Episode 309 < layer by layer. (2) >
4.
In the end, it took ten days to be discharged.
The ten-day period is actually quite unreasonable.
“Mr. Confucius. “There is no such thing as a complete cure in this world.”
The chemist said as he checked my bandage.
“It just looks like everything is getting better, but the body is losing something… . always. “Something.”
“Do you feel completely refreshed now?”
“That is an illusion… .”
The pharmacist sighed.
“For example, Confucius uses auras for muscles and blood circulation. Thanks to this, the muscles can boast incredible efficiency, so there seems to be nothing but good things about it… . To put it conversely, it means that when you can’t use your aurors, you become extremely weak.”
“Well, it doesn’t really matter, right?”
I shrugged my shoulders.
“Anyway, I’m very skilled as an Auror.”
“If this were the outside world, I would have died instantly. Mr. Confucius.”
“There are no aurors or mana outside.”
I closed my mouth.
The pharmacist gently wrapped the bandage without changing his expression.
“yes. We can’t go back to the outside world anyway. But now, even if I go back, I can’t survive. Okay? Mr. Confucius’ body did not only gain good points… . “They are adapted to a specific environment and survive only in that environment.”
“…….”
“huh. It’s all done.”
The apothecary tightened the bandage.
“Fighting is not romantic and wounds are not medals. At least in the eyes of people like me… . If possible, please resolve difficulties with your words, not with your body.”
“I can’t promise you that you won’t get hurt again in the future.”
But, he said.
“I will keep in mind the advice to resolve the matter verbally as much as possible.”
So, as soon as I was discharged from the hospital, I stood in front of the headquarters of the Five Spires, the Magic Tower.
To solve it in words.
5.
“ah. ah. Microphone test, microphone test.”
Weeeeeee-
Following the apothecary’s recommendation to refrain from using Aurors for the time being, I did not use telephonic sounds. Instead, he put a magic item, a voice expander, to his lips. It wasn’t as clear as the full sound, but it still sounded pretty good.
“iced coffee. “Can you hear me well, everyone in the Magic Tower?”
-…….
No answer.
The steeple had no windows.
The surface is just black and shiny like obsidian.
But even if you can’t see them, all the spiders would have pricked up their ears. Of course, the believers on our side, the anti-demon group, were also concentrating on my every word.
“You guys have no chance of winning now.”
In the midst of the confrontation between thousands of spiders and thousands of believers, I spoke leisurely.
“The gray spider was defeated and captured by me-. The last guerrilla force you would have trusted, instead of attacking our world, ended up being taken prisoner. To put it bluntly, I can say that your odds of winning are zero.”
I turned my head and winked.
“Ugor.”
Uburka, who was waiting in the back, nodded. Uburka brought the sacks of cloth he had prepared in advance and stacked them one by one in front of the spire.
A spider from the Magic Tower rolled up in a blanket.
They were prisoners who invaded our world and were captured.
“Shit!”
“Loosen this! Loosen it, you bitch! Release it!”
“Don’t shout… . I feel even more embarrassed for no reason… … .”
The spiders were shaking with their heads sticking out of the blanket. If you look at it from a distance, it probably looks like a bug.
I sat comfortably on the prisoners’ bodies.
“Squeak!”
“Is it heavy?!”
“As you can see, all the guerrilla commanders you boast about have been captured. Hundreds of ordinary spiders were also caught even though they were not brought here. “Well, so to speak, your hopes have been dashed.”
It was that moment.
-I surrender!
A voice came from one of the five steeples.
-We, the 5th Headquarters of the Magic Tower, have admired the Death King for a long time! It was already discussed internally that we should surrender from the beginning, but now I have come to tell you! I’m sorry! sorry! Please be kind to me, Your Majesty the Death King! If you want me to, I’ll jump from here to there with my head down! If you roll like a dog, I will roll! No, the small gods have already become dogs! king! Wow! Long live the Death King!
hmm.
That’s awesome.
“no. There’s no need to do that… .”
-Hey, you bastards from Headquarters 5!!
Ugh!
Immediately, an angry voice rang out from another spire.
-How can you do that if you are human!
-yes? Didn’t you just hear that? We are dogs, not people. dog. Any dog can do this.
-Hey, have you seen these bastards! Have you already forgotten the grace you received from the elder? You even served as general spokesperson!
-Wasn’t the elder captured? Any further resistance is meaningless. And speaking of Spokesperson, isn’t that a position you were originally supposed to hold in shifts from Division 2 to Division 5 for a week each? But didn’t you guys secretly treat me like that 500 years ago? Do you know what it feels like to have been treated like a 500-year bastard?
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-Ji, why are you talking about that now?
-Then when should we do it now? Are you going to do it when you all fall asleep and dig under your grave? Goodbye, you scum. I was sad to meet him, and I was devastated to be alive. I’m escaping!
hmm.
After all, it’s amazing.
‘It’s almost a waste to just sit back and listen.’
As I was inwardly admiring this, a voice began to spread from the opposite spire.
-But if we get to Headquarters 5, the last chance of victory is gone… ? Let’s surrender. just.
-Why are you all like this!?
-I know it well because we were the ones in charge of liaison with the guerrilla forces until the end… . They say the world is no joke. They say there are more than two Constellation Killer level hunters. There were also reports that it seemed like a real Constellation Killer had been seen… .
-Of course it’s a lie! Do you believe that!
-no. I have a good sense of touch… . I felt exactly like this when Headquarters 6 was robbed by Geomje. My instincts tell me that if I continue the sit-in here, I won’t even be able to get any soup… .
-What kind of touch is that? Wow, this is so frustrating!
-huh? what? Are headquarters 5 and 3 now leaning towards surrender? Then there is nothing more to see. hello! This is headquarters 2! We will surrender now! But if I raise the white flag now, will my life be spared?
-Ah, Your Majesty the Death King! Please don’t forget where you surrendered first! Headquarters 5! Spread your fingers out and make the number five! If you remember Headquarters 5, your success will be ruined!
okay. I finally understand.
Exactly what needs to be done now.
“Please wait a moment.”
I rushed somewhere. It was a building that had been used as a temporary treatment center for the past ten days.
Bulkkeudang.
When I pushed open the wooden door, I saw a gray spider holding its head in the corner of the room.
“what… … ?”
The gray spider raised its face when it saw me come in. She looked much haggard compared to this morning.
“Why did you come here all of a sudden?”
“Oh, never mind. it’s nothing.”
I took out my high-definition smartphone and took a picture of the gray spider.
“I thought that if I just took a picture of this moment, I could keep it as a precious memory and make fun of the elder.”
“… … therefore. Are you saying you came all the way here on purpose just to see me in shame and despair? Why now? While I’m negotiating a surrender with my children? Just to make fun of me?”
“uh… .”
I blinked.
“Maybe you could say something like that?”
“You crazy idiot—–.”
thud.
I returned to the protest site after closing the road gate. The moment I left the building, a gray spider shouted something behind me. But there was no time to listen. Aren’t we in the midst of fierce negotiations? There is no time to do anything else.
“Test the microphone. Microphone test. Yes, I understand. Of course, we will gladly accept your surrender.”
I said seriously.
“Of course, I will guarantee your life. If you wish, we will also provide you with the area where you will live in the future. However, you must give up the exclusive position you have enjoyed on the 50th floor, and please liberate the other worlds that you have colonized.”
The response came right away.
-Your Majesty! Very reasonable conditions come! Finally, a long time has come to an end and a new era has arrived. Praise everyone! Long live the Death King! hurray! This is Headquarters 5!
-f*ck that bullshit!
-That’s up to the elders to decide, not us… . I will cooperate… .
-huh. All I had to do was live my life.
There were many different voices.
The voices came out intact as a result.
The surrender continued for half a day.
“Magic Tower 5th Headquarters. The fifth net, Gumang (權網). Four hundred and eighty-one people under his command. “We all surrender to His Majesty the Death King!”
The main gates of the spire, which had been closed like the teeth of a great white shark, opened one after another.
Even when the iron door was opened, the anti-Dammaeng believers did not let down their guard. They watched the surrender procession nervously.
But fortunately, no accident occurred.
“Magic Tower Third Headquarters… . A nest of longing. One thousand three hundred and thirty-three people. We all surrender… .”
The spiders flock to me. And then I knelt down towards the believers standing behind me.
“Second Headquarters. Affiliated magic tower. A nest of senility. Seven hundred thirty-six people. “I will surrender calmly, so please spare my life!”
Tuk. The regular spiders wearing robes took off their robes. Tuk. The commanders wearing cone-shaped hats took off their hats and placed them down respectfully in front of their kneeling seats. Tuk. Regardless of their status, thousands of walking sticks held by them were placed on the ground.
Tuk.
Tuk.
“…….”
Tuk.
There were also spiders that surrendered without saying a word with their mouths closed.
The reign of the Thousand Year Magic Tower had come to an end.
“…….”
The believers lined up behind me were silent as they watched the scene.
There were those who sometimes showed their teeth and tried to vent their anger at the spiders, and those who tried to harm surrendered prisoners.
How could it not be there?
[‘The incarnation of love and lust’ transfers the disposition of the captive to the Death King.]
However, there was a voice that stopped the believers.
[‘The Warhorse of the Eternal Plain’ transfers the disposal of the prisoners to the Death King.]
[‘The bell that rings the dead’ transfers the disposal of the prisoners to the Death King.]
[‘The eyes that dwell in the labyrinth’ hand over the disposition of the prisoners to the Death King.]
[The ‘Lonely Seeker’ transfers the custody of the captive to the Death King.]
In addition, all the Constellations who participated in this war. They gave me all their rights over prisoners.
Because that was the ‘quest reward’ I requested from the Constellations.
I made great achievements in this war. The greatest achievement in anyone’s opinion. He was in a position to demand almost anything from the Constellations, and as such, he was given the right to decide the life and death of all prisoners.
“… … “How can we keep these people alive?”
“Quiet.”
When the apostle of the [Warhorse of the Eternal Plains] could not overcome his anger and spoke, the apostle of the [Incarnation of Love and Lust] calmly interrupted him.
“This is what the stars desire.”
“…….”
“And that’s what I hope too. If the disposal is left to us, there is nothing but hell waiting for us. torture. hearing. insult. All kinds of anger. The blood festival will begin. “I feel more comfortable leaving it to an outsider like Death King.”
The apostles were silent.
I don’t expect them to have deeply accepted this decision. I don’t even think about it.
So, I plan to take the spiders to the lion world.
To the continent where the designated tribe became the losers.
‘As the distance increases, so does the heart.’
There isn’t much different from before.
At the Fire River Council, in which all races participated, only one new race, the witch race, was added.
It was already evening.
The blood that would have stained the ground instead moved to the sky, creating a sunset.
“In the end, the First Headquarters did not surrender.”
[Assistant writer] muttered.
“What are you going to do, Death King?”
“…….”
The final bastion of the Magic Tower refused to surrender. Four of the five spires surrendered, but the iron gates were locked, shouting for a desperate fight until the end.
A red glow shone on the obsidian-like surface of the tower.
“Maybe we need a scapegoat. Look behind you. “Everyone doesn’t say anything, but they’re probably seething inside.”
[Assistant writer] was right.
“…….”
“…….”
The general believers, including the apostles, were glaring at the last spire that had not surrendered. The resentment that has not yet dissipated from their faces. He raised his head and growled in anger that probably would never be resolved.
Even the spiders that had already surrendered read the air and bowed their heads in silence.
“I know.”
All forces on the 50th floor condoned the massacre at this very moment.
“You are a hero.”
[Assistant writer] said.
“The hero who liberated the 50th floor. However, a hero is also someone who must first choose whose side to side with. “I hope you don’t make any mistakes now.”
“…….”
It was the moment when I opened my mouth to retort.
“Ugor.”
Tuk.
A huge hand covered my entire shoulder.
I turned my head and looked to the side.
“do not worry. Abby. The situation was understood.”
Uburka.
“Send me to that spire.”
My son grinned, baring his fangs.
“Perhaps I can make them surrender.”
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