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

052. Did that happen?

When I returned to the tower after a few months, the first floor had changed.

“maze?”

It was a bit simple for a maze. There were no pitfalls to be seen.

‘I hid it in the wall.’

Magic cannons that were hidden from view continued along the passage.

I walked straight along the road. It was winding, but there was no fork in the road. About halfway through, a dwarf who was installing a magic cannon welcomed him.

“My lord! You are here!”

But it wasn’t just the dwarfs.

“Are you here?”

The princess, who had her face covered with dirt, but her appearance did not fade, sticked her head out of the pit.

“…what are you doing?”

“Logger said he needed help, so I was helping him for a while.”

“Ah, building a wall and digging the ground was too slow on my own, so I asked for it. If there is any problem…”

“No, it doesn’t matter.”

It was strange that the princess cooperated properly, and if she cooperated, there was no reason to stop her.

‘How was it in a previous life?’

There was no major connection. I didn’t know what her personal life was like or what kind of personality she had.

He turned to Logger.

“So, how do you plan to build the first floor?”

“Yeah, so along the wall…”

The explanation was lengthy, but in the end, it meant that they were going to paint the walls with magic cannons.

When the warriors told me to make something unexpected, they came with a design like this. Well, the unexpected firepower wasn’t bad either.

In the end, if the hero dies without being able to respond properly, everything is ok.

“lack.”

But Berge decided to go there one more sip. He thought that it would be impossible to kill a hero like Ralph no matter how much he used magic cannons.

“which···?”

“I’m going to set up a few golems in case they are still alive after being bombarded in the square. Did I mention that you are also skilled in alchemy and enchantment magic?”

“Ah, it is possible. But it costs a little bit more.”

“Does not matter. What do you want?”

“The type of ore doesn’t really matter, but the higher the quality and the better the mineral, the higher the performance of the golem.”

“Let’s try to find a good guy.”

“thank you!”

I went up to the next floor with Logger bowing down behind his back.

“Logger, did you know how to make golems too?”

“I was traumatized by my personal strength being a hero and being too weak. So I was interested in making golems.”

The conversation between the two faded away.

I was still thinking about filling the empty 2nd and 3rd floors with something. The fourth floor, where the owner disappeared, was not of much interest.

As if passing by the princess who was vigorously wielding a sword, she threw a few words.

“Something has happened, my lord.”

So when he arrived on the 5th floor, Gordon urgently called him.

“I got a call from Crutoo, but it seems that someone is looking for the tower. In Crutu’s words, Fear Orcs have no opponent…”

“I have already met you.”

“Yes?”

“Daphner Philian. A warrior.”

“…and be brave.”

“It’s not like I’m alone. But it could be seen as a preliminary work for the bravery.”

He was determined not to go through the same failure.

“Aren’t you supposed to find it and kill it?”

“In what way?”

“Yes?”

“He is the fastest among the warriors and has a good reputation for stealth. One stealth skill is comparable to the demon lords.”

“No way···.”

The first thing the Demon Kings learned at the Demon King Military Academy was that they did not waste it until the day they completed it.

How can you be compared to such a demon king?

“…then there is no way?”

“I said I couldn’t catch it, I didn’t say there was no way.”

There is no need to catch If you want something, just show it.

“What is that?”

“There is something the dwarf brought with him. You just have to change the direction.”

“ah.”

Gordon let out a small sigh.

* * *

“You have improved your skills.”

Kaede’s sword, which had been concentrating hard on training, stopped at a single word that seemed to be arrogant and disappeared.

‘…is your skill increasing?’

Of course, my skills had to improve.

After being kidnapped by the Demon King, he concentrated on training to live and die in order to somehow escape.

It was because I made progress one step further while watching the high spirit’s contract.

But hearing that from the Demon King was another story.

Kaede was a princess and her opponent was a demon king.

She was a warrior and he was a demon king.

Such a demon lord praised her.

He was too casually proud of her promotion.

‘Does this make sense?’

it makes sense If I could add one assumption.

From Berge’s point of view, it was a word that came out without thinking after getting used to the peculiar princess Ernyan.

However, Kaede who accepted it was different.

‘Maybe me too…’

To make it your own subordinate?

So what if you deliberately release him and treat him kindly?

The demon king’s subordinates are warriors and princesses. I didn’t know it was too much of a guess.

But there was also evidence to simply pass it on.

‘Hilderan Ernya.’

She was already a faithful servant of the Demon King. He was decorating the 4th floor by himself and helping the dwarves on the 1st floor create a vicious trap to kill the warriors.

‘And Logger Friedree.’

Even he was a warrior. However, he was truly serving the Demon King.

‘no.’

Kaede was the imperial princess. At the same time, he was a proud knight and warrior of the Empire.

Her apostasy was not a personal betrayal, but an imperial shame. It was unacceptable for her to be proud of her knights.

‘We have to escape.’

No matter what, you have to escape.

she made up her mind

* * *

– Go to the top of the Golden Moon and find Aman. You can go ahead and call him the elf business manager.

Granada and the Red Hawk were excluded from the 2nd Champion.

Instead, he took orders from Berge and left for the top of the golden moon.

“So, are we buying elves?”

“okay. We have to go to all the slave markets of the whole continent.”

“It seems like more than a year has passed…”

“The master has decided to hire you for one more year. The value is the same as then.”

“Oh, if you write a little more… We climbed Erzest, went to the Demon King’s Tower, and did dangerous things once or twice, didn’t we?”

“Isn’t that the one who ran away before even fighting properly?”

“I am also happy with the original reward!”

“Me too!”

On the way, they signed a contract extension, and they smiled happily at the huge amount of money that came in again.

And Granada, who arrived at the top of the golden moon, faced the representative they were promoting.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Jetson, who is newly hired this time.”

“This is Granada.”

“Oh, Granada-sama and the Red Falcon mercenaries who are famous for that. I’ve heard the story. Elves buy enslaved elves and set them free. Kya, you’re cool.”

“···Ah yes.”

Jettson spoke softly.

“Actually, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the enslaved elves. It’s been banned by the Continental Law, and it’s still such a barbaric act. Just trust me. I will take responsibility and do my best to save as many elves as possible!”

“···uh. thank you.”

The first impressions of a human being Jetson were not very believable. But as I listened to the stories, I gained some kind of trust.

“I’ve put together a list of big markets where elves are likely to trade. Don’t worry. Hearing Granada-sama’s fame, they will take care of giving them elves.”

The first place he guided to was the slave market of Felum, a large city of Jaasin.

Elven residence, Elven.

Werft, the kingdom of dwarves.

and human kingdoms.

Long ago, after fighting, they made a pact, and formally enslaving each other’s races was abolished.

On the surface, it seemed that the treaty made by all the kings of men and the heads of different races was well kept. However, there was no end to human greed, and there was always a shadow behind the bright side.

The Kingdom of Iasin was the same.

There was always a slave market in any large city, and there was an auction house where rare items and slaves of different races were bought and sold in the deep underground, where only VIPs could enter.

“stop.”

He entered the slave market wearing a mask that half covered his face. There, after reciting all kinds of secret movements and passwords, he descended underground through the secret passage.

Jettson, who led everything, casually held out a small tile.

“I have verified my identity. We will guide you.”

I followed the guide and headed down the stairs to the basement.

Granada whispered softly.

“What is that?”

“No ordinary people can enter the auction house in this dark area. You must have money or power, such as a great noble, the head of a certain guild, or the owner of a prominent top. This is the ID card issued at the top of the golden moon.”

“okay.”

“Granada-sama, aren’t you used to this kind of darkness?”

“…well, it is.”

It was Granada, where he wandered all kinds of slave markets for five years. In some ways, I was more accustomed to these black markets.

“Trust me. This Jettson was raised as a merchant from an early age and grew up as a merchant.”

“Awesome.”

Contrary to the horse, Jettson did not show any special skills.

There were two elves in the auction house, and the auction went smoothly.

Jettson, who was beating his heart to believe only in himself, paid an expensive price three times the starting price and finally won the bid.

“That damn pig! Because she’s a female elf, her eyes widen and she runs away!”

Jettson snorted as he looked at the culprit who raised the price. Seeing Granada’s hardened expression, he shed an awkward smile.

“…haha, you must be misunderstanding, but this is not all about me. In fact, my specialty is not to buy, but to sell.”

“·················ogue.”

“Auctions are not good commerce. I think that the way for a true merchant is to come to an agreement on each other’s prices through face-to-face conversations.”

“·················ogue.”

“Not all merchants are the same. Everyone has their own field of expertise, but in my case, it’s about persuading people face-to-face…”

“Jetson.”

“Yes.”

“Let’s go pick up the elves.”

“···Yes.”

Granada just didn’t like the elves who were treated as playthings by humans.

* * *

“It is quite difficult if this is the case.”

Contrary to words, his voice was not disturbing at all.

“I also had quite a bit of trouble with borrowing money in a hurry. But you didn’t even give me the Magi on time…”

At Jason’s words, Berge eventually had no choice but to open up some of the facts.

“There is a problem.”

“What if it’s a problem?”

“Daphner Philian.”

“That person is looking for Berge-sama’s tower.”

An interesting laugh was heard.

“It won’t be easy to avoid his gaze, but what are you going to do? Isn’t the unknown location of the tower a pretty important part to Berge?

“Should I even say that?”

“I think it’s a natural right from the standpoint of having a debt to receive.”

“Half paid off.”

“It means half is left.”

“I will summon a demon and kill it.”

“…it seems like there’s more, but I get it.”

“And I have something to tell you.”

“what?”

“Tomorrow, I want to hold a meeting between the demon lords in my tower.”

“suddenly? Is there still time left for the harmony of the tower?”

“Ah, I forgot that you weren’t familiar with the news outside the tower yet.”

“There is a problem.”

he continued

“Draxon Doldorf is dead.”

Yes, I know. I did.

Berger replied calmly.

“···Oh My God. Did something like that happen?”

“Yes. I have something to say about him. A new demon king has come down.”

“···What?”

already?

This time, Berger couldn’t help but be surprised.