Kuro no Maou

The Great Labyrinth of Carlamara. Its deepest tier, the "Golden Palace", no longer exists.

Due to the exile of the demon god Carlamara, the sanctuary, which was full of golden magical power, returned to the center of the original ancient ruins.Completely controlled by the original monolith, it now operates as the heart of the pandemonium and, by extension, the Ellrode Empire.

However, the fifth level as a dungeon has not completely disappeared.

The structure of the "Golden Palace", which was enlarged as if by the influence of Carlamara, was repeatedly built in an orderly manner, remains in its entirety.With the loss of the golden magic power, the shining golden walls and ceilings had disappeared, but now they were beginning to form a new dungeon environment due to the enormous magic power of the natural flowing veins of the earth.

The dungeon is beginning to grow again as the original monolith continues to dominate its center, outside and deeper into the ground.

That's the "Great Demon Palace (The Abyss)".

It was named as the new fifth hierarchy, an unknown area that is still invisible.

How deep does it go?It's still unknown to anyone ─ two girls progressing through the new depths of such a great labyrinth.

Ull, Death is coming!

"It's okay, Riki. I'm ready to go."

Ursula responded carelessly to Reki, who raised her voice sharply and vigilantly.

Both of them still have four adventurer ranks.However, the shallow area of the fifth tier "The Great Demon Palace" has already passed through many times.

Rank 4 isn't enough.We have accumulated momentum and achievements that have not reached the adventurer's top rank 5.

This is Lechi and Ursula now, and the party for just the two of them is "Ash to Ash".

Gishaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

A ferocious roar echoed from the back of the aisle.

The white walls of the ancient ruins, the caves facing the rocky skin, and the green trees and leaves that somehow grew up on the ground of the disorganized "Great Demon Palace (The Abyss)" with various characteristics mixed together, this is also a strange appearance of monsters running in a swarm.

Its appearance resembled that of a lizard man.However, it has a long neck and large claws on both arms. It has a stronger monstrous character than a lizard man as a person.

Even though it was just a monster's lizard man, each part of his body was transformed into a metal body like a golem.

They are a new kind of monster named "Metal Reput".

The former fifth tier "Golden Palace" was centered on the Golem monsters produced by the ancient ruins.However, when it came to the current fifth tier "The Great Demon Palace", the number of pure Golem monsters decreased significantly.

Instead, some of the monsters here began to appear as metallic bodies, the mechanizers.

This is presumed to be due to the dungeon's environment, which partially captures the equipment of the ancient ruins of Golem production.The hypothesis is that when a new monster is born in the "Great Demon Palace (The Abyss)", it will become mechanized somewhere by being affected by its golem manufacturing function in some way.

In this way, the monsters that fused life and machinery were newly classified as biometallic, but for adventurers, it was not the academic classification of the monsters that mattered, but the way they were defeated.And the next thing I care about is what kind of material I can get out of it.

Fortunately, in addition to fangs and scales, this semi-machine lizard man can also take metallic materials, so he was a better earner than defeating ordinary lizard man.

"----" Down Grenade ""

Ursula was the first to take the lead.

When I opened the [General Theory Final Chapter] with a smooth black leather decoration, the white fog hands appeared like dancing next to her.

When only the hands of Ursula's proud drain's unique magic (extra) "White Night Fork Princess (Anastasia)" are revealed, a cloud-like mass is released from it.Drawing a parabola and flying through it several times, it was the lead group of Metallept who was just now bursting into it, blowing up the pure white smoke.

QUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

From the point of impact, where it smokes like steam, a powerful cry reverses, and a distressing sound completely devoid of vigor resounds.

The drain absorbs not only magic, but also vitality.I was proud of my high vitality as a Lizard Man monster, but if I suddenly lost a few percent of it, I would lose even a fatal debilitation.

If you're running at full speed towards your prey, you'll be struck by the fatigue you feel right after you've run the maximum distance you can run at full speed.I mean, their legs stop.

"Buray Eeku----"

Reki, who was in charge of the vanguard, was still leaping toward the point of impact where the fog of the drain was still smoking.

Ursula, the rearguard mage, cuts in at the best time to take advantage of stopping the enemy first.

She still had a small body full of eyes, but her strength was really strong on the girl, and she was waving the pitch-black great sword [Obsidian Midnight].

"----Impact!!"

The Crushing Weapon Technique of the Range Attack, which I had learned in my current, became a real explosion and attacked the Metal Reputation that was out of Stamina.

Including from the tip of the head to the tail, a monster that should be weighing even more with the flesh of metal blows away like a tree leaf.

Without letting go of the target, Reki quickly detaches from her post-match rigidity and starts moving.

Fortunately, the metal lepto, which was outside the range of the Weapon Arts, was recovering from the stamina loss caused by Ursula's [Downgrenade], but it was too dull to fight the girl who was slashing like a beast.

Fire!

The bright red axe gripped by the left arm was swirled down by the flaming flames and still fluttering iron lizards.

It's not a weapon skill, it's a blow of strength.However, Red Warrior Burnout, a reinforced axe of fire, throws a blazing fire into the opponent.

A heavy blow as an axe and a flame as a magic weapon engulf the metal lepto even closer.While the powder of fire was swirling violently, the pitch-black sword in her right hand also ran like a gust of wind.

Reki had no time to get his opponent back in position, so he swept through the remnants of the enemy.

Therefore, the only people who can target her now are those who are far away from that distance.

In the blink of an eye, a new metal lepto emerges from the walls and ceiling without a sound.They jetted flames, strong acids, and iron needles from their mechanized heads, arms, or tails.

"منعت الريات عيروي العمار الماعير العماير عبير ----" Brew Waldefan ""

Many of the ranged attacks from the Metallept Rear Squad were scattered by the wind.

Ursula's Wind Attribute, Intermediate Range Defense Magic.

The grimoire she holds is for the use of modern magic (models).You don't need any special equipment to exercise the "White Night Fork Princess (Anastasia)".

In other words, since the release of the [Down Grenade], I had already started chanting and had prepared defensive magic to follow Leki as he charged into the enemy frontline.

One of them activates two magic spells at the same time, even though it is a unique magic (extra) spell.It can be said to be an anomaly of the technique "Double Chanting (Double Spelling)" ruled by a high-level sorcerer.

Go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-

Shortly after surpassing the all-out assault from the rear guard, Lech threw a flaming axe in his left hand along with a barbatos scream.An axe flying towards those who were clinging to the ceiling and securing their rays is more than just a throwing attack.

A bright red flame blossomed along with a direct hit.Flesh and metal pieces blown apart.Beside a flashy attack in which multiple bodies were defeated together, a blade pushed through the sky secretly.

"Hits"

Continuing to be thrown at the great axe of fire, it was an axe without any insinuation.It's just made of iron, and it's even smaller as an axe. It's made for throwing.

By throwing it himself, Leki made the attack reach the enemy's rear, even though he was an avant-garde warrior.

It was a small hand axe, but the blade thrown by superhuman force brilliantly cracked the head of the lizard and stopped its roots.

"I'm sorry, it's a patchwork."

A long, long, white fog hand overtook Lech and caught the last metal lepto that was turning over to escape by the wall.

A lizard trapped in its arm, its intense drain ability, withered like a pitiful mummy.

"Ugh, I need a little more practice, Death"

"No matter how hard you try, it's just a throwing axe."You can't beat Lord Chrono's [Bullet Arts]. "

You shouldn't talk about two-armed axe-throwing physical attacks and black magic that can simultaneously fire thousands of bullets.

However, the technology of throwing is never in vain.It was one of the fruits of Lecki's efforts to use his power and control to acquire combat level projectiles despite his modest skills.

But I feel like I'm doing pretty well today, Maas!

Yeah, me too. Today's the day I want to break through one of the boss' rooms.

"Yes! I'll fuck you!"

Then, the two girls who continued to grow with enthusiasm on a daily basis rushed toward the depths of the unknown Great Demon Palace ————

"----This is a completely out-of-the-way route."

"Nooo!! It was the best condition to see Murray in recent years!!"

The way forward was a dead end.

Somehow, I had a bad feeling on the way.Even though I was supposed to go a lot further, the frequency of appearance of monsters had decreased.Besides, the monsters that appeared also appeared in the shallow hierarchy.

The absence of more powerful monsters also proves that they have not reached the depths of the hierarchy.

And now, in the clear form of a dead end, we have a brutal result in front of both of them.

But it's just better with a monolith.

Fortunately in misfortune, the end was like a small mausoleum.Tucked away in a lush, tall grassy area, the shrine is home to a small monolith that is familiar to everyone in this large labyrinth.

On the surface, a familiar red ancient character and magic circle emerged.Since the letters and formation were identical to the transfer used for returning, they decided to use it without any doubt.

"Let's get this far today."I'll come back tomorrow. "

Tomorrow, I'm going to try the opposite route, Death.

While talking about such things, the two of them were enveloped by the light of transfer.

"... nnh?"

"This is not an exit."

When the light subsided, I immediately noticed that what spread out in front of me was not the transfer square at the entrance to the familiar Great Labyrinth.

Is this the fourth level of death?

To the left and to the right are caves formed of clear natural crystals.Even though it is deep underground, it can be judged that the glorious cave is the fourth tier "Crystal Cave".

Maybe it's a hidden area.

Ursula decided that because there were obvious artifacts in front of her.

The Crystal Cave is also home to ancient ruins and monoliths, making it a place to return to.Lechi and Ursula were also taken care of when the two of them took control of the fourth tier.

However, the architecture here was different from what I had seen back then.

Somehow, it looks like a different building than the ancient ruins.

"Brand new to burn... it's built to feel like a third tier"

This neighborhood was originally quite a big space.However, the crystals and rocks that stand in front of them are dull steel.

Steel walls, columns, and countless large and small tubes crawl around like worms, creating an artificial but somewhat organic impression of creepy metal architecture.The structure was very similar to the mysterious factory that lined the "factory area" on the third level where the ancient golems walked.

"Could it be a place like the third and fourth borders...?"

Ah, it's Death in the Golem!

As if to affirm Ursula's imagination, the golem appeared.

It has a spherical shape that can only be described as a rolling ball.Rolling on the ground, flashing a red-eyed light in the center, she sprays some liquid into the walls of the building.

A small spherical golem, just the right size for kicking with its feet, seemed to be doing the same work of spraying something on the wall by rolling a number of other bodies out of the vicinity.

Is that a golem?

Huh, it's the golem that moves with the iron body, isn't it, Death?

I've never seen a spherical golem that doesn't seem threatening to me.I've never seen anything like it.

The two of them quickly broke through to the third tier, so they weren't very familiar with it, but it wasn't in the monster atlas registered with the guild.

"Phew...... Phew......"

A single spherical golem rolled underneath the two of them who were wondering what was going on.

An open place with nothing but a mysterious building to cover it up.I wasn't able to hide from them.Of course, they'll notice us soon enough.

Therefore, as soon as the battle began, the two of them had already taken up extraordinary positions immediately after the transfer.

”The attack... is not coming, Death.”

Maybe it's for scouting.

It's clear that you're clearly capturing both of them, but the golem just tickles the red one with a "Pick, Pick" sound.

”Phew, phew, phew!”

Ah, got away!?

While making the sound louder and longer, the golem vigorously rolls away.

The other golems were quickly rolling into the open big pipe and fleeing into the interior of the building.

"Lechi, maybe there's a real golem coming out of here."Maybe a strong hidden boss will come out. Be careful. "

Owlie!

After all, the small ones are not for combat use, but they must have fled because they found an enemy.Then there will be a golem to guard this mysterious building.Alternatively, there is plenty of room for a special boss golem.

I asked around, but there was no other way out of the large space, there was no other way but to go to the building in front of me.Confirming that fighting here was inevitable, the two of them finally tightened their heads and set up their weapons.

Soon the gates of the building will be opened.

The giant steel door slid to the left and right with a rattling sound, and a figure stepped out of it.

"I don't remember calling someone, but--you 're an intruder, right?"I didn't know there was still a metastasis here. "

It was not the golem that appeared, but the man.

It's not just a person either.

Witch

"Witch's Day, no matter where you look"

A woman in a black robe and a triangular hat with a long cane in her hand.

He was a witch, a figure that could only be described as a witch.

”Nh... that witch looks familiar to me”

You must be a familiar child somewhere.

When the witch's golden eyes and Ursula's blue eyes combined, a similar dialogue emerged.

Oh, by the way, I was with that witch, Chrono-sama.

"I remember the Barbatos puppy Mr. Chrono had and the Ibrahim kitten."

In a moment, a tense tension dominated the scene.

Lechi and Ursula remembered that the witch that appeared was Chrono's natural ally.

However, being called a dog or a cat somehow makes it asexual.

Fiona, the witch from Chrono's party, Element Master.

That character is nothing but a natural word.In other words, it is a fearless witch who can make statements that totally unconsciously step on other people's mines.

"I'm in trouble." Even though Chrono-san is a pet, he can't know this place yet. ”

Fiona, who is completely unconscious of the rude remarks, is slightly troubled by tilting her head.

Frequent silence.

Rather than unraveling their weapons, Lechi and Ursula watched the witch's movements with even greater vigilance.

"---- After all, it's best to ask them to forget.""Can you erase the memory of those two?"

[Down grenade!

Ursula did not hesitate to take the lead.

Apparently, the witch doesn't feel comfortable solving this situation.That's because not only was the word "erase memory" casually released, but there was a sign of magic power that caused a chill from the body the moment I said it.

Speaking of the intuitive horror that I felt, I wanted to hit the [White Streamer (White Breath)] with all my might, but I couldn't kill Chrono's people with the stone.Enough to make them incapable of battle or to pause for a moment and give them enough time to escape through that building.

As a result of that policy, Ursula chose a "down grenade" that would not cause injury to the extent that it would cause a stamina run out... but she immediately regretted it.

I should have just made it a white cannon (white brace).

Shooting all of a sudden is a bad kitten, isn't it?

The white smoke emitted by the exploding [Down Grenade] instantly mixed with the orange sparks and disappeared.

With the same amount of fire attribute magic power being emitted just as the drain, it was instantly and beautifully offset.

There was not a single word of [Ignis Sagita], perhaps not even an activation of no chanting.It just released a little magic power from the body, which invalidated the [Down Grenade].

As a sorcerer, the level was different ─ Ursula realized that with just one response.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Meanwhile, as usual, Leki was already running in response to Ursula's attack.

Due to the sense of distance that we can hear each other's voices, Leki's legs can be packed in time.

The [Obsidian Midnight] swung out, but by pointing his blade at his belly, he stood up and tried to incapacitate him by striking rather than slashing it.

However, it is immediately reminded that such a relaxation is completely meaningful.

"---- 'Flame Cannon (Ignis Blast)'"

A tsunami of fire. A huge wall of fire is approaching.

Even though it was a range attack magic, it spread a flame that was unlikely to spread at the lower level.Reki decided to prepare for the charge, but she couldn't hide her surprise.

Wow!?

While raising his voice, he stepped into the crystal floor and jumped.Shortly thereafter, the waves of flames pass underneath.

A wide-ranging assault that has filled the front lines.But the flame's momentum grew without fading.Clearly, Ursula, the rearguard, has a range to swallow, but don't worry about her partner.

Leki did not break his stance to attack the witch's head in a leaping momentum.

Wind Shield (Yale Sild)

Reki kicked the sky before she could hear the murmur.

The legs inhabited by the power of the mobile martial arts definitely stepped on the air, accelerating Reki's body even while it was in the air.I jumped down from the witch's head with such force that I completely jumped over it.

Thanks to it, I managed to avoid being swallowed up by a tornado of flames that came up from below immediately.

What happens when you form a shield of wind in front of you in the middle of a flame.The Wind Shield (Yale Sild), formed by the rising air currents that spurted upwards, not only served as a wind shield to protect the front, but also served as an anti-aircraft interceptor that wrapped the flames around it.

Reki didn't understand the magic effect that much, but he escaped the difficulty with his sharp, beastly sense of danger.

Stone Shield (Terra Sildo)

Shhhhh!!

Instantly, a giant stone wall appeared in the direction of travel with all the power of evasion.

Considering the activation speed, the timing can only be assumed to have been prepared in advance.Leki jumped over the "Flame Cannon (Ignis Blast)", and the flame tornado from the "Wind Shield (Yale Sildo)" also scratched, and when he dodged behind him, he activated the magic after reading it all.

It was only in time for Riki to dodge the flowing rocks by kicking through the sky. Riki twisted herself in the air like a cat to prevent it from colliding with the stone wall from her head.

An intense kick slammed Lechi's legs against the stone wall, but the sturdy [Stone Shield (Terra Sild)] didn't twitch.

And the agile maneuvering power was slightly stopped by the landing on the stone wall, just at that moment.The witch merely turned her wand back and unleashed the magic of Todome.

---- Thunder Arrow (Rhine Sagitta)

UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Struck by a thunderstorm that was rightly flying at the speed of lightning, Leki collapsed with a scream.

As an avant-garde warrior, I was attacked many times by lightning.However, the power to steal strength from my whole body in this instant was not allowed by low-level attack magic.

Lech, who had a toughness worthy of a rank 4 warrior, couldn't stand Fiona's [Thunder Arrow (Line Sagita)].Even if you normally die, you should be praised for just being conscious without even stunning yourself, even if you eat a strange electric shock.

However, we can no longer continue the battle immediately.

"---- [White Fork Princess (Anastasia)] Ahhhhh!!"

Almost at the same time that Lechi fell, Fiona's [Flame Cannon (Ignis Blast)], which had been radiating continuously, was finally cut off.

Ursula didn't stop herself, but unleashed a drain that would wipe it out.

Ursula, who had the phantom of a white woman, was already pointing her palm towards Fiona just before the launch of the [White Streamer (White Breath)].

Then Fiona slowly stepped back one, two, three steps.

At the foot of the witch, Raki, who was struck by an electric shock in his consciousness and was unable to act, was rolling.

"Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Terra Sildo

Now that I was using defensive magic ————, Ursula thought first.

Why didn't you attack when you used Leki as a shield to prevent your biggest attack?

However, I noticed the sand falling in front of me.Now I know that I was a checkmate.

"That's right, on top..."

Immediately above me, from the beautiful crystal ceiling, a huge stone pillar grew like a foreign object.

The base from which Terra Sildo was created was not the ground, but the ceiling.

If a boulder like this falls on your head, you won't have a chance.I rushed to stretch out Drain's arm and try to erase it, but the white misty arm only stroked the rough skin of the rock.

"It's completely materialized..."

Immediately after it was formed as a defensive magic, it was manifested as a substance by "permanence (eternity)".Once that happened, it could not be extinguished by absorbing magic power.

Even though [White Night Fork Princess (Anastasia)] is capable of physical interference...... I still don't know if I can catch that huge rock.I could add as many rocks as I could to two or three of those witches.

That boulder was nothing but a special magic, and for her it was nothing but a low-level defensive magic [Terra Sildo].

"Is that enough?" If you keep quiet, you'll be done soon enough to erase your memories---- "

"----Hey, Master! Come back soon!!"

When Ursula was reminded of her total defeat, and [White Night Fork Princess (Anastasia)] was extinguished, a glowing ball ran out from the gate, shouting.

Apparently, it was the fairy that intercepted Fiona's cold surrender.

"They don't listen to me at all!"If you don't stop quickly, all the meat will burn! "

"That's tough." I'll be right back. ”

Fiona stamped her heels back at the fairy's words about the flesh and looked back.

"Please help the two of you." It's an emergency. "

"... I understand. I won't resist."You can do whatever you want anymore. "

Apparently, they weren't ready to fight.

After somehow realizing that Fiona had already lost interest in them, Ursula decided to follow her words quietly.

”Uuu, muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Riki, are you okay?

"My body is twitching..."

Ursula rushed to Lechi, who had recovered from the electric shock and stood up.

“So, what do we do, Death?”

"I don't know what it is, but for now, I'll follow the witch."

I don't know the circumstances at all, but I understand that this witch can't win even if we stand up against her now.When they were ready, they decided to follow the witch in silence.