Lord Demon is behind you

"Just a little bit, just a little bit, please give me—your cells—"

"I will use the most advanced technology to implant it into this body, and breed it into an adult as outstanding as Lord Brave."

"If I can stay with 'him', I can live a good life. Even if the brave man leaves, even if you form a new family with other women..."

What was Stella thinking when she said these words.

Do you want to hold those pieces of meat formed by cell division as a gift from the brave, and live with them for a lifetime?

Just like she used to hold this tattered toy box?

Whether it is a toy box or an active cell separated from the human body, those are objects without will and do not have any meaning in themselves.Only because they once belonged to the hero and were donated by the hero, this must have added an extremely important meaning to her.

There is no doubt that what she values ​​is the brave man himself.

Then, those seemingly dangerous statements—"I want to give birth to his child" or "Please give me your cells"—what kind of thoughts did they say?

If that is a "confession", why is it not "I like you, please stay with me", but "I don't expect you to like me, so please give me your cells"?

And does that have anything to do with the puzzle here—with why she put this toy box here?

The brave man fell into a long thought, during which the devil simply lay down on the ground and played whack-a-mole again.

After repeatedly brushing for several rounds, until the score was really [-], the brave man finally let out a long sigh and turned around.

"Do you understand?"

"No, I don't understand what Miss Stella thinks at all," the brave man said, "However, I can roughly guess how to get the elemental stones on this road."

"……Hey?"

The hero waved his hand to get the Demon King out of the way, and then suddenly drew his holy sword.

"She probably wants me to recall."

She wants the brave man to recall the past related to this toy, and then realize how important this casual gift is to her, and how happy she is to have this small gift.

And then understand that as long as she is given a little bit of cut human tissue, she can have thousands of times of happiness——

In other words, she is using this method to repeat the request of "please give me your cells" to the brave man.

"But, this is something I... can't agree to. So—"

The holy sword swung down vigorously.

"Feel sorry."

A sharp blade capable of cutting the shell of a demon in two, easily breaking a whack-a-mole toy box in half.The mechanical device under the board fell out, the gears and connecting wires were broken all over the floor, and the cylindrical gophers rolled in all directions.

Right in the middle of that pile of debris, something shone with a bright yellow light.

"...It really is here," the brave man whispered, bent down and picked it up, "The elemental stone of the earth element... is embedded in the bottom of the toy box."

"--what!!"

The demon king who witnessed this scene was stunned at first, and then suddenly let out a frenzied cry, "You, you, brave man! Why did you just cut it down like that!"

"...Is there any problem?" The brave man paused.

"What to say...it's not a problem, but..."

The Demon King was immediately dejected.

"...Forget it, it's okay. Now that we got the elemental stone, let's go back? We have all four elements, so we should be able to open the boss room."

He slumped his shoulders, turned and walked back first.

Looking at the gloomy back, the brave man was suddenly blessed, and blurted out, "You, haven't you played enough?"

"..."

The Demon King stopped moving.He didn't turn around, but his head seemed to hang lower.

Judging by this posture, it was indeed hit.

The brave man covered his forehead helplessly.

"I told you..."

It was obvious that they had mocked it as a boring thing before, but they were enjoying it in a blink of an eye. What kind of awkward setting did this come from?

However, it's not that it's not cute.

The brave man sighed, and then couldn't help laughing.

...No, it should be said that she is unexpectedly cute.

Does this guy have such a childish side?

"Anyway, it's just a common toy. If you like it, why don't you buy another one after defeating all the demon kings?" He said, "This thing is sold in any grocery store in the capital."

"Hmm...really,?"

The Demon King made a subtle sound.

"Although the king's capital has been taken over by the demons, the technology of making toys must not be lost so quickly. As long as we attack the demon king's city quickly... no, as long as we can get out of here alive, we can buy as many as we want. .If you don’t have human currency, I can buy it for you.”

"Yes, is that so..."

The devil finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned his face slightly, and muttered softly.

"Actually, I don't particularly want to play... But if you have the chance to get it, it's good to get one. Because, because it's something you gave to the hero, I'm willing to accept it!"

"Okay, okay, then it's settled," the brave patted him on the back like coaxing a child, "I'll buy it for you after the matter is resolved. Now, let's go first——"

The tension on the eve of the war was completely diluted by the inexplicable topic.

While talking about irrelevant content, the two embarked on the road leading to the boss room.

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When returning to the junction of the four pathways, a brand new stone platform appeared in the middle.After embedding the elemental stone into it, the starry sky in front of them split and scattered, and finally combined into the shape of a gate, which quietly floated in front of the two of them.

"You're here at last, brave man."

A girl's ethereal voice came from the door.

Without the electronic feel that came through the magic image, her voice became flatter instead.Lack of emotional ups and downs, no, to be precise—a lack of ability to properly infuse emotion into the voice.

The door opened slowly.The brave man and the devil stepped into the door one after the other.

The inside is empty, a huge room like an arena.

Witch Emily, with her wings outstretched, flew past the two of them, and finally landed slowly in the middle of the room.Behind her, stood quietly a girl in a mage's robe.

Stella's appearance in reality is far smaller than through the image, and when she is wrapped in a large black robe, she looks like a small ball.Unnatural white hair hangs from the gap in the hood, fully expressing her "inhuman" features.

At first glance, it looks like a toy doll that hasn't finished painting.

"Sorry Brave, Miss Emily suddenly ran to join the defense, so you have to face two bosses at the same time."

She stared at the brave man's face and said, "However, as long as you are willing to change your mind... I won't be your enemy anymore. It won't hurt, it's just a syringe pierced into the muscle, and a little bit of cells are taken out—— "

"..."

"No...?"

"Yes," the brave man lowered his head slightly, "this really won't work....I'm sorry, Miss Stella. I'm sorry."

"...You brave man, you are really a useless man who knows nothing but apologizing." Emily's voice cut in, "Anyway, the result will not change, so let's omit these gossips? All in all, I Let's do it."

When she said the word "do it", her whole body was fired at the brave man like a cannonball.

A pair of sharp claws were stacked in front of him, and a dazzling golden-red light gathered in the palm——

Profound Truth Meteor Blows Fire.

The brave drew their swords to meet them.At the same time, the back row occupations on both sides also began to chant spells.

Anyway, the two sides are not a combination with a tacit understanding, and it is difficult to cooperate with the teammates to play a beautiful combo, so the magicians of both sides choose to give up the support for the teammates at the same time, and lock the attack target on the opposite back row.

To put it simply, both mages intend to bypass the front row and directly use long-range spells to attack each other.

When it comes to casting speed, it's the Demon King's side that's faster.

"Gate of devouring!"

With the exit of the last spell, a slowly rotating black hole appeared behind Stella.

The black hole is only as tall as a person, but it has a strong suction force. Even the witch Emily in the distance was accidentally pulled and staggered backwards. In the end, the brave man seized the opportunity to counterattack.

Still, Stella stood firm.A translucent shield emerged around her, completely canceling out the black hole's suction.

"Tsk," the Demon King clicked his tongue unhappily, "Elemental Shield..."

Stella's right hand pointed straight at the Demon King.

"Explosive fire and rain!"

"Oops--"

Large swaths of magma emerged from the ground and fell from the top of the head, and the devil could only run away temporarily.

For him as a demon, the light attribute and fire attribute are natural restraint systems.Although he escaped the attack range in time, this magic still cut off nearly a quarter of his blood volume, and added a burning state that continued to lose blood.

"This is really annoying..." While running wildly, he quickly chanted the auxiliary spell that increased fire resistance.

"--Curse!"

Nine bolts of lightning chased after him and struck down one after another, scorching a large part of the demon king's black cloak.

"Why is it something I'm not good at!"

The so-called thunder light destroys evil, and the thunder system with sacred attributes is also the most difficult for the demons.After forcibly overcoming this burst of thunder, the demon king's blood volume was only a little over one-third left.

"Of course it's because I want to kill you," Stella took the time to say, "If you die, I will definitely be able to live a happier life."

While speaking, her hands kept making fingerprints.

"--happy?"

Despite his embarrassing appearance, the Demon King sneered with a sense of superiority.

"Do you really understand the emotion of 'happiness'? Do you want to enjoy human emotions even though it's just a human artifact?"

In the middle of the field, the brave man and the witch are fighting fiercely. You release large-scale skills back and forth, setting off a large cloud of smoke and light, and the surrounding area is full of explosion noise.But these noises did not affect the conversations of the mages at the far ends of the room.

"At least much stronger than you. I'm an artificial human, but you are a monster that can't even touch the word 'human'." The girl said.

However, the Demon King noticed—the slight anxiety in his words.

Does the mere word "artifact" shake her heart?

"...No matter what, please die first," Stella opened her hands and waved them flatly, "The Thunder of the Judgment God!"

This is the ultimate spell that combines the sacred and lightning elements.Subtle flashes gathered on the ceiling, and the silver thunder struck straight down like a giant dragon, making a loud bang, and the surrounding magic wave raged wildly, and the pale afterglow spread to most of the room, temporarily blocking the line of sight.

It was impossible for that former demon king to survive such an attack.

Stella let out a long breath and pressed her hand to her chest.

I..., I should have become... a little happier, right?He should be even happier now that he has personally removed the person he hated all this time.

however--

"too naive!"

The Demon King's voice sounded from a completely different direction.

"...?!"

Stella suppressed the panic for a moment, and only asked coldly: "Has the blood volume returned to zero?"

"I'm talking about you, that artifact over there," the demon king waved away the smoke on the other side and came out, "Your tactics are so naive! You only know how to use the restraint attribute to attack blindly-this kind of technique is very effective in teamwork. It may be useful, because your teammates will create a perfect output environment for you. But now that there is no difference from 1v1, it is absolutely impossible to defeat me with this straight line approach!"

"……Oh."

Stella could tell at a glance that the blood volume of the demon king was already red.

"Even if the guy who is dying speaks loudly, he is not convincing at all."

"However, I am indeed about to win." The corner of the devil's mouth showed a smile, and he completed a curse mark on the bottom of his hand.

"Ghost Shield."

A dark purple light shield shrouded his body - an advanced defensive spell that weakened 50% of the magic damage.

"It's useless. With your meager blood volume, as long as you attack again... huh?"

Suddenly there was a strong suction force behind him, and Stella couldn't stand for a while, she took several steps back, and had to lie down on the ground to resist it.

"what……?"

The "gate of devouring" spell released by the demon king from the very beginning, the deep black hole on that side, finally played its due effect.

"The time for your elemental shield has expired," the demon king said with a twisted corner of his mouth, "but you didn't notice this when you were focused on the onslaught, and you didn't replenish other defensive spells in time. So——"

That black hole has no lethality, but under this kind of suction force, the magician will be interrupted no matter whether he seals or chanting spells, that is to say, he loses all means of attack.

"So, from now on, it's time for me to do whatever I want!"

The author has something to say:

"Profound Truth·God's Thunder" is also a classic skill of the Legend series

...it feels like my mind is full of old games OTL