episode_0234

Basement of the Union Headquarters.

Deep inside the interrogation room, I was astonished.

I came to look for Belphegor…

“No way. Were you being tortured?”

“Yes. Since he keeps not answering well, I have no choice.”

Various tools scattered around.

And a furnace where hot heat rises.

This is definitely…

“Aren’t these forging tools?”

“That’s right. Since it’s in the form of a sword, wouldn’t this torture be the most effective?”

Yerina tilts her head and looks at me as if asking what’s the problem.

At this, I was at a loss for words for a moment.

Even if it is in the form of a sword, does it still constitute torture just because it is heated and beaten with a hammer?

I almost laughed because I thought it was such a pure idea.

|Aaaah!!! no! No way! I don’t want Danzo anymore! Aaaah! Stop beating the back of your sword and turning it into a double-edged sword! I no longer want to turn a full tang sword hilt into a hidden tang!!!

“······.”

I thought so.

It seems that the effect was surprisingly significant.

I approached Belphegor, who was struggling and screaming while hanging on the rope, and released the rope.

When I held the magic sword in my hand, the form that had been deformed due to the torture returned to the single-edged sword of Dacian style swordsmanship.

“Thank you for your hard work. Thanks to you, I was able to safely regain my existence and be resurrected.”

|I won’t lie! What help did I have! I just threw it away and ran away to buy time!|

“······.”

It wasn’t wrong, but it wasn’t right either.

At the time, I actually threw it to buy time and bounced around.

Listening to Yerina’s story, she said that the reason she began to suspect that the ‘unrecognizable entity’ was me was when she tortured Belphegor.

If it weren’t for Yerina’s doubts, I wouldn’t have been able to come up with a Frost-like mystery, and I wouldn’t have created a drama and recreated the world inside.

|Demon bastard… Just return me to my free self |

“That seems difficult.”

|Why?!|

“It’s for you.”

|What does that mean!|

Belphegor, who was getting irritated with his actions, put the sword back in its sheath.

Then, when the handle of the sword was covered, only a slight buzzing vibration was transmitted, and no sound was heard.

If you suddenly transform Belphegor in front of people who know him for his hideous appearance…

I hope to receive the stinging glares of Jill, Julia, and Yerina.

Since this is a very sensitive time, it would be better to take the opportunity later and show your true colors.

“Are you going to take away the Great Devil?”

“Rather than reaping… What should I say.”

“Give me a chance?”

“That’s right. opportunity. It gives you a chance to suffer.”

“······.”

This world is a more hellish place than the demon world.

That’s what Satan said.

Hell itself is overflowing with all kinds of injustice, hatred, and hatred.

But that is why it is a world where justice, good will, and love shine preciously.

I returned to that world, dragging Belphegor with me.

And from now on, I will give Belphegor a chance.

As much as we have accelerated the transformation of this world into hell, we have a chance to reverse it.

It is easy to spill water, but difficult to pick it up.

Belphegor will probably have to put in hundreds or thousands of times more effort than he did to destroy this world.

Since Belphegor knows clearly what kind of judgment a soul at the end of its life receives in the Underworld, he has no choice but to do his best.

“Yerina. Can I ask you to convene a meeting?”

“Yes. Then the union executives-”

“No. Just four people: you, Jill, Julia, and me. For the rest, we have not yet completely ruled out the possibility of defection.”

“······!”

Although it may sound a little cruel.

The only people who could be 100% certain that I had not betrayed myself were those who looked into my inner essence.

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“Do you know where the saint is? I need to see it and upload it, but I can’t see it at work…”

“Shh. Post it later. Unless it’s urgent.”

“It is a regular report that there is nothing wrong, but… If you fail to upload this, you will be referred to the military court.”

“Uh huh. Pay attention. Something more important than military law is happening.”

“What on earth are you talking about?”

In front of a novice officer who was just starting to show off his military personality, the Deputy Chief of Staff thought for a moment.

How should I explain this?

I thought it was right to tell the truth.

“Eujin entered the bedroom with the saint, the witch, and the frost lord. Various layers of barriers were spread around the sleeping quarters.”

“Oh…”

The officer’s face turned red.

The man who was crying, screaming and making a fuss while hugging three women took them all into one room?

Even spreading a barrier?

I felt like I knew what was happening without even looking.

Then, suddenly, the officer noticed that one person’s name was missing and his eyes turned to the side.

There, Mayor Cornelia Brigham was standing in front of a closed door with a dark expression.

She was Eugene’s fiancé.

“It’s a mess…”

“Yes. It’s better to pay no attention until the door opens.”

The young officer and the deputy chief of staff quietly left the scene.

Meanwhile, inside the bedroom surrounded by a barrier.

It was a room with fragrant candles and a large bed… but before I knew it, the bed had been removed and a bright light had been installed to illuminate a large map.

The expressions on the faces of Jill, Yulia, Yerina, and Eugene surrounding them were quite serious.

“So, there’s a high possibility that Linda’s betrayal was planned long ago?”

“100 percent. Are you sure. Linda hasn’t updated once since I left. Since there is no need to accept external data, it means that it was not hacked in the meantime. Even before I disappeared, that is, even before I signed a contract with the Alliance, I approached you with the intention of taking you all in. ”

“······.”

The atmosphere became solemn.

Archives destroyed by Eugene.

Traces of data being transmitted to the outside were discovered in a place where there should be no external connection other than the one-way communication network with the Allied Headquarters.

It was evidence that it had been built with the intention of stealing information from the Federation from the time it was designed.

Moreover, even if Linda can access the network, is it possible to take over the network on an entire continent at exactly the same time?

Considering that it takes time to send and receive communications, causing delays, this is absolutely impossible.

Linda planned the betrayal, set an execution time in advance, and synchronized the clocks in each place.

“Is this the error of the artificial soul…?”

It’s the error of the artificial soul.

It seemed quite plausible, but I had a strong intuition that it wasn’t the case.

The last time Eugene saw Linda, she had some resentment toward Cairn, but it was not a universal hatred toward humanity.

But one day, he suddenly committed suicide and decided to force a termination.

After being restored by Cairn and opening his eyes, he changed completely.

Since there has been no update since then, the three-year gap is meaningless.

The day it was forced to end, everything changed.

[that day······. Are you talking about the day when all power is recovered in this world?]

“Yes. Is there a corner to point out?”

[I remember it clearly because it was such a shock. As the person closest to Him, I had the vision to see some of His power. In this world, all authority was recovered, and a scene unfolded where countless rays of light rose toward the sky. And after a while, a huge chunk of power poured down from the sky in one place.]

“······!”

Eugene’s eyes twisted.

For what purpose did Draken retrieve all his powers?

Where was the recovered power used?

It was a simple story.

He wanted to concentrate the power that was scattered randomly throughout this world in one place.

[And although I cannot fully interpret His will… From what I understand, he really likes the clockwork machines of the North and has been keeping an eye on them.]

And the place where Draken poured out his power that day was definitely Linda.

He went all-in with his power in order to gain control over Linda.

Linda, sensing the crisis, quickly committed suicide to prevent her body from being taken away.

By the time Linda was restored and turned on again, Linda had already been taken over by Draken.

“Linda… has been under Draken’s control all along…?”

Everyone’s faces turned pale.

Luna, who played the cardinal, and Belphegor, who had demonic contractors all over the country, were quite a problem.

But Linda, who handled almost all of the Union’s information, was actually Draken’s hand.

It is safe to say that Draken now knows virtually everything about the Alliance.

The military’s strength, vulnerabilities, everything.

From now on, it would not be surprising if the entire army, not just the airship fleet, betrayed and turned around.

“All pre-established operational plans will be discarded. From now on, I will be irregular and create Daedraken tactics at my discretion.”

Jill, Yulia, and Yerina gathered close, nodding in silence.

Since I was reading all of their movements, I had no choice but to rely on Eugene from now on.

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[Heheheung······.]

Hehehe. Kirilik.

A low-quality mechanical sound is making a snoring sound.

The sound of the mainspring being wound and the screw being tightened continued to ring.

The wind-up machine, which was just a skeleton, is covered with apricot-colored silicone.

The skin that sticks to the body by repeatedly cutting it with scissors and attaching it with glue.

After inserting the implant and finishing it with a heat gun, the area suddenly became indistinguishable from human skin.

[Ummmm······.]

Numerous eyes appeared in the opened box.

The finger, which was repeatedly going back and forth as if thinking carefully, picked out a brown eyeball and clicked it into the eye.

Next is the wig, eyebrows, fingernails, toenails, etc…

After completing the maintenance, the wind-up machine reflected in the mirror is an absolutely beautiful woman.

He had black hair and a plain appearance.

[Heung······.]

The machine smiled with satisfaction, put on a maid’s uniform, and spun around.

Finally, when the vocal cords were touched and adjusted, the low-quality mechanical sound changed into a soft female voice.

If it looked like this, no one would know that it was a clockwork machine unless it was cut with a knife.

[hmm?]

At that time, the doorbell rang.

A stranger was standing at the door.

The wind-up machine locked the maintenance room door with a stern expression and opened it with a stern attitude.

[The owner is currently absent-]

“Found it.”

Squeak!

At that moment, the wind-up machine lost its balance with an eerie sound.

In an instant, both legs were cut off and the clockwork machine fell to the ground.

Dark red blood spurted out from the elaborately constructed tubes that served as blood vessels.

[iced coffee! Aaaah! What are you doing?! order! I will call the knights!]

“······.”

But the man just cut off the arm of the clockwork machine without saying a word.

The cut cross section was clearly visible, revealing the mechanical part.

The clockwork machine is looking up with a face filled with tears and snot.

Eugene muttered as he took off his mask.

“Body.”