Evade The Hero and Flee!

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“Mm…”

I knew it. Reading a newspaper in the morning is how it’s supposed to be.

<The public would like to know: The stories of the Demon God’s warriors, the demon kings.>

<What is the ‘demon king’ mentioned by Marx, the servant of the noble, great Demon God?>

<Too many demon kings? Or too little Demon God’s servants!>

<Demon King Belegrea: “It’s obvious the number of those following the Demon God’s will should be increasing. A demon king doesn’t mean a king of the demon continent, but a warrior that answers to the Demon God’s will.>

<Question to the young demon race children: The job they want when they grow up? 98% reply, demon king!>

<Surveys of demon race youths! The best husband/wife material? Obviously a demon king!>

<This week’s bestseller, The 100 Ways You Can Also Become a Demon King!>

“Good. Very good.”

The first articles to appear weren’t like these ones. Yup, they were either pessimistic or filled with distrust towards what I was doing.

Since that reporter said this whole thing was hard to understand, I told the metal bat to lightly knock him around to help facilitate the… ‘understanding’ process. That reporter was now pouring his entire being into writing articles containing truths and a dash of fake news.

Of course, I had to double-check the articles he wanted to publish first. If I hadn’t done that, the support for my One Million Demon Kings Plan could’ve fallen even further. The people’s faith in me wouldn’t have decreased either way, but I couldn’t afford my plan to fail.

The single most important aspect of the One Million Demon Kings Plan was equipping the chosen candidates with power and a sense of pride that they became demon kings through their own hard work.

That’s why I had to work extra hard to change the reporter’s mind on this matter. Well, to be more specific…

“Indeed, the truth will always prevail.”

“Oh? And it’s not my fists prevailing in the end?”

I did the correct thing by arranging the meeting between the reporter and the metal bat!

“I knew it. The press will always be fair in front of money, power and the metal bat.”

“No, master. I think it’s just being fair in front of me?”

“Not really. I gave them some money, too.”

“…Was that for taking the corpse away, master?”

“You didn’t kill that dude, anyway. So it’s fine.”

“Well, that’s true~.”

In some areas, the metal bat and I were perfectly in tune. Unfortunately, though, we were at odds in everything else.

“Hah? That’s because my master isn’t normal in the head, you know? No wonder you don’t get along with me, who’s perfectly normal!”

Huh? Huhhuh… Wow, I don’t know what to say.

You think you’re normal? That’s not possible, you know!

“I wonder, why is my master the only person to not realise how abnormal he is?”

[1]: I tried to google, but couldn’t find what the author was trying to reference here. The original text was “환X살”.