Dungeon Defense (WN)

He grabs the bottle and pours the wine as if it were up to him. Barbato's eyes widen.

“Hey, hey! ”

“Drinks are for fun. There are different ways to catch things and different ways to follow them. It makes my life miserable when I think about it. ”

“That's why you're a gentleman! You need rules to enjoy anything properly! ”

“Yay.”

Dantalian answered appropriately. Barbatos pounces and takes his drink quietly. I had no choice. I didn't know that even a drop of wine would be spilled, which was more precious than gold. Dantalian pours some liquor into his glass.

“Cheers."

“Here, cheers. ”

Yikes. Crystal clears her throat. As opposed to the quick pour of the cup that Dantalian drank, Barbatos did not budge. I just watched the Dantalian swallow up the ballerinas like a beer without even looking at the scent.

“Hyah.”

“Does it... taste good? ”

“It's good. It's really good. Hmm, I don't personally like wine very much, but this is amazing. ”

Her golden eyes sparkle.

“What's it taste like? Huh? How does it taste? Try to be as specific as possible. ”

“...... You can drink it yourself. ”

“Well, yes. ”

Barbato takes a breath. Phew. Phew. She makes her own suggestions. This is just red alcohol, this is just red liquid, this is just……. Barbatos has regained his peace of mind if what he said worked. Right next door, Dantalian was looking at her with a look at a madman.

Finally.

The glass is tilted, the wine is pouring. I wet the tip of my lips and tongue.

“ ……!? ”

Suddenly, Barbatos doesn't seem to be alive. She has fully admitted that she has been trapped in a single compartment called the Skull. It was so dark that I could only look at something by relying on the faint light coming through the corners of my eyes. Barvatos mutters, just beyond the ritual, "What is this?" No, a god whispered from afar. What is this? The light itself? Look, there's light coming from the other side. Amazing, even more glowing!

‘Ahh, ahh. ’

She saw a vision. He was running around being a nomad. He was a real nomad. He climbed up without hesitation, sliced the air at an angle, occasionally trembled at the vibrations that were echoing from the ground, finally stepped forward without a beat, finally swung his tightly, and so that the ground in front of him was a smoothly trimmed desert, already without the horse's head, only a single mane flew away....

“Ugh, ugh. Ugh.”

Salvation. True salvation is here.

Dantalian is frightened.

“Well, what the hell. Are you crying right now? ”

“Well done, Hung Hung. It's been a tough day, but it's been a tough 2,000 years, Maan, Hung. Good to be alive.”

She shed tears. She continues to sip the wine. Just as I decided I needed to replenish the water that was draining out. In the meantime, I followed every step of the way to enjoy the wine, smelling the aroma, rolling the alcohol in my tongue, feeling the texture that goes over my esophagus. With tears pouring out. Dantalian bruised himself with an overly postmodern look.

“Give it to me. ”

Barbatos, who emptied his glass so quickly, snatches the bottle away. She tucks her right thumb into the groove of the bottom of the bottle. I held the wine bottle in my hand and poured it into the glass in my left hand. After following the wine, I gently returned the bottle so that it would not splash. It was like being driven by paranoia. The scene was repeated.

Crying, drinking, drinking.

“Sniff, sniff. ”

─ Glug glug.

“Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy. ”

─ Tor-glug.

Dantalian forgot to drink his own alcohol. The appearance of a twelve-year-old girl who was crying and drinking with her drink seemed to be superrealistic in a good way and a little crazy in a bad way. Dantalian knew that the Demon King Barbato was a famous alcoholic by setting up the game. But now she showed me more than I could have imagined.

He opens his mouth carefully.

“I have a question. Why are you saying it's delicious? ”

“Ugh. It tastes like this, but when you drink it, it reduces the amount. It's really, really starting to suck. Ugh. I told you not to discuss anything with anyone who hasn't had a glass of Valerignon who tears himself to tears. ”

Although it was highly doubtful who the source of the pronunciation was, Dantalian wanted to get lucky around this point for his own purposes. Time flirts with Barbato because it's unexpectedly fun.

“Really? Nothing to discuss? ”

Dantalian said to himself in his own manner that he felt sorry for him.

“I'm afraid not.”

“What's the problem, son? ”

“I came to discuss the markings you left on Reef's corpse. If you haven't tried the Teared Ballerina, don't discuss anything. It's too much trouble for me. ”

At that moment.

Barbato didn't drop the cup in his hand, not because she was surprisingly cold or pretending not to be. I couldn't even react to a small amount of relaxation in my fingers. Only that. Her body stops, just as she lifts her glass and tries to shove it in her mouth.

“…… Hmph. ”

She immediately identified the situation. For 2,000 years, my tame and refined habits and intuitions taught me. You've been hit by a bludgeoning. It was a perfect surprise, wasn't it?

Drunkenness fades from the golden eyes. The lioness-like gaze settled in for me. It only took me a few seconds to become the eighth highest Demon King in Barbato, who loves drinking so much.

She is relieved of her paralysis and turns the wine around.

“So, this is the 505-year mountain of Valerignon. ”

A sentence without context.

The man in front of me fully understood what that elixir meant.

“Ah, the eighth Demon King. It cost me a lot to relax. ”

“I'm beginning to understand. From the first time I threw a ballerina into the air, I was stacking up rocks. Don't let me think of anything else because of that heinous violence. ”

She came to think about it. Isn't that strange? Who in the world would give a bribe and then throw it away? Even if it is precious to the person receiving the bribe. It was a common sense to throw away the treasure you had bought so hard to impress the other person.

“In addition to that, I spoke in a manner that undermines liquor. Which is why he made an impression on me. Oh, Dantalian, this son of a bitch knows nothing about booze. ”

Barbato smiles, breathing heavily. I couldn't stand it because it was fun.

“It doesn't make sense to think about it. You are the only one who has saved this wine. Of course you know how precious this treasure is. And he said," It's just booze. "Treating me like a drunk. That was all a ruse to keep my guard up... Hmm. He's a pretty good bookkeeper. ”

Dantalian shrugs.

“I won't deny it. ”

“You can brag. No one else made me careless, kid. They've made me careless, the Dark Magic Master and Hundred Thousand Souls' Monarch, the Mankind Killer. Eventually, when you miraculously brought up Reef's body, I paused for a moment. I've implicitly admitted that I did it. ”

The golden eyes glance at the Dantalian. The beast's gaze is intoxicated when he stares at his opponent. There is no shortage of vigilance.

“Dantalian. The weakest devil in 71. How much effort and how much action have you put in for that one moment? Was it acting and masquerading when we first met? ”

Dantalian smiles bitterly at her vigilance.

“True beauty in itself is the utter utterance of all appearances and manners in one moment. ”

It was the phrase that the two of them spoke when they first met.

“Hey, Barbato. Isn't the wine you're talking about really beautiful? ”

“Oh. This wine is worth taking away my moment." ”

Barbato was impressed.

“You're absolutely right. I knew it and I knew it. Hah, not only will a loser surrender to defeat, but he will gladly accept defeat. Fine. I'll purely commemorate this moment now. It was a perfect play.”

She brings out the crystal glass.

“I, Barvatos, drink to you. To Dantalian.”

“To Dantalian. ”

Xiaoang.

A clear sound resounded.

Barbato has a sip of wine in his mouth. And smiled bitterly. It was fantastic. It was definitely worth fooling about once with a drink like this.

She thinks, "Even if I brought you some other fine wine, and not a ballerina, Dantalian may be able to deceive himself." But when he realizes it was all a ruse, he'll hate Dantalian. The kindness that told you to rebel without fail, the cheering that told you not to worry about Pymon, and the kindness that you were willing to welcome, you would have felt betrayed and exploited.

Dantalian serves the world's most precious liquor. What this means is one thing.

‘It's worth it to deceive you. ’

It's not the best consideration. Best cheer, best kindness.

That's why Barbato was able to enjoy the wine even at this moment when he was deceived.

She hated him. It was mostly because he was a liar. However, Dantalian boldly confronted her directly. I achieved my goal, and raised her aside. He was not a father among the corrupt. The gladiator, who fought with all his heart, stood up to the opponent after a fierce battle. There was a friendship that only warriors could communicate with.

Dantalian wins, as well as gaining the heart of the opponent. It was a true victory.

Barbato smiles.

“How did you know it was me? ”

“Now you can focus on enjoying the drink. ”

“Son, I can't live with myself if I have questions. If you don't tell me, I'll drink the Valerignon of the underworld and wonder how your son found out. ”

Dantalian howls.

“Yes, I'm afraid not. I gave it to you for your trouble.If your friend doesn't enjoy it properly, it's not just a loss. ”

“The one who knows that, phew. All right. Come on, spit it out. ”

“Just drink this. ”

Dantalian drank another sip. It was a way to make the opponent uncomfortable. Barbatos waits furiously for the same trick. The winner couldn't stand the position of losing because he wanted to participate in the Blessing.

“Yummy. Yummy. ”

“Woohoo.”

“Okay, okay. I'll tell you.”

Dantalian laughs.

“First of all, someone who participated in Valpurgis Night was on the dragon ship. In terms of timing, it was practically impossible to sponsor the Adventure Party of the Reef if you weren't directly involved in the hearing. ”

“Fuck, yeah. I understand that. ”

I was impressed by Barbato's white forehead.

“But there were 32 Demon Kings attending Valpurgis' night. How do you choose me? ”

“Simple logic. ”