Instant Death

Yoshifumi was sitting on the throne in a luxurious lounge.

As usual, he is dressed like an emperor, such as a jacket with leather trousers, and his men are kneeling on the floor a step back from it.

Regular, it was a debriefing.

Essentially, the state is run by the bureaucrats.

This is how people are gathered because Yoshifumi needs to be kept in his ears about important matters, even though he only comes up with the right life.

"... what happened to Lunge? I'm convening a meeting, and they're killing me? Ah!?"

Absence from this meeting is unacceptable unless there are extra reasons, and even in that case it is necessary to apply in advance.

It was impossible for anyone who should have known Joshifumi's fears to be absent without permission.

"Unfortunately... I didn't come to an advance meeting, so I headed over to your home to confirm that you were dead..."

said one of my men.

"Ah?"

To the unexpected words Joshifumi raised a dumb voice.

I said kill, etc., but I guess I never thought he was dead.

"There is no trauma, etc. Your body was found on the bed. Looks like you picked up your breath while you were asleep..."

"Who is Lunge?

Hanakawa, a boy in a dodo (clown) standing beside the throne, asked.

Hanakawa is called here as a court dojo.

I am already accustomed to this position, where Joshifumi, a wise man and emperor, speaks without even being cowardly to his opponent.

"Oh. He's one of the Four Heavens"

"When it comes to Lord Four Heavens, with Lord Luna, Lord Lena and Lord Abby...... oh, no, not enough one, huh?

"You're not interested in who the other one is when you hear about the Four Heavens King."

"No, I've certainly heard of it... oh! You totally lost interest in being a man! Is this it? Is that what you can say? Huhuhuhu... He is the weakest of the Four Heavenly Kings... and he is a disgrace to the devil clan such as taking his breath in peace on the bed..."

"I'm not a demon. I pulled him in because he was strong there."

"Master Sage is out of standard, and I don't know what level he's strong there?

"You're about to break this island in one swing of a sword. Oh, haven't you made both breaks? The Elf Forest was protected by Wonder Power."

It would be about the great fracture dividing East and West of Ento Island.

The island has an elongated shape to the east and west, but it seems to be about three hundred kilometers wide on average.

It seems to be such a deep valley that I can't see the bottom, but I didn't even think Hanakawa was what it was at the hands of people, and what was mutilated with a sword.

"That's outrageous! So, isn't it a bad idea?

"It's hard, but the three of us can't dress up. We need to get one more."

"Well, there were separate reports related to the matter."

Say it.

"Those who died, just like Master Lunge, were found within the Empire City. It's about five hundred people. They died at about the same time. It is presumed that Master Lunge also died during that time. I don't know if it includes the aged and sick, but usually there are about twenty deaths per day in the Imperial capital, which is an unusual number."

"What the hell? Is it a contagious disease or something? Then let Luna purge it?

"No. It has nothing to do with the dead, and places and ages vary and do not fit into common. And the damage hasn't spread since."

"Hmm. Well, check it out."

"Yes!"

That's the end of the story.

You seem surprised about the death of one of the Four Heavenly Kings, but you don't seem to have any further thoughts.

"Next, okay?

A woman raised her hand.

One of the women who was with Yoshifumi at the Adventurer's Tavern.

It was Abby the Four Heavens King.

He was dressed to suit Yoshifumi in the tavern, but on this occasion he is dressed in a dress.

"Abby? What?"

"There was a royal reaction to my investigation network."

"Huh? It seemed like you were hiding well, but suddenly? I thought you'd be ready to hit me all of a sudden."

When Yoshifumi took over this empire, he said he missed the royalty.

It should be easy to wipe them out with the power of the wise, but they dared to leave a spark behind.

"So I issued a quest to exterminate the remnants of the royal family, but the adventurers on their way didn't return. Just one party, I think I made it to the city where the rest of us are based, and I saw the royalty."

I missed it, but it didn't seem like I was going to let him rest in peace, and Yoshifumi had given instructions that the royal family should kill him as soon as they found him.

"Is it payback? Let's do it. Is there anything I can do to help?

"I don't know that far. In the meantime, I've set up an emergency quest for difficulty 3, can I raise my reward and difficulty?

"I'll take care of that. Do as you please. And. About Lunge's death earlier, but that didn't take your investigative network?

"Especially. If you died quietly while you were asleep, it wouldn't take long."

Abby's research network covers the entire country, but it doesn't capture everything.

A mesh exists so that it can be likened to a net.

The mesh was large and did not cover all the way to trivial events.

"Then you didn't fight something."

"Next, okay..."

One of my men raises his hand.

He had a weak voice for a long time. The face doesn't rely on the impression of the voice either.

"Akira. Hey, what's up?

"Hmm? Is it a name, a face and a good Japanese?

Hanakawa seemed like the first person to see him.

Maybe I'm seeing him, but he's the shadowy type, so he's not impressed.

"Oh, that's the guy who came over here with me. I survived, and now I'm a sage squire."

Mass cross-world transfer by wise men also involving Hanakawa.

This has been happening for a long time, and we have chosen those who will be wise.

In previous examples, only one could be a wise man, and the other surviving participants were given that status as sage followers.

"That... something caught on the sky's vigilance net..."

"Are you talking about the wise man? Later."

This is a meeting about the Empire, so the sage association would mean it's out of place.

The meeting continued afterwards, but from Hanakawa it was a topic of particular interest.

Hanakawa was said to kill him when he left Imperial Capital.

So, if it's safe in the Imperial City, it's not necessarily so.

For it is well known to man in the castle that the flower river is a cloud, but not so long as he leaves the castle.

Hanakawa's cloistered clothing depicts the Emperor's crest as huge, so we know he is an associate of the Emperor.

So there will be no harm done to Hanakawa by the general public. But it is suspicious that the outlaws will consider it.

If you think safety comes first, you shouldn't leave the castle. But staying in the castle was also a leisure time.

If you're safe and you're not inconvenient with your life, you should be satisfied with it, but people can quickly become safe and luxurious.

"Lord Luna, I can't see him anymore."

The rooms of the Empire's heavy towns are set up in the castle, but the Luna women executives have taken the room away and gone somewhere because they were disgusted by Hanakawa's actions.

He was also coming to an earlier meeting, but when the meeting was over, he just left. They're trying to stay out of Hanakawa.

"No, Yoshifumi. Which surroundings sucked my first impression, but the material is good!

Was it compatible with Yoshifumi's fashion in the tavern or it looked unhealthy and decadent.

But where there is no Yoshifumi, each is dressed to his liking.

"The maid or something is boring because she doesn't particularly dislike it..."

I guess the servant women presuppose to be handy.

When Hanakawa is the opponent, he doesn't show one disgusting face.

Or, if you put your hands on it, Hanakawa's status as a dojo will be lost.

The status of Taoism is the lifeline of Hanakawa. I couldn't have lost it for that.

That's why Hanakawa, who had nothing to do with being in the castle, left the castle and walked around the city of Imperial Capital.

"Speaking of which, we didn't see much of the city because there was a lot going on as soon as we got here."

The building is made of stone and the road is paved with cobblestone.

The city is vibrant, so maybe Joshifumi's reign isn't so bad.

"But even if I did, it could suddenly be erased."

But just how peaceful it seemed, there is no doubt that Yoshifumi is a potential threat.

Yoshifumi is a tyrant. It all just depended on his mood.

"I'm not going anywhere in particular... why don't you go see what happened to the Adventurer Alliance or something"

Three-layer southwest block on the outer edge of Teito. That's the first district the Hanakawas visited and where the Adventurers Guild is located.

In this district, Takashi Marudo stormed giant creatures with the power of the Creator, but they were wiped out every block with the power of Luna.

The city is separated by a number of walls, with units surrounded by walls considered blocks.

Hanakawa passed through a gate block-by-block to his destination.

"Totally back to normal... aren't you back to normal too?

It should have been further ground, but there were streets and several buildings there.

And they were all brand new.

"You're a little scared to think about what happened to people... Hmm. Would you like to go to the guild for now? Because of this, I'd like to register as an adventurer."

The streets seem to be back to normal, so I kind of know where they are.

After a while, I saw the Adventurer Guild, and Hanakawa curled.

Someone pushed me from the side.

Hanakawa, who had no expectation of such a thing, was pushed but moved on and stepped into the gap of the building.

"Oops. And what is it!

If you noticed, you were pinched back and forth in a narrow alley.

Masked men, two in front and two behind.

"What are you going to do with the Awkward!? If anything happens to the Awkward, His Majesty the Emperor will not shut up!

"I don't know."

The men pulled out their swords simultaneously.

"Liar! The authority of the Emperor, but not the other way around!... are you Lord Luna's SS?

Hanakawa can confirm status, albeit simple.

I guess it's not good to be seen hiding my face, but it had nothing to do with Hanakawa.

"My lord Luna will be annoyed if you do this!

"If you are alive, there will be no peace for Master Luna"

"I'm still scared of your shadow."

"This is something Luna doesn't know."

"If I kill you, I'll crush your face and die. Our actions have nothing to do with Master Luna."

"You're ready to be unscrupulous!

There was no escape, and it seemed like the opponent was going to attack me ready to die.

- It's okay. Awkward is a healer! It doesn't matter if you avoid instant death. If you're prepared to hurt from the start, that's pretty much it...

You can also use attack magic that can be defeated by about one person.

As long as you can eat the attack but recover, it will be possible to end it one by one.

But they were ready for immortality. You're looking out for your own death and so on.

"These people are ready to discuss and they're all going to be stuck at the same time!

They grabbed the sword with their hands and stood on their hips without a scratch.

I'm going to go ahead with my body.

Attacks to the extent of Hanakawa may not stop the progression.

Just attack the opponent in front of you. Something glowed in the back of the alley where I thought so.

Two people who were in front of Hanakawa fell.

Almost at the same time, the two behind them also fall.

A knife for throwing was piercing the heads of the fallen men.

"This is... I don't know, but you're saving me!

"Hanakawa"

"Hih!

Called from behind the alley, Hanakawa shook up.

"Come here. It's me. It's Mita Temple."

Mita Temple Heavy Man. He's a classmate, a boy with the power of prophecy (Oracle Master), and Ten Himself who brought Hanakawa to Ent.

I ran away when I ran into Joshifumi, the sage, at the tavern, but Hanakawa had heard stories like Lena chased after him and ended him.

"Yep..."

Hanakawa retreated.

He seems to have helped me, but he's the one who's been torturing Hanakawa all over the place. I honestly didn't feel like going to see him.

"I don't do it like it's bad. If you want to apologize for what you've done, apologize. So listen to me."

"Well...... then, can you do the groundhog?

"... you... you're feeling too fast... okay. I'll do anything in the dungeon, just come here."

From its desperate voice, Hanakawa felt the smell of a weakened human being.