f*ck!　d*mn it!　Shit!　I am not going to die.　I'll never die!　I'm a brave man........ I'm the brave man of everyone's hope........

　The one stranded hero?　--Yuya stands up and screams out a yell at the same time.

'If you're a brave man, don't abandon your friends (Lina) and run away. Well, that's why you were abandoned too.

　I laugh mockingly at Yuya.

"....lose it. .........kill you. I'm going to kill you!

　Eyes bleeding, Yuya, who had turned into a mad warrior, raised the spear in his hand and attacked me.

　Is it dangerous to strike each other, properly?

　--Dark Arrow!

　Multiple dark arrows appeared in front of me and fell on Yuya.

''Tch!''

　Yuya holds her shield up to block the dark arrows.

　Yuya's equipment is heavy. If you want to describe it in a western way, it's a knight. If you want to describe it in game terms, it's a tank. The equipment is also only the official hero of Kanazawa City, so the equipment is moderately luxurious.

　It's a troublesome enemy........

'Ooooooh!
　Yuya, with the heavy equipment that girdles himself, rushed into me with his shield at the ready.

　The value of his body is probably a D. In contrast, my body's rank is a C.

　Can you do it?

　I thrust my mithril spear out with all my strength to Yuya, who was rushing at me.

　--Kang!

What?
Guhaha!

　The sound of metal colliding with metal rang out, Mithril's hand holding the spear went numb from the force of the recoil and Yuuya was blown backwards.

''That's a pretty good shield.''
'Ha!　It's a relic of one of your buddies!

　 This world, troublingly, has a 100% drop rate. It was a natural phenomenon.

''I'm not your companion, though--Fire Lance!

　I release the magic that I "absorbed" from the dark elves while denying Yuya's words.

　The magic spear composed of flames of industrial fire strikes Yuya's shield.

　--Release supersonic waves!

　The swarm of giant bats that were hiding around Yuuya, who received the spear of fire and stepped on the tatara, unleashed supersonic waves all at once.

''Kuh........dirty-you.......''

　Dirty?　Are you stupid?　We're in the middle of a killing spree.

　I sprinted to Yuya, who had a look of anguish on her face, and stabbed Mithril's spear into her neck.

''Huh!''

　Yuya twists her body in the nick of time and avoids a direct hit from my stab.

　

　--Go!

　The rat that jumped in from the side of Yuya, who was focusing all his attention on my spear, bit the hand holding the shield.

''Huh?　Nah!　The small fry interfere--

　He blows the rat away with his shield out of frustration and stabs Mithril's spear into the resulting empty torso.

''........na!''

　Yuya looks down at the Mithril spear stuck in her body with incredulous eyes.

''It's over.''

　I put all my strength into the hand holding Mithril's spear and turn it around.

''Guhaha!''

　Yuya spits out a lot of blood from her mouth and drops her shield and spear to the ground.

　I stabbed the defenseless Yuya with a crushing blow.

　~♪

　I heard a simple electronic sound like a text message ringing from my smartphone.

　Oh!?　I'm up a level!

　There's only 2 hours and 40 minutes left until the 《transference》.
　If I walked back, it would take longer than that, and even if I chased after the escaped heroes, I wouldn't be able to catch up with them.

　I smelted the Giant Bat and Rat's favorite food with the CP that was fully recovered by leveling up. As I worked on the achievements of the previous battle, I thought about my future plans.


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　Two hours and 40 minutes later.

　It was indeed a meaningful wait. In the end, the two brave men had escaped me... but it was worthwhile to spend time alone in thought for the first time in a long time.

　Using the extra time I had, I first consumed 500 CP to refine my weapons. This would free him from the worry of overflowing CP. Next, he allocated the BP gained from leveling up and grew his creation from C to B. He could create, his subordinates, and equipment. The number of subordinates and equipment you can create has increased dramatically. In addition, I've learned several new special abilities.

　There's a lot of things to test.

　I suppressed my hesitation and went to the search tool.


I'm home.
Welcome back.
Hey, welcome back...

　Kanon welcomes me back in a familiar tone, and Lina, who is somewhat faltering.

'So ... what happened?'

　Lina asks me in a probing tone of voice.

'I killed a human being called Yuya and others. The glasses and the female hero got away with it.

　I'm straightforward and tell them the results.

'Well ... Yuya ...'

　Lina looks down when she hears of the death of the young man who was her companion just moments ago.

You okay?

　I'm a valuable member of the family, even though I've killed my own people. I say a follow-up word.

''Don't worry.... I was prepared when I accepted Theon's words.

　In a small voice at first, but finally in a powerful voice, Lina looks me straight in the eye and replies.

'That's good, then. 'Ah!　Not to call it an apology, but it's a gift for Lina.

　I hand Lina the weapon I just smelted--Dearnslave.

''Huh?　This is.....

"A rank B weapon. It's a Darnslave. It's black all over, so I thought it would go well with Lina, the 'Black Sword Brave'.

''Rah, a rank B weapon!''

　Lina gives an astonished look at the Darnslave she received.

'Yeah?　It's a darned Darnslave!　That's a CP500 weapon, isn't it!

　And for some reason, Kanon was also surprised.

'So Kanon knew about this too?'

I know that. That's one of the unique items.

Unique item?

Yes. The unique item is an item that can only be smelted in one piece.

What?　Does that mean that's the only Darnslave in the world?

No, one Demon King can only train one Demon King, so theoretically, there are as many Darn Slaves in this world as there are Demon Kings who have reached the B level of training.

　There are one million Demon Kings in this world. Even if not all of the Demon Kings reached Renovation B, at least 10,000 of them would reach Renovation B. Considering that, there are more than 10,000 unique items? It's a delicate feeling.

　Eventually, if I can smelt 'Excalibur' or something like that, there will be hundreds or thousands of 'Excalibur' in the world?　If it's not good, will it overflow into the tens of thousands?　No dreams.........

''That's not the point!　Why is Lina-san, who just became a subordinate of mine, a unique item with 500 CP, and me, a former Demon King and an old-timer, a coropocle staff with 150 CP?

'The right person in the right place?　Canon, what's your role in all this?
Oh?　I have to do my part.
It's a search tool, right?

　Comparing canon, which is basically expected to act as a search tool on my side, to Lina, who will soon be invading the territory controlled by another demon king, it was a natural decision.

''Are you sure you want to...?''

　Lina, who was listening to me and Kanon's conversation, asks me in a reserved manner.

'I didn't know it was a unique item, but I can't use a sword anyway. It goes with my image, so no problem.

Well okay.

　Once Lina was convinced to accept it, I cut to the chase.