0p0 #175 - The beast under the moon, but it is a beast
#175 - The beast under the moon, but it is a beast
“3558, 3559, 3560…”
Sena was meticulously counting.
Because this world doesn't have convenient tools like watches or phones to check the time, she can only do it this way to know the accurate time, and that's just her personality.
As time slowly passed.
Sena's brow furrowed, and her expression gradually became serious.
The once unremarkable entrance to the beginner dungeon, a passage where moonlight couldn't penetrate, now exuded a cold and damp atmosphere, like a fierce man-eating demon.
In fact, two people had already been 'swallowed'.
“3600… Although no more mysterious monsters are emerging from the dungeon, the agreed time has passed and they haven't come out. It seems that those two… Kyouya and Kazuma Sato have most likely met with misfortune.”
These words caused worry to appear on the faces of the remaining members of the party.
Sena turned to the adventurers of the town and said, “Everyone, this time mysterious monsters have appeared in the dungeon, and we don't know who the real mastermind is, so we need your assistance. Afterward, I will have the guild give you corresponding rewards, I'm counting on you!”
She quickly directed the scene, having the adventurers form teams of three or two, planning to infiltrate the dungeon to investigate the cause.
Darkness then stepped forward.
“Lady Sena, we also want to go in. But our main purpose is not to investigate the cause, but to search. Our party members haven't returned, and we are very worried about them.”
“Dustiness Ford… Very well, you are all high-level classes, so you should be fine. Besides, if we didn't lack manpower and conditions didn't allow it, I would want to do that too… I hope Dustiness Ford can find them, after all, the two of them were serving as the vanguard.”
“I will.”
Darkness nodded.
On the other side, Aqua was wailing.
“No! I don't want to go down! I don't want to go into the dungeon again! If I go into the dungeon, I'll definitely be left behind again! That's right, and a large number of undead monsters will chase after me!”
It seems that the incident where Kazuma Sato pretended to leave her alone in the dungeon before had caused her psychological trauma.
“Megumin, do you also want to go in?”
“Isn't that obvious, Yuiyui.”
“But you'll only be a hindrance if you go in, you might as well wait outside, I'll go…”
“I don't want to! Kyouya is now trapped in the dungeon, his life or death is uncertain, how could I wait here!? He must be waiting for me to rescue him! That's right, I, Megumin, am the number one Crimson Demon Clan archwizard! I can definitely rescue Kyouya, just watch!”
The more she said this, the more worried Yuiyui became.
After all, the power of explosion magic is very exaggerated, and what would happen if it was released in the dungeon is imaginable.
Just as Yuiyui was about to persuade Megumin not to be impulsive, everyone turned their heads to look at the dungeon entrance at the same time, and Aqua's crying also stopped at this moment…
No, it suddenly became quiet.
It was as if there was no teacher in the classroom, and the noisy classroom suddenly became inexplicably silent.
Then—
With a bang, a figure flew out of the dungeon entrance.
“Kyouya?”
“Kyouya!”
Megumin and Yuiyui saw the figure and quickly wanted to catch him, but unexpectedly, the impact was too strong, and in a hurry, the three of them hugged together and rolled into a ball.
“Ah, ah? What?”
“What is this…?”
Darkness and Sena were puzzled.
Aqua perked up her nose and said with a disgusted expression, “So smelly! This stench is killing me! It's really smelly!”
Before they could react.
A powerful sense of oppression came from the dungeon, the aura it emitted made people tremble, everyone present… except for Aqua, their bodies trembled slightly, and their expressions were somewhat terrified.
They all looked at the dungeon entrance.
It was as if some monstrous beast would appear there.
Tap, tap, tap—
The unhurried footsteps were like stepping on their hearts, but just as everyone wanted to run away, the monstrous beast revealed its true form under the moonlight.
“…Kazuma!?”
The momentum instantly dissipated.
It was like being told that there was a terrifying monster called the King of the Forest in this forest, but when you saw its true form, it was just a large hamster, and the rising interest and fear would disappear.
“Mr. Kazuma, are you alright?”
“…Don't go over there!”
Kyouya shouted to Sena, who wanted to come forward to comfort him, and said with a serious expression, “Kazuma, he… is now possessed by a demon!”
“Demon…”
“Possessed!?” xN
Everyone shouted in unison.
As if in response, Kazuma Sato… no, the demon spread his arms under the moonlight, the black and white mask showing its evil.
“Hahahahaha—! Listen well, you lot, my name is…!”
“Holy Purify!”
“Ahhhhh—!”
While Kazuma Sato was introducing himself, Aqua launched a sneak attack without any morals, and Kazuma Sato, who was bombarded by purification magic, screamed in pain.
Darkness was dumbfounded.
“Aqua, why did you attack Kazuma!”
“That's a demon, a demon is here, how could I turn a blind eye!? And it's too smelly! This is indeed the stench emitted by a demon, and Kazuma is really something, he was already full of scum and garbage, how could he still be contaminated with this kind of dirty thing.”
Aqua is a goddess.
And goddesses hate the existence of demons the most.
Kazuma Sato was in extreme pain, gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, not only was Vanir injured just now, but he also suffered a lot of impact.
I really want to punch her!
But the show must go on.
“No, as expected of the notorious useless goddess! Launching a sneak attack during the self-introduction, you're actually an idiot!”
“How rude, you still have to be polite when facing a demon, what stupid things are you saying…”
After saying that, the two were silent for a while.
“Holy Purify!”
“Too naive!”
Aqua unexpectedly cast magic, but Kazuma Sato jumped to the side at the critical moment to avoid it.
“Kazuma, why are you dodging! Stand still and don't move!”
“If I didn't jump away, I would have been killed by you, you idiot! What kind of skill did you use!”
Kazuma Sato angrily retorted, but then seemed to realize something and coughed twice.
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“Cough cough… Let me reintroduce myself! I am a duke of hell, and also one of the executives of the Demon King's army, the great demon, Lord Vanir! Seeing me… I, shouldn't you obediently kneel down and beg for mercy!”
“What? A mere demon dares to be so presumptuous, don't joke around!”
Aqua cursed unhappily, and then shot again. Just as the two were fighting, Sena quickly came to Kyouya's side.
“Lord Kyouya, what exactly is going on, that is indeed the Demon King Army executive recorded on the wanted list, the clairvoyant demon Vanir who possesses powerful precognitive abilities and prophetic abilities. Why would such a ruthless character appear in this place.”
The pale-faced kingdom prosecutor said this in an almost screaming voice.
Kyouya explained, “Vanir is here to investigate the person who defeated the Demon King Army executive Dullahan, and Kazuma… he was possessed by Vanir for my sake.”
“How could it be!?”
Sena showed an unbelievable expression.
She didn't seem to believe at all that the scum Kazuma would be willing to be possessed by a demon for the sake of others.
…She guessed right.
But Kyouya didn't lie either, Kazuma Sato was indeed possessed for Kyouya's sake (said to be popular with succubus big sisters), but the purpose was a little impure.
“But this situation is not easy to deal with.”
“Ah, indeed.”
Normal demons cannot withstand Aqua's purification magic, but Dullahan was able to be unaffected by relying on the armor bestowed by the Demon King, and Vanir is probably the same.
In addition, Kazuma Sato's figure is unusually flexible.
He maneuvered around Aqua, as if teasing the stupid goddess, constantly provoking her, making her wail.
Then other adventurers also joined the battle.
“How dare Kazuma be so arrogant…”
“That's right! Kazuma is just a low-level adventurer, we are not afraid of him at all!”
“To think he's possessed by Kazuma, the demon is also an idiot!”
What they said was quite harsh.
Kazuma Sato lowered his head slightly, and an evil smile appeared on the corner of his mouth under the shadow of the mask.
“With you soft-footed shrimps, having levels but being useless, let me… I will teach you what a real adventurer is.”
Vanir possessed Kazuma Sato's body.
The two shared the vocal cords.
So for the adventurers, they couldn't tell whether the words they heard were said by Kazuma Sato or Vanir. But this did not prevent them from being indignant at Kazuma Sato.
“Hurry up! Surround him!”
“How dare Kazuma be so arrogant.”
“Kazuma is indeed scum!”
They shouted and cursed.
Fired up.
The veins on Kazuma Sato's forehead under the mask bulged, and his flexible fingers kept moving as if warming up, then he suddenly rushed towards one of the adventurers surrounding him.
“Steal—!”
A light flashed, and the shield in the opponent's hand was instantly stolen, and at the moment when he was stunned, Kazuma Sato's left hand pressed on the opponent's face.
“Drain Touch!”
“Ahhhhh—!”
The adventurer groaned and then collapsed to the ground.
“This, this is…”
“My stamina…”
“No! We can't besiege him, he will break us one by one!”
Kyouya shouted.
Kazuma Sato seems to be the lowest-level adventurer, but he is not afraid of being besieged at all, because he has the divine skill to absorb stamina—Drain Touch, and his stamina will not be consumed at all.
In just a few minutes.
On the platform outside the dungeon, all the adventurers who besieged him were lying on the ground unable to move, including many high-level and advanced class adventurers.
“How, how could it be…”
“Kazuma is actually so strong!?”
“Could it be that defeating Mitsurugi wasn't by sneak attacks and tricks!?”
Everyone looked incredulously at the only one standing in the field, Kazuma Sato, who had his fingers inserted into his temples and was posing in a strange pose to show off.
“—I'm so High right now!”