speed battle – 1
We had been traveling by wagon for a long time.
Serene said as she buried herself in the chair.
“It’s very frustrating.”
“Can you open the window?”
“no. The air isn’t stuffy. speed.”
I think I know what you mean.
These days, because of the frequent movement through Agril, they have become accustomed to it.
Because people are really cunning.
Xenia opened her mouth.
“From the atrium to the starting line and Gavril’s estate, I had to take a break because I was overworked. No matter how much divine power you give, just eating a lot of rice doesn’t necessarily mean you’re good at it.”
“How could Zenia-san say such a thing…….”
“Mr Maid. I’m sorry.”
“You’re not listening.”
I shrugged once.
“Where are you sorry? It’s a natural thing.”
To be honest, each of our party members did a great job, but it’s all because Agril always took us to our destination ‘just in time’.
If the timing wasn’t right, I wouldn’t have had a chance to play at all.
‘At this point, you can say that you are the 8th party member.’
[Isn’t the 8th party member me?]
‘If you want to say that, formally introduce yourself to your colleagues.’
[oh. It was a big deal.]
‘Don’t turn around.’
[Nope. Really.]
widely.
screen comes to mind.
The screen turned red.
Idria Is this child watching you again?
‘In other words, it means he’s not dead.’
[It has already been proven that I am alive.]
‘Well. Anyway…’
I glanced at Ardwin.
It was already the first time he had done this, so he uttered the spell skillfully.
Soon, the party started having a conversation that was literally different from the inside out.
[After all, Idria was still alive.]
[Jingle jingle, really.]
[Maybe not the devil of lies, but the devil of cockroaches.]
[ah! That’s why you’re raising cockroach kaleids. understood.]
Does Idria know how much we are selling herself to the inside?
after a while.
Whoops.
The screen will turn blue again.
“it’s over.”
“Is it a little shorter this time?”
“Well. We are talking for a moment.”
I told Trail.
‘I’ll try to figure out why you’re watching us. Use the eyes of the battery.’
[Idria and whose?]
‘Eh? Of course, Kayle… No, no, no. Kayle just disappeared.’
I crossed my arms and pondered for a moment.
I thought about it for about 10 minutes, but the answer I got was the same.
I obviously broke his core in Gabriel’s estate.
It is presumed that he survived the intervention of an unknown person, but in that case, he would barely survive.
‘I don’t think I could have safely retrieved Caled in such a state… but I can’t help it. There is no other object that comes to mind, so set it up as a secret with Caled.’
[okay.]
＜I used the Eye of the Battery.＞
＜Currently the battery’s eye level is 4. The secret level that can be read is A level.＞
＜The selection condition is ‘Secret between Idria and Caled Wake.’＞
＜This secret level is B level. Browse.＞
I had no choice but to open my eyes wide.
First, you can see Kayle.
And I saw a ‘normal’ Idria!
‘what. Why is that guy so lively?’
I hoped I looked up to the right.
That was just 10 minutes ago.
That means that at this moment, Idria is very healthy.
[It’s not just about being fresh. Do you feel that you are stronger than before?]
exactly.
Then I heard Idria’s voice.
“I met a strange being and my strength was restored. To be precise, it’s more than recovery.”
·········.
From the mouth of the Demon King, who had spread all kinds of lies into the world, the words ‘What a bizarre existence’ came out.
I wanted to laugh at the ridiculousness, but Idria on the screen wasn’t really joking.
‘After all, someone intervened.’
And undoubtedly, that ‘someone’ was the one who erased the video of Neryl’s Append View.
Who the hell are you?
Since it is a question that cannot be answered right away, I decided to focus on the screen for now.
Idria was working on a new strategy.
“Speed battle.”
“Speed battle?”
“okay. It will open up space and send monsters to the continent. You must deal with it in a timely manner and raise your reputation.”
it’s a monster
The only thing I could come up with was such a shallow number.
[uh? It looks pretty good, right?]
‘Idria’s spatial powers seem to be invincible at first glance, but they have clear weaknesses.’
[what is that.]
‘That there aren’t many targets that can be sent over space at once.’
I’m not sure, either, but at most ten or fewer.
How much fame can you gain by sending only ten monsters?
I felt my mind relaxed.
[Huh. There was such a restriction.]
‘okay. Rather, why don’t you know If you’ve been fighting with Idria for eternity, shouldn’t you know better than me?’
[I know that Idria killed the demons without a break.]
envy. Heartily.
Then Idria said.
“Let’s see where Maid is now.”
Whoops.
She split the space.
Beyond the space, we could see our party scurrying in the wagon.
Ordinarily, it was a pretentious conversation, such as what happened to Cald and what to decorate next with the Demon King.
When Idria knows how much we’re chewing on the inside…
“That’s a trick conversation.”
Eh?
Kayle asks.
“what are you talking about.”
“Perhaps one of the party members is talking to the soul through a necromancer. No matter how powerful my space is, I can’t even overhear such conversations.”
“·················ogue.”
“It must have been that Sobius suffered from that secret conversation in the first place. Otherwise, that child’s helpless defeat cannot be explained.”
After all, he’s a demon king with a good head.
It’s surprising that I’ve already heard of it, but there’s no particular problem.
As long as you can’t listen to our inner conversation, your helplessness won’t change.
“But then, I wonder. They said they noticed I was watching. Otherwise, there would be no way we could have a secret conversation like this in such a timely manner.”
“·················ogue.”
“Maid? No, there’s a good chance it’s Bion’s help. He must have that kind of ability.”
it appeared recently
Kayle said.
“Whatever it is, it’s a big deal. The benefit of monitoring them is lost.”
“no. I didn’t use my powers to check their plans in the first place. Let’s see… where they are now.”
She beckoned slightly towards the space.
Soon our wagon will be small enough to look like a dot.
It is to grasp the overall topography from the sky above the clouds.
‘You can’t do that.’
[hey. I show you a map of the entire continent.]
‘That’s what I’ve heard.’
Soon Idria said.
“Next time, go to Pek’s estate.”
“yes?”
“That’s the farthest place from Maid and the others.”
That’s weird.
Idria could only send ten monsters at most.
Do you really think that’s enough to turn Kayle into a hero?
[Isn’t that what you’re trying to send a fairly strong demon?]
‘If that’s the case, you’d better send your own fingers.’
[but.]
I can’t understand English, but it’s definitely not a big threat.
But at Adria’s next words, I had no choice but to doubt my ears.
“Shall we send only 10,000 birds for now?”
·········.
what?
widely.
Idria got up from her seat.
And go out of the cave.
A screen followed as Kayle walked away.
Even after they went out, they walked a long way and stood in front of a fairly deep valley.
“From there….”
Idria pointed her finger at the top of the valley.
And he said as he descended all the way to the ground where he was standing.
“Don’t make it this far.”
next moment.
It begins to crack where she pointed.
It opened up little by little, creating a crack large enough to fill the valley.
I had no choice but to open my mouth.
‘How dare you make such a big space!’
[I couldn’t believe it even when I saw it.]
‘Is that possible even before the return?’
no. I can’t.
That was the time when the trail was dead.
I was just a party member, and I couldn’t threaten Idria like I do now.
If you were going to do it, there was no one to stop you.
She must have mobilized everything she could to the extent that her goal of creating a fake world was desperately needed.
Even so, the fact that I had never seen a rift of that size before returning would mean that Idria at the time could not carry out that article.
Indeed, Idria said.
“It’s going to be a lot easier than I thought.”
“What do you mean?”
“As I said before, I don’t remember ever being this strong. Even sending 10,000 monsters would not be a big deal now.”
“·················ogue.”
“Know it with glory. You are the first to see this in person.”
After saying that, Idria started ‘making’ demons.
First, she spread her palms toward the sky.
And on that empty palm…
“Woo-wook.”
blow with his mouth
Then black smoke rose from the empty palms.
The black smoke, which has suddenly become thick, is slowly blown away by the wind into the space of the valley.
[What is that?]
‘Idria is making a monster.’
[In a strange way. Did all the other demon lords make monsters like that?]
‘Not as far as I know.’
For example, the Demon King of Corruption turned humans into monsters with his own power.
I know that other demon lords have their own unique creation methods.
But now, Idria’s creativity isn’t the problem.
‘How did the Demon King become so strong?’
[Like you.]
‘uh?’
[You, too, have become as strong as a ghost since you beheaded Kayle in your hometown.]
As soon as he heard those words, lightning struck his head.
Then I met the Impelium in my dream, and I’ve gotten stronger ever since.
And the Impelium knows the Velocian.
It may be a little guesswork, but maybe Idria met Velocian?
If this assumption is correct, it is said that it was also the Velocian who erased the Append View.
As I was about to fall into my thoughts, Cale’s voice pulled me out.
“You want to cut that black smoke?”
“Don’t worry. I don’t ask bugs like you to pretend to be Maid. Well, he didn’t even cut the smoked Hiren.”
“Please compare me to him…”
“After 5 days or so, all the acting will be changed to the army of 10,000 demons. I will send you to the Pek estate, and after 5 days, you can deal with the demons with my second finger.”
It’s the second finger.
It’s getting more and more painful.
“With the second finger, can you cut down 10,000 monsters?”
“okay. You will have to listen to the child directly for details.”
“Whoa. great. But why is it 5 days later? You can send it right now.”
“It takes that much time for my smoke to turn into a monster.”
Kayle nodded as if he understood.
All of the smoke that Idria had made had disappeared to the other side of the space.
She said closing the space in the valley.
“You will have to repeat this dozens of times in the future.”
“·················ogue.”
“And after dozens of times, the Continental people will forget Maid’s name. Only the name of Caled Wake, who saved the land from being invaded by demons, will remain.”
Kayle chuckled.
“Nah. Good.”
drop.
There the screen was cut off.
I hurriedly told Trail.
‘I’m sorry in a row, but let’s see one more. The secret of Idria and Velocian.’
[I feel like I can’t.]
‘no. can do. I believe you.’
[Hmmm. Thank you.]
widely.
The screen pops up again.
However.
＜Error. ‘Secrets between Idria and Velocians.’ The grade is S grade.＞
＜Can be viewed from level 5 of the Eye of the Battery.＞
‘It didn’t seem like it.’
[It’s different from before!]
‘But it’s not without results.’
The eyes of the battery tell you that there are no secrets.
The fact that there is a secret of the S-Class meant that it was Velocian who saved Idria from dying.
[You must have had a secret conversation for quite some time.]
‘if not······.’
Or that the Velocian existence there itself is an S-Class secret.
I folded my arms for a while and pondered more, then noticed that the group was staring at me.
“why?”
“After you always had that face, he showed us the way to go.”
“Neril, you have a knack for always making things that don’t really feel good.”
“Only for you.”
After hearing our conversation, Serrain and Lissel whisper.
“Ah-oh. They’ve been there often since the last time.”
“why? It’s nice to see. It reminds me of the past.”
“Still, honey drips from your eyes so openly.”
“Well. oh. Serena-san doesn’t have that kind of experience…”
“Don’t say more than that.”
uh?
Could it be that any of my party members had a lifelong solo comrade?
[You have betrayed me.]
Well, that’s not important.
I informed the party members of what I had just seen with Junji’s eyes.
The name of Velocian, who is supposed to be watching over Idria.
Neryl furrowed his eyebrows.
“If you’re a Velocian, you’re the one who gave Grade the Imperial Underground Gate. Does that mean he deleted my appartment view?”
“It’s a guess.”
“Because your guess is always correct.”
I smiled and changed the topic.
“Zenia.”
“Yep.”
“I think I have to talk about something really ignorant after I promised to give Agril a break. We have to win this speed battle.”
“I’ll talk to Agril well. He is deeply grieving, so he will fully understand.”
“thank you. Let him know that I am very grateful.”
“yes. I would be happy.”
I looked around the crowd and continued.
“I have one more thing to tell you.”
“What?”
For some reason, I held back my breath.
“Maybe this time you will meet the second finger.”