Is this really just an RPG? !

It is said that we want to talk peacefully, but I don't have any expectations of persuading Melville not to destroy it, because the Fire Demon King in front of me doesn't even intend to cover up his desires in front of others. There is no possibility of convincing it.

Even so, I have to be patient and try to communicate with it.

Because I want to know more about Warren, the suspicious organization that may have haunted the ruins of Catherine, and I don't know what new plans they have made after releasing Melville. Since Melville had a deal with this organization and knew about it more or less during the century of destruction, he should be able to get some information from it.

Besides, Melville wouldn't lie.

For it, there are only two choices: "Don't answer" and "Answer".

It's a good thing for me not to have to go out of my way to talk in circles.

Emily is still concentrating on studying the sealing array, and unscrupulously explaining the key points of this sealing technique in front of Melville, but the tone, volume and speed of speech are more like talking to herself, or deliberately let Melville Will upset? There was nothing he could do with Emily anyway.

"What do you want to know?"

"Warren."

Probably because of my identity, Melville reversed his previous attitude and looked at me with his arms around him with an expression that didn't make sense. His tone of voice was barely able to communicate well. Maybe the previous one had some relationship with Melville so it didn't see me as an ant.

But being looked at by that kind of gaze all the time, still somewhat uncomfortable.

I adjust my breathing and turn my attention to the topic.

"Just a group of fanatics chasing a god who has fallen to nowhere."

"But this group of fanatics seems to have some intentions, and even endanger the entire continent."

"Because you are a brave man?"

"Because I am a brave man."

I admit it straight up.

Although I have never been optimistic about the profession of the brave, it is my identity after all. No matter how troublesome I am, I should complete my duties... In fact, I am just a little obsessive-compulsive. Comfortable.

Just like now.

Just asking to talk to Melville, another side quest popped up on my quest bar.

"Side task: [Afternoon tea time with Balrog]

Mission information: The more you know, the more calm you will be when faced with various situations. As a brave man who saves the world, he should understand the situation of the world well, so why not go with this Balrog who has no fighting power and can't lie How about a tea party with Melville the King?

Objectives: 1. Get more information from Melville (2.7% completion). "

[It's more like an action reminder than a task. 】

I thought so.

"Warren has been to Catherine's ruins before. Judging from the degree of secrecy of the plan, it will definitely not be decided in a short period of time. What's more, George College has been mixed with members of Warren's organization. It should be a fairly long-term plan. gone."

"They've been eyeing this place for a long time."

"you?"

"no."

Melville shook his head, denying my guess.

But other than that, I really can't think of anything in the academy that would make an organization determined to destroy the world a desirable goal. Even if George College is the largest college in the entire Lindsay Continent, there are no rare treasures. The only thing worth mentioning is that there are many teachers and many students... Eh? student? The members of the Warren organization pretended to be those who approved the students' school leave applications. Could it be to supplement the members of the organization?

It makes sense to think about it this way.

That is, letting Melville out was purely a cover.

The purpose of investigating Catherine is to confirm whether there is something with great influence hidden in the ruins.

If you want to recruit members, the sooner you start, the better. The reason why you chose to release Melville at this time is more likely because Emily and I noticed the lurker, and they planned to crack the Firelord. to create chaos in the academy so that no one would notice the disappearing students.

"A disgusting organization."

"really."

"In that case, why do you want to make a deal with them?"

"The purpose is the same for the time being. After all, the life and death of ants has nothing to do with me."

"……Too."

As a demon who concentrates on destroying this land, there is really no need to care about human life.

Glancing at the 11.3% completion of side quests, I feel a little tired. There were so few clues that I couldn't think of anything else worth asking, and in Melville's style, it was lucky to be able to answer "yes" and "no" without expecting it to bring up the topic.

This task of collecting intelligence is still a long way from being completed, which means that although the conversation just now contains a lot of information, it is only one-tenth of what Melville knows, but I don’t know how much information there is. From what angle to continue to ask, after all, whether it is "Warren" or "purpose" or "process" has been roughly understood, and the rest is only the details.

Is it because the details deviate from what I guessed?

Or do you have to get a definite answer before these speculations are considered information?

【It would be great if Qiuqiu was here. 】

I muttered in my heart, once again feeling powerless because my partner was not by my side at the critical moment.

【In the current state, there is no way to contact her. When this place has not become a magic forbidden area, I can't get any reply, as if something happened and I can't separate my attention. 】

Is there anything that can make my elf partner with the two abilities of "undead body" and "non-conscious concealment" get into trouble, unless Lilith also encounters some troubles, in the "Prioritize helping Lilith" At that time, I didn't notice my call for help, so it was naturally impossible to respond.

…………

Wait!

If so.

It can prevent Qiuqiu from being distracted and responding to me, which means that she is concentrating on a certain task. The content of this task is likely to be searching for information or calculations. Considering that she is a self-propelled encyclopedia If there are no other bright spots, the former is more likely.

It's not that Qiuqiu's ability to check calculations is poor, but the prerequisite for her help in this area is to "release a certain magic". If I remember correctly, Lilith's fighting style should be more inclined to suppress the opponent with strength.

It is necessary to continuously search for information, and decryption should be impossible. It will not make Qiuqiu unable to separate his attention for a long time, but it is more likely to happen during battle... So it is Lilith who is with someone for some reason. Fighting, and because of this enemy, Qiuqiu has been in the process of querying data or checking calculations?

It's even possible that both are going on.

The calculation shows that Lilith's strength is too different from the opponent's, which makes it rare for her to release magic obediently as a "witch" instead of kicking people with a chainsaw. Searching for information means that the other party has a lot of information, so much that Qiuqiu needs to search for the other party's information from the endless library every moment.

A powerful enemy that is constantly changing.

"Sister."

"I heard that I'm busy, you want to ask something, I won't answer it, just say it."

"..."

I began to wonder whether Emily had overheated her brain due to the overload of her brain due to studying the sealing array.

"Speaking of powerful and constantly changing monsters, what can you think of?"

"Um?"

Emily suddenly stopped what she was doing, and turned her head to look at me with doubts on her face.

"Why do you suddenly ask this? There is only one guy who meets this condition. It happened to be born in the early days of the Doom Century, and its name is Bertram. Some people speculate that it came from a certain alien plane with strong vitality. Its body It changes every moment due to the environment and enemies, making it constantly evolving... Well, for this reason, there is nothing wrong with saying that it is always changing."

After talking for a long time, Emily stopped, as if remembering whether there were any omissions in her introduction, looked up at the ceiling for a moment of silence, and then added another sentence.

"If I remember correctly, the one who summoned Bertram to this world was a guy in Warren's organization who is very proficient in summoning. It's just that when he was summoned just now, it was a slime-like thing, so it didn't cause any trouble. Pay attention, when it grows enough to attract attention, it will be slapped somewhere by the previous brave man."

"..."

The previous hero was really strong.

But is it really okay to deal with such a monster so casually?

I seriously doubt that the guy who got Chu Chu in trouble was the monster Emily was talking about.

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Probably... I think the upper part is also messed up?"

I answered Emily with an uncertain tone, pointed to the ceiling, and then looked at Melville, unexpectedly finding that it seemed to be making an expression similar to shaking its eyebrows.

Despite Melville's incomplete features, there are only what seem to be eyes and mouths.

"..."

How on earth does it make people feel "this guy is full of helplessness and affirms what you said, so he twitched his eyebrows" at a glance?

Speaking of which, Melville is a Balrog, that is, a demon covered in flames all over his body.

Flame can be understood as its body is composed of magma.

Demons about bloodlines?

Or is the guy who created it a demon?

"Neil."

"Um?"

Emily suddenly called out to me.

I looked up at Melville, who seemed to be resting and watching a play, and then turned my attention to Emily.

"I'm going to try, you give me some more blood."

"..."

Enough!

Am I a humanoid self-propelled spell-casting material production device! ?

☆

accurate.

unhappy.

Feel wronged.

Want to cry into balls.

But I did as Emily said.

Enduring the pain, he cut a wound on his wrist, and then bit the medicine bottle while bleeding. It's like a liquid processor. It was originally a potion used to heal injuries and restore physical strength. After flowing through my body, it releases blood with "a lot of magic power".

Emily collected my blood and said it was going to be a big one.

There was a burst of worry in my heart, and I subconsciously raised my head to look at Melville, but I realized a subtle embarrassment on that face where the facial features were difficult to distinguish. If I want to describe it... probably the kind of weak wolf looking There are two sheep who can't do anything about themselves, discussing how to deal with their own feelings?

So sad.

Even if I am not Melville, I can feel the helplessness.

Watching the life bar on the left screen go up and down again and again, it took about three or four cycles before Emily let me go and let me heal the wound... In fact, I hardly need to do anything, just wait The wound cut with the dagger healed completely at an astonishing speed, and then a new bottle of potion was dug out from the backpack to fill up the life bar.

——God knows what is going on with my heaven-defying resilience.

After drinking the red liquid filled with cherry flavor, I found that Emily was facing Melville, standing in the center of the hall, with a magic circle carved out of gravel at her feet - the central pattern was two interlaced The five-pointed star in front of it represents the symbol of Lorraine, Agnes and Hocia are on the left and right, and there are dense runes written on the edge. Due to the special writing method, it looks like ghostly drawn symbols.

The most important thing is that this is a magic circle that has not used any magic materials and has not been injected with magic power. It has no practical effect except that it looks high-end and high-grade and can be used as a decoration. Even an ordinary child can follow it. It looks like a similar one.

【What is she going to do? 】

I have almost zero knowledge of sealing techniques, and I can't think of the reason why Emily did this.

All I know is that the magic circle she drew is similar to the magic circle that sealed Melville, and it should be some kind of sealing circle, but neither the material nor the ability of the caster can seal the huge Balrog King back into the bottle. What's more, the interior of the hall is now in a state of forbidden magic. Even with blood full of magic power as the material, it is difficult to activate the magic power here.

Unable to guess Emily's thoughts, I can only raise my attention to deal with possible accidents.

It was just an ordinary magic circle, but after Emily poured blood on it and said a few incantations, the pattern engraved on it seemed to come alive, and began to absorb blood, and then the magic circle emitted a dazzling dark red light , exudes a certain breath.

Spooky but not disturbing.

"Incantation, activated"

Emily spoke up.

It was obviously a closed room, but the air flow suddenly started to flow around Emily, and it continued to radiate to the surroundings, causing me to be distracted and pay attention to my figure, so as not to be blown to the corner by the gust of wind.

"Again, re-activated"

"Magic intensity, amplified"

"Double the magic circle"

The staggered five-pointed stars on the ground rotated and finally overlapped together.

"Magic restriction, removed"

The red glowing lines on the edge of the magic circle suddenly dimmed, causing the five-pointed star to expand as if unrestrained, until it covered the entire ground of the hall.

"Incantation, rise"

The words carved on the ground floated up one by one, circling around Emily.

However, after the seven letters were raised, the light suddenly disappeared, and the wind blowing in the hall gradually weakened, and everything returned to its previous appearance, except for the seven characters floating in the air, there was almost no change. I looked at Emily suspiciously, but she just gave me a helpless expression.

"The magic power of the medium is far from enough to complete the spell. Now it is considered to be half-finished and stop. As long as there is more magic power, it can continue."

"...I don't think I'll have this chance for now."

I walked up to Emily, pulled her behind me, and moved my eyes to Melville.

The incantation just now didn't work at all. Being extremely sensitive to the activity of mana around me, I noticed something extraordinary.

The magic fluctuations generated by Emily's use of the spell this time are several times stronger than the previous spells used for testing, just exceeding the lower limit of maintaining this magic-forbidden space.

The mana in the entire hall started to move.

This also means that it is no longer a magic forbidden space.

"I think this brief peace seems to be coming to an end."

"That's right."

Melville folded his arms, and fireballs gathered around him.

"Come on! Brave! Let's see if I let this continent return to war, or if you stop it."

Under Melville's control, the fireball hit me and Emily like a meteor shower. These fireballs were not launched at the same time, and they also deliberately chose a few very tricky angles, obviously trying to force me into a position where I could not avoid it.

I don't know if the magic circle left by Emily can resist the attack of a Balrog.

"Vast Protection【Wide Area Defense】!"

Because I was prepared, I immediately took out the magic scroll from the different dimension, threw it away and activated the spell on it, and a plurality of magic circles appeared around us, combined into a hemispherical protective cover shining with blue luster, covering those The fireball is blocked outside.

This defensive magic should last for a while, now I need to confirm one thing with Emily.

"Will this magic circle be destroyed after being attacked?"

"Won't!"

Emily looked very calm, and while explaining to me, she continued to activate the magic circle under her body, and the number of floating words had increased to more than ten.

"This magic circle is an ancient spell borrowed from multiple gods. In terms of authority, it is much higher than Melville's. What's more, the medium I use is your blood. According to the ancient spell I used before, this The core power of sealing magic should be related to Lindsay."

"...Why my blood must be related to Lindsay."

"Don't you know that both the brave man and the devil are the illegitimate children of the Creator God?"

"ha?"

I seem to have heard something incredible?

# My mother is the god of creation #

# My brother is the devil #

# what to do! urgent! Wait online! #

"Ah, actually, I was just talking casually."

It was a critical time, but Emily still made faces at me.

"..."

[Don't make such a joke! 】

I really want to complain like this, but now is obviously not the time to care about those things. The barrier generated by defensive magic has consumed a lot of mana in the continuous fire and rain, and now it looks like a fragile piece of paper, and it will be completely broken soon, so I must think of a way to deal with Melville's attack.

"Hey! Brave Potion."

"Huh, huh?"

First, she was patted on the head by Emily, followed by an inexplicable address.

I'm a little confused.

"Dodge the attack first, and then find a chance to give me some blood."

As if afraid of my misunderstanding, Emily explained again.

"Because of the magic forbidden area, I couldn't recover my magic power at all. As a result, the magic power I had could only activate this magic circle, but it was not enough to activate it."

"So why use my blood! Do you think I'm some kind of great tonic?"

"In a sense... yes."

It really is in a sense.

I gave Emily a deadpan look, then had to carry her on my back and run for my life.

Because the defensive magic was completely shattered under Melville's continuous attack, and the activity of Mana in the temple had returned to the state before the ban, Melville began to release various offensive spells without any scruples. It seems that he intends to kill Emily and me first, and then toss the seal on himself.

It's just a terrible situation.

Throwing out a few magic scrolls for acceleration and body protection, I started running in circles in the hall.

Perhaps the remaining quarter of the seal just restricted Melville's control over power, causing it to be unable to attack accurately, and could only increase its hits through large-scale bombing.

So even if I want to be a medicine bottle, I can't do it!

"Sister, hurry up and think of a way!"

"Left left!"

"I can't hide from the left, okay! The right is the wall! If I run down like this, I will be forced into a corner, so I can't hide!"

I stopped, looked at the overwhelming fireball, and took a deep breath.

You can only try to pass through the gaps between these fireballs.

Hopefully Emily's magic can still support a few small defensive spells.

"Sister, get ready, I want to..."

rushed!

I want to yell coolly like this.

But in fact, my words were cut off halfway through.

"boom!"

The ceiling cracked and a hole appeared, through which the sun hanging in the sky could just be seen.

Then I heard a very familiar voice.

"Neil!"

Lilith, who was holding the chainsaw, just jumped down and landed in front of me. When the chainsaw was inserted into the ground, it triggered a wave of magic power, which directly bounced those fireballs back.

"Phew—I just got rid of a monster and heard from Qiuqiu that I received your distress message. It seems that I made my debut in time?"

"Yes, yes, Your Royal Highness, I am very honored for your appearance."

I put Emily down, dumbfounded, and looked at Lilith, floating over her shoulders was my best partner of all time.

"Owner!"

At this moment, I feel that meeting Qiuqiu is the luckiest thing for me.

"If you want to chat, put it aside for now."

Originally, I really wanted to talk to Qiuqiu, but was interrupted by Emily.

"Think about how to deal with the troubles in front of you first."

"deal with?"

I glanced back at Emily, only to find that she was looking at Lilith.

Lilith pointed upwards.

"Above... the ceiling... the exit?"

I didn't understand what Lilith meant. I was about to ask her directly when I heard a few familiar voices.

Just like ordering dishes, three people jumped down from the top with a huff.

One of them is Yuta, and the other two are women.

Among them, I heard Lilith say that it was her roommate, a summoner who is good at summoning demons; the other one was wearing a pure white nun's clothes, holding a heavy book in his left hand, it should be the Holy Scriptures , and the right hand is holding a warhammer that is a bit taller than her.

A sense of sight... the brave team fighting the boss.

"Really, it's a mess...do you want to continue?"

"why not!"

I heard Melville's wild laughter.

"It doesn't matter whether you unlock the seal or not, what matters is now! It's destruction!"

It raised its hands up high, as if someone was announcing it.

"So! Come! Let the earth tremble!"

After finishing speaking, the entire hall shook wildly, the hole above was getting bigger and bigger, and the ground was full of rubble.

Melville no longer had any hope of breaking free from the seal, because Lilith and the others could come here, which meant that the humans on the ground had already noticed that a Fire Demon King had awakened here, so no matter what, it would be sealed back again.

So Melville decided to satisfy his desires from now on.

The nonsense is over.

I watched with some regret that I had only completed less than 30% of the side quests, holding the dagger tightly with both hands.

[I hope that after the matter is over, there is still a way to understand the whole picture of the whole incident. 】

I thought without any hope, and then followed my companions to run in the hall.

"Qiuqiu! Go! Search Melville in the endless library!"

"Understood! Master!"