The Queen Of The Demon World
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Ethelyne rubbed his eyes slowly, glancing at the frightened looking bandits. His eyes looked at Eadric and Zion who looked surprised by the action.

Ethelyne walked towards the two. “Why do you guys suck so bad? You guys can't even finish off all those bandits, I suddenly feel doubtful about your current title.” He stood in the middle of both sides. “Good, now. Let's talk about it.”

“Who is this girl?? How dare he speak without fear!” said the bandit leader.

Ethelyne who was lazily arguing flicked his finger, the bandit chief with his horse suddenly became ice and left only his head. “Good, now can we talk?”

“S-fucking you! I will definitely kill you!” The chief used fire magic to melt the ice, but strangely enough. The ice did not melt but instead grew bigger and seemed to devour the fire.

“What if now?”

“S-fucking you!”

“How dare you do this to the chairman! Everyone, finish the girl!!”

Ethelyne looked at them coldly, she raised one hand forward. “You are supposed to kneel before the ruler!” Ethelyne moved her hand down, suddenly. The horses the bandits were riding on exploded and made blood splash everywhere.

At the bandit who was still confused as well as shocked suddenly kneeled forcefully.

“A-what happened? I can't move my body!”

“My feet suddenly cramp.”

“What's with me?”

“Hey you! Why are you obeying his orders?!” the chief asked angrily, but when he looked at Ethelyne. He was hypnotized and fell off the horse.

“Bothering, I won't do this if you don't disturb my sleep.” Ethelyne turned towards Eadric and Zion who looked dumbfounded. “I leave it to you, if you don't want to kill them. Tell me, I'll take care of them all.” He walked away while waving his hand. “Two of you, back!” ethelyne's orders to both wolves.

Despite still enjoying a good 'food', the two wolves soon obey Ethelyne and return to the girl's shadow. Ethelyne got back on the horse-drawn carriage and was about to resume her sleep.

But as he closed his eyes, the bloody scene he had just seen suddenly appeared in his mind like a broken cassette. “Cih, what happened? I can't sleep at all,” muttered as he held his head.

‘Aircraft, Masters. The resurrection of the soul has reached 70 percent, if the resurrection reaches one hundred percent before we find the antidote. Then your human soul will disappear and will never be able to return again!’

“Dumb time, I'll ask Eadric for leave in return for my help earlier. Now I'm very sleepy, so don't disturb me to sleep or you'll throw me to the brink of death.”

“What is going on? I didn't expect the servant girl to be so strong, she could even subdue the bandits with a single hand gesture,” whispered Zion who was awakened from her admiration.

Eadric sighed softly. ‘I myself did not expect that he would be that strong, even though from the beginning he was already suspicious of his identity. But I still didn't expect his strength to be that big, what it was was all magic he could use. Or there's much more magic he can do.’ He smiled thinly. ‘I can't wait to see your next appearance, Rimuru.’

“Eadric!”

Eadric came to his senses from his daydream, he cleared his throat. “We better take them all to the palace, for a while. Let's tie them up then ask the palace warriors to come and capture them.”

“You don't want to ask them anything?”

“No. Willa, call the palace warriors here.”

“I've done it, Your Grace.”

“Quickly, did you send them a message before I called you?”

‘Why does he seem to know what will happen next?’ inner Eadric while holding his chin thought. “Alright, you can go.”

Willa disappeared without leaving a trace, Zion shifted to get closer to Eadric. “Do you think that servant girl is a witch?”

“Entah.” Eadric stepped forward, suddenly. A rope appeared in his hand, he started to tie four bandits with one rope. Zion also helped him to finish binding all the bandits.

“Completed, now I can rest right? But, who will be running his horse carriage?” zion asked, the young man running the horse carriage has been eaten by wolves. The two look at each other.

“You alone,” says both together.

Eadric turned his face while holding his chest. “I am the 6th prince, there is no way I will drive a horse carriage through the city.”

“I'm the same, I'm Duke. I also can't drive a horse-drawn carriage.”

“So, the only option is ..” Both turn towards the horse carriage.

Eadric and Zion shook their heads quickly and tried to expel the thoughts that had just appeared in their brains. “L-better I call Rey so she's driving her train.”

“Good idea, I can also call Ned. So we better get back to the horse carriage now and wait for the soldiers to bring the bandits.”

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The breath of a brunette girl was irregular, the dress she used was even slightly torn due to the wooden twigs. He leaned against one of the trees while adjusting his hunting breath.

‘*Master, why did you leave the horse carriage? You have logged into the forest quite in*.’

“You don't know, Flowing. I feel weird, smell the fishy smell of that blood.” The girl who was none other than Ethelyne was touching her fast-beating chest, sweat drenching her face. “I feel something strange with my body.”

‘*I understand you mean, Master. But I myself can't do anything, you can only rely on yourself. Better, we search for those seven-color flowers before it's too late*.’

Ethelyne rubbed the sweat that soaked her forehead, she sat down with a breath that began to stretch. “You're right, I have to go to the snowy mountain today as well. No more time, I have to leave right now or everything will be in vain!” Ethelyne was about to stand up, but his legs suddenly cramped and made him unable to stand. “What happened, to me? I can't move my legs at all.”

‘*You're calm, Master. You're just having cramps, that's normal for humans. It's possible the cramps will heal after you've had enough rest, after all. You've been walking for almost two and a half hours, you can't push yourself or you could be dead right now. Remember, Master. Although you have an immortal body, but your soul is a human soul and it is not surprising if you are injured or dead*.’

“I understand, I will rest for a while before returning to continue the journey .”