Chapter 192 – Chapter 17 – Arrival at Demon Castle
It was Klaus who wanted to rip Heetari’s throat right away.
However, this was something that the king, who had been loyal to him for a while, had to put an end to.
The soldiers had already been entrusted to Kaela before they could get themselves together, and Chamberlain Carlagul and Treasurer Maylor were roughly grasping the situation.
So Yulia gathered everyone else and informed them of Heetari’s betrayal.
Until now, it was Heetari who stole information about this demon castle, sent spies inside, and drilled a hole in the most important heart of the East.
Naturally, at first even Yulia’s servants couldn’t believe it.
Heetari was a man who had been loyal since the previous demon king, so he knew that.
It was right to see that it was impossible to accept it right away.
However, when Karagul showed him the evidence he had done so far and this time through Klaus and Lire, everyone fell silent.
From the very basic fact that the demon king returned, to the flow inside the castle, the trend of the neutral nobles who swore allegiance, and the fact that other people besides Klaus entered the castle.
Other spies had all the information written down that would have taken at least a few more days.
“It is my negligence.”
Because of the betrayal of one of his most trusted servants, those who remained seemed to be secretly worried that the king’s wrath might be reached.
In response to that, Yulia shook her head and said so.
Heetari’s betrayal was due to his lack of anything else.
“If I were the kind of king who deserved to give you all my allegiance without a shadow of a doubt, how could he have thought of betraying me? This is largely my fault. What can I say?”
“His Highness the Demon King.”
“I apologize.”
“So, I will make sure this doesn’t happen again. I will not disappoint you. I will definitely repay those who believed in me and endured the hard times and kept their place like this. And the beginning will be to judge those who dare to rebel against me, the lord of the east and the king of all demons. I declare to you in this place. I will definitely punish my uncle, Aupen Agricio. I will be held accountable for daring to pretend to be the king as a subject and acting arrogantly.”
It is true that even when he left for the academy as if he were running away, he still lacked a lot as a king.
Everyone in Karagul, Mayrore, and the Devil’s Castle clearly remembers that Yulia was going through a very difficult time at the time, that she was on the verge of collapsing at any moment.
But the figure of Julia they saw today, the figure their king displayed.
It was beautiful and full of grace, but also strong and strong.
I wondered what the hell was going on at the academy.
I wondered what kind of experience he had that gave off a completely different energy in those few months.
And as proof that it’s not just words.
As if from now on, I will show you the image of a king that you can trust and rely on.
After Yulia declared that, the first thing she ordered was to bring Heetari.
The evidence is already overflowing, the words to be heard have been heard, and all that is needed is a severe punishment like frost.
Sreureung-.
Heetari, lying face down on the battlefield like an insect, was unable to say anything while staring at Yulia, who was slowly approaching with the Demon King’s sword drawn.
It was not at all silent due to guilt or resignation to life.
It was because Klaus even smashed his chin while bringing him here in case he said anything useless.
“Your behavior is the most disgusting and unforgivable thing in the world. So, it would be appropriate to drag him out into the streets right now and tear him limb from limb in front of my people. However, in recognition of the loyalty you gave to the previous demon king, I will allow you to shed your blood on the battlefield like this. Heetari. Do you have anything to say?”
Maybe there is, but I can’t tell.
His jaw had already been completely smashed and he was drooling and dribbling.
Even if she tried to sympathize with her, her inability to do so made Julia’s heart even colder.
Yulia, who looked down on the worst traitor for a moment, moved his sword without hesitation.
After taking the other person’s life perfectly by stabbing it exactly where the heart is located.
He drew his sword and cut the criminal’s neck in a graceful line, adding to the misery.
Chew! Chop!-
The disgusting hot blood of the traitor splatters on the battlefield and splatters on Yulia’s face.
It was really strange that the scene where the red blood was smeared on that beautiful face gave off a very strange yet strangely attractive feeling.
“Send this man’s head to my uncle.”
“Would it be okay if we sent a letter together, Your Majesty the Demon King?”
“What kind of letter do you need to return the trash? Just throwing this would be enough.”
Saying so, Yulia held out her treasured sword to Carlagul.
The chief chamberlain received the sword she held out on top of the pure white cloth she had been holding in her hand beforehand, and then took her folded sword and disappeared somewhere.
As the people gathered in Daejeon watched, Yulia slowly opened her mouth.
“Until now, I had suppressed my uncle as much as I could by being silent, but not anymore. You have to greet the man from the front. He was the one who pretended to be the king and enjoyed more power than the king. Many have already turned their backs on this place and abandoned me.”
“…”
“It will be different from now on, it will be much busier, and it will be incomparably more difficult than before.”
What Yulia was about to say, those gathered in her room understood roughly.
I am expressing it anxiously, but let those who want to escape from themselves even now.
I won’t hold on to it, I won’t blame it, and I won’t be disappointed.
Since this is the real thing, it would be beneficial for only those who were really determined to remain.
The king who stood in front of them was saying that.
“…”
The people gathered in Daejeon blinked in agony.
If he was going to abandon the current Demon King, he would have abandoned it long ago.
Some say that Yulia has nothing to boast about, but that she became a king simply because of her lineage.
Seeing various aspects beside her, they saw potential in Yulia, albeit faintly.
That’s why I’ve had a hard time staying by his side.
But on this very day, the king himself cuts off the traitor and sends his head to his nemesis.
If up until now it had been a quiet struggle, it was certain that from tomorrow one would die and the other live.
So, those who want to leave even now may leave, Yulia was giving that chance.
She had no intention of abandoning the demon lord, but when the demon lord said that, she was so cunning that she couldn’t help but be shaken, even for a moment.
Thud thud-.
Just then, the man who had been standing in the corner in silence until now stepped forward.
At first glance, it seems like one of the demons in the Demon King Castle, just like the other servants.
It was a person with the dark brown eyes of humans, different from the demons, which are decidedly red.
Swoop-.
The human man got down on his knees in front of Yulia without hesitation, bowed his back and lowered his head.
And he sank low, but spoke in a voice deeper than any roar.
“Shin Klaus, I will be loyal to Your Majesty the Demon King. I will destroy all of Your Majesty’s enemies, even their last piece of flesh.”
He wasn’t a person originally from the demon castle, and he wasn’t even a demon at all.
Even a few years ago, it can be said that he was an enemy general who fought fiercely against the demons.
The man kneels in front of Yulia, swearing allegiance to her.
The demon of the south, the human who was feared by all the demons who participated in the Continental War, is pledging loyalty.
Tuuk! Chin!-
It also firmly held the center of others who were shaken even slightly.
Even the demons of the south would kneel down and swear allegiance to him, who is already my king, but if they, who had been his dignified subjects long before that, hesitated, what could be a greater disgrace!
“His Highness the Demon King!!”
“Even if the bones of the gods are destroyed and even their souls are bruised! I dare to swear that I will never leave your side!”
Everyone gets down on their seats and checks their hearts once more.
And I burn with red enmity against enemies who dare to rebel against my lord.
“…”
Looking at them, and at Yulia sitting on the throne looking down at them with quite arrogant eyes, Klaus smiled quietly inwardly.
It can be quite cheesy, and you can suddenly say that this is some kind of show.
In the current situation, there was nothing more important and effective than to announce the king’s health and to show that everyone’s will is one.
Power, in fact, is a series of things that are more childish and insignificant than one might think.
It’s no different from kids’ alley fights, when they’re silent, they take it lightly, when they show it, they flinch, when they scatter, they’re ignored, and when they’re united, they’re startled and look at them differently.
Julia also understood that part now.
When I was at the academy, it wasn’t just about magic or melee combat.
Klaus talked with Yulia over coffee whenever he had a chance.
What should he do to beat his uncle, how not to disappoint his people, and how to become a good demon king in the East?
Until now, neither her servants, nor her uncle, nor at least herself would have known.
What kind of demon is the woman named Julia Agnesa?
She just thought that she was lucky to become the Demon King and that she was lucky to get Klaus and things would work out.
In fact, Yulia was destined to become the strongest from the beginning, and she has the ability to become that way.
As she said that part of her so far, she just didn’t notice it herself.
‘Make that woman the best king in the East, no, on the continent. And it’s enough for me to be a hanryang who lives leisurely while melting down the best demon king behind him.’
That’s why now is the time to tighten the reins and accelerate.
In the next two months, everything will be sorted out within that time.
Anyway, that was when Yulia’s uncle also made up her mind.
At the moment when you are about to lead the forces and finally raise a rebellion, you will hear the words that a traitor was following you with Heetari’s head, so there will be no more hesitation.
As a king, a woman with no will or ability took the position and dared to attract humans and beastmen to the sacred demon castle, so she would add the reason that her intentions were very suspicious.
That’s right, the incompetence of ordinary people is not a sin, but the incompetence of those who sit at the top is a greater sin than any other sin.
However, if he said that in that respect, Klaus would say with a sneer that I can guarantee that her uncle was a hundred or a thousand times more terrible sinner than Julia.
‘Quickly raise the army. Hurry over here The moment they simply believe in their superiority and run, everything you believed in will crumble from all sides.’
Along with the other demons shouting loyalty to Yulia, he kept bowing his head.
Klaus thought of a foolish demon man who knew nothing and only thought about winning.
