Volume 10 - CH 2.2

Part 2

「It exploded, didn’t it.」

Diablo muttered.

Sylvie affirmed that with a tone that sounded tired.

「Sure didー.」

「Moreover, it was pretty loud.」

「The place shook, didn’t itー.」

The moment the Light and Darkness Magic were combined, a shockwave strong enough to shake the dungeon had spread out.

Diablo breathed a sigh.

「To think that it would explode so close by.」

「I thought that I’d get swallowed up by it and die, you know? Do those experiments when you’re alone, okay?」

「……Umu.」

He himself was uninjured due to the effect of the 《Demon King’s Ring》, but Sylvie who was next to him was in danger.

To have come out of it safely although complaining about it, as expected of the Guildmaster.

Thank goodness Rem and Shera weren’t dragged into this──is what he thought.

In the end, the magic experiment was a failure, but by bulldozing through with the level difference, the swarm of 《Blessing Bears》 was exterminated.

On the scorched floor, there was a large quantity of burnt stuffed animals scattered about.

The 《Blessing Bears》 would unravel their seams and have tentacles dumped out from within──that was the special action that they had, but since Diablo didn’t get close to enemies to begin with, that didn’t matter all that much.

──Ahh, I want to go home.

When his MP was reduced, his motivation towards everything would be weakened.

「Fools that carry the useless emotion known as love, they need to explode, don’t they?」

「Then the Races would be destroyed, you know!?」

That was a fair argument.

This place wasn’t a game, although it was another world, it was reality. Unless riajuus left behind children, the Races would perish.

Diablo covered his face with both hands.

「Uuu……I understand that. I understand that but……」

「Wh, what’s wrong?」

She was bewildered.

Diablo squeezed out a voice of resentment.

「Even so, I……Guys that can have fun and flirt with girls as their plain selves, I hate them!」

Sylvie displayed a complicated-looking face.

「Diablo-san, just what happened……in your past?」

──Nothing happened at all!

That was the lamentation of his soul.