"What's the matter, look at your solemn face."

The one who spoke was Attila, the great magician and a close friend of Babak Abunahan. There are no surnames, commoners, not even natives of the Gwana Empire.

When he was young, he befriended Babak, who had not yet been canonized, traveled to the lost land together, and joined the Empire's First Magus Brigade together.

The current lieutenant of the captain is the most relied on arm of Babak Abunahand, and he is also one of the few people who has the courage to speak normally to this Dharma saint.

Seeing his best friend walk in, Babak casually threw the information from the Ministry of War in his hand onto the table. Looking at the few pieces of paper, he said, "This must be a happy expression." didn't rely on these few pieces of paper, and confronted that group of people. You can probably understand what I'm thinking. ”

A small wine bottle was taken out from under his robe and dangled, and Attila didn't even look at the thin sheets of paper on the table marked 'Confidential'. Every victory legend of this Dharma Saint friend, there is no shadow of him behind it. He, of course, knows the importance of enemy intelligence, and also knows that this garbage from the Ministry of Military Affairs has no reference value at all.

He took a sip of the fire liquor from the dwarves and exhaled a refreshing breath. "Those young men who haven't grown all their hair probably thought that a black dragon and a lich could be cleaned up by us when we walked over."

Seeing his best friend blatantly violate the prohibition of alcohol, Babak frowned slightly. If others do this, they will inevitably make the other side understand that doing such undisciplined behavior before the war is a foolish act that leads to their own death, and may even implicate their comrades. Even if the military regulations don't kill you, you have to let the other party shed a layer of skin.

But the behavior of the best friend implies that the other party also guesses his thoughts. So he didn't have the heart to put on the posture of a captain and punish the other party.

Attila seemed to suddenly find that the wine bottle in her hand was very eye-catching, and after smiling shyly, she hid the wine bottle back in the hidden pocket of her robe, and said: "Actually, you really want to find trouble with that group of people, and you have long advised that group of young men not to play any prediction tricks that are idle and waiting for work." Wait until the opponent's destination is clear, and then teleport to the target location to launch an attack. ”

"The young imps in the military gallery always thought that the enemy was stupid enough to act according to their predictions. The victory of the people who fought on the front line was also well planned by them, and it was just a matter of guessing the movements of the bandits a few times. If you were really so sure of your predictions, you would have insisted on a siege network and dealt with the trouble before the bandits destroyed several villages along the way. Could it be that civilians who are not killed or wounded are not people of the Empire. Anyway, they won't take my old man's advice. So according to your duties, it is good to be a person who obeys orders. It also saves them from telling me again and again not to overstep my duties. Isn't that a joy for everyone? Reaching out from the pocket of his best friend's robe, he took out the bottle, and Babak took a sip of the spirits.

"It's not like playing chess, where you predict what your opponent will do next, and what credit is there for them sitting in a safe place." He took out a second bottle and drank it. This time, Attila did not put away the bottle after drinking, but put it on the table and said, "There is nothing new in these words. If you really want to complain about the group of young people who only dare to hide in the military drawing room and imagine everything, you can't stop complaining. But I'm curious about your cautiousness, my friend. ”

"Curious? With a lich as an opponent, you can't take it too seriously. So there's something wrong with my attitude. ”

"No, no, no, it has nothing to do with that lich, it has nothing to do with the black dragon, it's the young man. You give me the feeling that the person I don't want to deal with the most is actually that young man. ”

Babak Abunahan thought about it, but decided to tell the truth to his old friend. Reaching for the intelligence from the War Department on the table, he pulled out a piece of 'Gabrash Tripwood'. The above only briefly describes the former tower master of the Great Sage, after the creator of the forum, more space is talking about the achievements of the Tower of the Great Sage. There are only two lines for the human part.

"The Ministry of Military Affairs has collected a lot about the experiences of this group of people since they left the Southwest Peninsula. But it is believed that most of the things were done by the lich who is suspected to be the former demon lord Tikal. Oh, it's ridiculous, there is even an argument about whether the other party is the resurrection of the demon king. Do they know how big a gap is between an ordinary lich and a person with the name of the demon king? In addition, there are many things that have never been seen before, and they have been brought with the reason of reviving ancient technology. Since they don't want to admit that the other party is a resurrected demon king, why should all the things they don't understand have to be said to be the reappearance of ancient lost technology, isn't it very contradictory? ”

"Friend, what you want to emphasize is ......"

Nodding cautiously, and pointing to all the information on the table, Babak said, "What if the leader of all this is not the resurrected demon king, but the man who has been ignored by everyone." ”

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Unwrapping a screen of water mirrors, showing more detailed information about 'Gaybrash Tripwood'. Especially the experience of the time of the Great Sage's Tower. Babak wanted to say something else, but looking at the screen of the Water Mirror before he spoke, he smiled bitterly and said, "Even if this magic can be used like this, it was the man who started it." Wouldn't it be too ridiculous to attribute all the things that this group of people have done along the way to that demon king? We are not completely ignorant of the history of the Dark Ages. What they have shown along the way, do they have traces of that era? It's more like something created by that man's strange ideas. The Forum, the Tower of the Great Sage, teleportation magic that can appear anywhere, the talking and indestructible sword, the Ship Chopper, and even the current airship Sid, which surprised everyone, are these all lost ancient technologies. According to the information of this magician, it is speculated that the transformation of the forum and the tower of the great sage is before the resurrection of the demon king, so it is more reasonable. If you insist on attributing these things to the Demon King, you must know that the Great Sage Tower in the early days did not have any eyewitness information related to that Demon King. ”

"Maybe before that, that man, as a follower of the Lich, hid about the Demon King's resurrection?"

"Evidence, what about the evidence? Friend. There is nothing wrong with inferring the truth of the matter from the facts that have already been ascertained. But isn't it putting the cart before the horse to add too many imaginary stories, to explain something that has no evidence, and to firmly believe that this is the truth? Especially when the story is in conflict with the known evidence, it chooses to ignore the facts that have already been established. Haha, don't you think this experience is familiar? It's a simple thing to do, but we have to prove to others that we can do it! ”

"Wait a minute, I'm confused, friend. What do you want to say? ”

"You have touched the same heights as I do, and you should know what I mean. But, hmph, wait. Let's see if the 10th Experimental Brigade can block them today, and what the result will be. Maybe today's words are just me getting drunk and talking nonsense. ”

Babak Abunahan's high opinion confused his close friends and reminded him of the information about the group. The more I pondered, the more I felt that something was wrong. The biggest problem, of course, is that the name of the 'Demon King' confuses too many people and makes people ignore the objects that may be more attention-grabbing.

And the height that Babak said is actually a kind of mentality and strength. In addition to the title of magician, which must be assessed to prove that one's magical strength has reached a certain level, the great magician and the magic saint all need the recognition of others before they can be awarded.

Weak and ambitious people actively enrich themselves and express themselves to seek the approval of others. It is not excluded that some people do not have a desire for fame and just want to live their own small life. But there are some really powerful people who are also disdainful of proving anything to others. They only need to be able to kill all those who offend and hinder, and they don't care about the rest.

Just like herself, Attila is confident that there is not much difference between her strength and her best friend, and the victory or defeat between the two will only appear under the negligence of one party. But Babak Abunahan was canonized as a Dharma saint, but he was still just a great magician, and he used to have grievances, but now he doesn't care at all. That false title does bring some benefits, but it doesn't help with your true pursuits.

When I was young, I also met some hermits who were unknown but so powerful that I didn't know how to evaluate them. These people have their own stories or their own pursuits. Titles or powers are never in their minds.

So the question is, what is the mind of the man hidden behind the name of the Demon King?

At this thought, Attila suddenly smiled. Just like my friend said, maybe I'm just thinking too much. If the other party can't escape this catastrophe, and the 10th Experimental Brigade directly suspends all possible futures, then there is no point in discussing this.

Attila shook the bottle again and said, "I remember that there were a few transcendents in the Tenth Brigade. Those few people are not so easy to deal with. ”

"If it were you, would you be afraid of the people of the Tenth Brigade?"

"Hmph, their surprise attack, preferably so clean that I don't have time to react. If I am prepared, not a brigade, even if it is a legion, I will kill you. ”

"yes. As far as I know, there are nine people in a large group with this kind of strength, including you and me. But we can't mix up the title of 'Demon King', and the people of the top ten team want to deal with two existences of this level in one go, maybe ......"

"You think they're all finished?"

"Oh, I think, maybe it will surprise everyone again."

They looked at each other knowingly and smiled. The two people hiding in the room raised the small wine bottle and touched each other. No matter what the result is, what they don't say is the same sentence: the road to the top of the strong is not easy.