109 Episode 109: Shadow Despair

Having struck a marker at the escaped demon, I escape the subspace and return to the original world.

It seems that the time elapsed in the subspace was extremely meagre, and the surroundings are filled with demons that we have just defeated.

Apparently, the demons in the rear were avoiding the direct hit of the earlier attack, thanks to their distance.

Although it's damaging, it looks like it can still be fought.

"Oops!

Strengthened by physical strengthening magic, I leap and look around the battlefield from above.

Around the gate, the adventurers must have driven them away, there was no such thing as demons.

Now we're moving forward in the form of pursuing the demons coming this way.

"Hmm? What? Those demons over there are making weird moves, right?

On closer inspection, outside the fence protecting the town, a herd of demons just around the opposite of the gate repeatedly moved, proceeded and returned, and occasionally suddenly moved in an unseen direction.

"What the hell is that... ah"

I leaned my neck in that strange motion, but in front of a bunch of demons, I realized that something white and round was moving around.

"Moffmoff's wrinkle."

Yes, there was Moffmoff before the demons stopped.

Moffmoff hits the demons, and the demons rush to get away from Moffmoff, but soon Moffmoff turns around on the other side to stop that movement.

Apparently, the demons were trying to escape from Moffmoff by going that way or this way.

And he went from being a missed demon to feeding on Moffmoff in turn.

"Yeah, looks like you should leave those demons to Moffmoff. It's going to be good exercise."

But let's leave less dinner tonight.

Because if you eat too much and get fat, it's tough.

"But all the other demons are coming this way. I thought you were giving instructions for the demons to gather here."

Shortly after the battle began, I magically built a number of walls around town to break off the demons' siege nets.

The demons that were blocking progress on the wall were coming this way, bypassing the wall.

"But why did you break the siege?

Um, because you realized that the fence you were trying to destroy was magically reinforced?

We didn't have time, so we couldn't do that much strong defensive magic, but the demons collected this time were mostly cluttered fish that weren't strong.

So I guess you thought you'd better concentrate on your strength and make a little breakthrough to break the wall.

It's easier to destroy the gates that run to open them structurally than to break the thick walls of a single plate.

Even demons who aren't very strong at it may break through the gates and break into the town if they come in relying on numbers without thinking about sacrifices.

That's not a good idea.

"But then why didn't the demon come out in person?

I would leave the demons behind and make sure they break the gates and walls themselves.

"Um, is that some kind of operation, too?

Well, I guess we'll see about that later if we catch the devil who escaped.

"Let's do what we can now! High Area Marshbind!"

Towards the second formation of a largely approaching herd of demons, I unleashed extensive restraint magic.

Then suddenly the demons' feet are flooded and dragged straight into a bottomless swamp.

High Area Marshbind, this is the magic of making an extensive bottomless marsh to stop the subject.

The demons were taken by deep mud and unable to walk properly, and where more than half of their bodies sank in, the mud lost water and returned to the dirt ground again.

"And the demons over there... duh!

And when we restrain all the rest of the herd of demons coming from another direction, the adventurers who were just coming this way arrive.

"Hey, what the hell? ⁉ A bunch of demons are buried on the ground. ⁉

The adventurers who came to fight the demons shout surprises when they see the demons in captivity.

"Oh, hey boy, did you do it magically?

Well, extensive restraint magic is a minor magic that doesn't have a lot of people to use.

There were a lot of people who wanted to destroy all of my acquaintances in an instant just enough to restrain them.

But now I'm not a hero, I'm an adventurer.

Then we need to make sure that we don't lose the demon product value so that we can sell the defeated demon material at a high price.

I used Range Attack magic just now as a priority to protect the town, but I found out that no demon was that strong in previous battles.

"Yes, I magically restrained him because there were so many of them. I still have things to do, so why don't you guys take care of stabbing Todome?

"Oh, I don't mind that... is that good?!? You're going to take care of it!?"

They say it's okay to defeat the demons I restrained, and the adventurers turn colored.

Well, it's like being offered a demon tied up on purpose when you see it from someone who doesn't know anything.

"Yeah, there's plenty of them, as you can see. I stabbed all the demons by myself, and if I even stripped them of the material, I wouldn't have enough time."

There's still something about demons.

We should leave the work we can turn to another people.

"Well done. Sure enough, if we had one of these demons at a time, the sun would go down."

"... ok. We'll take care of these demons. You should finish what you do."

The boulder adventurers are quick to talk to!

This is the Knights of a previous life or something. I was wasted time taking a handshake or something.

"Rest assured, I will report your demons to the Alliance properly, and I will ask you to share them with me!

"Huh? No, nothing like that..."

When I saw the adventurers' faces, I remembered.

They are the adventurers who took part in my demolition class.

"Thanks to you, we were able to learn how to dismantle the dragon, and then you gave us a sharp weapon. I'll pay you back for that!

"That's what happened. We'll help the demolisher. The demon demolition is our exclusive patent!

"" "That's what happened!

Not only were the adventurers there, but also the demolishers who participated in the defense of the town.

"Gentlemen..."

"All right! Then I'll stab that demon in the face!

"Ah, in front! That's an A-rank demon!

"Hehe, the opponent can hardly move, the early winner...... guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ⁉"

Oh, one of the adventurers who went to the demon got caught in the tail of the demon and blew it up.

"Because fools greed. Many demons can attack even with their feet sealed! Fight carefully!

"" "Whoa!

The adventurers who decided to do it moved fast.

They all flocked to the demons in unison.

"Watch your tail fight back!

"I know! But it's easier than fighting normally!

"Yes, and we have this dragon armor and a spear!

"You can't fight without this anymore!

"I'll hunt all the demons and definitely buy this gear!

The adventurers turn to demons that can easily be beaten, demons that fight back, demons that are dangerous even when their feet are restrained and demons that suit them. Some of them are blown away like the others just now by attacking demons above their ranks.

Or if I were to buy dragon gear, I wish I could buy a better one, not something like this in time.

"I fought for my life earlier, and it was like a festival."

And when I was thinking about that, Liliera and the others came.

"Good luck. Was the gate okay?

"Yeah, it was a lot easier when the demons stopped attacking along the way and started heading this way, so we took the form of attacking the backs of the fleeing demons."

I see the devil's policy shift has made it easier for Liliera and the others to fight.

"But I don't know. That's my brother's magic, isn't it? Why bother handing over the other guys?"

and Gyro-kun seem unhappy that I left the demons crusade to the other adventurers.

Looks like they'll have a proper share.

"Because there were a lot of them. I thought I'd give priority to chasing the devil here rather than all of it myself."

"Oh, if you're a demon, you can't help it... right?

"" "" "" What, demon!? "" "

Liliera and the others look at this one with a groggy face.

"What!? There's another demon out there?

Yeah, again, right?

"I thought it was strange that the town was suddenly attacked by such a massive herd of demons. You had a demon involved."

Then we all look convinced that we can understand.

Compared to before, we're all getting used to it.

"So, what do we do now?"

Mr. Liliera asks me about my policy after this.

"I successfully mounted a tracking marker on the demon's body, so I thought I'd disappear, chase him, wrap him up where he rendezvous with his people, and smash him."

"Collect the demons and crush them..."

"Normally, I'm saying a hell of a thing, but when Lex says it, it sounds like it can be done normally, so we have to be careful."

"" "" I know "" "

I don't think you can defeat a demon normally!?

"But if that's the case, we shouldn't follow. It's an example of disappearing, isn't it? We have to hold hands. It would be nice to use it outside, as it used to be, but if the escaped demon's lair is small, it will only get in the way if we follow it. If someone accidentally bumps into a demon, it's over."

Indeed, my magic was made so that my companions could disappear together, so that they could identify the people they touched and see each other.

So when you come into contact, you can't get into magic until you're not one of them.

Liliera is certainly right that if she finds out what she's been following before she checks the total number of demons.

"Well, you should start by scouting out what kind of place the Devil's escape is."

"Mr. Rex would have solved the case as it were."

"" "" I think ""

I was just wondering why we're all going to get hammered.

"Then you're going for a moment"

"Yeah, we're helping Mr. Rex end the remaining demons until he gets back."

"Regards!

All right, then, let's go back to tracking the demon who escaped!

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"Ki, gone... Yes, no metamorphosis magic... is it ⁉"

I watched the sight.

Man, no, the dragon emperor disappeared unexpectedly.

That is definitely metamagic.

But yes, humans today have lost most of their technology in past wars.

Even our demon clan of wisdom has recently resurrected the technology.

"This is... a big deal"

If humans can use metastatic magic, they'll have to review our strategy dramatically.

Yes, our demon's plan to re-invade may require significant modifications.

"Maybe this was rather the right thing to do by failing to assassinate the Dragon Emperor"

Yes, although we failed to assassinate the Dragon Emperor, we still have a chance to assassinate the Dragon Emperor.

It's more important to know that humans have metastatic magic than that.

If we had carried out a plan of re-aggression without knowing about it, we would have been handicapped by the magic of metastasis shared by humans.

"Totally, you were right to pretend to be dead."

Yes, it is. The placement I was in charge of in the assassination of the Dragon Emperor was an unfortunate place with a large number of demons.

I resented that this would take the handle of the assassination of the Dragon Emperor by the others, but only this time it played its part.

I was able to survive the Dragon Emperor's attack by shielding all the demons around me.

Bring this information back and you won't have to be punished for failing your mission.

On the contrary, instead of those in the clan of wisdom with credit for bringing back information of strategic value, they may be entrusted with some operational command.

"This is luck coming around."

There is no Dragon Emperor anymore.

He said he was going after a clan of wisdom, so it was probably the safe house that the Dragon Emperor headed for.

Then I guess I should head home.

So we'll make a report, and we'll be heading to the safe house for the dragon emperor crusade.

Then not only did the Dragon Emperor find out about the metastasis magic, but he headed to the safe house all by himself.

"Kuku, dragon emperor. I'm sorry you didn't confirm our bodies because you thought you'd wiped us out."

It was me trying to get back to base in a hurry, but I change my mind.

"It's good to go home like this. You want at least a souvenir."

Yeah, it's like you ran away when you got back to base like this.

That's not funny.

Fortunately, he doesn't look like a dragon emperor now.

And all around us are floating humans.

"Knock."

Then there is one thing to do.

Though injuries are the only reason why people like this shouldn't be handed to each other!

It brings together all the remaining human warriors and raises them to the Blood Festival!

"Huhaguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

It was then, when I tried to get up with a high laugh, and there was a terrible pain in my back.

"Hey, what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--what--w

Spread your wings to confirm the injury, and turn your neck back while you gaze.

The wings are heavy, this could be a serious injury.

"... hey, what is this? ⁉ *"

I was surprised by the sight.

What a white, round hairball stuck to my back, near the roots of my wings.

What the hell is this...?

"Cuuuuu."

It was then. White hairballs moved with the sound.

"A creature," he said.

I'm surprised at that creature I've never even seen, and there's anger in my heart.

"This thing! You're going to eat our proud demon wings!

Ruled by anger, I decided to tear this hairball apart before the humans.

"Furry balls! They dye that white body bright red!

I grabbed the two horns that grew out of the hairballs and tore them apart to spread them to the left and right.

Torn it, I should have...

"Ba, stupid ⁉⁉R"

Incredibly, the body of the hairy balls isn't even freaking out. ⁉

"Fuck this!

I can get serious right away and put my strength into both arms.

But he says he's giving it all, and this hairball doesn't even show the bitter crust of being torn apart.

"Cu ~? Cucu?"

I don't know what you're talking about.

But I was definitely insulted.

"Come on, I'll kill you!

I can't forgive you! You mock me for being such a demon!

"Worth dying for!

I unleash all my magic and unleash the greatest magic on the hairball in front of me.

"The magic of our demons is incomparable with humans. Eat it at close range!

Magic is transformed into physical power, and it explodes right in front of me.

Stupid hairballs are pathetic charcoal extinguishing.

"Hmm, wasn't it a little popular...... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

I thought it was time to slaughter for sure this time.

I wasn't sure I had a proper shape or anything.

Even though it is!

"Cu?"

That hairball stood as if nothing had happened in front of him.

"Hey..."

Impossible, that's not possible!

I am a demon. ⁉ I am a demon who boasts more strength of flesh than man, and more power than man!

Take that attack on me, there's no scratch. ⁉

Who the hell is this creature?

"Cu ~ n"

Hairy balls give a mocking voice.

It's like, "Are we done?" But look me in the eye.

And I saw it.

The sight of a bright red mouth opening wide like blood.

"Gahhhhhhhhhh"

Oh, don't be greedy. I wish I'd just run away...