I Became a Retired Warrior Who Suffered NTR in the Novel

74 – Frostblade

A week has passed since we came to the Principality of Alsmeyer.

The Four Heavenly Kings, Seir, lost one of his arms to me and disappeared.

The Four Heavenly Kings, Ballack, was severely beaten by Irene and ran away using magic tools.

Thanks to that, it was good that the regular army and barbarian warriors recaptured and entered the palace, but I couldn’t be too happy.

All week long, I had been wearing makeup to the extent that there was no day for the smoke to settle in and out of the capital.

There was not even a tree left for the living to heat because they burned countless corpses controlled by the necromancer.

And since the funeral took place in the royal palace…

The funeral of the Duke of Reggio, who was Irene’s older brother and ruled the duchy for a while, was held.

Until now, he had been manipulated and used like a puppet by the Four Heavenly Kings, Ballak, but when Ballak disappeared, he was able to go to rest with a comfortable face.

In this way, the Duchy of Alsmeyer was gradually regaining its vigor in anticipation that the same peace as before would come…

Queen Andrea, who is busy with two hands, has gathered our party of warriors for the funeral of her son, the Duke of Legio, and to restore the kingdom to normal.

“The reason I called the warriors party members like this today… I called them because I wanted you to solve the root cause of this incident.”

“The culprit?”

The queen uttered her first words, but then Irene stepped forward and began to open her mouth for detailed explanations.

“I want the hero to retrieve the demonic sword.”

“A demonic sword?”

As I was told by Irene before, there is a sealed demonic sword hidden in the Duchy of Alsmeyer.

I learned while fighting this time, but unlike the other Four Heavenly Kings, the only demonic sword Balak was aiming for was the demonic sword…

Not to mention Seir, who is weaker than him, isn’t a demonic sword, but he was holding a demonic spear…

“Yes. If this demonic sword continues to exist in our principality, this is not the end, and the other Four Heavenly Kings may target it again in the future… So, after discussing with my mother, I decided to do it.”

“But… Are you okay? Is it a magic sword?”

“Yes. If the Hero-sama retrieves it…”

This demonic sword is as strong as the holy sword, and it was a very important research material for humans…

No matter how good your swordsmanship is and how good you are with swords, if you touch this demonic sword incorrectly, you will lose your life or, if you are lucky, you will end up being manipulated by the demonic sword.

What…

I wonder if someone with the qualities of a hero appears and controls the demonic sword like the Ascalon I use…

A sword that humans cannot wield like this,

In many countries, this was used as a research material, and there were actually places where magic swords were made based on demonic swords.

So, from Irene’s point of view, it must have been regrettable, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t understand her feelings.

Because of the magic sword, the Four Heavenly Kings came in, and many people, including his family, died…

From the point of view of Irene and Queen Andrea, the magic sword had no value.

“Then where is the magic sword hidden? I haven’t been able to find the Four Heavenly Kings, Balak, for years… Is he far away from here?”

“That’s…”

To be honest, I was also curious.

Where the hell did he hide that demonic sword, and the Four Heavenly Kings, Balak, couldn’t find it even after he searched for it with all means…

“Just below this. It is in the basement of the palace.”

Irene pointed her hand to her floor and spoke her words.

“In the basement of the palace?”

“Yes. To be precise, it is in a dungeon hidden under the palace.”

Rather than being surprised by Irene’s words, I couldn’t get her words out for a while because I was so absurd.

*

The next day,

Our warrior party went to the hidden dungeon in the basement of the palace to retrieve the magic sword and to verify the authenticity of Irene’s words.

Irene approached one side of the wall of the deepest dungeon in the royal palace and was knocking on the wall as if she were typing a password…

Dr r r r r r r r r r r…

The entrance to the dungeon is opened using a purely mechanical device, not a device using mana.

The musty smell that can be smelled in any dungeon was stinging my nose.

I can’t find it…

If this dungeon device was operated with mana, it would have been possible to find it, of course, if it was me or a demon of the level of the Four Heavenly Kings.

However, since the dungeon was hidden using such a mechanical device… Of course, Ballark will not be able to find it…

In fact, most dungeons on the continent were using magic circles made of mana to block the entrances,

A mechanical device like this was rare enough to be seen very rarely.

“If you go down this street to the bottom floor, you will find a demonic sword.”

Irene went into the dungeon first as she finished her words, she came out behind her and Kir followed her.

How soon do people come here?

From the cobwebs hanging down all over the cave and the dust piled up on the stairs we descend…

For at least a few decades… No, it didn’t seem like anyone had been here for hundreds of years.

“Do you know anything about that demonic sword? Irene?”

“Yes. The magic sword’s name is Frost Sword. Legend has it that there was a great war between the hero and the demon king in this area in ancient times, and at that time, the demon king built this royal palace to seal the sword that was in the place where he died.”

Although it is not historical data left in books, it is just a legend handed down by word of mouth,

For some reason, I was curious about the magic sword that was said to have come down from ancient times…

“By the way, this area has been winter all year round because of this demonic sword, so why didn’t they get rid of it beforehand?”

The Principality of Alsmeyer suffered from chronic food shortages because it was winter all year round, and the wagons and ports were always frozen, making it difficult for merchants to access.

It was true that the country became poorer than other countries as a result,

Still, I wondered why the previous kings didn’t try to get rid of the demonic sword.

I didn’t try to make a magic sword using it as a research material like other countries,

Not that anyone could use it…

“I’m not sure, but… There’s a saying that winter is the best castle. Could it be because of that?”

The best wall…

If it’s a place that’s hard to reach even for merchants, it won’t be easy to get to even if an army from any kingdom invades…

The best castle walls might be right…

If that’s the reason…

I understand to some extent.

“There is a reason for that, but…”

“?”

“Wouldn’t it be difficult to access the dungeon because of the monsters?”

Irene was quietly summoning her ice as she finished her words,

I couldn’t take my eyes off the end of the road we were supposed to walk on.

Why is she so vigilant…

Thump!! Thud!! Thud!!

A huge golem made of ice was slowly approaching us, and every time she stepped on it, the entire dungeon rang and dust fell from the ceiling.

Roaring!

Throwing Irene’s huge ice is good, but I summoned Ascalon, which was more effective than that, and spewed out flames.

“Quooooo!!!”

A strange sound that seems to come from the body itself, not from the vocal cords…

The ice that formed the golem’s body began to melt slowly, and the stronger Ascalon’s flame grew, the faster it melted.

In the end, all the ice disappeared, leaving only a large core where the golem had been.

As long as the golem’s core is alive, it can be regenerated at any time, so Kir quietly approached and broke the core to decorate the end.

“A golem in a place like this…”

As Kir grumbled as she rubbed the core of her golem with her foot, Irene quietly approached her side and opened her mouth.

“It was probably created by a demonic sword.”

“A demonic sword?”

“Yes. There is a high probability that the monster was created by the demonic energy flowing from the demonic sword.”

Kir didn’t seem to understand how a single sword could create monsters, but

I could fully understand from my experience of going to get Ascalon.

Thump!!! Thud!!!!

This is our analysis for a moment…

The sound of heavy footsteps that seemed to resonate throughout the dungeon echoed, and the entire dungeon shook as if vibrating.

A row of golems that looked similar to the one I just treated with Ascalon were approaching.

Roaring!

I melted the bodies of the golems that came within my range with the flames of the holy sword Ascalon,

The golems that wanted to be too close could not easily approach as their cores were broken by Irene’s magic.

As I went through the golems and went downstairs in the dungeon, not only was the room gradually covered with ice, but the temperature also went down, and my breath continued to come out of my mouth.

And now that the place that stopped us has appeared…

The ceiling, floor, and walls were all covered with ice in a hall that was huge enough for a dragon to live in, similar to the dwarf mine in the past.

Instead, in the middle of the huge hall, there was a strangely shaped block of ice floating around…

“Hero, over there…”

Irene was pointing her hand at her ice, and I followed her hand and looked closely at her ice,

Inside it was a shadow that looked like a sword.

“No way…”

As we approached the object just in case, we had no choice but to stop walking after confirming its identity in detail.

“Is this… A demonic sword?”

I don’t know who sealed it in the ice like this, but

That ice, unlike normal ice, suppressed the demonic energy flowing out of the demonic sword as much as possible.

Looking at how they create golems even though they’re suppressing it so carefully…

I don’t think it’s an ordinary magic sword…

“How can I carry this?”

Kir, who was looking around the ice where the Frostblade was trapped, told us about a real problem.

I pulled out the Ascalon once again and approached the ice.