Chapter 36 – The Plain King and the Power Thief

The king of the meadow, Catoblepas, was lying alone in the middle of the meadow, his territory, looking down on his territory.

Even though it looks like a mob in a game like a boar’s head and a water buffalo’s body, the moment you actually meet it, the thought that you will be weak is even disrespectful. Could this be God’s aura?

Even though his eyes were covered with a hair-like mane, just looking this way made the hairs on his body stand on end. If Catoblepas wants it, I am sure that at that moment, the unicorn and I will die without being able to resist.

[Nice to meet you. I am Catoblepas. He is the king of hoofed things.]

The introduction of Catoblepas was concise. However, that was enough.

Just as a god doesn’t have to explain everything to a human who has arrived, he could feel a lot of things with just that short greeting.

[Meet the great king of the meadow..!]

In response to Cato Blepas’ mental wave, the unicorn immediately planted its horn in the meadow and began bowing his head and bowing his head.

As much as he is a guy who asserts his authority, is he respectful to those with higher authority than himself?

‘The baby who was bored with the king of man…’

I think it’s the king of the virgin I did before this baby, Agnes! It seems like a joke, but is it okay for the princess of the empire?

As expected, like a crazy word, I thought there was a part that people couldn’t understand, so I decided to just endure it.

“Meet Catoblepas, the great king of the steppe.”

I greeted with the same formality as I did to Master Marianne.

I’m not even a beast of the meadow, so there’s no reason to flip over and say hello.

[Human..! Can’t you quickly fall down and bow! It ends with bowing to a great person!]

The unicorn next to him tells him to be polite and follow even half of what the female knight did earlier… Why is the guy he called Artin until now human?

[Human Artin Ludwig, my guest, Unicorn Unicorn, be polite.]
[Oh! I’m sorry, King..!]

When Cato Blepas scolded him in a slow voice, the unicorn bowed his head in amazement and began to look at the king…

‘A fucking bastard…’

It wasn’t bad to watch the unicorn guy get stuck, but I decided to ask why I was called here.

“King of the steppe, may I ask why you invited me?”

I came because I had something important to do, but the only explanation I heard from the unicorn was that someone stole the king’s power and that I was the one who solved it.

‘What did I do that the king of the plain knows and points at me for?’

Besides, who fearlessly steals the power of a god? In the original work, only the commander of the Demon King’s Corps did anything similar to that crazy thing.

[Unicor, how far did you explain?]
[Yes, my king! Even that an ungodly man stole the power of the king, and that the king chose that man, Artin Ludwig, to solve this unprecedented and blasphemous case!]

When Catoblepas slowly let out a huge snort at my question, Unicor responded quickly with a quick voice as if he was very nervous.

It’s pathetic to see such a side, but I understand. When I first met the king of the meadow, I was overwhelmed by his presence and panicked.

‘The king of the grassland is like this, but how strong is the devil king?’

However, the demon lord I barely saw in the 4th episode had a greater presence and power than Catoblepas even though he was still asleep due to the ancient sealing magic.

If you look at Catoblepas again after seeing such a being, it’s like seeing a rhinoceros after seeing an elephant, but you don’t feel awe.

[Is it. Then I will explain the person who stole my power.]

Catoblepas listened to the unicorn’s explanation and stayed still as if lost in thought for a while. He started explaining slowly to me.

The problem is that he explains things too slowly, and if he gave it to me, it would take 3 minutes to explain for over an hour.

The unicorn, who had lowered his head at how slow and long he spoke, is stretching his head, stretching his head, as if his neck his hurt so much after about 30 minutes.

In the end, I opened my mouth when Cato Blepas stopped talking.

“So, are you saying that someone stole a little of Catoblepas-sama’s power, the power of the Demonic Eye, with the power of the Demon King’s army commander? And do you feel that power in the academy?”

At my summary, Catoblepas flinched a little, then gave a very slight nod of his huge head. Of course, it’s close to impossible not to notice it because a huge wind blows even with that subtle detail.

[That’s right, even if it’s part of my power, if you use that power carelessly, it will cause an unbearable disaster. Someone has to step in and retrieve it.]

I could n’t help but nod my head in agreement with Catoblepas’ words his.

Catoblepas’s main powers are Miasma and Mystic Eye.

The magic eye of instant death, which can kill a living being just by staring at the other person with its own eyes, and the ability to emit poison that will prevent any living being from surviving by storing mana in one’s own breath.

It is a power that is not as great as you think if it is a being of the same class or one that can resist the ability, but the moment you are swung by an unspecified number of people, it is a power that becomes a weapon of mass destruction that is more heinous than poison gas in reality.

How much more did he take it and hide in the academy where talented people who can stand up to the demon army are gathered?

‘Isn’t this bigger than I thought?’

I didn’t steal all of Catoblepas’ powers, but just wielding a piece of power would cause a major accident in which hundreds and thousands of students would die.

‘Is it because he screwed up Rexton, who was a candidate for the executive position?

There is a kind of law of conservation of villains in this world. During the period classified as one episode, three to six villains are set to appear.

Of course, there are villains whose appearance is determined unconditionally, and there are also flexible characters who become villains according to the development of events and cause and effect. What if the protagonist villain, whose appearance is fixed, is dealt with in advance?

It’s completely random If the number of villains is sufficient, there will be no latecomers, and if there are not enough villains, villains will appear.

However, there is no guarantee that the later villain will be worse than the previously processed one. Rather, there are many cases where the scale is small and easy to handle, and the really vicious pups have preferred to be dealt with in advance.

But this time, it seems to have gone badly. The guy who stole God’s power wasn’t enough, and contracted with the demon lord’s corps commander?

“Lord of the steppe, I understand the weight of the work, but I still don’t know why I was chosen.”

Besides, the most curious thing is why I was chosen.

The main character, Cayenne, the student council president, Prince Richard, the kingdom’s strongest candidate, Master Marianne, and even Shao Mei and Agnes would be much stronger than I am now.

[The reason I chose you is simple.]

In response to my question, Catoblepas began to whisper, reducing the emotional response that had just been radiating to cover the entire area so that only I could hear it.

[Because you have already saved us once.]

“…Yes?”

Catoblepas calmly tells a shocking fact, and I was shocked to hear that answer.

[…What is it? Why did the conversation suddenly stop?]

The unicorn, who was watching it from the side, couldn’t understand the situation because he couldn’t hear the conversation, but he looked around, but no one explained the situation.

**

Returning to the academy, I frowned and fell into trouble.

“Where should I start investigating… Would you have time to build a detector?”

You don’t know when an accident will happen right away, so you should move to solve it right away, but you’re dizzy at the shocking remark you just heard.

-[I don’t know how you got that power, but some transcendents like me are beyond time.]
[The authority you obtained is powerful, but it will affect causation just as much, so be careful with the demon king.]-

‘It’s not memory regression, but beings close to gods of high rank can perceive the flow of time changing…’

At first, I didn’t know what to say, but I remember seeing a similar scene in a movie called ‘Dr. The final boss, who transcended the flow of time, could be noticed no matter how much the main character returned. In the end, the main character took aim at that point and kicked out the final boss.

‘After all, memory regression is a different case. I can’t help it…’

Let’s calm down, and the course of action I’ve decided is to find clues to memory regression and build the villain.

The target to find and punish the villain has only come within the scope of sight. If it fails, it’s because it’s the regression angle.

“Human! How long are you going to be standing here? I want to return to my normal self soon, so guide me to the room for me!”

At that time, a woman with white hair, who seemed to be studded with twinkling starlight, standing next to me, slammed me.

Of course, as anyone would have expected by looking at the flow, the identity of the mysterious girl who suddenly appeared is Unicor.

“My room is small, so it would be impossible to live with words, right?”
“What are you talking about! Are you really going to tell me to continue living in this stuffy state!”
“If you twist it, get out!! I don’t want to live with you either, virgin!”
“What, what?! Did you just call me a virgin insect when I saw you? How dare you, a human subject!”

A guy who can’t throw away his horse’s instinct and kicks the ground. I really didn’t want to get involved with this guy. I was fed up with just getting involved in the 2nd round.

-[Unicor, come in human form and follow the human.]
[Yes?! King, what do you mean by that! To take care of a human by polymorphing a noble divine beast like me!]
[Humans alone will not be able to handle my power. Shouldn’t you be by my side to retrieve my power?]-

Despite the unicorn’s fearless attitude toward Catoblepas, Catoblepas did not show any anger, but kindly explained.

In the end, the Unicor guy changed into a human form and followed me to pursue the villain for a while.

“Walking around with a guy who admires non-virgins and non-virgins, if it wasn’t for the king’s order, I wouldn’t have bothered stabbing you to death with my horns!”

Watching her jingling jingling with a beautiful voice that fits the expression of jade marbles rolling away, it seems that there will be a K-disease, Hwa-byung, that does not exist in this world.

“Ah… I really hate it… “
“Could you say that you don’t like me right now! Make it an honor for generations to come to be with such a great being as I am.

Leaving behind the noisy assassin from Cocktopia, I trudged toward my dorm.

The evening glow was setting.

“Wait a minute! Where are you going to leave your seat? Be polite to the principal!!”

The unicorn guy saw me leaving and began to follow me. Even so, there is no sign of stopping the chattering loudly.

‘I’m about to return… Really…’