143. If anyone touches the small demon sword, it will be f*cked.
I originally intended to see that general commander or something, but after hearing what the orc shaman said, it’s no longer possible. I couldn’t delay.
Of course, he had guessed that the Shire Fen had some sort of collusion with the Dark Church, but he had no idea that he had stretched out his hand this deeply. Did she, who was bothered by everything about her, directly step out to control the pony?
She had to check the exact situation. As I started to brush up on the orc shaman, he hesitantly led us to another location.
[By the way, it looks like the throne has changed. Maybe that leather…]
[Ugh! Please refrain from unnecessary sounds.]
Well, it’s hard to imagine that even between the monsters, they would kill Nagaraja, who was a high ranking person, and use the corpse proudly. I dealt with the troublesome Orc Shaman severely.
Soon he started guiding us without saying anything. A facility of the Dark Church in the middle of the gathering place of monsters. Damaged parts can be seen everywhere to see if it is managed by monsters, but it is still functional.
And the place we were guided to was a place that looked like an altar of some kind of primitive religion. It goes well with Shaman, but why is it in a building?
[What is this?]
[This is the Altar of Soul Fire. You can use this to talk to him.]
There are many interesting things. However, this did not feel like something belonging to the Dark Church. Rather, it felt like it had been touched by a shaman or a demon contractor.
Since it is located in the middle of an underground cathedral full of religious styles, there was a strong sense of heterogeneity. However, the orc shaman stepped forward as if he was used to it.
Like other shamans, he also carried a totem. The orc shaman, who put down the totem that was like his alter ego, soon looked back at us with a worried look.
[Before that, there is something to be aware of.]
[What is it?]
[I’m going to put a skull on it soon, could you put it back in my totem once the communication is over? It’s a very important thing…]
[Well, got it.]
Oh, look at this. Soon, the orc shaman began to caress his totem with trembling hands. Contrary to the primitive appearance, the structure is elaborate and clicks soon. With a sound, the totem’s head separated.
Inside the empty totem was a skeleton of unknown origin. It was a familiar thing. A noble that the Orc Shaman we met the other day also held.
When that thing was broken, the orc shaman lost his intelligence and power and strategized as a wanderer… Presumably this orc shaman also knew what would happen if a skull was removed from his bosom.
Even so, the bastard shuddered for a moment, but soon put it on the altar of soul fire and removed his hand.
[I’ll wait outside…]
Obviously the subject of the words was an orc shaman, but the mental waves were coming from the skeleton. As soon as the skull fell from his hand, the orc shaman turned around and hurriedly ran outside.
Soon, the door to the underground cathedral was closed. Cream, who looked at the back for a moment, immediately turned his head at the sound of the skull rattling.
“Ohhh.”
Exclamation of chocolate. As soon as the orc shaman’s skeleton was placed on the altar, it opened its mouth and started gnashing its teeth as if it were alive. Purple flowers bloomed in those eyes.
Soon, the purple flames that started from the skull’s hollow eye sockets spread throughout the altar. Altar of Soulfire. True to its name, the entire altar was covered in purple flowers, and the flames soon soared upward.
The flames that surged upward spread widely again, drawing the shape of a purple skull. An appearance identical to that of an Orc Shaman’s skull. However, if there are differences.
[Is it you? Is it true that the followers of evil spirits are true?]
The skeleton of the purple flame was said to not only move, but also talk. Was communication done this way?
In preparation for a one-in-a-kind situation, Cream hid both the Holy Sword and the Magic Sword in his bosom, and as the skeleton said, he took the black robe of the priest we killed and put it on.
Because of that, it seemed that the opponent only knew us as monsters full of ambition, and didn’t seem to guess that we were warriors. No, wait. Than that.
Isn’t this the voice of Shirefen?
[······That’s rude. When someone has business with you, it would be polite to introduce yourself first.]
I was momentarily taken aback, then I immediately recovered my spirit and sent a mental wave towards the purple skull. The moment the mental waves I sent hit the skull, it turned its head and looked straight at me.
Not the cream, but me buried under her clothes. However, the skeleton soon returned its head to its original state, as if it hadn’t been convinced. Whoa, did you just figure out it was me sending the mind wave?
The tension that had been relieved because it was not a share pen became tight again. Yes, even if only a part of the mind and thoughts are manifested, that is an elder lich. It is a monster that can never be seen lightly.
[I am the Elder Lich Hargas.]
If you think about it, even though elder liches are rare, there’s no way there’s only one in the world. Mum. While I was convincing myself, his self-introduction continued.
[He was once called the Demon King of Eternity.]
[I see.]
That sounds like a name I’ve heard somewhere. Well, it doesn’t matter. When I calmly passed it over, Hargas looked rather embarrassed.
What do you want me to know? For some reason, the Holy Sword seemed to flinch, but Cream moved naturally.
[Keuheum. Anything more to say?]
[Hmm?]
[······No, no.]
I did say something about the demon king, but he can’t be the real demon king. The previous demon kings are all dead, and Cream has yet to declare a new demon king.
Still, it was clear that he was at least a powerful being who claimed to be the Demon Lord. Elder Lich is no joke. It’s a species that’s almost at the pinnacle of the undead category.
[Go into this topic. Does killing humans matter?]
[Of course! The one that can grant the stigma of darkness…]
[There was a human in the group who had to kill all humans. So i just killed it Is that really a problem?]
[·······.]
Well, but there’s nothing wrong with us. If that is the apex of the undead, then we are the final weapon of mankind. Well, it’s a situation where I can’t fully use the power of a hero right now.
The monsters we are currently camouflaging are also not to be taken lightly. Depending on the owner, it is an intermediate to advanced monster level dragon soldier. And it is the military commander who commands hundreds and thousands of such mercenary soldiers.
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Although it can’t be compared to the Elder Lich, at least it has reached a level where opponents can’t treat it badly.
[By the way, I said it was a mercenary soldier. The dragon disease I know doesn’t happen that much.]
[My master loved humans. That’s why I was created in the same way.]
[Hmm, is that so? But why does a dragon soldier who loves humans cooperate in killing humans?]
Ugh, it’s a bit like that, but it’s not something that’s easily overlooked. Hargas, who has lived a considerable amount of time befitting the title of Elder, seemed to have some knowledge about dragons.
The biggest reason why monsters hold hostility toward so-called ‘people’ is their inferiority complex, abandoned by the gods, who have not been blessed by the gods. However, the dragon disease is a little different.
For the soldiers born from the dragon’s teeth, there is a dragon who serves like a god and protects them. Their mission is to protect the nest, not the extinction of mankind.
[My master… Died because of humans.]
[What?]
Then let’s brush the yaburi some more. No matter how knowledgeable Ji is, do you think he knows as much as I do, having gone directly into the Dragonlord’s rarity?
[My master loved humans, and even invited some of them to his nest. However, among them was a terrible traitor. While the master was asleep, one of the humans blew a terrible poison into the dragon’s body and opened the entrance to the outside from the nest. And the Empire’s army came over from beyond the gap in space…]
What I said was information that I didn’t know unless I knew a lot about dragons. That the empire had hunted dragons, that the dragon’s rareness was between the gaps in space, and so on.
Of course, other than that, talking about the owner is a lie. The number of dragons is at least in the tens, but no matter how elder lich you are, how can you know all that?
[······And I took over the owner’s will and ran away alone from there. Yes i will take revenge To the unscrupulous intruders who repaid mercy with betrayal and tore my world apart!]
Perhaps I was over-immersed while acting so hard, but towards the end I became a little sincere. The skull of the purple flame wavered in my gloomy mental waves and remained silent for a moment, then lowered its jawbone again.
[Really, when I asked who broke the oath, he was the one who hit the target.]
[So don’t blame me for killing a human. I am just doing my duty.]
I think you tricked me once? I continued to argue that humans could not coexist and that killing humans in the first place could not be wrong.
No matter how strong the Elder Lich is, it is only a part of the cerebral body that is here right now. No matter how much we pooped, he couldn’t use his hands.
[You know the number of intelligent monsters is not enough, right? We need their help for this wave. It is not to cooperate with all humans, but to cooperate with a very small number of humans who are excluded from them.]
[Nonsense! If revenge is achieved by borrowing the hands of the enemy, it is better not to achieve it!]
[······Huh, good. Change the conditions.]
That bastard is pissed off. I just chuckled inside. Crim stood firm as if he were a stone statue, staring at the skull with his chin slightly raised as I directed.
[What are you going to do when your revenge is over? Cooperate with me When everything is over, I’ll find you a new owner.]
[You mean to go under your command? It is only dragons that I serve.]
[Yes, dragons that your species can’t die like that. Among them, Lord.]
What…? I blinked. It was fortunate that the agitation was not noticed because I was a sword.
[I have already visited the dragon lord’s rare with my own people. Of course you know where it is too. After this is over, I will take you there.]
[How can you believe that?]
[Look.]
Soon the purple skull opened its mouth. Of course, it was just empty space with nothing inside, but colors soon began to be applied on top of it.
As if an overseas Chinese makes elaborate brush strokes, a certain shape quickly fills my field of vision. It was the scenery of a certain warehouse. Countless gold and silver treasures. And, what catches the eye in a mountain of treasures.
[These are the treasures obtained from Lord’s Rare. You will be able to recognize that it was touched by a dragon, a very high-ranking being.]
Yes, just as Hargas said, among them there were definitely things that only dragons could hold, such as the shed skin of a dragon. And, something very familiar to me.
The left arm of the Solium Golem that protects the Dragon Lord’s rarity. Yeah, it was kind of weird. I died in the dragon lord’s lair, but I woke up in the elder lich’s laboratory.
I didn’t think of it at the time, but looking at it, the causal relationship is clearly organized. It seemed clear that the elder lich ‘s’ had gone to the dragon lord’s lair.
I don’t know how the greedy dragon ripped off the treasure. Whether it was negotiations or threats, if there were several elder liches, they would have done something.
[······What should I do?]
I couldn’t even see a shadow, but the culprit who provided me with death.
A vast gap. You can’t even dream of revenge right now. However, if I and Cream become stronger, maybe… One possibility in a million. However, even if the demonic sword forgets silver, it does not forget won.
If I’m not a simple demonic sword according to my intuition, and if Cream isn’t a simple hero, it’s clear. The tip of that sword should be able to reach that supreme dragon lord.
[Right now…, Yes. The Dark Church will send a new ally, so cooperate with him.]
It was a coincidence that I got into Dragon Lord’s rarity. However. I was given another opportunity to enter the place where I met my death.
This is inevitable. The fate of the world was leading me. Put a knife through that damn lizard’s heart!
[Our final goal is to invade the Great War.]