Water Magician

Chapter 314: Hunting for the Demon Lord

TN: Central Nations -> Central Countries

Editor: Tseirp

‘There is only one hero in any age.’

When he dies, another newborn baby becomes the hero.

The principle of the birth of the hero is fairly well known.

While that of the Demon Lord, quite frankly, is completely shrouded in mystery.

Sometimes the Demon Lord appears in the western countries, and sometimes in the central countries.

Rumor has it that they sometimes appear in the eastern countries too....

Also, according to the doctrine taught in the Central Temples of the Central Countries, one of the four Demon Princes spawned by the Devil would become the Demon Lord... or so they teach.

The same Devil Prince that Ryo chopped up on the 40th floor of the Rune dungeon.

But is it true?

In fact, no one knows.

Probably just another wild theory.

To begin with, the only humans who have had contact with the Demon Lord are... the heroes who defeat him.

From the human side of things, they have no idea where, or why the Demon Lord appears, or even what the Demon Lord is in terms of biology.

What they do know is...

The Demon Lord can control monsters.

It is a being that brings harm to humans.

And fairly strong... apparently.

There is no record of anyone other than the hero defeating him...which means that even if someone other than the hero had challenged him, they were all crushed.

So he can’t possibly be weak.

“But the Demon Lord was defeated by Roman three years ago, wasn’t he?”

Ryo muttered to himself.

That’s right, the Demon Lord was defeated by the hero Roman.

That information was conveyed to the central countries as well.

Even Ryo, who was not well versed in the affairs of the world, had heard about it, so it must have been spread widely.

“Yeah. It was announced by the Western Church.”

Priest Zeke answered.

“If the Demon Prince became the Demon Lord after that, then it hasn’t been that long, and shouldn’t be too strong... right?”

“Well, I don’t know about that. To be honest, some priests are not sure that a Demon Prince will really become the Demon Lord.”

Priest Etho answered Ryo’s question with a small shake of his head.

“That aside, the Demon Prince isn’t weak in the first place...”

The vanguard group of Amon, Harold, and Gowan chuckled at Niels’s bewildered retort.

It was late in the evening when Hugh, who had once again gone to the Papal Palace to sort out some stuff, returned to his quarters.

“Mr. Hugh!”

“I’ve got a few ideas. Once they leave, ‘Coffee Maker’ will be the only B-rank party. It’s going to be a lot of work, but I’ll be relying on you.”

“You got it! You can count on us.”

Hugh bowed and asked, and DeLong nodded vigorously in reply.

Compared to his fellow adventurers who were searching for the mysterious Demon Lord, it was no trouble at all.

DeLong thought so and sighed in his mind at the difficulties ahead of the seven.

Two days later.

The ‘Holy Seal’ from the Papacy was issued without a hitch, and they were ready to begin their journey, well almost.

“Except for the horse-riding part...”

“What can I say! How are we supposed to be able to ride a horse in two days!”

Ryo said, Niels countered, and Etho and Amon chuckled.

The three from Room 11 and Ryo could ride, but the three from Room 10 couldn’t....

The ideal would have been for all of them to be mounted for mobility, but since that was not possible, they ended up with a larger eight-seater carriage.

Niels, who is a big man, was in the carriage, but Gowan moved to the coachman’s seat, so it wasn’t so tight.

Both Harold and Zeke are well-toned, but they aren’t exactly stout.

Ryo initially thought it would be nice to move around on horseback.

He likes riding horses after all.

But... a word from the A-rank adventurer king in his ear made him give up the idea.

((Riding in the rain is hell, you know.))

“Well, riding in a carriage too has its merits. Since we were able to carry quite a bit of cargo.”

Ryo decided to look only at the positive side of things.

Such flexibility is a must-have to survive in society!

“We’ve got tons of Kona coffee on board too!”

“W-Well...I suppose you can’t get Kona coffee here...”

Niels nodded in agreement with Ryo’s assurance.

A cup of coffee is a precious, enriching part of life!

“Also, the delegation provided us with a substantial amount of funds for our quest.”

Priest Etho added.

“Even if we run out, we can just stop by the delegation again to replenish our supplies.”

Adding some more desirable information.

“Ooohhh!”

“Well, our first order of business lies up north, the Eastern Kingdom of Lasha.”

“That’s Graham’s place, isn’t it? I hope we can get some leads there. About the Demon Lord and Hero Roman.”

Niels confirmed the destination, and Ryo confirmed the objectives.

Thus, the party headed for the Eastern Kingdom of Lasha, the place where Priest Graham was appointed.

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