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I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake. Chapter 55

I killed the Demon King. It was a mistake.

Chapter 55

Nixon regained consciousness from the water splashed on his face.

“Wh-what?!”

Nixon looked around.

This was Nixon’s business establishment.

However, various fixtures were all broken and opium was strewn across the floor.

“You’re Nixon, right?”

A man with red hair and red eyes appeared behind Nixon.

“Ce-Caesar…!”

“It’s your first time seeing me in person, isn’t it? Happy to meet me?”

At that, water trickled down Nixon’s pants.

“Pl-please spare me! Lord Caesar! Please spare my life!”

“Looks like you even think you’ve committed sins worthy of death when you consider your crimes?”

“I’m truly sorry! Please spare me just this once!”

“I’ve heard about your life from some friends. You’ve ruined thousands of lives with opium and even directly killed people. Do you think you can live after committing such vicious crimes? You’ll go to hell even after you die.”

Caesar grabbed him by the hair.

“But I’m more generous and kind than you. Depending on your answers, you’ll be able to choose how you die. Okay?”

“Is-is there no option to live?”

“Among the options, there’s also a choice to grow old and die in prison.”

“O-okay! I’ll tell you everything!”

“Good. Then I’ll ask questions.”

Caesar used psychometry.

“How did you bring in the opium?”

“The Di-Dior Kingdom! We brought it in from the Dior Kingdom!”

“Then how did you bring it in? There must be a smuggling route?”

“Every day at 5 AM, we, we receive a call at the establishment. At that time, we’re informed of the location of the opium crates and the time we can pick them up.”

Caesar looked at the telephone placed on the shelf.

He had wondered why there was a telephone in such a small tea factory, but it seemed there was such a reason.

“There’s a telephone exchange, so they wouldn’t just tell you directly. Do you use a secret code?”

“Th-that’s right. Under that telephone, there’s a code and map that only we use.”

Caesar checked under the telephone.

[00:00 → Pigeon]

[01:00 → Hawk]

[02:00 → Sparrow]

……

Along with the code, points where drugs could be received were marked as dots on the map.

Caesar peeled off the map and code and took them.

“Is this correct?”

“Y-yes! It’s correct.”

“5 AM… Then a call will come soon. You know what to do, right?”

Nixon nodded his head frantically.

“O-of course!”

Just then, the telephone in the factory rang.

Caesar handed the telephone to Nixon.

“The call came right on time. Do well. You know what I mean, right?”

“Yes! Yes! I understand!”

***

Although Nixon was terrified, perhaps due to his desire to live, he managed better than expected.

The next location to retrieve the opium was point #3 on the map.

It was the Eileen River basin located 5km northeast outside of Homigraph.

“Gloria, you take the day off today.”

“What? Of course I should go too.”

“You had all the fun last night. Now it’s my turn to enjoy.”

“…”

So, leaving Gloria behind, Caesar headed outside Homigraph with the police.

“I never dreamed we’d be working together like this, Lord Caesar.”

“Right now, I’m the sheriff. Chief Serom.”

“Oh, right. Sheriff.”

“Stop.”

Upon reaching near the point Nixon had indicated, Caesar dismounted from his horse.

“For now, everyone hide here. Come out when I call.”

“Will you be alright alone?”

“If we all rush in and they all escape, we’ll be in trouble. Come out when I call.”

“Understood. Be careful.”

Caesar approached the meeting place slowly, holding his breath.

It was now 7 PM.

In about an hour, the drug dealers should appear.

However, contrary to Caesar’s expectations, a man was already waiting at the meeting place.

Although it was a face he hadn’t seen before, Caesar felt he knew who this blue-haired man was.

“Stop hiding like a rat and come out, Caesar.”

It was Viscount Duken.

For the first time since coming to Homigraph, Caesar felt tension.

Had he relied too much on psychometry?

Or had he thought it was no big deal?

Whatever the case, Caesar had been careless until now, and he was about to see the results of that carelessness.

‘I need to find out.’

It’s still at a stage where things can be salvaged.

As much as Caesar had been careless, that guy must be careless too.

Caesar focused all his nerves on psychometry.

-Explosive magic mine

-Paralysis magic mine

‘…If I had gotten any closer, it would have been disastrous.’

Mines were laid 3m in front of Caesar.

There were probably more around him.

Caesar stood up and revealed himself.

“I came to catch a drug contact. I never dreamed you’d be here, Viscount Duken.”

“You know me?”

“Of course I do. Aren’t you the mastermind behind this drug operation? I already knew you were involved.”

“Then why didn’t you come to catch me right away?”

“I came to find definitive evidence today. But I didn’t expect you to show up in person.”

‘Damn, the distance is too far.’

The distance between Caesar and him was roughly 20-30 paces.

It’s too far to use psychometry.

Caesar decided to circle around Viscount Duken to check for any openings.

“So, do you plan to turn yourself in?”

“Turn myself in… Sure, anytime.”

Viscount Duken extended his hand.

“Come on, hurry and put the handcuffs on me.”

“You’re personally showing me that there are traps all around here.”

“The so-called Axe of Homigraph is quite a coward.”

Is there anyone who would fall for such a crude provocation?

Caesar first circled about halfway around.

But there were no gaps.

Mines were hidden as densely as the trees surrounding them.

If so, there’s only one way.

Caesar used Wind Reading.

Then, the paths of wind floating between Caesar and Viscount Duken were revealed.

Caesar drew his thunder axe and threw it.

Rumble!

Thunder, wrapped in lightning as fierce as God’s wrath, flew towards Viscount Duken.

Viscount Duken clearly looked flustered, not expecting Caesar to suddenly throw his axe.

Boom!

Thunder stopped at Viscount Duken’s forehead with a loud noise.

Light shone from Viscount Duken’s right earring, and a thick shield blocked the thunder axe.

Caesar didn’t think he could split his head in one go either.

Caesar was aiming for something else.

Crackle!

The fierce lightning created by Thunder spread in all directions, triggering all the traps around.

Boom!

Magic caused a chain reaction, setting off all the other spells that Thunder hadn’t reached.

It was so powerful that even Caesar had to step back to avoid getting caught up in it, but debris flew all the way to where Caesar was.

Caesar blocked all the debris with Noisy Silence while retreating.

Hearing the noise, the police rushed in.

“Sheriff Caesar! What’s going on?”

“Retreat immediately. It’s Viscount Duken’s trap.”

“What?”

“I said run!”

At Caesar’s threat, Serom and the police all nodded.

“O-okay. But what are you planning to do, Sheriff Caesar?”

“My axe is over there, so I have to go get it anyway.”

Caesar prepared to run as soon as the explosion ended.

“So hurry and call for backup. Don’t get involved unnecessarily.”

Caesar used Wind Reading.

A stream of wind lay between Viscount Duken and Caesar.

Caesar used Path of the Wind 4th Form: ‘Riding the Wind’.

As if surrendering his body to surging waves, Caesar slid along the laid path of the wind.

The time spent in the air was more than the time touching the ground.

Perhaps that’s why?

The charging speed was as fast as a cheetah rushing towards its prey, but as quiet as an owl flying towards its prey.

Caesar arrived in front of Viscount Duken.

Viscount Duken’s condition was terrible.

His shiny blue hair was disheveled, and his clothes were in tatters.

Caesar swung his axe towards Viscount Duken.

“Wooooooah!”

As Berserk activated, Caesar’s body heated up instantly.

The guy was still not a magician, just an ordinary person.

That’s why he didn’t notice until Caesar approached him.

But Caesar never lets his guard down.

Viscount Duken is the main villain of Homigraph’s sub-quest.

There’s no way he’d die so easily.

Caesar uses all his senses and psychometry to detect approaching threats.

As Caesar’s axe nears Viscount Duken’s head.

Caesar’s psychometry and Wind Reading detect a threat.

Whoosh!

A purple spear burst through the ground from beneath Viscount Duken’s feet.

It was flying not to protect Viscount Duken, but solely to kill Caesar.

Caesar changed the direction of his axe to deflect the spear.

Clang!

Despite Caesar using Berserk, the spear didn’t break.

Rather, Caesar passed by Viscount Duken due to the recoil.

Caesar used Riding the Wind to move his body to where Thunder had fallen in one go.

Caesar picked up Thunder stuck in the ground and said:

“What’s that bizarre thing? Is it your lover?”

A slime crawled out from under Viscount Duken.

The difference from other slimes was that its entire body was like a red lump of flesh, and it had three purple horns on its head.

“Huff… Huff…”

Viscount Duken was overwhelmed by his first experience of combat.

Although he had armed himself with artifacts all over his body, now all that remained was a bracelet-type artifact.

He can no longer use the shield.

It was all shredded by the sharp wind scattered when the axe and spear collided.

Thump! Thump!

As Viscount Duken’s heart pumped, his eyes hurt terribly.

The world seemed to be turning purple.

“…I can’t fail so miserably. How did I come this far?”

Caesar clicked his tongue.

These were the precursor symptoms of demonization.

As it smelled the demon, the slime shuddered and slowly approached Viscount Duken.

“I killed my father and trampled over all my brothers to get here. And now I’m going to die so pathetically? This can’t be happening. This can’t be happening.”

The slime gradually climbed up Viscount Duken’s ankle.

“You bastards, trying to merge right in front of my eyes!”

Caesar threw Thunder.

Thunder flew along the Path of the Wind.

The slime immediately reacted, blocking Thunder with its three horns.

As Thunder bounced back towards Caesar, he struck it with his axe like a baseball.

Then Thunder circled widely around Viscount Duken following the Path of the Wind and rushed towards his back.

Meanwhile, Caesar used Riding the Wind to arrive in front of Viscount Duken.

Caesar’s axe closing in from both angles.

Viscount Duken was too slow to even realize death was approaching him.

Only the slime noticed.

Rough wind wrapped around Caesar’s axe.

It’s the 3rd form of Path of the Wind: Wild Wind.

If they take this without any response, neither will survive.

The slime finally made a decision.

It spat out Viscount Duken like chewing gum and took Caesar’s axe hit instead.

Thud!

The first sensation that came through the fingertips was crumbly, like splitting a rotten log.

But the deeper it went, the more resistance it felt, like swinging an axe at the beach.

Rumble!

Thunder paralyzed the slime’s body.

It seemed to have taken some damage as it shuddered.

Caesar didn’t let his guard down.

He didn’t know what had become a demon, but it was a demon with three horns on its head.

It clearly had special abilities.

Caesar used psychometry.

-Let’s eat.

-Become one with us.

-Let’s be together.

-It won’t hurt anymore.

-We’ll live forever.

-I’m tired…

-I don’t want to die anymore.

Seven thoughts were heard simultaneously from the slime.

An additional 18 horns grew on its body.

At the same time, a large eyeball and a mouth popped out.

“Become one with us.”

“Crazy.”

Caesar tried to retrieve his axe, but it was too late.

It swelled its body instantly as if exploding.

Caesar was caught in a wave of flesh.

***

As soon as the emblem of blue flame reacted, Joseph gathered his arms and headed east of Homigraph.

And soon after, he encountered the police.

Serom was very surprised to see Joseph.

“How did you know to come here, Sir Joseph?”

Joseph showed the emblem of blue flame and said.

“There was a demon reaction in this area. Have you seen any demons?”

“What? Demons? We haven’t seen any demons.”

“Then where are you coming from now?”

“Well, it’s confidential, but…”

Serom judged that Joseph’s movement was clearly related to Caesar.

Serom showed a map and said.

“Sheriff Caesar was fighting Viscount Duken at this point. Sheriff Caesar said it was a trap and told us to run away and call for reinforcements no matter what.”

“Thank you for your cooperation. Oh, and could you also inform Inquisitor Tina about the demon’s appearance? I came out in a hurry and couldn’t contact her.”

“Yes. I understand. I wish you good luck.”

Joseph ran in the direction marked on the map.

Although he was out of breath running in heavy armor, Joseph didn’t stop.

A powerful demon had appeared, strong enough to be detected 40km away from the center of Homigraph.

If Caesar was facing that demon, even Caesar would find it difficult to deal with without holy oil.

He had to help Caesar quickly.

How close had he gotten?

Joseph could see a huge lump of flesh in the moonlight.

“That’s…”

The flesh was so big it was taller than most buildings in Homigraph.

Joseph had read about this flesh-type demon in the demon reports distributed monthly to all holy knights.

The name of this demon was ‘Eternal Devourer’.

It was a demon that swallowed people into its huge flesh and stimulated trauma until they became demons.

Among the holy knights swallowed by this Eternal Devourer, none had come out by their own power, only cases where they were rescued by attacking the slime from outside to create a hole.

However, the bigger problem was that there was always someone who appeared with this guy.

Joseph stopped as a man in a black hood appeared.

“You came faster than I thought. I still have a long way to go to tame Caesar.”

“Andromalius…”

The demon of flaying, Andromalius.

He was a wizard-class demon who chose to become a demon to avoid death while he was a magician.


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I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake.

I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake.

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Status: Ongoing Type: Author: Released: 2024 Native Language: Korean
[Congratulations on seeing all the endings of the Valent Saga.] [From now on, you can select the hidden origin ‘Demon Race’.] I was transmigrated into a Demon after falling into the game world and a whole 3 years have passed. The nameless Allied Forces soldier, Mil of the Sky Knight Order, Barbarian Knight Barre. And the doppelganger and spy of the Demon King's army, Seo-han, are all me. But I... "Y- you, what the heck... Bam!" I ended up blowing off the Demon King's head. Huh? This isn't right.

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