Dungeon Defense (WN)

All the landscapes have faded. The monster's corpse and plains are all gone.

The whole area was white. All that was left was Barbato and Pymon.

Endless white space. There, I could only hear the girl's tears squeezing. It was a freakishly different scene from reality. I felt that the white space seemed to suit Pymon better.

For her, this is the primitive form of memory.

Everyone lives with one such memory.

“She couldn't say she was okay. I couldn't comfort Barbato because everything was going to be okay. Maybe it's a little intuitive. The day we fight together will no longer come. ”

By this time, I realized Pymon's intentions.

She thought I might not be a purely Republican. And yet he tried to convince me. He begged me to be on his side.

She and I were the Demon King. We couldn't read each other's feelings. I never gained complete trust through mediocre means, nor did I really persuade the other person. So I used a means of dreaming.

What kind of life he's been through. What you felt there. What we thought was the problem, and how we decided we should act to solve it. I was going to show it all alive in my dreams.

‘What a noble gesture. ’

Shows his/her life in a blatant way I open up the bars of my mind completely. Then ask the other person. Can you help me with this?

‘― ― But I don't just move by emotion, Pymon. ’

I drank a cup of tea.

Convince me. In debt to the hearings, you repaid me enough by saving me from the lore of the Moon Blind. Between the two of us, there is no silver coin left except for a little emotion.

‘Equal relationships. ’

What plans do you have? How elaborate the scenario is. What's in it for me if I make a contribution? I'm not an easy man. You will have to convince them properly.

“Dantalian. You probably know why. Why the Moon Blinds keep failing. ”

“The power of the Demon King and the Demon King is decidedly great. If the continents are united, the Demon King will begin to oppress the Demon King. There will be a great war between Mine and Mine, not between Man and Mine……. ”

“Precisely.”

Pymon smiles as if he were pleased.

“It wasn't until later that she realized. Until then, I only knew that the supply ships were destroyed by the human army. I had no idea that the Demon King, a fellow democrat, had secretly leaked information to the human army. I tried to reassess them later, but so did I. ”

There was no evidence at all.

The lower Demon Kings desperately tried to defend the supply ship. However, I was unable to cope with the rampant raid by the Knights. Among them, there were many subordinate Demon Kings who lost their lives trying to defend the supply depot to the end.

“They were probably men of the Monthly Blind. I refused to interact with the Humans. Or it was thought to be rejected. So I would have been purged by my colleagues…… No, I might have lost my life to a Human soldier's blade because of the roadkill. ”

The top Demon Kings didn't realize it.

The Humans did better than the Underworld kings. Or, the great princes who marched deep into the continent were wrong. Their operation has made the supply lines too long. I thought so.

“At that time, Barbatos and the other Demon Monarchs forgave the Demon Monarchs. We failed the Moon Blind Force expedition because of our misguided plan. ”

But Pymon noticed a step later.

She climbed from one circular room to the Demon King, so I could think of her as the lower Demon King. And I realized what the underling kings were afraid of…….

“But, Pymon, I still don't understand why Pymon created the mountains. ”

I was curious.

“I've identified the intentions of the lower Demon Kings. Then shouldn't the Third Monthly Armed Forces, the Fourth Monthly Armed Forces, have to dig a trap and wait? ”

I would have.

Pretending to march deep into the continent, the lower Demon Kings attack for the moment of betrayal. We could take out the other Demon Kings. If you push them away that they've plotted treason, you'll have your reasons. This is the plan.

“Because I knew there were more important issues than that. ”

“More important? What is it?”

“There will be war after the unification of the continents. ”

Pymon said.

“She believed that the unity of the continent was the path for the whole of Maine. I believed that as long as we punished the human race, the witches would enjoy peace and abundance. But the continental unity is rather the starting point of a phone call. So far, a witch who has become one under the pretext of subjugating the human race will be divided into horns, each one of whom will enter the battlefield for his own faithful Demon King. ”

The king of men. The whole barn is on the phone for one man's Demon King. What is the continental unity for? It's a myth to unify the continent for all of Maine…… indeed. Is Pymon questioning the Moon Blind War expedition itself?

“The girl realized Humans needed evil. Humans also needed evil. If there were no humans, no horses, no one in the world, they would be at war amongst themselves. ”

“ ……. ”

“The girl thought. If the continents are not unified, if the continents are unified, there is war. It's weird, right? No people wants war. With his life and property secured, neither man nor woman will enter the battlefield of death. So why is there a war going on? ”

Pymon looks at me.

“It's because of the rulers. ”

“ ……. ”

“If you want to decide if you want to go to war, you have to have people vote for you. People have to take on all the hardships of war on their own. You have to kill with your spear, you have to spend your war money, you have to repair war-torn cities and villages. The people, of course, will not tolerate war. ”

The heat rises in Pymon's voice.

“But the rulers are different. They're not people. He's the owner of the people, and if he can get something bigger, he's willing to gamble away his fortune, his people's lives, his home, as if he were gambling away his money. ― As long as the human world, the magic system, and society are treated as someone's property, war can never be cut off! ”

The black eyes, like obsidian, are silently furious.

“How foolish! ”

She shouts.

“My Demon King, how foolish he was! I thought it was for Mine. I thought I was fighting for Mine. But look. It wasn't the Demon King who was dying. Only a few Demon Kings were killed. What was sacrificed in the war -- tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of deaths -- was not the Demon King, but the Demon King! ”

Pymon clenches his teeth.

“And yet we thought it was for Mine! Hypocrisy and deception. If the continents were united, hypocrisy and deception would not be cut off. It will burn even more beautifully, the human race, the magic system, and soon the whole world. Just because our Demon King can't read the minds of humans…… just because they are unfamiliar to us, we wanted to destroy them and sacrifice hundreds of thousands of Demons! ”

The surrounding landscape has changed. The white space disappears and the battlefield is opened.

An Orc was slaughtering Humans in town. Screams and groans resounded high in the sky. Humans exterminated Goblin territory on the other side. The young Goblins are toyed with like a toy, with arrows in their chests.

Carnage, endless slaughter.

“It was the Demon King's fault! ”

Pymon howls.

“It wasn't even human fault. It wasn't even her fault. An ideal country where one man's perfect monarch rules all. To build that hollow empire, our Demon King deceived everyone...! ”

There have been eight moonlight expeditions in the last 2,000 years. Since the 3rd Monthly Blind, the mountain tribes have been actively participating in the monthly Blind Force expedition. As a result, most of the witches who followed the Mountain Demon King survived. On the other hand, the Maidens of the Plains continued to die.

The plains called the mountain tribe a traitor. In the mountains, the plains accused me of being a traitor to the Horses. Which is right. Which one is wrong…….

I told you.

“That's why you've decided to build a Republican. ”

“Yes.”

Pymon nods.

“After all, the Demon King deserves to disappear. It doesn't matter if you can read other people's emotions. Humans can't read each other's emotions anyway. Nevertheless, they think like us, they act like us. ”

The Demon King is wrong.

Pymon insisted.

“Human beings, Maine, have to build their own societies and rule their own societies. But they won't stop fighting. But over time, you'll understand. They're just as rational as I am. ”

Her eyes were glowing with certainty.

“ ……. ”

It was an interesting story. As I originally knew how history had flowed in the world, half wanted to agree and half wanted to disagree.

Pymon was right. In the end, the Republicans win. However, how much blood has been shed to pronounce that word "after all"?

Not hundreds of thousands of units. Not even millions of units. Tens of millions. How many times are they slaughtered and slaughtered...... Can the word 'finally' bear the weight of that blood? I was negative.

“Pymon. Excuse me, but it seems to me that Pymon is simply an idealist. ”

Your opinions contain passion.

But there was no convincing.

“I can assure you. In order for a republic society to be built as Pymon's ideal…… It also takes a lot of blood to build a society where humans and people live equally with each other. ”

“…… Yes. That's what girls think. ”

Really? How much blood are you really prepared to bleed?

I told you.

“The blood of the witches spilled after the unification of the continents. Human and Mine's blood to forge the Republic. If you compare quantum, it's probably nothing different. Either way, the witches are sacrificed. Do you understand?”

Whether they're chasing Barbato's ideals or Pymon's ideals, the witches will pay for their blood. You know what, Pymon? I'm really curious.

“Why not Barbatos and you? ”

“ ……. ”

“If you can't say it, you're just another Demon King. A fire called the Demon King. The whole world burns to achieve its own goal, and light blinded demons jump in like moths. I personally call them monsters. ”

In other words, they are called the Dead.

Who are willing to sacrifice others for their own ideology. Those who deceive themselves that they are sacrificing themselves for us, not for me, but for some sufferings.

I don't make excuses when I kill someone. Not for anything more. How much less for us. Hawk, Jack Orland, Reef…… all dead because of my selfishness. That's the truth. I know it.

“I have no intention of criticizing your own ideas. To be honest, I think it's noble. But it seems to me that Barbados is also noble in the same sense. ”

You can't convince me.

“If you want to convince me, just don't cry out for ideas. Make a profit. At least make a blueprint. Republicans, fine. But how do you plan to achieve that? Is there a chance?"

Pymon doesn't answer. It was just to keep my mouth shut.

I waited for a moment, but the answer never came back. I stood up lightly disappointed.

“Eyes on the vision, but step into reality. I could have fooled you, but you saved me from the last lunar army. He helped me with the raid. In order to repay the favor, I answered honestly. …… don't expect me to be as honest as I am today. ”

I turned around and walked away. This place is a dream. I can't walk away from it, but I asked you to finish it quickly. I wonder how many steps I've taken.

“There's a blueprint. ”

Pymon speaks from behind.

“Girls aren't foolish, either. 17,000 years ago, when I came up with the idea that I hadn't yet called it the Republican, the girl decided that she had to experiment with this very carefully. ”

“Oh.”

I fought back without turning my back. So, what?

“The girl thought. It would be easier for a republic to exist in a human society than in a mannequin society where there is a foreign presence like the Demon King. To find out if the Republic is really possible or impossible, let's first test it in the human world. ”

“ ……! ”

I couldn't help but look away.

Pymon still sits relaxed in his chair. Her eyes were as sure as before. No way, and I opened my mouth.

“What does that mean……. ”

“The Republic of Batavia. ”

Pymon smiled and said.

“The only republic in the human world. Do you think we created such a unique country ourselves? ”

The shock hits your head.