Chapter 100 – The Black Hound
Yulid momentarily doubted his ears. It was surprising that the guy who looked human no matter how he looked at it spoke the language of the demon tribe fluently, but what bothered me more than that was the name [Merlin] He mentioned.
A great wizard whose name is widely known not only to the same demon tribe, but also to other races.
Whether in a war with humans or a civil war with the same demons, if he invades and uses great magic, he can annihilate hundreds or thousands of soldiers and turn the tide of battle like flipping the palm of his hand, a monster comparable to the demon king.
There’s a good chance it’s a simple name of the same name, but it’s not a name to be passed on. Julid decided to collect information through conversation with him while preparing to wield a weapon against the enemy at any time.
To test how well you can speak the language of the same people, while using the demon language.
“Merlin? Are you talking about the one-armed sage Merlin?”
“To call out his name without showing respect… You disrespect the subject of a bug that lives with humans and the like, turning its back on the kingdom of Makai.”
Judging from the reaction, it seems that the Merlin that Yulid was thinking of is correct. One question was resolved, while Yulead narrowed his eyes at the sense of alienation he felt from the other person, who was a human no matter how much he looked at it.
“You’re talking like you’re not human. It’s like you’re speaking the Demon language as naturally as breathing…”
“Are you saying that you’re like a demon? Yes, of course. I’m wearing such a nonsensical appearance now to make infiltration easier, but I’m also a demon like you.”
“Your eyes aren’t talking nonsense.”
If he is a demon like Yulid, I can fully understand how he can speak the demon language so naturally and how he has a human appearance and uses a disrespectful way of speaking.
Then.
Then why?
“… The answer is obvious, but I need to check it first. Are you the demon killer who has been killing demons indiscriminately from city to city lately?”
“It’s not me exactly, it’s us. FYI, right now my colleagues are doing their best to keep witnesses from crawling around here.”
“Are the guys you go with demons too?”
“Of course.”
The fact that this guy, who had thoroughly concealed his identity while killing demons living in human cities, answered honestly without evading Yulead’s question is an expression of his determination to deal with the prey without missing it right here and now.
‘I expected it to some extent, but there are other guys besides him.’
Judging from Yulead’s insight, his skills are probably similar to those of his opponent who continues to reveal his blatant intent to kill in front of his eyes.
It is the right choice to put aside collecting information and run away or fight right away before help arrives and get out of the current situation where you are confronted with him even for a second.
However, as soon as we learned that the culprits who brutally murdered the demons who had barely adapted to the human realm and got a new life were none other than our own people, we must confirm this.
“The people you ripped to death until now. They say they escaped from the Netherworld, but aren’t they the same blooded demons? How could they do such a thing to their own people?”
“It’s really stupid. I think you said it clearly when we first met? To Merlin-sama, those idiots… I was ordered to deal with the Skupitas clinging to humans.”
The demons in human form slowly drew their swords while calling the fellow demons they had killed so far as slang for garbage among the demons.
“Merlin gave such an order?… Are you guys able to kill your own kind without questioning that order without any hesitation?”
“The will of the wise man is always right. A loyal hound dog obediently obeys the owner’s command every moment, and should not have any doubts.”
“You bastards… !”
The guy’s behavioral ideology is no different from that of an evil fanatic. Yuled, engulfed in passion, completely ruled out the option of running away from him and vowed to kill him on the spot.
Yulid isn’t particularly righteous or has a strong sense of kinship, but… I can’t leave a disgusting guy who kills his own people without hesitation to blindly follow orders.
“First of all, I’ll change that unlucky face!”
Shiiik! The red whip that Yulead wielded at an invisible speed aimed at the enemy’s face with a sharp piercing sound.
The whip provided by the tip of the whip, which can instantly break through the speed of sound, can exert terrifying power enough to tear the body apart at the discretion of the user.
If the whip hits like this, the assailant’s facial skin will be ripped off in an instant.
ㅡ Whiririk!
In an instant, the guy took out two curved swords, held one high up to block the whip, and wrapped it around them, approaching Yulead as it was, and swung the other curved swords.
Kaang! The sound of metal clashing resounds.Yul Reed also took out a shortsword with his other hand and blocked the guy’s attack.
In that state, the two demons engaged in a battle of strength by facing each other’s weapons. Even if the pushing and pulling were repeated several times, Yulead was gradually pushed back.
“Huh, for a guy who lives servilely in a human city, he’s using a bit of strength. Well, at this rate, I’ll win.”
“In a fight, strength is not everything.”
Yulead abruptly pulled the whip wrapped around the enemy, made him lean for an instant, then kicked his ankle and knocked him down in an instant. In addition, he was skillful in retrieving the whip that was wrapped around the enemy and manipulating the whip as an aura at the same time. This made him miss the curve.
“Ah, where did you find your leftovers…”
“This is what people call technology. Stupid asshole.”
Before the enemy had time to stand up, Julid swung his whip sharply.
ㅡChallarak! Pang!
The whip, which moved like a living snake, struck the hand of the enemy who was defenseless because it had no weapon, and it tore off the little finger.
Before the assailant even had time to moan in pain, Yulead’s fierce whips, which he freely wielded as if they were part of his body, poured down like a storm.
ㅡChwaaak! Pang! Charsaaaaa!
“Aaaaa!!”
‘Hey, you son of a bitch! Is not at all a grade level… ! He handles the aura freely and skillfully!’
The assailant stood up awkwardly and relied on his one and only curved sword to barely prevent a fatal wound.
Less than a minute after Yulead swung the whip unilaterally, the body of the attacker, whose flesh had been ripped off dozens of times, was drenched with his own blood.
‘I want to kill this guy slowly with a whip, but it’s dangerous to procrastinate any longer. Let’s deal with it quickly and go to the guild right away.’
After kicking the back of the assailant who had turned into a rag and causing him to fall to the floor, Yulead hung the whip wrapped around his neck like a noose and pulled it as hard as he could.
ㅡKude deuk…
“… ?！！”
The panicked guy tried to tear off the whip wrapped around his neck, but the series of attacks lost a lot of stamina, and the tightly wrapped whip couldn’t be grabbed at will.
Even if he tried to attack Yulead directly, there was no way he could attack properly from his current posture lying on the floor.
Just before the pupils of the enemies who had been struggling all the time went up completely, a raindrop that made a sound that cut through the air flew to Yulead’s head.
“Sheesh!”
Yulid, who kicked his tongue and leaned back, avoided Bido by a piece of paper.
“Kyahaha☆ What, what. He shouted out loud that a silver rank would be enough for him by himself, and what did he say?
“It’s ugly.”
“Shit… ！Shut up, both of you!”
“The enemy is still in front of us, so please don’t fight among us.”
Additional parties appeared from different directions: one woman and two men. The total of the guys you were dealing with a while ago is four.
‘They all look like humans, but these guys must be demons too.’
If the newly appeared enemies are of the same level as the one he dealt with just a moment ago, the odds of winning against Yulead are slim.
ㅡThumping… ．
It only works for those who have been through the mayhem of death many times… There is a feeling infinitely close to wisdom.
That feeling whispered intensely to Yulead.
You die here, now, miserably.
“Oh my ☆ Look at this man’s eyes? I think he intends to do it to the end even in this situation?”
“Be persistent.”
However, that was not a reason to lose the fighting spirit. Yulead, who avoided only the worst position by moving quickly and leaning against the wall, corrected his stance.
The blood boils violently. He, once a proud warrior, did not think it was too bad to die in such a frantic fight.
After all, since I have no family or lover, no one will be very sad.
‘Oh, come to think of it. Those twin sisters… The next time I had a chance to come to this city, I said that I would bring my lover named Roden and her sister named Roxia.
Staring straight at the approaching enemies. Thinking of some of the colleagues he had worked with in the past, Yuleid laughed bitterly inwardly when he saw his twin sister’s face at the end.
ㅡWhiriririk!
After shaking off all her thoughts, Yulead fought the four enemies to the end and started brandishing her weapon fiercely, determined to die. Determined to make one companion.
* * *
The 4-to-1 fight ended with the victory of the majority, with minor damage but no fatal wounds, and a giant man knelt down in front of the corpse of a demon adventurer who had become a cold corpse.
“… Good luck. Your death will also have meaning.”
“The captain is also very special☆ To pray with tears and runny nose flowing like that for every person he kills every time.
“Don’t touch you guys this time! I’m going to cut this bastard into pieces with my hands.”
“Then do it quickly. Before the others come rushing in.”
After curing the finger that had been cut off by the whip, the man who was gripped vigorously set the blade on the corpse of the demon adventurer and started ‘work’.
It is a work to disguise the reason why the demons died by making the corpses in the most gruesome state as a crime of racial discrimination based on the idea of human absolutism that deeply hates the demons.
Thanks to this work, rumors about a human absolutist group that goes around killing demons are spreading widely.
… Soon after, the work was completely finished, and the corner of the dark alley in Nazari became a sea of blood.
The captain of the hounds, who was looking down at the whip that Yulead used, spoke as if he remembered.
“Come to think of it, this red whip… . I guess this is General Julius, who deserted six years ago.”
“Huh~☆ Unexpectedly, he was a big man, right? I’m dead now anyway.”
The four demons who left without regret decided their next destination. Their captain spoke as a representative.
“First of all, I’ll go back a little bit and stay in the port city of Ladby for a while, then go up to Altma Kingdom via Barmela’s territory.”
After nodding their heads at the captain’s words, the identity of the four people who scattered after deciding the time and place to reunite was the dark black that Merlin had carefully selected to annihilate every demon in the human world, to be exact, every demon with the potential to become the demon king. He is the most elite agent of the Hound.
