I Was Called Incompetent ch.83

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Translator: Raizu
Editor: Shirayuki

Episode 83: Pride

Demon City Inhelm

Around Bloodwell, the largest castle in Inhelm, several castles are lined up to surround it.
The majestic sight is so beautiful that one may forget that this is a demon country.
The name of the castle was given to the name of a powerful demon. Thus the demon castle Bloodwell was named after the demon king Zeno-Bloodwell.

A maze-like black townscape spreads around the castle, and therein live a wide variety of monsters.
The closer you were to the castle, the higher the rank of the monsters and finally, giant monsters could be seen wandering around the castle.
Actually, the monsters on the ground are only a small number and there are a lot more monsters in the huge space under the devil city.
There were even a few SSS-ranked monsters in the deepest part and their power was comparable to that of the four house lords.
Although it is such a demon city, the defense other than monsters is pretty much nothing.
Although intruders appeared several times, they had never attacked so openly before.
The demon city was at the height of confusion facing their first ‘true’ attacker. 

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[Hou… it seems like they fell for it.]

White grains were fluttering down on the corpse of a monster lying all over the area.
Black clouds gradually covered the still dim Inhelm sky, telling them what that meant.
King Celtic, who was standing next to Geed, also looked up at the sky as he pulled his sword out from the monster.

[Well, it’s going as planned so far…]

[Your Majesty! Geed-san!]

Tia came down with a loud voice as the snow gradually fell from the sky.
The figure dressed in a white robe looks like an angel, coupled with the fantastic scenery of white snow on black streets.
But there was no reason to wait for her to land on the ground. The hordes of demons bared their fangs to the three of them.

[Sloppy, aren’t you…]

The many monsters in front of Geed spew forth various kinds of attack at once.
Flames, lightning, claws, strong acid, some shells with hardened magical power, and some threw huge rocks.
However, none of them worked against Geed.
All of them either fell, shattered, or disappeared before reaching their target as soon as the man raised his hand.

His magic is Incapacitation Magic.
It is a very powerful magic that not only affects attacks but also various phenomena. Even one’s consciousness can be incapacitated if there is a difference in power with the opponent.
Therefore, he doesn’t need a weapon as he can simply incapacitate everything by himself.
He’s just that strong.

[Tia, how much longer?]

Thanks to Geed fending off all the attacks, King of Celt was able to address the landing Tia.

[As expected, it will take some time. Until then, it will be up to you two.]

Geed sighed as he incapacitated and killed more monsters.
His fists were laced in blood as he spoke.

[It’s about time for the big fry to take to the field. Using it now would not be a good idea.]

He said while preventing enemy attacks. The “big fry” that Geed mentioned refers to SSS rank-class monsters as well as the four house lords.
Aside from one-on-one, it would be difficult for Geed to deal with them while being surrounded by many enemies.
The same applies for the other two members.

[Okay, we’re moving to the second stage from here. Geed, I’ll leave that to you. Tia, come with me.]

[Yes!]

[Yeah… catch you later.]

They have already reached the point where the castle was just around the corner.
The map of the demon city was accurate, allowing them to reach this point.
They split into two hands and started to move to further confuse the monsters and demons.
Create a fast-moving battle situation and always take the initiative.
Now all the demons’ eyes were on them. 

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Now they are gathering next to Bloodwell Castle to protect the castle since that’s where the space transporter is kept.
Carla’s communication stone received reports from her subordinate demons one after another.

[You lost sight of it !? What are the detection-type monsters doing! Find out and hold your breath ! Or I’ll kill you myself…!]

The King of Celt, Geed, and Tia had all suddenly disappeared.
Theirs was a force that shouldn’t be able to break through all by themselves.
But, they’ve managed to cause enough disturbance.

[Calm down, Carla. Do you want to ruin your beautiful face?]

[Shut the hell up, Bernstein! If you have time to say bullshit, why don’t you help out instead! The weather control device has been damaged!? Do you know how long it’ll take to repair that… fucking humans…!]

The device was made to counteract the eternal snowstorm that falls on Inhelm and it was powered by the magical power of the Demon King, which was put into a huge magic stone just like the space transfer device.
The effects of the destruction have already appeared; the clear sky around Bloodwell Castle was now covered with thick clouds and snow that should not have fallen has begun to fall.

Until now, the central part of Inhelm has been surrounded by the spring weather for many years due to the weather control device.
The monsters in the snowstorm were a race that was resistant to the special cold, but those in this center are not.
If this continues, the demon city will soon return to frigid land.
If that happens, even the inside of the castle will freeze and the demons will eventually be driven underground.
Considering the number of demons and demons in Inhelm now, it was impossible to cover everything with the underground space alone. 

If this happens, there is only one way for the demons to take.
There is no choice but to get rid of the invaders and immediately start the invasion towards Valhalla.
For that purpose, a space transfer device is indispensable.
If it is destroyed, there is a high possibility that the decline of the demons will be decided at that point.
The Demon King’s thoughts reached that point and therefore, the four house lords were directed to the space transfer device.
However, if you wanted to protect it surely, the Demon King himself should have gone too.
It should be because he wanted to make sure Levi turned or…

Hadras muttered without telling anyone while looking at the snow seen from the window.

[It’s a natural thing… I don’t realize it until I lose it. I forgot that it was there until it was destroyed. Those who thought that the enemy knew all about the demon city. It’s like… I’m too good to look back into the past.]

Due to the sudden attack, all the demons including the demon king had forgotten about the weather control device.
Their mind was too preoccupied with guarding the ‘space transfer device’ and this person called ‘Levi’.
It’s not unreasonable because none of them expect that they’ll be attacked in the first place.
Rather, the demons under the Demon King were only thinking about when to attack Valhalla.

[What should we do… Because the Demon King ordered us to protect this, we can’t move.]

Each of them wanted to get rid of the intruders right away, but they couldn’t move for as long as there was a command from the Demon King.
It was clear from the contact with Carla’s communication stone that the attacker had somehow disappeared, and no intruder had been found yet.
In the current situation where they couldn’t move even if they wanted to move, they began to have feelings similar to impatiens.

[I wonder if I should stay here. I have a bad feeling about this.]

[Even if we choose to stay, can we keep the device in one piece? It can’t be helped if it’s broken a little.]

[…tch]

Bernstein’s light mouth once again strokes Carla’s emotions.
As he says, if these two magic stones are safe, even if the castle is destroyed, it can be rebuilt again.
So what he said wasn’t wrong in a way, so Carla didn’t say anything further.
Even so, she didn’t like the statement that “it can’t be helped if it’s broken a little”.
It seems that an unintelligible remark that he would keep the command of the Demon King even if he died hindered him.

The space transfer device is installed on the first floor of the castle.
Castle Almurond.
Yes, this was where Levi once lived.
After Levi escaped, the Almurond family started to decline, lose power, and eventually disappear.
However, only the castle remained as it was, although it was used as a residence for the lower demons now.

When the land that can be used runs out, an underground space will be created with this castle as the entrance, and it will begin to be used as a facility that produces a large amount of monsters.
After that, the development of the space transfer device began and Almurond Castle was selected as the place to make the device because of the convenience of sending monsters from the basement and the idea that it is easier to make on the ground.

The entrance on the 1st floor has been rebuilt, and two huge magic stones that give off terrifying magical power are floating on the base placed in the center.
In the meantime, there was a distortion of space which led to the underground space near Celt.
The other day, the King of Celt was about to be killed by a Guvilial. That was a monster that leaked out from there.

Although it was a space transfer device built in this way, it would have been better if it was built underground, even if it would take a lot more effort.
If so, it is highly possible that it was written on the map and that its existence itself was not noticed in the first place.
As the Demon King was proud of, the entire demons despised humans somewhere.
We are the hunters and the humans are the prey.
Therefore, what will happen from now on may have been inevitable in a sense.

[…Nn?]

It was too late when Hadras noticed.
The black sword swung by a man who appeared out of nowhere slashed the two most important magic stones in an instant before he knew it.