77 The underground waterway is a dreamland (1/2)

Black haired wise man Chiyuki

The Republic of Ariadia has countless underground canals stretching underneath the country.

There are countless places where one can descend into the underground canals for their maintenance.

We will descend from one of them to the aqueducts.

Underground canals are very wide, perhaps because they were designed with people in mind.

There seems to be no need to bend down to go through it.

There is also a walkway at the end of the canal for people to walk through. However, the water is shallow due to the lack of rain recently.

This would make it possible to walk through the channel.

'Light.'

I activate my magic to produce light.

There is no light in the underground canal, so I need to use my lighting magic.

A ball of light about 30cm in diameter floats in the air and illuminates the surroundings.

You're right, Chiyuki-sama. With this, there's no need for torches.''

Sisyphe, who is with me, praises me.

Sisyphe and the others are the members of our raiding team.

General Krasz has divided the freedom fighters into several groups and raided them through different entrances.

By now the other freedom fighters will be in the underground canal.

Our squad consists of the usual members of me, Rage, Shirone, Sahoko, Reno, and Nao.

And Sizfe and the others, Novis the Fire Brave, and Decius. And then there's Ainoe, who is being held captive.

'Why do I even have to go in there!

Ainoe shouted as she was forcibly brought in.

'Lord Ainoe!　Signing up with Damon is a cardinal sin!　Don't you feel sorry for God!　And we know that the Lesser Damon who made the deal with you is lurking in this underground canal. I will ask you to come quietly.

Decius says, and Ainoe looks frustrated.

'What a god!　You didn't help me when I was in trouble!　Damon is far better than that god!

Lord Ainoe!　How dare you! You will be punished by heaven.

The two men argue with each other.

'Sir Decius, please calm down. And Mr. Ainoe, you too must shut up or I will cast a spell of silence on you.

I'll stop them.

But they're not saying enough.

I let out a sigh.

'Mr. Siszfe, if you do, you'll have to take Sir Decius and Mr. Ainoe with you to escape.

I understand, Mr. Chiyuki.

Siszfe bows his head.

The reason why I made Sizfe and the others a member of the same group as us is to curb Decius' behavior.

He is responsible and serious.

But the people in the depths of this underground canal are not his to deal with.

He will die if he gets caught in the middle of our fight.

But Decius is too lazy to die, so he has decided to have Sisyphe as his minder.

As expected of Decius, I don't think he would be overwhelmed with a woman.

''Well then, let's go, guys.

Rage's voice sends everyone through the underground canal.

Nao and Rage are in the lead. Then me and Reno follow. Syrone and Sahoko. Behind them, Decius, Sisyphe and the others follow.

''Something smells bad~''

Reno whines.

'Yes, it's a very bad smell. It smells like food waste.

Sahoko's disgusted voice beside me.

We proceed to the back of the underground canal.

Then Nao, who is leading the way, suddenly stops.

'Everyone stops!

Suddenly Nao speaks up.

'What's wrong Nao?'

There's something up ahead.

Nao uses water walking to move from the sidewalk to the middle of the channel. Probably because it was easier for him to move.

Then, Rage does the same thing as Nao, using the water walk to move to the center of the channel.

Nao takes a boomerang. Rage draws his sword.

What do you need?　I can't see a thing!　More light!

Novis, who is following from the back, says.

He'd better learn to be a little more reserved.

'Hey Novis!

Sisyphe makes a panicked sound.

She looks like she's having a hard time because of Novice. For some reason, it feels familiar.

'I'll lighten up now,'

'I'm sorry, Chiyuki-sama!

Hearing Sizfe's apology, I stand on the water and use my light stripe magic.

The light extends and illuminates the depths of the waterway.

And a huge object that emerges.

''Noaaaaaaaaaah!

'What is that?

Sahoko and Reno shout out.

'The Giant Slug: ......'

The one in front of me was a giant slug that was 2 meters high alone, and I don't know how many meters long it was.

It is the so-called giant slug. There were not one, but several of these giant slugs, and outside of them, slugs of all sizes stuck to the walls and ceiling of the underground canal!

The Giant Slug hasn't noticed us yet, and it's moving, crawling its slimy body on the floor of the underground canal.

It's extremely disgusting.

'I got goose bumps down my spine: ......

Even that relatively uncomfortable Shirone, who is not afraid of being relatively uncomfortable, is hugging her shoulder and shaking herself.

''What do we do now, Chiyuki?''

Rage says, watching us with amusement. 'Utterly nasty.

'God!　Stop laughing!　Get on with it and do something about it!

”Haha, I'll take care of it, Chiyuki! Light!

Rage laughs and shoots multiple light bullets.

The light bullets burn up the giant slug.

''Ugh. ....... I can't believe there's a demon like that. I want to go home.''

Sahoko cries to me.

I know the feeling. Giant Slug was ridiculously uncomfortable. I'd like to leave too if I could.

'Please wait!　There's still something out there!

Nao points to the back.

I quickly illuminate the back of the room with the magic of a light ray.

And I could see multiple black figures there.

''Intruder ni see!

She got it!

Fleeing vomit!

The black shadows flee at once as soon as the light shines on them.

''What's that? Rats?

Shirone, who was watching from the side, makes a disgusted sound.

'It was indeed a rat. But it was as big as a human being. And he was standing on two legs, and he had a weapon, too.

Rage was right, the rat stood on two legs and carried a weapon.

'I think it's called Ratman.

”Ratman, huh? I think I'm going to say ”ratman” or should I say ”mascot of Chiba prefecture's dreamland”? Or should I say Chiba Prefecture's Dreamland mascot?

Nao says something dangerous. Still, it's a disgusting theme park.

'Ahhhh ......'

What's up, Lino?

Sahoko is concerned for Reno, who suddenly sounds strange.

'Now that's a mouse ....... That one was once a human.

At those words we all look at Reno.

'Reno-san, is that true?'

I ask, and Reno shakes his head.

'Maybe. That's how I saw it in Reno's eyes.

Reno says in a disarming manner.

Reno's breakthrough power is the strongest among us.

If you look hard enough, you can see the truth in any opponent.

That's a tough one to pull off, isn't it?

Nao says in disgust.

'Sahoko. If the curse is disfiguring you, wouldn't it be possible to break the curse?

Sahoko shakes her head as Rage asks.

'I don't know, Ray-kun. I'll have to try. ......'

Sahoko says unsurely.

'Then let's catch one and give it a try.

I said and Sahoko nodded.

'It's settled, let's move on for now.

At Rage's words we decide to go further back.

'What are you doing, Kroki: ......'

We were walking onward. I heard Cyrone muttering.

◆Damon King Urvald.

I am at the altar of Badon, at the end of the underground canal.

The rats are buzzing in front of me.

Their entourage looks disgusted by this.

The rats are former humans who were turned into servants by Zand.

Because they are human, they can have children with humans and also possess a germ that can turn humans into human rats.

For this reason, if the conditions are right, the rats will multiply like rats.

Right now there are many rats here and they are making a lot of noise.

Their entourage is watching them and they seem to be making a lot of noise.

I feel bad because the rats are noisy too.

'Tara Boss, you seem to be making a lot of noise earlier, what's going on?

'I'm sorry, Mr. Urvald. It appears that we have an intruder in our midst.

Talabos replies with a bow.

'Intruders?　It's only people, right?　Why don't you go ahead and kick it off?

It is ridiculous to make a fuss over a human being. So I reply.

''That's why it seems that among the intruders are the brave men of light.

I hear those words and my mind goes blank for a moment.

Then you realize what it means and stand up.

'What do you mean?!'

I yell at him and Tarabos falls flat.

'I'm sorry!　I don't know why the brave men are here either!

I hold my tongue.

There's nothing I can do about it by saying to this human style.

'If the brave men are here, we will let them leave.

I say, and I cast a transference spell.

But it doesn't activate.

'Master Urvald!　The wards have been put in place to inhibit metastasis!　We're trapped here!

The entourage makes a panicked sound.

What do you mean?

I think.

And then I realize.

'You betrayed me! Xand!

I should have known better. He's a fool for bumping off a hero and Sir Dehardt.

It was actually a lie meant to destroy me.

But I'm sure I'm cornered.

I am no match for a hero.

I'm only a Damon Lord to His Majesty the Great Demon Lord's entourage.

I can't lose if I'm only a weak little god with little strength.

But the brave men of light will be among the strongest of the gods.

It reminds me of the times I fought the brave men.

I fought a magical battle with a woman called the black-haired Sage.

And I was defeated. Up until then, I was confident that I could lose to the gods in a magical battle.

But that confidence was shattered in an instant.

Their strength is out of the ordinary.

Even that most powerful man, Llanfeld, was no match for the brave men.

We'll be killed if we don't. We'll have to flee.

It's Talavos!

I call Talavos.

'Yes!　What is this?!

”Hurry up and bring back Badon!　Now!

But Tarabos shook his head.

'But then my schedule is ......

You have to listen to me!　That's an order!

I will use my magic to control Talavos.

Then the eyes of Talavos will become hollow.

The reign is complete. This will bring Badon back to life.

”And where did Zeal go?

We need him to stop the brave men.

”Dear Mr. Ulvald. If you're Zeal, just now. He has left. It appears that his woman is among the intruders, and we think he went to help her.

The entourage replies.

'What's going on? Where is he?

My head hurts.

But there's no time to bring him back.

I'm going to break the wards that Xand seems to have put up now.

That's why we're running out of time.

'Don't lick it, Xand!　I am Damon Lord in the service of the Demon King!　I'll break through a mere Ogami's wards!

Dark Knight Kroki

He flies with Kuna on Glorious, the dragon, over the Minon Plain.

The plain of Minon is vast, perhaps as wide as northern India.

However, Glorious' wings allow him to move easily.

If you look at the ground from above, you can see several human countries.

However, compared to the vastness of the Minon Plain, their number seems to be small.

Perhaps it's the influence of demons.

The number of demons is small in the Minon Plain. However, that's only if you compare it with other areas.

Even in the Minon Plain, there are demons.

Basically, demons tend to dislike the light of the sun.

That's why the plain of Minon, which is an open land, does not have many demons appearing during the daytime.

That's why there is less damage from demons compared to other areas.

But of course at night, on cloudy or rainy days, demons such as goblins are active.

Therefore, in this region as well, when there is no sunshine, humans stay inside the walls of the city and do not go outside.