He said in a way that made him appear to make him and his family innocent of whatever that happened, he was scared not from death but from pain, from me .
I was so enraged while i held his shoulder that even without having any intention to hurt him, i still crushed both of his shoulders and arms bones in my rage involuntarily .
I was furious at the history he enlightened me about, my heart was beating and bumping blood so hard and so much to the point that my face become completely red in frustration, i was no longer in a sane state of mind to process everything he just told me .
My brain kept bugging me with one question before, what was our role and purpose in all of this, but i now that i was given an answer for that question, i couldn't help but wish that i never knew of it .
Source Energy Batteries, that was what we were to the demons, nothing but a batteries that would allow them to come and go as freely as they want from the other side to this side and vise versa, my first thought was that the demon in front of me was laying, but that wasn't possible due to the binding contract effect on both of us .
Not to mention that in this way everything began to actually make sense, so the probability of him lying about all of this was out of questions .
Not only we were only summoned to this land to be used as backup batteries, but they even created the circumstances needed for us to get summoned in the first place, i was furious at thinking about what would have happened to me, if i had stayed in that castle, would i have been enslaved by that damn prince as well .
Then a realization about another unfavorable situation struck me like lightening, Hana was still in the castle, she might be in a grave danger, one that she had no idea about where will it actually come from, no i have to hurry and go back to get her out of there, or even best i will overthrown that damn king and his son, no i will do something even better and kill them both .
All my anger was currently turned into alertness and determination, i was alerted due to finding out information about the huge scheme that was being hatched by that Demon Emperor and determined to first deal with the problem at Troland kingdom first, then i will pick the best course of action to take from there .
For now my anger was quenched, but i felt that my blood pressure was so high that it made my body feel as if it was on fire, the anger was still there, but it was decided that it was just not the proper time to outburst just yet, i still have a lot of matters that i need to take care of before allowing myself to relief that huge amount of anger in my heart .
I looked at the green haired demon that was still quivering in my hands, the look in my eyes seemed to make him become scared, i wanted to kill that guy so bad, but every time i actually felt like doing it, my chest tightened forcing me to discard of my thoughts, it was the first time i really felt a great disadvantage in making contracts like these, so i need to be more careful in signing contracts like those in the future, it is preferred not to be forced to sign any kind of contract whatsoever in the future .
He said that his family didn't agree with the Demon Emperor's plan and i to some extent believe that this was indeed true, but from which family the first demon he mentioned was from, wasn't the Demon who started all this was that ancestor of his, wasn't the reason to all the sorrow and misery that even still continuing to this day because of that First Demon, his great grandfather .
He had the nerve to actually call himself and his innocent due to not being involved in the plot made by the Demon Emperor, i raised my hand up in the air and ~Slap~ .
I slapped him so hard that his cheek got swollen instantly, he grimaced in the pain on his broken limbs and face, but he didn't utter even a small cry of pain, probably not wanting to entice me into hitting him even more, he accepted this amount of punishment without much of problem .
" Tell me, what was the designate time for you to pick from the newly summoned heroes ? .
My rough voice surprised both me and him, i spoke these words out with great difficulty, through my gritted teeth, no matter how hard did i try to calm myself down, i couldn't help but be influenced by the raging anger in my chest, luckily due to the binding contract effect being triggered, i was able to quench some of that anger of mine .
I looked at him waiting for his answer, but he didn't say a word, i raised my hand and i saw that he looked gravely at the hand which i raised and just shook his head, my hand accelerated its descendance and he hurriedly raised his hands in front of his face as if trying to block and he said in a hurry :
It's not that i don't want to tell you, but it is just that i have no information about this kind of things, i told you the reason i came here before, i didn't bother to ask my father about these sort of things, but, but i can estimate that it would happen probably in two to three months at max .
" Huh, didn't you just say that you don't know anything about this, what was your estimation based on then .
I did the math, the portion of energy needed for every use of the rapture hadn't been reduced, but the Demon Emperor idea did efficiently reduced the required energy .
" Explain .
Weren't you lis, cough, cough, the Demons that were being sent through the rapture was buying a one way ticket, there was no coming back for them, at least not until the Demon Emperor reach the next realm of strength, so there was enough energy to send a bit more than ten other batches, before the energy run out .
There was also a rumor circling around the Butcher's Hall and the Demon higher-ups before i come to this land, that rumor was about the Demon Emperor intention of opening the other rapture that was almost dissipating, the one in Troland kingdom, so the ten batches might either appear from there once everything was set, or in a month or two, one or maybe all of the new summoned heroes will anonymously disappeared, i heard this half a year ago, i don't expect that the Demon Emperor will wait for more than three months .
Due to not willing to risk something like the battle with the Beastfolk to happen again, that was how i was able to reach that conclusion or estimation of mine, but i really don't much about this .
He was nervously staring at the ground, so he wasn't able to see the panic-stricken expression that was currently on my face, 2 to 3 months and the Demons will invade Troland kingdom, but no one would have had expected that the invasion will come from inside the walls, wait, yes it now indeed made a bit more sense .
So that where that huge load of money was being spent on, but just to confirm my suspicion, i still asked Ludo to tell me if there was anything needed to be built on this side, which would allow the Demon Emperor to reopen the already closing space rapture, but he told me that he didn't have any information regarding this .
My suspicion was that the King Trollan was using the money he viciously collected over these years to build something massive, but i had no clues whatsoever about what it was and neither that useless guy in front of me as well, but either way i will stop it somehow, i will just have to go back and put an end to the rule of that damn family .
" Tell me where is the closest Teleportation Hall ? .
That one would be the one in the capital Devons, but ... .
He was about to say something but stopped and looked at me fearfully, afraid that what he will say next might end up in him getting another beating .
" But what, say it .
I once again raised my hand and he understood that he might get beaten either way so he just sighed in resignation and said :
You should have been unaware of this, but all the teleportation tablets were destroyed a week ago by the order of king Devo, i believe that you were probably the reason to why he did so .
You earned the title of Gluttony slayer among us demons and have gained quite the reputation .
" Do you know when the Monster's raid on Troland kingdom ended ? .
I disregarded of what he said about gaining reputation among demons and asked wanting to confirm another suspicion of mine, one that i didn't want to actually believe .
That raid ended more than a week ago .
I was momentarily stunned by what he was saying, that mean i have been unconscious for most of that week, wait did he just said that that all the teleportation tablets were destroyed .
I looked at him eagerly wanting to confirm this, but due to my eagerness he misunderstood my intention and he flinched, i was in a bit of loss about what to do now, when i remembered that Animagia should be close to Diblosia, so my chances in finding a working teleportation Hall there were still up .
I Instinctively released a heavy sigh that had a bit of relief in it, but i was stunned to see that he was sticking his lips together as if trying to seal them and i instantly figured that something was up, so i asked :
" What ? .
His reaction was quite drastic, he actually tried to close his lips which were beginning to break the seal he put on them with his own hands, but he failed miserably and began to say :
If you want to go back to Troland via using Teleportation Hall, then i will be very sorry to tell you this, but your plan is impossible .
I was a bit angry at his words, thinking that he was ridiculing me or something, but seeing my anger he hurriedly continued to say :
It's not like i'm trying to ridicule you or anything, it was reported from the demons in Terra, that the teleportation tablets that connected Troland to all the other Teleportation Halls were all destroyed a day after the raid ended, so you finding a way to teleport to Troland is nothing short of being impossible, if you tried to go by land, you may be able to make it there, if you didn't stop to rest, if my calculations are correct you at your fastest speed will be able to reach Troland in a month or two, but only if you know your way and didn't rest from time to time .
I was looking at him with wide eyes, i understood that the island we were on were quite big, but never have i ever thought it would be this big, at my fastest speed and it would still take me a month or two to reach Troland, meaning that in the worst case scenario, i might not even be able to arrive in time to stop Demons from invading, not to mention dealing with the current royal family, but isn't destroying these teleportation tablets will end in severing the connection the kingdom of Troland have any isolating it completely, no this can't be .
Seeing your face i can conclude that you have already understood what us demons were going to do in Troland, yes we will be turning it into another safe zone, another settlement for us Demons .
I was beginning to fell into despair, it wasn't a problem with me to try and run full speed back to Troland, but the premise of reaching in two months or even one, were what made that situation even more desperate, if i knew my way through this land, i might have been able to use Transmutation to shrink the distance by a lot, but that might even take more time than going by land .
I was beginning to lose both my patience and my ability to self control, i fell to my knees and began releasing some of my frustration on the ground beneath me, i kept hitting the ground, the force was minimal at first, but gradually punch after punch, the strength i was hitting the earth began to increase, until i involuntarily found myself buried in a huge crater, i don't even know how many punches did i do, i only stopped due to being struck by a sudden idea .
Otherwise i might have continued digging until I reach this planet core area, if it had one, i hurriedly jumped out of the crater and surprisingly found that my target was still in place, something that i had expected him to do, i completely thought that he would take advantage of me being like this and escape, the binding contract had no effect that binds him to stay close to me or vise versa .
But he just sat there next to the crater as if waiting for me to come out, but as if he read my thoughts, he began to say :
If you came back up here to suggest that i take you to Troland, i will have you know that too was impossible, don't stare at me like this, i'm not making excuses here, not to mention how difficult will it be for even me to make such a trip, the moment we will come out of the safe zone and try to fly in the open, the Shard will sense that something is wrong and try to obliterate both of us without hesitation, that what caused damage to us demons the most during our war with the Beastfolk, i will have to remind you you of how deep of a grudge the Shard is currently holding against us Demons, we completely destroyed its cycle and seize the Source Energy that it was very important to it .
The moment we fly out of the safe zone, is the moment we die, so even if you were to force me to take you there by flying, i would die and you would have taken a detour that gave you the chance to only arrive a few days earlier and that's all .
A few days earlier were still a good advantage nonetheless .
Seeing me still seeming to be thinking about it, he hurriedly continued to say :
I have a great idea that should allow both of us to achieve our goals, but i need to confirm whether you want to exterminate all of us demons or just destroy the plot in motion .
Tell me truthfully are you intent on killing all the demons or only the one who was responsible for the bloodshed, if there was still a room for us to coexist, will you take it or will you just toss it aside .