## Chapter 1051 – The One With Many Questions

“What in the world is going on here!!!!!!”

Covered head to toe in black blood, they rushed in like madmen. Yet, from their eyes, shining like the photophores of a deep-sea anglerfish, one could sense pure goodwill and burning justice.

But damn, their eyes were completely gone.

Only professional astronauts like Yuri Gagarin or Neil Armstrong could have that look. The kind of eyes that, if you looked away for a second, seemed like they’d launch into space like a rocket.

This guy looked like he actually might.

“Calm yourself, Commander Bakarel!!! Something huge has happened!!!”
“Th, this…!!!!”

I immediately grabbed Commander Bakarel’s arm to stop him from moving and shouted. No joke, if I didn’t calm him down here, he was definitely going to scream and fly away.

Because the things scattered around here were like engine parts that would ignite the paladins’ fury and horror and send them soaring.

Undead and heretic corpses?

Damn it, enough said.

“Ugh, ughaaaaaaah!! Wh, what is this! What in the world is this!!”
“What is this supposed to be!!!!”
“What happened!!! What happened to this land, Verdeshi!!!!”
“Oooooooooh!!!”

The paladins were already practically fainting at the sight of all sorts of evil fragments loaded onto the carriage. They were all actively using their superhuman jumping abilities to leap onto the carriage roof and bounce around.

Crazy bastards, it’s not a trampoline.

“I’ll explain everything, so please calm down!!!”

Anyway, to calm them down, I had to explain quickly…! Their eyes were already dripping with incomprehensible madness and rage instead of tears.

“Quickly…! Tell me quickly!!! What was that huge, evil wave that we felt! We felt such a terrible and evil energy!!!”

Bakarel shouted with eyes that looked like they were about to pop. Having finished speaking, he seemed to be exerting superhuman patience, biting his upper lip and glaring at me as he grabbed my shoulders.

This guy was even crazier than when I first met him.

“As soon as I felt it, I tried to go to the source! But at the same time, the demons hiding in the forest rushed out all at once as if they were trying to escape!!! So, I was late because I had to deal with them!!!”

He was spitting out words, probably because he was so excited. So that’s why they hadn’t come? If the demon underlings who were scared of Andromalius were trying to run away, that could explain it.

I announced the end of the situation to them in a very loud voice.

“A Great Demon descended!!! And we killed it!!! We also slaughtered all the heretics who appeared afterward! Rest assured! They are all dead!!!!”
“Heeeeeck!!!”

—Shock.

It was as if a tremendously powerful lightning bolt had struck, and the paladins were all writhing and sprawled on the ground as if they had been hit by it.

“Uwaaaaaaaaah!!”
“Aaaaaaaaah!!”
“Kkeuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

In my opinion, these people had a device in their hearts that amplified shock, and they didn’t hesitate to use it whenever they had the chance. No, they actively turned it on to receive an even bigger shock.

“A Great Demon…!”
“And even heretics!! So, the demons and heretics were in cahoots!!”
“They were worshiping demons!!”

But damn, it was that shocking.
I admit it.

“His identity was Andromalius!!”
“The Great Demon from back then!!!!!!!”

—Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

Commander Bakarel writhed and screamed. This is driving me crazy. He screamed and writhed with the paladins for a long time, and the royal knights next to him looked around, not knowing what to do.

“Shouldn’t we stop them?”

Liztina asked, poking my waist in horror.

“It’s okay. Those guys calm down by doing that.”
“They’re not calming down, they’re amplifying it even more! It’s not calming down at all!”
“Hehehe, you don’t know. Look.”

I stood still and watched the paladins with her until they calmed down. People need to let out their emotions when they need to.

“Uooooooooh!!!”
“Woooooooork!!”

Just like those people.

“Really…! You did a really good job, Paladin!!”

Soon, he calmed down and shook my hand.

“Hehehe, I certainly did a good job. Have you calmed down a bit?”
“I’ve shown you a rather embarrassing sight. Anyway, those people! Did you defeat the Great Demon together with those people behind you!”

The women behind me.

“Yes!”

Bakarel immediately bowed to them as well.

“Paladin’s companions!! Thank you all so much!!!!”
“Ah… it’s okay.”

The women smiled awkwardly and greeted him back. Anyway, after delivering the key points to Bakarel, who was bursting with excitement, and completely calming him down, I added.

“I’ll tell you the details when we get back to the church. I’m planning to write a report after organizing everything properly… Ah. But that stuff. Can we move those remains to the church? It will probably need to be investigated!”
“Of course!!! Of course, you can do that!!! I’ll help you as much as possible!!!”
“Thank you!!!”

And so, we headed to Isvant.

I have so much to do.

* * *

After returning, I was very busy.

After sending the women home, I immediately had a meeting at the church with the knights and paladins, as well as the personal knight sent by the Lord of Isvant, and organized all the corpses and evidence.

Death Knights and ghouls. And the corpses of heretics and unknown machines. Finally, even Andromalius’s bodily fluids.

I even called in the mages from the Magic Tower and conducted an investigation, and I ended up staying up all night. It was so busy. I recorded everything I saw and experienced this time and fully informed them of the situation.

Anyway, after spending that time, we were able to document that we had completely resolved this demon situation.

“To think that such a large force was inside the encirclement…”

It was past morning even after staying up all night.
The meeting was still going on.

“Death Knights… Dozens of undead warriors wearing such armor… Even the Knights would have a hard time.”

The knights and mages groaned as they looked at the remains of the Death Knights. They must have already shared information with the royal family, but it seemed that not even these knights knew everything about the Death Knights.

“They are terribly dreadful undead warriors…!”
“Even these ghouls are terrible, and they are very evil!”

The paladins were still trembling as they spoke.

“The ghouls and heretics are also formidable. And that strange machinery as well… We need to investigate that in detail, Paladin. May we disassemble it?”

The mage from the Magic Tower asked me.

“I agree with the need for an investigation, but I don’t think we can disassemble it right now. I think the first thing to do is to move it to the Great Temple.”
“Hmm… Is that so.”

The mage seemed quite disappointed, but I couldn’t hand it over. What kind of machine is that, that I would trust the mages and let them disassemble it? Taking it to the Great Temple first is the priority.

“Well, then, let’s organize the information about the heretics and the undead legion. As you know, the encirclement was quite well made. It’s impossible for such an army to enter by breaking through it.”

When the Knights Commander said that, everyone nodded.

“Even if they were waiting from the beginning, it doesn’t add up. As the Paladin told us directly, it seems certain that they opened a gate and came over. From now on, we must act with the fact that they have such means in mind.”

Yes.

This gate is the most important thing.

It can literally be called an asymmetric force. No one in the Karga Kingdom can use such gate magic.

There are quite a few who use Blink, a short-range teleportation magic, but it is impossible to open a gate that can instantly move an army of a large scale.

“A gate. But does such magic exist? I know that demons open gates and come over, but… to think that there is magic that transcends such space…”

Bakarel asked the mage from the Magic Tower.

“According to ancient records, humans also used such magic in the era before the Idol War. It would be worth researching and finding out.”

For reference, I haven’t mentioned the Lich yet. After all, that’s just our speculation. Even though I’m half-convinced, giving out such predictions can confuse the information.

The person they communicated with may not have been a Lich, so I told them that they communicated with a commander of the heretics.

Officially, that’s more accurate information.
This would be the safest.

“Does the commander of those heretics possess such magic? Is it possible that they used the power of demons?”
“Certainly. That could be the case. That may be why they were trying to target the Great Demon’s soul. We from the Magic Tower will conduct research on this.”

In that way, a busy meeting goes on.

Eventually, it was late afternoon when the incident was roughly sorted out. I decided to go back, and the knights and paladins gave me all sorts of praise and said goodbye.

“Hehehe, then I’ll go in first.”

I immediately took the machine and the orc barrels containing Andromalius’s bodily fluids and returned.

* * *

“Ughhh. This is heaven.”

After returning home, I entered the bathroom while being attended to by the women who were waiting for me. It was such a passionate welcome. They gave me the best service, saying that I had come late and worked hard.

So, I am currently enjoying having seven naked beauties meticulously wash my body, including my penis.

It’s a pleasant warmth and softness.

“Haa… Anyway, you’ve heard everything that happened, right?”
“Ah, I’ve already heard everything.”
“Right. So, it turns out that some of what we expected was right.”

Karin had already finished explaining everything.

Well, let’s talk about the details tomorrow.
I need to show Risha the sword too.

“Katt-nim…! You’re really amazing! To catch and kill a Great Demon! If Katt-nim goes to Pandemonium, the demons will tremble! You might even become a ruler!”
“Demons should fear me, of course. That’s very obvious. But I will not become the ruler of hell… I will become the destroyer of hell.”
“Kyaaaaaaak! So cool!”
“Hehehe!”

Ah.

“I guess I can’t say anything about you calling yourself ‘Blackie’ anymore.”
“Right?”

I smiled arrogantly and stroked Winia’s head as she gave me a bubble handjob. Winia closed her eyes, seemingly enjoying the touch.

“Father… it was still dangerous. You tried to fight alone recklessly… you shouldn’t do that…”

As I was doing that, Ari, who was diligently scrubbing my back with bubbles next to me, whispered in my ear.

“No, no. I’m really okay. Andromalius was a guy whose compatibility was so bad with me. I did that because I knew everything.”

He was a power mage, but he seemed to specialize in area-of-effect attacks, and Vygál’s contribution, which had been picked up and strengthened, was significant. It could be said that it sucks the power of demons from him.

Because it is a magic sword, it is a cheat-like weapon that shows insane efficiency against not only the power of the Valkyrie, which is a sacred being, but also against the demons of Pandemonium, which are evil beings.

If it had been a strengthened Dor or something like that, I wouldn’t have been able to do it alone.

I got a bit of a compatibility boost.

“Still. It’s good to be confident, but sometimes it can be harmful.”
“Hey, hey. Ari. That confidence is the source of power.”

Karin, who was soaking in the tub behind me, said.

“Hehehe, yeah. It’s not unfounded confidence.”
“…”

Ari didn’t seem satisfied with my answer, but she soon smiled and rubbed her face against my neck after I kissed her, as if she felt better.

Anyway, let’s get some rest today.