Kuro no Maou

"So, how was it?

"No, something was normally accepted"

Simon came to my room after an exposé tournament named Operation Conference was dissolved. Simon already knows Lily VS Fiona's content and ability considerations, so he didn't participate in the conversation earlier and seemed to be doing a lot of things in his room to prepare for the fight.

"Uh, I knew it."

"What is it, after all? I thought you might be more suspicious."

"Somehow, I'm convinced. You did the same thing to me."

If they say so, maybe so. Was it indeed the first time you visited the seminary that you told Simon that you had been granted the protection of the Demon King in the alley?

But in those days, the shock of defeat in Alsace was greater for me and Simon than for the protection of the Demon King. It didn't matter if Mia was real or not.

"In the meantime, it's good to treat you like a lunatic without breaking up the party."

"One way or the other, I saw Mr. Lily's strength, and I thought someone would be more likely to get out if it didn't fit the bill."

Um, regarding that, you just got slapped saying I was bad for leaving Lily until it was this late.

We all have too much liver to look at that overwhelming force and nobody goes down.

"This party is going to work it out. Hey, I'm so upset."

I feel safe and I think I'll get some sleep today.

Tomorrow we will be challenging 'Avalon, the Realm of Divine Extinction'. So tonight is the last night I can sleep in a warm bed. I want to enjoy him safely and slowly tonight or so.

"Oh, speaking of which, I have a bath."

"Really?"

"Yeah, it looks like there's a pretty fine big bath"

"I don't know if there's even a bath. It's all because of you."

"It's a corner, and we're going in?

Of course.

Sleep is important too, but I was just thinking something was missing. After all, it doesn't taste like it's just a shower.

When I take a big bath, I'm totally staying at the hotel and I leave the room with Simon.

"Hey, Chrono-kun, are you going to take a bath? That's odd. I was just about to come in."

As if waiting, when I opened the door, Falcius held a bath towel in the gown and a barrel gleaming in gold by his side. I mean, I've been waiting for you absolutely.

"Oh, my God, Falcius, you're so ready."

"It's an opportunity to hang out naked with you, so naturally."

Saying, for some reason, Falcius only makes the gown big. It's early to take it off.

"Well, why don't you invite Kai and the others?"

"You don't have to, 'cause if your best friends hang out naked with each other, I think they're the best number."

"Well, then, Falcius, you can come in first. I'll talk to Simon later."

"Awful! Krono-kun, were you listening to me?

"You want to relax in small numbers, don't you?

"Krono-kun is already like that, so Mr. Lily is going to be so much more!

"Yep."

What's wrong with me? I was still going to take care of this. I think it's unreasonable, but I'm so punctuated that Falcius can't calmly barge in that you're an adult enough, I'm not willing to say it back at all.

"Then what am I supposed to do?"

"Enough, let's all go in together."

"Are you sure?

"Yeah, if it's enough to leave you alone with the elves, you better."

Why send Simon out there to pick him up? I mean, it's the baths we're in, so I don't care what you think, there 'll be other users.

"Whoa, what's all the fuss? Mix it up, too."

"Did something go wrong?

"Soundproofing here is solid, but I'm not impressed with the noise in the hallway."

Because of Falcius' mysterious waste, Zorozolo and our members have also come out. Kai looks like he's having fun, Rudra's on guard and hands on the knife, and Celis is a serious dialogue like class committee chairman.

Well, save me the trouble of calling.

"We were just talking about taking a bath."

"Oh, yeah, hey, there's a bath in here. Wow, that's a pretty good place to build something with a good mood."

"Well, that sounds like something you can expect. So, what are we gonna do, come with us?

"Whoa, I'm going!

"Let me refrain. It's not exposed to people, like the body of the undead."

Kai was riding, and Rudra quit.

"What about Celis?

"Eh."

"Eh."

What, this whole thing sounds crazy to me? Celis is the same member, and it would be weird not to invite him.

"Chrono, I... no, fine. I can finish in the shower in my room."

Shy dyed her cheeks for some reason, Celis pulled into her room with a strangely unsympathetic attitude.

"Hey, me, did I say anything wrong?

"Krono-kun is already like that."

"Celis, ask me out, you're awesome."

"From that attitude, I guess this doesn't make sense unless you realize it yourself."

Hey, what the hell... could it be a pretty rude insult to invite an Avalonian nobleman to a bath or something like that?

Hey, when we get home, we'll find out what's common sense and manners in Avalon's social community.

"Ha... let's just go"

I feel like refreshing myself quickly.

With that kind of wacko, I'm taking Simon, Kai and Falcius to the bathroom. This kind of thing is kind of like a school trip vibe.

If you think so, don't get excited about it.

"... Chrono"

"Hmm, what is it, Rudra?

I just walked out, and Rudra can stop me. Did you want to come in with me after all?

"One thing, do me a favor. I was wondering if you could come to my room alone later."

"Oh, nothing good... what's going on?

"What, I'm trying to keep a little insurance?"

On the 9th of the month of the first fire, we finally challenge Pandora to the rank 5 dungeon, Avalon, the God's Endangered Realm.

The enormous pitch-black main entrance to look up is liberated, as if to indicate a willingness to accept the challenger at any time.

"Are you ready?

Four swordsmen stand before me snort. Each of them is already fully armed for dungeon attacks from their travel outfits.

Kai wears light armor, the usual adventurer gear he has seen many times. The fact that it is a boneless piece of equipment that is not decorative, but ready for a useless real battle, will soon be seen with the wounds and dirt used and, most importantly, Kai wearing them.

The weapon, of course, is your favorite sword. There is no magical power such as this, but it is even stiff, sharp, and stubborn. He had a huge explosion by smashing the charging particle cannon of the chaossic rim on every right arm in the arena, but Kai's sword, instead of breaking, didn't cause one blade. A sturdy weapon is just enough to keep your life. As an adventurer's weapon, it would be one optimal solution.

Falkius is dressed in golden sword fighting armor, the same as he saw in the Galahad War. d Flashy golden colours and luxurious decorations, besides red cloaks, designed more like a work of art than for use in action… I already know that this luxurious armor is the official and best outfit of gladiator Falcius.

He is fitted with a long silver sword (Gladius) on his hips and a small mirror-polished shield (Buckler) on his left hand with a silver glow, similar to that of his sword. I've never seen a shield before, but Falcius said, this time it seems better to have a shield, so and so on.

Perhaps gladiators are more accustomed than adventurers to properly rearming them according to their opponents and circumstances. In fact, adventurers stick to the weapons they are accustomed to using, but gladiators are sometimes used with a variety of weapons in their performances. He handles a wide variety of weapons well, professionally.

Rudra, too, always looks the same. On a worn black coat, a cursed knife on the waist. The coat is that one and seems to be a very sturdy piece called 'Black Iron Woven'. And when I first saw the knife, she changed her name from "Blood Sucking Princess" Zhu Dyeing "to" Blood Sucking Princess "Black Color" because she sucked my blood. I had noticed when Galahad evolved, but it was the first time I had heard the name. For once, I said congratulations. Though I felt complicated.

Celis said the same silver armor he had when he fought the chaossic rim...... but more tuned for action. In particular, it also confers the effect of enhancing the intrinsic magic (extra) of gravitational manipulation, which is the back hand, almost exclusively such as specially ordered items for celis.

The boulder is the eldest son of a great nobleman. I have a special armor helmet and it's obvious, maybe, I still have a lot of it.

Well, you don't have to envy that. I have this' Tyrant Armor (Maximilian) '.

Of course, I've already worn it and I'm ready.

"Finally, let's check the operation"

The aim is to rescue the three captured Fiona Saliel Nell, disabling them and capturing them without killing Lily.

"Avalon basically goes the same route that Fiona and the others went through"

We already have information, so this is natural. In fact, their route is almost the shortest.

Unlike expected, however, if the Imperial Knights had their defensive formation in place to block this place, there would be no need to reroute it. I don't know what will happen if I actually go.

"The formation is headed by Kai and Rudra, Falcius and Sellis, and I'm behind it."

Excellent at detecting signs of enemies feels like Kai and Rudra at a slight difference in this.

"I'll have Vivian take the directions"

The development of the route is important in the dungeon strategy, but this time there is a convenient guide, so let me use this.

Honestly, I'm reluctant to keep Vivian alive by inhumane treatment as a user demon (savant)... sorry, but let's get along until this is over. It is also a bounty neck whose execution is visible if caught by the Knights. Instead of dying, I forcefully broke my conscience.

"Let me tell you something... I don't know how much trouble I can take care of myself."

"Oh, neither can I. I can't guarantee absolute safety"

Chirali, and both Falcius and Sellis turn their gaze to the little Vivian, who is floating like a fairy.

No, what you two are looking at is not Vivian - it's Simon.

Using the high light magic aptitude that Vivien has as a fairy to hide himself completely in the Predator Court, Simon is here. The truth is, Vivian isn't floating, he's standing on Simon's shoulder.

If Simon hadn't spoken a word and pressed his breath to death, they wouldn't have noticed that.

"I know. Everything's ready. I'm here."

Without even having to think about it, Simon is the weakest and weakest of the members. It is also difficult to ensure your safety. Originally, he's never a good person to step into a rank 5 dungeon or anything.

Still, Simon's presence is essential to this operation. We have to get ready to pack and take him.

So after thinking through it, the safest way to accompany you is to hide yourself completely. If you put it in Avalon, Vivian will also go inside the Predator Court and disappear. From their point of view, there just doesn't seem to be anyone there, well, there's a visible adventurer named us. Signs of numbers and magic can also lead to confusion for one Simon. It doesn't mean that Simon can be targeted first, unless he is nursed through an invisible disguise.

And most importantly, it's not the Imperial Knight who protects Avalon that I want to hide Simon's presence... it's Lily.

Lily is probably spreading demons of use (savants) around her base instead of surveillance cameras. If they capture Simon's presence, they must be targeted first. No one is more effective as a hostage.

I've been careful not to let Lily find out about Simon's company even before I left. But what scares me is that I can't be sure it's all right.

"I did everything I could. Members believe this is the best."

I have fear and anxiety. But I don't regret it.

"Let's go"

"Whoa, let's go, to be strong!

"For a friend"

"For righteousness"

"For Princess Nell"

Each, for different reasons, is willing to participate. We will always accomplish our purpose. No matter how difficult that may be.

"Wait, Lily. I'm going-- for love."

Dive through the main entrance and finally step into Avalon.

On the way out, a huge square. I heard it was built just like Avalon and Sparda in an urban state, and it was based here... but from what I can tell, there was something very different going on here than in a modern urban state.

"It's a modern city."

I am struck by the illusion as if I had returned to modern Earth. Many traditional brick buildings, such as those seen in the urban state Avalon and in the port town of Serene, are mixed with it and the tall buildings with an appearance that I can only assume are made of reinforced concrete, no matter how I look at it, are visible. Somewhere in Europe, there seems to be a similar landscape.

"Quite a spectacular view, isn't it?

Falcius called out when he realized that I was blinded by the landscape of a city that even remembers some nostalgia.

"Oh, if the sky isn't red, it's as beautiful a city as you'd like to take your time sightseeing"

"You really can't use protection. The moment I walked under the red sky like that blood, I could already feel it."

There will be some pressure on me to have a spare smile, but no doubt sealed off the protection, which is a great force for me.

But I just can't sympathize with that feeling.

I understand. After all, only the protection of the ancient demon king Mia Ellord, apart. If you think about it, naturally, the realm of divine annihilation Avalon is the capital of the ancient Ellord Empire. No more, it is a symbol of the dominant area of Mia.

This is probably a sanctuary for Mia.

"Are you all right?

"Nothing. My protection is not as powerful as Chrono-kun's."

As I exposed my own protection, I also tried to grasp the protection of all my members. So I already know what Falcius, Rudra, Sellis, each protection is that I never knew before.

"The protection of the Fate Wheel Fine is no different than that of the occupier in the alley."

As you can see from the name, 'Destiny Wheel Fine' is the God who presides over destiny. He said Fine was a legendary astrologer, not in the sense of omnipotence that could selfishly determine the fate of every thing.

Divinating the future is its ability, so it is more about sacrifice and commerce than about combat. If you want to use it in battle, it doesn't make sense, unless you're a military or staff member who reads the other person's movements. In fact, some countries seem to be heavily used with that intention.

But from Falcius, made up of slaves, there seems to be a strong willingness that fate is literally something that cuts through itself.

"I hate fortune tellers."

And he said it when he introduced Fine's protection.

Then I wondered why I got divine protection for fortune, but he doesn't even know that in person. A while after I became a gladiator, I looked it up in the temple and talked about how I was hosting shelter at some point. Unlike normal, this is not so much a rare case, there is one person in the class, that level.

"Not if you're looking at the view or panicking about the disappearance of the shelter. This square is out of the sight of a knight, but if you leave here, it's not weird when you show up from anywhere."

"Right, let's keep our heads tight and go"

In the Avalon offensive, with the attention of my senior, Celis, I shake off my desire to concentrate on the dungeon offense in front of me.

First, what we should aim for from here is a palace with underground tunnels used by Fiona and the others - no, I dare say it. He said it was a subway station.

"Oh, this is the real thing on Avalon's Tunnel Palace map."

We entered a station building as luxurious and large as the palace, and first headed to the guidance drawing on the station campus that Sariel had also checked.

Well, this must certainly be a map of the station. Sariel, who remembers Shirazaki, can tell in one shot.

Well, like Kai, who gives an impressive voice, from the adventurers of the living otherworlds, this information diagram of Daejongmen Station is a famous thing whose copies are also available in the guild as a precious Avalon dungeon map.

"It's only a familiar map for me... but how does the Gentile Chrono see this?

To Celis' inquiry, I snort.

From Vivian's information, I already knew what kind of city this godforsaken realm Avalon was. Fiona kept track of Sariel's sights and expectations in detail.

On top of that, it is clear that this ancient imperial capital, Avalon, was developing similar to the modern planet. There is a difference between whether the energy used is magic or electricity, but there are many things that lead to Earth's civilization, including this subway.

Whispering, the magical civilization that caught up with science...... no, should I also say that having some kind of metamagic equipment is beyond the science and technology created by the Earth's humans.

Whatever it is, because we have quite a lot in common, there will be far more to tell from me, the Earthlings, than from them, the otherworlds.

"This isn't a palace, it's a big station"

"The station and the carriage stop, right?

"Oh, the uses are exactly the same. This station is a facility for using a different subway than a carriage."

"Chickatee, what?

"An iron road under the ground," he writes. A larger body runs over the railroad (rail) than the cargo of a dragon car. We don't use horses or dragons because we only use magic to move the body, not electricity. "

"You mean an underground railroad because Sole runs underground tunnels?

You're right, Falcius is quick to understand. Both Sellis and Rudra, because they snort as well, will know.

"No horses, no dragons, do you move...? I don't know what that means..."

Kai doesn't seem to be the only one who can picture it well, but, well, that would be nice. If it's also an abandoned subway body, you know what I mean.

For the record, they've been making attempts to move the body just by magic for a long time. There's already a form of carriage, so all I have to do is magically turn the wheel... which is surprisingly difficult, he said. Although developed in various ways, they can't move it until they master the dedicated magic for wheel rotation knitted by the producer, which makes it the only crap they can ride in person where they make it. Unless it is made so that anyone can ride it, it is logical not to spread it.

"A magically moving car still means that the underground tunnels here are strewn all over Avalon."

"At the bottom of the map, there would be a diagram with lines intertwined. This is the road map. You can see where it leads from, where it leads from."

Ooh, and Celis raises an exclamation. Well, if you don't think this is the station, can't you even come up with the idea of a road map? If you could explore the entire city without scratching it, you'd notice its structure too... but if not half of the whole picture had been revealed, you could only think of it as an escape route for this palace.

"From what I've seen, the subway line seems to be spread throughout Avalon, trying to avoid only the central Demon King Castle and its surroundings"

I use it as a means of transportation, otherwise I would have trouble.

"But I can't read the ancient letters that are station names, and it would be hard to travel with just this, as some Knights actually seem to be severely blocking the tracks"

Besides, it is a complex route like Tokyo. If you don't come and go again and again, it's hard to get a complete picture of how the subway is connected.

If this could have deciphered all the ancient languages, it would have been a little better though. Unfortunately, station names, and hence place names, are unique nouns, so they seem difficult to decipher.

"The destination is set, so we just have to go straight"

Rudra's right, we just have to get on the path that Fiona and the others have already taken. It is not a wacko to explore every inch of this godforsaken realm of Avalon and attack even the Imperial Castle.

"All right, then let's go. Home eleven."

We checked the map on the station campus, and we headed to the same home that Sariel was aiming for. I didn't see anything like a wonder and a ticket machine, but it's obvious that there's a wide staircase leading down, and that's where it leads to the home below.

We went down to platform 11 without getting lost.