Chapter 453
Stealed the throne of Edina Archipelago.
so easy.
A ruffian who suddenly appeared makes the king stand up, and he is not recognized as the master just because he sits down.
But I’m the devil
Everyone felt fear of me because I stood with the heavy name of the Demon King, not just a strong scoundrel.
Those who didn’t want to find out that I was the Demon King came to know that I was the Demon King.
So, even if the whole world knows that I am the Demon King, it doesn’t matter anymore, and I intend to use the fear that comes from my name as much as I can.
Fear is a very powerful means of domination.
“As you all saw today, warp gates on all continents have been transformed to summon monsters from another world. In other words, it means that the current catastrophe is not this archipelago, but a global catastrophe that encompasses the entire continent.”
“So the anomaly that occurred in Razak also occurred on the other islands of the archipelago, St. Louis, Port Ramtz and Greenwindle.”
“Currently, my men are suppressing the phenomena occurring at that location.”
“The Edina Archipelago will suffer some damage, but since it is far from the continent, it will end by destroying warp gates throughout the archipelago.”
“The reason I insist on saying that I am the savior of the Edina Archipelago, which would have perished if left alone, is because I want to tell you that my rule will be quite lenient and compassionate.”
“Obey. You will find stability and peace.”
“In the short term, I will focus on stabilizing the chaotic Edina Islands, and in the long term, I will advance to the monster-infested continent.”
“I will give you one day.”
“Even if you disobey, I won’t kill you.”
“Those who will not obey me, let go.”
“I will allow you to live as an ordinary person in the archipelago. You can escape my rule and go to the continent, but as soon as you cross the long sea and reach the continent, you will find that there is no other land for you to set foot on except these ten islands.”
Now that the entire continent is in a crucible of chaos, going out to the continent had no choice but to say that he wanted to die.
However, they may judge that my words are outright lies. Because you might think that the demon king might be saying this just to scare you.
It is a personal choice whether to believe me or not, to obey or not to obey.
I had no intention of forcing it.
I don’t know if they’ll accept me, but I had a lot to tell them to do.
“There has been confusion, and it is fearful, but at this point, all the incidents in Razak have been completed. There is no need to be frightened, so we start working right away.”
Even if the chaos has calmed down, there are still dead bodies in the streets. We need to focus on stabilizing Razak, as well as getting the exact number of casualties, let alone the burned house.
“All available troops, as of the current time, collect the bodies and grasp the exact status of the damage. In addition, the current situation of relief supplies, including food stored in the castle, is immediately identified and reported to me.”
Everyone seemed to be taken aback by the first mission instructions that weren’t too demonic.
What does it mean to be demonic?
As soon as he first sat on the throne, he said he would offer a blood sacrifice, and even a human sacrifice, would it be worthy of a demon king?
No matter what kind of demon king they expect, I will be very different from the demon king they think of.
They were still bewildered, not knowing what I had ordered them to do.
“Don’t you move quickly? If it’s going to go off, go off, listen to the words, and if you’re going to eat it, move quickly, you bastards! Do you know if you have time left?”
In the end, it was the same everywhere that you could only recognize someone by shouting.
The soldiers left the castle at my command, and began to deal with the damage in Razak.
I don’t know if they’ll do what I asked them to do, but it’s the first day after all.
The vassals withdrew, telling them to do what they had to do.
* * *
midnight.
One by one, they returned to Lazark.
Just as I instructed, everyone arrived at the Royal Palace of Edina.
Liana even brought the Duchess of Grantz, who had been hiding from the Angel Capital.
Everyone must have seen a terrible sight, but now this situation seemed to make more sense.
Until I left Razak and went to another island, I had just arrived at Razak, but now I was sitting on the throne of the throne room of the royal palace of that country.
“… … What happened?”
“You said you would occupy the Edina Islands.”
I just said that to Olivia.
There are many stories to share, and we need to discuss what to do next.
Both Liana and Harriet seemed mentally abnormal, probably because they had seen the terrible sight. Not to mention Elerith.
Leruen and Galarche weren’t quite like that, but their expressions were very serious.
“Becoming king in one day… … . Was it that easy?”
Lruen was lost.
“It was easier than I thought because the situation was the situation. Anyway, did everyone solve the situation well?”
“The damage was great, but we were done destroying the gate and annihilating the monster.”
It succeeded in suppressing the chaos in the four main ports of the Edina Archipelago.
“Local administrations will take care of the damage situation on their own, but since this happened, something like a riot could happen… … .”
“People who have lost their way… … . so many… … . How do those people… … .”
said Harriet with a melancholy expression.
“We have to start by investigating the damage situation at each port. How many people lost their homes, how many orphans. I wonder if there are enough alms to give them.”
It’s been a pain in the ass from the start.
“Since the situation is like this, intercontinental trade will not be possible at all. It’s also because I came all this far to keep the Empire from knowing where I settled. The Edina Archipelago has to somehow support itself from now on.”
He became king to somehow cope with the gate crisis, but the country is in a crisis situation from the start. The royal family of Edina will rather thank the demon king for taking this troublesome task into her own hands in the future.
we talked a lot
I had to explain step by step to Airi, who didn’t know anything about what had happened so far.
And what to do next.
What are you going to start with?
About how to take responsibility as a king for those whose lives were destroyed.
It was all new, and things we never imagined we would be doing until this morning.
we had to
* * *
It was probably the longest day of all my life, and I haven’t even finished it yet.
The royal palace was occupied, but the royal family who ruled the Edina Islands until now lived in this castle.
It was an extortion without justification, but I am the Demon King.
Just as people interpreted my actions arbitrarily, thinking that I had evil intentions because I was the Demon King, I have no intention of securing justification for my rule by citing justifications.
I’m going to let you think that I’m doing this because I’m the Demon Lord.
The royal family will not be ousted overnight. Because they also have to absorb information about the archipelago they know and the intellectual basis of governance.
I climbed the spire of the royal palace and was looking at the night scenery of Razak spreading down the cliff.
The port city where the gate crisis was over was quiet. Soldiers carrying torches were seen in the distance as they collected the bodies according to my instructions.
There was still smoke rising, and the cries of children who had lost their parents seemed to be heard as hallucinations.
Is this all my fault?
From the spire I could see the horizon of the sea beyond the harbor.
On the continent beyond the sea, people were still dying.
This was the fate I had to face.
All of the temples who are not here will probably be gradually put into battle as the general mobilization order is issued.
Someone is going to die, and since the gate incident happened earlier than expected, someone in my class might die.
In the end, even in this situation that has arisen because of me, I am trying to start something in this remote archipelago at the southernmost point of the continent in order to do something.
Could this be the way to save someone?
Or, rather, isn’t it just plotting the start of another war?
– Aaaaaang!
Cries that should not be heard seemed to be heard among the city lights.
-slam
It seemed that I could hear the waves of the sea that I shouldn’t have heard.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
I turned my head at the sound I heard from behind, and there was Liana de Granz.
Even if I became the king, are we still friends?
It was funny that I thought of myself as a king after sitting on the throne for less than a day.
Riana stands next to me, arms crossed, looking down at the Razak landscape.
Liana de Granz.
Magic is also important, but Liana’s lightning ability was very helpful in suppressing the gate avalanche.
Also, it helped me a lot when I escaped.
“Since when did you know?”
Liana knew that the murder of Duke Grantz was not my fault.
that’s why you saved me
“Not long ago. Her mom told me about it.”
“… … okay?”
“I thought my dad said a lot of strange things, but it was a revolution. I never thought he would try to do something bizarre like that.”
Liana smiled and looked down at Razak. Strictly speaking, she had nothing to do with Riana learning her truth and she saving me.
However, Liana tried to save me and she did.
It means that they had other intentions besides saving me.
“You want to destroy the empire?”
“… … .”
At my words, Liana was silent.
“If it were you, I thought you could do that.”
Maybe it was to save a friend, but there must have been an intention to save the demon king.
Liana knew that Duke Grantz’s death was a plot by the Empire, and that’s why she must have harbored a vengeance against the Empire.
It made me feel anew how great Liana’s vengeance was for not immediately attacking Bertus, Charlotte, or Tana.
It must be a vengeance that cannot be satisfied by killing a few members of the royal family.
A desire for vengeance that could not be satisfied unless the empire collapsed.
I couldn’t fathom how deep and dark the vengeful spirit was beneath Liana’s calm expression.
Is it similar to the despair I feel or is it a deeper feeling?
Just like Harriet gave up being the Grand Duchess and stood by my side.
Liana gave up being the daughter of the duke and stood by my side.
Of course, at this moment when the world is staggering, how meaningful would that be?
“Looking at it, you don’t seem to be interested in that.”
“yes.”
I said that I did all this to protect humans, and I am still working for it.
To avenge himself together, the demon king seemed plausible, but in reality, it would not have been so.
I don’t want war, and I don’t want the empire to collapse.
However, Liana stretched and put her arm around my shoulder.
“by the way. Didn’t the situation become a mess because you wanted to do this?”
“… … yes.”
My existence itself was already ruined, and by the time I realized that, much was already too late.
The Gate Crisis caused by Valie in the original work was caused by Ellerith’s hand this time.
I didn’t want something to happen, so it happened.
It felt like being the protagonist of an old oracle.
“So, it seems like everything you don’t want happens somehow?”
“… … Are you talkative?”
“Because you don’t want the empire to fall, isn’t the empire going to collapse miserably? Because of you.”
Liana giggles and laughs.
It was such a word that I was not even angry because the malice was too much.
“therefore. Even if you don’t want a war, if you have to go to war with the Empire, I’m saying I’ll lend a hand.”
I hoped for peace and stability of mankind, but the gate incident happened because of me who hoped so.
Still, I wish for the peace and stability of mankind and the preservation of the empire, but the empire may fall because of me.
Because somehow the world seems to be broken in that way.
Liana seemed to think that as long as she was by my side, there would always be an opportunity for revenge. Lyana still has her arms around her neck, as she gazes across Razak.
“Hey, then I… … . Aren’t they the Four Heavenly Kings?”
Liana’s words made me gasp.
Four Heavenly Kings?
Why is he thinking about this?
“I’m making you the Four Heavenly Kings, right?”
Liana looks at me with twinkling eyes.
let me
You don’t think this is some kind of neighborhood alleymaster game, do you?
“uh… … . what… … . If you do, you sleep alone, so how are you the Four Heavenly Kings?”
“Find the other three. Let’s say vampires are like this… … . Harriet and Olivia with her older sister… … . that before? pink hair? Isn’t it four if we do this?”
Are you dizzy? Really?
After talking about revenge, why did the topic suddenly move to this side?
“Hey, that sounds plausible. Magic, paladin, psychic, I don’t know what that pink hair is, but it’s four.”
Airi, Liana, Harriet, and Olivia.
Even though I didn’t say anything, Liana seemed to have drawn a blueprint for the Four Heavenly Kings in her head.
Didn’t I say anything?
“Hey Demon King, please make my nickname feel a bit more emotional. ok?”
– Cook Cook
Liana puts her arms around my neck and stabs me in the side.
“You are a jerk.”
At my words, Liana giggled and loosened her arms around my neck.
If you think about it, it must be really easy.
Since it’s lightning, anyway, it’s roughly… … .
Fuck, why am I even thinking about this?
“Anyway, you must have suffered a lot. When he ran away earlier, he looked at me and saw that his face went white.”
I couldn’t clear up Liana’s misunderstanding, so when I ran into her while running away, I thought it was all over.
In reality, it was quite the opposite.
“great job. How did you hold back from wanting to make excuses?”
“If you make excuses for that, the problem will be bigger.”
“therefore.”
Liana clicked her tongue.
“How have you been patient until now?”
Building relationships with people without revealing their identity.
I endured it through guilt and pressure.
As if it was amazing that I had endured so far, Liana patted my head.
“Are you going to keep yelling at me?”
Talking to this guy somehow made me feel like I was going back to the days of the Temple, which I could never go back to.
It felt good too.
It was a terribly painful and sad feeling.
“Anyway, I’m going. I want to rest I’m tired. I’m going to die.”
As if it was a very long day, Liana stretched herself and tried to go back.
“Cliffman.”
After that, I couldn’t bear to ask what I should have asked but couldn’t.
“… … .”
“Are you okay?”
“Are you okay, what?”
Liana’s voice was quiet as she answered.
“just. anything.”
“I didn’t say anything. To that bastard.”
I remember that we promised to take revenge on the demon king together.
After learning the truth, Liana said nothing to Cliffman.
Was it because he knew that the empire was a bigger enemy than the devil and couldn’t share it?
Riana arranged an affair with Harriet, but said nothing to Cliffman.
That’s why Cliffman will remember Liana as a traitor to the Empire and humanity.
Like I’ll build up a misunderstanding.
Liana will also accumulate misunderstandings.
I wondered if that was okay.
When those misunderstandings pile up and explode, I feel terrible enough to want to die.
“It should be fine.”
Liana said that and went down.
Because she was going to deal with an enemy that was too big, Liana didn’t say anything to Cliffman.
Liana, Harriet and Olivia will be remembered as traitors to the Empire and humanity.
Because of that, everyone has to handle something, and I have to be able to handle what they should be able to handle.
‘Cause I’m their king because they chose me
I must become a being who can protect those who choose me.
