Chapter 12 - Pay

“Are you crazy?”

Ed’s thoughts came out unconsciously. He thought his straightforward personality had died down a lot, but now his thoughts just popped up. Sona smiled awkwardly and said.

“This is the king’s will, so there will be no consequences.”

Ed put the Salamander’s sword on the table and stood up.

“Next time, bring in a request that makes more common sense.”

Sona grabbed him by the wrist. Ed looked down at Sona, unable to hide his bewildered look at the wrist grip he had seen in the drama. She said with a crying look on her face.

“Think of the demon becoming a king. What’s the world gonna be like?”

It must be an intermediate demon if it’s in human form. It must be a difficult enemy to catch at Ed’s level now. He had a hard time catching Creatine, but it is also a problem for those who stand by him if he is in the prince’s body. There is a sign that Ed is demeaning the knights, but the ability of the Royal Guard to protect the royal family was already confirmed in Demon Age 1. It was not known whether the demon killed the prince and played the role of a prince or whether the demon was possessed by the prince’s body. But he could tell one thing. He woke up asking if she was crazy because he thought it would be dangerous instinctively, but at this level, it is like the main quest. That’s why he thought about it. Will he be good enough to get on the main quest? His equipment has been upgraded, but he doesn’t think his level is enough yet. While thinking about it, Sona quickly came in to see if she had a chance.

“If the Salamander’s sword succeeds, 100 golds will be paid!”

In fact, no amount of money is enough. Ed sighed for a moment and sat down again to take the salamander’s sword. Then he spoke calmly.

“On top of that, I want one more piece of artifact-grade equipment.”

There is certainly a reason why Akalan is commissioning. If so, he wanted to get everything he could. Sona agonized for a moment when Ed shouted again. This incident was a major event, but Akalan could not step down. As the king decided, it was already a ground task for them. Money or artifacts were not the problems. No matter how big the will of the king is, it was about killing his own son. So in Akalan, we are putting off each other. Sona, of course, would have refused if she had the choice. But since she was the youngest of the team leaders, she couldn’t say no. Although there is no danger of Akalan’s royal command post, the one who kills the prince does not survive. Knowing that this must be left to outsiders. At the same time, there should be no larger problems for them.

“All right.” “You’re moving with me, aren’t you?” “Let’s do this together.” “Then give me the gear on the way. I have no choice but to get paid in advance.”

There are no people who would like to be paid in advance. But for Akalan, it is more difficult to flee after eating their things than to escape from the black dealer. Knowing that Sona didn’t say no.

“And where’s your goal?” “The Kingdom of Dalia.” “Huh?”

The kingdom of Dalia was the kingdom where Ed used to be. Ed’s body was discovered a year ago on the last front of the kingdom of Dalia, and the kingdom was annexed to the kingdom of Travia. Of course, so far, the nobles of the Kingdom of Dalia were raiding and resisting the forces of the Kingdom of Travia. As such, it was a place to watch out for people rather than demons.

“Wait, so does that mean we’re after prince Cliff?”

Sona winked and said playfully.

“Correct!”

‘Do I really need to kill him?’ Prince Cliff is the hero of the kingdom that annexed the Kingdom of Dalia a year ago. They say that he was probably sent out to die, but advanced to the capital of the kingdom of Dalia and occupied it. Some commented that it was unbelievable, but he took a step closer to the throne as he made such a great contribution. He knew in an atmosphere that the orthodox aristocrats said they should hand over the throne to the prince and the emerging aristocrats who said they should hand it over to the prince who contributed. But the king wants to kill this prince?

“Are you even sure he’s really a demon?” “I’ve already confirmed that.”

Sona looked back at Ed and nodded. He can see what the situation is all about. The occupation forces of other countries may be on high alert, but when they kill him, they can put a damper on the remaining forces of the kingdom of Dalia. The problem is oneself. What will happen to Akalan after he’s done with this? ‘Should I betray them?’ He cannot ignore the possibility of that, so he intends to get paid in advance. And even if it’s Akalan, he’ll bleed pretty hard if he tries to catch himself. He didn’t want to die. He didn’t think the demon would lose against humans. And one’s reputation exerts power at times like this. Astron, the God of perforation, values himself, so he can’t kill him recklessly. That’s good enough.

“He’ll be hard to assassinate.” “We’ll make the opportunity for you.”

Prince Cliff is already dead if the king has confirmed his will and Akalan planned the operation. The king just needed the perfect knife to kill him. Indeed, seeing that he has done such a thing, the story of Prince Cliff being the demon was also encouraging.

“If he’s not the demon, I won’t kill him.”

Finally, he decided to take charge of the request, leaving an excuse to back out.

It is a considerable distance to the capital of the Kingdom of Dalia. It takes a month if riding a horse. But Akalan was already ready. Ed started practicing using an ice bow on the way by boat because he was able to move comfortably by setting up a speedboat to use the Ain River. Akalan isn’t trying to kill Ed right now. They hired him to be used as a knife to kill the prince. So he could practice as much as he could on the speedboat. With the power of magic, 20 arrows with cold air. However, if the cold air was raised to the limit, only one shot could be fired. One-shot like that created a 20-meter radius of ice in the river. Sona was amazed at the sight.

“Do you know what the ice bow is made of?” “Do I need to know?”

When Ed asked back, Sona was speechless for a while. But he soon regained his pace and explained with a smile.

“The bow of the ice is made of the horns of the beast Kelpecia.” “Ah!”

The beast Kelpecia was also a strong beast on a non-evil subject, almost field boss level even in demon’s Age 1. He was very picky as a cold-air breath, but his heart was needed to make weapons of cold-air properties. He remembers using the weapon that he made to the last minute. No wonder it was expensive. He could shoot an arrow of ice because it was made out of the beast’s horn.

“But why?” “But even among the previous owners of the Freezing Bow, I’ve never seen one use it as strongly as you. I’ll believe it even if it’s almost an occultist’s mystery.”

Ed smiled bitterly at the words. As the character is a Ranger, he focused on agility and stamina, but he changed his mind after getting a bow of ice. Realizing that he could not fight properly without investing in magic power, he invested in magic power for the reward of the level-up that rose this time. Thanks to that, he had more mana than before. He wouldn’t have been able to pull off this much power before, and he couldn’t shoot this much. Status and power allowed him to enter Extra’s body and become nicknamed the Demon Hunter. He didn’t use magic power to the bottom when practicing. Ed shouldn’t show Akalan any of his powers. Under any circumstances, he had to hide his ability so that we can prepare for any contingency.

The place moved to the lower reaches of the Ain River was the city of Santon in the south of the Kingdom of Travia. It takes a day to get to the kingdom of Dalia from here and a week to get to the capital. The travel time could be cut by more than half.

“Let’s rest here today and leave tomorrow.” “At least you have a conscience.”

They spent a week on the river by boat. When they got off the dock for the first time in a while, he was so sick that he got land sickness.

“I’ve got a room. Let’s go.” “Separate rooms, right?”

Sona smiled with her eyes.

“Oh, man. How long have we been together? Of course…….”

Sona, who received Ed’s cool gaze, inflated her cheeks and replied.

“···I booked 2 rooms separately.”

After spending a week with Sona on a narrow speedboat, they became quite close. That’s why they could exchange jokes like this. The inn in the city was cleaner than he thought. Ed threw himself into bed and closed his eyes. He heard a knock while he was sleeping. When he opened the door, Sona stood. Sona was waving a bottle of liquor in her right hand, hiding her left hand behind her.

How about a drink? “In the room?” “Yes.”

He opened the door because he didn’t think anything would happen in one room. When he let her inside, she held out her left hand that she was hiding.

“Take this.”

What Sona handed over was an arrow barrel. He didn’t think he needed another barrel house because there was an infinite arrow barrel, but when he looked at it, Sona already sat on the chair and opened the bottle, and said.

“The artifact that got for you.” “An artifact?”

When she looked at Ed’s arrow house, Sona poured alcohol into the tin cup and said casually.

“It’s a pair with your ice arrows.”

Ed sat across from her and looked at the arrow barrel. There seemed to be nothing special.

“If you put an arrow in that arrow barrel, it creates a chill in the arrowhead. It doesn’t matter what type of arrow. I heard that if you put it in for a long time, it will strengthen its power. It has nothing to do with the user’s magic, so if you freeze it in the arrow barrel and shoot it with an ice bow, the power doubles.” “Oh, my God.”

This was a surprise. A sufficient arrowhead to assist the bow of the ice. In addition, since it means that users charge cold air instead of needing magic, the power seemed to increase for sure.

“But it only takes ten shots, so I can only use it as a supporting arrow barrel. Is this good enough for your pay?” “It’s good enough.”

He can use it in conjunction with the infinite arrow barrel. It was necessary to check how long it took to charge the cold air, but its power was expected when linked to the bow of the ice. Ten arrows were taken out of the infinite arrow barrel, put in the new arrow barrel, and held the glass that Sona poured. She said, bumping into a glass of alcohol.

“You can’t fail this time.”

Ed stared at Sona at the words. For her, the eyes seemed to be as serious as life depended on it.

“If he’s evil, I’ll kill him.”

As Ed drew the line to the end, Sona smiled and lightly hit the glass. The hot one was a hard liquor, but the bottle quickly bottomed out as he held on to the glass without any snacks. Ed’s high physical strength level also made him drunk enough. And Sona, who had emptied him to drink with her, was already hitting her head on the table. Ed sighed and picked her up, and moved her to bed. She grabbed Ed by the wrist as she tried to get up. Looking down at Ed, she was smiling with her eyes slightly loosened. The flirting pressed her forehead down with her index finger and fell asleep, floundering. Ed looked down at her like that. There was one thing he was paying attention to after coming to this world. He was careful about giving affection to people because he thought he had to leave this place at any time and return. Leaving her asleep beside him, Ed pulled out his daggers and began cleaning them. The night has gone by like that.