Lord Demon is behind you

"I can't go down," the Demon King buried his face in his arms, and snorted in shame, "This tree is too tall! I didn't expect it to be so high... With my current physique, if I just jump down, it might be very dangerous. fell to his death."

"……Well."

The brave man couldn't react immediately.He nudged the trunk dully.

The trunk of this tall tree is very thick, and the root system is even more stable, and it can hardly be shaken with his strength.

"Isn't this pretty sturdy?" He looked around, "Just climb down and it's fine?"

"Climb down? No way, brave man, it's really not possible," the demon king waved his hands repeatedly, "I can't do things like climbing trees. I'll definitely fall down right away."

"Can't you climb a tree...well, how did you get there?"

"..."

The demon king stared at him speechlessly.

"--what."

The brave man finally reacted.

It seems that the demon king fell directly on the tree because he was in a hurry to get rid of the second form. However, after returning to the first form, he lost his wings and couldn't get down from the tall tree.

This is really...

Although he felt a little sorry for the other party, but after he figured out the cause of the incident, he couldn't help but want to laugh for a while.

No wonder he fought against the boss for so long, this guy didn't show up to help out again.It turned out that it wasn't some incurable injury or some big problem, but...was it trapped in a tree?

No, of course I didn't want to laugh at the other party, but...

How should I put it, this can be regarded as an oolong incident, but the brave feels that this incident is very cute from the beginning to the end.

The parties are just as cute.

For the sake of his companion's face, he tried his best to hold back his laughter, but the expression of hard-working smile was still recognized by the devil.

"...Don't laugh!"

This time the Demon King simply hid his face among the branches and leaves, only the muffled voice came out.

"This is really embarrassing, I know. I planned to show off and let the brave man feel my handsomeness, but in the end I made such a stupid mistake... I'm sorry, brave man, I was stumped by such a stupid thing , I can't help you..."

The brave man moved his arms and legs, and then hugged the tree trunk.

"Just leave me alone for the time being, let me be quiet, and wait for the ability to release the seal to cool down before flying down in the second form... Eh?"

While he was giving up on himself, the brave man had already climbed up in twos and threes, climbing all the way to the crown of the tree.

"...the brave?"

"Okay," the brave squatted at the end of the main branch, and stretched out his hand to him, "it's all right. I'll take you down."

A breeze blew by, gently stirring the green leaves on the treetops.

Sunlight leaked through the thin cracks in the branches and leaves, shaking and falling on the two of them.

"Ah... oh."

The Demon King grabbed the hand in a daze, and moved to his side with the help of the brave man's strength.The movements are slow for some reason.

The brave man pulled his arm around his shoulder.

"Hold on to me, or you might fall." He instructed.

"Well,... um."

For the time being, he tightened his arms obediently, but the devil's face was still blank, and his attitude was cautious.

Be careful...it's a bit too much, right?

The brave man pushed his waist, urging him to lean on his back quickly.

"Okay, hurry up."

After finding a relatively comfortable position, the brave man began to return the same way.Because there was an extra person hanging on his body, his movements when going down were much slower and more cautious than when he was climbing up.

"Speaking of..." After struggling for a moment, he still couldn't help asking, trying to figure out the other party's attitude.

"That time... was when I was talking to the witch on this floor. Didn't you hear what we talked about?"

If he had heard the brave man's confession at that time, he shouldn't be reacting like this now.

As early as when he was on the first floor, the brave man secretly thought about how the other party would react if he punctured the window paper between the two——

He should immediately jump over and plunge into his arms (or cover him into his arms?), screaming, "Really, brave man, are you willing to respond to my love?" Plan your wedding dress, honeymoon location, and great-grandchildren's names.

In comparison, isn't this a little too calm now?Rather than being calm, it would be better to say that he was too alienated, as if he hadn't heard that shameful confession at all.

"Well, if you say that, you probably didn't hear it."

After pausing for a moment, there was a rustling sound from the back, followed by warmth.It seems that the Demon Lord leaned his face into the hero's cloak.

"When the elf was attracted by your attention and started to move the altar, I sneaked into the forest behind, and kept setting traps there. What's wrong, what's important in the conversation information?"

"……nothing."

The brave man didn't know whether to be disappointed or grateful.

With such a shameful black history, there is nothing wrong with letting it be buried in the wind... Having said that...

Well, it's good that this guy didn't hear me.After all, now is not a good time for romance.At present, the Demon King City has just completed two-thirds of the strategy, and it is still far away from the real goal of saving mankind. If you start dating so early, it will definitely affect your work status.

The brave can only comfort himself in this way.

After he stepped back on the ground, he patted the Demon King behind him.

"All right."

"Oh--"

The Demon King responded with his mouth, but he didn't let go of his hand, reluctantly rubbing against the brave man's back.

How come you look like a spoiled child.Full of helplessness and strange sense of satisfaction alternately echoed in the brave man's heart.

"Sorry," after he finally let go, he immediately returned to his previous appearance, and began to talk nonsense with a serious expression, "But, it feels like I haven't seen you for a long time... I'm a little lacking in bravery, and I urgently need to breathe Take a bite to replenish energy, otherwise you will soon be unable to support it."

"It's been a long time since I saw you, but in fact it's only been more than a day."

The brave man reached out to pick off the leaves on top of his head, and one of them couldn't hold back and rubbed it twice.

"It's been a long time, it's been more than 24 hours!" The other party replied confidently, "From the first day I knew the hero, this is the first time I haven't seen you for such a long time. I will fight with you with my identity, but at least I can always watch you."

The brave man felt that if he continued this topic, something bad might happen next, so he hurriedly changed the direction of the conversation.

"Didn't have time to ask before—how did you escape from the Forest Guardian?"

The two began to walk slowly towards the bottom of the huge tree that resembled the "Elf Mother Tree".According to common sense, the upward stairwell should be there.

"Ah, about this!" The Demon King clenched his right fist and slammed it on the palm of his left hand. "Speaking of which, it's pure luck to be able to escape safely—thanks to your holy sword, Brave."

"Aha?"

"At that time, I was tied up by vines and stuffed into a tree trunk," the demon king gestured, "That guy's stomach is empty—brave, do you understand the internal structure of tree people?"

"Probably know a little bit."

The trunk cavity of the "Forest Guardian" is completely hollow, and usually does not take in nutrients and water through the root system, but is completely supplied with energy by the small magic power source in the upper part of the trunk.

The source of magic power is connected to the extended limbs and shell through conduits-when these conduits are covered with a formed magic shell and extended outside the body, they will become vines that can attack at any time.

The brave still remembers that when there are elves in the elf forest who want to move, they usually seek help from the "Forest Guardian".Their huge cavity is as practical as a large carrying case.

"At that time, I was stuffed into its stomach, and the top of my head was a source of beating magic power. After the vines used to bind people entered the inner cavity, they all turned back into conduits. Although they were still very strong, after all It's much slimmer, which gives me some room to use props."

The devil said proudly: "You know, plants can't feel pain. What's more, that big guy is simply a puppet controlled by the witch, and he won't respond at all-even if I completely tear the catheter in his body , Open a hole from its inside, and it won't notice."

Although it is easy to say, but I also know that the dark elves had been staying near the treant at that time.As long as there is a slight change in the attributes of the treant, she will immediately find out that she will not make such a simple mistake as letting the devil escape easily.

Besides, the tree man's skin wasn't that fragile, and only a certain level of weapon could cause damage to it.

"Just when I didn't know what to do, I suddenly discovered that your holy sword, Brave, was still in my hand. So——"

Having said that, the brave man has almost guessed the future development.

"By the way, the 'Forest Guardian' is a creature of the light system."

If you use a holy sword, a weapon with light attributes and additional damage, to attack it, it will probably have the same effect as attacking Xuelu before, that is, it will heal while being injured, and the overall health will not decrease.In this way, the enemy will not find that something is wrong.

"That is to say, did you cut those vines with the holy sword?"

"That's right! Because it will heal at the same time as it takes damage, but the gap of one second in the middle is enough for me to break free." The devil habitually raised his chin, "Anyway, this time is really lucky. , I happen to have that sword in my hand, otherwise it would be difficult—"

"It must be the hero's super high level of luck that played a role!"

He ended with this sentence.

"Then what happened afterwards? You just stayed in that inner cavity..." Squatting for more than a day?

"Well, yes. Because that witch has been wandering around, and from time to time, she will say some random curses to the tree man's stomach. I can't escape, I can only wait and see what happens—anyway, I'm idle, I'm idle, This period of time was simply used by me to prepare scrolls for traps," the demon king approached as if asking for credit, "Later, when she was attracted by your attention, I took the opportunity to run out and scattered all the scrolls into the forest— - Does it work well?"

——It's more than good.Now that the two of them had just walked to the outer edge of the shallow crater caused by the explosion, from the outside, the lethality was undoubtedly even more astonishing.

If this was not the interior of the Demon King's Castle, but the center of a certain town, this attack alone would be enough to kill thousands of humans.

——It’s great that this guy isn’t the kind of demon king who would attack humans indiscriminately.The brave sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"Uh, that's right." As the two walked towards the opposite side along the trace of the explosion, the brave man thought of the last unsolved mystery.

"You should have escaped when the altar just started moving. But later, when the witch gave the treeman an order to let it...kill you, there was indeed something like crushing from its cavity. voice, and there is still blood flowing out..." What's going on here?

Although the crisis has been resolved long ago, it is still difficult for the brave man not to be afraid when he recalls the sense of despair he felt when he mistakenly thought his companion was dead.

"Huh? Oh... that one."

A shadow passed over the Demon King's face.

"Actually, before I ran away, I probably guessed that the witch might want to kill me. In order to avoid going too far too quickly, I temporarily left a... double in the cavity, and installed a chain trap on the magic power source of the treant .When the substitute is destroyed, the trap will activate by itself, blowing up the source of magic power... The 'blood' you see, brave, should be the blood of the treant."

Although what is said now is still the previous arrangement, but for some reason, instead of the elation of the previous Demon King, he has fallen into an inexplicable melancholy.

"……What's wrong?"

Moreover, for some reason, the brave man is inexplicably concerned about the "substitute" he mentioned.

"nothing much!"

The Demon King suddenly let out a low exclamation, and looked not far away without blinking.

Under the shadow of the "Elf Mother Tree", there was a thick and lifeless trunk quietly rolling - if you read it correctly, it was the part left by the previous treant.

Probably because the roots didn't have time to penetrate the ground when it lost its life, and it was directly blown away when it exploded.At this time, its roots, branches and leaves have been torn apart, only the trunk is still intact.

"Didn't it be torn apart directly? What a coincidence."

The Demon King ran over and smashed the tree man's shell with a low-level plastic bullet.The originally strong epidermis became fragile after death, and after a crack, it would be split in two with just a bare hand.

He reached in with his arm, tore away the shriveled duct that was tangled up in a ball, and finally pulled out a rather bulky… thing.

"what--"

The Demon King made a dissatisfied voice, "Sure enough, it's broken...well, that's right. After all, it was squeezed by this guy with enough force to kill people, so it's no wonder it's not broken."

The brave man, on the other hand, fell into a strange silence after seeing the thing for the first time.

The "thing" held by the devil was about the size of a human body, and the lower half was still wrapped in a tube.It seems to be a cloth product stuffed with cotton inside. At this time, the thread has been opened in several places, and the cotton has leaked everywhere, and it has become tattered.

However—the pattern painted on the surface of the cloth—is clearly a young male human figure with blond hair and blue eyes, and a very familiar face—

This thing is clearly a body pillow!

It's still a warrior pattern!

"I'm sorry, Brave, this time the situation is really urgent, and I can't find anything else of a suitable size at hand, so I have no other choice..."

The Demon King apologized very earnestly, and he didn't know whether it was to the broken pillow or to the hero himself who had completely lost sight of the scene.

"When I have time, I will definitely repair all the damaged places!"

--This guy!

The brave felt an aggrieved emotion with nowhere to vent all the way up to his throat.

Although the Demon King seems to have said before that he has a much richer collection of heroes than the witch Emily on the first floor...but...

"Ah, sorry for the brave man!"

After putting away the body pillow, the Demon King noticed the brave man holding his forehead, and immediately jumped back two steps in a panic.

"I'm sorry... this kind of thing... is disgusting? Does it make you feel uncomfortable? I, I will definitely hide it later—" he added without any hesitation, "This is a pillow I prepared myself, I usually just sleep with it in my arms, and I definitely didn’t do anything weird with it!”

"...No. It's fine."

The brave man pressed his temple very tiredly.

He didn't want to admit it at all, but it seemed that this subtle emotion should be called...jealousy rather than disgust and disgust.

"Anyway, let's go."

"...uh, uh."

The Demon King seemed to be following behind him with some apprehension.The two continued to walk towards the foot of the elf mother tree one after the other.

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"...I'm right by my side, what else do I need to hug a pillow for?"

"Brave? Did you just say something? I didn't catch it—"

"No, nothing."

The brave man firmly denied.