Evade The Hero and Flee!

Chapter 276

Chapter 276

Chapter 276

It is most fun to watch fights (1)

“Swin!”

“You’re safe!”

Heroes who looked familiar were hugging the hero and shedding tears.

It was quite an unpleasant sight to see muscular men hugging each other and bawling.

– Is it making you feel bad?

– Isn’t it touching rather than unpleasant?

– I know everything anyway.

According to what the world knows, the hero lured out the newly appeared Demon King and went missing in place of the other heroes, but the truth was different.

There is a saying that life is a comedy when seen from afar, but a tragedy when seen up close. Just like that saying, the sight of the hero who tried to run away and the other heroes who didn’t know that fact was a tragedy up close but a comedy from afar.

And of course, it was a laughably silly sight to me watching from afar.

– To those heroes it’s a touching return, but to me it looks like a deserter being dragged back.

– Hmmm..... That’s an accurate assessment.

I think I mostly make accurate assessments.

– You’re free to think whatever you want.

Based on the free will even the metal bat acknowledged, I looked at my former disciple moving around freely.

“Roughly join them.”

“I understand.”

Looking satisfied at my former disciple moving around with a face that looked like a screw was missing somewhere.

Perhaps because he had been a hero in the past, he had commanding abilities that did not seem out of place for his name, Mercenary King.

– Commanding abilities befitting my disciple. If they don’t listen, he beats them all down.

– Rules exist in society originally. For mercenaries, the rule is power.

More so than evil organizations, the mercenary world was about power.

For evil organizations, there were many things to consider, but mercenaries only worried about how much money they could earn well.

And the way to earn money well was by carrying out dangerous missions.

About 90% of those missions were solved with power, so power was authority.

– In that sense, my disciple has the qualifications to be called the Mercenary King.

In the Empire, one could become a dog or cow or Swordmaster, but compared to the world average, a Swordmaster was an overwhelmingly strong being.

There was only about one Swordmaster per kingdom, or some kingdoms had none at all, so Swordmasters were rare talents.

If the world found out that such a talent was active as a mercenary, every country on the continent would jump into a business war.

At the minimum they would offer a Count title, or if lucky, marriage to royalty as compensation.

That was how big of an asset a Swordmaster was, and to mercenaries who understood the logic of power well, they were the standard for being treated like kings!

Of course now he became a slave, no, a member to save the world, but still.

– Just say slave.

– I would never acknowledge such an outdated existence as a slave!

Still, he had been born in the age of liberal democracy.

After that the world genre changed to modern fantasy, so outdated systems like slavery were revived, but Korea itself remained the same. The Hell Joseon system was already perfect, so there was no need to create an additional slave system when there were already so many legal slaves!

– You shouldn’t call people by such an unpleasant name as slave.

– I see. When translated from master language it means treating them like a slave but not calling them a slave!

Having spied on me for so long, metal bat understood the Naran language quickly as expected. With this level, she has the qualifications to get a Naran language level 1 certificate.

– That’s not a certificate I feel happy about at all?

Then don’t.

“Thank you. Really, thank you.”

“Huh?”

While talking with the metal bat, a hero suddenly grabbed my hand and started shedding big tears.

He was a muscular male hero.

“Why so suddenly....”

I wouldn’t mind if it was a woman, but a man looking at me with such hot gazes was not a good sign...

– You still haven’t given up on marriage huh.

– Still?

While the good years have already passed, I still have the capacity to make a new mom for my daughter.

I heard that in fantasy worlds like this, age differences of 20-30 years could be covered!

“I heard that you saved the hero.”

“Thank you.”

“Hope has been regained thanks to the Sage’s efforts.”

“Uh, um...?”

I glared at the hero but he kept avoiding my gaze.

That bastard... he slacked off!!

“It’s fine. As a master and a member to save the world, it was something I obviously had to do.”

Adding that it was possible thanks to Shuttle’s help. As a result, the heroes surrounded Shuttle to convey their thanks.

While Shuttle was bewildered by the heroes suddenly rushing forth shedding hot tears, it couldn’t be helped. Being born a villain, just seeing heroes makes me feel sick.

The saint who was educated to accompany heroes would handle this better than me, a villain offspring.

People all have areas they are good at, and it is efficient to work in those areas.

– What area is it efficient for Master to work in?

– Me? Obviously...

In my fifties with magic power gone thanks to an evil god’s curse, what could such a person do when fighting monsters like Demon Kings?

Fighting? Impossible for the frail me.

“Did you forget? It was the Goddess of Benevolent and Devotion who abandoned her own divinity to seal away the evil god. No one knows the level of devotion the World Tree created as an avatar of the Goddess may demonstrate.”

It was a reasonable argument.

“So we need to consider the participation of elves from now on...”

The world was still strong after all. To think there is still this much fighting power!

“It makes me mad.”

And to think that even with this much power, they couldn’t save a single woman.

“The world really needs to be destroyed.”

I came to resent the world even more.

#2 Their Circumstances: Misconceptions of a Demon King (The Truth)

Swish, swish, swish.

The sound of something passing by was continuously heard.

It will be obvious to an experienced woodcutter. Using a high-speed saw to cut down a tree!

In spite of this, you wouldn’t know this even if you were an experienced woodcutter.

This tree represents the World Tree, an avatar of God who saved the world!

-It hurts... ... . Please stop... ... .

It was a weak voice.

A voice that you just want to protect.

Even though it was a pitiful voice that the villain had no choice but to stop what he was doing, the being that was sawing the tree did not stop.

“I have to help the prince. If we kill that Demon King, the prince will come back too!”

– That’s good, but why me... Ouch!

Thud!

A huge tree branch fell to the ground.

“Ah... the World Tree...”

“Goddess.”

The other high elves watching it from below shed tears. But they couldn’t stop the sawer either.

“The goddess said. Helping the prince is saving the world! So do your best to help!”

– I know that... Ouch!

Swish, swish.

The World Tree, who was about to speak during the brief pause of the sawing, shut its mouth again. Because the sawing started again.

“This is all for the world!”

– Ugh! Ouch!

“So please lend me your power, World Tree!”

It was in the depths of the forest where no humans or even elves could enter.

It is said that the sawing sounds stopped in the World Tree’s resting place, where only high elves could access, after a very long time had passed.

#3 Their Circumstances: Misconceptions of a Demon King (The Truth) 2

“Not here either...”

A girl frowned and looked around her.

A guard who approached her from afar hurriedly grabbed her.

“Ah, there are still people left! It’s dangerous here! The army of the evil god will arrive soon!”

The soldier was in a hurry.

The army of the evil god that even those heroes couldn’t overpower had invaded his city.

Although afraid, the soldier’s courage to evacuate others even as he knew he would die for his precious city was unmatched by any hero.

However, the problem was...

“I know. That’s why I came here... but I can’t find Instructor.”

The soldier couldn’t understand the girl’s muttering.

No, before he could understand, the sinister army of the evil god appeared.

“Damn! It’s the army of the evil god! Everyone, go up to the castle walls! We start defending!”

At the urgent call of the lord, the soldier had no choice but to let go of the girl’s hand.

“Hurry and run! You still have a chance if you escape that way!”

The soldier hurriedly ran off.

While many lords had already abandoned their territories and fled, at least this city’s lord had some conscience.

If so, he too would do his best as a soldier and die.

What the soldier witnessed was...

“When did she...?”

Clearly, the girl who was behind him was now talking with her lord.

“Wha, what is this...?”

The lord kept nodding.

Unlike how he always talked about aristocratic manners, he was deferential towards a girl much smaller than himself to an embarrassing degree. It made the soldier wonder if he was dreaming!

“Get rid of them.”

At the girl’s curt words, 30 people suddenly appeared and exuded tremendous pressure.

And after a short while.

“Huh?”

Seeing the army of the evil god, which clearly had over thousands before vanish, the soldier thought he must be dreaming for a moment.

“Long live the Karan Empire! Long live Princess! Long live Count Mirea!”

Seeing his lord shout long live in an embarrassing manner towards someone far below his status, the soldier realized this was not a dream.

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