In the place where the Demon King (Lord) was present was once the capital of a country called the Grand Duchy of Arquilio. The Grand Duchy of Arquilio is one of the countries that was destroyed decades ago by a pillar of the Ten Kings of Underworld Prison (Valiant). The basin surrounded by mountains stretches with ruins that have not yet been removed.
Now that the abyss (avis) had been made, the ruins were covered in a red translucent dome. I can see what's going on inside when I get close, but I can't even see the distant sights. Because it is separated from this world by abyssalization. Its vision resembles that of cloudy water.
When our Stormwing Snake (Wild Tempest) arrived, there were Explorer Association (Alliance) officials waiting. Their hands have already sealed off the surrounding area and have also completed the evacuation of people living in nearby cities and villages.
Directing the scene is Marion Jenkins, a young blonde woman in a swallow tail suit - turned into an inspector and Harold's grandson. Marion didn't even try to hide how unpleasant it was when she admitted to us, but she walked over with a big strand.
"Did you come here without running away? Yeah, I'll just compliment the prestige. But..."
Marion punctuates words and points at me.
"Just to be clear, you're not calling. The newspapers seem to be lifting excessively, but no matter what you think, you don't have enough strength to deal with the Demon King (Lord). The Demon King is no match for a mutt like you."
Alma and Kouga are distracted by Marion, who also told Dewy about his contempt. It's troublesome how short these two are.
Marion and I also meet in Imperial City for a meeting. I was told the same thing then. Decline because you don't have enough strength.
Of course, I didn't quit. Marion seemed dissatisfied, but since his position was only on Harold's behalf, he did not have the authority or anything to force him to break the requisition agreement already in place. All Marion can do is put pressure on me with words.
"Stop wasting your mouth. It's a waste of time. All you have to do is play your part. Isn't that right, Inspector 26?
"Oh, my God..."
Marion had a deep wrinkle between her eyebrows when I said it in a mockery mix. Marion is going to be waving his fist up right now. Look at its angry eyes from the front.
"Out of the way. Pull back hard."
"... Shit, some crazy bastard who wants to die"
Marion tongued abominably. But it won't stick any further, it'll clear the way for me. It's the aggressive personality, but it's not trying to hold us back with personal feelings. Because, as the saying goes, we analyze that we cannot beat the Demon King (Lord).
Marion's analysis is not wrong. By nature, it is suicide that challenges the Demon King (Lord) with our strength. It is normal to stop.
But...
"Don't worry, I'll bring you the Lord's neck soon."
We're the ones who win. It doesn't matter, for example, if the odds of winning are one in a billion. I will always win.
"There's no defeat for me."
As we moved on, Marion screamed from behind.
"Snake! Be sure to keep that word!
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Into the abyss (Abyss), his vision cleared. The weathered and desolate streets that were obscure from the outside are spreading before us.
"Don't be."
Signs of unusual interrogation come from the back of the city. Demon King (Lord).
"Wow, it's a hell of a monster...... Not as much as the Great Sea Storm King (Forneus) feels for the dwarf these days."
Whimpering kouga. I saw that. Alma distorts her mouth like she made a fool of herself.
"Kouga is a heckle of bibibili"
"So, who's the heck out of Bibili?!?
"So, Kouga. You're too frivolous to understand a word? Pathetic."
"Hey, what the hell!? To the habit of a perverted psychopath, he said he was just a bummer!
"Perverted crazy bitch!?... kill!
"Oh, already! Stop fighting!
Leon stops the two arguing idiots with a smile on his face.
"It's before the important battle. Can't we get along better..."
"I can't!" "Absolutely not!
"Oh, you know..."
Leon on the way. I ignored the three of them and saw Hugo.
"What's it like?
"I think he's quite a bit stronger than the average Demon King (Lord). Perhaps the highest Demon King (Lord) I've ever been involved in a crusade."
Hugo has crusaded Demon King (Lord) five times in the past. Just as there is a difference in strength even if a person is in the same rank band, so is the devil (beast). If you believe in Hugo's rule of thumb predictions, you're more and more the Demon King (Lord) than we are.
"That's convenient. The first Demon King (Lord) to crusade won't be tight with clutterfish."
A week after Harold asked me to do this, each of them has new gear and acquired 'New Skills'. To test its power, it is the stage of dressing.
When I smiled, Kouga stood next to me.
"Jakendo, I don't know"
"Am I? What are you talking about?
"The purpose of the demon is to invade the world, right? I know that. But why would a mighty devil need to do something like a cannonball?
"Instinct."
"Instinct?"
I nodded at Kouga tilting my neck.
"The devil (Beast) is not trying to invade our world with a clear purpose. It is said, for one thing, to be an instinct. Take this world and destroy it. So strength-based sequences don't matter"
"Oh, I see."
Kouga nods vaguely. I cut my gaze off from Kouga and turned to those who conveyed the signs of the Demon King (Lord).
"Everybody, we're starting combat action now."
Tactical Skill: Morale (Battle Voice).
It activated a skill that increased the health and magic of party members by 40 percent and also increased their healing speed.
"Let's go. It's a good hunting time."
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Demon King (Lord) - True Ancestor (Noble Blood) was in the central square of the abandoned capital. They were detecting this intrusion, and the demon king's men have already set up a formation in the square.
About three hundred in number. These are the Element Soldiers summoned by the Demon King (Lord). In addition to the four great spirits of water, wind, fire and earth, there is also Element Soldier, a spiritual soldier of light and darkness whose number is small but higher than the four great spirits. Each imitates an armed man or a beast, whose fighting abilities include the four great spirits being eight deep and the spirits of light and darkness being ten deep.
Subpoenaed subordination springs up as much as it takes, unless the magic of the Demon King (Lord) is exhausted. If you are brought into a protracted battle, you have no chance of winning.
Five of us and a hundred of us against each other. Hundreds of fighters are puppet soldiers summoned by Hugo. In addition to the close range types of swords, spears and axes, and the long range types of bows, guns and magic, there is a mix of recovery and wall-proof (barrier) specific support types.
Hugo's Functions (Jobs) are Puppet Master A-Rank Functions (Jobs) and Thousand Army Executioners (Grand Masters). As its name suggests, it is also possible to simultaneously summon and direct more than a thousand doll soldiers.
However, the performance of doll soldiers becomes lower the more numerous they are. True ancestors (Noble Blood) and spiritual soldier Element Soldier are powerful enemies. If you consider the performance to be able to respond properly, the number of units that could be summoned simultaneously was limited to one hundred. The simple spec of a puppet soldier narrowed down to a hundred is equivalent to B rank.
As the two armies stare at each other, I turn my gaze to my enemy general, True Ancestor (Noble Blood). True ancestors (Noble Blood) were young and beautiful men all shining. Wavy long blonde hair with a beauty so refined that she feels noble. The eyes are red as blood and the skin is white as bone. He is wearing a blue leather suit with gold embroidery and sits on a throne formed of some kind of bone. And the throne on which True Ancestor (Noble Blood) sat was floating in the universe.
A true ancestor who looks down on us emotionally from the heights (Noble Blood). We cannot see in that gaze that we are enemies. The only thing that comes from True Ancestor (Noble Blood) is annoyance and disgust. He carelessly sticks his cheek cane and turns his gaze like he sees a pest.
Given the difference in strength between them, it may well be. But that chronic heart is the limit of true ancestry (Noble Blood).
So I made it clear that I could tell by the movement of my mouth from afar.
"I'll crush you like a bug."
My provocation has drawn True Ancestor's cheek. And give short orders to the Spirit soldiers Element Soldiers.
"Go."
An order with anger and intent to kill. The Spirit Soldiers "Element Soldiers" move together to fulfill the Lord's wishes.
"Noel, be careful! There's poison gas coming!
The first to notice the anomaly was Alma with an excellent five senses. The Spirit Soldier of Wind and Soil, Element Soldier, is working together to release poison gas around him. A poison gas so powerful that it rapidly corroded the ground it touched was approaching us on a strong wind.
If you inhale even one breath, you will rot out of the inside of your body and collapse in an instant. Alma with strong poison resistance is no exception.
"Leon, Nova Circle"
"Okay!
Activate tactical deployment (tactician) and give Leon instructions. When Leon, who followed my instructions, stabbed his sword in the ground, a huge formation of light broke out all around him.
Knight Skill: Nova Circle.
Skill that generates light formations that disable all state anomalies. It also has the effect of increasing the healing speed of its health and magic if its allies remain in formation.
The poison gas was completely purified by Leon's Nova Circle. The Spirit Soldiers "Element Soldiers" change their maneuvers and unleash powerful attack magic skills from a distance. Since Leon is activating the Nova Circle, it is not possible to deploy the barrier.
"Kouga, Hugo, Prevent"
"Answer!" "Let's obey"
It was at the same time that Kouga waved a knife to express huge amounts of ice forward, and Hugo ordered the doll soldiers to deploy the barrier.
Samurai Skill: Ice machete.
Skill of generating and freezing ice on slashed subjects. If you slash the atmosphere, you can also get the ice wall out. Kouga's Ice Wall and Doll Soldier's Wall (Barrier) prevented all Attribute Attacks by the Flaming Storm and Earthquake Stream unleashed by the Spirit Soldier Element Soldiers.
But the attacks of the Spirit Soldiers Element Soldiers are powerful. The ice wall and barrier (barrier) that prevented the attack disappear in an instant, and the assault unit fills the gap all at once. There is no time to deploy new ice walls and barriers.
"Arma, Shadow Arm Operation (Shadow Arm)"
"Copy that!"
Moments, Alma's shadow spreads forward. Its shape branched innumerably, and when embodied in the form of a hand, it grabbed the foot of an enemy assault unit.
Assassin Skill: Shadow Arm Manipulation (Shadow Arm).
A skill that enables you to materialize and freely manipulate your own shadow. The assault unit with its feet grabbed by the shadow arm falls out of balance. It is impossible for the Spirit soldiers Element Soldiers, who were in the midst of the assault, to regain their position immediately.
"I'll sweep it. Leon, Sunset Mercy Sword (Marciful Grave)"
"Oh, okay! - Sunset Merciful Sword!"
In response to Leon's cry, thousands of light swords pop out of the light formation.
Knight Skill: Sunset Mercy Sword (Marciful Grave).
Range Attack Ability to create Light Swords from the ground. Activating the Nova Circle is a condition, but the Light Sword granted a divine attribute has the effect of absolutely penetrating and restraining all demons (beasts) regardless of their defense.
The thousands of light swords that suddenly emerged succeeded in detaining about half of the Spirit soldier Element Soldier. The Spirit Soldiers, Element Soldiers, who succeeded in evading the attack, also have limited movement because of their skewered companions.
"Now, sweep it!
"" "Whoa!!!
Other than Leon, who is holding his enemies by a Sunset Merciful Sword (Marciful Grave), he simultaneously focuses his attacks on them.
Samurai Skill: Sakura Rakusaki.
The countless slaughters that dance like cherry blizzards slay and engrave the Spirit Soldier Element Soldier.
Assassin Skill: Necessary Throw (Perfect Throw).
Assassin Skill: Armor Breaking Bullet (Armor Piercing).
Assassin Skill: Shadow Arm Manipulation (Shadow Arm).
An inescapable and absolutely penetrating iron needle thrown and a sharp and pointed shadow arm pierce the nucleus of the Spirit Soldier "Element Soldier" and cause it to disappear one after the other.
Puppet (Kutsu) Skill: Magic Yarn Exercise Puppet (etherlink).
Puppet (Kutsu) Skill: Magic Instruction Crushing (Union Burst).
The limit of a long-range doll soldier, connected by Hugo's ten fingers and demon thread, was lifted and his abilities increased a hundredfold. The simultaneous shooting by bows, guns, and magic, unleashed in exchange for the collapse of the doll soldiers, wipes out the Spirit soldiers Element Soldiers.
By our onslaught, most of the 300 Spirit soldiers, Element Soldier, disappeared. But the superior individual, the Spirit Soldier of Light and Darkness, Element Soldier, is alive and well. Two of each jumped out of the soil smoke that could stand in.
The Spirit Soldier of Light, Element Soldier, is a slender double sword wearing a golden armor. Specialize in hit-and-away with fast travel. Long-range attacks are also possible with thermal rays. It can also generate its own illusions by refracting light.
The Dark Spirit Soldier Element Soldier is a black heavy-duty soldier wielding a giant hammer (Warhammer). Manipulating gravity reinforces the attack and bounces the attack again. It is constantly generating high gravity around it, so if it is brought into melee, increased gravity prevents it from moving. A very nasty enemy.
Together, they have a depth of ten. A mighty enemy. If it's all four, it's hard for skilled Explorers (Explorers) with a lot of combat experience to win.
But with us now, we can win without creation.
"Alma, Kouga, Leon, intercept!
"Go!" "I'll do it!" "Let it go!
Following my instructions, the three face the Spirit Soldier of Light and Darkness, Element Soldier. In the meantime, I gave the following instructions.
"Hugo, Op. XV!
Op XV, roger that.
Hugo nods, causing the three walking sickness to chase away a close-range doll soldier. But even with the support of the doll soldiers, if we fight from the front properly, the three of us have no chance of winning.
That's why we use op. number fifteen.
"Transfer flow (shift change), activated"
At a moment when the three and the Spirit Soldier Element Soldier intersect, Hugo activated a new skill while increasing the speed of the doll soldier.
When the Spirit Soldier "Element Soldier" tries to crush the doll soldier, but suddenly, the position of the doll soldier and the Spirit Soldier "Element Soldier" changes. Suddenly the attack could not be stopped, the light was the light, and the darkness was to argue with each other in darkness.
Puppet Skill: Transfer Seal Flow (Shift Change).
Skill in switching target positions with your own puppet soldiers. Me and Hugo share when and how to use the transfer flow (shift change) by operation number. The Spirit Soldier Element Soldier, who was set to fight each other by Operation Number XV, was heavily damaged by each other.
"Now, fold it up!
"Speed increase (accelerator) - twelve times (dudecapur) heh!
"Stay in one flash!
"Divine Impact, a divine fluctuation!
"Magic Guide Crushing (Union Burst)!"
A simultaneous attack worthy of four Special Attacks wipes out the Spirit Soldier Element Soldier completely. I succeeded in sweeping my subordination. But there is no entity in the Spirit Soldier Element Soldier. As long as the magic of True Ancestors (Noble Blood) continues, they will be re-summoned at all costs.
"Don't give me a re-summons gap! Kouga and Alma attack their true ancestors! Leon and Hugo need backup for both of us!
A manoeuvrable Kouga and Alma sicken towards their true ancestors (Noble Blood). Leon and Hugo deploy a fence (barrier) on the two of them and try to prevent them from being re-summoned by ranged attacks.
Direct Leon and Hugo attacks. True ancestors (Noble Blood) are engulfed in smoke. At that moment, Kouga jumped high.
"Neck, I'll take it!
Alma also sinks into the shadows while maintaining top speed.
Assassin Skill: Moving Shadows (Shadow Dive).
Skills that allow you to dive into the shadows. Always consumes tons of magic while on the move, but can hide itself from most attacks.
Kouga jumped from the front and Alma emerged from behind, tailoring his true ancestors (Noble Blood) in smoke.
But...
"Stupid"
A voice containing the contempt of a true ancestor (Noble Blood).
Despite direct attacks by Leon and Hugo, True Ancestor (Noble Blood) was intact. Slowly sitting on the throne, he mocks Kouga and Alma's ambush.
"Become!?" "Shh!?
Stunning two. The swung down blade is bounced against an invisible wall, and the two lose their balance in the air. And when True Ancestor (Noble Blood) rang his finger, a severe lightning strike occurred.
Kouga, while out of balance, succeeds in kicking air and dodging from lightning strikes. But Alma was delayed in dodging and was to be struck by lightning.
"Alma!!!
I got cold in my spine and screamed unexpectedly. The surrounding area where True Ancestor (Noble Blood) sits is melted in magma by the heat of the lightning strike, and the atmosphere is heavily charged. If that mighty lightning strike hits you directly, you'll die instantly trying to be protected by a barrier.
When the black smoke cleared, I looked for Alma, and I admitted I was safe and relieved.
Assassin Skill: Evasive of Spirituality (Ghost).
A skill that spiritualizes and renders untouchable by anyone for three seconds. They activated their skills where they were at risk and succeeded in disabling lightning strikes.
However, spiritual avoidance (ghost) can only be used once every 24 hours. There is no second time. Alma was repeatedly breathing rough with his bloodthirsty face.
"Alma, are you all right!?
Scream from the top of the watch bench where Kouga flew away to see if Alma is cheap. At that moment, the worst sight came to mind behind my accelerating brain.
"Kouga, get away from there now!!!
When I screamed, Kouga jumped out loud without asking why and landed on the ground. The orders in battle are absolute. If I tell you to do it, I'll tell my people to do it immediately, without thinking about a reason.
Just a second after Kouga jumps away, a clock stand twenty meters high suddenly collapses into sand. That's exactly the result of the limiting predictions my fast thinking showed. The only difference is that Kouga wasn't sanded together either.
"Well, avoid the one now..."
True ancestors (Noble Blood) laugh intriguingly.
Definitely. The attack now is space-time magic. An undefendable instant death attack that accelerates and instantly weathers the target's time. I could barely see it through my limited predictions, but it has a wide range of effects and is terribly fast again. If you misread it at all, it's all gone.
"I see, limited predictive capability through fast thinking"
True ancestor (Noble Blood) looks at me with his cheek cane on.
"Perhaps you could have predicted the activation of the rest of the space-time magic by sensing the tiny sway of space. Excellent for bug kera. But it's a little troublesome."
Soon, my red eyes narrowed like that blood.
"So let's start with you."
A tremendous amount of magic overflows from the true ancestors (Noble Blood) who proclaimed so.
"No! Protect Noel!!!
Leon tries to run over to me screaming. Kouga and Alma also changed their blood phase and ran to protect me. But the three of us won't make it. Only Hugo manipulated the doll soldiers quickly to consolidate my surroundings. Further, the barrier is deployed in multiple ways to strengthen the protection.
But...
"It's no use, fool"
The laugh-inclusive voice came from right in front of me.
"Become!? Heh... Ha..."
My true ancestor (Noble Blood), who should have sat calmly on the throne in the air, stands before me. And that right arm was piercing my chest.
"They made me stop time"
True ancestors (Noble Blood) have a miserable grin.
"No matter how hard you consolidate your protection, it's pointless in when you stop. Your role is to improve the abilities of the Tower of Command and your allies. You lose more than that. [M] Your people will kill you slowly."
"Oh, hey, hey..."
I spit out a mass of blood and grabbed the arm of my true ancestor (Noble Blood). Zhenzu (Noble Blood) wipes my blood on his cheek with his left finger.
"Before you do that, first of all, you're hungry."
The true ancestor who licks my blood (Noble Blood). A brutal expression filled with sadism and joy, forgiven only by the winner - instantly ugly and distorted.
"Hey what, what's this blood taste like?!?
True ancestor (Noble Blood) hurriedly spits out the blood in his mouth. Seeing the wolf, I leaked a laugh with my chest pierced.
"Ha ha, you don't seem to mind my blood!
"Ki, you, what the hell -"
True ancestors (Noble Blood), who noticed strangeness, swallow words and look around. Even though my chest was pierced, none of my people came to help. Rather, he's taking a distance from me. As if avoiding imminent danger.
"Ki, you!!!
True ancestors (Noble Blood), who gradually learned the truth, rage and try to pull their arms out of me. But it's too late. Nor does it grant a reprieve to activate the temporal stop magic.
"It was you who was so stupid."
The moment I squealed into a scornful mix, my body blew up with flashes of light.
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Support positions (buffers), including Speakers, are considered the weakest of all Combat Functions (Jobs). The primary reason for this is the scarcity of means of self-defence compared to other jobs. You need someone to protect you at all times during battle, so you'll be pulling your buddy's leg.
However, the support (buffer) ability itself is extremely good. It can greatly improve your overall combat power. And the more people targeted for effect, the greater the value of support (buffs). Increase the ability of four people by 25 percent and the ability of a hundred people by 25 percent, because the value is completely different even with the same rise value.
This means that the true value of the support position (buffer) will only be demonstrated during a large-scale battle. For this reason, the army was once assigned at least three support positions (buffers).
However, deploying a support position (buffer) was also a major problem. If an enemy kills a support position (Buffer), the ability to improve will be reduced at once, to weaken due to the recoil.
If we can protect the support position (buffer), this problem will not arise, but if we understood each other's advantage in the support position (buffer), it would be very difficult to escort them because it would be Theory first to kill the other's support position (buffer).
In the first place, fighting while protecting someone would drastically reduce your ability to fight. It is almost impossible to protect an assassin (Assassin) or other covertly-specific function (Job) once he has all of his best escorts.
As a result, the bulk of the support positions (buffers) and escorts deployed on the front died without much success.
Supporting jobs (buffers) are said to be the weakest because of their history. Of course, it is unlikely that the demon (Beast), True Ancestor (Noble Blood), knew the history of the support position (Buffer). But that brilliant brain must have immediately spotted the weakness I had.
That is, if you kill me, the rest of us will not only lose the command tower, but will be greatly weakened by the recoil that the support (buffs) disappeared.
And the true ancestors who ruled time and space (Noble Blood) had the greatest and most powerful power: the magic of time pause. It doesn't matter how much protection you can consolidate if you use this.
It was easy to predict that True Ancestor (Noble Blood) would use time-stopping magic. That's why I decided to prepare my fake.
Puppet Skill: Simulation creation (imitation).
A skill that can replicate objects touched by puppet masters. Quality is reduced over authenticity and cannot be replicated to the soul that life holds, but it is perfectly similar in appearance.
Hugo asked me to duplicate it and manipulate it to look real. Orders and support (buffs) were done through thought-sharing (links), not voice.
And in this fake, I planted a bomb. It's not just a bomb. It's a bomb that plants three heads of bone marrow fluid for a ghost dog (Garm). If it explodes, it takes in the surrounding magic and adds more power. Not to mention, if a true ancestor (Noble Blood) is nearby that encloses vast amounts of magic, its power increases to the extreme. By the time it is possible to transform this abandoned capital into a further place.
So a Hugo doll soldier decided to cover his perimeter with a fence (barrier) and seal the power of the explosion in a single point. Hugo quickly consolidated my surroundings, which are fake, with puppet soldiers. The real purpose was to prevent us from becoming an explosion entanglement.
The power of the powerful explosion eventually blew out the barrier as well, but managed to keep the range of effects in the square. We were protected by Leon's barrier. We're intact. I was dressed as a Hugo doll soldier, and I took off my armor and stepped forward.
"Noel, hide and seek. Yeah?
I snort at Kouga's question.
"I don't mind. I'll never get through this again."
There's a giant cratered hole underneath my eyes. Behind it, there were still powerful signs.
"... all the time. Yee-haw..."
From behind the hole, a grudging voice echoes.
"Caged in a hole, a grudge? Lose your back. The name of the Demon King is crying."
When I laughed and provoked, the smoke that was covering the interior of the hole blew out in a gust, and a giant monster with wings popped out of it.
"The bug kella flair. Ahhhhhhhh!!!
Atmospheric trembling rage. The heavily damaged True Ancestors (Noble Blood) had changed from false to true. The figure of a beautiful young man full of radiance no longer exists anywhere. Wings flapping and stagnating are ugly monsters.
Wings resembling bats, two twisted horns growing from the head, mountains of enlarged musculoskeletal bulging bodies, and shallow black skin with red, glowing vascular tattoos.
"Ha ha, my skin peeled off"
"How dare you expose yourself to this! That sin, you deserve to die!!!
"It's not awesome, Manuke. Before you bark, why don't you use time-stopping magic? Yeah? What's up? You're not gonna use it?
"Ki, you..."
A true ancestor who stuffs words with anger (Noble Blood). I'm the one who controls the place. No matter how horrible the shapes are, they just look like clowns.
"There's no way you can use it, is there? If you are the Demon King (Lord), there is no way you can contiguously use more powerful power than stopping time. Not to mention you were badly damaged by the explosion earlier. Given the amount of magic you've used to regenerate, it's impossible to reuse the time-stopped magic in this battle."
Everything is calculated. Even enemies with invincible temporal pause abilities, if I were you - we could defeat you.
"Kuck...... hahahahahahahahahahaha"
I couldn't contain the laughter that comes in. The battle is not over yet. The enemy is the Demon King (Lord), even if the Time Stop Magic cannot be used. It is not the opponent that can be defeated with a single thread. If you can't cut your life and identify an earlier chance of winning the needle, it's death waiting for us.
But still, I laughed.
Fun. Pleasant. Fit the absolute strong into measures and kick them down to the bottom of shame and fear. Would there be more fun than that?
No, there won't be.
"Hehehe...... let's go for the second round"