The highranking demon and the empire’s greatest swordsman were so overwhelming that they could not keep up.
Hugo bent down and picked up a shard of broken glass from the ground.
Chik, the sound echoed as the tips of his fingers burned.
“It’s poison, as expected.”
“My apologies, Your Grace.”
The Duke Defont calmly stepped forward and bowed deeply.
“In case Your Grace gets hurt, I threw it at the demon, but… since Your Grace is so engaged in bloody combat with the demon, it landed in an ambiguous place.”
Indeed, the bottle had fallen in a place that would have forced both Hugo and the demon to retreat. There was no evidence that Hugo had been targeted.
Insisting on suspicion alone would only lower morale among the troops, and negative public opinion would form for unnecessarily attacking Duke Defont, who had come to help.
Although Hugo held the belief that anything can be accomplished with his fists, he came to understand the importance of psychological and strategic warfare after accepting Elysia as his wife.
He knew well that there was nothing to gain from starting a fight here without evidence.
He refrained from blowing away the nagging top board in a big game, thinking of his wife waiting at home, with superhuman patience.
“That’s right. There’s no serious injury, so it’s fine.”
A murmur spread among the knights, saying that the Duke was indeed generous. Looking at the atmosphere, it seemed like the right response.
‘I need to see my wife, Elysia. I want to see her.’
Beneath the most stern face than anyone else, the shout of ‘my wife is the best’ echoed only in his mind.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Brother, I heard that the demon is already manifested in this local war.”
“It seems like it went to the northeast camp. Father will handle it.”
Arkane sighed as if he was disappointed. He wanted to try hunting a demon once.
Agares, who didn’t bother to participate in the battle, seeing that they were handling the mediumranked monsters well, added cleanly.
“You’re not even close to being a demon. If you’d met one, you’d be dead.”
“……Is the gap between me and that 19th ranked demon that big?”
Agares, who had been scanning Arkane’s question, nodded his head and pointed to Alec and Harold.
“If you’re as crazy as those useless dogs, you might be able to match it.”
Alec and Harold are the knights with the highest skills in the knighthood, in name and reality. Arkane swallowed his saliva. He still had a long way to go.
Even though they only smashed a small camp, victory is always a pleasure. Hearing the cheers of the soldiers, Arkane quickly regained his senses and shouted.
“Alright, everyone prepare to camp beyond the hill!”
That was when it happened.
“Aaargh!!”
“Ah!! Save me!!”
The cheering turned into screams in an instant. Half of the soldiers who were in the rear due to injuries screamed out.
Except for Agares, everyone who couldn’t properly understand the situation opened their eyes wide. Arkane was about to issue a command when.
“Oh, here it is. Hello? Now, this is a gift for a brave boy!”
The severed heads of the soldiers rolled toward Arkane’s feet.
A snake with two red necks on top.
A boy with small wings was smiling brightly.
Arkane, looking at the necks that rolled in front of him, froze his face coldly.
The knights looking at Arkane, hoping for the command to rush in, flinched instinctively when they saw the expression perfectly mirrored their lord’s.
Arkane slowly moved his horse to the rear. Half of the wounded soldiers were slaughtered in an instant. It was undeniable, even if he looked away. That was no ordinary monster.
“Are you the Demon Lord?”
A demon with the face of a bright boy laughed out loud.
“Hahahaha No, no! He’s at the other battlefield! I am, um, if I were to use a name you guys know…….”
The red snake the demon was riding on spewed out hot fire from its two heads.
“That’s right! The General of Snakes! You guys came up with that terrible name! Really, should I be thankful?”
As they say, extreme evil is intertwined with extreme good.
The devilish laughter and the twinkling platinum hair seemed like they could have belonged to an angel, not a demon.
The chief of the serpents, Elym.
He was the manifestation of the 62nd demon, Valac.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Agares was toying with a puzzle. Should he interfere, or not.
“Hey.”
“Hmm?”
“I’ll take care of that one. It doesn’t matter how powerful I am. Don’t get involved.”
Agares, who had warned that one would die if they faced an irregular, merely shrugged his shoulders this time. That goldenhaired brat seemed to be worth trying.
Agares casually toyed with the puzzle given by Evelia.
Meanwhile, Valac cocked his head towards Agares, who was standing next to Arkan.
“It’s strange. Is he human? A demon? No, that can’t be right. But why does he smell like one of us?”
Agares was hiding his power well, so it was difficult for Valac, who was of a much lower rank, to understand his true identity.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!