Sword of the Philosopher

Eventually, I discovered a monster. Although the figure was like a lion.....

This is a lot more than that.

It's a monster created by someone else.

Gulk's assertion was clear when he saw the current monster.

Because the skin is based on black, but even though it is a lion, blue scales are present there. The head was the only one close to the lion, but the four legs were so thick that I even thought they could move agile.

Did you use the animals in the demon realm to create monsters?

Or perhaps you created it with a goodbye view by referring to an atlas.

"What the hell is it for..."

Isn't it an invasion of the world inhabited by humans?

Gulk's words somehow made me feel the same way. Sergia Continent... the monster unleashed by the arrival of the invading demon king. We can think of these individuals as strengthened by experiments.

The monster absorbs the magic power in the atmosphere and maintains its body... but the higher its ability, the worse the fuel efficiency will be, so in a world with less magic power than the demon world, the more powerful individuals will not appear.

"As long as the Demon King expands his sphere of influence, he can maintain such a powerful individual... but what if he simply creates a powerful monster?"

I'm just guessing, but I'm probably not wrong. There's no reason why a demon king should produce such a dreadful monster without any context. ”

Certainly, none of the monsters I encountered in the battle with the Demon King...... there weren't many individuals like the collection of various elements. It wasn't zero, and it was possible that such an individual had been created and experimented with by the Five Great Demons, and there weren't many of them.

So, what about the individual in front of me?... The monster groaned. The voice was closer to that of a wolf than a lion.

”... even if I leave you alone, it's going to vanish”

There's a reason I'm telling you that. When I watched it up close, I could see that it was emitting magic power as far as I could see. You can't control the magic power in your body, and the amount released exceeds the amount absorbed. In the end, the magic power is going to come out and become dust... but if you think that this guy is wandering around looking for magic power, you have to defeat him quickly to avoid increasing the damage.

"...... Gulk, are there any signs around? I'm checking through Rescue, but there's nothing there."

Me too. However, it would be bad if we didn't investigate it just in case. "

Shortly after I agreed to Gulk's words, the monster barked --- and started to charge at me. It shook the giant massively, and it was just a rush of force with no sharpness. I could have avoided it on my own... but I got it straight from the front.

When I used my sword as a shield to prevent it, a tremendous amount of power came through. The fangs of the monsters are closing in on me. Nevertheless, we calmly took a step back and struck it in the head.

The monster roared. However, it was not meant to deceive the pain, but to be said to be angry because of the counterattack.

And ─ ─ the monster opened his mouth and leaned on me. In this way, I might not have any pain... I would add more swords to the monster's movement. Then the enemy stiffened with their mouths open... and eventually fell to the ground.

Here's one thing that bothered me. I never missed the second strike. I poured a lot of magic power into the sword, but the monster endured it once. This is--

Why did the Demons struggle… Maybe that's a strong barrier.

Seems that way.

On the surface of the monster's body, there was a magic barrier that was quite dense. It was thin, but it seemed to have quite a hardness, covering it with pure density. So you endured my attack once.

It's a very unique way of doing things. I'm also interested. "

Magic barrier… Could it be an individual to experiment with it?

There's plenty of room for that. That said, no one would have released such a barrier at the time of the invasion of the Shergia Continent. ”

"I see... how about we investigate the area?"

That sounds like a good idea. In some cases, it may be something to dig up. ”

That's what Gulk says... so I'll start walking around again. If a monster crawled out of somewhere, it might be a research facility.

Gulk, I just have one question.

What? What?

"I can explain why something that the demon king was researching just popped up, but this is the demon world." In the first place, isn't it necessary for the Demon King to hide from someone to study it? "

Two things can be thought of

Two streets?

One is to be vigilant to the star gods. I was concerned that there might be other people involved in the demon world, so I moved independently. ”

"... that's how much I've been wary of the Star God."

”Hmm, the reason for this is obvious... the other thing is that I admitted that this research was dangerous, and I tried not to let anyone else use it.”

Is someone... a demon of my own people?

If it was a technique that was difficult to control, wouldn't it be a good reason to think that you might be betrayed?

I see, then... either way, the Demon King,

It's pretty secretive.

Based on the fact that even the Five Devils did not know about the real purpose, the Devil King thought it would be worse to divulge information.

Intelligence... here I suddenly have a question.

Did the Demon King know about the Star God just like we did?

I don't know. I don't know how long it's been since this concept of the demon realm was formed, but if it's been around since ancient technology was built, it's no wonder we have information about star gods.

Perhaps it would have been more efficient to investigate the demon world?

That's because something that the Demon King was studying came out, but that's my question. We didn't even know there was such a thing. Now there is no option to investigate. "

Well, that's right... and while we were talking, I noticed a suspicious magic force drifting around.