The Devil Who Grants Wishes

81 – Asmodian (3)

“But… what should I do now?”

“yes?”

“It’s nice to come to the land of demons… but what should I do now?”

As Lucia’s question spreads, silence settles in the warrior party.

Although he came to Katara, the land of the demons, because he reluctantly decided to set a destination, he did not have a detailed plan for anything after that.

Of course, due to the rise of demons all over the world, I came here to find out if the poor demons who just had their ancestors as demons are under some kind of attack, or if they are trying to do something with the rise of the demons, but that plan Yen has one big problem.

“First of all, we have to investigate the demons…?”

“…how do you research all that?”

“There must be a country here too, so go to that country—- wait, no… uh…?”

Iris, who was answering Lucia’s absurd question with a muffled answer, only then realized the problem.

The demons are not united as one nation.

The judgment that they belonged to a country just because they belonged to the same race is easily proved by the fact that humans are divided into several countries right now.

Even demons have demons as their ancestors, so the vast majority are warlike, so they rarely belong to a country controlled by law rather than force. No, it is doubtful whether they live together in the first place.

In other words, if you try to investigate whether the demons are attacked by other races or are sympathetic to the demonic attack as originally planned, it will be an enormous amount of work that is difficult to imagine as you may have to investigate each demon one by one. will be.

Everyone who finally realized that fact kept their mouths shut, and eventually became completely silent. There is only the chirping of seagulls and the sound of waves crashing on the shore.

“Then… why don’t we go to the largest country in Katara?”

As if trying to somehow break this uncomfortable silence, Iris said that and then glanced at me.

what the heck why are you looking at me

Do you want to support me?

“The biggest country in Katara is…Atina. It’s close to here, so it only takes half a day.”

“Atina… Then we’ll have to go there first!”

Hearing my answer, Iris nodded hastily and then tells me that I have to go there immediately.

It seems that they made a judgment that if they go to the biggest country, it will work somehow.

But… um, no. let’s not tell

Sometimes you have to go through something like this.

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[It’s a demon…! She is a wicked woman who accepted a demon and gave birth to a demon!!]

[Kill! Kill and purify!!]

[Come on… hurry up and run away!! Mom’s fine, so come on—- aaah!!]

[Ooh… I’m hungry…]

[If it’s a demon… Well, go to Katara. There are many cursed beings like you out there.]

After going through all kinds of humiliation, meeting benefactors, and going through many adversities, I finally came to Katara.

Back then, I really knew that I would no longer be discriminated against like in the outside world.

But… no.

There was no difference between the outside world and here.

[What, you’re an outsider… Are the demons still making offspring outside? Well, anyway, where should I look at the skills of foreigners?]

[That, stop—- ah…!]

[If you come to Katara, follow Katara’s rules!!]

No, if it got worse, it got worse.

Outside, there were quite a few people who weren’t hostile to me, but here, enemies are on all sides. It’s like a wild world of the jungle.

What exists here is only order by force.

Do you walk proudly? That alone is like provoking those around them, and fights break out all the time to cover the ranks.

Does that mean you go with a low profile? If that’s the case, it’s like showing those around you that you’re weak, and you’ll end up getting into fights all the time, or you’ll become a scarecrow for combat practice.

It would be just halfway between going low and walking around proudly, but unfortunately, having lived my whole life in the outside world, I can’t do such a high level of acting.

Above all, I am weak.

“Haa… haaa…”

Irine, a demonic girl who came in from outside, breathes heavily and rests against a tree.

Of course, you can’t relax. Even in the midst of exhaustion like this, you have to concentrate your mind and look around, so you can properly respond to unexpected surprises.

This is the truth that I realized through pain, as I have been through dozens of times because I have not been through this until now.

“Whoa, whoa…”

‘I should stop resting and get up.’

I don’t feel any presence around me. The pursuers seem to have gone to another place far away without noticing me.

Then you should move on. The sun will set soon, but I am also a demon, but demons often become stronger and more sensitive at night.

Since escaping at night is close to impossible, you should hurry up and get ready to go to a safe place and get ready to go to bed— uhhhhh!

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Kaaang!

At that moment, a shock as if hitting the back of the head with a hammer wrapped around the whole body.

The metallic sound of the shield and the sword pulsating with each other fills my head, followed by a terrible dizziness.

What, what is this…!

“Brother, did you have to use such a troublesome method?”

“What… isn’t it fun? Looks like we thought we went, but I never get tired of seeing the moment when hope turns to despair.”

“hahahaha, well, that’s right.”

The two-member bully demons giggle when they see Irene lying on the ground with a mild concussion.

A demon with such strong demonic energy is a being worthy of being beaten down by other demons.

“Ugh… Ugh…”

“Half of the devil’s blood, but it’s so weak… It’s a waste of blood, it’s a waste of blood.”

Most of the demons here in Katara have demons as distant ancestors, so demon blood is thin.

Of course, since the demon’s blood is very thick and has a high priority, it will never disappear no matter how many times it goes down, but it’s physically unavoidable that the demon’s energy fades.

However, Irine, a demon girl who was half of her blood or belonged to the devil, appeared in Katara, which naturally aroused the interest of all the demons living in Katara.

This is the biggest reason why Irine is attacked whenever she wanders around Katara, but unfortunately, Irine has lived outside her entire life, so she doesn’t know the instincts and culture of the demons. They just thought the demons were too aggressive.

“That, stop… aaa…!”

“Stop it, stop it. If you are a demon, you have to fight like a demon and become stronger. You won’t die from this anyway, right?”

Surprisingly, this is the truth without a single lie.

Of course, wanting to beat the demons, who feel the devil’s energy, which is a primitive desire of demons, and wanting to play with emotions account for a large part of the reason, but the intention to train such a weak girl is also included.

Yes, because they are demons.

Asmodians are violent.

Asmodians must act violently, think violently, and grow violently.

Only then can you become stronger.

Only then can they not be hunted by those who are not demons or those who are blessed.

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Kaaang!

“Yes, block the attack like that!”

Yangachi gets excited when he sees Irine, who manages to block Yangachi’s attack, despite his severely shaken spirit due to a weak concussion.

Demons like to beat someone down mercilessly, but they also like to fight against each other.

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“Hey, is this… a country called Atina?”

“Yes.”

“But this isn’t a country… it’s just a city…”

Iris, who is speechless, is looking at Atina with a puzzled look, and the other two people except for Lena show similar reactions.

A place like this is a country, because to them, who have experienced all kinds of kingdoms and empires, this is not a country, but just a city.

“Asmodians hate a system governed by law to the extreme. They like a system where order is maintained only through force.”

“Then, if it gets bigger than this…”

“Yes, the country becomes a weight class that is difficult to maintain only by strength, and eventually splits into countries with a weight class that can be maintained by strength. So, all the countries here in Katara are city-states.”

After hearing my explanation, Iris’s face glowed with a little despair.

Unlike before, when I had to look at the demons one by one, now I have to look at each city one by one.

“Well, it’s better than having to look at each and every demon. Being a city-state that is maintained in order by force means that if you talk to the top head of that city-state, the job will be over, right?”

Only Lena is showing a calm reaction.

Since the Great Forest has a similar political system to that of the city-state, unlike Lucia, Iris, and Celestine, the city-state system that governs Katara doesn’t seem too strange to Lena.

“So, if you go to the guy who rules the city of Atina and tell him not to cooperate with the worldwide demonic outbreak, it’ll be solved— Ugh…!”

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Kaaang!!

At that moment, a huge beam of light pierced the warrior party.

Not just rays.

Blazing flames, ice picks and arrows flying through them, literally all kinds of attacks attack the warrior party.

“…It’s not a habit to attack without thinking.”

Of course, such attacks are completely useless.

Me, Aigo, Flora, and Nero didn’t step forward at all.

Such a weak attack could be easily overcome with only the defensive shields of Lucia and Celestine and Iris’ defense posture.

“what?!”

I am astonished that someone standing on the top of the castle wall saw such a scene and realized that things were wrong, but that astonishment was far too late at the latest.

Just a moment ago, everyone was bewildered, not knowing what to do like a novice adventurer, but now it’s not like that at all.

Everyone just takes a stance like a gladiator facing an enemy, like a lion finding its prey, and aiming for Atina who attacked them.