At the unbelievable sight, Marin Rhinophallus could only open his eyes.

　After hearing about the whereabouts of the S-ranked adventurer 'Fist King' Drake, Marin rode directly to the Imperial City's boarding carriage to the nearby city. From there, he rode again to the direct carriage flight to the Lil Cara Ruins and came to the Lil Cara Ruins. Unfortunately, though, I had to walk after that.
　I wondered if Marin would be able to manage on his own - so I walked through the forest, looking for the figure of 'Fist King' Drake and Noah Whitefield. If he could find either of them, he would ask for an escort on the spot, he thought. Fortunately, Marin was able to walk through the forest without encountering any demons.
　As he did so, he found a partially opened up area in the forest. At first, he thought it was just a clearing, but he sensed a faint flow of magic, and when he paid close attention, he found that a vision had been cast on it. It was a place where so much advanced illusionary magic had been cast that only a top-notch magician or priest could even find it. At the very least, if it wasn't for Marin, who was a priest in the service of the High Priest of the Imperial City, he wouldn't have even felt uncomfortable.

''Goooooooooooooooo!

'Ugh!　d*mn, this minotaur is strong!

Gah!

f*ck you!　Not only do you have dragons, but you're all over the place!

　But when the illusion is solved, you can see the scenery there and hear the sounds.
　It was a village. Like a hidden village, it exists quietly.
　At the entrance to such a village, there are two sets of shadows fighting.

　One is a bald-headed man and a bull-headed giant with a great axe.
　The other is a sorceress-like woman and a kobold riding on the back of a dragon.

　The unbelievable scene could only make one's eyes widen in disbelief.
　That bull-headed giant was Milo, a demon who was once a companion of Noah Whitefield's - the person Marin had saved - Noah Whitefield. And the goblin riding on the back of the dragon is the strongest species of goblin, Red Cap, whose life was stolen by Marin. This one, too, Noah should have been his companion.
　And even with this, Marin, who was still on the edge of an adventurer, knew how he was fighting against such two animals as well.
　The bald-headed warrior is the 'Iron Ball of Destruction' Randy Jackman. He is said to be able to manipulate a super-heavy iron ball that no ordinary person can even hold. It is rumored that he can even swing the ball, chained to a dragon, and hit it in the head. In fact, he has defeated as many as five dragons.
　Furthermore, the sorceress-like woman is Sherry McLean, the Seven-colored Sage. She is a woman who has become a sage, a high-ranking (high class) position for sorcerers, able to manipulate magic of seven different systems. In this continent, there are only a dozen or so sages, even if they are deceased, to give you an idea of how rare this is. I hear that she is an all-around sorceress, able to use her magic according to the enemy's weaknesses.

　These two S-ranked adventurers are fighting right in front of us. And that, too, against Noah's demons.
　The unbelievable sight left me speechless.

''Kyah!''



'Keeeeeeeee!'

"Ugh........this guy is the Ancient Dragon.......he's an Ancient Dragon......!　Attribute magic is erased across the board...!

"d*mn it...!　Shelly!　Give me some backup!

I can't!　I've got my hands full, I can't even turn to that side!　Explosions!

Kiiiiiii!

　It's a struggle.
　Even to the untrained eye of Marin, that is. Two S-ranked adventurers who are heralded in legends and called the strongest.
　Even Marin knows that the Minotaur is strong. Once, I saw them when I dove into the Ruins of Rilkara with two adventurers named Kite and Yulia.
　I didn't think they could win at all. That is the embodiment of tyranny and fear itself.
　That's why Noah, the person who controlled it, was also terrifying.

''Ah, ah........''

　But Noah was controlling the minotaur as if it were his own limbs.
　He said, "You will do what I say.
　But how tremendous is that, and how much is the fact that he is controlling a demon that even S-ranked adventurers can't defeat.

　It is a substitute that could even be a threat to the country at the earliest.

　Furthermore, a dragon.
　With Noah's demon riding on its back, it is safe to assume that the dragon is also under Noah's control. Dragons have fierce habits and are the best of all species. I've heard that in the places that a dragon has decided to call its own territory, all the demons that exist there follow the dragon and annihilate the other species there.
　Especially when it is a dragon that has lived for more than a thousand years, called the 'Ancient Dragon King' (Ancient Dragon), what Shelley muttered earlier, the threat will also jump up dramatically. It's so much more than that, to the point that the moment they heard it had appeared, the entire knight's corps would go out to destroy it.

''Hey, wake up!''

Ughhhh....

I have a few questions for you.

　And Marin heard a voice that sounded well in the forest where he was hiding - and there, in the forest where he was hiding.
　It was inside the fence that surrounded the shattered village for some reason. Inside the village.
　For some reason, standing in the rubble like a broken house, a silver-haired boy - Noah Whitefield.
　The one he's drawing in with his right hand is a gentleman - one of the S-ranked adventurers that Marin has also heard of, the "Fist King" Drake Death Size, one of the strongest and most powerful.

　It's as if he screwed Drake over with overwhelming force.
　Noah spoke as such, with an overwhelming advantage.

'What are you doing here?'

"We-we're here to slay the dragon...

Why?

But when the dragon appears, they'll announce an urgent quest for us S-ranked adventurers to do just that.

You're the S-ranked adventurers?

'Oh, uh...'

　This is a fact that even children know if they live in the Imperial City.
　Prominent adventurers are often sold even for their pictured appearance. For adventurers, whenever they hear about an S-ranked adventurer successfully defeating a dragon, or going to the lower levels of the lost ruins and begging for treasure - it makes their hearts dance. One day I will be able to succeed as an adventurer like that.
　But Noah does not know that. Looking back, it seems like he had a strange reaction when he heard about the adventurer's class.
　Why didn't he know about them, which he should have known as common sense?

''Aooh!

-Oh!

　Then, from somewhere - a demon dog, a demon dog that is said to be a wild dog, who is a bit far away from the two and three that are fighting, barked so high.
　My body involuntarily shakes with a jolt, but I don't say it aloud.
　However, at that moment.

Grrrr....

Guo....

Oh....

Ugaa....

　Around Marin - just like that, I heard the demon roar.
　My trembling body refuses to move, but I can still tell. Like a spiral that has run out of oil, I look next to it so slowly that I can almost hear a creaking sound.
　Right next to Marin, the demons were gathering right next to him.
　A monocular giant demon cyclops, a centaur with a human body and a horse's body, a gorgon with a snake's head, and a slime with a distorted body - all of these types of demons were so powerful that Marin couldn't seem to deal with them at all.
　It was as if they had gathered together with the barking of a wild dog.

''Hi, i.........?''

　I can't help but sit back.
　It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
　It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.

　It's not that Marin doesn't realize it, but it's no coincidence that Marin wasn't attacked by demons on her way here.
　Naturally, there were not a few demons on the path she walked. But simply, none of the demons tried to attack Marin.
　The reason for this was simple and clear.
　The dragon, which is a superior being to them, and the man named Noah Whitefield, who is following such a dragon - Marin, whose scent remains in trace amounts, was judged to be an acquaintance of Noah. It was a misunderstanding because they are demons with an excellent sense of smell, and it saved her life.

　However.
　Leading demons like this that would make even an S-ranked adventurer struggle.
　Right now, he was the one who was punching Drake in the face, the one who was called the strongest adventurer.
　Is it really - is it really the profession of a demon wielder, as he had said himself?

''........no way.''

　Marin and Noah met at the ruins of Rilkara.
　And while Marin and the others were diving, they didn't meet any of the other adventurers. They didn't hear that anyone had entered the site at all.
　But we met Noah.
　But I'm not sure if that's because - perhaps it's because Noah is 'from the lowest level'.

　It is said that Demon King Rilkara once existed in the ruins of Rilkara.
　When the brave Gordova defeated the Demon King Rilkara, the Demon King is said to have left behind some words. There is a sentence in the legend that Marin had heard or read about.

--I am sure that one day I will rise and bring destruction to this world.

　If Noah came from the lowest levels, it's understandable.
　In fact, I'm even convinced of it.

Demon King...!

　Noah Whitefield, the wizard.
　He is - the reincarnation, of the Demon King Lil Cara, he said.