Even if you succeed in jobless reincarnation and time magic, you must live life to the fullest.

The inside of the bookshelves has varying heights, and there are also stairs between the bookshelves.

It resembled the stands of the Roman Colosseum.

And at its center.

There is a giant slime.

Dozens of tentacles extended from its twisted and deformed body.

The tip of the tentacle was holding something that looked like a book and a pen, and it was writing something at high speed.

However, one of its tentacles was pointing straight upwards.

At the tip of that tentacle was a huge eyeball staring at the ceiling.

It was as if they were looking at something that didn't exist here.

That's a telescope with a range of ten thousand miles.

The highest level of magic eye that can see everything in the world.

With that magical eye, plus this slime-like body...

no doubt.

It is the master of this book maze.

The Sticky Demon King.

Bedobé Toberta.

Around this space, there were also a large number of slimes and ants.

The ants are responsible for diligently digging out the stones at the end.

Slimes, on the other hand, swallow the stones they dig out and break them down.

Next, the disassembled stones are sculpted into shapes, and then the shaped stones are transported to the wall and expelled.

After these steps, the bookshelf will be complete.

In addition, there was a giant snail that took up half the size of the corridor.

The snail extends its twisting tentacles from its shell, holding countless books on them.

They are book carriers, responsible for delivering the copied books to designated locations.

“Shhhhhh——”

The space is filled with books.

All that could be heard was the sound of books being copied.

In the endless flow of time.

Beethoven never stopped, tirelessly copying books.

It seems like there's no end in sight.

……

……

suddenly.

At a certain moment.

Bedobe, who was copying the book, suddenly stopped writing.

I looked towards the end of the passage.

"..."

There is something.

coming soon.

……

"Hahaha~~ Long time no see, Lord Sticky Demon King."

A burst of hearty laughter followed.

A tall and muscular figure emerged from the end of the passage.

It is about two meters tall.

He was wearing golden armor.

It has six arms.

He walked into the space with slightly heavy steps.

The golden armor seemed to radiate light, illuminating the surroundings.

Under the armor.

It is muscle that is as hard and prominent as rock.

"Hahahaha~~ Is that the expression you make when you see me after all this time? How disappointing."

His name is...

The Immortal Demon King.

The Wise Demon King.

He is also the God of War...

Badiganti

They didn't care about Bedobe's indifferent attitude.

Batigandi, clad in golden armor, continued his advance.

"I haven't seen you since I was resurrected. Seeing that you are still the same as before makes me very happy."

"..."

In response to Batigandi, a swarm of giant snails, slimes, and ants gathered.

These monsters blocked Batigandi's path and stared intently at him.

It was as if it was warning him—

Leave this place immediately.

however.

Batigandi simply tilted his head.

"Oh? It seems you're not too welcoming to me? That's a pity."

"Then I'm leaving?"

"That's what Batigandi said."

He suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha~~ Just kidding, you Sticky Demon King Bedobet Tobetta, I'm here to take your life!"

Said so.

Hearty laughter echoed throughout the space.

next moment.

The monsters surged wildly towards Batigandi.

It looked like it was about to engulf him instantly.

however.

Faced with such a relentless onslaught, Batigandi simply threw a single punch forward.

A flash of golden light appeared.

"boom--"

All the monsters exploded instantly.

one strike.

With a single strike, all the demons blocking its path were wiped out.

Then, he suddenly leaped forward.

"boom!"

The immense force destroyed a large section of bookshelves behind him.

They turned into golden cannonballs, unstoppable by the might of ten thousand troops.

It's almost to the point that it's impossible to look at with the naked eye.

It shot out towards Bedobbe.

The Sticky Demon King let out a piercing scream and waved his countless tentacles to meet the attack.

A tidal wave of monsters surged forth from all directions, rushing towards Batigandi.

The air is thick with the scent of battle.

In an instant, this space was completely submerged.

……

……

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

★Rudius's Perspective★

……

When Alsterd and I arrived at the Book Maze.

I didn't see the familiar rows of bookshelves.