Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

"No--!"

Hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's words, without waiting for the winged lion to answer, Hisil, Mislen, and the elves immediately spoke out to dissuade him.

They were very aware of the devil's ability to bewitch people. Although the other party was still in a semi-sealed state and could not exert all his power, Fujimaru Ritsuka's behavior was still too dangerous in their eyes.

But at this time, the winged lion smiled helplessly and said:

"Although I don't think it's bewitchment, please rest assured, I can't affect her."

"No way...?"

The other party's words were somewhat meaningful, which made everyone a little concerned, but for this matter, it just touched it lightly like a dragonfly touching the water, and immediately moved on to the next topic.

It looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and smiled in a tempting tone:

"Ritsuka, you should know by now, right? I have the ability to fulfill any of your wishes."

"We can make everything in the world become what you want, and on the issue of devouring desires, I am willing to discuss with you and come up with a plan that everyone can accept, as long as you are willing..."

"Well, it does sound quite attractive."

"Ritsuka——?!" ×n

They had to admit that the conditions given by the other party were indeed quite tempting, so Fujimaru Ritsuka's reply made them even more worried. Fortunately, they heard Fujimaru Ritsuka smile and said:

"But I'm sorry, this is not what I want to talk about."

What a trouble...

While everyone was relieved, the winged lion stared at Fujimaru Ritsuka. Because it couldn't read the other party's heart, it couldn't easily break down her defense with words like it did with other people. This feeling of losing control made it a little irritated.

...But fortunately, it has discovered the biggest secret hidden in the other party.

Thinking of this, the winged lion smiled again, and said to Fujimaru Ritsuka indifferently:

"Okay. So, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"I want to know what your purpose is?"

"Oh? My purpose?"

"Because you see, if it is just to devour desires, isn't it good now?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka talked freely:

"Use treasures to attract adventurers to the maze, select qualified people to become the maze master to cultivate desires, and then eat them, and then continue to select the next maze master, and so on... I think this is a pretty good cycle."

"And, as long as you don't cause large-scale harm, I think the Canary Squad may not exist?"

Excluding the disasters caused by monsters going to the ground, in this mode, the devil can get the desires it wants, and humans can also rely on the resources in the maze to continue to develop and become prosperous. It can be said to be a win-win situation. The only victim is the maze master.

Although it was cruel to say so, she believed that if everything really developed as she said, then the human side would probably not choose to fight with the devil in order to save the Lord of the Labyrinth, and might even take the initiative to help the devil select the right person as a sacrifice for the cooperation between the two sides.

"..."

The members of the Canary Squad did not refute, because they also thought that Fujimaru Ritsuka's speculation was very reasonable.

After all, their most important task for the labyrinth was to prevent the monsters in the labyrinth from coming to the ground and causing harm.

"So, I'm curious about why you want to return to the ground? For freedom?"

"... Indeed, this might be a good idea."

Faced with Fujimaru Ritsuka's curiosity, the winged lion pondered for a moment, smiled and nodded in affirmation, and then said helplessly:

"But unfortunately, for some reason, I have also been infected with your human bad habits - greed."

"Greed?"

"By the way,"

The winged lion circled around Fujimaru Ritsuka, looked at her carefully, and said with interest:

"You are the first person to ask such a question in such a long time, which surprised me a little. As a reward, then I will explain it a little."

"... A long, long time ago, I destroyed the world once."

"——!" ×n

In fact, it was locked in the maze for longer than everyone imagined. It was a story of the previous civilization that was unknown many years ago, before the current civilization was established.

At that time, it was still a simple demon. Although it liked to devour creatures like now, it would also honestly fulfill people's wishes. So, as Fujimaru Ritsuka said, some humans began to actively make requests and trade with it, and even worshipped it as a god and offered sacrifices to it to fulfill their wishes.

But later, humans began to fear its power, so they locked it in a maze and blocked the news of its existence like the Western elves today.

However, with the passage of time, someone still found it by accident, and then a new cycle began as before, but this time, someone made a special wish to it-

'I want... you to destroy this world. '

It fulfilled the other party's wish.

Then, it fell into extreme regret.

Because it finally discovered that in the destroyed world, there was no creature that could make it devour its desires.

I'm so hungry, is there anyone... So hungry, so hungry, so hungry... So hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry...

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"...I still remember the feeling and hunger I felt at that time."

Speaking of this, the winged lion's tone was a little heavy, but then it chuckled:

"But fortunately, I didn't completely destroy all life in the world that time. A small number of people escaped the disaster and survived successfully, and started to develop civilization again."

"That's your ancestor."

"Surprisingly, this kind of thing happened..."

The story told by the winged lion was something no one had ever heard of, but it seemed meaningless for the other party to lie like this, that is to say, it did destroy the world...!

At the same time, ignoring the increasingly vigilant eyes of the crowd, the winged lion continued:

"That painful experience made me start to reflect on myself. In order not to repeat the same mistakes and no longer endure hunger, I learned my lesson and began to find a more perfect way to get along with you, and gradually grew into what I am now."

"Not only that, in this process, I finally found a way to perfectly solve the problem!"

Seeing that the topic was finally on the right track, everyone was refreshed, and the winged lion said happily:

"I want to give all of you eternal happiness."

"...Huh?"

"I will take you back to my world, in that world where everything exists infinitely, I will continue to satisfy everyone's desires and let people get eternal happiness!"

"And all I need is a little reward after paying, and the desire that will never be eaten up by me again."

"Don't you think this is a win-win situation?"

"..."

The winged lion showed a smile from the heart, but everyone only felt that its smile was extremely weird and chilling.

"Ah, I understand!"

At this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly realized:

"So you want to do large-scale breeding."