Lord Demon is behind you

The brave man and the devil walked up the long spiral staircase.

If the facts are consistent with the previous inference, and the two guards on the top two floors are the princess and the paladin, then there is only one guardian left on the seventh floor that is about to arrive.

"The witch on this floor should be Ludi."

The brave man's tone seemed very friendly, and he didn't even add an honorific.

"...I don't know her. Are you familiar with her, Brave?"

The Demon King is obviously very concerned about this.

"You don't remember her? She should be the most conspicuous person in our team. Anyone who sees her once will never forget her."

"yes……"

The Demon King clasped his hands under his chin.

"No, the most conspicuous one is you, the brave man, in every sense."

"..."

Because he didn't know how to answer the conversation, the brave man had no choice but to pretend that he didn't hear it, and continued according to the original direction of the conversation.

"Ludy is not a pure-bred human - she seems to have a bit of dwarf blood. Similar to Miss Wilka, she also has a lifespan far longer than the upper limit of human beings, so..."

"……Hey?"

The demon king, who was originally absent-minded, was attracted by this topic, and suddenly let out a shocked voice, "The dwarf...is that the dwarf I thought of? The one that has become extinct in the human world?"

"Ah."

According to the legend, the dwarves are a mysterious family who possess superb forging technology and live in seclusion in the mountains and forests.They are obsessed with building weapons and making machinery. Although they cannot learn any magic, their innate physical fitness and wisdom endow them with endless creativity.

Advanced dwarven artisans can even create robots that move and fight on their own, as well as first-class weapons that can cause massive damage.These technologies are far more powerful than ordinary magic, almost breaking through the upper limit of human beings, and reaching unknown areas——

Almost all the magical weapons that appear in the inheritance songs are from the hands of the masters of the dwarves.The holy sword in the hands of the brave is no exception.

However, on this continent, the dwarves had indeed disappeared hundreds of years ago.

Some people say that this race went against the sky and violated the majesty of the gods, so it was exterminated by thunder; some people said that other races coveted their technology and secretly destroyed the dwarf tribe in order to rob them... As for the truth? What it is like, the brave man does not know.

"So, what's the matter with that woman?" The Demon King asked anxiously, "Is it the orphan of the dwarves?"

"No, so she just has a little dwarf blood..."

When the dwarves still existed, some human aristocrats with special hobbies liked to kidnap dwarf women as playthings, so some human trafficker organizations that specifically targeted female dwarves were born.

Although the dwarves, both male and female, have good fighting power, and the cohesion among the same clan is even stronger, and they will not easily let these scumbags succeed, but accidents are always inevitable.

After being caught by humans, the young dwarf females will immediately have their tendons and tendons cut off to ensure that they lose their lethality.Afterwards, these girls will be separated soon, each sent to the noble's mansion, or sent to the commodity table of the underground auction.

Most of them die young, and only a few live long enough to conceive and bear offspring.

And their offspring, since they also have the blood of dwarves, will probably continue to be raised as toys——

Now that the pure dwarves are extinct, all creatures with dwarf blood in the human world should be leftovers from that time.

The girl named Rudy——should have been born in a similar environment.

"..."

This is an overly heavy subject.Even if it is just to relay the objective facts to a companion, it is extremely difficult because of the heavy content.

Neither of the two made a sound for a while, they just continued walking side by side in silence.

Regarding Ludi's life background, it is considered an open secret that everyone in the brave team tacitly understands, and no one usually mentions it.

It is undeniable that this is a sin that humans have committed to other races.

"The magic resistance of dwarves is the strongest among all races in the human world." After a while, the devil said, "Do you know, brave? The corpses of dwarves cannot even be used by undead magic. The spells of the department also have a very strong resistance."

"what do you mean……"

"The race of dwarves is seriously incompatible with all kinds of magic. No matter what the principle of the witch's transformation ceremony is, she still has to use magic power, right? If this is the case, then the blood belonging to the dwarves in her body will definitely be fiercely repelled, even if it is barely transformed. If it succeeds, it is very possible to retain the original consciousness—compared to the elf on the sixth floor, she is the one who is really likely to have the remaining part."

The brave man couldn't understand the details, but he already understood the general meaning.

"In other words, she may not have completely turned into a witch, but still retains the thinking ability of a normal human being - can we communicate with her?"

"Well, it's just a possibility." The Demon King said vaguely, "I haven't seen a living dwarf either, I'm just guessing theoretically..."

"Even if there is only one percent possibility, it is still worth trying."

The brave man's spirit was lifted up like never before: this can be said to be the first good news he got after entering the Demon King's City.

If she wasn't completely transformed,... maybe she could still be saved.As long as you can communicate, you can persuade, you can even become a companion again——

"Whether it can be done or not, you will know when you meet the real person."

He was so determined.

The worst result is that she has to be knocked down just like the previous layers.

The demon king next to him pursed his lips in an unclear manner, and after a while he whispered: "But even if she didn't become a witch completely,... I remember that dwarves are generally very irritable, right? If you want to communicate normally—— "

"Ah, it doesn't matter what Rudy said."

The brave waved his hand.

"She's easy to talk to. As long as it's really her and not a witch, she must be someone who can communicate normally."

"……yes."

The devil's face was a little downcast, as if he was a little unhappy, but more of a worried mood—but the hero, who was all about saving his former teammates, didn't notice the strangeness of his current teammates.

The door of the seventh floor appeared at the end of the line of sight.Compared with the ones on the previous floors, this door is much smaller, and it is only slightly higher than the double doors of ordinary shops.

This time the brave man pushed open the door without much hesitation, and strode in—

The space inside the door...unexpectedly, is very narrow, and the gray wall opposite can be seen at a glance from the door.The overall area is roughly equivalent to an ordinary one-on-one arena.

The whole room was square, and there was nothing on the walls, not to mention the decoration, not even a piece of wallpaper.There are countless cracks, large or small, scattered randomly on the four walls, some of which seem to have been split by a sharp weapon, while others seem to have been scratched by sharp claws——

"It's like a Minotaur was imprisoned in this room..." The demon king poked out half of his head from behind him, and suddenly fell silent in the middle of complaining.

——In the diagonally opposite corner, curled up a particularly petite figure, who seemed to be a woman.

She wasn't even as long as the crack in the wall around her, so it was easy to miss at first glance.

Wrapped in thick leather armor, she curled up in a corner, her eyes were tightly closed, her chest and abdomen rose and fell slightly——

"A-Are you sleeping...? This little girl is that... dwarf?"

"It's just of dwarf blood," the brave man corrected again, "Yes, she is Ludi."

"...Why in this world is there a boss who was still sleeping when the hero knocked on the door!"

The Demon King complained angrily, but still subconsciously lowered his voice.

The witch in front of her looked like a twelve or thirteen-year-old human girl.Her hands and feet are very small, and her cheeks are as childish and cute as a child's, with flushed cheeks; she even talks unconsciously in her sleep.

After just staring at it for half a minute, the Demon King's originally unhappy expression changed to one that couldn't say anything.

"Brave," he pulled the sleeve of the brave and whispered in his ear, "Well...although it's a bit hard to say, has this kid confessed to you?"

"……Um."

The brave man nodded wordlessly, and at the same time covered his face with his hand embarrassingly.

——The girl named Ludi in front of her——Anyone who sees her will feel that she is just a little girl who hasn't grown up.

Just associating such a young child with the opposite sex will make people feel extremely guilty.Even if he knows that there is actually a very mature soul hidden under this childlike appearance, a normal man without special hobbies will never have a certain degree of affection for her—so, it is conceivable that the brave man is in love with her. How embarrassing the whole person was when she confessed.

The brave man didn't want to recall anything about that time.

The Demon King patted him on the shoulder wordlessly.

"Okay, so what do we do now?"

There was nothing in the room, and the only target that could be locked was sleeping again.

"...I can only call her up, right?"

The brave man put on a charm that enhanced physical defense, activated the skill that increases defense acceleration, carefully held the holy sword in his hand, and then walked towards the witch carefully.It is still impossible to determine the other party's situation, and the necessary preparations still have to be made.

He came to the girl, squatted down and carefully pushed her shoulder.

"... Rudy?"

The little girl pursed her lips in her sleep, turned over to the other side of the wall, and buried her face in the corner.

"——Ludy, wake up."

The brave man couldn't laugh or cry for a while, so he had to pat her on the shoulder again.

This time, the witch finally shook her eyelashes unwillingly, and slowly opened her eyes——

"... Brave, my lord?"

The voice is also as crisp as that of a young girl who has not changed her voice.

"Ah, it's me."

She looked very calm. Although her pure black eyes were a bit hazy because she just woke up, they were not cloudy like other witches.

——Maybe it really works——

The brave man's heart lifted a little bit.

"You...you are here."

She rubbed her eyes repeatedly, and after confirming several times, she finally let out a breath of relief.

"That's great. I've been waiting for—"

When her gaze inadvertently passed over the brave man's shoulder, she suddenly stopped.

"…What's wrong?"

The brave man immediately sensed something was wrong.She looked over her shoulder and fixedly stared in the direction of the door; the Demon King was leaning there quietly, watching the situation here.

She opened her eyes wide, just staring at the Demon King blindly.The latter subconsciously jumped back two steps.

"Brave, she—!"

The devil's face suddenly changed.

"Brave, stay away from her!"

"Varied--"

A scorching air wave suddenly erupted from the little girl.The brave man's retreat was only a little slower, and the airflow lifted his arms, and the burning sensation immediately rushed all the way to the top of his head, and his health dropped by a large amount.

After quickly backing up a dozen steps, he looked up at the other party.I saw that Ludi had already stood up, stretched back with one hand, and pulled out a battle ax taller than her from the shadow behind her.

With the scorching mist rising from all around, her originally black eyes had turned blood red.

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