novelzi Chapter 41: Shut Up, You Demon
Chapter 41: Shut Up, You Demon
Chapter 41: Shut Up, You Demon
The demons were easily dispatched.
The Demons of Corruption, who specialize in infiltration in the first place, have low combat capabilities. Add to that their inability to flee outside of the Divine Flame, and you have a one-sided hunt.
‘Still, it’s a huge number. If this many saboteurs were working from within.......’
Koo Dae-Sung realized that this quest itself had a ridiculous difficulty level.
With this many demons lurking inside, would they be able to deal with them even if an A-rank raiding party came?
Koo Dae-Sung didn’t think so.
“Of course.......”
Leon Dragonia Lionheart was a king from another world with a completely different common sense than modern Earth, a misguided royalty who has no intention of adapting to Earth, but rather forcing it to adapt to him.
But this man’s methods always get results.
What choice do we, the common folk, have but to trust this man, or better yet, bet on him?
This was something that even the Hunters themselves admitted, let alone the ancients.
After all, they had grown to the point where they were able to fight against a demonic army when they were only D-ranks. But──
“Team Leader Kim, isn’t that a little... wrong?”
“......Hmm.”
The Hunters shook their heads as they watched the tragedy unfold in the square.
* * * *
The demons inside the castle have been decimated but the citizens are in shock. They were horrified that there were Fallen among them, and terrified that someone next to them might be one.
Most of all, they feared the demons clad in human flesh.
“Pull them out!”
Leon felt the need to dilute their fears and as all the citizens watched, he hung one of the captured demons in the center of the square.
“Fear not, citizens of the Spero Kingdom. For as long as the Lionheart King exists, these demons cannot transgress against you.”
The citizens stared at the hanging demon but their gazes were still filled with more fear.
The hanging demon basked in the fear directed at him and let out a ghastly laugh.
“Hahahahaha... Don’t think this is the end. You will be doomed. The powers of corruption will turn you into──”
“Shut up, you demon!”
Leon’s blade slammed into the demon’s skull, crushing it.
Its skull collapsed, one of its eyeballs popped out, and its chin dropped to the ground, making it look ugly.
“Look at this ugly beast! These depraved powers are responsible for tempting you and causing you to fear! It is their fault that you are hungry, that you are sick, that there is discord in your family, that you fell this morning, that you are unable to marry, that you have lost money gambling!”
“Why is it my fault──?”
“Shut up, you demon!”
“Aaahhhhh!”
This time, the right ear was ripped out as the demon screamed and the citizens watched and questioned the appearance of such a demon.
-What, that demon is to blame for my mom’s illness?
-Is he to blame for my failed confession to Marilda?
-Was that asshole responsible for me losing money at the gambling house yesterday?!
“You bastard! Why is that my fault──?”
“Shut up, you demon!”
“Citizens striving for justice, demons are the ones who bring bad luck to your lives, for they are responsible for every misfortune in your lives, and your lack of knowledge of the right faith is also due to their interference.”
Ignorance is blamed on the demons. The demons were guilty, but they had no defense. If he opened his mouth, Leon’s violence would be unrelenting.
“But you have nothing to fear. For your sake, Petos, the god of war and flame, has sent down his sacred flame.”
Leon grasped the wood that was burning the plaza but the blazing flames didn’t scorch his skin in the slightest.
“There you are.”
“I, you mean me?”
“Yes, come out here.”
The young man is forced to step forward as Leon points at him and Leon hands him a piece of burning wood.
“Hold it.”
“Yes?”
“I won’t tell you twice.”
The young man hesitated, but remembered walking through these flames didn’t hurt unless you were a demon. Having experienced it once, he grasped the burning wood.
“Wow.......”
And as expected, the flames did not hurt the young man.
“Punish this demon with this. Until this demon meets the punishment he deserves.”
“Uh... that, that’s.......”
“Now, wait.”
-Uncooperative.
“Help me.”
-Uncooperative.
-Crrrrrrrrrr!
“I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you anything, so please, no more holy water...!”
Only then did Yappy release his grip on the wire.
“That, but what should I say, I don’t know anything──”
-Uncooperative.
“Wait, I’ll talk. I’ll tell you whatever you want, whatever you want...... Stop, stop, please.......”
Beltas confessed everything he knew. How to corrupt humans, where, when, and how many mid-level demons were in place... everything he knew.
Yappy, who had been recording Beltas words without missing a single one, let out a cold mechanical sound.
-Prisoner number 14. Information text 30,564 characters. 9,104 characters short of the average text of prisoners one through thirteen, 39,667 characters.
“What? What’s that.......
-You could have divulged more information.
What the fuck?! You said average! And you know how much I said with text numbers!
-Calls into serious question the need for life support for prisoners.
“What do you want me to say?”
* * * * *
-Over. Synthesis of 32 informational texts. More than 89% similarity. Derived as reasonable truth.
Yappy’s report was indeed accurate and reasonable.
He tortured demons to get them to say anything, and then he found the information that matches each other.
The higher the match, the more accurate the information, which is then reported to Leon.
“Hmm, good to know. Good work, Lord Spinner.”
-Yup!
Leon was ready to use the organized information to kill the demons. He slaughtered hundreds of demons in the plaza, but those lesser demons won’t be enough for a divinity to descend.
He needs to kill at least five high-level demons before he can bring Goddess Fle down.
“Lord Spinner, what did you do with the demons once you had all the information?”
-Disposed of. Held at 127 decibels for 14 seconds. Very successful.
Yappy didn’t bother to mention that screams of agony resounded in the prison. He merely fulfilled the order, “Let them die in agony.”
-Square firing squad confirmed death. Peak 155 decibels. Citizens’ cheers 189 decibels.
Yappy played the demons’ screams.
-Keeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
-Keeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
“Hmm, the sound of justice done is always sweet to hear.”
With that, Leon entered the bedroom. Armed with this information, he would begin hunting the demons tomorrow morning.
For the past two hundred years, Leon has been on the trail of demons, hunting them down as they fled. He was a specialist in demon hunting.
None will escape the Lionheart King’s slaying.
‘My heart is racing.’
Leon lay in bed with his heart pounding. As he sniffed his pillow, he envisioned tomorrow’s brutal hunt for demons.
“Hmm.......”
His chest tightens, he can’t sleep and his hands and feet are shaking. It’s strange.
His heart is pounding, his head is boiling, and he feels like it’s about to explode.
‘Even while this king is asleep, the demons are breathing their foul breath on the world, aren’t they?’
At the thought of it, his anger soared.
-Your Majesty. Heart rate spiking. Dizzy spells. Chest pain. Difficulty breathing.
“Ugh...!”
Leon jerked to his feet. He couldn’t get back to sleep.
“Lord Spinner, I cannot bear the thought of these creatures living and breathing in the same world as me. What can I do about it?”
-Rapid Elimination.
“That’s a good idea, we should go out for the night!”
Leon feels no fatigue. The living demigod has infinite vitality, so he never tires, even after repeated battles.
It was the same with machines so Leon rushed out of the castle with Yappy.
It was the start of a brutal night for the demons.