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

When I opened the door, it was dark and a big space inside. The smoothly polished stone floor continues all the way to the back.

The orange light illuminating from behind only reaches as soon as it enters, as if it were inhibited by darkness. I try to use the magic of "lighting" to illuminate as wide a range as possible, but I still can't see far ahead.

"This darkness... has the power to attenuate even the light of the sword spirit. It could be the effect of" Snake. "

"Whatever it takes, we have to move on. Watch your surroundings."

Everyone nodded and divided into avant-garde, central, and rear. Walking next door, Eileen and Cody sharpen their focus and feel intimidating.

After a while, the door closed behind me. Hiding in the dark, an ambush awaits - I imagined it, but it was completely different from what I expected.

"Eh... what's going on...!?

"This is... a phantom. But why such a thing...."

The surrounding landscape changes. The large, brightened corridor - high enough to look up, the left and right walls were detailed enough to be dizzy, and there were huge paintings.

An island floating in the air. It was in the form of a square hammer and the bottom was covered in clouds. It's like there's an island on a cloud, and it's flying.

In fact, it must have flew far beyond the present civilization with magical powers. The Berthalis Snake is the one who created its power.

The sky is blue enough to wake up. Beyond the air corridor was a way to walk in the sky. I even remember such an illusion.

But it wasn't just the painting that surprised us - it was the appearance of people crossing the hallways that emerged as a phantom.

"This... belongs to the people who once lived in this city... hah...!

A phantom woman appears and passes through Miralka's body. No wonder if it was a phantom without substance, but I also suddenly saw a child appearing in front of me, passing through my body, and I felt restless.

"... Dick, is this what the Snake is showing you?

"I can't prove it, but... there must be something going on up ahead."

Shelley's spirits are still not connected to the 'snake'. That's why even if you predict that the snake is making this phantom, you can't prove it.

Looking back, Verlaine avoided lying down, just before Verlaine, when a huge man's phantom appeared. A girl's phantom appeared in front of Yuma and ran cheerfully - followed by a woman who passed through Miralka. Looks like a parent-child.

Miralka is right, is it the image of the people who once lived in this city? If so, why show us such things?

--Or is the "snake" just watching for itself? In that case, Snake is still obsessed with the inhabitants of the floating island who left him behind.

"... Master?

When I noticed, my master stopped. With her face down, many illusions pass by beside her.

"... why... until now..."

The master is murmuring something with a voice so small that he can barely hear it.

She was grasping her left arm with her right hand, as if being shown was an unbearable pain for her.

"Master, stay with me. This is just a mirage."

"Eh...."

Master's hand was about to swallow into his arm. If I let her take that hand off, she looks at me as if she had woken up.

Her skin, which was white enough to wake up, was even more pale and pale. The master looked at us with a tearful face.

(... do you know these phantom people? Still, she didn't know everything about this labyrinth. How could that happen?

The immortal master has lived for thousands of years. But when the floating island fell, she was talking like someone else.

If you really don't remember. Have you forgotten what happened when the floating island fell? Or...

Did someone seal your memory? If that memory comes back to this point, there will be doubts as to whether we should take her further.

"If you're hesitant to move on, you can wait. We'll finish everything and come back."

Cody said so without blaming or doubting the master who stopped suddenly.

She believes that if we are Demon King Crusaders, we can do it. Everyone else was the same.

"... it's okay. I'm sorry, I stopped. It's not like I'm doing this."

"Never mind, Master. It is harder to be upset when you see such a sight. However, as far as these hallucinations are concerned, the city's past prosperity seems to have been considerable."

Verlaine remembered when she was a ruler, looking at people as if they were going.

--But it was then. Yuma holds her wand and turns to the front of the aisle.

"Mr. Dick, there's something different behind this...!

It was the moment Yuma said. From the back of the aisle toward this side, the blue sky of the mural is dyed red - and the phantom becomes a bone figure, decaying and disappearing.

Malicious or hateful. I only felt negative about what Yuma described as different.

The face of the master in front of the changing scene was something I couldn't see. Hold her close to collapsing on the spot.

"Is this... suggesting that this city was destroyed like this...?

I don't know if Verlaine is right. The people who looked happy disappeared, and all that remained was the tragically changed form of the floating island.

Paintings of floating islands floating in the blue sky are transformed into being raided by someone who flew in.

"... dragons... no, half of them are human..."

Eileen is right. Something as huge as the fire dragon and the people I know are throwing flames on the floating island. It's not one or two, it's countless.

The floating island was attacked by hostiles and fell to the ground. The people who lived here - lost their lives in the battle or fled the island.

If that is true, how did Master and the other survive? Either way, if we don't move on, we don't know for sure.

When I noticed, my master was grasping my arm. And when she raised her face, her eyes were red, but she regained a little of her usual state.

"... thank you, Dean. It's okay now."

"Really... no, you don't have to. Cody's right. If you can't move on, you can wait. You don't have to push yourself."

"Yeah, I'm not pulling my legs anymore. Take me with you."

We'll walk again. The surroundings return to darkness again, and I depend on the light I make.

And the door behind the passageway that arrived. It opens slowly inside before touching.

The room beyond the door was illuminated by the light falling from the ceiling.

The appearance of snakes rising up there is true. There was a snake with an incredibly large torso.

The head is huge enough to hold ten people together for a drink - and the forehead has a human upper body. A silver-haired woman, almost naked, is integrated with a snake.

The woman's eyes opened thinly in front of us, unable to say a word.

"... who invaded Berthalis? What will you do, scatter your little life for nothing?"

"Are you... the Berthalis Snake?" Are you still protecting this place?

The woman's eyes looked down at me from so high that she looked up.

There is only one answer I can imagine when I look at him - the part where he looks is his best friend.

"In that case... it's like..."

I could have imagined the continuation of Verlaine's words. Instead, Miralka said with a trembling voice.

"The 'snake'... was sealed by integrating with people...?

"Well... then, my soul will always be at the bottom of this labyrinth... so that my feelings as a person can be preserved..."

A thousand years. If you spend that long time alone, no one can remain sane.

"Were those six dolls... made for a little human appearance?"

"Oh no... well then, this' snake '... that woman..."

Eileen disturbs Cody's words. The answer they came up with was too lonely.

The woman who is integrated with the snake looks at me as if she were a statue. The gaze, which had not moved for a long time, was directed at the master.

From the master's eyes, tears were still running out.

Everyone but me could not understand why she was crying, but was just confused - the part of the "snake" was a jewel-like eye with the human characteristics of the floating island, just staring at the master.

"... why are there survivors? If anyone shows up here after everything leaves, it's considered a doll."

"... no... I... I..."

"It's hard to be careless to shake it. Master is not a doll... not like the ones outside. You didn't make it."

The Snake looked at me. He looked at me with no interest and still denied his words.

"I should have shown you how people disappeared from this island. I must now clear up the carelessness of those who created me. For that reason, I will resurface this Berthalis. We must destroy everything that has harmed us."

"Hmm... what are you kidding me about? This labyrinth at the bottom of the earth is floating...? If you do that, King's Landing...!

Half a million people live, and all the kingdoms built up with camps over a thousand years collapse.

I don't know how much power remains on the floating island that has been sunk in the ground for a thousand years. But the snake says it can do that--

After all, we had to come here as soon as possible. If we don't stop the "Snake" here, King Alvinas will perish.

And now, in the words of the snake, everyone knew what was going on. The labyrinth was once on the ground, and by the outside, the people who lived in the city were gone.

"What you just showed me... was it really something that happened a thousand years ago...?

"... but besides monsters, there are only souls of 'snakes' left in this city. The people who lived here must have escaped. Otherwise, your soul must be lost."

Master listened to Eileen and Yuma with his face down.

I couldn't help but notice what he looked like. She remembers the truth. I want to know what really happened in this city.

"Crawler of the earth, you were afraid of my power and tried to keep watch. Eliminated by the family I created, it's only to get me to sleep again. You think you can reach a winged snake?

Words that were inorganic at first turn into clear intentions. Is that because the snake - she hasn't spoken to humans in a long time?

They're hostile to us. Winged snakes - turning the power of floating islands into enemies is an unparalleled challenge.

But it is by no means a difficult or insurmountable test.

I did not come here with the help of a fairy to see the face of a snake. To prevent the collapse of the King's City without sacrificing the Master....

"Snake... I know why you woke up again. It would have been the will of the first King Albain to build the King's City on top of this labyrinth. He probably had a duty to keep you sealed. This is because my people gave themselves up to seal the snake."

"Eh... I can't believe what he looked like...!

Miralka speaks up. It wasn't part of the snake from the beginning, it was the result of someone sacrificing and integrating with the snake. The people who knew it couldn't hide their upset.

"Why... do you know that you might one day involve the people of King's Landing...?

Cody asked me, and I think. I had no choice but to imagine, but the answer seemed to me from the information I had so far and I thought it was not necessarily out of the question.

"... to remind people of the sacrifices my people have made."

For that reason, even if the king's capital may perish. There is only one reason for such a crazy idea.

The "snake" itself showed me that it was not wrong.

"Whoever saved the country was not just a free sacrificial hero. That man... Albain tried to lead me to the people he was trying to save. I don't know what happened after that. I waited here until my sacrificial soul was wiped out, and until I regained my will."

Sacrifice - that human part has no original personality left.

"... don't you remember... your master?

"... stop, Dean. Please... don't ask me that..."

Master squeezes out his voice. The snake told us a cruel fact when he lowered his neck to almost the same height as us.

"There is no survivor of those I should protect. Leave before it hurts my feelings."

--Your soul is rubbing away. The answer is full of frustration.

What should I blame? Who created the "Snake" and ordered it to be avenged without sight? It makes no sense to do such a thing.

I never wanted to sacrifice myself to save my country. That feeling hasn't changed even now.

I don't want to be sacrificed, I don't want to sacrifice anybody. That's all I'm saying.

"Master, you don't have to fight now. Look at us."

"... yeah. I have to fight... because if I didn't do anything, I wouldn't have really been friends with her."

The part of the "Snake" that is a friend of the Master. Listening to that, everyone's eyes have a fighting spirit that is not hostile.

"... I can't lose. Even if it's like God, it's none of our business."

"What do you mean by this... snake? You should go to sleep now. If you want to clear up your carelessness, you can leave it to us."

I will not listen to Cody's offer. The snake lifts its neck - and two magical formations appear at its feet in front of it. One was big and the other was just the size of one person to put inside.

The giant with wings emerged from a large magical formation. He holds a large single-bladed straight blade blade capable of killing ten people and wraps his whole body in armor.

The other was a woman in the shape of a serpent (Lamia) with a reptile-like lower body. He wears an iron mask covering his head, from which he has long hair - a piece of iron armor (lamellar armor) made by joining pieces of metal on his upper body, a trident spear on his right hand, and a shield large enough to cover the entire body on his left hand.

"Snake Man (Lamia)... Even in my demon kingdom, the origin of the species was unknown. Are you saying you were born from this labyrinth...?

"Perhaps so. Perhaps the snake's family happened to be the same."

Answering Verlaine, I made an instant plan. Of the three avant-garde men, Eileen takes the giant, and Cody takes the snake man. And I'm dealing with the Snake.

Give instructions to the inner guard and the rear guard. The magic of power enhancement is increasing everyone's speed of judgment - this will minimize the delay after sending instructions from me.

Let's go!

"Ooooo!

"--Oni-san, come here! This is the demon!

"Let me see... how powerful the snake's family is...!

I rush up into the air with my sword in my pocket - the moment I jump, jump up to the head of the snake in an instant, I'm slashed with a magically enhanced sword.

-- Enhanced Slash Count (Spirit Blade Attack Rise) --

In an instant, an invisible wall is created to cover the head of the snake - the wall blocks countless slashes, my magic and the magic of my enemies shine dazzling light together.

And I look at her in the air. I kept my eyes open without turning the light into anything - I didn't see it distant on the upper body, but spell-like words appeared all over my body.

Did you give it yourself to become a sacrifice? Originally, she might have been a victim too - but if we don't fight, we won't find any hope.

"Have mercy on me. Crawler of the earth, know thyself."

"I don't feel sorry for you... I just wanted to see you in a different way...!

Her hands are pointed at us, and the magical wall that prevented my sword increases its strength and is thrown into the air. The snake's big body moves and tries to chase me - but...

As soon as the snake jaw catches on to me, I use a short-range shift and turn around behind the snake. Then the magic slash was aggregated into a single point, and a "poke" was released.

Gong, a roar sounds, and the snake's head blows in the direction of pointing. But the snake was passing the blow like a willow - and the magic wall was unfolding perfectly, to be sure. My reaction was delayed for a moment, but I interrupted before my move.

I'll kick the snake in the head and distance it. And when I turned to the offensive again, I grasped everyone else's situation at the same time.

(My blow doesn't go through at all... but this!

Eileen has already multiplied her doppelgangers by eight, each of them wearing red magic and attacking Titans from all directions.

"" "--Shura two-palm wave!

Four doppelgangers focus their attacks on the giant's feet. A giant with a sluggish balance, he stuck with his sword and sharpened the floor, forcing the sword behind him to wipe out Eileen's double.

"Unfortunately... haaa!" Razor Kick "!

With the giant's shoulders scaffolded, Eileen's body fires a blow to the enemy's face. The sharpened kick splits the Titan's Iron Mask with a roar, and sees the face underneath - but it doesn't end there alone.

"'Shura Shadow Fist/Hundred Flowers Dance'!

Eileen, who created the double again, raids the giants from all directions. Miralka, who was looking up at it, was aiming to complete the magic of the formation - to destroy its equipment.

― ― Limited extinction type 66 Particle fracture team ―

If you break the armor, Eileen's blow will destroy it.

"Shit... Aileen, don't run away!

But what was under the Titan's armor - a magic tool for countless attacks, embedded directly on the shoulders.

"Gyah....!

"--Eileen!"

A flame rises from the giant's shoulders, and the entangled Eileen falls to cover her body.

With just a flame, Eileen should be able to protect herself from the magic that covers her body. But her clothes burned, and the strings that tied her hair burned, and her long peach hair spread.

"Don't let me cum...!

It was the master who went to the rescue. Transfer to pick up Eileen and use Heal Magic on Eileen in the Hollow, continuously transferring to avoid the Titan chase.

It was Sherry and Cody who held back the giants trying to pursue them further. With a whip that stretches its range with magic, the Titans are finally frightened and trampled with a flare of light that snaps up from below.

The serpent woman who was at war with Cody moved through the gap. The eyes at the back of the mask glowed suspiciously, and it was the magical rays that were emitted - and it was Verlaine who pushed Cody and protected him.

"Khh...!

"Nh... Mr. Verlaine...!

However, Verlaine's unfolding defensive magic penetrated after an instant of grinding, and the light blew over Verlaine's shoulders. Although her clothes were torn apart, Verlaine sparkled her eyes and threw a dagger into the skirt at the snake woman. The snake woman blocked it with her shield, but at the next moment, Cody was thin.

No one can follow Cody's sword technique - except me. There was a sight there to repaint the recognition.

The snake woman is shielding Cody from the light sword. It was incredible that a light sword that was cut like paper would be turned back on just a metal.

The snake woman looked like she was laughing while hiding in her shield. Even if you can't see it, Cody's killer feeling is getting cold and sharpened everywhere.

"- Don't look so sweet!

Cody roared. I haven't seen her fight like that in a long time.

Cody's Light Sword is slightly weakened when he attempts to use his shield to shoot in a flare.

Cody, back off!

Prefetch it as if you knew it from the beginning, and the snake rushes in momentum with a big shield.

Still, he did not retreat and tried to cut it even further. However, just before receiving the Light Sword, he magically strengthened the Great Shield, and the snake finally held Cody's sword to find a counterattack gap.

"--Light Phantom (Lightbrink)!

Trident spears ran and tried to penetrate Cody - but as soon as he could, Cody refracted the light and misrecognized his position by the snake, sparing the spear from a direct hit.

"Uahh...!

However, one of the blades split into the trident of the spear that grabbed Cody's arm ripped his arm and bled up. Before further pursuit, my master read my thoughts and took the spear of the snake woman with the fairy sword.

"... my people... don't let them kill me...!

Master thinks of Snake Woman - she can also strengthen her body with magic. However, even if I poured a huge amount of magic into it instantly, it was the limit to just cross the sword with the serpent woman and push each other.

Eileen stood in front of Yuma, blurry, and ready to face the giant. Miralka starts chanting again and tries to destroy the Titan's magic equipment.

But it was already too late. The whole body of the snake glows - countless magic bullets that cannot be prevented are being fired at all of us.

(O you who crawl the earth!) Know the power of snakes with wings and know their helplessness)

Don't think, move to a position where you can protect everyone, and deploy magical walls with all your might.

Unless it is a special magic like Miralka's magic, it will take a great deal of magic to destroy a wide area. I underestimated that there was no such magic.

The opponent is "Snake" - the incredible power that was moving the island.

"Don't underestimate the power of the silver water bottle pavilion!

Verlaine screams. The unknown giant beast summoned by Summon Magic serves as a shield for Yuma, Eileen and Sherry.

I try to protect everyone. It is everyone's shield, no matter what the limits, no matter what your body breaks.

"Dick, no! I can't...!

I can hear Yuma's voice. But now that this is happening, I'm the one who should take the risk - I'm the Alliance Master.

--If you support everyone from the back, that's fine. During my journey of demon king crusade, I thought it was the truth.

But actually, what do you think?

Aren't you just a bystander, confident that I can protect everyone at all times?

The jaw of the snake is opened, and magic bullets are fired from it. At the moment of the clash, I felt like I heard someone scream again.