episode_0042

Go back inside.

I spoke to Arien and her party members.

“I will entrust you with one request. It’s related to demons. Perhaps, if we successfully complete our work this time, we are confident that we will be able to surpass the level we are currently in.”

At those words, the expressions of Elon, including the party members, became serious.

As much as everyone here wants to make themselves stronger.

Anything that could surpass the current level was like a sweet bait.

Absolutely irresistible.

“You know where the outlaws are, right?”

“I’ve heard of it. It is a place where many powerful people live. And I even know that one of them, Kael, defeated all those who were controlling the outlaw zone five years ago.”

As if echoing Arien’s words, Tar continued.

“Everyone unanimously said that Kael was a person who was more suited to being a man than anyone else. I’ve been thinking about fighting for a long time, but they say it disappeared at some point.”

“That’s right. There is a force that appeared after Kael disappeared 5 years ago. Nowadays, it can be said that he is actually a powerful person who controls the area of outlaws. And there are demons behind them. My request is to catch the demons who are ruling the outlaws’ territory. Can you do it?”

I said, looking around at them.

Even though I asked the question, I already knew the answer I would hear.

Arien’s party accepts it unconditionally as long as it involves demons.

“I will.”

As expected, Arien’s acceptance was heard.

I gave them one warning.

“The demons this time will be different from the demons we have fought so far. Stay alert. Also, if you go to the area of the outlaws, there will be people called Ilcheon and Icheon. Get guidance from them.”

Since I had nothing left to say or say beyond this, I stood up and spoke.

“Then I wish you luck.”

With those words, I got out of there.

***

“It’s beautiful.”

A space filled with only abyss and emptiness.

A being is sitting on a throne, bound by hundreds of chains.

He rested his elbows on the armrests and rested his chin on them, looking down at the world.

“It’s so beautiful it’s driving me crazy.”

Once a god of darkness.

Now that he has fallen and is merely a demon lord, he has been doing everything he can to resurrect himself as a god of darkness over the past tens of thousands of years. However, in the end, they were defeated and ended up waiting for resurrection again.

However, this generation, he had a strong feeling that a completely different landscape would unfold. Although he has now lost most of his godly power, he is far less powerful than when he reigned as the God of Darkness.

To him who still had the status of a god, it seemed hazy.

The future and the true truths of this end.

Of course, the visible future and truth may be a prank by the being who reigns as the god of light.

He was confident that whatever it was, there would be joy in the end.

‘There are two beings with qualities… It’s truly a beautiful and interesting sight.’

There are two beings with the qualities of a hero.

It’s something he’s never experienced before, and it may be bad news for him.

The Demon King was rather pleased with that fact.

Because he had an advantage beyond having two warriors.

How will this advantage now work in the future?

Because he was someone I was really looking forward to.

The Demon King quickly waited for that time to come.

***

The road back to the empire.

Inside the rattling carriage.

Tiriring!

The crystal ball rings.

I woke up to the crystal ball ringing frequently and yawned.

After roughly relieving my stiff body, I put up a curtain to prevent sound from escaping, and then received the crystal ball.

As soon as I received the crystal ball, I heard Lena’s voice.

[Cariel.]

“What’s going on, Lena… ”

[Are you sleeping? If so, next time.]

“No. no. Because I’m fine. You can say it now.”

I barely managed to stop Lena, who was about to hang up.

Lena cleared her throat once and opened her mouth.

[This is evidence related to demons that Kariel mentioned last time. It doesn’t come out at all. If it’s related to something, it should come out, but strangely enough, it doesn’t. Just in case, shall we look further?]

I had to think for a moment after hearing Lena’s words.

‘If Lena moves and you look for it, you can see that you actually can’t find it.’

As much as Lena is my agent.

As long as I allow it, I can mobilize all the power within the range I can handle.

The power that can be gained from the position of a hero, the power to move as a duke with a fake identity, etc. As long as Lena is my agent. This means that everything is available.

In addition, I have made various connections and connections over the past 5 years.

There is no place with better information than Lena.

But Lena can’t find it?

‘I guess I just can’t find this.’

Of course, even if Lena moved as my representative, I could somehow find it considering the paddle that only I could move, but it was better to just give up when Lena couldn’t find it.

‘There is little chance that demons are not involved.’

I left it to the main character party anyway.

There was a high probability that he would do well.

“It’s okay. It’s time to let go of that.”

[But if that happens, wouldn’t there be no justification for arresting the cardinal?]

“It’s okay. It’s not like there’s no way. Don’t worry too much.”

[…] You have to be careful.]

“Then.”

Just like that, the connection with the crystal ball is lost.

After setting up the tent, I sighed out of worry and worry.

‘What should I do?’

Although Lena said that there is no way at all.

It’s just a lie to reassure you.

There was no way.

‘I never thought Lena wouldn’t find it.’

But in the end I couldn’t find it.

I had to find another way.

Even if you lament, nothing will change.

If you can’t tie it with a demon, you can tie it with something else.

There wasn’t much of a reason to bury a high-ranking priest because he wasn’t a demon, but you wouldn’t know unless you tried.

“Go to the denomination.”

“Then I will head to the church.”

Just like that, time passes in the carriage.

It was a few days later that I arrived at the church.

I gave the coachman a gold coin as a token of his hard work and entered the church.

After being greeted by the guards who recognized me, I was greeted by Ares, one of the paladins.

Ares bowed his head and saluted me.

Without much formality, I asked straight to the point.

“Ares. How is it going?”

“He was immediately arrested. However, since he is a high-ranking priest, I don’t think I will be able to keep him for long. At most it will be about a day. Also, when he was imprisoned, he was unable to properly cover his mouth, so he spewed out wild accusations that Kariel was involved in an attack inside the church. Of course, there is no big problem because many people saw the sight of Kariel blocking it and emitting light, but it seems that there will be some noise due to the arrest without evidence and various problems.”

Of course, I thought there would be a struggle, and I also expected that there would be noise in the process, so there wasn’t much of a stir.

“Guide me.”

“Yes.”

After receiving guidance from Ares, we headed to the dungeon where the cardinal would be.

When we arrived at the dungeon, we saw other paladins standing guard.

Despite their greetings, I walked steadily and was able to arrive in front of the iron cage where the cardinal was imprisoned.

I looked at the cardinal locked in a cage with cold eyes.

“Yo, hero! What are you doing now? It’s something to do with demons! Do you think this can happen without any evidence!?”

A cardinal wearing an evil sword.

It was really funny to see the little boy struggling.

My teacher was killed by this guy.

I felt like killing him right away, but I couldn’t kill him yet.

“Open.”

He ordered the paladin, and the paladin who had the key opened the cage door.

The cardinal was pleased with him.

bang!

“Keuok… ”

As soon as his face fell to the floor, he couldn’t even make a proper sound and grabbed his face.

I grabbed the guy by the collar and lifted him up.

“I’m resisting the urge to rip you to death right now. So blow softly. 5 years ago. From the very beginning when we tried to kill the Sun Clan. He said he had nothing to do with demons. Tell me if those words are really innocent.”

Honestly, I don’t know anymore.

There is no clear evidence, only circumstances, and the circumstances are many.

Before, I didn’t know they were demons and thought they had ordered me to kill the sun tribe, but now that I think about it, there was a possibility that they knew and did it.

‘Those who possess demonic energy and are influenced by it cannot enter the inner center of the church.’

It cannot be said that making a contract with a demon was influenced by paying a certain price or killing someone. So, I couldn’t ignore the possibility that they made a deal knowing that they were demons.

Because there were so many different circumstances, I couldn’t be sure that something was right.

I was tired of thinking about what was right.

“Blow fast.”

Anyway, you just have to ask yourself.

I let go of the hand that was holding her collar, and this time I lifted it up, putting pressure on her neck.

Then, as I applied too much force to him so that I could not breathe, the cardinal repeatedly hit my arm as if he was begging me to save him.

As he continued to press without loosening his strength, the cardinal vomited the truth as if he could no longer hold on.

“Demons… No… is… ”

I let the cardinal go.

“Heo Eok… ”

Only then do I take a deep breath and wonder if it is worth living.

I thought over what he said.

‘They’re not demons.’

It can’t be a demon.

Otherwise, Arina would never have become a demon.

Also, there is no way the Demon King would appear.

‘Because they said they were watching what their subordinates were doing.’

Unless it’s unrelated, there’s no way it would show up in that guy.

However, it did not occur to me that the cardinal might be lying.

‘If you put the situation together.’

The person the cardinal asked to kill his teacher five years ago was not related to the demons.

However, someone told Arina the truth about the Sun Clan and incited her to take revenge, so it was the Demon Clan who created the current situation.

This fact comes out.

There is something puzzling here.

‘The Demon King knows about the existence of the Sun Clan, so even if he knew about it somehow.’

The question is, how did the Cardinal know not only about the Sun Clan, but also that it was the Master?

Details about the Sun Clan are in a place that only the Pope can enter, and the only information available before that is that the Sun Clan is a race that uses the power of the sun.

“How did you know about the sun tribe?”

“… No, someone told me.”

Someone told me.

‘It’s confirmed.’

A being who informed Arina of the truth about the Sun Clan.

And the person who informed the Cardinal of the truth about the Sun Clan is the same person.

And it also became clear that the existence was a demon.

‘The cardinal may think he has nothing to do with demons.’

He won’t know.

The person who told me the truth about the Sun Clan was a demon and created the current situation.

also.

“That guy must have said something bad about the Sun Clan to you. For example, nonsense about taking revenge on the religious order.”

“… !”

How stupid you were.

I looked down at the cardinal with a cold gaze.

The cardinal’s face turned pale as if he had hit the nail on the head.

‘What does a guy who only cares about his own interests know?’

Just because they were afraid of losing their place, they tried to kill the Sun Clan.

As a result, Master died.

But that was the demon’s true intention, and in the end, Arina died.

As soon as I thought about it, I couldn’t help but laugh.

I was going crazy wondering what kind of guy he was.

‘You are what I am looking for somehow.’

Even if it means searching the whole world.