Episode 88
“…Who cares?”
“Yes that’s right.”
The village chief lowered his head and spoke to someone standing above him.
The opponent was sitting in a chair with his chin resting.
Both eyes were covered by eye patches with eye-shaped patterns.
“This seems to be a tourist who visited the village this time, but it looks suspicious.”
“Keep talking.”
“He looked like he was from the Catholic Church.”
“…Church country?”
The man wearing an eyepatch was silent for a moment, as if lost in thought.
Then, after a while, he opened his mouth.
“Did you ask about Draculion?”
“That’s right. Besides, as you said, I felt something bright…”
“Hmm.”
Tapping the armrest, the man frowned.
‘Did something go wrong?’
The village chief muttered to himself in a cold sweat. The man came here 10 years ago.
When Draculion’s disaster struck the entire territory and the territory was in chaos, a man appeared like a morning star.
He quickly cleared up the confusion.
The words he spoke had a very mysterious power, and people were naturally drawn to his words.
I don’t know if he was simply ahead of the horse, but he really even solved the village’s problems.
Food and security issues.
It’s a really surprisingly simple solution. The village chief swore to follow the man’s words unconditionally from then on.
The village chief was originally a lower-class life wandering the back alleys.
After I caught the eye of a man, everything changed.
As the village chief, he earned the respect of the villagers and lived a leisurely and peaceful life.
Benefactor.
yes it’s a benefactor
To the village chief, this man could be said to be a great man to be loyal to for the rest of his life.
then the man said
“Heh heh, don’t worry. Not a big deal. Aren’t we enshrining evil beings?”
“That’s right.”
“We are victims. Those who have not been accepted anywhere. It’s just to make a living.”
“But if it’s really a religion, it might mean something went wrong on the other side of the barrier…”
“It’s not that kind of problem. Don’t worry.”
The man smiled as if there was nothing to worry about.
The pattern of the man’s eye patch seemed to shimmer.
Then, miraculously, the village chief felt his faith rise.
After thinking about it for sure, I don’t think there’s anything to worry about.
“All right.”
Well, could this person do bad things to themselves?
“If there are residents who are anxious, read them carefully and calm them down. We’re not doing anything wrong, we’re doing it.”
“Yes, it is.”
The village chief nodded with a sincere expression and left the room.
A man so alone.
After a while, the mild atmosphere from before had completely changed.
“It’s bothering me.”
A ruthless voice.
He gnashed his teeth and muttered.
“Did you smell it in the church? There couldn’t be anything wrong with those two twins.”
He also acknowledged that the twins were not to his liking, but were quite capable.
But just in case.
Really, if someone was dispatched here after smelling the smell from the church, I had to stop it.
‘Should I kill him?’
It should be treated as a disappearance.
There are only a few years left, so if you hide it well until then, you will be able to pass safely.
But why.
It didn’t appeal to me very much.
Should I call it instinct?
“…first.”
Let’s take a closer look at the new visitor.
Thinking so, I got up.
But that’s scary.
jump!
“Oh old man!”
The village chief, who had just left, jumped in with a white face.
The man frowned and said.
“Surely I told you not to come in all of a sudden…”
“This is a big deal!”
“…hmm?”
A twinkle flashed in the man’s eyes.
It was intuition that something unusual had happened in the way he spoke urgently without being discouraged by his words.
“Tell me. What is it?”
“De de Draculion…!”
“What did Draculion say?”
“Draculion has appeared!”
“…!”
Upon hearing that, the man hurriedly moved.
* * *
“Kuhuhh….”
With an evil voice, a knight appeared carrying a spear burning bright red in one hand.
Helm in black armor.
Between the helmets, blood-red eyes shine brightly.
“De Draculion…”
one of the villagers muttered in a trembling voice.
“It’s Draculion…That demon has finally resurrected!”
“The chaff guard! Where are the guards!”
Residents reacted differently and shouted.
But both were the same in that they contemplated in fear and astonishment.
confusion.
In an instant, the balance of the town collapsed.
Once shaken, chaos began to spread at an outrageous speed.
Since there was almost no threat from monsters, wasn’t it a situation where he was not prepared to respond?
At that time, ‘Draculion’ raised the spear.
Then, around the time when the bright red aura was fully wrapped.
He blew his spear at the village without the slightest hesitation.
Kwakwang!
The spears fired at the speed of a flash simply crumbled the town’s walls.
“It’s nothing.”
He took a step.
With every step I took, the shadow clinging to my feet seemed to wriggle like a snake.
As he stretched out his hand, the spear that had been shot returned to him.
“Ahhh…The vigilantes guarding the barrier took up arms, but they had already lost their will to fight
.
In the first place, they were raised in peace with almost no attacks from monsters, so there was no way they could be calm in this situation.
Without even thinking about what to do with Draculion, they could only tremble in fear and fear.
And by the time that fear covered the whole town.
“I’ll be back soon.”
Draculion disappeared with a short statement.
Everyone present felt it.
That this is just a reprieve.
It’s just a walk to check the prepared livestock.
“My God…”
And as a result, it was only natural for them to come to one conclusion.
‘The village is not safe.’
There was no longer a safe zone.
This is a hunting ground.
It is a demonic realm where a terrible predator called Draculion roams.
* * *
“Thank you for your hard work.”
I greeted Chepes, who came from the mission.
He didn’t look very good.
Of course.
Would it be fun to imitate my father?
“Is this really enough?”
he asked, looking in the direction of the village he threatened.
“It certainly seems true that the residents were agitated. But I don’t think it will last very long.”
“Oh, don’t worry. What are the blessings and organs of human beings?”
“…will?”
“It is demagoguery and fabrication.”
“….”
is this a warrior?
Chepes looked at me with that kind of expression, but he didn’t really care.
“I said it a little bit like shit, but the important thing is that I need to convince people, even by force.”
“…Hmm, the fact that Draculion was resurrected?”
“At the very least, they should realize that this area is not as safe as they thought.”
At my words, Chepesch nodded.
He, too, must have realized that he could not change the current situation in any way.
“Besides, if you do this, the guy who is messing around here will naturally come out.”
Chepesch’s eyes shone coldly.
It is clear that there is an existence that scattered disasters in this area and led to Draculion’s fall.
Which one is the devil?
Most demons belong to the Great Demon.
Occasionally, very rarely, there are existences outside the jurisdiction of the Great Devil….
There are never too many of them.
Among them, if they were the type that worked behind the scenes, they would most likely be Mayril’s family, based on experience.
Whatever.
“The seeds have been sown, so let’s see what happens.”
* * *
The next day.
I visited the village casually with a calm expression.
“Wait a minute! what are you talking about now You want to leave!”
“I heard that the demon of Draculion has appeared!”
“Some people in the next town have already seen him in person…The
village chief was restless at the gazes of the villagers flocking to him.
The pride he has in this town is literally that of a fanatic.
To him, the news of the villagers leaving would literally be nothing more than a thunderbolt.
Lian, who saw the scene, said with a wry smile.
“It’s a bitch. There are plenty of residents who want to leave right away.”
“It is natural. Because Draculion is that much of a threat to them.”
“Well, by the way…”
Chepes was hiding outside the village.
Either way, there’s a chance he’ll be detected by the demons if he approaches the village.
I looked around.
It only appeared once, but the effect was obvious.
Everyone panicked, and control of the well-kept village quickly crumbled.
furthermore.
‘That village chief doesn’t seem to have any talent for calming the situation.’
So far, he has played the village chief of ‘Peaceful Village’.
There were no raids by monsters, and no thieves would come to this remote area.
So far so good.
It would have been enough to coax people in moderation and move according to the words of the devil behind me.
But now it’s different.
He doesn’t have the ability to deal with unexpected situations like this.
‘Where are you?’
It must be time to step out.
And it hasn’t been long since I’ve watched the situation mix and flow among the residents….
“Don’t worry.”
Someone appeared in front of everyone.
The village chief, who was in trouble, visibly brightened as soon as he saw him.
“Oh you are here, wise man!”
‘…A sage?’
What appeared was an old man wearing an eyepatch.
His beard was neatly maintained, and his blue eyes shined brightly in a calm complexion.
The attire also looked very noble.
He definitely looked like a ‘sage’.
It was so routine that it seemed trite, but….
“Tongue Sage!”
“What have you been up to here…With his appearance ,
the atmosphere of the residents changed.
People who seemed to leave at any moment immediately lowered their heads.
“Hoo.”
The butler laughed intrigued.
“Bocchan, that…”
“Ah, it looks suspicious just by looking at it.”
sage?
Let’s say something like that happened.
Why did such a great existence not show up at all before returning?
furthermore.
“I’m not good at hiding it.”
“Looking at that, it seems like he’s not even an expert in mimicry.”
Contrary to the holy-looking appearance, Magi’s unique stinky smell pierced her nose.
“Don’t express yourself for nothing.”
“Heh, Bocchan, I don’t know who the hell you’re worried about.”
Well, the butler is more thorough than anyone else when it comes to this.
Lian also pays attention better than anyone else when it’s important.
Then the ‘sage’ said.
“Don’t worry, everyone! The one who attacked the village yesterday wasn’t the real Draculion!”
“Ha, but the evil that can only be seen as Draculion…”
“Was there contamination?”
“…yes?”
“Contamination. Draculion If that monster exists, of course the area will be filled with the undead and death. I mean, did you see that in the monster?”
At that, everyone shut their mouths.
The wise man never missed that opportunity.
“Our village has been peaceful so far! But there can be no good intentions forever. Yesterday’s incident was the outburst of malice from the outside!”
“What do you mean!”
“As soon as this area started to be peaceful, the outside powers started to pay attention to this place. They probably want us to get out of here.”
“Ahhh…“
Haha, are you going to come out like that?
The cause of everything is ‘outside’ and everything is right here.
I didn’t say it outright, but I was saying it to make the listener think so.
“Confusion is not good! In times like this, we must come together! To the wicked outside beings…”
Then I felt strange.
Whenever the ‘sage’ speaks, the eyes of the people around him change quite hazy.
As if it should be.
“her.”
Laughter came out of nowhere.
“…See him?”
I was wondering how this village was roasted and boiled, but that was the method?
“Bocchan, that…“
Yes, brainwashing.”
Among the abilities possessed by demons, the worst are the ones that fall within the five fingers.
“That bastard uses mind manipulation.”
Yes. That demon’s ability was mind manipulation.
Great mage who transcends by regression