The minotaur stands and looks at me intently.
　There is no hostility in his gaze. Rather, it is as if it is loyal to me.

".........Activated, right?

　I look at my right hand, but it doesn't really change anything. Or rather, I don't know if my right hand has anything to do with it.
　The problem is this minotaur.
　I had thought that only weak demons could join the ranks of low-level players, but I'm not sure I was wrong. The minotaur was supposed to be a reasonably high level demon.

''Oh, you!　It's dangerous!　Run....!

'Uh....'

　And the fact that I am a demonslayer is a fact that only I currently know. To the adventurers, it may look as if I'm just standing there in front of the minotaur.
　Well, even if the minotaur had actually attacked me like this, I'd be confident that I'd be able to beat it back.

　With a huff, I turn to the warrior-like man and smile.
　You have to somehow get out of this situation without any problems. Normally, you would think that there is no such thing as a magician.
　Hmph, I thrust my hands out in front of me.

"Give me your hands!

Guo!

　With my words, the minotaur drops his heavy weapon and thrusts out his hands.
　Is this the effect of the Demon Training Level 1? The minotaur follows my orders so easily that I was surprised.
　It's also a good idea to make sure that you have a good balance between the two. Of course, since we're just holding out our hands to each other, we're not putting that much force or weight on them. As expected, in a serious power comparison with the Minotaur, I'm likely to lose, too.
　But how do those three look at me - they may think I'm risking my life to stop the Minotaur.
　It's a bit forced, but I'll try to disguise it somehow.

'You guys!　We need to get away while we can!

I don't!　I'm leaving you...!

"I'll stop it!　Come on!　It won't last long!

d*mn it...!

　The warrior man bites his teeth in frustration.
　In the meantime, I want you to go away quickly. I have a lot of research to do. I have a lot of research to do, and I want to analyze my work.
　The sorceress grabs the warrior man's hand and pulls him away. It seems that she is trying to escape.

Kite!　Let's get out of here!　You can't beat a minotaur!

'But Julia!　It's our fault that he was...!

'He can't be serious if we get in his way!　Quickly!

"d*mn it...!　Hey!　You!

　Mm.
　Is it calling me? I was just checking the whole body of the minotaur and stuff.
　I have nothing more for them to do, so please just go.

You!　Tell me your name!　I'm Kite Dickens!

It's Noah Whitefield!

Noah!　Thank you from the bottom of my heart!　Please stay alive!

Kite!　Quickly!

d*mn it...!

　I could hear three footsteps moving away from me.
　When they were gradually heading deeper and almost out of sight, I put my hands down.
　It was a monkey show, but I'm thankful that they seemed to have tricked me. Well, it's not normal to think that a minotaur became my companion at that moment or anything like that.

'That's enough.'

Grrrr....

　The minotaur pulls back and returns to an upright position.
　Apparently, it listens to me completely. I don't know how much more complicated the command can be, though.
　I'll have to conduct various experiments in that area.

Analyze.

　As I say the powerful words, translucent letters appear in my vision.
　This time, the target is not me. It is aimed at this minotaur who has just joined us.

　Name: none.
　Occupation: minotaur level 45
　skill
　Blunt force combat level 45.
　Magic resistance level 40
　Physical resistance level 20.
　chain of servitude

　Eighty percent of them are ordinary minotaurs.
　It's no wonder they don't have a name, and minotaurs have both magical and physical resistance. Though their physical resistance is slightly lower, but in addition to that, their physical strength feels needlessly high in order to maintain a high life force.
　But the problem is the new skill, the Chains of Servitude.
　Let's analyze it more deeply.

　Chains of Servitude.
　Proof of capture by skill demon capture. Absolute obedience to the captive demon user.

"Ho.........

　It's perfect.
　This makes the Minotaur completely loyal to me. It's great.
　And as for me...

　Name: Noah Whitefield.
　Occupation : Demon Wizard Level 2
　skill
　Swordsmanship Level 92
　Gymnastics Level 88
　Basic magic level 43.
　Lightning magic level 45
　Recovery magic level 26.
　Demon Capture Level 2
　Demon Training Level 2

　The level of the demon user had increased.
　After all, it seems to be a thing that you can level up by joining a demon. I'm not sure how it came to be a companion, but I wonder if it's still probability. If it's a probability with all the demons we've defeated so far, it's a very low number.
　At this rate, it's just a matter of whether or not another one will join us before we leave this labyrinth.

The only thing that can be done is to keep experimenting. Maybe we'll get some other results.

Grrrr....

"Minotaur, come with me. Slay the demons that appear around me.



　Well, that's really useful.
　From now on, I think we should just let him do the fighting. That way, I'll be able to climb to the top.
　In fact, I defeated the caterpillar-like demon that just appeared with a single blow.

Oh, yeah. We'll have to give you a name too.

Grull...?

Your name is Milo. That's what I'm going to call you from now on.



　Although we can't communicate, I feel like there's a bond of trust between me and the minotaur, or rather a bond between us.
　With this in mind, I began to walk with Milo toward the entrance to the ruins.