I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake. Chapter 150

I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake.

Chapter 150

Caesar pulled out a pocket whiskey from inside his coat.

“To be honest, I want to tear all of you to pieces. Because you are traitors.”

“Another lecture about betrayal?”

“A lecture? Can’t you speak more politely?”

Caesar’s gaze sharpened, and Arang flinched.

“We relied on you during our most difficult times. But you handed us over to humans. Only to ensure your own survival.”

Arang had nothing to say.

Arguments like the vampires and succubi provoked humans first were meaningless.

It was true that the beast people and Orcs handed over the doppelgangers, succubi, and vampires to humans to survive.

If the beast people could have endured human attacks, they would not have handed over the succubi and vampires.

“…So do you want us to apologize?”

“That’s absolutely natural. Forcibly selling us when our forces were weakened was a betrayal that should never have been done between comrades.”

“If we apologize, will you accept it?”

Arang let out a sarcastic laugh.

“From your perspective, we might look like trash. But at the time, that was the best choice. The hero Yan was prowling through the beast people forest, finding and killing all the beast people, and the allied forces were burning trees and logging, closing in on us. We couldn’t even stop Yan from burning the trees.”

Arang trembled with humiliation.

“Yes. We could only stand by helplessly. Even when we tried to corner and kill the hero, that absurdly powerful hero instead broke through the encirclement and ran wild like a blood thirsty devil. The number of warriors killed by that guy is uncountable.”

Arang had witnessed Yan’s terror firsthand.

He had completely thwarted all magical attacks with just a single sword and slaughtered the beast people.

All the beast people could do was not attack him, but find a way to seal him with magic.

“We could only negotiate with the allied forces after sealing the hero with the ‘Forest Maze’ magic. Yes. It was more like a threat than a negotiation. But strangely, the allied forces didn’t seem to value the hero’s life much. They acted like it didn’t matter if he lived or died.”

“Isn’t that your misunderstanding?”

“No. Those guys didn’t care whether the hero lived or died. Instead, they accelerated burning the forest. I could never understand humans’ way of thinking. Isn’t the hero a great hero who defeated our king from their perspective? So why did they want to kill him so carelessly?”

Caesar took a swig of alcohol and then spoke.

“From the allied forces’ perspective, the hero probably wasn’t very welcome.”

“What? Why?”

“You need to learn a bit about humans’ way of thinking. The hero is popular, but he’s somewhat awkward for nobles and the royal family. He’s too popular.”

“…What does that mean?”

“As an extreme example, if the hero tries to establish a new country or engage in politics based on his public popularity, the nobles would be inconvenienced. So, like a hunting dog that has finished hunting, they no longer need him and don’t care if he lives or dies.”

The idea of treating a great warrior like the hero as a hunting dog was incomprehensible from the beast people’s perspective.

“Then why aren’t they killing the hero now?”

“Right now, there’s a mix of people who find the hero troublesome and those who want to use him. At the time, there were quite a few people who wanted to kill the hero.”

Caesar took another drink of alcohol.

“Don’t think too deeply. Understanding humans’ way of thinking will give you a headache.”

“But you seem to understand it well.”

“Well, I’ve lived among humans for several years. I understand to some extent.”

Caesar looked around at the young beast people watching nervously.

“More importantly, what’s this situation? Why are there only young beast people here? Where are the other beast people warriors besides you?”

Arang pondered.

Should he tell Caesar everything about the current situation of the beast people?

If they learn that the beast people’s forces have weakened, wouldn’t the succubi, vampires, and doppelgangers rush into the beast people forest and either kill the beast people or hand them over to humans?

“I already know that your forces have significantly decreased because of the typhoid and Orcs. So just speak frankly.”

“…How do you know that information?”

“Do you think doppelgangers only exist among humans?”

Arang’s spine chilled.

Didn’t this mean the surviving doppelgangers had been observing the beast people in their forest until now?

“…So why do you want to hear about our situation from me?”

“I’m giving you an opportunity.”

“An opportunity?”

Caesar took another drink.

“If you can explain a compelling reason why we should keep you alive, I’ll consider it.”

Caesar handed the half-empty alcohol to Arang.

“By the way, this might be the last chance, so you might want to refrain from discourteous remarks like before.”

Caesar swirled the alcohol.

“Well? Are you willing to talk?”

Arang had no choice but to accept this irrefutable proposition.

***

Caesar headed toward the Eagle valley where Agatha was.

Finding Agatha wasn’t particularly difficult.

Agatha was in the middle of a garden that emitted light even at night.

Caesar landed in the flower bed.

Strangely, the flowers had no tactile sensation when stepped on and didn’t break.

When Caesar’s feet stepped on the flowers, they simply passed through.

This seemed to be because the flowers were created by the succubus’ illusion magic.

Of course, it didn’t seem like there were only these fake flowers.

“Hmm? What brings you here at this hour?”

Agatha was directly digging the ground with a gardening shovel and planting flowers.

Other succubus’ around her were also planting flowers brought from the forest.

“What’s this situation? Instead of planting flowers, shouldn’t you be building shelters to protect from tomorrow morning’s rain?”

“We’re actually working on that right now.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Ah, you’ve never seen our succubi palace?”

When referring to the succubi palace, she must mean the ‘Palace of Dreams’ located in the southeast of the demon realm.

However, that palace would disappear like a mirage when the nightmares fled, making it difficult to consider it a real ‘building’.

Agatha smiled and said,

“Since dawn is approaching, shall I show you?”

Caesar shrugged.

“Well, I might as well enjoy a good view, so I have no reason to refuse.”

“Good. Start, everyone.”

Agatha and about 3,000 succubi joined hands to form a large circle.

Once the circle was formed, bright pink magic burst from the succubi’s bodies.

The various flowers receiving that light also began to emit pink hues.

Eventually, the lights emitted from the flower petals collided with the red moonlight and scattered.

That light transformed into a beautiful rainbow color, then began to cluster and disperse, forming shapes.

The clustering became stone walls blocking the wind and roofs blocking rain.

The scattering became a pale, rainbow-colored fog.

Caesar found it hard to close his mouth at the dreamlike scene.

How much time had passed?

Agatha released her joined hands.

“How is it? It’s still a bit crude, but it’s our palace.”

Caesar looked at the castle.

When he tried to focus and look directly at the castle, it would disappear in the air, but when he looked away at the rainbow-colored fog, it existed.

Looking at this miraculous, almost mystical palace made him feel again that Agatha was truly remarkable.

Caesar could only destroy things, not create them.

“I think I can probably last one to two days. Of course, if we want to maintain it longer, we’ll need many spirits and flowers.”

“Do we need more Orcs?”

“Well, something like that. So today I’m planning to go to the Orc Wasteland and hunt some Orcs.”

Hearing these words naturally flow out, I now understand how Agatha and the succubi have been thinking about humans all this time.

The succubi have likely been thinking of humans as nothing more and nothing less than prey.

This isn’t just a problem that humans need to change, but the succubi also need to change.

Agatha gestured to the succubi.

“Go inside now. I’ll talk with Caesar for a bit.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

After the succubi left, only Caesar and Agatha remained.

“So why did you come at this hour? Were you worried I might get wet in the rain?”

“Well, not exactly.”

“Would it hurt if you just said you were worried about me?”

“I thought you’d handle it well. Of course, I never imagined you’d build such a magnificent palace like this.”

Caesar and Agatha headed towards the beach.

The sound of waves breaking was quite pleasant.

“If you didn’t come because you were worried about me, it sounds like you’ve brought some useful information… Right?”

“That’s right.”

Caesar spoke while looking at the black pebbles firmly pushing against his feet.

“I ran into the beast people just a while ago.”

Agatha’s feet stopped.

“…What?”

Agatha examined Caesar’s body.

“Are you okay? The beast people wouldn’t have left you alone?”

“Well, as soon as we met, we fought to the death.”

Caesar sat down on a suitable rock.

“Of course, I won.”

Agatha sat down beside Caesar.

“What did you do to that beast person? Did you smash his head?”

“Do you think I’m the type who only wants to smash heads whenever I get a chance?”

“Isn’t it more rare for you to not kill someone when you’ve drawn your axe?”

Hmm…..

Thinking about it, that’s true.

“Anyway, I didn’t kill him and had a bit of a conversation with that red fox.”

“Without beating him down and threatening him?”

“…In any case, the important thing is that he was prepared to listen.”

-Well, that’s just like you.

I can hear your inner thoughts, Agatha.

“So what did this guy named Arang say?”

“I heard about the current situation the beast people are facing. And how many Orcs are roaming the Beast people’s Forest.”

“So basically, he was whining for help?”

Her tone is abrupt.

Well, from her perspective, she has no reason to view the beast people favorably.

Caesar also truly doesn’t like the beast people much.

However, for Agatha’s group to successfully establish themselves in the demon realm and for the ‘Sith’ rebels to divide the Imperial nation, they needed to somewhat control the beast people and Orcs.

“You didn’t promise to help, right?”

“I only said I’d convey the message to you, not that I’d help them.”

“As I said before, I have no desire to help those guys. Whether they’re enslaved by the Orcs or die, I don’t care at all. They’re traitors who sold out our compatriots. And we’ll already have our hands full just trying to stop the Orcs coming to the Eagle valley.”

Agatha waved her hand, and flowers bloomed between the pebbles.

Agatha began to draw a map using these flowers.

The flower stems created a map of the Eagle valley, and colorful flower petals served as game pieces.

“Currently, the Orcs are moving from the Orc Wasteland to the Eagle valley. The number is approximately 10,000, and there’s uniquely one ‘Orc’ with horns.”

There’s only one way an orc can have horns.

“That guy became a devil.”

“We were thinking the same thing.”

“Why do you think the Orc became a devil?”

“I’m not entirely sure. But it’s likely due to the abnormally high magic concentration in the demon realm.”

As expected, Agatha, being a mage, seems to have noticed the high magic concentration.

And she seems to know the high correlation between magic concentration and devils.

“Of course, thanks to the high magic concentration, magic effectiveness is increasing, and tail regeneration is also faster.”

“…Are there no changes in personality?”

“I know what you’re worried about, and I’m not becoming a devil. Of course, the story would be different if I couldn’t absorb spiritual energy at all.”

Agatha pointed to the black flower petals.

“Anyway, I don’t know exactly what his abilities are. But he’s coming to the Eagle valley, absorbing the Orcs groups one by one. Tomorrow’s scheduled rain will slow their march, but they’ll arrive within the day after tomorrow.”

Agatha pointed to the blue leaves placed on the opposite side of the valley.

These would likely represent the allied forces.

“We haven’t even established a non-aggression treaty yet. Of course, you’ll warn me in advance if they attack, but if we rashly move the vampires and succubi elsewhere, it could cause big problems.”

Agatha said, looking at Caesar.

“So if they ask us to help the beast people, I’ll refuse. We have our own circumstances.”

In other words, Agatha could not help the beast people, both practically and in terms of principle.

“I already knew you would refuse.”

“…Really? Then why did you come to talk about the beast people?”

“I thought you should know the current state of the beast people’s forest.”

Caesar picked up a few pebbles.

“Currently, the beast people are scattered due to attacks from the Orcs.”

Caesar scattered the pebbles here and there on the map.

“So the beast people alliance, which was centered around the Mountain Tiger Clan, has dispersed. Small groups of leaders are gathering in numbers from a hundred to a thousand to counter the Orcs.”

Caesar pointed to the pebble closest to Agatha’s group.

“And here is the alliance where ‘Arang’ is located, whom I just met. It’s the closest to you and has a substantial size. It’s characterized by the Red Fox Clan, Gray Wolf Clan, and Mountain Tiger Clan living together, with the Red Fox Clan leading.”

Agatha tilted her head in puzzlement.

“The Gray Wolf and Red Fox Clans are living together? How?”

“What’s strange about that?”

“They’ve been sworn enemies for a very long time. Even during the demon realm war, it was truly rare for them to unite.”

This was a story I’d never heard before.

And looking at the young wolf beast person that Arang saved, they didn’t seem to be on bad terms.

“I don’t know about that, but anyway, the three are united and somehow enduring the Orcs’ attacks. At least until yesterday.”

“What happened?”

“It seems the Orcs attacked Arang’s alliance. As a result, the alliance has almost completely disintegrated, and they don’t know each other’s whereabouts.”

Moreover, it rained yesterday, washing away the beast people’s scents.

So Arang and the young beast people have been searching for other tribes all night.

“If the Orcs have come this close… Does that mean we need to guard the beast people’s forest?”

“That’s about right. Moreover, the Orcs who attacked Arang’s clan were all apparently devils.”

“All devils? How?”

“There seems to be a ‘troll’ with the ability to turn Orcs into devils. Arang calls them the ‘Black Horn Tribe’ or ‘Black Fanatics’. It seems they’ve almost completely occupied the beast people’s forest, either enslaving the beast people or killing them all.”

“How did we not know this information? When there are supposedly 10 doppelgangers among the beast people?”

Caesar’s eyes sharpened.

“I wonder about that too. I need to find out why Pepe didn’t receive this information from those doppelgangers, or whether he deliberately hid it from me.”

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