Why I Quit Being the Demon King Chapter 157

36. Meeting a new order (3)

The walls of the building were full of vines.

Brown fruits were growing between the dark green leaves.

When Katran stopped walking for a moment to wonder what it was, five or six-year-old children rushed up and blocked the way.

“Please eat.”

“huh?”

A girl held out a brown fruit with both hands.

“Please eat. “It’s a shame.”

“Ureum?”

“It’s the fruit of mugwort.”

“The fruit of mugwort…

Katrun froze for a moment when he heard the word ‘fruit of mugwort.’

But in the end, he was overcome by the girl’s smile and received the fruit. When I cut it open, it revealed white flesh full of seeds.

I carefully put it in my mouth. The sweet scent spread throughout my mouth.

“It’s delicious, right?”

“I said adults can eat as much as they want.”

“I like meat better.”

“Wild boar meat!”

Each child said something.

Katrun looked at the children again.

This is Neuekan.

It was a land full of mugwort monsters.

I thought they would live a much more solemn life, but the children’s smiles were so bright.

More than outside.

Are the rumors that this place is dangerous true?

The moment I thought about this,

a loud bell rang from the watchtower of the South Gate.

The children scattered, screaming. I went into a nearby house and slammed the door.

The girl who shouted through the side window shouted.

“Brother, come here too!”

Katrun shook his head at the girl’s cries.

“A hero is one who fights. “You can’t escape danger.”

I turned and looked toward the south gate.

He placed his hand on the hilt of his sword. He stuck his left wrist into the small shield he was wearing

at his side .

Although her fear had not yet subsided, Katran gathered her courage and climbed the stairs leading to the watchtower at the south gate.

A three-headed lizard was climbing the castle wall.

Its three mouths spewed fire, ice storms, and venom. With its wide toes and tail fixed to the castle wall like a suction cup, the monster devoured the people on the castle wall.

Neuekahn’s soldiers who hid in the fortress

were truly brave.

Even though the walls of the castle melted and crumbled from the flames and cold, they did not back down or run away.

He swung his ax to cut off the monster’s tongue and aimed for its eyes with the tip of the spear.

The lizard, which was about 10 meters tall, looked closer to Lee Dragon. Among the soldiers fighting closest to the scary monster, there was a child soldier who exchanged eye contact with Katran.

He tried to knock off the lizard’s front paws by hanging the heavy spear outside the castle wall.

The danger came quickly. The redhead stuck out his long tongue and wrapped it around the boy’s waist.

The boy was dragged down by the strong force of the snake-like tongue. The child soldier pulled out a dagger from his waist and struck his tongue, but the blade was not properly inserted because it was slippery with saliva.

The surrounding soldiers tried to help the boy, but there was no time. Everyone was unable to move as they were trying to avoid the breath of fire and ice.

Katrun kicked off the ground and jumped to the castle.

He swung his sword and struck his tongue with all his might.

Even with his sword technique, it was impossible to cut off the tongue, but he was able to inflict a small wound.

The startled lizard loosened its tongue. The child soldier was thrown to the ground, rolled several times, and fell outside the castle.

Katran didn’t miss that moment and grabbed the boy’s hand.

His body was dragged down with him.

I was able to stop my fall only after striking the ground with the sword in my other hand.

There was no time to dawdle.

Katrun pulled the boy up to a safe place inside the castle. Only then did I take a long sigh.

“Thank you, brother.”

The boy said with a smile.

Then he put his iron helmet on tightly and stood up again.

“You want to fight again?”

“O”

I picked up my dead colleague’s sword to replace my lost spear.

“Because I have to live.”

After speaking briefly, the boy ran towards the lizard’s mouth again.

A man who seemed to be the commander of the security unit shouted loudly.

“The main knights will be here soon. Just hold on for a few more minutes!”

“Ayeayit!”

“There is no need to wait for several minutes. “We have already arrived.”

A human voice was heard from the eastern end of the South Gate tower.

Katrun looked in that direction, but the owner of the voice was no longer there.

As I followed the passing shadow, I saw a man standing on top of a blue lizard.

“It’s Hong’s Jusak!”

Nicknamed Red Jusak, he was a warrior of the Holy Lieu family.

The name is Jusak Pan Yu.

For some reason, he was one of the four main knights who joined Neuekahn.

He was a handsome man with a curly mustache and a rapier as his main weapon.

He waved his sword at the blue lizard’s head. Then the red lizard head spewed flames at him.

Katrun shouted.

“be careful!”

“it’s okay. “I have Matadol’s shield.”

Jusak smiled and raised his left arm.

A cloak was draped over his forearm. It was a red cloth like the one used by matadors when fighting bulls.

As I covered myself with my cloak, the flames split apart.

It appears that there was no shield, but rather it was in the form of cloth.

The flame actually burned the lizard’s green head. Even while writhing in pain,

Jusak calmly clung to the head and looked for an opening.

For a moment, his sword flashed.

The moment the blue head opened its mouth, unable to bear the pain, the sword was thrust through it.

Immediately after that, Jusak jumped from blue hair to red hair.

It was at that time that a voice like a temple bell ringing spread throughout the entire area.

“Don’t hog the ball too much!”

Immediately after that, a large dark cloud fell from the sky.

What was in his hand was a hammer. He hit the green head with a hammer that was swinging like a windmill.

The green head, who was about to spit out the poison, ended up swallowing his own poison when his head was crushed.

The three-headed lizard had only one body. As soon as they swallowed the venom, the other two birds also rolled their eyes and trembled.

The one who attacked the green head was the silver act Thor.

He was originally a warrior belonging to the Helios Legion, and although he was not a Blood, his fighting skills were outstanding.

It has already been 10 years since I came to Neuekan in pursuit of my lord Terjan. In the meantime, he improved his skills and became one of the best main knights.

The three-headed gecko lizard ended up losing its life due to the attack from the two main knights.

It was hanging on the castle wall outside the south gate.

The two chief knights, Jusak and Actor, entered the castle.

Rather than cheering for victory, commemorating the dead came first.

Everyone prayed for the dead with solemn expressions. Priests carefully buried about 10 bodies.

Jusak sighed and approached Katrun.

“Isn’t that Katran’s Holy Gum?”

“That’s right.”

“My name is Jusak Pan Yu. “This is the Pure Blood of the Holyyou family.”

Katrun held Jusak’s outstretched hand.

The warriors were like distant relatives. Although it was infinitely far away, it always had something like a faint copper texture.

Especially on a battlefield like this.

“Lord Zeke wants to see you. I was lucky that I was on my way to pick you up

. “I was able to face the monster quickly.”

Ten people, ten colors (十人十color).

Neuekahn had a total of 10 chief knights.

Jusak’s red nickname seemed to be due to his hair.

And the silver Actor seemed to be thanks to the silver hammer he was holding.

Actor spoke.

“They said he fought valiantly against six contaminated gorillas. “We also have to be very careful when we encounter that monster, and a young warrior like you

has amazing skills.”

“It wasn’t like that at all. “Because we couldn’t protect it… everyone died.”

Actor tapped Katrun’s shoulder as he swallowed his anger.

“You survived. “That is more important than anything else.”

Of the two main knights, Actor decided to stay behind and take care of the South Gate, and Jusak headed to the city hall with Cart Run.

On the way, Katran stopped by the barracks and picked up a letter from the Holy Emperor.

Katran swallowed dry saliva.

It was the hall of the city hall.

The city hall, which was the only space with walls remaining in the destroyed city hall, was illuminated by colorful stained glass.

In the room, which is large enough for about 100 people, there is only one large tactical table.

And I saw a few people.

Zeke van Jade.

Black Mage Sadimus.

Giant Nezar.

Green Mage Lakhe.

Legion commander Terjan von Helios

and witch Signi van Jade.

All of Neuekahn’s leadership had gathered.

They were looking at the table and discussing something. Just looking at it made Katrun suffocate.

I made eye contact with the woman.

As soon as I saw her, I wondered if there was such a beautiful woman in the world.

Signi just had her light brown hair tied up in a simple bun.

Clothes were a style that could be seen everywhere

.

The wide sleeves and flared trousers were made with strings to make them easy to move around. It was an outfit appropriate for Neuekan, a place where there were many battles.

That was all, but Katran couldn’t take his eyes off her for a long time.

she laughed

He smiled briefly and returned his gaze to the tactical table.

Katran’s heart trembled so much that her gaze fell, so he took a step forward without realizing it.

Then the figure behind her came into view.

A sword-shaped horn about 1 meter long and 30 centimeters wide.

The carapace, which looked like bone, had a complex tangle of blood vessels. Black blood flowed along the exposed blood vessels.

A woman as beautiful as an angel has devil horns growing on her back.

Witch of Enchantment.

The younger sister who corrupted the savior Zeke.

There were countless vicious curses against her.

Katran recalled those stories and

sighed.

At that time, the man in the center of everyone opened his mouth.

“Could you please wait a little longer?”

“Yes old. “As much as you want.”

Katran straightened up.

The man laughed. The Ender Zeke was once called a savior.

Now, he is just called a dark warrior who has fallen and is struggling under his sister’s curse.

Zeke turned his head towards Sadimus

.

“What about supplies?”

“Not really. In particular, there is a shortage of fiber. “We are somehow holding on with the hemp grass and cotton trees made by Lakhe, but if we use too much of Lakhe’s power, we will run out of food.”

Lakhe was not a wizard who created something from nothing. When it comes to growth, metabolism is just magically fast.

Conversely, in order to grow that many plants, a large amount of nutrients was needed. I was

mainly consuming animal protein, but

the amount I was eating was a secret not even told to Zeke.

“Because the population has already exceeded 10,000. As for food, thanks to the toxicity meter Yulgeum left behind, I can eat the mugwort monsters, but the rest are honestly in need.”

“It’s really frustrating, Master. “If you had done as I said, you would have taken over all of heaven and earth by now.”

Nezar, a giant over 2 meters tall, crossed his arms.

Although he was Zeke’s squire, he did not show the slightest respect for him.

Zeke was also the type of person who didn’t care much about his status, so I didn’t criticize his way of speaking.

Neuekan was focused on survival. Nezar’s extensive knowledge was always a great help.

Because of his crooked personality, he had many secrets.

Even the ancient knowledge was only thrown away one by one, as if it were a gift, only after boasting about it for a while.