Kuro no Maou

Wide and black, that was the first impression that came to mind.

I remember the illusion as if I was standing in the dark night, but I can't feel the wonder and the darkness, and if I look around, my vision does widen.

"Where, here..."

I think it looks like a temple, from the cylinders that line the left and right and the exquisite decorations found everywhere.

"Welcome to Royal Castle of Avalon, Empire of Ellord, welcome, Mahogany Kurono."

I understood the moment I saw the Lord of his voice that this was between the thrones.

There is only one person so far who calls me 'Mahogany Kurono’ by his full name, that is, calling himself God, the ancient Demon King, Mia Ellord.

With an indistinguishable young and neutral face of that man and woman, as it stood in his memory, Mia stood on a huge, heavy, pitch-black throne in inverse proportion to her small body.

On closer look, what I was wearing was the black military uniform I wore when I first met him, and a cloak that spread everywhere.

I asked as I looked up at Mia, who was probably dressed as an emperor, from a place a few steps below the throne.

"What the hell is this all about?

I have no idea what the situation is.

In the meantime, after being escaped by Larspun, I first decided to camp on that spot to reveal the night, and until I alternated turns with Fiona in the right place and dived into my sleeping bag, it's a clear memory.

"You don't have to be so vigilant, because this place is in your dreams."

For that matter, it feels a lot more real.

Even if you don't stick your cheeks together, you can grasp that your five senses are working, and then the magic flows to something like a sixth sense.

"It's godlike to come out in a dream, isn't it?

"Well, sure..."

Aside from being divine or not, it is more convincing to be told that the Throne Room that spreads before this eye is more a dream or an illusion than it exists in reality.

Well, I was all over Mount Galahad until just now. ‘Once again' is more convincing than being suddenly summoned.

"So I came all the way out into my dreams, what can I do for you?

"Hehe, that's to give you protection for the reward of breaking the first trial!

You did it, congratulations! and His Majesty the Emperor's immediate words of applause and blessing echo vainly between the broad thrones.

"Ha, ha, that's, thank you"

Even though they were somewhat conjectured, when they were praised so far so straightforward, they were somewhat confused.

Or is this what we all look like when we give protection?

Now I have no gratitude or nervousness than when I was awarded my diploma in middle school.

"Coverage isn't a big force yet, though."

Well, that would be.

Sure, Larspun was a formidable enemy, but ruling a critical victory at the stake of his life, what an experience is also experienced by the vast majority of adventurers.

I don't think I can handle the extraordinary power of defeating the Apostle just once.

"So every time we do the trials sequentially, does that mean that the force of protection becomes stronger?

"Exactly! I can't tell you the details."

So Mia took a beat and then went on with the words with a serious look on her face.

"Come on, Mahogany Kurono, give me your testimony that you have conquered the trials here"

"Proof?"

"The thing in that hand."

You see, when did you do it, my right hand was gripped with a bright red jewel with a big bush.

For a moment, I thought it was Lily's "Red Crystal Ball (Queen Beryl)," but I can tell it's something else because of the rough cuts and subtly different shades.

Rather than this, this could be it.

"The guy who was buried in Larspun's right hand?

"Yeah, trials can be accomplished if you give proof, you don't necessarily have to kill monsters."

Really? Larspun was the jewel of flames buried in the back of his right hand, so he could get this one without killing it, so he's considered to have completed the trial.

But if the proof is a monster's head or heart, you have to stab him to recover it, or blow him to pieces of wood dust... be careful.

"Well, then, I'll get the proof, The Fist of Wrath."

When Mia saps her palm like a leaf over here, the treasure ball gripped in my right hand falls like sand and disappears into the void with a sparkling red light.

Not long after a fantastic change, the treasure ball of the name 'Fist of Wrath' quickly vanished.

I wonder if this is going to be a cot that I gave to God.

"By the way, it's got a lot of magic, so if you turn it into a weapon or an item, you can do something powerful, just selling it can be a lot of money."

"What, are you saying that now!?

I feel so sorry for you, Ijiwal!

"Heh heh, how rude of you not to know if you were a man or a woman before, so I'll pay you back"

Were you the type to hold it in your roots besides in God's arms...

"Well, now your body has the strength to protect you."

Though I'm told, I don't feel anything unusual, am I a little fooled?

"Can you use protection anymore?

In the first place, how do you use the 'force of protection’?

"I think I can immediately understand using magic in the same way that I usually do, because even when I say protection, that power is already Kurono Mahogany, your thing."

Most importantly, I can only use it once I wake up with this dream.

"Well... I guess I should say thank you"

But if there really was shelter in me, the child in front of me could be certified as a real god, not a self-proclaimed god or anything else.

I don't know if I should change the language or anything from now on, I am an ancient demon king with nothing I don't know about the Pandora continent.

"Heh heh, you don't have to be so hard, I won't mind staying like this forever, I'm not some other wacko I want to be worshipped, unlike the arrogant 'White God', you know?"

The moment I uttered the name of the God listed in that crucifixion, I felt something like an indescribable intimidation from Mia.

Even though it is never killer or magic seeping out, the power of invisible mystery does occur so much that you want to bend your knees naturally and drool your head.

In the signs of rightly manifesting one end of God's power, but more than the name of a white God has emerged, you will have to listen.

"Does Mia know about 'The White God'?

If you notice, there is no more mysterious intimidation, and Mia opened her little mouth with a loving smile, as usual.

"I know you well, but it's still a secret"

"If you get past the trials, will you tell me?

"Just a little."

Apparently, I'm not going to give you any information about God.

Ijwal, rather than, I guess that's the rule.

Well, the problem at the moment is not the 'white god' itself, but the crusaders who believe in Soytz.

Apostles and countless crusaders, if you can even gain the power to defeat this, it's not as far as I know about the circumstances of God.

"Yes, tell me one thing"

"What is it?

"Is it my fault Larspun showed up?

Because I was put to the test to get Mia's protection, Larspun appeared, no, more directly, I wonder if it was Mia who ‘prepared’ Larspun.

"No, it doesn't matter, it's just a coincidence that the array appeared, it's part of the natural flow.

As I said before, even if we are gods, we can only interfere in this world. It's not just about me. No god can twist and bend the cause and effect. "

"I'm relieved to hear that"

Now because of my trials, powerful monsters appear and scatter the damage, what a human disaster nothing seems to be.

Are you saying that the monsters to be tested are only to look for themselves, or to meet fatally, like this one?

"Finally, can't you tell me what the next trial is like?

"You know the answer.

But if you use protection when you wake up, you'll have an approximate guess of the future trials and the power of protection you'll get. "

Unexpectedly, Mia tipped me.

special services, I guess there is some more regularity than that.

"This is the end of the story. Bye, Mahogany Kurono. I look forward to seeing you through your next trial."

Before I say anything, my eyes suddenly darken and my consciousness broke.