My childhood friend the hero was genuinely angry

44 – The Princess’ Despair (3)

Princess Letia had seen the strength of the existence of the Four Heavenly Kings in the demon lord’s army quite low.

The Four Heavenly Kings, who are next in line to the demon king in the demon king army.

I thought that even the officials of the empire could defeat the Four Heavenly Kings if they wanted to.

That’s also true because Xerath, the wizard of the warrior party whom he looked down on, took care of the Four Heavenly Kings by himself.

Of course, he thought that there was no way that the superior officials of the empire could not defeat the Four Heavenly Kings.

But now, instead of the Four Heavenly Kings, it was this situation where all the officials of the empire were swept away like autumn leaves by just one corps commander.

Of course, at this point, wouldn’t it be that Xerath was actually very capable and strong? I was bound to be suspicious.

“When you think about it, that’s kind of weird.”

She was a princess who hadn’t thought deeply about this issue, but the more she thought about it, the more she definitely made no sense.

The royal family and nobles of the empire hate the mage named Xerath and treat him lowly.

In the evaluation of the Magic Tower and commoners, there was only evaluation that he was too competent.

At the time, I thought they didn’t know what to do and made that assessment, but if not, there won’t be smoke coming out of the chimney.

If he was really bad, they wouldn’t have said that in the first place.

The princess, who did not even suspect such a simple fact, began to think about the cause of this, and soon came up with an answer.

“Chloe’s words were decisive. She put Xerath down.”

The reason why the princess couldn’t help but think that way was because of the hero, Chloe.

Because she put Xerath down, she spoke poorly of her content about Xerath every time she reported to the princess, so she must have misunderstood her until now.

The princess had believed the words of the hero, Chloe.

“But, of course, that would be a lie. He who single-handedly defeated the Four Heavenly Kings can’t be weak.”

But when I think about it now, I wonder if all the words of such a warrior were lies.

If the strength of Xerath, who had single-handedly defeated the Four Heavenly Kings, was real, it was clear that he would be strong enough to be compared to the hero.

Still, it would be correct to say that the reason Letia expelled Xerath was because of Chloe’s lies.

Chloe lied to Letia. This isn’t a hypothesis, it’s probably the truth.

“Why the hell did she lie?”

However, she had no idea why she lied to herself.

Why the hell did Chloe put down the wizard, a fellow warrior’s party member?

Why did a wizard who was actually very good turn into a bad wizard?

Isn’t Chloe not very fond of Xerath?

If that’s the case, then why didn’t Chloe banish Xerath from the warrior party?

“Ugh… I don’t know. Why did you lie to me…”

No matter how much I thought about the reason, I couldn’t figure it out.

If you try to make a claim on something, there are things that don’t connect like cogs misaligned.

She had no idea why she said that or what purpose she had.

“Haa. Anyway, things are very bad right now.”

And now those things weren’t important.

Now, after everything was over, only the results remained.

The princess had no choice but to let out a sigh at this bleak situation.

After expelling Xerath and not knowing where even Chloe went, there was no manpower capable of stopping the empire anymore.

It was an empire that was falling too easily by the demon king’s army.

“Princess. The Demon King’s army has completely occupied the northern part of the empire.”

“Kuh…”

Half of the empire’s territory had already been captured by the Demon King’s army.

The empire, which boasted a history of hundreds of years so easily, was on the verge of collapsing.

The princess felt so miserable and desperate that she had no choice but to watch the empire perish in vain.

What made her even more bleak was that there was nothing she could do.

“I beg you. Please someone… Please come. Please save the empire.”

For now, I can only hope that someone will come to save the empire.

Please, the princess begged for someone to come.

Because anyone is fine.

The moment the princess was thinking about that.

“Princess.”

“Chloe…!”

The princess was able to see her face, which she longed for so much.

The hero Chloe is back.

The princess was very happy to see such a Chloe, but…

“Princess ★”

“…?”

But for some reason, I felt an ominous feeling from the hero.

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“Luger-sama. Finally, the invasion of the empire is right around the corner.”

“Khehehe. I, Luger, are attacking the Empire.”

The Demon Army that occupied all of the northern part of the empire, Luger, the commander of the Demon Army’s 13th Corps commanding it, smiled.

Luger, who had won all the battles against the imperial army until now, was about to advance to the capital of the empire.

Perhaps he will end the empire with his own hands today. Of course, he couldn’t help but be overjoyed right now.

In a little while, you will be able to make a huge contribution to conquering the empire.

As a general, I couldn’t have accomplished anything more outstanding than that.

Not only Luger, but all of the demon army under his command cheered.

“Wow. Who would have known that the Imperial army could be attacked so easily.”

“It was just an army sent for reconnaissance, but the Empire’s army broke through in vain like this.”

Obviously they just didn’t think it would go this deep at first.

I just entered to keep the enemy in check and draw attention.

No one thought that the Imperial Army would break through so easily.

But what?

The Imperial Army was so vainly pierced.

The imperial army, which was so easily repulsed as if fallen leaves were swept away, and the generals who commanded them were all repulsed by the Demon King’s army.

There was no longer an Imperial Army to stop Luger’s demon army.

They were completely victorious.

In this situation, most of the Demon King’s army couldn’t help but be happy.

“General Luger. Isn’t something strange?”

There were also voices of concern.

“What’s wrong?”

“It doesn’t make sense for the empire to break through so easily. It’s strange. Isn’t there a reason? Even the Four Heavenly Kings couldn’t conquer the empire.”

One of Luger’s lieutenants spoke cautiously to him.

Before, one of the core forces of the Demon King’s Army had once invaded the Empire of the Four Heavenly Kings.

With far more troops than Luger’s now.

However, even those Four Heavenly Kings could not penetrate the empire.

I was horribly defeated by a wizard who was not even a warrior in the empire, and the invasion of the empire was stopped so easily.

Since there was such a precedent, of course I couldn’t help but worry.

Could it be that the victory that the demon army is winning right now is a mere cosmetic victory that has no meaning? I said.

“There is no reason? No, there is a reason. Khehehehe.”

“Yes? Why?”

“You still don’t know?”

However, at the adjutant’s concern, Luger smiled and said,

An empire that even the Four Heavenly Kings could not penetrate, the reason why such an empire is being penetrated now, Luger knew the answer.

“That’s it. Of course, I, Luger, surpassed the Four Heavenly Kings.”

Isn’t that perhaps because he became very strong without realizing it? Was the reason

If someone saw Luger talking about this reason, he would think it was a very out of the blue.

In fact, it wasn’t that there was no reason for him to make such a claim.

“Didn’t you see that I defeated the one who was said to be the best mage in the empire?”

“Ah. The Baltic or the Baltic Sea or something?”

“Yes.”

When the Demon King’s army started advancing towards the Empire, there was a man who was said to be the strongest magician who was in command of the first enemy he met.

He’s probably the best mage in the empire, so he’s probably the one who defeated the Four Heavenly Kings. When Luger confronts him, he is at first frankly afraid that he will lose.

However, it was so easy that Luger defeated the wizard. The man’s magic didn’t work on Ruger at all, and Ruger killed the man too easily.

“After that, I defeated all the generals of the Imperial army. Looking at that, don’t you know? The fact that I have become stronger than the Four Heavenly Kings.”

And that wasn’t all. Countless imperial generals who came to Luger after Balt.

They all died without resisting at Luger’s hands.

With these facts of course, Luger had no choice but to claim that he had become stronger.

“No. How can you suddenly become so strong?”

“That’s possible.”

“How?”

“A legend has been handed down in our tribe. The legend of a super orc. Perhaps I am a super orc that only appeared in legends.”

Ruger shrugged his shoulders and said.

Luger, a race of orcs, has a super-orc man in their legend who is said to be born once in millions of years.

It is said to be the strongest warrior in the universe who is ruthless and cruel, and no one can match his strength.

Maybe that’s what happened.

Thinking that way, he admired Luger, not knowing the end of his potential.

“Hmm… Is that wrong?”

At Luger, the adjutant also had no choice but to understand.

In fact, this situation now occupies all of the northern part of the empire and advances to the capital of the empire.

Luger has defeated countless Imperial forces.

It would be correct to say that Luger, who achieved achievements that even the Four Heavenly Kings could not achieve, has definitely become stronger.

That was a reasonable idea, and in fact, I didn’t have to think about this part.

“Now. Now the capital of the empire. Occupy that place.”

“Okay.”

From now on, I just need to occupy the empire.

The moment the demon army led by Luger was about to advance to the capital.

“What…? Why is the demon army advancing on the capital of the empire?”

They found a wizard with black hair.

“A young wizard. What are you?”

“Hmm… If you’re asking for a name, I’d say Xerath…”

The wizard looked at Luger and the demon army with a puzzled expression.

“Whoa. That’s right. I am Ruger, the legendary super-orc. Xerath. Know that I die from this body as an honor.”

Luger charged at such a wizard.