Chapter 65: Signs of War (Part 4)

Two men with the same face.

One had messy hair and disheveled clothes, indicating that he had rushed over in a hurry, while the other was neat

from head to toe, showing no signs of having rushed over.

It was strange when I think about it.

He clearly said that he had rushed over when he first spoke to us, but the man’s clothes were not disheveled at all.

We didn’t feel any incongruity there.

No.

Did we really not feel any incongruity?

Such a thought suddenly occurred to me.

At that moment, I got goosebumps.

The fact that all of us didn’t feel any strangeness, even for a moment, was a big mistake.

So, from the moment we felt a sense of incongruity, it was only a moment before the mask of the man who called

himself the emperor’s messenger was stripped away.

A malicious laugh no matter how you look at it.

An alien smile.

It was a natural result that a sword was placed on the man’s neck before he could even finish his words, as he didn’t

even try to hide the fact that he had been caught.

Leo’s holy sword, which shone coldly even though he had lost his qualifications as a hero, and the shadow that bound

the man’s legs so that he could not escape.

Irina’s arrow aimed precisely at the man’s neck, and Chloe, who was emitting a powerful holy power that was

blinding.

And seeing the haze that bloomed at the tip of Leticia’s staff, who was ready to fire attack magic at any moment, the

man let out a hollow laugh and raised both hands.

“Oh, this is scary.”

“Nonsense.”

“Nonsense? Wouldn’t anyone be scared if they were in a situation where their neck and body could be separated at

any moment? In the first place, if I were real, this matter would damage the honor of the Imperial Family…”

“So what kind of bullsh*t are you talking about? You said it yourself, you’ve been found out.”

Leo’s eyes, looking at the man with an expression that asked what kind of idiot he was, were cold.

The man, even while looking directly at those eyes that all demons once feared, calmly admitted his mistake.

“Ah, indeed, acting is not my type, it seems. Still, I tried quite hard. It was almost perfect, too bad. It would have been

perfect if I had spent a little more time killing that man.”

“…Gasp, gasp.”

“Ahaha! I have no intention of killing you now, so you can rest assured. By the way…”

Could you please remove this? The man asked, pointing to the holy sword with a slightly frightened expression at

Leo’s coldly shining holy sword, but Leo was firm.

“I don’t know what to say because my neck is about to be cut off.”

“Even this is a luxury for you, demon.”

“Hmm. I haven’t revealed that I’m a demon yet.”

“Really? Then it doesn’t matter. How about you take it as an honor to be cut down by the holy sword if you’re a dirty traitor?”

Even if it doesn’t shine anymore, a holy sword is a holy sword.

An archenemy of demons.

A sword that is a deadly poison to those who are close to or fallen to evil is the holy sword.

Even though it lost its light, it was still the archenemy of demons and demi-humans, so the man narrowed his eyes

and glared at Leo.

“Leo Starfield. I wish you had a calmer personality when you changed genders.”

“Did you recognize me by the hero’s holy sword? You know who I am? Don’t say my name with that dirty mouth of

yours, demon.”

“Hmm. It’s ironic for a hero who negotiated peace with demons to say that. You’re really rude. To wield such violence

when someone is talking. I don’t know who’s getting angry at whom when it’s you who was miserably deceived.”

“You sure do talk a lot with that pierced mouth of yours.”

Shall I shut that mouth first?

Irina changed the arrow she had aimed at his forehead to his mouth with a ferocious momentum.

Irina’s expression was not good, as if she wanted to pierce that cursed mouth with an arrow right away.

“Well, shall we stop the useless chatter here?”

Flinch.

With the end of the purple blood flowing down the man’s neck along the holy sword, Leo, feeling an unknown threat,

pulled back the holy sword and stepped back.

Seeing that, the man smiled deeply.

“Oh, as expected of the hero that person is wary of. You have good intuition.”

“…Who are you?”

“It’s nothing. I’m just one of the demons who serve the great God closest.”

One demon, what nonsense.

I slightly trembled my shoulders and gave more strength to the shadow that tightly held the man’s legs in the familiar pressure.

This pressure was familiar.

It’s similar to the pressure I felt from Rose Cyclamen.

The man’s eyes split vertically and glowed red for a short time.

Red pupils.

It’s like the symbol of the vampire species, but there are demons with red pupils besides the vampire species.

Most of the demons who were dukes in the Demon Realm had red pupils.

The eyes that only high-ranking vampires, a symbol of the vampire species, can have.

So, at least, this man had power equal to or below that of Rose Cyclamen.

“An accurate judgment, Rose-nim’s daughter. That’s right, my strength is shamefully inferior to Rose-nim, but I have

power comparable to hers. Ahaha, it’s a little embarrassing to say it myself.”

“My thoughts…”

“Yes. I can’t read everything, but I can read some of the other person’s thoughts. It’s a simple trick.”

“You have a dangerous trick.”

“Ah. Is that so? It’s not a very great trick. More than that, I hope you don’t compare me to the current weak demons.

Even if they have red eyes, they are just inferior species of ours. Well, even if they are inferior species, there is a

strong demon on our side who inherited the blood of our ancestors more thickly than anyone else.”

Still, Ryuryeon is a special case, so shall I stop the boring explanation here?

The man, who gracefully put his hand on his chin, added those words.

“I don’t need this face anymore. Ah, I should thank you. Thanks to you, I used it well.”

The face of the real emperor’s messenger, who heard those words, turned red and blue, but there was no one here to

care about that.

Leo tilted his head and said.

“You talk a lot for nothing.”

“Ah. I always hear that. Rose-nim, as well as my God, always said that I talk too much for nothing… Oops.”

“Your tongue is long.”

And the sword that was swung with the speed of a flash of light was Leo’s holy sword.

Leo’s sword strike, as if he couldn’t easily cut off his neck, was avoided by the man by turning his head, and Leo

clicked his tongue. Next, it was an arrow aimed at the man’s forehead at a sharp speed and a blue flame that was so

dazzling that it was blinding.

[Flame System: Volcano]

Blue flames rising from under the man’s feet.

As if not to leave even a handful of ashes, I frowned slightly at the fiercely burning flames, and I gave more strength

to the shadow that was tying the man’s feet so that he couldn’t move.

So that he can never escape.

It was no longer important that this was an important base.

We have to change the base anyway since the enemy has been caught.

So, even if this place is completely destroyed, this demon will be killed now.

‘Is it psychic magic?’

Psychic and confusion magic.

The magic this demon used on us must have been those two magics.

Or it could be a unique skill related to that.

Anyway, it’s a sophisticated technique to the point that even Leticia, who has high mental defense, didn’t question it

for a moment.

So the risk is sufficient.

[Holy Magic: Rite]

This time, a pillar of holy light falls on the demon.

Like Leticia’s holy magic, it is a holy power that seems to be purified just by looking at it.

A Saintess’s divine power without any impurities.

Unlike Leticia’s holy magic, if you are even a little close, you feel like your soul will burn away.

In fact, I saw my skin turning red and slightly burning, and I secretly pulled my hand back.

If I keep looking at that pillar of light, not only the demon in front of me, but I will also be annihilated, soul and all.

I grabbed my hot wrist and grumbled to Chloe, who was visible beyond the dust.

“Chloe. Isn’t that a bit too much?”

“Hmm? Ah. Dem… Ahem, Charlotte. Your wounds are severe, shall I cast healing magic on you?”

“Your healing magic is holy. I refuse to be annihilated like this.”

“You’re half-human. You’re not corrupted. It might sting a little, but it’s too much to say that you’ll be annihilated.”

The question of whether the pain would be similar even if it didn’t annihilate was about to come out of my mouth,

but I swallowed it inside.

If I had made more fuss, I felt like the baptism of God would fall on me, not that demon.

I refused that.

Twitch.

“Whㅡ.”

Crack, crack.

“What kind of ignorant b*stard is this…!”

The shadow is torn off.

To be precise, rather than being torn off, the shadow that was tying his left foot was already torn off.

He has the leisure to care about my shadow while being surrounded by Leticia’s and Chloe’s attack magic and holy magic.

His actions are as bold as he is cunning as a fox.

At that time, the demon’s voice was heard beyond the pillar surrounded by blue flames.

“Ahahaha, it hurts. It really hurts. I don’t know how long it’s been since I felt this kind of pain. If it’s this much, I can

understand why the Demon King ‘ran away’ from the battlefield.”

“…Where the heck did demons like you keep popping up from?”

“Hmm. That’s a bit of a misunderstanding. A demon like me is probably only me.”

Because all the ancient demons were annihilated in the previous war, except for the two demons and the forgotten

goddess and that person.

With the end of those words, the flames and pillars surrounding the demon were split at the same time.