Chapter 437
The chain that binds the demon king is not an ordinary chain.
Basically, the chains made to bind powerful criminals or similar beasts block all magical attempts that the captive can make.
or cast magic.
or strength enhancement.
Or the kind of act that uses an artifact.
Therefore, the demon king was in a state where he could not use any kind of power except for his own physical power or supernatural power that he had no way to control.
And the countless knights and wizards inside the prison couldn’t stand by and watch the demon king escape.
An emergency situation, a modification using supernatural powers.
To prepare for the situation and to hear the statement, Bertus was doing what he had to do.
– Pajik! Jigsaw Jigsaw!
“Oops! town! Oops! Ugh!”
Bertus silently watched Reinhardt struggle in pain with Saviolin Tana.
About three hours already.
Reinhardt, whose eyes were bloodshot red, was enduring the magic without fainting even though his whole body trembled.
– Cheekyung! Chunk!
– Ugh! eww! eww!
And in the back, a woman with white hair was struggling.
No magical action was taken on that side, but he was sobbing as if Reinhardt’s pain was his own.
Reinhardt struggled in pain, and the white-haired woman cried and cried like a beast, struggling as if she felt her master’s pain as her own.
how much time has passed
When the pain was over, Bertus silently watched Reinhardt’s limp body.
The Archmage of the Imperial Wizards, who had applied countless magics until now, shook her head.
What I’ve done so far hasn’t been pointless torture.
“Not a single mental magic works.”
“… … is it.”
“It feels like some huge barrier… … . It’s like being protected by God… … . Oh, I misunderstood. I’m sorry, Your Highness.”
“It’s true that this guy was chosen by God. It’s not wrong.”
As long as I know that the Demon King has the power of a demon, I cannot recklessly break the gag. That’s why he tried to listen to the story after completely breaking down and brainwashing, but the demon king’s spirit was solid.
As if it were protected by some gigantic power, it was impossible to penetrate or find the slightest crack in the demon king’s mind.
“Then ask over there.”
Bertus pointed to the iron bars on the other side.
At that instruction, the door on the other side of the iron window opened, and Tana freed the gag from Loyard’s mouth.
It was painful for Tana to see the traces of sobbing tears flowing down her face.
“What is Akasha?”
“… … I don’t know.”
“It’s such an obvious answer.”
“… … I don’t know. I am.”
Royard was hiding from the night of the full moon. So he never went to the lich’s tomb, and he knew even less about Akasha than the Empire knew.
“Let’s test this one to see if your head is that hard. start.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
The mental magic that had been applied to Reinhardt began to be applied to Loyard this time.
– Pajik! Paperweight!
“Turn it off… … . Ughhhhhh!”
The mental power of the lycanthrope was also beyond the level of the culprit.
But now, it’s not the ubiquitous torture technicians or heretic inquisitors who are tampering with Loyard’s mind.
Among mankind, he is a great wizard who has mastered spiritual magic and has only studied these fields among the best wizards.
He is an aged great wizard who has no reason to touch people’s minds, such as direct torture. In other words, he is a being who has mastered mental magic to such an extent that there is no reason to do such a thing for the sake of trivial clinical data.
From that touch, Royard’s spirit could not be safe.
“Uh, uh… … . eww… … .”
Bertus asks, in front of a white-haired woman who has completely lost her mind and has saliva dripping from her mouth.
“What is Akasha?”
“Infinitely… … . Collecting magic… … . Artifact… … .”
Loyard finally confesses the truth he knows.
“Collect magic? I heard that you can gain power like a god?”
“I don’t know… … . I am… … . More than that… … .”
another keyword. magic collection.
There was no way I could tell a lie when my mind was broken to this extent.
It’s clear that this woman really doesn’t know about Akasha.
In the end, you have to get Reinhardt off the gag and open his mouth.
Bertus looked behind him, not at the gray-haired woman who had lost her mind while drooping.
“… … .”
While Royard was mentally tortured, Reinhardt said nothing behind his back.
But seeing Reinhardt, Bertus couldn’t help but be startled.
Just as Royard sobbed at the pain of his master, Reinhardt was also crying with his gag clenched.
Those tears were red.
The pain, anger, and sadness that ordinary tears cannot express.
And despair was flowing through the devil’s eyes.
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Seeing Reinhardt shed bloody tears, Bertus felt an intense fear of unknown origin.
* * *
The white-haired woman does not know what Akasha is.
Then, in the end, you should ask Reinhardt.
Bertus stood in front of Reinhardt again, leaving the fainting white-haired woman behind.
Berthus stared at the traces of bloody tears that flowed from the corners of the eyes to the cheeks of the demon king.
what is akasha
It was a simple question, but the unknown power of the spirit was an overly big stumbling block.
“At this rate, I’ll starve to death before I can figure out anything.”
There was a gag placed there to block the use of the language, so water and meals could not be given.
You cannot kill the Demon King until you know what Akasha is.
However, at this rate, the Demon King will die of dehydration or starvation before he finds out anything. However, if you recklessly open your mouth, you don’t even know what tricks you’re trying to do with your words.
Eonyeong is a superpower.
Therefore, it cannot be countered or blocked by magic.
language.
Super power.
response to it.
“… … .”
In Bertus’ mind, the name of the person he needed the most in the current situation popped up.
immunocompetent.
If it was Scarlett, she wouldn’t be affected by Reinhardt’s command right now.
Then, no matter what happened, if it was Scarlett, she could use her hand.
* * *
Royal Class 2nd year B-3, Scarlett thought that the atmosphere at the temple was disturbed these days.
Of course, I didn’t feel any abnormality properly. The battles that took place in the Dark Land area and the stories about the capture of the Demon King were considered top secret, so rumors weren’t in a situation where they could spread anywhere.
However, the appearance of far more imperial knights and wizards than usual wandering around inside the temple, and the very calm atmosphere were enough to intuit that some kind of dark cloud was hanging over them.
And above all the atmosphere of the royal class.
Charlotte didn’t even come to class, and at some point, she didn’t even go to the temple because something serious was going on.
I don’t know much about Class A, but Bertus didn’t come to class either.
But in the end, I couldn’t find out the details, so I just thought that the atmosphere these days was unusual.
“… … yes. yes?”
So, Scarlett had no choice but to ask back after hearing what Bertus had called her.
The explanation was long and verbose, but the conclusion was simple.
caught the devil
And, that is Reinhardt.
Scarlett couldn’t help but be taken aback when Bertus, whom she didn’t have much contact with, said something that she couldn’t believe.
Are you trying to make fun of me? why? wherefore?
However, Scarlett couldn’t find the slightest bit of playfulness in Bertus’ expression.
Bertus always smiled subtly, and although he didn’t know what he really meant, he was kind and kind to all his classmates.
However, he couldn’t say anything funny to Bertus, who spoke with a serious expression on his face without even a hint of laughter.
“The important thing is that Reinhardt has a supernatural power that is hard to guess. So, what you might call an interrogation isn’t going well. That’s why I need your help.”
“ah… … .”
Scarlett didn’t know what Bertus was saying.
However, he was able to understand the meaning of his own immunity, an incomprehensible psychic power similar to that of the spirit, needed for this job.
Reinhardt is the Demon King.
You need your own help.
I couldn’t understand anything, but Scarlett nodded tremblingly.
“yes… … . If there’s anything I need to do… … . I’ll… … .”
Bertus didn’t bother to add it, but Scarlett could understand that she shouldn’t tell anyone about it.
* * *
Bertus didn’t tell Scarlett more than necessary.
Reinhardt is the Demon King.
The Demon King uses the bizarre supernatural power of the Word Spirit, so if you are interrogating Reinhardt and try to do something stupid with the Word Spirit, kill him.
It was a simple and intuitive instruction.
Scarlett arrived at a building inside the temple that was fortified.
Numerous knights and wizards were swarming around, and the area around the building was under a restraining order in a vast radius, so they couldn’t even enter.
Reinhardt is the Demon King.
As she was chosen by Alsbringer, Scarlett went beyond admiration and even felt awe of Reinhardt. But to think that such a being was the Demon King.
I couldn’t believe it even after hearing it.
Even as Bertus guided her into the heavily fortified basement of the building, Scarlett felt agitated.
what’s going on
Can I take on this job?
What will the world be like?
Biting his lip to avoid being consumed by fear. Scarlett was soon able to reach the prison deep underground.
Scarlett didn’t know if the temple originally had a prison or if it was an improvised building.
The basement was not a very large space.
However, all the knights and wizards in this place remained silent, and among them was Saviolin Tana, the leader of Chanapell.
Each one of them was like a human weapon, and they were all standing there as if they would not tolerate any intruders.
But they were all firmly silent.
In that suffocating atmosphere, Bertus handed over the canteen and food to Scarlett.
I can’t let them die, so I have to feed them something.
Scarlett trembled and accepted it.
Reinhardt is here.
Reinhardt, who was revealed to be the Demon King.
Scarlett slowly walked down the aisle with Bertus carrying a canteen and bread.
In the middle of a dark hallway.
There were bars and prisons on both sides.
Scarlett could see the two beings bound in chains that must have had magical enhancements added to them.
A woman with disheveled gray hair, drooping.
and Reinhardt.
I couldn’t see him being that friendly.
He’s a pretty rough person, but he always thought it was cool to see him stick through his will without succumbing to coercion.
I longed for that look.
However, that existence was now degraded to a miserable figure awaiting judgment in the basement of the temple, bound in chains.
are you the devil
why?
why?
With a feeling of facing a somewhat bizarre play of the absurd, Scarlett watched as Saviolin Tana with a hard expression opened the cage.
The miserable Reinhardt looked at Scarlett and said nothing.
As if he knew Scarlett was coming.
What does the red bloodstain that ran down the cheek mean?
Had he been tortured severely?
“… … .”
Scarlett’s fingertips trembled violently as she removed the gag.
Scarlett could not understand that the demon king who disturbed the world and the miserable Reinhardt in front of her were the same existence.
– Took
The gag in Reinhardt’s mouth fell helplessly to the floor.
Bertus asks.
“What is Akasha?”
To Bertus’s question, Reinhardt opened his mouth as if he had waited.
“Akasha… … . It is a tool of creation.”
“Originally, it belonged to Cantus Magna, but at some point Dark Land came to possess it.”
“The previous demon lord, Balie, used Akasha to create a new world and tried to move into that world with the demons.”
“And Akasha exists in the labyrinth beneath the demon castle.”
“But now it’s probably moved. You won’t be able to find it, and I don’t know where Akasha is anymore.”
“I lost all my memories of living in the Demon Realm.”
“So, I didn’t know I had an Akasha until now.”
“You must be wondering what I want?”
“I, stretch… … . stretch, peace… … . peace… … . wanted… … . hehe… … . hehehe… … .”
“The world… … . May it be peaceful… … . flaw. hehe… … . I hoped… … .”
“I am… … . I don’t hate humans… … .”
“you… … . I wanted to save them all… … . really… … .”
“It may be hard to believe, but… … . trust me… … .”
“ask… … I’ll… … .”
Reinhardt said with a low, empty smile.
I say everything
As if he knew that no one would believe this.
Without knowing what to do with the laughter that leaked out.
tell the truth about everything
“If you don’t believe me… … . You guys have to release me quickly.”
Reinhardt raised his head with difficulty.
“Otherwise, Akasha might be used to destroy the world.”
The demon king, eyes bloodshot red, looked at Bertus.
“If you’re not going to do that, at least public execution.”
like a madman
“Before things get even more twisted.”
Scarlett couldn’t help but stare blankly at the demon king letting out a low laugh in grief.
“Heh, heh… … . Hehe. Heh heh heh… … .”
Reinhardt had neither water nor bread.
Looking at Reinhardt, Bertus narrowed his brows.
“That is nonsense.”
Bertus said that while looking down at Reinhardt, who was lowering his head after he finished speaking.
“If you already had something called Akasha, wouldn’t it be nice to use it? Then what the hell happened in the lich’s tomb?”
“… … .”
“You lost your memory? so you didn’t know? What kind of crappy lie is that? Are you kidding me right now, Reinhardt?”
“… … .”
“Since the situation is like this, is your head not working well anymore? Now nothing fits… … . A lie that’s not even worth worrying about… … .”
“… … .”
“Let’s assume that Akasha is the instrument of creation. Let’s say that your father, who you don’t want to believe, used Akasha to lead the demons and migrate to the demon realm. And, for you too, for peace. uh? Let’s pretend it was. Then, until now you are Charlotte… … . my brother What did you do to my brother? What!”
– Puck!
“Keuk!”
“To say you wanted peace, you did too many things to convince me. Don’t you think so?”
Reinhardt, who had been kicked in the pit of the stomach, sighed.
Bertus’ words were not logically wrong.
I already had Akasha, so why didn’t I use it until now? Isn’t there another truth about what happened at the lich’s grave?
If the library in the basement of the castle is Akasha, why did you leave it alone until now?
And what has been deceiving Charlotte so far? Wasn’t it an act to devour the empire? But did you actually want peace?
you lost your memory
So you didn’t know everything
It’s bound to be a lie that doesn’t even make you laugh.
Now that Akasha was actually in my hands, to release it before it was used for destruction was nothing more or less than a word to say because I was in a predicament.
“And, you know the power cartridge and moonshine you ordered the Magic Research Department to make, right?”
“ah… … . Yeah, that happened too… … .”
Reinhardt heard that and smiled as if he had just remembered it.
“I thought everything you’ve done in the temple so far was remodeling, so I dug it up, but I heard it’s already been made? And he made an excuse to talk about the demon king and asked to hide his achievements.”
“okay… … . It did… … .”
haha.
do.
Scarlett was watching Reinhardt laughing in horror.
“I’m sure it’s being used somewhere to raise your army. is not it?”
“no… … . at all… … . It’s not… … .”
“okay? Then again, what excuse are you going to use for that?”
Bertus grabbed Reinhardt’s hair with a cold expression, forcibly lifted his head and met his eyes.
“I want you to think about it and lie to me this time.”
The dead-eyed demon king faces the prince’s eyes, which are burning with anger.
“I, in fact… … . Do you know the future?”
“… … .”
Trembling with chapped and chapped lips.
Reinhardt speaks in a laugh mixed with despair, self-deprecation, and lamentation.
“The future… … . therefore… … . As the first semester of next year begins… … . A catastrophe called the Gate Crisis is supposed to happen… … . then… … . Half of humanity, no, more… … . I’m going to die… … ?”
“I am… … . I was trying to prevent that… … .”
“But I don’t know why it happened… … . why… … . I don’t know either… … . however. All you know is that it happens… … .”
“Even if I suddenly say something like that… … . who would believe… … . So, I went looking for the reason alone… … . A portal to another world… … . Is it because someone who knows such magic… … . Or maybe I could go to the other world first and do something… … . I did a lot of things… … . Having Harriet research dimensional magic… … . So that’s it… … .”
“Power cartridges and moonshine… … . That’s it. If I can’t fix it… … . Because you’ll have to fight… … . Some of the stuff they’ll make in the future… … . made in advance… … . Let’s increase our power… … . It was like this… … .”
“After making it, it seems that Cantus Magna is going to target them… … . I assumed at that time that Kantus Magna had something called Akasha… … . Cantus Magna… … . So, sobriety hunters are a group that works for the purpose of magic itself… … .”
-match!
In the end, Bertus, who didn’t listen, slapped Reinhardt on the cheek.
“I told you to lie, but you are writing a novel. Do you know the future now?”
“Heh, heh… … . Heh heh heh heh, how… … . How did you know?”
Reinhardt burst into a frenzy that was tantamount to sobbing and looked at Bertus with his eyes wide open.
“This is a novel. actually… … . this world. It’s a novel I wrote. Why do I know the future? I will make this world… … . I made… … . I… … Creator, something like that… … . flaw… … . hehe… … . heh heh heh… … . however… … . I don’t know everything, I know very little… … . such an asshole… … . Creator… … . That’s me… … . flaw… … . hehehe… … .”
“Such a bastard… … !”
Bertus, his eyes widened, roughly pulled out the sword Scarlett was wearing.
-Sureung!
“majesty!”
“fury… … . Prince!”
“Let go! This, such a dog… … . How far can a crazy bastard go… … !”
Tana urgently stopped Bertus from swinging his sword right away, and Scarlett’s complexion turned white.
“Let go! let go!
“majesty! It’s not possible! Not yet, not yet!”
Reinhardt laughed like crazy while watching Bertus lose his temper in anger.
“It’s true… … . what to do… … . that this is true… … . what to do… … . Heh, heh… … . hehe… … .”
The demon king laughs like a madman.
“therefore… … . You can’t believe what I said, and you can’t believe it… … . therefore… … . therefore… … .”
The expression on the face of the demon king, who had been laughing like a madman, was erased.
“Kill me quickly, before it’s too late.”
Scarlett couldn’t help but watch in horror.
