The next day, the flames of hell that attacked Giff were almost extinguished.I don't even hear about zombies approaching the Demon King army.Gifts were simply drunk by the silence of the unattended.

Natalie's parents, who were examined by a medic and found to be healthy, are getting out of the convoy.

"Dad! Mom!"

Sotti hugs two people who have just finished coming down the stairs.Parents also hug back soda when they lose.

I'm glad you're alive.

"Dad! Natori, I heard that all the giffs are zombies, and I'm worried about Mom and Dad, so I'm worried..."

"All right, all right, all right."

Dad lifts up Natori's body.

"Natori, you've grown."

"Ahahah, grow up."

"Nat, you're wearing armor, but you're a soldier?"

"No, I'm a general."

That's how the lord slowly descends from the other convoy, while Natori and his parents are talking on their own.As I reported yesterday's situation to General Matthew, the soldiers around him seemed alert to the lord's actions.

There, along with General Matthew and Sophie, Vargis appears.

"Are you the Lord of the Gift?"

"Yes, it is."

The lord answers without strength.

"For the first time, my concubine is Valgis Harmony, the demon king of the Harmony Federation and the marshal of this parent army.Quickly, but I think the Lord would know why the Gift is full of Zombies.I came to ask him personally.Your neck will fly as soon as you answer. "

Vargis smiles on his face, but asks while staring at the lord in a strict voice.

"Let me explain."

My father, who had been playing with soda until now, suddenly grabbed Soda's shoulder and answered with a serious and firm tone.

"The lord found out that the Demon King's army was approaching the Gift by attacking Yuha and asked King Ka Basa for reinforcements, but he refused.That's why we spread the zombie virus around this town, saying there's no other way.Oh, don't worry, it's not airborne, I called a few residents and buried the virus and let it go. "

I see.

Vargis will be brief and then look at the lord again.

"Is that true?"

Valgis is even louder as the lord does not reply and lies on his knees.

What do you think?

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"If I don't hear from you, I'll accept."

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The lord did not respond.Vargis then asks the lord a question.

"Why didn't you think about surrendering?If you surrendered, you wouldn't have had to kill innocent citizens? "

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Why didn't you surrender?

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The lord stands silent all the time.The strange Vargis sighs.

"All the people in the town are dead, but you escaped from the lord's castle and hid in the gate to escape hardship.Why is that? "

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"May I explain?"

Natori's father pinches his mouth.However, regardless of who Natori serves, there seems to be a fear of the Devil King, and he is holding Natori's body.

"Good"

"Yes, the lord was going to die himself, but he got scared on the way and asked us for help."

"Well, hey lord, is that true?"

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Say something.

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The lord will not reply to any of Valgis's questions.

"If what we're talking about is true, you've made tens of thousands of people in Giffs just for your honor and self-preservation.Explain yourself a little. Or I'll kill you right here. "

Vargis is louder than before and tells him to yell.Still, the lord lies down and doesn't reply.

Vargis now waits for the lord's reply for about five minutes, when there was heavy air and silence.In the meantime, Vargis couldn't move, staring at the lord all the time.

Eventually Vargis sighs and walks towards the lord.

"The lack of an answer means you admitted it.I will sin against you for killing innocent people. "

Vargis opens his right hand.Together with the sound of cueing, the light of fire gathers and an orange dagger emerges.It seemed to have a good sharpness, no sound or friction, and the next moment the lord's neck was away from his torso.When the lord's body falls to the ground, a large amount of red liquid blows up as if it had exploded from his neck.

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Unlike Radhika's mother, Natori's parents couldn't stay on the gift, so they followed the expedition for a while.At his own request, Natori was temporarily transferred to the rear and his parents were protected by his own hands.

Having gone to the curtain house in Vargis and finished kissing for the first time in two days, I sit in a chair at the table and ask.

How was Natori?

Um, I'll be very good to you.

Oh, I'm glad you're not dead.

That relieves me.

"By the way, what was a zombie like?I've never actually seen a concubine, so I'm a little interested. "

It's certainly not rare to see a normal life, Zombie.

"It's horrible to remember..."

Hmm.

"The meat is so soft, you just touch something and you get it right away.You'll soon have all the bones.And then, there was no blood, and instead, the body melted and the juice was pounding... I'm sorry, I was afraid to say it myself. "

I shake my body and cover my face with my hands.

"I'm sorry. I don't want to talk."

"Sorry, let's change the subject."

Vargis sits back in his chair and asks me again.

"How did you feel about using strategic magic for the first time?"

"Yeah, it's careless, but it feels like you're releasing all your magic at once, and it's weird that you enjoyed it, but it feels like you're stroking it all out."

"Alisa really likes magic.I'm sure Alisa experienced it, but strategic magic drains the user's health.It's not that easy to shoot. "

"Yeah, I know. War is the last resort, I think I know what it means."

I nod looking up at the ceiling of the curtain house.

"I want to use strategic magic again."

"Yeah, what's up? What do you want to do?"

"Gifts are a dead town, aren't they?All the inhabitants have died, and the city has almost become more land.The water in the river will be dirty because of zombies, and I think it's a soil that can't grow a single tree or plant.It was so pathetic that one town was sacrificed for the lord's selfishness, and I regretted that I couldn't do anything. "

"Seems like Alisa. Compared to when she said she didn't want to kill anybody."

Vargis put his arms together and said, "So what do you want?I'm going to ask.

"Yes, I want to purify the gift."

"Purge."

"Tactical magic doesn't have any effect on its own, but it's amplified and released by other magic, right?Then, if you use purification magic as a strategic magic, it will reach the whole town of Giff, and it will be very effective. "

"This is not bad. But the demons and holy magic are incompatible. The army will never be able to pass through the place where they used holy magic, but my concubine is a demon, so I can't help you."

"That's fine."

"Fufu, whatever you want."

That's what Vargis says and laughs slightly.