Unbending Tasks And Inviolable Principles (4)

I taught the beastkin how to use them, then took a firearm and iron balls separately and began measuring the range by gradually increasing the distance.

Since it was a mechanism that used magic to launch iron balls, the power was considerable, but when the distance exceeded 150m and reached about 200m, I began to fail to hit the target due to my lack of marksmanship.

‘Ha, this isn’t going well…’

I stubbornly fired over 20 rounds, but I could only confirm that the power itself did not significantly decrease.

Since I was not going to use it anyway, I quickly gave up and asked Richard while returning the firearm.

“Exactly how many shots can be fired?”

“It depends on the mana stone used, but intermediate mana stones are currently used in all manufactured firearms. Since the magic itself is not that high-level, they can fire up to 80 shots.”

“What about the recharge time for the mana stones?”

“It recovers in about a day.”

“What if top-tier mana stones are used?”

“….Then you would be able to fire more than 500 shots.”

I said I understood, thought about the price of mana stones, and spoke to Richard.

“I will try to procure high-tier mana stones, so set the average based on those.”

“….My Lord, do you have… that much money?”

“Well, more or less?”

I gave a smirk and told him I was counting on him before leaving the Magic Tower. I felt Richard’s gaze staring blankly at me, but I intended to grind his soul to complete the domain’s armament.

The final number of firearms I had in mind was 20,000 units. And I planned to entrust these only to the beastkin, who could not betray me.

It was not that I did not trust humans, but rather that I did not trust circumstances. A situation that forced me to be that way. However, for the beastkin, there was no concern that this would occur.

The blessing and protection of the Goddess made it so that the beastkin could never do anything against me.

‘I must finish the armament quickly to live a life where I am not pushed around.’

That was the final goal. Honestly, I was not living a life where I was pushed around even now. However, the pressure from the orders of someone I could not resist was significant, and the stress resulting from it was also no joke, so I was simply constantly seeking a way to be free.

“Finally, today is the opening!”

Tein nodded at Rubins’s words. A long preparation had passed, and many difficulties followed, but more than that, the rumors about ‘Black Gold’ starting to spread throughout the world were fueling the rumors about the cafe and bakery that Baron Rubins was about to open.

I had intentionally told them to spread rumors that they had been able to obtain a large amount of chocolate—that is, Black Gold—with difficulty, and that they had used it to create various foods.

However, because the attention of more people than imagined was focused on them, Rubins and Tein could not help but be nervous.

“I wonder what the Viscount was thinking?”

“No, more than that, I am worried about the fact that we are selling chocolate, which is rumored to be Black Gold.”

“Why?”

“Because of the people who are currently the focus of the most attention.”

“The Black Gold Merchant Company?”

“Right. Many people are searching for who the owner is and what picture he wants to draw.”

“It is certainly amazing. I never thought he would have even thought that far.”

“If we had known the manufacturing method for it, we would have done the same. No, it would be correct to say that we would have had no choice but to do so…”

The shock when I first encountered chocolate was beyond words. Furthermore, what about the food made using it?

In the case of ‘Coffee,’ it has recently begun to trend in the south, and items with various types of flavors are being released on the market, but in the case of chocolate, it was an exclusive item that only Viscount Ingrad could make.

Now that rumors are openly circulating that it can be traded for an equal weight of gold, they are trying to sell food made by mixing such an item.

“You must be on your guard. Many nobles will likely apply pressure. I will step forward as much as possible, but… given the nature of those called nobles, they will not let it slide easily. Set your heart firmly. Do you understand?”

Rubins said he understood, and Tein simply set her heart firm while stroking her brother’s head.

Afterward, the opening time approached, and just as everyone was looking at Rubins and Tein with nervous expressions, Rubins shouted.

“Open the doors!”

Along with Rubins’s voice, the luxurious doors slowly opened. And as he looked at the waiting line of numerous nobles visible beyond, Rubins vowed that he could do it.

Meanwhile, at that time, the battlefield was facing a cataclysm.

“Run!! Run faster!!”

“Kwooo!! Kill them. Tear their limbs and chew their heads!!”

Due to the shouts and the near-frenzied charge of the demons, the battlefield was heading toward chaos. Despite the Mirkas Federation’s good fight, the number and quality of the demons pouring in were overwhelming, and the balance began to collapse quickly as they were swept away by the surge of demons that rushed in as if possessed by something.

In the sky and under the ground, the demons attacked without rest, and under those attacks, the humans, who were already driven into a corner, were heading toward their limit.

However, even in this situation, there was a ray of light, and that was the ‘Heroes.’

“Damn it. They keep swarming in endlessly.”

While keeping his shield in front, Kim Sangjin was using a recently acquired skill to create a giant shield shape made of light atop his shield, blocking a corner of the swarming demons.

Furthermore, Han Jiyeong, who was behind Kim Sangjin, stirred up her mana and drew a magic circle even larger than the shield of light.

Jeong Jina and Park Jimin also responded calmly against the demons trying to interfere with the magic instead of penetrating deep into enemy territory, and U Hyeonwoo was waiting to assist Kim Sangjin’s defense, which could collapse at any time.

“Jiyeong, hurry up!”

Despite Kim Sangjin’s nagging, Han Jiyeong was calmly drawing the magic circle, but it was then.

“Khuhu, you are doing something interesting!”

A demon suddenly appeared in the air; it was Demon Count ‘Diden.’ He, who had the appearance of a devil, drew out his own blood and instantly drew a magic circle, and as he immediately used magic, U Hyeonwoo jumped up upon seeing this and began to respond by cutting through the magic with his sword.

U Hyeonwoo emitted sharp sword energy, and Diden tried to neutralize the magic somehow. Whether the battle between the two was fierce or not, Han Jiyeong simply drew the magic circle calmly, and the minor demons were trying their best to break Kim Sangjin’s defense.

“It would be a big problem if it’s breached, right?”

At Jeong Jina’s question, Park Jimin nodded.

“Leave Jiyeong to Sangjin… and let us go out too. We have to buy time.”

With an expression of understanding, Kim Sangjin watched his two friends immediately cross the shield he made with a worried gaze, but he simply concentrated on defense because of the fact that they were trying to resolve the situation for the better.

And as they waited for Han Jiyeong’s magic, which was gradually being completed, U Hyeonwoo and Diden were thrown back with a roar and rolled roughly on the ground. It was a situation where they had inflicted deep wounds on each other to the point where one could not say who had gained the upper hand, but the interesting point was U Hyeonwoo’s behavior.

He immediately took something out from his bosom and began to apply it thickly to his wounds. And with something that appeared to be a potion in his mouth, he was seen jumping up and running toward Diden.

In contrast, Diden looked at U Hyeonwoo, who was running toward him without recovering, with an expression of disbelief. Diden thought that the medicine container dangling from U Hyeonwoo’s waist particularly caught his eye.

It was a medicine container with the ‘Ingrad’ mark.

The interesting point was that even the demons now knew about the medicine engraved with the name Ingrad.

“You cowardly hero!! Do you even think! You can kill me with just a potion!!”

“How do I kill you with a potion? You idiot. You’re just dying by my sword!!”

Then, after closing the distance and decapitating Diden, U Hyeonwoo began to take on the minor demons while moving around upon the news of his level-up.

The wounds on U Hyeonwoo’s body were neatly healed, and had Han Jiyeong also finally completed her magic?

Along with a magic circle emitting a brilliant light, the sight of countless arrows of light falling from the sky appeared, and a rain of death struck the demons.

However, it was not only this good atmosphere that was on the battlefield.

“Khuk… Exactly, what are you?’

Marquis Deluga, the Master of the Mirkas Federation, could only cast a gaze of disbelief as he looked at the woman who had made him kneel.

A woman who had appeared out of nowhere and was looking for the strongest; since she gave off an atmosphere that did not seem like a normal demon, Marquis Deluga had no choice but to step forward, but the problem was that he had to feel like he was being toyed with throughout the duel with that demon.

Even now, Marquis Deluga had rolled on the ground quite roughly after the clash, and he had to hurriedly pick himself up and avoid the place where he had fallen.

And he was breaking into a cold sweat as he looked at the sword blade that had fallen with a ‘thwack!’ sound, but his opponent was silently saying nothing and only moving her sword.

“Damn it… Is she a Demon Duke!”

Again, no answer was heard. As if she thought that swinging her sword was the only thing a woman had to do, the situation where she only pushed with an offensive-only approach continued, and Marquis Deluga was gradually becoming a wreck.

Even though he tried his best to counterattack, the opponent too easily parried or avoided his attacks, and before much time had passed, Marquis Deluga finally knelt with a deep cut in his side.

“I am asking what exactly you are!!”

Driven by a sense of resentment, Marquis Deluga finally could not hold back and rushed in recklessly with a shout, and after easily avoiding Marquis Deluga’s sword, the woman spoke as she looked at Marquis Deluga’s head falling to the ground after she had cut it off with her sword.

“Consider it an honor to die by the Demon King’s sword.”

Marquis Deluga’s wide-open eyes simply trembled and hardened.

“How boring. At this rate, it will take years to look around the entire human world.”

The Demon King did not feel much inspiration for having killed a Master, but Geforce, who appeared behind the Demon King, prostrated himself flat on the ground and spoke to her.

“Have you sufficiently enjoyed your play?”

“Do you call it a play against such a fellow? Did you find out?”

“The news was cut off in the middle of the ocean.”

“The demon who was tracking them died?”

“It is not that, but they said they had gone too far out to the open sea and could no longer approach.”

At that moment, the entire surrounding area began to tremble due to an enormous amount of magic power. The Demon King’s anger was revealed entirely through the flow of magic power, and Geforce had to seriously contemplate whether losing them was something that would make the Demon King that angry, and he eventually had no choice but to open his mouth.

“Even if I have to release the sea beasts, I will find out somehow. Please… forgive me…”

Only then, feeling the boiling magic power subside as if it had been washed away, Geforce realized the power of the Demon King before his eyes and vowed. That he would serve her for eternity…

In that way, the news of the Demon King’s debut began to spread across the continent in an instant along with the death of the Master.