Instant Death - Volume 6 - Chapter 1

Volume 6 Chapter 1 – I knew Mokomoko-san had a problem, but she suddenly started talking like a demon king.

Tomochika and her friends rode in a carriage and continued their journey.

Their destination for the time being was a port in the Kingdom of Blair.

The Kingdom of Blair was a neighboring country to the Kingdom of Lindy, where the City of the God of War was located, and they should be able to reach it in a few days if they followed the road straight ahead.

So far, so good.

As she was thinking this, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Tomochika wondered why.

They had just taken a lunch break and were not planning to stop for a while.

『I’m in a bit of trouble.』

Mokomoko appeared through the wall.

She was controlling the coachmens robot.

“What?”

『Take a look outside.』

Tomchika looked out the window ahead.

There was a huge thorn.

A stone pillar with a sharp tip was sticking out of the middle of the road.

It must have fallen from the sky above. It must have fallen from the sky, and the impact of the thorn had half destroyed the paved road.

“Oh. Surely this can’t be bypassed….?”

『Basically, carriages can only travel on paved roads.』

Looking around,she saw that there were many stone pillars sticking up all over the place.

Even if they somehow managed to go on, the road would be further divided at the end.

“The armored car would have come in handy. What a shame.“

Yogiri was a little too late for that.

There was a plateau, with grass and rocks without a paved road.

The armored vehicle they had been riding in before would be able to get off the road and traverse it, but a horse-drawn carriage would get stuck soon.

“For example, how about if Takato-kun breaks this huge thorn?”

“That might get rid of the obstacle, but it won’t fix the broken road.”

『Besides, there seems to be a lot of people here.』

A short distance away, armed men were running for cover.

The giant thorns were the first thing they noticed, and they didn’t notice them right away.

“Whoa!“

A thorn fell.

It crushed the soldier, piercing deep into the plateau and scattering sediment all around.

If they looked closely, you can see something reddish-black sticking to the base of the other thorns as well.

The thorns seemed to be descending from the sky, aiming at the soldiers.

“Shouldn’t we get out of here?”

“I think we’ll be okay for a while, but I don’t think we can keep going for long.”

Yogiri had the ability to sense danger.

According to this, he seemed to be safe, but he did not know how long it would last.

『I am also the one who calls himself the Demon Lord. I’m not going to run and hide, but it’s really useless. Why were they trying to kill them in the first place?』

Then, suddenly, he heard a woman’s voice.

“Mokomoko-san. I knew you were like that for a while, but all of a sudden you’re talking like a demon Lord.”

『No! Why do I suddenly have to play the Demon Lord?』

“I’m sure you heard it just now.”

Yogiri took out a small jewel from his uniform pocket.

It was a magic tool for language translation that Celestina, the concierge, had prepared for him.

Originally, it was a necklace, but Yogiri had detached the tip and was using it because it was too cumbersome to wear around her neck.

『Hmm. It seems to pick up public channel communications, translates them, and outputs them.』

“What do you mean?”

『That. You want power? It’s the kind of thing where you hear a voice out of nowhere saying, “You want power?”』

“That’s a bit complicated. It’s like telepathy, right?”

『Well, that’s right.』

Apparently, there was a means of communication between gift holders, and this grimoire was supposed to translate that as well.

『Shut up, Demon Lord! It’s because you’re tormenting innocent people, that you will be destroyed without mercy!』

『Hmm. But it’s bad enough that you’re in my area of operation.』

『What?』

『You’re  just enjoying the hunt. You hunt what gets in your range range. That’s what you’re doing, isn’t it?』

『Don’t be silly! Humans are not like animals!』

『You have wisdom, unlike animals. If you know you will be hunted, you can move your base of operations. Why can’t you do that? Why do you want to challenge us to a reckless contest?　Hmm. It’s not as if they’re any different from animals, after all.』

He also heard the voice of someone who seemed to be a hero through the translator.

They didn’t seem to be anywhere near them, but they seemed to be fighting with their tongues.

“If it’s a final battle, can’t you do it at the Demon King’s Castle or something?

　Tomochika shouted in annoyance.

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They happened to pass by the scene of the final battle between the demon king and the heroes.

It was not likely, but if it was taking place outdoors, it was possible.

Tomochika and Yomogiri had encountered just such a scene.

Of course, it was an accidental occurrence.

It was not that they wanted to see the battle between the heroes and the demon king, nor did they wanted to get involved in it.

In this world, the Demon Lord was not a threat to the world, and the danger was localized.

The demon country was country and its head was a demon king, so the battle between the demon king and the hero was just a nation-to-nation battle. The outcome of the battle did not affect the world.

“Let’s just get this out of the way.”

‘Hmm. There’s no danger to us at the moment, but we can’t relax too much.’

“React a little more! It’s the hero and the demon king. It’s a fantastic development that’s never happened before!”

“I’ve been told that. It’s not that unusual, right?”

“I’m sure you’ll be happy to know that I’m not the only one.”

It seemed that there were several demon nations, all of which were in conflict with humans.

From the perspective of neighboring countries, the demon race was a threat, and as a countermeasure, they sometimes summoned people from other worlds.

“Come to think of it, why bother with the summons at all?”

“Why now?

“It seems that people from different worlds tend to have powerful So I’m sure Hanakawa and the others are just as good.”

“I don’t care about Hanakawa. What do we do now?”

“Let’s turn around. It’s not like we can fix the road.”

“But is there any other way?”

‘Hmm. It was almost a straight road up to here. If we turn back, there may be no other way.’

“Then I guess we’ll just have to keep going, won’t we? Maybe we should leave the carriage behind and just ride on the horses.“

『It’s an invincible horse left behind by an invincible army. It may be able to go over some rough terrain, but the boy can’t ride it, can he?』

“Can two people ride a horse?

“It’s not impossible, but if you’re not used to it, won’t it be hard?

“I think it’s better than walking, as long as we can get to the port.”

Her luggage was in a backpack that Yogiri had, so she only need to take that with her.

That was a magical tool that could hold more things than it looks.

The equipment and food needed for the encampment were stored in it, so there should be no problem even if they didn’t use a carriage.

『What the hell? The Demon Lord is suddenly on …… and we’ve won! 』

『You did it, Hero! 』

They heard such voices as they were getting ready to move on horse.

“What? This is …….“

Tomochika asked, having a bad feeling about this.

“Oh. The place we are in is in the demon kingdom?”

“I thought that’s the case!”

He had no intention of getting involved in the decisive battle between the hero and the demon king, but Yogiri had automatically defeated the demon king.