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I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake. Chapter 66

I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake.

Chapter 66

The succubi gathered around.

“To think there’d be comrades in the Valent Continent! How did you survive?”

“When I heard the Demon King died, I escaped and lived like this. More importantly, what’s the situation now?”

“There are comrades here. We came to free them.”

Sure enough, a group of succubi and vampires in tattered clothes appeared on the deck.

Agatha was at the front.

Agatha flinched upon seeing Caesar.

“You, you…!”

Caesar spoke before they could make a slip of the tongue.

“Nice to meet you, Agatha Reinwaltz. Shall we talk for a moment?”

“How dare you speak so rudely to our Queen! Don’t you know you should show respect to the Queen even if you’re a doppelganger?!”

What?

That one with the half-cut tail is a queen?

She was just a princess until recently.

Agatha waved her hands in embarrassment.

“Ah, no! It’s not right to expect respect from a doppelganger. Anyway, I’ll talk with this one for a bit, so please take care of our comrades.”

Agatha grabbed Caesar’s wrist and said:

“Come with me for a moment.”

Caesar went down to the ship’s cabin with Agatha.

Yellow tape and broken boxes were scattered across the cabin floor.

Once they were sufficiently far from the others, Agatha released his wrist, crossed her arms, and glared at Caesar.

She seemed to be trying to show an imposing appearance.

“What’s going on here? Barre.”

“It’s Caesar now. That’s what I should be asking. How are you here?”

“To save our comrades.”

“You’re insane. You’re committing terrorism in the middle of the Valent Continent for that? Besides, didn’t you make a ceasefire agreement?”

Agatha furrowed her brows.

“That was done by those cowardly beastmen and greenskins. The succubus and vampire alliance hasn’t given up.”

“The world’s gone mad.”

To think even demon races would be divided into factions.

This isn’t just about the magic stone business anymore, the Emperor’s authority has been compromised too.

Who would have thought they’d face terrorism on home soil, after the humiliating ceasefire agreement with the infidels and the demon races’ public declaration of complete surrender.

It’s impossible to predict how this situation will unfold.

“Let me change the question. Why are you here?”

Caesar showed his sheriff badge and said:

“I got a job. As a sheriff of the Wizard Province here.”

“Sheriff? What’s that?”

“Think of it as a warrior who protects humans and territory.”

“What? You’re protecting humans? You’re doing that even knowing what those human bastards have done to us?”

“I need to make a living too. Honestly, I thought all demon races would collapse after the Demon King died.”

Agatha glared at Caesar.

“Right, you were that kind of person. The traitor who blew off the Demon King’s head.”

Oh boy, she knows everything.

Agatha’s eyes grew fierce.

“You deceived me well, Barre.”

“When did I deceive you?”

“You never said you killed the Demon King.”

“I didn’t kill him, I just split his head in half, and Yan finished him off. He was still talking when I split his head.”

“That’s the same thing!”

“Anyway, let’s talk about that unproductive stuff later. I see you kept your promise though?”

Caesar used psychometry.

“Of course. I’m different from you.”

-Because we made a promise and you saved my and my sister’s lives.

-Though killing the Demon King was despicable, you might be useful in the future.

That’s a relief.

She really didn’t tell anyone.

These demon folk really do have their romantic side.

“Thank you. By the way, how did you end up allying with the mermaids?”

“They accepted us when we said we’d get revenge on the humans. Our alliance is currently staying in the shipwreck island zone.”

“Why do the mermaids hate humans?”

“You’re really ignorant. The coral reefs in the west of Valent Continent were originally mermaid territory, but humans drove them out.”

Ah, so there was such a painful history.

Actually, in the game, mermaids were treated as just monsters, so I didn’t know they were a race with such a painful history.

So that’s why they kill all humans on sight.

Just then, a succubus approached.

“Queen! We have no more time! Humans are coming!”

“Damn. We’re out of time.”

Agatha grabbed Caesar’s wrist.

“I’ll be honest. We need your help. You could give us detailed information about the situation on the continent. So…”

“You want me to spy again?”

“…Please. If you help us, many comrades could survive.”

Just like a succubus, going straight for seduction.

Caesar knocked away her wrist.

“If I get caught helping you, I could die. This is incomparably more dangerous than during the demon realm war.”

“I know. That’s why I won’t ask for help empty-handed.”

Agatha handed Caesar a pouch.

“Magic cigarettes and spirit medicines. You always liked eating them, right? How about we make a deal with these?”

Now I understand how she became queen despite having a half-cut tail.

This one knows how to negotiate and make deals.

I was actually wondering where to get spirit medicine since it’s been harder to obtain lately…

Not bad.

Caesar took the pouch.

“Alright. Let’s deal.”

Agatha’s expression brightened considerably.

“Thank you, really thank you.”

“But how will we communicate?”

“I’ll invite you to dreams.”

“Dreams?”

“Think of it as sharing dreams together.”

“Is it dangerous?”

“Absolutely not dangerous. Besides, would I try anything foolish when you can use psychometry?”

-I need more time for my tail to fully grow back, and honestly, because I need Barre in this situation.

-Security will become stricter, making it extremely difficult to find ships carrying our comrades.

-Barre should be able to handle it well.

Her tail seemed to have grown quite a bit – apparently it regenerates over time.

At least until the tail fully grows back, it seems impossible for her to manipulate Caesar’s mind.

‘Since I’m safe for now, this isn’t bad.’

“Alright. Go ahead.”

Agatha cast a small spell on Caesar’s forehead.

“Think of me and fall asleep on the night of the full moon. The time difference will make it hard to sync exactly, but I’ll figure something out.”

“This won’t leave any traces?”

“The magic only moves when I activate the magic, so even high-level mages won’t be able to detect it.”

“Got it.”

Agatha waved her hand and said:

“Then thank you. Later…”

Whoooosh!

The sound of steel tearing through the wind.

Caesar knew this sound all too well.

This was the sound of an incoming artillery shell.

“Agatha!”

Caesar instinctively embraced Agatha.

And turned his body away from the direction of the sound.

BOOM!

The shell pierced the ship’s side and exploded.

***

When the ship came under fire, Gloria instinctively ran toward the water.

“Master!”

Just then, the knights beside her stopped Gloria.

“You can’t go in now! There are mermaids!”

“But the ship is sinking!”

Everyone, including Gloria, had seen Caesar land on the ship.

Caesar would surely be fighting desperately with the succubi to rescue the survivors remaining on the ship.

But those damn Kingdom of Dior bastards fired their coastal artillery.

“We’re sending cease-fire signals right now. Please calm down first!”

Gloria shook off the knight’s hand and said:

“You think they’ll get the signal by waving that damn yellow flag?! Shouldn’t you at least try calling them?! Don’t those idiots even have phones?!”

“Either the phone lines are cut or they’re refusing to answer.”

“Then we need to run over there right now and tell them to stop…! Huh?”

A red dot flew through the sky above the sinking ship riddled with holes.

Though too far to identify clearly, who wouldn’t know what that red dot was?

It was Caesar.

“URIAAAAAAAH!”

Caesar’s distinctive battle cry filled the riverbank.

The mad flames of fury left a red tail as they headed somewhere.

That somewhere was right in front of the Kingdom of Dior’s coastal artillery battery.

“Huh?”

BOOM!

As Caesar landed on the coastal battery, a massive explosion erupted from one side of the Kingdom of Dior’s artillery position.

As soon as Caesar landed on the coastal battery, he threw Thunder toward the battery filled with shells.

Thunder, containing the lightning of rage, grazed over the shells.

Then the lightning within Thunder triggered the detonators in the battery, causing a chain explosion.

Click!

Caesar ran along the Path of Wind and snatched Thunder back.

The confused soldiers grabbed their guns.

“Wh-what! Why, why are you attacking us?!”

“He must be under a succubus’s charm!”

Caesar spat and said:

“Yeah, I am under a charm.”

“…Huh?”

“Damn it, I’m not here because I’m angry at you bastards who fired shells even though you saw me on the ship!”

Caesar created a gale.

“Aaaaargh!”

The heavy wind threw the soldiers of the Dior Kingdom like baseballs, and the coastal guns lost balance and collapsed.

“I said I’m under a charm.”

Caesar wreaked havoc on the coastal battery like a madman.

Caesar prioritized the coastal batteries over people.

The bullets fired by soldiers weren’t concerning at all, but these damn shells were somewhat dangerous.

Caesar kicked the base of the fixed batteries to destabilize them and pushed them into the river.

There was less resistance than expected.

That’s because all the soldiers had fled in fear of Caesar.

Had he destroyed about 20 coastal guns?

A sharp javelin flew toward Caesar.

It was a steel spear, not the translucent javelins thrown by mermaids.

Since this was somewhat dangerous, Caesar deflected the javelin.

Caesar looked toward where the javelin had been thrown from.

There stood the knights of the Dior Kingdom.

“Kill him immediately! That dog of the Eileen Empire is destroying our batteries!”

The Dior Kingdom’s direct knight order, the Silver Wave Knights.

They’re well-known for their hit-and-run tactics based on extremely fast mobility, traversing rough waves alongside dolphins.

However, their glaring weakness is that their combat power is halved the moment they come ashore.

They’re only specialized in battles near water; they’re not very dangerous in their current state on land.

Caesar dodged their javelins while continuing to destroy the coastal guns.

“Damn! Leave the dolphins behind!”

The Silver Wave Knights finally dismounted from their dolphins to kill Caesar.

Only then did Caesar give them his attention.

Uniquely, all Silver Wave Knights are tank-type knights.

This is because wearing armor like classic knights while riding dolphins would drastically reduce mobility, and using techniques would be limited since they often fight on dolphin-back.

In other words, the only reason they learned tank-type reinforcement techniques was because they had no other viable options.

It made no sense for Caesar to lose to such a mediocre bunch.

Caesar leaped toward them.

“Huh? What?!”

A red fury falling toward the Silver Wave Knights.

Sharp winds flew at them.

“Aaaargh!”

True to their tank-type nature, they withstood the sharp winds that could cut trees.

But they could only endure, they couldn’t do anything against Caesar.

Caesar began to cook them using Riding the Wind.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

‘Path of the Wind’ is a technique specialized for fighting multiple opponents rather than one-on-one.

The crescent-shaped winds that fly in lost directions tear up the surroundings, which would require troublesome calculations if allies were present.

But when surrounded only by enemies?

You just swing the axe as you please.

“Come at me all at once!”

“Aaaaargh!”

***

Agatha and the merpeople peeked slightly at the Dior Kingdom’s battery where battle was raging.

Agatha recalled what Caesar had said before leaving the ship.

-I’ll draw their aggro, so escape.

-What?

-You can escape on your own with the mermaids, right?

-But you’re injured.

Caesar’s abdomen was bruised purple from shell fragments.

-It’ll heal if I rub it. So hurry and escape.

-…Thank you so much.

This is all debt. Next time you come, bring good medicine.

With those final words, Caesar jumped away across the sinking ship.

An injured mermaid wrapped their body in red seaweed strands and spoke.

“He’s certainly a strong warrior. To wound my body. A doppelganger, was it?”

This macho man’s name is Atan.

He is a warrior of the mermaid and the current king of the mermaids.

“…Yes.”

“I’d like to meet him properly someday if possible.”

Agatha clenched her fist while watching Caesar fighting desperately.

“Let’s go while he’s buying us time. The best way we can help is by disappearing quickly.”

“Understood, Queen.”

Barre.

The demon race’s traitor and the doppelganger who planted an axe in the Demon King’s head.

But also a benefactor who saved Agatha twice.

‘…I really don’t know.’

Agatha couldn’t gauge her feelings toward Barre.

Whether she should be grateful to him.

Or whether she should hate him.

Too grateful to hate, too guilty to thank, and his help too crucial to ignore.

There’s probably only one reason why her heart is this complicated.

“…I need power.”

“Hmm?”

“Nothing. Let’s go.”

The reason Agatha relies on and feels grateful to that doppelganger is because he is strong and capable.

The day Agatha gains strength and is hailed as a true queen.

No, more precisely, the day she no longer needs Barre’s help.

She thought she would realize then what her true feelings toward Barre were, blooming in her heart.

Agatha grabbed the sea dragon’s horn and took a deep breath.

Her companions followed behind Agatha as they pressed forward.


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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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