chapter 260
260 – Scene 260# the Toin People
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The three Lycans that were pursuing were easily subdued by Blanchet. They were captured and taken by maids to the cave where the Yeti lived.
An interrogation about the situation in the forest will probably be held there by tomorrow.
“And. Do you know that I just got goosebumps from Blanchet’s acting? “I really thought it was a rabbit?”
“Don’t make fun of me. I feel like I’m going to die of embarrassment…”
“Pop? Don’t you put it on? Fuhuuu!?”
Blanchet’s hand snatch went cleanly into Helga’s side. It was so fast that it seemed like Helga was the only one who sat down, clutching her side.
“Ahhh. I’m dying from pain. What if I really hit a bone?”
“If you are an escort driver, don’t be so nervous. And from now on, if you say ‘poong’, it won’t end in pain.”
Blanche warns with a scary face.
However, perhaps because she was so embarrassed, she forgot, and the clumsily made rabbit ears were still on Blanche’s head, so we had to hold back our laughter.
However, the native girl thought she was talking about herself, so her face turned pale and she opened her mouth.
“Well, I’m sorry if it bothered you. It’s like a habit of our species…”
“Oh, no. Don’t worry. I didn’t tell you…”
As the saying goes, the Toin people are humans who resemble rabbits.
The ears that were upright like a rabbit, the tail that was like a cotton ball, and the red eyes showed that they were not human, but a strange being, a demon.
However, if you think about it the other way around, other than that, the Toin people are not very different from the human appearance.
A long time ago… So, during the time of the second Demon King, the Toin people were much closer to beasts than they are now. However, after the second demon king was defeated, the demons, including the Toin tribe, began to gradually change into human-like appearances.
This was also evidence that the demons existing in the world had become weaker.
While humans treat demons with a convenient technology called magic, for demons and monsters born from demons, demons are the source of life and are like oxygen.
However, as the demonic energy in the world weakens due to the successive defeats of the demon king, the demons are losing their power and turning into beings closer to humans rather than demons.
In particular, the Toin people are the most humanized among the Demon people. Thanks to this, he is as weak as a human and as timid as a demon, so he is at the bottom of the food chain in the demon forest.
“Oh, now that I think about it, thank you for saving me!”
A local girl who introduced herself as ‘Vanilla’ thanked Helga.
It is common for demons to be towards hostile humans. I could tell what kind of race the Toin people were just by looking at the way she treated us.
Helga cleared her throat and pointed at me.
“Hmm. The gratitude is not mine, but ours… No, let the lady do it.”
“Bye girl… ?”
When Vanilla made eye contact with me, she looked startled. Of course, I must have looked like a suspicious person because I was wearing armor and an eye mask to hide my identity
But it seems he didn’t just look like a suspicious person.
“Heeeee! Please save me! Please save me!”
“Eh? Where are you running away all of a sudden? “I didn’t even say thank you.”
Vanilla tried to run away but was grabbed by Helga’s hand and tried in the air. The appearance was that of a rabbit that had been caught by a hunter.
“Ouch! Well, I don’t like it! “It’s not delicious!”
“Ahaha. “Who eats it?”
“Well, that scary person is trying to eat you! “Let go, let go!”
I don’t know why, but she was completely scared.
Did I look that scary?
It is no exaggeration to say that the leaderns are at the bottom of the food chain and are afraid of all races… They seem to be especially more afraid of me.
Vanilla’s face is so pale that it’s pale, and it looks like it’s desperate to run away somehow.
In the end, Helga took action to mediate.
“Do not worry. “My lady is human, so she won’t eat you.”
“Oh, don’t lie! “Where is such a scary person?”
When he heard Vanilla’s words, he remembered. The Toin people are excellent at detecting danger, as their accumulated experience of running away from predators for many years has become their instinct.
Tristan possesses the personality of the Seven Deadly Sins and is also a descendant of the devil. Perhaps my instincts first noticed that the blood of a demon that even demons feared was flowing.
“Looking at this, I guess you haven’t met a truly scary person?”
“Heeeee! Ears, my ears hurt so much! Please don’t hold on too hard! “I’m scared!”
“Listen carefully. If me or the lady were planning on eating you, we would have done so a long time ago. Isn’t it? And have you ever heard of humans catching and eating demons?”
“Oh, no…”
“Look. Rest assured, our lady will not eat you.”
“Then…Is this really true?”
“Sure. Really, no. Rather, it is the wolf that catches and eats it.”
At some point, Lian came next to Vanilla and was sniffing her.
“Excuse me… Can you just try one bite?”
“Hiyaaa!? Hmm, a vampire!?”
Vanilla is shocked to see Lian’s fangs
Either way, Helga calmly comforted Lian.
“Of course not. “Rian.”
“Why. Just a bite. “Can’t you just give me one bite?”
“If you take one bite, you die.”
“Bite gently.”
“Do you want to be gently beaten by me?”
“Helga’s flesh is not flesh.”
“No. “It’s a gentle blow to me, but not a gentle blow to the person who got hit.”
“Hmph… I’m hungry…”
Lian licked her lips with regret.
Now that I think about it, the blood I gave was all gone today. I’ll tolerate it for a few days, but it would be better to go back and take care of it. For a vampire, blood is like the water of life.
We decided to give Vanilla some time to calm down. If I stimulated him a little more, I felt like he would foam and pass out.
The reason why most leaderns are cowards is simple. To survive from predators.
Since I am timid and tend to run away first, I have somehow been able to survive in this forest of demons until now.
“Hmm. Listen carefully. “A kid from the Toin tribe.”
After Vanilla calmed down to some extent, Helga introduced herself in earnest.
“The person who saved you is Lady Trinity, who will conquer the demons of this forest and soon become the demon lord.”
“Damn, the devil?!”
Vanilla’s expression she became contemplative again, wondering how long it had been since she calmed down.
Even the weakest demon knows how great that name is. A powerful being who is feared by both humans and demons and who will lead the world to destruction.
I spoke as softly as I could for fear of scaring her.
“There is no need to be afraid. If you do not oppose me, I will not oppose you either. “You-.”
“Demon King! Please save my village!”
Hmm?
Vanilla suddenly interrupted me and bowed her head. The rabbit’s ears were trembling.
“Please help me… If things continue like this… Everyone dies…”
There was more desperation in her voice than fear.
I had a doubt.
Could it be that she is in such trouble that she has to bow down to the demon lord?
“… What happened?”
I guess I can at least listen to the story.
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According to Vanilla, a girl from the Earth tribe, the many races living in the Demon Forest originally lived while being careful not to invade their respective territories.
It is said that something strange happened in the peaceful Demon Forest when a demon appeared.
The man, whose origin is unknown, began urging the demons to cooperate in driving out the humans in the south.
The forest demons rebelled against the appearance of an unfamiliar demon, but when several villages disappeared at his hands, the situation in the forest became difficult.
Soon, some tribes submitted to men, while others began to resist to the end.
The Toin people, who are the weakest group, seem to be caught in the gap and thrown around.
One day, lycans came and hunted them, and another day, orcs came and dragged them away to be used as chores.
To avoid such a life, the Toin people had to move their home several times, but they still seem to be living in pain.
After hearing Vanilla’s story, I asked her one question.
“The man who suddenly appeared… Do you know what happens to facial expressions?”
“I’m sorry… I couldn’t see it in person, I just heard the story from the village chief… Ah!”
Vanilla clapped her hands as if she remembered something.
“Now that I think about it, the armor… “I said it was a knight in armor made of ice!”
That figure was clearly the man I expected.
Aaron, the ‘Winter Knight’ who later becomes one of the three greatest demon kings’ henchmen.
During the first expedition, the demons brought their army and reoccupied the Northern Garden. At the same time, the man who pursued the retreating imperial army, inflicted enormous damage on them, and inflicted defeat on Bela Isaachel.
It’s just as I vaguely guessed because it wasn’t explained properly in the original.
During the first expedition, for unknown reasons, demons cooperated and flocked to Roelgreen Castle, and as expected, Aaron was behind them. It seems he is already expanding his influence by encouraging the demons.
I heard through Vanilla that Aaron’s purpose was to attack the humans in the south, that is, the Empire. However, Aaron’s other purpose is to turn the person he serves into a demon king. In other words, it is the second coming of the 3rd Demon King.
Aaron is by no means a soft person.
Considering that Bella didn’t just lose, but lost in swordsmanship, Aaron’s fighting ability is strong enough to cause a change.
He is now trying to take over this forest.
In other words, he is my first competitor.
After hearing Vanilla’s story her her her, I understand why she asked me to save her her village her her her.
She recognized the Demon King not as an object of fear, but as a savior who could help her out of a hopeless situation.
“This way!”
Vanilla is gesturing over there.
She is now guiding us to the village of the Toin people. As a native of the indigenous people who specializes in running, she was running at a much faster speed than us.
Could it be possible to imitate that as ‘jealousy’?
“Count. Do you really want to help them?”
While I was thinking that, Blanche spoke next to me.
“If I think about it calmly, I don’t think it would be of much help even if I helped them and put them under my command.”
“Hmm.”
That’s right.
From the beginning, the first targets we had under our command were the powerful Polar Bears and the Tigers.
On the other hand, the Earth people live up to the saying that they are the weakest demons and are no different from humans and are good at nothing else than running.
Even if we save them like Blanchet said, it won’t be of much help.
The reason why I decided to help the Toin people is as follows. When I saw the devil calling me the devil and asking for help, I somehow found it difficult to throw him away. I haven’t even become the devil yet.
It’s funny, but that’s why.
So, since it was impossible to be honest with Blanchet, I decided to cover it up with my own image of the king.
“Blanchet.”
“Yes.”
“The devil I think is…” ” . I think he is someone who knows how to embrace all demons.”
“Yes?”
“There are numerous races of demons, and their values are all different. Only if you can embrace them all can you be considered worthy to become the Demon King.”
Blanchet mumbled something and opened her mouth.
“But unlike the Count, they are not human. Wouldn’t it be difficult to understand and embrace them?”
“No. “They are no different from humans.”
“Yes? There is no difference from humans…”
“Don’t humans have very different values from each other? In the end, standing above someone is a qualification that only those who understand them well can have. Whether it’s a human, a demon, or a monster… To me, they are all objects that need to be understood equally.”
When I said that, Blanche looked at me with a face as if she had been struck by lightning.
“Indeed… “I understood what you meant.”
“I’m glad you understand.”
Actually, I don’t know either.
“What is it? “What are you two talking about?”
“It’s nothing. Let’s quickly chase after the Toin people.”
Blanche quickly began to sprint past Helga, who intervened. Perhaps because she has the heart of a demonic beast, her output is extraordinary.
We also immediately followed her through the forest.
How long did it run like that?
Vanilla, who had been running far ahead, stopped in the middle of the forest.
“… ?”
However, looking at the rocks and the ground, they are having a conversation.
“Everyone come out!” “Someone has come to help us!”
Oh, come to think of it, I heard that the leadern people live by digging burrows in the ground.
When I looked closely, I saw holes under trees and rocks that looked like they could barely fit a person.
And a voice came from that hole.
“It’s okay. “There is no one who can save us.”
“Why are you saying that? Byung!?”
“We’re done now… All of the compatriots who wanted to fight were either captured or killed. The rest of us will just end up doing the same thing…”
All the voices coming from the hole were listless.
“We can’t… ” .”
“Huh… It won’t work. Probably.”
“Ha, but boom!”
“You too are hiding in the hole. Hey. Because it’s safe inside the hole…”
It’s good not to avoid or be afraid of strangers…
Listening to the conversation between the Myoin people, it was astounding.
At this point, I don’t think I’m scared, but I think I’m lazy.
Helga, who was listening, shouted.
“Hey! How long are you going to live like cowards? “I heard that there were some of our compatriots who were captured.”
“Huh… Scary woman…”
“I’m scared. “I want to live in a hole for the rest of my life.”
“No, what…”
Even Helga is shocked to be so helpless.
They seem to want to continue living as cowards. Even though it is said that their own people were hunted and taken away.
No. And they’re not some kind of hikikomori…
Vanilla, who brought us as a savior in his own right, looks like he is in a very troubled state.
‘We just talked about understanding and values and all that, but there’s nothing we can do about it…’
I looked around the forest and took a slow breath. And it ignited the ‘anger’ in my heart.
I will embrace you lazy people with ‘anger.’
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