Enemy encountered in an underground ruin that fell with Mr. Lasse.
The whole body was made of black and shadowed. We managed to repel them while searching for an exit in the ruins surrounded by darkness.
Perhaps that was a soldier made of shadows derived from divine beasts.
It was a terrible resemblance to Reefa's creation of a stature, and most importantly, it disappears to return to darkness once defeated.
What we need to do now is find an exit up in this underground ruin and rendezvous with Reefa and Nia. In doing so, I thought of coming out with the same enemies again...
"I think it's time we did it..."
"You smell fragrant too!"
In the meantime, I decided to take a break and tummy up.
In the middle of the ruins illuminated by the lights of the devil, I was making stews, using the foldable cookware and ingredients I had brought with me.
It is also important to explore the ruins, but only strength and magic must be replenished firmly, as this is a situation that ensures battle takes place.
"Hoo, I'm glad you shared your recipe for Sheena's special, survival stew...!"
"Um, in addition to the simplicity, it's nice to have nutritional value. I learned a lot from her."
Sheena, I'm bringing your teachings to life now...!
Sending even a heartfelt thank you to her, she releases the stew to the vessel and distributes it to the demons of use and Mr. Lasse.
"Go ahead, Mr. Lasse"
"Oh, thank you. But... isn't it too calm?"
'Cause I'm used to it.
"What I'm saying is, I think it's a little strange to get used to a situation like this."
Especially what Mr Lasse said.
It would seem a little strange from the side to be able to settle down in this situation.
Mouth the stew poured into the cup at hand, whilst mouthing the reason you think of it.
"... I've been almost locked up the same way before."
"Really?"
"Yep, god-ju... no, I was about to be imprisoned by a girl..."
"What happened to you?"
Shit, more crime at once...!?
No, but I don't know if you can believe me by saying I'm about to be imprisoned by a god beast here.
Yes, for once, let's just say that because it's not a mistake, either.
"Besides, we've been in a lot of noise before. I feel like I'm used to that."
……
"Mr. Lasse...?"
Somehow I get a bitter look on my face.
Did I ever say anything that bothered you?
"Don't you like it?"
"Yes?"
"I don't know... I don't know, irrational eyes... and you don't hate it"
"... right"
Don't like it.
In retrospect of everything that's happened to me, it won't be all good.
Rather, there may be more bad things.
I've been in many life-threatening battles, and I've fought battles where many people's lives were at stake.
"I know it's scattered, but I've never wanted to get away with it.... If I were alone, I might have, but I have friends with the demons I can count on."
That's what I say as I reflect my gaze on Hakuro and Yulan beside me, and Shiv and Lime riding on my lap.
"You're a strong man."
"No, no..."
"The same was true when I first made you face to face. The way you look at me without distracting yourself from me... is stronger than any person I know... so it was the very strength of the person I've ever seen."
What, did I look like that all over town?
When I first met Mr. Lasse, it must have been all over the city.
Would you have looked that ready...?
"Lord Lasse, when the hell are we talking about (...)?"
"Schiff...?"
Schiff, who made his expression look bad, is staring at Mr. Lasse.
Hakuro also wakes up to protect me.
Mr. Lasse, bitterly laughing at the alarming appearance of the demons who used him, carries the stew to his soggy mouth with a spoon.
"Mr. Kite, you're a good man."
"Uh, thank you?"
I return my thanks in the light of a sudden compliment.
With a grin zeroed as troubled, he goes on to utter words.
"I know you were suspicious of me.... To be honest, if I were in the same position as you, I would have suspected it."
……
"Yet the one named you admired me so painfully... that, by the way, he tried to help me to be dropped underground"
Words break off.
As he was thorough with his listener to understand what he was about to say, he opened his mouth the way he had decided to.
"You are a man of God's beast."
"! How could you...?"
"You were carried by a harsh fate without even being given the right of veto"
Not answering my question, Mr. Lasse goes on to utter words.
The voice was the sorrow itself, and it just seemed painful to say it.
"Mr. Kite, I am. I like humans. That's from another world. You're no exception. I learned the beauty of the earth thanks to her (...). I knew the health of the people who live on earth, the brilliance"
"Mr. Lasse, are you..."
——— Could it be that he is......
Holding his own hand in agony, he vomits out his words as if to confess to me.
"Sooner or later, it may suit the hard eye than death. No, sometimes they make me see more hell than that. Well, that's what Filuon thinks. It could be worse."
……
"So... if... you seem to suffer alive... just the same -"
As he tries to speak the rest of his words, a fierce killing rages upon us.
As soon as I stood up and drew the demons to hand, I turned my gaze toward those who showed signs.
——— Not like the Shadows just now...!
Cuttlefish, cuttlefish, and hard footsteps approach this way.
Getting as close as you can to the illuminated distance of the magic fixture's light reveals the whole story.
"Hey, what's that..."
"Made of ice, people...?"
A feminine doll made up of ice all over her body.
The face is made of ice, even the hair cut off to the shoulder, although it is the Nobu surface itself, which is obviously not the same as the earlier shadow.
Besides, I feel a clear will from then on.
The ice lady bows down to me unexpectedly.
……
"Oh, thank you very much for this..."
In the meantime, when I bow back, he shows a delightful bare gesture.
Could it be the enemy? The next moment I thought, the same shadow wrapped around Reefa in the hands of an ice woman - changing like a nail.
"Huh, you're motivated...!"
———
You mean the bow was just a greeting...!
Either way, they don't turn out to be hostile.
While deforming the lime into a weapon, I speak to Mr. Lasse standing behind me.
"Mr. Lasse, I'll listen to you later"
"... oh, be careful. It's... strong"
———♪
"... I know"
It's not just because I'm standing there.
I'll deal with it in the first place. It's suspicious, but let's respond, if we need it anyway, with a view to escaping.