736 Challenge (1/2)

Sophocles had two wings, two horns, and a dark gray and black perfectly proportioned body with proper hands and feet, carrying a gigantic sword on his back.

His murky yellow eyes contained complex emotions. Just his eyes alone were larger than my entire body. He was staring at me with a vigilant expression.

Apart from him being slightly large, he wasn't really all that much.

”…The entire airship is smaller than his hand. Are you sure that he's just slightly large?”

”Tsk, you think he's incredible just because he's large? Maybe he's nothing more than a fluffy pillow.”

Sophocles' gigantic head approached the airship's deck. His breath was just like an eruption of magma from the lower planes, but this was actually the standard breath of any gigantic demon.

”…Roland, you're still the same as before.”

Just the wind from him speaking almost blew me away. The nearby Saint-ranked monk and the three Legend-ranked guards were already completely suppressed by Sophocles' demonic aura to the point of not even being able to move.

”Fine, being big is indeed a big deal.”

Things were unlike back when I'd last seen Sophocles in Hell. At that time, I had been supported by Hell's Four Elemental Pillars, and I also had many powerful individuals supporting me back then, including those who were at Main God power level. But right now, Sophocles had come in his true body. He was a super existence that was capable of destroying an entire country, no, a large part of the continent just by himself.

When standing straight, he reached far higher than the clouds. Judging based on size alone, this famous scammer and deceiver was actually much larger than even Chaos War God Donatis, making Sophocles seem more like a War God.

”Long time no see, Afu. What business do you have with me?”

”Afu? No! I am Sophocles! The venerated Chaos Main God, Sophocles!”

Sophocles instantly exploded in fury. His sulfuric breath made me feel as if I was inside a volcano. The airship's deck started creaking as cracks started rapidly spreading on the airship at a visible rate.

”Tsk, tsk, tsk. Your temper is just as bad as it was before, Afu.”

”Sophocles! I am Sophocles the Deceiver, Sophocles the Scammer! I am the idol of all scammers and schemers! I am Sophocles, the wisest demon of them all!”

”Okay, Afu.”

I shook my head—Sophocles seemed to be surprisingly easy to anger by my intentionally getting his name wrong.

”I, Sophocles Elostankaven Wast (102 more syllables skipped for the reader's convenience)… Oops, I almost told you my full true name! I know you! This must have been your scheme! You were just trying to scam my true name out of me! How scary, what evil curse is this? Even I, the wise Sophocles, almost fell for your trick!”

I sighed rather helplessly. Sophocles was overly in love with using the exclamation mark. It seemed that he was also a bit of a chuunibyou. How come I never discovered last time that he was so hilarious?

”Afu, a demon like you is calling someone else evil? It's just that you have low intelligence, isn't that right, Afu? Are you still alright, Afu? Did you have lunch yet, Afu? Is your mother doing alright, Afu?”

Sophocles viciously slammed the ground with his claws. The resulting impact was as loud as a thunderclap each time.

Meanwhile, that shark Demon Lord was trembling in fear while hiding behind him, yet misfortune suddenly descended upon him. The Chaos Main God suddenly grabbed the shark Demon Lord and then tossed him into his mouth.

*Chomp!*

As expected, in every world, people who were in a bad mood would really want to eat something. Sophocles chewed on the Demon Lord for quite a while before finally calming down.

When he opened his eyes again, the red light in his eyes was now calm again.

”Afu, do you still remember how it felt like to be surrounded and attacked by Hell Dragons… Eh?”

I was going to keep teasing him, but our ”little chat” was suddenly interrupted. It turned out that the white-haired Legend-ranked female mage was pitifully tugging on my clothes.

”Milord! Your Highness Roland!”

She pointed at the airship, which was now filled with cracks while shaking all over, while imploring me with a tear-filled expression.

”Please stop teasing Afu. Even if you're still fine, we can't take his pressure anymore… Lord Afu, no, Lord Sophocles, please don't look at me like that! Please don't steal away my soul!”

The Chaos Main God viciously glared at her, causing her legs to constantly tremble. She was probably almost about to pee herself… Er, the airship deck and her mage robe were now wet. It seemed that she had already peed herself in fear. As I was a gentleman, it would be best to pretend to have seen nothing.

And so, I gave a big thumbs-up as I turned around and smiled at the angry Chaos Main God.

”Good job, young lady. I have a good opinion of your fearlessness. Come, let us pee together at the Chaos Main God.”

And so, I really took off my pants right in front of Sophocles and aimed directly at him… What? You're saying that this wasn't a gentlemanly action? A true gentleman wouldn't care about boring etiquette! I was using my actions to relieve the young female mage's embarrassment!

Since she had peed herself, if I also peed right in public, then it would make her seem less dirty in comparison… well, probably. Didn't it work this way at least in theory?

”…Roland, you should give up on trying to anger me. I, Sophocles, am no novice. I would never lose my sense of logic and reason just because of such a lowly challenge.”

Before saying that, shouldn't he let go of the pitiful succubi and four-winged Berserker Demon that he had twisted into pretzels? Also, he should really be reducing his powerful aura as he was even killing off the demons around him.

I smiled as I refrained from continuing to tease him anymore.