first thing I picked was the mercenary guild.
Those who are inferior in quality, but not behind the group in terms of quantity.
The most unbiased group accepts everyone with an amazing tolerance.
And no matter how much a kingdom, a guild with power that cannot be easily ignored.
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Most of all, the money-crazed place where the money bastards gather.The fact that there were suitable mercenaries and mercenaries who had established themselves at the same time was also a good reason.
“···good.”
Bark, who had been silent for a while, nodded.
“It’s not easy to get new mercenaries, but if you think of them as clients, there’s nothing you can’t do.”
He went to Granada.
“I hope to go along well.”
“I’m counting on you.”
I was a little reluctant to have to bow my head to someone who had been a slave until recently, but in the end it was the money.
“First, if you want to join our mercenary team, you have to take the mercenary test…”
Bark tilted his head.
“But where did you get it?”
Why is Noontangi turning into Bamtaengi?
Granada did not answer.
On that day, Granada officially took a test at the Mercenary Guild and was issued an advanced mercenary plaque and joined the Red Hawk Mercenary Corps.
It was a small event for him to get a bruise on the eyes of the mercenaries who were strangely angry.
And the mercenaries received their first request from Berge at the celebration of the joining of Granada.
“I will make the first request. You must have heard that the Crown Princess of Hilderan was kidnapped a while ago. I want to know who the heroes commissioned by Hilderan are.”
“Why is that…”
“Because it’s money.”
“ah.”
A lot of attention and money is focused on the path of the hero. After giving them financial support, if you catch the Demon King, you can get the tower’s loot.
The mercenaries who knew Berge as a rich refusal were reason enough to understand.
“But we are a small mercenary group. To do that, I had to ask the Information Guild…”
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Money bag fell.“sun.”
“I will do it right now!”
“Let’s also learn about the princesses of Hilderan, both with and with each other.”
“Why is that…”
‘If that doesn’t work, you have to return the 1st princess and kidnap the 13th princess again.’
He said it strongly in front of the Crown Princess, but it is not always good to go outside. But I couldn’t be honest.
And trying to convince humans to come up with a plausible reason again got me annoyed.
“Can you tell me why? Will you take the money?”
“I’ll take the money!”
The eyes of the mercenaries were dyed with greed.
Berge was convinced once again. At least in this world, to humans, money is no different than faith.
* * *
The knight, Kultan, asked the soldiers.
“Siege the hotel, and don’t let a single rat go out.”
Dozens of soldiers surrounded him and went upstairs with the two of them.
“You are above.”
The hotel owner, who received a letter of cooperation in advance, guided him directly.
“How is it?”
“You are enjoying your drink.”
“You must have a woman on either side of you again.”
“·················ogue.”
There was no one in the hallway as the hoteliers controlled it. The two reached the top floor of the hotel.
The door to a special room that only hosts special VIPs has been opened.
The savory scent of alcohol and the scorching heat brushed his nose and cheeks.
quick-
I stepped on a piece of a broken wine bottle. The damp carpet was soggy.
Kultan opened the window without a word. The cold wind cooled the heat.
“···what.”
“Oh.”
The man who had been drunk with the heat opened his eyes with a hoarse voice. The women sitting on either side of him trembled.
“See you after a long time, hero.”
“Lord Kultan?”
“You guys get out.”
The women went outside, taking care of their drunken bodies. The excited man frowned.
“what happened?”
“The fish name has fallen.”
“…the Crown Princess.”
“The other warriors were frightened by the name Erzest. Only you can kill the cheeky Demon King and rescue the Crown Princess.”
“Mount Erzest scares me too.”
“You tell an interesting story. If not the hero who cut off the head of the demon king of lust, who would dare climb Mount Erzest to rescue the Crown Princess? It’s not that you’re afraid, it’s that you’re annoyed.”
“What if I don’t do it?”
“Heroes, the Crown Princess of the Kingdom has been kidnapped. don’t you know What does His Majesty the Crown Princess mean to Hilderan?”
Kultan made eye contact with the hero.
“This is not a request. It’s a fish name.”
A hero basically has enormous rights. At the same time, they also have obligations.
The kings close their eyes to the viciousness and illegality of the hero to some extent, but if a problem arises, they force them to carry out their activities even if they give their orders.
Nevertheless, the hero has the right to refuse, but he has to bear the storm after turning a country into an enemy.
“If you want to refuse, you can refuse. But you will no longer be active in Hilderan. Isn’t it difficult for the hero to become Hilderan’s greatest scum?”
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Kul’tan issued the king’s decree.
“Come on and get it.”
“Even so, it’s impossible for me to be alone.”
“You will have the right to greet all the champions in Hilderan. The Heroes Guild of the Hilderan Branch also promised full cooperation.”
They wouldn’t have been able to either.
“The kingdom will not spare any support, and the reward will be more than you imagined.”
“Your Majesty is bleeding profusely.”
“This is because the Crown Princess is very important to us. If you’re thinking of running away, you’d better give up. The hotel is under siege, and if a soldier on duty is injured, we have an excuse.”
“Can you do it?”
“At least you won’t be able to get out of the kingdom unharmed. I’m not everything. We are also considering social death as well as simple injury.”
“It’s an outsider.”
The warrior laughed bitterly. Had I known this would be the case, I should have left Hilderan sooner, but it was a shame that I was taking it easy on the outskirts of the kingdom.
“I’ll take it.”
The hero snatched the order.
“Great warrior, please be sure to obtain the national version of Hilderan.”
The knight bowed his head.