Volume 2 - CH 354

Chapter 8-26. Lurimkos The Majin (Devil God)

Cheers never cease to ring out in the Bamil territory.

The people of Bamil were apparently so happy that they were able to defend their land with their own hands.

The soldiers, convinced of their victory, raised their weapons and rejoiced in the same manner.

I was looking down at the scene from the top of the castle wall, but then Houen came down again with a difficult look on his face.

Alena also flew toward me, floating in the air.

And then Uchikage appeared in an instant.

“Uchikage.”

“I am sorry. It was impossible to catch them alive.”

No, that’s alright. Still, I didn’t think you’d be able to manage it.

“My companions have been brainwashed and manipulated. It took a lot of work to stop them.”

“…… by that blob.”

It was that devil that Houen aimed his spear at at the end.

I don’t know his name very well, but I’m pretty sure that he’s the one with the brainwashing ability.

But I didn’t know it could also engage in close combat.

I was surprised to see it transforming into a peculiar form, and Houen was being pushed around by it.

When I asked him about it, he told me that the flames had been sucked out of him.

Apparently, he had not only the ability to brainwash, but also the ability to nullify the skills of his opponents.

“It was a pain in the ass. But I was able to get him to talk.”

Putting the heavy spear on the ground, the little Houen stated that.

With his current body, it is hard for him to hold the spear all the time.

He immediately put the spear away in his magic tool bag.

“I bet Ouren doesn’t know about this. Uchikage, Alena. Do you know a Majin called Lurimkos?”

“I don’t know.”

“…. a Majin, you say……?”

She shook her head and said she didn’t know, but Uchikage seemed to have an idea what it was and showed signs of thinking about it.

“I think I know …… what the Majin is ……, but I don’t know of any Majin named Lurimkos.”

“Do you know any Majin?”

“A Majin named Atrak. The only thing that remains is a legend, a tale that may or may not actually exist.”

Atrak.

The oldest known devil, he is said to have created the world of devils and created a variety of devils to rule over it.

He is rumored to have possessed the skill of creation, but it was only written in a fairy tale that he had to have such skill because he created the world of devils and the devil.

Whether he actually had such skills or not is not known.

However, Houen knew.

He knew Atrakm the Majin.

Iubola also knew him, the devil he had just confronted, so he thought it was strange, but he did not think he was a Majin.

“What I mean is, there are two or three Majin?”

”There are two in the fairy tale. There are two in the tale, Atrak and his wife. But there was no mention of their names.”

“Where did you know about them?”

Ah,……, Raiki-sama told me about it once. Not in a book.”

Maybe Raiki knows a little more about it than we think.

However, a Majin, huh …….

“That devil told me to look for this Majin called Lurimkos.”

“…… why?”

“That doesn’t make sense. I think it’s strange to let us, their enemies, look for the devil.”

“I think so too.”

Why did he say at the end that we should look for a Majin, or whatever?

Doesn’t he seem to be the leader of the devils, and wouldn’t he usually try to hide it from us?

Will meeting that guy change anything?

Eventually, we are going to have to fight them without being told anything.

Uh, no, yeah, I don’t get it.

“I know that the devil is definitely trying to kill us, from the last time and this time. That is our enemy. So maybe this is just a setup.”

An inducement, huh? We certainly can’t deny that possibility.”

If the devil is right and we are looking for the Majin, we may not be able to get to the place where the next attack will take place in time to provide help.

There’s certainly a good possibility that the strategy is to keep us away from the place of the attack.

If we were not there this time, the devils would have won.

The chances of this being a trap are high.

That is obvious to anyone’s eyes.

However.

“But I have met with Atrak ……. The Majin do exist.”

“Yeah, that’s what …… it is.”

This statement startled Uchikage, but he managed to swallow his words and avoid pursuing the matter.

It was because Houen had such a scary face.

His eyes looked serious and with a tremendous amount of anxiety in them.

A face that would not be appropriate for a child.

There was one thing Houen had noticed.

However, this was only speculation, and there was no proof at all.

He also knew that the person he was talking to was vastly more powerful than he had ever imagined.

But that small possibility could be patched together in a way that made sense of everything that had happened.

Because it was so improbable, the very thought of it made Houen feel anxious all at once.

Houen’s anxiety was at an all-time high, as he considered even his sanity to be at risk.

The moment he came to this thought, a statement that was out of the common sense that he had been thinking about jumped out at him.

“The devil …… is the devil really our …… enemy?”

“”Of course!” They are!”

Both Uchikage and Alena react to that statement.

Hoen was still looking uneasy, but Uchikage and Alena threw words at Houen.

“Such things are unforgivable! Even the Kingdom of Salettana was in danger!　We must not allow such acts in the future!”

“That’s right! The city that my sister Satella had built was about to be destroyed!　If it weren’t for Ouren, we would almost all be dead!”

“C-calm down, both of you. Houen is only talking about the possibilities. Don’t interpret it so seriously.”

For the time being, I quieted the two who seemed to be getting heated up and calmed them down.

But if you have seen what has happened so far, surely the devil will be judged as an enemy in everyone’s eyes.

It’s the same for me.

If we don’t know what they want, we can’t change our minds.

I understand that.

However, the change in attitude that I sometimes see.

The relationship between the devil and Hiwa.

This is still stuck in my mind.

We still don’t know anything about devils.

We have to find out what their purpose is, otherwise it will be difficult to solve even the fundamental problem.

“…… Houen, I’m going.”

“Where?”

“To where the Majin are.”