'Geez!'

　I escaped.
　I ran away with all my might.

　I threw away shame and pride and all that stuff and ran away.
　That was different.
　It's clearly different, it's abnormal.

　There is no way someone could be attacked by thousands of demons and fifty wizards without suffering a single wound and be able to destroy them with a single spell.
　That thing is something else in the form of a human.

''Hey, wait!''

Hi!

　I hear a voice chasing me from behind.
　And it's close!　Pretty close!

　I'm running for my life.
　But I'm already running as fast as I can.
　I can't run any faster than this.

　Then why don't you fly, and why are the wings on your back no decoration?　You might say, but when you try to fly through the air, you'll have an opening, but only for a moment.
　The moment I fly up, my speed slows down slightly.

　That slight decrease in speed will undoubtedly lead me to death.
　It's not a guess, it's an instinct that tells me.

　But if I continue like this, I will definitely be caught.
　Even now, the distance between us is gradually decreasing.

''How do I.......how do I.......?''

　It was then that I remembered the existence of something.

Oh, yes, this will do.

　The item on my right finger is the one given to me by my master.
　You're going to be able to find out if you're going to be able to get a good deal more information on the subject.

Our backside is costing us nothing.

　It would be a shame to use a valuable item as a getaway, but now is not the time to talk about it.

'The ring!　Invite me in!

　Chanting the words to activate activates the ring.

　◆

　In the next moment, my body was thrown into a mysterious space.

''What is this place?

　The sudden change in scenery startled me, but I quickly remembered my current situation and hurriedly turned around.　
　But there was only a mysterious space, and that terrifying dragon emperor was nowhere to be found.

''Yes!　We got away!

　I chew on the joy of being able to escape from the Dragon Emperor with my whole body.
　With relief, instead of my whole body losing strength, a warm feeling fills my heart.
　Ah, just the fact that there is no enemy is enough to make a person feel so calm.

　And having regained my composure, I finally regain the ability to judge the situation around me here.

''........Hmmm, so this is what sub-space is all about.

　There was nothing around me, and the scene around me was a mysterious scene of multiple colors that were constantly changing as they mixed together in a way that was hard to be described as any color.


　The gate and other transition magic items are said to invite the user to the desired space via sub-space.
　If that's the case, then this must be the sub-space.

''But the transfer using the gate never went out to this kind of space, is that a phenomenon unique to this magic item?

　You don't mean to tell me that I'm going to be stuck in subspace forever?　I was worried, but then I saw a small light shining in the distance of my vision.

''That's........''

　As you get closer to the light, you see a familiar sight in the light.

'Oh!'

　Thank goodness the magic item is not defective.
　I'm glad to be back in a safe place, and I'm thinking about how I can defeat this monster.

　Close combat is out of the question.
　Even from a distance, if it sees us, it's the end of the world.

　Even a simultaneous attack by 50 compatriots and thousands of monsters couldn't do it.
　There's no better way to do this...

Oh, you're not gonna get away from me.

　Yes, if we fail, this time to the Dragon Emperor....

...What?

　I think I just heard something I shouldn't have heard...
　I look back in horror.
　And there it is.....

All right.

　There was the figure of the Dragon Emperor prying open the sub-space and forcing his way in here.

''It's unreasonable!

　What is that!　Bare-handed!　You're prying open the subspace with your bare hands?
　How?　How did you do that?

"Oh, boy...

　A scream that doesn't even amount to a scream escapes my mouth.
　I will die, I will die. I'm definitely going to die.
　You even used the magic item of transference to escape, and now you're chasing me into subspace....

Da, no, they'll kill me if I don't do this.
　Even if I can escape to my original space, the Dragon Emperor will still have to follow me with the set.
　Either way, we'll die!　We'll die for sure!

"Nuh-uh.

　But then, I saw a glimmer of light in the form of the Dragon Emperor.
　The Dragon Emperor's body had not yet fully entered the subspace.
　Half of his body, the lower half of his body was still buried in the original space, and he seemed to be in the process of pulling his body out.

　This is an opportunity!
　Even at this moment, the light to return to our original space is approaching us.
　If that's the case, if we can get him out of this sub-space, then we won't have to worry about the Dragon Emperor following our position when we return to our original space!

'So long!　There's only a chance now that the Dragon Emperor can't move freely!

　I unleashed an all-out attack towards the Dragon Emperor who was trying to pull his body out of its original space.

''Die Dragon Emperoriiiiiiiiiiii!''

　The magic that hit the Dragon Emperor exploded and its aftermath blasted through the sub-space.
　I'm not going to be the only one who can do this, but that's a small matter.
The important thing is to get the Dragon Emperor out of this sub-space.

''There's no way to evade it satisfactorily in that state where a part of your body is still connected to the original space!

　Moreover, right before the explosion, the Dragon Emperor didn't even show any signs of using his defensive magic.
　In other words, there is no doubt that the Dragon Emperor received a direct hit from my magic.
　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you can do with it, but it's not a good idea to get rid of it.

You're going to be able to find out if you're going to be able to get a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a good deal more than just a few.

Brass Strancer!

　A huge spear of magic power passed right by me.
　Immediately afterwards, I felt an intense pain in my wings.

''Gwaaaaah!

　When I looked at it, I saw that my prized wing had a huge hole in it.
　It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on a new one.

"Wow, my wings....

You know, this is quite a surprise to me, attacking us all of a sudden.

"?

　That voice that came again sent a chill down my spine.
　When I returned my gaze, I saw the figure of the Dragon Emperor without a scratch on it.

''Ah........no way!

　''Ridiculous!　You think my magic is unharmed without using defensive magic?
　You can't use magic without casting a spell, and flesh-and-blood human bodies are far more fragile than our demons, so why are they still alive?

"Huh?

　It was then.
　The Dragon Emperor's body began to be swallowed up by the sub-space.

''No, no, you're going to be burst into your own space?

''d*mn!　Blastrancer!

　Just before you are pulled back to your original space, the Dragon Emperor releases his magic again.
　But even if it's a surprise attack, I won't be able to resist the magic that's aimed so weakly to keep me from being pulled back!

　It was probably a mistake to try to forcefully release the magic.
　Releasing the magic weakened the resistance to the power to pull it back, and all at once the Dragon Emperor's body was pushed back into the original space.

　At the same time, I was surrounded by a dazzling light.

''Kukka!''

And when I slowly opened my eyes, I was in a room that I recognized.

"He's back...?

　I often look around in stunned disbelief, but I quickly remember what happened earlier and turn around behind me.
　I hastily apply a hypotection to the nearly shredded wing to stop the blood.
　The treatment with the hypotion won't make you instantly flight-ready, but the important thing is to stop the bleeding.
　The real treatment can be done later.

　I looked around again and again for the Dragon Emperor to appear tearing through space, but there was no sign of him no matter how long I waited.

''.........This, this time he escaped......?''

　With relief that I no longer have to worry about the Dragon Emperor chasing me, my body relaxes from my body.

''I, I survived, I survived!

　I'm the only one who survived, and I'm the only one who survived.
　If he finds out about this, I will be severely punished.
　But even so, I'm truly glad that I survived.

　◆.

Yeah, he's responding.

　As I'm pushed out into the original space, I check the marker's reaction without panicking.

''Hmmm, it doesn't look like we're that far apart.

　At that time, when I sensed that the demon used the magic item of transference, I immediately intervened in the transference magic, found the distortion of the space that was created and pried it open.

　I was going to defeat the mage, but considering the high rate of encounters with mages lately, I thought it would be meaningless to defeat one of them.
　Because even if we defeat a demon here, there's a high possibility that another demon will do something else wrong.
　That was easy to imagine, considering the battles we've fought against demons so far.

　That's why I thought about having them take me to the demon's headquarters like this, but when I thought about it, everyone is still fighting in the town.
　If we moved to the demon headquarters, it would take us a long time to get back to the town.
　I can't leave the town unattended.

　With this in mind, I pretended to attack the demon and shot a marker that allowed me to know the location of the opponent.
　Just as I had intended, the opponent didn't realize that the marker was struck due to the shock and pain of having its wings damaged.

　All that was left was to pretend to be pushed out of the sub-space and leave the sub-space, and after returning to the original space, I checked to see if the marker was working properly.

''The markers are working properly, and now we can transfer to that demon's place at any time.

　Once we realized that, the only thing left to do is to eradicate the demons that were attacking the town.
　The demons that came at us earlier were exterminated as a group, but we didn't completely defeat them because we were weakening their power so as not to involve everyone.

Then, let's quickly take out the remaining demons!