Chapter 138 – Episode 138. I Can’t Help It. This Is a Temporary Alliance.
“Dave, Dave is here!?”
A ferocious woman with rough black hair.
“Dave, I found you.”
And a girl with a relatively small physique followed behind.
“… Ymir, Heira?”
“Oh, it’s here too. I’m glad the kid over there seems to be okay.”
After taking a quick look around the room, Ymir vomits relief.
When that gaze turned to Darkan, who was waiting quietly on the wall, her eyebrows began to furrow.
“What are you again, man? Dave’s new wife?”
“…”
Dark Khan retrieves the crystal while looking away from Ymir’s threat without saying a word.
Realizing that she wasn’t hostile at least, Ymir withdrew his interest and came straight to me with Heira.
“How did you guys find this place?”
“Oh well, it’s because I have a location tracker attached.”
“Location, tracker?”
Saying that, Ymir reached out his hand to my collar.
After that, the pebble in her hand began to emit a faint light in response to her mana.
“… Hey.”
“What man. My husband doesn’t know when he might run away at night, so I need to put something like this on.”
It’s scary to glare at Ymir, who argues in reverse.
Her attitude of asking if she wanted to try left her speechless.
Yeah, I guess I’ll be the only one who gets tired from hearing more.
“… Seeing that you came in in a hurry, something went wrong. What happened?”
“Ah well, since I already found you, it’s not a matter of much concern…”
When I asked about her business right away, Yumir replied with a sad expression.
Like it’s really nothing.
“It looks like the Demon King’s army has invaded this city.”
A very absurd problem casually.
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Devil.
A being who came to this land to carry out only one purpose, to bring destruction to this world.
Just by his existence, all things change, the existing order collapses, and everything ends up in ruin.
In fact, as long as the existence does not collapse, the destruction of this world is inevitable.
Even so, there were countless people in this world who were drawn by that mighty power and wanted to carry out their purpose.
There are cultists fascinated by great power itself, destructionists who just want the destruction of the world, and people who want to pursue individual beliefs or pure strength.
The head of the Beast Tribe, who had just arrived at the city of adventurers, a key place in the realm of mankind, was no exception.
“Boss, that’s the area the humans talked about.”
“Kufufu, have you finally arrived?”
A beastman who stopped marching at the report of his subordinate.
His eyes, looking down on the city from the forest on the hill, began to glow.
The beast’s sharp and clear eyes that clearly reflected even the moonlight at dawn.
“It looks like a nest built with walls erected, like a nest of rats. It’s to the point where it’s almost detestable that those kinds of things are roaming around with a land larger than ours.”
A hearty sneer erupted from the gaping muzzle.
The heavy body covered in thick leather and fur began to shake violently with the power that came from it.
The moment when a figure like a human wearing a wolf’s mask reveals its presence under the moonlight.
Its appearance, befitting a leader, reached the point where it overwhelmed even the hundreds of people who followed.
“The great offspring of Beldus! Are you ready to enjoy the bloody festival from now on!?”
“Auuuuu!!”
“Kwaaaaa!!!”
The cry of the beast that bursts out like a shout at the cry of the leader.
The leader, who personally felt the shudder of the air shaking the ground, began to howl more vigorously, realizing that it was also the result of his own status and power.
Haha!! Yes, shout louder! Ahead of you is this Alakion, the great descendant of Beldus!!”
Alakion, the wolf beast.
He was the head of the wolf tribe that ruled the Beldus Plain, named after the wolf king Beldus, and the strongest hunter of the demon king army, who was promoted to the rank of executive in the demon king army in recognition of his power.
There is one reason why such an absurd existence led a group of people beyond the realm of the demon king and into the realm of mankind.
It was because there existed forces within the human race that had secretly approached them and offered mouth-watering deals.
“Khuhu, it’s something to live long and see. I never thought the day would come when I colluded with lower species like humans.”
Lower species.
From the beastmen’s point of view, human beings had no choice but to be regarded as such.
Unlike themselves, who have grown teeth and nails to adapt to the harsh environment of the wild, they chose to build their nests to hide their weak bodies.
In his eyes, the walls and buildings spread out below are just a trick to hide such weakness.
In such a circumstance, how can fools who lend themselves to their enemies and give them the opportunity to stir up their own land in order to take even a little advantage are wise?
“No, humans are really stupid. Despite living in a nest because of that weakness, they are slandering and fighting each other in order to claim as much as possible within that nest.”
“Well, that’s good for us. If they fight among themselves, they increase the chance for us to invade.”
Alakion giggled at his subordinate’s words and prepared to go down the hill.
His eyes, which carved the faint light in the dark scene into his eyes, were dyed in more pleasant colors than ever before.
“I was sick of seeing those damn orcs invade our land, but it will be a good game after a long time.”
Oak.
Historically, in the Demon King’s army, it was a race that used to be a chore, but a few years ago, an exceptionally strong orc among them rose to the position of an executive, and the situation changed.
It wasn’t enough to show off as if he could stand shoulder to shoulder with the other executives, relying only on his strength, and after killing a few of them just to pass the time, the entire race went so far as to force an invasion into their territory to get revenge.
It was annoying to deal with such guys, so I tried to scare them away, but rather, the more brutally I killed them on the battlefield, the more they burned their anger and even prepared themselves for a final fight…
‘It’s almost tiring to deal with a species that used to be mad about breeding and forget even fear.’
For him, who regards slaughter itself as a game, the war with the orcs does not seem to be very nutritious.
For Alakion, who had been suffering for months, this moment to secretly infiltrate into the human realm was regarded as an opportunity.
‘In that sense, humans are the best prey. If you scare him a little, he gets scared and runs away.’
Yes, it is the privilege of the strong to ridicule the weak while holding the right to life and death.
To Alakion, who had felt the power and authority he possessed through such actions, this moment when he could trample humans to his heart’s content was regarded as an opportunity.
It is an opportunity to soothe the tired mind and body and to satisfy the thirst that has not been satisfied all along.
“Ruler! Subordinates! Come on, let’s run wild right here!”
“Kyaaaaa!”
“Kyat hoo woo woo !!!!”
Eventually, right after the sentence was delivered, a group of beastmen started screaming and running toward the city.
The images of them running up the hill as soon as they were revealed had already turned into afterimages.
It happened in an instant that the body, which received its unique speed, ran up the hill. Soon, as they approached the entrance to the city, a darker madness began to grow on their faces.
Haha! The bright moon seems to be blessing our festival!”
Prisoners who feel the light shining on their bodies and burn their sense of victory even more.
The clearer the light, the more they felt their wildness bristle.
The more the light that illuminates the dark night becomes clearer.
“… Huh? For a moment.”
That the light is bright Is that possible in the middle of the night?
Only then did some of the beastmen, noticing that something was wrong, stopped their steps and gradually raised their heads.
What exists there is the moon and a cluster of stars in the sky…
No, the light is too clear to be the sky. At this moment, the light covering the whole area comes from a much closer distance than the sky.
Which itself has volume and mass.
From the huge ‘swords’ made of hardened light.
“Uh, what is it? That…”
Prisoners looking up at the sky blankly in a situation they are seeing for the first time in their lives.
The sword formed in the sky didn’t care about that reaction and landed between them relentlessly.
-Koo Goong!!
The moment when the earth sank into a huge mass and the soil was stirred up.
In front of an attack that turned the whole area upside down, their speed and sharp fangs and claws were useless.
The moment the prisoners who were crushed by the mass or buried alive began to appear one after another.
“Ouch! Buy, save… Kuheh!”
The werewolf’s mouth exploded in agony, but even that was quickly buried by the pouring swords.
-Koo-Goo-Gung, Boom!!
Heavy rain of swords pouring down on the area.
By the time a phenomenon that could be considered a disaster made of light struck, the werewolf who barely survived the scene was struggling to breathe and engraved the images of his colleagues in a miserable state.
“What, what is it? What the hell…”
“Hey, it’s something to live for a very long time.”
At that moment, a faint voice came from the dust.
The composure felt from him was creating a big gap with the current situation. As if they were laughing at themselves for not knowing what to do in an unknown situation.
“No matter how much human scum like me is openly crawling, isn’t it a place where even the poop puppies of the Demon King’s Spirit will crawl?”
Eventually, the moment the main character appeared, emitting red smoke, the face of the werewolf who grasped the identity of the werewolf crooked and began to raise his claws.
“I am a wolf, not a dog. This low class guy!!!”
How dare you dare to say sarcasm against the superior beast race.
-Kwadeuk!!
However, to the displeasure of such thoughts, the man who faced him ripped off the werewolf’s head without hesitation.
Bare-handed without a single weapon.
The grip strength exerted by additionally strengthening the trained body through drugs made it possible to achieve it without hesitation even against naturally superior beastmen.
“… I don’t think this is the time for us to fight.”
A man who casually throws away the torn off head and kicks the corpse.
When I looked back while removing the cigarette, there was a woman approaching who showed off her presence by revealing brilliance even in the smoke.
“Ah, I guess so.”
A woman who wields a sword while uttering a similarly blunt voice.
When it was discovered that there were hundreds of prisoners at the site immediately afterward, the man removed the cigarette he was holding in his mouth and emitted red smoke.
It was as if he had grasped the whole situation with just what he could see right away.
“I heard that the rebels were rampaging, but I never thought that the Demon King’s Army would lead an army directly and attack.”
“Is this something you guys don’t know about?”
“I am a mercenary who will do anything for money, but I have never received a request from the Demon King’s Army. Rather, isn’t it strange that he, a civil servant, doesn’t know about the invasion of the Demon King’s Army?”
“… Apparently, the scale of the rebellion is bigger than I thought.”
How could you easily hide a route that would covertly infiltrate an army of this size?
It was obvious that high-ranking aristocrats and aides at the post would have participated.
Faced with that, she let go of her murderous intentions aimed at him and began to squeeze her sword in her hand.
“Bardos, what do you want to do?”
It’s been a long time since he, too, reaped the intent to kill himself. He was a man who was ready to die and rushed at him, but after recognizing the existence of the beastmen, his attention was turned to the army in front of him.
“If that’s all right, I’d like to take a truce for a while.”
Does it matter if the target of a life-and-death fight is not yourself?
No, he might rather think that it is better to deal with hundreds of troops than one strong man.
If you think about the characteristics of a man who gets a thrill only when his life is at stake.
“… He issued an evacuation order for the neighborhood, but since he only evacuated within the city, we can’t let them invade.”
Yes, since the battle itself is the purpose, it would not be a lie to propose a truce.
A female knight who only raised such a sense of self-righteousness. Verdia pointed her light sword at them and prepared to perform another miracle of the gods.
“I can’t help it. Let’s hold hands until we deal with those guys.”
“Haha, that’s not bad. Don’t grab my ankles for nothing.”
Bardos and Verdia.
The moment when two people who are regarded as the strongest in mankind stood in the way of the Demon King’s army.
“… This, lower species that can have more fun than I expected have appeared.”
The leader of the army.
Alakion smiled proudly, striding across the frozen army to take his place in front of them.
