chapter 92
92. Imprinted Family (3)
Drur…
Belle carefully opened the window in the room. The scenery outside came into view. The sun also rose in the demon world. That was a very strange thing.
“But the scenery is very red.”
Belle looked at the sky, which was red as blood.
And the sun looked redder than the bright red sky.
After getting ready to go out, Yuma and Belle were able to face the food laid out on the table.
A table made up of various top-quality monster meats.
“Kooo?”
A red-skinned demon with a face that looked exactly like an orc looked at Bell and Yuma and pointed at the black meat that had literally been eaten. With a fork that was very small compared to her own hands.
It was a gesture saying you could eat it too, but Belle instinctively took a step back.
Belle looked at the black meat with wide eyes.
“…Wow, even if I give that to Hestia, she won’t eat it. Ah, I wonder if Hestia might eat it at least once just because she’s curious?”
It was a bell that momentarily tickled the ear of Hestia, a Miao swordsman who was mindlessly eating breakfast in Middle Earth.
Bell and Yuma eventually returned to their assigned room and ate a sandwich they had put in a food storage artifact bag from the subspace pocket.
After finishing my sandwich, I came back outside and found the Great Demon Lord Lilith sitting on a chair. Yuma slowly opened her mouth.
“Are you ready?”
Lilith nodded at Yuma’s words.
“Okay, we can go!”
Lilith’s bright yellow eyes sparkled and she made her subordinate clean up the desk.
Then he spoke to his confidant standing on the right.
“Open it, Ron.”
Ron, a gray-skinned old man with slicked-back white hair, spread out numerous items on the empty table.
It had a similar appearance to the items of magicians in Middle Earth.
Ron, Lilith’s close associate with a neatly trimmed white mustache, slowly opened his mouth.
“The black circular device on the left is an artifact that completely blocks out the surrounding noise. This will completely block the noise leaking from outside the separate building where the head of the imprint family lives.”
Yuma opened his eyes wide.
“Is there a separate building for the head of the family?”
Lilith nodded and placed a piece of paper on the desk.
“Yes, it seems that the head of the engraved family is being treated specially on the Bergette side. Here, about three hours away from the original territory of the <Lebian> family, he was being watched alone.”
Yuma looked closely at the map Lilith had unfolded. Just as Lilith had said, far below the huge wall of <Revian>, there was another area surrounded by another circular wall.
“From Bergette’s perspective, she is under special management because she is the head of the family, but on the contrary, thanks to this special management, work has become much easier.”
Regardless of the number of troops guarding the space where this family head was located, the land itself was not very large, so it seemed like they could quickly occupy the area without being discovered by the Great Demon King <Berget>.
“It appears that they have a half-god level demonic beast stronger than the first level as their gatekeeper, but that is a problem that the main woman can eliminate.”
There was no way Lilith, the Great Demon King with god-level power and the owner of this gigantic <Purgatory Castle>, would not be able to deal with a single gatekeeper.
Ron pointed to one of the items on the desk.
“This is an artifact that briefly distorts the scenery of space. With this, the outside world will not be able to notice anything that happens in the area where the head of the family resides for a while.”
Lilith opened her mouth again.
“The distance between the Great Demon King of <Belgette> and the place where this family head resides is approximately 6 hours. That’s enough time to have a sufficient conversation after making contact. If you can get the imprint from the family head right away, it’s a bit tight. “It may be time, though.”
That was correct.
Nevertheless, if possible, it was the best choice to receive the engraving before fighting <Bergette>.
“It’s going to take a lot of manpower.”
At Yuma’s words, Lilith drew a crescent moon with her bright yellow eyes.
“That’s right, but compared to the number of troops needed to cut off the head of the Great Demon King <Bergette>, whom you promised to kill, it is only the size of a fingernail. You will definitely keep your promise, right?”
Yuma nodded without hesitation.
“That’s right, I plan to keep that promise.”
In order to escape the criminal. In order to achieve the combination of taking the Dragon Heart, blood extracted from the heart of one of the Great Demon Lords was needed, so <Bergette> was an opponent that Yuma had to kill.
Lilith smiled at Yuma’s unwavering answer.
“Yes, that confirmation is enough. I will use my subordinates to completely eliminate dozens of first- and second-tier creatures in the area where the head of each family is monitored.”
Lilith continued.
“Okay then, we’ll be leaving in 30 minutes.”
“okay.”
***
About 30 minutes later, the Great Demon King Lilith took Yuma to this place, the ride of <Purgatory Castle>. It was a place with black leopards.
Fifteen black leopards sitting quietly in the cage were looking at Yuma and Belle. Yuma and Belle approached the black leopard.
Lilith opened her mouth.
“If you can tame these guys, the fastest way to get there would be to ride one of them each. Don’t worry. As you just saw on the map, we will go through the jungle forest, so there is no chance of getting caught.”
Yuma looked closely at the black leopard. It certainly seemed like the guys in front of me with strong leg muscles would be able to get through whatever was in their way, whether it was a forest or a jungle.
“The way to tame it is simple. Ride this beast. Just don’t panic. The devil’s nature is to sharpen its teeth at those who fear it. It follows the one who dominates.”
One of Lilith’s subordinates stepped forward and brought out two huge black leopards from the cage.
Without hesitation, Yuma climbed on top of the one on the left.
Not being afraid of those who are no different from wild beasts.
The same was true for Hector, the warhorse that Yuma had previously tamed, and Ethan, the griffon.
Unlike the demons who had climbed on him so far, he tensed his muscles and heightened his senses for a moment, probably wondering why a human was climbing on him.
“Grrr….”
One, climb up and calmly stroke its fur. As he massaged the nape of her neck to relieve tension, he put in his exposed teeth and relaxed her agitated body.
“Woah!”
In contrast, Bell, who was sitting on top of the black leopard on the right, must have been lacking in savvy, and was only able to maintain his balance after wearing a self-defense device.
Lilith smiled, revealing her pure white mouth at that sight.
“Kalkk, Let’s leave now.”
The two hundred first-rank demon troops selected by Ron, Lilith’s advisor, all rode on black leopards and began to move. Yuma and Belle, each riding their black leopards, followed suit.
As its name suggests, the jungle forest was full of vines that looked like giant snake-shaped monsters.
The black leopards used their natural physical abilities to travel through this messy forest without difficulty.
Quad deuk!
The vines that were in the way of movement were smashed and moved forward quickly.
I continued to run for over 5 days.
The 6th day of the journey has also begun. We ran for a while until the sunset began to set. Only then did I begin to see something in front of my eyes.
A dense gray wall that did not leave a single gap caught my eye. A perfect wall that blocks all external entry.
And dozens of <Bergette> troops surrounding those walls.
Lilith, who checked them from afar, raised her hand and made them all stop moving forward.
Ron bowed his head towards Lilith.
“It is said that there are a hundred people outside the wall, and about the same number of people watching the head of the family from inside. Half of the carefully selected demons brought are those who are good at hiding, so I think it will be enough to annihilate both inside and outside the wall at the same time.”
I’ll use a silencing spell so this commotion won’t leak out, but it was safer to deal with it as quickly as possible.
“With demons with transformation abilities and those who know how to create dummies, we will even disguise the sentries outside as if they are fine.”
In that case, at least the occupation of the territory would not be discovered until <Bergette> sent personnel directly.
Bergette, the owner of all blessings, did not let go of tension even though the five Great Demon Kings, who were worthy of being gods of the demon world, did not point their swords at each other for a very long time.
Therefore, among the imprints that became the source of his power and those who created the imprints, only the heads of the most important families were taken out and entrusted to individual surveillance.
Bergette’s handshake means that he did not do the division of the surveillance troops himself, but entrusted it to his subordinates. He agreed with his subordinate’s opinion that there was no way the Great Demon King would make the move himself.
Tdu-duk-
The necks of the second-tier demons outside and inside the wall were twisted in deformed forms.
The sword that pierced the back of the first-tier demon pierced through the heart and protruded beyond it.
Wedge!
Lilith instantly attached a red thread to the thirty first-tier people who looked at her as she confidently entered the wall.
Grumble! Grumbling!!
When Lilith clapped once, those first-tier demons instantly burned to ashes.
All that remained was the red great tiger, a demigod-level demon beast within the wall.
A huge tiger rushed at me.
Lilith created a huge ball of flame and hurled it at the guy.
Wow!
Half of the Red Tiger’s head was torn off in a sudden explosion, but it did not stop charging.
Wow!!!
With a loud roar, it swung its leg without a huge spear.
Wow!
Lilith stepped forward and grabbed that weapon-like foot.
Hwaaa!
And with his power, the fierce fire, he covered Jeokho’s entire body with fire.
Wow!!
Jeokho fell headlong to the floor with his entire body charred black.
Lilith shook her hands and turned her back.
At that moment, a fierce flash suddenly appeared in Red Tiger’s eyes.
“Ha, bugs—”
Lilith turned her head, awakening a flame in her right hand.
Kaaa!!
In that split second, Yuma’s Balmung blocked the enemy’s attack.
Ahhh!
Soon, the body of the enemy exploded as it was faced with a force ten times its own attack power.
A huge piece of flesh rolled around on the floor.
“You didn’t even check for death properly. That’s bad, Great Demon King.”
Yuma moved forward without even looking at Lilith.
The demons of the Lilith family swallowed their saliva when they saw with their own eyes the power of Yuma that they had only heard about.
“Wow, this guy was unrealistically persistent! Argh!”
Yuma ignored Lilith and opened the door to the dilapidated house.
Sigh-
I could see the back. One woman was sitting on a chair.
“Are you the head of the imprint family?”
At Yuma’s words, the woman turned her body slightly and looked behind her.
Yuma and the woman’s gaze met. Yuma’s frown narrowed.
Platinum blonde hair.
And silver eyes.
“…Who are you?”
-[Don’t be fooled], it’s a very interesting name. Are all human names this strange?
The appearance was the same.
[Lv.92] Selene
And the names were the same. In the game <Loop Blood>, Selene, who was the demon lord.