Episode 89
If I had to pick a devil’s ability that I personally find unpleasant, I’d count this mind manipulation on my hand.
The reason doesn’t matter.
It was because the act of depriving individuals of their will and turning them into puppets was more repulsive than anything else.
‘It’s not that deep, though.’
Still, it was enough to steal the spirits of the people of this frontier.
Watching it from behind, the butler asked me.
“What are you going to do?”
“He’s not that great, so I don’t think there will be any problems getting rid of him…He is less powerful than the twin devils of the
kingdom, and he is not even good at hiding his demonic energy.
Just an innate ability.
The ability of ‘mind manipulation’ was quite threatening.
Apart from what you don’t like.
‘It must have stirred the villagers’ heads for quite some time.’
If so, you should approach it carefully.
Unraveling a tangled mind is a pretty sensitive task.
If not, there is a possibility that the spirit of all the villagers will collapse.
…In the midst of such thoughts, the self-proclaimed sage’s speech had reached its climax.
“So everyone unite! We can overcome this crisis, so everyone in the village unites!”
“As expected, wise man!”
“I believed you!”
I’ll turn, really.
It was an absurd speech, but the villagers responded favorably to him.
mind manipulation.
The villagers were secretly bound by the sage to the extent that they were not even aware of it.
“Okay, good look.”
“Do you want to start now?”
“To do so.”
I briefly answered the butler’s words and stepped forward.
mate!
“Hey, I heard a good story. You are wonderful.”
Even among the excited residents, my applause was quite audible.
“…hmm?”
It was only for a moment, but the sage’s eyebrows twitched.
I looked at him and opened my mouth slowly.
“I am honored, sage. If you’re at the level of the wise man, you can say bullshit like that! I learned a lesson!”
“you are…?”
“I am a simple visitor. So there is no need to be so vigilant.”
Of course, the sage was looking at me with very wary eyes.
It’s not my knowledge.
“…visitant.”
“Did you hear the village chief? I don’t think he missed his report to you.”
“I heard that a stranger has come. that is…It was you.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
I replied with a smile haha.
The more this happened, the deeper the wrinkles on the face of the self-proclaimed sage became, so it was quite a pleasure.
the self-styled sage asked.
“You, the visitor, have no right to interfere in this. It’s all about the town… …“
Because this is related again.”
I laughed again.
The sage’s face crumpled as if he had chewed up shit.
“Relationship, what…”
I went straight to the point without even listening to him.
“This means that Draculion has business here.”
“What is that…!”
“Yeah.”
After I said that, I summoned the staff from the subspace pocket.
Not just the staff.
Everything, even the robe of the saint received from the first hero.
Then, a pure white light enveloped me.
Actually, there is no light like this when summoning, but directing is a law that can never be ignored.
And when the light goes out
“Heh heh…“
I was literally dressed like a warrior. There was no holy sword, but it didn’t matter.
The divine power that wrapped around the whole body was so strong that it could be clearly seen even by those who did not know anything about it.
“You know roughly, right?”
“Please don’t… …I
received everyone’s attention and briefly revealed my identity.
“As you can see, I am a warrior.”
* * *
Basically, ‘mind manipulation’ is not an easily solved problem.
Even more so if it has been done continuously for over 10 years.
Even before the regression, I had a lot of headaches because of it.
But I didn’t have time and I had to deal with the problem somehow quickly.
Every time you hesitate for a moment, many lives die.
In the end, I came up with a solution.
Fuck! Pooh!
A preemptive strike is a win!
I took advantage of his carelessness and pierced his stomach.
He’s not even a great guy in the first place.
It is clear that he is not suitable for close combat, let alone combat.
The reason is simple.
He couldn’t properly hide his demonic energy and didn’t even notice my existence.
If you lack that sense, your fighting ability will never be good.
“Cheer heh heh?! what what… …?!”
The self-proclaimed sage who allowed me to strike glared at me.
The villagers also protested against me with their eyes wide open.
“What are you doing, pseudo-hero!”
“I can see that it’s fake!”
Villagers who show hostility toward me.
It was as if he would pull out his weapon and tear me apart.
But there is a way to be prepared.
I hit him again and brought out the words I had prepared.
“Devil, can you hurry up and get out of the body of the wise man!”
The solution to mind manipulation!
Simple.
changing the object of cognition.
Mind manipulation is a terrifying ability, but it has surprisingly many loopholes.
If you are caught in mental manipulation, you cannot deny that ‘subject’.
But what if that ‘subject’ changes? For example, what is in front of you is a ‘devil’ who has taken over the body of a good ‘sage’.
It’s funny, but if you direct it well, that alone can solve the mental manipulation.
Even this one is a real devil.
“Cheaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh?!”
Cheeik!
Every time my fist containing my divine power was pierced, acrid smoke flowed from his body, revealing his hideous true form.
“What…?!”
Residents who saw it screamed in disbelief.
“I can’t believe you’re a wise man!”
“Unbelievable…Sensing that
the atmosphere was getting weird, he shouted urgently.
“I am the devil…!”
“Agari!”
I kick him so he doesn’t say more useless things.
Then one of the villagers shouted.
“He who might be a hero! No matter how demonic it is, if you do that, you will die!”
hmm that’s fair
However, the answers to these questions have already been prepared.
“it’s okay! The warrior’s kicks are holy, so they won’t die!”
“Is that so?”
something is weird
A villager scratching his head with a rough look on his face.
However, the brain, which had lost half of its taste due to mental manipulation, seemed to accept it because it couldn’t make a smart judgment of the situation.
The villagers nodded.
Then the self-proclaimed sage screamed desperately.
“Ah! Don’t agree, you bastards!”
“Where!”
This time the butler intervened.
The butler’s eyes lit up and he began to beat the die-hard guy in the face with holy punches.
Fuck! Pooh!
“this guy! This miscellaneous thing calls itself a wise man again! Awesome!”
“You what else…Big big! no shit! hey! hey! I just got hit… …The villagers who saw that shouted again, as if they thought it was something strange
.
“What a hero! Isn’t that too much defeat!”
“it’s okay! Did you see this demon swearing just now!”
“I saw it.”
“There is no way the wise man would curse! Proof that the devil still has a mouth!”
At my words, the residents of this village also nodded their heads in confusion.
“That’s right.”
“Oh no, that’s crazy…”
“Maw!”
I quickly slit the devil’s mouth open.
He cried out with bloody tears, but it’s none of my business.
how many times did you hit that
The guy who had been beaten for a while shouted as if he had finally given up.
“Uhhh, just kill me!”
“No, I can’t.”
It was quite unsightly to see the devil with the face of an old man and howling sadly.
After tying up the battered man with magic, I looked back at the villagers.
“I feel like I have to give you some devastating news.”
“What is that?”
“The resurrection of Draculion is right around the corner. Originally, it would have happened a long time later, but the demon possessed by this wise man hastened that day.”
“In that case, the wise man…“
Perhaps Draculion will be completely liberated only when it is destroyed.”
It is not wrong to say that you will be freed from the shackles of life.
At my words, the villagers sighed.
“Oh, how could this happen… …!”
“But don’t worry. I came all the way here to purify that Draculion.”
“Then, warrior! What can we do!”
“First, we have to get out of this area. It’s best to get as far away from Draculion’s territory as possible.”
Originally, the devil should have foamed at the mouth and intervened at this point, but he has already lost his mind.
I said dragging him.
“So let’s move the village first.”
* * *
The demon Gransel couldn’t come to his senses for a while from the pain in his whole body.
‘What a monster.’
I remembered him.
My body trembles just thinking about it.
An overwhelming gap that makes it impossible to resist even the slightest.
Even considering that he was not a combat expert demon, he was too strong.
‘How do I… …?’
It was when I raised my head thinking that.
“Are you awake?”
“Hee hee hee!”
I heard the monster’s voice in my ears.
He shuddered and turned his head in the direction of the voice.
The warrior was definitely a warrior.
‘I didn’t hear that this hero was selected… …?!’
If a hero had been born, not another existence, there is no way he himself could not have heard of it.
No, ‘he’ must have delivered it.
But why the hell… ….
“Meyril is not in a position to give you information, Devil.”
“…!”
At that, he shook his head.
The hero was looking at him with a cold smile.
The whole body is tightly bound.
No matter how hard I try, I can’t get it out. Gransel realized that he could not escape.
“Are you really a warrior?”
“You’re not in a position to ask questions right now.”
With those words, a sharp pain that seemed like he was about to die ran through his whole body.
“Quaaaaagh!”
It is on a different level from the pain inflicted before losing consciousness.
As if he knew where and how to shock and inflict pain, the warrior chose only the painful places and tortured them.
“It seems that you just understood that you were from Meiril’s family, and like the twins in the Kingdom, you’ve been preparing a plan for quite some time.”
“….”
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t answer. I know everything anyway, but I’m just saying that I’m annoyed.”
At those words, Gransel gnashed his teeth.
There is no doubt that the identity of the power that swallowed him was divine power.
It was certain that only the hero could show such pure divine power.
“Why did you let me live?”
“Why?”
The warrior grinned.
That smile was very ominous.
“You seduced Draculion, who was doing well in this place a long time ago.”
“….”
“He must have approached him when he lost his wife and was soaked in loss. There is a way to save them.”
Grancel couldn’t help but shudder.
Because everything that came out of the warrior’s mouth was true.
“The devil cannot attack the ‘tomb’. Therefore, you would have wanted to borrow Draculion’s hand. Mayril must have instructed it.”
“Uh how…!”
Right at the point where the words came out, Gransel, who had lost his composure, shouted urgently.
“How could that be…!”
But the warrior did not answer.
I just looked at him with cold eyes and continued talking.
“Draculion brilliantly dug a loophole and attacked the tomb. And, as planned, it ate half of the villagers and was sealed.”
Even that must have been your plan.
When those words came out, Gransel had no choice but to admit it.
That warrior knows everything.
‘What the hell is he doing?’
The reason Draculion only ate half of it was simple.
for ‘digestion’.
They say it’s a seal, but in fact it’s just an assortment, just to give them time to digest the souls they ate.
And when that digestion is over.
He sacrificed the rest of the territories he had tied up.
that is…it must have been a plan
It was obviously going smoothly.
It would have been enough to hold on a little longer with the locals tied up.
But why the hell
“Why is a guy like you now…!”
“Okay.”
“Ha ha, no matter what you do to me, it’s useless! Draculion has already eaten half of the offerings and digested most of them! Anywhere you can!”
That moment.
“haha.”
The warrior laughed as if his anger was funny.
The blood red eyes were very frightening.
“Yeah I can’t.”
“haha! whatever you do… …!”
I was trying to speak out loud.
I didn’t want to act the way that damn warrior thought.
Just don’t let ‘the secret’ come out.
Thinking so, he tried to shout again.
but then
“But can you?”
“…what?”
“The spell to complete Draculion came from you. If you have an agreement, you must have a way to resolve it.”
haha impossible!
That’s just the realm of theory, and it’s close to impossible to manipulate the formula so conveniently!
He tried to laugh at the hero with such words.
But I couldn’t.
‘ah.’
A smile on the warrior’s lips.
And an ominous divine power that swarms the whole body.
and mana.
I can see all of them being coordinated and moving systematically.
“Oh, no…!”
At that moment, he couldn’t help but scream.
Intuitively.
Hero. That monster.
“Then let’s begin.”
that the impossible is possible.
Great mage who transcends by regression
