Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (LN) Volume 13 - Ch 4

Seven days had passed since Operation Maze Raider began.

Maze had been silently swallowing the general soldiers as best he could.

They failed to pass the report back, leaving Calgurio to spend the restless hours.

The reason for this constant state of anxiety is to mask instinctive fear.

There is still no way to contact the other units, and contact with those inside the labyrinth has been broken.

At first glance they looked completely isolated in enemy territory. Such a situation made Calgurio uneasy.

"Still no one's coming back!"

He let out an angry roar, but no one responded.

That's actually the answer.

And it wasn't just Calgurio, those staff officers knew the situation wasn't good.

At first they sent soldiers several tis, returning from inside the labyrinth with information.

Although none of the soldiers ca back to the ground, they were still able to interact with the people inside at first. It is possible to consolidate the information and get a general idea of the situation.

When you enter the maze, you have to check with at the maze.

This ti the maze prompts the conditions for breaking the barrier.

The ten n in the labyrinth must be defeated and ten keys collected. That would seem to get the right to challenge the King of the Labyrinth. Defeat the King of the Labyrinth to break through

At first they didn't think it would be that hard.

But nowadays, they have to say it was bad judgnt.

According to the information gathered, the lowest floor in the labyrinth is also more than 50 floors.

Although the floors were exchanged every ti they were full of a thousand people, the soldiers were still able to enter in order. Thus able to make contact with those who had gone in first, but the first ti they were able to make contact, the number of people who had entered the labyrinth had long exceeded fifty thousand.

They repeatedly sent people into the maze several tis, and calculated that the floor was probably over fifty-four floors.

Yuuki had once revealed to them the contents of the report that Shinji and others had brought back, hearing that the maze had sixty layers. Yet this information was not reliable, and they found this out early on.

That was because the strength of the magical creatures that appeared within the maze was simply not the sa as what was heard.

That said, they said that the King of the Labyrinth was the "Immortal King, and from that point of view, the words of Shinji and others were no longer credible.

This was because soone reported upwards the next day that they had found the floor dominated by the Immortal King.

That "Immortal King" seems to be one of the so-called "Ten Lords of the Labyrinth

So say the hearsay may be true.

Nowadays, no one dares to laugh at those people anymore.

"No matter how powerful the elite personnel are, they seem to be struggling

"Yes. The operation may fail if it goes on like this.

How can that beat the thought of this, Calgurio shivered.

The phrase Raid Operation Failure was simple to say, but it represented the death of five hundred and thirty thousand Imperial General soldiers.

Emperor Rudra handed over such important general and soldiers to him, how could he abandon them in three or two tis and not save them from death?

Seven days to go. There's still quite a cushion before the deadline, and the current Operation Maze Raid within the Labyrinth should be ongoing. He would just have to trust these people and wait on the sidelines.

That would have been the right judgnt, but Calguriono, he wasn't the only one, even the other staff officers didn't think it would be good.

The reason why it makes them think that way is because of the existence of the Labyrinth Ten".

There are currently four "keys" that they have been given. Although they seed to co back to life no matter how many tis they were defeated, they still managed to get the key from the four Dragon Kings.

However, there is not even a single sight of the other six to be crushed.

The "Immortal King" was also one of them, along with the Necromancer Paladin who looked like he was his right hand.

As well as the queen who rules the insects, plus the mistress of those beasts.

There's another attacking type of wizard, nicknad the Undead of Gadra.

The last one he is not even sure of its true identity.

If these six were not defeated, it would have been a fool's dream to break through the maze.

Such conditions could not have been t with the current strength of the war inside the labyrinth

Calgurio thought so, and the staff mbers were unanimous in their judgnt.

"But no matter how much you bet, it's useless.

Yes."

"That's just a waste of money. And the guards here are disturbing, too, I suppose.

So what should be done?

There is only one answer.

Only the most primitive thod of maze planning can be usedform an elite team to challenge.

In that case, however, the question is who to choose.

After a mont of annoyance, Calgurio picked out so of the cream of the crop from the legion.

He sought out a hundred n and won.

Only the cream of the crop from each unit is recruited, as well as those who are confident in their strength.

Sitting in the front row was an elegant man, looking calm and gentle. Even on the battlefield, his battered uniform is still worn straight.

The man's na is Minute. He was the first right-hand man to Calgurio's side, ranking high as a major general.

It was the commander of this battle plan that was recomnded by Calgurio.

Next to him sat a cold man with a cigarette in his mouth.

His eyes seed to be staring at his prey, and his bearded face was so decent that anyone opposite him would be afraid. And this man also possesses no less strength than his appearance.

He's Grand Marshal Kansas.

He is a hero who has made many great achievents. The most famous of these is the "Monster Country Annihilation Campaign". The man in charge at the ti was Kansas.

Self-confidence may be on display in his attitude, which is rampant. Even in the face of a group of superiors, he doesn't show half a fear in the slightest.

No one else around them made a sound to warn Kansas. It's no wonder, after all, that even his imdiate superior, Minute, acquiesces to this attitude.

Calgurio, personally, while having an opinion on this, is not yet so much as to speak ill of a hero who is also famous in the Empire. Everything was left in the hands of the opposing boss, Minute, so there was no way the crowd on the scene was going to pick up on Kansas' behavior.

Other celebrities include Michel and Raymond.

These two are "otherworldly visitors".

Michel has a unique skill called "Fusionist". She is good at using this power to create high firepower attacks, and is well known in the Imperial Army.

As for Raymond, he has a unique skill called "fighter". He was originally a fighter, and that seed to turn directly into his skill. He is a top fighter who is able to use all weapons and fighting techniques, as well as techniques learned in this world, with the utmost skill.

The more prominent and famous ones are these four, but the others are also one-trick pony fighters.

The lowest ranked among them have all made it to level A, which is the best among the Imperial Army.

These one hundred n alone could destroy the Knights of other nations. Calgurio decided to entrust everything in this battle plan to those heroes.

"So, everyone, you've heard all about it, right?

Everyone nodded in silence. Although there were also n like Kansas who existed with a disdainful smile on their faces, most of them listened attentively to Calgurio.

"Our comrades are currently awaiting rescue in the labyrinth. Certain conditions had to be t in order to leave the maze, one of which was still to crush the Demon Lord. If the strongest cha legion in our Empire is sent, I am sure this problem will be solved as well. Only pity! That would waste too much ti.

This maze could not be defeated by the army waging manned naval tactics. Calgurio understood that, but he couldn't say it honestly.

Doing so would cause demoralization, so he polished the words and explained them to these ministers.

"We will crush the Ten Lords of the Labyrinth and collect the Ten Keys. That would seem to gain the right to challenge the Demon Lord Rimuru. I look forward to your being able to take on this task. I want to ask you to crush the Demon Lord!

Calgurio makes this speech in the face of the elite of the cha Legion, who are no longer equalled.

"Wrap it up on us, Lord Calgurio. For us, the glorious Imperial Army, the Demon Lord is no match at all. Let's prove it next!

Minute, the highest ranking man, replied on behalf of everyone.

He posed gracefully and was guaranteed to win.

No one in the room objected to Minute's words. Because these people were proud of their abilities, everyone was sure they would win.

So much so that they elected the brave man in charge of challenging the Demon Lord.

These people don't know the truth.

It is because of their ignorance that they get their hopes up.

Knowing nothing about it didn't reveal the hidden crisis in the maze.

This is the ti when retreat is the right thing to do.

But it was all too late.

Calgurio was too slow to make the decision.

The battle inside the labyrinth was over and no one was left inside.

He had no idea that the situation had turned out this way

The chosen brave n are ready to enter the daunting maze with aplomb.

***

We were all drawn to the images on the big screen, and we were able to catch our breath.

Should I say it's not surprising? The Imperials seed to take that as a joke and ignored the warning written on the door. And the number of general soldiers sent into the labyrinth exceeded our expectations.

"That's great. The results exceeded expectations."

As I mumbled sothing, Benimaru nodded along with it.

"I don't think there's anyone who has to be on guard. One of the reasons should be that the Ten Lords of the Labyrinth are too strong, but it really seems like it's easier than one would think.

He said so with his mouth open and not a slouch in his eyes.

He seems to have switched thoughts, this ti putting the focus on the ground.

"There seems to be another movent on the enemy's side.

"Right. This ti it didn't have to be manned, the mbers seed to have been selected. It's going to co in eventually anyway, they should have made their decision earlier. Then our people in the labyrinth will probably be in a bit of a fight too"

"Hey, hey, hey, isn't that just what we want?

"Yeah, that's right. But it's disturbing that things are going so well

Benimaru said the words, but one could see from his expression that he took them for granted as a result.

That's not the problem

Since there's no chance of him making an appearance, this guy wants the Imperials to fight a little bit, right?

He seems to understand his mood, but he doesn't seem to understand

No, no, no, if it's figured out, it ans I've beco a battle nut too.

I'm not like the Benimarus.

Such an outco makes very happy.

And one thing has been said many tis, and that is that in this world, quality is greater than quantity.

The troops they selected were probably the enemy main force. These guys are likely to break the Ten Lords of the Labyrinth individually, so they can't take it as a ga now.

The original purpose was to reduce the number of enemy troops.

That part is done. There are only a hundred thousand or so people left on the Imperial side, and that number alone has been reduced to the point where even the Western countries can adequately cope.

Simply put, that's it.

The sa is true of the gamble, which is to give the enemy a big win in the beginning, so that they will miss the opportunity to stop it just in ti.

Because the illusion of their winning is so beautiful that these people think they can make up for it even if they losewhich sums up the phenonon.

In this case, it's hard to stop even when you know you should.

This was exactly what the Imperial Army had written about this ti, they had sent troops in repeatedly, only to accidentally bet too much on battle power, so much that it was irreparable.

Personally, I think it's great that the purpose was served.

It is pleasing that the battle plan is going so well, but the other objective, to force the master out, is not yet achieved.

There seed to be a few masters on the opposing side, but none that looked like they could beat .

However, as Chloe ntioned earlier, I didnt seem to be a Demon Lord yet, and I don't think there's much difference in strength from when we lost to HinataNo, I don't think there's much difference in strength from when we were tiedThat said, I still don't see anyone who can pose that much threat.

To be hard to say, only the people Testrossa killed had Legendary level equipnt.

If it's the eleventh-ranked Tibbs, he might be able to kill , too.

Certainly not the current , but the one who was still fighting Hinata at the beginning.

The result is still no one who could potentially kill , that's the conclusion.

It's no use trying to think about that, and I decided to put that topic aside for now.

I care more about what the enemy commander thinks.

Things have gotten so miserable that it would generally be right to choose to retreat

What on earth was the commander on the enemy's side thinking?

Alas, Master Raphael, the King of Wisdom, speaks spitefully.

Hearing it say that makes sense to . But then again, it's not good to suppress too much in an intelligence war.

If the commander had had a real grasp of the situation, perhaps the other side would have retreated.

Good snarky comnts.

While it sounds logical and cold, I don't think it's the right answer either.

The Empire wouldn't have given up on ambition if it had left them with so full decent fighting power. But if they were completely crushed here, at least for the ti being, they would avoid fighting the Eastern Empire.

No matter what you do, there is nothing worse than not being able to do it.

The enemy also has their family, and presumably the family that was left behind will feel sad.

But

If one took the opportunity to let them find out how stupid they were this ti, one might be able to prevent a fight afterwards.

It's definitely not righteous to do so, but at least to guard against petty strife, which I think is the right thing to do.

Anyway, it's too late to say that.

Unlike Master Raphael, the king of wisdom, I am indecisive.

If the enemy flee, let them go, and attack again, and then crush them again.

Maybe I'm still too naive to let my opponent decide what to do in the future.

I understand it myself, but that's my nature, and it's not that easy to reverse it.

Seriously, I actually don't want the other person to call , I hate trouble.

I sighed quietly in my heart, and at this ti, Ramiris got in touch with .

"Rimuru, can I talk now?

"Yes, yes. I'm Rimuru, no problem.

It didn't seem urgent to hear her tone, not knowing what was going on.

"I'm asking you, there'll be another hundred people coming, right?

"It seems so. The enemy seems to be very strong this ti.

"Mm-hmm. So, the Labyrinth Lords, they want to ask for sothing.

Ramiris told about what they were asking for.

Request number one, sponsored by Gadra.

I didn't expect that there was soone he knew among those labyrinth intruders. The nas seem to be Michel and Raymond, who are "otherworldly visitors".

He would step up and convince, begging to let them join as partners.

Request number two, sponsored by Kumara.

She also seed to spot familiar faces from among the intruders.

Yet unlike Gadra, not old acquaintances, but those she wants revenge from.

This man not only destroyed the Kumara's hotown of Monster Country, but also sold the youngin other words, seemingly nearly three hundred years old at the tiKumara was sold to the demon lord Clayman. I didn't expect such a vicious bastard to be affiliated with the Imperial Army

That's all there is to request, what should be done?

"What do you think, Benimaru?"

"Well, send a few more n against them, and it will be easier to win, but it will not be. I know you can't fight a war without knowing what you're going to do, but we can't just accept the proposal, can we?

If Gadra succeeds in convincing them, it is well to say that even if it fails, there is not much to lose.

Indeed, that is correct.

It's all about spreading each other's fighting power anyway, so leave those two to Gadra.

As for Kumara

"Anyone who wants revenge doesn't want to be hindered.

The words ca out through Benimaru's mouth looking a little heavy.

So to put it this way, Kumara used to be dominated by Clayman using spells. Since the man who started it was here, of course she would want revenge.

Although so people say it's not ti for revenge, I think it's a good way to vent one's grievances.

Instead of holding on to your anger, it would be better to take it out on the other person.

For these reasons, I have decided to approve.

"These requests are approved, Ramiris.

"Great! If its Rimuru. It's reasonable.

"Anyway, we want to spread the other side's strength, so Gadra's side we will just let him deal with Michel and Raymond. This way"

"Give her the bearded man! I don't know what his na is, but this man's face is nasty.

Ramiris was completely on the side of Kumara.

But I was in the sa mood as them.

"Let's send that guy over there. Then send a ssage to Kumara to do her best!

"OK, let her have it.

So much so that I granted their request.

As for the distribution of the remaining strength

"That man over there looks like he's in command. Lord Rimuru, let that man be alone and leave him to Apito to clean up.

Benimaru does not change color to say horrible words.

He also said, "You can't win with more bullying, but you can't win with less," but he said that he was planning to do so easily.

But I went with his offer.

"Ramiris, that fashionable middle-aged man seems to be the commander, send this guy alone to Apitos side.

"I get it. To take away his command, so that the enemy becos a scattered disk of sand. It's a dirty battle plan!

Huh?

And I turn out to be the bad guy?

Throwing the surprised aside, Ramiris ca up with her own set of explanations.

"Can we give the rest of the 100 n to Adalman?

"Understood! Although other people's Dragon King treasures were lost, others were still trying. Let's work at this pace until the end.

Ramiris seed a little chagrined, but it didn't help.

Even if those dragon kings were better off, they were no good against the hordes that sward in.

Unlike the other Ten Lords of the Labyrinth, the floors with terrain effects are large. It is true that it plays an important role to find fault with the enemy, but if the enemy side shares information with each other and formulates counterasures, the advantage will be lost.

The Dragon Kings were fighting in this situation and I think they all did their best.

Despite being robbed of four keys, there were still six Labyrinth Lords left to lose. Let's ask them to continue at this pace.

"It's up to you! But you must not be careless. There may be dangerous people in those 100 people.

"No problem, no problem! I said that Rimuru would be watching from the sidelines and everyone was in high spirits. And the king of the labyrinth is Master Veldora!

That's saying sothing.

This ti the maze's condition becos "Collect ten keys and defeat the king of the maze to win". I can't imagine that Veldora would go down, I think that aspect can be taken care of.

Right, too. Then keep up the good work!

Leave it to us!"

Leaving these energetic words behind, Ramiris ended the conversation through the Communication Network.

So next, one last step to go.

To observe the final battle, my gaze pulled back to the screen once more.

***

Michel and Raymond sat on the steps, panting as they drank water.

According to the report, it does not appear that magical creatures will appear in the stairwell. Although it's dangerous to take it as it is, they thought it was safer here than elsewhere, so they rested here.

...........

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They had been admonished by the great general, Calgurio, and were ordered to enter the labyrinth. For that, they have no complaints.

Just like Shinji and the rest of them, Michel and others were "otherworldly visitors" picked up by Master Gadra. They all felt that Gadra had been gracious to them, rewarding them with a bite to eat when they fell into this inexplicable world.

And this Gadra's whereabouts are unknown.

He seed to be leading a special force on a mission to the Demon Lord Rimurus territory.

Although Gadra had co back once, none of the other team mbers returned. I heard that Gadra had reported to Yuuki that all the people who had gone with him had died in battle.

Then even Gadra disappeared.

Rumors spread that he had gone to the rescue of his buddies from the previous unit.

Those who know Gadra will find it a little hard to believe, but if it is true, it cannot be ignored.

And again

These n, who were said to have died in battle and to have travelled with Gadra, were also well known to Michel.

The three n were Shinji Tanimura, Mark Lauren, and Zhen Liu Xing.

The incident was montarily unbelievable, but the truth was that Shinji hadn't co back for either of them. It was said that their mission was to investigate the labyrinth and that sothing must have happened between there and the Demon Lord Rimuru.

Shinji explained it best when the three of them challenged Demon Lord Rimuru and were killed as a result.

Among fellow countryn, there are those who are sad because they are truly ruled out. The sa is true of the Michel and many others. Because they are all from the sa hotown, there is an inexplicable sense of connection.

Also, Shinji Tanimura is a man with leadership qualities and won't leave behind people who are in trouble, this man has a good heart. Although a bit retarded at tis, there are people who admire such Shinji.

Gadra has been gracious to them. Plus Michel and the others also wanted to co and make sure to see if the friends who were going to be good were okay.

After talking to the pals about such ideas, the two who fought the most among them, Michel and Raymond, were pushed to join the expedition.

The two of them imdiately made their wishes known to Yuuki, only to be rebuffed by the other.

"It's really dangerous to act now. The situation is a bit confusing and it's best not to act rashly. I can't tell you in detail, but I'm sure they'll be safe"

That's roughly the case, the other side didn't actually respond to their wishes.

Since Yuuki had said it was dangerous, it should be really dangerous. But so people don't have the ans to do that. Letting things go like that, those people would probably run over without permission, and instead of letting things evolve that way, it would be better to have people like Michel, who was particularly good at fighting, step in and everyone thought they had a way of handling whatever situation they were in.

For such reasons, Michel took the liberty. Raymond agrees with her, and the two launch their operation behind Yuuki's back.

They hired soone to transfer them from the Hybrid Legion to the cha Legion so they could carry out this battle plan.

For there is such a story behind Michel and them, and Calgurio's order is just what they want

...........

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"Maybe it's a big mistake to go in there.

"Probably. I didn't expect the enemy to be this strong.

The two of them were divided into fifty-nine levels.

These two were unaware of it, in fact Rimuru and the others had planned to get them directly to the sixtieth level in a single turn.

But these two are likely to hide their strength.

There was also the possibility that soone was pretending, so Rimuru and the others decided to see the situation first before they did.

By the way, this idea cos from the Rimururather the "King of Wisdom Raphael," it should be said.

They hadn't expected Rimuru's mind to be so deepboth Ramiris and Gadra had explained themselves in that direction and decided to go along with it.

It was for those reasons that Michel was forced to co to the fifty-ninth floor to encounter a fierce battle.

We co across things like variable laser beam cannons, sonic cannons, or other scientific weapons of all kinds. Once the wall was down, it created passages that spewed out colorless and odorless poison gas.

At the mont, it has been moved to the 100th floor, and all the weapons produced by the 95th floor have been put to use on the 59th floor.

The most extre representative is the magic puppet, which strengthens the human attack weapon.

In the Puppet Kingdom Gustav found the ruins of "Amrita" and Rimuru asked soone to bring back information from there. The reappearance of the defense apparatus after the study plays out best in this place.

When it cos to wiping out the Imperial Army, not even ten percent of these weapons will be used.

Those are now used to test Michel and others.

Both sides got serious and fought offensive and defensive battles, and those two exposed all of their best moves.

Raymond is responsible for buying so ti in the guard.

Michel uses this valuable ti to unleash a must-kill strike.

Michel's "fusionist" effectiveness is as the na implies. The ability to allow substances to mix and also to extract energy from them. Depending on how it's used, it can even turn into an attack of the sa level as nuclear strike magic.

It was also Gadra who discovered this and taught it to Michel. While recalling the favors the benefactor had brought to herself, Michel fought desperately.

As for the fight, those two got a landslide victory. Faced with a high destructive attack, even the Magic Puppets and Science Weapon Swarm were no match for them.

Only, the numbers are just too abusive.

Just the two of them breaking through so many traps alone was very taxing, just one day made Michel tired them half to death, inevitably this would happen.

Heywhat to do? Want to move on?

"Say what the hell. We'll just have to walk the next floor. With so many weapons and traps, it's dangerous to advance with no counterasures.

"That's true. But when I say you, there's no other way, is there? Once inside the maze, they got separated from the others

Raymond was right. In fact, even Michel understood that, but there was really nothing they could do at the mont.

Since it's dangerous to move forward, what's the right thing to do?

Even if you don't go down and instead go up, there's no guarantee you'll necessarily leave the maze. It should be said that if one believes that the will one receives when entering the labyrinth is true, one should not be able to leave without eting the conditions for breaking the barrier.

"There's no way this maze can be broken

"Also. If there is ti, there may be a turnaround, but even if it takes more than a month to walk through one floor a day, it will take more than a month. It's not really that bad, but we don't have enough food.

The biggest problem is this.

Michel and Raymond did not undergo reconstructive surgery and therefore had to eat. The water part should do the trick, but the grain is only twenty days old. If they didn't have magical creatures lurking on that floor like the one just now, they wouldn't have been able to resort to eating monster flesh and blood.

They may not last even three weeks at this rate.

It's only been a day since they broke into the maze. The situation was already desperate, with a sense of unpredictability.

However, the two of them didn't give up.

After all, the two of them had one more purpose, which was to gather information about their benefactor and friend. If they give up on this side, then they should never have entered the maze in the first place.

"By the way, soone sent this to us before we ca in. Do you think you can trust it?

Pointing one side of his throat, Michel asked Raymond so. His finger pointed to a piece of jewelry that was to be carried out before the maze invasion battle that Calgurio had handed them.

I heard that it's a test piece produced by the developnt departnt, modeled after the resurrection props that Gadra brought back.

I've heard that there is this even if you die in the labyrinth, you can still co back to life, but Michel doesn't believe it.

"Of course I can't believe it. Even if it does co back to life, then where will we co back to life?

"That's true. If we will co back to life on the spot, we will run to the magical creature that killed us.

This part of the experint hasn't even been done yet, has it?

"Right. Seems like theyre going to experint with us. Besides, why hang it around your neck? Isn't that the bracelet I heard you brought back?

"That ans the Empire's technology isn't mature enough.

Since this is a replica of the duck that was rushed to the shelves, soone explained to them that the size beca larger. Yet this made both of them even more suspicious.

I am not even willing to accept the idea of handing over my life to an imitation, as a matter of common sense."

"It is only the chosen ones that we prepare such things for them. I'm bullish on you guys and think sothing like this is worth delivering to you!

In this way, Calgurio has polished the words in his explanation, which in turn ans that he has not confird what will happen if he uses them.

Also not for the soldiers at the end, the results won't be known until it's used.

At least if there is experintal data, then they are willing to believe it, but only if they are going to be experints themselves, idiot.

"If you die first, then I can confirm what happens when I use it.

"That joke's not funny. At least I'm not going to rely on that kind of stuff.

Raymond gave a practical response.

"After all, the original version of such a thing, the Resurrection Bracelets, ca from the power of the Demon Lord, right? Don't you think a fake like this will make the other party angry?

As Raymond continued to pick up where he left off, Michel seed to share this, shrugging her shoulders in agreent.

The premise of the action is that there is no way to be resurrected from the deada conclusion that both rightly draw.

All that can be counted on is their strength. So the two stood up with bitter smiles on their faces.

"Want to go?

"Right. Now that it's all co down to this, we can only move forward. If it doesn't work out, people will forgive us.

"Will it? Shinji would have laughed, but he"

"Please stop. It's hard to forget.

"Yeah, sorry. Hes even scarier than the maze.

"Hey, hey, how can you speak your mind just because the other person can't hear you? But I also agree that that's it.

"Right? I really admire Shinji's retardation. People are so passionate about him, but they are completely ignored.

"I agree. But that's the way it's gonna be. About that, actually, hes alsojust that.

"Also. Thinking about it this way makes you think that Shinji isn't easy either. Maybe he'll survive if he doesn't do anything to save his life.

"Yeah, that's it!

A smile appeared on the two n's faces. Even in these circumstances, there is hope and a clear sense of which way to go.

With cheerful smiles on their faces, the two n began to walk down the steps.

There was absolutely no telling who would be waiting for them ahead.

Imdiately following

"Hello, you! Michel, and Raymond. There's sothing I'd like to discuss with you two!

"Right. Because this thing is really doing you guys a lot of good, it doesn't hurt to listen!

"You're supposed to be listening.

Seeing the trio of Shinji and others who they wanted to save co out to greet themselves, Michel and Raymond were surprised to the point of stiffness.

"Well, you guys seem surprised. I'd like to ask you too. Can you hear us out first?"

There was also a huge magic doll towering in front of us, and a nostalgic sound ca from inside. It must be right that the owner of the voice was the one who had been kind to Michel and themGadra.

Youyou're still alive?

"Shall we saywhats going on?

Gadra and the others are going to start docking to convince each other.

The two were in turmoil, and it only took a little more ti to convince them.

***

It looked like Gadra had them convince each other with such ease and simplicity that it was surprising.

Shinji said they would not take part in this war, and even they ran to be lobbyists. Presumably, their efforts were not in vain, and without argunt, the other just agreed.

The two, Michel and Raymond, were both disciples of Gadra and friends of Shinji. They were frantically tested for strength at the fifty-ninth level, and the scarier one was Michel.

This ones skills are foul. It looks like she flicked sothing with her fingers and the result was a small explosiona nuclear explosion that could be confined to a specific area. The response was small, but powerful to the point of no return.

The unique technology of the fusionistthe ability to denature the substance and fuse it with other substances. The way to use it is to let the tiny shattered stones spoil and then throw them at the enemy, causing them to explode.

Even if you have to use sothing like a "barrier" to bullet the gravel, it will still explode when it falls to the ground. It could have been avoided if it had been a clever bounce, however the gravel used by Michel is small enough to be bounced with a fingernail, so it's not easy to actually bounce. The preconditions are such that it would be difficult to bounce it off the ground.

It's so vicious. Using such a ans of attack, one accident and even she herself would suffer a wave of blows, but about that, she did a lot of research. Not sure what kind of training she did all the way through, but it all seed to predict the route perfectly.

And then there's Raymond who teams up with Michel like that.

Raymond's fighting skills were great, as was releasing Fighting Qi to form a shield. The ability to block out all attacks from the front will be fascinating to watch.

Even the blast wave that Michel had triggered was beautifully defused by Raymond's shield. Theyre a great duo, and the two characters fit together nicely.

It doesn't look like anyone else has changed either, it must be them personally. There was also no sign of the spirit being manipulated, and it seed that their purpose for coming this ti was to save Gadra and Shinji.

Both seem trustworthy, and it's really great to be partners in earnest.

In order for the two who beca partners to take so ti to study for the ti being, the intention was for them to work under Shinji and the others. While it should be used without fear of their betrayal, it's better to take precautions first.

Let's look at the situation first, and then compare them to Shinji and let these two people get promoted.

Things were going well up to the 60th floor.

Then co to the 70th floor

It is hilly and there are about a hundred people gathered together.

At first it all seed a bit fuzzy, but now that the day had passed, they had all cald down. Above the hills there was a place of great visibility, where these n camped, and several scouts were sent to scout in various places.

They don't seem to be planning to act right away and feel very deliberate.

Just the commander running off to sowhere else, but it's amazing that they can still correspond so calmly.

It should be said that the warriors are outstanding in the various units.

"Thought they'd panic even more.

"No, that's the way it should be. They crafted a clear chain of command from the beginning, even if the commander wasn't there.

Unlike , Benimaru gives comntary lightly.

If the chain of command is chaotic, how can operational operations be carried out? Soone must be found to lead.

Of course this has to be clearly laid outI can understand that, but as a matter of course the people who are gathered here have been brought here on a temporary basis. Yet they were able to find a replacent for the commander right away, which I secretly admired despite being the enemy.

"Are we okay here?

"Of course. Even without , there is the green legion, and underneath green legion, there are excellent talents standing by. Tactical theory is also a must for the Kurenai, and everyone can be a commander.

Oh, you're so confident.

Even I didn't learn those, at what point did they learn them?

"That's good. What do you think their purpose is?"

The chain of command of our army was left to Benimaru and the chiefs of the various corps. I'm going to care about that won't help much, so I'm going to co back to the reality side now.

About the Imperial General's soldiers who laid out the 70th floor

"Their purpose must have been to find out if there were any survivors on the other floors. That's on their bad luck. The rest of the floor is a different story, and this one leaves no trace.

Benimaru replied as if he was sympathizing with those enemies.

Hearing that, I also understood.

I know there are no survivors on the Imperial side, but one of their purposes is to find companions.

eting up with survivors to increase combat power is a reasonable move from a combat standpoint.

But now that it was known that it was pointless for them to do so, there was no point in waiting for them to act.

"Shall we let Adalman attack?

When I said so, Shion nodded vigorously along with . It looked as if she was feeling very bored and she herself was eager to strike out.

Even so, as long as there were still enemies left in the maze, she was responsible for protecting .

Even Shion understood this, so she wanted to finish the matter sooner rather than later and go outside to fight.

"That's right. There's no way to get any great information if you keep watching.

Seeing this look on Shion's face, Benimaru said with a dark smile.

Instructions to Adalman follow.

"My god, let behave!

It seems that Shion wasn't the only one who was looking forward to fighting. Adalman had also been preparing his army to et the Imperial Army early on.

Adalman and the others continued their winning streak. Seemingly intent on taking advantage of the situation to win even the final battle.

"Then go for it!

Yes!"

The encouragent I gave beca a signal for war.

Adalman and then rest ca in force and opened the closed door and struck at it.

Then an hour passed.

A startling sight appeared before his eyes.

There were only three survivors left on the Imperial side. It's just that the only ones who have survived on our side are also Adalman, Albert and the Necromancer Dragon.

It's now a three-on-three showdown.

The other remaining nearly a hundred people were all killed along with the Necromantic Army, and these guys couldn't wait for reinforcents. Wait three hours before the army of the dead cos back to life, and when I think about it, I'll be able to determine the winner.

However

"Kufufufufu. Interesting people have erged.

"Mmm. I'd like to fight them too.

Rarely do Diablo and Shion give their testimonials.

Such a powerful warrior was mixed up in the enemy army, and there were three others.

One was a gentle looking male swordsman.

The opponent is fighting Albert.

The other person is the Wizard of Beauty.

In a magical showdown with Adalman.

There was also a tall warrior of stature.

The power of one man alone held the Necromancer dragon.

Seeing the opponent summon the familiar glowing armor to wear on his body, it must have been a partner who was previously killed by Testarossa and possessed legendary equipnt.

The styles are uniform and definitely belong to the sa organization.

"That swordsman is so strong that he's intimidating. I never thought hed be on equal footing with Albert.

The battle between Albert and the man, both of them used a rare divine skill. Each belonged to the genre of equipping swords and shields, and their strengths were sowhere in between.

Like Benimaru said, it's true to say that those two are comparable in strength.

This guy seems to be more than the man who was beaten down by Testarossa. Maybe this guy's ranking is up front, too.

"Kufufufufu. In the face of an opponent of that level, the magic was surprisingly at the disadvantage.

"That said, Diablo. Regardless of the holy and magical attributes, that armor can resist all magic. It's no wonder it's working against Adalman.

Shion's comnts hit the nail on the head. Although Adalman had the additional skill "Holy Demon Reversal", that legendary level defense was so foul that it could resist almost all magic.

If you want to break through, you can only use the strongest magic such as "Reiko Bad Destruction".

Adalman would have used it, too, but the opponent wouldn't let him.

One can only hit a break with so random magic and then attack while they're at it. But they seem to be thinking the sa thing about each other, and the two sides are currently deadlocked.

Don't forget that last man.

This guy can't be taken lightly either.

After all, he could deal with the Death Spirit Dragon by himself alone.

This guy gives up to win. Because the regeneration power of the Necromancer was too strong, he had already seen that it was impossible to completely defeat the Necromancer.

He believed that his partner would win and always took the pragmatic route when fighting.

In fact, without this guy's effort, the winner would have been obvious.

The Death Spirit Dragon was a monster that even Souei couldn't defeat. Facing such an opponent and being so belligerent, it was more difficult than expected.

"What do you think?

When I finished asking, all three gave different answers.

"The strength of the theory is that Albert is better. But he is poorly equipped and should lose this battle."

"Adalman is too eager to get ahead of himself. If he had been calm, he would have won by now, and there was no way to deal a fatal blow to his opponent. If Albert is defeated at this ti, they will be defeated in one fell swoop.

"They can only win! How can they be defeated!?

Three people with three viewsshould I say that the answer of only Shion is strange?

Benimaru and Diablo's views are very similar. They both think that Adalman and the rest will lose.

In contrast, Shion justthought that ones spirit could conquer all. That's not called an opinion, it's called a wish.

"So they might lose, huh? That doesn't seem good?

"Anyway, even if Adalman and the others lose, there are still ten others on this side. And I won't lose if I'm on the field, so it should be fine.

"Of course! I will also defeat the others, so rest assured, Lord Rimuru!

Benimaru is so confident and feels as if there is a solution to whatever problem he encounters.

Shion is still the sa. As much as it was tempting to ask her what her basis was for saying sothing like that, she couldn't have co up with a basis, I suppose.

It's true that there is a Shion style, so let's just accept it.

"Lord Rimuru, you needn't worry. The Ten Lords of the Labyrinth also have Lord Veldoras apprentice, Zegion, at their head. As long as he sits, there's no need to even bother Lord Veldora.

One side giggled and Diablo so responded.

It's rare for Diablo to complint soone. That should make it okay, which reassures a bit.

While we're at it, the win-loss showdown seems to be getting better.

In ti, Adalman and the rest will win. We were hoping for the sa thing, but unfortunately the enemy seems to have noticed.

"It looks like you're going to stall for ti to break through, but it seems too much of a stretch. Get serious, you guys go to the other world and show off with this thing!

The Scandinavian man facing Albert, who was an enemy, shouted the words.

At this point in ti, does he have a killer weapon?

"Before you guys die, let give you a na. My na is Krishna. A Knight of the Empire17th in the Imperial Order of the Imperial Kaiser's Guard!

"I am Reiha, the 94th in line.

"Thirty-fifth in line, Bazan.

Ah, is it really the Imperial Emperor's Knights of the Guard?

I heard about it from Gadra's side, and it looks like the mbers inside are really good. The man who had been beaten down by Testarossa was ranked eleventh, and thought the one called Krishna would be ahead of him. Originally I thought strength was proportional to ranking, but it doesn't seem so.

It felt like Reiha was more strutting than Bazan again, and explaining in that direction should be right.

These aside, the point is who wins and who loses.

Seeing Krishna and the others had reported their nas, Adalman and the rest also seed to have renewed their fighting spirit. Thought that would turn the tide, unfortunately things didn't go so well.

The key to victory lies in this battle between Krishna and Albert.

Krishna's Sword slashes Albert's Grudge Sword (Curse Sword).

Whether to say slash, or crush, it's all in the difference in weapon performance.

That spirit sword was also an excellent escape crafted by Kurobee. The average person doesn't have access to it, but it's the best weapon for Albert.

Yet Krishna's sword belongs to the legendary class.

Repeated chops gradually accumulate damage to the opponent's weapon, crushing it with the last breath. That seems to be the kind of combat that Krishna is good at.

It's a good thing that light can confirm this, even though it doesn't ask about the process but only about the results.

Just like that, the loss of the weapon defeated Albert. Once the forward was lost, Adalman was montarily at the disadvantage. Not at all like a defender, he played flashy, unexpectedly sticky, but still got pinned down for it and ended up losing the ga.

The battle ended when the last three launched simultaneous attacks to wipe out the Necromancer.

If Albert's sword hadn't broken, the outco would have been different. And in the face of soone who is good at magic, it's too much to overco with the fighter's fists and feet, so I don't plan to hold him responsible for his defeat. Instead, I'd say that Krishnas ability to draw out the opponent's killer points makes want to praise "well done".

As it turned out, things went exactly as Benimaru and Diablo had expected. Two keys were also snatched by people, but there was nothing that could be done about it. This is the ti to praise your opponent for a good fight.

So, in the face of three people like Krishna, we suffered a bitter defeat.

Anyway, it's all over, just reflect on it afterwards.

Now to go to the next stage.

The big screen illuminates the battle situation on the 79th floor, and the battle situation on the 90th floor.

Both sides are getting better and better in terms of wins and losses.

Kumaras reaction was too intense. Since the bearded man was the one she wanted her revenge on, it was no wonder she was particularly keen.

Relatively, co and see Apito.

This side is again a surprisingly tight race.

That being said, Apito is now so strong that she is on a par with Hinata, who has no use for magic. To be able to fight a tie with such an Apito would an that the man who looked like a commander was also very powerful. This guy also looks to be a Scandinavian man, and seems to be no slouch in terms of strength compared to that Krishna from a while ago.

I wonder who wins and who loses in the end.

We all watched nervously, our eyes firmly on the big screen.

***

Major General Minute wore his proud suit straight and walked leisurely through the maze.

The style is the sa as that of a regular general, but the material is different. Each silk thread is specially selected and is a magically infused fad.

This set alone was enough to rival the annual salary of the sous-officer class, it was high class, and it was guaranteed to be comfortable to wear, to the satisfaction of even the Minute who loved to dress up.

Minute the man just loves grace. Because of his nature, he had a lot of complaints about this battle plan.

The so-called war should be about gathering overwhelming war power to suppress the enemy, with the goal of winning without a fight.

How can there be a sacrifice, plus the fact that it was caused by our army's own initiative, that would inevitably call into question the ability of the commander.

It was because Minute thought so that he thought this battle plan would fail before it ca out.

But

"Well, there's no way to tell the truth as a matter of course, and that's the sadness of being an official.

Even with such a grumble on his lips, Minute had a arrogant smile on his face.

The n of Kansas are usually very visible, so no one noticed him, in fact Minute himself is one of the most important warriors in the Imperial Army. He is not so weak-minded as to give up fighting in the middle of a war because he violated his own aesthetics.

"Then again, the Demon Lord Rimuru is also very evil-hearted. Although it was natural to take such a ploy, I did not expect to fly only , the commander, to another place. In that case, the warriors who ca here this ti might also be broken by a few of them individually. But the Kansas kid will survive, after all"

Not caring even if it was overheard by others, Minute began to mutter to himself. Contrary to what he had said, the look on his face was one of amusent.

It's no wonder, Minute hasn't been this excited in a long ti. Falling into such a dangerous situation was the first ti in one's life.

As far as his position is concerned, there are few opportunities to allow him to be pro-front.

Minute didn't climb up the ladder hard, but because he was a nobleman and belonged to the upper class. In fact, if left from the army, he could have had more outlets than Calgurio.

He also has contacts in the political world and has built his own faction.

The reason such a Minute remains in the army to this day is because he is very belligerent by nature.

Minute loved seeing the blood. This ti he gets his chance and plays to his heart's content. Thinking about this side, he couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

Such a Minute was thrown to the seventy-eighth floor, one floor up in the Apito dominion. The reason is that in order to analyze Minute's strength, one has to observe first.

So Minute went to the floor below like nobody's business, fixing the bugs while he went.

"Really, I hate bugs. The re sight of those feet moving around was sickening. We have to get the hell out of here.

After making a grand entrance like that, he flung his hand to the side. This action alone created a gust of wind that caused many of the bugs to disintegrate into dust.

This is the power of Minute.

A "suppressor" with unique skills.

The power is simple and straightforward. Up to psychological compression down to physical compression, everything Minute can see is affected by its effects. There's no way to escape, and everything goes up in smoke.

In fact, even a wave of the hand is not necessary, just a glance can damage the subject matter. Thanks to this force, Minute has not lost so far.

"So fragile. The fight was so boring, it was boring. I wish they had tried harder.

No one can stop Minute.

Although swarms of bugs above the A level would also appear on the 78th level, those were killed by Minute. Not his opponent at all, splitting the win in an instant.

It's almost unbeatable.

With this power, it's no wonder Minute is so arrogant.

Imdiately following, it took him a few hours to find the stairs. I thought he was going to head for the floor below, but I didn't expect to see him start resting on his own.

The bag that hangs around the waist is a high-class travel magic guide. He took the freshly baked food out of it and enjoyed it.

It also contained a set of bedding with an exorcism effect and a roof, and later Minute went to sleep with a flourish.

His attitude was nothing short of underestimating the Maze.

Ti ca to the next day.

Minute entered the seventy-ninth level and ended up eting a truly formidable enemy there.

The assassination bees ca without a soundthese were legion bees, all of which Minute had swatted away in two or three strikes. No matter how dangerous a magical creature it was, the mont it ca within his line of sight, it would determine victory or defeat.

"Hmph, Its no match for the magical creatures here. What the hell, it's disappointing.

Seeing Minute deliver a boast like this, soone went on a rampage.

That soone is Apito.

Regardless of the angle from which he tried to sneak in, Minute had a way of coping. From this, it is clear that Minute is able to use Magic Sense.

Then there's no point in continuing to send Legion Bees over.

Having so judged, the Queen decided to step in herself.

"How dare you say such contemptuous things, you damned human."

"Will it? You're a little too pushy, aren't you? To , you're no different from the ants here"

Minute said as he stomped on the body of the swarm of bees that had fallen to the ground. This behavior further angered Apito.

"I'll kill you

"Try it if you can.

Just like that, the two great heroes began to fight fiercely.

At first Minute looked at Apito very little.

He wasn't careless, just convinced that his 'suppressor' could crush her. But he soon found it too naive to think so.

Releasing a jamming wave by sight, Minute puts heavy pressure on Apito.

The true face of that force is gravity invisible to the naked eye. Minute can have an effect on the surrounding matter, giving gravitational directionality.

Using the gravitational pull possessed by large mass objects, the planets reflect in all directions. The clever manipulation of gravitational and reaction forces can cause the subject to burst or compress.

To counter this force, one must either have a strong body that does not move like a mountain, or one that emits directional fluctuations that cancel out the disturbing wavesthese are the only two ways.

Minute has not seen anyone with this ability to date. In other words, he equates to being invincible.

With such absolute confidence, Minute unleashed his ability. Yet the sight that appeared before his eyes was different from what he had expected.

"Humph, too slow!

What Minute crushed was the remnants of Apito. Apito didn't see past the true face of Minutes power, but she had already found that it had directionality. Presumably a quick move will get you out of effect range, so pretty dodge.

"I'm sure it's what I thought. Can you catch my movents?"

Apito's movents gradually picked up speed.

This ti, no matter how much Minute would use Magic Sense, it would be difficult for him to cast an effective attack on Apito.

Only this, in turn, excited Minute.

"Interesting. If it wasn't, the fight would be boring!"

He allows the ability to be fully liberated, centering himself in a force field. And parallel to that, any direction ahead would be in the way of Apito.

So much so that Apito had to back off. Although the passage of the maze was five ters long, trying to get past Minute would be trapped by the force field.

"Gee, that's tricky.

"That's my word!"

Both sides won't even take a step.

Because of the special training with Hinata, Apito's movents beca more pure and sharper. Even the Paladin captain would be toyed with by her, but being unable to get close to the enemy would be useless.

On top of that, it's dangerous to stop moving. Once caught by the interference wave, even Apito couldn't get out in one piece.

Coming out this way is a big mistake. If I retired to the Queen's throne room, I would be able to fly more freely. Not sure how long this man's power will last, but one must go back if one wants to defeat him.

Apito so judged.

There is no sha in running away. The insatiable desire for nothing but victory is Apitos basic approach.

Even after seeing Apito run away like that, Minute didn't look at it as a joke. He had already seen that the retreat was based on tactical considerations, so he instead cautiously pursued it.

There's no need to rush. Rather than reluctantly do it here, it's better to keep the power for now.

Ha ha ha. Combat is all about grace. But more than losing, I enjoy watching people struggle miserably.

Minute thought Apito was beautiful.

Unlike all the other magic creatures, you can tell this opponent has aesthetic connotations.

It's a natural thing for a warrior to choose a battlefield that's good for them. Minute doesn't laugh at her, instead thanking his opponent for fighting himself and being willing to give it their all.

He didn't look down on his opponent, but rather thought about how to drive her into a desperate situation and hunt Apito down while doing so.

Next he ca to a wide open place.

There was a chair on one of the high platforms.

Looks like this is the throne of Queen's King's Landing. Also, this place is perfect for to go toe-to-toe with you.

Minute deliberately cooperated with the enemy's temptation. At the sa ti arrogantly thought, "So you'll have to make happy.

"Isn't it ti to end the hide-and-seek?

"Right. I'm going to do my best to treat you right. Ill bet on the na of Apito, the Bug Queen.

"That's really sothing to look forward to. I am Major General Minute, the man who is going to kill you. Let's move on to round two!

After the big blowout, Minute picked up the pace.

Those moves just now were just watching the situation, and that's how he got serious. While not to the point of overtaking Apito's speed, such a pace did not lag.

Yet Apito was unfazed. She rose high into the sky, raising her speed in preparation to play with Minute.

But all of this was to be expected from Minute.

"That's naive. Don't underestimate my power!

By the ti he finished shouting these words, a force had been released.

The ceiling of the hall takes on an egg shape, and invisible force fields capable of capturing Apito begin to appear nearby. It was Minute who was manipulating the gravitational pull to get Apito on the ceiling.

Goo!"

Seeing Apito show a look of pain, Minute snorted.

"Oh, it hurts, doesn't it? I'd like to run you over right away, but you're a little too tough. If it's a normal magic creature, even at this distance, it's enough for to run it over.

Speaking from one side, Minute stepped towards Apito.

Minute' strength is proportional to distance. The closer he got, the pressure would increase along with it, and he thought to himself that even an expert like Apito was able to run over and kill, which was why he acted this way.

Plus now he had grabbed Apito and was using the power not to cast in all directions. Just focus all of your power on Apito and he will indeed win.

Although the fight was tougher than expected, she was really no match for . Just thank you for bringing so much pleasure, I'll let you die without pain.

Minute has no penchant for bullying his enemies. He just wanted to get high feelings by fighting, and the touch of winning.

It should have been purely out of good intentions to have rcy on Apito, but

"Don't underestimate , human! I've said I'm going to give it my all!

After shouting these words, Apito, who had been suffering from the heavy pressure just now, flew into the air once more.

Her wings were broken and her hands and feet were bent and deford, and she could be said to have beco covered in wounds, but it did not affect Apito's fighting spirit in the slightest.

Apito is also hungry for a win.

"Lord Rimuru was also watching the battle. Even if I'm in a ss or sothing, it's my job to expose the enemy to all they can do!

"Ho ho ho, funny. aning to see through my power? I'll take your life before that!

Minute opened the force field again with himself at the center. Also possessing the power of repulsion and gravitational pull, in addition to being able to bounce people trying to get close to himself, he also manipulates the flow of power with the intention of pinning the opponent to the ground. Minute is looking to crack Apito with a death blow.

Conversely, Apito isn't going to be pinned down all the ti. She flew at a speed beyond Minute's perception, keeping her distance to avoid being caught by the interference wave.

The inability to find a ans of attack is certainly annoying, but the opponent's power is not endless.

There should be so sort of limit to it, and Apito had been waiting for that mont.

It depends on whether Minute will co to the limit first, or whether Apito will run out of power first.

And with that, the two sides began to compete for stamina

After a few hours, the situation progressed.

Following the teachings of Hinata, Apito continually tried all sorts of attacks.

The broken arms and legs were no longer working, and she flew desperately on her broken wings, continually testing Minute for a break. Fire the poison needle at the dead center, flapping your wings to release the blaster blade. The Legion Bees underneath were also summoned to launch an all-out raid on Minute. These are designed to detect which places are least susceptible to the intervening forces of Minute.

These actions brought the legionnaires' bees all but to an end. Although she was only a subordinate, it was Apito who called it out after all, and she couldn't help but be chagrined. Even so, Apito continued to let her n launch suicide attacks.

It turned out that Minute was hardly unhard either.

The fancy suit he was wearing beca tattered and looked wolfish. He didn't have ti to care about elegance either, she could tell he was desperately dodging.

"Well, I guess you're tired already."

...and so are you. I'm honestly amazed to be able to follow it to this point.

"I already said that, didn't I? It doesn't matter if it's embarrassing or whatever, just win.

"I agree. Only I'll be the one who wins!

Both are good at forcing a smile.

I'm so tired that I can barely stand. Even in such a situation, they were reluctant to show weakness to each other.

"You guys are really powerful. This I acknowledge, but not without a hitch. I declare that the next attack will kill you!

Apito, who was floating in the air, said so to Minute. Although her face was covered in her own blood, it was with a smile so beautiful it glowed.

Narrowing his eyes at the sight, Minute also raised the corners of his mouth in reply.

"It's exciting. Then I also promise you that the next move will set you free.

The strength of both of them, was all that was left. The reason why it was said that the next move would be life and death, was because the remaining power in their bodies was only enough for that.

And the two didn't bother about the aftermath at all, taking out all their strength to strike out.

Apito takes the operational approach of predicting the movent of the Minute jamming wave by changing the track in the first mont. She intends to use the speed beyond the speed of sound to pounce, thereby outpacing Minute' reaction ti.

Minute sees that too. The question is how well Apito knows the power of Minute. When will the wave of interference, invisible to the eye, be launched, and it must be judged whether Apito sees through that correctly before changing the response strategy.

She couldn't possibly see through itMinute was confident in himself.

The winner is decided in that mont.

The mont Minute unleashed his power, Apito changed track. Yet this point was as Minute had expected, judging by gut instinct, and she did not see the scrambled waves.

WinningMinute laughed; I'll dieApito laughed too.

That's right, Apito's attack was premised on death from the start.

"It's over, Queen Apito.

Minute shouted happily.

Feeling the undulations invisible to the eyes wrapped all over her body, at that mont Apito opened her mouth wide, intending to shoot her ace.

Queen of needleApito bets her life on releasing the strongest poison needle. It wasn't created with demonic qi, it was a part of Apito's body.

Hard enough to penetrate even "magic steel" with ease. The poisonous needle poured all the power at a very close distance to release, and Apito believed that even the force field in Minute' body could penetrate.

Minute' power compresses Apito, and Apito unleashes a poisonous needle through the force field towards Minutethe winner is about to be decided.

The result was a tie between the two sides.

While not quite winning upset Apito, she had done her part and that part was satisfying.

Death is not the end. She can be resurrected countless tis in the maze.

She looked forward to the mont of resurrection and disappeared from the scene.

After determining that Apito had disappeared, Minute decided to quietly recuperate until the wound healed.

Although the attack just now crushed the heart, Minute was still alive. He won't die from this level of injury, the wound will heal after a while.

I can fight a battle like never before, Minute is content.

This showdown was pretty aweso. I would love to taste a little more. That'll prove I'm the strongest

Imrsed in the afterglow, Minute thought so. His feverish emotions were high, but he was still not satisfied. His instincts backtracked on the idea of still wanting to go up against soone stronger.

Wanting to push and go beyond your limits. He believes this makes him stronger.

Like in response to thoughts like Minute, there are anomalies going on this ti of year.

A certain voice rang out.

This was a good fight.

The voice exuded a kingly air of making others obey.

"My 'na' is Zegion. You are qualified to fight . If you want to fight with , co before .

As if guided by this voice, Minute's closed eyes opened again.

He saw before his eyes a dark vortex that appeared at an unknown ti.

This is going to make have fun, right? That being the case, I must respond to the invitation

The body not yet healed but not afraid, Minute stood up. And then

Undaunted, he went to the place where the other party had invited him.

***

Once upon a ti, there was a paradise called "Monster Country".

It was one of the secret realms that existed around the world, the paradise that people called Evergreen.

Nowadays it's gone.

It was ravaged by the Imperial Army twenty years ago and has disappeared from this world.

Thinking about that day, the Nine-Tailed Kumara was literally losing herself to anger. Because of her lack of strength, she lost her mother and partner.

The Great Mother is a monster, possessing power comparable to that of a demon lord. However, she is gentle in nature and definitely not hostile to humans, a monster with a good heart.

Indeed, the king of the monster race, who is hostile to humans, is called a "Demon King". It was a force other than the Ten Demon Lords that was a threat to humans as well, right?

But this has nothing to do with "Monster Country".

The monster tribe is the monster tribe and the demon lords are the demon lords. And the Demon King was just a demon lord whose race was not even known.

But humansno, for the Empire, the existence of Nine-Tailed Kumara was not allowed. In order to show his country's might to the subjects of the Empire, the Monster Country" beca a victim to make an example to the others.

The location of Monster Country" is right on the edge of Demon Lord Claymans territory and the Eastern Empire's borders. Hidden between the foothills of the Gustav Mountains and the Imperial Forest is a junction to the Otherworld.

There are resources from the forest, mountain products, plus a stable climate. The paradise of Evergreen is not a place to live in, it is very comfortable.

Since they were on the edge of the border, they could not help but think that this side would not be attacked. A private treaty of non-aggression between the Demon Lord Clayman and the Empire.

The current state of peace has made people unconscious of the crisis.

Suddenly, ard soldiers quietly attacked the "Monster Country". The warriors guarding the village were useless even if they resisted, and all their partners were killed.

The mother, the previous generation of the Nine-tails, also died at that ti.

Despite having power, the mother hates fighting. Although the opponent was human, how could she defeat a professional soldier who was particularly good at fighting?

Then, the Nine-Tailed Kumara would definitely not forget that man.

He's called Kansas, isn't he? I rember. He was the enemy who killed mother and everyone else, how could I

Kumara said hatefully.

The bearded man with a disgusting smile on his face was a hateful enemy, and even killing him would not satisfy the Kumara.

In return for paynt to Clayman, Kansas surrenders the youngest child of the Nine-Headed Beast, Kumara, who was captured alive. And all the treasures that the village had accumulated were used to enrich them.

They told their subjects that they had removed the threat posed by the "monster country".

And this supposed threat is really all a self-directed criminal act on their part. In order to let everyone know that "Monster Country" is dangerous, they brought in nearby residents and a few rchants so that everyone could see these people being brutally killed.

And the fearful subjects looked upon them as heroes

It wasn't soone else who revealed these things, it was Clayman.

If the Nine-Tailed Kumara hated humans, then her power as a monster would be enhanced. As the monster aura increases, so does the "rank" of being a magical creature.

Precisely because the Nine-Headed Beast was a very valuable demonic beast, Clayman determined that the Nine-Tailed Kumara would beco a warrior in the future. Fortunately, Kumara survived as a pet.

As Clayman had expected, Kumara accumulated resentnt to increase in strength. And was also selected as a subordinate of the Clayman Armythe thumb of one of the five fingers.

Then it was a mistake to let Rimuru pick her up.

It was there that she rembered what happiness was, and the contact with the children healed the wounds of her hearjust as the resentful enemy was reunited with her.

"To kill you. I'm gonna tear you apart with all my might

The Nine-Tailed Kumara muttered, waiting for Kansas to arrive.

Relatively, co see Kansas.

Even if he was the only one who had been made to wonder where the place was, he was unmoved.

Kansas is a soldier who climbs up one step at a ti. The empire practiced power-ism, and this man was like a symbol of the empire, climbing to his present position with a pair of fists.

It doesn't matter if you do sothing bad, this man is the embodint of the desire to be great.

Even the matter of the "monster country" was no exception, and he believed that it was justified behavior that could strengthen his position and strength.

A little sacrifice for the peace of the majority is not worth it. What he does is a necessary evil, and he is not even guilty of it.

While greatly questionable in terms of humanity, the strength is unquestionable.

Had he entered the battle of the rankings, he would surely have been selected in the top 100. The reason why it didn't turn out that way was because Kansas had no interest in joining the Imperial Emperor's Order of the Near Guard.

He valued his own interests more than his loyalty to Emperor Rudra. The most important thing is to have an officer that Kansas can trust from the bottom of its heart.

This officer is Major General Minute.

He and Kansas, in addition to being neck and neck in strength, were n who valued Kansas and promoted him.

I want Minute to get to the top of the legion and hold all the power under him myselfthats what Kansas is aiming for in life, and he dreams of that day coming and working his way through.

He therefore saw this invasion as the perfect opportunity.

Anyone can see that Calgurio's missteps were inevitable. No, Kansas conspired with Minute, intending to make arrangents privately first to get people within the cha Legion thinking in that direction.

Just save the general soldiers who were left in the labyrinth and give them a favor, then a new faction can be created soon.

By that ti Calgurio would be useless.

"Oh, laugh at that. How could such a naive idea be allowed to erge when one wants to climb to the top of the legion on political power alone?

It was because it would not be overheard that Kansas laughed heartily at the chief. The next step was to look for the surviving n with no change of face.

As the day passed, even Kansas began to feel a little strange about the situation.

Let alone the fact that the labyrinth is filled with forests and deserts where not even a single figure can be seen. Not only that, but not even the magic object was in sight.

No matter which floor it was, it was quiet to the point of eerie, nothing was happening that even made one feel like an idiot for keeping a vigil.

Of course Kansas wouldn't take that little thing lightly, but his "danger foreknowledge" was completely unresponsive, which made Kansas even more uneasy.

Well, it seems the intention was not to neglect . So that's where they've concentrated their war power sowhere, right?

Kansas' insight is daunting. He guessed right.

"Hahahaha, I didn't expect to be greeted with such a big show of joy! Then I'll make myself at ho, if you'll excuse !

Doing things spritely enough, that's what Kansas is good for. Thinking that even if there was a trap, so what, just destroy it, he started running, wanting to head for the floor below in one breath.

The speed was so fast that even the wind couldn't keep up, Kansas ran wild all the way. You can move several ters just by stepping on the ground, only to co to the stairs in a flash.

A few hours passed

Sothing appeared in front of Kansas, and it was the gate of a vast oceanarium.

The styling is luxurious, as if it would bring a sense of oppression to the visitor.

Imdiately after, the door opened soundlessly, the battle began.

*** That beauty was so beautiful that even the most beautiful woman in the world lost face, with a warning smile on her face that made people's chills stand up straight, Nine-Tailed Kumara went to greet him.

"Welco. You're welco.

Hearing her say hello, Kansas responded with a smile.

"That's very polite. Your face is nostalgic. You were the little fox back then, weren't you?

"Do you rember? Thats delightful.

"How could I forget? Because your mother helped get ahead.

Sparks shot out between the two.

This is not an illusion. The physical phenonon was triggered by the fierce conflict between the demon qi and the fighting qi.

"I can't believe I'm saying this without flushing!

"Hahahaha, you survived unscathed. Thanks to selling you to Clayman, you survived. Thank .

Ill kill you.

The killing qi had increased even more dramatically, and Kumara roared out these words.

As if to echo the words, the white ape appeared. In order to show his opponent how powerful the Chief of the Eight Sects was, he began to attack Kansas with sticks in succession.

"Is it a monster that survived? In that case, let show you sothing interesting too.

With that said, and without any preparatory action, Kansas summoned a magical creature.

It was a dark ape, a monkey with a black fur coat.

"You, you are Mother's servant!"

That's right.

If it was true, he was one of the tail beasts owned by the Mother of Kumara.

"Yes, you do. You miss it, don't you? Let him be your opponent.

The Dark Ape is also a magical beast with a good heart. Kumara also has mories of playing with him, however

The dark ape that brought back deep mories showed a fierce expression and bared its fangs.

"Have you forgotten your friend?

The Dark Ape could not hear the Kumaras voice, Kirk!" The ground let out a sharp cry and ran towards the white ape.

"It's no use. That monkey has beco my faithful servant. About you, he doesn't rember anything.

Kansas himself did not participate in the battle, he took the tobacco out of his arms and began to light a cigarette, looking at Kumara with a bad smile.

"What did you do to the dark ape?

"Huh? That's a hurtful thing to say. Are you doubting ?

That answer was like mocking Kumara.

Finding that Kansas didn't an to answer seriously at all, Kumara was furious as she continued with her next move.

"Moon Rabbit, Black Rat, you co out!

The tails of Kumara turned into a demonic beast.

That makes it three against one. Once again, Kumara's side had the upper hand.

But it was also only for a brief mont.

"Co out, mute rabbit, dark rat.

I didn't expect Kansas to cooperate with Kumara to summon the monsters.

Even Kumara was shocked by this.

"How, how?

"Surprised, huh? Only, I was just as surprised. I didn't expect you, a brat, to summon three tailed beasts.

Looks like Clayman is pretty good at conditioning too.

Kansas said those words seemingly despising Kumara. There's a reason why that attitude is so confident. For the monster beasts that Kansas summoned were stronger than those of the eight tribes under Kumara.

"What a pain in the ass. The ga is over here.

As soon as the words were said, Kansas called out more magic beasts.

"No way! Even the Dark Tiger and Dark Snake are called out!

Only stronger than the individual strength of each one, those magical beasts under Kansas. It's no wonder. The mother of Kumara was a previous generation of Nine-Tailed Beasts, and those Monsters were her faithful guards.

There were five such powerful magical beasts. At that ti, all of the calm and benevolent aura had disappeared, and the raging instincts had been liberated, blocking Kumara in front of them.

At this point, Kansas considers himself a winner. No matter how much the young fox Kumara had grown, there were only three tail beasts at most that could be manipulated, he thought so.

After all, even the mother of Kumara could only call out five tail beasts. If it was a demon fox that had lived for thousands of years, it was a different story, Kumara had only lived for a few hundred years, and Kansas didn't think she could make that much power.

That's why Kansas arrogantly put out the word.

"If it were you now, I could keep you as a pet. You will betray the Demon Lord Rimuru and co to my side. That way I can spare your life.

The tone of voice was less like a bargaining and more like an order.

It was certain that you would win before you dared to say those words. Yet there was a fatal misunderstanding in Kansas.

The Nine-Tailed Kumara was furious.

The smile on her face grew deeper and more beautiful.

"You're a funny guy. I'm sure you've co to your senses to make so angry.

This question doesn't need to be answered.

Kumara released all of her tailed beasts, the rest of her n, the Eight Sects.

Those that appeared were Thunder Tiger, Pterodactyl, Sleeping Sheep, Flaming Bird, and Mirror Dog.

All eight are hereby present.

"That's not possible! There had eight of them? You guys

It wasn't until this ti that Kansas first showed a look of panic, but that was only for a mont. He imdiately found his composure and a dismissive smile appeared on his face.

"I should be comnded for growing to such an extent that it surprised . But even so, it's still our side that's fighting better.

"Shut up!

"It's terrible, terrible. That being the case, there's no need to go on and on about it. I'm going to twist off your arms and legs and decorate my room.

The negotiations were concluded.

Imdiately following, an eight-on-five matchup ensued.

The eight sects were more advantageous in terms of numbers, but the opponents were all elite Beasts who had served the previous generation for long years.

There is a disparity in the amount of magicules accumulated. The most important thing is the difference in experience.

The white apes and others weren't weak, but those dark demonic beasts were stronger enough to flip the disadvantage in numbers.

As ti passed, the eight sects began to take the lead. Yet even so, Kumara did not give up.

She observed Kansas's appearance and next thing you know, she noticed sothing.

Each one of the magical beasts summoned by Kansas was strong. And the only one who remains rational despite the complete loss of mory.

Faced with Kansas's instructions to react quickly, it ca down to the eight sects again.

On the flip side, by beating Kansas, who was in charge of the order, Kumara had a chance to win. And there's a killer weapon on this side of Kumara. All it takes is for the eight sects to return to themselves and beco the way they should be.

Kumara thought that would beat them in Kansas. Therefore, Kumara did not panic at all, but gradually analyzed the battle situation.

And then look at the Kansas side.

This side looks like it's going to be fine, but it's on the verge of breaking point.

There was certainly a reason why it was necessary to ta these dark demonic beasts. The secret lies in the power of Kansas.

The unique skill of the Marauderthat's what Kansas has.

There is little point in this force alone. It's a skill that doesn't have any effect.

When Kansas was small, he sensed the power. He got into an argunt with soone over sothing trivial and killed a friend's dog in revenge. After that, he was able to summon the Dogs of Darkness.

Just that alone can more or less make a difference in combat, but the real value of that skill lies elsewhere.

One thing was discovered when Kansas joined the army to crush the border guerrillas. That is, after killing the opponent, you can summon a "dark avatar" that has the sa power as the opponent.

And there's another thing Kansas has discovered. That is, creatures that can be summoned are limited to being killed by him.

In other words, the more people you kill, the stronger you beco.

Still, there are limits.

Through this power, it's not that killing soone can add all the power to oneself, it's that only the maximum can be obtained.

Whoever you kill will be able to perfectly reproduce the other person's posture and skills. If you need to perform infiltration missions and so on, it is very convenient to disguise yourself and is a very versatile skill.

But there are limits anyway. That is, there is no way to summon a "dark incarnation" that exceeds Kansas's own capacity.

If there was a way to do that, it would an that one person in Kansas could manipulate an entire army.

It's not that omnipotent any more, Kansas itself has a limit of autobiographical energy.

Kumara saw through that accurately.

So even though the current situation was bad for her, she didn't panic.

"I know you've reached your limit, haven't you?

"Yes, so what?

"I don't know how you manipulate the dark apes, but no problem. Because just kill you and it's over.

This was the battle situation analysis made by Kumara.

The n of both sides fought evenly, but the commanders of both camps did not participate in the battle. As long as Kumara stepped in to deal with Kansas at this ti, there was no way he could give orders to those Dark Beasts.

In addition, if we only compare Kumara with Kansas, we can see that the amount of magical elent is much higher than Kansas.

"Don't worry. The slave will not let you die too painfully.

As soon as these words were said, Kumara imdiately disappeared from the scene and ca behind Kansas in a flash. Then extended a claw intending to slice Kansas's neck.

Kansas also made a counterpart.

He admitted that Kumara was right, but he still didn't change his easy-going attitude.

"So scary. If I had known you would grow to this point, I would have killed you first at that ti.

"Shut up!

"Ho ho ho, don't be so angry. Consider it a gift, I'll show you sothing interesting.

Kansas laughed when he finished.

Indeed, Kansas "marauders" only has the power to call out the creatures he killed. There was also a limit to the number of people who could call out, and the strength of Kansas itself could only be strengthened to the sa extent as the first strongman who had been defeated earlier.

Only, Kansas still has a hand in it.

He didn't hesitate and decided to make out at this ti.

"Do you know why I sold you to Clayman? Do you know why I let you go when I knew you'd be a powerful warrior? Thats"

This was because there were simpler ways for him to have achieved greater power than taming the Kumara and raising her.

Kansas made those dark beasts disappear, summoning a huge beast in their place. This was the source of Kansas's power and the reason he didn't need Kumara.

"That, that face isMother!"

There appeared a dark demon fox.

There are five thick tails and four thin tails. With a total of nine tails, she was the mistress of "Monster Country".

Only the appearance beca ominous, completely invisible to the kind face of the living.

Ha ha ha ha! That's right. This one is your mother. However, she was manipulated by , so she was able to use all of this guy's berserk power. It's fantastic. You'd love to see that too, wouldn't you?

Her good nature beca a big taboo, holding compassion for her enemies. Therefore, even though she possessed the power comparable to the Demon King, she kept a low profile and hid herself, keeping her interactions with this world to a minimum and living peacefully.

That's what the previous generation of hostesses looked like today. Will have to wield real power through the hands of Kansas.

"You want to fool even the dead, don't you

"Wrong, it's called a tribute. I'm just trying to put that power to good use, and she should thank .

The dark beast that Kansas summoned out of the city was so slaughtering at the sight of Kumara that not a hint of emotion surfaced in its eyes. Only glancing towards Kumara, that look was like looking at an enemy.

Mother"

"Kill her.

Following the order, the monster began to move. The next mont, the full force blow released by the Integrating Dark Tail Beast swept towards the eight tribes.

"Pterodactyl, Dog!"

Two of them were slower, and this move left them heavily wounded and back in the tail of Kumara.

There is such a powerful force. It is obvious to see that the eight sects have no chance of winning.

"Ha ha ha! How's that? Isn't that interesting? It's because of this power that I don't need you. But just looking at the number of tails, you seem to be better than your mother. It just doesn't look like you have enough experience, but I'll make it up to you. Oh, well, it was nice to let you off the hook. If even you can get your hands on it this ti, then I can get even more power!

Kansas is full of joy.

He didn't see himself losing at all.

Possessing the strongest Nine-Tailed Beast, and being strengthened herself, strong enough to rival her.

Possessing such a powerful fighting power, one could not possibly lose to that little fox. Kansas is convinced of this.

Even Clayman, Kansas looked down on him.

Originally, he had planned to use the power of the beast that was comparable to the Demon Kings until the fire was pure, and then co back to clean up Clayman, but he never expected to lose to the new Demon Lord Rimuru. So Kansas ntally taunted Clayman, thinking he was no big deal.

However, Kumara in front of him was able to summon eight tail beasts. Looking at individual strengths and finding them inexperienced, Kansas is not yet invincible, but growing up it's hard to imagine how strong they will beco.

That's why I said I got lucky. I'm going to kill this one here and stain that body with my power!

In that case, Kansas's power would have risen dramatically along with it, right? A newcor to the district, a demon lord with this power would be able to take care of anything.

With that in mind, Kansas began to attack Kumara.

Originally, Kumara was still standing dumbfounded, at which point her head shook and her mouth muttered sothing.

"If you lose your cool, you loseI haven't forgotten what Hinata-sama taught ."

Next, she began to look at the slowly approaching n and magical beasts.

"Co back, everyone.

Reacting to this, those tail beasts all turned into light and were sucked into the tails of the Nine-Tailed Kumara. Next, her nine tails also began to radiate dazzlingly.

The man and the beast were close at hand.

However, Kumara did not panic.

The tail beasts were inexperienced, she admitted.

Only, she herself was not like that.

She had an excellent master and a partner to cut her teeth with. Stay in a great environnt and hone her to be even stronger.

Claws and sharp swords closed in, and Kumara gently grabbed both with her right and left hands.

!

"What, you guys!?

"I don't think yove heard my na yet. My na is the Nine-Tailed

"What, there's a na!?

"I am the Nine-Tailed Kumara.

Claws were shattered and short knives were snapped.

Kansas hurriedly pulled away, and Kumara showed him an overwhelming smile.

"You don't have to rember. It was intended that you would savor the miserable death slowly, but that would have been too much of a burden for us. So"

Before the words could even be said, the dark beast had already been torn apart. By the hand of Kumara, the previous generation of the Nine Tailed Beast was dismantled in pieces by her.

"How could!?

The incident was so shocking that it caused Kansas to let out a cry of forgetfulness.

It was the strongest pawn in his hand, and now it was disappearing before his eyes.

Kansas Marauders skill differed from the Summoning only in that they form the Dark Incarnation on an entity basis. Thus the vanished individual can no longer be called out.

At this mont, Kumara had reclaid the mother who had been taken from her.

"You, you

"If I were any stronger, I'd make you suffer. It's a sha, but it's almost ti to end it.

"Wait, wait!"

That kind of stupid talk, how could Kumara listen to it.

Kansas' bitter plea simply could not reach her ears.

Farewell."

When that was said, Kansas' life span ca to an end.

The Nine-Tails Strikewith a glowing tail slashing from all sides, this left Kansas shattered and dead in a few strokes.

This is the Nine-Tailed Kumara.

Possessing an alluring beauty, coupled with the generous will of steel, even to the point of coldness.

I still think about what I've lost, but I don't miss it. She knew that death was irrevocable.

So not continuing to be taken away is the point.

Despite losing the Monster Country, the current Kumara had a ho to return to. To avoid having this ho taken away from her, that was the most important thing to the current Kumara.

"I also wanted to give everyone a chance for revenge, forgive .

In this way, Kumara successfully took revenge.

Her mother could not survive, but she had found her dignity.

This incident made Kumara's heart content and she smiled from the bottom of her heart.

***

One man ditated quietly.

He had a darkened exoskeleton with gold stripes on them.

Like a shining ruby, a horn protruding from the center of the forehead looked like a sword.

There were dark red compound eyes below the horns, and these eyes were not closed. They will absorb the information around him and process it continuously in the brain.

As for the exoskeleton, it was modified on a whim by his lord, Rimuru. The cells of Rimuru and

"Magic Steel" replenish the lost parts.

Nowadays it is very much in tune with one another and becos part of one's own body. Its strength surpasses that of diamond, while at the sa ti being as flexible as a living creature should be, it can even be called the living body magic steel, with unparalleled performance.

It was the natural armor equivalent of the legendary level.

However, its definitely not the exoskeleton alone that makes him so strong. This "strong" nature stems from the instinct to thirst for battle and never tire of it.

To this day.

A new prey ca before him.

Everything is as it should be.

He was the strongest man in the maze.

He is the strongest guardian, the "Bug Emperor" Zegion.

And then

Zegion thought to himself.

The will of those people has been confird and they are qualified to fight with him.

That's why he called the other guy over.

To make them co to this dark space.

The people who were able to reach this floor were lucky.

The pride of being a strong man, of being able to satisfy the dignity of being a human being, to die in such circumstances.

...........

........

After walking down the steps leading to the 80th floor of the maze, there is a hut where you can rest.

To show that there are no traps inside, the house has no doors and is open to the public.

A luxurious door could be seen from the depths of this room. Behind the door is this levels floor guardian room.

After walking through the dark vortex, it was this room that Minute arrived in.

The room is slightly lit, with fruit and drinks on the table, practical necessities, and even comfortable chairs to sit on.

Several people have been first to this place. Minutes eyes widened slightly, trying to recall if these n had t themselves.

The n who had seized such a Minute and were sitting in the chairs talking stood up.

"Major General Minute, are you all right? I'm a mber of the 26th chatronics Regint

"Greetings. This maze wasn't that easy to mingle with, allowing the district's soldiers and subordinate generals to survive. I know that very well.

Raising a hand, Minute stopped the other from introducing himself. If it is a person whose identity is above that of a superior general, all the nas and units of configuration he can rember. Yet Minute was unimpressed by these people in front of him.

This represents only one aning

It ans that even those of A level or above will have to work hard to survive this maze. At least take a look at the worm-type demon Minute had knocked out just now, even if it was useless to get a big ticket to deal with her.

So superheroes have broken through the power mark, but only a small number of them are capable of dealing with such opponents.

A strongman like that couldn't be willing to serve as a subordinate sergeant, so Minute could speculate on the true identity of the group before him.

"Yes! It is indeed as you said. I am the seventeenth ranked man in the Order of the Imperial Emperor's Near Guardthe na is Krishna.

"I'm the 35th, Bazan.

Im the 94th ranked, Reiha.

"Mmm. You're really all knights of the Emperor's guard, aren't you? The reason for infiltrating our army is to monitor this battle.

Exactly."

"Even if you answer honestly like that, it's still a bit of a problem, but not this ti. Let's leave that alone for now and talk about what to do next.

"We just happened to be discussing whether we should do the sa.

Mm-hmm."

As if taken for granted by his own expectations, Minute continued to let the conversation go on.

Although the fact that he was being watched made him feel bad, what mattered now was how he survived this showdown.

What is needed now is not class and position, but strength. So Minute has no desire at all to delve deeper into their position on Krishna and believes that sothing aningful should be said first.

"So, what happened to everyone else?

"Back to your word. The floor we were teleported from is ntioned in the report, there is a Necromancer over there.

On behalf of the three of them, Krishna gives the answer.

Minute urged him on by sight.

"We have only ninety-six n short of a commander to face off against the evil King of Necromancers.

After the battle everyone else was

"It's incredible. We have gathered together a thousand warriors who can act on their own judgent even when no one gives orders. It's not as good as you guys, but they're all elite mbers of our army.

The purpose of this battle plan was to rescue the Imperial soldiers. It has been envisioned for various scenarios, and even the smallest of the end of the line has A-grade strength.

It was unbelievable that all those soldiers had been killed, so Minute intensified his tone of questioning.

"That guy is a terrible monster. And the Necromancer who guards that king is also a top swordsman.

"Except for the three of us, everyone else was killed on that floor. If there is criticism that we should have shown up earlier, there is nothing to be said for that. Just facing the Necromantic Dragon and the Necromantic Sword Saint, plus the Immortal King, it would be a miracle that even we survived.

Krishna talked to Minute halfway through, and Bazan interjected. He spoke with a tone of anger, on the one hand, and as if chagrined at their misuse. Anyone could tell he ant what he said.

"It's rude to speak to the Major General, Bazan.

"But Reiha-san

"No, it's okay. This maze is dangerous. We should not talk about identity here, but rather work together to kill a way out of this.

Minute put those words out, offering to work with each other.

Since the opponent was the Order of the Emperor's Near Guard, then the strength was impeccable.

Now is not the ti to be on this tit-for-tat.

"With your words, it's like a shot in the arm for us.

Krishna was also well aware of Major General Minute of the cha Legion. Rationally speaking, even if he was that strong and joined the Imperial Emperor's Order of Near Guard Knights, it was not surprising that he refused to cooperate.

Krishna waited for the three and Minute nodded silently at each other. As for what's planned after leaving this maze, just think about it then. It was at this mont that the four n reached a consensus.

"By the way, what did Lord Minute go through before he got here?

"I took on a whole swarm of legionnaires.

"Legion Bee!"

It was a representation of a dangerous monster. Because it's too dangerous to dispose of quickly once discovered, people generally don't know much about it. Once seen they are almost always killed on the spot, so the general public is less aware of such magical things.

You were alone in the face of such a dangerous monster?

"Since entering this labyrinth, you have t no one else but yourselves. In my case, I was summoned by a voice after beating down the Legion Bees and the Wraith Queen who was suspected of ruling them.

I've co to this place in a flash.

"I see, I see

After hearing Minute give a straightforward answer like this, Krishna was impressed.

Once the Queen Bee turned into a monster, the strength could be said to be beyond imagination, and the strength was afraid to be comparable to that of a low-ranking demon lord. The fact that you can put that kind of opponent with her n to pack up together, do not know how powerful the body of Minute harbors, think of this side will feel that this person is worth looking up to.

Because of the constant tension, Krishna hadn't noticed that Minute was covered in injuries until just now. There was also a large hole in the chest, reminiscent of what a fierce battle had been previously experienced.

"And how are you?

When Reiha finished asking, Minute smiled and said, "That's a long ti coming.

"I've got the dicine ready to go. A little rest and so strength will be restored. Forget about that for now, which route did you take to get to this room?

The man who holds the reins is Minute. Despite saying that they were on equal footing with each other, the Minute still had the big official posture to ask Krishna to do their bidding.

After that, the three n also shared the intelligence at hand under Minute's domination, each of them.

One thing they found out later was that the maze was twisted in its construction.

Exit reports are so far removed from reality that no benchmarks can be found. Like a blind man touching an elephant on a maze quest, the path that follows is all unknown.

"But what the hell is going on here? The opponent we're dealing with is also ntioned in the report, it's the 60th level of the barrier demon lord, right? Why doesn't Rimuru let us start from the first floor and follow the sequence?

It will take more ti for us to get up that way. If it's just going to leave us in a state of exhaustion, it should be done right, shouldn't it? Bazan spoke out the doubts in his heart.

The man who gave him the answer was really still Minute.

"It's simple. You've heard the rumors about the maze, right? Even if you go in for the challenge, just equip the bracelet and you'll be resurrected. What do you think would happen if this effect worked on all magical things?

Ah"

Hearing soone say that, Bazan let out a cry of dismay, while Krishna and Reiha picked up the slack for Minute with stony expressions.

"Rather than letting us spend ti on the strategy, it would be better to let us in one by one, as that would drain the Imperial Army's strength.

"And as soon as you co in, you can't get out. That would be talking about breaking us up individually."

Minute uttered a 'exactly so' and nodded.

"Of course, that's because of the confidence in the fighting power inside the maze. I have actually ntioned this to Lord Calgurio as well. But he said we'd take control of the resurrection stronghold and just wait for the monster to co back to life and kill it each ti. That makes sense, so I'll just have to back off.

It was revealed after the fact that the plan had failed, and Minute said this bitterly.

In the end, the Imperial Army sent over half a million general soldiers. Sending the fighters in in batches was the most stupid thing.

The minions of the Demon Lord Rimuru were responsible for guarding this maze, and the reason for this ending was because we misjudged the strength of the other side.

"Were any survivors found?

This"

That statent alone says it all.

They must assu that there are only a few of them currently surviving.

"It's not so much a reluctance to believe as it is a reluctance to believe. If anyone survives and cos back to the surface, it's imperative that everyone retreats as quickly as possible."

"I'm sure His Majesty will be angry, but there's nothing we can do about it.

No one bothered to disagree with that conclusion. While this is the approach to be taken, the next step is to grasp the status quo.

"What's this place like?

"No poison was found in the drinks and fruit placed here. I do not intend to receive charity from the enemy, but this is clearly intended to entertain us.

"And that door. It won't open with either push or pull, but you can see the numbers on it, right? We were all talking before you ca and wanted to say if that was counting down.

Behind that doorway located in the depths, there seed to be an indescribably thick aura of monster matter wafting out. And the door that Bazan pointed out did have so numbers written on it.

That's obviously indicating ti. The numbers say two hundred. It should an that the door will be open in another three hours or so.

Coincidentally that ti coincided with the ti it took for Minutes physical condition to fully recover.

It didn't feel like an accident, and Minute sighed helplessly.

"It seems the enemy wants to fight us who are fully prepared. It's not exactly dangling, but at least the other side seems to be waiting for to recover.

"And it doesn't look like we're waiting for a group of people to arrive for a separate challenge?

"That ans the opponent is confident in his own strength, right?

"We and the Lord Minute have killed the King of the Dead, and he really underestimated us.

"But don't be polite to him at a ti like this. In a little while Kansas should be coming over as well, and it would be in our interest to buy so more ti.

"That's true. The more people who can fight, the better. If even Lord Kansas joins us, breaking through this maze isn't impossible, is it?

"Exactly. That said, the keys we have now, there are currently seven of them. Did Sir Minute get sothing like that, too?

Reiha said while pulling out a badge. There are ten crystals set on it, seven of which are glowing.

This badge is the key that gives the right to challenge the king of this maze.

"Of course. In order to challenge the King of the Labyrinth, the Ten Lords of the Labyrinth must be defeated. The Imperials already had four keys before we ca in.

"Yes. It's not just the Necromancer, the Necromancer we defeated seems to be one of the Ten Lords of the Labyrinth as well.

"So it is. If Kansas wins and gets the keys, the minimum number of keys that can be added to a waiting opponent is nine. There was only a faint glimr of hope, but there was always a bit of a clear path to follow.

If they could get back on the ground right away, they'd probably swear never to co in again. This maze is just so treacherous.

Yet that wish is unlikely to co true.

If the enemy had not been defeated afterwards, they could not have made it back out alive. As early as the ti they entered the labyrinth, they already had this realization.

All they can do now is move forward.

So much so, that Minute and his crew did nothing but wait for Kansas to arrive, while resting on one side. In order to increase the chances of winning, physical fatigue must be removed as much as possible here.

Although there was no need to worry about poisoning, everyone did not go to eat the food prepared by the enemy.

Each person took out their own carry grain and did what may have been their last energy boost.

Take a chance on living.

When only three minutes remained, Minute stood up.

After confirming the badge he was disappointed to find that the glow had not increased.

...maybe Kansas lost the battle.

Even as the wait continued, reinforcents seed to show no sign of coming.

This made Minute shed naive expectations.

He judged the situation calmly and gave the correct instructions.

"It's ti. It's about ti we got ready, too.

The words made the Emperor's near-guards nod their heads speechlessly. Then they took out their pendants and chanted briefly in unison.

Open!

In a flash, a stream of light erupted and the three n were ard.

There were three Emperor Close Guards, plus Major General Minute, the strongest man in the cha Legion. Although there were only four people in total, the people gathered here were among the best in the Empire.

With a team like this in place, breaking through the maze is no dream either. Yes, everyone is so convinced.

And just like that, the mont of destiny ca.

Ti counts down and the rest goes to zero.

anwhile the front door opens.

Everyone is ready to wake up.

They didn't hesitate to walk through the door and throw themselves into that matchup that bet on their chances of survival.

...........

........

There was darkness in front of the door.

It's a completely dark space where not even light can shine through.

Reiha hurried to light up with the elental magic of light 'Wide Range Lighting'.

The sight that appeared there took the crowd's breath away.

The place was a vast wilderness, with the bodies of Imperial generals and soldiers piled as high as mountains.

At the highest point there was a magical creature that was ditating.

That's Zegion.

Not sitting directly on top of the body, but floating slightly in mid-air.

Just looking at it was proof enough that Zegion possessed a high degree of magic.

"Welco to you, warriors.

The voice was low and flooding.

Zegion just said the word and a strong sense of oppression appeared throughout the space.

This ti Minute could be sure.

This monstrous creature was the one who had drawn him to this place, the Demon Lord Rimuru.

So without thinking, he asked.

"You arethe Demon Lord Rimuru, right?

He had already read the report that said the Demon Lord Rimuru was a Sli.

But how is that?

Since it's a Sli, it's not surprising to be able to morph into various forms.

The most important thing was that this creature released a rather overwhelming "Demon Lord Qi". This proves that the creature is the Demon Lord Rimuru, or so Minute thought.

He didn't expect that statent to piss off Zegion.

"How dare you mistake for the great Lord Rimuru"

What?

An intense rage enveloped the space.

Seeing such a violent reaction from the other side, Minute this ti realized the blunder.

"My na is Zegion. Just one of the Ten Lords of the Labyrinth. You foolish n who crawl on the ground, it is not a pity to die so foolishly.

Despite the passion that burned in his heart, Zegion only blandly inford.

"There is only one way for you to live, and that is to defeat . Burn your lives and struggle as hard as you can!

Although he spoke arrogantly in the face of the heroes of the Empire, the tone did not sound arrogant and complacent.

It made it clear to the Minute that knowing Zegion was stating what he knew to be the truth.

Trying to get him to retract those words, as Zegion said, can only show strength.

"Guys, we're going all out.

"Yes, sir.

"Got it.

"I see."

And just like that, a truly ravaging showdown ensued.

***

True or falsethats what I'm saying from the heart.

That said, Benimaru and I were staring at the scene reflected on the big screen.

The image shows what was going on inside the labyrinth until not too long ago, and now it has beco quiet. This ans that all Imperial General soldiers on all floors were killed in action.

The battle is over.

However, the sight we just saw was too much for us to talk about.

"That guymight be better than you?"

In the end, I finally managed to say what I really felt in my heart.

Presumably unwilling to admit it, the look on Benimaru's face was hard to watch.

"On that part, there are a few possibilities"

The tone in which he spoke felt very chagrined.

Benimaru also muttered in a small voice but not to the point where the probability is zero at best.

Just admit it.

It's ti to be honest and admit it.

"Kufufufufu. I also fought against the one called Zegion. In addition to having intimidating combat credentials, he is also a worm-type demon beast, a demon nesis, able to directly nullify even half of a man's magic. Truly an apprentice of Lord Veldora, a careless one could have defeated even . Just not admitting defeat is not a loss.

Losing doesn't count! Just like that, although Diablo said it with a smile, it didn't seem funny to at all.

Razul was also one of those cases where certain high-ranking mbers of the Worm-type Demon Beast belonged to the Demon Race's natural enemies. It looked like Zegion had also beco such a being.

By the way, it looks like Testarossa and the girls have challenged Zegion as well, but I hear there is no record of winning until now. Being able to see the chagrined Testarossa, Diablo seed very content.

But just the re fact that it was a tie with Zegion, those three girls could be said to be exceptional.

Having seen the combat situation just now, I sincerely think so.

Then let's try to review the battle just now.

...........

........

The battle within the labyrinth ended, by and large, as predicted.

Being able to successfully convince a few enemies was a highlight, and Kumaras victory was also worth applauding.

While the Adalman group and Apito's side had regrets, it can only be described as encountering a tricky opponent.

That said, there's a guy who rounds up all these masters and even gives them ti to nourish themselves.

That's all Zegion did.

Through Operation Space, Zegion forcefully called over the masters he recognized.

His five senses were really scary. He must have been watching every battle while ditating and paying attention back and forth inside the maze.

They didn't intervene until the winner was decided, only bringing in the strong ones who had survived.

That guy is really ssing around.

If losing in such a case was simply idiotic, I'm sure the other Ten Lords of the Labyrinth wouldn't remain silent.

Yet everyone else was fine with it.

On the one hand because the people who lost the matchup had no business complaining, but more importantlyeveryone acknowledged that Zegion was strong.

"It shouldn't be a problem to leave it to Zegion.

There's even news that Veldora has decided on the guarantee.

In my opinion and Benimaru's, I hope Zegion sets his sights on actually winning. If the enemy is defeated accidentally

Although this layer of worry was inevitable, there were only four people left on the enemy side.

Complaining over a little thing feels very mosntrous.

So I decided to stop being a pussy this ti and give Zegion permission to be capricious.

Plus, they can gather combat intelligence.

It seed like fun to see Zegion get serious this ti, so I decided to just go with him.

The results show it was all a rampage.

In a phrase, it's a one-sided fight.

The first to start the action was Bazan, who had been alone against the Necromancer. In his first move, he used his full strength to kill Zegion with a sword strike that could shatter even the earth.

Zegion defuses the left hand by using it in a way that doesn't hinder his opponent's movent. As the crossbelly of the sword was pushed away slightly, Bazan lost his center of gravity so that he was unable to deliver a continuous attack.

Zegion didn't let the break go, and managed to burrow into each other's arms like that. The right foot stomped on the ground with force, and at the sa ti, the right fist was aid at the enemy's armor and struck over.

Only then did he wonder how much power was contained in that punch, and then he realized that the hardness of that punch was comparable to legendary level.

The glowing armor shattered, and Bazan died as a result.

It wasn't even three seconds after the fight started that this thing happened.

The gang probably didn't react for a mont to the sudden death of their partner. The female wizard whose na was Reiha was dumbfounded. It should be clear what would happen if such behavior appeared in front of Zegion.

She's still lucky.

There was no pain or fear, just death.

The Reiha, who had been sliced in two with a hand knife, went limp.

Seeing this scene, Krishna, who had beaten Albert, let out a shout.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey...! How dare you kill Reiha! Go to hell, you monster! Dinsion Cut"

Anger escalates into fighting spirit, and Krishna shows divine skill.

The so called Demon Extinguishing Subdinsion Chop can cut through all defenses and even cut through the subdinsion. If I didn't have a space manipulation skill like "Space Domination", it would be impossible to fight against it. It wasn't too much to say that it was a must-kill technique, this strike was even comparable to the Holy Sword Technique.

But it didn't work on Zegion.

Ridiculous."

After saying that, Zegion began to twist around.

Hey, isn't that one of the "Absolute Defense" moves of Covenant King Urielthe Space Twisting Defense Field!?

Let use it, the "absolute defense" that is admittedly going to be broken, and Zegion uses it perfectly.

Facing a stunned Krishna, Zegion said to him.

"Lord Rimuru granted this skill, no matter what kind of attack it is, it won't work!

I don't rember teaching him.

Master Raphael, the King of Wisdom, it turns out you did the right thing

Speaking of Zegion's spatial dominance, that's beyond the scope of unique skills. It's nothing compared to what I use.

No wonder it's only about fighting, he can fight Veldora to the point where he's evenly matched.

It's no wonder Krishna's attack was blocked.

Now that I've seen it, Krishna and the others, they don't stand a chance, but

"Listen to , Krishna!

The man, who seed to take dressing very seriously, was rembered by the na Minute. Minute called out to Krishna.

"This guy's not simple. Do your best to give him the death blow while I blunt his movents!

It looks like they haven't given up trying to win.

They may be the enemy, but I want to complint them like that.

Minute is going to let Zegion bask in his power.

That force I have also analyzed. The battle of Apito's defeat was not in vain.

It's a unique technique called "suppressor" to manipulate gravity. Through this force, Minute let the surrounding gravitational pull focus on Zegion's side, intending to hold him in check.

It's a pity

It didn't work on Zegion.

By distorting the space around him, he was also able to manipulate the flow of gravity and defuse it.

It turns out there's another use for itand that surprised .

That said, how did Zegion get so strong?

The doubt in my mind began to swell.

Is that that Master Raphael, the King of Wisdom, has a way of guiding Zegion?

Hm, can't tell.

It's been a long ti since I've talked about winning.

It's pointless to argue for a win-lose for sothing like this.

"Indeed, perhaps Lord Rimuru is right

Benimaru agreed, looking unlikely to accept it.

That said, Shion just won't admit to anything she says.

"No! How can you lose a battle!?

No, no, no, let's just say it's possible.

As much as it's tempting to say that history will prove everything, we're now headed for a different history. Facing a person of Shion's type, it would be difficult to explain to her if the truth wasn't really in front of her.

I gave up explaining to Shion and decided to continue discussing things.

"Anyway, there's no point in talking about that now. The point is that there are masters on the Empire side too. There may be other masters left, and we should never take them lightly. People say I can't have fewer escorts, and this sentint makes happy, but I don't want you to get hurt because of it.

The labyrinth should be safe, so it's best to take a breath and get to know it.

I thought about it so much that I said those words, but they seed to contain an incomparable amount of power.

"Geez, since Lord Rimuru has said that, I'll strike too, and make this war over in the blink of an eye!

"Diablo, I won't let you run away! This is a great opportunity to introduce my secret troop to Lord Rimuru, and I'm definitely not giving this opportunity away!

"My lord, please wait! Wouldn't it be too much for you to give Testarossa and Ultima a chance to be active and the only one who doesn't? Trouble has ordered to attack this ti too!

Diablo, Shion, and Carrera, who opened the door and rushed in, began to clamor and scramble to strike.

"You guys

This ti, Benimaru also had silly eyes.

Even Geld began to laugh darkly.

"I know, I know. I will stay here and leave the final showdown to you.

As a result, in the end, even Benimaru gave Diablo permission for them to fight.

***

In this way, the question becos what kind of combat plan is to be implented.

"To confirm strength. The main force is my Red Legion of 30,000, plus Gelds Yellow Legion and Orange Legion who deployed an elite 17,000. From a qualitative point of view, they should also be able to compete with the remaining Imperial soldiers. We should be able to take tactical action according to the circumstances, and if we confine the battlefield to certain areas, we will have the upper hand most of the ti. By the way, Shion, what is the approximate number of your secret troops?

The current battle strength is 47,000? On average, it's equivalent to a B rating, which is more than enough combat power. However, the Imperial Army is nearly four tis larger than ours, and even if it is used to our advantage, it may still be defeated

"Ten thousand in all. By the way, only those who can survive my special training are left inside, so they can be considered as having a minimum of B .

The Pro-Guard of Shioncommonly known as the Shion Fan Club.

Unlike the "Yomigaeri", the captains of this mysterious force are all Dagruels sons, and it seems to be even bigger than expected.

"Are there really that many?

Didn't think theyd add so much without paying attention, which surprised so much.

I know Gobzo was in attendance, and there were all sorts of other people joining in as well

"Yes! In order to make them worthy enough to serve as Lord Rimuru's pro-guard, I have secretly exercised them!

Welllets say it's not mine, it's yours.

Never mind.

It's tis like these that reliable partners should be happy.

"But it's still overwhelmingly negative in terms of numbers. So I want to expect the leaders to perform.

First, use a big move to throw your opponent into chaos, then take advantage of this ti to kill them.

And of course the enemy is not silent and dry-eyed. Let's assu they're going to get in the way, so sobody's going to have to take the lead, it's just

Originally, this task was expected to be given to Benimaru.

At tis like this, the "Black Fla Prison" is the most suitable one to use a large scale burn attack.

Only it's a pity that Benimaru is staying here as my bodyguard.

So who should go?

"My lord, isn't it my turn to play?

Wellthat's right.

It felt like she was well suited for the task.

I peeked at Benimaru and ended up eye to eye with him. He nodded faintly and let decide to assign the mission to Carrera.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, let this ti

"Leave it to Carrera. You're going to use super-glam magic to destroy the Imperial Army!"

"Leave it to your n! Looking forward to it, my lord!

Ah, Diablo just seed to have sothing to say halfway through as well.

"Sorry, Diablo. What were you trying to say?

"No, nothing. Kufufufu. Not a very important thing. Great, Carrera.

"Mmm! I'm so happy."

It always felt like there was a spark between Diablo and Carrera.

Was that guy Diablo going to recomnd himself?

It would be embarrassing for him if that was the case, but would Diablo use mass magic?

It should work.

He was going to give it his all, right?

Just thinking about this side makes him feel a little pathetic.

"Sorry, Diablo. In fact, I was just going to ask you to take care of the Supre Commander on the enemy's side!

I jumped out of my chair, shifted from Sli into human form and stood in front of Diablo. Then put a hand on his shoulder, aning to say.

Huh!"

Only to see the look on Diablo's face ease up.

It looked so happy, the whole crowd was ecstatic.

That's fine.

"Maybe the enemy still has a master we haven't seen, right? That guy nad Krishna seems to have co back to life just now, and tracking that guy's aura is easy for you, isn't it?

This guy has a bit of a stalker streak and should be good at this kind of thing. It was based on this thought that I asked, and as a result he replied cheerfully, "Of course, Lord Rimuru!"

I thought to myself, Sure enough, while nodding my head.

"There are likely to be intimidating masters lurking on the Imperial side. In order to force those guys out, we have to show them what we can do this ti. Carrera, Diablo, please!

"We vow to do our best, my lord!

"Kufufufufu. What an emotionally charged order from Lord Rimuru!

Great. With the opportunity to make an appearance, Carrera looked happy, too, and Diablo's mood changed for the better.

That way they'll be better off in Geld too.

"In order to avoid the obstruction of Carreras magic, other troops were sent to thoroughly intimidate each other. If soone does co out to get in the way, then Shion will send her troops to deal with them.

After I finished speaking, Benimaru took over to give instructions. Looks like he'll have no problem with leaving everything else to him.

"As for the formation, Geld will be in charge of playing the lead, and the Shion side will be playing guerrilla tactics, as ntioned earlier. The pursuit looks to the Red Army for firepower, as to who will be in command

That person needs to be able to link to Benimaru using "Communication Network" to imdiately reflect what he ans. The wrong action on the battlefield can be fatal if you accidentally take the wrong action. So there is an absolute need for people who can make fine corrections.

Gobuya should be well suited for the role as well, but the burden of giving instructions to Shion or Geld might be too heavy?

"Then this ti send Gob

"Wait a minute!"

Soone interrupted Benimaru's words, and at this ti the door to the control room suddenly opened.

Soone ca in, and it was Momiji, the leader of the Tengu Clan.

She is also the daughter of Hakurou and is close to us. Having said that, it's a problem to be able to easily enter the control room in the midst of such heavy guard

"I was kindly invited here by Lady Shuna.

I see.

Shuna prepared dim sum and tea for us, and did it without any fuss. It looked like Momiji had been helping her.

Since that made it okay, I decided to co and hear what Momiji had to say.

"As for Lord Benimaru's agent, as his future wife, I think it's my responsibility!

"What are you talking about!?

This battle, Benimaru's agent is not just anyone to call. It's just that switching to Momiji would be fine.

Her strength was impeccable, her temperant was rigid, and she would not be overwheld by Shion and Geld in terms of her aura.

"Wouldn't that be nice?

I decided to accept Momiji's offer.

"If it's Miss Momiji, she's also a pretty reliable comrade in arms!

It seed that Shion didn't have a problem with it either. Knowing that she was Hakurou's daughter, Shion seed to have a special fondness for her.

"I'm with you. The Red Legion is a collection of powerful demons. Instead of just relying on the Red Fla Clan for control, we should have the Tengu Clan co along and help manage it.

Even Geld said so, and the other subordinates were okay with it.

"No one seems to object, so let your wife take care of it, shall we, Benimaru?

"No, but"

Benimaru wants to object?

It's not certain, it's possible that one doesn't want to send one's wife to war.

"I see, you're worried about your wife.

"That's one of the reasons" Huh? no!

Benimaru didn't fight himself as soon as he was in a panic to deny it. Watching Benimaru like this, soone made up an unexpected slash from the side.

Brother!"

With a "pound", the door opened, only to see Shuna-chan standing up in large letters and shouting at Benimaru.

Lady Momiji has been preparing my brother's al for the past few days. I hope to make my brother eat good food and ask to teach her how to cook. In the face of such a positive attitude, I will not trample.

"Yes, is that so?

Yes."

At this point, Momiji nodded.

I've actually noticed that too. That's because so places aren't quite cooked yet, compared to the dishes made by Shuna.

That's why I wanted to answer Momiji's offer.

"But that incident is not the sa thing as this one"

Brother!"

Ooh."

It turns out that even Benimaru can't beat his sister?

"It's my brother's indecisiveness that's to bla. Because this indirectly made Lady Momiji feel uneasy.

Since you're a manly man, you should be strong and say exactly who you love!

Ah, indeed that's right.

Albis vs. Momiji. I'm curious who Benimaru will pick, but it doesn't seem appropriate to talk about that right now.

I sympathize with Benimaru from the bottom of my heart.

After all, I wouldn't want to discuss such things in front of a crowd.

"No, Lady Shuna. I'm going to win on my own!

This ti Momiji firmly declares.

Ah, the situation was rather unfavorable for Albis this ti.

Momiji's side has bought off the people they should have bought off, so it looks like it's a winner?

I was just thinking about this

"I won't let you sneak away.

I didn't expect even Albis to show up. She lazily walked out from behind Shuna.

"Just now, I finally arrived here with reinforcents from Eurazania.

We didn't ask, and we didn't hear about itthat said, Albis brought the letter from Milim.

"Do your best!

That's all that's written above.

The phrase is being said to whom, and depending on who the recipient is, various interpretations can actually be made.

All that aside

How did Albis co to be in the labyrinth?

"It was all through Lady Milims magic. Wasn't it all the Lord Rimuru's referral?

Oh, I see.

Milim went to get permission to talk to Ramiris through the "mind talk" and sent the army straight into the maze.

As ssy as it felt that way, Milim was capable of anything.

Then looking at the army led by Albis, there were 20,000 in all.

It wasn't just the Beasts, even the Winged Clan had co. It seed that the Beast King Warrior Regint had also sent several people from their side.

Even Benimaru put on a bitter lon face after reading this.

Since it was Milim's intention, then he couldn't refuse the reinforcents that Albis had brought, and the way things had turned out, presumably Momiji would never back down.

"I know, I know. Momiji, Ill just give you my army. You will be my agent.

"I'd love to!

Momiji looked happy.

The next battle of woman against woman begins.

"Don't you pull my leg.

"What's that supposed to an?"

It was as if seeing visions of sparks popping and flying apart made a little uneasy about whether this would go wrong.

***

Although sothing happened, the mbers to be sent to fight were finally finalized.

Either way Albis and the rest have these reinforcents to look up to.

We are still nurically disadvantaged, but even so, this still creates a lot of residual power.

Geld ca to the front and gave the back to Momiji.

Both sides are guerrilla forces. The right decides to configure Shion, while the left is Albis.

This is slightly relieving, but the war has to start next. I tensed my nerves and asked the legions to prepare for the attack.

Seemingly impatient for the mont, Shion and Geld set out. Momiji followed in their footsteps, and the control room suddenly beca busy.

The ninety-five floors now turned to a hundred, and there beca a vast expanse of empty land. It wasn't to the point where they could conduct military training, but it was okay for all of them to squeeze over there.

Thinking about this side, I told Geld's Second Legion and Benimaru's Fourth Legion mbers to stay near the hundredth floor.

It took about an hour to get all hands on deck, and I decided to go over there for a morale boost. Either way it would require the use of teleportation magic to transport the legions to the ground, and that kind of spell was the only one I would use.

"Lord Rimuru, may I have a mont?

I was about to move over when this ti the Souei ca to speak in my ear.

"What is it?

"That's right. Just now Moss contacted to say that he had found a fight on the Blumund side. The investigation revealed that Miss Treyni was engaged in a battle with soone.

Huh!?"

So, about ten days ago, Miss Treyni had not been seen. She said she was going to say hello to the suspicious person and turned out not to be back.

Have you been fighting the other side ever since?

"Souei, I'm sorry. Can you go over there and help her?

When I asked him so, Souei hesitated for an instant. Presumably he was worried about my reduced escort, but everyone was overly worried.

I don't think people need to be so neurotic.

With Benimaru staying here, if anything, I can still call a Labyrinth Lord over. Instead, he should be more worried about Miss Treyni than I am.

After exchanging a glance with Benimaru, Souei nodded. It looked like he thought it would be okay with Benimaru on this side.

I didn't expect them to be so worried about , I was in such a complicated mood, I felt both happy and annoyed.

But indeed, to the sound of Chloe's words, it seed that I had been killed. But now that I've evolved into a demon lordwell, that sounds like a flag.

If sothing happens, Master Raphael, the King of Wisdom, will inform , and there is no point in being upset there.

"As you command. Then I will leave at once.

Please."

As soon as my words were finished, the Souei disappeared. As usual, it's the perfect "instantaneous movent thod".

If Miss Treyni had been fighting, it would an that the other side's strength was not too far off. In this way, with the addition of the Souei, they should win.

I'm a little worried, not sure what the opponent is, but we can't take it lightly. To get this war over with first.

One hour later

The empty space on the hundredth floor was crowded by a large group of monsters.

As soon as I showed my face, all of them stood up straight and the scene was silent and neat to the point of being a little scary.

Looks like morale is high and very motivated.

Thisguys! We will use this battle to drive out the Imperial Army. The goal is complete victory. All must co back alive, and not one less. Now go!

Let say this kind of thing a little bit, I'm really not good at speeches.

Master Raphael, the King of Wisdom, has said that it is possible to have it written in its original form to read for , but at tis like this I have to pretend I didn't hear it.

I could only try to express it in my own way, not expecting the monsters to be receptive. Based on the follow-up reactions, it seems that not only the minions that were there before, but even the newly arrived wizards are giving positive reviews.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! His Majesty Rimuru's speech was wonderful!

"So I can go to death and there are no regrets!

"You idiot! You'll be killed if you go to your death!

Vaguely it seems that more and more people are saying this.

I know nothing of those that send silent armies to the ground with teleportation magic.

***

The scene beca very lonely all at once.

Even Shion and Diablo struck out together, and the only people left on the scene were and Benimaru.

"They're gonna win, right?"

"Yes, it should be fine. It looked like the Imperial Army's general soldiers were unmoved, but those heads seed to be panicking. It was supposed to be the one called Krishna who reported to them on the inside of the maze. Had it been known that the survivors were the only ones left, I would have retreated instead. But until then, I'm not going to let the situation get to that point.

Benimaru replied with an unruly smile.

That's saying sothing.

If it were , I would feel uneasy about not being able to contact my subordinates, so I would think of so counterasures.

I honestly didn't think the enemy would completely and utterly fall for our plan.

"You can't be too greedy in anything you do.

"Yeah. War and plunder are usually tied together, but at least our military strictly forbids such behavior.

Very good.

When fighting, the side that loses its cool loses, while the other side that is stimulated by desire imdiately gets hot. This ti we took advantage of that habit, and as a result the plan went smoothly to the point of being daunting.

To use this case as a counter-example, be careful not to follow in the footsteps of the other party.

I was discussing this with Benimaru on my side and was about to return to the control room.

That's when a possibility popped into my head.

"If it were now, would it be just you and ?

Right."

"That's just a hypothetical. If there's an enemy hiding in the labyrinth, I don't think they'll let that chance go, do you?

"How can that be? It couldn't have been done at such a good ti.

"That's right.

That's right.

That's called being too suspicious.

Even Master Raphael, the King of Wisdom, hangs on to reassure that the interior of the maze is safe and sound. Once you start doubting, you can't collect it, and it's best not to think about it anymore.

Thinking the sa thing all the ti makes you feel uneasy in your heart. But there was an ominous sense of foreboding from just now

It's actually nothing.

Not in disbelief of Master Raphael, the King of Wisdom, just always feeling concerned, thinking that he might be missing sothing.

I believe you have confird that.

But on the flip side, what if it's a character we know well?

Eren the the others, for example. Because I trusted a few of them so much, it would be traumatic to be betrayed.

Of course this one is hypothetical at best.

Eren and the others had no reason to betray , and we had accumulated a lot of trust in each other along the way. Presumably it can be asserted that they must be fine.

But should other people be seen as well

The subordinates of the country are fine.

As for Brother Myormile, he works tirelessly for . I have no way of doubting him.

Except for the subordinates, all the other people close to were people who ca to stay in our country after the founding celebration.

Yes, for example

"Mr. Rimuru!"

So ca from the "Labyrinth City" side.

It can't be them.

The person who waved at the front of the line, who I also knew very well, was Masayuki. There were two others, both of whom were in his entourage.

Warrior and Wizard, respectively, with nas like Thunder and Bonnie. I rarely have conversations with them, and that's because these people have been hostile to until now.

"That's just my guess. Maybe there's a chance that theyre lucky enough to want to kill , too?

"No, no, no, that's a bit much to think about.

"That's true.

My concerns were overruled by Benimaru.

I don't want to doubt Masayuki either.

So, Gadra once said that Masayuki and Emperor Rudra looked exactly like each other

No, no, no, they just happen to look the sa either way you think about it.

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It was that feeling of ti standing still at the ti, just rembering this, Master Raphael, the King of Wisdom, had just given a warning. That's when I realized that Chloe had turned back into a child.

"Hey, Chloe!

"No way? The power is so inefficient that the current doesn't seem to be able to use it"

"I told you so! It gets harder to control in ti."

Although it was unknown what was going on, Chloe's stunt had definitely failed. And most tragically, the collateral damage caused Chloe's fighting ability to fall apart.

As it turns out, even Chloe couldn't fully control the power of the "King of Ti and Space Jugoslavos". The last ti she fought Guy, she seed to use it with ease. But in reality, these phenona are almost all generated by the power of Guy, and Chloe just strikes a counterpart.

Even so, it's pretty aweso. If it is impossible to act in a world where ti stands still, then it would be a unilateral defeat for Guy.

However mock battles are different from actual battles.

Chloe seed to be able to make ti stand still for a mont, but that seed to take a lot of energy.

The fact that she's back to what she is is proof of that.

It is because of this risk that it is a problem to use unconfird skills in actual combat.

The situation might have been different if Chloe had been able to fully control the abilities of the Ti Lord Jugoslavos, but how could one expect that kind of miracle to happen when even Master Raphael, the King of Wisdom, hadn't even resolved it yet.

"Hey, Chloe! Are you okay?"

"The situation is a bit bleak. Although I was able to return to my original form, it seems that it will take so ti for to regain my original strength"

I asked through the Communication Network out of concern, and the next thing I knew, I heard Chloe answer in chagrin. That being said, the situation is not so far from irreparable. Chloe is not completely incapable of combat and can rest assured for the ti being.

"I don't know what you're trying to do, but it's all a pointless struggle. You can't even grasp your own power, and it seems you're doing things more haphazardly than you thought.

"Hahaha, thought so. Jiu, it's you who's over-vigilant.

Seeing the lapse in Chloe, Jiu and Bonnie begin to laugh at her.

However, at that mont, a voice rang out in my heart, which could be said to be a help from heaven.

That was fast!

The "King of Ti and Space, Jugoslavos," owned by Chloe, has clearly not been analyzed until now.

Bonnie and their polarizing skills were so simple to analyze.

It was a delightful miscarriage of justice to be able to get a rough idea of where the other person's skills fell.

So what's the content?

Which ans Bonnie and her power is borrowed from soone?

I see.

I actually find it a little unnatural too.

It takes a lot of work to acquire an ultimate skill. Even that Hinata could only acquire exclusive skills, and even the overkillers like Granbell and Ruminas had failed to acquire ultimate skills.

It's a little hard to say, but that power isn't so easy to take, not for sothing like Bonnie and Jiu.

And the ultimate skill will show the nature of the possessor in a dense manner. While they did a great job of obstructing and hiding tracks, they didn't make a stronger play.

I was on guard, afraid they were hiding sothing, but it didn't seem so