The Hero Who Returned From Death Quits - Chapter 183



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Archangel of Justice and Light, Idrisiel. That is how the angel introduced himself.

And then I looked at his appearance, which made me believe his words without any evidence.

He had short white hair and blue eyes that seemed to glow. But what made him stand out the most were his wings. His pure white wings, shining without a trace of dirt, had enough power to make one believe that he was an archangel.

“Are you my summoner?”

Beatrice stepped forward and spoke.

“…yes.”

“My lacking body was summoned at a high price. In return, I will definitely defeat the Demon King, even if it is a bit much to say so.”

“Yes. The biggest problem in Middle-earth right now is that we don’t know where the demons are and what they’re doing. So, we need to find them as soon as possible and fight them…”

“No, that’s not necessary.”

“yes…?”

Beatrice’s eyes were seen shaking. Idrisiel spoke with a look of surprise in his eyes.

“My power is to track down those who should not be in the Middle-earth. I can see through this entire world. The Demon King is in the north. In the sanctuary. He seems to have killed the Dragon King… In addition, the demons who are thought to be the Demon King’s subordinates are also swarming, so it seems that they have already made the entire northern sanctuary their territory.”

“then…”

“If you are ready, you can go fight the Demon King right away. It’s just a question of whether you are ready.”

“that…”

“Even if I defeat the Demon King, I will no longer be of any help after dealing with the Demon King. I may even die. But are you prepared to deal with the Demon King’s army?”

“That cannot be said. Middle-earth has already fought against one Demon Lord and his many legion commanders, and the scars of the battlefield are still deeply engraved.”

“Hmm… Then I guess we’ll need some time to prepare to face the Demon King’s army.”

I approached Idrisiel and said:

“…First, I think we need to know the level of the Demon King’s army to be able to prepare for it. Is that possible?”

Idrisiel looked at me with his blue eyes for a while and then opened his mouth.

“I see. You were a warrior. You say the holy sword was broken… Since you are the last one to ascend to the throne as a warrior, I feel that you still have a faint connection with the holy sword. However, the holy sword being broken means nothing. … Alright. I will answer your question. The current enemy is one king… There are two top-tier ones. The upper tier is ten. The ones below that are not particularly worth counting, but I understand that there are roughly fifty thousand.”

“Oman….”

When I heard that, I was shocked. In general, the fighting power of the Demons was the same as that of ten humans. If the Demons were 50,000, then they would be no different from an army of five hundred thousand humans. Of course, they each had their own strengths and weaknesses compared to ten humans, but in the end, in an all-out war, they were no different from an army of five hundred thousand humans.

The Empire had barely a year left since the war ended, so the number of soldiers it could mobilize was just over a hundred thousand. It was impossible to do anything against fifty thousand demons.

It seemed as if humanity could be destroyed at any moment if they were to launch an all-out war.

“…There’s nothing I can do. I’ll buy you the time you need.”

“You mean time? How?”

“It’s a guerrilla war. Since we know where the enemies are, we should attack the demons who are relatively far away from the main force and gradually reduce their numbers. And if we intentionally create traces, we can buy some more time. The demons value revenge. It’s the same among themselves. If I can kill the demons and disguise it as the demons’ doing, there will be conflict within the demons, and we can prepare in the meantime.”

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“That seems possible.”

Feria nodded. Idrisiel looked at Feria and said.

“…Hmm, indeed. Following the greatest servant of the God, another greatest servant? Although he is not a servant of the God, he would be a strong ally. Are you the ruler of humans?”

“Yes. I once defeated the Demon King together with your summoner, Beatrice.”

“Not bad. The servants of faith have always been able to deal with situations flexibly. Alright… Then I will begin guerrilla warfare now.”

Beatrice was startled when she heard that.

“Oh, you’re saying that already?”

“Yes. Since I need time to adjust to the Middle-earth anyway, I think it would be good to have that time and go wild. I don’t really need any preparation. If the enemies notice my presence, I might suffer a loss.”

With those words, Idrisiel disappeared in an instant.

Idrisiel, who returned after almost half a day, had his wings soaked in red. We couldn’t help but be very surprised when the pure white angel returned, turning into a blood-stained red angel. Beatrice, in particular, seemed shocked by the sight, and spoke in a trembling voice.

“How many… demons have you killed?”

“Well, I think I killed about five hundred. I would have liked to grind up more of the creatures of the demon race, but unfortunately, my goal was not to simply reduce their numbers, so I decided to hold back.”

“okay.”

In other words, the blood that dyed the wings red was not from one or two people, but the result of hundreds of people coming together. Beatrice seemed to feel creeped out by the sight.

Idrisiel calmly purified himself without showing any reaction to the situation. His wings had returned to their pure white color, but his impression seemed quite different from before I saw him.

In any case, thanks to Idrisiel, the number of demons decreased smoothly, and humanity gained some time. Idrisiel killed a tenth of the enemy soldiers through guerrilla warfare, and the enemies fought in the war and killed even more. When you consider that what remained was only half of their original strength, you can see how absurd the Demon King and the Archangel, who were said to be on the same level as him, were.

And, because of Idrisiel, who was reducing the number of demons in that way, I couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy inside.

It wasn’t that I was afraid that he might attack me. Rather, what I was worried about was Grandis.

Grandis instinctively abhorred anything related to the gods, and Idrisiel had no choice but to cut off the heads of the demons without a moment’s hesitation.

No matter how great Grandis was, there was no way to win against Idrisiel. That much, I realized that only someone of equal rank could take on the role of the Demon King.

There was no way of knowing when Idrisiel would kill Grandis, saying that he had killed the servant of the demon. Because of that anxiety, I looked at Grandis and said.

“…I think it would be best to be careful for a while. To be honest, you never know when the Archangel might try to kill you. Not just kill you, but maybe torture you.”

“You don’t have to worry about that.”

“huh?”

“I honestly thought so too, but the Archangel thought a little differently. He would have just ignored me and passed by, but he didn’t bother to fight or pick a fight.”

“Just because you’ve been like that until now, you know when your true nature will be revealed. If the Archangel decides to kill you even once, you’re finished!”

“Well, I won’t kill that demon.”

I quickly turned around at the sound of a voice coming from behind me. Idrisiel was standing behind me.

“Of course, killing a top-tier demon is quite tempting, but even if you kill all the other demons, you shouldn’t kill that one.”

“What does that mean?”

“That’s exactly right. The reason I don’t kill that demon is not because I want to kill other demons first, or because humans asked me to do something, or anything. I just follow orders.”

“What do you mean by order?”

“The god told me. He said that it was absolutely necessary in case I failed. I don’t know why it was necessary, but… In any case, you and the demons cannot join the fight to subdue the demons this time even if you wanted to. You must survive.”

With that being said, Idrisiel disappeared. Several months passed, and news began to arrive that preparations were gradually being completed.

So, next week is starting to approach as the final day.