The 0th Corps Commander Became Trash! [ TCF x INTKOT ]

Chapter 29 - Friendly Threat

The count stared at Cruel in fear. A hero? What hero would do this, this wasn't a hero, it was a demon... A demon in disguise.

(Hardt siblings after being called demons in disguise 😭😭😭)

Cruel walked past the petrified count and headed back to the banquet that was now being hosted. He could see Deon looking at the plate of cookies with sparkling eyes and Cletter sweating as he got more cookies to satisfy Deon's appetite.

"Captain I think this is too much..."

"I don't care, I'm hungry."

Deon took another bite of a cookie while ignoring the nobles watchful eyes. He then noticed the count coming back with shaking eyes as his knight attempted to soothe him.

"What the hell is wrong with that bastard...?"

"He looks like he might shit his pants soon."

Deon ignored the use of vocabulary as he answered Cletter, it wasn't like anyone could hear him since they were both whispering. Well, he didn't care anyways in the first place.

"His Royal Majesty the Emperor is now making an entrance!"

"Glory to the Empire!"

The nobles all said in unison while greeting the emperor who looked tired from the dark circles underneath his eyes, although nobody but Deon noticed it.

"I hope you all enjoyed the hunting competition hosted by the crown prince on my behalf, I also heard that a small issue was resolved so that's good. I will now announce the winners since there is something I must announce after this."

'Looks like he'll finally announce the war against the demons.'

Deon stayed silent as Eduardo announced the winners. He wasn't expecting to win this time since he wasn't able to hunt any monster plant.

"In third we have third we have Elpidius Dessere who hunted five monsters. In second we have Deon Hardt who hunted four monsters, although it was only four I gave you additional points because death butterflies are hard to kill and you killed four of them. Lastly we have in first place is Cruel Hardt who killed ten monsters."

Deon scoffed as he heard the announcement, he didn't even kill the butterflies, they were merely acting dead and should have flown away by now.

Everyone looked at Deon in shock, death butterflies were known to be dangerous in every kingdom and were hard to kill due to the fact that they were extremely quick to dodge attacks and countered back right away.

"Now that that's finished, there is one more announcement I'd like to announce."

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Eduardo who had something else to say. They didn't know what the emperor would say but were shocked by his announcement.

"We will now stop all wars with neighboring kingdoms and wage a between the demons. The Demon King has proclaimed that they'd partake in the war against the humans. We can no longer turn a blind eye to this."

"Excuse me your majesty- but what about the other kingdoms?! Would they willingly accept this situation?!"

"They have no choice but to, we are the only nation that can actually stand against the demonic realm."

The nobles immediately stopped refuting. What Eduardo said was correct, this was the only nation capable enough to fight back against the demons. Without the Empire, the whole world might end even quicker.

Though, the world would end even sooner if Deon or Cruel died. But no one knew of this fact other than the Hardt siblings, the shamans, and the Gods.

"You are dismissed."