Kuro no Maou

If you noticed, it was the 5th of the month of the first fire. Today, I have an important plan to test the members I recruited on my quest.

Drained of strength, magic and, above all, mental power, I left the witch's workshop for the first time in two days with a body that felt slightly heavier.

"Wow, brother, you're obviously pale, okay?

"It's okay, 'cause I'm just a little tired"

Back in the living room, I would have already finished buying out, I ran into Simon. But the most important thing about opening it is, is it so on your face?

"So, how was it?

"Well, that went pretty well...... and I want to think"

The dialogue with the cursed weapon was successfully concluded in the sense that he was alive and sane, even as he passed out or his memory flew. Similar to 'neck break', later only try it in action. It is both exciting and terrifying to see what effect dialogue can have. Well, it doesn't have any impact, and maybe it doesn't work.

"For once, listen, I've been roaming around the mansion since yesterday, long brunette girl..."

"That kid's the contents of a sheep, so you can leave him alone"

"Oh, I knew it, yeah"

It was a lot of worrying simon, but I guess you know you can't help inquiring. Simply a brief report and confirmation of plans cut the story off.

After that, I'll get to the minimum level of familiarity, and then I'll leave the mansion alone.

"Fine, time is critical. We have to hurry."

Cross Mary and fly down Sparda's Boulevard. Heading there is The Grand Coliseum, which I visited only once before.

This will be the test venue for the members I recruited on my quest. It would have been good anywhere if there was nothing there spacious, but Elina suppressed this venue because it was a corner. I don't have any particular event scheduled today and it's fine for me to use it...... but it won't be as cheap a place as anyone can use it as they please. This is a quest put out by the Rank 5 Adventurer, so it must have given me some convenience as an guild.

But keep recruiting from this side, you may be arrogant to try people, but you have to look at some ability. Worst case scenario, they'll pull my leg.

Whatever it is, the other person is that lily. Immediate death is confirmed the moment we meet that even if we are exposed to a series of high-speed guided beams from all directions, we cannot do so by ourselves. No matter how much money you hire an adventurer for, I don't want you to die for nothing.

So even one person can manage to cope, I want to ask for minimum strength. Even if we can't defeat Lily, it's enough to say that we'll overstep her offense. I'm not saying, but I can just draw a little attention, and it's worth having company.

"But... what if no one's here?"

Though I thought of it as Allecore, in the end, this was the most disturbing. The recruitment period is real, two days. That, too, is too steep a date to leave for Avalon the day after the test. The more high-ranking adventurers will be busy, and even if they don't, they may think something suspicious is going through. I mean, if I were you, I would never take a quest like this.

I went into the Grand Coliseum, where I arrived, thinking about what a low will it would be if you came alone.

"Oh, fine, you're here."

When I went out to the arena, a group of about fifty people quickly caught my eye. Everyone was an armed adventurer, but he didn't look particularly killer and seemed to relax and chat with party members and face-to-face acquaintances. Since it's not even a thing to take sides and win early, there simply seems to be a great deal of curiosity about what kind of quest, exam, and interest the 'Element Master' chrono will have. I also saw a little shadow in the guest seat.

If you even have the strength, I know you're interested, but I don't care. Well, this is just my situation.

"Behold, the hero of Galahad has finally arrived."

"Hey, seriously, I came alone"

"Look, with those eyes. Rumor has it, it sucks."

Whoever sees me and says something slightly chimpy is flirty. Um, is it really more than rank four? Well, if you showed strength even in rank one, you don't have to say it anyway. The only reason I gave the rank designation was because it would be troublesome if too many guys came to take it in half the chill.

In the meantime, it's been scheduled time, and let's just start.

"Guys, thank you for responding to my sudden call for membership today. Let me do a quick exam from now on, as the requisition says."

"What was that exam about?

"I don't think you're going to let me imitate the seminary entrance exam."

"Me, Ben, at"

There seems to be quite a mix of less well-behaved guys as well.

Well, the contents of the exam are simple and clear. Explain, etc., in a nutshell.

"The guy who was able to stand to the end, he passed -" Demon Bullet (Barrett Arts) "Fire all bullets (Full Burst)"

Already, I've got The Grid and Dual Eagle in my hand that I called out of the shadows. All with Omake, I'll also let a ton of demon bullets unfold around me.

In the meantime, if my whole bullet fire (full burst) works close to the barrage of light Lily shoots out. If you can stand him, it's ok if he suddenly rains a light arrow (Lux Sagitta) from Lily.

"Become, hey, suddenly -"

"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

The adventurers fall flabby before a black bullet storm unleashed simultaneously. I want you to convince me that to attack like an accident, I know it's bad, but I also want to measure the ability to respond to surprise attacks.

Come on, guys! I can relentlessly burst and 'The Grid' with pity, thinking only of Yale in my heart.

"Shit, dude, thunder!

"Scatter! If it's hardened, it's a sniper!

Because it is not an amateur group on a boulder, or by the time the front row falls, the group will be scattered on all sides to escape the range of shooting. And he also seemed to notice that a lightning attribute was granted when he saw a demon bullet that emitted a black thunderbolt along with the landing.

I didn't shoot a boulder, either. anxious to stop skilled adventurers, even with soft warheads dedicated to hand reduction. So I decided to use Thunder Cannon (Shock Buster), a demon bullet that added (enchanted) the pseudo lightning attribute, Black Thunder.

Speaking of which, was the first time you used Colle when Helen tangled you up and fought Princess Nell SS in the arena? That's some black magic with an edge to battle in the arena.

Leaving aside nostalgic memories, the responses of the remaining adventurers vary. The Speed Living Swordsman runs around to the right and dives through the rays at high speeds while activating 'Disease (Air Walker)'. Almost four-legged, some of the beastman guys ran like crawling through the ground.

The sorcerer class guys are choosing defense over evasion. Rock and flame walls have already unfolded everywhere, lurking themselves. Regardless, it would not only be hiding, but chanting offensive magic to shoot me behind the wall.

If it was moving on a party-by-party basis, they were each aiming back at the sorcerer's defensive magic and the warrior with the great shield as a wall.

It's tough on boulders to stop these guys with just demon bullets. Concentrated fire from "The Grid" and grenades (grenades) from "Dual Eagle", each aimed at a different target, and the empty ones in that gap will fight back.

"Sheep, give me your hand - Demon Hand (Bind Arts)" Thunder Whip (Shock Bitter) "

"Yes, I'm going to be vile. Yikes!

Right now, sheep are big and back in my shadow. The example flesh does not move to sleep, and her consciousness is returning to the glove, which is the main body. I mean, as usual.

A black chain demon hand (bind arts) manipulated by sheep flies out of the shadows to make up for the gap in the shooting. Chains traveling through the universe twirling like snakes are beeping and ringing high by the thundering attributes they inhabit.

The Demon Hand (Bind Arts) 'Thunder Whip (Shock Bitter)', as the name suggests, is just black magic that has added (enchanted) a black thunder of pseudo-thunder attributes. No twist whatsoever, the magic of attribute addition that anyone can come up with, but if you're after an enemy hiding in a shield, it's more convenient than a thunder demon bullet.

Sheep were the first to target a party with a brilliant earthly magician, exercising the defensive magic of a large, stubborn rock wall and earthly attributes, the Rock Wall (Terra Woldefan). Large rock walls are a sure way to prevent my demon bullets, but tentacles that move around freely don't make much sense to their opponents. One wall. Even if you can prevent bullets going straight, you can't prevent tentacles crawling over like snakes.

A black thunderlight struck the adventurer who had lightly bypassed or overtaken the wall and hidden on the other side of it.

Meanwhile, while I crush the group defended by the flaming wall with the intensive fire of The Grid with the amount of bullets, I blast together the swordsmen running around in the Dual Eagle with a blast. Sheep also took advantage not only of the group of rock walls, but also of the number of tentacles that lightly crossed a hundred to seal all the movements of the adventurers trying to strike back.

"Damn, I can't shake it off!

"No more..."

The adventurers are finally devastated by countless rounds and tentacles of corrugated attacks. In the arena, dead bodies had collapsed by electric shock.

Yeah, exams will be fine around here.

"Is there only three of us left?"

What I see in my eyes is two men standing in dignity.

"Hey, is this the end of the exam? Corner, my body's just warming up."

"Oh, I'm sorry, but that's it. Congratulations on your passing...... rather than coming, Kai"

I honestly expressed my gratitude to the well-known blonde.

"Heh, the knight selection's over, and I've been free. I just found this interesting quest, so I just rode it."

Kai and I shook hands firmly as we walked over with a pleasant grin.

"Really, it helps. If Kai joins the membership, it's comforting."

"It sounds interesting to try working with you too. Besides, you say Avalon is where you're going. We're gonna have to do this, right?

It's gonna be a tough fight.

"It's where I want it. I'm stronger."

Apparently, the interests are in agreement, too. Happy to welcome Kai as a member.

"So, who are you..."

The man who survived the exam in an extra standing position, just like Kai, is not in the sorcerer's class because, although he is wearing a white robe, under the robe the heavy wears an armor helmet and, more importantly, a large circular shield (round shield) on his left hand. With one shield, he was playing my demon bullet, smashing the sheep's chain, and surviving the attack. I never pulled out the sword I put on my hips. Being quite powerful, there is no question.

But deep in the back of the hood, he's wearing an even white mask, and I don't know who he is... nor is he.

"Heh heh, I'm the mysterious masked gladiator, Mask of Sparda. Nice to meet you."

"What are you doing, Falcius?"

Faces are almost found out because of the fuzzy blonde standing in that voice, and peeking from the hood, and the mask that only covers her eyes.

"Oh, my God, I can't believe you found out who I am so quickly... Krono-kun, you've been staring at me so much"

"No, if you look at it, everyone will know."

At the earliest, as I said, no disguise was necessary, it was still undoubtedly Falcius, the great star of Sparda, NO1 gladiator, who took the hood and removed the mask.

"If you're here to see me, I'm sorry, but I can't hang out with you any more today."

"I can't believe it's a game! I mean it."

Falcius, who appeals to seriousness by spreading his arms at all costs, is like a leading actor bathing in the spotlight all by himself, but I couldn't believe it.

"Are you serious, taking my quest?

"Of course. You passed the exam, so you're gonna add me to the party, right? Oh, for once, I have my guild card, too."

From his nostalgia, Falcius takes out a golden guild card to show. That color alone indicates that the rank is 4. I thought it was a glimmer of gladiator, but did you also have adventurer experience? Or is this also part of the gladiating industry?

"Well, if you're going to be one of us, I'm comfortable... but if you're going to take it on a whim, you better stop. Avalon attack alone is dangerous, but more than that, the 'boss' I have to defeat is dangerous."

"I went out of my way to put out these quests. I know there's something profound going on. You're in a very difficult situation right now."

"... oh"

"Then I want to help you. Best friend, so."

I shouldn't have said you were my best friend. But honestly, when they say it's that grand, I'm confused. Because I only thought of it as a normal friend level.

"What, the... friendship is all you're willing to risk your life for?

"Yeah, I think I could risk my life for you"

That look too straight, I wondered why, I felt similar to Fiona someday.

"I'm..."

"Wait, I know how you feel. Honestly, I don't care what they say about risking my life for my best friend."

If you know that much, why?

"To you, I'm just a friend. But, you know, for me, I'm supposed to call myself an irreplaceable best friend - hey, Chrono-kun, how much do you think the best gladiators in Sparda have to forgive?

No, you'd have a lot of them. Whether you're a lover or a friend, an avid fan, you should be in 10,000 units.

"Being popular, making a lot of money, being great, that's all the more smug. Especially people like me who have become slaves."

"Become!?

"I'm talking about my childhood. Maybe you didn't know?

I didn't know. After all, Falcius assumed he was some noble boy.

"Sorry, though I didn't know..."

"Never mind, because the story of me being a slave is famous. It's a book."

Because it wouldn't be as beautiful a memory as I'd like to speak for myself.

"As for being a slave, I've been through a lot, and I've had a hard time. But it's slaves, civilians, nobles who struggle. I'm the unhappiest person in the world, and I'm not going to mourn it... but it's one of my biggest troubles that few people can believe it from the bottom of my heart."

"Why do you trust me so much?"

"I'm confident in the eyes of people. I can believe you're the right person to call me my best friend."

"If you hear about this quest, you might be disappointed."

"It's okay, it's my best friend's job to support an awkward romantic relationship."

Ugh, has Falcius already spotted my situation?

"Hehe, I'll always ride the consultation. I'm a professional, I'm hot for girls, so I'm pretty sure I know what a girl's heart is."

Along with a nice wink, he gets pounded on the shoulder. There's no sound.

"Okay, nice to meet you, Falcius."

"I'll take care of it, I'll meet your expectations."

Thus, the second member was also decided.

Now, to welcome the third remaining member, I looked back at the occasion.

"Served by righteousness"

"Oh, you've come a lot. Thanks, that'll help, Rudra."

Right behind me, this vampire Samurai stood all the time. From the beginning of the exam, in less than ten seconds, I was killing the sound, the signs and the presence, sewing the gap between the right and left adventurers and circling behind me.

I noticed the proximity, so I blew quite a few bullets and tentacles, but without pulling out the knife, it went through magnificently. His strength is sufficient.

"But it's Chrono. Forgive the vampires for their backs is nothing more than defenselessness"

"You don't imitate stabbing your client."

"I don't know, maybe he'll bite you with blood."

"I don't think so."

"Why, I can't tell you."

'Cause you're that kind of guy.'

"Well, that makes sense."

That's how I met up again since the Galahad War, shaking hands with Rudra the Vampire Samurai.

"Well, I don't care if we know what it is."

"Man's jealousy is ugly."

Kai and Falkius are saying something, but I'm worried about Rudra's motives for now.

"It's gonna be a pretty dangerous quest, are you sure?

"I am an immortal vampire, no need to care for my life"

"The opponent is so good at light magic that he can destroy you with one blow"

"If it is, it is worth the challenge. In the battlefield of Galahad, let's bet on this battle, this life-saving battle."

I see, righteousness, there are just things to say. There can't be a masculine readiness to do that, a saying no, etc.

"Thank you. Please"

"Accepted"

And Kai, and Falkius, and Rudra, and three swordsmen joined their companions. To be honest, I didn't expect you to have this face. But should I call it a happy miscalculation? It is more powerful than expected.

This is likely to allow Avalon to break through the realm of God's annihilation. With all my comforting companions, I felt a glimmer of light plunged into my chest where the dark clouds could stand.