A topic that really didn’t go well with the delicacies in front of me jumped out and stuttered for a while, but that didn’t change anything. The one standing in our way now was a dragon.
It is also a racist dragon with a very strong propensity to discriminate against demons.
Still, I thought that I hadn’t spent enough time watching quite a few things in my life until now... Without fail, something interesting pops up from an unexpected place and makes it so that there is no time to get bored.
“Are you saying that dragons attack by dividing races?”
“That’s correct. Of course, we’re not safe from that tyrant, but it feels like we don’t have to face each other. But demons are different. When demons come within a certain range, they notice them like ghosts and hunt them.”
No one knows how long they lived like that, but Warchief Redel explained that the demons were polar enough to establish themselves as the reason for not causing any conflict with the beasts over this land.
It didn’t even catch and eat it. Unless all dragons are like that, it was clear that even if he went mad, he was very firmly insane.
“That’s why you prevented them from entering outside the barrier.”
“That’s right. In fact, what reason could there be to deny access to the land inhabited by people? The sacred land that enshrines the ancestors is located deep inside, so there are few outsiders to set foot on anyway. He did.”
The place where the people of the church were staying now was a kind of Maginot Line. The more you go inside, the more exponentially the risk of being noticed by the dragon called the King of Wind increases, and when you are discovered, a massacre takes place.
“But... isn’t it known that access to the outside world was blocked due to the unilateral request of the beastmen? It’s sacred land, so don’t approach it.”
“Because that was the condition of the deal. As expected, the reason is unknown, but since ancient times, the power of the demons did not want this fact to be known externally. Regardless of right or wrong, this land has important meaning and value to us. Since it’s a place, I was just satisfied with the fact that I could completely get away from useless conflicts by complying with that level of demand.”
Did he feel that even the act of bargaining was an insult to his values? It wasn’t an accident that was easily understood, but there was no room for me to argue, so I just nodded my head.
Apart from that, a new question arose. Isn’t it too easy to tell for a long-held secret?
“You look like you’re wondering why he’s telling you this.”
“...you’re right.”
To read my expression full of questions, I can’t read the expressions of the prisoners properly, but he’s a great warchief.
“It’s a matter of course, but we also have heroes. I don’t know what it is because there’s no revelation right now, but anyway, the heroes in the past have always devoted themselves to their clan. We also did our best to support them.”
The meaning of the unexpected warrior story was clear.
“You seem to have talked a lot with Carl Kansi.”
I wouldn’t have harmed the same beastmen, but it still caught me not showing up, so I looked around and said it, and Redel reacted with a laugh.
“I didn’t mean to dig behind you, but I needed to know what was going on. Oh, he’s gone at another footprint to help us out for a while.”
Redel, who drank while chewing the meat that had been cut open to the bone, held out his glass to me first and continued his conversation this time.
“Anyway, I think it was only natural since he was a hero who was ordained by God. Under the premise that an unqualified person does not become a hero due to some mistake. However, the current demon spirit is not like that at all.”
A bizarre situation where the Demonic Church is persecuted, tens of thousands of people move to get help from the Humans, and even the hero comes out among the Humans, not the Demons.
When he sighed and shrugged his shoulders as he answered, Redel widened his eyes and slammed his knee with a big smile.
“It’s a good attitude to take responsibility for your choices. Still, it’s not like you can’t greet a dragon while tired from a long trip. I hope you get enough rest.”
It was so true that I couldn’t refuse. It’s arrogance to not do everything in a situation where you might face a dragon in name.
After making up his mind to enjoy the convenience provided by the warchief as much as possible, he politely bowed his head and expressed his gratitude.
“Thank you for your consideration. Can I ask you one more question before that?”
“Sure. Do you have any questions?”
“How does he classify the demons? From what you’ve said, it doesn’t seem like he’s scouting for demons every time.”
It’s not like they’re monitoring 24 hours a day from a high place, and it’s not like they’re born demon hunters equipped with demon sensors, so how can they find them?
From the moment he heard that the closer he got to the inside, the more likely he was to be found, and when he said something he had been curious about, Redel waved his hand and replied as if it was nothing.
“Isn’t magic the point of contact between the dragon and the demons? We believe that he captures and moves the magic possessed by the demons. Looking at past records, it seems that the demons also roughly judged that way.”
It wasn’t his fault, but this time it was Redel who made a big deal seem small.
horsepower?
“shit.”
“Hmm? Something’s wrong...”
-......Rollarala!
It was not new that a roar could be heard from far away.
This is no one’s fault. Redel had no choice but to predict that the human race would have magical powers, and I could not have predicted that the hunt would begin for that reason.
However, it was also a situation where it was clear that if the prisoners here were harmed, I would feel really fucking guilty.
Leaving behind the panicked Redel, I jumped out of the seat and jumped out.
“It’s the Wind King! The Wind King has appeared!”
“Warriors! Raise your arms!”
While the bewildered prisoners moved hurriedly.
The existence flapping its huge wings from the sky opposite to where I came from was definitely a dragon.
“I’ll turn, really.”
It was such a dragon that one could naturally guess that it would be big enough to be incomparable to the dragons of the academy even though it was far away.