episode_0129

CXXII.

―The eliminated candidates defected!

The reason why this matter, which had been kept quiet for so long, became known in earnest was because some of the eliminated candidates were caught commanding low-level demons.

They even displayed superior inaction than previous candidates, demonstrating excellent guerrilla tactics by attacking and disappearing before the superhumans arrived.

I don’t know how I knew that superhumans would appear, but I managed to escape every time.

As a result, the damage was directed to the powerless, merchants, or nobles who were politicians.

And the direction of their anger was determined.

-It wasn’t like this when Gray was around!

In fact, it is not clear whether Gray can solve this situation. However, people tend to want it, recalling good, comfortable memories.

There is no change in the players at all, but it is as if they think that if they just change the coach, Korean soccer will get back to the semifinals.

Confusion on the continent became increasingly severe.

All it took was for low-level demons and corrupt candidates to carry out guerrilla tactics using the information they knew.

And here.

There are people in more serious panic than anyone else on the continent.

“Is this true?”

“I can’t believe it, but given the circumstances, it seems like the rumor is true.”

“Right? It seems right?! Do you know that’s blasphemy?! How dare you say that I, the lowly demon lord, can overcome the power given by the Lord!!”

“But… … .”

These are people from the Caligo Church who would normally follow Gray around and talk nonsense. In particular, the beings that Gray describes as ‘monstrous old men.’

This scene, where people higher than bishops gather and argue, is not suitable for the Caligo denomination, which is nicknamed ‘fanatics’. This is because it has always been a group where disputes rarely arise due to the phrase ‘as the Lord wills.’

bang!

When the voices of the older people began to be heard outside the tightly closed door, there was someone opening the locked door and coming in.

No, someone breaking in.

There are only two people within the Order of Caligo who would dare to act like this.

“His Holiness the Pope.”

“Sword of Caligo.”

And those two people appeared at the same time.

“What are they doing now!”

Judas, the pope with a small stature and appearance reminiscent of a cute child who looks like he likes lollipops, delivers scathing remarks that are not befitting his size.

“His Holiness the Pope… … . The situation… … .”

“Situation? okay. You said it well. The situation is so messed up right now that even if we roll up our sleeves right now, there are people who can’t help but gather in the back room and chat!! Are you envious of a more comfortable life now that you’re older? Huh?”

“… … .”

“What are you doing sitting there! Go out right now and burn those low-level demons!”

“Yes, but His Holiness… … . Candidates.”

Does the Pope really not know what they are trying to say? Gray’s report had already been received and delivered to the leadership of each kingdom and empire.

But the Pope got angry as if he was unaware of such facts.

It is impossible not to feel the hesitation of the old bishops and cardinals. Pope Judas opened his mouth with a sigh.

“We only need to know one thing. Thankfully, the Lord forewarned us of the devil’s invasion and gave us evidence to prepare for it. And everyone saw it. Candidates who arrogantly used the grace given by the Lord were robbed of that power.”

“… … .”

As if listening to a famous lecturer, all the high-ranking priests are carefully swallowing their saliva and only looking at the Pope’s mouth.

“Then you should know that the moment their powers were taken away, they became worse than ordinary believers. They were proud and lazy. And I had to pay the price.”

“But!”

“But and only Jersey. What’s the big deal about their betrayal and corruption? They are not even candidates, they are sinners! Why is it strange that a person who has committed a crime commits a crime a second or third time, and is stuck in this room just talking?”

The Pope’s last words were irritated without him being aware of it.

“Get out! Go out and deal with the low-level demons. Use the power the Lord has given you to burn those low-level scum like cockroaches to death!”

“Yes!!”

Caligo’s sword approaches next to the Pope, who is slumped down on a high platform, where priests of higher rank than bishops have left.

“It’s a big deal.”

“It’s a big deal.”

The two were relieving the fatigue of traveling all over the continent by spending time together for the first time in a long time. It wasn’t physical fatigue that was the problem, but mental fatigue.

Low-level demons and corrupt candidates appear from all directions.

And in the meantime, they have already lost 29 Master or Circle 6 level wizards and Master level warriors due to a small number of mid-level demons that appear from time to time, cleverly mixed together.

There were 29 people at the master level, but if you add up the number of victims below that level and the commoners, it was already over a thousand and threatening to hit 10,000.

In just one month.

I think the mid-level demons were roughly handled, but the low-level demons really looked like cockroaches. When I thought I caught it, it crawled out again and I was so crazy that I was jumping up and down.

“If you think about it, the final evidence is truly amazing.”

The Pope nods his head up and down vigorously at the sword of Caligo’s unusually long speech.

“Then. All we had to do was wait and move and use our strength. I liked it back then. And the last witness went through a lot of trouble.”

“Okay. How are the Three Musketeers doing?”

“Those guys are probably better than us? Because they started from the bottom in the first place. I’m also friendly with mercenaries. Well, mercenary intelligence is the third major intelligence organization following the merchant world and the intelligence guild. It seems like you’re reacting pretty well, right?”

“Thank goodness.”

“Thank goodness.”

The two were silent for a while. As if he could feel the passage of time with his whole body, he sat motionless in the most secret place of the Caligo Grand Shrine, which was expanded in Evergreen.

After a while, the two got up and left the Evergreen branch of the Caligo Church. And it took three months for them to return here again. It was after I heard that Gray had finished training and came out.

◈ ◈ ◈

“What are you going to do? Are you going to leave it like this?”

“Yes. This can’t be helped.”

“I’ll just go and play the game as before. This is a body that has already abandoned cause and effect.”

“No. done. I’ve had a hard time being hated.”

A conversation between a man and a man.

The handsome man, shaking his turquoise flowing hair wildly, which looked like a clever mixture of a vibrant forest and the sky sparkling in the spring sunlight, and saying ‘I’m going to step out!’ as if in a panic, had a very common-looking face.

“Yes? Well, that’s everyday life. No, rather than that, I just go and say, ‘You guys foul again!’ You said you were coming?”

“Crazy guy. Then, if you get really angry, you will be out of luck for a while. It could be that every time you seduce a girl, Soria is behind you, or that girl knows Soria, or that she is a member of Soria’s family, or something like that. You god of magic, no, you bastard like Arun.”

The handsome man’s shoulders gradually shrunk at the warning from the common-looking man. He swept his arms down, as if just imagining it was scary.

“Oh. Those bastards aren’t just picking out all the zerglings and attacking them.”

“But it still works.”

“Oh!”

The temperature of the conversation between the two men, who spoke as if they could see all the lower-level demons that even superhumans could not find, including the Pope and Caligo’s Sword, was a little different. Was that unpleasant? The handsome man shouted.

“Captain!”

“The leader is damn. When did that end? Have you tried teaching your girlfriend how to play?”

“Yes? no? There were no games or anything like that in our dimension?”

“A common mistake made by men who say they want to play games with their girlfriends is to blindly give them a try. It’s no fun if you reach max level like that. If you don’t create a level 1 character and raise it together, most people will give up on the game, saying it’s boring. There’s something fun about doing something together, and that way you get to know the game better.”

“Ahh! Is that it? The tribe doesn’t let women participate in combat training or hunting, and if they only protect them, they end up as idiots who can’t do anything?”

“… It’s similar. Now that’s some kind of vaccination or something. In the first place, when the Demon King descends, will you be able to save even a single continental person without dying? Among the humans, who sticks to the demon side? Do you think there won’t be one? You’ve seen it a lot so far.”

“Hmm.”

“Hmm, it’s terrible. It’s embarrassing, so don’t act like it’s okay, just go and do your work. Stop worrying about those who betrayed you. What you need to worry about is not that, but the trends of the now quiet remnants. Because I’m neutral after all.”

“Yes!”

“And that’s because of you too.”

“Yes?”

“Since you keep saying ‘You foul!’, the fate of the people has tilted toward the left this time!”

“Yes? Just leave these goblin bastards!!”

“That’s it. go away. Go and get the information carefully.”

“Oh! I won’t stand it! I also have the same personality!!”

A man with an ordinary face is left alone when the handsome man disappears in an instant.

He was looking down endlessly at the continent, which resembled a bird with its wings spread wide. Enjoying the quiet silence that came as the noisy god of magic disappeared.

“Oh my. self. I’m curious who that woman is who taught me step by step from level 1 so that we could play together?”

“I’m curious too. Pet.”

“Who is it?”

Until three women came to visit.

‘Arun, you bastard?!’