I’m the Demon King, but There Are Too Many Heroes

028. It’s a coincidence

“Healen Cargill Champion is back!”

Hillen Cargill’s return made Hortonwalk lively.

For, good or bad, his return meant a lot.

The lord and other people ran to know his victory or defeat, but he immediately disappeared on a moving magic circle.

Leaving behind Granada, who came down to carry out the demon king’s order to form a mercenary army again.

And Granada was facing an unexpected reunion.

“What is it, you guys?”

It was a coincidence. Witnessing familiar faces chatting while drinking at a tavern inside the mercenary guild.

“Daddy, boss?”

“Sa, are you alive?”

“stop.”

rotating eyes. As they tried to escape, they smiled awkwardly and sat down again.

“Do you think I have to trample each and every one of them to light the fire? Can you just light it?”

“haha···.”

“He, who was swept away during the avalanche, pretended to be dead and then did Hassan . . . It’s not like we can play a big role anyway… There is nothing more important than life…”

“I thought it was strange that the whole thing disappeared in one avalanche…”

He wasn’t dead, he was dormant.

“Are you saying that you were going to take the money and eat it?”

things like this dog.

After being betrayed by the hero once, I became sensitive. This, too, was as if the crew had abandoned and betrayed themselves as the captain.

“Damn, boss! We couldn’t help it because we weren’t as strong as the captain!”

“Mount Erzest is too much for mercenaries like us in the first place.”

Objectively, the Red Hawk mercenaries were not very weak. There were only about 20 members, but all of them were more than intermediate mercenaries.

If that wasn’t enough, Berger wouldn’t have paid a huge sum of money to buy their time.

The woman who was with the mercenaries spoke to me while I was looking.

“Are you the captain of the Red Hawk mercenaries?”

“Did I get a new operator without knowing it?”

Even with that said, he guessed that he wasn’t a mercenary. Because her outfit did not suit the mercenaries at all. It was more like an article.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Hero, Kaede. That’s Granada-sama, the well-known elf.”

The emerald-colored eyes shining in the dazzling blonde were impressive. The momentum I felt wasn’t great either. Above all, it was beautiful.

“Warrior···?”

“That’s right, boss. This hero here gave us a big chin to ask a question, what is it?”

“You have a drink, too!”

The mercenaries quickly changed the topic, but they shut their mouths at Granada’s glance. Granada’s tone became a little calmer.

“What’s going on with the hero at Horton Walk?”

“This is to participate in the bravery.”

“If that’s the case…”

“I know. It is too late.”

Kaede shook her head.

“I couldn’t join on time due to circumstances, but I came here because I thought there would be an opportunity even if it was late.”

However, by the time they arrived, some of the warriors including Wharton had already descended. darkened state.

She was sad, but she saw one hope.

“The fact that Hero Hillen is still on the mountain. But I couldn’t go up blindly, so I was talking to them.”

“you’re right. Weren’t we still together on the Heroic Journey and then came down?”

“I was the first to drop out.”

“Great.”

Bark coughed.

“If that’s what you wanted to ask about heroism, you got it wrong. Even though they are my mercenaries, to my shame, these guys escaped without even fighting a battle like a battle.”

“It was a difference I thought was strange. I didn’t know much more than I thought.”

The mercenaries flinched.

“But I guess I am lucky.”

“What does it mean?”

“Because I met Granada-sama.”

“It’s not luck, it’s bad.”

“yes?”

“I was with Hillen Cargill until the end. What does it mean for me to be here?”

“···no way?”

Her complexion hardened.

“Yeah, the bravery has failed, and the rest of the crew, including Hero Hillen Cargill, have descended.”

“No way···.”

“Healan’s hero rode the magic circle and went straight to another place. An official announcement will probably be made soon. We failed, and we couldn’t even see the Demon King’s Tower.”

“Can I hear the details of the matter?”

“I do not know. My time is a little expensive…”

“However much···! I’ll give it to you!”

With a desperate gaze, Granada could not refuse with a single blow.

* * *

“. . . nonsense.”

from one to ten. Kaede denied everything that came out of Granada’s mouth.

“Isn’t the Demon King’s Tower not at the top? There has never been anything like that.”

“It has never been, can you guarantee that it will never be? I am a living witness.”

“·················ogue.”

That’s why stereotypes are scary. It’s a big shock when what was taken for granted doesn’t become natural.

That’s why Berger, who ignored the standard passed down to the Demon Kings and completely twisted it, is great.

“Anyway, I couldn’t find anything and the bravery failed. I also recommend that you give up and go somewhere else.”

“…it must be.”

We couldn’t belatedly change what had already come out.

“It was an honor to meet Granada-nim, who is well-known.”

“Where are you going?”

“There is only one place for a hero to go…”

“welcome!”

New guests have arrived. They were mercenaries who could have been anywhere, with half of their body covered with robes.

but.

‘quite···?’

The momentum I felt was a little different from that of the mercenaries, so my eyes went straight.

“What are you doing?”

“.

Kaede drooped over and drooled. His face wasn’t too red for what Sare had heard.

“Anyway···.”

she coughed

“I’ll go to the Hero’s Guild and look for the quests.”

“There will be no bravery like this one for a while.”

Rather than killing the Demon King, most of the bravery went up to several floors of the tower. The battle with the Demon King had to risk everything to each other, so it didn’t happen unless the successor of the kingdom was kidnapped like this time.

“I can’t help it. Oh, I will do the calculations as promised. Please eat it.”

Kaede put down some silver coins and disappeared.

‘A typical novice warrior.’

Those who have the skills, but their minds cannot support them. Most of them had a bad end because they had too much confidence in themselves and suffered too much from fame.

“stop.”

“Ahaha…”

“We’re a little busy too…”

Bark and other mercenaries, who were about to get up with Kaede, sat down again.

“Why?”

“Sa, do you want to live?”

“…Honestly, Erzest is not an area we can handle, is it?”

For mercenaries, trust and credibility are important. They also operate with their own pride, but there are not many mercenaries who will really risk their lives for the sake of trust.

Granada didn’t see it badly. It is natural for living things to want to live. To be sure, Erzest was too heavy for them. If they had followed all the way to the end, it was highly likely that they were all married and wandering the mountains.

‘The only thing that can survive is….’

About Bark who was the captain.

“Yeah, let’s make concessions a hundred times so that your words are justified. But that’s not the part that pissed me off.”

“uh?”

“Hey, you bastards who don’t even have eyes for loyalty. Without me, you guys plotted and ran away? Captain me?”

“That part…?”

Bark stuttered.

“Then do I have two lives? Do you think there are other people in this world that Erzest is not in danger of other than the Demon King?”

It’s a place where Hillen can’t help but become a monster when he runs out of strength after surviving for a while.

“But the captain…”

“Shh.”

Granada shuts Bark’s mouth. His gaze turned backwards.

Those who were chewing food on one side of the tavern with a gloomy atmosphere arose.

The guys who didn’t look like mercenaries at all were strangely blinded when they first walked in.

‘Are you chasing Kaede?’

Whoever it was, it was a winner.

There was a feeling of crawling a little, it seemed like he was really crawling.

‘Did you have an accident?’

Among the warriors, there were some things that were so engrossed in the fact that they were warriors that they went around as an uninhabited person and caused a nuisance.

But Kaede didn’t see it that far.

‘Well, I don’t know.’

It was Granada, who came down under the command of the Demon King to build a mercenary corps again through the fame he had gained from his career.

There was no time to worry about anything else because there was a lot of work to be done.

“I found my lord. South of Horton Walk, about 500m west of the square. You just left a tavern called ‘Dance of the Orc’. Let’s all get together quickly.”

It was a very small voice. It was in a state of being covered with a fine membrane so that it could not be heard from the outside by magic.

However, it was not enough to block the ears of the elves who were watching with determination.

‘majesty?’

The title “Jeonha,” as Granada knew, was a honour given only to the royal family or the imperial family.

‘…a princess?’

It is not uncommon for a prince or princess to be a hero, but it is not entirely absent. There was nothing special about that.

But the princess and the hero. If you ask which of the two identities has the upper hand, it is definitely the status of a princess.

This is because, unless you are a high-ranking warrior with a great reputation, being a hero has no merit beyond the status of a princess.

‘If a princess wants to be brave…’

It is common for the knights and soldiers of the kingdom to come out and escort them.

No, before that, I’ll stop you from doing anything like a hero in the first place.

Because, in a good way or in a bad way, they are the royalty of a country.

‘I can’t stand this.’

Granada, unable to contain her curiosity, stood up.

“Uh, huh? Why?”

“I’m going out for a while. If you come back and run away again, it will be no fun.”

Father Street left Bark behind and went out. They have already disappeared among the people.

‘But there’s nothing I can’t find.’

Granada closed her eyes and listened. The sensitive elf’s senses took in all the loud noises.

‘According to the contents of the communication, there are more people.’

Maybe the chase team came to catch the princess.

I found the sound of the group. I followed the regular footsteps of a trained tee.

‘found.’

I bought a cheap mask from a street vendor. It wasn’t enough, so he performed a magic that inhibits perception. It wasn’t great magic like polymorphs or illusions, but it was better than nothing. His instinct was shouting that this incident should not be entangled as ‘Granada’.

Passing through the square, crossing the street, we headed to the place where regular footsteps gather.

A small commotion and noise were heard. There was also the sound of weapons clashing.

A sparsely populated alleyway. The sun wasn’t good. A faint stench came up.

There were a lot of people with a similar appearance to them in the place where the rats had to dig up the dregs of the gutter.

And in the meantime, there was Kaede.

“Who are you?”

Sureung-

A mercenary who was forming the Wall of Inn looked precisely at where Granada was. A pure white sword appeared.

Granada raised her hands and stepped forward slowly.

“I heard a loud noise, so I didn’t know.”

“You wear a mask like that.”

“This is a minimum safeguard. Just looking at it, doesn’t it look unusual? That sword, no matter how you look at it, looks good enough for a single mercenary.”

“good.”

The mercenary murmured lowly.

“It’s none of your business, so go away as if nothing happened. Otherwise…”

“If not, what?”

Granada grinned. The mercenary’s face hardened.

“Just looking at it makes my back go numb.

“It is not what you think it is. Last warning, go. Otherwise, we have no more reason to show mercy.”

Dozens of mercenaries drew their swords at once. The cold flesh pricked Granada’s skin like a sharp needle.

“I want to too…”

The corners of Granada’s lips rose.

“The person I serve will be very interested in this matter.”

“Who knows?”

“The woman.”

Granada’s eyes glanced over the mercenaries, Kaede.

“A princess?”

“die.”

A flash of light flashed.

spatula-

Granada’s hair was cut off. Before the scattered fragments could even fall to the floor, the sword was shot like a bee.

Tseung-

The sword he had barely pulled out trembled.

blocked but couldn’t stop it

Granada, unable to relieve her strength, rolled on the floor. He clenched his teeth by an unexpected attack.

‘He’s a strong guy!’

It was different from the other guys. He was a man who knew how to hide his skills and avoid his senses.

He calmly drew his sword. He scattered swords around the auror. The split aurors turned into hundreds of leaves and were shot.

“You’re playing a trick.”

The man drew a line. In an instant, a slash slashed through the space and flew in. They shredded all the leaves and arrived in front of Granada.

Tseung-

It broke through the wall and bounced back. After being pushed close to ten meters, I barely got my posture right.

But the opponent didn’t give up.

A heavy sword fell. The two legs of Granada dug into the ground. A minute incontinence was formed in the chest in the ensuing secrecy.

damn it

Blood dripped from his tightly shut mouth.

Lost in an unexpected surprise.

‘Should I do my best?’

No, I hear it.

The power of an elf is perfected by working with the spirits. So it is very easily specified.

If the fact that it is Granada is revealed, the intention of the Demon King Berge is completely shattered, meaning that the use of cognitive-lowering magic is meaningless.

In the end, the best thing you can do is run away.

But can you do it? In front of him, a strong man who could not be easily seen, and mercenaries around him were forming a siege.

Turning around in the rushing waves is no different from abandoning the boat and jumping into the sea.

‘I do not know. Let’s just kill him.’

Granada’s eyes darkened.

In the end, the most important thing in the world was your own life. It could have been an obstacle to the Demon King’s cause, but it meant nothing after he died.

‘And what if there are no witnesses?’

If you kill them all, you end up with no witnesses. And then, if even the memories of the earth are erased with the spirit, no traces can be found no matter how many flying and creeping creatures come.

the moment you think about it.

boo-

“···········?”

The mercenaries who were driving Granada bled and flew away. A black flame that followed, separated him and the mercenaries.

The mercenaries engulfed in flames screamed and struggled.

“I thought I was late.”

A voice came from the sky. Everyone’s heads went up.

slowly. very slowly. he was coming down

“You were smoking in a place like this.”

“…does this look like a joke? Can’t you see these wounds?”

“I’m flirting with a level that gets better with saliva.”

“Hey, I didn’t know saliva was made of holy water.”

“Do you want to die?”

“Yes, yes. I should not speak.”

Huh.

Granada grinned.

Berge’s gaze turned to the mercenaries.

“Who are you guys tormenting my slaves?”

“Can’t I just call him a subordinate and not a slave? The same thing is true.”

“I have a certificate of slavery.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Oh, it was torn. Still, there was something.”

“Why are you here?”

“It’s not that I really want to save you. I didn’t know it would be this weak.”

“I didn’t even want it . . .”

“It’s just a coincidence.”

“Accident?”

“okay.”

“Are you going to believe it?”

“That would be your freedom.”