Episode 15. Defending the Underworld (1)
The arena infirmary.
Urca fainted from mana exhaustion and was breathing regularly on the bed. As I watched it quietly, the party quietly approached me.
“How is Urca-sama?”
“It will be fine. Right before I lost consciousness, I fed him a mana potion.”
As soon as the duel was decided, I flew to the arena with Ariel’s help. Fortunately, she took action right before fainting, so there would be no aftereffects of her exhaustion, such as dulling her sense of mana.
“I had a hard time. Tina, Phoenix.”
I spoke to the two people in the party who added strength to Urca.
“That’s about it, well, it wasn’t difficult. More than that, I was very upset because I was watching this duel, right? I have never seen such an ugly duel in my life.”
Phoenix munched on the cookies she bought from the market.
“I almost burned it myself. Human selfishness is something we really need to know. What… I think my contractor is a bit better, right?”
I tousled Tina’s hair next to me with the hand that was eating the cookie. Her cookie dust gets stuck in Tina’s hair, coming up like dandruff.
“Ah! Don’t stroke it with that hand!”
Tina cried as she fell from Phoenix.
“Master! Phoenix is harassing me!”
“I didn’t bother you. You made me cute.”
Phoenix, calmly retorting to Tina, sniffed her cookie into her mouth. Tina, puffing out her cheeks, points at Phoenix.
“That’s bullying. Cuteness will only be received from the teacher!”
He comes quickly to me and pulls on my sleeve.
“Master! Brush your hair!”
“…… You do that.”
“I did as the teacher told me to do! You said that Phoenix-sama would do chicken ribs or something, but why don’t I have a prize?!”
He looks as if he has experienced all the unfair things in the world. Whoever sees it will know that the world will end tomorrow.
I couldn’t help but run my fingers through Tina’s hair and brushed off her cookie crumbs. Only then does the muscles in her face stretch and she smiles.
“By the way, how was the end of everything?”
“Hmm. As the teacher said, it is much safer and safer to designate a target rather than a distance. It cuts indiscriminately based on distance.”
“Yes. Get used to it properly, and be sure to think about it when using it.”
Because the beings to be killed in this world, including demons, have already been decided.
“Neeet!”
Tina replied briskly. I glanced at Iris and Maria next to me. He looks at me and Tina alternately.
“It’s hard to see—”
Knock!
“Prause!!”
At first, I heard a familiar voice calling me with the sound of the door opening violently.
“Duke Tori, please calm down… ….”
Then even Seri’s voice can be heard.
Awesome!
The curtain was drawn and he found me in front of Urca and grabbed me by the collar.
“Hey! What else did you do?!”
“Duke Tori, why don’t you let go of that hand first? If you speak calmly, Master will listen.”
“Right, calm down and talk.”
Iris said, patting Tori’s thick arm. Maria, who was next to her, also spoke in a calm tone.
At the reaction of the two, Tori looks bewildered. It was because the warriors had never spoken to him so kindly. He looked at the warriors with a puzzled look and slowly let go of my collar.
“Prause, why are you guys like this?”
“Let’s see if you like it.”
“Not that I like it.”
“I don’t like it.”
Two people answered my words at the same time. I let out a smile and shrugged my shoulders.
The reason these two were kind to Toriaus was that they regarded him as a good friend.
Since Seri lived in the Aus estate, she often visited the duke’s residence in Aus, and the two of them spent a lot of time talking with their own people in Aus.
And I heard many stories from my people who settled in Ausu.
Although they were brought as slaves, their right to live was guaranteed to prevent unreasonable labor or s*xual exploitation, and they were told that if they worked hard and earned money, they could free the slaves within three months.
If you free the slaves with the money you earned from working like that, you will return the money you paid, and you will need money to settle down, so I told you a good story.
In fact, this was Tori’s exploitation of a blind spot in the law set forth by the imperial family. Because there is no provision prohibiting return.
Thanks to that, other races, other than the newly introduced slaves, could easily live in Aus, and the citizens of Aus territory also accepted other races without prejudice.
In this way, other tribes settle in Aus territory, adapt to civilization, and live in search of happiness in their own way.
Most of the other races joked that they would never live in the forest again after adapting to human civilization.
And the other races were grateful to Tor Aus who created the environment. It was because he was the one who cared for them so that they could live without persecution.
Hearing such a story from his own people, Iris and Maria could not help but be kind to him. Tori found out that he was a decent person among humans.
“Anyway… Why are you making such a fuss?”
I asked while tidying up my clothes.
“His Majesty has canceled the audience. Do you know what’s going on After you said you’d come back first, you said you wouldn’t meet. What did you do?”
I snorted lightly as I saw him questioning him with a quick-fire gun. Where did all the Duke tone go? It’s like telling a friend
“I just mixed a few words properly so that our rights would not be taken away.”
“That’s right. I didn’t curse. There was no violence.”
Iris added to my words. At that, Tori thumped her forehead and shouted.
“That is natural!”
“Mmm. Then there is no reason to be angry? I didn’t curse, and I didn’t wield violence. Ah~ Come to think of it, Master gave a blow.”
“… What did you blow?”
“Obviously…… Will you kill me next time? Was it the same nuance?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
Not at all.
I also said that if something like this happens, I will go out myself. Even this was not my intention, but it was anyway.
Tori’s facial muscles stiffened at Maria’s words and Iris’ sympathy.
“What crazy—!”
“But isn’t it our fault that we got mad and shut ourselves up in the corner of the room? It’s the little emperor’s personality that’s the problem.”
“…… Prause, how come your disciples……. Do you think it resembles you?”
“Oh! Is that true? Do I look like Master? This is embarrassing.”
Iris gently wags her tail and strokes the back of her hair. Seeing her blushing face, Tori smiled bitterly at her.
“It’s not a compliment… ….”
“…… Don’t worry too much. Because the emperor will not be able to touch you hastily.”
I said as I picked up the flam placed next to Urca. Pull out the sword Even though he handled it so harshly, he admired the blade without a single scratch.
“What do you mean?”
After looking around, I put the flam in the scabbard.
“As Urca defeats Thoreau, the Emperor’s people will see Urca as equal to or better than Thoreau..”
“But isn’t there a guarantee that the white swan won’t move with that?”
“No. The emperor has no choice but to be cautious. They must have been sure Thoreau would win this duel. Urca must have been the most easygoing among our forces.”
Urca’s strength had already been fully revealed in the Empire. I’ve been fighting monsters for years, and the information was taken by the empire, so it was strange not knowing.
That’s why I was able to write down the odds of winning or losing the duel.
But they overlooked the fact that I was by Urca’s side.
You must have thought that no matter how much I was, I wouldn’t be able to grow Urca, which has reached its limits. So even if I taught her Urca, she probably didn’t interfere.
“But Thoreau was defeated by Urca. Even more so, even though Terre helped, it was the result, so the emperor would think to himself. Soro can’t beat Urca.”
“Still, it’s hard to be sure that he won’t move with it… ….”
“Aren’t we here?”
“What?”
“What they really fear is me and my disciples. Even if they weren’t active externally, information would still be leaking out. And because that information is leaked, they can’t move. I can’t tell how strong this side is.”
I couldn’t decide whether it would be okay to send Baek Gwang-jo or not, so I had no choice but to hesitate about sending it. Baek Gwang-jo is the hidden fanny of the emperor.
Furthermore, even if the emperor had forgiven my rudeness so far in order to take advantage of me, being unable to say anything even after hearing the warning I gave in a private space a while ago was a completely different issue.
The emperor is the center of the empire.
A man like that can’t say anything to a commoner?
This was proof that he was ‘afraid’ of my power. The fact that they arbitrarily thought of me as a warrior must have also played a role.
Anyway, when I put all of that information together, I was able to conclude that the Emperor did not move the White Gwangjo.
“But wouldn’t they try to kill you in reverse?”
“Baek Gwang-jo is not a militia, and I will not abandon it like that.”
“I see… ….”
Finally, Tori is convinced.
“Of course, not 100 percent. Because there are always variables in everything. So I’m thinking of making a comparison. So that, in case of war with Baek Gwang-jo, I can overwhelmingly shoot.”
While saying that, I thought that the development of fighting Baek Gwang-jo was not bad.
My guess is that after Lufen dies, Chris will be the next to succeed the throne. This was inevitable
This meant that Baek Gwang-jo, who assisted the emperor, would fall into Chris’ hands.
If that bastard gains command of White Gwangjo, needless to say, he will try to kill us, and we will eventually have no choice but to deal with White Gwangjo.
So it could be said that it was not a bad result to definitely break down at this point.
Of course, I’m not the one who subdues the White Gwangjo. Our warriors will do it. I’m going to suck my finger from behind.
“What about contrast?”
“I plan to meet ‘Jibakryeong’ at the southernmost tip of the border of the Empire.”
“Dark spirit?”
“The southernmost tip of the empire? No way, Prause, you…….”
The two spirit kings are perplexed. The reason they were flustered was that I was guessing the location of the Jibakryeong, which no one knew.
“Yes. I am going to meet Orient, a fragment of the World Tree and the king of the spirits of the earth.”
Because only Tina has the final weapon, she’s a little anxious, so I thought of taking out the farming gin too.
So please protect me from now on with the final weapon you saved. Our warriors!
* * *
Demon Castle, the highest and largest building in the Demon Realm.
There were nine beings sitting in front of a long table in a huge space. And the black-haired man sitting in the seat of honor looked back at the people gathered in this space. Again and again
I’ve been repeating that for an hour already.
Except for the person sitting in the seat of honor, the other eight people rolled their eyes, noticing even exhaling.
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“Has everyone gathered?”
“Yes! Demon King!”
The Demon King, those who heard Blass Whale’s words answered as if they had been waiting. Those who answered were the corps commander and vice-commander, who trembled at the mention of their name even in the Pandemonium.
By the time the echo echoed in the empty space died down, Blas continued.
“It’s already been several months since everyone already knows, so I’ll tell you directly. The Black Dragon, who was ranked 11th and belonged to Peremus’ legion, was defeated.”
People sitting on his horse drooled.
The report that the black dragon was dead was reported immediately through Stella. Even so, it was the demon king who had not responded for several months.
But when the story was brought up, the corps commanders had no choice but to have doubts.
“The upper ranks of the Demon Realm were attacked. But why did you not respond at all? I’m just watching you, it doesn’t look like you’re going to act at all.”
“Sorry! Demon King!”
Some immediately apologized. Blas frowned at him because he didn’t want an answer like that. His gaze turns to the blue-skinned man sitting to his right.
“Peremus.”
“Yes!”
Peremus bows his head to Blas.
“I belonged to your corps. Why didn’t you do anything?”
“…… Sorry.”
The reason why Peremus didn’t take action.
It was because the demon king didn’t give an order. If Blas had only given orders, he would have attacked alone and tried to trample the man who killed the black dragon.
But the fact that he didn’t say anything meant that he would abandon the black dragon, so he didn’t take any action.
But I couldn’t say that to Blas, the demon lord, so I just apologized.
“You are lazy. Those who are called corps commanders!”
At the same time as the voices rose, the people present began to tremble as the blood gushed out. Two of the deputy corps commanders were on the verge of fainting.
“Peremus, do we have to suffer?”
“Oh no!”
“Then what are you going to do?”
“I will attack the empire right away and destroy all of them!”
“You sound reckless. It is true that humans are weaker than demons, but they are strong when united. Besides, as long as a hero is born, if you go alone, you will only be killed.”
Blas Whale knew that the first demon king died fighting alone arrogantly. It was obvious what would happen if Peremus, who was weaker than him, jumped alone.
“Then lead the corps… ….”
“Are you going to drag an unfinished corps? Is your corps meant to commit suicide?”
Blass shook his head at the one-dimensional way of thinking. Peremus pressed his mouth shut as if he had become mute.
Blas sighed and snapped his fingers. Then, a large map appeared in the air. Blas left a black dot on the southernmost border of Pandemonium.
“I found traces of the spirit king in a place where the demon world and the human world are adjacent. Since you went to the human world alone, he is the spirit king who has prevented demons from invading. Do you remember that the passage to the south was completely blocked because of him?”
“Yes.”
“So far he has been hiding himself and attacking the demons, but he will have no choice but to reveal himself to stop you. So go and kill the spirit king. So that the warriors do not contract.”
The only target of the demon king’s check was the hero. The only thing Blass Whale was worried about was the hero.
And since he knew that a hero would become much stronger by making a contract with the Spirit King, he planned to remove one of the hero’s means to use against him in advance.