The Labyrinth Raids of the Ultimate Tank

The Dragons seem to have a wider taste than people.

Therefore, even if they find it delicious on their own, they sometimes don't if people say so.

Larfan was a little depressed by that, but it was a difference in race, so I ate about what I had made for now.

By the time the meal was over and each of them had finished sweating in the nearby river, the Sinanis seemed to have gone completely sleepy and were asleep.

Exactly. The battle with Bintecong would have been pretty tough.

The Cenanis were able to move in vain, as if they had been examining Bintekong's movements in advance. Probably came to today's exam by working hard to gather information in advance.

There must have been some fatigue when they stacked up.

Not much reaches that adventurer rank at this young age.... Kiglas falls under it when it comes to people I've known in the past.

That's why there was something scary about it. If they continue to be promoted smoothly, will there be alarm and pride?

Night. I stayed on the lookout. I was throwing trees into the fireworks and killing time.

Seinlia keeps an eye out for me, but I wasn't even willing to sleep much in the first place.

I've been thinking a lot lately.

Christmas festivals open in quiglas, giant labyrinths and churches. And the thing that bothers me the most is the Demon King.

... I found out the Demon King has a lot of different guys as well. Each one is moving for a different purpose, and some guys are capable of weather. That's good.

However, some beings are definitely interfering in trying to destroy this world.

Not at all. You're caught up in this before you know it.

As I was throwing the trees, a man approached me. It's Marius.

Okay, he raised one hand in a casual manner, and he put his arm around the hem of his clothes and sat opposite me.

"You're not going to sleep, Rude"

"Kind of."

Sometimes, I wanted to put myself in a nervousness that I didn't know when this demon was going to strike, because only slightly.

I can forget the leader and all that, and stay here as a single adventurer.

"Rude, there's something I haven't told you before."

"... for one thing, I'm not going to be forced to do it."

"Hey, I'll talk to you.... about me and the demon world."

Marius' eyes are serious in themselves. You won't be able to say no until you hear that.

"Then let me hear it."

"Oh... in the demonic world, power is everything. … it's almost impossible for a lower demon like me to get a position as Demon King first"

"I mean, you worked pretty hard."

"Huh, sort of. So, I don't care where it is now.... Why did I want to be such a demon king? I thought I'd tell you why."

"... oh, let me hear it"

That said, Marius loosened his mouth.

"Power is everything you've talked about, right? When something happens in the demon world… it's natural to hit the force to fix it."

"... I mean, fight, right?"

"Oh. In some cases it can be like war. … no matter how small the problem."

"How small,"

"Oh. That's why I had eyes, I didn't care, for what reason one city had disappeared"

"... it's not like you've got a demon king."

Selfish, irrational.

Marius has that part too, but in his case there is some traction.

"I... did the same with my hometown, and it disappeared. My family, my friends... it's all gone."

"... Marius"

"So I, to defeat the Demon King... gave him strength. That's all right. In fact, I got the position of the Demon King, albeit at the bottom."

I'm sure that's been a lot of effort.

I've been in a similar environment just a little bit.... because there were times when my eyes were still tight around me in my quest for a knight.

"Well, so... it leads to what Sloth was talking about"

Marius laughed so tiredly when she laughed.

"Speaking of which... you looked like you didn't want to talk much"

"Oh... the Demon King used to treat humans like tools.... I didn't want everyone to ask me."

Hate me, maybe, or something like that?

Marius, who always looks small. I can't believe Marius cares about that.

Much more human than he was when it was the first time, and I laughed.

"... what are you laughing at"

I frowned like Marius was angry.

"Nothing. I don't care what you've been up to. Even I used to be a lot of things."

That said, Marius exhaled as relieved.

Then he opens his mouth slowly.

"If you become the Demon King, you will be given land and you will manage one town there.... but the demon world's most powerful energy is to be recovered from humans. It is the devils' daily routine to capture human beings who have fallen into the demon kingdom as slaves and recover the energy they produce."

"... Eggs"

"Ki, do you care"

"No, nothing."

Create a face that Marius seems dissatisfied with. I'm always shaken up. Sometimes, let me take this much revenge.

"... I seem to have lost my mind among the demons. For a long time, I couldn't see a human being down there.... so well, if I was dealing with humans, they wouldn't have liked the way I did from the Demon Kings. I've been banished because I'm not a demon king living happily with humans..."

Marius was stiffening his fist hard.

"... didn't you expel one of them?"

That's what his regrettable face tells him. Look at me, Marius nodded deeply.

"... oh. The city I built was destroyed."

... I lost my hometown and also the city I was involved in.

... how bitter the hell was that?

If I say so, you mean lose everyone in Avancia? Manichia will be gone...... it was so painful that I almost threw up just thinking about it.

"... that's why I want to defeat the Demon Kings. I wanted to defeat the Demon King so that humans and demons could live with laughter. That's my old wish."

Maybe Marius also talked about wanting to make the labyrinth a place to enjoy it.

Recently, we have also gained intelligence, so we have left the management largely to the demons, but we do not hear at all that we are at a disadvantage to humans.

... I guess the master of that labyrinth is Marius after all.

"... well. Say hello again."

"... oh"

We shook hands.

The battle in the forest of Binte took until the full morning of the following day.

Just as long as we did that, we could also reduce the number of bintecongs that had developed abnormalities to the original extent.

Lilia decided it would be okay if we got this far, and we rode into Seinlia.

Stand next to Sinanis, who had a difficult face, on the sky heading to Avancia.

"After the exam, you're not well."

"... bye. We were at the limit because we were going to play with the Bintecong."

... the crusade is done. So speaking of previous thinking, it is possible for them to be promoted to A-rank.

... I just wonder why I put it in the form of a promotion exam like this one, also to confirm these actual battles.

If we only looked at the results of the Cenanis, we crusaded Bintecong safely.

But it was actually just a battle.

Another A-rank might just have the power to crusade Bintecong by itself.

... When this happens, even the same A-rank creates a difference in strength.

As an Adventurer Guild, I guess we need to reduce the strength difference by rank a little bit in order to gain trust from our citizens.

That also applies to low-ranking adventurers. Let's just say me, Nin, and Marius did their job as F-ranks. Another F-rank adventurer might say something to a client when that client issues an F-rank request again.

... so I guess the guild is also moving in a hurry to determine the adventurer to as precise a rank as possible.

"Sinanis"

Lilia calls Sinanis.

Sinanis gives Lilia a frightening shoulder as she approaches her.

"What... Soka"

"Now you guys...... turns out you have about the strength between B and A-rank. However, I still think it's too early for A-rank. Still, if you want to do it as an A-rank, I'm going to report you above for passing the A-rank exam"

"... it 's-"

Sinanis tied his lips tightly to Lilia's words. But he... then shook his head and laughed.

"Exactly, I can't. I don't want to take A-rank requests. You can't risk your people. Still, he said he could use a B-rank. There's a point in being a leader."

"Don't blame me."

"Anyway, the Ruds are A-ranked, right?"

"Yeah. I'll give you A-rank no matter what they say over there"

Sinanis pounding on my shoulder.

"One day, I'll catch up with you."

"... oh, I'm looking forward to it"

Beating him back on the shoulder, we returned to Avancia.