Lord Demon is behind you

Toy?Was she referring to Rudy's robot...?

——Have you been saved by it?

The brave man couldn't think clearly for a while.It seemed to be a sequela of mind control, and now he felt strong dizziness in his head, and his temples kept throbbing, as if he had experienced a fall from a high altitude.

Resisting the nausea of ​​dizzying dizziness, he hurriedly moved sideways until his back touched the wall.

The robot that was squatting quietly behind him at some point unexpectedly lifted the rune that obscured his vision, exposing himself to the enemy's sight.Now it is urging the wheels at the bottom, sprinting forward like crazy, and at the same time, there is a black hole in the middle of the chubby torso.

--boom!

The muzzle shook violently.Under the impetus of the gunpowder, a huge metal cylinder sprayed out, spinning and attacking the witch.

It seemed that it had just attacked the Witch in this way, thereby forcibly breaking her mind control.

The witch clicked her tongue impatiently, and once again summoned a huge slime monster to stand in front of her.

The cannonball hit the blue-green slime straight, making a suffocating gurgling sound.The mucus quickly reversed and swallowed it into the monster's stomach.

After the dull explosion, the slime monster's body was torn apart, and pools of dirty slime were scattered on the ground.However, the power of the blast range attack was completely negated; the princess behind it was unscathed.

"Ah, so that's the case. I was negligent," she coldly faced the approaching robot, "This kind of pure iron lump is indeed the nemesis of my spiritual magic. The owner of Demon King Castle poses a threat—you are still a little too naive, right?"

She...is, talking to that robot...?

The brave took a deep breath desperately, trying to make his mind clearer.

Now, although the princess temporarily lifted the mind control over him, probably because the mind was forced out, the sequelae on his body seemed to be very serious.

The whole world in front of me was shaking.It's hard to stand still even with your back against a wall, let alone engage in normal combat.

He suddenly realized that his hands were empty, and suddenly realized that he had dropped the holy sword somewhere when his sense of touch was controlled just now, so he hurriedly searched around.

...had.It fell to the ground not far away.

The surrounding slime monsters surrounded the robot one after another.In the surrounding darkness, countless black shadows appeared, and it was unknown how many monsters were hidden waiting for the opportunity to move.

The current situation is still not optimistic.The brave can't exert much combat power by himself; the robot is under siege, and its strength is unknown.And the companions who are rushing to help...

Thinking of the Demon King who has never appeared, the brave man's heart sank slightly.

Should have thought of it earlier.Since everything was done on purpose by the Witch, she should also be very aware of the fact that the Demon King is coming here, and probably...has already arranged a way to deal with him.

The companion may also be besieged by the monster army now, and may even have... No, he will be fine.It must have just been caught by the enemy, so I couldn't come here for the time being.

In short, now here can only rely on their own.You have to find a way to break out; and then you have to rescue your companions——

After clearing his mind a little, the brave man made up his mind.

The robot showed unexpected agility, sprinting from left to right to avoid monsters popping up everywhere, and counterattacking with iron-like hands from time to time.Whenever it sees the sky, it will fire shells towards the princess; but without exception, he is blocked by the meat shield summoned by the princess.

"It's useless to hold back no matter how hard you fight. The difference in strength between you and me is too great. In addition to my own spiritual and magical abilities, as a demon king, I can also mobilize the army of monsters to fight for me; and you, you have to fight alone. It's just one person. There is no doubt that you can't do anything." The princess said to the robot unhurriedly.

The robot seemed to be deaf - or maybe it was really deaf, and just continued to attack blindly.Its slender metal arm knocked away the monsters close to it one by one, and seized the time to turn the cannon to the princess again——

The princess sighed: "...dwarves are indeed stubborn creatures that cannot be cured."

She summoned the slime monster in the same way, and blocked it tightly in front of her.

But this time—

Before the cannonball was swallowed by the mucus, a flash of sword light came first, drawing a crisp zigzag.The brilliance of the holy sword evaporated the dirty slime and chopped the monster into pieces.

The brave rushed forward in time, activated his skills and killed the slime monster in one go.

The cannonball penetrated the splattered slime layer and detonated firmly in front of the witch.

"--Ah ah!!"

The witch, who had always been strategizing and calm, finally let out a painful scream.

The princess put her hands in front of her face and backed away again and again.

"What, what's going on—Your Majesty the Brave, you—! You...have reached such a time, do you still have to be hostile to me!"

The brave man leaned on the holy sword, gasping for breath.Just launching a blow exhausted the little bit of strength he had just accumulated, because of the strenuous exercise just now, and now the dizziness has intensified.

The princess looked at him sadly: "Everything I do is to protect you... that's all! Do you have to become my enemy? If this continues, my wish is doomed to be distorted, maybe I have to Personally hurt you who I want to protect the most...I don't want to do that kind of thing..."

"No...Princess, Your Highness."

But even so—

The brave man persisted and raised his sword towards the witch.

"I'm very sorry, but, you are my enemy. From the moment you choose to become a witch, it is irreparable."

"...Why?" After realizing that showing weakness was useless, the princess lowered her face and clenched her hands, "Your Excellency, what is the point of your struggle like this? Don't you think that you can really escape? The current struggle, It will only make myself suffer more and hurt my companions further.

She slowed down her attitude a little: "Don't you think, if you had obeyed me from the beginning, the matter would not have reached the point where it is today? Now stop the loss in time, and things may turn around. Come on, give up on you quickly The sword, come to me. Or do you have to toss until the world is destroyed before you give up?"

If... obey now... stop the loss in time?

After hearing what the princess said, his throbbing head became even more confused.

That also seemed right... no, not at all.If you succumb now, everything before will be meaningless, and human beings will not be saved, why would you think so?

The brave man suddenly discovered that the negative buff of "mental state down" was attached to his state at some point.

He finally realized that the princess had mixed a certain amount of "spiritual suggestion" into her voice just now, trying to brainwash him; and this time the spell was more effective than before.

The brave man gritted his teeth and turned the blade upside down, slashing at his wrist.The vague pain made his mind a little clearer; when the health value jumped down, the negative buff also weakened a little.

Although it is impossible to completely remove it, it is better than doing nothing.

The princess opened her eyes wide, and took two steps back in disbelief.

"I would rather do this than kill me? Why do you insist on hurting the person who loves you?"

--here we go again.Accompanied by her voice, a steady stream of negative spiritual buffs were added to the hero's status bar one by one.

The effect of the bloodletting wears off; it cannot go on like this.Her magic must be interrupted, otherwise she would only become more and more passive.

The brave man rushed forward and activated his skills.He was in such bad shape that he stumbled even when running, and had little chance of winning in a fight; yet he had to fight.If you don't fight, you can only accept the worst outcome.

It has to be won no matter what.

"--Well!"

A pair of giant hands like pliers suddenly grabbed the brave man's clothes from behind and dragged him backwards.Caught off guard, the already weak brave man almost fell to the ground directly.

The pair of pincers relentlessly dragged the brave man to the side of the iron barrel-like body.A pair of huge cameras on the head of the robot rotated, clicked and rotated for a circle, and at the same time moved a few steps left and right, as if looking for a position.

The princess on the opposite side was also taken aback, and paused her mental attack in shock.

"...Are you trying to escape with him? Surrounded by so many monsters—how could you escape?"

She clapped her hands, and more monsters came out of the darkness.Gargoyles, trolls, ghosts... all kinds of monsters crowded together, blocking the road.

The robot couldn't speak and ignored her at all.It just lifted the brave man and threw it on his back.

The brave man also doesn't know why.

Although I know this robot is a companion, what exactly does it want to do?

The robot's camera turned to the princess and blinked twice, as if blinking.For no reason, there was a hint of sarcasm in this simple action.

The next moment, its chubby torso unexpectedly bent down, bringing its semicircular head close to the ground.Immediately, a dazzling white light burst out from its head——

"Don't you... no, no... stop!"

The princess seemed to have guessed the purpose of the robot, and for the first time showed a look of panic.The surrounding monsters swarmed forward, attacking blindly, but were forcibly endured by the robot with its steel body.

The brave man only felt that the iron sheet that was close to him suddenly became extremely hot.This will not cause him any harm, but this temperature makes him very frightened.

When the temperature reached its limit——suddenly, the world stopped.

A deafening explosion sounded immediately.The robot itself turned into a huge explosive bomb - it actually detonated its own core.

The explosion at this time is not the same as every previous one, probably only the one where the demon king blew himself up in the third form can be compared with it.However, the place where the demon king was at was relatively open, but now it is in a more enclosed space, and the power of the blast has been further strengthened.

It's nothing more than ten forbidden spells detonating in a small space at the same time - if it weren't for the damage immunity of the same team, the brave man who is so close must have been torn to pieces.

Countless monsters were all wiped out in one blow; the scream of the princess seemed to come from another world.The brave man was bounced high by the impact, but because the ceiling was also blown away, he didn't hit any obstacles; only fine sand and stones brushed past him.

The rising smoke blinded his eyes.After the upward force disappeared, the brave fell again involuntarily.

Just like when ascending, the body is completely out of contact with any obstacles.

Did the explosion just now destroy the ground of the ninth floor...?

In the brave man's mind, the gap in the ground on the seventh floor and the darkness below the gap flashed in an instant.If he falls from the broken ground, he will probably fall into a different dimension, and continue the endless fall forever and ever.

This is... torture more terrible than death.

The only thing to be thankful for is probably... at least at this moment, the brave man has not been able to think deeply about this matter.When it was hit by the second wave, the mind that had suffered too much torture finally cut off its consciousness.

It seemed that a faint blue flame fell on him, but he had no energy left to confirm it.

The darkness suddenly squeezed in, and then disappeared suddenly.

■

"—Your Excellency the Brave."

It was as if... something cold and sticky was stabbing his chest.

"Your Excellency the Brave."

At the same time, a familiar voice was calling.The attitude is nonchalant, but not indifferent.

"Your Excellency Brave. Now is not the time to sleep. Get up."

The opponent stabbed harder.

this voice...

Consciousness gradually returned.This voice, if I remember correctly, should belong to——

……what.

The moment he suddenly remembered the name of the owner of the voice, the hero suddenly opened his eyes.

—He was lying on a transparent, cold ground.

The floor extends endlessly in all directions.There seemed to be strange-shaped buildings and dark walls in the distance, but at least in a large area around, there were no obstacles on the smooth and flat ground.

And in front of him stood a tall horse that was purely made of skeletons.The female knight in black armor on horseback stabbed him again with the handle of the pistol in her hand with a cold expression.

"are you awake?"

This person is-

The brave man's heart sank again.

"Sylvia, Miss...?"

"Looks like he's awake."

The female knight on horseback pushed back the visor that covered her face, revealing a beautiful face.

"Very well, Your Honor. Now that you are awake, then—stand up quickly and take up your sword. The time to fight has come."