The Legendary Rebuilding of a World by a Realist Demon King Chapter 15

Demon King Sabnac and Toshizou

“Y-you!”

Sabnac’s face turned red and he bared his fangs.

His plan had been used against him, and this had hurt his pride.

“You can only play such backhanded tricks.”

“Well, I don’t have much choice.”

“However, I doubt that my best soldiers are finished just because of some holes. You just bought yourself some time.”

Indeed, Sabnac’s high kobolds were alive and coming out of the pit that they had fallen in.

“That seems to be the case.”

“Fool. You should have placed sharpened stakes into the ground.”

“I should have. But well, there really was not enough time.”

“That is your great misfortune, as is my speed.”

“But haste can be a bad thing too. I will show you.”

And I gave the command.

“Toshizou, the time has come! Now, destroy those kobolds!”

After hearing this command, Hijikata Toshizou came out of the forest behind Ashtaroth castle.

“Wh-what!?”

Demon King Sabnac shouted with shock.

“You are bringing out reinforcements now!?”

“I knew you would try and attack from the rear. So I had something special saved.”

“Special?”

“Yes. It’s a unit that consists mainly of werewolves.”

“Werewolves?”

“You don’t seem to have any in your army. I doubt your high kobolds will be a match for them.”

“That is not true. My high kobolds are the strongest!”

I’m sure they were impressive, but they were up against the wrong enemy.

The kobolds clawed their way to the surface, only to be mercilessly torn to shreds by the werewolves.

Their numbers dwindled rapidly.

“No-no. How can…”

“I’m not sure why you are surprised. It’s only natural.”

There were several reasons why Sabnac would likely lose here in spite of superior numbers.

The pit had caused great confusion.

They were being ambushed from the back.

The werewolf unit was strong.

But most of all, they had a brilliant commander.

Hijikata Toshizou. There was a reason that he was called a Hero.

He was able to command the often difficult werewolves and exterminate the kobolds.

His skill was something to behold, and the high kobolds were dropping like flies.

“Grrrr…you!”

Sabnac roared. This was the moment that he finally realized that he no longer had the upper hand.

He would have to change his strategy.

I had predicted this.

There were two options that he had now.

Admit defeat, and retreat with what was left of his troops. Or he could continue to use brute force and hope to win.

It was straightforward.

The situation was so dire that it could not be settled between two armies.

And I knew which he would choose.

Perhaps there really was only one choice after all.

Sabnac would never be able to save face if he retreated to his castle now.

He had been tricked, robbed and then failed to get revenge.

How many monsters would continue to obey him now?

They would probably just slit his throat as he slept.

However, it would be a different story if he could kill me.

His subordinates would sing his praises and submit to his authority as king.

In other words, he really had no choice but to take my head.

I look at his eyes.

The eyes of the lion king were murderous. I could see how bad he wanted me dead.

He looked like he would attack at any moment, and he did not wait long.

However, there was another thing that Sabnac did not know.

Aside from the pit behind Ashtaroth castle and the werewolf soldiers.

The image that we were watching through farsight was not real time either.

It too had a delay. This one for five minutes.

That was plenty of time for my strongest servant, the legendary sword, to arrive.

In a flash, he was between me and the lion king’s sword, his thin blade blocking the impact of the attack.

Clang!!

The sounds of metal on metal echoed loudly.

The Demon King’s sword was imbued with magic and packed an incredible punch, but the man called Hijikata Toshizou accepted it as if it was nothing.

Toshizou smiled undauntedly and said:

“My master did say that he would prepare a battlefield for me to die in. But I did not expect such an extravagant fight so early on.”

“Didn’t I tell you? Working for me will never be boring.”

“Aye, like you promised. Maybe I really will be able to die under the rain of ten thousand arrows.”

“I hope that day will come, but it will not be today.”

“Indeed. I can hardly face Kondo in hell, after being killed by a single cat.”

“So you will call me a cat too!”

Sabnac burned with anger and swung his greatsword again. But Toshizou parried it easily.

His skill as a swordsman was perhaps even more reliable than his skill as a commander.

That is what I thought.

And this man held honor above all else.

He would likely prefer to fight one on one here. And so I decided to offer him that honor.

I told him as much, and he smiled with satisfaction and said, ‘you are very perceptive, master.’

And so the battle between Hijikata Toshizou, the man who was in the group called Shinsengumi, and the Demon King Sabnac, who was known as the Lion King, began.