What the hell is this?
　He wasn't there when I got in, was he?　Did you come from outside?

　It looks pretty strong, doesn't it?
　I'll use the appraisal.

"Greater Demon. Individual name: Leathers... lv.88/88, 11112 years old, male.
　HP 642/642
　 MP 499/499
　High ranking demon. Very powerful with a high average limit level. In addition, it has a wide variety of skills.
　It excels in dark attacks, and light attacks are its weakest point.''

　........Level 88!
　His HP and MP are also much higher than mine.
　I don't know what other stats and skills he has, but he's probably a stronger enemy than me...

'Oh, is that a Greater Demon...?　Why are you here in this place....

　Mek seems astonished. You know that guy?
　Normally, someone this strong wouldn't be able to get out of this cave.

What do we do now?　I have a vague idea of what it is, but it's so strong!

　Raina is also frightened.

　He doesn't look as absolute as the Black Knight, but he's definitely quite strong.
　Fortunately, he doesn't seem to be aware of our presence........
　I hope you'll walk away

　My luck seems to be good today, so he should be able to walk away honestly.

'Well, I see you're here. I've got some work to do.

　The Greater Demon suddenly turned his gaze towards me and said that.

　Hey!　They found it, or rather, they found it all along! I didn't even show any signs of noticing.

　The Greater Demon walks slowly towards where I am.
　I brace myself.

'It's nice to meet you. My name is Leathers of the Greater Demon.

　He introduced himself, bowing deeply.
　What is this guy? For such an evil-looking person, is he surprisingly polite?
　Could it be that they're not attacking you?

I've come to see you all.
What do you want...?
"There is a request from the person who summoned me, and I would like to receive a gift from you.
What is this?

　I asked with a chuckle. The demon chuckled a little.

The soul.

　That's what he said. Shortly after that, he pounced on me.
　I quickly stepped back to avoid it.

　d*mn it!　I knew he was going to attack me!
　Who wants us dead?　What did I do to make people hate me?
　I remember being done, but I don't remember doing it!

　There's no point in complaining about it.
　It feels like a no-questions-asked question, and the conversation would be useless.

　There's no way out.

　There's no choice but to fight.

"Lenya!　Use [Beast Mode] and [Physical Enhancement]!　If we work together, we're not an unwinnable enemy!
All right, Master!

　He seems to have come to the conclusion that Mek is also going to fight. I immediately give instructions to Lenya.
　Since he suddenly made her use 【Beast Mode】, is he going to decide on it in the short term anyway?

　Raina [Beast Mode].
　With that, I pulled out my sword and slashed at the Greater Demon Leathers.
　It was easily caught by my claws. Still, I swing my sword repeatedly to attack.

　In case you're wondering, I've been practicing with the sword, though I've taught myself, so I'm getting reasonably good at handling it.

　My opponent doesn't seem to have a chance to counterattack with my continuous attacks.
　And then Rainier tries to slash Leathers' belly from the side with a sharp claw.
　Leathers took a big step backwards to avoid Rainier's attack.

''Hmm. That one, despite being a limit level 1, you make good moves. I'm curious about your status, but I can only confirm your level and a brief description with my 【Appraisal】.

　This guy's got an appraisal.

　It was written that he has a wide variety of skills.

　I'm not going to be able to get a good deal more than I expected.
　I'm not sure if it's possible to attack by exploiting the weaknesses.

I'm not very good at close quarters combat, so from now on, I'll be using my skills to fight you.

　Leathers said.

　I'll use the skill too. The moment I was about to use the [Flame Ball] skill.

　My vision suddenly turned black.

　What happened?　I move my head around, but I don't see anything. What's going on?

'Tetsuya!　In front!

　The moment I think I hear Meku's voice from behind me, I feel a huge shock in my chest.
　It was as if something had hit me. I was blown backwards with a loud blow.

　What happened...?

　It didn't seem to be a fatal wound, but I felt a strong pain in my chest area.

　Looking back, I hadn't taken much damage, so I hadn't felt this much pain in a long time.

　When I woke up, my vision had returned.
　What was that skill...?

'Is he alive? You're pretty strong. Normally your upper body would be blown off right now.

　I'm saying something crazy.

What have they done to me?

　I asked Meku.

"My guess is that they used the Dark Eye to temporarily blind you, and then attacked you with the Dark Blast. It's the usual method of the devil.
That thing taking away your vision that's pretty nasty.
The only way to avoid Dark Eye is to get out of its range of effect, which is a very tricky skill, but it has the disadvantage that it cannot be used continuously. It would probably take him three or four minutes to use it again. He should have wanted to finish it off with a single blow with his earlier attack.

　I see, so it's possible that the fact that he was able to prevent that from happening was unexpected for him.



　Leathers gestures as he briefly considers his method of attack.

"If you're going to take him down, just get close enough to him and fire a series of blows without giving him a chance to use his skills. If you let him use any of his skills, it could cause you a lot of trouble.

　I listened to Mek's plan and nodded.
　Then I looked at Lenya and gave each other a look and signaled to each other.

　And at the same time, I pounced on Leasers.