Evade The Hero and Flee!

Chapter 190

Chapter 190

< Evade the Hero and Flee! 190 #22. Well, this is merely the beginning (5) >

I climbed down the temples entrance in airy steps and walked on the road. Soldiers tried to accompany me as my escort, but I used a light little wave of my hand to stop them, only permitting two priests to come with me.

It is my honour to serve you, sire.

Where would you like to go, sire?

I pointed at Ria while replying to the priests. My disciple knows the way. Let us simply follow her guidance.

Ria also left the temple to show me the way.

The two priests nodded and silently stepped back, then began following me.

Kuwaaaaahk!

A familiar scream could be heard. It seemed that we had already reached our destination.

D-Dont kill me

And soon, we were treated to the sight of the hero crawling on the ground.

Aaaaahng? You know me so well, yet you still dare say that! This big sister never killed anyone, Ill have you know!

Next up, we saw the entrance of the metal bat snickering away right behind him.

No, I Just kill me. Kkuwaaaahk!

My entourage and I watched the hero crawl around and cry out in despair. A little while later, Belegrea silently spectating the carnage from some distance away walked up to me.

Is this to your satisfaction, sire?

After I became the demon king, Belegreas attitude underwent a complete transformation. Wanting to test her loyalty, I assigned her the role of monitoring the hero and Ria. And what do you know, she successfully handled the task.

Yes. Well done. I shall also rely on your help in the future.

Belegrea wordlessly bowed slightly at my reply and went back.

Since I also had nothing to say to her, I shifted my attention to the metal bat currently mounting the downed hero for a good ol ground-and-pound.

C-can I go now, too?

Yes, you may go. Good work. Our itinerary for today is complete, anyway. You should try to get some rest.

Y-yes

Ria, who could legitimately be viewed as the MVP in apprehending the hero alive, sneakily slunk away from here, too. It seemed that her mental trauma was reactivated after witnessing the metal bat beating up the hero while making the familiar toushi, toushi noises.

Oh, and dont try to escape, Ria.

O-of course!

Rias complexion paled in an instant as she quickly fled from the scene. She was acting like someone was chasing her down. Of course, she was still one of my disciples. Thats why I didnt forget to signal Belegrea to silently monitor that girl.

Belegrea managed to stop the hero, so it should be a cinch for her to stop Ria.

Still, that was too close for comfort, wasnt it?

Since the image of the hero wielding his sword was so strong in my head, I ended up unconsciously forgetting that I did teach him how to cast magic.

Honestly, if it hadnt been for Ria, this situation might have turned into a very dicey one for us.

I dunno who raised her, but she sure has been raised well. Shes quite commendable, indeed!

Ria managed to detect the flow of the heros magic energy even from so far away, then quickly analysed the nature of the magic spell and determined that he was trying to use short-distance Warp.

And what can I say about her talent in magic that allowed her to not only predict where the hero would warp to, but also send the metal bat there in time? Sure, the metal bat was not a living entity, but still!

Most important of all, all these happened in only ten seconds after an enticing reward of one exemption from the metal bats beating was dangled in front of her face!

Kuwaaahk!

Thanks to this excellent disciple of mine, we were able to prevent a naughty disciple from making an ill-advised getaway. People finding out that Im over here would be a bit troubling. No, make that very dangerous.

Even if this was the demon continent, the Imperial Princess was fully capable of forming something like the human alliance to invade as long as she had confirmation of my location.

He must be kicking himself, then.

I could more or less guess what the hero mustve been thinking to himself. He probably believed that this would be his final chance at escaping. And thats why he immediately took action.

As a professional escape artist, I had to admit that his decisiveness was quite admirable. Too bad, not trusting his comrade stuck in the same situation as him, Ria, became the massive stumbling block he couldnt overcome.

Any other normal people would have tried to win Ria over to their cause first. For one, she was a direct descendent of the House Nermia, one of the top magic-user families in the empire. Two, she was also one of the top students in Marsis, widely acknowledged as the best school for magic in the empire.

Oh, wait. Ria supposedly dropped out of Marsis after the school lost in the imperial tournament or something, didnt she? Even if that was the case, she later became the student council president of the number one academy in the continent, Yugrasia, anyway. Instead of falling lower, her stock has gone up even higher.

In any case! No matter who it was, they would have to admit that Ria was one of the top talents out there. A kind of comrade who could help you become more fearless as long as she was by your side!

But to the idiot hero, she wasnt one of the strongest magic users in the world. No, she was actually a comrade who was there to experience the worst part of his life together with him. They have been backstabbing each other since their young age, and thats why in the heros head, she became an enemy that could betray him at any given moment.

Faith. Trust. Such things were a necessary virtue for a hero. But I made sure to separate and dispose of such concepts from his head a long time ago.

I, Im sor Kuweck!

I frowned a little when the hero cried out pitifully and collapsed. If this had been a normal day, sure, I wouldve been just fine. But after becoming the demon king, I had to witness similar scenes as this one play out all day long thanks to the long queue of the demon race folks wanting to get beaten up. Crazy bastards, even asking for numbered tickets just so that they could get beaten up!

As I thought, it was time to use the authority of the demon king before things get even more tedious!

You two. Once its over, bring that guy to me.

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As expected of the demon kings authority. The power of this position!

If this was any other time, I wouldve had no choice but to wait until the metal bat was done with her violence before picking up the heros carcass. But now, I didnt even need to raise a finger. I could just order the faithful priests of the Demon Gods temple to deal with it.

Thats because I was the proxy of their beloved Demon God! One command from me, their master, and they would have to throw away their lives!

I muttered. It seems that the granting of mercy will have to stop for today.

Our great and noble Demon God has spoken thus: if you willingly take your own life, she shall pardon all your sins.

Oh, Aggreahrt, you foolish one!

You now have two choices. One, follow the great and noble Demon Gods command and willingly take your life while shedding the tears of repentance. Alternatively, you can choose to reject and deny me for the sake of fulfilling your ambition.

And that is for you to label me a false demon king, a conman merely using the name of our great and noble Demon God.

Now, choose.

Will you believe in our Demon God and follow her command? Or will you start a new civil war among the demon race just to satisfy your ambition?

Whichever you choose to do, I swear in the name of our Demon God that I shall calmly accept your choice. That is the will of our great and noble Demon God, after all. This is also my duty as the servant of the Demon Gods will.

But the moment you suspect the sincerity of my declaration, I swear to attack you without mercy.

From the servant of our Demon God, Marcus.>

Death.

This was supposed to be the will of the new demon king who received the Demon Gods oracle.

Is this demon really Is he really the new demon king who received the Demon Gods trust?

The servant of our great and noble Demo God, the new demon king Marcus went through the Demon Gods Blessing ceremony and emerged unscathed. And he even personally showed us the Demon Gods grace and mercy. He let us experience this otherworldly pain to wake us from our foolish ways, yet our bodies were left with not a single scar or an injury!

The priest explained passionately as spittle flew out of his mouth. I could only groan under my breath while listening to this nonsense.

This was the absolute worst.

It didnt matter at this point whether that new demon king was really chosen by the Demon God or not. I had no doubt in my mind that these priests would do exactly as that new demon king tells them.

Have I been wrong all this time?

Yes, Sir Aggreahrt.

I closed my eyes.

Have I really been walking on the wrong path until now? Are you saying that this path was not what the Demon God wanted from me?

-No, youre not wrong! That punk is the fake one!

Kuh-huk

A painful moan leaked out of my lips. Thats because a voice filled with an overwhelming level of willpower slammed straight into my brain just then.

If this was any other time, I wouldve believed that the voice of our great, noble Demon God had finally reached me, but things were different now.

Was this voice really that of our Demon God? Or maybe it was just an imaginary voice created by the ugly part of my heart. Such suspicion bubbled up in my head.

-No, wait! You gotta believe me! That punk is a fraud! And that letter is a fake, too! You mustnt kill yourself! Stay strong, Aggreahrt! My dear servant!

Kuh-wuk!

Was this really the Demon Gods voice?

But Why was her voice reaching me only now, even though Ive been desperately searching for her guidance all this time?

-Im really sorry about that! I promise to speak to you more often from now on! Thats why you must stop those abominable bastards no matter what!

The voice slamming into my head once more almost made me faint on the spot. However, this powerful, unrelenting thought grabbed hold of my consciousness, not letting go. It said, I must follow her. I must do as the voice says.

Was it really the Demon Gods will? Or a liars voice created by my feeble heart facing down my imminent demise?

-Argh, Im telling you, Im the real deal!

The voice entering my head was gradually losing its dignity. Nevertheless, I still picked up on this unquantifiable sense of desperation from it.

-Just try to hold on for a little while longer. Ill select the real apostle and send them to your side soon!

That voice sounded way too desperate to belong to a deity. But it was still enough to make me say that I shall not recognise the new demon king to the priest delivering the letter. Even though this new demon king successfully survived the Demon Gods Blessing!

I do not acknowledge this demon as our new king.

I immediately regretted saying that, but it was too late by then.

Such foolishness, Sir Aggreahrt

The priest tutted briefly before leaving my office. For a moment there, I seriously debated on whether to stop the priest or not, but the milk had been spilt already.

Nothing would change even if I stopped the priest now.

Which means its really a civil war.

A war that would become more disadvantageous for me the longer it drags on.

From the remnants of Belegreas faction that I havent taken care of yet to the alliance of the temples centring around the Demon Gods temple, and finally, all the citizens that believed the Demon God

The longer this war drags on, and the more rumours make their rounds among the populace, itll become progressively harder for me to win.

In my estimation, I probably have only about a month. But it also meant that, as long as I kill the one called Marcus within a month, I should gain an opportunity for myself, too!

All chieftains, listen to me!

There was no time to waste. I needed to contact the chieftains through the communication magic tool to inform them of the start of the civil war.

From this moment on, we shall unite to punish the swindler Marcus, who claims to be our new demon king!

The moment I finished declaring the start of the war!

KA-BOOOOOM!!!

The demon kings castle I was in blew up.

[1]: Whew, wow. Two references here, one fairly well known and one very obscure. The first one, 3 Sunbun/, refers to an infamous pro Starcraft match between Lim Yo-hwan aka SlayerS_`BoxeR` and Hong Jin-ho aka [NC]YellOw that took place on November 12th, 2004. Its an abbreviation of three sets of continuous bunkering.

The second term, 3 stacks of boulders/ is As far as I can tell, it originated from a Twitch stream of a Korean Dark Souls player who got repeatedly punted around by a series of boulders on a staircase of a dungeon. Dont ask me which game, cuz Ive never played a Souls game before. But, watching the streamer flail about helplessly, trying to navigate through the staircase, was hilarious.