The Strongest Wizard Becomes a Countryside Guardsman After Taking an Arrow to the Knee

Chapter 345 – Interrogating the “Demon Lord”

As soon as his eyes opened, he screamed,

「Aaaghhghh! The painnnn!!!!」

「Shut up.」

As he was crying out, I saw him glance around trying to ascertain what was going on.

Then we started asking questions.

If he tried to clam up, we’d stomp his arms and legs until he’d answer.

Seems as though this was the son of the previous Demon Lord.

He had reached out to the other demons in order to get revenge against Cruz.

I looked over at the other demon.

「And this?」

「An underling of that Great Mithril Demon King.」

「I see.」

After I had defeated him, the underlings were captured.

But apparently they didn’t capture all of them.

And this was one of those.

「If he’s one of Mithril’s...he knows zombification quite well.」

「You’re right.」

He also had all the magical devices and such left over from his father.

The demons wanted to be around those as well.

So also they zombified the agent of the crown from the capital and had him support the Demon Lord at every beck and call.

「So he’s already a zombie.」

「I guess now we see why this town is in the condition it is.」

A normal big town would have a transport circle to the capital, but Elkey was newly added to the kingdom.

There was no transport circle. The demons took advantage of that.

「So, what’s your objective?」

「To murder that diabolical fiend Cruz! And avenge my father!」

「Avenge your father? Well, I can understand that. So that’s why you summoned all those spirits in her realm?」

「Yes.」

「Then why did you then go to another realm and do the same?」

「I thought it would help me clear land to grow a new demon army to attack the capital and eventually get to Cruz there.」

So the creation of spirit stones and gathering of spirit force was his plan.

「This demon must have had a blast doing that!」

Yureena said, kicking the leg of the unconscious demon next to her.

Seems like these demons are really in it for the kicks.

That’s why they’re not disciplined enough to put a magical army together.

You can’t just acknowledge this kid of the Demon Lord to be as good as his father, either.

「So, what should we do, Al?」

『Do we have a box to put him in? Like made of mithril or orichalcum?』

I asked, just in case we did. We didn’t need them to hear our conversations.

『A small one, but nothing big.』

『I think there was one when I was walking around the castle.』

『That would help. We need to put them in, seal it magically, and then take them to the capital.』

It would be necessary to give them a hole to breathe, but it would take time.

Still had to do it though.

『Sounds good. We need to be ready, just in case, and we don’t want them to know about the transport circle in Cruz’ castle.』

Even if the demons escaped execution, they’d probably never escape the prison.

But you never knew what could happen.

『Vi-Vi, I need a transport circle here in Elkay.』

『Sure. Sounds like a good idea.』

It would take hours to return to Lindobal.

Just easier to make a circle.

『Vi-Vi, you and Luka go to Tom’s house and return to Lindobal with Timi.』

『What about the circle? Do you want me to connect it to Cruz’ place or Mulg?』

『Just Mulg for now.』

『Got it.』

I added Luka just so Tom’s place would be safe when the other girls left.

After Vi-Vi, Moofy, and Luka left for Tom’s, I asked the Demon Lord, 「So, “Demon Lord,” what’s so important about Tom’s house.」

「Tom’s house?」

I told him the house I meant.

「Oh...that one.」

Seems that deep below Tom’s house there was an entrance to ancient ruins.

It wasn’t magically sealed, so it didn’t set off my magical senses during the search.

「What about these ruins?」

「I don’t know. Something helpful for attacking the capital, someone told me.」

I wanted to ask the other demon, but they usually never talk.

I guess I would leave it to an expert in the capital.

『I’ll get the box Luka told you about.』

『Sure.』

Yureena left to get the box.

She had heard from Luka where the box was, so she should be fine.

After a bit, Yureena came back.

It was a metal box. It had two sections that were half as tall as I was.

『We can put them in there.』

「First, the demon?」

I picked up the demon and dumped him in with gravity magic.

He was big, but I squeezed him in.

It was easier than usual – his bones were all broken.

「Gyaaaaa!」

I thought he was asleep, but I guess he had awakened.

I ignored him, shut one segment, and sealed it.

Then I looked at the Demon Lord.

「P...please, stop. I’ll die!」

「You look pretty close to it.」

But before I put him in, I had to change the box a bit to fit him.