Jace, the traitorous, one-eyed imp, had disappeared from the square before he knew it.
　He seemed to have abandoned his subordinates and escaped.
　Most likely, he was planning to use a loophole to escape by himself alone.

　I'd like to roast the claws of Alistair, the leader of the White Rose Knights that I met earlier, but the first thing I had to do was capture him.

　--No need to bother looking for him, anyway.

　I've been keeping the little bugger on his back since he entered the building.
　I'm going to cast the transference spell.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to get the best out of it.

　I'm sure Jace was surprised to see me appear on the loophole.
　His face is pale.

''W-why are you here!
'Isn't that a foolish question to ask a sorcerer?　Look at your own shoulders.

　As he said that, Jace found a bug lodged in his shoulder.

'd*mn!'

　And grabbed the bug.
　I wonder if this guy doesn't know the phrase "an inch of insects has five minutes of soul".

　Well, since he probably doesn't know, he'll kill them without a care in the world, and he'll probably leave his subordinates behind and run away without a care in the world.

　Without hesitation, I decided to beat this guy to death.

　I give the Ouroboros staff, which is my grandfather's memento, a magical power.
　You can also use magic to blow it up, but even if you're right, this guy is the deputy commander.

　It's not going to be that easy.
　I have to think about not only magic, but also hand-to-hand combat.

　I cast the 《Fireball》 magic.

　Sure enough, Jace dodged it with a quick move and drew the sword he was carrying at his waist.

　It's a curved, single-edged sword.
　It's probably a guy called a scimitar.
　However, it is somehow different from an ordinary scimitar.
　It is coated with a thick green liquid.

　I was curious as to what it was, but the answer to that question is provided by Jace himself.

This is a poisonous liquid infused with the roots of Euryalis. If you touch it even a little, you'll be in the other world in no time. Of course, the immortals are no exception.

　Even a large troll can die in less than three minutes.
　Then if I'm a human, I guess I'll be in the afterlife in three seconds.
　With that in mind, I received a slash from the enemy.

"Wha-what?

　Jace exclaims in surprise.

'-- I don't think that stuff works. I'm a sorcerer.

　The moment Jace's slash hit me, I cast the magic of "Barrier" on myself.

　I'm sure Jace took it as a lick that I was only wearing a robe.
　You can't let them lick your sorcerer.

　If it's a swordsmanship of Jace's caliber, if you get the timing right, you can guard it perfectly without any kind of contrivance.

　I make Jace, who has a shocked face, eat the magic of 《Shock(Sonituku Boom)》 into his stomach.

　Jace is blown far backwards and hits his back hard on the way out.

''Guhaaah!''

　Jace raises a pitiful voice along with blood spitting.
　I heard a disgusting sound of rumbling, but I don't think it broke to my spine....
　I'll worry about it in a nutshell, but that didn't seem to be necessary.

　Jace quickly stood up and wiped the blood that leaked out of his mouth, "d*mn.
　I'm not sure if it's the right choice for me.

　I've heard that he's not the armed forces type, but rather the intellect type, but his ability seems to be quite good.

　But it's bad enough to hurt them further.
　I didn't miss an opening in the weakness and cast a binding spell.
　The yellow thorny plant that grew from under his feet wraps around his legs.

''Wha, what's this?''

　Oh dear, this guy doesn't even know the magic of the Binding?

　It takes a lot of effort to be questioned by a magic ignorant demon race, but I'll answer your question.

''It's the rudiments of magic, the 《Binding》 spell. A plant-like mass of magical power that binds the opponent's feet to the ground, making them unable to move.

　I stopped speaking there and continued.

'Which means you won't be able to take a step for a while.

　I offered Jace a suggestion from through my mask as I gave him a bad human smile.
　'It's not a bad idea to act like a demon tribe once in a while,' I thought.

'You have three choices,'

　He holds up three fingers.


'One, you're going to break each finger and tell me why you betrayed the Seventh Legion.


Two, they're going to have you clawed alive, and then they're going to break your fingers one by one, and you're going to tell me why you betrayed the Seventh Legion.


"Mitchell, I'm going to have my nails removed while I'm still alive, my fingers broken, my bones crushed, my skull cut open by the Commander, my brain tossed around for information.


　Which one do you want?
　I ask.
　Jace looks like he's scooted up.

　His face is pale and his back teeth are shaking.
　Maybe he thinks that the commander is capable of doing this.

　The 7th Legion Commander Sephiro.

　It's supposed to be a playful older sister in front of me, but she's also a demon. She's a witch.

　I'm not sure I'm going to be the only one who knows better than the other commanders, but I'm not going to show any mercy to a traitor.

　He couldn't say that if he handed Jace over to Cephiro at this point, he wouldn't do the above mimicry.

　So, I want you to be as honest as possible here and tell me why you betrayed me, but Jace still kept his mouth shut.

''Apparently, the person behind you is more ruthless than the Commander, isn't he?
How did you know that?

　Jace gives me a look that says he couldn't help but slip up.

''No matter how much you are, there's no advantage to betraying the Commander with just one of them, you know. In the meantime, it seems that he invited other brigade leaders to join him, but even so, with that much strength, they'll be quickly subdued. Then it's only natural to think that there's a legion-sized plan of rebellion in motion, right?

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this. It's not just the magic power that's frightening, but also the brains of the guardian of the abyss, Ronberg.

Thank you for the compliment.

'No, in fact, I'm buying you. I'm not going to be the only one who can do that. I've even suggested to a certain someone to include you as well as the other brigade leaders.

Well, I didn't get paid much for it.

'Oh, yes. So it's not too late to start. What do you think?　Will you join our ranks?

'Oh man, that's a cliché line...'

　I let out a breath.

　If I betrayed my allies and got myself in a tight spot, I'd invite them to join our side instead.

　It was a classic villain, and that was the line of the biting dog.

　It's a pity that this guy is neither a Kobold nor a werewolf.

　If it was a dog demon or demon tribe, that biting dog type of speech would be more appropriate, and the shape of its tail is a good indicator of its true intentions.

　But even without a tail, I could see what this guy was thinking.

　Jace wasn't just a goblin, he was a man who used his wits, or rather, his guile to become a deputy commander.

　Pretending to flirt with me and throwing the poisonous knife I had in my pocket was within my expectations.

''--Die!

　Assuming I've let my guard down, Jace says that and throws a knife.

　I cast the 《Super Senses》 magic.

　When I cast this magic, the flow of time stops as if I controlled time.
　This is why the knife moves in super slow motion.

　It would be a simple matter to use the magic of the 《Protective Wall》, but the direction of this kind of thing is important.

　The more you show them the overwhelming difference in power, the more they will despair.
　Overwhelming fear is the quickest way to make your opponent obedient.

　I catch the knife that's slowly coming at me with two fingers.

　I feel as if I'm the hero in a movie.
　Jace's eyes widen in surprise.
　It seems that this overdirection was effective.

''d*mn........''

　He broke his knees and collapsed to the ground.

'Well, now you know the difference in strength between you and I. You're going to be able to tell me the name of the person who incited your betrayal if you don't want me to carry out the torture method I used earlier. If you don't want the torture method I mentioned earlier to be carried out, you'll tell me the name of the person who encouraged your betrayal.

　However, Jace remained silent at this stage of the game.
　The guy who was pulling the strings behind the scenes must be so terrifying.

Ike. I can't tell you that. If I tell you his name, he'll kill me.

If you turn them in to the Commander, the result will be the same.

''Well I don't think so. The Commander is kind of sweet, you know. That's because he won't allow me to betray him. They'll hurt you so badly that you can't go against them again, and they'll make you cripple again, but I don't think they'll still take your life.

...I see.

　You know Cephiro's character very well.

　I showed you earlier by saying things like that, but Cephiro has a ruthless side, but he was never a brutal person.

　That's why he pays attention to 'humans' like me, and he's taken care of me since I was very young.

　Like this guy says, he probably won't even take a life.

(Totally, the Commander has a habit of being soft and sweet to me, but he doesn't even know it.

　That is your weakness, you know.
　I was complaining to the Commander about it when something happened.　

　All of a sudden, Jace.
Geez!
　At the same time, he began to writhe in agony.

　He clutched at his own throat and writhed around.
　It was not an act.
　He was vomiting blood.

　I'm going to run to the guy and cast a recovery spell on him.

"..........

　However, there was no effect at all.
　Immediately, I was struck by a possibility.

...poison.

　It was easy to imagine this from the fact that the green Jace's face was swollen to purple.

　The person controlling Jace behind the scenes had probably planted some poison in his body in case Jace betrayed him or was captured.

''Well that's another typical villain's method.

　I think to myself, but then I cast an antidote spell on Jace.

"--to no avail.

　It seems that he was planted with a very powerful poisonous potion.

　If I could identify the type of that poison pill, I might have been able to manage it, but unfortunately I'm not good at that kind of magic.

　However, it's no use saying that.
　I decided to do my last duty and ask for the identity of the mastermind from Jace.

''Jace. You can at least tell that you've given up on yourself, right?

　Jace nodded slightly.
　Apparently it's hard for him to even speak.

'You know you don't have to be righteous to them now, and you know you have no reason to be afraid of them, right?

..........

　Jace nodded again.

Then give me the name of the last person who encouraged your betrayal. I will at least avenge you.

　As I said this, Jace summoned the last of his strength and uttered that person's name.



　Those were the words left behind by the one-eyed imp Jace.
　As soon as he let them out, he spewed out a lot of blood and died.

　It was the natural end of a traitor, but seeing the way he was cut down so easily like this, I felt sorry for him.

　Maybe this is proof that my heart is still 'human'.

　This heart can sometimes be a drag on me, but I didn't want to become just a man like Basteo.