Read The Legendary Rebuilding of a World by a Realist Demon King

109 - - giant escargot

Back

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　We proceeded through a labyrinth that was clearly man-made.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The floor was covered with stones and the walls were not natural.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The visibility was good because lights were placed every ten meters or so.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

The hierarchy where these lights will be removed. Father is said to be in a place where natural rock surfaces can be seen.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Is he stuck there?"

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"I don't know. But my father is a licensed master of the Hokushin Itto style. He's as good as any of them.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

Maybe there's a reason. Well, we should worry about your father, but first we should worry about ourselves.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"What do you mean?"

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Eve, the maid, asked modestly.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"This is another well maintained but magnificent dungeon, and if Sabnak intended it to be a treasure house, then there will be guardians. I'm just worried that we might run into them."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Well, yes, that's true.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Eve chimes in with "Well, yes.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Saint Jeanne interrupts her.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Don't worry, maid. Here we have the most powerful saint and the devil king in this other world. We won't lose unless a giant snail appears.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

Why a snail?

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

I hate snails. I can't use all my strength in front of them.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Is there some kind of trauma?　I thought the French liked snails.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Not all French like snails. Some don't like them.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

They probably ate too many when they were little and got sick to their stomachs.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

How did the Demon King know that?　How did the Demon King know that?　Did he read my mind?

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"No way, I just deduced it from your past behavior.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　But I didn't know you didn't like escargot. That's surprising.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　If you don't like escargot, you probably don't like snails or snails and snails and snails and snails and snails.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　However, strangely enough, they are not afraid of slugs, and seem to be able to touch them.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　--But they don't eat slugs.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"I'm not Chinese, I don't eat anything.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Jeanne is furious, but so far she seems to eat everything except snails.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The other day she was looking at a wyvern hungrily.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　While I'm thinking about this, as I expected, it comes to me.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　It seems that Jeanne's earlier confession was only a pretense.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　He made a sly, sly....

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　It was a huge snail, too. Or maybe it was a snail. Is there any difference between a snail and a coelenterate?

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　When I asked Eve about this, she laughingly said, "I don't know," but continued.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"As I declared, the saint is frozen blue. She won't be of any use to us.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Of course she won't. I guess Ryoma and I can handle this situation.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I hear a dry thud from next door. from next door.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Ryoma had already pulled out his gun and fired the first shot.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　When he looks at me, he smiles.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

There's no cowardice in a dendendenmushi. In a fight, the first one to hit me wins.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"You share my philosophy," he says.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I cast the spell of the Ice Lance and made an ice lance.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I thrust it at the snail, but just as I aim at its soft flesh, it enters its shell.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The snail's shell is hard as a rock.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"This is quite a nuisance," he said.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The snail's defense was as strong as that of the goddess who had entered Ama-no-Iwato.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Neither the ice spear nor the firebombing seemed to have much effect.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Of course, Ryoma's gun did not penetrate the shell.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　However, when he comes out of the shell to attack us, he makes the bullets stick into the shell precisely.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Each time, the snail cries out and cower.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　It seems that damage has been done.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"If we keep this up, it's going to be a piece of cake...?

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I thought so, but Ryoma shook his head.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"That's impossible. This gun is sure to do some damage, but it can't be fatal.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"I see."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　It was true that the weapon roaring beside him was powerful, but the bullet coming out of the black cylinder was small.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Even if they were lethal to a human, they would not be enough for a huge creature.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Ryoma's weapon might not be a good match for a monster.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"That's where you come in, my lady. The demon king must be strong against monsters.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"I'm not particularly strong, but I'm not bad."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

Then finish him for me.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

You're so easy on the eyes, aren't you?

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I have been attacking him constantly since a few minutes ago, but unlike guns, magic is a little slower, so I was often repulsed by his shell.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　In that sense, I was of less use to her than she was to me, but it was true that her gun would not be able to kill a giant snail. And the bullets of a handgun are limited. She would be out of action before reaching the lowest level if she consumed them here.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　If the next guardian was a snail or an escargot, that would be a dead end in itself, so I decided to come up with a plan.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"I guess the key is to get that snail out of its shell. At that moment, skewer its head."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Easier said than done, but I had a secret plan.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The other day, when I was training in magic, I awakened to a certain skill.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"A new skill!　You're the master!"

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Eve praised me, but I wished she would wait until I had succeeded in "Sasugoshu".

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　As I said these words, I chanted a spell and put magic power into my right hand.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　What I put in my right hand was the magic of "thunderbolt".

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"You damage snails with lightning strikes, don't you? They are a mass of water, so it works very well.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Eve explains.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"But that won't be enough to defeat them.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I put magic into my left hand as well.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　In my left hand, I cast the Ice Lance spell.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I create an ice lance and skewer my enemy.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"It worked!"

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Eve, who was watching the scene, was absolutely stunned.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Oh, no, that can't be!"

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Ryoma asks Eve, who is in a state of shock.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

What are you so surprised about, young maid?

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Don't you know how wonderful Master is? Master is trying to use two kinds of magic at the same time!

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

Are there no sorcerers who can use two kinds of magic at the same time?

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

There are none. Usually magic is cast alone. I have never heard of a sorcerer who can hold two kinds of magic in his body at the same time.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"That's amazing. That's what I'm talking about.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The first blow is a lightning strike with his right hand, which he dares to hit the shell. The first blow is a right-handed "thunderbolt" aimed at the shell in order to push the mollusk out of its shell.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Then, the main body that comes out by the thunderbolt is pierced with the ice lance of the left hand.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I guess that's what you call waiting with bated breath.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The moment the snail's head comes out, I thrust the ice lance at the head.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Shhhh!

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　echoes through the labyrinth, and the giant snail's motor center is destroyed.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The snail's body twitched and thrashed about, but with its head destroyed, it could do nothing but die a slow death.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　And so the giant snail is vanquished.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Eve, who has been watching my series of amazing feats, continues to praise me with open arms, and the half-elf Ryoma seems to be impressed as well.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

Ryoma, the half-elf, also seems impressed. It's a good thing I hired you as a guard.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　He praises her with all his hands.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Eve adds.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"The Demon Lord of Plot is also the greatest sorcerer of all. It is said that his power is equal to that of the most powerful sorcerer in the army of the Demon Lords, the heroes of time immemorial.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Oh, wow. That's amazing.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The greatest sorcerer in the demon king's army is a great sorcerer who served a demon king on another continent.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　He was a sorcerer who wore a hideous mask, and it is said that his power surpassed that of the Demon King, but he was a very humble person, neither conceited nor arrogant, and he remained loyal to the Demon King for the rest of his life.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　His name has become a synonym for a competent and loyal retainer on this continent.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　His name was Ai.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　As I was remembering his name, Jeanne, who was hiding behind me, jumped on me.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"That's the Demon King!　He defeated that creepy creature in an instant!"

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The moment the snail was gone, Jeanne was even more energetic than usual and hugged me.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　She's a cash cow, but today she's followed by someone else.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Oh, holy lady, you've just monopolized the demon king. Me too!

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　She forcefully grabbed the weaker one's arm and pulled him close to her.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Ryoma has a more voluptuous body than Jeanne. When he is in close contact with me, I cannot help but be conscious of him.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　As I was flinching with flowers in both hands, Eve gave me a cold stare from a distance.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　She is mumbling something with an expression like a Noh mask.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I could have magically heard her words, but I don't, because I consider Eve to be a sacred woman.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I put it away in oblivion and looked for a way to go down the hierarchy.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　After that, I succeed in descending to the fifth level without encountering any serious enemies.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

Back

Table of Contents

Next

Back

Table of Contents

Next