I’m the Demon King, but There Are Too Many Heroes

095. Union and Empire

One piece of information flew into the royal road of the Barkat Kingdom.

“Are there manastone veins in the Philerium Mountains?”

“Yes, I saw it with my own two eyes! Here is the proof!”

The Philerium Mountains were full of monsters and dangerous, but sometimes mercenaries seeking money went out hunting.

The mercenary presented the mana stone saying that he was the one, and the news of the discovery of the main mineral called mana stone went up to Pablo, the crown prince of the kingdom.

“I will go by myself.”

“But my lord.”

“You have to check whether it is true or false. I am the only one who can explore without difficulty in the Philerium Mountains.”

“The escort is….”

“Cumbersome. The more people there are, the more monsters will only run towards them.”

Pablo came to the Philerium secretly with the mercenary who first discovered the vein as a guide.

“Here it is.”

“cave?”

“Yes. Continue along the road and there is a huge cavity. Below that is a mana stone.”

“A monster?”

“There are many, but in front of Your Majesty…”

“Is the mana stone true?”

“Who would you dare lie to?”

The cave was long. It sloped and went underground constantly.

“When is the joint coming out?”

“We still have to go in.”

“To this depth?”

“So, it hasn’t been discovered until now, is it?”

The bat flew. The cave-dwelling kobolds thrust their rusty blades at the intruder, but their throats were cut off.

“Why did you come all this way?”

“I heard rumors that there is a basilisk here…”

Wow-

The screams of monsters echoed through the cave. The owner of the heavy thumping vibration was the basilisk that appeared when I spoke.

“…it really was.”

The gigantic basilisk exhaled its breath. The petrified breath that hardens everything was nothing short of horror.

Pablo swung his sword. He rushed through the stone’s breath. The sword was inserted into the snout of the Basilisk.

Wow-

The guy struggled. Its tail struck the wall of the cave. Two front paws hit Pablo in succession.

“Shit···.”

The battle intensified a little.

The basilisk’s neck eventually fell on Pablo’s greatsword, but his riot broke the cave in half.

Pablo spit out the stone debris that had entered his mouth.

“Are you dead?”

The mercenary who guided him was nowhere to be seen. I pondered for a while. Shall we go back or continue like this?

“We even caught the Basilisk, but we have to go to the end.”

He was hungry and ate the raw flesh of the basilisk. It was chewy and smelly. It had no taste and I spit it out.

So the whole day went down.

Kwakwakwaquaqua-

And I heard the sound of a magic tool digging the ground. I felt the vast mana of the mana stone that was felt between the cracks and the popular chuck.

That was the last memory of Pablo Barkat.

* * *

When I opened my eyes, my body did not move. Mana was also unnatural, as if blocked by something.

“Are you awake, King Ant?”

“…the dog of the empire?”

instinctively shouted.

I saw a mask that could only be worn in a ballroom. The bright lips smile.

It was the elemental magician who blocked his attack. What a woman who summoned a higher spirit of water to block her attack.

“You guys, were you the dogs of the Empire?”

Pablo grinded his teeth.

The empire is arrogant and seeks defeat. They called the northern barbarians barbarians. Likewise, they despised the small countries of the South as ants.

They called the union an ant nest and ridiculed Barkat as a king ant.

“These filthy bastards…!”

“That’s the dirty one. He was the one who attacked first.”

“gibberish! The guy behind you swung his fist first!”

The man behind him nodded.

“It was.”

“Then it seems so.”

“What is this…”

“You were the one who stopped people who said they were going to be docile. You’re not going to deny this, are you?”

“I wasn’t trying to talk to the filthy Imperials! I should have cut my throat right away!”

“Is it normal for ants to covet other people?”

“It’s mine!”

Pablo exclaimed.

“The people of Barkat discovered it first, and I have come! Is it mine or whoses?”

“It belongs to the Empire.”

“Shut up!”

“Did you get this? Or did you leave a mark that you discovered it first? Isn’t it? But we are already digging for it.”

“Shut up, you disgusting Empires! The Philerium belongs to Barkat, and the mine belongs to the Confederacy!”

“It doesn’t make sense. It’s so shameless that I respect it.”

“It will. If you change Louise Werft’s gender, it’s just him.”

“Wow. I think that analogy is very appropriate.”

“You guys! Even knowing who I am…!”

“You know that, so you are alive now.”

Ernian’s hand lifted his chin.

“Pylerium is the territory of the Empire, and there is no reason for these precious mana stones to go to the ants. If you weren’t for the king ant, you’d be dead already.”

“Shut up!”

“And the mana stones are already coming into the arms of the Empire.”

Pablo’s head turned. Seeing the people wearing masks and sharpening their pickaxes, one by one, they screamed at the high purity purple mana stones mined.

“My, my mana stones!”

“Because it’s not yours.”

“I can’t stop right now!”

The elves flinched at the shout of death. Berge stepped forward, grabbed Pablo’s hair, and pulled it out.

“Aww!”

His body came up. The pile of dirt fell.

“Give me another handcuff. I don’t think I can completely hold this guy down with just one.”

“Yes.”

Logger pulled out another handcuff. Stuffed in Pablo’s legs. The magic equipment was stretched to fit the size of the ankle.

When Berger let go of his head, Ernap buried him in the ground again.

“Continue.”

At her glance, the elves started mining again.

“Do you think you will be able to do anything like this?”

“Well, ants have to get angry before they are ants. Why don’t you get down on your knees before a great empire and beg for mercy? Then do you know? Can I give you a piece of mana stone?”

“I am Pablo Barkat!”

“I am Louise Werft.”

“···········?”

“·················ogue.”

“…you are not a dwarf!”

“However, the premise is that you are Pablo Barkat Ramen.”

“How dare you despise me! I really am Pablo Barkat!”

“It’s noisy.”

Pablo struggled. Ernyl made a drop of water and put it into his mouth.

Berge sat on a rock a little far away and smiled as he watched it.

Keeping Pablo alone was never the right solution.

The ore is a lot. Conversely, there are few miners and only one skilled.

Pablo is alone. But behind him is a kingdom and a union.

It will only take a day or two to capture him, but as time passes, he will go out to find him in the kingdom he felt strange.

Of course, as it is a star, the grace period is quite long, but I could not mine all the ore in it.

In the end, there are three ways.

Give up and release when appropriate.

Did you really hold on to the last minute?

The latter was kidnapping. To kidnap a prince as a demon king.

But that’s the worst.

Louise Werft, who changed her gender, was not simply a matter of personality.

His fame, his background.

For the Barkat Kingdom, and for the Confederacy, Pablo Barkat was the vanguard and spiritual supporter against the beast of the Empire.

To kidnap such a prince meant to wage war on the entire Confederacy.

Since it has gone beyond a simple symbol, it cannot escape until the end is reached.

But if you think about it, there is no need to be too attached to mana stones.

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Mana stones are not superfluous, but money is important, but it was not to the extent of ruining the big picture by overturning the main guests.

‘So···.’

grow the plate It increases the scale of the war by making it angry.

Instead of having to compromise to a certain extent for mana stones, so that you can take more magic points.

‘by the way···.’

You’re playing better than I thought.

is it genius?

At Ernian’s mischievous laugh, the corners of Berge’s lips rose.

* * *

Pablo shed tears of blood.

It was sad that they were being beaten by the imperial men.

It was outrageous that the kingdom’s resources were being extorted by the Imperials.

‘You must take revenge.’

But the imperial men were not easy. It was said that he was vigilant, but even if he was not vigilant, there was no guarantee that he would win.

Weakened by one defeat and the shackles that prevented Aurors, he became infinitely humble.

He wasn’t even alone.

‘There’s a good chance it’s the first team now. More imperial men will come.’

Before that, I had to escape and bring my allies back.

Fortunately, the dogs of the Empire, who mocked him, loosened their watch over him.

Pablo calmly operated the Auror.

Handcuffs on his wrists and shackles on his ankles interrupted the flow. Not only the Aurors, but also the physical strength was a piece of equipment that was taken away little by little.

Still, he nailed it.

Slowly, very slowly, I gathered the aurors.

It felt like a blood vessel was torn. No, it was torn. The muscle was ruptured. He struggled to break the dam that had been blocked.

And finally.

tuk-

Hands and feet were free.

Auror ran through the open bloodshed. The wounded area was even more bitter, but he didn’t shed a single moan.

‘not now.’

The power slowly began to return. But it didn’t move. I looked into the eyes of the dogs.

The sound of laughter was heard while digging up mana stones.

‘That will be your last laugh. certainly···.’

He looked around and waited for the night. They stopped mining at night and fell into a deep sleep.

It felt like he was ignoring him, which made him even hotter, but it was a golden opportunity for him.

It was night and the dogs of the Empire entered the magic tent.

Pablo, who had been waiting for his time, finally came out.

I shot the tent once and ran towards the cave I had entered.

he didn’t know There were eyes watching him.

“Are you going to be fooled? I think my acting was a little clumsy.”

“I will be deceived. It’s Louise Werft who only changed her gender.”

“Even the head?”

“It’s almost identical in every way.”

“Then will you come back with the Kingdom Army?”

“I will probably be fully prepared. It will be at most a week.”

“I can only mine for a week.”

“Turn it off…. fucking bastard dog-like.”

Logger shed tears of blood and cursed the fact that he could only take some of the huge mana stones.

“The next time we meet, I’ll be sure to pour out magic cannons…! Japanese fire, so as not to leave any bones, very…!”

Berge ignored him.

“But wouldn’t it be strange if we disappeared?”

“no. Perhaps the Empire will also send troops.”

“Have you already written the numbers?”

“I didn’t do it, though.”

As Jason intended, the Prince of Barkat came here. But the Empire didn’t even show a nose.

Could it be that Jason didn’t use any capital on the Empire?

No way.

‘There are two possibilities.’

Because we have more solid evidence, we are late to organize the right army to be sure.

The spies have already come and are properly organizing the army.

Perhaps sooner or later, the imperial army will come.

And I’ll run into Barkat.

right here.

Filled with hostility, Pablo will attack the moment he encounters the Imperial Army without counting back and forth.

And that moment is the moment of war.

‘Originally, the war was over at once.’

The imperial army pushed in with an overwhelming force to seize the mine and did not lose sight of it.

I didn’t know how it happened before, but now I know.

When Pablo Barkat looked like this, he must have dispatched a proper army to take the lead.

‘That boldness and determination.’

Don’t expect this again.

‘Still, you don’t know…’

Shall we try one more trick?