Apostle of the Mischief (3)
In Vector’s lord’s castle, there was a cellar where servants were strictly controlled.
It is a space designed by Baren himself, which is almost completely isolated from the outside as well as inside the lord’s castle.
Baren, who had no idea what his new lord was like, thought that, like most nobles, his new master would need a nice cellar.
When it comes to capturing and torturing the lord’s political opponents, or enjoying secret hobbies that can’t be shown to the outside world, there’s nothing like a basement.
However, Chris now has a new use for this place that he had no use for. This cold and gloomy secret room was a perfect place for the weakened demon king to find his new home.
Chris doubted Varen’s decision until a few weeks ago… Now my mind has changed.
Baren was also a smart and capable talent.
Elgar also nodded with a satisfied expression, as if he liked the basement of the lord’s castle.
“It is wide and dark. It’s like it’s prepared for me.”
“That’s good, then.”
Chris, who had been trying hard to ignore the mouse crawling out of the dark corner, let out a sigh of relief.
I wondered what would happen if Elgar didn’t want to stay here, but fortunately he didn’t.
While they were talking, the lady-in-waiting in sleep mode began to move the items from the carriage.
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Moving using subspace pockets ended quickly.
Elgar had moved countless times so far, so he must have been used to moving like this.
When the head maid’s skillful skills were put to good use, the dreary basement turned into a saloon for tolerable aristocrats.
Elgar, who was sitting on the sofa used in the carriage, spoke to the maid with a satisfied smile.
“Now it is. Rest with Gearyk.”
“Excuse me.”
The lady-in-waiting slightly lowered her head and melted into the sound dimension.
When Chris saw it, he suddenly felt puzzled.
Elgar asks him, offering him a seat across from him.
“Why?”
“I… Didn’t it take more energy to go into the sound dimension? That’s what the ghost horse said.”
“Since the handmaidens of death are ghost-type undead, the negative dimension is their main base. Gearic is resting in a different way from the maid.”
“aha!”
A satisfactory answer came out somehow, but Chris’ face didn’t clear his face.
As if Elgar was feeling a bit frustrated, he pressed on.
“What are you so worried about?”
“Oh, no. He said earlier that he needed to replenish his mana, but he wanted to know how to help… … .”
Did you say congenital magic deficiency?
In fact, the speed at which archmages like Elgar absorb magic around them is no joke.
But to think that her magical power leaked out to the point where she was in trouble.
Yes, the disease must be quite serious.
It is said that they prepared a countermeasure called the secret magic of absorption, but sitting in the basement blankly did not produce the magic power that they lacked.
Of course, Elgar couldn’t just sit still and die, so if he ran out of mana, he might try to prey on the citizens of the city.
Chris, who had come to that point belatedly, couldn’t hide his anxiety.
Laughing at his reaction, Elgar shook his head.
“I will save as much as possible from now on, so don’t worry too much. There’s no way the mana consumption is the same as when he was leading the immortal army.”
“That, right? I’m glad then.”
“Of course I need some help from you. Occasionally, it also eats up some of the mana possessed by the underlings of the Evil God.”
Elgar responded lightly with a laugh, but Chris could sense the emotion underneath.
For the person called the Demon King to be stuck in a basement without any undead under his command is no different from being dead.
Still, I couldn’t really die, so I had no choice but to endure such humiliation.
Elgar, who had been provided with Chris’ mana, leaned against the sofa with a slightly more comfortable expression.
Chris, who greeted her and left the cellar, was able to sympathize with King Vortigan again.
According to the legend of King Arthur, two dragons lived in the basement of England’s royal castle, but now a demon king lives in his basement.
Thinking that it was fortunate that they were one instead of two, he bumped into Illesis who was coming down the stairs just in time.
“Ah, there are two of them, too.”
“huh? What are you talking about? What are you doing in the basement all of a sudden?”
Illesis, who asked the question without much thought, raised one eyebrow when Chris’ answer was delayed.
In her experience, when he reacts like this, there must be something.
After hesitating for a while, Chris called Tyrone and Baren and announced the facts about Elgar.
The office where the four of them were gathered went cold in an instant.
While everyone was hesitant to speak, Illesis first denounced Chris.
Her voice, which made a revolutionary contribution in the last fight, is very cold.
“chris. Since you are the owner of this land, I won’t say anything about what you decided on your own. But why do you bother calling Baren and revealing that?”
Baren, who was openly rejected by Illesis, looked slightly hurt, but she didn’t care.
In fact, no matter what anyone says, it doesn’t change that he’s from the side of Basilonia.
Chris responds straight away in a rather intimidated voice.
“Well, it would be easier for Baren to conceal the basement if he knew about Elgar.”
Even when Chris is present, Baren is in charge of almost everything in the territory.
It is not easy even for Chris to ignore him and let Elgar live.
When Varen, who was encouraged by Chris’ remarks, tried to express his opinion, Chris quickly shook his head.
“Hey, my lord. still… … .”
“Wait, just know Baren. my words… Do you know what that means?”
“… All right.”
It was Chris’ intention to provide information but not allow counterarguments.
Even though Baren is a practitioner, it is the lord’s prerogative to make decisions.
When Chris made it clear, even Baren didn’t dare to argue.
The fact that the scale of the incident had grown too large for him to intervene also played a role. He wouldn’t be able to tell the king easily about something like this.
After hearing Chris’ explanation, Elesis crossed her arms with a slightly satisfied expression.
Unlike Chris, who felt indebted to Elgar, she showed little sign of it.
Perhaps, as I said before, everyone except Chris and Rosefeld were considered enemies.
But she always respected his opinion.
There are a lot of things that I don’t like this time around, so I guess I roughly understood the reason for recruiting Elgar.
As Illesis, who has the highest say among the three, remains silent, Tyrone grumbles.
“How long have you been away from that nightmare woman? … .”
“I’ll give it to you later.”
“The more difficult times, the more we should help each other. If Elgar-sama is here, it will be of great help later on.”
Tyrone, who had not originally expressed a clear opinion, changed his attitude at Chris’s words.
In fact, even if I try to expel Elgar now, I can’t help it. If she holds a grudge and puts a spell like the ordeal of the sun god on Vector, no answer comes out.
Chris and his party did not have the slightest desire to stay homeless in a burned estate.
That said, I didn’t even want to think about the crazy thing of fighting against the demon king again.
After a brief meeting, the three finally took a proper break.
I was worried that there would be a pile of work due to the sudden absence, but if you think about it, there was nothing to happen because I had only been away for a little over ten days.
Chris, who had been asleep for the whole day, went to the training ground as soon as the next morning.
Tired of his insincere behavior, Illesis caught him as he left the lord’s castle.
“Wouldn’t it be better not to do that already and get some rest?”
“It’s okay because I have a health bonus. And I can’t sleep because I think about the prime minister.”
According to Elgar, it was clear that the Prime Minister and Breton would move sooner or later.
I didn’t even pay attention right after defeating the avatar… Now that I think about it, it was also suspicious that the disruption team withdrew too early.
Although all the corpses that could be evidence were burned because of the trial of the sun god, Chris suspected that it was the work of the players from Breton.
‘Perhaps he hoped that the demon king and we would be destroyed together. If the six kings and us are wiped out there, there will be no one left to stop them.’
I don’t know why, but I’m glad they didn’t do their job properly.
Chris, who was lucky enough to survive this time, didn’t feel like being lazy.
Immediately after defeating the avatar, the epic experience goes up a lot, so there are many things to experiment with.
In the end, Elesis, who couldn’t stop Chris, tried to follow him, but he stopped it.
“You should get some more rest. He probably hasn’t fully recovered his mana yet.”
“You don’t even pretend to listen to me… … .”
Illesis, muttering dissatisfiedly, returned to the lord’s castle at Chris’ suggestion.
Chris, who was heading to the training ground again, ran into Baren without taking a few steps.
He approached Chris with letters in both hands.
“Lord! The nobles of Basilonia and abroad sent letters to congratulate the lord on his achievements.”
“uh… okay? Do I really have to read that myself?”
Why are the nobles who didn’t even show their faces when fighting the demon king suddenly be like this?
Chris asked as if he was complaining, showing a dislike.
Baren shook his head and then explained as if admonishing him.
“It is not. However, not one or two people express their intention to visit or invite by letter… Because the lord has now acquired a reputation comparable to that of the Six Kings.”
Chris felt a little strange at Baren’s words.
In the war against the Breton Empire, paying more for helping to stop one demon lord than for killing dozens of players.
Even in the latter part, he wasn’t even the main character.
Chris, who made the decision without difficulty, firmly asked Baren.
“Refuse the invitation, and stop the visitors at your own risk. We still have a lot of guests.”
“It is true.”
Baren agreed with a bitter smile and sent Chris to the training ground.
Chris, who had been testing his Epic skills for about half a day, admired the completely cataclysmic performance.
It is difficult to find traces of the skills of the god-haters who have evolved several levels by gaining a large amount of experience.
While he was anxious to experience a real battle with the players, the door to the training room opened behind him.
There were only about three people out of Vector who could open the door of the lord’s exclusive training hall without knocking.
Chris turned to face Illesis with a slight frown on his face.
“Illesis, I told you to rest a little longer… … .”
“It’s a big deal! Come out quickly!”
“huh? What?”
Illesis, somehow impatient, grabbed Chris’ hand and dragged him away, and he followed her with a puzzled expression.
While walking towards the lord’s castle, she quickly explained the situation.
“Something’s caught on my detection spell. More than ten people who used disguise spells like us entered the city, and we need to find out more.”
“what? Did you know you could do something like that?”
Chris found the answer on his own, even though he took her words seriously.
Seidran’s Royal Dean had shown something similar before, so there’s no reason Illesis couldn’t do it.
First of all, her talent easily surpasses the dean’s, and Vector is so small that it cannot even be compared to Seidran’s capital.
Seeing his expression, she skipped words and met Tyrone running from the entrance of the lord’s castle.
On top of Tyrone’s head was Illesis’ familiar and pet, Spirituality, and the huge hawk was constantly pecking at the top of his head.
Thanks to this, Tyrone, who was playing cards with the travelers at the tavern, had to return in a hurry as if his tail caught fire.
“Ouch, what is this kid doing? Dry it quickly!”
“good job. Mr. Tyrone, please start the search right away. I’ve spread a detection spell over the city… … .”
Illesis stroked the familiar that had brought Tyrone and spoke quickly.
Tyrone, who finally learned the situation, asked as if he was a little dumbfounded.
“But why did you call me? There are many guards in our manor.”
“What can the guards do against those who cast disguise spells? We’ll have to move stealthily until we figure out their purpose. Come on, get out!”
Chris said coldly and drove Tyrone out of the lord’s castle.
It’s a disguise spell that Chris and the others use, but if more than 10 of them came at once, there must be something wrong with them.
Illesis’ abilities cannot satisfactorily investigate them, so Tyrone, who specializes in stealth and exploration, must step in. As his job was an assassin, there would be no one more suitable for this job.
Understanding this, Tyrone said nothing and ran back to town.
Watching that pitiful back, Chris felt a little bit sorry.