“Lord Hal. King Aival has been defeated, and our objective is complete. Now, all that’s left is for us to leave this country.”
Sandra announced with a melting smile, even as King Aival’s upper body was still engulfed in flames.
Coupled with her crimson eyes, her ruthlessness made her all the more attractive to me.
However.
“Not yet. Our real enemy is someone else.”
“Real enemy?”
“Yeah. Yuri.”
I glanced at Yuri beside me, asking her to explain the events in the other dimension to everyone once more.
Sandra and the others seemed surprised that there was actually a being called God (Placeholder), but they quickly regained their composure.
“…So, this time, we just need to sever the head of the fool who calls himself God (Placeholder), is that it?”
“Fufu… There’s no way someone who dares to turn their blade against Lord Hal could be a God (Placeholder).”
Sandra and Monica’s words were incredibly reassuring, but I felt like these two could slaughter even gods or demons.
Well, erasing the fake God (Placeholder) is my role, though.
“So, Yuri, where is ‘The Person Inside’?”
“At the bottom of the Abyss, deep beneath this Royal Palace.”
“Ah…”
In other words, the bottom of that hole where the Tyrant Dragon A=Draig and the Annihilation Dragon Gviber were sleeping is where “The Person Inside” resides. They’re getting treated pretty badly by the production staff, huh? Not that I care.
“Then, lead us there.”
“SONOHITSUYOUHANAI”
“「「「「「Eh!?」」」」」
Suddenly, Yuri’s voice turned into a mechanical tone, and the floor of the throne room… no, the entire Royal Palace vanished, and we were drawn into the Abyss, and then…
–We lost consciousness.
◇
–Plop.
“Ngh…”
I felt something cold on my forehead and slowly opened my eyes.
“Where…?”
The surroundings were pitch black, and I couldn’t see anything.
However, judging from Yuri’s words when the Royal Palace disappeared, this must be the bottom of the Abyss… Wait, what!?
“Hal!”
“Whoa!?”
A pair of golden eyes shining in the darkness leaped into my chest.
“Caz! You’re okay!”
“Yeah! I was hugging Hal tightly the whole time, so I’m fine! But…”
“What’s wrong?”
“Um… I got separated from everyone else…”
Caz’s tone dropped.
I see… We got separated from everyone when we fell into the hole.
“In that case, let’s try to regroup with Sandra and the others first.”
“O-Okay.”
And so, we walked through the darkness.
But I couldn’t see anything at all, so I had Caz, who had good night vision, guide me.
“Ah, be careful of your footing there.”
“O-Okay.”
For some reason, I’ve been feeling the sensation of twigs snapping under my feet for a while now, but I’ll try not to think about it. I think it’s probably that (・・).
I couldn’t see anything, so I didn’t know how long we’d been walking, but I felt like we’d gone quite a distance.
I’m really glad Caz is with me.
Then.
“Ah! There!”
“Yeah!”
A flame flickered in the darkness.
I put Caz on my shoulder and ran towards it.
“! Hal!”
“Lize!?”
To my surprise, Lize, who should have been fighting the Demon Beast in front of the Royal Palace, was there.
“What are you doing here!?”
“We followed after Hal and the others after defeating the Demon Beast, but then the Royal Palace suddenly disappeared…”
“Ah…”
I see, so that’s what happened.
“So, are you hurt?”
“No. I’m perfectly fine.”
Saying that, Lize picked up the edge of her skirt and spun around.
“That’s good… But, as expected of Lize and the others. To defeat such an amazing Demon Beast.”
“O-Of course! There’s no way I would lose to a snake that’s just big!”
I wonder if it’s because I suddenly praised her. Even considering the light from the flames, Lize’s cheeks were definitely bright red.
She’s still an easy-to-read heroine. Not that I dislike it. I actually love it.
At that moment.
“Heeeelp! Is anyone thereeeeeee!”
A woman’s shouting voice came from the darkness.
That’s… Liliana?
“I wonder if she hasn’t noticed the flame…”
“Maybe she can’t see it because of some obstacle. Let’s go.”
“Okay!”
“Yeah!”
We headed towards the voice, and a towering wall blocked our path.
The voice was coming from the other side of this wall.
“I guess we’ll have to go around…”
“I guess so.”
Lize nodded as I muttered while looking up at the wall.
“But this wall seems to go on forever?”
“”Really?””
“Yeah.”
As we were at a loss.
–DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
“W-What!?”
An incredibly loud impact echoed in the darkness, and we couldn’t help but raise our voices.
“One more! Here I gooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
–DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
…It seems like Liliana is the one doing it.
And it seems like she’s planning to destroy this wall and come to our side. She’s crazy.
“How’s this… for sizeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
–DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
With the third impact, the giant wall was pierced.
Liliana jumped out with the momentum, and she tripped and fell.
“Ouch… Ah! Hal-san!”
“A-Ahaha…”
I couldn’t help but give a wry smile to Liliana, who had an innocent smile on her face.
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