The Demon King Seems to Conquer the World

Episode 101: Night Forest

"... get up. Wake up."

I woke up whispering in my ear.

Carol was trying to wake me up with her face close in the poncho.

Carol's face was lit up in the moonlight.

It seems it is still night, and the morning sun is not shining.

"... what's up?

I almost wanted to rub my eyes, but it was also a long time before I made any physical moves.

"Something stinks."

"Stinky?"

Speaking of smells, my body has a lot of dirt on it, so the smell should be terrible.

"The smell of burning, or burning..."

"... Huh!

That's cotto.

The drowsiness cooled at once.

Use your nose to make sung sung and smell.

But it just smelled like a pretty woman's body, and I didn't know what it smelled like.

"I don't know. I'll take it off once."

"Yeah."

When I took off my poncho all the time, I got up and left Carol and used my nose again.

I still can't feel the smell.

But Carol's feelings over the past few days are impressive.

I can't say enough about a mistake.

"Do you smell it now?

"No, I won't. But I did just now."

Then maybe the wind has changed slightly.

Regardless of the volcanic fire, if it smells about incendiary, it is possible that the wind direction has just changed slightly and that will happen.

"When did you feel that? Just now."

"Yeah. Right."

I immediately licked my thumb with my tongue.

Check the wind direction.

Even if it's a little off, if it's burning fire over there, we might be able to spot it if we trace it back to the wind.

"Bye."

I'll take a look.

I tried to say, something in my heart nodded and I stopped saying it.

The wind was blowing from the direction I walked with Carol on my back today.

If the enemy is chasing after his legs, he will casually go there, which in turn will put on a double leg.

Intuitively, I didn't think that was a good idea.

If the enemy were to resume pursuit tomorrow morning, he would naturally think, "Last night, the target was watching us" if he saw where the doubling footprint continued to his camp.

That way, they'll find out I'm close.

Also, be more vigilant.

Of course, if it was about a pair, you'd choose to ambush me from the side of the night and end it.

If you sleep, you can kill without any resistance.

Then there's no footprints, no shit.

However, in some cases, there is no possibility that about fifty people will be gathered to sleep.

In that case, it's impossible for me to destroy it alone.

If you do, you will tip your enemies.

One mistake is fatal in this situation.

But I don't have the option of not going to see it.

"I'll see. Just give me a minute."

When I stared, my eyes were starting to work quite well because of the moon that was returning from the crescent moon.

I can see about my feet.

I put my foot on the roots of a tree that jumped out gently.

That was repeated five to six times, first without making a footprint of about ten meters.

Then I started climbing on the wind.

Walking about two hundred meters, the smell of the incendiary fire became so strong that even my nose could clearly tell.

Looks like it wasn't Carol's mistake.

Walking less than a hundred meters further, I saw the lights.

Proceed with caution, as when you see the light you will not see the darkness.

Approaching just a short distance, he hid in the shadow of a tree and asked carefully how it was.

A lot of the guys were lying there a little bit open.

On a quick count, there are twelve.

Again, the Klu soldiers.

One of the outposts stood, the other on fire, while the others lay to surround the fire.

Each one is in a sleeping bag shaped like an envelope.

Regrip the bow you brought.

The sentry wore armor, but it was half armor like sheetmetal covering the chest and belly.

In addition, he's showing his back, so if he shoots with a bow, he'll be able to knock him down.

But the other person, who was awake and on fire, was wearing a so-called plate armor with all his body armor.

It was not made by the wonderful decorations and techniques worn by the royal marquis nobility, but by the clutter of strands and workmanship, cut thin gold plates with gold-cut scissors. It was affixed and made. It feels like it.

And it also looks rusty everywhere.

But still, I was sure it covered my entire body.

Well, think about it normally, I guess this guy's a troop leader.

Unless you're going to use a decent strong bow and a steel arrow butt, but with the short bow I have and a half namakura-like arrow butt, the chances of piercing through the armor seem slim at all.

Of course, I'm taking off my helmet, but I don't have the technology to pinpoint my head.

It would be possible to confuse him if he killed the troop leader, but he would end up out of ten or eight or nine.

In fact, if you aim for your head, you'd better hit 10% at this distance.

Of course, you're right to try if there's no risk whatsoever with a 10% chance.

But it was actually risky.

I'm confident I can get away with it, but if I take it off, I'll give the enemy information.

Information that I'm right around the corner and we're already on our way.

Now, it's wise not to get your hands on these guys.

If you're going to be a snake anyway, you better not do anything from the start.

I snapped my face.

Then, in the thin light, I took out the clock and looked at the time, using the incendiary light, which arrived slightly.

It's 9: 00 in the afternoon.

It's not a good time to sleep after a meal.

But in this way, it's unlikely that everyone, including the sentry, will sleep.

Leaving.

Just like when I came, I followed the scene without a sound.

"Huh..."

I walked for a while and sighed grandly.

I was dizzy even though I wasn't anemic.

I also feel like my stomach is tightened.

Those guys were exactly where I went in the daytime.

I thought for a second that I'd be a little open and reveal the night here, and no, I can still walk. And it's a place that went through.

I mean, they're obviously after my feet.

And a night raid at the perfect time won't destroy them.

Another condition is added.

With Carol on my back, I'm slower on my feet than they are, and tomorrow, or the morning after tomorrow, even if I'm lucky, I'll definitely be caught up.

That would be the end of it. That.

Painful.

But I can't die.

Usually, I thought it would be nice to die carelessly if I couldn't help myself, but now I'm sorry.

My life and death are superimposed on Carol's.

I can't die, and I can't lose.

But lose.

We're already packed.

There is no way to walk with Carol on her back without treading dirt.

I can't erase my footprints in the state of the two of us because I'm finally walking with my back on, and I can't travel through the roots of a tree like I just did.

Aware of the end, I felt like I heard the footsteps of death.

Your heart pulses faster, your breathing rougher, your nerves more disturbed, and your hands start trembling into small pieces.

No.

I shouldn't have this idea.

Don't be afraid.

Give it up, don't throw it.

It's possible at any given time.

There is no siege without holes at all.

Because it's what humans do.

Just like me, they're people who make mistakes.

I'm not fighting a godlike being who never makes mistakes.

There is always an option to overturn the situation.

The question is, do I have the ability to discover it?

And the question is, do you have the ability to perform?

More importantly, I can't give up because it's a small possibility.

I would have given up anytime I was alone.

My life wasn't worth the effort I desperately tried.

It was easy enough to abandon and give up at any time.

But now I'm tied to Carol's fate.

Even if it wasn't possible, we'd have to.

Until my heart is torn.

"... Huh!

When I went back to Carol's, I saw her wandering a little.

It's me.

That said, there were signs that the tension had eased.

I guess I thought it was the enemy.

"How'd it go?

"Oh, there he is. Twelve of them, they were camping exactly that way that I passed today."

"... right"

It was a pale response.

"Then you're done. Tomorrow..."

"Nothing's over yet. Nothing."

"... do you? You got a plan?

"Oh. I thought about it while I was back"

"Can you let me hear it?

Do you teach?

... Well, that might be good too.

You'd be anxious if I didn't teach you lightly.

Anxiety is a real problem because we are not talking about a level that reassures the child leaving a message, but in this case can develop to a level that is pessimistic and scratches his neck.

"Right...... briefly, I realized that we're being caught up because we have weaknesses. Don't say your feet are slow."

"... yeah, right"

You think it's your fault.

Carol's voice was somewhere blurry.

"We need to sort that out once and for all before we fight our enemies. If you expose this weakness to a battle that can be attacked by your opponent, it's natural to lose."

"Yeah."

"And when I thought about it, I realized that the enemy had the same weakness. Of course."

"Really?

"Oh. So lose this one's weakness and poke at their weakness. They do what they don't like."

"... ok"

I don't know what you found out.

"So you're gonna put me down and fight me."

Oh.

This guy is really sweet.

Over here since the crash, this guy has not only been carried, he's been desperately fighting.

"I tell you, that and this, thanks to your nose. I discovered the enemy from here, it's so big. It's like I was saved because of you. This is not a break."

Had it not been for today's discovery, I would have walked just until I was caught up tomorrow.

When that happened, I was really done.

"That's okay."

"What do you want?

"... because I'm a foot wrapper"

Feet clumps or something.

"I just like to do it. That's not what you care about."

"No. It's my fault"

"I've told you many times I'm not."

"No... Ugh..."

Something's wrong.

"Fukai... Nai... Gu... Ku... Ugh..."