Episode 19. Operation to exterminate the gangster (5)
“I can feel demonic energy in everyone here.”
Around the time when I was looking around the store for about thirty minutes and carefully observing people’s actions, Ariel said that.
“…… From people?”
“It doesn’t come from people, to be precise, but I feel it near my chest. It looks like she’s wearing a necklace or something.”
“I see.”
Is it the same as using a plaque as a medium?
“But the amount is so small that if I don’t pay attention, I don’t think even I will know.”
Is it a small amount of magic that even the spirit king can’t feel?
Only Kyo-Kyo could do such a thing.
The demon’s physical ability itself was not very good, but it was a demon with a knack for reading the flow of mana and magic. Because of that, no matter how powerful magic was used, most of them were destroyed.
“I see.”
Anyway, the verification of the information is over.
According to the information from the game, it seemed that I could be confident in moving now.
“What are you going to do? A lot of people go in and out of the store, but I can feel demonic energy from everyone. Isn’t this a big deal? I think we need to get them all back right away.”
“…… It is impossible to retrieve.”
Men’s Trading Co. Has grown to the extent that it is currently one of the economic pillars of the Aium Kingdom. It was not known how far the plaque would spread. Not to mention, Kyokyo had already infiltrated the kingdom for decades.
It was impossible to collect everything now. But it wasn’t without a solution.
There was only one way.
It was to kill Kyokyo, the ringleader.
Now that the verification of the information has been completed, the current location of Kyokyo has been confirmed.
Right now, Kyokyo should be in the basement of the marquis’s annex.
The reason why she could not get caught for decades even though she hid in her kingdom was that there was no city with anti-demon magic and that she did not engage in outside activities at all.
Since Kyokyo can use the senses of brainwashed humans, she was able to obtain most of the information even while hiding. She didn’t have to go abroad.
“Then how?”
“I have no choice but to kill Kyokyo. I thought it would be okay since I told her to kill her demons before we parted ways, but I’ll have to warn her not to kill nobles who might have been brainwashed.”
I said as I pulled the delivery scroll from my bosom.
If you kill the nobles first without producing the proper results yet, things will get messy.
Don’t let anyone think that he was sent by the Empire to assassinate a noble.
Considering that we have a bad relationship with the imperial family, there is a possibility that they might try to get rid of us using this as an excuse, so we had to be careful.
I opened the delivery scroll. As soon as he took out his pen to write on the scroll, the door to the store opened violently.
“It’s a big deal!!”
A man barely raised his voice as he entered. He looked like a commoner. He looks straight at the employee even as he gasps.
A sudden intrusion draws the attention of the customers around him. We were no exception.
“What are you talking about? Please speak calmly.”
“Now, now at the Marquis House…… No no.”
The man who was about to speak gibberish caught his breath several times and then raised his head.
“Marquis Lecter was assassinated by a beastman!”
It was a voice that could be heard even from several tens of meters away. Citizens who had been paying attention to his words began to scream in astonishment.
“What? Is that true?”
“Yes!”
“If you are joking—”
“I don’t want to be dragged away for insulting the nobility, so why am I playing such a joke!!”
I was mesmerized by the conversation between the two.
It was because the worst situation I didn’t want to assume was pictured in my head.
“What the f*ck! You are looking at the store from here!”
The staff swears and prepares to leave in a hurry.
“Master, being a beast is…….”
Tina tugged at my sleeve and asked cautiously.
“Uh. I guess so.”
If it wasn’t for the facial expression management skill, all sorts of emotions would have come out. Fortunately, I was able to come to my senses right away, even though I was perplexed as to whether the facial expression management skill could even control my inner emotions.
Of course, the tens of thousands of thoughts that came to my mind in an instant made my head throb.
“Ariel, contact Naiad or Orient to locate the children. Right now.”
First of all, figuring out the location of the warriors was the first step. It was okay to grasp the situation belatedly.
Ariel nodded and drew the wind around her. As I closed my eyes and watched her start muttering something, I scrolled through her transmission.
“For now, I will go to the Marquis of Lecter.”
Because there must be demons over there.
If Kyokyo chose to run away, we would be cornered. No matter how much you know Kyokyo’s escape route, it was never easy to track Kyokyo under pressure from the kingdom.
She is a demon who does not fight directly. It would be fine as long as we could track it down to the end and kill it, but if even this fails, we may be branded as criminals and at the same time I may ‘fail’ to clear the game.
“Prause.”
“What is it?”
“The mana connection is unstable. This is because the Spirit King, who usually receives the signal, is consuming mana.”
“Does that mean you have manifested in the human world?”
“Maybe.”
Things get more complicated.
With the current Iris, even without Naiad manifesting, she was able to sufficiently subdue Kyokyo. Even so, it must be because something unexpected happened.
Did you get help from other demons?
No, that didn’t happen in the game. Is this also a variable?
Is it a variable that you visit Aium Kingdom with warriors who haven’t aged properly yet?
“Damn… ….”
I couldn’t figure out anything here. Everything was speculation, just assumptions. I had to see it myself to be sure.
“Ariel, Phoenix, I have a favor to ask of you. Will you be okay?”
“What is it?”
“From now on, I want you to visit the nobles I wrote down and find proof that they are the devil’s helpers. At this rate, the king will not investigate the nobles.”
In order for the situation to not go back to the worst, we must at least capture evidence that the nobles were puppets. Only then could it be possible to completely lose trust.
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“I think it would be better to leave evidence with Surveillance Magic. Originally, I tried not to receive your help as much as possible, but the situation is a situation, so I want you to help.”
“Okay. I’ll bring you proof that they’re puppets.”
I wrote the list down and handed it to Ariel, and she readily replied. Ariel immediately disappeared. Seeing where Ariel had disappeared, Phoenix shrugged her shoulders.
“I will definitely get the money for the meal.”
“Yes.”
“Is my Tina okay without me?”
“It’s okay. Because I have a master!”
“Yes.”
Phoenix gently stroked Tina’s hair, then disappeared following Ariel.
As soon as Ariel and Phoenix are released, the knights enter the Chamber. It was the same armor worn by the knights in the throne room.
“Find it everywhere!”
Oops. Did the royal knights come all this way already?
“Teacher.”
“Yes. We don’t have time to be like this.”
The problem was the process of going from the capital, Aium, to Lecter. It is speculated that the fact that the knights came in would be difficult to use the wizard.
It takes time to move at high speed. I couldn’t dare compare it to teleport.
Then I can’t choose…….
“Are you Prause?”
I sensed hostility from the knight who found us hiding behind a wall.
Damn it. I was so focused on my thoughts that I didn’t notice until he approached.
Tina grabs the handle of her sword and assumes her fighting stance. I blocked her in her.
Unless the opponent was a demon, the story came first.
“…… It is.”
“Okay. It’s nice to admit it. Do you admit that you were an accomplice in the aristocratic assassination?”
“The assassination of a noble is a misunderstanding.”
“…… Misunderstanding? All the knights of the Marquis family know that the fox beastman you brought killed them. Are you still going to get away with it?”
“I came here to kill the demons, not to assassinate the nobles of the kingdom. What is the reason for me to kill the marquis?”
“Isn’t it enough to just make a justification? Shut up and follow me Otherwise, I will cut off a limb before I put you in prison.”
I broke out in a cold sweat while watching the article that spoke bloodily. He pulls out his sword.
Is there no room for persuasion?
I desperately tried to come up with a possibility, but the accident didn’t go back to normal, perhaps because of my nervousness.
It was then.
“Master, this is a waste of time.”
“!”
Tina grabs my wrist. It meant letting go.
The knight who saw that frowned. In the meantime, other knights who have spotted us are approaching.
As she said, there was no time to be like this.
Catched by the Knights and sent to prison or wanted, the position is the same.
I let go of her hand and put her hood on.
“Tina, don’t kill me.”
“…… Yes.”
Tina clenched her fist as she put her sword back on her back. Tina dug through her gap and thrust her fist into her knight’s stomach.
Kaang!
The knight who received Tina’s fist as her armor stretches her godson as it is. He passed out in one room. Tina’s fist touched her armor, crumpling her shape beyond recognition.
…… It doesn’t kill you right?
“There is no time, so hurry up.”
Hana is reliable when it comes to fighting.
* * *
“Hey! Iris!”
Called Maria, who was chasing after Iris. But she didn’t answer. She didn’t have time to answer precisely.
My head was already preoccupied with the idea of killing Kyo-Kyo, and I couldn’t hear any other noise.
Snack!
Water splashes around Iris’ feet in the air.
“Iris!! Calm down! You were right! It couldn’t be helped!”
“It can’t be like this. Master will be disappointed.”
‘I will fix what I did. Certainly. Now, even if I don’t get compliments, I have to make sure Master doesn’t think I’m worthless. Otherwise it will be abandoned…….’
Strength goes into the hand holding the sword. Without taking her eyes off Kyo-Kyo, who was still out of his sight, she increased her speed even more.
[Iris! The hero must not be swayed by the demons!]
The manifested Naiad desperately shouted at Iris. Even so, her iris eyes were focused exclusively on Kyokyo.
“It’s okay, Naiad. Asmodian… Because I will kill you.”
Seeing Iris lose her temper, Kyokyo raised the corner of her mouth and kicked the air. It was the moment when Iris was about to draw her sword as the distance gradually shortened.
“What can I do? It’s a pity, but it seems that the pursuit ends here?”
Suddenly, Kyo-Kyo seeped into the market crowd. She intended to use her crowd to get away. Kyo-Kyo, who crept into her crowd, immediately erased her own demonic energy. Except for her tiny amount of magic to keep her brainwashed. But.
“”Ascension Sword”!”
Suddenly!
Kyokyo’s forearm flew through her air. It was Iris who appeared from among her alleys and cut off her Kyo-Kyo’s forearm.
“Finally caught…… ! Just die!!”
Iris swings her sword at Kyokyo’s neck.
At that moment, another person intervened. To be precise, it was Kyokyo who dragged it by using her demonic energy.
“What!”
The moment she reflexively drew her sword, Kyokyo approached her instead. Gathering her magic energy in her palm, I hit Iris’ abdomen directly.
Kaang!
“Huh?”
Kyokyo was taken aback by the crack spreading over her clothes with a sudden crackling sound. Seizing the moment, Iris threw away her human and swung her sword at Kyokyo’s neck again.
Suddenly!
Kyokyo’s head flies in the sky. Her head tumbled to the ground and rolled several times.
“So hard, that clothes!”
Her mouth continues to move even as blood leaks from her severed neck.
“But what? I’m already somewhere else So stop resisting and give up. After all, my purpose is not to kill you.”
“This… This goddamn bastard…… !”
Iris couldn’t hold back her anger and was about to slash Kyokyo’s body, but Maria threw her body to stop her.
“Iris! Stop!”
“If I can’t kill that thing! I am…… ! Don’t be hated by Master!”
“Just look around, you fool!”
Iris, who came to her senses at Maria’s words, stopped her actions. She looks around her with her jerky movements. The people in the marketplace were hesitant to see Iris.
The figure of a woman with a sword and a man with his head cut off.
The visual information was just there.
If she had someone who could sense demons, she would have known that her actions were to kill her demons, but this was an ordinary market place.
In other words, no one here could tell that she was right in what she did.
“Kyaaah!!”
In the end, the market turns into a mess with screams bursting out from among the crowd.
And Iris, who stared blankly at it, couldn’t help but fall into even more despair.
Everything was as Kyokyo intended.
Iris was nicely drawn into a dilemma, and it didn’t take long for the knights to arrive at the market.