303. Commit a greater sin than anyone else (1)
Dalgrak.
“♬~.”
Deon hummed a song softly and put a sugar cube in the tea.
Rarely light attitude. Unlike his usual appearance of carrying a heavy burden, the Demon King’s eyes turned to him as he looked at the documents in a carefree manner, as if he had nothing to worry about in the world.
The questioning look soon changed to a slightly tired look when the number of sugar cubes added one by one exceeded 6 and reached the 7th.
“Do you think something good is happening?”
Deon paused for a moment, as if he had forgotten the Demon King’s existence, and then raised his head. The clear eyes without any emotion contained the devil.
Instead of an answer, only silence came, but the Demon King continued speaking regardless.
“Do you think that document contains any good news? “I suddenly wondered why he was processing documents in my office, and it seemed like he had something he wanted to brag about.”
“…no. There was no such thing as good news. “I have nothing to boast about.”
“then?”
“Do you really need a reason?”
Deon answered dryly and took a sip of tea with a lot of sugar dissolved in it. Even while I was drinking tea, I held the document in my other hand and read the contents with my eyes.
As the overly sweet scent of tea filled the office, the Demon King opened the window. A ray of wind comes in, and Deon’s expression becomes much more relaxed. The devil’s voice played softly like background music in the quiet space.
“Well, there doesn’t necessarily have to be a reason, but… I seem to be in a particularly good mood today.”
“….”
“I thought it wouldn’t be good because I went through a lot of things, but I’m glad it wasn’t that bad.”
Is he even aware of what happened last night, or is he just talking about various things that happened recently? As was my habit, my head turned for a moment to figure out the devil’s intentions.
‘Either way, it’s useless information.’
Deon consciously cut off his train of thought and focused on his documents again.
It was a document containing the information obtained by Develania while observing each country according to a previously issued order. At least the first chapter contained useless content.
‘The scale of Rweche heroes.’
After flipping through one page at a time, I looked down at the document and returned to the first page.
Lirinel had already found out. I even knew Jin’s main axes.
It’s too late. What should we do if the commander of the 2nd Corps, whose main job is to collect information, is later than the commander of the 11th Corps? I looked at the ink-covered trash and stretched out my hand to the demon king.
“Do you have any scissors?”
“scissors? here. why?”
…I think the order has changed. Don’t you usually ask why before giving something?
Anyway, I took the scissors and started cutting up the documents. The scissors continued to be used boldly, not to cut anything in particular, but simply to cut it into small pieces. The small noise, which was somewhat eerie, also contained the intention of taking out my anger on Develania, who kept poking at me arrogantly.
The Demon King, who was watching this with interest, softly opened his mouth.
“If you have no good news and nothing to brag about. “Why did you come here?”
Paperwork was originally handled in your room or private office.
It was a calm question that seemed to have no special intention. Deon put down the scissors and grinned at him.
“It’s about time.”
“…ah.”
Is there anyone who doesn’t know the meaning of those words?
At a light exclamation of understanding, Deon pushed the teacup aside and spread out the map in the middle of the table.
“I’m going to say it at the meeting anyway… but I’ll let you know in advance now.”
The straight fingers pointed at three locations.
“As you may already know, the monarchs of each country stay here and here. “Instead of clumsily distributing our forces, we are thinking of concentrating all our forces in this one place to deal with the Demon Lord’s army.”
“….”
“In other words, the Demon King’s army can reach the castle where the monarchs are staying without any hindrance.”
“Hmm, so?”
Red eyes hide between slanted, curved eyes. Deon said, raising the corners of his mouth.
“We will attack the three kingdoms simultaneously.”
The Demon King’s eyes widened as if he had heard something unexpected, but then he smiled broadly with joy bordering on madness. From the corners of his mouth that were raised to the highest level, a soft yet exalted voice came out.
“First of all, attacking multiple countries at the same time… This is something that has never happened in the history of the demon world.”
It may be the case that one country is attacked first and other kingdoms join forces to naturally deal with multiple countries, but this side has never attacked multiple countries at the same time from the beginning.
Isn’t the natural course to take down one kingdom and then attack the next?
“You can save more time this way, right? “They are cornered anyway, having lost a lot of troops, so mobilizing all of the legions will be enough.”
“Haha, I guess so!”
You keep me happy even when the end is near.
This is why I can’t let you go. How can you throw away a timeless toy that always does fun things for you?
The Demon King put aside the paperwork he was doing and walked over to sit on the sofa across from Deon, crossing his legs and smiling cheerfully.
“okay. “The human world has put everything on the line, so this side should also show respect for it.”
“….”
“Thanks to the hunting competition, we don’t have to worry about monsters and there are no dangerous factors that could attack the Demon Castle, so there is no need for defense.”
Of course, there are other races of the Abyss, such as fairies, vampires, dwarves, and hyenas, but they will not attack the Demon King as long as Deonhart is alive. Because they are trying to achieve something through Deon Hart.
After Deonhardt’s usefulness is over, I won’t be around, so you don’t have to worry about it.
Therefore.
“It means that it is a very appropriate time to mobilize all corps and corps commanders.”
“….”
“Make a plan to mobilize everything at once. “It will be fun.”
“…According to Develania’s investigation, they divided their troops equally and deployed them to each castle. “The number of heroes included is about four each.”
Deon, who naturally accepted the Demon King’s words as if he expected permission or as if it was natural, began to recite the next words.
“That means their greatest strength, the heroes, were not deployed to the castle.”
“Then they must be trying to fight somewhere other than the castle.”
“Yes, I thought so too. And coincidentally, there are records of patrols from various countries wandering around various areas, as if they were trying to choose a place where the heroes could fight…” After
flipping through the documents a few times, I found the content I was looking for and placed it at the top.
In area A, once from the Empire, in area B, twice from the Shanguk, and once from Rweche… Tap on the top row of the table, which is organized in order of most frequently visited for convenience. The Demon King’s eyes followed the fingertips.
“This is a place we visit particularly frequently and where our routes overlap a lot. “They probably plan to fight here.”
It is a place within a triangular area created by combining the castles of each country. A location where you can quickly come and go from any castle.
The Demon King lightly shrugged his shoulders.
“I guess this is to deal with you. “Are you trying to lure me in?”
“yes. maybe.”
“I can’t believe I even prepared separate troops and a battle site for you. “You’re popular, Deon.”
“…gibberish.”
Deon, who was lying down on the spacious sofa, almost collapsed, picked up the document he had been cutting and found the scissors he had put down for a moment.
In addition to the cheeky answers, the cheeky actions. The demon king let out a laugh at the person in front of him who seemed not to care at all.
“You are very free-wheeling in your words and actions in front of the devil.”
“Are you going to be angry?”
“no. Let’s continue our conversation. “Do you know how they will lure you?”
So bad. The scissors cut off the end of the document.
“No details yet. “It doesn’t matter because I’m planning on getting punished anyway.”
“It looks like you plan on moving alone. “I’m sure it would be inconvenient and inconvenient for you to be around other people.”
“yes. “Through this, I will be dealing with most of the heroes, so there is no harm in being on the other side of the siege.”
“Do you know anything about the terrain here?”
“The location where the battle is presumed to be held is a plain, but there are many cliffs and mountains of appropriate height around it.”
“From the humans’ point of view, it was a good choice.”
It is easy to deploy long-range heroes and is great for close-range heroes to run wild.
Even though you know this, you still want to be tempted? The Demon King, who was stroking his chin and looking down at the documents scattered on the desk, suddenly asked.
“Are you okay if I go alone?”
“It’s okay to be alone.”
“I guess so.”
As I said, it would be easier for a warrior not to have others holding him back. However, if you do well, you can fight more comfortably, so why should you be lured into unfavorable terrain?
Deon added an answer as if he had belatedly read the meaning of the words.
“If I hadn’t been lured away, it would have been difficult if all those heroes changed their plans and went to each castle to apply. “I don’t want to ruin everything by being greedy.”
“…okay. “Then let’s ask about the opposite case.”
“…?”
“Are you sure that the siege will be successful with a force without heroes?”
The hand that was cutting the paper stopped.
Deon took his eyes off the document and looked at the Demon King. Suddenly, the Demon King’s eyes widened as he asked why he was asking a useless question, and he waved a document he had no idea when he had picked it up.
“Looking at the four heroes deployed in one place, it seems like they haven’t given up on the defensive battle, but you can’t say there’s no chance of failure, right? “If we lock ourselves in the castle with these troops, it will be difficult to break through or pull them out.”
“….”
“They must have been busy transporting food without missing the current period when the demons have completely returned to the demon world and are resting.”
Let’s see-.
The Demon King put down the documents related to hero placement and rummaged through the stack of documents on the table, quickly finding one part and pointing it out.
“That’s right. There is a story that food was transported from Rweche here to each province.”
“…If you go through other people’s documents carelessly, you’ll be in trouble.”
“Didn’t I put it here for you to see? “I guess I brought it here because I don’t mind seeing it at least.”
“….”
Correct answer.
Deon didn’t bother to answer, but got up, drank some tea, and replayed what the Demon King said in his head.
The appearance of the human world that seems to have decided to fight against water, and Rweche’s food sharing.
So what came out was….
‘King Rweche is amazing.’
…It was an incredibly calm feeling.
If Rweche had used its reserves solely for its own country, it would have been possible to hold out longer by deploying troops to castles that the enemy had to pass through to get there, rather than holding on to just one castle. The King has made a very big decision.
Rweche distributed the troops he had stored up evenly among his allies who were lacking in military power. The heroes they had worked so hard to save were offered as a team to catch the warriors, and the food, which was already scarce during the long drought, was shared with the allies.
It may have been an unavoidable action to protect the human world, but it was truly a bold decision.
‘Only the Mountain Country and the Empire were able to breathe.’
In addition to the long drought, we were struggling without a suitable top, but you must be excited by now.
Anyway, since you were asked a question, I guess I should answer it. Even if you think about it again, it is a useless question. He answered by moving his still hand and cutting the paper.
“The Demon King’s army invaded the human world even without a hero.”
The Demon King gently raised the corners of his mouth at the answer that seemed obvious.
“But I’ve never been successful.”
“That’s why we’re mobilizing all of our corps in an unusual way. The opponent of the ‘hero’ was originally the corps commander’s responsibility.”
The hero deals with the devil, and the hero deals with the corps commander.
“It would be enough to deploy four legions per castle.”
“There are four heroes staying in the castle, and some of the legions do not have commanders?”
“That part….”
Sloppy.
For a moment, a cold silence fell. The Demon King, who has stopped, quietly looks at Deon’s fingers, and Deon also lowers his gaze at the pain he feels at his fingertips.
…The finger was cut in half.
“…ah.”
“What does ‘ah’ mean….”
Ben knocks on the door from outside as if he came running straight away, but then turns around as if he senses that the signal has stopped.
The Demon King takes the scissors out of Deon’s hand and examines the finger that has just healed. Regardless of whether the other person touched his finger or not, Deon sat still and thought. Thankfully, something came to mind.
A magical item that Ed showed off in the past to lighten his mood.
‘Yes, there was a snowflake stick.’
