Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 132
After leaving the Ingracia Kingdom's royal capital, Yuuki's group was leisurely traveling along the Great Kanat Mountain Range towards the East Empire.
The safer route to the empire's territory passes through the Dwarf Kingdom and would reveal their location to Rimuru and co.
Since Yuuki had never travelled to the east before, he couldn't transfer there with magic.
Well now, mountain climbing can be fun every once in a while.
Yuuki spoke in a carefree tone while he tore apart a low-class dragon that had come to attack them.
Kagari responded by shrugging her shoulders while Yuuki's supervisors, who he'd formerly dispatched to several countries, and were his trusted retainers remained silent, observing their surroundings quietly.
Yuuki, bored by their response, looked up at the summit.
The route Yuuki's group was following was one that passed above the Dwarf Kingdom and was rarely traversed.
The wild dragons that inhabited the area were a high-class life-form that could understand human speech if it became a higher species.
They were uninvited guests on these mountains so it would become troublesome if they were discovered by a King Class dragon.
Aware of this, Yuuki and co. advanced carefully.
Compared to Yuuki who seemed to be having fun, shadows of fatigue could be seen in his subordinates.
It wasn't surprising since they had been attacked by lower-class dragons once every hour. Up to five dragons have attacked at once. If they went through the safer route commonly used by merchants, they wouldn't be attacked like this and dragons would rarely appear.
The route that Yuuki and co. were traversing wasn't a route approved by the Dragon King.
Maybe because of that, they were extremely cautious. Yuuki had chosen this route without hesitation.
At that time,
Oh? A call from Leon. Recently, he was mad and said that he would cancel our deal, does he still have complaints?
While saying that happily, he took out a necklace with a small crystal from his ****** pocket and charged it with magic power.
And somehow the conversation with Leon occurred,
It seems like Leon will come here. Since it'll take him approximately an hour to get here, shall we take a break and wait for him?
He informed Kagari and the others before he immediately sat down on a sturdy and comfortable rock.
Leon...? The Demon Lord, Leon? Will it be alright?
Is there a possibility that it's the Demon Lord Ruminas and co?
Is it fine for our location to be given that easily?
So his subordinates and Kagari questioned.
Eh, it should be fine. After all, he was a regular client.
Besides... even if the Demon Lords unite and come along, there's still Chloe.
He replied optimistically.
Kagari and the subordinates realized that it was useless to even say anything now.
And so, after an hour, they would face Leon.
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A meteor emitting golden lights appeared in the sky.
Though it was daytime, the golden lights were clearly visible.
It might have been guided by a detection series magic as it flew straight to Yuuki and co. without wavering.
It was the Demon Lord Leon and his Knight subordinates.
Leon was wearing a golden armor, and his colorful knights wore silver, black, red, and blue.
Did I keep you waiting?
Said Leon as soon as he landed.
No, it was a nice rest. By the way, it seems to be urgent business, what is it?
Yuuki answered with a radiant smile.
I heard you were lying to me and could not be trusted.* I came to find out whether or not it was true.
Yuuki answered Leon's question with a smile.
Invisible sparks flew between them, the tension around them instantly growing.
You, did you think you could use such a lie against me, a Demon Lord?
Ahahaha. As expected, was my lie exposed?
Even so, if you wanted to realize it, you should have realized it sooner. You're already too late, you know?
With those words as a catalyst, the rock Yuuki sat on instantly melted into lava. It was the effect of a Scorching Magic attack.
Yuuki left the spot quickly. The opponent's reaction to his response was as expected.
In the middle of the conversation, Yuuki hadn't neglected to analyze Leon and his subordinates' strength. The problem was whether or not Leon would be attacking by himself.
Were there reinforcements from the other Demon Lords? Was Leon just a decoy? Or was he alone?
Depending on the answer, it would be necessary for Yuuki to switch strategies. Yuuki had expected this development since he'd received the call.
Leon, as a high-ranking Demon Lord, he was not an opponent whose strength he could make light of.
If that Demon Lord decided to join ranks with the other Demon Lords in a united front, it would even be difficult for Chloe to handle them by herself.
Therefore, he chose this place.
Hey, hey, it's not gentle to attack suddenly.
Your important Girl is over here, do you know the word Hostage?
He called out to Leon in an attempt to agitate him, but...
Don't worry, if you die, she'll be released right?
What I requested was a girl, around eight year old with black hair, named Chloe O'bell.
She's already grown up and is standing right there!
Leon ignored Yuuki and denied his words strongly.
Hearing Leon's words, the girl with black hair, Chloe, opened her eyes.
Eh, Leon-Oniichan? You're alive?
She murmured lightly in surprise with a voice full of nostalgia.
Tch, it can't be helped if it was exposed.
I kept quiet about having kept Chloe-chan as a trump card against the Demon Lord, however...
Somehow, for a certain period of time, I had forgotten about it. When I remembered, she had already grown up as a Hero.
Yuuki mocked Leon. Furthermore, he continued,
Even so, it can't be helped right? You are a wicked Demon Lord.
To exterminate you is the Hero's task, right?
If you think about it, it is a pleasant miscalculation that Chloe grew into a Hero.
So Yuuki declared.
Without letting his heart be disturbed by Yuuki's response, Leon said...
Fu, is that the only thing you want to say? Then you shall die satisfied!
Leon started attacking Yuuki with a high output magic.
And so, the battle between Leon and Yuuki began.
The heat wave from the magic closing in on Yuuki raged to violently burn his body.
Yuuki looked at the heat wave with a refreshed expression, and a small grin floated on his face.
Mostly, it was just as planned.
But it wasn't going exactly as he'd wanted.
He had considered the possibility of an attack from several Demon Lords, but judging from the current situation, it was only Leon.
Hypothetically, in case the three Demon Lords, Rimuru, Ruminas, and Leon came to attack him together, the probability of winning would be small, even if he let Chloe participate in the battle.
But it was an assumption that Rimuru and Ruminas would unite and attack him. It was unexpected that Leon would participate in the battle, but since Chloe was involved, it was certain he would have become hostile sooner or later.
If he thought about it, it was unexpected that the girl, who Leon had entrusted to him, had become a Hero.
Ever since he'd learned of it, he had always been aiming for an opportunity to snatch away the "Sleeping Hero" enshrined by Ruminas.
This was for the sake of obtaining a trump card against Ruminas.
Rimuru was a suspicious reincarnated person from the same country as him and had shown an uncertain growth. He had planned to quickly get rid of this irregularity.
But it ended in failure, Rimuru became a Demon Lord.
Since it became like this, he had planned on making the children his trump card. He was going to gather trump cards against each Demon Lord so that he could take care of them with ease if he had to fight with them.
His ultimate target was the subjugation of Demon Lord Guy Crimson.
He was going to make as many Demon Lords abide his orders as possible in order to subjugate that absolutely strong person.
Working vigilantly and cunningly, the Demon Lord didn't stand a chance at all. Millim was also an absolutely strong person, but she seemed easy to trick and couldn't be labeled as a threat.
In other words, as long as he could defeat the Demon Lord Guy Crimson he would consider what to do afterwards, but......
In reality, such an unexpected thing had occurred, it was interesting!
Yuuki felt a pleasant, exhilarating feeling in his heart when the plan didn't go as he'd expected.
Kagurazaka Yuuki was a genius.
When he was still in the former world, he had harbored dangerous dreams of destroying the boring everyday life. It was just that, in the former world, he hadn't held a fascination for the world's destruction.
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