What's going on?

　A staff member asks the man who suddenly appears.

'Isn't there a cave in Payago near the city?　There's a demon... 'The Immortal King' has appeared there!
What did you say?
The adventurer who was diving at the time managed to handle it, but it was too much for him to handle!　Somebody help me!

　Apparently, it seems to be an emergency.

''Um ... that Immortal King, are demons strong?''
''It's a demon that regularly appears in Payago's cave, and when it came out 20 years ago, there are records of 16 adventurers being killed during a quest to defeat it. At a time like this...

　I see.
　According to the adventurers and guild staff, the Immortal King seems to be a very powerful demon.
　The problem is that we don't know what kind of demon it is just because of its name.

''That's right ... you guys!　Just in time!　Can you help me?

　And the man turned to us with a twirl.

　--Ah, I see.
　This guy....

"Hey, Kurt.

　As I was thinking about it, Lara tugged at the hem of my clothes.

'What's up?'
Come on. I'll help you.
Of course.

　Either way, I'm also worried about the demon called the Immortal King.
　Not going was not an option in my mind.

　I looked at Marise as well, and she nodded with a serious face.

''Alright I understand. Please lead me there.
Oh, thank you.

　I could feel my heart beating higher and higher.
　We hurriedly left the guild and headed for what was known as Payago's Cave.

　◆ ◆

　When we arrived at the cave of Payago, where the immortal king is said to have appeared.

'What is this........'

　Seeing the Immortal King, I was aghast and let out a voice.


''A mere skeleton king is called the Immortal King?


　A thousand years ago, the Skeleton King was a demon that F-rank adventurers used to hunt with pleasure....
　My heart was buzzing with excitement at the thought of what kind of strong monster they had, but I was disappointed.

''Reinforcements!　Thank God!
But a child...?　So these were the only people in the guild!

　The adventurers turn to us.
　There is a party of about ten people.
　They had wounds all over their bodies and were wounded.

This guy....no matter how many times I attack him, he just regenerates!

　One of the adventurers shouts out as he looks towards the Skeleton King.

　No wonder.
　The Skeleton King is a demon that can be resurrected again and again if you don't attack it with magic.

　However, it seems that none of the adventurers can use magic.
　No matter how well you swing your sword, the Skeleton King continues to regenerate and cannot be defeated for any length of time.

　The Skeleton King's attack power itself isn't much of an issue.
　But.........for those who can't use magic, the regeneration is repeated infinitely, so they run out of endurance and get killed.
　That's probably why they were able to hold on until we came along, but couldn't get a single scratch on it.

'Kurt, it's hard!　Let's get our asses in gear.
'He looks strong, but we can't let him run away!
'Hmm, uh, yeah...'
Why are you so disappointed, Kurt!

　You're a skeleton king.
　This is the kind of 'zapper enemy' that would have been easy to defeat a thousand years ago, because everyone used magic.
　...Well, that doesn't mean I'm going to leave here.

''Lara, Marise. Since it's a good time, let's do something partnership-like.
Uh-huh.
I'll do my best not to drag you down!
'Alright then, I taught you in the Lyovether Forest...'

　I'll tell them both what the plan is.

'Come on, you two!
Yeah!
Yes!

　Good reply.

　I pull my sword out of its sheath and make my way to the Skeleton King.
　The Skeleton King was trying to rip off the adventurers with the sword in its hand.
　The fire spear that Lara fired at the Skeleton King stabbed at such a Skeleton King.

''Goooooooooooooo!''

　The Skeleton King let out a cry of grief.

'Alright, keep it up. Lara!'

　But it wasn't quite powerful enough.
　The Skeleton King looked at us slowly.

　And we did it.
　We didn't expect to take it down in that one.
　We just wanted to draw their attention to us.

　I used one hand to taunt the Skeleton King as he swung his sword at me.

''Marise!　Please!
Yes!

　A fire spear is released from Marise's hand.
　It's happening in my blind spot I can see it without seeing it because I'm using detection magic.

　The Skeleton King got away from me once to avoid the Fire Spear.
　

''Stab it!''

　Marise shouted, "You're getting carried away!

　Doggone it!
　Splendidly, the Fire Spear with the tracking function was hit by the Skeleton King.
　But.........perhaps because he was focused on adding the tracking function, he didn't have much power.

''That's enough.''

　The opponent was frightened for a moment and lost his stance.
　I didn't miss that moment and put magic power into my sword to slash at the opponent.

　Of course, 【Sharpening】 and 【Magic Attack】 are granted.
　If it's a sword that's been given magic, it can defeat the Skeleton King.

　A flash.
　The bones that made up the body fell apart and the Skeleton King stopped moving.


''Oh........!　I have defeated the Immortal King!
And they're children.　What the hell is going on?


　Seeing this, the cave suddenly came to life.

''Huh........''
Kurt. Why are you so depressed?

　Because when I came to think of it as a strong demon, it was only a skeleton king.
　I let out a sigh and put my sword back in its scabbard.

''Oh, hey!　What kind of adventurers are you?　I've never seen it in Sifreya, but...

　One of the adventurers ran up to me and asked me a question.

'It's King's Landing,'
"King's Landing!　I knew there were awesome adventurers in King's Landing!
No I'm not exactly an adventurer.
What?
I'm a student at Magical Academy.

　Then he shows his student ID card.

'But you're a student?　Are you saying that a student has defeated the Immortal King?

　The adventurer was even more surprised to see that.

''It's not that big of a deal. As long as you can use your magic, this is an opponent that you can defeat on your own.''
'No way!　Besides, isn't magic only available to a few talented people?　There's no way I can use it....

　The adventurer had slumped his shoulders.

　Well for now, I've defeated the one (...) body (...) eye (...) demon for now.
　Since the Skeleton King was defeated, the killing spirit has been pouring out of me.

What's going on, Kurt?

　Instead of answering Lara's question, I started to walk towards it.

Hmm.....　What is it?

　This was the same adventurer who had led us to this point.

"You can let him off the hook now.
What do you mean?
You're up to something, aren't you?
What the f*ck are you talking about? I didn't say anything.
Hmph.

　As I was about to say, I fired a fire spear at point-blank range and pierced that guy's chest.

'Hey, hey, Kurt!'
What do you think you're doing?

　The two of them rushed over to me in a hurry.
　But...


How do you know...


What?

　Lara sees it and rolls her eyes.

　The man whose chest was pierced by my magic.
　It's because that guy's appearance has gradually changed, transforming him into a demon that doesn't look very much like a human, but it's not.

It was obvious from the start.

　Letting out a sigh.
　The demon's body slowly fell to the ground as it was.