episode_0044

As night fell, the duel was postponed until the next day.

The warriors scheduled to duel were locked in a solitary cell in the basement of the conference hall to prevent any escape.

Visiting is not possible. I spent the night alone and could only come out when the sun rose.

It was the Orcs’ procedure for an honorable duel under the sun.

“The meal is sumptuous.”

As tonight might be the last night, a sumptuous meal was provided.

A diet made by roasting the meat of various animals such as cows, sheep, chickens, horses, etc. using the Orcs’ unique antiseptic.

Because it was mainly meat-based, the nutritional balance was not good, but it was good as a last supper.

[caution! It’s poisoned!]

“It’s okay. Because it is a very poisonous poison to me.”

Although there were cases where the gum dissolved in acid, there were no cases of poisoning.

Rian, who has reached the level of unity between the gods and swords, has naturally reached the realm of invulnerability to all poisons.

Even though I knew it was an orc trap, I enjoyed the dinner calmly.

“The spicy poison acts as a seasoning on the fatty meat, creating an exquisite taste. Moreover, the poison was quite strong, so the hard muscles were broken down and the meat became softer. This is a great restaurant.”

[It tastes good… !]

“Would you like to try it sometime? That’s right, you can’t eat it?”

[Ah, deception! I will remember this!]

“Kkkk.”

Rihanna was not alone even though she was locked in solitary confinement.

Since it was a private room for duelists, not prisoners, they were allowed to carry swords.

Possession of the sword was allowed to warm up by swinging the sword before the duel, but for Lian, who could hear the will of the sword, it was just a companion to relieve boredom.

“Ang~!”

“Huh?”

A Yongin woman slightly opens her lips and raises her head towards Lian.

The alluring red lips were shiny and shiny, but Lian absent-mindedly lifted the meat with a fork to her mouth.

The woman shed tears and shook Rian’s body at the fact that she had been so blatantly ignored.

“It’s too much! If you ignore me like that, no matter how much I get hurt!”

“You’ve often behaved like this in the past, right? I remember ignoring you every time you whined about going hunting for a dragon.”

“The situation is completely different from back then! Now I open my mouth despite my shame… !”

“Okay, you can give it to me.”

“Hi!”

Scathach bites the fork held out by Lian.

I ended up biting off the blade of the fork along with the meat.

Ryan looked back and forth between the neatly cut fork and the Scathach.

Scathach didn’t seem to notice anything strange even though he was chewing until the blade of his fork, and was smiling and humming.

Lian quietly threw the fork back and ate the meat with his hands.

“Now that I think about it, I was curious about something. Why did you do that at the black market earlier?”

“Um?”

“You suddenly turned red and blew yourself up. I was curious why it happened like that.”

“Well, that’s… !”

I felt Rian’s kindness for the first time in a long time, and my body exploded with emotion.

To be honest, he too was embarrassed.

Even though he had already swallowed the meat, Skaha was wasting time mumbling.

I was thinking about how to make an excuse, but Lian was not oblivious to this.

“If it’s difficult to explain, you don’t have to say it. Because I’m not forcing it.”

“Ugh.”

“Isn’t there any pain or problem?”

“Yes… … .”

“Then that’s enough.”

The magic tools that can repair anything have already been consumed by Eclec and Rips.

If there was a problem with the Dragon Demon Sword, Lian had no way of doing anything.

Still, Rian was relieved to see that there really didn’t seem to be anything wrong with his condition.

‘Well, unlike other swords, Scathach is strong, so there’s no need to worry.’

During the meal, Lian suddenly turned his gaze to the wall on the right.

Beyond the wall that Lian was looking at was the cell of the orc who was about to duel him.

Before the duel, the orc shaman cast a spell to block sound to prevent arguments.

There was never a case of sound escaping from the solitary confinement, but it was not possible to hide even one’s presence.

“… … You’re working hard.”

“Huh? What?”

“It’s nothing.”

Rian, who took his gaze away from the wall, said it was no big deal and resumed eating.

Scathach tilted his head to see Lian smiling meaningfully.

***

The room across from Ryan’s cell.

The succubus approached Urok, the orc sitting solemnly on the bed, and held out his hand.

A black stone rested on her palm.

“Hey, take this!”

“What is this stone? It’s ominous just to look at it.”

“It is a stone that will make you stronger. Swallow it as is.”

“Stones are not meant to be eaten.”

“If you don’t want to swallow, I have no choice but to cut open your stomach and stuff it in. If you don’t like that, put it in your anus and tighten your sphincter!”

The sight of him casually saying scary things was the devil himself.

Even though Urok was in a heavy mood, she was smiling like a child.

The succubus’s laughter was an unspoken pressure, meaning that there was no other option than to eat.

Urok receives a stone from a succubus with a disapproving expression.

He hesitated because it was his first time swallowing a stone and the stone looked ugly.

“For your information, you shouldn’t chew it? I can’t guarantee how your body will be damaged if I bite it!”

“Is it okay to eat something so dangerous? … .”

“You don’t have to worry about that, the efficacy when swallowed has been proven! I’m sure I fed it to some orcs and checked it myself.”

“Did other compatriots also eat obediently?”

“At first, everyone reacted like you. I ate it with my eyes closed and was very satisfied because the effect was so good?”

Except for the former chieftain, no one among the tribesmen died or was in distress.

Since it was said that there would be no significant side effects from swallowing the stone, Urok erased his hesitation.

The Urok opened its wide jaws and stuffed the stone into its mouth at once.

The saliva squeezed out of the salivary glands made the surface of the stone slippery and went straight to the back of the neck.

It got stuck in his throat on the way, but he overcame it and swallowed the stone completely.

“Phew… ! I can’t eat it twice.”

“I didn’t plan on giving more anyway. How about your body?”

“I feel hot inside. However, the blood circulates faster and strength rises.”

“I’m glad it seems to be working.”

“It’s not a bad feeling, but I’m still anxious. There is no problem, right?”

“There are a lot of doubts today? Didn’t you say you would infinitely trust your allies?”

“… … .”

The young orc’s injury that Lian pointed out.

Although Urok denied it, doubt sprouted in his heart.

However, even if I said this, the demon in front of me would strongly deny it, so I had no choice but to respond in silence for now.

‘If, as the human said, the demons did it to create conflict… … .’

I had to make up for that mistake somehow.

If it is revealed that the demons are using the orcs while on the same ship as the demons, there will be no turning back.

From Urok’s perspective, he had no choice but to hope that his suspicions were mistaken.

“Isn’t it very sad that our queen is still suspicious of the orcs even though she has helped them?”

“I don’t doubt it.”

“Weren’t you agitated by the words of the human who intruded in the meeting just now?”

“It’s clear that it’s all a lie. We believe that it is a human tactic to create confusion.”

“Really? Then I will trust you too. I hope I can prove that in the duel tomorrow!”

A succubus walks through the wall and leaves while laughing lightly.

The dream demon was able to transform its body into something intangible and move in and out of walls and doors at will.

That’s why he was able to approach Urok without being caught by the guards guarding the basement.

“Ahh! This is the first time I wish the sun would rise quickly!”

The succubus escaped from the room where Urok was and flew high into the sky.

Looking down at the orc colony with her back to the moon, she smiled wickedly.

A view of the village, which is beautifully formed for a place full of orcs.

However, the succubus was delighted at the thought that it would soon be damaged beyond recognition.

‘The queen is so cruel, how did she come up with such a heinous act?’

The execution date of the plan designed and prepared by her superior and absolute leader, the Succubus Queen, is just around the corner.

Isn’t there something you forgot or missed?

Were there any shortcomings in preparation?

The succubus looked back, weighing all the cases one last time, and there were no problems.

If there is only one variable… … .

‘A person who broke into the conference hall… … . Well, it doesn’t look like anything special on the outside, but it’ll be okay, right?’

The succubus smiled vulgarly again and left for the south to report.

She made the mistake of not understanding Ryan’s true character, but in reality, she made an even worse mistake.

The mistake was that the dragon’s eyes, which covered countless stars high in the sky, were following her.