Chapter 24 – Mm…Mmm…A Stick Is the Medicine for a Mad Dog!(7)
Upon hearing that Baron Armageddon was doing something, the hero and his companions joined the amphitheater as spectators. I didn’t know that the event was going head-to-head with one of the beastmen I caught last time.
At first, as the female Royal Knight explained the rules, Luke discussed with his companions whether it would be good to keep watching, whether to stop it, or whether he should leave.
As a result, there was an opinion that in order to defeat Baron Armageddon, even a little more information about him should be obtained, and in the end it was decided to watch the confrontation.
And…
“Um, that’s a bit…”
“You’re too…”
What unfolded before their eyes was not a fair and equal ‘duel’, but a one-sided ‘beaten’.
“Alas, Baron Armageddon won!”
“Have you searched all the disgusting reverse bugs, right?Hehe!”
“Isn’t this a master piece?!”
“Yeah, no~!”
Ragnar Armageddon’s strength and skills were not very great. It was the hands of a beginner who had never learned a weapon professionally. However, despite this, he was mercilessly beating the female beastman with a black metal rod of unknown material.
It was a subtle magic that was hard to notice unless you looked closely, but the effect it had was great. A female beast-man with a pretty good physical ability is now miserably sprawled on the floor because of just that magic.
“Uh, uh…”
It was pitiful to watch with my own two eyes the sight of a woman lying on the floor, moaning in pain. The game is already over, Luke thought. However, he realized that this was not the case when Baron Armageddon swung his rod again at the weak, who had no strength to resist.
That was unacceptable to Luke. This was clearly a duel. A duel is a contest of prowess against each other until either side admits defeat or is unable to fight. Wielding a weapon again at the point where victory or defeat has already been decided cannot be called a duel anymore.
Luke was a warrior. No matter how afraid Rag or Armageddon is, and even if he leaves his domain as if he were running away from him, he is a warrior.
And a warrior…
“Stop!”
It also refers to a meddler who never gets over injustice and lives a very tiring life.
*
Visor! A thin, long black stick collided with a sharp longsword, and orange sparks flew. I asked with a sneer at the intruder.
“What is this, Champion Luke? Why are you trying to disrupt this sacred dueling trial?”
“What a sacred thing, it’s already been won! Anything more than that is just an excuse! Lay down your weapon, Baron Armageddon!”
“…Anje.”
“…!”
Cheng Kang! At a sharp surprise attack from the side, Luke quickly returned the sword and laid the blade down to block the attack. Luke, who managed to block Ange’s menacing stab, looked at her with a puzzled face.
“Kuu, why…?”
“You are more powerful than you look. Did you say your name is…Luke? Please return to your seat right now. Your action now is to interfere with the sacred dueling trial, a law ordained by Her Majesty the Queen. You, too, will be punished for interfering.”
“But you’ve already won, right?”
“No, it isn’t.”
Weeeee! Ange’s three swords swung several times with the sound of cutting through the wind, and Luke gradually retreated back as he received all of the sharp slashes.
“The terms which determine the winner and loser of the duel, the two parties to her have decided to make it a declaration of surrender. Unless she declares her surrender with her own mouth, her duel is not over.”
“But he’s not in a situation where he can say surrender!”
“It doesn’t matter. The important thing is that she didn’t say the word of her surrender. The duel isn’t over yet, so please return to your seats before this further use of force.”
“What nonsense is that…”
Kaaang! Before Luke could finish his words, Ange’s sharp blow struck his sword face. Luke, who was pushed back by the shock, froze at the gaze of the female knight coldly glaring at him.
“This is a final warning given that you may not be familiar with the rules of this country as you are an outsider. If you do not comply with these instructions, we will also consider you an offender and proceed with the arrest process.”
It wasn’t just the female knight who judged the duel that stopped Luke.
“Right! Get out of here!”
“Do not insult the sacred dueling trial!”
“Me! Rock! Me! Rock! Me! Rock!”
Everyone watching the duel was shouting for him to get out. At the feeling of being alone among so many people, Luke groaned inwardly. Even if I tried to force myself beyond this, there was nothing I could do. Because his journey didn’t start from something like this to end in this way. But…
“Then, let’s start over.”
“Ah… Uh…”
Baek! Puck! Fuck! Fuck! Puck Foo!
Can a person who ignores the voice of a person asking for help be called a warrior?
“…So the duel didn’t end because the opponent didn’t surrender, does that mean?”
“That’s right.”
“Then, as an impartial judge of this duel, can’t you ask her if she’s willing to surrender? It’s possible that she’s willing to surrender but can’t say it.”
“…Okay. I’ll check it now, you can go back to your seat.”
Yes. This is the best he can do. She couldn’t help her directly. It’s all I can give you this opportunity. However, with this, she will no longer suffer in front of everyone…
“… Upon her confirmation, she confirms to her that she intends to pursue her duel. She resumes the duel.”
…What?
*
The foolishness of the beast woman was beyond my imagination. That cowardly warrior gave me a chance to get out of this place with courage, but she kicked that last chance with her feet.
I don’t know if it’s the absurd delusion that she will somehow beat me and become free, or that she wants to hit me properly even once, or if it’s just that she’s talking nonsense because her head went crazy from being hit so fucking hard, but she was definitely I said with my mouth that I would not surrender.
So I was able to beat her up legally, and this time there’s no room for her champion to intervene. That is, I can properly instill in her her country her fear of her existence, her helplessness against her own power.
Subdue opponents with violence. It’s not my favorite method, but it can’t be helped if this only works. It was necessary to properly imprint the relationship between the upper and lower ranks, even with fists and kicks.
Baek! Fuck! Fuck!
I swung the wand again. It would take enough time for a normal person to get tired and fall off after hitting, but I was still in good spirits. It’s the effect of all the artifacts I’m dangling all over my body.
From ‘Distortion’ magic that weakens the speed and power of physical attacks, ‘Blur’ that makes ranged attacks miss a certain distance, and all the characteristics of Mars that are specialized in intense long-term battles are borrowed. Even without the use of magic, magic items and non-magical means were enough to fight this far.
Of course, this is not all. I’m not particularly gifted in fighting skills or magic, so I had to scrape together all the tools I could use.
“Hey, calm down.”
Pug. Wake up a broken prisoner woman by kicking her stomach. Her pain brought her back to consciousness, causing her to gasp for breath, then whimper and start gagging on the floor. Boos and cheers were heard from all directions at the same time.
“Damn it, fouling the arena of a sacred fight with filthy vomit. Not the slightest hint of politeness.”
It wasn’t something that would come out of the mouth of someone who mercilessly beat an opponent who couldn’t resist properly for several hours, but it didn’t matter since no one would argue with me.
“Don’t overdo it. I’m beating you while taking care of it so that you don’t die.”
Her physical condition is truly messed up, but her yongkae hasn’t stopped breathing. I don’t really like teaching assistants who use violence, but I’m not without experience. It was very clumsy at first, but now I’m used to it and I’ve learned where and how to hit it. Yes, for example…
Booung!
“Oops.”
In that situation, the yongkae got up and came swinging her nails. Of course that is that and this is this. She lightly took a step back to avoid the attack, then she took another step forward, pushing her foot against the chest as she charged.
Fuck!
“Oh, uh…!”
She fell behind her, helplessly pushed by her foot, and this time she did not beat her with the stick in her hand, but stepped on her foot. She feels her bones twisting when she steps on them. And here, compared to the pain you feel, there’s not much scarring left, and here, the pain is especially great, so it’s suitable for instilling fear.
Even if others see it as if they are trampling on it with ignorance, they are calculating and beating them in their own way. It doesn’t kill, and it makes you feel the maximum pain. Then, when it seems that its health has reached its limit, it will stop attacking. Until you wake up and attack me.
“…”
Then at some point, she didn’t get up again.
She didn’t die Although somewhat irregular, breathing is clear. Because of Suin’s outstanding physical ability, she must have already recovered her stamina enough to stand up again. But she couldn’t get up.
No, it didn’t happen.
If I woke up anyway, it would only lead to ruthless violence again. After beating me until I can’t stand up, I’m waiting until I get up again. Because when she woke up she realized that she would again kneel before this unreasonable and merciless violence.
So it doesn’t happen
She already knew with her body that she couldn’t win. And she instilled a fear of me in the form of unrelenting violence, and she eventually knelt before him.
Brave enough to be ignorant, her heart was broken in the face of violence that even an idiot could easily understand.
“…Hmm. For now, let’s leave it here for now.”
I’m not the type to enjoy violence, but with the weapon I wielded and kicked for the first time in a while, my stress was relieved. Today, I have to look at it specially here. And if it goes on beyond this…
“…”
Because the warrior staring at me sharply over there might eventually lose control and attack me.
I asked after grabbing the hair of the brutally broken prisoner woman and making her look up.
“Hey, handmaiden. Have you thought of surrendering?”
“…Sorry…”
And what came out of her mouth was enough to be accepted as surrender, and it satisfied me. When a person who is bitten in a predicament asks for forgiveness, the majority asks to be spared, because it is like a declaration of surrender that they have no intention of fighting anymore.
“Yes, surrender. I understand. In the duel trial, the verdict is decided at the point where the duel is over. Ange, can I decide the punishment?”
“Of course. That’s the right of those who won the duel trial.”
“Okay. Then, this guy and the rest of us, let’s put the slave stamp on them right now.”
“Okay. In that case, I’ll end the duel trial between the two of you with this.”
This sorceress is also very stupid. A final push to not become a slave? Stupid.
Violence, that greedy girl can’t just give up her own. Even if she doesn’t want or need it, she’s a greedy character who never gives to others as long as she’s hers.
The fact that she gave her citizenship to her runaway prisoners also meant that she would make her living prisoners her own. So, if I were to take these convicts as slaves, I would be quite annoyed. You will probably suffer quite a bit.
Originally, he had intended to get into a fight with Violens using that as an excuse and cause her to break her pact first, and start an all-out war right away, but the duel trial changed the story. No matter how greedy that bitch is, a bitch knows the value of promises.
Of course. Because I wrote it myself.
As long as the result of the duel trial came out like this, the convicts became my property without any gambling. That is the rule of the duel trial. The last indulgence given to sinners? Sounds funny.
It’s just politics for show, using a clown who doesn’t understand his subject to satisfy the citizens’ violence and entertainment, and to give everyone the illusion that there is a chance.
If it had been a normal trial, the odds were quite low, but he might not have become my slave. And this stupid bitch throws away the fate of my colleagues and myself by throwing an indispensable gambler with no 0.0001% chance of winning.
As if to show off to the hero, I grabbed the handmaiden by the ankles and dragged her across the floor like a load. The fighting spirit grew even bigger. But inside it was empty. The hero has a face that wants to attack me right now, but I know very well that he can’t.
Cowardly hero Luke, it’s not time for you to attack me yet. When you fight me, only after you have gained enough strength and courage. That way, I won’t be able to beat you again.
Because I’m the villain boss
Because he is a villain who has to give catharsis of justice to the audience watching this play by repeating, repeating, repeating and repeating all sorts of evil deeds that are difficult to describe.
So hurry up and get strong.
To stop my evil deeds.
To defeat me in front of everyone and give the audience the ultimate catharsis.
So that I can do my part properly.
*
“Let me ask you something.”
“Yes, whatever.”
‘He’ asked the goddess Luminous, looking down at him who ruthlessly beats the beast woman.
“I’m sure he was originally said to be very far from evil, but rather an extremely good person? No matter how much position makes a person, that alone can’t change a person to such an extreme extent. If that’s the case, another It’s a story that something came and went, but can you figure out what it is?”
The luminous goddess swallowed her dry saliva. I thought he was very quick-witted just by recognizing that he wasn’t originally from another world, but I never thought I’d be able to notice this much with just that.
There is no point in hiding it any longer. Even if you don’t tell me, I’m sure you’ll figure it out on your own sooner or later. In that case, the goddess Luminous, who decided that it was better for her to speak with her own mouth, suppressed her desire to sigh and confessed her circumstances.
“Actually, the actor disappeared due to unforeseen circumstances, so when she was looking for a soul to take her place, she called upon a human soul who could give her ‘the best outcome I wanted’ with a little use of her powers.”
“Hmm. He summoned a human soul who could give you ‘the best outcome you want’. Indeed, that’s right. He may have been a good person in his previous life, but he was not a good and pure person. He was in just such an environment, I squeezed myself into it because I didn’t have the power to change it. But now I don’t have to. Instead of pushing myself into it, I have the power to change the environment around me to suit myself.”
It is an illusion that the victim is unconditionally good. The victim is just the perpetrator who did not become the perpetrator.
“But even considering that, he’s special. No matter how connected he is to you, normally he’d be blinded by his conceit that he could do anything in that situation, but he’s different. He’s thoroughly evil, but that’s It’s just a role that fits your role.”
The audience laughed refreshingly as if they were genuinely enjoying themselves.
“Of course, while fulfilling the role, he fulfills his own desires, but he fulfills his role well enough and does not become more obsessed with it than necessary. It’s not just about playing a villain, but it’s a situation that’s good enough to become such a villain. How could that be?”
“Because that’s my promise to him.”
“…Appointment?”
Luminous nodded his head.
“On condition that he faithfully fulfills his role, he has agreed to support him in many ways.”
“I wonder if that support…”
“Yes, it is emotional manipulation.”
To a goddess who creates a world by saying that she will do just one play, changing the mind of a single human being is not that difficult. Especially when it comes to controlling only a part of your emotions, not completely changing your humanity.
“Hesitation about killing an intelligent being, regret and guilt for what he did, and fear of death. He asked me to get rid of unnecessary emotions in order to perfectly fulfill my role as a villain. I only did that request and Yo.”
“And the empty place of those emotions is filled by other emotions, and the sexual desire that had been suppressed for a long time because there was no opportunity in the previous life became like crazy. Now I understand a little bit.”
Wouldn’t it have been easier if you had removed the libido as well? But rather, it was more fun for ‘him’ to not do that, so I didn’t bother mentioning that fact.
“Okay. The play prepared by ‘you guys’ is very sloppy, but it’s rather interesting because of it. I’m curious how you guys will end this story.”
“…”
“Please don’t let me down. I mean, ‘fun’ above all else.”
