Dungeon Defense (WN)

e chair like piles of snow.

Eventually, Barbatos’ pure white and flawless skin was revealed.

In the Emperor’s bedroom.
The most secret place in the Empire.

“Hoo, haa…….
Hey, Dantalian.”

“Hm?”

“To be honest, I don’t like that you’re fooling around with Gamigin.”

Barbatos has approved of me playing with other women and I’ve also gladly approved of her playing with other women as well.
To outsiders, we must appear like quite the eccentric couple.

“Then what should we do, our little princess?”

I chuckled.

“Should we kill Gamigin as well?”

“Hmph.
I’m fine with you just playing with her, but she goes around thinking that you belong to her.
She’s an unpleasant bitch…… Hahh.”

I lightly flicked my tongue over Barbatos’ breasts.

Despite having such small breasts, they were needlessly sensitive.
Once I felt like they had risen up enough, I gave them a small nibble.
Rather than biting, it was more like I was grazing my teeth over them.

“Hauh, wait you son of a bitch.
Stop acting like a dog in heat for a second……uhh!”

“What’s wrong? I was getting to the good part.”

I pulled my face back from her chest and furrowed my brows at her.
How could she break the mood after being the one to initiate? There should be a limit to being so all over the place.
Barbatos was smiling slyly.

“I just had a good idea.
Look.”

Barbatos lightly waved her right hand.
Once she did, Emperor Rudolf’s crown flew into her hand as if it had been pulled by an invisible line.
She placed the crown on her head and uttered a “Tadah!” as she placed her hands on her hips.

“So? Does it look good on me?”

“……It seems there’s another person here who needs to be charged with high treason.”

I was so taken aback that I couldn’t help but let out a strained laugh.
Barbatos’ action was so disrespectful that it bordered on being cute.

“I’m wearing the Emperor’s crown right now.”

“Yes.
This is the first time in history that a Demon Lord has put on a golden crown.”

She wrapped her arms around my neck and brought her face close to mine.
She was so close that I could feel her breath.

“Haven’t you wanted to violate someone in a position as lofty as an Emperor at least once?”

“…….”

A girl wearing absolutely nothing with only a golden crown on her head was undoubtedly an immoral sight.
There was no way that I wouldn’t be tempted by this.

“But promise me one thing.”

“I promise.”

It was obvious what she was going to make me promise even without her telling me.
Why would she have brought up Gamigin? She was telling me to not get distracted.

“You will always be the best for me, Barbatos.”

“……You catch on needlessly fast.”

There was probably no need to say more than this.
I pressed my lips against hers.

On that day, I made a mess out of Barbatos in the Emperor’s bedroom, making her pass out twice.

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A week went by like a flash after the assassination incident.

Eleven archdukes were charged with three hefty crimes.

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First, the crime of scheming with the traitorous Baal several times and causing the Crescent Alliance expedition to fail several times.

Second, the crime of arbitrarily sending a detached force to pillage the southern area of Frankia during the later half of the Puppet War.
Thus causing great harm to the Demon Lord Army’s faith.

Third, the crime of rebelling against the Holy Demon Lord Army and plotting my, the Count Palatine’s assassination.

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In other words, we framed them for all the unsolved crimes that we had until now.

All three of these accusations were verified by the testimonies from the independent Demon Lords and several archdukes.
The evidence was forged, but there weren’t many people who knew this.
The eleven archdukes and three Demon Lords were immediately executed.

The execution was held in a public area, allowing many demons and humans to show up after hearing that Demon Lords were going to be executed.
This was quite literally a rare sight.

“Curse you! Dantalian, you son of a bitch! I curse you!”

Most of them directed their final words to me before they were executed.

Brother Beleth had the honor of being the executioner today, and, as expected of someone like him, he required only single swings to decapitate the heads of Demon Lords and archdukes.
His skills were impressive.

Valefor was the last one.

“Criminal Valefor, do you have any final words?”

“…….”

Valefor turned to look at me before muttering emotionlessly.

“When Baal died, I thought that it was simply because of the passage of time.
When Agares died as well, I thought that the inevitable had finally happened…… I look around now and see that there is no one in this plain of existence that is willing to defend me.”

Valefor let out a sigh.

“I overlooked unnatural deaths as being natural, so my death being buried under the passage of time is the natural price I must pay.
However, my foolishness is my biggest remorse…….
Leave me like this.”

Brother Beleth nodded.

His large axe flashed through the air and, after an audible “Thuck!”, something dropped to the ground.
The spectators cheered and applauded at the Demon Lord’s death.
Like this, the internal groups that could potentially become hostile to me were wiped out…….

A few people who believed that a Demon Lord’s blood had miraculous effects sent their kids out to soak pieces of bread in the blood.
Children came running out from between the adults.

“Should we stop them?”

The guard captain asked me carefully.
I shook my head.

“You heard his last words, did you not? Leave him be.”

“Understood.”

The children ran off after soaking their bread in crimson blood.
Their faces were shining brightly knowing that they had successfully done what their parents had instructed them to do.

This was the last scene left behind by the fourteen people that consisted of Demon Lords and archdukes.

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TL note: Thanks for reading the chapter.
I really apologize for the late chapter.
I didn’t mean for this to come out so late.
Just a fair bit of things happened over the weekend and at work that uploading this chapter kept slipping my mind.
My brother’s wife finally gave birth last weekend, so I guess I’m an uncle now.
My relatives from the states are also visiting and we already had dinner with them twice since it’s been like 20 years since they came back to Korea.
So yeah, just a whole bunch of things happened.

On another note, people kept saying to have a good Japan trip, but that isn’t until the end of May.
I mentioned it in the last chapter because I wanted to prepare a leeway in chapters so I wouldn’t leave you guys hanging for too long when I actually go.

Welp, in any case, next chapter maybe sooner? Not too sure since I actually wasn’t able to get much translating done with all the family stuff going on.
I’ll see you guys in the next chapter.