Chapter 96 – But What About It? It Actually Happened.(1)
“So… If I heard Jim correctly, I think he asked for backup because he needed to kill Baron Armageddon… Is that right?”
“That’s right.”
“Haha…”
The king of the Hermon Kingdom decides to dismiss the man in front of him who introduced himself as a warrior as a madman who has lost his mind at a young age, or as a fearless swindler hired by a nobleman who wants to kill Baron Armageddon to borrow the power of the royal family. I seriously contemplated whether to slit his neck.
The family of Baron Armageddon was originally an honorable duke who made a great contribution to the founding of Hermon Kingdom, but it was a place where everything was lost due to the wrong judgment of the royal family. The last heir of the family, Ragnar Armageddon, used his strange powers in a foreign land to pulverize one of the dukes that ruined his family. It was very difficult.
However, the meaning he revealed by participating in a party held by the royal family was unexpected. Although it was dangerous for the strongest power in the kingdom not to support the royal family, he had no particular intention of taking over the kingdom. All the nobles who tried to win the favor of the royal family or get rid of them for being in the way had to meet a miserable end, but Ragna Armageddon did nothing to harm the Hermon family.
Even though he had to suffer numerous casualties in the territory war he was committing, he only moved with the goal of the territory that originally belonged to the Duke of Armageddon. In fact, if you go a little further, there is a territory where a gold mine is buried, which is coveted by numerous nobles, but he stopped further invasion just because the yolk manor was not originally his family’s.
Even after that, King Hermon tested him several times, and was soon convinced. He really has no interest in taking possession of this kingdom, all he wants is to bring Armageddon back to a time when it was most powerful. Surprisingly, it is the royal family of Hermon who benefit most from his rampage. It was because he was cleaning up everything from treacherous servants whose only thing they were good at was flattering, to ungrateful nobles coveting the throne, without the need for the royal family to step in and deal with it.
He is a lion that appeared on the ranch.
Instead of an old shepherd dog with no teeth, he is a watchman who protects the plump sheep from the hungry wolves beyond the fence.
Although they occasionally kill and eat the sheep on the ranch when they are hungry, their numbers are minuscule compared to the amount of sheep that the wolves will come over to eat. It is a simple fact that does not need to be explained twice that it is much safer to defend the ranch than to feed a few sheep to a huge lion, rather than having all the sheep eaten by a pack of hungry wolves.
And the request of the man who introduced himself as a warrior is that the lion, who had been protecting the ranch so far, should be caught and killed just because he ate a few sheep.
They do not prepare for the pack of wolves that will come after the lion dies, and do not have the strength to kill the lion alone in the first place, but just insist that it is right.
He is an annoying kid who has no need or value to deal with and just spits out troublesome idealism.
The world demands to live a good life, but ironically, the world is not all about living a good life. Not what is good or bad, but how to benefit yourself. And for the king of Hermon Kingdom, between Baron Ragnar Armageddon, who could not be killed and had no reason to kill, and the self-styled hero he met for the first time today, it was a matter of which side he should take for the benefit of the old man. He had no reason to touch and bleed the lion who protects the sheep from the wolves.
“You have the courage to make the bold declaration that you would kill your subjects in front of the king of a kingdom. Be careful with your words and actions so that you don’t do anything wrong.”
King Hermon has no intention of helping this self-proclaimed champion. If he really took care of Baron Armageddon, the Hermon family would be able to strengthen their throne in a situation where most of the nobles were crushed by him and unable to use their power, but pointing a sword at Baron Armageddon for that is a different matter. Frankly, to the King, it would not hurt him whether this self-appointed champion really took down Baron Armageddon, or met a miserable end like any other challenger.
“But, lord, how long do you think Baron Armageddon will remain that way? If we don’t stop him before it’s too late, then who will be able to stop him when he starts moving? So…”
“Stop.”
The king adamantly cut off his words.
“That’s none of your business, as an outsider of this country, to worry about. And the act of arbitrarily bringing up business without permission in front of the leader of a country is an act of disrespect that will not be viewed favorably in any country. A stranger who does not know the laws of this country. Even if you say that, there is a limit to what you can do. Stop it now and leave.”
“…All right.”
Perhaps having a premonition that the conversation would no longer work, the hero withdrew from the throne room with his comrades with a resigned face. The king, seated on his throne, sighed and shook his head.
“Even if it’s not like that, I’m having trouble seeing Wilhelm doing strange things again these days, but what about that young man who is a hero or something… Tsk.”
*
“After…”
After leaving the palace, Luke uselessly looked up at the blue sky and let out a deep sigh. Prince Frederick said he had no one to help but himself, but he didn’t think that was true. Even so, I thought that there must be more people who can help me take down such a villain, as if the world were his.
But things didn’t go the way I thought.
The Hermon family was reluctant to touch the beehive of Armageddon, and among the nobles, a person who could be helpful had already entered under Prince Frederick. The Royal Knights are still putting their efforts into stabilizing the kingdom of Elheim, and adventurers, no matter how much money they use, do not want to be associated with nobles from other countries, so they will not step forward. I hate to admit it, but Prince Frederick was right. Without him, there was no force to help Luke fight against Baron Armageddon.
In fact, they would have had no complaints if Luke had said ‘I’d do it if I could, but if I couldn’t afford it, I’d have to take him down with my own hands’ when asked to hand over a recruit so they could decapitate Baron Armageddon. I would have accepted the offer without it. For them, the public execution of Baron Armageddon was the second priority, and the first priority was the death of Baron Armageddon.
But the hero who neither compromises nor lies about himself did not. Even if it were possible to capture him alive, it would be a reasonable decision to finish it with one’s own hands rather than risk handing over the recruits of Baron Armageddon to them, and a fool born from the intertwining of the two thoughts that a warrior cannot deceive and deceive others. It was an honest conclusion.
“Luke!”
“…Viola and Hockna! Both of you are safe!”
The two comrades who returned safely in front of the gloomy hero who couldn’t find reinforcements made his gloomy mood a little better.
“Viola, are you okay now? I heard that a god from another world has dwelled in your body. Has that problem been resolved?”
“Oh, yes. That problem is fine now. It’s completely out of my body. More than that… Luke, look at this.”
Viola was pleased with her reunion for the first time in a while, and handed over the pile of documents she was holding in her hand to Luke. Luke received the document while tilting his head, and was quite shocked by the contents written in it.
“Eh, what is this? Viola, is everything written here true? Where the hell did you get this document from?”
“After the possession issue was resolved, I sneaked into Baron Rag or Armageddon’s room while he was away for a while. His mansion was so strictly guarded on the outside that there was nothing to call it as a guard inside. The documents were also found in that room, and the contents of the documents… At least in my opinion, are all true.”
“…Damn it.”
Luke gritted his teeth and read the document once again.
The contents of the document include information about the space under Baron Armageddon, from the beginning of the plan that Baron Armageddon spreads his power to all four kingdoms and stains many people with evil at the same time with the power to corrupt human minds. The characteristics of the power he handles, etc… All kinds of information that Luke and his party desperately needed were contained. It wouldn’t be strange to call it a collection of strategies for Rag or Baron Armageddon.
“Thank you, Viola.”
“Yes?”
“You went through a lot of trouble bringing such great information. And thank you Mr. Hawkna for bringing Viola safely all the way here. If it wasn’t for the two of you, I really wouldn’t have been able to do anything.”
“Ahaha… I haven’t done much.”
“Because you guys defeated Violence by yourself while I was gone… I just thought something like this should help.”
Luke re-planned based on the information in the document. Originally, he planned to seek out support forces and bet Baron Armageddon head-on, but if this information were true, it would have been an act of suicide in which victory did not exist. The terrible creatures in his basement, the myriad of demons around the mansion and the privates of Baron Armageddon… Above all, the Baron Armageddon and his mighty henchmen. Even if Prince Frederick gave him more strength, he didn’t think he would be able to deal with it all.
If that’s the case, it’s more likely to defeat only Rag or Armageddon, the target, with a small number of people, as was the case last time.
Even for that… Prince Frederick and his men were desperate. In the end, after a while, Luke set up a meeting with Prince Frederick again to persuade him.
*
-Oh, things seem to be going pretty well?
‘That’s fortunate out of misfortune.’
– But the more I look at him, the more funny he is. Not believing any information given by others, but accepting the information brought by colleagues without question.
Usually, the hero type is easy to handle because his head is empty, but this hero is rather difficult to handle because he is too clean even though his head is clear. So I just gave up on predicting the guy’s behavior. Instead, I decided to reduce the path he could go to one.
Either follow the path I have prepared, or just follow it.
If it was difficult to predict his movements, he could limit the paths he could take so that they could be predicted.
“The next time the hero comes, I’ll be able to finish this play for sure. Ey, I’ve lost once before, so I’ll be beaten twice by the same move again?”
*
“Ugh…!”
“…”
But what about it? It really happened!
…Why? Why the hell
I felt déjà vu at the sight of the wounded hero and comrades on the verge of kneeling in front of me. Haven’t you done this before?
I definitely created a support force called Prince Frederick and his men, and in addition to a document with my final plan written down, I wrote down the powers and methods used by his men, as well as their weaknesses, and delivered it through Viola. Besides, among the current hero’s allies is the first hero, Selena. It means that the most powerful being in the world, who single-handedly defeated the immortal dragon many times, is an ally.
But Luke, why did you lose to me again?
“..Haha.”
It’s strange.
How to handle the divine power, my weaknesses, the location of the traps in the mansion, the detailed information on the troops, and the detailed plan of my final plan. I handed over all the information I could give.
To be honest, if I had done this much, even if I was in the position of a hero, I would have lost if I had lost the battle with Baron Armageddon, and I would not have lost the battle because I was messed up by the mid-bosses before I even fought the boss. Even if I lived in a modern era where there were no monsters, that would have been possible!
By the way! He wasn’t called from another world like me, but he was a human who originally lived in this world! Even if you look at the overall stats, it’s not at all inferior to me, so why the hell are you losing!
I managed to convince Prince Frederick and his men to go wild. To lure my troops outside. So, according to that intention, I sent half of the enlisted men and witches in the mansion there.
By the way, after reducing my power through manning operation, the passage I secretly used to break into the interior is called a dungeon? Not anywhere else, but a dungeon? Viola must have told me everything about what was there, but why did she come there?
It’s not just coming, it’s fighting against the mormot guarding the prison, freeing the prisoners, and then being attacked by them…
Somehow, after leaving the basement while Selena, the first hero, dealt with them instead… Even if I ran to my room on the top floor right away, it wouldn’t be enough, so I scattered to deal with my henchmen first?
Besides, you can’t properly defeat even one of the henchmen, and you join me in a tattered state and arrive at my room?
This bastard really… How the hell could he screw things up so fantastically?
“Under…”
If Baron Armageddon is defeated, his henchmen will scatter, plotting the future, so that each one takes on one person and defeats them at the same time?
Fuck, that’s only possible when your fighting power can overwhelmingly exceed ours. Where the hell did the arrogant conceit to put my subordinates first in a difficult situation even with the goal of defeating me, the boss, as quickly as possible, at the point where the fighting power is not equal, but rather inferior? How many times, how many times did you think you could win after being beaten by me and my subordinates?
Also, staffing is…
First of all, among my henchmen, Mormot is in the middle of dealing with the first hero along with those in the dungeon, so the main forces remaining are four of my henchmen, Saha, Mars, Ray, and Mia, plus five, including Mystrina, the Witch of Mist brought from the Kingdom of Elheim.
Against Mystrina, Viola, the same wizard, is dealt with by Mars, Gordon, who has the highest defense, entrusts her saha to Hawkna, Ayla goes against Mia, and the hero himself goes against Ray?
Seriously… Do you have anything in your head?
To the extent that hypotensive patients become hypertensive, my blood pressure rose and my backbone pulled.
First of all, there is a big problem with this personnel selection.
The stage of the fight is inside my mansion. In other words, it is an indoor game.
The hero who was defeated by me in the previous challenge because of Ray considered Ray to be the most troublesome being and took it for himself, but that was a mistake. At that time, Ray was the only henchman to deal with them, and in fact, Mia was more troublesome in indoor combat, surprisingly.
Mia belongs to a non-combatant maid, but she managed this mansion alone until her Beast Sisters and Blacky arrived, so no one knows this mansion better than she does. Besides, Mia now has six maids, mercenaries, and Blacky, a former thief, by her side.
Ayla, who has the lowest firepower and the highest stability among the hero’s companions, can’t defeat eight people by herself. Although Ayla has the advantage against enemies with the power of darkness, only one of her maids, Blue, received the power of darkness.
Luke seems to have thought that there was no way that the beastmen who had been treated badly by me would fight for me, but he should have considered the possibility that all the beastmen became allies to me at the point where Bluey dealt with him in the mansion of mist. And if they became my allies, which of my servants would I assist?
At the end of a pincer attack by seven maids under Mia’s command, the barrier that protected Ayla’s body was destroyed. The only reason she was able to escape was because her maids didn’t pursue her. If Mia was going to be attacked, she would have been better off with Hawk or Viola for many battles.
It may be that Hawkna, who specializes in long-range attacks and tracking, thought that she was the most suitable to deal with Saha, who specialized in assassination and stealth, but that is a story that only works in the field.
This is also the hero’s mistake for failing to consider the sharp decline in the fighting power of Hochna, who uses a bow in a room with limited space. If you were to deal with Saha within the mansion, it would have been better to cover your entire body with sturdy armor rather than chasing him carelessly. Yes, like Gordon.
Gordon against Mars there? No matter how high his defensive power is, he is nothing but a sheet of paper in front of Mars, who is called a berserker. Against her sword, Ayla’s holy power barrier would have lasted longer than the shy armor. Or, Viola sharpening her magic.
And Ray… Ray’s strength is that he wields multiple demons. However, all of them are dark beasts, and nothing is more effective against them than Viola’s wide-area magic or Ayla’s divine power. Of course, Luke, a warrior, can also handle divine power, but if he wraps it around his sword and cuts it one by one, how long will he be able to defeat Ray?
And the biggest mistake was sending Viola against Mystrina. Even if she is the same wizard, Mist Rina is a high-level magician who is called a ‘witch’. Sending a still inexperienced wizard against the outstanding witch who easily improved the magic circle so that even I, who was unfamiliar with magic, could easily use magic, was the worst mistake he could have made because he was a warrior who did not know anything about magic.
As a result, the party of warriors tried to break each other with the intention of cutting off my limbs first, but were instead defeated individually.
If I exert my full strength, I can barely deal with the hero and my colleagues even in their intact state, but the sight of me dying after touching my subordinates for no reason and then attacking… It reminded me of the time when I was on the verge of collapsing from suffering and reaching in front of me.
The moment when I couldn’t hold back my anger and was about to spit out my greed towards the hero.
[Hiahhhhh!
At the loud and terrifying roar coming from afar, as if the sky was sinking down, neither I nor the warrior had to turn their heads out the window.
Fuck, what is this time again!!
