Chapter 129 – 12. Kingdom of Ventorino – Conference (2)

In the middle of the hall, where everyone was confused, only one boy was smiling slightly.

‘I was worried about being a little late, but I’m glad.’

I thought the raid would start soon, but it didn’t come even though the meeting was going on, so I was a little nervous. It was understandable that this raid was a very important operation planned by him. To the extent that if it fails, the entire plan will have to be reorganized.

As I had told Mercedes, it was a strategy aimed at killing death with one stone.

The feat to become a knight, the extension of the meeting, the crackdown on the inside of the Demon King’s territory, and even camouflage. The hero must have been summoned from the Holy Kingdom, so it was suitable to divert suspicion.

According to Beatrice, the goddess even gave an oracle to the warriors, she said. There is darkness hiding on the continent, so please defeat them. If he had no luck, he could be suspected of being a mixed demon race with an unclear past.

However, through this incident, you can prevent any doubt about yourself in advance. If done well, even the support of the mixed race demons living on the continent. I was worried about how he would react if he found out the truth later, but that was for later.

‘Thinking about it, was it a useless worry?’

Valdes laughed inwardly as he escorted important personnel preparing for evacuation.

The importance of the operation was so high that it made me nervous, but it was an operation that was difficult to fail in the first place. The plan is his own, the secret commander of the operation is the devil king’s intelligence chief, and the devil who was deceived by the two and is attempting an attack was a strong man who even became a candidate for the Four Heavenly Kings .

Quaang!

“Here you are, you filthy humans!”

The door shattered and demons emitting a hideous atmosphere appeared.

Staring at them, Valdés untied his hands.

‘Then, where should I enjoy a long-awaited battle?’

“Stop!”

“How can a demon?!”

The chairman was instantly engulfed in confusion. An attack by hundreds of demons. There were hundreds of demons, each one with skills higher than that of a knight. It was no surprise that such a number of people secretly attacked. That too, in the royal castle of one country, for the royal family of two kingdoms.

Here, the king of the Kingdom of Ventorino had a prince and a princess. All but the Queen. Here are the two princesses of Ulstro Kingdom. The number of people the Royal Guard had to concentrate on protecting was five.

‘This raid… Maybe Bald…?!’

Mercedes looked for Valdez in a panic. He grabbed the sword of a dead soldier before he knew it and was charging at the demons. He is Mercedes’ knight and was allowed to enter the royal castle by the queen, but he was not allowed to wear a sword because he was of mixed demon race.

Marie, like her sister her Mercedes, quickly recognized that the raid was planned by Valdez, from what she had heard. However, it was embarrassing to run into the demons like that.

‘What if I get caught?!’

Then I realized that there was no such thing as the cries of the demons that came late.

“That black hair…? You traitor!! As expected, all mixed-race bastards must be killed!”

“Kill even the half-breed bastards who hold hands with humans!”

“Kill them all! Let the world know that only pure-bloods are true demons!”

“Kill traitors and human royalty!”

“…”

Mari felt hatred for humans as well as mixed races from the demons who attacked her. In the midst of that, she heard the word pure blood. Demons who think they are traitors just because their blood is mixed, and radiate misplaced hostility. She was able to recognize their identities without difficulty.

Not only heterogeneous races, but also purebloodists who sometimes go among humans. But there is something strange about it. The demon prince, Valdes, was of mixed blood and human origin, and was also a hero. But there are such pure-blooded people in the Demon King’s army. Something didn’t make sense.

Furthermore, there was no way that every single unit of the Demon King’s army was filled with pure-blooded people. Why would there be a need to push such rebel candidates into one unit?

‘… Huh? Rebel candidates… ? No way!!’

I got goosebumps.

With bloody battles raging all around her and combatants struggling to evacuate royalty and nobles, Marie has come closer to the truth.

‘These demons are reactionaries! My brother is planning to annihilate them and reap various benefits at the same time!’

I didn’t hear it directly from Valdez’s mouth, but Mercedes told me the story with a sneaky boast. About the four purposes of the operation Valdez is plotting.

Among them, there was a crackdown on the inside of the Demon King’s territory. Perhaps among these raiders, there will be a spy planted by Valdez or the Demon King’s army. Otherwise, I couldn’t understand the situation.

‘It’s more strange that you can’t make a mark here with your brother’s level of skill. The demons will attack and there will be injured people, but we can’t tell them to go back quickly, and we’ll need to discuss the raid. If the demons here are wiped out, the rebels will be dealt a fatal blow… I could give you wrong information about the Demon King’s army through a spy.’

“Number of animals?”

“Ah, yes.”

At the sound of her sister’s voice her calling her name her, she turned to Mercedes. From the look on her face her, it seemed that her sister her had drawn a similar conclusion.

Then, what they had to do here was to evacuate with very slight injuries. Valdez wouldn’t want to get hurt, but I knew what he wanted and I couldn’t stand still. If that didn’t work, he was fine with direct wounds in the middle of the evacuation.

“… Let’s trust Bald here.”

“Yeah, okay…”

Kuung-!!

The wall collapsed and new demons appeared.

“Hey, here you are.”

And in the center stood a man who looked like the leader of the enemy. The clothes, the way you speak, and even the powerful magic that emanates from your body. The faces of those who were evacuating, including Mark, hardened at the appearance of the demons, who were wearing high-fashioned clothes and shooting high-pressure eyes, just like the aristocrats of a family that values ​​history.

“What is this nonsensical energy…”

Mark was a warrior strong enough to invade the Demon Castle 18 years ago. Even though he is weakened now, the persimmon itself is not dead. Right now, Marc’s intuition his shouted that he should never deal with the demon in front of him.

‘However….’

He glanced back. The guards who were evacuating them did not have anyone capable of dealing with that demon. I wanted to come at least as the captain of the guards.

“Let’s see… Shret.”

“Yes, master.”

One of the pair of identical Dark Elves standing behind him answered.

“Are these guys right? The clothes look classy, ​​but the human faces are all the same, so I don’t know.”

“These are the right ones. Three kings from the Kingdom of Ventorino and two princesses from the Kingdom of Ulstro.”

“Really? But that confusion…”

The demon looked around and looked for someone. However, Shrett intervened and stopped him.

“Master, I’m sorry, but I don’t have time.”

“… How dare you cut me off, bitch? Hmm, I’m sure there’s no time, so I’ll give you corporal punishment after work.”

Her twin Dark Elf, who resembled her Shret her, also glered at her, just like her instigator demon tribe, who was called her master her. However, Shret just nodded calmly.

“All right.”

“Listen carefully! My name is Eldriph! In the near future, I will become the Demon King and destroy you humans!”

The instigator of the attack, Eldriph, introduced himself out of nowhere and loudly, and gestured towards Mark’s party with a smirk. At the same time, dozens of demons by their side were aiming for Marks.

“Kuk.”

Marc gritted his teeth. Each and every one of them is a leader of the Royal Guard. I didn’t have the confidence to deal with that many people in a state without weapons. But he had a son and a daughter by his side. Even if the two princesses couldn’t help it, at least they had to protect their families.

He forgot to use the title Jim, and reached out his hand to ask for a sword from the guards guarding him by his side.

“Hey! Give me a sword…”

“Sorry!”

“Yes?”

At that time, Valdes, who was dealing with the demons from afar, appeared. At the appearance of the mixed-race demon boy, Marc blinked in embarrassment and looked at his back.

“We’ll take care of this place, so hurry up and evacuate!”

“You’re a mixed race demon… But there’s no way you can stop it alone!”

I heard that he is a seed with knight-level skills who won the runner-up in the martial arts competition. Also known as the disciple of the sword master, Serenia. But there was no way he could deal with that many demons.

“It is us.”

“What?”

Meanwhile, Eldriph’s eyes flashed at the appearance of Valdes. He shouted as he glared at Valdez with eyes close to madness.

“You bastard! It’s also here…”

But before he could finish his words, a sword flew at him.

Quaang!

“… Kewgh! You fucking human!”

“I’m here, Your Highness the King! I’m sorry I’m late! Evacuate quickly!”

“Captain of the Guard!”

The owner who flew the sword was the captain of the High Guard. Only then did Marc’s face brighten as he grasped the meaning of what Valdes said. He did not come alone, but brought the captain of the guards with him. The king believed that if he was the captain of the guards, he would be able to stop the enemies.

“Thank you, Guard Captain!”

Marc, who was about to evacuate through the corridor with the captain of the guards behind him, stopped moving for a moment and looked back at Valdes.

“… Jim must have misunderstood you. Thank you. If you come back alive, I will definitely repay you.”

As soon as he said that, Marc turned his back and hurriedly disappeared, watching Valdes smile. It was the answer I was most looking for. He was, as expected, a mark with a certain silver won. Even if it was a verbal promise, there was no reason he wouldn’t keep it.

Hearing these words of satisfaction, he swung his sword again and dealt with his demons. He slayed his demons with moderately strong skills rather than captain-level knights. After all, they are pure-blooded rebels who do not follow them. There was no reason to have mercy in your hands.

While Valdes was dealing with small demons, Haike was fighting Eldriph.

Kwagwawang!!

“Ouch, damn it!”

“Damn you human! You’re going to attack me with just that much skill?!”

‘This bastard is filthy strong!’

The guards commander frowned as he slashed the flying magic bullets. He was able to evacuate the king and his party thanks to the mixed demon race calling him, but the opponent was too strong. A wizard stronger than the sword master himself. What’s more, he has a lot of mana to the extent that he blows his magic bullets with low efficiency.

He didn’t get along very well with him, whose main specialty was swordsmanship.

‘I might have to risk my life here…’ !’

“You’re weak like garbage. I’d rather you deal with my men. But you’re protecting me as a prince?”

“… ?”

The captain of the guards made a puzzled expression at the demon’s words that he couldn’t understand. Putting aside the saying that he was weak like garbage, he did n’t understand that he was better at dealing with his subordinates his or that he protected him because he was a prince.

Valdes was the only one dealing with the other demons around. Eldriph’s words right now were that he was stronger than himself. He didn’t say anything intelligible.

However, in order to buy time for the king and his party to evacuate his, he decided to accept Eldriph’s words his. Even if you’re lazy, the captain of the Guard. Even if he were to die, he was his own victory as long as the King’s party fled. The unknown anxiety that somehow ran down his spine his also played a role in accepting his words his.

“… What do you mean by that?”

“Hmph, don’t pretend you don’t know! We already knew everything you guys were about to do!”

“What?”

“It’s been so long since the war has ended that humans and demons are trying to make a peace treaty! We will never accept such a thing! Humans and demons can never reconcile!!”

Did humans and demons sign a peace treaty? What the hell is this all about?

The High Guard Captain looked at Eldriph with an expression of absurdity. Judging by the angry look on his face, he seemed to believe in a genuine peace treaty.

It was absurd that the attack of the demons originated from a strange misunderstanding. Furthermore, even if they really tried to reconcile, it was absurd that the demons who actually caused the war would attack to prevent reconciliation.

“… What a stupid misunderstanding.”

“What, what? Asshole?!”

Eld Reef, who was accustomed to swearing but was not accustomed to opposing it, blushed at the word idiot.

“I’m sorry, but this is between the human kingdoms…”

“Bully! Would you believe such a lie? What kind of nonsense are you talking about while staying with the demon prince!!”

“What? Demon prince, what is that…”

In an instant, the words Eldreef said, “Do you protect me as a prince?” Came to mind.

Demon Prince. Prince of demons.

What if the demon prince and the demon king’s successor were of mixed blood?

The moment Hike tried to turn his head with a hardened face.

Fu-wook!

“Keah, kuhh!”

The dark elf Shret, who suddenly emerged from the shadows of the collapsed wreckage, pierced his heart.