I don't want to be a heroic spirit

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Fortunately, the monsters that appeared were not very powerful, but there were too many of them. Youyou did not choose the advanced magic that consumed a lot of mana, but used intermediate magic to deal with the monsters one after another.

Green wind, red fire, golden thunder, blue water.

Various elemental magics are constantly intertwined, like an indestructible wall that keeps all monsters out.

"Youyou! Let me help you!"

Darkness stood up, opened her arms and yelled "Mockery".

Then, the monsters that were originally rushing towards Youyou turned around and began to attack Darkness. The wave formed by the monsters submerged Darkness's figure in an instant.

This also caused the pressure on Youyou to drop sharply.

"Ms. Darkness! Please hold on! I'll help you get rid of the monsters near you right away."

Youyou's worried cry was met with a response...

"No... no need! Youyou, you just need to run towards the monsters on your side. I... I'm fine here! I even feel like I could use a little more... It's about to be stained by the monsters' saliva, hiss, hiss..."

When Nero and Alice arrived, they saw Yunyun and Darkness fighting on the front line, and Kazuma, Aqua, and Megumin hiding far behind.

Forget about Huihui, after all, she has already used today's explosion magic when fighting the golden dragon. What about you two, Kazuma and Aqua?

After complaining in his heart, Nero immediately took Alice to join the battlefield.

With the participation of these two top-level fighters in the team, the monsters were quickly eliminated.

Looking at the monster corpses scattered all over the ground and the residence that had been destroyed by two-thirds, Nero felt that he might not be able to sleep tonight.

“Kazuma, bring Aqua and Megumin here.”

After hearing what Nero said, Kazuma and Megumin started walking towards Nero, but Aqua refused to give in.

"No way! Nero, there are so many monster corpses over there, and the stench is everywhere. I don't want to go there! I'm a goddess! I was sleeping soundly and even dreamed about having endless wine to drink, so why did I suddenly encounter monsters? I just want to go back to sleep quickly and continue the dream I just had!"

Aqua became more and more angry as she spoke, and stomped her feet in anger.

The next moment, several cracks appeared on the ground beneath Aqua's feet.

"Eh?"

Before Aqua could react, a large mound of earth suddenly appeared under her feet. Then, a giant earthworm crawled out from under her feet, and Aqua was lifted into the sky.

“Why—?!”

With a rhythmic wail, Aqua was swallowed by the giant earthworm.

Kazuma and Megumin, who had already come to Nero's side, were fine. Everyone saw the whole process of Aqua being swallowed.

"Aqua was swallowed again, right?"

"Aqua was swallowed again."

"Sister Nero! Please save Aqua! Aqua has been eaten!" Alice, who was the only kind-hearted one, tugged at Nero's sleeve in panic.

"Hmm! I don't think it matters...it's her fault for not listening to me. As the saying goes, if you don't listen to Nero, you'll suffer the consequences."

"How could there be such a vulgar saying?"

Ignoring Kazuma's sharp rant, Nero raised his sword and made a javelin-throwing gesture, then...

"Hey! Take my move—the Indestructible Spear!"

The thrown sword turned into a burning fire meteor, tearing through the dark night sky, and with a long flame tail, it destroyed part of the giant earthworm's body.

The giant earthworm's head, which was no longer connected to its body, began to fall off, and Aqua fell out of it.

“Waaaaaaaa! Catch me—!!”

Looking at Aqua falling from the sky with earthworm saliva all over her body, Nero, Kazuma and Megumin moved aside a few steps in tacit understanding, while Alice and Yunyun were carried away by Nero.

Darkness had just suffered from the destruction of the monsters and had not yet stood up.

then……

"Oh!"

A large hole in the shape of the Chinese character "大" appeared on the ground.

Then, when Aqua stretched out her hand from the deep pit, the giant earthworm's head hit the big hole squarely.

Nero felt that Aqua might have used up her good luck when she was hit by explosion magic during the day but remained unharmed, so retribution came tonight.

This is the law of conservation of luck!

Chapter 346 Foolish Self-Directed Act

After rescuing Aqua, another wave of monsters appeared.

After dealing with them all and making sure that no more monsters appeared, Nero and others gathered together.

"Why do so many monsters suddenly appear?"

Alice's doubts made the others look at each other in confusion.

"It's really strange."

"This is the capital... and it's also the city center. Why did so many monsters appear without any warning?"

No matter how weak the Knights of the Elrod Kingdom were, they would not allow so many monsters to enter the city without knowing anything.

Not to mention, if the monster attacked from outside the city, it should have caused quite a commotion on the edge of the city instead of directly attacking here near the city center.

unless……

A possibility flashed through everyone's mind, making everyone's face look ugly.

Only Aqua still looked confused, seeming out of place among the others.

By the way, because the shower area in the residence had been destroyed, Nero asked Aqua to wash herself with [Water Generation], and she was able to wash off the earthworm fluid on her body.

Before they knew it, a circle of knights had gathered outside.

That's normal. After all, the noise here is quite loud. Even if Elrod's knights are not very good, they should have noticed it.

"Are...are you all okay?!"

The wall of knights formed a path, and someone came running hurriedly.

There were two people coming.

One was Prince Levi, who was gasping for breath with his knees supported upon his body as soon as he came in.

Another one was Prime Minister Elrod, who followed behind him with a serious face.

It seems that Prince Levi rushed here without stopping after learning about the situation here.

After coming in, Prince Levi was also shocked by the monster corpses all over the ground.

Although he didn't vomit it out directly and ugly, he was still scared to the point of turning pale and looking lifeless.

The prime minister also saw the corpses of these monsters and frowned. After seeing Nero and others, his brows furrowed even more.

Alice was surprised when she saw Levi.

"Prince...you actually came here in person?"

After being asked this by Alice, Levi turned his attention from the monster corpses to Alice and the others.

"I...I just heard that you were attacked, and I was worried that the envoys of the Allied Powers would be criticized if something happened in our country, so I came here!"

...Such a strong smell of tsundere.

As if realizing something, Levi hastily added, "I'm not here because I feel guilty about you being attacked by monsters in the capital! Don't misunderstand me!"

The tsundere flavor is even stronger.

Hey, hey, hey, tsundere is outdated... and why are you, a man, trying to be a tsundere?

Not only Nero, but everyone else's expressions also became strange... They must have had similar thoughts as Nero.

However, although Prince Levi was regarded as a stupid prince and was obsessed with having fun and ignoring state affairs, he was unexpectedly a kind-hearted boy.

"I didn't expect you to have such a cute side."

Huihui walked up to Levi and patted him on the shoulder earnestly, the teasing in her words obvious.

The others also smiled.

This made Levi quite unhappy. Just as he was about to say something, Alice spoke at this time.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness Levi, we seem to have gone too far. We will definitely compensate you for the damage to this hotel."

Alice apologized to Levi with an apologetic look on her face.

However, Alice's words made Levi raise his eyebrows.

"Huh? Are you looking down on us? We can still afford a mere hotel!"

"Eh? No, no, no, that's not what we meant..."

Alice waved her hands in panic, trying to explain, but Levi said dissatisfiedly.

"Letting an envoy from an allied nation be attacked by a monster in our country, and then making the envoy pay the relevant compensation himself... What if other countries hear about this and it damages our country's reputation?"

With his arms folded across his chest, Levi turned his head away.

"Since they're so poor that they're asking us for financial support, then stay out of our business."

After saying this, Levi quietly opened one eye and glanced towards Nero.

After seeing the teasing expressions on Huihui and the others' faces, Levi's cheeks turned red and he closed his eyes again.

"Humph!"

It’s confirmed, this kid is a tsundere.

Facing Prince Levi, Darkness stepped forward decisively and told him about the anomaly she had discovered.

"It's unusual that monsters would suddenly appear in this area of the city center and attack us without being discovered by anyone." Darkness frowned and said, "I suspect that someone in Elrod's capital has raised or controlled these monsters without permission and used them to attack us." What Darkness said was also what others thought.

"What did you say?!"

Levi's eyes widened, full of disbelief.

"That is to say..."

"So, someone plotted against me, the noble goddess, causing me to be swallowed by a monster, covered in saliva, and nearly crushed to death by the monster's corpse! Was it all manipulated?"

Aqua gnashed her teeth in anger and roared, "Unforgivable! Hey! Prince so-and-so, quickly pull that guy out for me! I want to show him the tragic consequences of offending the gods!"

Although Aqua's words were rude, after hearing what happened to her, Levi couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"Your Highness, it's best not to believe it so easily. After all, this is just one side of their story." The Prime Minister suddenly spoke up. "I don't think anything like this has ever happened in our country before. Instead, it happened right after the envoys arrived. Could it be that you are carrying some contraband that attracted monsters, or perhaps you resorted to some unscrupulous trick to secure funding?"

The implication is that...

"Are you trying to say that we staged a monster attack just to get support funds?"

Darkness, Megumin, and the others all looked at him with hostile eyes.

"No, no, no, of course I didn't mean that. I was just speaking metaphorically."

The prime minister waved his hand, his tone still calm, but his words were full of targeting.

The tense situation before them made Alice and Levi panic, not knowing why it had turned out like this.

At this moment… everyone felt their shoulders sink.

The familiar pressure came again.

"So much for this stupid self-directed drama."

Dragging the greatsword out, Nero's emerald eyes shone with a cold light.

"This stage beneath my feet doesn't need such a boring drama."

Chapter 347: The Demon King's Spy