Chapter 800
My name is…..secret.
I am not dumb enough to give my name easily.
Because I am even planning to rebel against the Demon King’s Kingdom.
Let’s just say that I’m a male demon.
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I had a grievance.
In the past, the Demon King’s Kingdom attacked, destroyed, and expanded to the territory of the human kingdoms as much as it could.
However, for the past dozen years or so, the front lines have been stagnant.
No, it can be said we retreated.
In the last battle, we had greatly reduced the territory of Fullheart Kingdom but then retreated as if they were abandoning the territory.
The reason for that decision, according to them, is the threat of the Elf Empire so the front lines need to be organized and logistics strengthened.
More than ten years ago, there was a food shortage, not only in the Demon King’s Kingdom but worldwide.
That’s why at that time, I even supported the decision to retreat the front line.
However, it’s different now.
The food situation in the kingdom has greatly improved over the past few years.
There is an overflowing supply of food in the frontline fortresses.
The Elf Empire, which had to be watched carefully when the front line was retreated back, has been annexed by the kingdom.
Garret Kingdom, which supports Fullheart Kingdom, is in disarray.
Now is the time to invade the human kingdoms!
That’s what I think.
Thus, I appealed to the demon king and the leadership of the Demon King’s Kingdom to make it happen.
However, they didn’t take me seriously.
Then, I have no choice but to do it.
I will defeat the demon king and become the new demon king.
Of course, I am not so conceited to think that I’m stronger than the demon king.
The demon king is strong.
I recognize that.
I am dissatisfied because he doesn’t even move even though he is recognized.
To defeat a powerful demon king like him, you can’t do it head on.
The only way is by surprise.
Then, can we surprise the demon king?
When can we even catch the demon king off guard?
When does the demon king let his guard down?
I don’t know.
That is why I will continue to watch the demon king.
Hoping for the moment when he lets his guard down.
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I’m currently in Biton Village.
It is one of the villages between the royal capital of the Demon King’s Kingdom and Shashaato City.
The only distinctive feature of the village is that it has a teleportation gate.
The population of this village is not big.
It should be around 150.
Of these 150 about 50 are my comrades.
They are the ones who agreed with my criticism of the current state of the kingdom and the demon king in the royal capital.
Yes, in the capital.
It was not the residents of the village who agreed with me but them.
They moved to this village in the midst of the commotion to build the teleportation gates.
As the organizer of these 50, I have earned the position of being one of the village’s face officers.
I am not the village chief although I can become the village chief with the recommendation of those 50.
I am not the village chief because I don’t have time to take care of a village.
No, I do work in the village and participate in village events.
Neighbor relations are important.
Since they accepted a suspicious group of around 50, we have to do our parts.
However, I have a great ambition.
The great desire to defeat the demon king and destroy the land of humans.
That is why I can’t be the village chief.
Well, it can be said that newcomers are disliked when they are outnumbered…..
By the way, there is a reason why I moved from the royal capital to this village.
It was because many of my comrades who were hiding in the backstreets were caught in the cleanup operation that suddenly started so I had to escape.
Apparently, the cleanup operation was to uncover spies and assassins from human countries.
I feel like I’ve been caught in the crossfires.
I’ll never forgive humans!
I was so angry when I remembered it that I decided to destroy them more.
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One spring day.
The demon king’s parade was marching in front of us.
We had heard in advance that there was going to be a parade and the village chief of Biton had been invited to join the parade so we were not surprised by the parade.
What surprised me was that it was smaller than I had expected.
The demon king even appeared early.
I don’t know how many people are following him because of the teleportation gate but the star of the parade must be the demon king.
Is this a careless mistake?
The number of guards is obviously small.
Can we do it now?
No, the elite royal guards are there.
And they have shields.
This must be a preparation for a surprise attack.
I thought so but I was a little confused because the troops following the demon king were armed with farming tools.
Should we do it?
Should we do it or not?
The demon king will immediately go into the teleportation gate toward the royal capital and move to the next location.
There is no time to think long and hard.
I looked at my comrades.
Among my comrades, there are those who are stronger than me.
Some of them had more experience than me.
Thus, I wanted to rely on their judgment.
…….
Areh?
Where is the one who boasted his bravery comrade?
I asked a comrade nearby.
「You know it, right? The one who boasted his bravery comrade went to Village Five to scout out the parade.」
I remember that.
Hasn’t he returned?
「He saw his old enemy, an angel, in Village Five and challenged her to a match right then and there.」
I-I see.
If that is the case, there’s no way he’ll come back alive.
Let’s dedicate a silent prayer for our fallen comrade.
………
So, where is our demon beast comrade?
He isn’t here either.
「Went to Shashaato City.」
Is he scouting the parade too?
「Something like that」
Tell me more.
「He heard that there were inferno wolves in the parade and wanted to see them……」
Idiot!
An inferno wolf is a rabid demon beast!
How can such a thing participate in a parade?
They just claimed some wolf type demon beast and claimed it as inferno wolves!
「He also said he wanted to see dragons and wyverns.」
How can dragons and wyverns be in the parade?
Those too, should be demon beasts similar to dragons and wyverns!
「That maybe the case but……he hasn’t come back yet.」
……was he caught?
Argh.
How could two of our strongest men leave?
But we still have other comrades!
What happened to unicorn cavalry comrade?
「The unicorn seems to have escaped so he’s in a lethargic state.」
……
Eh?
Escaped?
「It was around the end of winter. I heard it suddenly disappeared.」
That unicorn with broken horn, right?
「Yes. It’s a unicorn that was captured by humans and was protected and raised by unicorn cavalry comrade.」
That would make me lethargic too.
However, I hope he’ll recover somehow.
「Right」
For now, let’s put unicorn cavalry comrade aside and go to…..
Right, what happened to assassin comrade?
「Captured in Shashaato City」
In Shashaato City?
Is he on a scouting mission too?
How did you know he was captured?
「I heard that the parade was going to be delayed for a day. We went there to find out why…… I heard that when he disguised himself as a craftsman and approached a bigshot, he was caught by the guards of the Goroun Company. The person who went with him brought back that information.」
Mou……
「Also, though you haven’t asked yet, I would like to inform you that known scholar comrade was also captured. The one who captured him was the little girl of Shashaato City.」
The little girl of Shashaato City is a close aide of Governor Ifrus.
The branch office in Shashaato City was destroyed by her.
She is an opponent you should never underestimate along with Governor Ifrus.
However, known scholar comrade should have known the danger of that little girl.
How can he be caught so easily?
「According to those who were with him, he was absorbed in watching the public experiments that were taking place in Shashaato City…..」
Ah, that guy loves experiments and stuff.
He even said he wanted to get into Ifrus School somehow.
But, oh well.
…….
The timing is so bad.
I guess I can only let the demon king go this time.
When I decided to do so, the demon king had already gone through the teleportation gate but I didn’t care.
Yeah, there’s still a chance.
「A, ah, ahh, ano, co-comrade.」
What’s up?
「T-the-there……」
There?
What my comrade is looking at is the gate that leads toward Shashaato City.
What about it……
Countless of inferno wolf-like creatures were pouring in from the teleportation gate.
…………………
I know a real one when I see it.
Yeah, those are genuine inferno wolves.
A creature that can destroy a city alone.
And countless of them are……
That’s more than the total number of demons living in this village, right?
Hahahaha
And with such power, they can invade and destroy the human lands anytime they want.
We don’t need to worry about the human countries.
So that’s how it is.
I see.
As expected of the demon king.
I fainted while thinking that.
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Omake
The unicorn cavalryman, who woke up from his stupor, could not take his eyes off one of the unicorns pulling a magnificent chariot.
That unicorn……is my unicorn.
It has a horn but I can’t be mistaken.
He’s looking at me, waving his horn happily.
I see……
Your horn is healed.
That’s great.
I’m really happy for you.
And I also understood that it would never come back to me again.
Unicorns with healed horns don’t stay in one place.
My unicorn cavalryman days are over.
That night, the unicorn cavalryman drank up the fine sake he had hidden in his room.
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A few days later, the unicorn returned.
It has an expression as if saying, “Please take care of me again”.
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Progress of the parade.
Currently, the main group is proceeding from Shashaato City to the royal capital.
The wyverns are waiting in the royal capital ahead of the parade.
The dragons are waiting in Doraim’s nest.
TN: Don’t forget to take quiz 8.