CH 80

Chapter 80 – And Then, Put Restraints On Him

Pale and trembling, the white-bearded man looks desperately to escape the scene. This rocky place was a place where he could not even move except by teleportation. There was no way he could escape.

“The conversation is reversed, but let me ask you your name first.”

“Eh.”

“Name. You are to deliver a message from the Demon King to the Emperor. If I don’t know your name, I can’t even talk to you.”

“…Imperial Army, Holy Mage Corps, Marquis Yechimir Lukachev.”

Hmm, he’s a big shot, eh? Well then, let’s cut to the chase.

“Are you the one who commanded the summons from the other world?”

The man, who no longer has the means of resistance or military backing, is rigid and speechless. He may or may not have been the mastermind from his reaction, but he was involved.

“By order of His Majesty the Emperor…”

“I’m asking if you were in command.”

“T-that’s the mages under the head of the mage corps. I am in charge of the… supply of magic.”

“…Hmm. I wonder if you managed the sacrifices.”

His eyes widen as he gasps for breath. He can no longer afford to mend or think in full. He summons a few rare beings in the country. There is no way this can be accomplished with just a few magic circles and magic powers. It was probably achieved by sacrificing a lot of people. I don’t know the specific method, and even if I did, I probably wouldn’t be able to bring them back anymore.

“If you were involved, I’ll have to kill you. You took my people.”

Following my line of sight, the white-bearded man finally seemed to recognize Rinko’s presence.

His face went into a strangely contorted weepy smile as if he were surprised or bewildered. I don’t know why.

“T-that’s s-some kind of mistake! That girl is a no good, useless… zhuyuu!”

I took a machete and cut off Lukachev’s ear.

“Aaaaahhhh!”

“Only answer what you’re asked.”

I mean, you can’t just kidnap someone and call them useless and worthless, can you? The people in the kingdom who tried to kill me were pretty much the same, but I guess they’re not all the same either.

“They have power, knowledge, technology, and human resources. They are useless to the incompetent who don’t know what they are and how to use them. So I’m just going to ask you to give them back. Take off that ugly collar.”

“…B-but that’s aaaaahhhhh!”

He started messing around, so I cut off his other ear. For goodness sake, I’m losing my mental edge too. If it weren’t for Rinko’s head being blown off, I’d be tempted to just kill him.

“Take it off.”

Lukachev hurriedly begins to chant some kind of incantation. In case he showed any harm, Myrril-san was ready to shoot him, but the collar broke loose and fell off Rinko’s neck as if it were disintegrating into small pieces. I looked at her and received a nod as if there was no problem.

“This, so… can you forgive me, please? …Please, please… have mercy…”

Lukachev, trembling and bleeding from his right hand and both ears, fell flat before me. I left him alone, and he began to twitch uncontrollably. I thought he was dying, but Myrril-san shook her head in a daze. Apparently, it turns out that he is crying.

Was the big man really that scared?

I grabbed him by the scruff of his neck, jumped with teleportation, and threw the useless old man out into the Imperial Army’s casualty zone.

Many of the wounded who had been rolled to the side of the road had been turned into death by the IED explosions.

I look down with disinterested eyes at Lukachev, who is moaning as he is rolled on top of a pile of corpses and pieces of flesh.

“Tell this to the Emperor. If he does not turn against us, we shall not attack him. Neither the kingdom, nor the empire, nor the tribal unions, nor any of the others. However, we will show no mercy to those who try to lay their hands on the Demons or the Demon Territory.”

“…A-au… Ah”

“I hope we never see each other again.”

I guess it can’t be that way. Knowing that, I also walked away from the scene, unable to kill the last one, even though I produced a lot of dead bodies.