044. The former Demon King (2)

The moment the former demon king’s transport plane arrived at Nemesis, a large-scale corps force gathered around the building where the ruler resided, creating a tense atmosphere.

Even though the former demon king is a person who cannot use [Immortality], the power of the demon god, his one-man power is still at the level of the demon king. In addition, behind his back was the general who had been playing the game in the mother castle not too long ago.

The gigantic gunnery spiders and jellyfish were able to pour down a concentrated bombardment immediately upon the command of the ruler, and the underground spider army was already crowded, ready to drag the high-ranking demons to the abyss at any time.

―My ruler, all preparations you have instructed have been completed.

There were no vacant seats in the sky or land around the place where the former Demon King’s transport plane landed due to the crowded troops.

After a while, as if a miracle of Moses had occurred, the road split between the crowded troops and a legion queen appeared.

【Bring it. If you think you’re going to do something, hit it with the Jormungandr.]

The legion queen in charge of Nemesis, Zaira, allowed the former demon king to come out of the transport ship only after summoning a huge power creature on top of her head as ordered by the ruler.

-Follow me.

The former demon king, who watched all of this, muttered bitterly as he opened the door of the transporter.

“I’ve never invaded another dimension, but they still don’t believe us.”

“This is all because of the devil and the demon of the time. Besides, it’s only natural that humans don’t remember the peace and harmony of the days of the Demon King’s reign in their lifetime.”

The former demon king and general stepped on the land of Nemesis.

* * *

The manager, who woke up after hearing the news of the sudden visit of the former demon king, looked really tired just looking at his face, perhaps because he used great power in succession.

However, the reaction he showed as soon as he heard the word ‘previous demon king’ was truly amazing.

“under… … Damn, I’m tired, so why are you waking me up? Okay, what happened again this time?”

“The former demon king or something has come.”

“… … huh? Is that guy?”

The manager jumped up from his seat and began examining the surroundings.

“Hey, why are you so scared when I’m here? What is all that spider swarm?”

“The elder, there’s nothing wrong with thoroughly preparing against the bastards called demons.”

“… … Well, that’s true, but he’s fine as long as he’s helpful to us, not a bad guy.”

“… … Yes?”

I had to doubt my ears.

“The previous demon king, he wasn’t dead yet, right? That friend is a rare good bastard among demons.”

“… … Yes?”

“It reminds me of the old days.”

“… … .”

No, a nobleman who hates demons so much that he took the loss and rewinded time one after another said something like this?

I never imagined that the word ‘kind demon’ would come out of his mouth.

“No, please explain properly.”

I knew early on that a man called the manager was a very strange person, but I couldn’t understand why this was all out of the blue.

When I looked at it with a puzzled expression, the manager started to explain about the ‘previous demon king’ while stuffing a lot of sweets into his mouth before he knew it.

“… … No, do you want me to believe that?”

“It is true.”

The explanation is roughly like this.

First, the former demon king was a ‘pacifist’ and was usually very uncooperative in the act of liberating demons. Because of this, the Great Demon King of the previous era, that is, the current Demon God, hated him for not obeying his words.

“Crazy, the Demon King is a pacifist?”

“Hey, there aren’t only bad demons in the world.”

“… … .”

Isn’t it really hard to believe that a demon king never invaded another dimension during his reign? But it was real.

Second, the previous demon king was deprived of his position by a coup d’état by the current demon king. However, the process was very spectacle.

“The apostles from another dimension were trying to play Demon King Slayer, so they came out to stop them, but they said they were robbed of an empty house. Of course, the Demon God is uncooperative with him, so he chose someone who listened to him well and sat him down.”

“… … Why did those apostles touch the pacifist demon king?”

The reason is really absurd.

“just. For no reason. Bastards who claim to be warriors and saints of some dimension are just idiots who go to fight an innocent demon lord.”

“… … .”

“I told you. Most of them are insane.”

So, the origin of this fierce war with the demon world was a party of damned warriors who made a quiet, good demon king rob an empty house.

It was a story that thanks to the insane hero, the demon king and the nobles who obeyed the demon god became the central force in the demon realm, and the dimensional liberation that had been triggered during the reign of the great demon king began once again.

“Wow, these crazy bastards.”

I frowned and asked the manager about the current situation of the people who started the incident. The damage we’ve suffered because of those bitches is really hard to calculate.

I can’t just stand by and watch the children who scratched and made a boil and made the situation worse.

“So, how is the hero who started the incident doing now? Are you sleeping well with your feet stretched out? Where are they now?”

“Oh, are they? I killed him.”

“… … .”

Oh, I forgot because the manager usually treats me on the same level as himself.

If people with filthy personalities could be ranked, this person who was chewing chocolate next to me was proudly the first nobleman among all mankind.

Thirdly, when the administrator was active as an apostle of the tower and started an expedition to the demon realm in earnest, he encountered the previous demon king a few times, but the former demon king was rather friendly to the players in the tower.

“No, why didn’t you tell me that information earlier?”

“… … I forgot.”

“under… … .”

“What are you sighing about? People might forget.”

… … Can I really trust this eccentric man?

The power of the manager was at a level that exceeded common sense, but in reality, he was the type of person who was strong but did not trust the way he handled things.

Listening to what my colleagues said, this person couldn’t properly break through the character I had, so I couldn’t properly grasp what kind of situation I was in. That’s why I bought an item to find out and sent the kids to the motherhood.

In short, managers are less influential than they think.

This fact was very easily understood by his self-destructive confession.

“… … No, is the manager a normal person? Is this a position where mistakes are tolerated?”

“Hey, you guys seem to have a bit of a misconception about administrators, but we are not omnipotent gods. The manager of each dimension is just a top player using the system created by the gods.”

The manager smiled bitterly.

“It’s just a machine that works to keep the world in balance.”

The problem is, no matter how you look at it, this person is a nobleman who is so strong that he can’t even stand the job.

―My lord, they have arrived.

While we were talking non-romantic talk with the manager, the former demon king and the general, one of the final kings of the high-ranking demons, came to our house to play.

* * *

This could not be a very rare sight that is hard to come out of a real fantasy novel.

It’s a really absurd story from the demon king who died after living a good life, but the ruined demon king laughing and asking each other’s regards with a person who acted as a hero in his childhood is something you don’t know what the situation really is.

However, that implausible scene was a reality that was happening right in front of my eyes.

“Sado, long time no see.”

“Devil. Eat and go.”

Under the manager’s instructions, Kang Jin-hyeok showed off his cooking skills properly, and the table setting was so splendid that his legs were in danger.

I never dreamed that I would live and eat at the same table as the demons. Even with the one who was the Demon King.

The former demon king inhaled the menu plastered with chicken to suit my taste, and Kang Jin-hyeok is looking at this with a very happy smile.

“This is really great food.”

“Thank you for the compliment… … .”

Kang Jin-hyeok was confused between being respectful and being half-spoken, and blurted out his words.

No matter how much the other person ate his food deliciously, he was a demon king, so he was a bit wary of showing respect.

―Jinhyuk, that is not a guest, but a demon king.

—… … .

No, but this bastard seems to have completely forgotten the ambition of his previous life to save the world by himself. To serve such delicious dishes to the demon king, it is to the point of doubting whether he has really changed his job as a chef.

Anyway, I continued to stare at the former demon king while eating. The author seems to have a good sense of humor, and even when I stared at him as if he was going to kill me, he ate very well.

“hahahaha, ruler of the Legion. You don’t have to stare so terribly.”

“… … .”

No matter how much the manager explains, I can accept this in my head, but the feelings I feel in my heart are not.

Just the fact that I was in the same space with the demons just made me feel annoyed.

“Simple your business and go home. I won’t touch you out of respect for the manager.”

“Hey, Han Ji-woo. As long as I am here, you don’t have to do that.”

“Senior, this is my house. I understand what you mean, but I don’t want to stay in the same space as demons for a long time.”

“… … .”

The manager is now intoxicated with the scent of memories from the past. Having met again a friendly existence that he had met during his active days, a situation was created to be soaked in those memories.

He was treating the former demon king as a ‘guest’. This could not have been a very risky act that the author had never thought of the possibility that he had come in hiding something.

“The ruler of the legion. Need more explanation?”

“no. You don’t have to. But just say one word.”

Of course, I can fully understand the manager’s behavior. Memories don’t have much meaning in the first place, but they feel so strangely precious.

If it weren’t for memories, there would be no reason to come back to Earth and prepare for the war against the Demon World in the first place.

However, it is difficult to forget the essential part just because the memories you have are precious.

No matter how good a memory is, if there is a possibility of losing money while being bound by it, throwing it away is the most efficient choice.

I am a memory of my previous life and a nabal if it is judged that there is no possibility of winning the war against the demon world, and I am the ‘ruler of the corps’ who even has thoughts of just withdrawing from this war.

I am saying this because I still have the judgment that I can win the war, but my thoughts are the same, but now there is no reason to protect the precious memories of people who are not of the same human origin.

“I don’t care what kind of story the old man and the former demon king have, don’t I? Please do not force me to be familiar with the author.”

“… … i get it.”

Whatever the past is, it is in the past. Compared to demons, humans rarely live with the same tendency throughout their short lives, which are almost instant.

There was a possibility that the previous demon king was not the former demon king that the manager remembered, and this is a very reasonable suspicion I can have.

Even if the author had visited with really benevolent purposes, I need not at all dispel this doubt. It sounds like someone should be nervous.

The miscellaneous thoughts took longer than I thought, but the conclusion I came to in the current situation was very simple.

The manager is my strong ally, but he is never the one to blindly trust.

“… … The landlord seems uncomfortable, so I’ll just tell you my business and leave.”

The estimate for the former Demon King has already been figured out. The author does not have the power of [immortality] bestowed by the devil, and considering that he came by transport, he is unable to use [gate] like Maria.

There is no invulnerability that can avoid [Rainbow] like the demon lord I met in the mother castle last time, and I can’t run away from Nemesis freely.

He’s in my grasp. This fact could be seen from the expression of the general, who was now very nervous next to the previous demon king.

The demon king ate all the rice very generously, but the general left most of the food in front of him, looking at me.

I have the initiative.

“Now then, let’s listen to the ‘how to neutralize the demon god’.”

At my words, the former demon king nodded and carefully took something out of his pocket and placed it on the table.

“… … THIS CRAZY!!!”

The manager who saw the item jumped up from his seat.