Lord Demon is behind you

"—"

Everything happened so fast.

The brave man paused for a moment.

After running wildly just now, the distance between him and the knight has actually been shortened - so close that two or three displacement skills in a row can reach the point where the opponent's attack range is reached.But now, there is no need for urgent action.

...failed to catch up.

Right in front of him, his companion was killed—because he failed to take corresponding actions in time to protect him.

Due to his own dullness and incompetence, the companion had to experience the fear and discomfort of death again.This is undoubtedly the brave man's own fault: he failed to fulfill his teammates' responsibilities, failed to protect in front of mage teammates, and blocked the boss's attack.

Even if he can be resurrected with props, the unpleasant feeling of this moment will always be in the memory; there is no doubt that it is his fault.

For a moment, the brave man could hardly hold the holy sword in his hand.Feelings of remorse left him breathless, but then he forced himself to tighten his fingers—

Under the effect of the talisman "Stand-In Doll", the demon king killed by the boss should be resurrected on the ground immediately, but after the resurrection, there will only be a few hundred points of blood, and he is still in a dangerous state that may be defeated again at any time.

The same mistake cannot be made at least twice in a row.This time, we must protect our companions.

The knight exhaled slightly, turned the horse's head calmly, and turned back to the brave man.

She pulled up the mask, and looked at the brave man from a distance through the scattered dust.

"You see," she said, "this is the ending that has already been written. Everyone around you is destined to become a victim of your 'justice'."

However, at this time, the brave man was attracted by the vision behind her——

In the mid-air behind her, the figure pierced by countless black guns suddenly trembled, blurred and shattered like a reflection in water, and disappeared into a cloud of mist.It doesn't turn into a data stream like an exterminated monster, nor does it leave a body like a normal death, but like an illusion——

"Varied,……"

The knight turned his head to look belatedly, and only caught a little phantom that was finally on the verge of disappearing.

"—That guy, could it be...!"

For the first time, her face as rigid as a sculpture was completely broken.

As if she suddenly thought of something, she immediately drove her horse and galloped forward, but another black figure suddenly flashed out of the remaining smoke and dust, and broke forward at a speed far faster than her, boldly brushing past her. However, he arrived in front of the brave man before her.

Before the brave man's eyesight had time to capture the opponent's figure, he felt his waist tighten, and then he was taken off the ground involuntarily.

"Be patient, brave man." The familiar voice next to his ear said happily, "It will be fine soon."

This voice is-

"Ai,——Albert...?"

...the devil?

The arm strung around his waist obviously does not belong to human beings.Its surface seems to be covered with a thick layer of black armor, the ends are abnormally swollen, the hands and arms are disproportionate, and they are far longer than human arms; the hard edges and corners on the surface make the skin surface dull painful.

——The one who caught the brave man was, of course, the Demon King himself.

The other party hastily brought him into his arms, and the brave man had no time to adjust his posture, the arm armor collided with the hard shell covering the other party's torso, making a harsh sound.

"Well, there is nothing to doubt. Although I don't really want to appear in front of you like this, but the so-called urgent matter..."

This was the first time he had physical contact with the third form of the devil.Completely different from the normal state, the whole body of the opponent in this appearance is cold, even colder than the metal surface.

Moreover, the body of this pure demon is much taller than that of a human being. If standing on the ground, the brave man can only reach a little below the opponent's chest.This made him feel a sense of inadequacy.

However, the brave man also understands that the feeling of unreality in his heart is more likely to be due to the fact that "the companion is still alive".

"You, so, ahem, so you're still alive!"

He had a hard time finding his voice.Now the Demon King is flying at high speed, he choked a few times when he opened his mouth, and had to turn his head away.

"Of course, how can I die meaninglessly! Even if I die, at least I will choose a meaningful way; otherwise, I will be killed before killing the enemy, which is too embarrassing." The Demon King responded quickly.

"And—don't look at me like this, I've always been an outsmart character! I wouldn't do the kind of thing that would act indiscriminately when there is no certainty of victory. Even if it is to really help you, the brave man, I I will definitely be as cautious as possible.”

——In this way, most of his previous actions were performed to confuse the enemy?

The brave man felt a little clearer in his head.Finally, the mood of gratitude—the normal mood that should appear at this time, finally slowly spread.

My companion didn't die, and the situation I was so desperate for didn't happen, it's really... great.

Looking back now, the Demon King just now felt really strange, not exactly consistent with his performance all the time; although the second grade was as good as before, it was obviously a little too aggressive.

Could it be that he didn't intend to confront the knight head-on at all, but what he thought at the beginning was to sneak away with the brave man?

At the time of speaking, the knight had already regained his senses.She put away the gun, took out the horn bow that was hung on the horse's back before, and hurriedly chased after him.

"I will never let you get what you want-don't try to escape!"

She looked more tense than ever.

As a knight, she also has the practical skills of bow and arrow. Although the relevant skills cannot be as specialized and refined as the elf archers, and her hit rate is far lower than the average when moving, but for the current devil king, once she is touched It's a one-hit kill.

She increased the speed of the mount to the extreme, and at the same time fired arrows into the air one after another.The knight didn't have the ability to increase the hit rate, so most of the feather arrows couldn't even touch the sides of the two of them. They just passed far away, but they also caused a lot of interference to their progress.

The Demon King flew back and forth irregularly, drawing chaotic curves in the air, leaving all attacks behind.

"Anyway, let's retreat here first," the subsequent speech confirmed the brave man's previous conjecture, "I'll tell you the truth, brave man, I don't have much strength anymore, and now I'm holding on with perseverance, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for too long. You Is it about the same?"

"you……"

He...before he rushed here, he really went through a very difficult battle, right?However, in this situation, he still arrived in time, and immediately made the best judgment to adapt to the current situation, and adopted a corresponding strategy——

The brave man felt a lump in his throat.He opened his mouth, then suddenly belatedly remembered that this was not the time for small talk.

"...Ah. I'll leave it to you then." That's all he said in the end.

In contrast, "Let me ensure the safety of the retreat route. This time we must retreat safely together."

——Since there is a chance of redemption, then this time it will never happen that the companion is killed.Although his body was still sluggish, but with such belief in his heart, the brave man tried his best to raise his spirits and swung the holy sword again.

The Demon King paused for a moment, but the hero didn't notice it.He was concentrating on observing the scattered arrows around him, and he swung his sword to accurately cut off or miss the part that might brush against the two of them.

"Well...well," he seemed to sigh slightly, and replied vaguely, "I'll do my best."

The devil flew upwards, circled in the air, and suddenly turned and flew towards the big hole in the floor.

He seemed to want to go back to the seventh floor through there: Compared with the eighth floor, where the situation was uncertain, the seventh floor, which had lost the witch, was much safer no matter what.

Knight's speed is slightly slower than him.Seeing that she would not be able to arrive there in time to stop her, she simply stopped, drew her bow and activated her skills.

"The Devil's Punishment!"

Just like when she used the pistol before, countless pure black arrow feathers appeared beside her, chasing after the two of them overwhelmingly the moment she let go of the bowstring.

In order to avoid the continuous rain of black arrows, the Demon King had to raise the height again.

"Tsk," he gasped in displeasure, "I'm staring really closely... But this is within my prediction. It seems that I can only adopt another plan."

"Do you have any other plans?"

The brave man was constantly observing the position of the knight and his side, while desperately thinking about a solution to the problem.If the knight could be lured away or repelled, he might be able to take the opportunity to leave; but with the quality of the knight's full body armor and mount, the effects of repelling and flying skills must be very poor.

I don't know if the anti-gravity magic of the Demon King has any effect.If she could be levitated, her combat power would definitely be greatly weakened.However, that skill might not be effective against the boss.

Just when he thought of this in a flash of inspiration, and was about to ask something——

"Brave," the Demon King said suddenly without thinking, "...I'm sorry."

"what happened?"

The tone of his speech made the brave man feel very bad, not to mention that he couldn't get information by observing the other party's expression at this time, which added to the ominous atmosphere.

The devil did not answer.Instead, they led him around in mid-air again, and then made an emergency stop high in the air.

at this time--

He suddenly let go of the arm holding the hero, and pushed back hard without hesitation.

"Varied……"

Just like that—the Demon King threw the brave man down.

The brave are not mentally prepared for this.

Although he instinctively struggled in mid-air, reaching out to try to grab something, but compared to the decisive attitude of the Demon King, his movements were obviously too slow, and in the end he couldn't grab anything.

——The hero falls from the sky.

The Demon King pointed his finger back at the ground directly below the two of them.A series of magic bullets containing extremely high energy spurted out from his fingertips one after another, hitting downward at a faster speed.

Because of the damage immunity of the same team, these magic bullets did not cause any damage to the brave man, but bypassed his body and shattered the floor before him.

He was thinking,...no, right...

The Demon King—he even temporarily pierced through a hole leading to the seventh floor!

The brave man stretched out his arms in vain, but all he could hold was air.The flying debris streaked across his fingers, taking away a little life; tiny blood droplets flew upwards, mixing with the broken sand and dust.

The devil deliberately waited in place for a while, until the distance between the two was widened to the extent that even the widest range of AOE skills could not affect the brave man, and then began to follow the whereabouts.

The knight rushed to this side as early as he let go of the brave man, and launched a piercing technique in time, covering all the whereabouts of the demon king within the offensive.However, when she did it, she also had a slightly moved expression on her face.

"So that's how it is," she said softly, "you don't hesitate to sacrifice yourself to protect him? I have to say, the former devil king... your consciousness is far above ours. If this is the case...even if we lose in the end, it's still the same." Can be convinced."

"No," seeing that it was impossible to dodge again, the Demon King simply gave up dodging, just crossed his arms in mid-air, and watched the brave man completely fall into the gap that could fall into the seventh floor, "It's better to get your body as soon as possible." Put away that set of rhetoric—after all, what I am higher than you is not awareness, but IQ, stupid witches."

—the body sank below ground level.

Before entering the darkness, the last scene the brave man saw was still the scene of his companion being penetrated by the black gun: but this time it was not an illusion.

——As a result, in the end, I still failed to protect my companions——

This was his last thought before his consciousness shattered.