Lord Demon is behind you

It no longer makes sense to hide behind robots.The brave man patted the torso of the robot, and quickly confirmed that the medicines to instantly restore blood volume, medicines to improve abilities, and props to deal with emergencies were all ready in place, and then he walked out of the robot's shielding range step by step. .

The moment he stepped out of the shielding range, he felt a slight dizziness, and couldn't help but feel tight——

It's like... stepping into some unknown place.

In the eyes of others, he probably appeared on the opposite side out of thin air.Princess Jiali screamed softly, and hid back, hiding in the darkness together with the prince; then the iron fences on both sides were abruptly pulled away.

This feeling is different from before.The witch on the sixth floor had also manipulated the surrounding scene on the spot, but this time it seemed that it wasn't just the scene that changed; the brave man had a mysterious feeling, as if his way of perceiving space had changed.

In the gradually widening aisle, Princess Irene in full attire was walking towards him step by step with a satisfied smile.

"Your Excellency Brave, we finally meet again. Finally, you are back in front of me... everything is as I expected."

Her figure seems very illusory, but her eyes are completely sober, different from those irrational witches before.

The brave man suddenly had a terrible idea: she probably knows what she is doing.She knew that her actions were destroying humanity, but she did it anyway.

"Reunion after a long time, don't you have anything to say to me, now?"

Her smile is hazy and beautiful.

"I have so many things I want to say to you—won't you come with me?"

As she gradually approached, the brave man exhausted all his willpower, barely resisting the urge to turn around and run.

An extreme sense of danger filled my heart, and something was repeatedly provoking my spirit, making the already tense heartstrings on the verge of breaking.

The witch in front of her is undoubtedly the most dangerous enemy. Compared with her, Xuelu and others before her are nothing—if she falls into his hands, the ending will be very miserable.

The survival instinct of the creature is constantly ringing the alarm bell, urging him to stay away from the enemy in front of him immediately.However, if you really escape here, it will be easier to be caught by the enemy.

——The only thing we can do now... is delay.

"Your Highness," he took several deep breaths before trying to restrain the trembling of his voice, "Long time...no see."

The princess looked him over carefully.

"It's been quite a long time. Since I joined your team, I haven't been separated from you for such a long time."

The other party's beautiful voice drifted into his ears, and the soothing and pleasant tone made him feel dazed for a while.Alarm bells rang in the brave man's heart, and he immediately realized that this was probably some kind of mental attack: after all, Her Royal Highness is a magician of the spiritual department, and this is her specialty.

"However, it doesn't matter now. After all, you have returned to my side again; as long as the final result is good, everything will be fine. And now I am already stronger than then, enough to defend everything that belongs to you It's-"

When he was distracted, the princess had already walked in front of him, reaching out her hands to cup his cheeks.The brave man stepped back immediately, out of her reach.

"your Highness!"

According to experience, if you want to get rid of the influence of spiritual spells, you need a certain amount of self-suggestion.So the brave man deliberately let go of his voice and said loudly.

"Enough is enough. What you have done is undoubtedly wrong and should be stopped. It cannot go on like this. If you do not stop these actions, you will become the one I must beat—I am not I don't want to swing my sword at you, but I won't run away if it's necessary."

Although he himself is very clear that it is absolutely impossible for the princess to turn back now—not to mention that she has become a witch, based on what she has done before, there must be no way out now.

He deliberately said these lines that seemed to be great and upright, just for self-suggestion and delaying time.

"Do you actually think so..."

There was a hint of hurt on that gorgeous face.

"Did you hear the conversation just now? All of this is not what I wanted. We were just pushed by ourselves and had to fall into this situation. As a hero, can't you be a little sympathetic to women who are in trouble? "

The brave man hesitated a little.He had seldom seen such a weak side of the princess.

"I'm not asking for your forgiveness," she said softly, reaching out to him again, "I just hope you can listen to my voice... Well, please come with me."

It wasn't until her icy fingertips touched the brave man's skin that he suddenly woke up and backed away in a hurry.It was obviously some incredible spiritual spells just now, he just hesitated a little, and almost fell into her way.

"Your Royal Highness," he said with a correct attitude, "you do have your own difficulties. But whether it's forgiveness or listening, those are not things I am qualified to do. The person you need to apologize and atone for is not me, but the innocent People who are affected. If you really have the heart to repent, then please release the imprisoned humans quickly and send back the monster army."

Of course, he knew very well that the witch could not do what he said.

"Oh?" The princess raised an eyebrow in a little surprise, "Do you want me to release those nobles? Those nobles who have never done good things? Could it include my brother? Didn't you listen? Clearly, he has been plotting to deal with you. At this time, shouldn't you—hate him?"

hatred?The brave man was stunned.This feeling seems to be something that is insulated from him.

"No, their sins need to be punished, but your actions are also wrong." The brave man firmly stood his ground, "It is the human court who is qualified to punish them, or the people who have been hurt by them, not you lynching ground.”

"...Alas, are you still able to say such things? Even you... Even someone with strong willpower like you, it's time like this, logically speaking—"

The princess frowned, as if she was very puzzled by the current situation.

"...Forget it. Even if you were not affected at all before, at least from now on, let me tell you more clearly, with my own mouth. No matter how lofty your ideals are, after seeing the other person clearly After seeing the true face of nausea, you will also be disappointed in humans, right?"

She tapped her palms lightly a few times.Everything around—no matter the iron fence, the dim light or the faint figure, all distorted their shapes like water waves disturbed by stones.

"Actually, if it wasn't for the accident called 'Ten Witches'...as soon as we return to the kingdom, you will receive an order from your father and be forced to marry me."

Her pupils narrowed slightly: "—Of course, at my request."

"...His Royal Highness, you—"

"Then we will become strong contenders for the throne, and then the two of us will participate in the endless persecution and persecution within the royal family. What do you think of such a life?"

The brave man didn't speak, but the princess smiled, and slowly turned around to walk around him while talking on her own.

"You hate this kind of thing. I know, your wish is probably just to be able to live in peace. But do you really think——can this world be as you wish? Even if we are not married, just because you once It is not surprising that the feat of saving mankind is promoted to the throne."

"No, but I never thought of—"

Anyway,...politics and the royal family?This kind of thing is too far away from him.

"No matter what you think, since you have this qualification, my stupid brothers and sisters will never let you go easily. They will definitely regard you as a strong opponent and start endless competition with you, or simply Do everything possible to erase you from this world. Just like the hero Arthur thousands of years ago; you don't really think that the brave man in the inheritance song died with the devil? No, of course not. He was killed by It was assassinated by the royal family at that time!"

"You have to admit, Your Excellency the Brave," she walked around the back of the Brave, and then bent forward to get close to his ear, "this society has never given you the option you wish for. It is impossible for you to be safe and sound. Go back to my hometown and spend the rest of my life peacefully. Even without my stupid brother doing this series of things, the reality will only become more ugly; you, the hero who once saved mankind, will eventually become a power vortex be a victim among them, or become a persecutor."

"As long as human beings exist in the world—as long as this society operates for a day, this law will never change."

"What exactly do you want to say?"

The brave man frowned and backed away to the side, and he put his hand on the hilt of his sword.

something is wrong.None of this is right.The things in front of me have a special sense of violation.

"These... have nothing to do with what you are doing now. What matters is that your actions have violated—"

"Me? I want to protect you. There is only one thing I want to do from beginning to end, and that is to protect you.——to protect you from this dirty world."

There was a slight blur in front of his eyes, and the princess appeared in front of him again.

"Having said so much, don't you still understand? Your Excellency the Brave."

She restrained her smile and said with a solemn face.

"I have always had great respect for you. A man like you is truly and fully human; therefore I cannot allow you to be destroyed by stupid philistines."

At some point, the slime monsters who were following her had scattered around the brave like ghosts.When he noticed this, the brave man couldn't help but be surprised: he didn't find out how they moved at all.

Sure enough... something was not quite right all along.

"However, at the very beginning, I myself was very weak, and I didn't have enough strength to protect you. At that time, I could only think of marrying you; if you can't escape this power vortex, then you will be with me Together, at least you can be brought under my protection. But you don't want to, you... directly rejected me."

"I think that's fine. You've probably found a suitable girl, and you want to express your lack of desire for power by marrying her; whether it's an elf, an orc orc, or a wandering dwarf bastard." , or cyborg magicians without common sense...their identities are enough to offset all the glory on you."

"--your Highness!"

The brave man suppressed the anger in his heart.She actually used such a tone to evaluate her former companions!

The princess gave him a nonchalant glance, conveying "I know why you're angry, but I don't think an apology is necessary".

"...It's a good way to protect yourself. But it's not like that."

"I won't marry anyone casually for...that kind of reason."

The brave man suppressed his anger and said coldly.

The princess sighed: "You really have no concept of your own position. Don't you know what it means to be a brave man like you who has the supreme status in the hearts of the people?"

"No, I don't mean anything to me."

The brave man said slowly.

"Your Highness, you should be very clear that I am just an ordinary soldier from a commoner family with a little luck. What I do is essentially the same as all the soldiers who are active in the front line against monsters, even It's not as good as it is; any fighter has the consciousness not to lose to me. It's just that I... because of my luck, I was not killed by the monster in advance, and because of my luck, I got a group of reliable companions; because of my luck, I went to the Just the last step."

He spoke very cautiously, and tried to slow down his speech a lot.The purpose, of course, is to delay time.

The more anger accumulated in his heart, the more he wanted to defeat the witch in front of him, and the more he knew that he could not act impulsively.

The sound of footsteps still came intermittently from the communicator hanging on his chest.The Demon King has been silent since just now, so he must be concentrating on his way.

"That's why, Your Excellency Brave, excessive modesty is also a sin. Because you can't see your own position, you will never understand...you will never know what others have done for you."

When she said this, both her look and her tone were extremely sad.

"..."

The brave man felt for no reason that, at least at this moment, she was absolutely sincere, and what she said was the true thoughts deep in her heart.

"...Sorry, Your Royal Highness."

Although the brave man couldn't understand the true meaning of her words, one thing was clear: it was himself who made the other party fall into this situation.

"However, no matter what reason you look for, mistakes are still mistakes. If all this is caused by me, then I can't let you continue to do wrong things."

The princess sighed softly.

"Oh... that's true. You can still say such things; you are basically unaffected."

"……what?"

She seemed to be talking to herself.

"Even if, no matter how tough you are, your mental strength should only be the upper limit of ordinary humans... But, why..."

The brave man couldn't understand what she was saying, so he could only passively accept the princess's gaze up and down.

"Ah, I see."

She clapped her hands suddenly.

"Is it because of this?"

——The princess suddenly stretched out her hand forward.

A small magic bullet popped out from her fingertips, drawing a rather large curve in mid-air.

The brave man's tense nerves reacted immediately.He dodged back to avoid the slime monster, and the magic bullet just brushed past him.

however--

There was a crisp cracking sound in his chest.

The target of her attack was not him in the first place, but——

The communicator that was able to keep in touch with his companions... shattered.

"...!"

"That's all right, the obstructing things are finally eliminated." The princess smiled faintly, "I just find it strange that something has been interfering with my power since just now, making the mind control spell unable to take effect on you. From this point of view, it should be the former demon king who tried to interfere with me? He used this strange little machine to continuously counter-interference—but now..."

"It's really just the two of us left here."

The princess said in conclusion.

"Two people?"

That's not right, there are obviously still in the nearby cell——no...

The brave man looked around, and then he was so shocked that he almost couldn't stand still.

There were no cells around.

There were no bars, no prisoners, not even a dim light.It's just a dark, winding field, empty; that's all.

"This is, how—"

Unknowingly, did he teleport?Moved from that cell to somewhere else?

"Ah, I forgot to mention, Your Excellency the Brave."

In the darkness, only Princess Irene—only the witch, smiled bewitchingly.

"—Welcome to my Demon King's Castle."