episode_0159

CLI.

I suppressed the ominous thoughts that came to mind for no reason and watched the trap slowly shrinking.

The trap had now shrunk to the size of an adult’s arms, and the top-tier demon inside the trap was as if it had lost consciousness, not groaning or moving at all. It was as if it was dead.

‘The end… is this me?’

Now, instead of both arms, the trap had shrunk to about the size of an adult’s arm, and the body of the highest-level demon was dyeing the trap black like roughly crumpled clothes.

-Do you think you won?

That was when.

Just when I was about to let my guard down, the voice of the highest-level demon girl was heard, as if she had been waiting for that moment.

-I lost. I admit it.

My body was being forcibly compressed. The pain must have been indescribable, but the voice that came out was so confident and calm.

―Even though I lost, my defeat does not mean our defeat. So you have not won yet either. They have not yet appeared.

“They? Are you talking about the Demon King?”

-Well? Does it matter?

The voice was losing its strength from when it first appeared. That gave me some reassurance. I could stop thinking that the highest-level demon might escape.

– A method to turn us into seraphim. It was novel.

―I must also praise the method that aimed for two effects: killing the demons all at once by throwing the staff, and secretly preventing them from crossing over to the continent.

no.

Is it because I don’t want to bother dealing with traps and things like that, and I don’t want to get on a boat? I might get seasick.

―Your strategy of forcing me to request rescue was clearly excellent, but I did not call the demons who were summoned this time to avoid the meteor attack.

―Because my intuition, built up from my long experience in battle, warned me not to do that. That’s why you, too, weren’t completely successful.

No?

It was a complete success?

―Even though I lost my guard, they are the ones who will be beaten here and there in the Demon World after I die anyway, so it would be an honor for them to die together with me.

‘…Die soon!!’

Now I can’t even be bothered to talk to you. Why doesn’t this kid just die and keep mumbling and mumbling. What the hell, is he trying to achieve a moral victory like that? Are you trying to make me feel insecure while you’re dying?

“Huh!”

Even the clown who knew the whole story had to bite his lip to keep himself from laughing at the foolish devil’s wrong remark.

-also.

“Aren’t you dying?”

“Pfft!”

“Keuk!”

―… … .

“If you’ve done that much, it’s time to die. Why are you saying so many things? Don’t you think it’s too long for a will? A bit much?”

―Also, I thought I won, but I knew everything I wanted to know.

What would change if that happened?

Iwwart will die without ever being able to use it, suffering excruciating pain until he meets his demise.

-Decision to death.

“Huh?”

The atmosphere changed for a moment. It felt as if a sharp sword was slicing across my neck for a split second.

―I… will die… but the information I know was successfully… transmitted…

“Witch!!”

However, the witch shook her head, indicating that there was nothing she could do. In the first place, even if she were a witch, there was no way she could know the system by which the demon tribe transmitted information to the demon world.

“Tsk… … . Can’t help it. Everyone worked hard.”

“I’m sorry, Master.”

“I’m sorry, Oppa.”

The witch and May who made and executed the plan were bowing their heads and feeling dispirited, but from the beginning, when Iwart was determined to die and cast his power of ‘determination’ on his body, it may have been impossible to stop the information from leaking out.

To begin with, the name of the skill or power is ‘Decision to Die’. It means to do something while being prepared to die.

Somehow, the voice of a woman who was about to die sounded so peaceful.

“I told you. I couldn’t help it. It’s like dealing with a bitch holding a smartphone among people who only use landlines.”

A hint of ominousness I heard earlier.

Was it because of this?

I shook my head to clear the thoughts that were swirling around in my head.

Anyway, we’ve definitely stopped the invading demon children so far.

And this incident with the Ji-pang-gu, although unintentional, has left an impression on the continental people about the extent of superhuman power.

And that was the illegal immigration route for the demons. As expected, an island nation needs to be sunk.

To this extent, what even the kingdom and the empire could not do, Arcana, me, and the superhumans have achieved. We are doing well enough and deserve praise.

“Well done.”

“Brother?”

“We did well. So far.”

“Yeah! You worked hard! Oppa, hehe.”

May, who had been standing next to me to apologize, quickly regained her energy and clung to my arm, smiling bashfully, enthusiastically agreeing with my words that she had done well.

The mood quickly changed for the better as the other Arcanas agreed according to their own personalities.

“… This is fucking sick.”

The jealous dean’s grumbling, which was typical of superhumans, had become so good that there was no room for him to interfere.

For three months after that.

After finding and dealing with one of the hidden high-level demons and killing all the mid-level demons, no more demon mischief occurred.

And until now, the highest-level demon, Iwwart, was suffering from the witch’s trap magic, Asigno.

However, one high-level demon was never found.

During those three months, I was able to gradually realize the weaknesses of the power I had received from Muheo, the “Eyes that Look Down on the Stars.”

〈Eyes Looking Down at the Stars〉 shows events or phenomena that are harmful to the continent or are unnatural.

step!

〖Caused by human hands〗

Only if the condition applies.

Another power of the “Eyes that Look Down on the Stars” is the ability to see anywhere on the continent that you wish to see, but there were some limitations in this area, perhaps because the power was not fully transferred.

―It can be used once every three days.

―You cannot voluntarily see a place you have not been to yourself.

―You cannot see places protected by special powers.

Of course, it is a bit of a shame, regret, and disappointment, but

“But I’ve definitely come to know the shortcomings. Where is this.”

It was quite important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the powers I possessed, and I could say that I was satisfied with just understanding the weaknesses of the powers this time.

It wasn’t difficult to catch one of the two high-level demons that had hidden in the stick and barely managed to survive.

He had the audacity to hide in the former Heian County, where Nitas had once caused chaos.

The old Heian County was not included in any of the three restrictions mentioned above, and in frustration, he activated the “Eyes Looking Down at the Stars” and soon realized that the demon was there.

The problem was the intermediate demons.

Unlike the upper level, the intermediate level demons could not be selected even if they looked over the entire continent with their “Eyes Looking Down at the Stars.”

As if to say that something like that isn’t a big deal.

The high-ranking demon was captured and credited to the point card―[DEATH]―three days after the day when the top-ranking demon Iwwart and his personal guard were captured in a trap and were decided to act as the SS-rank mana stone, a rank that did not exist.

In contrast, the time it took to deal with all five intermediate-level demons was two months and fifteen days, twenty times that amount.

How did you find the intermediate demon?

There’s no way to do it. You just have to work hard. When there’s no other way, you just have to run around.

Yeah. It was just effort. It was just effort.

The entire Sassanid kingdom, the sacred kingdom, was moved.

Eleven sects with their headquarters in the Holy Kingdom.

The priests of the eleven sects moved simultaneously.

Priests and paladins from the Holy Kingdom, the headquarters and branches scattered across each continent, stirred up trouble across the continent.

Luckily, there were places where they discovered and contacted intermediate-level demons first, but sometimes there were priests who were discovered first and died. However, killing them only made things worse.

Even the bandits knew what the priests who left the temple were doing in the current situation on the continent. There is already a famous story about a bandit who came pouring out from the border territory of the Clyton Empire, and when he discovered that there was a priest from the Argo Church, the third largest sect, among his group, he apologized and withdrew.

So if a priest dies, we fly to that area.

And from there, once the Arcana Pope’s pursuit begins, the intermediate demons can be found and easily beheaded before a day passes.

When I caught four of them in the first month, I thought it would be over quickly, if only one of the demons hadn’t entered the Killite Mountains.

Yes. Of all places, we had to go into the rugged Killite Mountains, and not only were there dragons, including the Two-horned Ones, but even the superhumans had to travel in pairs.

Since three intermediate-level demons was an ambiguous number, the hunt for the intermediate-level demons was completed after hunting them down in the Killite Mountains for almost a month and a half.

After finishing the task of catching the intermediate demons and not finding the fallen dragon Nitas, he returned home and rested for a day.

Yes, that’s right.

I, we only had one day off, just one day.