69 Episode 69: Two Demons and Black Eggs

Having converted the Goodluser into a airship, I had come to Morijima after lecturing the sailors on how to fly it.

Sailors' mastery of ship maneuvering took time, and more importantly, there was no reason to leave many of the escaped demons behind.

Oh, and Bahamut.

"Well, let's say we investigate the enemy's home base."

Disappear with covert magic, activate body strengthening magic to gently advance through the woods.

I could see the Bahamut giant from outside Morijima on my last reconnaissance, but I can't see that now.

Did you go outside to get the bait?

Maybe we did our part by crusading the demons of Morishima together when we exorcised the previous Bahamut.

I want to look into demon trends this time, so I appreciate not having to fight extra.

I run into a few demons along the way, but I ignore them because they didn't realize I existed by covert magic.

It is difficult for demons to realize that they exist in battle, and it is the job of Mr. Carm and his team to rid themselves of the remaining demons.

And then after a while, I went out to a place that opened just a little bit.

"That's..."

I discovered an old monument-like building there.

"Is this some kind of facility site?

The facility is run-down when it comes to buildings, and there are only about a foundation and pillars left.

Even if you were searching from above, as the columns are also full of pigeons and moss. If you hadn't observed it so carefully, you wouldn't have found it.

But I turn my attention to what was sitting in its center more than the site of this ruin.

"Is that... an egg shell?

Yes, there was a black, big egg shell in the middle of the ruins.

When I approach the egg shell, I observe it.

"It's old. The moss is growing and the soil is covered. It was a long time ago."

The shell's old, so the chick you were born with would be an adult by now, right?

And rather than......

"Maybe this is the Bahamut egg I knocked down during this time..."

It's just a little hard to tell what eggs are just from looking at the demonic egg shell.

If you've known each other in previous generations, you know what eggs are just from looking at this, but it's very unlikely that I, a normal human being, would be able to get to that realm.

"If this is the egg of Bahamut, the purpose of the newly arrived Bahamut is... to lay eggs here again? But now Bahamut must be following the devil..."

Hmm, that's all I can say for sure yet.

Shall we search it already?

When I leave the egg shell of the Bahamut, I go further behind the ruins.

And before proceeding so much, he discovered a stone gate that stood with potpounds among the ruins.

It was as unnatural as destroying a house and leaving only the gate, and that was the only thing that left a beautiful shape.

Yeah, shape isn't the only thing that's beautiful.

"Neither moss nor violets have grown busily..."

Yes, it's too pretty compared to other ruins.

And the gate looked different in architectural style, unlike other buildings.

"That's a gate. It's also in operational condition."

It was exactly the demon's transfer device, the gate.

"Operational status means there's a demon near here."

Naturally, the gate, which is a magic item, drains magic when it runs.

So if you don't move it for a long period of time, it's common sense that the power has stopped, or most magic items can stop at will if you don't move it for a certain period of time to avoid wasting magic.

Well, there's a chance I'm developing magic items for demons today without worrying about that.

Either way, this gate was kept operational.

This is definitely a sign that someone is using it.

This place has been occupied by Bahamut for a long time, so I don't think humans inadvertently got it up and running.

If so, it's reasonable to think of him as a demon, after all.

"And I guess I'm part of the devil's plan, too"

A short distance from the gate can be seen stacking unnaturally broken trees.

In the center of it was a black and large object.

"Arr, it would definitely be an egg"

If fallen and stacked trees meant nests, it would be a pretty big creature.

Yeah, that's the bahamut size you came in later.

and, at that time, the gate began to shed light.

"Don't let anybody out."

I lurk in a position where the gate can be seen from the diagonal front and be wary of who comes out.

If you're a superior demon, it's easy to detect the hidden magic you're using right now, so you have to be alert.

Then the brilliance of the gate becomes stronger, and the door made of stone opens all by itself.

By the way, although I'm saying stone, researchers I know said this door is not strictly stone because it's a mineral in the demon world.

Well, it doesn't matter.

When the gate opens completely, two figures emerge from inside.

Although there are no signs that either of you will notice our presence, it is strictly forbidden to be alarmed.

There is also the possibility that he will come with the dokan pretending he has not noticed.

"Damn, thanks to you for all you've done for me, it's just this way."

One of the demons groans in a grumpy manner.

"You won't have a choice! They're like easy deconstruction of our magic items!

This is the demon you ran into inside the big magic item that was stung in the megalo whale.

"Don't talk great about defeat, Bar Guest! The demon I was in charge of was murdered because I left my property to follow your Hema!

"Ha, which role couldn't be played by a demon killed by humans, Rodolga?

Hmm, the demon who was in charge of the Megalo Whale is a bar guest, and the demon who was in charge of the Bahamut says Rodolga?

"It's not human power. The user demon reports that he defeated them with the power of a magic item."

Is this what you're saying about us taking down Bahamut?

"Even though he was weak because of his magic, I didn't know he owned enough magic items to defeat Bahamut anymore. Even if it rots, it's only the descendants of the Sky Continent."

Looks like he was talking about Bahamut after all.

And the fact that they were robbing the island of magic must mean that Bahamut was robbing the island of magic like a megalo whale.

That Bahamut, because it was unnaturally small.

"But if I had a new Bahamut, wouldn't they kill me with magic items again?

Rodolga shakes her neck beside Barguest's remarks.

"No, after defeating Bahamut, the magic item seems to have self-destructed. I don't think I could have prepared anything as powerful as using it more than once."

That's why you don't have to worry about getting knocked down.

"Yes, human civilization in this age is in decline. I can't even make new magic items."

A time of decline in civilization?

What do you mean...

"Do you really think so, Rodolga?

"... well, the possibility of still hiding magic items is in denial"

Oh, it seemed like an important story...

Then I can help you.

That's what I say. A bar guest slaps his own chest with a dong.

"So you think I owe you this one back? I had to interrupt the Bahamut watch, too, because you messed with me, didn't you?

"But no matter what this time, humans would have killed Bahamut using nearby magic items."

"Mmm."

Rodolga conceives of the words of a bar guest.

"Sure. We don't know how many magic items humans possess, and it's more than likely that any of them were in the same situation as this one."

"Right? So this time I will attack the home of the humans and destroy them with every magic item. You just have to protect the remaining Bahamut and the eggs."

That being said, the bar guest points to the black egg you see in the back.

I knew I was a Bahamut egg.

"Well, that would be good. Then why don't you just pay me back the loan you lent me?"

So let's just destroy the humans and go and plant new prey too.

That said, the bar guest snarls his fingers as he nods his tongue.

Whoa, if you're going to harm the people of the empty island, I'm not going to miss it either.

I thought this might happen, so I'm glad Liliera stayed.

Because the strength of Bahamut and the recaptured bar guests, and Rodolga, who was manipulating Bahamut, was unknown.

"Then I'll come"

Whoa, I won't let that happen.

When I pulled out my sword and jumped, I cut off the flying bar guest from the side.

This is a fight, so I won't let you tell me it's dirty.

"Guh!?"

A bar guest screams when suddenly attacked.

"Become!?"

And Rodolga shouted surprised at me and my screaming buddies, who suddenly appeared in front of me.

This reaction, apparently, really didn't realize I existed.

"Hey!"

I hit the ground with a heel drop on the head of a barguest, and I turned back to Rodolga.

"Who are you?"

"He's just an adventurer."

I will accelerate my flight magic to defeat Rodolga. [M]

"Ku!"

Rodolga pulls a red light from his palm to intercept me.

"I'm not gonna hit you!

I fix the trajectory and dodge Rodolga's attack while I pack the distance.

"Don't lick it!

At that time, Rodolga's red light burst, becoming a shotgun and scattered all around him.

"How about that!

If I found out it didn't hit me, I'd hardly do it to make it a barrage of density that I couldn't avoid by strengthening my power.

"But it won't work!

Through the earthen smoke, I leap to the front of Rodolga.

"Stupid!?"

Unfortunately. No matter how powerful it was, the bullet-shaped effect had reduced the power of each shot.

If this attack is so weakened, the all-circle defensive magic that wraps my entire body is enough.

"Come on, hold on!

And I thought, if you think about it carefully, killing him, etc., you won't get the demon information.

Let's change policy here and catch him alive.

I hold my sword backwards and slap the pattern of my sword into Rodolga's dovetail.

"Guru!?"

Although it is an attack with a pattern, it is an attack reinforced by physical enhancement magic.

Rodolga exhales blood from her mouth.

All right, all you have to do is capture it with restraint magic...

"Let me!

And that's when the falling bar guest attacked me.

"I remember you, kid! I thought you were coming after me!

No, no, I didn't mean to come after you.

Or is the wound healed, although it is not fully healed?

"Huhaha! You were right to have a hypothesis ready for the next time we fight you!

Whoa, did the enemy also have the means to recover?

Well, on second thought, it's normal, isn't it?

Even the adventurers prepare potions for spares as well as monks' restorative magic.

"Come on, let me pay you back what I owed you before! If I defeat you, who can stop our plan, I will write off my failures and have no choice!

It's kind of overrated.

But I'm not gonna beat you.

"Stanhold!"

"Wallguard!

The lightning strike magic unleashed to capture Bar Guests is prevented by the Rock Wall.

"Ha! We can handle as much as we want if we know we're going to capture this one! My Wallguard will withstand even an advanced magic blow!

Heh, that's interesting.

Instead of being less aggressive, is it superior to protection?

And you insulted me in the last fight, but you're not gonna go like you did this time because you're serious?

"Then! Burst Slash Rush!

I hit the wall of a rock created by a bar guest with a sword that has been enhanced by magic. [M]

And the rock wall that withstood the first blow is nicely cut off with the second attack.

"Gahhhhhhhhh"

A bar guest screams from behind the rock wall.

"What, that?

No, just hang in there.

You're proud of your defense, aren't you? Why would they do that with two shots?

This magic is the magic of a series of attacks with sharp-enhanced swords, but this is just two attacks.

And the rock wall collapsed, and a corpse appeared behind it, directly two of the bar guests who were hiding behind it.

"... yep"

This one puzzles me on the rock wall of a bar guest who was unexpectedly moronic.

Was the Demon Man so weak?

"And I can't believe it..."

and I hear Rodolga's weak voice from behind.

Turning around, Rodolga was drooling blood from her mouth and staring at me with a flashing face.

"I didn't know you could easily crush the guard of an iron wall bar guest... who the hell are you!?"

Yep!? Iron Wall!? With that!?

"Uh, as I said earlier, I'm just an adventurer"

I'm ashamed to say it twice...

"Ya, you said you were just an adventurer!? Don't be ridiculous!

Rodolga gives an angry voice, but he's a real adventurer.

"Come on! If this happens, just the eggs!

Rodolga wings and flies towards the eggs.

"What are you doing!?"

He's about to turn into a Bahamut egg.

That must be a plan that needs to be stopped!

"Wait..."

It was then that I tried to chase Rodolga to stop him.

Along with the sound of Zuzuun!!, a black mass buried his sight.

"Huh?"

Turning his gaze upwards, there was a giant enough to be seen as a large mountain.

"... Bahamut"

Yes, that was what the storm demon Bahamut looked like.

Shit, I was obsessed with fighting demons and hadn't noticed Bahamut approaching.

……

Bahamut stares at me.

I take that gaze directly from the front, too.

When the battle begins if you turn away, your instincts scream.

Bahamut has entered the territory. How does it work against me?

No, if you were following a demon before that, why don't you join me and attack me?

Hmm, that's a hassle.

Pakiri......

I heard a small noise in a world of silence that didn't even sound like a bug.

Bahamut looks beyond his body out of sight.

Looks like something's going on.

And again, Pakiri, if you think you heard the sound of Pakiri...

Kukaaaa

And I heard a small, but energetic voice.

Could this be...

Then Bahamut stood up again, once he stood back.

With a little Bahamut in its mouth.

"After all, the chick hatched"

The newborn Bahamut rings with a lovely voice.

And at the next moment, Bahamut flew up to the sky with the chick in his arms, disappearing into the sky without him.

"Are you willing to fight while protecting your child..."

Well, I'm glad I didn't have to waste my life on this one.

And I remember Rodolga, and I put my gaze back into the nest...

"It's crushed."

Poor Rodolga had been peshanko trampled by Bahamut.

Um, does this mean that the desire to protect the child has prevailed over the fear or subordination of the person who rules over you?

"After all, I never knew what the enemy was up to."

Not only Rodolga, but the gate was trampled together, so I don't know where it was connected.

"Well, I guess it's a good idea because I could have stopped the devil from plotting"

Yeah, thinking about it would have been fruitful enough, wouldn't it?

"Well, I guess I'll go home"

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I am Bahamut, the one who keeps the sky in check.

I was forced to be subordinate by a little demon, but just when I got back, the demon was weak, so I stomped him off luckily.

It feels good!

If I thought something like that, there was some kind of bad human being.

It sucks like I've already seen it.

Because there are two demons in the back.

It would also be natural to see this human being as the cause that the demon man I just crushed was worn out.

'Cause human nails are emitting a tremendous sense of intimidation.

Shit, what am I gonna do? Awesome pinch.

I want to run away now, but I can't leave my son alone because he's about to hatch.

Fighting is unlikely to win very much, the silence of the opponent is very scary.

It was then. There was a crack in my son's egg.

You're gonna be born!? You're gonna be born!?

Come on! Be born fast!

Kukaaaa

All right, I was born! Then we'll get out of here!

Thus, with my newborn child, I succeeded in fleeing under a terrible human being.

Ah, I was scared.