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　The gates of De Caravia Castle are opened.

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　The east gate, the west gate, the south gate, the north gate, all of them.

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　The mercenaries inside the castle, as well as the residents, open the gates.

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　The castle of De Caravia was now as good as naked.

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　Even the most solid castle can easily fall depending on who is inside.

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　This time, however, they had not yet taken over the castle.

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　DeCarabia seems to be resisting.

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　He's going to call in his own troops.

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　We go to the center of the city, telling the inhabitants to evacuate to the outskirts where they will be safe.

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　There we find the castle of DeCarabia, but its gates have already been broken down.

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　It seems that the mercenaries have destroyed it from within.

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　The human mercenaries guarding the inside of the castle seem to have given up on DeCarabia.

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　Seeing this scene, Hijikata Toshizo, the vice-chief of the Shinsengumi, says

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"It's a fine performance, the second coming of the great Mouri Motonari," he said.

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　He admires this, but notices that his eyebrows are slightly raised.

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　He remembers that he doesn't like the word "Mori.

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　This man, by the way, was on the side of the Shogunate, and had fought a bloody battle with the Satcho alliance to which the Mori family belonged.

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　He is said to be annoyed when he hears the name "Mori" since they had a cut-and-grind relationship for years.

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　I was going to say, "Then call him the second coming of Masayuki Sanada," but I guess that would not be appropriate either.

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　Sanada Masayuki was also the leader of the forces that rebelled against the Tokugawa family until the end.

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　I joked that he should be compared to Tokugawa Ieyasu himself,

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I jokingly asked him to compare him to Tokugawa Ieyasu himself. Well, you have that much intelligence.

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　He was convinced and entered the castle of De Carabia with his army.

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"My name is Hijikata Toshizo!　The evil Toshizo Hijikata!　Only those who want to be enshrined as demons and those who have no regrets for this world can come here!

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　A man who appeared to be a demon from the Dekarabian army answered.

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"My name is Ananke!　I am the best scimitar user of the demon tribe.

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　The man who appeared to be a Demon Tribe man was holding a beautifully curved scimitar.

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"An Engetsu sword. I wonder which one is stronger than my Izumimamori Kanade?"

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　He was crossing swords with a man named Ananke when he let out a grunt.

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　Ananke must be strong enough, since he didn't get him with a single blow.

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　While the two men are exchanging swords, Hijikata's werewolves and orcs invade the castle one after another.

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　He offers them a word of caution.

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"Do no harm to the people who welcomed us. Looting and assault are strictly forbidden. If any of my men are shameless enough to do so, I will make them regret their birth.

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　Perhaps these words had an effect on them, for they pulled themselves together.

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　These soldiers were originally trained by the ogre XO.

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　None of them had ever committed such an outrage.

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　Rather, it was the soldiers of Decarabia who did not hide their shame at this point in time.

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　Some of them, thinking it was over, took materials and treasures from the castle of Decarabia, and some of them tried to assault the lady-in-waiting of Decarabia.

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　Saint Jeanne found them,

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"Bastard!

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　and as if she had no more words to say, she struck a blow with her holy sword.

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　The demoness she cut in two was splattered with filthy blood like a scoundrel.

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"That's good. A scoundrel has no need to borrow.

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　As I speak, Jeanne slays DeCarabia's men one after another.

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　Seeing this, I realized the fate of this castle.

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　There's nothing left to do but to take out the lord of this castle. With that in mind, I headed for the throne room where the Demon Lord's core is located.

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　I thanked my men for their hard work in opening the blood route to the throne room, and reached the deepest part of the castle.

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　As he puts his hand on the door to the throne room, Kotaro Fuuma appears like the wind.

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"Are you going to enter the throne room, Demon King?

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"Yes, I will strike down DeCarabia. Or I'll make him surrender.

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I see. Then I will help you.

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　Kotaro, who had been dressed as a maid, changed into a ninja costume.

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"That's very promising. Let's see the power of the strongest ninja.

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　He said grimly, and then broke down the door.

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　He could have just opened the door normally, but in this kind of situation, the effect is important. It would have been nice if DeCarabia would have been scared by this, but unfortunately, she was not that timid.

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　In the throne room, DeCarabia did not change her expression, but stood silently.

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　--No, he was floating.

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　In the throne room was an object shaped like a pentagram.

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"What is that?"

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　I asked, but it was the database in a maid's uniform that explained it to me.

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　She was supposed to be at the main camp in the square, but she had somehow gotten into the castle.

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　She is a very smart girl.

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　Before I can scold her, she begins her explanation.

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"The Demon Lord Dekarabia has a very unusual shape among Demon Lords. He is not humanoid.

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"You don't mean that star-shaped pentagram is DeKarabia?

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"Yes. A demon king like this is the most unusual of all the 72 demon kings.

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"Indeed. I can't stand it when there are so many of them. By the way, can you talk to that starfish?　Can they communicate?

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　The one who answered me was the starfish himself.

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"It is terrible to treat the Demon King like a starfish, isn't it, Demon King Ashtaroth?

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"It seems you can."

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　I grinned at him.

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"Yes, I can. I may be misshapen, but my wits are as sharp as any.

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But you fell for my tricks so easily.

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"...... blinded by short-term gain. And the imitation you made was too elaborate.

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That's because they were made by the best engineers using the Demon Lord's materials.

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And I had no idea that using counterfeit gold would wreak havoc on the economy. You're a very clever king, you know that?

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I'll take that as a compliment.

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　I pose like a gentleman asking him to dance, forcing him to make a choice.

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　He holds up two fingers.

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"There are only two things you can do at this point. One is to fight me and die with honor, or the other is to join my service and become my servant. Choose whichever you prefer."

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I don't like either one.

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Well, I guess you're right.

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Then I'll take the third option.

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　DeCarabia said, his pentagram glowing.

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　It seems that he intends to break the war by fighting and defeating me.

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　Well, that's an option.

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　The castle of DeCarabia is now in the wind, but the only chance he has to break the war is to defeat me on the battlefield.

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　If he could do that, he could turn the tide.

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　It was the obvious choice, but I would not be defeated by a starfish.

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　I too, with my body covered with magic power, began to prepare for battle.

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