2nd Round Villain

95 – – 100, The Joker card – 1

Things work out very smoothly. I don’t want to cause unnecessary distrust, so I try to restrain my expression as much as possible, but even so, arsenic keeps coming out.

Originally, what I was most worried about was the existence of the seven dragons. Unlike the seven dragons of the previous episode, which were killed by Claire’s party a hundred years ago, the seven dragons of this episode are openly alive.

No matter how strong our party is, it is difficult to catch three ‘dragons’ without damage. It wouldn’t matter if Beatrice had reached the sword master and Aru had reached the pinnacle of slaughter.

Anyway, after procrastinating and procrastinating, the Seryelle warrior party arrived at Masurim. I met Merlin while thinking about how to deliver them to the Dragon King in a straight line without colliding with the seven dragons.

I won Merlin’s heart without difficulty, and now I’m taking the hero’s party with Nioh to the Rare of Endros, the Dragon King.

It is not at all different from the original history. It’s a bit strange to catch the Dragon King with only their strength, but if they roughly create the situation, they’ll do it on their own. What is certain is that this combination from the previous life finally killed the Dragon King and the Inwang ascended to the position of the new King Oh.

“Suoka, John, I want to ask you something.”

Seruel, a hero who will later be remembered as the Dragon Slayer, comes out and talks to the Niwang. I asked back with a pure smile without any malice.

“Why? Serel.”

“You guys… I know the pain of losing a colleague to the dragon king. Because of that, he dreams of revenge. However, leaving our backs to you guys who don’t even know your skills is… .”

“Ah, so you’re saying our skills aren’t reliable?”

“To put it simply, yes. Of course, I would go to fight the Dragon King without you, but isn’t entrusting your back and asking for guidance completely different realms?”

“I understand. It’s a fight for survival, so it’s natural.”

Rather, it’s to the point where I’m curious to ask now. If it were me, I would have asked right away as soon as the first company was decided. trust people well I am not a person

“however… I’ll make sure I, Suoka, am not a combatant. just a guide This friend John will hunt the Dragon King with you.”

“… Then, can we see at least some of John’s fighting power?”

“There is nothing difficult. Inwang. There is a rare in the north… Let’s blow the wind towards the south.”

There was a concern that the warrior side would suggest ‘let’s stick together’, so I hit the ball in advance. Inwangs don’t have the concept of ‘fighting’, so if they do something wrong, it could cause bloodshed.

“Nyan? Kwon wind? Do you know how to fly something like that?”

“Warriors who can fly long distances are rare even on the continent… You’re amazing. Well, there’s no way a person who hunts in a place like Masurim would be ordinary.”

Igor, the cat scout, and Viktor, the spearman, respond to my words. I shrugged and gestured to the Nio.

“Kuhm! Anything is possible!”

When Niwang pulled his arm, his muscles twitched like a spurt. Even before we met the dragon king, I seemed to be sucking too hard, so I whispered.

“Do it in moderation, as long as it doesn’t destroy the entire forest.”

“i get it!”

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!

Inwang threw out a fist as heavy as Taesan. An intangible energy swayed along with the wind. An artificial hole was drilled in the forest.

“… !!”

The warrior party opened their eyes wide at the same time. Neither the reticent Serjeel nor the assassin Katarina could hide their astonishment. I laughed and patted the Niwang on the back.

“How can this be enough? As a colleague behind your back?”

“Yes, yes! You are so amazing! How could you make such a fist… ! His fists were comparable to those of the Imperial Guard!”

“Why is someone like you in a corner like this… Or, do you have any intention of returning to the Empire after this subjugation? I’m sure His Majesty the Emperor will value you too!”

“Nyan! Awesome! Awesome!”

Viktor dares to play tricks on our King. Normally, I would have put a card on the back of my neck right away and kept him silent for eternity, but I’m a human who will die soon anyway, so there’s no need to bury him with my own hands.

A dragon king is a dragon king, and everyone here except Merlin will eventually die. Merlin, the only survivor, would never have imagined that it was my fault.

“compliment! I feel good! Praise is good!”

“hahahaha, once the skill verification is over, quickly reduce the tax to the dragon king’s rare. At night, we will be at a more disadvantage than the dragon king with the dragon’s eye.”

“That is fair. When night falls, the monsters that were hiding start to come out one by one. We need to get there as soon as possible.”

The hero agreed to my urging. I nodded and pointed to a distant mountain.

“Finally, I see you over there. If I walk diligently, I will be able to arrive on time.”

“Where on that mountain is the dragon king’s rare?”

“The whole mountain. So, not a single creature lives on that mountain. Except for the Dragon King Endros. It is often called ＜The Mountain of Endros＞.”

＜The Mountain of Endros＞ reminds me of ＜The Cliffs of Endros＞ where my brothers were buried 400 years ago. It was a gorge formed by Endros’s breath a long time ago.

The first place I killed after returning was the Cliff of Endros, but now I chose Lair of Endros as the place where I would commit my last murder in the Demon Forest. Oh, I feel friendly with Endros even though I haven’t met him once. Like a family that has been separated for a long time.

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Walking without rest and entering the entrance of the mountain, a large cave appeared. It was a cave with dragon patterns engraved on the walls.

The inside of the cave was painted gold. No, looking closely, it was not painted, but the wall itself was filled with gold.

“Oh oh! Screaming! Nice but extravagant!”

“John, do you know what luxury is?”

“Irowell said! That’s bad!”

Oh no, we pure Inwang-san don’t know about the beauty of greed. I’ll have to let you know when I go to civilization later.

“wow… Each and every artifact here is traded for hundreds of thousands of gold on the continent! Can’t you take it anyway?”

“It’s okay to take it!”

“I, really? hehehehe… !”

“However, your family will be cursed with afflictions from generation to generation! ha ha ha!”

“Hey hey… !”

Merlin, whose eyes were shining at the sight of the golden artifacts rolling around, gasped at my joke. When I was old, I was very reticent, so I didn’t know, but there is quite a taste of teasing.

Of course, I don’t know what will happen when I touch those artifacts. But there is no such thing as free without cost in the world.

They must have set up a device to catch intruders. It’s not that the dragon king has a weak personality.

“Hiya… Still, it seems that the dragon king is the dragon king. These precious treasures are rolling around like garbage.”

“Your own molars must be hundreds of times harder than the best sword that has been released on the black market right now, but it would be difficult. Merlin, don’t hold back! Nyan!”

“Igor, I feel strange… On the continent, you would have to save money for the rest of your life to get an artifact like this. I’m so sorry… .”

Even with the word curse on his lips, Merlin kept looking at the artifacts with eyes dripping with regret. I could feel the tenacity through the thick glasses.

“But, don’t you know? After the dragon king dies, I wonder if I can take the artifacts without any restrictions, hahahaha.”

“oh… ! It really could be! I must take it with me on the way back… !”

“Merlin, don’t be rash. Because we haven’t caught the Dragon King yet.”

“yes yes… ! I’m sorry for getting excited… .”

Merlin, who had been recalled by my slippery words, was stunned by Katarina’s words that immediately followed. The magician’s robe, covered to the top of his head, shrank even more.

As I walked through the cave, I thought a little about Merlin.

Hiding a face that must have looked smooth and cute under a robe… That timid boy, in his previous life, used magic with the determination to kill me.

Originally, the Merlin I remember wasn’t like that. A bit too strong… yes, i was swearing He looked young on the outside as he had maintained his youth with magic, but he would occasionally stare at the distant mountains and get blank, or react in a foolish way to the children’s questions.

Although he was the principal of Eden Academy, he was far from being authoritative. It was a friendly old man who passed the time by taking a walk in the park or playing with the children, as his magical abilities reached a level that no individual had reached before.

The benevolent headmaster of Eden Academy who smiles and doesn’t stop when the kids pull on Merlin’s cheeks. Merlin was definitely such a wizard… .

‘Are you saying you’re selling the academy! To you Joker!’

‘Merlin, don’t complicate things. I don’t like pointless slaughter. Think of the students!’

‘You’d better kill me! Eden Academy is a place where the sprouts of the continent learn history, the world, and people! The current continent has been trampled by your demon lord’s army, but if Eden Academy remains here, a hero of a later generation will appear someday and drive out your demon lord’s army!’

‘So, would you like to leave such a dangerous facility in our Demon King’s position? think carefully. I have no intention of forcibly getting a seal after killing him. of course… If Merlin attacks me without hesitation, things will change.’

‘Innoom-! joker-!’

Since then, it has been a great fight. I really didn’t know how to attack without hesitation. The result was my victory, but to be honest, winning was not winning. Because he was caught up in the last magic that burned Merlin’s life force – the Big Bang – and suffered seizures until he was guillotined.

I will never fight head-on in this life. Because once was enough for that pain. Even if they do kill you, you have to ambush them and kill them secretly.

Best thing… I’m not fighting at all, but I mean.

“Something has appeared. Hey, it’s the first time I’ve come this deep.”

As I walked through the caves dotted with gold, a very large door appeared. It was a door engraved with a dragon’s open mouth. I stopped in front of him and put my ear to the crack in the door.

All that can be heard is desolate silence. I carefully pushed the door. However, the door was quite heavy, and I had to call a party.

“ruler! Let’s push this together!”

“Suoka, you mean you know what that is and push it carelessly?”

“But I’m not going to be stuck here and stay still. Even if there is a dragon king in here, wouldn’t it be fine for you and John to hunt?”

“He said he would only provide guidance, but he seems quite enthusiastic. If you’re not going to fight together, why don’t you go back here?”

“… Big hum. My one and only friend says he’s going to subdue the Dragon King, so you should stay with him.”

“friend? only one? Was I Suoka’s only friend?”

“then! Where else would I have a friend but you, John? ha ha ha!”

The hero, Serel, has an unnecessarily sharp corner.

If you survive, I have to kill all but Merlin, so how can you stay away? I can’t really blow this off.

“Seriel, let’s not do that and help us too. It’s not that you’re wrong. We have to go in until we can find the Dragon King.”

Fortunately, the spearman Viktor is on my side. Since Yohan showed off his punches earlier, it seems that he is trying to win our favor somehow and take him to the Empire when this work is over. It’s a shame, but now it’s admirable.

“Nyan! Viktor is right!”

“Igor.”

“I also agree with him. Let’s help Suoka and push.”

“Katarina.”

They start helping me one by one. Seeing everyone but himself standing in front of the door, Seryelle sighed and reluctantly stood beside us.

After that, we pushed the door with all our might. No matter how hard the iron gate is, it is not easy for it to be this heavy, but it is indeed a rare door in Dragon King Endros.

coo goo goo-.

With everyone united, the door that seemed unlikely to budge began to open little by little. We made a gap just enough for a person to pass through, stopped opening the door, and went in through it. Then, after making sure everyone had come inside, he closed the door to the street.

If Endros isn’t here, then when he returns to Lair later, he shouldn’t know there was an intruder.

“It’s big. very.”

“big. Really big.”

“Hey… oh, that’s amazing… .”

“Nyan! That over there looks like a bed!”

“It doesn’t look like a bed, but it looks like a bed. maybe… It must be the dragon king’s bed.”

“The Dragon King is nowhere to be seen. It doesn’t seem to exist here. There’s no way you can hide such a gigantic presence.”

What appeared in front of us was an unusually large round room. A bed so high that you can’t see the end is in the middle. While we were all looking around the room with our mouths wide open, Katarina, a former assassin, opened her mouth.

“On the bed… There are four pillars. Let’s go up there.”

“Pillar? The reason is?”

“The basis of assassination is to kill the target while it is unguarded. The best moment is when the target is sleeping. If you go up there and wait, you can kill the dragon king while he sleeps in his bed.”

“… Oh, that is true.”

Come to think of it, it was in the middle of the night when Aru in her previous life assassinated the emperor of the empire. After all, the real assassin is different. I thought I had a knack for assassination, but as soon as a pro sees this room, he starts thinking like that.

“I agree with Katarina. How are you guys?”

“I-I think you’re right too! Katarina-sama is a veteran in this field… .”

“I agree too. Katarina-san is always reliable.”

“Nyan! I agree!”

“There is no reason to vomit. However, what to do if the dragon king finds out when hiding in the corner? We may end up being attacked in reverse.”

Everyone agrees, but Serjell alone bet on it. Again, that’s tricky.

Of course, your life depends on it, but you have to be picky. Perhaps Katarina knew that too, she pointed at the corner and continued.

“If you look at that corner, there is a round cone-shaped column. It means that you can hide behind a pillar unless the dragon king is looking from directly above you.”

“Hmm, that number… good. don’t let it go up I don’t want to leave any traces where possible… Merlin. Can you lift us up with magic?”

“Go, you can! Unless there’s some sort of magic detector here… ! But I don’t feel anything special!”

“If you want to come in, come in and see, is that the kind of confidence… . Or is it that he reigned supreme for a long time and was soaked in peace? Anyway, good news for us. Alright, let’s go up.”

It’s great that I don’t have to take the initiative. I obediently followed their consciousness.

“Wait, then who will build a sum and go up to the corner? Wouldn’t it be better to balance this as much as possible?”

Although I should point out a few important points.

“Since we are seven, I, Seryelle, will use one corner by myself. Are you okay?”

“Sure. I will stay with Miss Igor.”

“Nyan!? Why, why do I have to be with Viktor?”

“Yeah, it’s because the two of us get along well. In any case, we must attract the Dragon King’s sight.”

“Then I will go with John. Since it is a combination of an assassin and a charge warrior, it will be of great help in targeting the dragon king’s gap. I’ll give you a separate signal when to hit the sleeping dragon king, so don’t recklessly step out.”

“Am I with Katarina? Then what about Suoka?”

Wow, the only one who takes care of me is Nio. He is also a man of loyalty.

It doesn’t really help me right now.

“No, since I’m a non-combatant, I’ll be a little bit of a combat assistant next to the wizard Merlin. Will that work?”

“I-I and Suoka-sama are together… ? Joe, great! Then go up!”

For some reason, Merlin’s face in the robe is slightly red. I don’t want to care too much I need to focus a bit from now on.

Merlin must not die no matter what. That’s why I stayed by Merlin’s side. Since Niwang is so hard, he will survive on his own. Unlike the soft Merlin.

“Levitation!”

As Merlin cast the spell, our bodies floated up. We moved comfortably to the end corners of the bed without any resistance.

Since the size of the bed was so large, the corner was wide enough for one person to lie down. Well, one person. It was a little short for two people to enter.

“I can’t help it. Mr. Merlin? lie down first I will lie down on it.”

“yes? ah… uh… yes… . Be careful not to slip… .”

Merlin hesitated for a moment, then lay down first. I fell face down on top of it. Even though the robe and the clothes were in between, it didn’t feel good to ride on top of the boy’s back.

Still, for a male, he was quite bland. No, it was softer than most females. To the point where you can feel it well even on top of the robe. I couldn’t find any hard muscles like Inwang’s. There was no discomfort though.

Is this why Serel said he would be alone first? A shrewd fellow.

flinch-.

The petite Merlin keeps tossing and turning. Well, it is this guy who will be more unpleasant than me.

Feeling embarrassed, I stroked Merlin’s green hair.

“Hey… .”

As if that was even more embarrassing, Merlin groaned and put his arms together and buried his face in them. What is it, why is a normal boy so shy? Not even a girl.