Chapter 280 – Chapter 280 ― Interlude (2)
Episode 280 ― Interlude (2)
Schlaner frowned at Roan’s remarks, but proceeded to explain as he had said.
If the demon lord doesn’t know the whole story, maybe he can pull it in with the devil’s power.
“It was the demon of ‘greed’, what I’m trying to summon.”
“Drank.”
As the goddess said, it must have been to use the power of ‘greed’ after all. Whether it’s a demon, a demon, or whatever name it’s called.
“What are you going to do by summoning it?”
“What? You don’t know what ‘greed’ can do.”
Shulaner gave Roan a pitiful look. Helen opened the ax eye, but the wizard sighed and said:
“If the devil takes over this continent, a world will come where everyone’s greed comes true.”
“So?”
“So what? Are everyone’s needs met? It’s like paradise. If you use that power properly…”
“You are so stupid. Did you get a problem with your head while studying magic?”
Roan’s cold voice interrupted Schlaner’s words. The old wizard, who seemed excited as he spoke of his wishes, made a devilish expression again.
“How many people have you sacrificed for your foolish dream?”
“Originally, cows are sacrificed for generations! Looking at the paradise that will be created, everyone can’t help but agree! You can’t achieve a great cause by explaining and persuading everyone!”
Dude, your eyes are gone.
At the old man’s words, Helen and Urtellia’s eyes seemed to spark.
Roan’s voice softened even more.
“The devil is not a being that can be ruled by a mere human or an individual. ‘Greed’ is an existence that will devour the continent and destroy all life. I almost did that once.”
But Schlaner protested.
“You think you don’t know that? I’ve spent several times your age studying magic! According to my data research, it doesn’t have a proper controller…”
The protest did not follow.
Roan’s blade flew at his neck like lightning.
Can you make a paradise with the power of ‘greed’?
Because what you want can come true indefinitely?
At first glance, it sounds plausible.
Human happiness is made up of many factors,
It is usually true that happy moments are created when needs are met.
However, there is a weak point here.
Happiness doesn’t last forever.
When you reach the point you’ve been wanting for a long time, you’ll naturally feel happy, but humans get used to it. And he also gets a new one.
In the end, the happiness achieved by ‘greed’ can be eternal only in the process of finding another object of ‘greed’ and pursuing it again.
Roan didn’t think so logically from the beginning. But even if Roan didn’t come up with the kind of logic he’d thought about a few times in the past, Roan didn’t fall for Schlaner’s words.
Even without skills, Roan had the power left by the Goddess, and the effect of the ‘blessing’ that Roan had put on like a habit was still there.
The ‘blessings’ remaining for Roan, Urtellia, and Helen helped keep their minds clear and not be affected by the enticements of ‘greed’ at all.
“Sorry.”
Roan’s attempt to decapitate Schlaner again misses.
Before the Archduke could swing his sword to return Roan’s sword, Anmut stepped between Roan and Shulaner. I made up my mind earlier, but actually cutting and killing someone is not an easy task.
Roan’s inner circle is not the Demon Lord.
Even though he now has all the memories of the Demon King, the common sense and way of doing things in the world he originally lived in were not easily forgotten.
So Roan narrowly bit the tip of his sword. A long sword mark appeared on Anmut’s chest, but Anmut immediately lifted Fiora and let go of Roan’s thrust to push him away.
It was a calm response, but it forced Anmut to step back several steps. It was because the power difference was so great. He also had a deep wound on his arm. However, Anmut didn’t even blink as if he didn’t feel any pain.
The Grand Duke, who did not miss the moment, stabbed his sword at Roan. Immediately, holding up his longsword with a graceful posture, Roan swung it wide, biting Anmut’s sword.
The Grand Duke took a step back from Roan’s power. It may be similar in terms of swordsmanship, but Roan’s strength is definitely superior to that of the Grand Duke. The two of them figured out that fact in a couple of sword attacks.
“Purification!”
Helen aimed at Anmut, who was centered and preparing for the next attack. It was divine magic that washed away mental magic including brainwashing.
However, despite the flash of light in Helen’s hand, Anmut only slightly squinted. It’s a failure.
“It doesn’t work.”
Helen, who seemed dejected and answered in a calm voice, intervened between Anmut who was about to attack Roan.
Glancing at Helen letting Anmut’s blade drop to the left and trying to burrow into him, Roan took a step closer to the Archduke.
The center of gravity was transferred to the stepping left foot, and Roan lowered the blade of the sword that was in a high place. It was lightning fast.
The Archduke’s sword, which tried to stab the blade that had lost its direction in the air, barely intertwined with Roan’s blade, making a horrifying metallic sound.
And Schlaner did not miss the moment when Roan and the Archduke were in a stalemate for a while.
“”Forget it… 」!”
In an ancient language, Roan suddenly pulled himself out. The long sword blades collided with each other, making a high-pitched sound like an ear-cry.
The Archduke moved his feet and tried to push the blade deep into Roan’s body, but Roan slightly twisted the angle of the sword and deflected his thin rapier.
The grand duke, who received Roan’s powerful movements as they were, staggered several times before finally regaining his balance. The Archduke’s eyebrows furrowed fiercely. Even though it was a small movement, it was a tremendous force, and his wrists were numb.
Roan, who freed his sword, turned his gaze to check the direction the magic was flying. In the meantime, Urtellia completed the spell.
“Enhancement, magic defense! Arrow! Track it down!”
Urtellia, who was searching for a gap in the space where the four swordsmen were intertwined, shouted like a rapid-fire cannon. When the two buff magics worked properly on Roan and Helen, Urtellia immediately made a small arrow and fired it at Shulaner.
Breaking a wizard’s spell is better than defending against it.
Aiming his wand at Roan, Shulaner had to build a magic shield to block the thin magic arrows that were hard to follow with his eyes.
In the meantime, Helen also exchanged her sword strikes with Anmut and then distanced themselves.
She had never crossed swords with Anmut before, so this clash was like scouting.
Helen was catching her breath and deciding the direction of her next attack.
As Anmut was a beastman male, her strength and combat experience as a mercenary were superior to Helen, but Helen was superior to her in terms of pace, speed, and flexibility of her divine magic.
“Could it be that Grand Duke, do you also want to contribute to world peace by borrowing the power of the Demon God?”
Roan took a step back and asked. Roan had returned to his basic posture, covering his face and upper body with the blade of the sword, but the Grand Duke could not find any gaps in his plain posture.
“I thought you were at least a sensible person who could tell how stupid that statement was. Is not it?”
“I am not interested in paradise, Your Majesty.”
“The Grand Duke!”
Shulaner, who had destroyed Urutellia’s arrow before he knew it, shouted like a scream. His voice sounded like nonsense. However, the Grand Duke asked in a cynical voice.
“If a person needs anything anyway, he can ask for help from others. Rather, didn’t His Majesty act recklessly?”
“Shut that mouth!”
Helen burst into anger, but Schlaner didn’t know, but the Archduke didn’t blink an eye at Helen’s words.
The authority and experience he had built up were hard to shake, no matter how overwhelmingly powerful the young man was.
He knew that his enemy was Roan, and that his long fight would be over once Roan was defeated.
“The demons do not have the power of the goddess. She said that goddesses take care of life, but in the end, they didn’t do anything to us demons. Oh, she lived like that for thousands of years, and somehow she chose you on a whim.
She calls such a goddess evil, and her majesty’s attitude to follow her words is reckless.”
On the day of the Grand Duke of Darkness, his voice was calm.
Perhaps that was a question he had long wanted to ask. And it was also a question he had as a demon.
Those who dare not challenge Roan are in awe of him.
However, the title of grand duke is the closest thing to the emperor in this large Evirgio. He had neither the right to doubt nor the right to rebel.
At least, if he didn’t take the enemy’s hand.
That fact created a violent commotion in Roan’s heart. Even though he had his proper qualifications, it aroused Roan’s anger that he had wasted them in a twisted direction for his own self-interest.
Roan’s voice grew cold with anger.
“There is a monster disease in the Southern Dark Spirit. Even in the Eastern Emperor, there are tainted people. Grand Duke, you should know. Schlaner, have you ever seen anything like that?”
“… ?”
The wizard gave the Grand Duke a questioning look, but the Grand Duke did not take his cold eyes off Roan.
“The Grand Duke has something to add to that, so at least you, Grand Duke, can’t be unaware. He loses his will and ends his life by harming others. Those are the words of those affected by the power of ‘greed’. Goddess’s words matter to me. But that’s not all criteria. Jim never did.”
Steadfast and still aiming at the Archduke, Roan continued his speech.
