'Luna, keep this on hand for me to drink at any time.

Hmm?

　Before entering the cave, he handed Luna a few vials of the red liquid he had prepared before entering the cave.
　She received them and opened the lids and smelled them.

'Blood. ...This smell is from Heihachi.

'Luna-chan was a vampire, right? Does Heihachi's blood taste good?

It's all pretty much the same.

　Please don't tell me what you think of the taste of people's blood.
　Luna is right, I have my blood in this vial.

'If you give me this, does that mean you want me to use my skills?

That's what I'm talking about.

　I'm going to have Luna use her skills several times in this mission.
　So as soon as I came up with the idea of a dark strike, I drew the blood and prepared it in a small bottle.
　.........I don't have any syringes or anything, so I had to do a zap and force out the blood while asking Sisha to recover.

'And I have something for Freesia as well.

'Really!　What is it, what is it!

　As I moved to get something out of the bag, I saw Freesia fidgeting and moving around me.
　I was dismayed that this guy was really restless, but I took the thing I wanted and gave it to him.

''........What's this?　The doorknob. Did you break the door knob?　To Noll or Esther, do you want me to apologize with you?

No!　This is an item called a dimension room, and it's used like this, you put it on the wall.

'Oh!　Great!　It's open!

　When I inserted the doorknob into the rock wall and showed her how to use it, Freesia opened and closed the doorknob and fumbled with it.

'But why is this for me?'

I'm trying to get you to use your skills, too.

'Wow!　Yeah, and why is this item here!

It's not...

　Freesia's skill, Inversagitta, was essential to this mission.
　

'Yada yada yada!　I don't want to use my skills!

Don't say that. When I'm done with this, I'll let you play all you want.

'Mm-hmm okay. Then I'll put up with it. I promise!

　It would be easier if you'd just let me play and cooperate with me.
　........I doubt it will really be easy, but I'll let Nol do his best.

　Now, the first thing I had to do was to kill each of the three Diabolus that came out of the hall after me.
　With our preparations in place, we stepped inside the cave, using the map app to focus on the target of one of the prowling Diabolus, and we stepped inside the cave.
　The cave, which was bright when we entered with Irina and the others thanks to Esther, is now completely dark.

　In order to avoid being noticed by Diabolus and the others, this time we are moving with no lights and no lamps.
　Even in such darkness, Luna and Freesia's footsteps are steady and do not mind the darkness.
　As for me, I'm using the infrared app's night vision mode and proceeding to use my monitor glasses as a night vision scope.
　Thanks to Estelle, I've never had any trouble with the light, so it's something I've never had any use for.
　If it was true, I was going to leave the main guidance to Luna to advance, but for what it's worth, we were all members who could act in the dark even without light.

''But even so, what a dark-strike, Heihachi thinks of such fancy things.

"I hate to be the one to tell you that you're so good at assassinations...

'Humph!　The most important thing to remember is that you're not a fan of the time.　is up to you!

　You're using a weird word again you know what it means?
　Sis'ha must have enjoyed it and put in another extra bit of extra time.

'I don't think these noisy elves can do it quietly.

'Mmm, you don't believe me!　Then I'm going to show you what I'm capable of!

　As he said this, Freesia moved slowly and disappeared from sight, blending into the darkness.
　Ki, she disappeared!　It's not as if I can't feel the signs I was feeling earlier.
　It's not like they're talking about super-speed or anything like that. It's as if the existence itself has been erased.
　I hurriedly looked around to find it, but when I couldn't find it I suddenly heard Freesia's scream.

''Ugh!　Ugh, that hurts....

'Hmm, nice nerve to try to play a prank on me. But you can certainly get rid of some of your pretense. And don't give me any crap about being good at assassination.

　When I looked at the direction of the voice, I saw Luna with a dumbfounded face and Freesia holding her forehead.
　Luna also seemed to have moved without noticing, and the two of them were in a completely misplaced place.

''Yo, you're well aware I had no idea where you were going.

I deserve this.

　
　I should have been looking at them properly but I lost sight of them, is Freesia seriously good at assassination.......?
　Not only do I discover that, but Luna, who also disappeared from my sight, is mostly gone.

　After finishing that kind of exchange, I started to switch to a serious face and proceed.
　Perhaps Freesia also sensed the atmosphere, she stopped making a fuss and put on a serious face.

''Mm, stop. There's something going on.

　Luna, who was walking in the lead, raises her arms to her sides and urges me to stand still.
　I can't see what's ahead of me, but apparently Luna can.

''Hmm.......is this the trap Heihachi was talking about?

'I can't see it, so I don't know, but maybe it is. Esther deactivated all the roads to the shrine site, but it was still there...

　Whenever possible, we tried to take the main path that Esther had taken to disarm the trap.
　But while I was chasing Diabolus, I guess I was out of there.
　He said that even Luna could understand a little magic, so I left him in charge of the lead, but it was the right decision.

'I didn't know you could make traps out of magic. I wonder what will happen when it's activated!

Don't touch it!　Don't ever touch it!

　Freesia is fidgeting with her arms as she fidgets and looks like she's about to jump out of the way.
　As I'm holding it off, Luna swings her spear forward.
　Then, unlike Esther's time, the magic circle doesn't float up, but only the sound of something shattering.

''Alright, let's go.''

'What........Luna can disarm magic too?'

It's not disarmed. I broke it.

'Oh, I see...'

　I don't know how it makes a difference, but if the traps are gone now, fine.
　After all, Luna is all about lazy words and actions, but when it comes down to it, she's pretty reliable.
　After that, I asked Luna to destroy the traps several times as I went along, and I finally got close to the Diabolus that I wanted.

''It's getting close. Stop for a moment so I can get ready.

　Instead of going to defeat Diabolus at this point, I stopped and took out an item from my bag.
　That item is........the Invisible Cloak.
　Then the three of us moved to the edge of the road and covered everyone with the Invisible Cloak to hide our figures.
　The area of cloth is a bit tight for the three of us to hide our figures because it's a small area, but it was just barely safe because Luna is small.

''Ugh ... Heihachi, it's too small!

You're not going to have a choice. You'll have to be patient until he gets here.

Geez, it's hot.

　Luna, sizzling in the middle, looks like she's in pain, but I hope she'll be patient.
　In terms of the direction of the Diabolus that I'm checking on the map app, we're going to pass through here now.
　The plan is to ambush them there with the Invisible Cloak and strike them in the dark at once.

　The place of the ambush is a single road with a clear view.
　Diabolus is able to operate normally in this darkness, so it must have the ability to see in the dark.
　That's why they can't hide in the darkness, and there are only a few places they can hide in the cave.
　So I dare to choose this place with good visibility and use the Invisible Cloak to take them by surprise.

　As I was looking at the map app under my breath, Diabolus came towards us as expected.
　It's flying loosely through the cave, flapping its wings with a buzz and flapping its wings.
　Guhehe, you've completely lost your vigilance.

　After looking at Luna and the others and ministering to each other, I went into action.
　While disappearing with the Invisible Cloak, I use the Dimension Bracelet to grab Diabolus' head.
　I grabbed him so tightly that he covered his eyes, so confused by what happened, he stopped flying and struggled to get his feet on the ground and desperately tried to shake off my hand.

　I rolled up a portion of my Invisible Cloak with one more free hand, and silently, as if sensing my thoughts, Freesia fired an arrow at me.
　She perfectly avoids my grasping hands, and one headshot and three arrows are instantly shot into her torso.
　Diabolus was screaming, but Luna continued to throw the spear with the system between us.
　It's not a bad idea to have a good idea of what to expect when you're in the middle of the chest.
　And then, as if to stop it, Freesia's arrow is released, and without escaping from my restraints, Diabolus disappears as a particle of light.

You killed one!　That was dumb!

Hmm, easier than the last time I dealt with you.

It's not time to celebrate. Gather around, we're hiding again.

　He changed his position a bit from where he had defeated Diabolus and hid himself with the Invisible Cloak again.

''Mmm, why are you hiding in this again?　Aren't you going to go find the rest of them too?

'No, I just wanted to see how the Diabolus works. Give me a minute.

'Heihachi is rarely brilliant. Let's obey him meekly.

　He poured over the map app and watched the movements of the two remaining diabolus on the prowl.
　Then the Diabolus, who were at a distance, suddenly turned back from the path they were on and joined us.
　Then they started to move towards our location.

'Hmm, I was expecting it, so I tried it, but now it's clear.'

Heihachi, what have you learned?

I'm not sure, so this is just a guess, but I think there's a connection between the different individuals.

The connection?　What does that mean?

As soon as the Diabolus is defeated, the other two are coming towards us, joining forces with it. In other words, it senses that we've been defeated and knows our position.

　When they had gone to the trouble of being scattered around the cave, I suspected that they had some way of communicating information to their friends.
　That's why they used the Invisible Cloak to sneak around and strike in the dark without being detected as much as possible.

''Hm, that's why you went to the trouble of using this stuff to hide yourself. Even when you caught him, you grabbed his head and covered his eyes.

'I don't know how you got that far. You didn't want to share what you saw with them. We have to be as careful as possible not to give them any information.

'I don't know about you, but you're thinking straight!　That's what I'm talking about, Heihachi!

　It's possible that they simply knocked us down and their location was transmitted to us, but we don't know how much information they can transmit.
　That's why we hid our eyes so that they wouldn't know how many people we had and who we were, and beat them all at once.
　We want to take them out without giving them as much information as possible until we defeat Grandulis, our ultimate goal.

　Once I had confirmation, I prepared to take on the two Diabolus that were coming at me.
　This time I'm the only one not hiding with the Invisible Cloak, and I'm standing proudly in the middle of the road, standing in the middle of the road.
　Then the two diabolus flew over and threw the trident in their hands as soon as they saw me. I quickly flicked them both off with the lid of the pot I was holding.
　Haha, if it's enough to get two thrown at me from in front of me, I can easily defend against it!　I got attacked by these guys a lot when I was fully beaten up...................I'm used to seeing them.

　As soon as I prevented it, I controlled the centimeter bra that I had stretched out and stuck to the ceiling, and instantly hardened it by spraying one half of Diabolus with the liquid centimeter bra on it.
　Diabolus, whose entire upper body was covered in a silver lump, crashed down and struggled to move its legs in a flurry.
　What the hell, you can restrain him pretty well. I knew that Sisha was just an anomaly.

　Yet another Diabolus is distracted by a centimeter tablature, and the moment it's distracted, it falls to the ground with three arrows stuck in its head and two in its body.
　I activate my Dimension Bracelet on the spot and stab Excalibur from a distance with Zakuza.
　The one that was shot by Freesia was already dying or immediately turned into a particle of light, and the one that was restrained by the centimeter bra also disappeared after Luna threw her spear and made her torso stick to the ground, and then the lower half of her body was shot intensively by Freesia.

'Yes!　I've killed an additional demon!

''I do it out of habit for a clunky elf. I kinda reviewed it.

I know, right?　Ehehe, I get embarrassed when Luna compliments me!

　I wonder if that's a compliment.......I hope he's happy with it.
　Still, it was a relief that the two Diabolus that were on the prowl came over here.
　It would have been a bit tricky if they had been alerted when one of them was defeated and returned to Grandulis' place.

　That left us with only Grandulis and three Diabolus in the hall. This is where it's going to start.