Lord Demon is behind you

——The door leading to the upper floor opened slowly like this.

It almost looked like Lana had turned directly into the door.Is this the "blessing" in her mouth?

Thinking about the two witches on the fifth floor, the brave man's mood is very complicated.

For a while, the two were just silent, until the devil struggled uncomfortably.

"The... brave man? Now that the door has been opened, I'll go by myself then—"

Now he was on the brave man's shoulders, holding the brave man's shoulders with both hands, his posture resembled a koala hugging a tree trunk.

"Ah,...is the abnormal state resolved?" The brave man came back to his senses and asked.

Obviously not.The time limit of half an hour was still far away, and the blood volume of the demon king was still forced to be locked at 1 point.

"Anyway, the terrain in the stairwell is simple. As long as I'm careful not to fall or something, it shouldn't matter."

The brave man shook his head: "Compared to going up a level now, is it better to wait here and wait for you to recover before starting?"

When it comes to the life and death of your companions, you have to be cautious.

"That... probably won't work."

The Demon King supported the hero's shoulders and raised his upper body, pointing to the distant horizon.

——The far ground and the sky seem to be mixed together.Like the blending of overturned green and blue paint, it forms a very muddy color, and gradually spreads up, down, left, and right, gradually dyeing the vicinity of the horizon in gray.

This picture is very familiar, and it is exactly the same as the appearance of the surrounding scenes before they finally dissipated in the previous two times when the illusion was broken.

"Probably because the extension of this room is filled with spiritual power," the devil quickly said, "Now that the boss that can provide spiritual power has disappeared, this place will naturally begin to collapse. If we stay here, maybe It will be involved, it is better to leave quickly."

"I understand."

The brave man nodded, and walked towards the stairwell door.

"Wait, at least let me go—"

"Don't move around," the brave man said with a sigh, "I might throw you down if I miss you."

This is not a joke, now he doesn't have the extra physical strength to hold down his struggling companion.

I don't know if the exhaustion in the words was conveyed, but the Demon King stopped struggling immediately.After a pause, he asked in a low voice with some unease: "Brave, are you... all right?"

"...Well, to be honest, I'm a bit exhausted. It's not that good."

This time the brave man didn't try his best to say that it doesn't matter, that it can still be done, and that he must hurry up.

"However, I should be fine if I rest for a while," he added. "After you get rid of the near-death state, let me sleep for a while, and I'll be fine after I recover."

Now he could say such things with confidence, relying on his companions wholeheartedly.

The Demon King should also be aware of this subtle change, he felt his waist being supported by the hero suddenly stiffen.

The brave man led the Demon King into the stairwell.When he entered the door, he did not forget to cover the back of the devil's head with his right hand to prevent the opponent from suddenly moving and knocking his head on the door frame to send a blood.

Like the previous floors, the stairs here are still spiraling upwards, seemingly infinitely extending.

It is undoubtedly too strenuous for the current brave to take a person up the stairs.He only climbed up a few knots, then carefully put the devil down, and the two sat down on the steps side by side.

"Well, how should I put it... I feel like I have experienced the same situation before." The Demon King sighed.

He was referring to what happened at the end of the third floor.The brave also felt that the scene in front of him had a sense of déjà vu.

Whether it was the third layer of Xuelu, or this level... er, or Xuelu, they all made him feel equally exhausted.And this one on this floor, because of the protection of the two witches on this floor, is particularly difficult to deal with.

Thinking of Shaka and Lana, his heart was full of thoughts, and he quickly forced himself to change his mood.

"How long will it take to get rid of your abnormal state?"

"Well, about 20 minutes?" The Demon King estimated in this way.

Yelu means...do you have to wait another 20 minutes?

At least you have to wait until the other party recovers before you can rest——

The brave man forced himself to pull himself together.

"Brave, your physical strength has reached its limit." The demon king turned his head, observed his face, and tentatively said, "It's okay to rest now. Don't worry, I won't accidentally put myself on the ground when you are resting." Damn it. Ah, if you don't mind, you can also sleep on my shoulder..."

——how can that work?

Leaving a dying companion alone beside him while he sleeps peacefully, this is completely against the code of conduct of a brave man.As for the last half of the sentence that the other party used purely to ease the atmosphere, he completely ignored it.

Without waiting for the Demon King to raise objections again, he said directly and neatly: "It's okay, since you still have the energy, let's talk. If you just chat for a while, 20 minutes should pass quickly."

"Hey—brave, do you want to chat with me on your own initiative? It's really rare." The Demon King sighed without malice.

"Is it rare...?"

The brave man feels that he is not the type of few words, and he should not have a lot of communication with his companions.

"Well, it's probably because no matter how much I talk to the hero, I feel that I don't have much to say." The other party narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Anyway, I'm willing to talk about whatever you want."

"Then," the brave put away his emotions for the time being, "this time let's talk about you."

"Huh? My... what?"

This topic seems to have really caught the Demon King by surprise.

"Anything is fine, as long as it concerns you. . . . can't you?"

"There's nothing wrong with it, anyway, you've seen my shameful appearance in the past..."

The devil struggled and said, "But I, I don't have anything worth talking about. My growth process is not interesting at all, even if you want me to say it..."

"It doesn't matter if it's interesting or not. I can do anything. In short, I just want to know about your past.... Anyway, you know everything about me, but I only know a little about you. Isn't it fair?"

"Since you said so... Brave, do you have anything you want to hear? No matter what, if you ask me, I will answer. Although, well, how should I say it."

The Demon King scratched his hair in distress.

"I know that you, Brave, are very tolerant of the nature of the demons. But from my standpoint, it's impossible to not care about it at all. If you say too many bad things about the demons and make you hate me— —”

"Why do you want to come to the world to be the devil king?" The brave man interrupted his thoughts of worrying about gains and losses, and asked straightforwardly.

"I want to say why... because I want to see more human beings. You have seen the atmosphere brave in the Demon World, no matter who it is, if it is not at the top, it will be enslaved all the time, and it may even be deprived of its life; but After reaching the top, everyone around you becomes your subordinate again, and there is no way to form an equal relationship. I just want to come to the world to seek equality."

"No, I mean...going to the human world has nothing to do with becoming a Demon Lord."

"Is it the identity of the Demon King? This..."

The devil habitually crossed his hands and raised his chin.

"After all, I would also be afraid. Going to an unfamiliar place alone or something. Even if human beings are weak individually, they have great power together, and they are very repulsive to aliens. If you don't guarantee your own strength, it will be very difficult Maybe he was killed early on.

"You also know that under normal circumstances, after the demons come to the human world, their power will be severely suppressed. At most, they can only have the upper limit of human beings, just like me now. If you want to maintain the original power over human beings If you want to, you have to—have the Demon King Throne.”

"'Magic Throne'?"

This word not only refers to the status of the demon king, but also refers to something physical—that is, the very beautiful seat that adorns the hall on the top floor of the demon king's city.

The Brave knows the seat.Even an ordinary person like him who doesn't know magic can feel the extremely strong magic power fluctuations that emanate from it.

"This thing is the key to my being able to gallop in the human world with the full glory of the demons."

The Demon King further explained: "The Demon Race who holds the Demon Throne will be automatically recognized as a boss by the laws of the world, enjoy an independent set of boss privileges and bonuses, and are not restricted by the conditions of this world. It can be understood as a certain status Symbolize it."

"Then, when you were defeated before, the Demon Throne also..."

To be precise, it wasn't defeated, but after deliberately hiding their clumsiness and admitting defeat.

"Um, um, yes... At that time, I didn't expect such a problem. After all, demons rarely come to the human world, and even fewer have the guts to touch the throne of the devil. This is not just any cat or dog Something that a dog can control. In addition, the thing is not small and cannot be put into the dimensional pocket, so it is difficult to carry..."

The Demon King twitched the corners of his mouth in frustration.

"Anyway, I left the Demon King's Throne here casually at that time. I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that they would take a big advantage of it! After all, if I hadn't lost the Demon King's Throne, how could it be possible for those few Inferior Demon Race women pressed and beat—"

"Well...it's useless to say this now."

If he had properly carried the Demon Throne on his body from the beginning, this series of follow-up events would not have happened.

But in the end, it was impossible for anyone to predict this kind of thing from happening.Besides, if he really stayed with him as the boss all the time, the brave man who regarded him as an enemy at that time would not have agreed in the first place.

"...I'm sorry, it's all because I wasn't careful enough."

The Demon King hugged his knees dejectedly, and said muffled.

"I can't blame you. If I have to say it, I am more responsible for this matter."

The brave patted his head to comfort him.

No, but the most important thing right now is to solve the problem, not to regret the past mistakes.

Defeat the new devil king again, so as to save mankind - if it is said that when you just stepped on the foot of the devil king's city, this seems to be an unattainable and difficult goal, but now that the devil king's city has been conquered halfway, it seems to be a few tentacles Reachable.

"...There are four more floors."

The brave man didn't know whether he was talking to himself or talking to his companions.

The topmost floor must be the leader of the witches, which is where the princess is.And the witches on the other three floors...

"Next, maybe... it will be very troublesome."

The faces of former companions flashed one after another in his mind.The brave man frowned unconsciously, a cloud cast over his face.

"The remaining four are people I respect very much, and their strength is beyond doubt."

The Demon King nodded.

"I still have a little impression of them. But brave man, there is no need to worry about this matter. Do you remember what I said at the beginning? As long as you and I work together, all the haze in the world will be cleared—— "

- He is serious.

The cover-up of the second-year posture that was pretentious at the beginning faded away, and the expression on his face was extremely gentle at this time.

"—I will always be behind you."

"Ah."

The brave man finally showed a smile.

"It's really reliable. Then, my back... from now on, I'll leave it to you."

Time passed minute by minute.There was a slight creaking sound from the opening and closing door not far away.

The original blue sky and green grass outside were completely mixed together, turning into a whole piece of gray mist.

Just then-

A pale hand suddenly pierced through the crack of the door and grabbed the edge of the door forcefully.

The door of the half-opened stairwell shook violently, and then was knocked open with great force.

The brave man jumped up from the steps, and looked in extreme shock, his eyes met the pair of eyes without highlights below.

"Xuelu, Miss..."

It was Xuelu at the door.But she wasn't standing there.Instead... lying prone on the ground at the door.

Her lower body has almost disappeared, leaving uneven cuts at the waist, and countless blue data faintly drifting out from the cut.

However, her upper body returned to a human-like posture for unknown reasons.Without the legs to support her body, she could only rely on her slender hands to support the ground, crawling forward little by little.

Those slender and beautiful hands and between the fingers are now covered with black and red soil.

Even so, she still raised her head high and stared straight at the brave man.Although no one can be seen in those already cloudy eyes——

"Master Brave...Master Brave. Master Brave, Master Brave!"

A hoarse voice escaped her throat.With both hands digging the flat floor tiles under him, only the upper half of his body was lying on the ground, crawling, rubbing and climbing forward.

"I won't give up—I won't stop, I will never give up. My love has not been conveyed...I haven't been able to get it yet, I haven't held you in my arms...Ah, ah, ah, ah Ahhh!! Lord Brave! You are mine, you are mine, you are mine—"