episode_0023

“Oppa, do you know what the dark red horned helmet means?”

“I don’t know.”

General Bulterion, who received the report on the story of the demon’s castle, prepares equipment to fight them during the time he combines the information.

It took nearly a full day to drive them out from the castle wall, and another day for all the soldiers who entered to respawn.

They deliberately used a tactic of making the soldiers wander and waste time. It seems like he has a general idea of the situation here.

The general seems to have spent a total of two days, so he is using the remaining time to combine information to come to the best conclusion.

So, I returned to the supply area where Ennin was and had some time for maintenance.

“These are the guys who swore allegiance directly to the Demon King. Among the guys from all over the Demon Territory, we mainly select those who are particularly strong and loyal.”

“Somehow it seemed stronger than just black armor.”

I continue to prepare while only half-listening to Peria’s words.

You must absolutely avoid any attacks from the halberd they wield.

’20 people. Still, the best condition is that it is not flat.’

These are the guys who use long weapons. All you have to do is get out of that spacious hall.

It is difficult to withstand just one attack, so you should never block attacks from multiple people hitting at the same time.

In that case, it would be better to increase mobility by wearing light clothing other than the breastplate to avoid fatal injuries.

“They are kids that even knights have a hard time with, and on top of that, they can’t handle magic, but their horns contain the magic of the devil, so even wizards can’t use their power in front of them.”

“That’s really valuable information.”

“Oh, don’t keep skipping over the real answer, right?”

At my waist is a throwing ax that I carry when I have spare time, and since Estarke is too weak to deal with their halberds, I go to the warehouse to look for a sword of an appropriate size.

“Oh. This came in.”

As soon as I opened the warehouse door, a familiar greatsword caught my eye.

The great sword that the Dheble I killed was holding was piled up in a cloth in one of the warehouses.

The great sword was brought in and submitted as a keepsake of the murderer, but the fact that it was in it seems to have been decided to just use it as an extra weapon without any special treatment.

A great sword of this size is suitable to counter their halberds.

“What can we do with the three of us? Let’s just quietly pretend not to see and walk around.”

“It’s okay, there’s a way.”

“You’re not trying to fight like yesterday by stupidly continuing to respawn, are you?”

“Rather, I can never win with that method, so this time I will use the equipment to press it.”

Search the tool box, cut a hammer and a long chain to an appropriate length, and hang them on your waist.

“I really don’t know what you plan to do with those things. And what is that sister doing?”

The teacher was sitting cross-legged and concentrating as if doing yoga.

It is said that in the end, Master and Peria were unable to break through the wall made of magical power and kept going.

It is said that Peria was running around like a game of tag and ended up meeting them at the end of the hallway and eventually dying. Master was doing quite well even after meeting the Demon Warriors, but eventually reached the limit of his stamina and was surrounded by guys from both sides and died.

“It’s something I’ve done once in a while, but after I die, I relive it in my head? Should I call it a simulation, but they said it was done anyway. I guess that’s a training method too.”

“Did she come here doing some kind of martial arts thing?”

“Probably right? Still, I actually don’t know the details. Because you don’t really talk about your life. They say they’ve been in a lot of fights.”

Sometimes, he looks like he’s a martial artist, but the things he taught me weren’t the kind of swordsmanship that requires beginners’ knowledge; they only taught him methods for killing an opponent.

Should we call it practical swordsmanship?

When I talk to him, he rarely talks about the past, but he can roughly understand common sense and things from when he was alive, but he speaks in a very old-fashioned way. You may be older than you think.

So, he was the only person I could understand to some extent about the world I lived in before coming here, and he took care of me a lot, so I became close with him, but when I asked him to tell me about Master, he didn’t know that much.

“Irim. If you have some nails or something like that, could you take out a lot of them?”

“Sure, how many will you give me?”

“I think about 20 would be enough.”

Soon, the teacher finished his meditation, and as if thinking about something, he put something like a wrist band on both hands and inserted the spike I brought out into the band.

“This should be enough.”

“What are you going to do with that?”

“Are you curious?”

“I think I know roughly.”

Peria can’t stand her boredom and sticks her head in from Master’s side to look at me.

‘When did we get so close?’

Master used to be cold. After meeting me, his expression gradually became more relaxed, and now he is as friendly as a capybara, but that’s still the case. I don’t know how I became so close to Feria. Maybe it’s because I’ve been by Master’s side these past few days.

Soon, everything was ready, with me checking the equipment one last time.

“Good. I’m done too.”

“The blacksmith boss doesn’t look like that either.”

“What is this?”

Peria points out my appearance.

They were said to be lightweight, so they only wore breastplates, gaiters, and elbow and knee protectors, but with hammers, axes, and chains hanging on both sides of their waists, they looked more like mercenaries than soldiers.

“But don’t you feel like a veteran adventurer if you take this on top of that?”

Peria’s expression soured as she showed off with a huge greatsword strapped to her shoulder.

“Well, among the low-level demons, are there people who use such knives to cut and eat other races? It reminds me of them.”

I can tell that it’s not very good because Peria nauseated while thinking about it.

“Hey. Still, I put some care into equipping it nicely, but isn’t that a bit harsh?”

“Oppa, you have a bad sense of aesthetics, right?”

“This guy… Oh, that’s right. And look at this.”

While I was thinking about it, I made a dagger made of magic and showed it to Peria and the teacher. Peria reacted first.

“Uh! Is it a magic sword?”

“Can you feel it right away?”

“Slightly thanks to horsepower? You can’t tell when you look at it, but when you touch it, you can feel a slight magical power flowing through it. But seeing as there is no magic engraving, is it just a sword containing magical power?”

“Are you going to get caught at this level?”

“I don’t think it will be caught easily. I noticed this because I am a trickster and am good at detecting subtle magical powers.”

“I guess this is okay for wizards and knights.”

“Then. Wizards and knights are people who use strong magical powers, so they will be insensitive to such subtle detections. Do you remember that I changed the carriage pattern before? That’s magic, but if you use that level of magic right in front of your eyes, you wouldn’t notice it if you closed your eyes, right? But since the magic power is flowing weaker than that, it should be okay.”

I remember that light came from the diamond-shaped pattern under Peria’s eyes.

“From what you say, have you ever scammed with that before?”

“What are you looking at me for? They say we play fair when gambling.”

“What did you call Nayal?”

“That’s your fault for not understanding properly, you should have said it clearly before signing the contract.”

“Your next carriage thief.”

“Yeah~ I can’t hear the doll that can’t even use magic~.”

‘This is real.’

The conversation was becoming more and more strange when Master came in to stop it.

“Hehehe. Stop it. Anyway, even when I touch it, I can feel that the sword contains energy. However, it feels like a spirit being that contains energy without flowing or outlet.”

“Shall we boil it and eat it?”

“Oppa, you really seem like an idiot.”

“Just kidding, man.”

“I know, but I said it.”

“Anyway. What do you mean, it’s like a spirit?”

“It is said to be something that cannot be made by human hands. It feels like a foreign object. Don’t worry though. No one will notice unless you hold it in their hand.”

“Then I’m glad.”

Since we received a guarantee like this, it is safe to say that there is absolutely no chance of anyone finding out.

While we were talking, Enin, who had gone to the meeting, returned.

“The decision has been made. After compiling the reported numbers, they suggested that we should try to reduce the number as much as possible without causing refugees to be bitten.”

Instead of deciding to evacuate, General Vulterion decided to continue to pour all his forces into Mt. Ma’s Castle for the remaining two days.

We found out that the battle takes place inside the castle, and that if the enemy goes deep inside with mercenaries, the regular army pops out.

So, using the information that I reported that we could enter together if we go in body to face, we decided to go in in pairs of 3 to 4 people and deal with the enemy.

However, it was not reported that if you tear down the wall of the Mongma’s castle, another space will appear. If I’m going to talk about that, I have to talk about the sword I made with my magic.

[Anyway, the only things left over are equipment and soul bottles. If we exhaust them as much as possible over the remaining two days, there won’t be a need to move people.]

Thanks to General Bulterion opening the door to the armory, the other soul soldiers were also making sure to use the items they needed or weapons they were familiar with.

Since we were already in the supply industry, we took care of what we wanted in advance.

“Yes. You’ve thought about everything, right?”

“Yes. If the number is large, you can reduce it.”

If they were going to push me with numbers, I packed my equipment with the intention of creating a similar situation with numbers first.

“You should listen to this too.”

For Peria, a large wooden pole that reached up to her waist was tied to her backpack.

“I don’t know how all of this can be useful.”

“Tell me?”

“No. It’s been a while since I took a quiz. My teacher always gave quizzes asking me to guess how he would act while showing me these supplies. It’s nice to think of old times for the first time in a while.”

“When in the demon spirit?”

“When I came out from there and joined Trickster. I was prepared to be sold as a slave if I was unlucky, but the teacher found me and took care of me, so I joined. Thanks to you, I am the youngest trickster.”

“I’m glad I met a good person. Slave life is not something women should do.”

“Sister is right. Actually, at the time, I also said that I had a bad mind, but I found out later that it was a bit scary.”

There are two types of slaves. Normally, in cases where a person becomes a slave because they cannot repay a debt, their authority is restricted by their employer, but in the case of a prisoner who is auctioned off because the ransom is not paid or a person who is captured without any connection and is enslaved for life, a person is enslaved due to debt. Contrary to that, I heard that they are treated really harshly.

“But are you going without wearing a helmet?”

“I won’t use that anymore. Earlier, I was hit in the head by an attack that came from a direction I couldn’t see, and I died in one hit without even needing a helmet or anything. It would have been better to have a broader perspective.”

“Look. Anyway, it’s all just one shot.”

This is why I wear light armor.

I once tried wearing a full plate because a generous supply officer told me to try it out, but it blocks things like baby demons that haven’t even grown teeth. In fact, if you hit it wrong, it gets crushed and you can’t move it.

At that time, I was dealing with a guy who looked like a giant. He stepped on me like I was crushing a tin can, even though I couldn’t even move my feet, and I died.

No matter how strong the armor is, it has its limits if you don’t pour in at least some magical power.

When I was ready to leave, Enin was looking at me with a worried expression.

“I’ll go and come back.”

“Hmm… I can’t say anything more than to tell you to take care of yourself. I think I get a little lonely at times like this.”

“Still, I feel more motivated now that I remember that I have a place to return to.”

“Thank you for thinking that way.”

After saying goodbye to Master and Peria for the last time, we set off towards the Overturned Castle again.

As I was walking, I looked back and saw Enin still looking at us.

Enin’s dejected appearance feels pitiful, like a puppy waiting for its owner at home.

“I guess I should buy some snacks when I go back.”

“What strange noise suddenly happened again?”

“Leave it alone. Originally, soul disease means that the mind sometimes goes back and forth.”

“No, I thought Master would understand.”

“Because I have never raised a pet.”

‘I understand, but you’re doing it on purpose.’

We arrived in front of the door before we knew it.

I take the lead, followed by Master and Peria, holding each other’s shoulders and going in like a train.

This time, three people came in at the same time.

Although it has a dreamlike atmosphere, although it is actually a dream, they walk down the hallway of the castle made by a succubus and chat while looking for squishy walls.

“Oh, now that I think about it, don’t you also need the tears of a succubus?”

“Material? I’m sure the monarch here is a succubus, but I don’t expect much. Wouldn’t it be difficult for a succubus to be pure unless she was just born? I once read a monthly demon magazine, and I cried out loud when I saw the first experience age questionnaire in the succubus special feature. Please tell me?”

“I’m a little curious.”

“Hmm! Hmm!”

Master, who seems to have lived for quite a long time, becomes extremely embarrassed when stories like this come out.

“Well, can you please stop? I’m a little uncomfortable with such stories…”

“Every time I see you like this, I find it so cute that I want to tease you more.”

Peria laughs mischievously and makes fun of her teacher.

While walking while talking like that, he meets a group of mercenaries and finishes them off in an instant. Then he finds a wall nearby and tears it down with a magic dagger.

The same hallway I saw last time appeared.

Unlike the dreamy hallway that constantly changes its appearance, this bleak space does not seem to change its appearance.

My footprints in the dusty hallway.

I’m sure it was there earlier.

Okay then

“Revenge match, you demons.”