Chapter 143 – Chapter 143 ― Just Bad Luck (3)
Episode 143 ― Just Bad Luck (3)
“How did… Are you?”
Roan’s voice trembled with anger.
No matter how hard they tried, the ‘overwhelm’ that leaked out pushed everyone’s heads to the ground.
From the East Hwangryeongju with a pale face who came running after hearing the news,
The grievous Diobe and the old man,
Frightened humans,
And even the demons with confused faces.
Roan was in a tantrum.
“Explain!”
A roar-like roar echoed through the clearing at dawn.
‘Overwhelm’ that spreads like a wave.
The ‘overwhelm’ of the power amplified through more training than in the past began to tighten everyone’s neck.
“Flaw… , Kuh…”
“Ugh…”
Sighs and moans were heard everywhere.
Only then did Roan, who came back to his senses, manage to control his ‘overwhelm’ by holding back his anger.
It is not a matter of bullying them without knowing whose fault it is.
Roan, who waited for everyone to gasp for breath, asked with a still unsteady voice.
“How did it happen? Asked.”
It was Diobe who answered, trembling like an aspen tree at the growling voice.
“Your majesty… Wasn’t he tricked… Do.”
“… It’s a trick.”
Sparks seemed to fly from Roan’s eyes.
Everyone who looked up slightly and watched the conversation between Diobe and Roan lowered their heads excitedly.
Among them, the one with a normal expression—with a pale face—kneeling and listening intently to their conversation was the Duke.
“The person who went out to fill the water didn’t come back, so I went looking for it and found it. There was no trace of it in the middle.”
“You mean they were brought to this remote place, without screams, sounds, or resistance?”
“… Yes. There is an overwhelming power difference… Or, the opponent who is planning enough to keep his mouth shut… No see.”
Roan gritted his teeth.
I was worried about demons with dissatisfaction uniting and attacking human quarters or going after them.
I told the knights to guard the inn, but I didn’t think of going outside on my own and getting hurt.
Attacking an isolated person…
Roan let out a sigh.
The intense feeling did not subside.
Nothing like this happened in Basel.
A person who is not protected by the system,
It is powerless in Evirgio.
In search of the one who did not return, Diobe asked the knights for help. The knights seemed displeased, but it was Diobe’s demand that the duke treat them as his guests.
They reluctantly sent soldiers to find the missing young man.
And the young man who taught him the knowledge of farming was found in a lonely corner of the clearing with his limbs brutally torn off. In the end, part of his thigh was never found.
“… Does anyone have any doubts?”
The Grand Duke’s amber eyes flashed with blue blood. But Diove shook his head.
“I do not know. Your Excellency Dae Young-joo. It was all hard work today, so there was nothing to do with the crash.”
“Then I’ll have to ask everyone one by one.”
With Roan standing far away,
The Eastern Hwangryeongju stood up.
Anyway, the host of this territory is a duke,
He is responsible for the unsavory things that happened while gifts were given to him by the emperor, who was an honored guest.
It didn’t reach Roan’s ‘overwhelming’, but the Duke’s life was terrifying.
After confirming that Roan wasn’t restraining him, the Eastern Emperor’s Spirit stood in front of the assembled demons.
“What kind of person did such a crazy thing!”
The duke burst into exasperation.
Of course there was no answer.
The duke did not expect an answer either.
“Is it you?”
Instead, the duke decided to kill each one.
He was grabbed by the collar of the demon in front and climbed up.
The imp, who had been crouched down on the ground and raised to the level of the duke’s eyes in an instant, struggled.
“Kek, oh no! Duke! I am…”
“Next.”
The duke, not even listening to the imp’s answer, slammed him to the ground and pulled the face of the next one.
The duke, who could not pull the Minotaur by the collar, but could pull it, stared at the Minotaur with cool eyes.
The Minotaur could hear the Duke growling softly. Despite his distracting size, he trembled and managed to shake his head.
The Duke repeated the process.
Roan noticed as he repeated questions and threats to nearly 30 demons.
It seems that he also has a skill similar to ‘detection’.
If so, the duke would have noticed as well as Roan.
“Duke. It became.”
“… Your majesty.”
“It’s not what they did.”
That there is no culprit here.
The Eastern Hwangryeongju looked at Roan with a dismayed face, then suddenly glared at the demons with a distorted expression like a demon.
Even though their innocence was revealed, the demons were trembling without being able to protest in front of the Eastern Hwangryeongju.
They have come from their families. About the violence of dukes, whether they are lords, mayors, or chiefs.
Realizing that their lives were saved by the emperor’s words, the demons sighed inwardly.
“Are there signs of intrusion from the outside?”
In response to Roan’s question, the scar-faced knight, Yurus, was startled and answered. He was the first to discover the body and the first to report it. He, too, seemed to be at a loss for what to do in this devastated situation, and his breathing was rough.
“That is… All the soldiers were assigned to guard the inn… I apologize.”
“Are you saying that a person or a monster from outside could have harmed a human?”
Hearing the Emperor’s low voice, the Eastern Emperor’s knights flinched.
The space where the emperor stayed was not properly guarded. This is a huge mistake.
Among the knights in this position, I could see the hands of Yurus, who held the highest position, were trembling.
“I will investigate.”
If the devil is really running around,
Should I consider myself fortunate enough to have my thighs gone? Was there a possibility that the whole body would go missing without even being found?
Roan’s mind was complicated.
“Your High Lord.”
As soon as the knight stopped talking, Diobe spoke to the Eastern Emperor.
The duke, still unable to calm down, looked at Diobe with a bloody gaze.
But Diobe’s voice sounded calmer than anyone else’s.
Her eyes met with her, and the great lord bared his teeth and tightly closed her gaping lips.
With a more subdued look, the great lord asked Diobe.
“Tell me.”
“Please allow me to wear the sword.”
“… Knife.”
The face of the duke, who seemed calm, became stern again, and all of his demons distorted their faces.
Diobe, however, answered in a voice that was not discouraged.
“I don’t mean to suspect or harm anyone. These humans are under my care, and I must protect their lives. If even a demon appears, there is no way for us to resist.”
A growl came from the duke’s throat once more.
Diobe’s words are the truth.
She didn’t even point out that anyone was suspicious, she just asked for a sword in a calm voice.
When the duke looked back at the emperor’s face as if asking for permission, Roan nodded.
“… Give me.”
“Starting today, we will strengthen the security around this area. Your majesty. I am truly sorry.”
The Duke apologized to the Emperor in a low voice, bowing his head repeatedly.
Then Roan answered like a deep sigh as if he was tired.
“Let everyone go back to their dorms except for those who need to settle things. I will have to work tomorrow morning too.”
The Eastern Emperor and Diobe paused and stared at the emperor. Roan’s words were surprising, but understandable.
This is an experiment about the future.
You can’t delay even a day.
So, excluding dukes, knights, and soldiers, the demon agents and humans returned to their lodgings.
As might be expected,
The mood of the next day was a mess.
It was an early morning when everyone couldn’t sleep well.
The demons had to doubt each other like the demons,
It was a night in which humans, like humans, were terrified.
In the meantime, the only ones who looked relatively intact were Roan and the old man.
“Okay, if you’ve done that, help where your hands are lacking. It’s far away, so don’t stand.”
To the old man’s rebuke,
The three or four demons who had gathered together with worried expressions made stern faces. But without saying a word, they headed for the place the old man pointed out.
Roan was also silently removing stones and pulling grass, so the demons had no choice but to work without saying anything.
After clearing the stones in the assigned area, Roan straightened his back and looked around.
The surroundings, where stones and weeds were rolling around, looked like an empty field made of dislodged soil, much cleaner than before.
‘It’s amazing.’
And Roan suddenly realized that the old man was also looking at the district Roan was in charge of.
Before Roan could react,
The old man took a step and came closer.
Roan had come to remove the stones and inspect the soil he had pulled out the grass himself.
A look of satisfaction appeared in the old man’s eyes as he saw the results of Roan’s work up close.
“You worked hard, Your Majesty. Well done.”
“Ackerman. Are you okay?”
Roan spoke.
Then the old man who was looking at the soil lowered his head.
“Could it be different? At this age, no matter what you gain or lose, you become aloof. It’s a pity that the bright guy lost his life, but what can I do…”
At first glance, the voice seemed calm, but Roan heard his grief intact through ‘listening’.
Roan involuntarily lowered his head.
“It was a miracle that he had already been captured here and survived. It would have been better if we had held out until the war was over… How could Heaven have left an old man like me and took such a guy…”
The pity that he hadn’t revealed to anyone flowed out to Roan. Roan and the old man were silent for a while. The old man, who had been squatting and touching the soil without a word, lowered his head again as if in surprise, and said,
“Oops, sorry, Your Majesty. I don’t know the topic and I can’t speak…”
“Okay.”
Roan waved his hand.
“Humans must be very anxious.”
The old man turned his head to where Roan was looking.
From a distance, I saw a scene where a human approached some of the demons doing farming, then shook their heads and backed away.
Humans were suddenly afraid to talk to the demons.
They have no way of finding out if it’s true.
The emperor and duke of the demons said that the demons who learn to work here are innocent,
The nobles are on the side of the nobles.
Merde and Evirgio are no different, the humans thought.
No matter how much they trusted the emperor, that was the world they had seen.
Humans still believed that someone among the demons had harmed humans, so their attitude today was different from yesterday.
Silence took the place of active direction and advice.
The old man’s frowning eyes widened even more.
“How can you not be anxious? Even so, I’m the one who’s about to die, but those guys are… Yes, I am concerned…”
Roan’s face darkened as well.
Like the eve of a storm,
The still air stung the uneasiness.
It was such an uncomfortable day.
Surprisingly, the clearing of the land allocated for practice was completed in four days, as everyone worked without opening their mouths.
A work that was done by the hands of humans and demons without machines or demons.
It was an amazing achievement, but no one was openly pleased.
Afternoon on the day all clearing was completed.
Roan skipped afternoon classes to sprinkle crystal powder with an old man and a few humans.
‘No matter how much knowledge I have, I can’t help it. It’s better to work outside than in class.’
Roan hid a laugh at the pleasure of skipping class — though he was doing other things. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time.
Crystal powder can only be seen as soil of different colors to humans. So it was difficult for them to fully understand why the emperor would do this himself and not let anyone else have access.
Humans were even more interested in the word soil with magic that revives the land,
Roan never allowed humans to directly touch the crystal powder.
“You didn’t spray it there, yes, after that.”
“You missed that one too.”
The humans were wary of unfamiliar demons, but they spared no nagging at Roan, who was at least familiar with them. A rare scene arose in which they treated the highest person with ease.
There was no need for Roan to personally scatter crystal powder in this large space the size of an imperial castle garden.
Once you get a quick result using the magic tool, you can spray it with practitioners in shield suits as a practice.
However, the space for the demon deputies to cultivate for education is quite large. Roan spent the entire day sprinkled with crystal powder.
And the next day,
Despite the awkward atmosphere, people couldn’t help but admire.
“Awesome…”
Akerman’s voice, which had been corrected, rarely trembled.
