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The bigger the trump card, the more you have to hide it in your hand. Especially if it’s a rare but impractical hand. Spilled water cannot be picked up and exposed information cannot be hidden again. It is best to hide as much as possible and aim for the most important moment.
However, unless you hold it tightly and take it with you to the afterlife, you should use it someday.
Now, what are you deceiving?
I am actually the king of men.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m great. Because this fact hasn’t helped me in my entire life.
If you are the king of beasts, you must rule over each individual with a powerful force that can represent each of the original beasts. That is the providence of the world, and it is the proper reason.
But I have no power.
I don’t even have the means to prove that I am the king.
Crown, dragon, and throne. Nothing was given to me.
Naked king lying in the village, that is me. Not naked, but anyway.
“The King of Man… ?”
Historia was skeptical. In fact, he was very good at skepticism, and if Maximilien hadn’t said it seriously, he would have just dismissed it as nonsense.
I set out to dispel Historia’s suspicions.
“right. I am the king of men So, from now on, I will call you Your Majesty, please me, and pay 50% of the money I earn as taxes.”
“It’s noisy, so be quiet.”
“yes.”
Look at this. If you don’t know the king of humans or anything, you’re of no use to anyone?
While I kept my mouth shut, the sullen people continued to ask questions at will.
“… I’ve been told that there is no human king. Humans are the masters of all things. He can choose his own king, and he is a dignified being who rules the earth.”
“You really think so? Are human beings dignified?”
A mechanical smirk appeared on Maximilian’s face.
“Even great men like you are deceived by such words, but what about the other fellow citizens? No matter how much you want to ignore it, the truth is clear. Humans are by nature beasts, and the only advantage they have compared to other animals is that they are slightly stronger. A foolish man believes he is special, but hope is always far from the truth.”
“However… .”
“However! Humans have used extraordinary ways to be special! By human hands, by killing their king! You have become a ‘special’ being who has done things that even beasts wouldn’t do! I can’t figure out how he killed him, but I mean!”
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For reference, I don’t know. It was before I was born.
Even a king does not know what happened in his lifetime.
“How can you prove that Huey is the king of men?”
okay. If possible, let the world know with clear evidence. Why are you only sulking about cancer? If possible, use the power you have and make me king.
To Historia’s question, Maximilian gradually increased his momentum and answered.
“I can’t!”
“Isn’t the director convinced?”
“assurance? Not at all! No one can be sure! Thanks to killing kings with their own hands, humans have had many kings! How do you choose a human king in a world where even a beggar becomes a king when he is crowned!”
Contrary to the past, where he was accusing me of this and that, he is proudly boasting to Historia. He seems to be the type of person who feels good while pretending to know.
He’s not the kind of person who’s really suited to running a secret organization.
“Nevertheless, the king of men is the king, the prophet of all men! If there was a human king, he would most likely understand any human being. No matter how twisted and devious a human being, if it is a human, it must be!”
A twisted and twisted human. Hearing those words, Historia instantly remembered a person.
‘Rankart. The unlucky bastard, whom others saw like a bug, was only favorable to Huey. Not only that. Even Huey, the founder of Tirkanzaka, was always attentive. Compared to what they showed, everyone was exceptionally favorable.’
Hey, if possible, I’d like to think of myself first. Why do you think you are normal?
While he was tackling with his mouth shut, Maximilian even began to spit out unanswered stories.
“If you were the king of men, you would understand. It’s okay to change any part of a human being into a cog wheel! Arms and legs, joints and muscles are just machines made of organic material, and cogs are enough to replace them! Humans can get better with cog wheels… !”
Historia recalled the memory of fighting Maximilian.
A little while ago, Maximilien appeared with a steel beetle. The appearance was so noisy that Historia found Maximilian long before he reached it.
Historia, who fought against the angel, was not in normal condition. To the extent that I wasn’t sure if I could even use a qigong bullet, let alone a bayonet gun doctor. Historia, who was at a disadvantage in many ways, tried to engage in guerrilla warfare from a distance.
But Maximilien did not respond. While riding in the beetle, he steadily approached the communications headquarters. Historia’s bullets are powerful, but not enough to pierce a level 5 alchemy steel beetle. Unable to let him approach, Historia had no choice but to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
When he confronted the steel beetle alone, ripped the cogwheels with his bare hands, barely made a gap, and attacked Maximilien, who was exposed even though his body was torn by the saw blade.
Maximilien’s limbs moved very strangely. It’s like a cog in a gear turns… .
“Like the arms and legs of the director?”
There was no intention there. He simply explained the facts he had learned through the battle.
But the most inconvenient thing in the world is none other than the truth.
The smile disappeared from Maximilian’s face. A tick, a squeaking sound, echoed in his head.
“… That was too long. Director of Historia, I believe that those with qualifications would understand. that you have no intention of harming the king of men.”
However, Maximilian’s mechanical words and actions were not suitable for expressing emotions. Historia did not notice his discomfort and added a word.
“What is the Director going to do with Huey? I have no other intentions… . ahh… !”
Water overflows because of the drop that fell just before it overflowed.
Maximilian, upset, snapped his fingers. The gears moved heavily and pulled Historia’s limbs.
Among the bows, there are types that use the power of the hoist to pull the bow. Historia’s body moved just like that bow. Each time the cogs twisted her limbs, her waist bent even more. A tearing scream escaped Historia’s mouth.
Maximilien twisted a human limb, but his expression did not change.
“Be aware of your location, Chief Historia. I have the right to escape your life or death. Are you here, interrogating the person holding your lifeline? How stupid are you?”
“Ah! off… !”
“You deserve to be my ally, but if you let me down again and again, I will reconsider my judgment. An ally who does not know his fraction is more dangerous than an enemy.”
outright torture Unable to see, I approached and pulled the cog wheel as hard as I could, but again, it had no effect. Even thinking about it again, I wonder if such a thing is a king.
Maximilian didn’t relax when he saw me whimpering.
“It was my pure favor to explain the situation to the oppressed opponent. But the warden betrays the favor. Do you understand?”
“Ahh. Of course. I understood perfectly. Wasn’t our history too presumptuous?”
Time was enough. There were also many clues.
A steel beetle, a sophisticated mechanism with hundreds of thousands of organically linked cogs.
power? none. It can only move with the power of Maximilian, who turns the cogwheel, and only when under his control will it exert its maximum power. To others, it is just a pile of scrap metal, but to Maximilian, it is a weapon that will never be taken away.
among them here. A prison made of cogs that weighs down its arms and legs with the amplification of mechanical power in addition to its powers.
Unlike the Cheonjamsa that the regressor tied to, the cog wheels are constantly being subjected to force. You cannot escape by transforming your body with Qigong. As soon as it deforms, it tightens even more.
“… But escape magic is the most dramatic when it seems impossible.”
As I said that, I grabbed the gears on the side of Historia’s legs with both hands. Maximilian’s eyes narrowed.
‘Do you want to unscrew the cog wheel? Foolish, if you knew the structure of the steel beetle, you would know it was a futile attempt. Did you not understand?’
I understood. From what I’ve read, to untie these cogs with human force, you’ll have to disassemble them one by one, starting with the tail of the steel beetle. it sounds impossible
Maximilien, who knows this better than anyone, said, hiding his slight disappointment.
“Don’t even let me down. Steel beetles cannot move by force.”
“Because I understand.”
If it moves only by force, it is absolutely impossible. Only Maximilien can move the steel beetle.
“Are you protesting to me to stop? If so, that’s even more disappointing. If you think I’ll change my mind if I use the swarm… .”
giggle.
When he heard a sound he should never have heard, Maximilien shut his mouth. Not understanding the current situation, he belatedly looked at what was happening.
The cog wheel is spinning. Backwards.
It’s not something I’ve done by force. I don’t have enough power. No, even if Tyr comes, she will not be able to resist the force exerted by this steel beetle with pure physical strength. The mechanical device created by a mad genius over the years amplifies the power of the click of a finger by thousands or even tens of thousands of times.
One way to move this. Maximilian’s power, Lee during the Gongon Supervision… .
A unique mage pretending to be. Just use it to turn cogs.
“… !”
Maximilian was astonished. Even his mechanical thinking can’t keep up with the shock too much.
A cog wheel that was completely under his control and had to move at his will. His only weapon, the Steel Beetle, is out of his control.
‘no way… ! The king of humans, even his own magic… !’
It took only a few seconds for him to regain consciousness. That time is enough.
Historia’s body bounced out of nowhere. As the force applied by the gears disappears, the right leg and right arm come out lightly. Then the rest is easy. Before even touching the cog on the other side, Historia pulled it out by force.
Historia regained her freedom in an instant and staggered and landed on the ground. I waited for her to land, then spread my arms out and shrugged.
“Voila. Did you have fun? Escape magic! Applause everyone!”
As I shouted proudly, Maximilian raised both his hands with his eyes wide open. Historia acted as a harbinger of an attack, but it was not an attack.
Maximilian laid one hand down and started clapping, moving only his right arm. It was such a passionate applause that Historia, who had taken a defensive stance, was in vain.
After a long time, I met an audience who responded well.
Lmao leave it to MC to be able to engage psychopaths so well
Another battle, damn, I was bamboozled by slice-of-life prison arc! It was shounen all along!)
Man this is great.