Lord Demon is behind you

"I'm not obliged to cater to the aesthetics of the bugs in the demon world," the other party said calmly. "In general, even if you think it's cute, I have nothing to be happy about."

"In short, brave man, please work hard to come here. I have prepared suitable traps and puzzles. As long as you unlock the traps as required, the deepest room will appear. I will wait for your arrival here."

"Wait, Miss Stella!" Seeing that the other party was about to cut off the image, the brave man hurriedly stopped him, "...If you want to pass this floor, you have to...kill you?"

The girl looked over through the projection with calm eyes.

"Sorry, I can't understand what you mean. What is your purpose for coming up to this floor? Do you just want to climb high and look far away?"

"I'm here for..." To stop the devil and save mankind.

"And the magician named Stella is one of the ten demon kings. Brave, please make this point clear: you are not trying to defeat us in order to reach a higher level, but to keep climbing up in order to defeat us. Please don't get it wrong again."

With a snap, the image completely disappeared.The brave man was speechless for a moment.

"This is really an incredible guy..." The Demon King sighed meaningfully.

From his tone, the brave man heard something, and couldn't help asking: "You seem to like Miss Stella quite a bit?"

Even if he is humiliated as a bedbug, he doesn't look angry. This is not the style of a demon king at all.

"Hmm. Is her name Stella? I can't say I like it... But I do appreciate that kind of thing. Your harem is full of crazy women who don't know what to do. She's the only one who doesn't feel threatening," the Demon King said. Dafang admitted, "So you brave man, should you explain it to me? What is she?"

"..." The brave man was silent for a moment.

"Miss Stella, she...was manufactured by the Magic Synthesis Research Institute of the Royal Capital, an artificial human."

The creation of intelligent life is undoubtedly one of the propositions that magisters have been pursuing since ancient times.The research institute in the capital is the place where similar research was commissioned by the kingdom.

As for Stella, it is said that she was born by an extremely accidental opportunity, an "incomplete creation"-the body was indeed made by the magicians in the research institute, but the soul was collected by them from the spirits floating in the air. Compiled from body fragments.

After all, human beings do not currently have the technology to create intelligence.

"Because of her artificial body, her adaptability to magic has broken through the limits of human beings, and she can also learn knowledge at a speed beyond normal. She soon became the most outstanding magician in the kingdom. Later, she accepted the assignment and joined my team. The team is coming... are you listening?"

"Well, listen, listen," the Demon King looked a little out of control, "I was thinking, how should I put it... You humans are really bold."

"……what?"

"Creating life or something, that's the domain of gods, right?" said the Demon King, "You humans are researching and developing technologies that even us demons dare not touch, and you humans have actually created samples. I don’t know whether to say that you have the spirit of challenge, or that you don’t know how to measure.”

"Really?" The brave man said honestly, not quite understanding the meaning of the other party's words, "I don't think artificial humans are any different from ordinary people."

"Well, in a sense, there is really no difference. After all, even artificial humans will confess to the brave man, and they will switch to the demons because of the failure of the confession. Artificials with human emotions become human beings. itself……"

The Demon King walked back and forth around, expressing a series of opinions.

"But as far as I am concerned, I really can't like these human parts. What I like is the 'contradictory with human emotions' element in her character! Whether it is this cold maze, or the simple and straightforward design sense , or the inorganic way of speaking. As long as you keep these things, she will always be different from humans, and she will be harmless to me—Hero? Why are you in a daze?"

The brave man was still standing there, seemingly lost in thought.The devil came back to him, stretched out his hand and shook it again and again.

"...Why, such an expression? Did you think of something?"

"No, I just..."

At this moment, the hero recalled "the confession from Stella".

At that time, that young girl—she indeed showed a posture that "contradicts the emotions of normal people".

"...It's nothing, I just thought of some past events."

However, this is not a topic that can be confided to the Demon Lord.As long as a man with a little brain will not tell a suitor about the confession process of another suitor.

...Although there is something wrong with comparing the situation of a scumbag who is on several boats with his own situation, but at least the brave man does not want to capsize where he is before he finishes conquering the Demon King's City.

"Anyway, let's go."

The brave man chose a path at random, and walked away first.

Behind him, the Demon King showed an extremely delicate expression.

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The brave man first chose the one leading to the south out of the four roads.

As he advanced, the road in front of him gradually lit up, illuminating a short distance in front of him no more, no less.

The elemental particles on both sides change and combine quickly, displaying lines of text——

"Welcome to my floor."

"Please destroy the organs in the four directions of southeast, northwest."

"The four directions correspond to one of the four magical elements of wind, fire, earth, and water. After breaking the mechanism, you can get the elemental stone of the corresponding attribute."

"After collecting all the elemental stones, place them on the last organ in the central area according to their orientation, and a new passage will appear."

"I wish you a prosperous martial arts."

"As expected of Ms. Stella, she really pays attention to explaining the rules." The brave man sighed.

"..."

There was no sound around me.

The brave man turned his head away, only to see that the demon king turned his head to the other side as if he was having a fight with something.

……What's wrong.

The brave man was very puzzled and wanted to ask, but suddenly found it difficult for him to speak.

How can I describe this feeling... He obviously teamed up with the Demon King and came all the way here, so it was a life and death experience on the first floor.But at this time, he still felt that it was difficult for him to intervene in the other party's emotions.

It was as if there was an invisible wall lying there.

Speaking of it, whether it is team formation, communication or progress afterwards, whenever communication is required, it is the other party who initiates it.

He followed him in a self-talking manner, chased after him stalking, got the courage from nowhere, stood with him as a human being, supported him with inexplicable reasons, and opposed his original kin...

This former Demon King has done so many unbelievable things, but thinking about it carefully, using himself as a witness who has been close by, he still doesn't know him at all.

Even, as long as the other party is a little cold, they will fall into a situation where they can't even talk... Isn't this kind of companionship a little too strange?

A companionship maintained entirely by the initiative of one of them—

The brave man was a little distracted.

Just when he was tangled, his eyes suddenly became clear.

The two of them stepped on the last floor tile, and suddenly they seemed to have entered another completely different world——

The boundless starry sky and the metallic ground disappeared.Instead, there is a fiery red sky that seems to be scorched, and magma slowly flowing on the dry ground.

In the huge space, there is only one huge magma pool in front of you, which is full of hot red liquid, bubbling and bubbling, fully displaying its "fire" attribute.

In this harsh environment, even if a person stands still, he will sweat in just a few seconds.

The brave man collected himself and tried his best to observe the terrain in front of him through the distorted hot air.

On the opposite side of the magma pool, there seems to be a small land, and something is shining on it.That's probably the destination of this trip.

And between this side and the destination, above the boiling magma, some slender floor tiles seem to be scattered messily, which seem to be places where they can stand.

Each floor tile is about two or three meters long and half a meter wide. Some are horizontal and some are vertical. There is a short distance between each other that is difficult to jump over.Each floor tile is embedded with a shiny spar—a common spar that can be used as a power source, and it seems that once it is stepped on, it will move.

Just as the brave man was about to leave and walk up, his clothes got caught.

"Wait a minute, brave man!"

Behind him came the majestic voice of the Demon King, just like it always did.

——It’s great that he’s back to normal——thought the brave man inappropriately.

The Demon King took two steps forward, stood in front of the brave man, and opened his arms imposingly.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is the so-called 'trap', right? After unlocking this trap and going to the opposite side, we can get those elemental stones! Right?"

"It stands to reason that it is—"

"And the true face of this organization, have you seen through it?"

He spoke coherently with an air that did not allow the hero to answer at all.

"... I guess, as soon as someone steps on these bricks, they will move back and forth, and then move until they meet the next floor tile. As long as you step on the correct floor tiles in a certain order, they will be sent to the opposite side Bar."

Before the words were finished, the Demon King had already jumped onto a certain floor tile connected to the shore.

The sapphire on the brick surface suddenly lit up, and then brought the devil above it, like a surfboard, splitting the magma and sliding forward——

"Wait!" The brave shouted quickly, "I haven't gone up yet—"

"Let me complete the puzzles here!" The Demon King resolutely said, "The brave man is watching my heroic appearance over there, just wait for me to bring the elemental stone to you. Remember to show it to me when the time comes." Oh your smile!"

"……what?"

What happened all of a sudden?The brave sent out an obvious signal of incomprehension.

"Because, I want to do something for you no matter what!" The Demon King shouted loudly, "I thought they were all just worthless losers, especially that girl, she wasn't even a human being, just a man-made thing. However, a mere man-made failed dog can make you show such a nostalgic and sad expression... I will not be reconciled! I also hope that you can see me in your eyes! So, this time, let me follow The hormonal impulse is exactly the same as that of men all over the world, in order to please the one you love, work hard to overcome obstacles!"

While speaking, he had jumped onto the second floor tile and continued to slide in the other direction.

This is……

The brave man briefly omitted that long passage, and finally came to an incredible conclusion.

This guy... the Demon King, could it be that he is jealous?

...He thought the Demon King was a creature that would not be jealous.

In other words, the Demon King has never taken those girls seriously, and whenever he mentions them, he always shows a look of disapproval, not to mention jealousy—although he always declares when facing the brave, "That's because I only want It's good to see you happy, and I don't have to be with you, so I'm deliberately forbearing", but in fact it's definitely not the case.

As for whether it's because he doesn't regard girls as opponents at all, or because he doesn't really like the brave man at all, just pretending to be affectionate, or some other reason... the brave man doesn't know.

But I have to say that the persona who abandons his emotions and only pays for his sweetheart is not suitable for the devil at all, and it is completely inconsistent with his sneering attitude towards girls at every turn, and it is not convincing at all.

On the contrary, the suddenly jealous Demon King is much cuter.

Unconsciously, the brave man relaxed a little.

"To please the one you love"...?

Although he has been confessed to by many people, but speaking of it, this is really the first time that someone has made a special trip to do something just to make him happy.

According to common sense, "being pleasing" should be a privilege enjoyed by the "pursued" party, right?

I always feel that this kind of behavior of getting something for nothing is very despicable, the brave man sighed slightly.He wasn't in the habit of leaving his affairs to others, but, undeniably, he did take a little pleasure in such things.

Vaguely, there is a sense of happiness of being taken care of.

until--

A few minutes later, the devil stood on the non-stick floor tiles and howled miserably.

"Oh, ah! How did this happen—!" He hugged his knees on the spot with a gloomy expression, "I obviously had a good idea of ​​the road, so why am I stuck in the middle! Isn't this mechanism solved in this way? What do I have? Did I take a wrong step? What should I do? Now, what should I do—!... Please help me, Mr. Brave—!”

...However, this guy really lacks the skills to please others.

The brave man turned his head with a heavy heart, feeling that there was indeed something wrong with the previously moved self.