Chapter 168 - A Mans Contract 1 (1/2)

Chapter 168 - A Man's Contract (1)

After he confirmed the death of the Demon, Artpe immediately used his teleportation skill.He used the ability of his Blink Boots to teleport his party to a far away plains in the Demon realm.He had done it without asking for his party’s opinion on the matter.

“W...where are we?”

“What the hell?Did our battle end······?”

Aside from Artpe and Maetel, the other party members were having a hard time figuring out what had happened.

They finally met a formidable enemy for the first time, and they had been prepared to go all out.Artpe looked like he was doing something, and in an instant, the Demon went on the defensive.The Demon looked as if he was about to use his hidden card, and Maetel had acted as if she had been waiting for that moment.She had cut off his head.

Then Artpe picked up the magic stone, and the party was standing in an open field in the Demon realm.

“Mmm?Ooh-mmmm?”

“Something doesn’t feel right about this.It feels as if we’ve skipped several crucial steps!Something is really wrong with all of this, but we were able to achieve our goal without a hitch.Therefore, I can’t really complain….!”

“Everyone should stop talking about such trivial matters.I want you all to gather around me.This place isn’t safe.The barrier around Nanaria Bodra’s ruin was broken when the Demon infiltrated it.The other Demons, who are nearby, would have immediately sensed it.However, the ruin…...”

Artpe moved his gaze towards the place they had just left.As expected, the ruin was unable to maintain itself.It had transferred all of its power and Record to the magic tome.As soon as Artpe’s party left the ruin, it started to fall apart.He could see the Demons gathering in the nearby region.

The Demons were moving quickly, and they could sense that the ruin had held something with incredible amounts of Demonic energy.They were shocked and angered as they watched the ruin collapse.

“They’ll start searching the nearby regions.They’ll go through the same process as the Demon, who had visited us before.That is why we have to move quickly.Golems, I want you guys to stay here.”

[Geeeeeeeeee]

“It’s the Golems!?”

Surprisingly, Artpe hadn’t just extracted his own party.He had brought along the surviving 17 Golems!

The Golems moved by sucking in Demonic energy, so they were able to move in the Demon realm or anywhere near a Demon.Each Golem were over level 370, so it would have been too much of a waste to leave them behind in the ruin.

“You guys will protect us.Demons will arrive here.I want you guys to fight until the moment you are destroyed.”

[Gee gee gee gee gee gee]

[Geeeeeee gee gee]

Maetel spoke as she watched Artpe give Mana and orders to the Golem.

“Artpe, what are we going to do now?The ruin was supposed to be the last place where we were going to increase our levels.The plan was to charge the Demon King’s castle afterwards….”

Originally, he had wanted his party to gain EXP.He had learned the secret of this world instead.He hadn’t wanted to learn about this secret, but it was thrust upon him.

The Demons were originally humans.The Demon world was created when an energy created by the humans had run amok.This energy was called the Demonic energy.Everything had become distorted thanks to human greed.The hero’s party represented humanity, and they were supposed to kill the Demon King.Of course, the secret inevitably took the wind out of their sails.

“What are we supposed to do······?”

“Maetel, this changes nothing.We do what we have to do.”

At first glance, Artpe’s words sounded cold, but he was just stating the truth.

“Do you really think we can get along with the Demons, because they used to be humans?No.Even if they were humans, it wouldn’t matter either.We aren’t fighting, because we are the heroes and they are the Demons. We fight them, because they are our enemies.”

Even now the Demon realm was invading the human realm.The Demon King had the mentality of a great chef, but he was doing it so that he could develop the heroes close to their limits.Then he would step forward to crush the heroes.He wasn't doing it, so he could play house with the heroes.

“We just found out that we have enemies, who had been moving with the intent of reclaiming the Evil Hearts.Why do you think they had their eyes on that item?”

“I killed the Demon before he could tell us.”

One didn’t really need to hear the Demon’s words to know what was going on.One just had to think about the former hero.Why did Nanarai Bodra seal the Evil Hearts?

“Their goal is to turn the human realm into another Demon realm.All humans would be made into Demons, and the Mana would be turned into Demonic energy.If they had the power of the Evil Heart, it would have been possible….Well, I’ll pose a question to you.Who is the biggest impediment to their plan?”

“Artpe and Roa?”

“You are correct.”

He hadn’t intended it to be like this from the start.However, Artpe and his magic tome represented the antithesis to the Demon race.Their continued existence meant that the plan of the Demon race always had the chance of failing.

“Even if our ancestors made the Demon race several hundred years ago, we shouldn’t make our decisions based on our heart.We aren’t directly responsible for their plight, so we don’t have to feel sorry towards them.We are just beating up people that are trying to kill us.It’s simple, right?”

“I think you are making things a bit too simple, but….Ok.”

Artpe hadn’t faltered from him objective since the beginning.The process in reaching his goal had taken on different complexions, but nothing had changed.

“Master, will we be able to defeat the Demon King with our current power?”

“It will be close.It is possible, but there is a high probability that someone will die in that fight.….if one of us dies, everything was for naught.”

Of course, the hero’s party from his previous life couldn’t even measure up to the current party.The hero’s party from his previous life charged the Demon King’s castle despite working under very bad conditions.As a result, they had been bloodied.However, that wouldn’t happen with Artpe’s party.

“Since our plan A was a bust, we have no choice but to move onto plan B.”

“Huh······You have a plan B?”