Makai Hongi

a Lesser Demon King.
Surely he wasn’t much of a threat to a Demon King?

“Mmm.
While you were in the tower, we attacked a certain settlement that was connected to the Wild Hunt.
And we questioned them.
And while we did not learn much, we learned a few of Nehyor’s aims.”

“Oh? When Nehyor was in my country, everything he did was confusing to me.”

“The basis of his actions are incredibly simple.
His goal is to become an Elder Vampire.”
“I thought it might be that.
Judging from what he stole from the castle.”

“Apparently, you need a Demon King’s Orb of Control in order to evolve.
There are other things too, but we now know that Nehyor is trying to take the life of a Demon King.”

“A Lesser Demon King trying to take a Demon King’s Orb of Control?”
It was too reckless.

“If I fought him a hundred times, I would win every time.
But Nehyor’s aim is just an Orb of Control, so he doesn’t have to kill the strongest one.”
“I see.
So he’ll target a ‘newborn.’”

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Perhaps it took time to adjust to the changes in your body when you became a Demon King.
It might be difficult to use your special abilities.

And even if you could do everything, you would still be the weakest out of all the Demon Kings.
That made you a good target for Gekokujyo.

“That is why he was wreaking havoc to the west of my country.
He was trying to make a Demon King out of one of those Lessers.”

“I see.
So that’s why he was there.”

I had gotten in his way, though I nearly died in the process.
But I had no regrets about cutting Nehyor.
And I would still kill him.

“If Nehyor defeated a Demon King and evolved into an Elder Vampire that would make him as strong as a Demon King.
And so he would become one.”
“It’s possible.”

“And I suppose he’ll try and rise to a Great Demon King after that.”
Nehyor? Rising to Great Demon King? Was that really possible?

“But, wouldn’t that be very difficult?”
Even Tralzard had stopped at Demon King.

“According to Seitry, he’ll likely do the same thing as he is now.
In other words, get as many Demon Kings involved as he can and start a war that he can take advantage of.”
“Ah…”
Yes, he would do that.
He definitely would.

“And so we cannot ignore him.
We will be drawn into this war amongst Demon Kings.”

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“Well, there are four Demon Kings in the surrounding area.
So it must be rather ideal for him.”

“It will be too late…if we wait for Nehyor to become an Elder Vampire.
And so I meant to find him first, and kill him.”
While using me as bait.

Nehyor put a lot of importance in information.
If he knew that I had escaped from Tralzard, he would want to know how much she knew.

“You wanted us to fight, and then you would purposely let me go.”

“Mmm.
I had no choice.
Currently, Nehyor is targeting that cluster of small countries, including your own.
He is pulling the strings in order to create a Demon King that he can take down.”
“And so you want me to help?”

I understood the reason, but I didn’t want to be the tactician’s stooge.

“If you stop Nehyor, I will help your country.”
A Demon King’s protection? Now that was tempting.

“I’m just a soldier.
You will have to talk with the General.
However, I will chase after Nehyor on my own.
But first, I must return to my country…”

Just as I said this, the ground started to shake.

“What!?”
Tralzard looked shocked.
Even I could tell that there was a barrier around the castle.
It would not be easy to make it shake like this.

But this sensation was familiar.

“Is it…an invasion from the Celestial World?”

Now that I thought about it, I had heard that a holy stake was found a few days ago.