Chapter 1902 – [Hero & Demon King & Great Demon King]

First, I reached a compromise with Drake. As a result of this incident, we promised to bring back her stolen eggs and the person responsible for them, and we settled down for a few days.

-We will not attack the castle in the meantime. But I won’t be able to hold out for long, so if I run out of time, I’ll attack right away and get my egg back.

“Don’t worry!!! I’ll go and get it!!!!”

-The witness of the person responsible. Two things are essential.

Still, we prevented the monsters from attacking the castle tomorrow. If the monsters had attacked, quite a few people would have died.

We returned to Herod Castle’s inn and decided on a goal. The stolen Drake egg was definitely in the lord’s castle, and the culprit was clearly the lord.

“If you think about it, it wasn’t like we were attacked for sure, like the castle wall was destroyed, but it felt a little uncomfortable because we knew in advance that a very large monster was going to attack us and prepared for it.”

“You seem to have a surprising blind spot. Well, since you’re a lord, you probably hired mercenaries to monitor the situation and spread gossip while wondering if they knew what was going on.”

“Then what should I do? Isn’t Yeongju a high-ranking person?”

“Nobles are nobles because they take responsibility. If they had to choose between all the castle’s residents and their own lives, they would naturally have to choose the residents and sacrifice themselves.”

“But what if you don’t sacrifice yourself? The lord is the source of this situation in the first place.”

“A guy like that is not a noble, so it’s okay for him to die.”

“Oh!!!!!”

“… I can’t really refute this either.”

Even if Leona was a good hero, it would be difficult for her to take the lord’s side if she was self-employed and had personally seen her mother (even though she was a monster) having her child kidnapped. It was difficult in a situation where it was a matter of conscience because I had a conscience, but it was still easy to overcome.

However, since we were stealing someone else’s belongings and kidnapping her, it was natural for her to feel repulsed.

“Um… But isn’t stealing bad?”

“Well, that’s right. In times like that, pray like this.”

“Yes?”

“Seonggwangshin. Please allow me to become a righteous thief today.”

“Uh…”

Tie your long hair up high~ Swing the magic wand~ Red Nocho Parambo circle balloon~.

It reminds me of old memories. Even if some boys don’t watch it, it will eventually be an anime they all watch along with Card Captor Cherry. Well, if you say you see it, other kids will make fun of you and say, ‘I see him looking at girls!!!’ So I have no choice but to hide it.

“Isn’t it okay for you, a warrior, to pray like that if there is no particular revelation? After all, you are returning the child to its original parents, and you are also saving countless people by sacrificing the person who committed the crime.”

“I guess that’s true…”

“The choice is yours. The decision is tomorrow, so do it yourself.”

“… Yes.”

And the next day after staying at the inn, we decided to take action.

The deadline is only a few days anyway. So we need to move as quickly as possible. Since I already have a rough feel for where the Drake’s egg is, all I have to do is go get it and that’s it.

Afterward, as the day dawned, Leona refused to go out, perhaps because she had a lot to think about. Apparently, he acted that way because he had a lot to think about in this incident.

“I’m fine, so you two can go home first. I’ll see you later in the evening.”

“Then it’s safe to say that the final decision will be tonight, right?”

“I don’t know if I will participate or not, but for now.”

Agape and I left Leona for a quick drink and looked around the market. Since it is a civilized area, there are many things to see and do.

What I remember most was chicken skewers. It was quite good because it was chewy and delicious because they used good quality chicken.

“Oh!!! This is delicious!!!!”

“Okay, let’s buy some and give them to Leona.”

“Why didn’t he come out?”

“But it’s not right for us to eat delicious food and have dinner at a mediocre inn.”

“That’s okay!!!!!”

“Don’t say things like it’s someone else’s business.”

After buying a few chicken skewers, Leona looked relieved as if she had made a decision. It looks like he has decided to take action.

We asked her while holding out the chicken skewers we had bought.

“So, have you made up your mind?”

“Yes, if someone has to die… I thought it was someone who committed a crime. Lord Herod is a person who almost sacrificed the entire city for his own gain, so I plan to make him pay for it.”

“If that’s the case, that’s fine. If you act inflexibly, you’ll break down sooner.”

When a typhoon blows, it is easier for reeds to withstand it than for trees. Thick and sturdy things tend to break, but reeds bend and bend in the wind.

Like Leona, who made that decision, we decided to take action in the evening. The target is Yeongju Castle. I plan to solve this case by kidnapping the Drake’s egg and the lord that were stolen there.

“No matter what you do, the lord will die.”

“I want to take your side, but… I can’t help it because it’s my own gain. All I can do is pray that I die without pain.”

We flew into Yeongju Castle under the cover of night. The advantage of this type of civilization was that it was less developed and had fewer boundaries in anti-aircraft defense.

Of course, since it is a place with magic, there is a certain degree of magical barrier. However, because it was a crude method, even I, a stubborn person, was able to just go in based on what I felt and deal with it by destroying the source of the barrier.

Considering that there was no device that would sound an alarm if it was broken, it seems like they called in a suitable wizard and made it properly. Thanks to you, our work has become easier.

“At least the first thing we need to secure is a Drake egg. I think that egg is in the basement of the castle right now, so it’ll save you some trouble.”

“If there are witnesses, wouldn’t it be okay to just kill them all?”

“If it were any other time, we would be planning to kidnap the lord as well, so we should avoid attracting attention. Well, we could do it, but Leona is there too.”

In fact, there is no CCTV and killing them all could be considered an assassination, so all you have to do is kill them all, take the lord and the egg, and be done with it.

However, as Leona was present, the damage to innocent people had to be reduced. In short, think of it as a mission with a death limit of 1 person.

She was the first to move to infiltrate the underground facility. Although we don’t have any special hiding skills, all of our members are sword masters or higher, so it was easy to hide our presence.

“If it’s underground, there’s usually a dungeon…”

“Even if that’s not the case, there could be a secret facility. Honestly, it’s an easy place to hide, right?”

“Oh, I can feel it little by little. It must be getting closer.”

“It’s obvious to see how Agape reacts. Should I sneak in?”

We began to enter the underground facility. There is a facility like a dungeon, but there was a facility further inside that seemed to have been created separately. Unlike the cold underground facility, I discovered a room with a warm temperature, possibly due to some magical measures.

And in that room, there was a large egg. A speckled egg so large that it looked like an ostrich egg or something like a quail egg was lying there, pulsing very faintly.

Is hatching time just around the corner? The timing must have been quite dangerous.

Saving something while it’s an egg is different from saving it when it’s born. Especially if there is a phenomenon like imprinting, the problem will become even bigger.

“First, secure the egg… There’s no security magic. Is it because I need to hide it from my allies? Well, it doesn’t matter anymore.”

“Is the lord next?”

“First, I’ll ask a few questions and find out for sure. In fact, my intuition tells me that the culprit is probably Youngju, but you never know.”

And adding more confidence like that will be more helpful in convincing Leona. Because there will be no guilt in punishing someone who is clearly guilty rather than being vague.

We came out from underground and looked for where the lord was. I looked around first to see if it looked like an office, but… There was no one there. Seeing as there isn’t even any warmth, it seems like it’s been a while since I used it.

Since the opponent was not a sword master, it was difficult to determine his location by sight, so while I was wondering what to do, I suddenly decided to choose the man in the largest room and search for him. Then, in the large bedroom on the upper floor of the castle, I found a man practicing creating a successor.

“Hey, the territory is going to be ruined tomorrow, but I’m making a baby.”

“Oh, I wanted to see it too, but are we actually seeing it this time?”

“… You guys stay here. I’ll get there by myself.”

“No, why!!!!!!”

“It must be a bit like that for the kids. I’ll go and secretly kidnap Youngju.”

And I left the kids for a moment and flew to what I assumed was the lord’s bedroom. Perhaps because there was no glass or anything, the castle had wooden windows, so I couldn’t see the inside, but I was able to get a general idea of ​​the situation because of the explicit sound of trust coming from inside.

After understanding the inner structure and situation through energy, use your hands using telekinesis. She knocked out the other woman and the man on top of her, opened the window latch, and sneaked inside. So you see a naked man and woman.

The young man looks like he’s about 40 years old… The woman looks a couple of years older than Leona. Roughly a high school student? It’s true that all noblemen in the Middle Ages were like that, but is it good to have a daughter?

I covered the lord’s body with appropriate clothes, then tied him up and came out of the room. The window was closed again and the window latch was fastened from the inside using telekinesis, completing the secret room. It will probably be difficult to investigate. Anyway, the lord will be dead by then and no longer in this world.

Afterward I joined the kids. Fortunately, I was quiet and didn’t get noticed by others.

“We have kidnapped you. Let’s escape quickly.”

“Is there no need for interrogation?”

“I will, but it’s difficult to do it here. Interrogations and such will have to be done outside the castle.”

We immediately left the castle and ran out of the city. And wakes the lord in a quiet forest with few people.

Maybe it was because I fainted in the middle of the night, but I was sleeping quite soundly, so shaking didn’t wake me up. I tried to wake him up by slapping his cheek, but Agape did it instead.

“This is Yongyong’s share!!!! This is Yongal’s share!!!!”

“Have you already given me a name?”

Match!!! Wow!!!!

As he shouted the name of the giant monster Drake and its egg and struck the lord’s cheek, the lord came to his senses from the pain. Perhaps because he woke up, he couldn’t understand the situation and started making a fuss, yelling as if this was his house.

“W-what!!! What’s going on!!! How dare someone!!!!”

“I’m a ten-year-old.”

“What…?”

“Lord Herod. You know why I came, right?”

“Well, don’t you usually know?”

“I know, I just tried it.”

Lord Herod, who was looking around, was frightened when he saw Drake Al behind us.

It’s not only that this isn’t his permanent residence, but for him, it’s probably something he can hold onto. In terms of money, it must have been several times more expensive than gold, so we got angry and shouted at what we had stolen.

“Hey, these guys!!!! How dare they take my things!!!!!”

“That makes it clear. I was wondering what would happen if you pretended not to know anything, but you kindly pretended to know. It looks like a mercenary or a knight took the lead in stealing it, right?”

“…”

He seemed to have come to his senses a little, took a look and proposed a deal. Kidnapped and important items stolen. If you can’t even figure out who is A and E, you won’t be able to become a lord.

He’s a guy full of greed, but he actually has some ability. The only problem is that that ability is used to satisfy greed.

“What do you want? No, how much do you want? I will give you any amount of money.”

“We have the egg of a very large monster that is the source of that confidence?”

“But I guess we can’t deal with it outright. Moreover, I, a noble, have disappeared? They will definitely search and track me, but can I avoid that?”

“Well, that’s usually the case.”

Stolen goods are also difficult to dispose of if their value is high. Because it will be easier to track.

Moreover, in a world with a caste system, harming the nobility would be a problem… But for us, it is meaningless.

Drake’s eggs will be returned to their original owners. And since he is a noble, he will be dealt with there as well, so there is no room for us to be tracked down. I’m a little worried because there’s magic, but the trail will lead towards Drake anyway, so it’ll be okay.

“There is someone who wants to deal with you. For now, they will decide what to do with you, so let’s go.”

“As expected, there was someone behind it. Who was it?”

“Well, you’ll see.”

We enter the realm of the monsters we previously visited. Then, as if he had already heard the news or smelled it, a huge drake several meters tall appeared.

Thud!! Wow!!!

The sight of it approaching, violently shaking the ground, is threatening in itself. Moreover, since the missing egg was right in front of his nose, he got excited and took a deep breath.

“Demon, monster!!!! Super large monster!!!!!”

Lord Herod was so surprised that he almost fainted when he saw the Drake in front of him. I thought he was going to attack me at any moment and try to kill me, but in reality, the other person was the one behind us that he wanted to meet.

-My egg!!! My child!!!!

“Here, Al and the culprit, Lord Herod, are not going to attack the city anymore, are they?”

-Ah, of course. I must keep my promise to the king…

“Wow, king?! King?!?!”

The guy looked at me with a shocked face. No, aside from everything else, why are you looking at me?

… Oh, of course. Because it is more convincing to say that I am the devil than to think that Agape or Leona are the devil. In reality, they are the Demon King and the Hero, and I am the Great Demon King.

“Demon, demon lord!!! Demon lord!!!!!”

“He is the one who stole your egg, so deal with it.”

-I understand.

“Now, wait a minute, save me… Aaaaa!!!!!”

Eventually, Drake swallowed up Lord Herod. And then I munch and chew it.

Judging by the constant screaming, it seems that it starts by chewing on non-lethal areas such as arms and legs, inflicting as much pain as possible. Still, it wasn’t long before I swallowed it.

With that, the lord of the castle and the culprit behind this incident died. Well, it may not be what you want, but if at least one guilty person dies, so the city can survive, everyone will make the same choice.

“Still, watching people die makes me feel a bit bad.”

“I don’t know about other people, but the person who committed the crime deserves to die. Many people almost died because of one person’s selfishness, and that person doesn’t deserve to be above others and will only cause harm, so it’s better to deal with it this way.”

“Is that so?”

“In the end, isn’t this a case of punishing a criminal and saving a city? Instead of thinking about the person who left behind by making his own money, think about what you saved.”

“…”

Leona seemed to be thinking about something. If you’re a warrior, saving people is your job, but in the face of the contradiction of saving people by killing them, it’s up to you to decide what kind of decision you make. I just hope that I can make some compromises and become a suitable warrior.

If Gilhyun is like that bastard and tells you to save everyone, you’ll have a hard time!!!!