Dungeon Defense (WN)

s lips.

The Kakola Archduke struggled to figure out what Dantalian’s gesture meant.
Was that enough? Or was that not enough? He couldn’t see the bottom of the man before him.

“You are just filled with worries, Archduke.
We are not here to wring you guys dry of your money.
There is no reason for a vassal to pledge their allegiance to their lord every day.
Is that not so?”

Thus, this was going to be the last bribe.

The Kakola Archduke churned his brain quickly.
As expected, the high-ranking Demon Lords are wise.
They knew that the effectiveness of threats will diminish the more they pile on top of each other.

Even the archdukes of hell couldn’t spit out a massive sum like 1,000,000 gold infinitely.
The money they have to offer will quickly become an incredible burden to them.
Even if the archdukes are obedient on the outside, they will gradually become filled with grievances.
A revolt will happen.
They will burst like a dam.

‘Would it be……fine to say that he is genuinely trying to cooperate with us?’

If they truly intended to slaughter all of the archdukes, then they would have just kept asking for money.
They would have deliberately made the archdukes go past their boiling points.
They could’ve invaded the many hells under the pretext of suppressing rebels.
Instead of doing that, he asked for them to swear their loyalty once…….

Dantalian can’t be trusted.
Baal can’t be believed either.

But if it’s Barbatos, the Kakola Archduke thought.
If it’s the Demon Lord who has yearned for the domination of the human world all her life, that Demon Lord was trustworthy.
She must’ve felt very displeased when the others were debating about bringing stability to the rear and punishing the archdukes.

They finally obtained an opportunity to conquer the human world.
This isn’t the time to be fighting among ourselves……If it’s Demon Lord Barbatos, then there is a good chance that she thinks this.
Thus, she dispatched her aide, Dantalian.

“I will add an additional 1,000,000 gold.”

“Excellent.”

Dantalian finally smiled broadly.

“But Your Highness, 2,000,000 gold is quite a large sum for this humble one as well.”

“Hm? Do not tell me that you think it would be a shame to hand over that much.”

“Of course not.
However, if there is one thing that this humble one has learned throughout his 400 years of life, then it is the fact that there is nothing wrong with being sure of things.”

The Kakola Archduke lowered his glass of wine.

“If Your Highness is satisfied by this humble one’s loyalty, then, if I may dare ask, could Your Highness also show some proof?”

“In other words, proof that I am truly on Barbatos’ side.”

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“……Yes, Your Highness.”

The Archduke already lost count of how many times a chill had gone down his spine today.
The man before him kept jumping straight to the point.
He kept seeing through the archduke as if he could read him like an open book.
Rank 71, but the true advisor of the Plains Faction.
Is this the real Dantalian?

“Well, that’s fine.”

Dantalian readily agreed.
He then pulled something out from his pocket and placed it on the table.
The Kakola Archduke could tell that it was a magic artifact.

“This is?”

“It is an artifact with the Memoria spell cast on it.
You can confirm whether this is fake or not.
You probably know one or two verification spells.”

“As you command.”

The Kakola Archduke was not a mage; however, he had many mage subordinates.
Among the rings fitted on his right hand, he brought forward the artifact on his ring finger.
The Archduke muttered the activation spell.
Once he did, a green light came out from the ring.

“…….”

There was no response.
No magical traces could be found on the Memoria artifact.
The Archduke wasn’t sure what sort of recording was on the artifact, but it should be fine to believe in its authenticity.
The Kakola Archduke ended the spell on his ring.

“Pardon me, Your Highness.
It has undoubtedly not been tampered with.”

Dantalian chuckled jokingly.

“Are you certain? The contents of the recording are rather stimulating.
I recommend you confirm it again so that you do not get surprised later.”

“Haha.
Your Highness is piquing this one’s curiosity.”

The Kakola Archduke smiled.

“I appreciate the suggestion, but this is a tool that was created by one of the few Eight Circle mages in the demon world.
I do not wish to waste more of Your Highness’ time.”

“All right, then.
Do enjoy yourself.”

“Understood.”

The Archduke activated the artifact.
The artifact started to vibrate.
Dantalian spoke up right before the recording was about to start playing.

“Do not say that I did not warn you.”

A video started to play in the private room.
The Kakola Archduke readied himself as he wondered what the recording could possibly be to make Dantalian warn him this much.
Finally, the first sound came out from the video.

– Ah, hkkk!

“…….”

The Kakola Archduke’s expression fell apart unintentionally.
The composure he was able to maintain before Dantalian all this time broke apart powerlessly in this single moment.
It’s only natural.

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– Hkk! Stop! No! Please, hkk! Stop……!

– Shut up, you dirty sow.
When did I allow you to say words? Pigs should oink like a pig should.

The recording contained a sex scene, after all.

The Archduke panicked as he turned to look at Dantalian.

“Y-Your Highness, what is this?”

“Be quiet.”

Dantalian’s face looked extremely cold.
I’m not joking, so pay attention.
This was what his expression was saying.

The Kakola Archduke quickly came back to his senses.
That’s right.
There’s no way that Dantalian would ridicule him after coming this far.
This recording must contain some sort of meaning.
What was it? The moaning from the artifact bothered him, but the Kakola Archduke did his best to concentrate on the video.

– Oink……oink, ooink…….

– Good.
That’s it, you dirty sow! You’re the lowliest and most worthless meat slave in the world.
Do you understand, you sow? You’re nothing more than a piece of meat that was born to roll around on the ground.

The Kakola Archduke immediately realized something shocking.

The image of a man and a girl was being displayed in the video.
The identity of the man was the person right in front of him, Dantalian.
He was acting like a tyrant as he reigned over the girl.
Lick my toes, masturbate, and call yourself a sow.
He kept making unreasonable demands.

And the girl―.

– All right.
What am I, you dirty sow? Even you, a pig with a gaping bottom hole, should have a mouth of your own.
Try saying it with that obscene tongue of yours.
What am I to you?

– Master……Dantalian is, hhk, the master of this sow, Barbatos.

It was the Rank 8 Demon Lord and the leader of the Plains Faction, Barbatos.

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Author’s Afterword

That’s how the two of them play.

It’s incredibly warm and cozy.

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TL Note: Thanks for reading the chapter.
The adult video has a different purpose here, huh.
Well, I guess it’s sort of the same purpose since the video is being used to convince someone.
In the LN it was Marbas, but it’s the archdukes here. 

In any case, I still can’t remember what I wanted to say before, so I’ll see you guys in the next chapter.