The Demon King System
Joining a Merchant Group

“See there Alastor! Three Horsemen come down from the hill!” exclaims Alianna, the Witch who sat on the back of the carriage of the Wizarding Knight sitting next to the Carrier.

Alastor immediately turned to the hill which was only overgrown with grass on the right side of the Road. He frowned because his intuition said that the three people were stronger than them.

“Are they Naughty Adventurers?” uncle San asked, The Horse Car driver with a panicked facial expression.

Although the Guild guaranteed the Adventurers would not harass or rob the Merchants, but sometimes there are only Adventurers who commit criminal acts and they will kill their prey so that they are not blacklisted in the Guild or eliminate any trace of the crimes they committed.

“It seems they are not evil, but we must remain vigilant,” said Alastor—because the three strangers did not unsheathe weapons or cast Magic spells.

Larsson, the head of the Adventurer Party that escorted the Merchants had also seen the arrival of three horsemen who descended a small hill next to the road. He asked the chariot driver to keep driving the horse at normal speed, while he immediately jumped on the roof of the carriage, preparing to attack if the stranger was intent on robbing the merchants.

Alianna clasped tightly onto her magic wand, she was very nervous because the Three Horsemen had reached the hillside and were heading towards them.

“Hai, where are you going? We are going to Ella City, maybe we are going to the same place,” said Pitung smiled kindly.

Alianna smiled at the incompetent Pitung riding the horse, both hands of Pitung tightly gripped the Horse rope. Obviously if she had just learned to ride a horse, Alianna vaguely felt a trace of Mana surrounding her to keep her from falling.

Alianna guessed it was done by one of the Two Beautiful Witches who followed her.

Alastor who had grasped the hilt of his Sword, voidly plucked the Sword from its sheath. The corner of his lips emitted a bright smile as these three strangers turned out to have no evil intentions.

“We are also heading to Ella City,” Alastor said, “do you guys do the mission there? Oh, yes. I am Alastor, a Level 65 Magic Knight of the Justice Light Guild.”

“I'm Alianna, Witch Level 50,” Alianna said as she waved her hand. “Our chairman there is Larsson, Magic Knight Level 70.” He pointed towards the man standing on top of the front horse carriage, and Larsson waved with a smile.

Pitung waved his hand, but his body immediately wavered and almost fell off.Larissa had used Magic which immediately stabilized Pitung when he almost fell off the horse's back.

“I Zagralaas, Magic Knight Level 77 of the Meteor Guild, and.. they are Larissa and Netla, my Party comrades,” said without saying the Second Level of the girl accompanying him. “You guys turned out to be going to Ella City too, how about we go together?” He offers a joint convoy, “Do not worry, we will not ask for the salary of the escort. We have never been there so we are afraid of choosing the wrong path later.”

Initially Alastor frowned when he heard Pitung wanted to convoy with them. He began to suspect maybe Pitung actually wanted to ambush them when they were off guard. However, when he heard Pitung had never been to Ella City, he dismissed his guess and immediately nodded his head in agreement.

Anyone would have loved to have a convoy with an Adventurer who had a Level higher than them. That would make their journey safer and not have to worry about being ambushed by bandits, because there were rarely any bandits who had high Levels.

“What is the purpose of mr Pitung to Ella City?” alianna asked curiously, although she actually had no other topic to ask so that their conversation would not end.

Alianna smiled widely and said, “I also want to go there see the World Tree. However, the cost of boarding a ship there is very expensive once.” He took a long breath.

“Mahal?” Pitung was surprised to hear that.

“Yes, they deliberately did so that not many Humans visited Hazel Island,” replied Alianna, “if not wrong.. Now the cost is 100 Gold Pieces.”.

Pitung frowned, meaning he needed to charge 600 Gold Pieces for the Ship fare alone. Not to mention the cost of eating and lodging on Hazel Island which will certainly also be expensive.

“I have to sell the remaining Beast Crystals I stored in my Magic Bag,” thought Pitung smiled, saying, it was fortunate that the Crystal Beasts of the Orcs were not burned by the Fire of the Hellfire Fist fist which according to legend could only be defeated by the Sacred Fire.

Alianna looked at Netla Durand and Larissa Blackwood, she wondered why the Two Witches had been silent for so long. It was as if the two did not like interacting with strangers.

...***...

In the place of the former Orc fight with Pitung, Dozens of Demons appeared there.

The demon wearing the black Iron Armor opened his helmet, his head was just a skull and a red flame lit up in his eyes.

“Those foolish Orcs have been burned by the Fire of Hell, while Miss Veela seems to be left alive by the figure who defeated them, he said,” said Haherith—the name of the Devil who is also one of the strongest Demon Force Commanders.

“Fire from Hell? Isn't it owned by The Former,” sahut Hehus—Devil who wore Witch-style clothes. However, what he was wearing was all black and the tip of his wand was the Hero Witch Skull from the first era that he dug from his grave.

“Sang Former? You mean Zagralaas the traitor!” cibir Haherith was disgusted to hear the name of their former King.

The corner of Hehus' lips emitted a thin grin. “Hey, do not sneer,” chandanya—when he also hates Zagralaas and he belongs to the group that encouraged Eblirt to do a coup on Zagralaas.

“Oh, yes... It is fitting that the little girl survived,” Haherith said again, because Veela from childhood had already lived in the palace of the Demon King. How could Zagralaas want to hurt the little figure who always comforted him. “Veela has failed to carry out its mission, Orc reinforcements will not come again. That would ruin the plan that His Majesty the Demon King had devised Eblirt.”

Hehus agreed with Haherith. They were actually just passing by in this forest, because their goal was to search for the existence of Zagralaas on the orders of the Demon King Eblirt.

Yesterday the Devil Gril reported that Zagralaas appeared in the city of Sanderos. They immediately gave chase but they instead met Level 100 Adventurers who slowed down their journey—because they were forced to fight against the Adventurers.

“How about we just help the little girl, just think of it as a favor because of her childhood we are often comforted by her with her cute attitude that ha-ha-ha ..” Hehus chuckled with a chuckle at the thought of the little Veela at the age of Five who made the Demon King's palace lively, though usually the palace seemed scary and always silent because no one dared to make a fuss, afraid Zagralaas angry.