139 – Downfall (3)
“what is this sound? What on earth does it mean to escape from the devil’s hand?”
Even when Lena looked at me, there was no answer I could give. Like her face, there was a big question mark floating above my head. Get out of the devil’s hand? No matter how you look at it, the clothes were not imperial, and even the writing was made in the language of the demons.
What do these guys mean? What is happening in the castle of demons right now?
After carefully folding the paper into the bag, she said to Lena.
“Anyway, I think I need to look for it properly. Let’s catch a few more. I’m sure there are some guys with records.”
The eyes of Lena, who was dreaming of a leisurely date, also changed.
From the moment the demon king’s name came out, these guys were obliged to testify to us as data and witnesses, not obstructors. Just then, there was a guy walking staggeringly at the entrance of the alley. Just as I was about to move, Lena had already jumped forward and cut his face vertically.
The cut face, like a mask, turned round and round and stuck to the wall on the other side with a clang sound, and Lena put her sword back in and looked around the alley.
“mister! mister! Here are some more!”
“uuu!”
At the same time as her cry, the swift footsteps and screams of the monsters were heard. The torches lighting the hallway shook their shadows and suddenly became huge, and the moment the shadows filled the hallway, their silhouettes actually jumped out and attacked Lena.
“Where!”
I slashed the side of the one that was attacking Lena, and Lena cut the one that was aiming for my arm into pieces.
In the air, like cooking ingredients, the mercilessly shredded monster spread to the floor with black blood drops, and the monster whose intestines were poured out vomited blood instead of screaming and died.
“Keeek!”
“Come again!”
Monsters continued like waves. Hearing the sounds of knives and screams violently whipping through the hallway, the surrounding monsters began to swarm. Lena drew another sword from her waistband and lay flat on the floor. She curled her thighs as much as she could in a cat-like position and lowered her posture, her eyes twinkling and disappearing from my sight.
bang!
The monsters, who were poised to fill the hallway with their meat walls, scattered in all directions with an explosion. At the scene of the firecracker meat show, the trajectory Lena passed spread a red ring. Bloodstains spread one after another, creating streaks on the walls, and the flickering torches were extinguished in the face of a strong afterstorm.
Appearing at the end of the hallway as if teleported, she inserted another dagger and looked around. The corpse floated in the air and exploded in all directions, and she turned around laughing with her hair brushed off.
I punched the man in the chin as he was aiming for my neck, then gave Lena a thumbs up.
“nice! Miss Lena!”
“Did you like it?”
“I almost proposed to you.”
“Ahahahaha!”
Lena laughed. She tried to come closer to me, but the hallway was such a mess that I decided to go instead.
The hallway floor was full of black blood and intestines, making a terrible noise as you walked. If you step on meat that hasn’t drained all the blood yet, the intestines will rise up and you’ll get blood! I was screaming and spitting. As I approached with a strange gait, as if drowning in mud, Lena shook her head and said,
“Didn’t you bring the boots? You look tough.”
A man’s creature wants to bluff when he says that a woman looks difficult. I believed in my sense of balance, which I had trained back and forth between the Templar and the Porter, and I wanted to show her that I could lightly jump through this bloody mud in front of her.
“Oh, that’s fine. In my old days, this much was light… … .”
So I tried to show her running in a more exaggerated and neat manner in front of her, and I, jumping like a clown, stepped on a greasy piece of meat.
“What?!”
My feet slipped and floated in the air. Startled, Lena took me in her arms and, following the falling speed, gently lay down on the floor to absorb the shock. Both legs soared upward like scorpions. With my face buried in Lena’s chest, I was slammed on top of her.
Embarrassment outweighed the soft sensation of touching his face. Lena was holding my head tightly. When I looked up, her reddened face was glancing at me. Patting my hair like a puppy, she hesitantly said with a little strength in her arm.
“Gwa, are you okay?”
Her voice was more cautious than before, and it seemed formal. Even his face was dyed red and he asked me if I was okay, so I had no choice but to be okay. He hurriedly got up from his seat and tidied up his clothes.
“…I showed you something you wouldn’t want to see.”
If anyone sees it, if a monster comes, I look around, but luckily the monster didn’t come. It seemed that the monster unit that had just been attacked was all of the monsters in this laboratory. Even though I knew I couldn’t sense the presence of the monster, I pretended to look for it while rummaging around.
“Well… … . There are no monsters. It’s safe.”
“Ah, are you looking for monsters?”
I didn’t bother to answer her question. It was because I knew what the question was for, and I could see what kind of expression she was standing behind my back. I’d rather be a fool than get caught up in her pranks.
“Now, let’s find out quickly. More monsters may appear… … . Uh, anyway, shouldn’t we find out who those who escape from the demon lord are?”
“yes. right. right.”
Lena agreed with me, but that didn’t mean that she would erase what had just happened. Even with his back turned, he could tell that the answer was overflowing with laughter. Lena took one step faster than I was moving forward and whispered in my ear.
“But your ears turned red.”
“Hmm… ! Hmm… !”
Maybe it’s hotter now. As much as Lena was happy, I couldn’t hide my embarrassment.
****
The search for the first floor continued.
After passing through the hallway where we cleared them, and coming to the locked room, Lena felt a presence on the other side of the door with her superhuman senses. Then he gestured to me, then pointed to the candlestick next to me and pretended to slit his neck.
I noticed her intentions, drew my sword, and cut through the candlestick in one fell swoop. The candlestick, which was cut diagonally and pointedly, looked like a skewer used for grilling meat.
Lena crushed the bottom of the candlestick with her foot and lifted the remaining part like a spear. Then, with the opposite hand, he picked up a stone that was rolling on the floor and threw it at the door.
bang!
There was a sound loud enough to shake the door, followed by footsteps so violent that even I could hear them. He knocked on the locked door and started screaming.
“aaagh! aaagh!”
It wasn’t even a human being. Lena lowered her stance, closed her eyes, measured the aiming point with her hand, and threw the skewer with all her might. The window pierced the door that was shaking like it was about to break, and the screams stopped at the same time.
“ah… !”
It became quiet, as if the band had suddenly stopped the music, and I nodded again to Lena holding the dagger, then cautiously approached the door. Then he kicked the doorknob with all his might.
The door opened, and on the floor lay a demon in relatively decent clothing. There was no one else in the room but this demon.
“This guy must have something.”
Lena nodded as she inserted the dagger. As she looked around at the door, I managed to find a journal in his arms.
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[It is said that many famous generals are participating in this expedition. Stauffen, Greta, Lucifer, and I don’t remember the name, but the devil who is a cavalry genius are said to be participating. In addition to this, Prince Damon, who is expected to command as a commander for the first time, also participates.
I also applied as a porter to contribute to this demon expedition. Even though I can only do simple things like carrying supplies, I am satisfied with that if I can contribute to the victory of the demon army. Glory be to the Demon King!]
“It’s a diary written quite a long time ago.”
I deciphered the contents and said so. Lena, who was reading the interpretation I had interpreted, nodded and said,
“That’s right, it’s been a long time since I heard Damon’s name. What are you doing?”
“Isn’t that right? Demon male prostitute.”
“Ah, I remembered who it was.”
Lena seemed to remember who it was from my description.
With her by my side, I continued to decipher the journal.
How will the porter’s expectations at the beginning of the war change? As I read the text, I felt a surge of anticipation.
