Kuro no Maou

The third day of the month of the first fire. Early in the morning, at the top of the store, I headed to the Adventurer's Guild. With your own feet, of course.

"Good morning, Mr. Chrono. I think we should say welcome back."

Even today, a lovely sales smile comes to Elina's face.

"I'm home. Could I have been worried?"

"You don't have to, I'm worried. Chrono, I can't believe you got hurt like that because I've never heard of you before."

Yeah, I've never had my hands and feet fly off a boulder at the same time, either. If it was any one bottle, it was a little around the time of the manoeuvre experiment. In retrospect, in such immature times, that was often all I needed to get hurt.

"As you can see, it's perfectly working."

When I offered her my bare right hand, Elina shook me back to make sure.

"Really, I'm glad you're cured."

"Oh, I'm upset too"

"It's about you, Chrono, so instead of the lost right hand, I thought you'd stick with the right arm of the chaossic rim too"

Shit, did you have that hand!

And I'm ashamed of myself for thinking a little bit. Beh, it's nothing. You're not a wacko who was a little admired for romantic, ancient mechanical arms with built-in plasma cannons and ultra-vibration grinding devices.

"His arms are too big for boulders"

Forget the joke, let's get down to business.

"What can I do for you today? I can't believe I'm here in such a hurry."

"One, I'd like to ask for a quest"

That's how I offer a single requisition.

Quest Divine Realm Avalon's Unstepped Realm Attack

Compensation - 100 million clans. Additional Reward Ali.

Deadline/TBD. However, applications must be made by the 5th of the month of the first fire

Client/"Element Master" Chrono.

Request Details · Recruit members to attack untouched areas on the west side of the Divine Extinction Realm Avalon. Because it is a Rank 5 dungeon and because of the offense in an area where an unknown threat is lurking, eligibility is allowed to be Rank 4 or higher. In addition, we will also review our strengths. It was also noted that this offensive operation involved very personal circumstances. Detailed descriptions shall only be given to formal quest contractors.

"Yes, I accept. Soon, we will stick it out on the central bulletin board."

With a refreshing smile, my first request was accepted.

"You don't ask me anything."

"The Adventurer Guild accepts any quest, if not illegal or suspected - because it was built before, and somehow, I'm guessing the circumstances"

Is it true? I didn't tell Erina anything about this one.

"Heh heh, he's a bitch. Chrono, there's a woman in distress on your face."

"... an interesting joke"

"I wanted to be a fortune teller when I was a kid. You can read your face and hands better than Zubu's amateur."

"Are you serious?"

"Ugh, I don't know"

The woman in distress, huh? Totally, it's not funny.

"I'm sorry to hold you back. You must be in a hurry.

"I'm sorry. When we get back, we need to talk slowly."

"At that time, I'd like to hear the backdrop of this quest."

"Oh, I'll make sure to let you hear it. There's nothing I can do about it, stupid guy laughing."

I've done my errands. We have to move on to the next action right away. Erina's right, I don't have time for this.

"Ugh, uh."

Returning to the mansion before noon, Simon was rinsing his coffee as he raised his voice like a zombie. The gray hair is crusty, and the eyes are more than bare. Whatever you think, you're hungover.

"Morning, Simon."

"Oh, my God, he's my brother - is that, is he standing?

"Oh, healed already"

Precisely, healed, but what bothers Simon is what I mean by standing up for myself, not how to heal.

"Well, then, I've made up my mind."

"I made up my mind. Both Lily and Fiona, grab the root and take them home"

My hands are going to be blocked, sorry, but Saliel will have to walk himself home. As for Nell, let's send him back to Avalon responsibly.

All of you, go home alive. No matter what kind of hand I use, I'm sure I'll let you go home alive.

"Yeah, right, that's the best part, right?"

"The thing that bothered me was that it sounded stupid"

"Well, I thought your brother would be more worried."

"Thanks to you, I could give you an answer."

"Me? Why?

"What we talked about yesterday drunk, don't you remember?

"Hmmm... sorry, you don't remember at all anymore from the hit you started drinking"

It was that drunken way. Is it impossible to fly as much as I remember?

"Well, if you don't remember, that's fine."

"Eh, I'm just curious."

Again, to declare face to face, "Lily and Fiona will be my women, Harlem superior," is hard when it's primitive. It would be a sign in me that I still have a sense of resistance to this answer.

Get to your seat, duly deluding Simon's pursuit. I went to the guild before breakfast, so I haven't eaten anything yet. At the end of the meal, let Simon know your plans.

"Hey, if you're limb, are you sure you're okay?

"Not in the mood."

I stuck my hands and feet together in my healing abilities, the sixth protection, The Demon King of the Sea (Overblood). It was already stuck, but the damage to the limbs themselves and the connection between the joining of the cross sections and the spirit was incomplete.

But with this protection, this is right. Suddenly I'll be back to normal enough to walk away, and if I feel like it, I'll be able to let 'Black' go. Mia's right, I'm not fully recovered enough to fight with all my might right now, but if it's healed so far, it's only a matter of time before it does.

"By the time we get to Avalon, it should be fully healed."

"It's not the capital, it's the dungeon."

"Oh, because Lily's waiting."

"But what exactly are we going to do? Where Mr. Lilly is, that's the untouched realm of Avalon. Honestly, it's hard just to get there."

"If we just go ahead with the dungeon, we'll figure it out. Fiona taught me."

"Oh, could it be..."

I learned yesterday about the fairy user demon (Servant) named Vivian, whom Fiona entrusted to Simon. A drunk Simon told me to stay put.

"The backdrop of the battle between the two of us, we saw it all"

"... I'm sorry, I can't really say"

"That's okay, you must have cared about me"

If I was in a deeper and deeper mental state, making it so miserable that I wanted to cover my eyes and watch a brutal duel, I might not have been able to recover. Simon's judgment is quite correct.

"Nevertheless, there's really no way out of leaving something like this, Fiona is"

You can tell as soon as I see how much this Vivian is in kind, originally a normal fairy (human) and forced to serve by an illegal brainwashing ceremony. But now I'll leave that illegality and Fiona's outer path aside.

The use demon fairy seemed to be the back hand for Fiona, as well as insurance for the worst.

The insurance policy is, of course, a situation where I'm on my way to the rescue. I don't know if Fiona believed I would take revenge on Lily if she died.

It seems to be subtly different from Fiona's thoughts, but whatever it is, it doesn't make any difference that I'm headed under Lily to her rescue. Fiona's insurance is profitable.

Vivian was left with information on the road in the rank 5 dungeon, Avalon, the God's Destroyed Realm, until he reached the 'Paradise' where Lily sat. Fiona, Sariel, Nell, and how they actually attacked each other, Vivian's own visual information, and Fiona's oral description, are recorded.

"Really, just the three of us went through Avalon"

"A lot of places were almost like force moves though. But it's big that I know how to go about it."

With Sariel's super-human enemy abilities, diving through the Avalonian knight's security net whenever possible is unlikely to imitate it a bit. Strong and hinting is about the knight's security route, the result of Saliel's analysis.

Although Fiona's explanation explains in quite some detail what kind of security route, and how the knights each move, it wouldn't be that easy to actually keep that in mind and read the movement. There's something wrong with Sariel's brain that can almost see through at first sight and, if found out, accurately simulate it. Isn't there even a spa in your head?

I'm anxious to see how useful this tip can be, but even without it, Vivian's directions are definitely useful.

I remember exactly the directions Fiona and the others followed. As a matter of course, it is extraordinarily faster to follow the guide than to proceed with a glance at the map.

In dungeon strategy, knowing precise directions is a key element after combat. With the guiding ants and the nashi, the tactical difficulty changes completely.

"We know what's coming up."

Even Sariel's super opponent power has an inescapably thick security net laid around him entering downtown Avalon. In that case, the battle is inevitable.

And only after the three of them have fought will we find out what the enemy's information is.

The basics of the Avalon knights revolve around types such as melee weapons of swords and spears similar to modern times, or cane-equipped magicians in robes... I didn't think there was a guy like a chemical weapon, wearing a gas mask and equipped with a poison gas ejector. Yeah, well, some strangely near-future knights need attention.

"But no matter how many brothers, isn't it too reckless to go alone?

"Oh, so earlier, I've put out a quest for the guild"

As far as Vivian's offensive information was concerned, he found it difficult to solo attack Avalon. The fact that Fiona and the others were there made it through smoothly, even in battle with the knights. If one of us was missing, we might not have been able to get under Lily.

With that kind of wacko, first I need company to attack the dungeon. Lily, Fiona, Sariel, and none of the members of the 'Element Master' can rely on. And I don't know anyone with comparable strength, and enough to accompany a life-threatening dungeon attack.

So I hire you for money.

It wouldn't be a bad thing. Hiring adventurers for money is extremely natural. Recruiting temporary party members by offering a bounty is also common sense among adventurers. Besides, I've never had a chance to do that before, so this is my first time.

"What's your departure?

"It's the morning of the 6th of the first fire."

Lily said she'd pick you up on the 6th. If we leave within this day, then we should be fine.

"Whatever it is, isn't the recruitment period too short? If you're bad, no one's gonna get together."

"Maybe."

Even for me, I conveniently don't expect a Rank 5 Adventurer to join me by name. Though limited in rank 4, this rank is also quite pinky. If you don't let me try some strength, it's just a clump of legs.

Avalon, the realm of divine annihilation, is in danger of a knight's siege net anyway. It's not a place to push in numbers and do something about it. The only way to break through is to go with a few elites.

By the way, past records seem to have put in the Knights a few times to see if they were aristocrats or kings trying to make Avalon offense... but the results are not daring to speak.

"Um, it's also hard in time to talk directly to Sparda's Rank 5 Adventurer in three days."

Originally, I would definitely like to go ask someone with strength, but it can't be that easy to meet. Rumor has it that both "Iron Ghosts" and "Yomi" are leaving Sparda for a quest somewhere foreign.

"I wish one man of strength could show up."

Later, we just have to leave luck to heaven.

And if you're not in luck, let's try to get to the critical point of time.

"I want Simon to get ready. Just go through the supplies you need to attack the dungeon and collect them."

"That's, well, that's fine... wouldn't it be better if your brother went out and bought it himself?

The dungeons to be challenged are Pandora's most difficult and famous god-disciplined realm Avalon. Even for me, I want to be prepared carefully.

"From now on, I'm going to train. A little bit of time is a waste."

"What, training?

"It may not be training, but, well, it's similar anyway. I'll concentrate on this one, and I'll be out of cages all the way to recruiting time."

"Oh yeah... ok"

"Oh, it sounds like a run for use, but please"

"Fine, if that's the case. But what do you do with that training?

The question is natural. Until now, I have not done what is known as voluntary training. Should I say it doesn't make sense? I've appropriately caged it in the mountains, and it's not a wack of achievement. Training means intensive, efficient training, without intensive planning, which ends up being merely outdoors or wasted effort. It's more meaningful to polish in action than to practice poorly. Besides, as an adventurer, I had to go on a quest to make money.

Anyway, when I say training like that, it's just that I've discovered a way to be sure I can get results.

And the key way to do that is...

"Dialogue with the Curse Weapon"