He Didn't Want to Be the Center of Attention, Hence, after Defeating the Demon Lord, He Became

Once we got out of the silver water bottle pavilion and moved to the white goat pavilion, where we had a prior meeting with the other Explorers, we moved to the sixth basement floor of the labyrinth.

Together, they flew to six levels: the two Red Twin Pavilions, the party of Zeke, and the leading party of other guilds, as well as the best of the guards of the Orlandos and Stolrens.

Since we were ahead, we left it to the other members, and we went through the 6th floor to the 7th floor. The sixth floor was a stone labyrinth with an honest structure, not a maze, and was passed without any particular confusion. Still, it takes an hour if you walk away normally.

"With so much space, I'd like to set up a magic team for the transition on a hierarchical basis."

"I wish I could increase the number of transition crystals, but I haven't been able to analyze that principle yet... oh, yeah. Dee, it's an adventurer strength gauge, but I made it last night."

Master asked me to lend her bag when she left the guild, but she opened it in front of the entrance to the seventh floor and took out the magic equipment that was inside.

"This... looks completely different from the measuring instruments we've used."

Master was processing the difficult charging crystal into a spherical shape. The sphere has gold, silver and copper decorations and metal chains, making it look like a pendant.

"With this on, we can measure Adventurer Strength from several elements. A mechanism that analyzes the strength of the body, the absolute amount of magic, and the skills that it possesses with a magic circuit that incorporates these three metals, and outputs them to the charging crystal to reflect the results. It takes a little time to analyze, so let's start with the people who want to measure it."

"I see, the decorative pattern is a circuit. Master's metalworking technique is incredibly accurate...."

A fine circuit that cannot be seen without a magnifying glass. Without very precise magic control, the circuit will not work. The magic circuit is finer, smaller, and more agglomerated, but the Master's technology is undoubtedly the best in the kingdom, or even the continent.

"You look like Dee's master. So, who do you want to measure?

"That's right... I thought there was no point in measuring anymore. If someone stronger than Verlaine is likely to emerge, it is necessary to know your abilities again."

Well then, let Ver follow you first. I think everyone is wondering how strong the Devil King Vel is. "

Um, okay. I wish I had this on. "

When Verlaine received the pendant, she loosened her collar and smiled when she realized I was there.

"Only when this happens will you honestly impress me. Does that make you suspicious of being exposed?"

"If you have to, I don't think so."

"Wow, that's amazing. That means you can look naked if you need to. What do you need?

"Well, that's... even if I ask you, you can't come up with an answer."

Verlaine turned her back on me, tied the pendant chain behind her neck and turned her collar back.

The decoration of the pendant in the clothes has subsided - I don't think there are many different storage places for women than for men, but one of them seems to have been stored.

"Mmm... it's a little cold, but it's warming up my skin. Can you measure this?"

"Yeah, if you use magic or fight with your gear, the measurements will be done sooner. When you're done, the color of the magic crystal will change, so give it to me. I'll analyze it."

It seems like it will take a little more time for me to turn around, but with this amount, will I wear the measuring instrument after being touched by everyone's skin without letting go - I am never excited, this is a feeling of exhilaration due to curiosity, and there are no difficult emotions.

"I think I'll go after Dick."

Cody's the only one who knows what I'm thinking. Do you want to know how warm my skin is? And that's not the case if you're listening to something unexpected.

Cody, what's going on on on the seventh floor? Also, the environment seems quite different. "

"It looks like it's coming from downstairs, but there's sand mixed with the wind. I looked in the light, but it seems that the seventh floor is sandy."

"Sand... that's another nasty environment. I wish it wasn't sandy enough to get my feet removed."

"Don't worry, there are spirits of dust. With that help, we can avoid sinking our feet into the sand. Spirit of earth, Spirit of wind, Spirit of fire. By reversing each power at a certain ratio, a Spirit of Dust is born... Spirit, respond to my voice and lend me your strength." Sand Walking "

You can cover your shoes with magic to make them slippery, but you can't prevent them from sinking into the sand. Verlaine's Spirit Magic can cope with the environment with the help of the Spirit as long as it exists.

When we cover our mouths with cloth so that no sand enters, we descend to seven levels. The stone floors broke and began to turn into sand, but Verlaine's magic worked and it was able to float on the sand without taking a leg.

And what spreads is a desert that spreads as far as you can see in the light that plunges in from somewhere. Water, forests, a stone labyrinth, and the desert - it's our party, so we can handle it, but at a normal party, we'll get stuck in this sand hierarchy.

"Eileen, take care of everyone in the back. Cody and I want to get ahead and make sure we're safe before we move on."

"Yeah, okay... ah, that? Is something shaking?

"Eh... everybody, look over there. Something really huge is in the ground...."

As Miralka was about to say, a giant creature jumps out of the ground, breaking through the distant sand.

That 's-- that's a sandworm. A monster that swims through the sand, eats creatures on the ground, and lives.

It has grown into a terrible body after a thousand years. Whether the sandworm was aiming or eating from the side of a sand lizard (sand drake) comparable in size to a firestorm, it swallowed in an instant and dived again in the sand.

"Oh, aren't you too old...?

"It's huge... and it looks really hard. In a thousand years, the sandworm's skin will harden like a stone."

"Cody, are we going to ignore this?

"The entrance to the next floor is blocking a part of the sandworm. Only a fraction of it is on the ground, and it is safe to say that the sandworms are lurking throughout the sand of this hierarchy."

It seems inevitable that the sandwich will notice us as we ignore it - if that's the case.

"Dick, even the visible part can be destroyed...."

"No, it's a lot of wear and tear when you expand your team. Miralka is the main cannon. Save your strength now."

"Yes, I understand. Yuma should visit with me this time."

"Dee, are you and Cody okay? You want me to help you?

"Master, I want you to leave this to me. I'd like to do my best to finish measuring Adventurer Strength as soon as possible. Master, may I fight with you?

"Yeah, I think it's all right, but be careful until you get it back."

Verlaine smiled and held her hand toward the front - a magic device, the Devil's weapon, was called on top of her hand. A rod named "King Scepter of the Spirit King" with a large dark purple gem.

The magic used by the Demon King is not just spiritual magic. Her exclusive "Lost Magic (Lost Spell)", which can be activated by using Magic Devices, is a factor that makes her SSS rank stronger.

I've only seen one lost magic, but I can say it strengthens the power of each Spirit Magic in another dimension. As long as it is there, Verlaine will never be defeated by spiritual magicians - unless they are matched by a magic device with equal power.

"Old scepter, give me the power of its king once again... 'Reincarnation of the Spirit King (Seoul Advent)'...!

Verlaine's body is wrapped in light from the scepter of the king, and the costume of the servant that he always wore disappears and returns to the nostalgic form of the Devil.

Clothes that cover only a part of the body seem to stick to hide the part that should be hidden directly, and I don't know if I can call them clothes. But we knew best that the defenses weren't unusual against their appearance.

Queen of the Dark Elves, ruler of the Elsein Demon Kingdom. It was not long before she returned to her original form.

"It's been a long time, brave men... but let me tell you something. I thought that I would never return to this state after losing once, but if it means fighting together, there won't be a problem."

"Oh, I can count on you to be my ally again."

"Eh... I see. If you rely so honestly on me, sooner..."

"Dick, Verlaine, the enemy has already admitted us... let's go!

Got it!

When Verlaine and I respond together, I will jump ahead to attract the attention of the Sandworm. Running through the air, he smashes the first blow into the sandworm as it dives into the sand and approaches with the sound of the earth.

"--uhhhhh!

A slashing shot from a magically enhanced sword is thrown into the head of a sandwich worm with only teeth in its mouth. With the roar, the worm is frightened, but without stopping the momentum, I open my jaw again and attack me in the air.

It's not impossible to be deliberately eaten and destroyed from within. But before the Sandwarf fangs reach me, Cody's sparkling sword jumps into the sandwarf's head countless times, distracting me from the attack. Immediately beside me, the sandwarf's torso is piercing through - it's called a worm (worm), but as Miralka said, its skin is as stiff as a dragon's scale, and even though Cody's attack penetrated and bled, it didn't result in a fatal injury.

And, to a certain extent, I expected it. The sandwarf toddler - the parent is too big to swallow the oak as a child - is parasitic to the parent's epidermis and jumps out of the hole worn by Cody's light sword.

I was asked if there are monsters that I don't like, but I don't think anyone with such a ridiculous ecology is good at it - above all, because the sandworms themselves are so obviously shaped that they only think about preying on their prey that they don't have the appearance to be very attached.

"Growing up to this point, Sandworm, you are definitely the king of this hierarchy. But you have to clear the way. That's what my master wants...!

"--Verlaineu!"

As Cody and I swore off the approaching sandworms, the body's head plunged into the sand, and the next time it came out, it turned around and hit Verlaine with a magic device.

Nevertheless, without fear, she put the magic device in front of her body and began to chant. It's like you're convinced you can take down the sandworms with a "lost magic" that's not what you showed us once.

"Put an end to your eternal sleep and raise your voice again. Crawl out of the darkness of the abyss and eat my enemies..."

Darker than the darkness of the labyrinth, the darkness comes from Verlaine's Magic Devices. It seemed like a boundary, big enough to stop the Sandworms from attacking - but...

Gong, after catching the sandworm with a thrilling shock in your ears, your giant body, which is stuck in the black boundary, is gradually being swallowed by the boundary.

"I don't know how much I can eat... but it's not a very hobby magic. I don't know what else to do."

The sandworms only stop moving at once. Inhaled by darkness - if this is the power of the Spirit, the Spirit is never what I know.

The darkness of Verlaine disappeared after swallowing half of the worm on the ground, although we do not know where the hub of the sandwich's expansive body lies.

The magic stones that might have been contained in its epidermis sparkle as many stars in the sand. Is it magic to swallow only what is alive? I couldn't understand all the principles just once.

"This magic... ended without using it when you fought us...?

Whether Miralka's voice had arrived, Verlaine looked back at her and answered by lowering her floating body onto the sand.

"If Miralka's magic is based on theory, I will use the power of the Spirit wherever I go. Depending on the time and place, some spirits can't be summoned... and the stronger the summoner, the more magical depletion..."

"--Verlaine!"

Before I finish, Verlaine staggers. Cody and I defeated a few sandwarf larvae that attacked her, supporting her body from both sides.

"Are you okay? I don't know if it's been a long time since I've played a big game, so I think I've had a recoil."

"It's been a long time since I've tried to show you so much good... but..."

Verlaine's costume has changed, so I can see the pendant measuring instrument in her chest. When she gently pulled it out, the color of the encapsulated magic crystal changed.

It's a rainbow-like color, but can we determine the exact number now? Master also came and looked at the magic crystal and opened his eyes.

"Wow... I can't believe it's going to look so beautiful. You've used a lot of force. Rainbow colors are SSS rank colors, but they are well over 100,000. I'll calculate, let me see."

Master receives the measuring instrument from Verlaine. I don't know how intelligent the Sandworms are, but they never set their sights on us again.

I wondered if I would carry Verlaine in an exposed costume again - and when I saw her, purple hair stuck to her neck with sweat. And when he looked at me, he smiled so that he could take care of me.

I have only recently seen the owner of the tavern and his ability as a maid, but his ability to fight has not deteriorated at all compared to when he was a demon king. Honestly, there's nothing to admire.

"... you didn't use your strength to make your master carry you?

"Oh, I know. Rest for a while, recover, and walk by yourself."

Cody laughed helplessly and left Verlaine to me. Eileen was a little peeled, but I'm going to carry her when she's worn out, so I'd like you to miss it.