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Chapter 187: Cursed Demon

≪Ruzarc. I’m sorry to say this, but… I might destroy the royal capital quite a bit.≫

≪…Please do it in moderation. It’s already difficult in many ways…≫

≪I guess I’ll do my best!≫

≪Well, I know it can’t be helped to a certain extent, haa… The problems are just piling up like a mountain.≫

While sharing information with Ruzark through telepathy, I conveyed about my plan to enter flashily as well.

It seems that Ruzark has already finished the council meeting and is returning to the Arto Kingdom by airship. It seems that he is scheduled to arrive at the royal capital as early as next morning. I was surprised that he was able to wrap up the council in about an hour, and realized once again how great Ruzark’s diplomatic skills were.

Ruzark and Legenda have a master-servant contract with me, so if they want to return to the royal capital as quickly as possible, they can just teleport back to the Alraine Dungeon. Realistically speaking, however, this may cause problems later on.

If the leaders of the other countries have good intuition, they would be able to guess that Ruzark possesses a means equivalent to teleportation, and that would also arouse suspicion in Ruzark’s bodyguards and the nobles in charge of foreign affairs who were planning to return with him.

Moreover, even if Ruzark were to return to the capital right now, there isn’t much he could do. In fact, it could even turn out to be a favorable situation for Fernando. Considering these things comprehensively, the time limit for achieving our goal is until tomorrow morning. With about half a day left, we have to capture or kill Fernando, recapture the city, and evacuate the people.

When I looked ahead, the walls surrounding the royal capital and the royal castle came into view. That means that the enemy will soon be able to see us. According to my estimate, it will take about 5 minutes to reach the royal capital.

≪We will arrive at the royal capital soon.≫

≪Alright. I don’t think there’s anything to worry about since it’s your and the others, but still, please be careful.≫

≪Thanks! I’ll be going now!≫

When I ended my telepathy with Ruzark, Kinu, who was sitting next to me, tugged on my sleeve.

「Aun, I gave detailed instructions to Nelfie.」

「Oh, thanks! All that’s left now is how we should move…」

「I have thought about that too. You and Drake aren’t good at fighting while protecting people and holding back. In that case, it’s better for you two to move towards the royal castle than the arena where the people are. Shinku and I will head to the arena to support Nelfie… and clean up the rebel forces in the area.」

「Okay, let’s go with that! Drake, head to the arena first. After that, we’ll go to the royal castle together.」

「Nn. Just pass over the arena. At this height, we can easily jump down.」

「I have no problem with that either, Aun-sama.」

「Aight! Then it’s a straight course to the royal castle while passing over the arena!」

「We don’t know when a battle will break out once we enter the royal capital, so let’s go all out!」

「Right!!」「Nn. I’ll do my best.」「Understood.」

As I took in the gradually darkening sky and felt the rain drops falling on my cheeks, I braced myself once again.

A few minutes later, when we arrived near the sky above the arena, Kinu and Shinku said, “We will be off now,” while smiling at me and jumped off of Drake’s back. Once those two join up with Nelfie, I am confident that they can safely handle any situation. Seriously, all of our female members are super talented. In addition to their combat strength, they also have a high ability to assess situations, and have a broad perspective that allows them to keep calm in any situation.

If I think about it, Drake and I are really good at destroying things, but we’re not good at keeping things contained.

……Wait. Is this pairing really for the best? I’m suddenly starting to feel anxious…

Hmm, it’s okay! If push comes to shove, I’ll just brute force through everything and apologize to Ruzark later!

As I was thinking about that… a huge fireball suddenly came flying from the side.

「Drake! Turn to the left!!」

「Whoa!! Where the hell did that come from…? I mean, what the hell is that?!」

「For now, you can undo your dragon form. It’s hard to avoid in your dragon form, right?」

「Alright! I’ll turn back now!」

It wasn’t like I had let my guard down. The reason why I was able to immediately convey instructions to Drake is because I had constantly been alert of our surroundings since entering the royal capital. Still, I was unable to notice the enemy’s presence until the magic came flying at me.

I landed on the roof of a private house with Drake, who had returned to his human form. I immediately returned my gaze to the direction the fireball had come from and appraised the being which was there.

〈Status〉

[Name] Bride Ishlova

[Race] Demon

[Status] Frenzy, Fury, Auditory hallucinations, Heat pain, Bleeding, Hunger

[Level] 54

[Attribute] Fire

[HP] 9709/9900

[MP] 1510/1800

[STR] 171

[VIT] 120

[DEX] 99

[INT] 202

[AGI] 255

[LUK] 18

[Title] Contractor with the Devil, Sword Emperor, Blazing Flame, Cursed One

【Skill】

・Demon Transformation: 繧繧繧繝繧繧繧繝??繧繧繧縺?80??い繝??縺bell’幄.

・Wildfire: STR, AGI, and INT increase by 140% for 5 minutes (MP consumption 70)

・Flame Sword: Embody a sword made of flame. Its size changes depending on the amount of MP used (MP consumption 50-200)

・Flame Ball

・Flame Lance

・Martial Arts (Lv.4)

・Swordsmanship (Lv.6)

【Equipment】

・Magic Sword Orgnus (curse): Cannot be appraised

・Phantom Helm (curse): Cannot be appraised

・Aspiration Soul Armor (curse): Cannot be appraised

・Bloody Glove (curse): Cannot be appraised

・Thorn Boots (curse): Cannot be appraised

・Devil’s Ring (curse): Cannot be appraised

「Huh!? Bride……?」