Shinka no Mi

- - [Archshell Castle] in Terber, king's capital of the Kingdom of Wimbledon.

Historical meetings were about to take place in this place, which usually had a peaceful atmosphere and was also one of the favourite tourist attractions by the people.

For that reason, it also seems like tension is running across the castle.

The maids and deacons, who were usually bickering, were now busily moving to support the meeting.

……

……

And in the room reserved for the meeting, Lanze, king of the kingdom of Wimburg, and Lutia, daughter of the demon king, who binds the demons, sit opposite each other, each behind which the ministers refrain to protect their lords.

Also, apart from them like that, this meeting itself... the S-class adventurers are serious to protect everyone on this occasion -.

"Ma'am, are you free after this? No, if you don't mind..."

"I won't forgive you!? How sassy are you trying to get home! I'm not nagging the maid!

"Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. That butler over there, Mitsuhito... you have the" take ”face. Delusions progress......!

"There! I don't fantasize about using a butler!

"Oh? He sounds like he's gonna hit me... I'm gonna hit him a little bit"

"How many demons are you trying to hit?!? Are you nuts?!?"

"Zzz..."

"Mr. Nem is... asleep!?"

"... Eust, you're in trouble..."

"If you think so, please help Mr. Orval too!

- Seriously, I was providing protection.

It was Eust Horrors, a S-class adventurer, who holds the reins of the perverts, and his mind was already exhausted.

"Totally... with that said, Mr. Afros was on a tour through the castle, right? Will you be all right by yourself?

"You'll be fine. At least it's gonna be a problem to get someone here."

"What is the meaning of protection!?"

"Besides, Master Jeremina should be on a different route. Well, you can handle it."

"... leave him alone... I don't even know if he's messed up in the castle..."

From the looks of it, it just looks like a bunch of jokes, but they are the apex of adventurers all over the world... S-class adventurers.

When it comes to strength, don't worry... Probably. Probably. Maybe not after all.

When the whole castle said it was nervous, but only the S-class adventurers saw where it was usually, there was no doubt that the liver was sitting.

"... uh, I don't know what to say... never mind the S-class adventurers around me"

"... yeah, I'm fine. It's busy."

Routier smiled just a little bit as Lanze said that as she almost held her head unexpectedly to the look of such an S-class adventurer.

"- Well, I don't like being dusty. That's why I'm asking you straight in, right?... What do you guys want to do?

"... what do you want to do?

The tone was the Lanze as usual, but it was certainly the king who wrapped the majesty of the king there.

The atmosphere surrounding him was a noble thing, although Routier himself, questioned by that Lanze, had no special consciousness.

Routier closed her eyes quietly, eventually speaking out in a small but clear tone.

"... we want to be symbiotic with humans"

……

Straight ahead, stare into Lanze's eyes.

"... why do you want us to believe that?

"Ah? Temee...... shall I kill you now?

"... Zolua, calm down"

Zorrua cut to Lanze's words, but can be stopped immediately by Routier.

But Zorrua wasn't the only one who took anger at Lanze's words.

Everyone in the Demon Army was still angry.

What's more, although anger is what I don't hold, neither did Orval, the only demonic race of S-class adventurers, understand Lanze's words.

Because I thought this meeting was about peace and knot.

Lanze continued as a matter of course without looking concerned about the anger drifting from around her.

"Don't be so cool. Wouldn't you know if you thought about it a little? Whatever your true intentions, your surroundings have decided you guys are evil. In fact, most countries are discriminatory to you guys. Having an interaction with you guys like that is... a little bit risky, don't you think?

……

Lanze stares at Routier with a piercing gaze.

Silence came between the two factions.

But the silence was soon to collapse.

"... it's the same for us"

"Hmm?"

Routier stared back, with an unbeatable strong gaze at Lanze.

"... even we are afraid to engage with humans. More importantly, I still hate humans. Because even my father... was sealed"

……

"... but it shouldn't be. He said he was stuck because he was scared... sooner or later the end will come. And there's no future ahead."

"... right"

"... but I shouldn't. Now I'm the leader of the Demon Clan. I have a duty to connect the future of the Demon Nation to future generations. Even if it's dangerous... I have to move... no."

When Routier finished saying that, silence came between the two again.

And...

"... Huh. I'm sorry I said something mean."

"... Huh?

Lanze returned to a gentle atmosphere somewhere floating along the street, as if the atmosphere had been a lie earlier.

When he saw how it was and the devil's side was taken aback, he complained about how Florio Barze was bewildered, with the alias [Ice Li's devil] who had refrained behind Lanze.

"Your Majesty... it's bad for your heart, so refrain from saying that..."

"Hahaha! Don't say that! Actually, I have to check, right?

"Perhaps so..."

Routier asked unexpectedly about the atmosphere that only the Wimbledon side knew.

"... what do you mean?

"Hmm? Oh, you didn't put it into proper words. I, the Kingdom of Wimbledon, officially interact with the Demons."

"Huh!"

To Lanze's words, Routier opened her eyes.

"... really... okay...?

"Fine or nothing, you've come from the beginning with that intention, haven't you?

"... yes, but..."

"Don't worry about the thin one! We have an excellent minister. A little bit of force interference doesn't mean anything to me."

'Whatever. My pitch-black flames will burn you down without leaving one behind. "

Just like Florio, [the Black Saint Knight] answered with his chest stretched, a pitch-black full-body armor figure that he had refrained from behind Lanze.

Next to it, he was Florio's sister and the strongest knight in line for the [Black Saint Knight] of the Kingdom of Wimburg...... Luis Barze also told Sarah.

"Now that you're one of the transcendents, you won't be so late."

"... hmm? Hey, did you just say 'transcendent'!? I didn't hear that!?"

"Yes, because I just told you so"

"I'm the king, aren't I?"

To Lewis' exact remark, Lanze stumbled on the way he said it unexpectedly.

"Damn... well, I'm sure there are a lot of problematic children, but they don't get hit that easily. Instead, be careful over there, okay?

"... yeah, I'm fine. And my men... because they are strong"

Just that word of Routier, the laymen were so moved that they could not be put into words.

"Okay, let's shake hands of friendship, shall we? Specific interactions and other documents will be available later."

"... yeah"

We get up off the spot with each other and walk over.

"Please do me a favor."

"... welcome"

And give me your hand...

"Whoa! You can't admit Soitz, can you?

"Huh!"

Suddenly, a 'shadow' appeared between Lanze and Routier.

At that moment, Lewis pulled Lanze, and Zeros pulled away from the 'shadow' by sheltering Routier behind his back.

"Goho!? Hey... Luise... can't you just let go a little more gently..."

Sorry, it was an emergency.

"Look over there. You're smartly hiding behind my back, aren't you?

"Sorry, it's troublesome"

"That's what you mean!?"

Lanze and the others interact somewhere without tension when they say an unidentified 'shadow' has emerged.

But both the surrounding S-class adventurers, and each minister who refrained behind them, exercised the utmost vigilance in their 'shadows'.

Then one man appears out of the 'shadows'.

What showed up was a creepy man with dull red hair upside down and reptile, gullible eyes.

The man looks around with a slight grin.

"Ha ha ha ha! Evil no!? You're interrupting a good place!

"... who are you?

With Routier behind his back, Zeros asks with the greatest intimidation.

But the man didn't even look frightened by the intimidation, but rather laughed happily.

"Nice, nice! You're strong, aren't you?"

"Answer the question! Who are you!

As he gently clasped his shoulders at Zeros' words, the man opened his mouth intact.

"Be so angry. I'm Lester. The Apostle of the Order of the Demons!

"The Demon Church...?

Zeros frowns at the name of the organization that came out of the mouth of the man who named him Lester.

Then Zolua stepped forward and opened her mouth so that she could line up in Zeros.

"Ha. What is the apostle of that great organization for?

"I told you, huh? I can't admit it. Why don't we just listen to people? Ha ha!"

"I can't admit it...?

Looking at the members of the Demonic Army twisting their necks and the ministers of the Wimbling kingdom, Lester tells them as if they were frightened.

"Come on, say it this far. Don't you get it? I mean, you guys don't admit to getting along."

'Oh? What right do you have to say such a thing...'

"Am I? What, do you have any talking armor?!? Ha ha! He's awesome!

Lester bursts into laughter when she sees what's funny, the 'Black Saint Knight'.

After laughing individually, Lester glanced at Gyoro.

"What right do you have? It's for the demon gods, so there's no rights or anything!

"You think it's for the demon gods?

When Zeros asks with even more vigilance, Lester says somewhere intoxicated.

"Oh...... yes, it's for the demon gods. Gather all [negative] emotions in this world to revive the demon gods! In order to do that, you'll have trouble getting along. [M] I want you to kill me more miserably and brutally!

"... I don't know what you're talking about, the demon or its resurrection... but Locke, I know you're thinking about it, right?

That's what Lanze says when he tries to stare, but Lester's condition remains the same.

"I don't need to know. Either way, you're gonna die here! Ha ha!"

"That's a lot of licking... there's even an S-class adventurer on this occasion, while we have all the most powerful forces in the Wimbledon kingdom and the Demon Army. I can't believe you're here alone in a place like that."

"Come on, you think I'm not thinking about anything?

"What?"

Trying to block Florio's words, Lester had a creepy grin.

At that moment, the door to the room opened with momentum.

"Also, I say! There are currently tons of demons pushing around this Terveil!

"What!? How many!?"

"That's... a few times lighter than the last great invasion..."

――――

It was one of these soldiers from the Kingdom of Wimbledon who jumped into the room, and the reports conveyed by that soldier were outrageous things.

Lester was immersed in joy before the out-of-the-box Lanze.

"Ha ha ha ha! You're desperate for a good feeling!... Now what? Do you want to play my opponent like this or be ravaged by demons...!

"Ku......!

During the last great invasion of the demons, Lanze knew that it was because of Makoto that the damage was almost done.

That is why I could not imagine how much harm would be done now that Makoto was not here.

"" The Black Saint Knight "! You lead the [Nara's Black Soldiers (Abyss Schwartz)] to sweep the demons! Lewis! Let your [Battle of the Sword Sage Maiden (Valkyrie)] go for the demon crusade as well! I'll leave command of the crime scene to the two of you!

"Accepted"

"Yes."

"Florio! You're part of the Magic Division, fly the Magic Guide camera! There's already a reconnaissance unit out there, so why don't you ask for your position from there? Well, the rest is a national evacuation guide! Anyway, here in the center...... [Archshell Castle] Try to come around!

"Are you sure? Then His Majesty's protection will be gone."

"The people are more than me! I'll take care of it!

"... Your will"

Lanze gave instructions at a tremendous rate, and soldiers from all over the castle moved out accordingly.

"... King Lanzelf. We help, too."

"Are you sure?

"... Yep. 'Cause I finally walked over. I'm not gonna end up here."

"... well. Then, please."

"... yeah. Zeros, Zolua, Laya, Urus, Rearetta"

'Ha!'

"... come crusade the demons with the soldiers of this country. Maybe some of them will make sense..."

'I'll take care of it!

"... Jade asks for my escort"

"Yes, I did. I'll take care of it. Zorrua and Zeros. You can't fight, can you?

".................. do good"

"Ha... Temehe, protect Master Lutya."

"I'll do my best."

Even from the Demon Army, everyone, except Jade, headed for the demon crusade.

Lester, who was watching as Niyanya, opens his mouth to stir.

"Dude, are those numbers enough? Unlike last time, we only collected S-class demons, huh? Besides, the same messengers as me are holding back."

"! Did you guys cause the previous great invasion...!

"Shh, shh! The whole thing killed me, and the plan went crazy."

The S-class adventurers also began to move, approximating Lester, who said so with a slight obstinacy.

"Your Majesty. We will also head to the crusade of demons. I'm used to dealing with demons."

"As far as I'm concerned, you'd better hit that creepy bastard there. Well, this time it's gonna suck, so I'm gonna go around crusading too."

"Right. But if we're all going on a crusade, I'm here to protect His Majesty and deal with him."

Eust pointed his subtle sharp gaze at Lester, who still grinned lightly.

Seeing such a eust, Orval nods.

"If Eust stays, you'll be fine. I'll take care of the rest, okay?

"Yes! Good luck to Mr. Orval!... their opponents."

Having noticed that Eust was looking at S-class adventurers with a distant eye, Orval sighted the S-class adventurers in the same way.

"... I knew I didn't want to go..."

"Yes, it's okay! Good luck!

"... oh, I get it! Because of this demon tribe and humans are going to get along, I'm going to do it too! Hey, Nem! You fight this way!

"... hmm? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY... ZZZ"

"Don't sleep while you're being dragged!

"Oh, please pick up Master Jeremina and Mr. Afros along the way!

When Eust spoke that way over his back, Orval flickered his hands and left.

Thus all that remained in the room were Lanze and Routier, and Jade and Eust, who were entrusted with their respective escorts.

"Dude, you're a lot less. Are you sure? Don't be like that."

"Oh? I just think this is enough. How much? On the contrary, I'm perfectly fine on my own."

"Right. I think I've had enough. Rather, do you think you can win two-on-one?

"... tell you what"

Lester had a fierce grin for the first time at the reaction between them.

And a disastrous aura overflows from Lester's body.

"Fair enough. Then let's do it quickly... kill each other!

The moment I said that, Lester's body turned into two.

"Become!?"

The sight took Lanze's breath away.

"" Ha ha ha! That's a good look! Oh, there's still more of them, huh?

From there, four, eight... Lester's body gained momentum filling the room.

'Come on, I can't say this is two to one!?'

Ultimately, Lester became as many as 30.

Then...

"Fine, huh? Then I'll deal with you alone. Wow."

"Ah?"

Jade said he would deal with it alone.

"... are you okay on your own?

When Eust says so, Jade turns his hot gaze.

"Oh, Yada, are you worried about me? Glad to hear it! But it's okay. I can handle this on my own."

"Oh, really..."

Eust was feeling his own danger from Jade, not Lester.

I didn't think Lester was unresponsive so far, seeping anger.

'... come on, you don't understand the situation? On the other hand, you said you could do it 30 to 1, right?

"Of course you do, don't you?... you must be ready for that, right?

"Ah?"

Suddenly, Jade's atmosphere changed.

The demonic magic began to flow from Jade's body.

It was also a signal when Jade gave his full strength.

Jade asks Routier in the soft tone as usual.

"Master Routier. We will free you of your power."

"... yeah. Good luck."

"- Yes."

At that moment, demonic magic engulfed the entire room.

◆ ◇ ◆

"- [Demon Church], you know..."

"Do you know?

Orval was still dragging Nem, who remained asleep, to rendezvous with Jeremina and Afros throughout the passage told by Eust.

Now some S-class adventurers and members of the Demon Army were discussing it in front of the castle to share information once.

When Jeremina frowned for a moment when she heard the upside of the matter, she immediately returned to her original expression and began to talk.

"Yeah. I know I'm the queen of this country, but I like adventure. Me and my husband... Lanze met as an adventurer, too. I owe it all to Lanze to be able to act as an adventurer, not a queen. So I wanted to help Lanze, and I looked into all the other countries beside the adventure. In it, there was always a word to be heard, no matter what country. That's..."

"[Demon Church]?

"Yep. The detailed constituents were unknown and nothing was known except that the purpose was the resurrection of the demon god..."

"It means he wasn't there..."

"Yes, it seems that if we do it recently, we are starting to move vigorously, and gradually we see the reality of that organization. The purpose is to revive the demon god, but the means to do so is to gather [negative] emotions."

"... that's what he did say..."

Zeros remembered Lester's words.

"Pity, anger, hatred... gathering the [negative] emotions that said so will bring the demon god back to life."

"What is that demon god in the first place? Even we Demons are the first to hear of it. What does that have to do with us?

When Zorrua asks, Jeremina shakes her head to the side.

"No, it has nothing to do with the Demons. Sure, I call the king who leads the Demon Clan the Demon King, but the Demon God is nothing like that."

"Then what the hell is it?

"God."

"What?"

Everyone gave a frightened look, not only Zorua, to the words spoken in the end.

"God? Is that like the Black Dragon God we're in the Demon Army too?

"No, you don't. I've also read about the Black Dragon God in literature, but that's not God in the real sense, just because he's superior to humans and other races."

"Really... you mean...?

Jeremina continues not to care while she is increasingly unaware of the wax.

"Even more than the literature in which the Black Dragon God appears...... the story before this star was abandoned by the gods. So far, we all know, don't we?

"Chi, wait a minute! In other words, a demon god is..."

"Yes, once defeated by the strife of the ancient gods, a one-pillar god - that is the god worshipped by the [Order of Demons]"

……

On a very large scale, they all had to shut up, including just S-class adventurers.

"Tighter than that. A group that worships a real God? I don't think the power of the Apostle is insulting either. In that sense, don't you have to go to your own master's escort?

When Jeremina asked that to the face of the Demon Army, Laya opened her mouth.

"Zorrua and Zeros will be enough as escorts because they do have power, but I, Urus and Rearetta are not strong enough to completely protect Master Routier. By contrast, the remaining Jade is the strongest of us alongside the Zorruas... so don't worry"

"Right. It looks like he can do it, even with us, the results are the same. Besides, this one looks worse."

"... Agreed"

"Yeah, that sounds fine."

As we talked about it, there was an inadvertent squeaking noise outside the walls.

Turning his gaze in that direction, 50 meters saw a pitch-black flame rising from above the wall beyond.

"I'm glad this Terveil was a walled city. Something that shows the final line of defense.... Well, it looks like 'The Black Saint Knight' is working hard, and I'm going that way. Split them up and scatter them on all sides. - Guys, are you coming home safe?

'Yes!'

When Jeremina was satisfied with everyone's reply, she cast a certain magic.

"" True Thunder Costume ""

Then he wrapped armor made of lightning with a sharp impression all over his body.

This was what made Lanze's wife the mother of the Robertos and what the S-class adventurer "Thunder Empress" looked like.

I'll go first, then.

Jeremina uttered a word and literally flew over the surrounding roof at the speed of thunder.

When I'm dropping it off, Laya asks me how I remember it.

"With that said... we'll be fine because Jade is escorting us, but is that good for you?

'Huh?'

To Laya's words, every S-level adventurer on the spot tilts his neck.

"Look... I may be allergic to saying this, but I didn't see him as strong as he was left in the escort..."

"Oh, sure... so does not he look strong, but were you glad he was alone?

After hearing Laya's words and Zorrua's, which are somewhat difficult to say, the S-class adventurers finally figured out what they were worried about.

And...

"Hahahahahahahahaha!"

I started laughing all at once.

"Huh? Huh?

In the face of layers and other demonic armies who don't know why they laughed, Orval teaches with a grin in his head.

"Don't worry about him, all right? What-"

When he heard Orval's words, the demons were stunned.

◆ ◇ ◆

"Ba...... stupid......!

Lester was crawling to the ground.

"Oh. Are we done yet? Too bad."

In front of Lester like that, there's the figure of Jade standing intact.

With a groan, Lester shouted out as she screamed.

"Oh, it can't be...... how many identities do you think you've created since then!? A thousand!? Besides, it's not just identities. I've got the power of a demon god. It's my turn! Take that...!

Seeing the unilateral violence that had been waged until earlier, Routier had felt nothing in particular because he knew, but Lanze, who knew nothing, had a dry laugh.

"Our Lewis and the Black Sacred Knight are also flying strengths, but your minister is probably... what the hell, I started to see him fight with" magic "himself..."

"... Zeros and Zolua are just as strong."

"Ha... So the big country is attacking..."

Jade can materialize and manipulate magic.

That's all I ask, sounds less amazing, but it was actually a hell of a thing.

First of all, your magic naturally materializes and manipulates even the magic that drifts around the world.

Moreover, if you use magic that drifts around the world, you do not even consume your magic because it is a magic that flows into the world.

As a result, Jade was able to attack all directions without a blind spot.

It had nothing to do with sweeping Lester's identity, although of course there were constraints such as the effective range.

"That's amazing... I've never seen anyone materialize magic before, either. Sounds convenient."

Unlike Lanze, he had still fought various crises and foes as an S-class adventurer, and Eust had done so to such an extent that he had such mild feelings.

"Sort of good... Well, what's wrong with Soytz...?

"... I have so much to ask, I need to keep you alive"

As Lanze and Routier were discussing Lester's treatment, that Lester inadvertently began to laugh.

"K...... kukukuku...... haha!

"!... What the hell is wrong with you?

When Routier asks, Lester turns to Gjolo and laughs niggly.

"The last time I laugh... it's because we (...)!

"Become!?"

Suddenly, a 'shadow' appeared behind the router.

And one man shows himself out of it.

"- I suppose you wanted the Devil's side to hold a grudge against humans. Well, if I kill you, I'll be with you."

That's what came out of it was Bossa's hair, Yoreyole's clothes, and a dude who wasn't even sloppy enough to want to say he had a mustache.

But since he suddenly appeared behind his back without a sign, I can assume that he was an unusual user.

Such a man waved his knife down at Routier without any hesitation.

"Master Routier!

Jade's immediate attempt to materialize magic won't make it.

Lanze was also rigid in the emergence of the mysterious man, and everyone was convinced of Lutia's death.

- Except for one.

"You're in trouble to say that."

Eust pulled out the single-handed sword he was raising on his hips at a speed that could be described as divine speed, and jumped the man's knife as it was.

"Ha!?"

"I'm sorry, but I won't let you do it, will I?

In addition, as he stuffed his distance from the man in a flowing motion, he twisted down on the spot and attached a sword to his neck.

"Yes, let's be adults, shall we?

- - S-Class Adventurer Eust Horrors.

Usually he holds the reins of the perverts around him and manages to control the conscience of the struggling guild headquarters.

He has an alias for that.

[Undoubled].

He was the S-class adventurer known as the strongest.