Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Evil Ghost - Daru (I)
"Hoo ......"
With a deep breath, Lancelot opened his eyes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info has finally accumulated a little bit of magic that can be seen a little, enough magic for himself to go to heaven for a while. As long as she shows this in front of Yukino, she will definitely believe that she is the Demon King!
"Well, look at the time, it's time to go out......" Lancelot muttered, glancing at the wall bell. It's 12 o'clock now, and he's already ready for a bento, and this kind of life has almost become the norm for him. Get up at 6 o'clock every morning, prepare breakfast, wake up Yukino, stay at home after she goes to school and do some housework, water the flowers, sweep the floor, wash clothes or something, and then go to make a bento box for Yukino, come back for lunch, rest for a while to absorb the magic, go out for a walk around in two hours, and when she gets home, Yukino should almost come back, and then it's ...... Eat, rest, bathe, sleep, day after day, year after year...... Ah no, remove the last four words, it's always been like this. The kind of life in the demon world in the past only existed in Lancelot's memory now, and even that feeling was almost forgotten. The reason why the time to absorb the magic power today will be advanced is purely to be able to accumulate the magic power of the heavens in front of Yukino.
"Let's go. Locking the door, he got on the road with ease, and walked towards Yalan Middle School. According to Lancelot's previous experience, it will be ten minutes away, and Yukino will almost come out of class by then. It's been a long time since the man in black has come to look for him, does he not want to fight him anymore or something?
β......β
Lancelot's footsteps stopped. There is a murderous aura, although it is well hidden, but it is still felt by him. Moreover, he could also feel that the murderous aura was gradually approaching him.
"Is that the man in black...... In other words, I'm in the illusion again?" Lancelot mused, glancing at a nearby scene. It was true that there was no one, although he was walking on a small road, and not many people would normally pass by.
"It's you, come out, don't do a sneak attack on me. β
β...... Do you recognize me?"
"Nonsense, of course I know you. Lancelot said lightly, but his heart was full of doubts. How to say that...... Although they all deliberately hide their distorted voices, it seems that the voice of the person who came this time is a little different from the one in black, what is going on?
"I didn't expect you to know me, worthy of the former Demon King, Lancelot......"
"Do you know who I am?"
"Of course...... Got it!"
"......" Lancelot didn't expect the man in black to be able to investigate his identity so quickly, it seems that he is a little menacing this time, "In that case, wait for me to go home, and then I will fight you when I come out!
"Take out all your strength?" the man hiding in the darkness couldn't help but sneer, "Lancelot, do you really think I'm going to let you go back so naΓ―vely?
At the same time, almost instantly, a spear appeared out of thin air from a nearby rooftop and stabbed at Lancelot, but fortunately he reacted quickly enough to dodge sideways.
"This type of attack...... Are you a demon?" it was only then that Lancelot reacted.
"Who do you think it is, Your Majesty?" the spear stuck in the ground flew back to its place, and soon a familiar figure appeared in front of him, dark skin, a body engraved with runes, iron cuffs and white strips of cloth wrapped around his hands and feet, and the blindfold of his right eye...... It's not ......
"Demon-Daru?"
"Exactly, I didn't expect you, Your Majesty, to have an impression of me as a nobody!" Daru grinned a little, looking extremely terrifying.
"How could I not be impressed by you, you are a criminal I captured with my own hands...... Did Bedwell send you?" Lancelot frowned.
"You can say that, or you can't say that. It is true that His Majesty Bedwell gave the order, but it was Master Tristan who assigned me the task. β
Tristan ...... I see, you're part of the assassination team, right? I heard that his assassination team is made up of dead criminals...... Got you on board too?"
"That's right, I'm the captain of the assassin unit, and by the way, almost all of your supporters in the Demon Realm have been slaughtered by us, isn't it cool?" Daru laughed.
"......" Lancelot gritted his teeth.
"Well, however, you can also go and accompany them immediately, now you have no magic power and no power, even if my strength is only one-tenth of the demon world, it is much stronger than you! If you die obediently, I can still give you a good time, otherwise, ......"
"Otherwise?" Lancelot's eyes narrowed.
"Otherwise, I'll want you to pay back for the pain I suffered when I was caught!
β...... Do you really think you're my opponent?" Suddenly, he burst out laughing, his tone full of contempt.
Faced with Lancelot's laughter, Daru was stunned. is still this attitude, exactly the same as when he first met himself, treating people like mustard......
More than 30 years ago, Lancelot was not a demon king at that time, and Daru, as the leader of the most fierce thief group in the Western Continent, occupied the mountains as the king, burning, killing and looting all kinds of evil, so that he was nicknamed "evil ghost". The Demon King of the Western Continent has always wanted to exterminate them, but because their power is too large, and they are hiding, it is impossible to achieve it at all. Even if you wipe out some of them, you can't completely eradicate them. For this reason, the previous demon king once asked Dagonit to lead an army to fight, but in the end it also ended in failure. At that time, Lancelot volunteered to go.
"Father, Your Majesty, leave it to me! I swear to arrest Daru!"
It has to be said that Lancelot is still very smart, for the thieves fleeing in all directions, he did not carry out a hard-fought sweeping operation like Dagonit, but built an encirclement around the area of activity of the thieves, divided the army and broke them one by one, at least dragged them there. For him, this is a completely necessary and only method, the comprehensive strength of the thief group is not comparable to the demon army at all, the only advantage is the understanding of the local terrain and mobility, if you carry out a sweeping operation, you can't completely eradicate it. And if they are divided and outflanked, it is easy to take the initiative to intercept them everywhere and eliminate them directly, even if someone escapes, they will not be able to escape the encirclement he has set up.
Lancelot's move was very successful, and naturally it also attracted the attention of Daru, the leader of the thieves. Unable to defeat the demon army in the frontal battle, Daru simply challenged him, hoping to have a one-on-one confrontation with Lancelot. He is still very confident in his own strength. Lancelot naturally did not refuse, so on that day, he came to Daru's base camp alone, without a single soldier. Even the nearest army would have taken ten minutes to get here.