Just when Dune defeated Caerleon and decided on his next destination.

The puppet state of Gistav.

This is a spacious and luxurious room. The floor is covered with high-quality carpets that took several years to be woven by tailors. The tables on display are made of ancient fragrant wood, exuding a pleasant fragrance.

The walls are decorated with fantasy-style paintings, and the creatures depicted with delicate brushstrokes occasionally change their postures to move their bodies like living creatures, as if they are about to pass through the painting and appear in the world.

The things in the room, even the ordinary-looking decorations, have value beyond ordinary people's imagination. Just selling one piece can allow ordinary people to live a luxurious life like an aristocrat for more than ten years.

There were only two people in the room at this time.

One is the owner of the house, a man with dignified appearance, thin and slender body, and eyes that look intellectual but somewhat neurotic.

Although he appears to be just a graceful nobleman, in fact, his name is Clayman, he is the ruler of the puppet country Gistav, and he is known as the Demon King of the Puppet Master.

Opposite him, leaning on the sofa in an unsightly posture, was the smiling clown who appeared in front of Du En a week ago, Laplace, the vice-president of the Moderate Clown Company.

"Oh, I'm really exhausted. Running errands is really troublesome." Laplace complained dissatisfiedly, leaning on the sofa with his legs crossed.

"Don't be ridiculous, this level is nothing to you. But for you to let Fordman come back alone, and then go to spy on a human swordsman halfway, it's really not like what you would do.

"Understanding Laplace's character, the Demon King said with a chuckle while drinking red wine from a goblet.

"After all, that guy might become an obstacle to us, so I'm a little worried."

With that said, Laplace took out a crystal ball from his arms and said somewhat mysteriously.

"And guess what I saw?"

Although the shooting location was more than ten kilometers away from the incident, after zooming in, Clayman immediately recognized the figure that appeared in the crystal ball.

"That's...Carion!?"

"I took the photo at the risk of being killed at any time. If it weren't for my special skill (con artist), I might not be able to come back."

What was shown on the crystal ball was undoubtedly the scene of the battle between Du En and Caerleon. I am afraid that even Du En did not expect that Laplace did not really leave after that, but remained hanging there.

Behind him, collect information about him.

Being able to hide all of this from Duen's perception, Laplace's strength is far from what it seems on the surface.

"Did Caerleon actually lose?"

After watching the devastating battle scene between Duen and Caerleon in the Crystal Ball, I saw that Duan survived Caerleon's special attack in the end, until he defeated Caerleon.

Leon, Clayman exhaled heavily.

Among the demon kings of the new generation, only Karion is an absolute martial artist. In other words, Karion is definitely the strongest among them.

However, Carion, the strongest among them, was defeated by a swordsman whose name he had never even heard of.

"It's not that he doesn't have a name. I could hear him clearly there. He claimed that he was a brave man who was summoned by the empire and then defected from the empire."

Holding the crystal ball in his hand, Laplace looked at Clayman and smiled exaggeratedly.

"A brave man?"

After being reminded by Laplace, Clayman also remembered the battle that took place near their territory about seven or eight months ago.

Almost all the land within dozens of kilometers was swept by the destructive rays and turned completely into coke. There were terrifying cracks that were hundreds of meters long everywhere, as if someone had slashed them with a huge sword.

.

Even if the two armies confront each other, it is impossible to cause this level of destruction. There is no doubt that this is a natural disaster.

Yes, even though the empire tried its best to block the news, many people still saw the scene that was like a natural disaster.

It was the figure of a crimson dragon breathing fire.

The battle lasted for a full two hours, and even the puppet country Gistav, hundreds of kilometers away, could feel the devastating fluctuations.

After that, news spread that the empire had accidentally summoned a high-ranking demon general.

Are you kidding me? How could a mere high-ranking demon general have such terrifying destructive power?

Although the appearance of the scorching dragon Velgrendo seems to be related to the heroes summoned by the empire, Clayman does not believe that the empire can command the crimson dragon, which is a natural disaster.

Moreover, the figure fighting Carion in the crystal ball was obviously not the same swordsman who fought the scorching dragon Velgrendo a few months ago.

However, there might be some connection between the two.

On the Empire side, wanted notices have been posted all over the city. Being close to the Empire, of course Clayman also has information about the wanted notices.

It took me a while to ask my subordinates to send in the information on the wanted poster. I compared the portrait on the wanted poster with the figure in the crystal ball, and found that it was about 70% similar to the figure in the crystal ball.

A trace of arc appeared at the corner of Clayman's mouth.

"Now, Laplace, do you think if I give this man's information to the empire, how much benefit can I get? He can even defeat the Demon King. I should say, is he worthy of being a summoned hero? Such power

, if only it could be used for me."

"Um, um, but isn't this man immune to mind control? If he could be easily controlled, the empire wouldn't let him escape."

Sensing that Clayman seemed to have some dangerous thoughts, Laplace hurriedly advised him that no one knew the danger of Dune better than him, and that he was not someone who could be easily controlled.

"Don't worry, Laplace, I'm not that stupid yet. It's better to destroy this guy as soon as possible."

From what Laplace and the others said, the man in the crystal ball also regarded him and Milim as targets of challenge.

"It's really stupid to provoke us because of a bunch of pigs."

Clayman shook his head. Forget about challenging him. He also regarded Milim as the target of the challenge. He really didn't know how to write the word "death".

"That tyrant doesn't have a very good temper."

Shaking his head, as if remembering something, Clayman's consciousness suddenly extended in a certain direction and came to an empty room.

"Why, now that you've reached this point, you still don't want to surrender to me?"

In the frozen room, a palm-sized fox cub huddled in the corner, its young consciousness colliding with Clayman's.

"don't want!"
Chapter completed!