I Became the Demon Lord and my Territory is an Uninhabited Island
Episode 99: Festival in the Royal Capital
When I was traveling by carriage, I saw a huge wall.
To be honest, it is several times higher and thicker than Ejirin's barrier. This is from a distance, what happens when you approach the gate?
"It's huge"
"Well, it's a royal capital."
"How do you get inside? You don't say to put it in this barrel, right?"
I tried to grin and grin.
"Yes, please enter this barrel"
Is it necessary to become Espercalm from today?
"I'm kidding, checking the luggage is quite strict because it's a royal city. There's a small window outside the city walls that throws away garbage, so Mr. Ugajin will come to collect me at midnight."
I wondered if he could have joked about this, but he was always in a carriage, but he never showed up. I don't know people.
"Wear your equipment and put on this hooded robe from above, as the slums around the walls and the refugees are quite large, make them inconspicuous. It spreads around and soldiers come out. ''
With that said, I put on my gear, put on a dingy hooded robe, and traveled around the outside of the ramparts. He entered the royal city alone. They seem to be able to contact anything.
"It's worse than a slum, it's like a pumping pit-"
"I can't help. There is no food to eat due to the heavy tax, so I'm expecting to come to this royal capital with a sense of despair and start cooking."
"Do you have any cooking?"
"I'm giving away a thin porridge to collect my religion, and it's wheat originally picked up by farmers."
"It's ironic"
"Yes, yeah, over there. Soldiers throw away the garbage. There are so many people around there, but let's not wait. Calm never talks or shows his face. Please do not do it. "
"understood"
"I'm waiting by night for a refugee."
During the smell of garbage, I waited for the night while leaning close to the base of the tree so as not to stand out with Mr. Kaneda.
In the meantime, the quarrels have begun nearby and the quarrels have started with small things, and the hearts of the races seem to be quite rough.
Some were captured by soldiers and sent to the forefront as prisoners. According to Mr. Kaneda, the execution seems still better, because he dies on the spot.
Even if the prisoners survive, they are sent to the next battlefield, and they seem to have less meals. If you are told such a thing, it seems better to execute on the spot. Rather, demonic prisoners were still better off.
And at night, maybe the date has changed and about two o'clock in the middle of the night? Then, the garbage disposal window opened and closed with no meaning.
"Sign, let's go"
He approached the trash window without making a footstep, and Kanada threw a pebble, and a rope ladder came down.
Mr. Kaneda goes up the rope ladder and sends me a signal. This is the thing to go up. I have never climbed a rope ladder, but managed to get into the darkness and enter without making noise.
When I climbed up, there was Ugajin, I put my index finger on my lips and made a gesture to keep quiet, so I did not talk at all and arrived after him.
Some soldiers were on the lookout and some were drunk and drunk, but they were able to enter the royal capital from the wall without being found like a sneaking mission. All the soldiers in the small room at the door were fainted ... Maybe Ugajin.
Ugajin opened his mouth when he thought so.
"It's been a long time, Mr. Calm"
"Long time no see"
And finally we were able to say hello.
"Let's talk more about Aida-san."
"understood"
With that said, they quickly chose an alley with little light and headed to their destination.
When Ugajin knocked at 337 beats, the key opened and the two entered the house as if they were slipping, so I piggybacked and slipped on.
They took the hood out of breath, so let me take it. Then around ten faces you have never seen before can be seen. I'm not the only one.
"Hey, it's been a long time, Calm."
Aida has spoken in Japanese, so let's talk in Japanese.
"It's been a long time, Mr. Aida, I was a little worried about what happened after that."
"It's a bit terrible ..."
A little laugh resounds indoors.
"Now, let's briefly explain the situation. Hundreds of heroes have gathered, of which nearly a hundred are fighting, and there are only ten days left to execute."
"Can you win with such a small number of people?"
"Rather than win or lose, we just ask after abducting the royal family and asking them for security in the future. What we need is not victory but security in the future and the existence of a summoning magic to return to Japan. "
"Is that so ... and what should I do?"
"Acting with the assailant--"
"Yes stop, can I just keep my safety and do nothing?"
"Well, but if you need to show the Demon King's testimony, you may need to accompany me."
"... It would have been nice to come."
"Hey, the whole body swimsuit.
A young man of about 20 years old in the back speaks, and the air in the place freezes.
"Whole body swimsuit? Me?"
I got a terrible nickname right away.
"Who else is there? Only you?"
"Can you stop the quarrel?"
"It's not a quarrel ...
"... It's good, say it."
I say a bit intimidating.
"Why she's not a woman despite her skin color! Why she wasn't reincarnated as a cute girl! Whether she would be a monster girl or something! Why she doesn't have bat-like wings! Why sheep There are no horns! "
The man is crying while holding his head while saying so.
"……Ah"
He looks around while saying that, but everyone is shaking his head. There may have been talks about the Demon King's helpers coming in advance, but let's take a look.
"Well, my habit is strong but my arm is certain."
"Is that so ..."
I approach the man, put my hand on my shoulder and gently say a word.
"Everyone knows the Demon Lord's Prostitute, so I'll show you later. There's plenty of dark blue skin, sheep-like horns, bat wings, and more."
"Is it true? I'm not a lie !?"
"Oh, it's true that my neighbor in the apartment house where I lived was there, so I've been around a few times so I'm certain. Find a woman you like."
Then the bad hero stood up, took my hand and shook it up and down.
"Isn't it true? I won't lie! Take me when this is all done!"
It was as quiet as it had been a while ago.
He looks very tired before the operation.
"Let's go back? Here is the captain of the raid, and today we got together for a meeting with Calm. Five troops, ten of them, got into the castle and the rest of the heroes Is waiting outside the castle. The units start with Alpha and are 10 units of Juliet, each with a specific role.The Alpha unit, which captures the king and queen, consists of five high-powered men, securing two Other than that, I plan to support and secure the first and second princess couples and the third princess, which is a sketch drawn by Ugajin, since there is no problem because the head of each unit surely memorizes the map in his head. It only follows the truth, only if there is a problem, will the demon king come down to the royal capital at their own discretion. ''
"I see .... What is the width of the passage from the loophole to the destination, obstacles, blind spots, and the pattern of soldiers patrol?"
I just ignored the last word.
"The two people pass each other, the width of the passage in the castle is such that three people can walk side by side, the obstacles are armor and pots in some places. The blind spot is only a corner or a shade of an obstacle So there are almost no ramps, and there are evenly spaced ramps, so the corridors are bright, there's no pattern of soldier patrols, just a pair of people wandering around, random It's moving. "
"Worst, is there a resident soldier in front of the room?"
"Two people take turns in front of each room. In the next room, if there is something, we have about 15 people in a shift system so that we can rush immediately, it is six rooms, as expected the corridor around that You need to be prepared because it is wide and you have good prospects. ''
"Hmm .... Six units to control each room, and the remaining four units support in a shortstop position?"
"That's right. There are no communication devices like radios or similar magic, so if you start an operation, you will have each other play a role."
Certainly there is a wind magic that sends voices unilaterally, but it is not as convenient as a communication device.
"Speaking of that, did you explain to collect various things? Didn't you have a snitch?"
"I was there."
Aida-san, what happened? I returned with a feeling like.
"... Why does this still exist? The royal soldiers are also stupid, aren't they?"
"I had Ugajin do a little dirty work. When a betrayal hero tried to inform him during an audience, he was killed by a poisoned thin needle at the discretion of Ugajin. Immediately after hearing my story, You can easily imagine what will come next if you say "There is a report, the heroes" when trying to reach an audience? If a needle with a poison of immediate hallucination, confusion, and excitement is stuck in the neck "I'll get rid of it in a hurry, painful. In the meantime, you'll feel a little better and get thrown out of the castle or go to bed."
A true ninja.
"I can easily imagine the following words, about three"
Anyway, I found such a poison.
I looked around and everyone nodded. They all have similar ideas.
"Well, let's prevent it beforehand and assume that the details haven't been communicated. Wouldn't it be a fuss if we secured the royal guys and weren't there all the next morning?"
"I'll ask you some interrogation and I'll get you back if you have some papers written. Of course I'll be blindfolded and send them out in a carriage. A few days later I'll go to show the papers and the royal family will be our puppets, so we'll utter some puppets The government is okay, it's full of holes, it's random, but you have to do something else.The only thing you need is a third princess who is summoned with the worst king. but"
Don't say a lot of scary things with a cool face.
"The interrogation opened the basement of a ragged apartment house with a hidden passage, and we will execute it there. Of course, the apartment manager will be the first to die after the operation."
Smile a little while saying so. It's a moment that you can say a famous speech.
"Do you agree with that?"
When I looked around, everyone was responding with a short affirmation, shaking their heads.
"Isn't it okay to wait in the basement?"
"I'm sorry, Iwamoto has heard about Calm's strength. I didn't have to do anything, but he told me that I would protect myself if I was attacked, That's why you're going to be involved in protecting yourself. ''
"... it's a story."
"Let's decide on a code name, I'll recommend swimsuit."
"Huh !? What are you talking about? Are you buzzing?"
"No, I think it's fine with a swimsuit."
"It's a chord name no more"
"Well, people here are almost ignorant of each other's names, so they say," Hey.
"I have a broken name ..."
"I'm fine, because I and Uga God are cracked."
Aida-san smiles. Is this operation really ok?
"Well, you're monmus skiing."
By the way, the one who named me Swimsuit looked like a simple face, what is it?
"How many brave people are here in terms of strength?"
"I don't think you can win with one hand if you are a knight commander class in this country, and if there are about 10 king guards, you will not be injured even if you oppose with bare hands, but I do not know if you are attacked by the number of battalion classes as expected."
"alone?"
"alone"
"I licked the brave, Takeshi came to me and it really helped me. If someone here came to me I would definitely die."
"Mr. Take also defeats your predecessor Demon King almost by himself, so I can do it with about 10 guards."
"Huh? Isn't that strong enough without me?"
"Isn't that stupid? I'm determined to be strong when I can become a Demon King! I wonder if my swimsuit is stuck in my head?"
"Prostitute ... don't take me?"
"I'm sorry, please forgive me. I won't be foolish anymore."
"But the code name is already swimsuit."
Mr. Aida smiled and told me, I was desperate.
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And I could not go out until the day of the operation, so I killed time while talking with the brave people at the ragged house who was guided.
"It's interesting to see the difference between the magic of demons and races.
"Sure, it's too convenient. I want to use magic that can be applied to anything with high flexibility."
"But it looks like it's troublesome. If you put it out in the image of metal, it seems to be inconvenient because it is metal as ore. Even if you put out a sword, it will disappear if the magic power runs out, so you can't fight with it."
"That's why Susui's obsidian is an excellent throwing weapon."
"But you definitely make something like a gun."
"I guess, just don't tell me ... I'd like magic was better for demons."
"Right"
I don't want to talk with myself in front of me.
Tell me the trump card? It may be better to teach your strength to conduct an operation, but I really want you to be curious.
And I call out as if I remembered.
"Oh, I heard the story of the castle and talked about it. I'm desperate to use a long one, so I'd like to have a shield. It is a type that stops with a belt at the forearm with
"Oh, this is it?"
One hero shows me.
"Yes, that's it. It's okay to buy it because it's cheap, but I don't know the price."
"If it's not mythril, it's pretty cheap. Rather, I'll give you a little bit of it and it was a replacement purchase."
"Are you good? Thank you, you can get around in the indoor battle with this."
With that said, I got the shield.
"I really liked the tower shield, but this is reasonable because of the aisle width, visibility and handling issues."
"Is it okay to have a Riot shield?"
"Yes, that's the bulletproof transparent guy. I used a shield in the game."
"Ah, FPS that makes friends with shields strangely?"
"That's it."
During such a conversation, I heard a voice in the back.
"I will attack!"
"OK!" "OK!"
"I will defend!"
"Oh," Oh! "
I started to hear.
"Discover enemy submarines!"
So I said so.
"""It is useless!"""
One person started high-speed rotation while jumping in a small room, so I got up and started spinning around on the spot, and the person who gave the shield started crawling forward (Hokufuzenshin), a space that I could not understand Became.
And one of the heroes who brought the food was softly closing the door the moment he opened it, and the jumping hero stopped it.
"Wait for me! This is, in a sense, an action that raises friendship!"
He began to persuade while holding the doorknob, and everyone, including me, persuaded me.
Because strangers can only see strange behavior when they see them. Rather, I don't know how far the game has progressed since I died, but it seems that something similar is still happening.