Lord Demon is behind you

——The wind was blowing.

This is at the end of the access road on the west side.

There is no mechanism here, only a towering cliff, a crumbling cableway, and a terrible wind blowing in front of you.

"I can't, poof... I'm going to be blown... I'm going to be blown away..."

"Be quiet, be quiet, talk less, can you—"

The brave man and the devil dragged the rope one after the other, struggling to climb up the cableway against the headwind.Once he opened his mouth, a sharp cold wind would pour into his throat, smashing a complete sentence into pieces.

The floating spells here cannot take effect, and only the strength of the body can be relied on.Although the demon king has stronger muscle strength than human beings due to the racial bonus, he is only an untrained mage after all, and his endurance is far inferior to that of a brave man. He just climbed up for a short distance and got blood marks on his palms. With the upward movement, the blood volume is also slowly fading away.

——Therefore, it is true that he cannot be blamed for not being able to help complaining.

In order to prevent one hand from slipping and falling, the two people tied one end of the rope to their waists, and at intervals, the brave had to tie a knot on the ropeway.

It has been a long time since the two started climbing.No matter above or below, there is a vast expanse with no end in sight, and the road ahead is still unknown.

Just to fight against the harsh environment, you have to use your whole body's strength.

Only at this time can human beings deeply realize how insignificant their own power is compared to nature—although strictly speaking, this is not a natural environment, but a man-made demon king's city.

However, Ms. Stella, who designed the mechanism, is very gentle after all, the brave man thought to himself.At least she didn't set up a monster attack on the cliff on the basis of climbing against the wind... eh?

The sudden aversion to cold climbed up the spine all the way to the brain.

"--Be careful!"

While shouting shortly, the brave man twisted his body to one side as much as possible according to his intuition.The cableway swayed greatly following his movements, and the demon king below screamed: "What, what, what—"

The black shadow passed by the brave man's body.

The pitch-black slender claws penetrated into the cliff, crushing the stones beside the brave man.

Between the flying gravel and the biting wind, the brave man turned his head with all his strength, and happened to meet the attacker's eyes—it was a face with only two eyes left, a pair of crazy eyes.

"Emily, miss..."

The next moment, the flying black giant wings slammed heavily on the brave man.

"Well……!"

Because of the wide area of ​​the blow, the strength was dispersed, but even so, half of the brave man's body was immediately numb.His mind was buzzing, his fingers couldn't hold the rope, so he just got out of the ropeway and fell down——

"Brave and brave!!"

The Demon King was so frightened that he hurriedly grabbed the rope around his waist, at least hanging the brave man in the air.

"You, you, you, wake up, brave man!"

If you fall from this height, you will definitely be in a situation where there are ten deaths and no life.Even if carrying props "stand-in doll" can offset death, the feeling of falling to death is definitely not much better——

The brave man who came back to his senses stabbed the holy sword into the cliff, forming a temporary foothold, and finally stabilized his body a little.However, at the same time, the monster with pitch-black membrane wings was still hovering in the sky, and finally squatted on the cliff, looked down vertically, and locked its eyes on the Demon King.

"...Tsk, so it's, this crazy woman."

The Demon King made an unpleasant click.He had been on the second floor smoothly for too long, and he had almost completely forgotten about the boss on the first floor.

The female magician (Stella) on this floor had indeed said that this guy should just be wandering between various institutions looking for targets.It seems that encountering such a tricky place is purely their bad luck?

With no room for gossip, he covered his mouth and quickly recited the mantra.It is impossible not to cover your mouth, otherwise the chanting will be interrupted by the strong wind at any time.

"—Amy, Li, Miss!"

The brave man used the holy sword to carve out a hole on the cliff where he could stay, and finally grabbed the cableway again, and tried his best to climb up again.Noticing that the Demon King was preparing a spell, he immediately shouted against the wind, intending to attract the attention of the enemy.

Sure enough, the eager monster immediately turned its head towards him.

"You, do you still know me?" He tentatively asked.

"Brave man, don't treat him like a fool."

Emily's voice echoed all around.Obviously there is no mouth and vocal cords, and I don't know how it came out.

"On the contrary, I am very sober now, more sober than ever before. I have discarded all the redundant things that were blinded to my eyes. Now I will no longer be disturbed by external objects, and I can directly capture to the only goal."

She smiled a few times as if she was very happy.

"As for me, I have already lost in the mortal battle. I have lost all my dignity and love, together with my life. I should have ushered in the end of disappearance, but I have lingered until now; at this time my There is only one unfinished business—"

There was an uncomfortable light in those eyes.The brave man once again deeply realized that the person in front of him is indeed no longer his companion, but has become something "something else".

"Do you... want revenge on me?"

"No, I love you." The pitch-black head shook from side to side, "Although I am dissatisfied, I will not hurt you too much. The attack just now was just to keep you out of the way."

Wha——If you say so, could it be——

Her eyes moved back slowly.

"—Only him, I will never forgive."

She stretched out a finger, and the silver-white light gathered at the fingertips quickly.

"He's a vermin. He's a poisonous worm who occupies the side of a saint. Without him, we would never have become like this. Everything is his fault, and it's all because of him!"

A thin beam of light shot out from her fingertips, aiming at the forehead of the demon king directly below.

"……Well!"

The brave man shook the ropeway again, and the demon king above also shook, barely avoiding the blow.The laser flashed across his side, shattering the uneven rock beneath him.

Then, the devil's incantation was finally finished.

"Witness this emptiness with the eyes of the demon god! The eyes of nothingness!"

——It was a spell that the brave had never even heard of.

In the sky higher than Emily, a pure black gap cracked silently, like a giant black eye opened.

"What is this!"

Emily stopped attacking, and got off the cliff in a hurry, her vibrating wings circled around.

"This is a high-level dark spell exclusive to the demons, the Eye of Nothingness," the demon king said in a low voice while covering his mouth. , you can't hurt us anymore, crazy woman!"

"What, how could there be such a strange magic!"

The black monster continuously emitted beams of light from its fingers, but they all disappeared without a sound when they touched the area with a radius of about one meter around the two of them—that is, the area covered by the giant eyes.She simply waved her claws and flew towards the Demon King, but when she rushed to his side, even those sharp claws melted together——

"It's useless." Although he had to turn his head and cover his mouth, the demon king was still very happy to see the other party slumped. "This is a special spell borrowed from the demon god. Only a pure-blooded demon lord like me can cast it. It is absolutely impossible for you to overcome the magic blood that you forcibly transformed!"

The brave man seized the time to climb up while distractedly listening to the conversation between the two.

"Admit defeat, crazy woman! Generally speaking, my strength itself is different from yours. With your hypocritical thoughts, you are still thousands of years away from catching up with the brave man. If you recognize the gap early, you should accept your fate and give up early. Yes, struggling in vain will only make it look more ugly! If you want to win, you alone are definitely not enough. Just obediently go to the boss room and wait, you and the little girl on this floor teaming up is quite interesting."

——Please don’t provoke her any more, okay? !Although he probably understood that the Demon King wanted to send her away with words, the hero was still very ashamed.

Speaking of this, the other party calmed down strangely.

"……yes."

The brave feels very bad.

"Indeed, I'm just a demon who was converted halfway, and what I rely on is only this strong unwillingness. It is impossible for me to break through your magic. But——I will never give up!"

She flapped her wings and flew up against the wind.

Flying all the way to a position higher than the magic eye spell——

"Is she gone?" The Demon King let out a long breath, lowered his head and shouted down, "Brave, are you alright?!"

At this time, the brave man had already crawled not far from the Demon King's feet.

"I'm okay—for now, let's go up—"

The body suddenly sank.

Subtle tremors came along the clinging cliff.

"What's going on here, is that lunatic starting to hit the mountain!" The devil also noticed it.

"No, I'm afraid..."

The body sank again.It just fell a little bit, and it was even difficult to tell in the strong wind, whether it was the wind blowing itself or the looseness caused by the hand slipping, or——

But this is by no means an illusion.

The brave man had a bad premonition and put his hand on the hilt of his sword.

The Demon King struggled to tear open a clairvoyant magic scroll, tried to open his eyes against the wind, looked up, and then his face changed drastically.

"No way, she wants to cut off the cableway!"

Most of the cableway hanging from the top of the cliff is Stella's special magic tool, which is many times stronger than ordinary ropes.However, under the continuous crazy attacks, small cracks still appeared, and the fibers connected together were broken one by one.

"You have to stop her quickly, okay—"

As soon as these words came out, his body felt strangely empty.

The hands are light and fluttering, and I can't feel the friction of holding the cableway tightly.

A long rope fell from above.Losing the only thing they could rely on, and being pulled by the strong wind from above and the gravity of the ground, the two fell down involuntarily.

At the critical moment, the brave man once again used the holy sword to penetrate deeply into the rock wall, hanging on the wall with one hand, and dragging the rope around his waist with the other hand.

The arms and waist were tightened together, and the demon king who had fallen all the way from above was pulled to the height near the body.

"Um, okay, it hurts... my waist, my waist is going to... break..."

The Demon King gasped, and struggled to pull the rope, trying to relieve some of the pressure on his waist.

"Don't move!"

shouted the brave.

However, it is not known whether the sound of the wind obscured his shout, or the demon king who had just experienced the extreme fall was not clear enough, and the words of the brave man did not have any effect.The Demon King was still struggling in vain, and the brave man could hardly hold back for a while.

"Can you hear me, Albert!" The brave man took a deep breath and shouted louder, "Don't move around! Wait for me! Pull you up!"

—he was quiet at last.

The brave man dug out a spike from his backpack and nailed it to his feet, hastily built a temporary foothold, and then used both hands to pull the Demon King to his side.

"Are you okay?"

The devil just stared at him blankly for a while.

...are you intimidated?

The brave man shook his hand in front of his eyes: "Are you okay?"

"……what."

The Demon King suddenly turned his head around.

"……name."

"Hey?"

"You did," said the Demon King, "you called me by my name...you called 'Albert'."