Monster no Goshujin-sama

3. Mystery at Death

Three.

As soon as Kudo Lu was freed from the opposite realm, he left with Kanahiko Tsuki and Shimazu Knights who were with him.

Because Takahiro Mashima was assured of his safety by quitting via Berta, he decided that he would no longer need his help.

Anton's split, which became a walking trip because his companion was only Dora, but soon realized that the Lord had returned, brought Fire Fang.

Most of all, riding alone is difficult with one arm hanging from your neck that has been completely crushed.

If this were Berta, I could keep her from falling with her tentacles, but she had left it under Takahiro Mashima.

For this reason, on the heels of being assisted by Dora, he traveled on a wolf.

Eventually, we got to where we wanted to be.

It was a small, pompous forest that was left in the wilderness.

It's not the 'unconscious forest', the cutting edge of the tree sea, it's just a forest.

Most of all, it was now transformed into a demonic realm that could not be described as just a forest.

As Kudo Lu stepped into the woods, he was greeted by a monster as gigantic as he had consolidated his shadow and a resilient beast with terrible signs.

It was Anton the Doppel Queen and the 'Mad Beast' Aamir, a wreckage of pure Takaya.

Behind him, a monster of further subdivision followed.

If anyone else saw the sight, they must have blinded themselves.

For a multitude of monsters of all kinds lurked in the darkness of the woods.

It was Kudo Lu's subordinate brought in.

That number was no longer more than a thousand bodies.

It was an army of demon kings that could destroy the world, even the Empire, which holds the greatest power in the world.

However, this was also an odd situation.

Kudo Lu came to the land from Akel about twenty days before Takahiro Mashima.

Takahiro Mashima moved in the "Circle of Fairies," so the amount of time Kudo Lu could have used to move would be about a month's calculation at best.

In all that time, it's hard to bring in so many different monsters that don't pick a race, regardless of just the fast-paced monsters.

- Without a special way to do that, though.

"Thank you for your hard work. No one's noticed."

"Regardless, I cared about covert behavior. Neither Heinrich nor Ida are moving."

"Cool. Those are hateful. If you do it badly, you may run wild."

Kudo Lu nodded satisfactorily when Anton's split, who took the appearance of Tatsuya the Cross, answered.

At this moment, the forest swept.

No. Precisely what was hidden by crushing the unseen depths of the woods from the outside moved.

He was such a huge monster that it looked as if the forest had moved.

"Ahhh... ahhh..."

The sound of the curse of his hair shook the forest.

It was the head of a giant dragon that slowly brought a giant face.

However, its orbit was a vain cavity, and raw breath had been lost from the flesh.

The fruit of one dragon who dared to fall into madness and hatred to protect his precious children.

Her name, given the ninth name by the Demon King, is Ida.

The original name was called the Crustacean Dragon Malvina.

The sturdy crust was shattered, and the flesh was the head of the dragon abyss, complete with undead monsters that were still driven by hatred.

Her presence flying proudly through the sky over fifty meters was the reason why Kudo Lu was able to travel there for a month from Akel to here with monsters over a thousand.

By its side, the zombie of a giant dragon nodding around the one who lost his neck, still over twenty meters.

The name given here is Heinrich.

It was a monster once turned into an undead by the remains of the 'protector' Rex in the dragon abyss.

Parents and children tragically murdered by the transferees were no longer following as a corner of the army of demon kings who exchange revenge on the world.

"You seem to have been quiet"

When Kudo Lu spoke, Ida leaked a groan from between the vicious fangs peeking into her rotten palate.

Regardless, she has no reason to live.

The groaning now was just a leak of hatred and resentment moving that body.

However, it should be noted that Kudo Lu's smile did not collapse, having heard the resentment that froze his spine.

"Don't worry. As long as you follow me, your wishes will come true."

Hearing the words, Ida groaned.

At the same time, 'Mad Beast' Amir, who was beside him, shook his shoulders with prickliness.

That's because it was the same word that was thrown against him once.

A corpse dragon scorching himself into hatred and a crazy beast obsessed with one girl.

Fulfilling that wish, the boy says.

I can't tell how serious the words I utter are from the grin I pasted.

Hiding all his sincerity under his smile, the boy commanded.

"Hurry up and get ready to move. It could be 'There's Another Wave'"

If Takahiro Mashima had heard these words, he would have wondered.

If you know what, can you say such prophecies?

I even felt certain there.

"King, is it a battle?

"Yep. Very big..."

When Dora asked, Kudo Lu deepened his grin.

"That's enough to bet everything so far"

An awesome grin was distorting my lips.

There is a glimpse of a blackening flame of emotion that will not subside until it burns out at the end of despair.

It's a flame that burns the world.

A horrible horde of monsters who obeyed the orders of the Demon King and enough to destroy even the Empire if they were willing to do so began to move on the back of a cursing dragon.

Dora opened her mouth as she watched those compatriots move.

"O king. You said there was going to be a big fight, but you didn't bring Berta, are you sure?"

"I'll leave that for the seniors."

I wasn't lost in the tone of Kudo Lu answering.

"I was sure about this one. I still can't do that. You can't take them."

……

Dora mumbled.

Only his eyes stared at the Lord for what he had said.

"What is it? If you have something to say, say it."

Kudo, who noticed, asked.

"Do you object to my actions?"

"No way! I don't know what to disagree with the King, etc!

Dora responded instantly.

There were no strays or shards.

Her feelings for the Lord are 'fanaticism'.

I admire Kudo Lu as an absolute king.

So it's impossible to contest that decision.

No, it doesn't have to be. 'There's no way I can resist what was obeyed by the Demon King'.

However, I think the king is right, so it is possible that I want to know what the righteous king thinks.

"Forgive me for not being able to do this. Could you please tell me? I guess there's a reason I don't know why the king keeps Berta away. So what is the reason?"

Dora expressed her doubts.

"I guess Berta can't do it, as the king says. But it is also true that, secondly, as a family member who followed the king, that one has the power it deserves. That one is stronger than me. It keeps getting stronger. The king's strongest subordinate is Berta."

I admitted it with a little remorse.

"If you're going to use it as a disposable pawn, that will be sufficiently useful. We should be happy to act that way."

……

"The king should know that, too. And yet, how..."

"Keep it that way"

It was Anton who sandwiched his mouth against Dora, who just questions honesty.

Keep control of what could be your own son, and bow your head to their king instead.

"Excuse me, sir."

The King Taru boy exhaled small.

"... I'll take some time off. Anton will be ready for all troops to deploy at any time, as well as using splits to gather information on the Imperial Capital. Get the information you need from Berta."

"Yes, sir."

"Dora should explain the situation to Anton."

"Understood."

Leaving orders, Kudo Lu took Amir and moved to the back of the woods.

Dropping off that back, Anton turned to Dora.

"Well, let me ask you about the current situation."

"Okay, Mother."

Dora honestly followed the word.

Explain what happened while you were away.

"I see."

When he finished hearing everything, Anton nodded.

"You were acting with Takahiro Mashima?"

"Yes."

"I see, I understand.... so you rarely asked the King why he acted, etc."

"What?"

Dora looked surprised.

"No. If you're unconscious, that's fine"

"I don't know...... so does my mother know? Why would the king, by that time, turn Berta away? I want to know that."

While I seem strange, this time I ask Anton.

She is unaware that such thoughts are something she has never been prepared for.

I don't realize it's changing.

Nor does Anton imitate anything to point out there.

Such a futile function embarrassed a being that could just be called a child, just as it did not come with an emotionless self.

"Give it up, Dora. Measuring the king's heart deviates from the portion of his subordination. We just have to obey the king's orders."

So cut the word once, and go on.

"Besides, Berta is something you don't even know."

"... ok"

Slightly unacceptable, Dora nodded.

However, rarely, the story didn't end here.

Because Anton added:

"Finally, you're wrong about one thing"

"Mistake? What is it about?

"I would have said about Berta, 'Second, the family who obeyed the king'"

"Yes, it is..."

Anton told Dora, wondering what happened to it.

"That's not 'second'"

Dora looked embarrassed.

That was also an impossibility.

"… B (Berta), is it?"

In naming his subordinates, Kudo Lu follows the phonetic code of the world in which he was.

'Anton' by Doppel Queen.

Scylla's "Berta".

'Zeser' by Dirty Sludge.

"Dora" by Nightmare Stalker.

Amir, a beast who has lost his self.

"Friedrich" by Elemental Dragonfly.

Trip Drill's group of "Gustav".

Dragon Zombie Without a Neck: Heinrich.

'Ida', the end of the former family of the brave crustacean dragon.

Monsters named in the order A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, respectively.

Naturally, Dora doesn't know first-hand about the first time Anton and Berta were enslaved.

But I was wondering if the order would remain the same.

Of course, because there is no way anyone could impose on the king, but that order would never have broken down.

"Does that mean the order was different at first?"

"No..."

Anton shook his head sideways.

"I am the first to be given a name. That's why it's called Anton. You're not wrong there. But it wouldn't necessarily be the same order that it was subordinated as a subordination, would it?

"... ah"

Anton nodded to Dora, who showed him how he noticed.

"I can only be given the name after I left it in 'Bug Poison'. Unless you or Amir have the power from the start, the names can often go back and forth. In fact, there was as much subordination and so on that was ruled by the king before me"

If this were Takahiro Mashima, the story would have been different.

Because the order in which they were named is the same as the order in which they joined their families.

But Kudo Lu's subordination is different.

Normal monsters, mostly not on chopsticks or sticks.

Only those that crawl out of it are given names.

That's how it works.

Dora didn't realize it, probably because it was only Friedrich who was named the moment she herself was born, a mutation, and after her in this way.

"I did make a mistake. Only Berta got a second name. Just like my mother, the king must have had plenty of distribution before that."

Dora leaked a convincing exhale.

I guess I was ashamed of my shallow thoughts trying to get a slight eyebrow root.

He was self-reflecting that he had to be careful, as he deserved as a king's subordinate.

... So Dora didn't realize Anton didn't hammer.

It was also a hint at her question, "Why does the king keep Berta away?"

To date, Berta has had several times to expose her inner feelings.

- When I didn't even have a name yet, it's a memory of failure. Every time I remember, I regret it. How could I not have been Anton? I wonder why it's Berta.

That's what I once told you about quitting.

She wasn't Anton. I regretted that it was.

- Slime, I'm listening to you. Are you the one who saved him like our king? Perhaps if you had circled with our king, something would have been different.

- But at the beginning of the king, you weren't there. Instead, I was there...

- Or if I was Anton, not Berta, something might have changed.

He said something similar about Lily.

So what does' being Anton 'mean?

And what does' it wasn't Anton 'mean?

……

Just to point out that the order of names does not necessarily equal the order in which they were added as a distribution, the monster who was actually given Anton's name does not speak any more.

Not having feelings similar to those of a machine, she was just being there to do what she had to do.

"More than that, I know the situation, but I haven't heard one thing yet. 'There may be another wave,' the king said. What makes you think so?"

"Oh. Right. I'm sorry. We weren't talking."

Dora looked like a bum and answered the query.

"I'm not sure either, though. However, the king talked to Kanahiko Tsuki and noticed something."

"What do you mean? What did the king say?"

"I saw Okazaki's corpse," he said.

In the flying opposite realm, Lu Kudo, along with Takahiro Mashima, discovered the body of Kazuo Okazaki.

It was Takahiro Mashima who took away Takahiro Mashima's line by means of the "Circle of Fairies" imitated by Minato Okazaki in "The All-Purpose Vessel".

However, due to resistance, including Shimazu Knitting, the "Fairy Ring" at the main house headquarters, Teng himself ended up being devastated after the metastasis failed.

For this reason, Okazaki Minato should have been badly weakened, and it wasn't strange to be alone in that place where the monster would travel, even dead.

In the meantime, Takahiro Mashima was very naturally convinced shortly after that that that he had been killed there because he had been hit by a monster and an accomplished Travis.

The change in circumstances made me think so.

But the truth is, that's just speculation, and no where such as certainty.

In fact, what Kudo Lu saw was different.

"'Did you kill Kazuhiko Okazaki,' the king asked Kanahiko Tsuki. And this is what you told me later," Okazaki Minato was slaughtered. "

At least, if you were attacked by the monster Travis, it's unnatural that you still have the kind of injury that was slashed to death.

Someone could have killed Okazaki Minato.

The best candidate is Kanahiko Tachigi.

Because he was doing everything in his power to disrupt Harrison's forces for his best friend Takahiro Mashima.

I guess that's why Kudo Lu asked Kanahiko Tachigi.

But it's also possible that...

"So, what's Kanahiko Tachigi's response?

"I didn't kill myself."

- Denied from our mouth.

Dora's split looks like Tatsuya the Cross, and she shows a little thought.

"Other than that, it's the Cathedral Church when it comes to those who were there... it's unlikely that they killed Okazaki Minato. There's no reason to do that."

"Yes, I think you're right"

"Of course, there is no line that Takahiro Mashima's family killed him. If so, we should have been able to rendezvous"

Then one possibility emerges.

Anton spoke of the possibility.

"I mean, is this what you mean? On that occasion, there was a" person with some thoughts "who was neither on the part of the Cathedral Church nor Takahiro Mashima's side -"

- Time goes back a little.

Takahiro Mashima was forcibly transferred from his room to another world during his stay, shortly thereafter.

At the corner of the other world, there was a boy who would wander around the floor and suffer.

"Guh, yah! Yay...!

The floor of the aisle was littered with sneezing and diarrhea.

Explorer's "All-Purpose Vessel" Okazaki Thoughts.

He was the murderer's boy who sided with the Cathedral Church and brought Takahiro Mashima into this different realm.

"Wow...... oh. Hey, why, like this. And die... die uuuuuu...!

All over his own diarrhea, he wept and screamed.

The recoil of the failure of the forced metastasis was hurting the body and soul.

The miserable appearance of crying and suffering does not entail the usual act of bravery.

I couldn't stand the pain that lasted long enough and kept crying.

Given that there are many monsters in this place, it is very dangerous to suffer so long.

Okazaki Minato, a collaborator of the church, naturally knew that there were monsters in this place.

But such a fact had blown me out of my head lightly before the pain.

I don't have the guts to be in pain.

In the first place, ever since he came to this world, he, the mighty, had never been properly injured.

The pain where he had almost forgotten the pain was breaking the boy's heart.

"Why... why am I in such a way..."

I can't afford to make a decent circumstance decision, just line up my resentment of the irrationality that comes down to me.

"How dare, how dare..."

Even if that's actually what he deserves for setting up a forced transfer, Okazaki Mindfulness doesn't have the kind of thought circuit to admit it.

"Mashima..."

The thought that arrived was a complete eight-point hit.

He just doesn't think so.

"How much are you going to disparage me..."

Behind his brain was a revival of his memories in a face-to-face encounter between the expedition and Takahiro Mashima.

On that occasion, Takahiro Mashima put up a lettel called the killer who attacked the dragon abyss - and he thought.

"I was set up. Those guys, they don't... they don't have the kind of muscles that you can see with those eyes...!

In Okazaki's mind, the very existence in the dragon abyss was supposed to be a lie.

It was due to the work of self-defense and self-defense.

However, there was a reason to come to think of it as such.

"That was where people lived? Is that why? I didn't ask that......!

This was not a lie.

The transferees who took part in the Inner Raid of the Dragon Abyss were divided into three groups.

The first were the transferees requested to crusade in the noble territory of the Empire.

The last time we merged, Okazaki thought about it.

And it was Shijiya Jingu and his people who connected them.

The three had, to some extent, shared roles in the raid in the dragon abyss.

Suppose you questioned whether the inside of the dragon abyss was just a nest of monsters, the first time you magically blew the inside out, before the inhabitants exposed the nature of the dragon...... in other words, there was only the early stages of the raid.

Takahiro Mashima was right about what he had not participated in the first raid squad when he saw Okazaki pondering that he had been arguing with Ella and "didn't know" all the time at the meeting place.

However, there was one fact that was distracting me from Okazaki's thoughts, which I couldn't talk about because of all my self-defense.

"... it's all a lie. I was set up. Because the Shrines who first entered the dragon abyss didn't say anything."

The first raid in the dragon abyss was carried out by Shijiya Jingu and his people.

This is a natural flow, because in the first place, he was the one who showed up in front of the local transferees who were holding out their hands in front of the fog junction to allow them to break through.

Additionally, he was also the one who drew in the 'all-purpose vessel' Okazaki Thoughts, which would be a great force of war if only rolled well.

And because the demon stone of translation was not used on that occasion, the inhabitants in the dragon abyss could not even defend themselves, but Jingushi Chiya, who was traveling the world alone utilizing the ability of dragon change, possessed the demon stone of translation and should have been able to use it.

But as we know, in fact, the tragedy happened without the raiders realizing the facts or the dragons inside being able to give an explanation.

Regardless, this may be too suspicious.

It is possible that Shichiya Jingu did not realize that it was not just a nest of monsters because he launched an attack at the same time as he reached the inside.

But that would mean that he assaulted without thinking enough to not grasp the full extent of the crusade and not even consider the possibility of letting it escape.

Was Shichiya Jingu so far-fetched?

Or......

"The bad news is Mashima. I'm not bad."

Most importantly, where the circumstances around it were, the rational dragons living in the dragon abyss - half of them human - did not change that Okazaki Minato killed the inhabitants.

"Not bad. Bad...... uhhhhhhhh yeah"

Don't even plead guilty to his sins, just that he was mourning the calamity that had befallen him and uttering words cursing Takahiro Mashima.

It was then.

Machining Okazaki, who wiped his mouth, looked back as if he had noticed.

Footsteps were approaching.

"You..."

Keeping his gaze in a cursory and shriveled motion, Machine Okazaki opened his eyes.

At the next moment, one wreck, slashed and dumped, rolled to the ground.