I’m the Demon King, but There Are Too Many Heroes

017. Are you crazy?

bang bang-

Logger’s hair fluttered in an unbelievable shock that fists collided with each other.

‘What should I do?’

Logger tried the scales. His future was one of two things.

Raise the hand of the Demon King and be remembered as a traitor to mankind.

Fall into the hands of the princess and rot as a slave for the rest of her life.

Contemplating which one would be better didn’t really mean much. Both are the worst of the worst.

But if I had to choose the lesser evil, it was the former.

‘Although he is a demon king, he is not just a vicious demon king as rumored.’

It was very unusual, but the peculiarity gave the logger a breath of fresh air.

‘On the contrary, the princess….’

The madness of the princess was quite famous even within the kingdom. In particular, the desire for good weapons and good trinkets, and the obsession with the craftsmen were close to madness.

‘If caught, it is squeezed.’

Even the Demon King would be wracked with it, but to a different extent.

It was even more so because it had not yet been revealed that Berger was the Demon King. The current logger is simply a craftsman who fled because he did not want to make a weapon for the princess, not a traitor who betrayed humanity and took the side of the demon king.

‘And above all…’.

Logger caressed the necklace around his neck. The moment you take sides with the princess, you die. Because the Demon King can never let himself go gracefully.

The determined logger crawled over and approached the magic tool.

‘No matter how fast it takes, it takes more than 10 minutes.’

You have to cut the connection that surrounds the entire workshop along the wall.

‘I can’t take all the stems with me. First, take care of only the body…’

Logger’s hand moved busily. But because there was no equipment, there was no choice but to slow down.

‘If only I had a knife or an ax…’

All you have to do is just use the body. The result was the same whether the joint was disconnected or cut at once with an axe.

At that moment, he saw a lump of metal he had made by himself. What was supposed to be a knife.

The problem was that it was wallowing in the middle of the battlefield between the Demon King and the Princess.

gulp-

As he goes, he will be mangled and turned into a logger.

“That sword! I need a knife!”

In the end, all I could do was ask.

Fortunately, the Demon King understood his words. The problem was that the princess was the same.

“dare···.”

The eyes of the demon king and the princess collided. At the same time, he reached out for the sword.

It was the princess who grabbed the blade first. But kicks flew over it.

perok-

she took a breath Despite the dizzying shock, he did not let go of what he was holding in his hand. That was unfortunate.

The one she had to deal with was the Demon King. He was a person who did not show mercy because his opponent was a princess.

Woodduck-

I broke my finger on the heel that went straight down. It was made with a small scream, but the blade flew away. It was passed on to Logger through the hands of the Demon King.

“thank you!”

The battle that followed was the best for Berge and the worst for the princess.

She was so obsessed with the blade that she broke her finger ridiculously easily and her power plummeted.

One-sided offensive and one-sided defense.

The battle aspect was the same as before, but the subject was reversed.

“··········!”

One by one, the wounds on the princess’ body increased. The only thing she could do in the face of such a dreary life was resistance and struggle.

And luckily, it worked.

“Princess!”

“Enemy!”

Hearing the commotion, the running knights drew their weapons.

“Done!”

Just then, the logger shouted. The demon king kicked the princess’s abdomen. Then, the huge magic tool disappeared without a trace.

* * *

“majesty···! hand!”

“·················ogue.”

The princess looked down at her fist pitifully. small. The half-broken hand is quite different from other dwarfs who are rough and small.

It hurt. But the mental distortion was greater than the physical pain.

If only it wasn’t this small.

If it was big and thick like other Dwarves.

I wouldn’t have missed it so desperately.

I wouldn’t have been broken and defeated in vain.

The anger with nowhere to go naturally turned to the escorts.

“What the hell have you been up to?”

“···sorry.”

“Are you coming after I die?”

“···sorry.”

“Excuse me, will my injured hand come back? I’m sorry, I mean, catch those bastards right now! When it’s time to apologize, run down that passage right now. Order the lord to find those bastards!”

“I take orders!”

A few knights threw themselves into the aisle. The messengers ran to the lord’s castle.

“Let’s go back to the royal road.”

“His Majesty the Princess?”

“I need to see Abamama.”

It wasn’t the logger who made her this way. But Logger’s voice remained clear in his mind.

– I need that sword!

If I hadn’t been so obsessed with the sword, I wouldn’t have broken my hand in vain.

I wouldn’t have been so stupid.

‘In the first place, Logger, even if that damn bastard didn’t go into hiding while making weapons.’

This didn’t happen.

The princess grinded her teeth.

“Logger Friedry disobeyed and deceived the princess who dared to see her. You will pay for it.”

“The princess who begged Abamamama will catch him directly.”

I will make you regret today’s events for the rest of your life.

certainly.

she promised

* * *

The pursuit of the Dwarves was tenacious.

He was quick and quick, unsuitable for his short legs. But the opponent was the Demon King.

Those who must prioritize superior stealth skills to kidnap a prince or princess.

It was impossible to pursue the Demon King in the wilderness with their skills.

“. . . I may not be able to return to the realm anymore.”

Logger wept bitterly.

“The assumption is wrong. It’s not going to go, it’s not going to go. The moment you go, you will be imprisoned in the dungeon of the royal capital. It probably won’t be executed. If you have talent, you will use it forever. There is a high possibility that you will become a slave directly under the royal family, or maybe the second princess’ private slave, and be locked up in the workshop all day.”

“·················ogue.”

Logger’s complexion grew pale and tired of the terrible future he could only imagine.

“…well, is that so?”

“It is certainly. If it’s the second princess I know.”

“You seem to be well acquainted with the Second Princess.”

“I don’t know.”

It was a pretty tough affair.

The warriors were handpicked warriors to fight against the invaders, but not all the strong were warriors.

Heroes were just those who had the power to fight the invaders better, and just because they weren’t warriors didn’t necessarily mean they were weaker than them.

Of course, there weren’t many, but the 2nd Princess of the Dwarf Kingdom was one of them.

“It doesn’t matter, doesn’t it? After all, I don’t let go of what’s in my hands.”

“…Yes, of course.”

It was the moment when the last hope of the dwarf warrior who had been dreaming of what-if was broken.

* * *

Three months have passed since the start of the heroic journey.

Hillen intentionally moved north very slowly and continued to meet people.

people are increasing

There were no enemies in their way.

On the surface, it was an okay warrior. People ridiculed that the Demon King, frightened by Hillen’s fame, wouldn’t even send a monster.

But Granada realized that little by little a rift was brewing within.

“Damn, how did the heroic deeds not come out?”

“A monster? If an ogre jumps out, hundreds of people will rush to share it and get a claw?”

“Even those who want to be strong and tall will take it all away, so what are we here to do for free?”

“Still, it’s nice to have frequent banquets.”

It was a very small level because Hillen met with local maintenance and nobles and gave a lot, but Granada thought that there was a lot of meaning in itself.

‘Because the Demon King’s family is not completely in vain.’

If the Demon King had this thought in mind, wouldn’t he come up with a plan that was further developed based on this?

With that thought in mind, Granada tilted her glass. Even now, this place was a banquet where a noble invited the warriors.

Because he is a hero, he puts it with a good face that he should give it, but the goal is probably the stake. When you occupy the Demon King’s Tower, the percentage of your stake in the treasure.

‘What kind of expression would you make if you knew there was nothing?’

Granada chuckled.

Then, a drunkenly drunk Bark approached him.

“Captain, did you hear me? Rumors about the Demon King are circulating.”

“Devil?”

Granada flinched for a moment.

‘Maybe I’m the Demon King’s subordinate… it can’t be.’

The Demon King thoroughly hid his identity. At least to what he knew, there were no elements that would reveal his identity.

Indeed, his worries were in vain.

“The demon king who built the tower in Erzest handles fire.”

“Fire?”

I used to deal with fire. Granada had also seen black flames in front of their eyes.

But I know it’s never been used in front of humans.

“Where did you hear that?”

“Rumors are circulating among the aristocrats now. It has also spread to those who have already participated in the Heroic Trial. A lot of people say that we need to equip the equipment accordingly.”

“A piece of equipment with fire resistance?”

“Is not it? After all, there is a lot of support from Hilderan Kingdom and merchants, so I don’t think there is anything that can’t be done.”

“Are you sure the Demon Lord can handle fire? No one has ever seen the Demon King, how do they know that?”

“I don’t know about that. I heard it too But there are a lot of people who have already confirmed it.”

Granada clenched her chin.

It was strange no matter how I thought about it.

‘I’ll have to contact the Demon King.’

A race that doesn’t like it, but does its best for its enemies as long as they swear by it. it was an elf

* * *

“Is there a rumor that I wield fire?”

Berger frowned. The report I heard as soon as I returned to the tower was not very pleasant.

He didn’t bother to ask how.

It was clearly invisible to humans.

The only people who knew him were the same demons, and among them, there was only one person who could make him difficult by spreading malicious rumors.

“How dare you filthy beast.”

“It cannot be the will of the Demon Lord Draxon alone.”

Gordon bit his lip.

The Demon King of the Beasts was the dog of Archduke Alkyn who was more faithful than anyone else. If he had taken action, he would have had the master’s orders or intentions.

Gordon remembered just before leaving for Araine.

The Archduke prayed for Berge’s death. A curse full of malice had already rejected him.

‘Damn it, what happened to me…’

Usually, when he wins the top position after hard work, it is normal for his eight to open up, but he was falling more and more deeply.

“What would you like to do? At this rate, there is a great risk…”

“I’m not going to do anything.”

“Yes?”

“Apart from the fire resistance, you don’t know what you want to put on the first floor, do you?”

“ah.”

They were magic cannons and dwarven traps. There were some that spit out flames, but that’s only part of it, and if you come in with nothing but flame resistance, it will become a beehive and disappear.

“Mount Erzest is a place where snow falls all year round. You will realize how pointless it is to enter a place like that with fire resistance.”

The monsters will welcome the weakened prey very warmly.

Those who break through even that are welcomed by magic cannons and traps.

If it goes beyond that.

“I will meet the princess.”

“Are you saying you’re going to leave the princess alone even if the hero comes?”

“The hero who climbed up the hard way met the princess. But what if the princess hits the back of the head?”

Just thinking about it was thrilling.

“…I don’t think I’m going to make the princess and the hero fight.”

“·················ogue.”

“I don’t know if it would be rude, but are you crazy?”

“It’s rude.”