My dear, I'm gonna feed you to the demons. You won't miss it, will you?

　At the same time Olivia snapped her fingers, a ward was set up across the room.
　The part of the door that was kicked down is also covered by the warding, blocking the passage to the transition camp.

''Now, it's time to eat.

　At the same time as she refused to retreat, Olivia issued a command.
　Several demons under that woman's command began to move at the same time without a roar.
　As usual, the leadership is still in control.

　But - it's a large place where it takes effect.
　In the basement, which is covered by walls on all sides, the range of action is greatly reduced.
　With the large-sized demons, no matter how well they coordinate, they have no choice but to come toward you in a straight line here.

''I don't have any use for you guys.

　He threw the magic stone at the feet of the demons.
　The demons didn't pay attention to the magical stones that fell with a dry sound.
　They are probably only thinking of following Olivia's instructions and killing their prey.

　That's why they eat attacks that normal demons would easily avoid.

"--"Break Magic

　The demonic stone exploded.
　The demons that were coming towards it are swallowed up by the explosive flames.
　Thanks to the wards that Olivia has put up, the floor and ceiling will not collapse in the explosion.

''Wha, what is it ......!?''

　I ignore Olivia, who is upset by the sudden explosion, and charge into the crowd of demons.

""Acceleration (Accel)."

　Most of the demons that were coming towards me had lost their legs from the explosion.
　Without even noticing it, they lifted their bodies to deal with me coming towards them.

'Get out of the way.'

　I ducked the attacks that were slowed down by the loss of my body and cut off the heads of the demons.
　Even if you don't feel any pain, you won't be able to move if your head is gone.

　The demons, weakened by the explosion, do not care that their companions are being killed, they just keep on rushing in.
　He cut them off from one side of it with his jade taiji.
　The single thread of coordination that was a threat in the large forest was dragging each other down in this small place.

　It was time to step over the headless demon and turn his body to the next one.

''----''

　As soon as I retreated, a huge arm descended on the place I had just been in.
　The demon that was there made a damp sound and became a stain on the basement.

'............'

　It's a blow from the synthetic dragon (Chimera Dragon) that was waiting behind me.
　The huge body of the synthetic dragon is advancing while trampling the demon.

''I see, I see. It certainly seems that being an A-ranked adventurer is not an honorable title. No wonder the demon I sent to the mansion was repulsed.

　A high-pitched scream rose from the oral cavity that is lined with vertical lines all over the body of the synthetic dragon - things that look like teeth.
　Your eyes regrouped with a grimy, damp sound, and arms sticking out here and there were all pointed at you at once.

''You'd be just right for a test run of a synthetic dragon (Chimera Dragon).

　Numerous arms rushed in like elastic rubber.
　Stepping and evading them, I slash them down with my jade tachi sword from the approaching side.
　However, he can no longer deal with the excessive number of them and is forced to retreat.

　That's depressing.

''Hahahaha!　Did you think that a puny adventurer like you could defeat a synthetic dragon?

　A deafening mockery can be heard from behind the giant's body.
　It seems that they have a lot of confidence in this dragon.

You will be able to find out more about the best way to get the most out of this.　You're going to be able to get the most out of it.

　The oral cavity in the synthetic dragon's body began to open and close with a crunch.
　The magic power around it was sucked up from the oral cavity and gathered to the synthetic dragon's head.
　A sphere of fire concocted with magical power was created in the mouth that was opened to avoid it.

''Now, regret having been hired by that clumsy mixologist over there and die unceremoniously?''

　A breath was released from the synthetic dragon.
　A strike of fire containing a large amount of magical power.
　I'm sure it's a blow comparable to the flame dragon's breath.

''So--so?''

　What's the point of that degree?

　"I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.
　Of course, that alone wouldn't be enough to kill it.

　--But it's enough.

　I've activated the magic suit "Red Lotus Armor" that I'm wearing.

　It's a jet black that seems to be painted over - from the top of it, red lilies spread out like ripples.
　Normally it is jet black, but when you put magic power into it, the pattern of kalpas (eternal fire) is carved into it.
　--Therefore, it's "Red Lotus Armor".

　You'll be able to get a good deal more than you'd like.
　I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

　In the midst of the hellish flames, I run towards the synthetic dragon.
　By releasing the breath, that huge body is defenseless itself.

　He plunged the demonic stone into the oral cavity, which opened wide to suck in the magic power.
　The lower abdomen of the synthetic dragon was blown off by the demon.

"Huh?　What's that?

　The upper half of the synthetic dragon's body, which is missing a large portion of its body, falls to the ground.
　Still trying to move in spite of that, the hideous monster

Get out of here.

　The breaking demon was struck again.
　Following the lower abdomen, the upper half of the synthetic dragon's body shattered into pieces.
　Pieces of flesh scattered and the smell of decay spread through the basement.

"Ah, huh?

　The only person left is the defenseless Olivia.
　Finally, you can reach out to you.


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'Eh ....... Huh?　What is ......?　How is my (my) synthetic dragon (chimera dragon)?

　Olivia turns her gaze to the pile of rolled-up flesh.
　This upset woman has no time for that.

So that's it?　Is that it?
"Ehhh, ......

　Olivia backs off.
　It seems that the main demon was done with that thing.

''Wow, I get it. I won't resist anymore!

　Raising her hands, Olivia strikes a pose of non-resistance.
　He approached with a flirtatious smile.

'Ah.'

　In the process, Olivia stumbled.
　She wobbled and fell over to us.

----
"Serve me!

　Olivia's arm is pressed against my forehead.
　At the same time, magic power flowed into the air.
　So this is brainwashing magic.

You're a ...... stupid man.
What?
'Ha......!?'

　I peeled my eyes away and Olivia jumped back.
　She wipes the area she's touched with a cloth.
　It's disgusting.

Why do you want to go to ......?　I (I) did indeed flow my magic power!

　I heard about the mechanism of brainwashing magic itself from Olivia herself thirty years ago.
　It's the process of pouring magical power into the brain and transforming the mind.
　If that's the case, you can concentrate the magic power and resist it before it reaches the brain.

"So that's it?　Is that it?
Hi......

　When I asked the same question, Olivia gave me her first frightened look.
　But it quickly switches to an arrogant one.

''Ha......!　You are going to capture me (me) and report to His Majesty the Emperor, right?　You may do as you please. This experiment is the last thing the Empire needs right now. No matter how much these filthy admixtures scream, my experiments will always be appreciated!

　Handing over to the Empire, huh?
　It's true that the empire won't be quick to execute this woman if she is able to control demons.
　I'm not sure if it's accepted, but it's certainly an innovative technology.

　But that's only if you hand it over (・・・・・・・).

'Don't worry. We won't do that.
...... huh?

　A question appears on Olivia's face.

You don't mean to tell me that you want me to hand over my technology to you?　Don't be silly. I don't think my skills are something that you lowly monkeys can understand.
No, no.
So what is it that you want me to do?

　I think you're mistaken.
　Let me set you straight.

You don't think you're going to get out of here alive, do you?

　At those words, Olivia rolls her eyes.
　The expression on her face says she doesn't understand what is being said.

'What kind of ...... is that?'
I'm telling you, I'm going to kill you right here.

　He understood what it meant.
　Olivia's face paled slightly.

''Ha......ha!　Do you think that a person from another country ...... is allowed to do such a thing to me, an imperial nobleman, as a mere adventurer, even though I am a mere adventurer?
I don't need your forgiveness.

　It's hilarious.
　It makes me laugh.

'Olivia...Elie Steele. You haven't improved anything in thirty years.
"Thirty ......, what do you mean, ......?
"Thirty years ago, you used brainwashing magic to wipe out your own troops.
......!　How did you get that?
Afterwards, you asked for permission to use the brainwashing spell on "Heroic Amatsu". But he refused, and eventually the brainwashing spell was banned.

　I can see Olivia's expression turn pale.

''You betrayed me (...) on the condition of Amatsu's corpse to make up for it.
'No, no, no. ......'

　He rolled up his sleeve to expose his right arm.
　I let Olivia see the proof of bravery engraved on the back of my hand.

It's been thirty years. Olivia Eliesteel.

　Olivia's pale face was wobbling and her legs were shaking, and she was repeatedly breathing heavily, as if she were hyperventilating.
　She shook her head repeatedly, no, no, as if she didn't want to acknowledge reality.
　He slumped to the ground, as if he couldn't stand anymore.

'I don't give a shit about the Empire or the nobility. This is my revenge for my betrayal. Do you understand?　I don't need anyone to forgive me.
'Oh...ah.......... You're supposed to be dead. Oh no, no, no, no.

　He finally understands his situation.
　He starts backing away from his buttocks.

'I ain't lying,'

　I crushed its feet as hard as I could as it tried to escape.
　The dull sound of bone cracking echoes through the basement.

''Eh ...... ah?''

　After a pause, Olivia exclaimed.

"Elfie. I'll take care of this guy. You take Ms. Cullen and go back to the mansion.
I'll take care of it. You take care of the rest.

　Shattering the wards with his magic eye, Elfie walked out of the basement with Karen in his arms.
　I can't let Karen see what's going to happen from now on, as it's a stone.
　I shouldn't let her see it.

''Ahh, ......!　Ashish, my (my) feet are ......ah!

　When I looked back down, I saw Olivia writhing in agony as she cried and screamed, suppressing her shattered foot.

　Of course, I'm not going to end it with this.
　I'm not going to let it end like this.

''Well then, let the revenge begin.

You're not going to be able to do that.

　To do something, Olivia lifted her hands up to do something.
　I didn't want her to do anything weird, so I crushed the bones in both hands and legs.
　The shock of it made her incontinent and pass out, but I kicked her awake.

　It seems that he tried to use the ring-shaped magic power-granting item (magic item) that he was fitted with.
　Inside it is filled with Olivia's magic power.
　It seems to be a magic power granting item that connects the brains and lines of multiple demons and maintains their brainwashing.

''Amatsu-sama...... yu, forgive me.
Shut up.
'Ahhhh!'

　He grabbed Olivia's long hair and dragged her across the ground.
　As it was, I looked around at the cage in the basement.
　It seems that the demons were kept and managed in this cage.
　Although they were few in number, there were multiple types of demons present.

　One of them was a cage with a wriggling maggot the size of a finger.
　The hole is so deep that it is impossible for them to crawl out.

"'Tooth bugs'?"

　They are the lowest class of demons with teeth that are similar to those of humans.　
　They are ferocious demons that try to use their teeth to devour flesh, but each one is extremely weak.
　Even if they are swarming, they are only powerful enough to wipe them out by using magic.
　The essential biting power is not that strong either.

''............''

　Yeah.
　I've got an idea.

'Wa...... I (I) have not betrayed you...... Amatsu-sama is wrong. ......!

　After this period, Olivia is still making excuses.

'I peeked into Liuzas's memories with the 'Golden Sword of Exploration'. I was allowed to see you, firmly at that time.
''Huh. ......!''

　Crunching her mouth, Olivia shuddered.

'Enter.'

　He opens the tooth polish cage and kicks Olivia into it.
　She screams and rolls down into the hole where the tooth pollies are writhing.

　Then he quickly locks the cage shut.
　The brainwashing seemed to be working, and the tooth pollies fled to the corner of the cage, avoiding Olivia.

'Nah ...... what are you doing ......'
What did I tell you?　You have to kill him.
Well, ...... no way.

　He realized what I was about to do.
　Olivia's face has gone from pale to earthy.

''Please wait!　Please forgive me!　I (I) just wanted to be recognized!　Please!　Yu, forgive me ......!　You can have everything, including the use of brainwashing magic and this territory!　You can do whatever you want with my body!　Ta, please help me!

　With tears in her eyes, Olivia pleads with me.

'Didn't Gash say that to you, too? 'I don't want to die, please help me.'
Yeah, ......?
Didn't you just say you were having fun?　What did you finally do with it?
It's .......

　I pick up the ring that was confiscated from Olivia.
　It's a magical power granting item (magic item) that maintains the demon's brainwashing.

'No. ...... No!'

　All the effects that the ring was emitting were cancelled out.
　The brainwashing on the demons is lifted all at once.
　Then, naturally.

Aaaaaaah!

　The tooth pollies inside were released from the brainwashing and jumped at the food (Olivia) that appeared in front of them.
　With their teeth bared, the demons all jumped on Olivia at once.

''Ya...... don't!　Don't come!　Ko--!　Ah, ah, ah!

　Olivia screams out as her flesh is bitten off.

'You said it. "You said that half-breeds and sub-humans should just sit back and let the humans eat them.

　Thirty years ago, that's all.

I've preyed on a lot of people.

　So.

I don't want you to complain about being eaten alive, do I?

?

　The tooth bugs are biting Olivia.
　They are biting everywhere: on her legs, on her torso, on her arms, on her shoulders, on her neck, on her face.
　The flesh is torn apart with buzzing, and Olivia cries out.

'Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!　Disgusting, disgusting, disgusting, disgusting, disgusting!　Ahhhh!　Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!''

　Contrary to that horrible scene, the pace at which the tooth bugs eat meat is slow.
　Slowly and slowly, that demon bites through the flesh.

''Aaaaaaah!　Why!　Why do I (I) have to do something like this?　This isn't true, this isn't happening!　No!

　I swing my broken arm around and desperately slam it into the tooth polish.
　Some of the tooth bugs were crushed by it, but the other individuals didn't care and continued to swarm Olivia.

"Amatsu-sama!　Eh, hero!　This is not a heroic thing to do!　Help me!
I'm sorry, but I quit being a hero and a hero.
I don't want to be in a quarrel with you!　I don't want to be in a mess!

　Shaking her hair and smearing her face with tears, snot and saliva, Olivia desperately pleads.
　With the bones in both hands and legs broken, she can't escape or fight.
　The only thing that awaits her is a future where she will be devoured by the tooth bugs.

The people you've been killing must not want to die, either. They're all gash!　...... I don't want to die either. And that's what you've been laughing at and killing.
"I beg you!　My bad luck with the rudiments!　Forgive me!　Give me a break!

　They all have a habit of laughing at others and shaking their heads at them, but when they are in that position, they start apologizing.
　It's not a bad idea to start apologizing when you're in the position to do so.

If you don't like it, you shouldn't do it to others. ......

　Olivia's voice grew fainter and fainter.
　No matter how weak her strength is, if she bites off all the flesh in her body incessantly, she'll be out of breath in less than an hour already.

''Do you really think it's bad?''
......!

　Olivia shakes her head repeatedly in response to that question.

"It's already done!　The subhuman, the adulterer, nothing more!　I won't betray you anymore, Amatsu-sama!　I'm sorry!　I beg your pardon!　Help me!
...... I get it.

　If you say so much, I pulled something out of the pouch.

'A high-level potion. Drink it.
...... ahhh!

　I opened the cage for a second and threw the potion into it.
　I let out an unvoiced cry and Olivia crawled like a caterpillar towards the potion that fell to the ground.

　What she threw in was a substantial amount of potions.
　It's not a lie that it's a high-ranking potion.

Nuku......gg.

　He opened the bottle with his mouth and Olivia gulped down the potion like a beast.
　The effect was immediate, and Olivia's wounds were healing.

　However.

...... eh?

　A little bit at a time (・・・・・・・・).

It's a 'sustainable potion' I bought in the imperial city. Unlike normal potions, it doesn't heal all at once.
Uh, yeah.
Instead, the effect is that the wounds continue to heal bit by bit for a few hours.
'Ahhhhhh!

　Olivia's wound heals.
　A tooth polish bites off the healed part.
　That part will heal.

　The process is repeated.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about it. Well, at that pace, you can keep it up for half a day, don't you think?
Unhinged and ready to roam!　You said you'd limp!　How dare you!
I didn't say anything about that.

　The sound of gumming and eating flesh continued incessantly.

I told you. I told you that Gash was going to have a great time.
Ahhhh, .......
So I'm gonna give you a little bit of lip service. Wouldn't that be nice?
'Oh no! ......!'

　The sound of flesh being eaten can be heard.

　Goo-goo-goo.
　Goo-goo-goo.
　Goo... goo... goo...

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　Three hours passed.
　''Help me.'' ''I don't want to die.'' ''Why is this happening?
　At first Olivia was shouting like that, but what she was saying changed.

'Also ...... me. Korojite ...... gorojite!

　It hadn't even been half a day and she was already saying that.
　Gash has endured half a day and he's already saying that.

'Don't worry,'

　I'll say to Olivia.

"First you said, 'I don't want to die'?　So I'm going to let you live.

　He smiled at Olivia, who pasted an expression of despair on her face, and said with a smirk.

''--because I'm kind (...)


You're not going to be able to do that.

　Constant pain.
　They bite off the flesh endlessly.
　I can't die in that situation.

　Then he cries out again, "I don't want to die," and starts begging me to kill him.
　I smiled at all of them, telling them they were the seeds I had sown.

　A few more hours later.
　The woman who has ridiculed and preyed on others.

'----'

　He literally left no bones behind and became the food of the bugs.