episode_0133

A ritual circle drawn in a wide open space, and a magic sword stuck in the center.

“Damn, damn! Because of that damn cat bitch… !”

The queen poured her anger into the air.

An unidentified man brought in by a cat that suddenly appeared.

The army fell because of that man.

The Queen’s ‘order’ is one-way. Her intentions can be conveyed to the monsters, but she cannot hear an answer from them.

Therefore, the queen did not notice the incident until the moment the three leaders were subdued.

When Marona’s worker bee, who was regularly reporting the movements of the knights, did not come even after a long time had passed, he belatedly sent his subordinates to scout, and only then did he learn that all three leaders had died in just one day.

“Damn humans… !”

Originally, she was not a ‘queen’. However, she is only a so-called ‘surrogate queen’ who temporarily takes on the role of queen when the real ‘queen’ is away.

Because of this, she was unable to create monsters, nor was she able to effectively command all monsters.

The queen did her best. She tried to accumulate as much merit as possible until her ‘master’, the real ‘Queen’, returned.

But the results were disastrous.

The legion fell. Even the remaining wandering monsters were made to eat each other to create a powerful leader, so the monsters on the eastern continent were wiped out.

The queen, who had lost her mind, ran away without looking back. Leaving his dying subordinates behind.

“Now all that’s left is this… .”

A ritual that was conjured up in a desperate situation by barely pulling one’s head together to gather the scattered demonic energy and concentrate it in one place.

Of course, even if this ritual were carried out, it would not be possible to gather enough magical energy to turn the situation around.

But it doesn’t matter.

Because the queen had no intention of fighting with the garrison knights anymore.

“To the master’s side… .”

All the queen needed was the strength to return to her master.

Even if her master holds her responsible and kills her, it doesn’t matter. That would be better than the death of a dog here.

The queen performed the ritual with her eyes closed. Strange energy rising from the ground. Magic energy began to concentrate on the magic sword.

After completing the ritual that lasted for about ten minutes, the queen had a little hope when she saw the magic sword with the appropriate amount of magic energy.

But that hope didn’t last long.

“You’re doing something fun.”

An unfamiliar voice.

But it feels somewhat familiar.

“Da, you… .”

“Nice to meet you. Creature of plague. This body is the lord of war.”

Because she felt an energy that was so similar to her master’s, the queen had no choice but to kneel.

“Me, Lord of War… ? How could you be in a place like this? .”

“That has nothing to do with you. Rather, it seemed like the demon energy had suddenly disappeared, and they were performing this ritual.”

Rusk, the Lord of War, looked at the magic sword and said, licking his lips.

“It went well. Hand over that sword to this body.”

“Oh, no… . This is yours. No matter how much you call me a monarch, I can’t just hand you over… .”

“Are you going to disobey this body’s orders now?”

Rusk glares at the queen with wide eyes.

I didn’t feel any special intimidation from her.

Because Rusk still did not have ‘sufficient’ strength.

However, for the queen, the name ‘monarch’ was not light at all, and she felt pressured by that name alone, unable to even raise her head.

“The power contained in that sword belongs to your master?”

Rusk asked the queen.

“Yes, that’s right… .”

“Do you know where that sword came from?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know.”

“Ha!”

Rusk snorted loudly and walked towards the magic sword.

“This sword comes from the Southern Continent. ‘Hauteclaire’ was originally a holy sword that protected the southern continent, but it is an unfortunate sword that lost its luster after being betrayed by a human who foolishly trusted it.”

She lightly traced the sword that had once been her nemesis with her finger.

Afterwards, he grasped the handle of the sword with all his strength and pulled it out of the ground.

“As you know, I personally destroyed the Southern Continent. It means that it was this body that ended the life of this holy sword. Now, say it again. Who does this sword belong to?”

The queen could no longer claim ownership of the magic sword.

He knew that the magic energy contained in the magic sword was different from that of his ‘master’, and that magic energy perfectly matched that of the ‘lord’ before his eyes.

The queen bit her lip. So much so that blood bursts out.

From the emergence of Cheshire, the destruction of the Legion due to Zeke, and the emergence of the monarch.

At this point, the queen wondered if the world was forcing her into an abyss.

Either way, Rusk absorbed the magical energy contained in the magic sword and smoothly recovered his strength.

“Hmm. It’s a little disappointing.”

After absorbing demonic energy, Rusk grew a little taller and had a small, strange tattoo on his face.

Although she was not fully recovered, this would be enough to take out her ‘weapon’.

Rusk thought so and stretched out his hand into the air. After concentrating for a moment, a huge mace came out of the ground.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. It’s my favorite disease.”

Rusk stroked the mace lovingly and swung it into the air.

Damn it –.

A crack appeared.

Rusk tried to step into the crack but stopped.

“True. I forgot to ask. Where is the plague?”

“Well, that’s… .”

“Answer. Where is the plague?”

“…Can’t answer.”

“Is there such a thing as loyalty?”

thud-.

Rusk placed his mace on the floor. It was so heavy that the ground shook when I lightly touched it.

“I like it. Anyone who becomes a subject. You must not betray your master.”

The queen seemed to relax a little when she saw Rusk smiling slightly.

“Then can you answer this? Your men are risking their lives in the ‘war’, so why are you here?”

A cool feeling felt around my neck.

“You sure didn’t abandon your subordinates and run away?”

“Well, I… .”

The queen was suffocating due to the intensity of her life.

The Queen, who was shaking her head, suddenly remembered that the Lord of War cares deeply for his subordinates.

The Queen’s head was busy.

He began to come up with excuses in his head to hide the fact that he had abandoned the Legion and tried to run away.

However, such a shallow trick was quickly discovered by Rusk,

“Four years is disqualification as a leader.”

bang-!

The mace, which had drawn a neat arc, rammed straight into the queen’s head.

Afterwards, Rusk, who was shaking off the blood and flesh from his mace, turned his head to see someone suddenly appearing behind him.

“Huh~? Ellis? You’re Ellis, right? When did you grow so much~?”

“…I belong to the cat.”

Cheshire is smiling brightly, with the cat ears growing on his purple head perking up. He is the one who kidnapped Rusk to the East Continent.

“They were obviously locked in a cage, but how did they get out? Did you really break it and come out? I didn’t know it had that kind of power~?”

Instead of answering Cheshire’s question, Rusk aimed his mace. Cheshire was still smiling as if he wasn’t a threat at all, and Rusk clicked his tongue looking at Cheshire.

“Tsk. The crime of kidnapping this body deserves death, but even if it wasn’t my intention, thanks to that I regained my strength… . I will not hold you accountable for your sins.”

“Hmm~. You’re saving me. What should I do because I’m thankful~? Kuhuhu. Ellis escaped on her own and said she would save me. It’s a ‘makjang’ suitable for the last show~.”

“Hmph! I have no intention of joining in on your crazy entertainment. Instead, go and tell this crazy person.”

For a moment, Cheshire thought about who the ‘crazy man’ Rusk was talking about was.

“Ah, are you talking about Zeke? Well, okay, it’s the last one, so that’s about it. What can I tell you~?”

Rusk spoke while stepping into a crack in the air.

“The Lord of War will be waiting on the southern continent.”

This was Rusk’s declaration of war to Zeke.

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“…What kind of situation is this?”

While heading to the Queen’s Nest on a Ryuka, I saw a strange ritual group in a large open space, so I got off and, sure enough, something happened.

The Queen (presumed) lying down with her head broken and the Cheshire smiling.

I don’t know who killed the queen, but I wanted to say thank you for taking care of the matter for me.

“Zeek~. What should I do because I’m sorry? Ellis ran away!”

“What the fuck?”

I wanted to feed Cheshire, who delivered the bullshit news in a voice without any regret, but I held back.

Because I can’t hit it anyway.

“Elise asked me to tell you this. The Lord of War is waiting for you on the southern continent~.”

“……”

I was momentarily angry at the fact that Rusk ran away, but when I thought about it again, it wasn’t a bad situation. In the first place, I was worried because Rusk’s strategy event wasn’t going on.

‘okay. Those guys are so incompetent that they can’t do anything if you keep them locked up. ‘We need to free-range them and then catch them again.’

Rusk and his party, who have lost their strength, are extremely weak and have no special abilities. That means that she can’t measure escape angles or plan some shady moves like other heroines.

So, I guess I should release it like this and give it an opportunity to cause something to happen.

“What did I say now… ? Lord of War… !?”

I was trying to understand it and move on, but for some reason, this time, Karjen got angry, as if the trigger button had been pressed.

Why is this guy like this again?

“What, do we know each other?”

Karjen, who was gritting her teeth and gritting her teeth, barely managed to control her anger and spoke.

“……To me, you are more hateful than anyone else.”

“Oh, it wasn’t me.”

“You are next.”

I worked hard to raise it and fed it with blood, but all it came back to was hatred.

You ungrateful bitch.

He hates Rusk more than me, who imprisoned him for weeks, starved him, tortured him, and even forced him into a slave contract.

What on earth did that poor devil bitch do?

“Master, please lead me quickly to the southern continent. I will suffocate him with my own hands… !”

“If you listen carefully, I will see you later and take you there. Because there are more important things to do right now than that poor devil bitch.”

“It’s more important to me than anything else!”

“Yes, yes. They said they would do it later. I can’t go right now anyway, so just be patient.”

Karjen, this bastard keeps forgetting his identity.

It would be difficult if they went on strike for no reason, so I’m trying to be nice to them for now, but I’ll have to give them proper training later.

“Wait! Don’t ignore me~.”

Cheshire suddenly joined the conversation.

I’m going to get back to you soon, so please understand this crap.

“Okay. Wonderland is over now, right?”

“Kuhuhu. that’s right. The queen died, and even all the monsters on the East Continent died. Of course, there were a lot of things that happened that had nothing to do with Zeke, but isn’t even that the beauty of a reality show~.”

Cheshire spins in place and expresses joy with her whole body.

“Thank you so much, Zeke~. Thanks to you, I was able to enjoy it until the last wonderland.”

Tick–.

The clock already showed midnight.

I was watching closely to see when the Cheshire ship would open.

“Nya~. I’m sorry for interrupting your intimate time~.”

Just listening to it, I could hear Katsy’s voice.

“Welcome, Yeongmyo!”

“Nyahaha. Was the last show fun~?”

“It was a spectacular show worthy of the end, so it was really fun.”

“Thank goodness~. So you’re saying you’re going to cancel the contract now~.”

Maybe this could save some elixir?

“Wait!”

At my sudden shout, Catsy looked at me with puzzled eyes.

And then Karjen attacked Catsy.

“Nya~? Little fox, it’s been a while.”

“I’m not a kid anymore!”

Karjen pulled out several tentacles, but they were cut off in vain by Katsy’s fingernails.

Still, there was a brief gap, and I used this gap to drag Cheshire and get on top of Ryuka.

“Lyuka. Jump out!”

Flap–!

Ryuka immediately took off into the sky, and we began crossing the East Continent at extremely high speeds.

“Zeek, why are you doing this~? Do you really want to run away from love with me?”

“That’s roughly it.”

“Kuhuhu. lie. I can hear Zeke’s feelings. I can clearly hear your feelings of dislike for me, but the escape of love~.”

“It’s love/hate, you bastard.”

“Hmm~. It’s love/hate~. I’m glad that you like me. But it’s impossible to run away from Yeongmyo~.”

Cheshire rubbing her stomach. Inside it is Catsy’s contract stone, which will pop out through the ship whenever Catsey wants.

The reason Katsy doesn’t bother taking out the contract stone right now is probably because she wants to enjoy watching us struggle.

Because cats enjoy hunting.

“Do you think I’m running away now?”

“Hmm? If this isn’t running away, then what on earth is it~?”

“This is not running away.”

But Catsy didn’t notice.

“Take your time until the hunter comes.”

In this situation, the prey is not us, but Catsy herself.