I don't know what the hell is going on!

　The girl was bewildered at Oga's back.

　When she woke up, eh. In the first place, this situation that she was being carried on the back of an oga is alien to her.
　By nature, the ogre is the natural enemy of humanity. Although there are differences between individuals, their nature is violent. Their physical strength far surpasses that of mankind, and with a mere swing of a fist, most humans would turn into blood bags. Although not much is known about their feeding habits, it was confirmed in the girl's homeland that they are carnivorous. The population was small, but its habitat was large, and it was thought that it must exist beyond the walls of the city.

　It is carried on its back by its toucan. However, apparently it wasn't going to take it back to the roost and crunch it up.

　That's not the only situation that is different. First of all, the owl carrying the girl on his back is seriously running away.
　And the one chasing after the oga is the Wildness Worm.

　Wildness worms are large monsters that are occasionally found to exist outside the city walls. They are a subspecies of sandworms that live in the desert and are able to devour the hard strata of the wilderness as they go. Each one of them has quite a large territory, and no more than two wilds have ever been seen from the city walls at the same time.
　Apparently, even the giant butterflies, which were thought to reign supreme in the ecosystem, are nothing more than predators to the Wilderness Worm.

　I see, Serena has become one more wise.

''I mean, no, no!　What's going on?　Hey, what does this mean?!

　She grabbed Oga's horns and asked him, but of course there was no answer.

　Gradually, the girl was beginning to remember. She had been attacked by a red-winged demon, and when she had nearly fallen to her death, she had been rescued by a pair of mysterious beings. The duo had asked the being they called Zeku to carry the girl to them. Presumably, this owl's name is Zeku.
　The girl looked back, holding onto Zekou's horn.

　The fearsome majesty of the Wildness Worm.

　Its length is about ten times the length of an ordinary human, and its diameter is almost twice as large. The fangs sprouting from its mouth should be able to drill even the hardest rock. Or maybe the drool it was spraying around was highly acidic. This would soften the rock and allow the fangs to dig through it. It's reasonable.

　Scary as hell.

　It took a lot of effort to endure the incontinence. No matter how much the opponent is an owl, it is very sorry to wet the back of an opponent who is running away on his back. Humans are creatures of reason. I did my best to hold back.
　Ah, but it might be over now. The Wildness Worm is slowly catching up to us. Within another ten or so seconds, I'll be gobbled up and dead. When I think of that, I naturally burst into tears.

　Oh, Father, Mother, Master, and Kyousuke. Please scold Serena for being so careless and incompetent at the grave.

　The girl grabs her horns and makes her ears contract tightly.

''Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

　Just then, a blue shell struck the body of the Wilderness Worm, striking it from the side.




　Kunihiro Ryuzaki, the chairperson of the second year class of Kamishiro High School, who was appointed as the "Demon King", had his head in his hands.

　Ryuzaki is now at the base of operations, a newly established "operations room". It was built by bringing in desks and chairs in a rather large, empty room that Koganei used for his personal use. Ryuzaki has been stationed in this operations room for a while now. Naturally, he wasn't slacking off.
　On the desk is a map of the dungeons up to the eleventh basement floor, and a list of classmates. After researching the past few days, I was beginning to understand the dungeon's pudgy structure. In order to make the search more efficient, the students, who used to dive into dungeons as they pleased in close groups, were now separated into parties.

　You have to make sure that there is one student per party who can use recovery magic.
　The rest are evenly distributed among the vanguard and magic types.

　It is because Ryuzaki has a firm grasp of the individuality of all the class members that he had no hesitation in organizing that team, but naturally the complaints from the class erupted. But in the end, Benii's ''So you're going to die? The result was that he was forcefully restrained by the words "I'm not going to be able to do this.
　Of course, we don't put classmates who don't get along with each other on the same team. As much as possible, I'll put students who are likely to work well together with each other. Include at least one student who can give directions. If the party has a problem, reassemble it.

　It's a headache-inducing process.

'Do teachers do this during class changes or in groups of 3 or 40 students...'

　Ryuzaki mutters, holding his head in his hands.

　The only students left in the class are those who have roles at the base, such as Sugiura (Scylla) in the kitchen and Hanazono (Alraune) in the home garden. As a general rule, no exceptions are allowed to keep classmates' complaints in check. That's true even for Queen Benii (Vampire) and Inugami (War Wolf). Although Benii had said 'No, I'll be defending the base...', it was decided to leave that role to one party in rotation, and in the end it was decided to send her out to the search team as well.
　Beni is, well, good. The same party as Sakuma (Succubus), plus incorporating Kagoi (Gargoyle) and the like as vanguard personnel, would provide a balance in terms of human relations and strength. The rest is, well, Hakuba (Unicorn) as a recovering character. Since its overall strength is quite high, this party is tentatively the strongest.

　The problem is the others. Koganei and his group of cronies, Washio (Gryphon) and Hakuba, who caused problems the other day. And in terms of girls, Spider Zaki (Arachne) and Kikino (Kikimora) have an extremely high level of hate within their classes. This is why it's extremely difficult to distribute the party.
　And then there's, well, Inugami, after all. None of his classmates can come to terms with that delinquent girl.

　Of course, there are students who can serve as a buffer, but the best example of that, Sakuma, is the limit as he suppresses Benii's frustration.

　Just then, the door rang with a bang.

Ryuzaki-kun, this is Sakuma.
Yeah, come on in.

　With a clatter, the door opens and my classmate Sakuma Shoko walks in. Instead of the usual heartbreakingly thin fabric area of clothing, she was wearing a coat of some sort over it. It hid her ample bosom and the risqué lines below her navel, but the boys in the class said that the skin tone of the leg line peeking out from the hem was rather nice.

You're back from your quest. You're back from your search, that's pretty fast.
Asuka said she wanted to finish it quickly and go home, so I tried to move on quickly.

　He had asked the girls to explore the twelve new underground floors.
　Ryuzaki stood up, rubbing his brow.

'Yes, this. A mapping of the 12th underground floor. It looks like most of the monsters are small, after all.''
''You mean that the mainstream monsters were the ones that would run away from the King of the Dead Spirit and hide in the shadows.... My initial assessment was correct.

　The report she presented to me stated in the report that she hadn't struggled much, along with the fact that she hadn't struggled much. Well, Beni wouldn't have been serious anyway, but she was still one of the best in her class. It wouldn't have been a hassle if a somewhat stronger monster had appeared.

''Were there any other problems?''
.........

　Ryuuzaki asks while looking at the report, and Sakuma smiles a bit vaguely.

''Well our group wasn't there, but on the way back, another group of kids...''
Are we divided?
Yeah. Uh, Koganei-kun's group.
Again....

　He sighed heavily and placed the report on his desk.

　Koganei Yoshiki, with his extremely high magical abilities, would be a decent asset once he got used to the class. With that in mind, he incorporated her into the search team, but the lesion in question was deeper than he had imagined.

　Koganei was currently being tossed around in multiple squads. Wherever they are placed, dissatisfaction erupts. Even Washio and the others, but not as much as Koganei's, since they were only able to suppress their frustrations by placing them with the students who would serve as a buffer.
　But Koganei couldn't. Perhaps it was only natural, given his behavior up to that point.

'Honestly,'

　With a squeak, while grabbing the collar of her coat, Sakuma made her face down.

''I'm still afraid of being in a group with Koganei-kun, too.
'Well, yeah...'

　She had been humiliated once by Koganei in the cafeteria.

　Humiliated might be a misnomer. But that one incident was clearly overkill. Sakuma, who was a shy literary girl, was understandably shocked. It's good that Soraki Kyousuke came to her rescue at that time, but if not, the wound might have been even deeper.

''Anyway, I understand. I'll think about the treatment of Koganei again.
Uh-huh. By the way, you know...

　Sakuma glanced at a corner of the operations room. Ryuzaki followed him.

　There was just a human-sized coffin placed there. Ryuuzaki said, 'Ah,' and smiled bitterly. Yes, this guy was another headache.

''It's fine, this guy is for now.''
Well, is that...?　Um, well, I'll eat lunch then...
Shall we go get them when the morels return?
No, no, it's okay. I'll, um, I'll go look for him.

　Sakuma gave a small smile and left the operation room as it was. Ryuzaki sighed loudly once more.
　Compared to the days when he was a rotten lizard in a corner of the cafeteria, his days are fuller and more tense. But as far as heartache is concerned, I feel my heartache has doubled or tripled. It's not surprising that I've come to take on the care and concern of Goubayash, even though my understanding classmates are supporting me behind my back.

　In this class, there is a lot of work to be done. I've always thought it was a good class, and I suppose it's a good class, but incidents happen and things change. That's what we have to do to maintain it somehow.
　For starters, Ryuzaki walked over to the coffin placed in a corner of the room and kicked it as hard as he could as he heard it snoring from inside.






　A big jump kick after attaching an auxiliary run. It's not given a specific name, but it's the perfect strike to unleash a blow as soon as it's launched. The strike, strengthened by repeated training, lands next to Worm and throws his body off balance in a big way.
　Kyousuke and Rin landed as they were and took a Jeet Kune Do stance. I glance over and see Ouga with the girl on his back, his eyes black and white as he looks at me. It was a somewhat shorter individual than Goubayashi. But the girl is even more surprised than the ooga.

''Well, um, you are...''
A skeleton in the street.

　Kyousuke said and shifted his gaze to the fallen Sandworm.

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

　But he quickly looked up and turned around.

'The words were understood!
Hi!　The skeleton spoke!
Don't talk to me if you're surprised!

　The girl is shaking stiffly as she strangles Oga.

　By the looks of it, she is not Japanese. Her eyes are blue, and her hair is golden with a peculiar idiot's hair popping out of it. In his hand, he holds what looks like a spear. A gauntlet and a pair of metal boots.

''Ummm, a fantasy outfit...''

　Rin mumbles to herself.

''Hee!　The slime spoke!
"He recognized me as a slime!　This kid is amazing!
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

　If you look closely, you can see that the movement of the mouth and the words you hear do not match subtly. I don't know how it's done, but the girl's words are automatically translated here. I don't know if this is a monster ability or an ability that was automatically acquired during the transition.
　But we can get the information we need. Kyousuke takes the stance he was about to unravel and glares at the worm that is wary of us.

　Just then, Kenzaki, rushing in from behind, caught up with Kyousuke and the others.

''Utsurogi, Rin, you're late!
'Oh!　So the knights have come!　Thank God, I'm........
Mm, you'll understand me!　I'm sorry, but you're going to have to take care of this one!
'Hi, nice!　Get off!　My neck!

　The girl bubbled and swooned as Kenzaki threw her head over to her. The head, which almost fell, is caught firmly by Ouga.

'Utsurogi-kun, you've fainted!
Kenzaki, you haven't done a thing today, have you?
What?　What blunder this time!

　The headless windbag was blatantly dismayed as he drew his sword.

　The fainting girl mumbled in a swoon.

''Ugh......... That monster is the Wildness Worm......... It spits out a highly acidic liquid from its mouth, and its outer shell is a robust double-layered structure to withstand the pressure of the ground.......
She's amazing.
Mmmmmmmm......... Father, I can't eat anymore........
What?　Wilderness Worm?

　Rin's questions were valid, but now was not the time to disturb the dreamy girl. The Wildness Worm was drooling from its mouth, threatening us. The drool fell to the wilderness earth and smoked with a gurgling sound.

''Given the hard outer shell, I guess we'll just have to go for the knot, after all.
'Yeah, me and Himemizu's kicks don't even crack.
"Utsurogi, I'll slip my sword in to make space for you. After that, you're in charge.

　Saying that, Kenzaki kicked the earth and ran out with great vigor.

　It was a bypassing act that would get him scolded again if Ei was here. We don't even know the specific strength of the other party. However, Kyousuke and Rin decided to cover it up.
　The Wildness Worm takes aim at the running Kenzaki. It wiggles its massive body and tries to swallow her with a large mouth that could be three meters in diameter. Kyousuke ran in the opposite direction from Kenzaki and swung his fist at her from the opposite side.

''Strike!''

　With those words, Rin instantly understood the next technique.

''Spaaik!''

　At the same time as the hardened fists collide, Rin stretches her body into a spiked shape. However, the solid outer shell can't fulfill a single scratch.

''Kuch!''
"Give me your arm, Mr. Utsuroghi!
'Oh, oh!　Okay.

　Kyousuke jumped and swung his right arm wide. With a snap, Rin's body stretched like a whip. It's not just stretching. Kyousuke's right arm, carrying the radius and ulna beyond the elbow joint with all his might. Kyousuke understood Rin's intentions and hooked his extended arm to the rough part of the outer shell.

''.........!

　The Wilderness Worm cowered depressingly, moving its target from Kenzaki to us. But it was quicker for Rin to reel the body in than to be swallowed by its big mouth. The body is carried all at once to where Kyousuke's right wrist grabbed it. As it was, he was on top of the wyrdness worm's body.

　Kenzaki had just gotten around to the side of the worm in the meantime.
　He thrust the sword in his right hand into the worm's body without missing a beat, just like a kendo "thrust". It was a strike that was aimed at the joint, just at the border between the outer shell and the outer shell.

"!

　The worm still doesn't seem to be writhing in intense pain. If it were a human, would it be just a small needle sticking in it? But the sword stabbed surprisingly deep, and blood flowed down the blade. It was green blood.

''Utsurogi, Rin, please!

　Saying that, Kenzaki jumped away from the Wildness Worm and took the distance.

'Alright, let's do it, Himemizu!
Oh, yeah!

　As Kyousuke waved his right hand, Rin extended her whip with a biyu, and this time she carried Kyousuke to the hilt of her sword.

'Pull off the outer shell!　Nice!
Yeah!

　The gap between the outer shells was widened slightly by moving the thrusting sword like leverage. Kyousuke and Rin thrust their hands between them and put all their strength into it.

''O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!''
!!!!

　As expected, this seems to be quite painful. The Wildness Worm beat around with a thud. Even so, Kyousuke and Rin continue to hold on without regard.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a great deal more information on this. Inside, it is covered with a soft-looking green flesh. Throwing the outer shell away, Kyousuke pulled out the sword that Kenzaki had thrust up and thrust it into that green flesh once more.

''!!!!!

　With a splash, green blood gushed out again.

''Kyousuke, are you okay!
Utsurogi, Himemizu, Kenzaki!
"I'm here to help you, fatty!

　Ei, Gokugawara, and Okumura arrived, the three of them momentarily distracted by the oga holding Kenzaki's head and the girl he carried on his back, but quickly glared at Wilderness Worm and Kyousuke and the others.

'Just in time!　Ei, help me!
Okay!　Himemizu, I'm taking over!
'Hey!　Collective action, girl!

　Kyousuke jumped off of the Wildness Worm's body with Kenzaki's sword in his hand. Rin released the combination as it was and slyly fell to the earth. At the same time, Ei comes straight at the falling Kyousuke and wears flames all over his body. The thrusters of flames erupting from all over his body pushed Kyousuke's body up into the air again.

''Ei, I'm going to aim for that shelled out part. I'll burn it whole from the inside.''
Roger that. Sounds less risky than going for the side of the mouth.

　The Wildness Worm spat out a rampage of highly acidic saliva from the pain and anger of having its outer shell ripped off. Kyousuke aimed directly from the air at the part of the outer shell that had been ripped off.
　He threw away Kenzaki's sword (I heard a scream) and turned his palms to face each other. Magic and fire were supplied and a fireball was created. The fireball gained momentum and power with each passing second.

''Prominence!''

　At once, he took up a pitching stance and breathed together.

''Bo-o-o-o-o-o-llll!''

　Thus, the blow that had been fired at the King of the Dead Spirit exploded again here. A fireball with the radiance of the sun headed in a straight line to the side of the worm's body and slammed into the flesh of the living flesh. Immediately afterwards, a violent explosion burned the body of the Wildness Worm from the inside out.
　The strong exoskeleton was avenged here. Due to the high level of insulation from the double structure, the worm was blackened from the inside out without letting any of the energy of the explosion escape. In the end, it didn't even scream, but slowly collapsed to the earth. It jerked for a while, but then it just stopped moving.

　Kyousuke slowly descended to the ground as it was, uniting with Ei.

''Ummm...''

　Rin let out a reluctant voice.

''I knew the tome would be Hino-kun........''
''Don't be so disappointed, Himemizu. Fight in a form that excels in fighting, and after pushing him into a corner, I'll end it all at once with a form that specializes in firepower. It's a basic tactic of form change.
I don't know what it is, but I still feel like they took a good part of me with them.

　Rin expressed the shape of a '3' with her whole body, as if she wanted to show off her pouting lips.

'Hey, Utsurugi, something about this kid, he's fainting.
Hmm, yeah. Apparently, Kenzaki's head was a dead end.

　Kyousuke replied to Ogasawara, who asked pointing to the white-eyed, bubbling girl. Kenzaki's raw neck, held by Ouga, has an awkward look on his face.
　But who exactly are this girl and Ouga? In the midst of everyone craning their necks, Okumura quickly stepped forward. His belly shook with a twitch.

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

　Okumura stared at Okumura in silence, and Okumura stared back at him as well. For a moment, the wilderness was dominated only by silence.

　Suddenly, Okumura struck his own stomach, and a pleasant sound of spankings could be heard echoing.

''........!

　Ouga's eyes widened in surprise as he gently lowered the girl's and Kenzaki's raw necks down and showed them in a stunning side chest pose. He emphasized the thickness of Ouga's unique chest plate, and immediately afterwards, he showed off his abdominal muscles (Admiral) and legs (Sai), as well as his double biceps (Biceps). Rin clapped her hands together in a pechin pechin, and Kenzaki was amazed.

　Okumura nodded his head and gave his own belly a thump, further emphasizing his slack jaw.

　The communion of muscle and flesh that was beyond the comprehension of the rest of us continued for a while.
　Finally Okumura looked back at them all and said, "That's Zeku.

'This is Zeku. That's Zeku, Gobaji's mate, Fatty.
Do you understand now?

　Kyousuke's cry was naturally a perfect representation of the sentiments of everyone in the room.