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The broker had prepared workers to transport the treasures.

“Alright, let’s go.”

“Wait a second, Captain!”

“See, the Captain can’t do without us.”

“…What is it?”

“Just wait a moment.”

Heukgu and Heukrang suddenly started saying strange things, delaying the departure.

The two gathered all the hardworking workers in one place.

“Everyone, assemble!”

“What’s going on? Aren’t we leaving?”

“Are you going to pay us more? Why are you dragging this out?”

“Everyone, strip down to your underwear!”

“…Ha, do you think we’re just cheap labor? What are you trying to pull?”

“Are you trying to frame us as thieves? Is this how you’re going to cut our pay?”

The workers looked at them in disbelief, but Heukgu and Heukrang remained unfazed.

They roughly grabbed the clothes of the worker standing at the front.

“Are you kidding me! Hey, you bastards! Turn around! What kind of employers are you!”

“Right! Let’s just take these guys out and take everything for ourselves!”

Even to me, Heukgu and Heukrang’s actions seemed excessive.

Even though they’re demons who love to deceive, there were three people watching over the work, and if they had gold of that size in their pockets….

Clink—

The man whose clothes were grabbed, along with Heukgu and Heukrang, moved roughly, and something fell out of the man’s pocket.

“W-what, a ring?”

“I knew it, you despicable bastards. Strip down to your underwear.”

“….”

The workers, who seemed ready to start a labor revolution, stopped in their tracks.

With the situation like this, I couldn’t just stand by either.

Half of it is practically mine, and I can’t just let them take my stuff.

I lifted the weapons the workers had diligently moved into the air.

Zzzzzzzzzzz—

‘Did Gilgamesh do it like this?’

Until now, I had only used telekinesis to throw and control things, but to release it with explosive pressure like Gilgamesh? I had never thought of that before.

Thanks to Gilgamesh, I got a hint, and the image in my head was rocket propulsion.

A very simple action-reaction principle.

Using telekinesis to explode the air behind the weapons, like this….

Boom—

Alright, I succeeded…did I?

Kwaaaaaaaang—

“Aaaah! Run away!”

“It’s the Demon Sword! The Demon Sword is going crazy!”

Oh my god.

I succeeded, but I failed to control the power.

I just made it go boom, and it flew away like a real rocket.

I formed a dome with telekinesis to prevent the startled workers from running away and slowly stepped forward.

Heukgu and Heukrang seemed composed, but they were actually frozen in fear and couldn’t move.

My body was trembling, and I could feel cold sweat running down my back.

I lightly patted their shoulders and stood next to Heukgu and Heukrang.

“Stop movement.”

“What nonsense! The Demon Sword from the ruins is now…huh, it stopped?”

“That was me, so stop talking about the Demon Sword and come here while I’m being nice.”

Since I saw the guy trying to steal my treasure with my own eyes, my words didn’t come out nicely.

The workers were still half-doubting whether I really did that and were staring blankly.

I brought the other weapons with telekinesis and spread them out like wings behind me, and only then did they hurriedly run towards me.

“I was going to give you all something after the work was done…but you started playing pranks from the beginning.”

“…You were going to give us gold without consulting us? How do you plan to survive in this harsh world!”

They were talking as if they were looking out for me, but it was obvious they were worried their share of the gold would decrease.

“I was going to take it out of my share, can’t you see straight? Anyway, continue what you were doing.”

I quickly subdued the rebellious workers and got back on the carriage.

Partly because I didn’t want to bother getting involved myself….

But mostly because I didn’t want to see the demons naked.

I think I can leave that much to Heukgu and Heukrang.

They’ll figure it out.

They’ll probably strip them down to their underwear, so I don’t need to get involved.

I sat in the carriage provided by Satan’s butler, carefully dissecting Gilgamesh’s technique.

Judging by the power just now, I might not even need to use magic in combat.

Magic might just be a tool for convenience.

If I can launch all the weapons simultaneously in a similar manner, it would literally be like a bombardment.

Unless you have Jeong Ha-yul’s physical abilities, no one could withstand that.

Ha… this guy.

Just how strong are you planning to get?

I feel like I’m getting addicted to extreme narcissism.

Anyway.

The giant carriage I was riding and the cargo carts pulled by the workers set off towards the capital.

The horses pulling the carriage were almost walking to match the speed of the workers pulling the carts.

Still, if they were humans, they wouldn’t have been able to pull that weight, but since they’re demons, they managed to pull it at that speed.

They piled it up like a mountain, so it must be heavy, but they’re amazing.

There were about 50 cargo carts.

Even though all the carts were loaded with similar amounts of treasure, we hadn’t even taken out half of the treasure yet.

‘…It’s a bit painful, but it’s okay.’

I told them it was 50-50, but I didn’t plan to take that much.

I’ll pick up a few useful weapons.

And sweep up small but precious things like rings and necklaces.

I can’t even think about the rest….

There are shields and weapons as tall as me, packed densely.

There are even gold bars as big as Loki….

‘Loki?’

A fleeting sensation passed through my head, but….

I gave up.

I have no idea where Loki is or what he’s doing.

I haven’t seen him at home since we came to Korea.

I’m not worried he might be dead or hurt.

If he decides to run away, no one can catch him, whether it’s an animal or a person.

It’s a problem that I can’t find where he is now….

Even if he’s an awakened cat that can teleport, could he really cross dimensions?

But it’s still a pity.

If I lifted the treasure with telekinesis and Loki teleported it, I could have taken all 50 percent of the share.

Now, I can only take as much as I can put on a magic circle…so I guess I’m taking about 1 percent.

“Captain…you need to come out for a second.”

Just as I was indulging in near-delusional thoughts to pass the time, Heukgu came to find me.

“Why?”

“…There’s something strange over there.”

Something strange?

Right now, there’s nothing stranger than us here.

A giant carriage and the cargo carts following it.

The carts piled high with all sorts of treasures and the workers sweating profusely.

And in the midst of all this, a strange procession without a single escort.

‘…Now that I say it, it sounds even stranger than I thought.’

Anyway, to check what Heukgu was talking about, I opened the carriage door.

“Should I stop the carriage?”

“No, keep going.”

“Yep. What I saw was over there.”

If I stopped the procession to check every little thing, we wouldn’t make it back in time.

So I told them to keep the speed.

I jumped onto the roof of the carriage and looked in the direction Heukgu, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, was pointing.

….

What the hell is there?

It takes a while to restart a delusion once it’s stopped.

I was getting annoyed, but ensuring the safety of the procession is my role.

Suppressing my anger, I spoke with a smile.

“It’s nothing.”

“W-why are you looking like that…no, I mean, look again. It was really strange earlier.”

“…If there’s nothing strange after 30 seconds, you’re getting a flick on the forehead.”

I’ll let it slide once, but not twice.

The Demon King’s flick awaits you.

“…Can I hit you if something strange happens?”

“Do you want to die?”

“I’m sorry.”

Heukgu handed his seat to Heukrang and came up to the roof.

“Ugh…if I start to fall, catch me.”

“What are you talking about, I’ll drop you before that. Why did you come up?”

“I thought you were looking at something strange. There was definitely something from the ground earlier…hey! Look over there!”

Following Heukgu’s frantic finger, I saw….

Something so massive it made all sense of reality disappear.

What the hell is that?

From this distance, I can’t tell exactly, but…it looks bigger than Satan’s castle.

“See, it’s strange, right?”

“Why are you only telling me now, you idiot!”

Heukgu had a completely clueless look in his eyes, devoid of any sense of crisis.

‘I called you an idiot, but you’re really an idiot!’

The current position of that monstrosity was different from where Heukgu had pointed earlier.

It had moved a bit further forward.

And a bit more inward.

A diagonal movement.

Which means….

It’s following the carriage procession.

At this rate, we’ll soon encounter that monstrosity.

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The capital of Satan’s territory, Shaitaan.

In Shaitaan, the city that should be the most peaceful in Satan’s territory, an unexpected commotion broke out.

The guards on the city walls had spotted something charging towards Shaitaan.

“There’s no flag! An unidentified giant carriage! And behind it…something enormous is coming!”

The dust kicked up by the giant carriage obscured the cargo carts.

“An enemy attack?! Close the gates immediately!”

“Ugh! It’s blinding! What the hell is that!”

When the dust cleared momentarily, it was so bright you couldn’t even look at it.

Kwaaaaaang—

After the carriage came into view, intermittent loud noises, like something exploding, could be heard.

“Ring the bell! It’s an enemy attack!”

The guards thinking it was an enemy attack was, in a way, understandable.

Ding— Ding— Ding—

The bell signaling an enemy attack rang three times, and the gates began to close.

Eventually, the gates closed before the carriage and carts could arrive, and Jeong Gyeoul’s group had no choice but to stop in front of the gates.

“Open the gates! Open the gates!”

“Captain! They’re almost catching up!”

“This carriage belongs to Satan, you bastards! Open the gates!”

The desperate cries of Jeong Gyeoul’s group outside the gates unfortunately didn’t reach the guards’ ears.

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