Chapter 108 – Chapter 108 ― Contact (5)
Episode 108 ― Contact (5)
“That’s why the Count is a weak fellow… When I heard Your Majesty’s orders to protect the soldiers, I rebelled. After all, what he was most passionate about in war was to find a way to make himself stronger.”
Neither the chancellor nor the duke disturbed Roan, who was listening intently to the grand duke’s words.
“I heard that he captured humans, especially human wizards, and experimented on them. I wondered if it was necessary to deal with them so cruelly, but… Mage’s point of view may be different. Anyway.”
The Seohyeol Lord gazed into Roan’s eyes and smiled softly.
“There is a side to something obsessed to the point of being ruthless, but that’s how strong the curiosity is.”
“Is it to use curiosity?”
“Yes. I think he will actively cling to the story of crystal like this, which can only be found in old tales. Your majesty.”
“Wouldn’t you like to use the crystal research results to strengthen your own power?”
Aranya asked anxiously.
However, it was the Eastern Emperor’s Command that answered.
“It is said that he improved Dawes’ facilities because he wanted to actively bring in exotic things.”
The Eastern Hwangryeongju spoke cautiously.
“Personally, I think he is a person whose curiosity is stronger than his desire for himself.”
“Is that an evaluation on the battlefield?”
“… Not a good review. Yes. That’s right. Your Excellency.”
The West Blood Lord, who waited for Aranya and the duke to finish their words, added the last word.
“As everyone knows, I am a person who believes that rankings of power or strength are fleeting. In fact, I accepted the position of Grand Lord because I was pushed by His Majesty the previous emperor.”
The grand duke meekly admitted his inadequacy.
“Even from my point of view, the count of Northern Baengnyeong is a person who is far from politics. Such smart people are driven by their own reasons rather than political ones.”
The anticipation in the centaur’s deep eyes came from experience.
“He has a different direction of desire than most people. If you have the right bait, you should be able to handle it comfortably. Your majesty.”
Roan organized his thoughts.
The North Baengnyeongju is an excellent magician.
He is obviously smart and knowledgeable.
He has no shortage of studying crystals.
Disadvantage. He’s obsessed with power and doesn’t care.
Advantages. That blindness can be called ‘curiosity’.
Obscure part.
If you use curiosity as bait, there is a chance that you will be seduced by others.
“What is the chancellor thinking?”
“Rather, I think I can be relieved if I ask the great lord, Amhangbaek, to conduct research.”
Aranya said calmly.
“The reason is?”
“How many people can present something that will dazzle the high lord? Like the Grand Duke said, he has no factions.”
“Right.”
I can find crystals in mythology,
The fact that the land of Evirgio can be improved with this.
These are facts that are kept confidential because it is difficult to know the impact on the future at this time.
That is, as long as this information does not pass to the human side, there is no problem.
Influencing the hero is currently a matter of the human world.
“You don’t have to look at other people’s notice, so you’re saying it’s rather safe.”
“Yes. I think he can be trusted because he is not someone who has to worry about his situation among the powerful like a small lord or official.”
Unlike the emperors of human society who grasp each other’s weaknesses and politicize,
The emperor of demons who rises to the top with just one weapon.
That’s why the great lord could be a more reliable ally than anyone else.
If anything, I can solve it with my own strength.
As the great lord, he monopolizes the information and pushes and pushes with me so that he can use the research results himself, as Aranya said.
The advantage of being able to apply it to your own territory first would be greater.
In addition, there is a ‘discovery’ obtained not too long ago.
If he’s about to betray, he’ll notice sooner than anyone, and he’s confident.
“Do you think there is any chance that someone else will pique his curiosity and extract his information?”
It was Roan’s last question to everyone.
One in a thousand, one in ten thousand.
He was led by a human warrior,
Any chance of finding something more stimulating and selling information about me?
However, not only the West Blood Lord in front of you,
The Chancellor and the Eastern Hwangju, who could be heard in their voices, politely laughed at Roan’s words.
“Your majesty. Are you kidding me like that? Your Majesty, who discovered the legendary crystal that no one has ever discovered? It won’t be easy to dazzle him with something more mysterious than that.”
In Aranya’s light answer,
Seohyeol Ryeongju also nodded her head with a smile.
“Haha. As expected, His Majesty is thorough.”
Looking at the reaction of the Eastern Emperor, it seems that this person also thought it was just a joke.
I’m 100% serious…
Roan ended the meeting feeling a little embarrassed.
“Then, let’s leave the work to the count. I want to talk to the count right now. Is it possible?”
The emperor’s word ‘is it possible’ is synonymous with ‘make it possible’.
While everyone is taking a break,
The magic sphere connected to the territory of Northern Baekryung was placed in the small meeting room.
Even at the New Year’s banquet, the Count, who had only briefly greeted Roan and withdrew, got the opportunity to have a long conversation with Roan for the first time.
A magic ball is placed,
The secretary of Seohyeolryeongju talks with the secretary of Northern Baekryongju.
After going through several steps,
After waiting for a little time, what I heard was the angry voice of Northern Baengnyeongju breathing.
“Your majesty. Haha… , The count of Northern Baekryung… , Your Majesty’s Word… Wait.”
The Grand Duke, who was sitting in front of Roan, gasped and giggled. However, when he saw Roan’s expressionless face, he immediately looked away.
“Catch your breath and listen.”
Roan had his first luck.
After being stuck in the laboratory for several days, he was surprised at the word of the emperor’s contact and said that he came running in a hurry.
The chancellor explained what had happened.
The Count’s first reaction upon hearing everything was,
“Are you serious?”
It was a doubt.
“What nonsense!”
The curse of the West Blood Command fell faster than anyone else.
No, this person recommended it… ,
It’s a grand duke…
Roan looked at him with devastated eyes.
However, the Count answered in a voice that was not at all frightened.
“If there is an item with such power, I think I will save it and process it into a weapon just for me.”
A remark too risky to speak in front of the emperor. The grand duke’s eyes grew even brighter.
A quiet grinding sound is heard.
Is this the Eastern Hwangryeongju?
No, these people really…
If that’s the case, why would you recommend it…
“Why do you want to farm with it?”
But Roan couldn’t answer right away.
Because I can’t say the truth, ‘I hope the demons stop clashing with humans so that the hero doesn’t have to wonder about my face.’
Lengthy silence.
I felt the West Blood Lord restless, wondering if the count had gone against the will of the emperor.
After some thought, what Roan came up with was the truth.
“Is it strange that the emperor looks after the people?”
However, the Count’s answer was also sharp.
“We are not human. Your majesty. For His Majesty and all of us demons, strength is a means of proving the value of existence.”
Roan’s words and the count’s words are not wrong.
Accountability and empowerment.
Can’t say which one is better.
However, the count could not disobey the emperor’s order anyway.
After all, the count asked such a provocative question
The purpose would be to figure out Roan’s clear intentions.
It would be all the more attractive if it was something he found interesting.
“Count. The means and the end are different things.”
So the emperor’s explanation, having grasped the count’s intentions, was calm. I had to unravel his words in a way that would charm him and stimulate him.
“Strength can be a means of proving that our demons’ lives were worthwhile. But that is not our purpose.”
I didn’t see
Roan calmly shook his head.
“Jim’s life is like that too. I must fulfill my emperor’s responsibilities. Force is, of course, a good means of carrying out the emperor’s office. It is also a minimum qualification. But that is not the purpose of Jim’s existence.”
If there was help from ‘appeal’ and ‘charisma’
Persuasion of Northern Baengnyeongju may have been more convenient.
However, even without the ability of the skill, Roan’s words sufficiently attracted the northern white spirit lord and other listeners.
“And the reason why we demons have an emperor and a peak is because our people in the past wanted to survive.”
Suddenly, demons imitate humans to run the country and wage war,
At first, the purpose of gathering together the ragtag demons was none other than survival.
And the easiest communication tool for demons to understand was power.
“The emperor is the apex to focus on one goal, the life of the demons. He established the country and made all the demons advance toward their goal. Jim is just a tool for that great purpose.”
From Roan’s point of view, the demons seemed to be buried in power over time.
After all, the reason why the demons set up an emperor in the first place was not to be suppressed by someone strong,
It was because they wanted him to lead them and set goals.
However, the demons now mistake the title of emperor as a symbol of strong power and a medal for the strong.
I built a country by imitating a human
Because the logic of power unique to the demons is the basis.
So, their leader, the Emperor, I am strong enough to be awed by pure force.
He doesn’t care about political power or other abilities.
A human or a forest fairy wouldn’t have done this.
In the end, the current demonic nation has become just an armed group lacking in discipline.
And Roan seemed to know what the root cause of this was.
“Until now, the purpose set for the demons was the hostility of humans.”
It was because it was an environment in which it was impossible to live without stealing things from humans and forest fairies.
“Perhaps because the first emperor thought that human hostility was the survival of the demons.”
That soon,
The Demon King’s will.
Kill people and take their belongings
“But I don’t think there is a need for that. We do not have to depend on humans for our lives.”
“… Yes? Your majesty?”
“… Will… Say?”
The voices of the chancellor and the count, who had been listening silently, came through the magic sphere.
Aranya was soon taken aback by his own actions.
“Lungs, Your Majesty. I’m sorry. Keep talking.”
However, the Count was chewing on Roan’s words.
“This is an amazing word. Are you saying that we demons depend on humans at most?”
“Can you say no? Loot their food, loot their technology and systems. If we didn’t have enough to eat, we ate them instead of food.”
“Don’t you think they are being taken away from us because they are inferior?”
Roan shrugged his shoulders lightly.
“They are not our livestock. Rather like wild animals. Gathering, loot, hunting. Whatever the word, the meaning of the word is that my life depends on what does not pass through my hands. In other words, it is to depend on the lives of others for my survival.”
At the shocking point of view, the West Blood Lord was just quietly staring at Roan with his eyes wide open.
Roan looked at him.
“My ancestors tried to subdue humans by force. In the end, that didn’t work. That’s why Jim is trying to present a new goal.”
A warm aura ran through Roan’s body.
Expression of ‘will’.
Even though the skill was not conveyed through the magic tool, the determined meaning of his power was sufficiently conveyed to the nobles through the magic tool.
“We, the demons, must become self-reliant.”
The West Blood Commander nodded his head eagerly.
In front of his eyes, he is directly listening to the remarks influenced by Roan’s skills, ‘will, ‘charisma’, and ‘appeal’.
The Grand Duke was fascinated by Roan’s words.
With faith in the emperor’s words and the resulting hope, the high lord’s eyes were flickering close to madness.
“Even if I become powerful, I cannot dominate all humans. But if that power can be used on our territory.”
The Demon King smiled gently.
“We will be able to become independent of humans.”
“With our own strength…”
The Grand Duke of the Eastern Emperor whispered quietly.
It might have sounded like a story from a very distant future to him, where most of the territory is a desert.
But at least in Roan’s words,
It must have been enough to capture the count.
“Ahahaha, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you are more interesting than the poor god thought! Please wait a moment!”
A tearing voice is heard after a few seconds of silence.
“Count!? Where have you gone!”
It was the scream of the secretary of the North Baeknyeongju.
