Apotheosis Of A Demon – A Monster Evolution Story Chapter 71 - The Wounded Hero (1/2)
71 – THE WOUNDED HERO – B
The hue
They were es Everyone was on foot But their number was reported to be about a hundred, and nervousness ran through the villagers as they were informed of the situation
“Do they have knights? What about their provisions?”
“There were about ten canine beast asome too, so I don't kno hts, umm… I think maybe around five or six”
“What are their goals? Are they heading here?”
“I don't know… They look like they're searching for so, so I think it's only a matter of time before they find us”
As the elven hunter relayed the report, the adults began their discussion, their faces grim
There were quite a lot of people in the hidden village, but one to join the resistance The only people re were adults with low combat poomen, children, and the elderlies
“Everyone, please stay cal of a solution”
“Princess…”
The elven royal twin appeared fro Gold behind them, a human The princess noticed them Her eyes faintly narrowed, and she quietly turned to look up at Gold
“Sir Hero… you must have heard the report Which country do you think the ar to?”
“…they sound like a codom”
If the group had around a hundred hts, then they'd be split into two platoons, each led by a platoon leader and their second-in-command Overall command was held by the co the nue country rather than a small one
The villagers gasped, knowing that a large country was attacking them Their fear spread to the children, and one of the safety in the herculean man But the kid's mother held onto her child in a panic She pulled the kid away from the human
Gold stayed quiet The princess continued the discussion as if nothing had happened
“…sir Hero, what shall be your intention?”
“Sister…” her younger brother whispered his disapproval at her inaction against theto stare at Gold
“…if they come, I'll talk to them” Gold replied
If the hue, all the better Their e, as a matter of fact But then their scouts found the place, and unsurprisingly, they began heading directly for it
The next day As the troops approached the fence surrounding the hidden village, the voice of aout in the forest
“Hear s to the Second Division, Outer Western Front, Seize Kingdom! Our country had been assaulted by evilthe fugitive responsible for su them They were reported to have coation!”
Just as with any other country, Seize Kingdo from attacks by the dark pixies suspected to have been su dangerous ideologies
Their hideouts had been raided and scoured by investigators The report had revealed that their goal was not siovernh to destroy the syste to su the dark pixies as a medium
As the ide attacks allof dark pixies, the hule le trace of this mastermind beside the name 'Brian'
Seize Kingdom had discovered one of the suitive and several accomplices, but the criminals had all killed themselves with poison The arrest was a failure Then, the Second Division in charge of this mission had ordered two battalions to split into coation task force As eight coh the enormous western woodland, one found traces of a camp left behind by a hunter They cut their way into the forest depths, and there they found the hidden village
Once the coe, co trouble all over the world, he concluded that the village was related to the crie with an aggressive order of unconditional surrender for the villagers
But the people appearing to answer hie and a well-built human man
“I am Gold of Torrann! I ask, is there anyone here who know of my name?!”
The co the name It was the name of one of the Heroes, the Warrior, the hout all of the human race The cole opportunity to see him several years earlier He knew the Hero's face
“Oooh, sir Hero! What twist of fate brought you here? You should know this is the territory of Seize Kingdom This is our land!”
This forest was over a thousand kilodole trace of the human race, and yet the company leader had shamelessly proclaimed it theirs Gold faintly frowned, and he answered the man
“In my journey to train e I swear to my own name that there is no such criminal here I beseech you to seek elsewhere”
“I apologize, but I cannot comply, even if you are the Hero Our mission concerns the survival of our very own country, the Kingdon interference to our doed to a country Please, I ask forgiveness for my mistake” The company leader said and bowed, his politeness without a trace of sincerity
Gold was the oldest ah estee failure to prevent the destruction of the Sapling and his country's collapse — even if the country had been assaulted on two fronts at the sa — hout the world now treated hi his power to have declined The lower-ranked knights, those who had idolized the Heroes, were the most disappointed The co Gold to have betrayed their trust and expectations
“…indeed, Torrann no longer existed, and I aer royalty All the sanized Hero?”
“You say you still possess the Hero's power? When you couldn't even protect your country? At any rate, we have no intention to pin any crime on the demihumans, nor will any indiscriminate persecution happen to them”
“Then…”
“In case we judge the village to be unrelated to the cri as you pay tax to our country, then I shall entreat the Second Division co One hundred large gold coins If you can't pay, then turn yourselves into slaves to pay for it! Women, children, anyone who can move!”
“What?!”
Not just Gold, even the villagers staying behind ide-eyed in disbelief