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I Got a New Skill Every Time I Was Exiled, and After 100 Different Worlds, I Was Unmatched (Web Novel) - Chapter 400: If You Don’t Intend to Abide by the Law, Most Things Become Easily Achievable
Chapter 400: If You Don’t Intend to Abide by the Law, Most Things Become Easily Achievable
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“Demon King? What does a little girl like you think she’s—ugh, someone! Intruder! Capture her at once!”“It’s not the Demon King, it’s the Great Demon King… Well, whatever. Hah, crying or screaming won’t help you. No one’s coming to save you, you know? Guess where I came from?”
With a smirk, I glance at the middle-aged man bellowing in front of me. Tapping the sword in my hand—not the [Dawnbreaker], just a regular steel one—I watched as the man’s face pales.
“Where did you come from… Front!? Are you stupid!? What about the security guards!?”
“Naturally, I took care of them all. So, no one can come here… Understand now? Pretty straightforward logic, isn’t it?”
“Inconceivable! Nearly 60 fully armed guards, taken down by just one person alone–“
“Oh, come on. They weren’t exactly fully armed. And I only took down about thirty of them. The rest saw they had no chance and ran away. My charm, you know?”
About half of the guards who showed up didn’t even have armor, just weapons. And some of them had red faces, probably from drinking. Essentially, they were just slacking off.
Yet, I stormed in alone. The scumbags, with their lewd smiles at the arrival of a young woman, had been incapacitated using Gonzo’s old-fashioned “Muscle-Based Martial Arts Technique for Neutralizing Without Killing.” You’d think martial arts involve muscles by default, but since I couldn’t ask at the time, it remains an eternal mystery.
So, after taking down about thirty of them, I guess the idiots finally grasped the disparity between us. I didn’t need to deal with those who ran off since they weren’t relevant to my objective. That’s when I strode confidently down the mansion’s corridor, right here.
“Grrrr… You little brat, getting all cocky! Do you even know where this is? I am a noble of the esteemed Carmelia Kingdom, Lord Debul Eden, ruler of the town of Eden!”
“I know where this is. That’s why I asked earlier, ‘Are you the Baron Eden?'”
“Knowing that and still causing such a commotion! Unforgivable! I’ll catch you right now and crush you like a bug!”
I shrug at the Baron’s charge, and as he lunged forward with both hands, I effortlessly dodge and kick him in the stomach.
“Gah! Gahhh…!”
“Gross. Seriously, are you dumb? Against someone who wiped out all your guards, why did you think you stood a chance?”
Clutching his stomach and retching, the Baron earned a disbelieving look from me. He then used his fine clothes to wipe his mouth and glared back at me.
“Grrrr… For a noble such as myself, such treatment… His Majesty will never forgive you! The law of this land will capture you and make you and your whole family slaves! And you, you’ll be beheaded!”
“Huh, that’s quite the proclamation. But whether I die or not and whether you die are unrelated, right? You sure you wanna say that as your final words?”
“Die? Me? Preposterous! How dare you—”
“Why, that’s even more surprising. How can you think you’ll survive at this point?”
“Kuh… I’ll pay… So—”
“Even if you die, it’s the same, right?”
“If you kill me, the army—”
“That’s a problem for after you’re dead, not now, right?”
“…..”
The Baron, speechless, moved his mouth like a fish. Wealth and power allowed for manipulation of violence. But both of those were completely powerless here and now.
Realizing that all the power he relied on had vanished, the Baron crawled slowly to the ground and bowed his head.
“P-Please! Spare me! I’ll give you anything! Money, status, honor, everything! So please, help me in this situation!”
“…Isn’t that a bit too pathetic?”
“Guh… Th-That’s right. If you find my pitiful state disgusting, then please help me! Come on! If you want, I can arrange various conveniences for you! Money, women… Oh, you are a woman too? Then, um… Yes! I can talk to some noble acquaintances to hire you as a high-class courtesan! With your great figure, you’ll surely make a good amount—”
“Just shut up already.”
“Gwah!?”
With a firm kick to his head, I silenced the swine of a noble before me. Just to clarify, when I say “die,” I mean it in a “socially” sense. I don’t intend to kill him. The Great Demon King doesn’t bother with insignificant beings like this.
With that, the mansion was practically under my control. All that was left was…
“Manifest, [Akashic Compass], Search for the decisive evidence of the misdeeds committed by Baron Eden… Whoa!?”
Multiple scenes quickly switched within the metal frame floating above my hand. It seems the evidence was scattered across several locations.
Well, it’s only natural when you think about it. Hidden ledgers and whatnot serve as insurance to prevent betrayal while also becoming a vulnerability for oneself. If you engage in deals with multiple parties, there’ll be twice as much evidence.
Hmm, maybe I didn’t need to raid this place after all… No, if it were a legitimate trading company or something, the security would definitely be tighter than here. Plus, there might be evidence against other nobles over there.
Yeah, attacking here was the right call after all. I’m just the Great Demon King, not some righteous avenger sweeping away the corrupt nobles of this country.
“Ah, then the evidence must be inside this mansion… Oh, there it is.”
Narrowing down the search, a black-painted safe was immediately revealed. Following the compass’s guidance, I soon arrived at the Baron’s private quarters. It seemed to be hidden behind a complicated mechanism…
“There we go.”
Though it might be troublesome to retrieve the evidence without leaving a trace, if it’s okay to break it, then it’s a piece of cake. Whether it’s a hidden door in the wall or a safe that won’t open without a specific key and code, it’s all over once I cut it open. With that, I collected the important documents and casually left the mansion as if nothing had happened…
“And here are the documents!”
“…Demon Kiing. You truly are… ah…”
In a room at an inn in Eden Town, where I had discreetly returned to my male form away from prying eyes, I called Schwarz to my room and handed him a stack of papers listing names and numbers from the [Stranger’s Box].
Schwarz took the papers with what seemed like tears welling up in his eyes, shaking his head. And without saying a word, Tia, who was already in my room, looked at me with a resentful expression.
“Ugh, I wish I could’ve gone too. Opportunities to confront corrupt nobles head-on are rare!”
“Even if you say that, Tia, it’s impossible for you to disguise yourself.”
For me, as long as a man becomes a woman, there’s hardly any chance of being recognized. Although I can’t manifest both at the same time, with techniques like [Mirage Shift] and [Hermes Dash], I can confirm each existence in places where they wouldn’t normally be found. But for Tia, it’s impossible. Being an elf makes her stand out, and only children are fooled by minor changes in clothes, so no matter what, her true identity would be revealed. Well, since this time it’s a Great Demon King party, it wouldn’t matter even if she were discovered…
“Stop… Please stop, Tia-san. That… really… I beg of you…”
“Oh, um, yeah. I was just saying, so don’t worry about it. Right?”
“Please… I’m really begging you…”
Facing Schwarz, who was pleading while clutching his stomach, even Tia couldn’t help but relent. Actually, I knew that Tia had secretly prepared a white fake beard… Sorry, Tia, let’s save that for another time.
“Now, I’ll leave the rest to you, Hero!”
“Got it… Just give me a few days… Please, just wait quietly…”
“O-Okay. Don’t worry, I’ll just wait around and do some sightseeing with Tira.”
“…Then, I’ll be off.”
With that, Schwarz left the room with unsteady steps. Despite having acquired the trump card to corner the corrupt noble, the back of the Hero, who should have been holding the decisive move, appeared oddly disheartened.
(T/N: Messed up chapters, reread chapter 399 as I accidentally pasted the text of 400 in 399, this chapter is correct 399 is replaced with the actual content. My apologies.)
