050. Temple break (1)

“Master, I have business with the author. Please give me a moment.”

Ah, it was a situation that could have been handled in a cool way, but I lost steam for a moment and turned my head around to stare at the person holding my arm.

“Previous Demon King, what are you doing right now?”

“… … The author has important information to know. It would be difficult to kill him right away.”

“Get your hands off.”

The one who grabbed my arm fearlessly was the former Demon King.

“Information?”

“exactly. The author has very important information.”

“… … .”

When I frowned and didn’t say anything for a while, the previous demon king seemed to think that was permission and started talking calmly while looking at the captain.

“Chief of Demon Assassin, tell me the location of the sixth sacred object you hid at the request of the Demon God. Then, as a legitimate demon king, I will embrace you.”

Upon hearing the words of the previous demon king, the dangling captain’s baby’s eyes widened like a surprised rabbit.

He tried to say something, but he couldn’t speak properly because I had a strong grip on his collar.

[No, I will tell you! I’ll tell you everything I know, so please let this go!!!]

Now that I had maxed out my ESP ability, I could feel the thoughts running through his head.

―There is plenty of plausible false information. In preparation for such a time, I made enough fake holy relics. This is a golden opportunity to assassinate the previous demon king… … .

―This is a golden opportunity to hand over their inside information. Mission failure is made up for with it… … .

Ohh look at this guy

It seems that the demons have not yet noticed that I can read their thoughts freely.

If I tried my best to hide this, I might be able to hide it except for revealing a part of my surface psychology, but now that guy was openly operating the circuit that dreamed of happiness so hard that I even felt unconscious.

Yes, this is the best way to outwit the demons.

Unless there is a monster with more mental strength than me, they can’t hide any information from me.

“Ruler, first of all, the author will bind me and the general, so please release your strength.”

At the same time as the previous demon king’s words were finished, the general appeared with a legion of spider webs in both hands that could tie up even the most high-ranking demons.

Oh, these assholes.

Doesn’t the spider’s web cast a shadow?

“… … It’s embrace… … .”

Well, that’s not the point. There is no need to use that spider web. Because in the first place, I had no intention of allowing that dark-hearted demon tribe to embrace.

There was no reason to leave such a bastard with different thoughts in his limbs intact.

Of course, the previous demon king had a different idea.

“Governor, give me a chance to convince the author.”

“… … Is it persuasion?”

“I am confident. The leader of the Demon Assassins is a talent too precious to kill.”

I stared at the former demon king with my head tilted.

“Do you think that the devil, the inclusion of that baby is realistic?”

“… … You know how hard it is. But if you’re the Demon King, it’s something you have to do.”

“Oh, Gandhi is also a grown man who will cry.”

“… … Give me a chance.”

Yes, putting aside the reluctance of being a demon for a moment, it is an undeniable fact that the former demon king is a really good guy compared to demons. If the author had been born as a human king, he might have been counted as one of the greatest saints in history.

“Sick.”

“… … .”

That’s why the demon king of the previous era was beaten very hard in the back of the head thanks to that stupid idea of embracing even those who were looking for an opportunity to stab themselves in the back.

I’ve always been keeping a close eye on the mind of the previous demon king from the moment I first met him, but that kind-hearted demon was really crazy to know that he hesitated without getting rid of it even though he clearly knew that the demon king of the time was conspiring with the demon god and aiming for his place. I knew it.

Shit, it is said that if only the demon king of the time was properly captured, the current shitty situation would not have happened.

The manager was also a nobleman who was lax in other aspects except for military power, and the alliance of the former demon king was also very lax in the ideological part.

Damn, I’m the only one with a sane concept of my own in this strange alliance.

“Fuck me.”

Pyook-!!!

As if removing the lid of a soda with a bottle opener, the head of the captain was pulled out, scattering dirty demon blood.

“… … ruler!!!”

I immediately tore off the plucked head, took a canister full of Legion’s culture fluid from the system’s personal space, and inserted its brain.

This broth has the effect of supplying nutrients to the cells and forcibly promoting their growth, so once they enter, they never die until they are taken out.

“The former Demon King. Listen carefully.”

And, with my ESP abilities, I can talk quite freely, even with eardrum and mouthless pups.

“You can get enough information by keeping your brain alive.”

I turned my back as I watched the approaching legionnaires, coloring the sky and the earth black, summoned in case of emergency.

【Legion Queens, capture all the remaining Assassins and return to Nemesis.】

As I was about to return to the summoning gate, I finally saw Jeong Seong-chul, the apostle who protects this city, running towards it with a bunch of drones.

“Ah, why did that man suddenly pop out?”

The Legion has yet to clean up all the assassins hiding in Limen, but the numerous shadows created by those drones are perfect for hiding the demons.

No, what are you going to do if you get assassinated?

【Apostle, those puppies are puppies hiding in the shadows. If you don’t want to be assassinated, go back to the battleship.]

After hearing my words, the apostle was greatly embarrassed, and hurriedly clung to the drones and returned to his battleship. Fortunately, there was no sign of an assassin among those drones.

I thought, ‘Isn’t that man unaware of the information about the assassin?’ I thought. No, it’s not really, but seeing that he’s so flustered, he obviously doesn’t know the assassin’s identity at all.

I turned my head and glared at the former demon king with the meaning of ‘Did you tell that apostle nobleman the information about the assassin?’

He couldn’t hide his bewildered expression, as if he had finally realized his mistake.

I’m really excited.

“Fuck… … .”

Do I really have to trust these allies and go to war?

This is completely, it feels like I’m playing an extreme solo game with everyone on the bus.

“I can’t eat because I’m really frustrated.”

I kept wanting to get out of this damn war.

* * *

“Demon King, Jiwoo. Good job. Would you like some chocolate?”

“No, that’s not to my taste. Eat a lot, seniors.”

“Oh yeah. Thank you.”

When I returned to the room, the manager, as always, was hunched over in a soft chair, eating chocolate and other sweets.

That nobleman seems to be doing nothing too much and playing around, no matter how much the manager is not allowed to directly interfere with world affairs and moving the incarnation is a task that consumes a lot of energy.

“What are you doing?”

On a chair across the table, Kang Jin-hyeok and Maria, now recovered, were sitting side by side and watching a video together.

“I am teaching Maria to cook.”

He is also a very strange guy who is no less than a manager.

“… … Yes, teach hard. What are the leaders and wizards doing?”

“The wizard has never left the lab yet, and the leader has been on Earth for a while.”

Finally, ‘Player Han Ji-woo’, who was crouching in the corner, nodded at me.

“… … Oh, how are you?”

“Oh, yes. Are your arms okay?”

“… … Yes? Ah yes. Go, thank you.”

This is such a strange feeling.

I didn’t know why in this situation, even if I knew it, I felt like the head of a family who came back home after working hard.

“Now, let’s get to work.”

Tung-!

I put down the container with the brain on the table.

“Heeek-!!!”

The little Jiu’s expression turned pale in an instant.

* * *

The search for information was over in an instant. It was thanks to the fact that he gave me a little brain massage and opened up all the information I knew about the captain.

Thanks to this, I was able to get more detailed information about this relic, beyond just figuring out where the sixth relic was.

Also, the ESP ability is a scam.

“Former Demon King, now that we have found out the information, I think you should promise me half your stake in the holy relic.”

“… … Half of it, ruler, don’t you know it well? Gathering the power of the sacred objects is the only way to subdue the demons.”

“Damn it, most of the ‘locations of the holy things’ you said you knew were fakes made up by these bastards.”

To be honest, no matter what the previous demon king did, he wouldn’t have been able to find out the exact location of the sixth sacred object from the boss.

As a matter of fact, except for the first relic, all of the information about the location of the relic that Lee knew was the one where the trap card was activated.

“I can’t find it without me. That’s why I put up with it a lot, really, a lot to take only half of it.”

I don’t know who the hell organized this, but it seems that these sacred objects are scattered throughout the universe according to someone’s will.

The group of assassins received and hid the sixth holy relic under someone’s orders, and faked the others in addition to leaking this fact from within. Thanks to this prank, a lot of information came out from the guy called the captain.

The other genuine items were received by other guys and hidden here and there, and this is a situation that can never be found unless you are the person responsible.

One of them was in front of me now.

“Princess Demon King, tell me honestly. Are you the one who received and hid the first demon relic?”

“… … exactly.”

“Open your head. Think back to that scene.”

“No, I don’t remember at all.”

Upon checking, the words of the former demon king were true.

Lee Ja received an order to hide it while receiving a sacred object that suddenly appeared in the air, but only vaguely recalled the feeling of the scene, and the memory of the being who gave the order had been completely erased by someone touching it.

I touched the captain’s brain again just in case, but this guy also received only items and orders, but all other memories were gone.

“Fuck, what kind of bastard is this?”

I don’t know if this is some kind of treasure hunt, and I don’t know what kind of crazy bastard did it.

“Yeah, aside from that, how were you planning to find all the relics? Could it be that you believed the information that the sons of assassins made up?”

“… … I promise to give you half the stake.”

“great. I can talk a little now.”

Anyway, I’ve found the exact location of the real one, so I’ll have to eat it.

“So, what do you guys call the ‘Temple of Horus’ or something?”

The previous demon king, the general, and the administrator who was thinking about something while chewing popcorn from afar stood up at the same time.

“Ruler, did you just say the temple of Horus?”

“Damn it, demon king. It really doesn’t work there. It is a very dangerous place.”

“Hey, Han Ji-woo. Are there really holy relics there?”

Um, what is this reaction?

“Fuck, explain to me first.”

Do you know only you

* * *

This happened while the ruler of the Legion and his allies prevented the ‘disasters’ from attacking Nemesis and the Earth, and even prevented the Limen Assassin attack that followed.

This place was also attacked by disaster, and the ruler of the Legion sent some reinforcements through the [Gate] here, and Chimera, the Queen of the Legion of motherhood, delivered a report that the disaster was successfully prevented with the help of Nemesis.

The problem is that some of the ruling entities of the catastrophe survived with all activities stopped,

【… … corps.】

A bigger problem is that one of these entities has begun full-scale activity inside the massive corpse of ‘Will of the Legion’.

The Legion’s first hive mind, which had already died after being struck by an asteroid long ago, began to wriggle again due to the masses of disastrous flesh.

—… … Are you the ruler?

Motherhood Legion Queen Chimera noticed that.