Pulp Fiction
Year 84 Month 8
While Juras network was trying to gather information about the demon kings whereabouts, well, we found out what the trap was. Its tough trying to filter through crap and false-positives, so much so that by the time any good information is obtained, its often no longer useful. This is one of those times.
The demon king has been visiting the sites of the previous demon kings. The places of their death and destruction, and tapped into the remaining energies to create a massive demon monster thats stronger than the super cannon. We know this, because on the eastern continent was where one demon king died perhaps 50-60 years ago, the location of Astaroth.
Of course, at this point, I wonder if there is a limit. The world must have seen countless demon kings, so by sheer number and a long history, there should be some demon kings destruction in almost every location at some point of this worlds life. So... perhaps the residual magics get fully decayed and the demon king cannot tap into that energy?
Or only if theres remaining daemolite?
Is it looking for daemolite?
The new monster, well, apparently, resembled Astaroth. That said, very few descriptions of Astaroths appearance remain, so it could well be a corrupted version of the story.
The new monster, at least, doesnt seem to have a long range weapon. Instead, it was just a gargantuan creature that seemed to excel in short-range bursts, and well, it wrecked a few nations in its immediate surroundings.
Naturally, this means the demon king is headed for the other demon kings deathland.
This conjecture immediately caused panic, because theres actually a rather massive mining operation in the area to get at the daemolite. Mining daemolite suddenly doesnt seem that profitable now that the demon kings eyes is on it too. Hazard pay only goes so far.
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> Are you there? Do you speak to the mortals? I am... a young tree. I want to learn more What if we once were something else? Lilies, are there... magical spots that you know off? Would you tell me? Why? Is there something in the lake? < I tried my luck, the Lilies are quite secretive in a way, or maybe I havent figured out the trick to communicate with them properly. Its really a communication gap.
What.
Okay. That was two days later. I realised I didnt plan my meeting with another tree spirit well enough. What should I ask it? Or them?
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Lausanne and gang finally had their first few adventurer missions, hunting some monster wolves and stuff. The retreat of the demons meant the return of native monsters, and they really dont get along.
If I were to put the world into factions, Id probably make it into a three-kingdoms kind of situation. The demons, the living mortals, and the monsters, all with their own gods.
Fun, for them, because for one, they get to wear adventurer gear and not in the usual Valtrian colors.
In fact, Lausanne had so much fun she came home and talked for hours about it to her mom. Perhaps it was that whole field-trip kind of effect. Just a group of young kids on an adventure, without adult supervision! In a way, its rare for Lausanne to go so far without a captain, or Yvon, or any of the older Valtrian Order people around. Even if she did outrank them in many ways, its still having an adult around.
Laufen just patted her on the head and looked really amused at her daughter.
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The demon king is getting nearer to Takde and Nung, and that meant a round of fleeing. Its hilarious, really. The kingdoms should all just set up some kind of massive teleportation array between continents so that they can play hide and seek with the demons.
The death of that one hero though, quickly spread, and it becomes chatter in the bars and inns.
One hero died?
Does this mean this generations heroes are weak?
But many of them died before!
I mean, many dont really know how many heroes there are. They dont get fragments to track, and the past heroes didnt really talk that much with the natives, so eavesdropping on the chatter is amusing. I wish more of them die! After the demon king is killed! When the demon king is killed!
These kind of chatter would probably make Meela or Alexis feel depressed, but hey, thats what happens when one is reincarnated as the pawn of the gods.
Some of them, are making the journey to me, again. Sigh.
I wonder how Meela and Alexis are doing.