episode_0094

When Ratri had calmed down a bit, the crow spoke in a calmer voice than ever before.

“That’s not the truth.”

“I also got a confirmation that he could come. So my husband waited endlessly. For a son who would never come back!”

“…… I told you that wasn’t it.”

Once again a black gust of wind blew in.

When Raoul heard the news that his father was in critical condition, he quickly packed his bags and prepared to return. This was possible because the enemy’s supply route had recently been cut off, and the battle situation was relaxed.

While Raoul was packing, his three friends each began to chime in.

“By the way, I really can’t believe it. Who would have thought that the sage of that empire would be in critical condition? Before the sage, he was the one who released thirty snakes into my bedroom.”

“… Plus, you put a scorpion’s corpse in my shoe.”

“They’re both noblemen. The day after that guy fought with my father, he released a six-armed bear, a three-headed lion, a man-eating elephant, and a six-foot venomous moth into our garden, so we had a hard time.”

“…… Isn’t he the beastmaster of the empire, not the sage of the empire?”

They tried to cheer up Raoul, who was depressed, but his expression, which was even more gloomy than usual, showed no sign of improving.

“……”

At that moment, as they were looking at Raoul, who had remained silent, a messenger with an urgent expression came rushing into the barracks and knelt down.

“What’s going on?”

“Urgent! Urgent! Urgent! Urgent, urgent, urgent! Urgent, urgent, urgent! ”

“Speak calmly and don’t rush. What on earth happened that made you look like you saw a ghost…”

“The Demon King has appeared! It seems he has set out to reclaim the stolen supply route!”

“I’d rather have been a ghost. What are we going to do now that Leila is gone…”

Meanwhile, First Prince Assel approached Raoul, who was staring at them, and placed a hand on Raoul’s shoulder.

“… Don’t worry about the situation here and just go.”

“But if I leave…”

“It is the Emperor’s order, Raoul. As a son, you have a duty to see your father off on his final journey. If you ride your horse at full speed now, you won’t be late. I would like to use Penelope’s transmission magic, but it would be impossible now that the Demon King is in front of you. ”

Raoul couldn’t believe it. Without him, it would be even more difficult to deal with the Demon King.

At the same time, he wanted to leave. He knew that if he couldn’t be there for his kind father when he died, it would torment him for the rest of his life.

Raoul drifted in the midst of this whirlpool of conflicting emotions.

“But if I’m not there, someone might die. Then…”

“Then I will die.”

“That’s stupid…”

“Yes, that’s stupid. But isn’t it better to be stupid than cowardly and mean? Calling a friend who is going to be with his father on his deathbed.”

Raoul couldn’t say anything.

“My mother died miserably, falling for the plot of the second prince’s mother. I couldn’t watch that moment when her breath left her. I mean, don’t live with that kind of feeling.”

Raoul nodded quietly.

A few days later.

Penelope asked nervously as she was getting drenched in the pouring rain.

“… Can we really defeat that Demon King without Raoul?”

“Isn’t it a question of whether you can or can’t? It’s just a question of whether you have to.”

At Penelope’s worried question, Prince Asher acted coquettish for no reason.

Still, they couldn’t stop their hands from shaking. The enemy was the Demon King. The monster among monsters who had once toyed with them so easily.

Even though he had grown up, he was not sure whether he could block that attack. Even Prince Axel was not sure.

“You’re here.”

Camilla sensed the arrival of the Demon King not through sight or hearing, but through intuition and instinct.

A warning from the instincts of a living creature that its life is in danger. The epicenter of that warning was walking towards me from far away.

He walked alone against the large army, showing no signs of fear or even nervousness. He looked as calm as if he had just come out for a drink at noon.

The oriental-style uniform was old and worn, but it did not look shabby.

He was carrying only three swords instead of an escort, but there was no sense of lack of numbers.

“That’s annoying.”

He drew his sword and took up his stance.

‘Quick Sword – Flying Mandarin Ducks.’

As he swung his sword lightly and briskly,

The dark clouds in the sky that had been pouring cold rain disappeared without a trace.

The pitch-black sky cleared up and the heroes, surprised by the sword attack that even changed the weather, ended up showing their weakness.

Perhaps it was because the sunlight in the clear sky was too bright. People’s eyes were momentarily blinded, and when they opened their eyes again, the Demon King was standing blankly in the middle of the ranks of his allies.

“Try to pull it out. That sword.”

He forced the soldier in front of him to draw his sword.

“Uh,,,uh,uh….!”

The soldier was so frozen that he couldn’t even pull out his sword.

“It’s a simple story. I won’t attack you. Just cut my neck with that sword and you’ll be a hero. Now, kill me.”

But the soldier could only cry in fear and was unable to draw his sword.

“…. I will teach you swordsmanship.”

The Demon King approached the soldier from behind and took hold of his hands as if to kindly teach him swordsmanship.

“Take hold of your sword.”

As the Demon King gave another order, the terrified soldier grabbed his sword.

And the Demon King grabbed the soldier from behind and moved the soldier’s body. He swung the sword with the soldier’s arm, not his own. It was as if he was teaching him how to dance.

The movements, as graceful as a dance, slaughtered the surrounding soldiers in an instant, creating a sea of blood.

“Relax your wrist slightly and turn your waist slightly to the left. Then, apply some strength to your shoulder and swing it like this while keeping your wrist still.”

Even though it was a sword that was swingable by controlling someone else’s body like a puppet, it was strong.

Other officers of the Empire nearby rushed in, but they were all reduced to a sea of blood. They could not overcome even one sword of the soldier controlled by the Demon King.

” This fucking bastard !!! ◦ ◦ ◦

First Prince Asher, who exploded with anger, charged at the Demon King using the flames as momentum.

“Good fireworks.”

The Demon King abandoned the soldier he was controlling and drew his own sword to block Asher’s flames.

“I think it’s enough to split the sword.”

And at that moment, the Demon King took a step back due to the shock of the sword flying in from the side.

“I’m surprised, soldier. You’re still rushing at me with your body that’s lost its mobility. How on earth are you pulling that uncomfortable wagon…”

The Demon King looked at the frozen ground and smiled with interest.

“You magically froze the ground. Are you trying to use the slippery ground to make use of your imperfect maneuvers? How interesting.

The Demon King was able to simultaneously block Penelope’s swordsmanship and the First Prince’s flaming greatsword with just one sword.

“You’re doing pretty well. Show more strength. Struggle more. Show a little more possibility.”

The moment the Demon King smiled and faced the two, a blue flash of light flew towards the Demon King.

Sensing the attack, the Demon King twisted his body to dodge the attack, but Asher grabbed his arm and Penelope froze his two legs.

As a result, the blue spear passed over his cheek, and red blood flowed down.

“Is that the daughter of that arrogant disciple? She takes after her father and is sharp-tongued.”

“Raoul said there was a line like that in a novel he liked to read. It said that three people beat up one person.”

It was something that would have made Raoul sigh if he had heard it, but Camilla didn’t care.

“Yeah, at this point, it would be rude to call it a sunflower.”

He smiled as he pulled out two swords from his bosom.

“I recognize you as true warriors.”

Usually, twin swords were weapons used to demonstrate the dual sword technique of attack and defense through two swords.

The common sense that twin swords are for twin sword techniques did not apply to the Demon King.

Because he could perform different swordsmanship techniques with both his left and right hands simultaneously.

‘Soft sword – the root of the lotus root.’

‘Hwalgeom (猾劍) – Biikjo.’

Fierce sword energy swept across the battlefield, and Camilla and Axel did their best to deflect the blows, preventing them from reaching the soldiers.

But because of that, a gap was created, and the Demon King took advantage of that gap and jumped high into the sky.

“You’re so foolish. You don’t even know that you’ll end up losing everything because of that foolishness.”

He swung his sword with all his heart, breathing life into it.

‘Salgeom (殺劍) – Net.’

A dense and tight net of destruction covered the sky, like a net for catching loaches.

The holes in the net were so small that the tip of a little finger could barely fit through them, and its range extended beyond the horizon, making it impossible to dodge or escape.

“Hahaha…”

Eventually the soldiers gave up everything and laid down their weapons.

There’s no way you can defeat a monster that launches attacks like that.

“……. Everyone bow down.”

And at the same time, someone jumping high into the sky took the blow head-on.

Hair like obsidian, a calm and beautiful face that lacks any sign of motivation, and deep-set eyes that seem to have no end in sight.

People with that kind of appearance were never common.

“It seems there was one more true warrior.”

The Demon King smiled bitterly at Raoul. Then he spoke quietly in a voice that no one could hear.

“You can only be a warrior, you poor child.”

Raoul deflected the blow with his cane as if clearing a net, then took a deep breath.

It seemed that it was difficult for the Demon King to withstand a sincere attack.

And Prince Assel approaches Raoul, who saved his life…

He punched Raul in the face.

Then he grabbed Raul by the collar and got seriously angry.

“I should have told you to come and watch over my father when he died.”

“…… I was worried anyway.”

“The current disaster… I could have easily prevented it if I had just pushed myself a little harder.”

“You would have died instead. Very horribly.”

“And now instead, you will live in terrible memories. You will be ridiculed and scorned for not being there for your father when he died. How great will that regret be…!”

“I plan to live, Acel. Rather than the pain of losing you, I would rather regret not being able to be there for you when you die. My father would have said that.”

As Raoul spoke in a friendly tone, Asher ground his teeth and let go of Raoul’s collar.

“You fool. Did you spread honey on the battlefield?”

“There are soldiers I promised to return home.”

“It’s sweeter than honey. I’m going to get diabetes, sweet Raoul.”

“I swear if you give me one more weird nickname, I’ll give you a nickname based on the fact that I’m also impotent.”

“Yeah, well, I don’t mind if it’s a pretty girl or not…”

Axel aimed his sword at the Demon King, who was looking at them calmly.

” Shouldn’t you be cool to get a wound to that new fuck? ◦ ◦ ◦

Raoul also aimed his staff at the Demon King.

“Your distribution is small. Are you satisfied with one?”

“I’m talking about a wound with a diameter of 2m.”

The two simultaneously rushed at the Demon King and began to attack him fiercely.

It was a battle that would have ended in defeat if it weren’t for Raul.

But the sacrifice was minimized thanks to Raul carrying a lifetime of regret.

Five days later.

The wounded heroes and imperial officers, bandaged up, were eating and planning their next advance.

Just as Raoul, who was feeling gloomy, was about to take a spoonful of stew with his bandaged hand, Kyle, with a dark expression, entered the barracks and delivered the bad news.

“Raoul. Count Arthur Bergé… has passed away.”

Everyone present was shocked by the story and their eyes widened, but Raoul put the stew in his mouth without any change in expression.

The other officers who saw the scene cursed Raoul inwardly, asking how he could be so calm when his father was dead.

Some people thought that perhaps he did not go to be with her when she died because he had no ties to her family.

“…………..”

The first prince, who had quietly read Raoul’s expression and was the first to tremble, jumped up from his seat and approached Raoul.

Raoul’s face was shoved into a plate full of stew.

“I don’t have an appetite because I saw you looking so grumpy this morning. I think I need to exercise, so everyone, follow me.”

Assel then took the officers outside and began to search for them.

Penelope and Camilla also left the barracks, looking at Raoul with worried expressions.

So Raoul stayed there for a long time with his face buried in the plate.

He stayed there quietly, without saying a word or moving an inch.

Only his slightly trembling shoulders proved that he was alive.

“Father…”