The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing.

Chapter 390 What's the use of home? Home gives
This broadcast is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for ordinary people.

Retaking the four control towers occupied by the Archbishops of Sin meant at least avoiding The End, where the entire city would be flooded due to the opening of the floodgates.

The other person who was reporting, judging from his voice, should be Chilitaka.

The leader of the Muse Chamber of Commerce was once treated as a victim. But he was the ruler of Watergate City after all, and he was protected by the mercenary group, so he could still protect himself.

But when I returned to the city hall, I couldn't be optimistic at all.

What came into view was the mountain-like city hall building made of collapsed rubble.

The five-story City Conference Building, which was considered a rare high-rise building in Watergate City, had completely collapsed without any dignity left.

The cracks from the damage even spread to the foundation of the building. The parliament building collapsed from the center to the outside, leaving a large hole.

If the building's foundation had not been hit hard, this kind of collapse would not have occurred.

There is no doubt that this is the work of the Witch Cult.

Ask questions.

After the Archbishop of Lust, who was supposed to attack, was killed, who attacked the City Hall headquarters?

Obvious.

It must be an area where no fighting took place, and the Bishop of Gluttony was originally guarding the control tower of Street No. 2.

If it was just Zun Zun, he could have said, "What's the use of home? Home is given to me!" But Anastasia, Crusch, Betty, Otto and other old, weak and sick people were here, and I didn't know if they were injured.

"Oh, Zun Zun, you're back!"

"Too slow, kid."

A familiar voice came to my ears.

Looking up and looking down at him were Natsuki Subaru, who had returned earlier, and the Yin-type great elf Betty, who had woken up from a coma.

"Oh, Miss Beatrice is alright now?"

“I guess so. Betty recovered due to the huge amount of magic power, but unfortunately it wasn’t Subaru’s.”

Betty jumped down the hillside lightly and grabbed Zun Zun's hand.

"Use magic."

"Oh."

Then, Zun Zun's magic power smoothly merged into Betty's body.

“…As expected.”

She looked thoughtful.

Seeing this, Natsuki Subaru pointed at Zun Zun and shouted, "Beatrice? Ah, is that so, Zun Zun you...!"

"I'm sorry, even though you always yell for no reason, Subaru, I don't understand why you hold a grudge against me." Zun Zun took back his hand, "What's wrong, why is he like this?"

"I'm just a little jealous."

"Not just a little, a lot!"

Previously, in order to speed up Betty's awakening, Zun Zun transferred his magic power to Natsuki Subaru. For some reason, Zun Zun can now bypass Natsuki Subaru and transfer his magic power directly to Betty.

“The problem is the conversion rate is so low.”

"Maybe it's not the relationship between the contractors."

Although Natsuki Subaru has little magic power, he can convert all of it because he is a contractor, while Zun Zun's magic power is less than 10%.

"Zun Zun, you..."

"Don't look at me like that. I won't do it."

Looking at Natsuki Subaru who was holding Betty in his arms with a vigilant look on his face, I found that his expression was the same as that of Felice who stood in front of Crusch.

"But if Miss Beatrice needs magic, just ask and I will help."

"Thank you. I'll consider it."

"Betty!?"

Natsuki Subaru looked heartbroken, as if he had been betrayed.

"Don't cry, Subaru, this is for your own good." Betty grabbed his ears and shouted angrily, "Your body is already in tatters, and the door has been completely destroyed. If you force yourself to do this, your body will explode!"

"Beatrice... I'm really touched that you're thinking about me, but now you're like a wife who sees her husband is incapable of working and has to go out to work and then meets the big bad wolf-"

"Who is your wife?"

“Is that the problem?!”

The two of them are first-rate at showing off. No, it should be said that Natsuki Subaru is too unrestrained.

However, this also means that although the conference building collapsed, it did not cause any casualties.

"Ah, you're talking about this, actually——"

Then Betty began to explain.

As Zun Zun had guessed, after they left, the Archbishop of Gluttony, who was supposed to be guarding the control tower on Street No. 2, launched a surprise attack and the conference building was broken into by them.

"I didn't expect there would be three Archbishops of Gluttony. We panicked for a while, but we finally drove them away."

"is that so."

Maybe there are enough fighting forces left.

Julius aside, Ricardo and his mercenaries are good at what they do, and with Otto and the awakened Betty, it's reasonable to drive them away.

"You didn't seem surprised when you heard that there were three Archbishops of Gluttony."

"Is it surprising? Compared to the Archbishop of Greed, who is invincible to a certain extent, there are only three Archbishops of Gluttony, right?"

"Indeed. No, although it makes sense, that's not what I meant. I feel like your expression doesn't look good, Zun Zun?"

This guy Natsuki Subaru.

He had been taking care of himself before, even before the meeting, he only cared about the people around him. But when Zun Zun reminded him to consider others - Al still had to go find Priscilla, his observation ability increased exponentially.

Sigh slightly.

"actually--"

There was nothing worth hiding, so Zun Zun told Natsuki Subaru what he saw under the control tower of Street No. 2.

"The previous Sword Saint... I see." Natsuki Subaru is one of the few people who knows the inside story.

In addition to Wilhelm telling him these things on his own initiative, Crusch and Reinhardt also mentioned them in a few words.

The atmosphere was a little bit lost.

However, after being reprimanded by Betty, she managed to change her mood.

There is good news this time too.

In addition to Betty waking up, Mimi also recovered from her injuries and played a key role when the Archbishop of Gluttony attacked. The most important thing is that no one was lost while the house was robbed.

In addition-

"We also captured the Archbishop of Angry this time."

"Oh?"

Zun Zun raised his eyebrows and said, "I remember that the ones who went to fight against the Wrath Archbishop should be Priscilla and Liliana. Are they very powerful? So, you are now..."

"Ah, I need to go meet that guy."

The Archbishop of Wrath is currently imprisoned in the shelter next door. Natsuki Subaru and Betty were planning to meet each other, and happened to run into Zun Zun when they came out.

"So, you want to come along?"

"I...forget it."

Zun Zun shook his head.

He had no interest in this kind of interrogation or torture. If they wanted to attack the other party, he could follow them, but he thought that he could get information about the Witch Cult from them, and they would not kill them at will.

"Really? I'll go then."

Natsuki Subaru nodded indifferently, and then as if he had thought of something, he said: "By the way, Otto was slightly injured, don't worry, he is not seriously injured."

"Otto? I see."

When we returned to the city hall, we found that many people were in a hurry, either treating the wounded or cleaning up the scene. Anastasia was directing everyone to clean up the mess after the war.

Zun Zun greeted her casually and stopped disturbing her, but went to the injured person's room.

"Your Excellency, this way."

"Hey, Otto."

As soon as I walked in, I saw a figure waving at me at the innermost part of the injured bed.

Lying on his back on the patchwork hospital bed, with a weak smile on his pale face, was the esteemed knight and civil official, Otto.

“…I always feel that I have been given a great evaluation in the heart of the respected master just now.”

"This is a fact."

"You don't deny it?"

The young man had a helpless smile on his face, as if the heavy burden was making him breathless, and he hunched his body slightly.

There didn't seem to be anything seriously wrong with his body, except for a bandage around his head.

"This?" Otto touched the bandage on his head and said awkwardly, "Actually, I didn't notice the rocks falling from the ceiling when I was using magic, and I accidentally hit it."

"In other words, you hit yourself?"

"I'm so sorry for being so clumsy."

"No, you've done a good job."

Before coming here, I heard from others that the Grey Knight fought against one of the Archbishops of Gluttony alone and forced him to retreat.

Before I knew it, 'Grey Knight' seemed to have become a title of praise.

Seeing that Otto was not injured, Zun Zun felt relieved and told him to rest well, then left.

Phyllis and others were very busy, running back and forth to treat the wounded. Standing here seemed a bit redundant, forming a sharp contrast with the people who were in a hurry.

What was even more contrasting was that Wilhelm was leaning against the cold stone wall with his hands around a real person covered by his shirt.

The limbs and body were covered with scars, but the afterglow of the fierce battle could still be felt.

The white hair that was originally tied behind his head was scattered and hung down his back. His clothes were torn and stained with blood. His wrinkled skin and cloudy eyes showed fatigue.

The sad atmosphere has overflowed.

It was self-evident what Wilhelm was holding in his hands. Zun Zun even saw him covering it with clothes with his own eyes - it was his wife's ashes.

The controlled dead will turn into ashes when their bodies die.

Desecrating the soul of the dead while trampling on their bodies, what a vile secret technique! If you try to imagine Wilhelm's heart, it would definitely be a heavy burden beyond imagination.

The sound of approaching footsteps caught the old man's attention.

He opened one eye.

Zun Zun looked directly into the old man's eyes, into his cloudy eyes that were filled with grief and sadness.

"Master Will, did you say goodbye properly?"

"...Yes, I talked to my wife thoroughly and said goodbye to her properly. I have always loved my wife deeply...I told her about this matter properly."

A somewhat choked confession of love.

"That's good... That's good."

Sometimes, comfort can have the opposite effect.

"Your Majesty..."

"Yes?"

As Zun Zun turned to leave, Wilhelm called him.

“If, if it was you…” Wilhelm’s mouth moved a few times and then he shook his head. “No, it’s nothing.”

"If it were me..."

"——!?"

"If it were me, I would only give the evildoer who desecrated my wife's soul the most evil, worst, and most painful punishment I could imagine."

After saying that, Zun Zun strode away.

(End of this chapter)