216 Episode 83: The Fourth Demon

The Nakayama army was positioned east of the fort on a small hill.

The distance is quite far away and the wind is monitoring the movement of the fort rather than launching a full-scale offensive.

Still, I can't feel the inertia in the movement of demons.

The standing flag flipped over to show the high morale of the general, and the movements of the soldiers moving around inside the fence were not wasted.

Whether the number reaches a thousand or not, the smaller the size of the army.With this number, the Adastera Empire, a great power, as well as the Canary Kingdom, much smaller than the Empire, can be easily mobilized.More so, it will be possible to mobilize in Ishkai city.

From this fact, we can read the approximate national power of the demonic kingdom.

Of course, it is possible that those 1,000 units are mere advance units, with dozens of times the size of the main force behind them.However, if you look at the rough demonic realm, you can easily deduce the hardship of life in this land.It is hard to imagine that the demonic kingdom has the power to form thousands or tens of thousands of armies.

Perhaps the troops on the hill will be the main forces of the demons.Of course, the general who leads it should be an important figure for the demons.

Standing on the fort barrier and observing the demons, I secretly nodded, as expected.

And he looked at Ursula, who was checking the demons the same way next door.

― ― Capture the commander of the demon army attacking the Wizard Gate and negotiate with the demon king named Azma.

When I revealed the idea to both Clyde and Ursula, I thought Clyde would oppose it anyway.

Normally speaking, it is a plan that lightens the power of the enemy too much.I can't help but think that I'm on my feet defeating Owken and the Oni Gods.

Of course, I am not using the power of demons.For example, a Kagari boy who spoke only a few words at that time.The boy felt a beat of force that was no better than Owken.Once a demon god is defeated, it will increase as much power as possible in the surrounding environment and demons who will become the next generation (or better).There is no way you can lighten the power of demons.

Still, I dared to adopt the above proposal because, in one case, by eating Behemoth, I gained more power than before.Now, even with Kagari, you must be able to fight more than each other.

For another reason, this was about Craig.

Claire is behaving calmly in front of me, but I can't imagine her scorching herself with anger over her brother.In order to help such a client, we must find Kremt as soon as possible.It makes sense to show that I did my best to find Crimut, even if the worst possible outcome of death awaited.

That's why I chose a slightly obvious way of negotiating with the King as a hostage.

However, it would be impossible to tell Ursula about it.I don't know, it's troublesome to be guessed.

Therefore, if Ursula disagrees, I thought I would defeat the "monster comparable to the fantasy species" who is trekking in the demonic world and prove my strength now.This is one of the reasons why I came to the demonic world, so I'm not going to stop by.

However, Ursula, who heard my proposal, was surprised at the beginning, but after that, she did not object in particular, and accepted our proposal in a calm manner.If I were to break into the demon army, Ursula, my companion, would be too small to be in danger, but I don't seem to care about that.

Rather, he seemed to like my idea. [M]I noticed a lot, so when I asked directly, Ursula responded as follows while scratching up her honey hair.

"Of course I don't have anything to say.No matter how strong the sky gets, I think we should act a little more carefully.But I also know that the sky is in a hurry for Claire and Crimut. "

That's why I kept telling you that you shouldn't waste your time.

Ursula said that and smiled.

Looking at that gentle smile, it is obvious that the fellow student in front of me sees my behavior excessively favorably.

Remembering the distortion in the other person's gaze, I faked the tingling of my conscience by scratching my cheeks.

Well, it's true that I'm working hard to help Berch's sister and brother.At the root of that, I'm sure you want a supplier with a homologous presence (anima), but at this point, you don't have to feel guilty, do you?

When you make an excuse in your heart like that, Ursula's voice suddenly drops a little.

"Besides, fighting demons is what I want as a Blue Forest flagman.Personally, I am avenged by my father. [M]In that sense, there's no reason to stop the sky. "

A quiet, yet profound voice shakes your ears.

Ursula's gaze at the demons was sharp, and his face was shadowed by darkness.

The voice and expression of Ursula inspired part of my memory.

I've heard Ursula say that before.It was told by Ursula herself when we were practicing together before she was still banished from the island.I suppose Ursula was talking about...

"Was it the fourth demon?Your father's vengeance. "

Ursula looked at me in surprise when she heard that.I couldn't see the shadow on the face of my fellow students who blinked their eyes.

"The sky reminded me of my story.It's been years since then. "

"No, I'm sorry, I've forgotten so far.When I saw Ursula, I remembered. "

"I see. But the fact that you remembered me means that you listened to me.I'd appreciate that.People who have heard my story usually cut off and discarded it because they don't keep it.There can't be a demon in Shuudo, let alone a fourth demon. "

The technique of shaking on loneliness had changed greatly when it seemed, but it was exactly the same as Ursula.

― ― Ursula's father, Shiko, was slaughtered over a decade ago at the Utgarza Mansion in Shudo.

He had a bad reputation for bleeding too much on his mission, but he was a famous Blue Forest flagman.Otherwise, he would not hold the position of Shiko, who would suppress the crime of the Blue Forest flagman.

When his predecessor, Sikou, was found almost unilaterally slashed, there was quite a lot of noise in the Goken family.

The location of the killing was inside Shuudo, and the person killed was resented by many flagmasters.Everyone thought the killer must be a blue forest flagman.

After all, the killer can't be found and the case is left unresolved, but the disturbing atmosphere that was around the house back then is in the minds of the children.

The fourth demon I spoke of was Ursula's witness when her father was killed.

In the middle of the night, Ursula woke up with suspicious sounds, probably stepping into the garden, where she saw her bloody and fallen father and the murderer holding a bloody sword and shuddering with pride.

But as Ursula said today, this testimony could not be shared with adults.At that time, the guards of the gate were not broken, and there were no signs of intruders entering from the outside.Besides Ursula, no one saw the demon.It would have been inevitable to conclude that the daughter, who had seen her father's body, was upset and saw a hallucination.

But Ursula didn't doubt what she saw and didn't forget.Someday, in order to avenge my father, I continued to gather information about the fourth demon, instead of marching on the path of the sword.

As I mentioned earlier, Ursula and I spent some time in school together.Practice between people with different abilities is not advantageous to Ursula anyway.Nevertheless, Ursula responded to my request to get a clue as to who killed my father.

If I were the swordsman's rightful son, I would have expected others to have information they did not know.Even if I did not know anything, I would be able to touch information that the general flagman would not be able to touch in the future if I sat on the Lord's seat.For this reason, I think there was a temptation to sell my gratitude in the meantime.

As for the latter, my position was already at stake from that time, so as for Ursula, it was probably not good and it was about the original feeling.

And here Ursula unexpectedly changed the tone and waved something away.

"Well, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It has nothing to do with me now. [M]So what do we do, empty? Are you going to attack the demons soon? "

"Ah, there's no point in keeping time.I don't mind Claire, either. "

When I called Craia, who had been silent like a shadow until then, a powerful nod came back with the feeling that it reached out to me.

Ursula continued her words as she saw it.

Well then, I guess I'll undo my outfit right now.I don't think it's necessary to explain it in the sky because it's almost the same as it used to be, but I can't even see it when it comes to fighting against each other in the enemy line. "

Ursula giggles and smiles naughtily.

And after laughing down, he revealed his homologous existence (anima) to speak quietly.

"--Blooming, Thunderflower"

At the same time as the words, Ursula's neck swelled up and a sword appeared in her hand.

It is made without any aberration.However, only the sword is brightly red.

Stunning beauty.

Speaking of the red sword, it reminds me of Crimut's heart attire, but I don't feel the intensity of the flames burning in Ursula's heart attire.On the contrary, the cold calmness is more intense.

Some people would call it the color of blood, while others would compare it to autumn leaves dyeing the wilderness, but in any case, Ursula's outfit had a beauty that disturbed the hearts of those who saw it.

Previously, Ursula referred to her outfit as the incarnation of Higashibana.A homologous being (anima) worthy of inheriting the bloody house of Utgarza.

Tsubishi flowers are plants that bloom at the time of the tsubishi shore, as their name suggests.The radially spreading red flowers are glossy and beautiful, giving a strong impression to the viewer, but the too bright red color sometimes highlights the demonic (hayashi) character over the beauty.That's probably why there are myths like sucking the blood of the dead and blooming.

This flower is often flocked in the cemetery, which may also have contributed to the ominous impression of the flowers along the shoreline.

Utgarza's house has been bleeding with the blood of many blue forest bannermen as Shikoko for generations.The murdered Ursula's father was also neglected by his peers, who caused many casualties in the performance of his duties.I can hardly imagine how the surroundings reacted when I found out that the costume that the daughter met was related to blood and the tomb.

What did I resist against Ursula, who overlays herself with her shoreline to ridicule herself?

I searched for memories and remembered what happened back then.

They contain poison, which is one of the reasons they think it's an ominous flower, but it also has the effect of keeping rats and moles away.They are often seen in cemeteries because they have a history of being planted with people's hands to protect the underground dead from such creatures.

I knew that.I don't remember if it was my mother or Goz or Cecil's brother or sister.Maybe it was Ayaka.

Regardless, they also have a role as tomb guards for the peace of the dead.It was never just an ominous flower - perhaps I encouraged Ursula with such words.

Now (now), even if we use the same origin (anima) as the tomb keeper, it is not encouraging, and Ursula would not have wanted my encouragement in the first place.I don't remember Ursula responding to any of these words.

However, at that time, I thought Ursula seemed to be upset, and I had to do something to encourage her.Even with that encouragement, I didn't leave it to my mouth.I didn't have a bad impression of Ursula's costume if I felt the beauty of the ambition.

And that impression hasn't changed yet.

What a beautiful outfit.

It was not a compliment, but a word from the heart.

Ursula smiles at this.It was a little surprisingly beautiful smile that was different from the smile I've shown you so far.

"Fufu, thank you. Now, let me show you the costume of the rumored Ghost Killer.Or do you want to stay down until you poke at the enemy formation? "

"No, I'll get it out of here.If we raise the bar here, we may be able to catch our enemies. "

Slightly slap your mouth and stick your right hand forward.

I said lightly, but in fact, if the enemy commander is Kagari, he will be joyful and courageous.When I met you before, you said you wanted to fight me.

With that in mind, I revealed my costume.

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