Regressor’s Life After Retirement

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[Secret Operation (2)-Demon King Selection Test]

The closer I got to the Demon King’s Castle, the more I smelled a terrible stench.

The four people simultaneously covered their noses with their hands and frowned.

“Ugh. What smell…”

“Demons don’t even wash?”

The area around the Demon King’s Castle was so dirty that it was almost like a cesspool.

The corpses of demons and demons were left carelessly on the side of the road, maggots were infesting them and fist-sized flies were entangled around them.

[It wasn’t like this before. Even when I was ruling, the city maintenance was always clean…]

Belial, who was in a glass bottle with only the end slightly sticking out of Lily’s bag, made a poor excuse.

After going through all kinds of hardships and returning to his own land, his voice trembled as if he was filled with mixed emotions.

“Because this is still the outskirts. “Let’s go to a place where demons are likely to gather.”

With Abraxas at the head, the group headed inside the Demon King’s Castle.

Although they said they were infiltrating, in fact they confidently entered the castle through the main gate.

However, no demons paid much attention to them.

Occasionally there were demons who glanced at them, but it wasn’t a look of wariness, but a different kind of desire.

“Hmm. Anyway, I know what’s pretty.”

Abraxas gently shook his voluptuous body, wearing clothes that were almost as different from what he was not wearing, consisting of only a string and a few pieces of fabric smaller than the palm of his hand.

Next to him, Cheon Mu-geuk cleared his throat and turned his head.

“Keuhum!”

“oh. “Are you feeling embarrassed now, old man Cheonma?”

“…Do not provoke Nobu with unnecessary actions.”

“It’s useless. Wouldn’t it be weirder if a succubus didn’t shed any lust? “I am faithful to my role.”

“Hmm. Okay, so keep some distance…”

At that moment, a sinister smile appeared on Abraxas’s lips.

“Look at him. It’s quite cute. Shall we walk arm in arm with Mugeuk?”

“Keuhumhumhum! “Why are you doing this? Really!”

They were disguised as demons by Abraxas’ magic.

Abraxas is a succubus with a voluptuous body.

Cheonmugeuk is a half-human, half-animal satyr with the lower body of a horse and the upper half of the human body.

And after that

[Sister. It’s hard to walk…]

[Hang in there. I’ll let you take it off later.]

The two girls were waddling around wearing the masks of demon rabbits (black fur with red and blue ribbons on their chests, respectively) that were about 130cm tall and walked upright.

Not all demons are ugly and disgusting.

Among them, there were races with shapes and body structures similar to humans.

Among them, the group disguised themselves in the form that best suited them and infiltrated the Demon King’s Castle.

“Whew. “The good thing is that the smell gets less intense the further you go inside.”

Although it may seem like hell to races from other dimensions, the Demon World is also a land where intelligent life forms live.

It had its own culture, and the Demon Castle, ruled directly by the Demon King, also had entertainment facilities for the Demons.

[…If you go straight down this road, the long building you see is the oldest bar in the castle, and it is famous for its alcohol made from poisonous plants that only grow in the northernmost part of the Demon World…] “Hey, former Demon

Lord. “Didn’t I warn you to keep your mouth shut until we spoke first?”

[…I’m sorry.]

At Abraxas’ warning, the black slime-Belial in the bottle shrinked.

After a while, the party found the tavern that Belial had told them about.

And as soon as I opened the door to the bar, I could see an incredibly large number of demons.

***

Murmur.

There were so many demons inside the tavern that it was difficult to get inside. The sound went beyond loud and was so loud that conversation was impossible due to the surrounding noise.

“I will step forward.”

Cheonmugeuk, disguised as a satyr, took a step forward while raising his Heavenly Demon Demonic Art.

-Puhuaaaaaaa!

As the Heavenly Demon God’s powerful force spread around, the demons were startled and instinctively got out of the way.

Jump and jump.

The group walked down that path, entered the bar, and took a seat.

First, there were demons sitting at the table, but when Cheonmugeuk twitched his eyebrows, they quietly stood up and disappeared.

“Cluck. “But I’m glad I have eyes to see.”

Cheon Mu-geuk laughed, looking around as if to deliberately provoke.

The demons inside the bar were busy glancing at the newly appeared party.

‘Why did the satyr come to a corner like this?’

‘Next to her is a succubus, right? ‘Is this a group of people who want to participate in the test?’

‘They both seem very strong…’

‘What are the rabbits that followed behind?’

‘That must be a pet.’

Satyrs and succubuses were quite famous races in the demon world, but the energy shown by the two sitting now proved that they were quite powerful even within the same race.

It was a time when the demons watched them nervously at the sudden appearance of powerful people.

“These are faces you’ve never seen before?”

A demon with the body of a furry man and the face of a toad walked to the table with its tongue lashing out.

In his hand was a thick drinking glass carved from a demonic stone, filled with bubbling gray liquid.

widely!

The toad, who put down his drink on the table, scanned the succubus’ entire body with his greasy face.

“You seem like a foreigner, so I’ll tell you. There is only one menu here. Since there are no special snacks, you can either go out and catch them or eat them here. “If you pay the money, I can hold it for you.”

As the toad demon looked around and smiled grimly, several demons who were startled by its gaze took a step back.

-This guy. It’s pretty strong.

-I guess so.

Abraxas and Cheonmugeuk made eye contact for a moment and nodded while exchanging words.

Meanwhile, the Demon World rabbits stretched out their arms and whined to try to raise their drinking glasses, but it didn’t seem easy because their arms were short and the Demon World Rabbits only had three fingers.

Abraxas asked the toad with a slight nasal sound.

“Are you the owner here?”

“Well, you could say that.”

“Then can I ask you a few questions? As you know, this is my first time coming all the way north like this.”

When the succubus asked while crossing her legs coquettishly, the toad opened its mouth wide.

“You can ask as many questions as you want. Instead, the things I did ** and ** later…” Because

Cheonmugeuk deployed a miracle at the right moment and blocked their hearing, the two girls could only hear Abraxas’ last answer properly.

“Ah. “It’s because I saw him doing it.”

“Hehehe..”

The toad made up his mind and sat down opposite the succubus.

As expected, the toad was the owner of this bar and was a native demon who had lived in this land for a long time.

Also, contrary to his appearance, he was a fairly strong high-ranking demon.

“Ask me anything. Cutie.”

“Actually, we came to participate in the Demon King selection test. But there isn’t much information.”

For a moment, the toad’s expression frowned.

“…Oh, you were like that too.”

“You too?”

Whirling!

The tongue sticking out like a harpoon from the toad’s mouth caught a bug flying in the air and put it into the mouth.

Jeokjeokjeok.

“It’s still a mess these days. Since Belial went missing, people from outside the country are flocking in like grasshoppers to become the new Demon Lord. So public security is also a mess.”

It sounded funny for a demon to talk about security, but the toad spoke in a rather serious voice.

As if he didn’t really like the current situation, he raised the glass of alcohol he brought for the guests to drink and took a swig of it himself.

“Kkeok-.”

bang!

The toad put down his drink and continued speaking.

“joy. Now that there is an empty throne, everyone will want to give it a try.”

Even if it is a small demon castle in the northernmost part of the demon world, you can become a ‘king’ as long as you occupy it.

‘Demons’ and ‘demon kings’ are beings of different dimensions.

It was natural that demons with ambitions to be recognized by the Demon King and become the new king would flock to him.

Abraxas spoke with a subtle coquettishness.

“As you know, several demon lords have disappeared recently. “For demons like us, this is an opportunity to rise in status that will never be seen again.”

As the war with the Dimensional Allied Forces dragged on, the damage to the Demon Lords was unexpectedly great.

More than ten demon lords have already disappeared or disappeared.

But their empty seats remained.

The throne of the Demon King.

Demons from all over the demon world were competing to take that position.

This place, which was once Belial’s castle, was also one of the places where such competitions took place.

“And as for Belial’s castle… honestly, it’s true that it’s worth doing more than other places, right?”

The demon king of the lowest rank.

It was also true that the largest number of demons flocked to Belial’s demon castle.

And that was the core of the secret operation entrusted to the four men.

Daein explained the operation and said this to everyone.

-First, you have to make your name known in a place where many demons gather, go to the demon king selection exam, and defeat all your competitors to qualify. And then….

The Demon King selection test that Daein had predicted would begin in about three days.

Until then, the party had planned to first build up their reputation as demons here as much as possible.

“I am indeed. Does the position of Demon King look that easy?”

The toad was dumbfounded by the self-confident appearance of the succubus.

“Hmm. So you’re trying to get help from me, right?”

She gave a charming eye smile, but the toad only licked his lips in disappointment.

Because what I did with the succubus seemed difficult.

“Sorry, but it’s already too late.”

“…are you late? what?”

“The demon king selection test. “It’s all over.”

Toad chuckled and told the truth to the succubus whose expression hardened.

“The guys here came here for the same purpose as you, but in the end they all just turn around and have nothing to do, so they’re just drinking like this.”

“…….”

At that moment, the eyes of not only the succubus, but also the satyr who was standing next to her with a disapproving expression, and the Demon World Rabbit, who was whining with his short arms and trying to drink the drink somehow, changed their gaze.

‘I said the selection test would start in three days?’

‘Is it over already?’

The core of this secret operation was to ‘disguise as a demon and naturally take over the demon castle of Belial.’

However, if a new Demon King is born who has already occupied the Demon King Castle, he will at least ‘quietly’ cross the water.

“…….”

Creepy.

The toad demon rolled its eyes from the sudden cold that penetrated its body.

“hey. “I know you guys are disappointed, but…”

Toad, feeling an inexplicable sense of anxiety, tried to get up from his seat, but soon a strong pressure crushed him.

“Tell me in detail. “How can it be over already?”

These were the words of the succubus, whose tone suddenly became cold.

“The story is not over yet. How dare you stand up?”

This was the soft voice of a satyr with beautiful eyes.

“If the operation fails… Mr. “Tell me now!”

Grumble!

A flame was burning brightly in the eyes of the demon rabbit with a red ribbon on its chest.

Damn it!

Next to him, frost was frozen in the eyes of the demon rabbit with a blue ribbon on its chest.

“say!”

The presence radiating from the four of them was already weighing down the entire bar.

“Huh…!”

“Heehee…!”

All the demons fell flat in fear and trembled.

It was no different because it was a toad.

He was a high-ranking demon who had guarded the tavern for a long time, but each and every one of the demons in front of him had powers beyond his common sense.

Toad, who lay flatter than anyone else, could not come to his senses.

‘All of them are as strong as Belial, or perhaps even stronger…’

Their strength could not be measured at the level of a toad.

But the only thing he knew was that if he didn’t answer quickly, they would destroy him.

Toad explained desperately.

“One of the corps commanders sent by Ba Baal challenged the test as soon as it began! “The test is not over yet, but there is a very high probability that the corps commander will pass!”

“…….”

“Moreover, the demons he brought with him guarded the area around the test site and prevented other demons from taking the exam…”

Information he knew flowed out of his mouth.

With his forehead on the floor, the toad begged them as if he were asking for forgiveness from an angry demon king.

When I barely finished explaining,

“Then it’s not over. wake up!”

“…yes?”

When the toad slightly raised his head, a Demon World rabbit with a red ribbon on its chest was looking down at him.

chuck!

The red demon rabbit grabbed the toad’s shoulders with its short hands.

“Guide me quickly!”

“Huh? What, where…”

“To the exam room!”

[Secret Operation (2)-Demon King Selection Test] End

ⓒ Ganjjajang