The atmosphere in the conference room is chilly.
“…Then, let’s start the meeting.”
And in that atmosphere, in a low voice, I declare the start of the Demon King’s Army meeting.
“Of course, since I just joined the Demon Lord’s Army, I don’t know the agenda of the meeting or how to proceed. So, I’ll ask Dmir Khan to conduct today’s general meeting.”
When my continued words were finished, Dmir Khan, who had been watching me for a while, quietly opened his mouth.
“Yes, just leave it to me.”
Unlike before, his attitude is quite polite.
“”……..””
Not only that, but most of the executives are hesitating and staring at me. Thanks to this, even if I try to make a calm expression, I can’t manage it well.
‘For once, the desired effect came out.’
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Earlier, when Dmir Khan asked me if I was the Demon Lord, I avoided answering. That is, neither affirm nor deny.
Thanks to this, the executives who do not know whether the person in front of them is the Demon King or just the second person who is just quite strong will probably die.
If I serve as the Demon King even though I am not the Demon Lord, that is disrespect for the Demon Lord.
Of course, that’s exactly what I wanted.
Actually, I mistook me for the demon king, so I want to take the role of the demon king and defeat the demon king army, but Dmir Khan is in contact with the demon king in some way.
So, if you openly pretend to be the Demon King, you will soon be exposed.
However, if you give a sneak peek without expressing such an accurate position, the scenario will be created in their minds.
Of course, because I can’t be sure, the executives will wither to death, but that’s not my part-time job.
“Then, it’s the first thing…”
While I was thinking about it, Dmir Khan, who was clearing his voice, announced the first agenda.
“The whereabouts of the hero who recently appeared again in the world is still unknown. Have any of the officers found out where the hero is?”
Then the officers started looking at each other.
“It seems that there is no one there. If so… I will ask those who are currently infiltrating the church and the imperial family. How is the investigation into the whereabouts of the hero done?”
Dmir Khan, who was looking at them with a calm expression, frowned slightly and asked a question, and the woman with the name tag of an intelligence officer stood up and started reporting.
“The Sun God Church is incompetent, as always. Paladins and monks go around the capital and provinces every day to ask questions… But they don’t find the hero they want to find, and they’re plundering their offerings.”
“Well, in the first place, the Pope is on our side, so we have no choice but to be incompetent.”
Seeing Dmir Khan muttering softly after hearing those words, it seems that the Pope was already a member of the Demon King’s army at this point.
The future of the empire is very bright as the leader of the largest religious group, which is exerting some influence not only on the Sunrise Empire but also on several continents.
“However, there is a variable called a saint in the current denomination. What is her position on the hero now?”
Dmir Khan, who was grinning as if he was thinking the same thing as me, immediately asked a question in a serious voice.
Looking at that, as expected, the existence of a ‘saint’ seems to remain a great trauma to the demon king army thanks to the legendary first saint of 1000 years ago.
“The saint said that she would go on a pilgrimage to find the hero herself. Of course, it is quite doubtful whether the ‘pure-white saint’ will have any effect if she makes a pilgrimage, but… in progress.”
After saying that, the woman who had finished speaking sat down again, this time the man next to her got up from her seat.
“The imperial family is struggling quite a bit. They spend 1/3 of the Imperial Templar’s forces on the story of a warrior, and promise a huge bounty to anyone looking for a hero, and even contact a guild in the afterlife. I’m taking it all.”
Upon hearing that, Dmir Khan asked with a sad expression on his face.
“Does it look like a fire has gone out in the instep?”
“If the Demon King appears and the empire collapses, all the absolute power they have enjoyed will be in vain.
I was so sympathetic to the man’s words that I was nodding my head involuntarily and muttering, so Dmir Khan asked a question in a sharp voice.
“Then, what is the risk?”
“It’s not that high. It’s more active than the Church, but it’s all about incompetence. However, the ‘Imperial Knights’ and ‘The Third Princess’ need to be especially vigilant.”
After the report was over, the man sat down, and Dmir Khan looked at me again, and then cautiously asked a question.
“Uh… Do you have any advice for Frey-sama?”
“My advice?”
As he stared at Dmir Khan, who suddenly asked for advice, with a frown, he shook his head and began to explain further.
“That’s it, aren’t Frey-sama the ‘Descendants of the Brave Family’?
Saying that, Dmir Khan started looking at me with a slightly anticipatory expression, and so were the other executives.
“Well… I’m fine…”
However, I couldn’t come out as a hero here, so I tried to get past it, but suddenly a good idea came to my mind.
Of course, it is unknown whether it will work, but I decided to give it a try in a good or bad way, and after a while, I started talking with a serious expression on my face.
“…Oh, come to think of it, there is a phrase that has been passed down from generation to generation to the head of the brave family.”
“Is it a door that is passed down from generation to generation?”
When Dmir Khan heard that, his eyes began to shine, and I began to add flesh to the story, thinking that if I did well, I could catch a big fish.
“Yeah, I also recently became the temporary head of the household, so I found out about that a few months ago.”
“So, what the hell is that phrase?”
As Dmir Khan urged me, I gave an order to the man sitting at the edge of the desk with a stern expression on my face.
“There you go, bring your paper and pen.”
Then, in an instant, a chilly air began to blow around.
“Dude, Captain. Don’t be angry.”
“Yeah, if you get mad here, you’re going to die.”
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Eventually, when the colleagues around them started to stop him urgently, I felt strange and asked a question to Dmir Khan, who was next to him.
“…who is he?”
“He is the captain of the battle officers. He was one of the top officers of the Demon King’s army, and he was the third in the Demon King’s army before.”
“ah…”
Sitting at the very edge, I thought he was the last, but he is the commander of the battle officers.
Thanks to this, I thought about apologizing for a moment, but since the second person in the Demon King’s army was not alive to apologize to the person who has now become the fourth person, I decided to just push it out as it is.
“Can’t you hear me? Didn’t I tell you to bring your paper and pen right away?”
Standing on the borderline between the Demon King and the second person, I urged him with a moderately arrogant tone, and a man full of scars began to clench his fists.
“All right.”
After a while, the man answered in a trembling voice, slowly got up from his seat, grabbed a piece of paper and a pen, and began to approach me.
“It’s a cheap quill. Let’s prepare something better next time.”
I took the paper and pen from him, and without looking at him, I gave orders to Dmir Khan and motioned for him to return to his seat.
“…wow.”
Then, the battle commander, who had been grinding his teeth for a while, returned to his seat, exhaling a savage breath.
“Have you ever seen this text?”
“Hey, this is…!”
I ignored him and wrote a letter on the paper, then I held it to Dmir Khan, and seeing the words, Dmir Khan immediately opened his eyes and muttered.
“Isn’t that the character used by the brave 1000 years ago…?”
“Yeah, the words written in those letters have been passed down through our family from generation to generation.”
“Then do you know the meaning of this sentence?”
As I spoke with a serious expression on my face, Dmir Khan asked me a question with a face full of anticipation.
“Of course you know. Of course, very short.”
After I finished preparing to catch him, I coughed and started talking.
“After a thousand years, the person the world should find is a woman, from an orphan. And…”
“And?”
As I blurted out my words, Dmir Khan hurried me in a cold sweat, and I looked at him and shook my head in response.
“I’m sorry, but the text is cut off here.”
“ah…”
Then Dmir Khan let out a sigh as if it were a pity.
“It’s the fault of my forefathers who put insurance on them just in case. But I know how to find out what’s behind this.”
“Is that true!?”
As he spoke hopeful words to him again, Dmir Khan’s eyes began to twinkle. And, at that moment, I sensed the success of the plan and started talking with a smile.
“Find out all the inscriptions in the ‘Remains of the Heroes’ that exist in the Western Continent. That’s the key to uncovering the background.”
“All right.”
Dmir Khan, who bowed his head at those words, declared to the executives who had been dazed until then.
“In any case, the search for the hero seems to be going ahead of us anywhere else. Of course, we need your cooperation to do that.”
After saying that, Dmir Khan took a moment to breathe, opened the map on the desk and tried to continue the story…
From now on, we will be in the Western Continent…”
“Wait.”
A woman with the appearance of a typical demon, who had been quietly listening to him, abruptly stood up and cut off his words.
“Le Mernot, now…”
“Who are you?”
Dmir Khan tried to stop her, but I stopped him and asked her a question in a cold voice.
“I am Lemerno, a pure demon who is in charge of the strategies and tactics of the Demon King’s army.”
“…ho.”
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Eventually, after hearing her introduction, I brightened my eyes and said, ‘I used the information search skill.
[Name: Le Mernot]
[Ability: 6 Strength / 6 Magical Power / 9.2 Intellect / 5 Spirit]
[Notice: None]
[Alignment: Tactician]
[Goodness Value: -80]
‘…She was the one who broke up with Serena every day.’
After looking into her information, I remembered that she was a strategist who had a head-to-head fight with Serena in the previous episode.
‘Well, it was more of a toy than Serena’s opponent.’
Of course, it was a head fight with words, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Serena actually beat her with her head.
According to the words of King Seonjo written in the ‘Prophecy’, it is said that the relationship between ‘Zhuge Gongmyong’ and ‘Samaui’ is similar.
The fact that it was the Sunrise Empire commanded by Serena that ended up being destroyed is completely similar or something?
I don’t know for sure, but I think there were people like Serena in the world where Seonjo lived.
“It may sound disrespectful, but I don’t think I can trust the information Frey-sama gave me.”
Of course, Le Mernaud is not incompetent. Looking at it now, isn’t it the only objection to me?
The only reason she lost so horribly was that Serena was a ‘f*cking cheater’.
“Why can’t you trust my information?”
Feeling a little troubled thanks to this, I asked her a question in a low voice.
“Then let me ask you a question. Frey, could you please share with us how to decode that text?”
Then she looked straight at me and started talking.
“It’s difficult. Only direct descendants can decipher the letters left by previous warriors.”
“Why?”
“Ancient magic hanging on the family. It has a similar form to the Moonlight family’s ‘Curse of Dependence’ or the Sunrise Family’s ‘Oath’.”
Although it was an unexpected questioning, after calmly making excuses, Le Mernaud said with a slight frown.
“Then, please explain in detail why it is the ‘key’ to know all the characters written on the ruins in the Western Continent.”
“That’s… you don’t know. You just have to follow the basic rules of the ‘military’, ‘top and bottom’, and do what I tell you.”
I tried to make excuses to her again, but when I saw Le Mernot, who was looking at me with sharp eyes, I changed my strategy to shamelessly go out.
Because this was her goal.
I deliberately ask and repeat questions that are difficult for me to answer, leading to lies and excuses.
In doing so, a loophole will eventually appear in the statement, and Le Mernaud, who was only aiming for that moment, immediately digs into the loophole and breaks the logic.
So, in order not to get caught up in her schemes, you need a perfect alibi, or a coercive attitude.
Of course, in the current situation where I can only use improvisation, it would be the best option to press her down with a coercive attitude using the power that comes from my current position.
“That’s why you can’t trust Frey’s information.”
But maybe she couldn’t give up here, too, and she continued with a cold voice.
“Until now, our Demon Lords have relied on very uncertain information.”
“Unclear information?”
“Yes, I have only carried out unknown and ambiguous orders that are believed to be issued by the Demon Lord, whose identity and identity are not revealed. Thanks to this, the Demon Lord’s morale is only declining.”
At Le Mernot’s words, the executives quietly began to nod their heads. Apparently, there must have been quite a lot of things accumulated by the Demon King.
“But even Frey-sama comes out like that, so there will inevitably be an ‘information imbalance’. And that will eventually make the Demon Lords sick. So…”
“After all, isn’t that the story of not being able to trust Frey-sama?”
Then, as she continued the conversation, Dmir Khan, who had been listening quietly, interrupted our conversation.
“Are you saying you can’t trust Frey-sama, the second-in-command of the Demon King’s army?”
“…The Starlight family is a family of warriors who light up the darkness.”
Then she did not lose and added something, and the moment the atmosphere flowed uncontrollably…
“Then what should I do?”
“yes?”
I quietly raised my hand to stop the conversation between the two of them, and I spoke to Le Mernaud in a low voice.
“Can I show you ‘evidence’ to trust me?”
“Yeah, with the right evidence… everyone will be happy.”
As she answered and looked around, all the executives started looking at me.
There was clear suspicion in their eyes.
‘…a fine hair rolls well.’
As a last resort, she seems to have chosen the strategy of instilling ‘very little doubt’ in the executives while keeping the right line.
If I leave them alone, one day the seeds of doubt will germinate and grow, eventually threatening me.
The emotion of doubt is a feeling that is more powerful than any other emotion that arises inevitably without end.
So I will remove the seeds of doubt from now on.
Using emotions that are far stronger than doubts.
“Am I already showing you the evidence?”
“What do you mean?”
After hearing my words, Le Mernaud frowned slightly and asked.
Perhaps, she noticed my suspicion and instinctively sensed that her plan to instill suspicion in everyone was going wrong.
Of course, even if I felt it, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
“Dmir Khan, tell me why instead of you.”
With that in mind, I gave an order to Dmir Khan, who was quietly bowing his head next to me.
If he is a cunning and opportunistic person, but at the same time shows blind loyalty to the ‘Demon King’, he will understand well what I mean by ‘evidence’.
“…the fact that we are alive is proof of that.”
When Dmir Khan finished speaking, everyone froze at the same time.
And at that point, with a smile of conversion, I questioned the man who handed me a paper and pen earlier.
“There you, what’s your job?”
“…one of the top executives, and the commander of the Demon King’s battle cadres.”
“Okay, so if you fight me… how long do you think I’ll last?”
Hearing this, the man rolled his eyes and then spoke in a low voice.
“At first, I was expecting 3 to 5 minutes… but looking at the battles before, it seems that I can’t stand the match.”
As I watched with a relaxed expression on the faces of the executives who heard those words, I threw in a word as if it was nothing special.
“I can decapitate all of you with one swing of my sword now.”
Of course, that’s a lie.
Before I swing my sword and kill them all, my health will run out.
“Are you all wanting that?”
“”……..””
But the executives probably didn’t think so, and they all started to turn into frightened eyes.
Of course, I must have noticed that I drew my sword and was stroking it with the mana of the stars.
“I know that you are suspicious of me. One day, a person becomes the second-in-command… And that’s because the descendants of the Heroic clan are now seated.”
And seeing them like that, I started talking in a low voice.
“Perhaps you are doubting that I am not a ‘hero’.”
Of course, they must have suspected me as a spy rather than a hero. However, for those who have lost their ability to judge the situation due to panic, what I am saying now will be engraved as true.
“But if I’m a real hero, I can kill you all with just one swing of my sword… Why would I be the second person without doing that?”
After saying that and looking at everyone, the executives started avoiding my gaze.
“So, put away your unnecessary doubts. If you hear noise after saying this, then consider it as a challenge to me.”
When I finished talking to them in a cold tone, all the executives began to bow their heads.
“……..”
Meanwhile, Le Mernaud, who was among those executives, was alone with a cold expression on his face.
Most of the executives used fear to suppress them, but again, Le Mernaud seems to be dissatisfied with me.
‘Well, it’s still worthwhile, so I’ll eat it up a bit… If the number is wrong, I’ll kill it.’
After making the decision and smiling proudly, I started muttering the thoughts that suddenly came to me.
‘…For some reason, the work of the Demon King is quite suitable for me, isn’t it?’
As he was thinking such absurd thoughts, Dmir Khan, who was next to him, coughed in vain and brought up the story.
“Then, the next item.”
Having said that, seeing the picture Dmir Khan gave to everyone, I started to smile quietly.
“In this slave market to be opened soon, we will secure slaves for the Demon King’s army.”
‘…it’s not too late.’
I still don’t know what the devil’s intentions are that made me a top executive, but I have no intention of ever being swayed by the system, variables, and the demon king.
So, from now on, I will eat the Demon King’s army frugally and disrupt her plan as much as possible.
It’s a good thing, while relieving some stress.
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Shortly after the meeting that had been going on for so long, most of the executives left the hall.
“…Mr. Dmir Khan. Talk to me.”
Le Mernot, who remained in the meeting room until the end, spoke to Dmir Khan, who was still there until the end.
“I know what you want to say.”
Then, Dmir Khan, who was looking down at the desk, answered in a cold voice.
“I can’t believe Frey. There’s so much to hide…”
“If, really, what if… he’s our Demon King?”
Le Mernot tried to persuade him urgently, but Dmir Khan stopped her and started talking.
“The Demon Lord I have met so far has always been hiding his identity. Not only his appearance, his identity, but also his own voice.”
Since no one except Dmir Khan had ever met the Demon King in person, Le Mernoud, who had nothing to say, paused for a moment and began to listen to him.
“All I know is that he’s the same height and build as Frey-nim… and uses the same arrogant and arrogant tone as Frey-sama.”
Le Mernaud, who frowned at those words, said with an absurd expression on his face.
“Are you going to convince yourself with such poor evidence?
“Fray-sama is the first ‘Magic Swordsman’ to appear in history.”
But Le Mernaud, hearing those words, quietly shut his mouth.
“Even his swordsmanship and magical powers are on the highest level at the same time. Such a thing is impossible without the ‘Demon King’.”
“But, last time, the Demon Lord said that he erased your attack with just one lift of a finger.”
Hearing Dmir Khan’s assertion that followed, Le Mernot shook his head and began to refute.
“Fray’s dance today was literally mythical, but the lift of a finger wasn’t enough to erase all attacks. So…”
“I have something to tell you about that.”
However, after cutting her words off once again, Dmir Khan started talking with a serious expression on his face.
“The Demon Lord has a ‘restriction’.’
“Restrictions?”
“I don’t know what kind of restriction it is… Looking at the Demon Lord-sama’s continued hiding of his identity, the fact that he does not share the identity of the hero, and various other actions, it is clear that an unknown force is putting some kind of ‘restriction’. “
Having said that, Dmir Khan soon finished speaking in a confident tone.
“And… it’s the same with Frey-sama.”
“yes?”
“Didn’t you feel it too? When Frey-sama earlier talked about the identity of the hero, he took a detour and avoided some questions.”
“…Umm.”
Hearing those words, Le Mernaud looked back on his memories and fell silently in thought.
“Well, it’s too early to be certain yet… If my guess is correct…”
And looking at Le Merno like that, Dmir Khan smiled and whispered softly.
“…Finally, the Demon Lord will appear in the world.”
Truly, it was the moment when an unprecedented illusion was born.