◈ 232. [Evil Side] Loyal Dog (2)
Lunared, the Wolf King, was brutally crushed.
I couldn’t even reach the tip of my toes, let alone the nape of the demon king’s neck.
The werewolf struggled in its own way in front of the intangible darkness emitted by the demon king, but eventually knelt down.
“Even in my lifetime… Even after being resurrected here… … I’ve faced all kinds of strongmen, but”
Lunared muttered through his broken fangs as his limbs were torn and his body was horribly soaked in blood.
“You really… The ark of strength is different. Cool! shit… .]
《You’re the type who can’t understand unless you experience it physically, Lunared.》
The demon king smiled as he looked down at the werewolf, looking unscathed.
From the face covered in black shadows, the corners of his mouth, which looked like white blanks, rose up.
“So it’s annoying every time, but you’re the only one big enough to attack me. I don’t hate you.”
“… .”
“Forgive me. It’s my nightmare.]
The demon king stretched out his hand and put it on the werewolf, and Lunared’s whole body, which had been terribly mashed, was restored.
Broken bones were attached and severed muscles were connected.
As if the traces of the fierce battle were a lie, Lunared’s whole body was completely healed.
When Lunared tried to stand up, the demon king grinned and snapped his fingertips.
《But should I get the ‘punishment’ that was originally planned?]
Exactly!
Right after that,
Fuhak-!
Strong vomiting of blood poured from Lunared’s nose and mouth.
The half-raised werewolf’s huge body collapsed to the floor.
Kneeling on the floor, Lunared groaned and grabbed his left chest.
《Heuk… … ?! what are you doing… … .》
《A werewolf has two hearts. There is one wolf and one human.”
The demon king shook his hand lightly.
“I broke one of them. I’m not sure which one.”
“… !”
“Do whatever you want to do with me, Lunared. However, breaking the rules I set is unforgivable.”
The demon king erased the smile on his lips and lowered his voice.
“I am playing the ‘game’ according to the ‘rules’. Don’t frustrate my pleasure, wolf.”
Lunared glared at the demon king with his eyes glazed with blood in his mouth.
“candle? Did I hit the candle? I just worked hard for the victory of our corps!》
《… .]
《I don’t have the hobby of leisurely playing chess while watching the battle like you!》 That’s
why, even though the king forbade it, I unreasonably sent my men along with Jormungand.
Although he failed, Lunared did not think that his actions were wrong enough to be punished.
Lunared roared with a bloody voice.
“why! Why are you looking after them, my king! If all the nightmares you revived marched at once, the royalties would perish in an instant!” 《
Haha.》
Then the demon king snorted.
《Luna Red. my loyal dog Why did you ask?”
The demon king lowered his body made of shadows and sat down in front of the fallen werewolf.
《… Of course, because it’s fun,”
he whispered like a snake.
《In the meantime, this world has been destroyed hundreds of thousands of times. But I couldn’t get what I really wanted.]
Lunared’s eyes widened as he couldn’t understand what he was saying.
How many hundreds of thousands of times have you destroyed this world?
What do you mean? So what is the world like now?
“No matter how enjoyable something is, if you repeat it countless times, you will get bored. That’s why I introduced the rules and started a game with my opponent.]
The demon king’s hand came up to Lunared’s head and gently stroked the blood-soaked silver-red mane.
like treating a dog. It was a humiliating touch.
《To add even a little bit of fun to killing this boring and boring world.》
Faced with the face of Lunared, who said he didn’t know why, the demon king sneered and sneered.
《From the beginning, I have never hoped for understanding from ‘peace’ like you. You just have to move as I command.”
“… .”
“Now, prepare for the campaign, Lunared. I’ll leave this ‘great flood’ up to you.”
At the demon king’s words, Lunared grabbed his left chest and stood up.
Blood regurgitated from his heart, which was left with only fragments and debris, continued to flow down his nose and mouth, but he tried his best not to show the pain.
“Isn’t this an invasion you’ve been longing for? Try destroying the royalties once.”
“… .]
Lunared asked after catching her breath.
“If I succeed, my king. Please grant me one wish.”
“What kind of wish?”
“The scruff of your neck.”
The werewolf growled, baring his fangs.
《… Please let me bite it once.”
“Yunheo.”
The demon king answered immediately.
“I will bite you no matter how many times you want, so try your best.”
“… .]
《Please show me a fun game,》
thought Lunared.
He said he would definitely end the royalties with his own hands.
That’s why he said he would destroy the arrogant demon king’s ‘pleasure’ with his own hands.
A demon king like a shimmering shadow… … Glaring at the unknown demon who revived him here. The werewolf made that promise.
***
“Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.”
I yawned profusely.
It was only after sleeping for another day that the heroic characters, including me, who had almost fainted, regained their senses.
After lunch, everyone went back to their respective accommodations.
Because I can’t have them stay in the mansion’s guest room forever.
But most of them have managed to recover, and even now, there was one person who was in pain.
“Kellibay~”
It was an old dwarf woman who was lying face down on the bed in the guest room, holding her waist in pain.
I smirked as I entered the room calling the name of the Dwarf Blacksmith.
“How are you today?”
“Grasp! Don’t talk to me, Shivrel. It’s like crossing the Jordan River half way… … .”
“It’s tough… .”
It seems that Kelly Bay sprained her back while flying around on Jormungandr’s back.
Shouldn’t an older person have been overdoing it and stopped him when he evolved into a Flying Dwarf?
Anyway, for this reason, he couldn’t go back to the Lake Kingdom base camp and is in recuperation with the priests’ extreme treatment.
“At this point, let’s move our lives here. I’ll set up the workshop nicely and provide you with plenty of materials and funds. Let’s just commute to the Lake Kingdom. how is it?”
“I’ve refused several times, but I’m asking again… ?”
“When the body is weak, the mind is also weak. At this time or when will there be a chance to recruit your father-in-law?”
“You’re so honest, you’re like a damn kid… … .”
Kelly Bay, who was laughing, sank with a short scream as if her back was hurting right after. It looks like you’re properly injured.
“It would be nice if you could help me recuperate for a while. If you go back to the dungeon like this, you won’t be able to do anything, so it’s better to go back after getting better.”
Kelly Bay said with an embarrassed face. I was delighted.
“Oh, it’s good to heal! Rest well for a few months at this mansion before you go!”
“I should get some rest, but this mansion isn’t it. Go-Ryo.”
“No, is this mansion the most comfortable place to live in this city?”
Of course, the guest room where Kelly Bay stays is a room that has been remodeled according to Evangeline’s taste. Although it is a bright room with a bling bling pink-yellow-frill-lace combo.
It’s rare to find a guest room as comfortable as this one in Crossroads.
“I mean, I’m short on fire!”
Kelly Bay, who is picky about guests, was furious.
“Even when a dwarf sleeps, there must be a bellows and a brazier nearby!”
“Something like an old man taking a hot bath in midsummer… .”
Summer is over, but it’s still pretty hot. Still wanting to be by the fire?
“Would you like some more wood for the fireplace?”
“Don’t just fire a snot like these kids play!”
Kelly Bay then made her request clear.
“Let me live in this city forge! Go to the place where you use the biggest fire!”
***
So, next to the biggest brazier of Cross Road Blacksmith, Kelly Bay delivered a bed.
When I asked for the biggest brazier, the head of the blacksmith union was shocked at first and tried to refuse, but when I heard that the brazier was being used by an elder dwarf blacksmith, he almost fell to the ground and begged me to bring it.
“An elder dwarf blacksmith! If you can be taught over your shoulder, no! It’s great if you can just watch the hammering! I will leave the largest furnace and workshop empty!”
In this way, Kelly Bay became the most suitable place in the fairly large Cross Road Blacksmith.
With her back to the brazier, which had been heated to the fullest, Kelly Bay had a satisfied look on her face.
“Oh, it’s warm. It seems to be getting better.”
Kelly Bay, who had been basking in the heat, turned to me with a rather bright face.
“And I’d also like to find a useful assistant.”
“There are skillful blacksmiths everywhere in this forge.”
I pointed around.
The human blacksmiths watching the elder dwarf blacksmiths were staring at them from all directions.
“These guys can’t. You are too skilled in human ways.”
But Kelly Bay was relentless.
“It’s not that the human way is bad, but the way dwarves and humans handle metal is fundamentally different. They may be able to learn how to apply each other, but as assistants, they have different habits, so they will only clash with me.”
“Then what you say now… What do you mean, ask me to find an assistant who is smart but has no blacksmith knowledge at all?”
“yes! One strong, honest guy who will follow my instructions without saying anything.”
I nodded in agreement and stepped out of the smithy. I chinned to Lucas who was waiting.
“Let’s go to the mercenary guild.”
I was thinking of picking up some new mercenaries because I heard about it, but it went well. Among them, let’s find the one that fits the conditions mentioned by Kelly Bay.
Right before leaving the smithy, he hinted indirectly to the head of the blacksmith union, whose face was flushed.
“You’ll be here for a few weeks to a few months, so you’ll have a lot of know-how! eat it out I like people so I can’t say no, so ask me anything you’re curious about.”
“Of course, lord!”
“Because they’ll be happy if you serve them politely and serve them with a little alcohol. Take care of yourself and try to do well.”
After patting the head of the union, I left the smithy.
Inside the blacksmith’s last seen, all the human blacksmiths were rushing to offer a massage to Kellibey, who was lying face down.
It’s an explosion of popularity, grandpa… … .
***
Mercenary Guild.
In the meantime, quite a number of new mercenaries had entered.
I accepted the profile, interviewed each one, and hired them on the spot.
My basic principle is that everyone is hired, so I accept them as subordinates unless there are quite a few flaws.
‘I can’t see SSR or SR.’
Most of them are general soldiers, and almost all of the hero characters are R or N ranks.
However, it is unknown which of them will carry the game later.
About 100 new recruits are transferred to the Crossroads like a shopping cart, and new hires are coming to an end.
“… ?”
There were two mercenaries that stood out.
One was an SR-class hero, the highest among the mercenaries I met here today.
He is a man in his 40s and 50s with long wakame-like dark brown hair that emits purple, an SR-grade color, from his back.
It is an impression that somehow looks sad in the melancholy eyes.
“You said you were from the North?”
When asked while looking through the profile, the SR rank warrior ‘Camus’ nodded heavily.
“That’s right.”
“He was originally a soldier.”
“They are the remnants of a kingdom that was destroyed long ago… Aren’t mercenaries’ pasts roughly similar?”
what is it Because about half of them are knights and defeated soldiers of the fallen kingdom.
Anyway Camus I’ve seen this guy a few times in games too.
If you use it well as a compliant SR-rank warrior character, it will become a great avant-garde.
There is no reason to reject the SR rating. I immediately hired Camus.
“I wish you well in the future.”
“I really appreciate you, Your Highness.”
Camus smiled grimly. I just wish the impression was a little brighter.
And the second mercenary that caught my eye was emitting a gray color from his back. It means N-class.
is a little boy
Short stature with bright brown turban hair that covered her eyes. I am only fifteen years old.
His name is Hannibal.
The two eyes that could suddenly be seen through the shaggy hair that covered them were straight and unwavering.
Of all the mercenaries I saw today, it was the first one whose gaze was so unshakable.
“I came after hearing rumors about the southern front.”
“rumor?”
“I heard that they pay well and treat mercenaries like soldiers.”
Hannibal spat out in a childish voice that hadn’t gone through his voice yet.
“Please write me. You won’t regret it.”
“Sorry, but you are too young to be sent to the front.”
On the southern front, soldiers from the age of 16 or older are sent to the front.
I can’t send this 15-year-old to battle because I think 16 is too young.
“Then let me do chores. I’ll do anything. And when my next birthday comes, I will be on the front line.”
Hannibal skillfully received the words as if he had prepared them.
I somehow liked it.
It reminds me of Dion who died before.
“… Okay Hannibal.”
So I decided to try hiring this kid.
“Then would you like to be an elder dwarf assistant?”
