Are you referring to a regular female knight, or a trash-tier female knight?
“Oooooooo…!”
“Hiiiiii! It’s completely a ghost, aaaaaaah!!”
Me, running at full speed.
What relentlessly chased me from behind were undead whose bodies were also falling apart.
These guys, who are inferior to maggots crawling on the ground, were chasing me.
Don’t screw with me…! Whose permission did you get to chase my back, huh!?
Undead aren’t that rare in this demon country.
However, there are no undead without any intelligence.
Since they can’t lead cultural lives, they walk around aimlessly, attack people, and then get killed by adventurers.
In other words, the master of this mansion who commands such creatures is really dangerous…
Damn it! I picked the wrong place to steal from!
“No matter where you run, it’s futile. I won’t let you escape from this mansion.”
That voice reached me.
It’s that bastard who was wandering around the entrance and found me.
Fuck you. Fall into hell, you bastard.
“The sin of letting my master’s merchandise and entertainment escape will be repaid with the suffering of hell.”
“Did those guys manage to escape!?”
Shocked by the startling truth, I was scared shitless.
Did that trio manage to escape!?
What the hell… The direction I taught them was the opposite. In other words, they should have headed deeper into the mansion…
Was there an entrance by chance in that direction?
Damn it… Those bastards sucked away my luck…
As I despaired over the trio who escaped leaving me behind, I noticed the distance between me and the undead was getting closer.
Of course. I have limited stamina, while those bastards don’t know fatigue.
Hahaha.
…This isn’t funny! Get serious!!
But, I was definitely being cornered.
The person who knows the inside of this mansion better is undoubtedly the other side rather than me, the intruder, and what’s more, they’re tireless undead.
No matter what, I was being cornered.
A demon involved in confinement, human trafficking, and torture, damn it? I absolutely don’t want to get caught!
Desperately running, I found a sturdy-looking door.
“There it is!!”
If it’s a door that thick, it might hold up for a bit.
I jumped in and immediately closed the door.
“Haa, haa… Shit… Why do I have to go through this… The world is messed up…”
Leaning against the door, I cursed the world.
Why does a supreme existence like me have to feel so distressed and anxious…
Catching my breath, I finally looked around the room…
“Is this… an armory?”
Various weapons and armor were lined up.
Swords and spears. Shields and armor too.
…Could using these defeat the undead and allow me to escape this shitty mansion?
“…I don’t think I can use any of them.”
No, realistically thinking, it’s impossible.
I’ve never swung such weapons before, and I have no idea how to use a shield.
Armor is just about wearing it, so maybe I could manage, but wrapping myself in a lump of iron would definitely slow me down. It’d be suicidal.
So, none of the stuff here is usable. Screw that.
“There’s no secret passage either, huh… What the hell am I supposed to do?”
Apparently, this really is an armory.
There’s only the door I came through, and with no windows, it seems impossible to escape.
‘Ooooo…’
“Hie…”
Thud thud, the door was being hit dully.
The door doesn’t seem weak enough to collapse immediately, but I understood that I couldn’t stay locked in here forever.
“What to do, what to do, WHAT TO DO!?”
Frantically racking my brain.
Looking around the room again, it’s still filled with weapons and armor, and aside from the door the undead are relentlessly pounding on, there’s nowhere else to escape.
Shit! Who the hell jumped into a place like this!
‘Ooooooo…!’
Finally, the door warped enough to see outside.
Peering through, I saw the grotesque faces of the undead. Damn it!
“Shit, shiiiiit!!”
I screamed out in vain.
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“Hurry up and break it open. Don’t worry about minor damage. Not the door, nor your own bodies.”
Standing in front of the sturdy door is Grandy, who is in charge of managing this mansion.
Before him stand the undead given to him by their master.
Devoid of any intelligence, they simply follow orders.
Thus, even the steel door that should never open without a key is continuously pounded upon, despite their bodies breaking.
Gradually, the door warps and will eventually break to allow entry.
Exerting enough force to destroy their bodies, normally they would suffer immense pain, but the undead continue to pound on the door.
“Really… How foolish. Do they not know who owns this mansion? To think they freed the captives… Such a reckless sense of justice.”
Grandy sighs.
Surely, they must know who owns this mansion.
After all, one of the infamous Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s army is the master.
That’s why, even though it’s near a crime-ridden slum, no one dared to touch it.
Because anyone who did would surely be killed in retaliation.
Yet, the intruder freed the captives.
Without regard for their own safety.
You could call it reckless bravery.
At least, there’s no way they could match the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s army.
“I can’t let you escape. I won’t get away with it either, but if I don’t let you escape, I won’t be killed.”
And even Grandy fears the threat of those Four Heavenly Kings.
Undoubtedly, he will receive ‘punishment’.
However, if he lets that intruder escape too… It won’t end with just punishment.
He will surely be killed.
Unconsciously clenching his teeth tightly, they grind together.
His mouth cuts, and blood flows.
“Haa… I’ll make you regret ever living, you bastard…!”
Grandy’s face transforms into something demonic.
No, he becomes a demon itself.
His race is Ogre. A race that boasts top-class physical combat strength among demons, especially in close combat.
Even he fears the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s army.
You can understand the enormity of their power.
While pondering this, the door finally breaks open.
“Alright, go in. The armory’s only exit is there. There’s no escape.”
He knows everything about the mansion.
There’s no escape from this armory.
Blocking the single entrance ensures that the intruder will appear before them.
Or so it should be…
“Impossible… What’s going on!? There shouldn’t be any other way out except here!”
Even after waiting for a long time… Even after having the undead search the armory, the intruder’s figure was nowhere to be seen.
Unbelievable. The undead’s ability to detect the living is very high.
Despite that, not a single one could pick up the scent.
Grandy enters as well… but still, there’s no sign of him.
Where… Is there another entrance that I don’t know about?
No, that can’t be…
As Grandy was lost in thought, something catches his eye.
“…Could it be?”
What he saw was armor.
Black, rugged, cold armor.
However, this is no ordinary armor.
It’s infamous… Even the master of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s army isn’t allowed to touch this terrifying thing.
The intruder wasn’t hiding behind any weapon.
Then, the only thing left was that suit of armor.
Wearing that could deceive his eyes.
But Grandy immediately shakes his head.
“No, that can’t be. That armor drives one to madness and death just by touching it.”
It’s impossible.
That armor doesn’t even allow touching, let alone wearing.
The moment it touches someone, their brain fries, and they can never think rationally again.
It’s a cursed tool that even the Four Heavenly Kings can’t dispel.
For some dirty slum intruder to wear it… It’s inconceivable.
“…………”
But… Then where did that intruder disappear to?
There’s nowhere else left to hide.
I still think it’s impossible.
So, this is a meaningless check.
Thinking this himself, he approaches the unmoving armor… and it moves.
“W-w-what…!?”
Seeing the armor move slowly right in front of him, Grandy’s eyes widen in shock.
Impossible! Impossible!
That armor, which even the Four Heavenly Kings can’t touch, is being worn by some filthy slum guy!?
But, indeed, the armor is moving.
Gow! A black miasma ravages through the armory.
Just from that, the approaching undead are blown away.
The neatly arranged weapons and armor collapse with a clattering sound.
And, an overwhelming pressure of death.
Even Grandy, proud of his strength, is immobilized by its sheer mass.
Clang, clang, the armor approaches.
“T-this… This pressure surpasses even Master…!?”
Comparing it to the master of the Four Heavenly Kings and feeling something greater, Grandy sweats profusely.
Before him stood a figure larger than his own towering build.
How is the intruder, who wasn’t that tall, moving it?
Such leisurely thoughts floated in his mind…
“Gah!?”
A fist wrapped in armor slams into Grandy’s face.
Despite weighing over 100 kilograms, he floats in the air and crashes into the wall.
With that single blow, his consciousness was snatched away.
[――――Farewell]
The armor… Later to become the strongest of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s army, the Dark Knight, walked away proudly.
【GYAAAAAAAHHHHH!? IT WON’T COME OFFFFFFFF!!!】
“Hahahahahahahah!!!!”
Flau ’s laughter echoed as the Dark Knight desperately tried to remove the armor.