episode_0017

”Huh.. Hmm…”

In the quiet of the night, in Bang’s room, a sorrowful cry is muffled by the pillow.

“Huhhh… Sniff..!”

Until a few hours ago, she appeared confident and said that it would be no problem if she had a man’s heart even if she had a woman’s body, but as the sun set and dawn set, she became rapidly depressed and was trying to hide her tears.

The image of a weak girl enduring sadness alone in a room with the lights off has a magical power that no one can pass by.

[Do you want to return to being a man, little creature?]

In front of Bang, the Succubus Queen, a beauty with two sharp horns that symbolize the devil, appeared.

“Mine..! You… did you make me like this!!”

Bang, like a promising warrior, pulled out his sword prepared on one side of the bed and tried to be on guard, but…

Tuk!

“Ah..!”

Originally, the beloved sword used by Bang was a two-handed sword for adult men that weighed only 7kg, so it was impossible to even hold it and maintain the posture with a body that had become weak in muscle.

It was a physical ability that truly showed the end of his worthlessness as a soldier.

[okay. I made you a woman. How does it feel? I feel like I lost all the power I swore to create all the monsters in the world.]

“Keuuu!! I will kill you!!”

Without a weapon, it attacked Silence with its claws and teeth, but

Tuk-

“Kyaaah!”

Silence couldn’t bear the pain just by hitting Takbam and collapsed.

[Know your subject.]

“Keueuuu..!!”

Just the body…! If only I had the original body..!

To Bang, who secretly expresses anger at his fate,

[Do you want to regain your original self?]

Silence offered the devil’s temptation with a mocking smile.

“Are you giving it back to me..?!”

And Silence’s offer to change that fate was an opportunity that the weakened Bang could not bear to pass up.

[Yes. If you listen to my small favor, you will get what you want.]

“What.. what is it… If they ask me to steal a hero’s relic, I’d rather cut my throat and commit suicide!”

Ogre warriors believe that betraying an ally is more dishonorable than running away during a fight, and that it leaves an imprint on the soul that will not accept them even if they go to the afterlife.

Because of this, he was suspicious of whether he was daring to betray the Ogre and persuade him to take the side of the Demon King’s army, and he was prepared to commit suicide if he was asked to betray humanity.

Let’s wait for Silence’s answer while sweating coldly due to such tension…

[Make love.]

“….. Yes?”

Bang experienced what it was like to have a brain freeze at the choice of words that came out of Demon Lord Ace’s mouth and did not suit the Devil Lord at all.

[The reason you fell under the devil’s curse is because you did not love. Love, and you will get what you want…]

And then, without any time to ask any questions, Silence spread its wings and disappeared beyond the window.

love.

That short word stuck in Bang’s head, making him unable to sleep and thinking about the meaning of the words.

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Even if you arrived in the city with the purpose of subduing the monsters that came out of the runaway dungeon, rushing into the battlefield recklessly is a thoughtless act that should be called a reckless idiot, not a hero.

In order to subdue hundreds or thousands of monsters, what is needed is not only overwhelming force and firepower.

From the process of disposing of the mountain of monster corpses left after the battle, resurfacing of broken roads, delivery of survivors, etc.

The existence of numerous non-combat personnel is essential.

Because of this, the warrior Naira and his party…

“How about it, my lord? If you support this much manpower and carriages, I will guarantee you 30% of the by-products.”

The first thing I did was visit the lord of the city where I was staying, not the distribution company.

The four academy cadets, who had no experience in such negotiations, became mute and presented themselves as mannequins, so it was Gorton who actually led the conversation with the lord.

“Hmm…”

However, the lord is also familiar with these negotiations, and his eyes are focused only on the document outlining the subjugation operation, not on Goton.

The atmosphere in the reception room was filled with strange tension…

What broke the suffocating atmosphere was a word from the lord, who pulled his face out of his writing.

“It’s not enough.”

“… Yes?”

“The personnel assigned to the punitive force included 3 active-duty warriors and 16 academy cadets. Even if it’s not enough, isn’t it still not enough?”

What the lord, who had grown fat with money, pointed out was the risk of annihilation.

The lord, who had moved into the reception room with anticipation after hearing that a punitive force had come with an official letter from the Hero Academy, openly expressed his disappointment and ignored Goton.

It is true that even one hero is more valuable in a reality where hundreds of dungeons around the world are running rampant simultaneously and there is a shortage of troops to subdue monsters.

However, the lord is a politician.

The cause of subjugating monsters is a very good cause, but even so, if you provide troops to anyone and they are destroyed, the lord’s reputation will be greatly damaged, so you have no choice but to be careful.

“I’m sorry, but our castle cannot support even a single manpower. Please leave.”

In the end, the group left Yeongju Castle with disappointment…

“Ha~ I wonder what will happen now.”

In fact, Gorton’s attitude was that things were going well.

“Aren’t we in big trouble..? You can’t even start the operation like this.”

“Huh, you guys don’t know anything about politics.”

A warrior is a type of private mercenary.

In the city, private mercenaries recruit troops and prepare for battle, but if they do not give any information to the lord of the city, they cannot say anything if they are suddenly captured in their sleep.

Therefore, they had to come up with some justification, meet the lord, and explain their purpose, so that they would not be arrested or found fault with later.

“So, what we just did is no different from asking, ‘We’re going to gather some people to catch monsters. Can we do that?’ The lord has no intention of supporting us from the beginning, and we don’t want that either.”

The days when a lord would rush out to greet a warrior when he appeared are long gone.

“Ah, you don’t have to follow me from now on, so just have fun looking around the city.”

With this notification, Gorton headed to the distribution center to gather manpower.

And the four people left behind…

“I.. Naira! My companion!”

All eyes were focused on Bang, who was holding onto his clothes tightly with both hands and speaking with difficulty in a stiff tone.

Bang is a memory of last night.

I remembered what the Succubus Queen, Silence, had said.

[Make love.]

Bang’s conclusion after thinking all night about how to achieve such a request for silence was…

“Oh.. Can you play with me today, just the two of you..?”

It was about developing love with Naira, the woman to whom he was engaged.

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[Guardian, it is said that warriors are gathering in the nearby human city.]

brave.

The sound of just two letters was enough to make the Guardian, who was cheering himself up by drinking alcohol looted from humans, feel uncomfortable.

Clink!

[The warrior… that damned damned world…]

Because he was a royal guard of the Demon King’s army, he still clearly remembers the Demon King’s last moments.

The moment when the hero, cowardly using equipment imbued with the power of God that cancels out all magic and mystery, reaches the Demon King’s side and plunges a thick great sword into the Demon King’s heart.

[What level are these so-called warriors compared to real warriors?]

[It is so weak that it cannot be compared… but it is still at a level that our military cannot ignore.]

There is no shield that neutralizes all the magic of the first hero, no sword that pierces everything that sealed the Demon King, and no pendant that stops time for an instant.

However, the mass-produced products and magic currently possessed by the heroes are enough to kill ordinary monsters with a single blow.

[In that case, wouldn’t it be a problem to just nip it in the bud before they gather their numbers?]

If you attack at a moment when the opponent is not ready for battle, even a depressing demon can be easily defeated.

Therefore, Gulul decided to assassinate those who openly announced that he would attack them as revenge.

[Organize with people who specialize in hiding and concealment. I will personally lead the way and cut off the heads of those abominable guys who call themselves heroes.]

How scary can the guards, who are always trained to prepare for assassinations and attacks, become in a defensive position when they are in a surprise attack position?

Depression showed its true nature and revealed its sharp teeth towards humanity.

The person who will actually look at those teeth is their own owner.

Without even knowing that it was the devil himself…