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Episode 172: A New Labyrinth (14)

Slowly move your gaze from the mouth of the chimera to the bottom of your feet.

Then there was Taylor, eaten off his right arm and left leg and covered in bright red blood.

"... Taylor"

When we saw Taylor, who had turned into a cripple, and he was losing his words, suddenly there was a sound of missing voices and applause on this occasion.

"You guys? You defeated Gargoyle! It's great, no, it's really great!

It's him!? You must have seen him then!

From Master Yormungand's back, the man from that time I found him......

He was killing the irresistible ordinary citizen around with the Demons...... THAT MAN!!

"... you're a demon... aren't you?

"Oh, you're right, I say Xanadu, the Demon Warrior"

... Xanadu, don't you remember that time? Or was I just taking it personally that I had eyes on you?

"... I want you to give me the people there"

I point to Taylor, and I speak to the demon named Xanadu.

"... Hmm, you seem like a rude person inside, don't you? I was named after you?

... Huh? I never expected the devil to pay attention to manners.

But I regret it, but I'm certainly not right. I don't think there's that much room for time given Taylor's situation, but there's no way the demons would tell the Humes they're impolite.

I correct my posture and bow my head to the devil. [M]

"I'm sure you're right, I'm sorry. I'm Mine, a Hume hunter."

"Well, what... you have a decent one for humans, too. He was completely impolite, so I thought he was human."

Xanadu looked in a good mood and said so while kicking Taylor lightly with his leg.

... Oh, it's about Taylor. I'm sure he responded to Xanadu with a gaze from above.

Interestingly enough, I can see how it was then...

"I apologize for the man's disrespect, would you please turn him over here?

Again, when he asks Xanadu to do so, he thinks a little and then calls out to Chimera.

"Experiment number one, that's all I ate. You'd have swollen to the boulder, wouldn't you? Do you mind if I don't eat this guy anymore?

Is that all? (...)... When I think about it, there are no members of the Tamer's Ring... and none of the demons that were supposed to have been Tamed.... No way!? This chimera......!?

"Gwow."

You returned the answer to Xanadu's query, and the chimera soars up.

Then he starts chewing up the body that was still stuck in his mouth as he gritted it to bits.

"Apparently, you don't have to eat.... Fine, I'll return this man in honor of your courtesy."

That being said, Xanadu grabbed Taylor's root and threw it toward him.

"Aww..."

While panicking about the sudden, use [physical enhancement/greatness] to receive Taylor's body, which has flown in.

... No, it might not help.

Taylor's body was more damaged than it looked.

He probably got bit by that chimera, he's got a big tooth shape left in his body.

And above all, as I've seen from afar, I don't have my right arm and my left leg.

From the cross section, this was probably eaten by the chimera too.

With [regeneration], I think it is possible to treat...

I'm not the one who wants to help Zanadu until he commits the risks he sees.

It seems cold, but [Auxiliary Magic/Gradual Recovery Small] is all it takes, so be patient.

You can't go out of your way to teach this hand to your enemies.

Aisha, you don't have to recover from Taylor.

"I know, you can't expose your hands to demons."

If this was your brother-in-law or Captain Franz, it would still have been treated.

Taylor... I hate to say this, but you deserve it.

"Well, is that enough?

You must have decided that the first aid to Taylor was over.

Xanadu called this way.

"... Yes, thank you"

"Hmm, I see, you're really polite. So did the people there, but most of them, when I find out I'm a demon, they attack me with or without a word. No, they're giving us a valuable experience."

... I'm sure that's the normal reaction.

Regardless of this chimera, this demon named Xanadu feels very difficult to do.

I have no idea what the hell you're thinking.

"... so, Mine. What are you doing in this labyrinth?

Come on! This answer will make you fight even if you don't. Watch out for surprises!

"... I'm here to crush this labyrinth."

Hearing my answer, Xanadu's right eyebrow jumps up in a pique.

Maybe, but you didn't expect such a direct ball reply.

"Well, this labyrinth (dungeon)... right? Do you know that we Demons make the Labyrinth?

"... yeah, of course I know"

"I mean, hostile to us, is that what you mean?

"... that's what's gonna happen, maybe"

Okay, how do you get out? You're gonna put a chimera on me? Or yourself?

Prepare for surprise, we'll stay in shape.

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... Is that it? That's an unexpected reaction.

I thought he was going to come at me angrily.

Pilose, come here.

Xanadu is calling behind the chimera.

Pyrose? You say you still have company!? Oh, well, there were two signs!

The bearer of the strange signs confirmed in [Signal Detection/Greater]... If you mean that one is Xanadu, does the other sign also mean Demon Man!? Two disastrous demon chimeras and demons......

If it's normal, I guess it's a hopeless situation.

I don't even understand what Xanadu feels like laughing... do you?

But there are two godbeasts here, albeit children.

Never inferior in strength.

It was... what an elf woman she showed up at Xanadu's call.

No, it's weird for an elf. The skin color is too black.

"Let me introduce you, you're my pretty boy and I call you Pillows. As you can see, she's an elf... not the most normal elf."

An elf woman called Pilloce throws a caged gaze of hatred at us.

... I'm supposed to meet you for the first time, why are you getting this kind of gaze? Were we meeting somewhere before we knew it? No, when it comes to elves that we know, there's only Amy.

"... have you seen him anywhere?

When she asks that unintentionally, she talks nothing and turns away from us.

"Cuckoo... she hates extreme fumes. Well, we know best why we hate fumes, don't we?

... I see, is it the same as Ami... She's a survivor of that tragedy, too.

I hate the Hume people themselves for making the Elves see so much more than we do... I guess that's what it is.

"Well Mine, because of that. Let's play a game."

... Games?

What the hell are you going to do? I have a bad feeling about this.