Evade The Hero and Flee!

Chapter 331

35. Flee from the Heroes (4)

#1 Their Situation: The situation of a demon king

I gathered troops to siege the castle today as well.  

The goal is to minimize damage by scattering as much as possible and depleting the enemy’s supplies.

After confirming the dwarves were not inside, we have been acting with the goal of thoroughly depleting their supplies.

Originally the plan was to bypass the troops and surround the castle, but the Empire saw through that and established a formation behind the castle.  

It would have been a scheme to surround our military might and whittle down our troops when we attack the rear of the castle.

We would have fallen for it if we didn’t scout ahead.

On top of that, our forces were already significantly damaged by the dwarf weapons. If the troops dispatched to the rear disappeared, we would have no choice but to retreat.  

If that happened, Instructor would have escaped from the castle and moved far away.

The heroes and the imperial army would not let me go.

Knowing that it would ultimately be my defeat unless I gathered all the fragments of evil, I had no choice but to be extremely cautious.

“Vicious bastards.”  

I spit out a short curse at the imperial army still not moving.

If we just had an open confrontation, even if it meant exhausting all our troops, we could have at least attempted a frontal breakthrough.

Due to the imperial army whose timing of reinforcement was unknown, I couldn’t recklessly use my troops.

“All troops attack!”

The moment I was about to restart the tedious siege by dispersing all the troops,

Kuuuuuuuuuwang!

I felt a large number of troops disappear along with a huge explosive sound.

It wasn’t a dwarf weapon.  The attack came from the rear, not the front.

“Are they finally making a move?”

I already knew we were surrounded.

Starting with the heroes, the religious order, and hundreds of thousands of troops.  

Each were forces that could influence the war.

But Instructor, who held a fragment of evil, or the imperial army individually had greater combat power than heroes. For those without the fragments of evil, they were existences of lower priority.  

I was ignoring them since they did not attack first, did they aim for this timing?

“Send a third of the troops to them!”

I divide some of the troops to block their attack.

The troops I just sent were stronger in terms of quality.

While the dwarf weapons and imperial army could easily destroy even the tainted ogres, for ordinary soldiers, even ten thousand gathered together could not take down those existences unless they were heroes or swordmasters.  

There is no need to always counter the strong with the strong.  

Strengths and weaknesses are only in comparison to average opponents.

When comparing the strong and the strong, eventually one side becomes the weak.

If you can’t win, buy time with weaklings.

There’s nothing more foolish than sending your strongest hand in a fight you know you can’t win, only to lose it.

You may have lost, but you fought well.  

That’s merely the excuse of the loser.

Instructor taught me that, and I executed it precisely.   

“Kill them all!”

The moment I said those words, I started moving the army of evil god by using the fragments of evil.

[Is the wicked messenger of the evil god watching?]

Suddenly, I heard Instructor’s voice.

“What?”

Instructor who should be fleeing from me is making a move?

I blankly stared at the Instructor’s image floating in the air, confused.  

Instructor’s voice started becoming clearer in my ears.

An enlarged projection created by magic even started appearing.

[O’ demon king, I am… We are here! Come! The Kingdom of Beresseryl is… And I am here!]

I couldn’t help but hesitate for a moment seeing Instructor reveal himself confidently outside the castle, exposing his location.

What’s his intention?  

Why on earth is he provoking me after escaping that castle?

That castle was an impregnable fortress that even the army of evil god couldn’t overcome, and they could easily repel thousands of troops just by waiting inside.  

There’s no way Instructor wouldn’t know that.

[O’ wicked demon king, are you pondering?] 

It felt as if he was watching me with his words and actions.

Unconsciously I looked around.  

Realizing Instructor wasn’t there, I felt briefly embarrassed as I blankly stared at Instructor’s image floating in the air.  

[You probably don’t know why we rushed out of the castle leaving the best walls behind.

That’s right.  

No matter how much I think about it, there was no reason for Instructor to leave that fortress.

Could it have been to coordinate with those who attacked the rear?

But there would have been no need to announce it so loudly if that was the case.

[We fought. We fought and fought and fought.  We knew it was an unwinnable war, yet we risked our lives to fight evil by the will of the great gods.]

[But no matter how much we struck them down, evil did not disappear. As time went by, they kept suffering more and more! Other than defend, there was nothing we could do.]

[Demon king! This is a challenge. A challenge that the human sword can reach you!]  

[Come! The Kingdom of Beresseryl is ready to strike you down. We are ready to plunge our swords into your heart and save the world!]

[Wawawawawawa!]

As soldiers assumed to be from the Kingdom of Beresseryl started charging at the army of evil god with cheers, the image disappeared.  

“What was that?”

It was my honest impression.  

“That’s not like Instructor at all.”

He wasn’t the type to avoid open confrontation.  

Because he had sufficient skills and guts for it.

But he also wasn’t the type not to utilize advantageous conditions either.

Winning by utilizing everything in your surroundings.  

That was the quickest way to become a winner, I was taught.

“A trap as expected.”

I know Instructor is well aware that level of troops cannot defeat me.

Yet the reason he revealed himself outside the castle to lure me out could only mean he prepared a trap and is waiting.  

The imperial soldiers must be hiding.

The moment I aim for that place, the imperial army will appear and target me.

I examined the imperial army’s formation using the tainted birds I sent ahead.   

“As expected.”

Seeing the non-existent imperial army, I could piece together the whole puzzle.  

It’s a trap.  

The rear attack must have been a trap as well.

All of humanity conspired to kill me.  

But, 

“Even knowing it’s a trap, I have no choice but to fall for it.”

I had no choice but to approach even knowing it was a trap.

The forces of evil god had already suffered too much damage. Even if we retreated, there was no guarantee that we could return home safely now. 

The best option did not exist now when we had to choose the worst option to avoid.  

It was a situation where we had to make the best possible choice, and the option with the highest probability of winning among the choices was to take the fragment of evil from the instructor and gather all the fragments of evil.

“Hmmm…”

I let out a small sigh.

All of this must have been planned by the instructor.

As you told me to reduce the enemy’s choices and create the stage you want for victory.

“It won’t be easy.”  

I recalled the image of the instructor that appeared in the video earlier.

You have aged.

I couldn’t even imagine that the instructor, who used to look at me with a cold expression, would age like that.

A being I thought I couldn’t surpass when I was young.

An existence I still don’t want to fight very much.

But in order to take revenge on the world that took her away, I had to surpass the walls of the past.

“Instructor… No, master.”

Recalling the memories I had with him, I raised my sword.

“I will surpass you.”

Although you won’t fight in person with your frail body, I will prove that I have surpassed your schemes and surpassed you fair and square.

That was the battle I had prepared for and thought about.

But a situation a little different from my expectation was waiting for me.

“Stupid guy. How long are you going to keep the instructor waiting?”

The imperial forces were not there.  

The Kingdom of Beresseryl army was also quite a distance away.

“What do you think?”

What exists before my eyes is only the instructor holding two swords.

“Do you think it’s time to die now? Are you trying to fulfill the dream of your incompetent disciple before you die?”

What the instructor taught me was that in this situation, I should not speak out but charge at all costs.

But in such an incomprehensible situation, I couldn’t help but speak out without even realizing it.

“…”  

As I see the instructor bow his head at my words, I can feel something surging up inside me.

“Why are you doing this? Why? For what reason!”

The instructor I knew was not the kind of person who would do this.  

“Ha… Hahahahaha!”

Seeing me like that, the instructor shook his body and laughed.

“What is the meaning of that laugh?”

“Hahaha! There are various meanings to laughter. There is laughter of joy, laughter because something is funny, and laughter that mocks others. What do you think my laughter means?”

What does it look like to me? Obviously only one thing.

“Mockery.”

“Yes, that’s right. I’m mocking you.”

“Is there some kind of trap I don’t know about?”

Of course I was double checking the surroundings, including using the eyes of the small evil tainted birds I left floating in the sky.

But the only thing I could see was the instructor alone.

In the first place, this was not a terrain where ambushes were possible.

“Do you have imperial troops hidden underground or something?”

If there was anywhere I couldn’t check, it was only underground.

Unless imperial troops suddenly sprang out from the ground, the only beings that could help the instructor were the Kingdom of Beresseryl army, which was located a long distance away.  

“Do I need such extravagance to deal with you?”

I talked about the only hope the Beresseryl Kingdom Army could have to defeat me, but the instructor denied it.

“I don’t need their power either.”  

The instructor flatly denied even my current worst enemy, the imperial forces.

“Then what on earth do you believe in?” 

“Ha….”  

Letting out a small sigh, the instructor looked at me with the expression he used when looking at me in the past.

I wouldn’t have thought I’d see the expression of the instructor again when I first joined the organization and became an advanced trainee, wondering how to turn this useless kid into a human being.

“What did I tell you to believe in?”

In the past, the instructor said this about belief:

“Do not believe in others. Do not believe in special circumstances. Do not believe in possibilities. The only thing to believe in is yourself. The moment you believe in yourself, you can believe in everything else.”

Believe in yourself first.  

Then you can believe in everything you believe in.

And,  

“But the axe you believe in will stab you in the back.”

With an evil laugh, like the instructor in the past said.

“Yes, that’s right.”  

In front of the instructor looking at me with a very evil laugh, I inadvertently took a step back.

“What I believe in is only myself.”

To narrow the distanced step, the instructor took two steps toward me.  

“Do I need someone else’s help to beat up and discipline a stupid disciple?”

Three steps, four steps.  

Watching the instructor walking with light footsteps, I could feel the instructor of the past.

“Instructor….”

In the past, the Howling, which was called the worst evil organization on the continent, no, in the empire.

The youngest instructor there, and the most feared instructor.  

“Come, stupid disciple.”

Nothing is eternal.  

No matter how sharp the sword, time will dull and blunt it.

But the instructor was not dull or blunt. Rather, he felt sharper.  

The feeling that he has been sharpening himself daily!

“Gulp!”  

I couldn’t help but swallow dry saliva.

Scary. The memories of the past come to mind.

But the moment her laugh flashed through my mind, I could feel my mind settling down.

“Good.”

I draw my sword.

In order to get revenge on the world that took her away, I have to slash through the past.  

“I will show you directly how much your disciple has grown.”

Slashing through the past.  

In order to become the perfect embodiment of evil, I raised my sword, betting everything on it.

“Yes, come. Show me the so-called wall of master.”  

Seeing my determination like that, the instructor showed the smile he had when teaching me in the past.

And so, the final battle that would determine the fate of this world began.

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