"Master!　I made tea!

"Mm.

　It was originally in a canteen, but I took a cup of tea from Reyes, who had a deliberately serious and rotten expression on his face, and took a sip.

It's not good!　Did you think you could satisfy a woman with this tea!

　I don't have the slightest idea what tea tastes like, but I frowned and yelled at Reyes.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry!　I'm going to devote myself to making good tea in the future, Master!

Do so. Think about it, for example, a man who is usually a crass person, and on the occasion of making a cup of tea, somehow it tastes very good. And you think, "Huh?　You can leave a surprising impression in their memory by saying, 'This man's tea is delicious. ......

"Oh, oh, ......!　Certainly!

　Reyes was impressed and exclaimed in admiration.

"So that means my master has experience in serving tea like that!

"Eh, no, I don't know how it went: ......

　I'm not even sure how to make tea, so naturally I have no experience in serving tea to anyone.

The first time I heard from you, you said, "I'll leave it all to you from now on." ...... The old man asked Leila how to make tea before, but it was slumbering, so he said, "I'll leave it all to you from now on.

　I'm sure you're not going to be able to get away with it, but I'm going to pretend I didn't hear her words and cough one out.

Gohon ...... anyway!　What you need, Reyes, is the fine art of daily life. Learn them one by one, steadily.

"All right, Master!

Hmm, that's good. Remember, all technology is your sustenance, your greatest asset and your weapon. ......

"Heh!　Thanks for the kind words!　

　And Reyes bowed his head reverently to me.

"...... uh ...... that ...... what the hell is going on with that ......?

　Grifa, who had been watching our travesty with an indescribable look on her face, paused and then muttered to herself, "You'd better not listen to me because I'm going to have a headache.

You'd better not listen to ...... because it's going to give you a headache.

　Yes, it's Lulore who lets out a sigh of dismay.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future.
　It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with your friends.

It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with ....... It seems that there was an attack there as well as here.

So, there was an attack there too?

Ah, here they are. Plenty of bones in here. ......, though it was smaller than yours.

　Carotta nodded at my question.

　--We had joined up with the holy knights who had been going separately.

　Since we were attacked by the demons, we thought that the separate team might have been attacked as well, so we stopped our policy of continuing our search alone and turned back the way we came and joined them once.

　And as we expected, there was an attack by dungeon demons there as well.

　But from what I've heard, the scale of the attack was smaller than ours.
　While we were attacked by nearly three hundred, they were attacked by a little over a hundred. War-class demons seemed to have appeared, but only a few of them were present.

　Considering this fact, the enemy demon king must have judged us to be more of a threat.

　...... My status has been changed to what it was when I was disguised as a human being, but the other demon king may have seen through it.

　No, he will definitely see through it.

　The demon king can use the map, which is a feature of the dungeon.
　This means that you can see how much DP you can get from the target.

　In my dungeon, I could get zero DP from myself, but in this dungeon, it's different.
　Without a doubt, the DP you're getting from me is the highest in this dungeon, based on my original status.

　The enemy demon king will probably trust that number more than the displayed status.
　If the status and DP were not in synch, I would refer to the latter number. And there's probably no way to cheat DP.

　Plus, we had Nell.
　There is no doubt that the holy knights are strong and strong, and Carotta is also quite skilled, but that's only in the realm of human strength.

　There is a good chance that the demon king thought about destroying the one with me and Nell and gave them a lot of money. It was all a futile struggle, though.

"So, ...... we came up empty, have you made any progress on your attack route to the Dark Lord?

"I found a way to say, 'Oh. . perhaps, I found a way to say.

"Heh ...... huh?　Did you find it?

　I was honestly thinking that it would be impossible to find them today, and so I said that while doing a double-take at Carlotta, who nodded.

It's just that there's one problem, or rather, trouble. That's why I wanted to meet up with you guys once before the attack.

...... was certainly more of a hassle than a problem.

　Grifa agrees with Carotta's words with a bitter smile.

　...... troublesome, you know.

　Carotta must have read my inner thoughts, because she takes a glance at you and then continues.

It would be faster to have him see it in person than to explain it with his mouth. --That's why, follow me.


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"Ah, I see. ......



　I mutter to myself as the scene unfolds in front of me.

　It's a good thing that ...... is indeed troublesome.

　--I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this.

　A dark, cloudy night sky, a dense fog hung over the area, and decaying tombstones were dotted across the earthen ground.
　The space stretches out endlessly as far as the eye can see, and you don't feel any of the ship's rocking that was there just a moment ago.

　A completely different space stretches out here.

　Perhaps it's similar to the grassland area of my dungeon.
　I guess they've added a new layer and a graveyard area here alone.

　And then--there are a number of magical reactions reflected in my magic eye.

　Although there are some magic reactions that take the shape of demon-like creatures, most of them can be felt from the ground.

　What is the mass of magic power on the ground?
　It's a trap (・・・・).

　This cemetery area is apparently full of traps that have been hidden in the dark.

A trap.

Hmm, there's that. We know that a lot of traps and demons are hiding in the darkness. And quite a few of them.

Surely, there are quite a few: ......

　With its magical eye, it would be able to detect traps that have magic inside their structure, or that attack by activating magic, but it would not react to other purely physical traps, such as pitfalls, falling rocks, or sword mounts.

　It is hard to believe that there are only magical traps in this graveyard, so there are probably both types of traps here and there, and since you can see with your magical eye that there are quite a few magical traps alone, you should assume that there are an equal number of purely physical traps in this graveyard.

''How do you know that this graveyard leads to the Demon King?

The markers he left behind when he reached the Demon King. Didn't you, Mister Grifa?

Yes, it's still there as it was last time. In the past, there was no cemetery like this one, and it was connected to the room of the master of the hierarchy, so there is still a possibility that it will be turned into a suka in the future as well.

　Saying that, Grifa taps on the wall outside the door to the cemetery, the side that still looks like a normal ship.

　Sure enough, there is something like a chalk-like mark drawn on it.

　These markings are used to distinguish between the roads you took and the roads you didn't take.
　On the way here, I have seen him marking the roads in this way several times.

Oh ...... this is definitely the mark we made before, Master. There's a hierarchical master waiting for us just ahead. If there's an extra layer, the demon lord must have gotten scared and added a new device to block the intruders, right?

"Hmm ...... sounds likely. Then, I guess it's more likely that I'll look into the future rather than looking for another way.

　Now, as I was thinking about what to do, Grifa turned to Reyes beside me and asked, "What's going on?

...... Hey, Reyes. I'm still curious, so I have to ask you, why do you call the masked lady your master?

"Of course, that's because he's my soulmate, leader!

...... No, I have no idea.

　Grifa gave Reyes a thumbs up and a disgusted look in return.