Lord Demon is behind you

There is a human breath inside the fence, and there is more than one.

While considering the distance between him and the robot, the brave man stretched his neck and looked inside the fence.

A dark wind blew along the corridor, and the dim lights on the wall flickered.At the moment when the light went up and down, the brave man saw the situation in the cell clearly at a glance, and couldn't help but take a deep breath——

Humans sitting or lying sparsely scattered behind the fence.The number of people in each cell ranges from one to seven or eight.Among them were men, women and children; everyone looked haggard and weak, but all of them were well dressed, and even if they were dirty, they could still see the delicate and precious texture.

What really surprised him was that these people's faces—he knew quite a few of them.

Although it is not familiar, those are indeed people who have met before——

"...the nobles of the kingdom."

he murmured.

"The nobles of the kingdom...are so many of them imprisoned here?"

"Eh? Ah, oh, that's right. The child should have said that the human princess imprisoned some nobles who refused to obey her, right?"

The Demon King's response came from the communicator.

Rudy seemed to have said this, but it was only passing by at the time, and the hero didn't pay special attention to it.It wasn't until he saw it with his own eyes that the brave man truly understood the meaning behind that sentence.

"Well, I can probably imagine the situation on your side," the Demon King lowered his voice as if he felt sorry for him, "Brave, you don't know. The air on the ninth floor of the Demon King City is full of scattered The concentration of magical energy elements is so high that ordinary humans who don't understand magic can obtain them, so even if humans are left there without food, they will not starve to death. ... However, it should only be able to maintain a minimum survival .”

As he said, whether adults or children, all human beings are skinny, starved to the point of staring, lifeless.

"This is really...too much."

Even for the purpose of bringing the enemy to his knees, this kind of abuse on the ignorant child and the frail old man is too much.

"Don't be impulsive, brave man." Hearing the anger hidden in his voice, the Demon King immediately reminded, "As long as the witch is completely wiped out, these humans will naturally be saved. Conversely, if the witch still exists, even if these people are released, They will also be captured and imprisoned again."

"... Ah, I know."

A momentary impulse won't help.The brave man suppressed his boiling emotions, and continued to follow the robot along the road.

More and more humans appeared in the cells on both sides one after another, without exception, they all looked like they were being tortured to the point of pain. There were about three or forty people in total.

The further he went, the more distressed the brave man felt.The anger that surged up in my heart at first has been forcibly suppressed, but that feeling of pain is getting stronger and stronger uncontrollably.

"Your Highness, why would she do this? Even if she becomes a witch, such a merciless approach..."

The brave man didn't know whether he was talking to himself or asking the Demon King.

"The former Her Royal Highness, although unsmiling and difficult to approach, could always make the most correct judgments, and was willing to see the suffering of ordinary people and reflect on them. She is not the kind of person who likes to hurt others...why? ..."

"...Well," the voice of the demon king came after a while, "because she is no longer the human being you know, brave man. Demons are such creatures: creatures that use whatever means to achieve their goals, and are insulated from compassion and pity .”

The robot continued to move forward without hesitation, and turned a corner again.With the help of the dim light, the brave man vaguely saw the steps extending down into the darkness ahead.

"You should be able to leave this cell by passing there, right?"

"It should be right, the original structure should be like this," said the devil, "well, in fact, this secret passage should have arrived at my bedroom bedside... Although I guessed that she would not continue to use my bedroom, but I really didn't expect that she would directly transform someone's bedroom into a dark cell, it would be too much."

At the same time that trivial complaints were continuously coming from the communication machine, the robot in front of the brave man suddenly stopped suddenly.

The hero nearly tripped over its cylindrical body.At this time, on the steps not far ahead, there was a sticky flowing sound, like a slime monster dragging its feet forward.

Then, several faint blue lights hit his face——

Sparse figures covered the light and moved forward slowly.

After seeing the situation ahead, the brave man quickly dragged the robot to the side.

"What's wrong, Brave? What happened?"

He must have heard the strange noise here, and the Demon King asked anxiously.

"I……"

The brave man tried his best to gather himself.

"I'm fine. It's just..."

He stared fixedly at the several large slime monsters that were sliding towards this side step by step from the other end of the aisle.The two on the left and right each hold a blue light, and the one behind them is responsible for opening the way, and what follows behind them is a beautiful woman in a fancy dress...

"His Royal Highness," he said, "she...appeared in front of me."

"Hey?!"

Even knowing that under the action of the shielding rune of the robot, no monsters or witches could detect the existence of the hero, nor could they hear any sound - the evidence is that the princess was only a dozen meters away from the hero, but she just kept her head Walked past him——the two still subconsciously lowered their voices.

——Princess Elshirin, commonly known as Princess Irene: The most beautiful woman recognized by the kingdom, and the head of the ten witches.

At this moment, for some reason, she was wearing a full set of princess formal attire and makeup as if she was going to a ball, and she was walking slowly and gracefully through the prison.

Even with only the will-o'-the-wisp as the light source, she is still beautiful.Because of the costumes.She was as beautiful as a peerless work of art; however, in this environment, this beauty seemed even more weird.

"What, what did she want to go to that kind of place?" The Demon King whispered, "To persuade those nobles to surrender?"

"No, probably..."

The brave man took a closer look and found that the slime monster in front seemed to be dragging a human-shaped object on its back.

"... She seems to be personally escorting someone back to the cell."

Seeing the princess walking away, the brave man hurriedly pushed the robot to hide.Unexpectedly, the princess did not go deep into the prison, but stopped in front of a fence not far from the brave man, and waved at the slime monsters.

There was a sound behind the iron bars opposite her.A slender figure rushed over and bumped his head against the iron grille, making a sharp sound.

"You, you damn witch! What have you done to Brother Wang?"

The face clinging to the fence was extraordinarily immature, it turned out to be a little girl who was only fourteen or fifteen years old.The brave man recognized at a glance that it was Princess Jiali, the youngest princess in the kingdom - and Princess Irene's own sister.

Although there was no blood on that beautiful little face, compared to the humans in other cells, she looked healthy, and her clothes were much neater.It seemed that she had not been reduced to the point where she had to starve.

The slime throws the humanoid object it's dragging into the cell.The little princess rushed forward in a panic, sobbing and crying while hugging the unconscious young man.

"Why, why, Brother Wang..."

...Brother Wang?

So, that man... Could it be some prince?

"—that's ugly, Carrie."

Princess Irene finally spoke.

"It's useless for you to cry here, and it's useless to shed your tears. Instead of crying cowardly, you might as well choose to surrender to me and bow your head to me-in that case, I would have let you out and the others The family is reunited."

"Who, who wants to succumb to an evil witch like you!"

... The little princess is obviously bluffing.Now that her anger was exhausted, Princess Irene's sense of oppression belonging to the witch and the superior was so strong that it made her tremble all over, but she still braced herself and straightened her neck.

"You...betrayed mankind, fell into darkness, and made a mess of the whole world. You treated the nobles as prisoners, forced your father and king brothers and sisters to kneel and submit to you, and you also treated the three kings bro..."

"Brother Three Kings"?Is that man the third prince?

A face of a young man who resembled Her Highness the Princess flashed through the brave man's mind.If I remember correctly, this prince should be Princess Irene's most respected elder brother, and he is also the heir to the throne that His Majesty the King favors very much.

...Why did the prince who had the best relationship with Her Royal Highness become so miserable?

She said with tears, "Every day...you kill him with different punishments, then resurrect him, and let him go through so much pain...why do you do this to us? We have always been the best before loved ones—”

"—Carrie."

Princess Irene severely interrupted her cry.

"You really don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth. I just, 'once' had a blood relationship with you." She said, "Now I have the power to do whatever I want, and I should be far above you; but I take into account the past As human beings, the fate gave you the opportunity to submit. Isn’t this compassionate enough? What else do you have to be dissatisfied with?”

"...She is really on the right track," whispered the Demon King who heard the conversation through the communicator, "The lines have the momentum of a Demon King."

Although he didn't want to admit it, the brave man also felt that her tone of voice did have the demeanor of a demon king.In a sense, even more imposing than the devil himself, more like a real "devil".

Probably because she has always been in a high-ranking royal family before, and that bearing is simply natural.

"You, stop talking stupid!" The little princess screamed, "Dominating your loved ones like slaves, what kind of mercy is this? You hopeless witch! Brother Sanwang has always been good to you before, right? ? When the other brothers pushed us aside, he was the only one who would speak for us. But you... just because he openly opposed the witch, you just treated him like this—"

"Openly against the witch? You say him?"

Hearing this, Princess Irene suddenly sneered.

"No... isn't it right!"

The little princess shrank her shoulders, and still insisted, "When you ordered the monster army to capture the capital, the only one who resisted until the end was Brother Three..."

"That's because he's afraid."

Against the blue light of the fire, the smile on the princess's face was particularly sharp and ironic.

"Because he knows what will happen if he falls into my hands—he knows that I am coming back to take revenge on him; he knows that I will definitely—use the most terrifying way to take revenge on him as a witch."

"Now, I'll tell you, Carrie."

She stretched out her finger slowly, and pointed at the third prince who was still unconscious.

"The one who really brought the witch into this world is our dear brother Wang."