Lord Demon is behind you

Hands are shaking.

The hand used to holding the sword was shaking.

No matter how slight it is, this is an abnormal state that should not appear on a brave man who has experienced many battles.

Just in case, he pressed his wrist and reconfirmed: "...If you destroy her, Miss Emily will... die right away?"

"Of course." It should be that he noticed the abnormality of the brave man. Although he said merciless words, the devil's eyes were gentle.

"As long as any creature with life is fatally injured, it will die. But, brave man, you don't have to apologize for this."

The Demon King held his wrist and rubbed it lightly. This was a purely comforting gesture that did not contain any affection.

"Her essence has already died a long time ago. The moment they were willing to become monsters because of their 'unwilling' feelings, it was already-oh," he sighed, "in this way, it seems like It's all my fault."

"No, it's not your fault..." the brave man said, "Although there is part of your reason."

The direct cause of stimulating them is the Demon King, but the main cause can only be attributed to the hero.Taking a step back, even if the devil hadn't confessed at the time, as long as the brave finally chose a partner they couldn't agree with, this tragedy would be unavoidable.

——Can't escape, the brave man took a deep breath, trying to stop his trembling.

"I understand. Here... let me relieve her..."

He stopped suddenly.Emily opened her eyes at some point, and was staring straight at what was close at hand——the finger of the devil wobbling restlessly on the brave man's wrist.

"Let me ask you, Brave." Her voice was very hazy, "Are you gay or not?"

The brave man shook off the Demon King's hand like an electric shock, but missed the best time to deny it because of overreacting.

The girl-shaped monster raised its face slightly, its eyes were out of focus, like a broken puppet.

"Is that really the case... It really is because..."

"Only you...I will never forgive you."

Her right hand twitched.

"Well……!"

A thin beam of light shot out from her fingertips and went straight through the Demon King's chest.

The crit judgment was successful!The critical decision was successful!Demon King HP -7986!

"Varied……!"

Just when the brave man instinctively supported the Demon King, Emily stretched her legs, freed her body from the holy sword, and charged straight forward.

The overly rough action made her chest injury expand.The life value dropped again, but it didn't drop straight to the bottom; although there were only a dozen points left, she was indeed still alive.

Caught off guard, the brave man and the demon king were knocked far away by her, and it was too late to take any measures, so they could only watch her roll and rush towards the corner——

She covered her body with her wings, and opened a hidden door with her body.The shape of a spiral staircase can be vaguely seen behind the door.

"That's, it's the steps leading to the upper floor!" The devil grabbed the brave man's sleeve tightly, coughing up some blood, "Hero, no, leave me alone, catch up! You must, end here ……she……"

... Then you should let go first!The brave man can't laugh or cry.

Although, it's not that I can't understand the mood of the Demon King... If I were injured, I would definitely have the contradictory feelings of not wanting to drag my companions down, but also afraid of being abandoned.

Emily took one last look this way, then plunged into the darkness.

"Only you, I will never forgive—"

The last words left echoed in the messy boss room for a long time.

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— was escaped by her.

On the contrary, the brave man breathed a sigh of relief, but after realizing this, he disliked his own weakness.

"...Ahem!" The Demon King coughed up some blood again.

The brave man came back to his senses, quickly helped him to sit against the wall, took a large blood bottle and handed it to him.

"No, don't use... human medicine, if used on me, the effect will be halved."

The Demon King weakly refused, and instead took out a small black bottle and drank it himself, and the blood finally recovered little by little.

"You're okay?"

"It's okay..." The demon king lowered his head and twitched his shoulders, "It doesn't matter if the blood bar doesn't go to zero directly. But, it's really dangerous..." He tearfully grabbed the hem of the brave man's clothes, "I'm so big, It's the first time I've been forced to this extent! She's pretty good at it, that woman!"

"What's the first time... haven't you been defeated by us before?"

"At that time, I secretly hid 30 blood, so even though I lost miserably, I was actually far away from death. But now I only have 8000 blood in total! When the blood bar reaches zero, I will really die. !"

It seemed that he was really scared.

The brave man sighed: "After you, don't follow me up."

The higher the level, the higher the risk. It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a danger of dying at any time.

The brave himself has long been used to a life accompanied by the crisis of death, but the former devil king probably just sat on the devil throne most of the time and watched his subordinates work hard, and he didn't have much experience in similar situations.

"How can I do that!" The Demon King jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, "No, no, I was just pretending, I just wanted the brave to care about me more! The so-called death is like the wind, often Accompanying me... As the lord of the demon clan, I have long been used to fighting to the death, so this trivial matter is nothing!"

"……yes."

"...D-Of course it is!"

The Demon King stuck out his chest stubbornly, and said an obvious lie that even a brave man could see through at a glance.

——What the hell is this guy thinking, even the threat of death can't make him retreat?

Even his former companion, Her Majesty the Princess, had never really been on the front line to fight, even though she had always been by his side because of righteousness, she just sat behind and observed.

This is taken for granted by others, after all, she is a high-ranking royal family.

But the Demon King in front of him was different.Obviously fearing the possible death, but trying to be brave, just to be by his side, willing to do anything... Is this really just because I like him?

Brave doesn't think that a love that can't be confirmed can make people do this, so he is a little confused.

However, compared to that——

He took out a strangely shaped amulet from his pocket and put it in the hands of the Demon King.

"this is for you."

The item with the body temperature of the brave fell into his hand, and the Demon King was a little dazed for a while.

"This is……"

"A special talisman called 'Stand-in Doll'," said the brave man, "it can offset three death states for the wearer, that is, it can restore hundreds of blood points for the wearer at the moment the blood volume reaches zero, which is equivalent to bringing the dead back to life. It’s a life-saving prop.”

Ah—the Demon King took a small breath.

"Isn't this a precious thing? What would you do if you gave it to me?"

"Me?" The brave man slowly took out an identical one from his backpack, "I still have it. Because it is for life-saving, I ordered dozens of them in one go."

"..." The devil's face was full of resentment, "You don't have to tell the truth..."

Even though he said so, he still put the amulet in his chest with great care, and touched it again and again through his clothes.

"However, this is something you gave me, the brave man, so I will definitely cherish it."

The brave said helplessly: "There is no need to cherish it, it is a consumable, and it is correct to use it well."

The subsequent battles will definitely be more difficult and intense, and this amulet is just in case.

"Speaking of it... besides the crazy woman who just ran up, there must be other bosses waiting for you upstairs." The devil pondered, "How many people are there in your harem?"

The brave man was at a loss: "After... what?"

"...It's the women chasing you, how many are there?"

The brave man felt embarrassed for a while, and murmured: "At that time, there were ten people who appeared with the princess..."

"Ten people, that is to say, there are ten demon king-level enemies," the demon king snapped his fingers, "but in the entire first floor, only the young lady is alone guarding it? The rest are just trash. "

The brave man nodded: "Yes, and Miss Emily said at the beginning that this is her floor. So I think they probably divided into different areas, and each is responsible for guarding the floor."

"That's right. Going forward layer by layer and breaking through one by one, although there is nothing new, it is better than being simple and direct," the Demon King commented in the tone of a senior, "Whether it is called breaking through levels or climbing towers, in short, it is very suitable for the brave! Being able to arrange the formation in this way, those women, as devil kings, can be considered qualified for the time being."

"If this is the premise, that is to say... I want to climb up one by one in this way, and finally knock down ten of them, one by one..."

The brave man clenched his fists.

"No, you're wrong again, brave man," the devil smiled slightly, "it's not 'you', but 'us'."

After a short rest, the two walked into the stairwell together.

In the nothingness, only the spiral staircase seems to extend upwards endlessly, like the only link running through two completely different spaces.After an unknown amount of time, a light finally appeared in front of my eyes: a half-open door with the words "Second Floor" written on it.

After entering the second floor, the Demon King immediately let out an exclamation of appreciation.

"Oh! This is really, really amazing—"

It is completely different from the style of the first floor, where the line of sight is very open.There seems to be a boundless starry sky above the head, but the bricks with metallic texture are stepped on under the feet.There are endless clusters of elemental particles floating in the void, emitting different colors of light flickeringly, forming a wonderful picture.

Taking their place as the center, the four roads extend to the southeast, northwest, respectively, and sink into the darkness at the end.

"Beep--"

In the void not far away, elemental particles are spliced ​​together rapidly, gradually forming a magical image.

"This is--"

This is a method of communication commonly used by magicians. Just activate the pre-set node, and you can communicate with people near the node anytime, anywhere. It is a bit like a video call that is popular in different time and space.

The brave man is very familiar with this method: Among his former companions, there are people who are very proficient in this method.

On the image, a girl's face emerged.

"can u hear?"

She was wearing a black cloak and a wizard's pointed hat, and her face was as delicate as a doll's expressionless.

"It seems that I can hear it," the girl said flatly, opening and closing her lips, "Welcome to my floor, brave man."

"My floor" - the same expression as Emily before.

"Miss Stella..." the brave man murmured out the name.

"……Um."

The girl tilted her head, although she still had no expression on her face, her brows and eyes seemed to stretch a little.

"It's great to see you again," she said flatly.

"Hmm..." the brave said softly, "It would be better if we were not in a hostile position."

"Wait, don't start chatting on your own!"

The Demon King, who couldn't find a chance to interrupt, simply interrupted the conversation.

"Who is she, Brave, aren't you going to introduce me?"

The brave man always felt that something was wrong, why did this guy speak in the same tone as a wife who went out with her husband but met her husband's ex on the road.

The girl in the video responded more directly.She frowned, and said coldly, "I'm obviously talking to the brave man, but why is there a large bug from the demon world buzzing next to me. It's really an eyesore."

The Demon King gasped: "What's going on, this little girl is not cute at all!"