He rushes out of the place with all his might and tries to make a preemptive attack on Koga, ——— commander of the Demon King's Second Corps, who has come to this place.

There is still a cloud of dust and smoke, and I can't see it, but I know where it is from the voice I heard earlier.

Then it's easy to pound your fist!

 

"Eat it, Koga!!"

"Instead of greetings, Usato!"

 

Immediately after clearing the sand smoke, Koga's figure is reflected in front of him.

He and I, who were less than a meter apart, said to each other, "What?" After dropping the voice that was taken aback, it crashes vigorously.

 

"'Whew!?'"

 

Koga and I, who were hit by a lariat with each other's swinging arms, collapsed on the spot and writhed in shock.

 

"And they were clashing like they were showing each other."

"It's self-destructive, isn't it......?"

"That's right, it's true that the brain thinks the same thing."

 

The three of them there, Sharap!!

After glaring at Amako and the others once, he shifts his gaze to Koga.

 

"Heh, you're not going to do a surprise ......!"

"Damn, what a cowardly ......!"

"No, you don't have to tell ......."

 

I didn't expect this guy to be thinking the same thing as ...... me.

In response to my swearing, Koga holds my neck and puts a tsukkomi in it.

At the same time, he punches the ground with his healing fist and jumps while falling.

 

"There's a chance!!"

"Eh, bounce...... Isn't it dangerous!?"

 

As it is, he spins in the air and slams a heel drop into Koga, who is still falling, but is rebuffed.

 

"Chi, did you take it off......!"

"Oh, you're ...... to learn a strange trick again!"

 

After all, this guy is a nuisance to me.

As with Koga, jump backwards to gain distance.

Koga, on the other hand, wipes his forehead with his sleeve and smiles fearlessly.

 

"Yes, the Demon Lord's words were true, and I couldn't have asked for a better surprise."

 

I wonder if Koga's presence here has something to do with Keira.

As he walks back to his seniors with caution, he notices that Kazuki is directing his fierce hostility towards Koga.

 

"Koga Dingal ......!"

"Yo, it was Kazuki, the hero of light magic, wasn't it? Also, is that the Thunder Hero who fought Armira? Hey, what kind of joke is this? Why are you in the Demon Lord's Domain, but what's the use of such ruins?"

"That's the line here."

 

The senior, who put his hand on the hilt, speaks to Koga in a quiet voice.

　

"What's the use of you, the commander of the Second Corps, in the ruins you say?"

"Haha, I don't have a particularly deep purpose, I just want the Demon Lord--"

"Here, here, here, here, here!?"

 

A voice sounds out of place in a tense situation.

From the hole in the wall where Koga came out, another demon woman comes out.

 

"Wow, don't leave me!? Hypothetically, it's an escort! And yet, you completely forgot about me earlier, didn't you?!"

"You should look around a little......

"Huh? Wow, humans!? I saw it for the first time!?"

 

…… He's a very noisy person.

Mr./Ms. and Kazuki, who had been so wary, also looked stunned.

 

"Hey, isn't there something wrong with the situation? …… Um, Mr./Ms. Koga, you'd better run away right now--"

"I don't know why, but it's a good opportunity, let's play a little bit...... Usato!"

"Listen to me! This battle stupid corps commander!!"

 

Koga tried to use the woman's words brilliantly to wear dark magic.

The woman slapped him on the back of the head while crying.

 

"What is it, Ciel......?"

"Um, you know what? I'm a non-combatant, right?"

"Don't worry, it's okay, get down to a place where there is no danger."

"Are you stupid, you're stupid, aren't you? No matter how you look at it, you're outnumbered, right? How are you going to win? Or rather, who are these people?!"

 

Koga put his hand on his chin at the question and pointed to Senpai and Kazuki.

 

"Those two are the heroes of the Ringle Kingdom."

"——— huh?"

"But he's Usato, I told him before."

 

A woman called Ciel who looks at Koga with a gigigi, and an unlubricated, machine-like movement.

 

"Yu, brave aside, Koga Mr./Ms. says that he is Usato, but no matter how you look at it, he's a non-combatant like me! They look just like the people I heard the story about! It's completely different from the rumors!!"

 

I wonder how on earth I am being communicated in the Demon King's army.

I don't want to know, but I'm curious.

 

"Fool, Ciel, it's just for now. If you open the lid, humans aren't easy beings, right? He's going to brutally attack you with healing magic."

"I can't believe it!!"

 

However, he is a person who has a lot of hearts...... This...... Someone named Ciel.

Even in the face of seniors with weapons, they don't seem to be scared, do ......?

 

"But for the first time in a long time, I was treated like a decent human being......

 

Even in such a situation, I was soberly happy.

Perhaps I heard the muttering, and the neas behind me whispered the words.

 

"Aren't you sad?"

"It's pathetic at this point."

"Usato, poor thing."

"Hey, don't forget that you guys are treating me like a monster to the Lord, okay?"

 

I'm aware that I can't help being told that.

The situation is overwhelmingly in our favor.

The woman behind Koga seems to be a non-combatant and doesn't seem to want to fight, so let's capture Koga and extract information about the Demon Lord.

While casually glancing at Mr./Ms. and the others, she stretches her arm to Ferm to assimilate.

 

"Ferm, assimilation--"

 

The time has come.

 

"———."

 

At that moment, I heard a voice that seemed to echo directly in my head.

As I looked at the pain in my head, it seemed that my senpai, Kazuki, and Koga were also feeling the pain in their heads.

 

"I ...... a voice in my head."

"Usato-kun, this is ......."

 

Leona Mr./Ms. and Nea seemed to notice our abnormality, and the next moment they were about to run to us, something like a white light swirl appeared in the place where we were.

Recognizing the white light vortex that appeared in front of me, I shoved Nea and Ferm, who were nearby, away from the vortex.

 

"Whew!?"

"Usato, you!?"

 

However, the small Kira is unable to resist the force of the vortex and is about to be drawn in.

It's good that I grabbed his hand, but even my strength couldn't resist the force of the whirlpool.

 

"Usato Mr./Ms........"

"Keira, don't let go of your hand!! Everyone else ......!"

 

No good. It's ...... not even to check your surroundings!

There was another vortex near Senpai and Kazuki, but are they okay?

 

"Hmmm!!"

 

Hit the ground with a gauntlet and force it to be buried.

As it is, I manage to hold Kira with my left arm and try to get away from the vortex.

 

"Alright, at this rate--"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

"Hey, Korra, wait! If something happens to you, I'll be angry with the Demon Lord!"

"——— huh?"

 

The next moment I tried to escape, Mr./Ms. Ciel and Koga, who were drawn to the vortex, crashed into my body.

 

"Ahh

 

I and Kira, who lost their positions as it was, were drawn into the Koga vortex.

The scenery is receding, Amako trying to reach out to me while being sheltered by Bulllin.

When I saw it, I yelled at the man who was sucked into the vortex with me.

 

"Kogaaaaa You!!"

"Hahaha, no, I'm sorry!!"

 

We yelled at Koga, who was laughing drunk, and we were swallowed up by the depths of white light.

The view that goes around in circles, the pure white scenery.

While looking at them, I had no choice but to close my eyes and endure it, holding Kira so as not to deviate.

 

―――Ah, Usato. It's the beginning of a test for you.

―――Gugyaoooooooo

 

Again, such a voice resounds.

And the next voice that sounded——— no, the battle cry was familiar to me.

The most evil and cunning dragon roar.

——— the owner of that voice was nothing short of a "nightmare" for me.

 

●

 

Me and Kira were swallowed by a white vortex, and Koga and a mysterious demon woman, Ciel Mr./Ms..

Dozens of seconds to be blown away by a spinning field of vision.

I was thrown somewhere from another vortex with a momentary feeling of floating, and before I could check my surroundings, I checked the safety of Kira, who had been blown away with me.

 

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Ha, yes, I'm nothing......"

"I see...... But what the hell ...... here?"

 

At this point, we look around at the place where we were finally thrown and exclaim.

After all, the place we are now is not in the ruins, but in some city. The cityscape is so large that it could be mistaken for a person living there not long ago, and there are many buildings that can never be thought of in the Demon Lord's Domain.

 

"Is there such a big building here...... Whew......"

 

Keira was upset like a country girl who had never come to the city before, but I was also upset by the cityscape in front of me in another way.

Anyway, I'm thisscenery・・Because I had seen it before.

 

"Oh my God, it was horrible......!"

"Well, didn't you say there's no danger, Demon Lord......?"

 

For a moment of stunnedness, Koga is about to get up, which was thrown a short distance away.

Koga did it...... It's not like that, is it?

 

"Hey, Usato, where are you?"

"I know, but I don't know."

"Huh? If you're joking......

"It's true, I know this place, but it's impossible for this place to ......!"

 

No good.

I'm confused.

As he presses his forehead and desperately tries to gather his thoughts, a fearful Ciel Mr./Ms. speaks to him from behind Koga.

 

"Oh, I'm sorry...... What are you talking about? I can understand the story better than this person, so please explain it properly......"

"You're becoming less reserved......

 

In terms of position, we are enemies, but at this time, we can't say four or five.

That's how extraordinary things are happening.

 

"This is the Kingdom of Samaria."

「…… Sure, it's a country in the human realm, right? Do you mean teleported?"

"No, no, this is not the modern kingdom of Samaria."

「? What do you mean?"

 

I will never forget the tragedy that occurred here.

The building, the fruit in front of the stalls, the chairs, and the tables are exactly the same.

　

"This is ———."

"This is the Samaritan kingdom of the past."

"'Whew!'"

 

Third-party testimonials.

Koga and I poised ourselves at the sound of his voice.

In the center of the main street where we were standing, there stood a blonde-haired beastman girl.

She is dressed in a kimono, close to a priestess outfit.

The face of the girl, who was not so different in age from us, seemed to be similar to Kanoko Mr./Ms. and Amako.

The girl looked at me from afar and smiled happily and placed her hand on her chest.

 

"Nice to meet you, my name is Kannagi."

 

Kannagi, the name sounds familiar.

　

"You are the person of the stone statue that was enshrined in the Beastman's Hidden Village...... Is it?"

"I'm embarrassed, but yes, you're right."

 

A hidden village where we stopped before going to Hinomoto, the land of beastmen.

There, I saw a stone statue of Kannagi, a beastman who once fought with the heroes against the Demon King's army.

 

"Is it real?"

"Of course, it's him, right? It's just the soul."

「……」

 

Eh, so this person is Yu, Yuyu, a ghost?

No, I don't know yet.

Even if it's a ghost, there should be a punching judgment.

That's what I tell myself, and I regain my composure.

 

"I brought you here because I had something I wanted to entrust you. To do that, I had to take a slightly more troublesome approach."

「……」

"yes, you're naturally wary, and if you want to ask me anything, I can ask you anything, okay?"

 

I don't know if this person is friend or foe.

The trust she gives me is genuine.

But I feel like something is off.

 

「…… Are you the one who got into Amako's dreams?"

"Yes, it's been a long time since I've spoken to people, so I've been wary. It's been hundreds of years."

 

I haven't talked to people in a long time, so I've given Amako a sense of distrust.

If you don't talk to people for hundreds of years, that's not surprising...... No, there was one more thing I heard.

 

"I was also misleading Keira...... Is that you?"

「…… yes, that's right."

"———."

 

He steps forward to protect the trembling Kira.

Because of this person, Kira could be in danger.

Depending on the response, you can't trust this person.

As she secretly clenched her fists, she bowed deeply to me.

 

"When I heard you guys weren't coming here, I had no choice but to do so, and I'm really sorry."

 

I didn't expect to be apologized normally, but she looked up and continued to speak.

 

"But I believed in you."

「…… Did you believe it?"

"You're sure to save Keira's heart, and that's why I was able to do such a stupid thing."

"Such a selfish ......! What would you do if something happened--"

"No, you're not going to abandon Keira, because that's how it used to be."

 

Kannagi points to the gauntlet on my right arm.

The armor of the former hero given to Falga-sama. When she saw it, now a gauntlet, she smiled slightly.

 

"I'm connected to your gauntlet. So I've seen your journey and I know what kind of person you are."

"It's ...... ever."

"I've been watching you ever since you pulled your katana out of that damned evil dragon, I've seen the curse of Samariar, the dragon of Mialak, the deeds of Jinya of Hinomoto, and all of your battles in war."

 

Eh, all the time? While wearing a gauntlet?

- She obediently pulls it, but Kannagi's expression does not change.

I didn't know how much meaning she had in her words.

 

"That's why I want to see it for myself."

「…… What are you doing?"

"I want proof that what I set out to entrust to you was not a mistake."

 

At that moment, Kannagi raises his palm and a black figure appears around him.

They are translucent, looking in one direction and screaming in pain as they flee somewhere.

The figure gradually becomes clearer.

It didn't take long for me to realize that they were ghosts of people from the past.

After all, some of them were the same memories of the dead that I had been shown in Samaria.

 

"I've been waiting for a long time since I woke up, all the time, all the time, alone. You were my only hope. So--"

 

Kannagi's voice was drowned out by the flapping of the wings of a black shadow that fell from the sky.

From the sky, the nightmares of the past descend.

An evil dragon that rots flesh with horrible poison, tears it apart with its sharp claws, and devours everything with its huge mouth.

 

"Oh, what!!"

"The Usato Ken I know is proof that he will not be defeated by this level of adversity...... Show me."

"Gugaaa

 

An evil dragon in its form before it was sealed by the hero.

It was a nightmare for me, a memory of the tragedy that happened in Samaria.

Suddenly, I turned my attention to Kannagi and saw that she was nowhere to be seen.

Instead, in front of us stood a black dragon with its wings spread wide.

 

"Is it the evil dragon that the Demon King ...... mentioned? I'm sure he's been knocked down and shouldn't be in this world anymore......

 

Mr./Ms. Ciel, in front of the screaming evil dragon, couldn't be bolder and hugs Kira, who is equally frightened.

A calamity has descended on the city of Samaria.

Originally, the previous hero should have sealed the evil dragon and saved the people of Samaria.

 

"Come on, Usato! What the hell is this! Isn't that an interesting opponent?!"

"Koga! Lend me a hand!!"

 

However, there are no heroes in the here and now.

There are only me, a healing wizard, Koga, the commander of the Second Corps of the Demon King's army, and Kira and Ciel Mr./Ms., who are frightened by the evil dragon.

The only way to protect Kira is to join forces with Koga and fight the evil dragon ......!

Koga smiled openly at my suggestion.

 

"What? I just wanted to have a three-way game between you and him."

"Oh?"

"Haha, what are you saying in this situation, Mr./Ms. Koga!! Are you stupid!? Cooperate with that person normally!!"

 

Mr./Ms. Ciel turns his gaze to Koga, who has failed to look at him in a rather serious way, but I, on the other hand, remain expressionless.

Without noticing me, Koga gives a cheerful smile to Mr./Ms., who is showing his anger with gusto.

 

「……」

"Haha, I'm kidding."

 

- While being irritated by Koga, who responds playfully even in such a situation, he puts in the barrage of fists that he was about to put out.

I tried to knock him unconscious before he confronted me, but he seems to be cooperating with me.

 

"Well, if you beat this guy, it's going to be a battle between you and me, don't forget, okay?"

 

- I'm even more annoyed by Koga, who points his finger while putting on a parenthesis.

That's it, you don't have to hold back with this guy.

I smile and offer Koga to help, as if to rearrange the previous exchange.

 

"I don't like it, but just cooperate now, Koga! You and I will defeat him!"

"Well, I don't care, but why are you grabbing my leg? Hey?"

 

Without hesitation, I grabbed Koga's legs.

If you're going to fight Koga after defeating the Evil Dragon, then you're going to have to fight Koga with the Evil Dragon.

 

"There's a big weapon, so you can transform your armor and turn it into a weapon!"

"Whew!?"

 

As it was, I pulled Koga's leg as much as I could, and like a nunchuck, I held his leg by his side and carried his torso.

 

"It's all about teamwork!"

"Oh, oh, you! What you're saying is a mess, and that's not cooperation!!"

"Let's go!" Get pumped!!"

"Oh, hey, no, no, no, wow, that's bad, wow!?"

 

Boom!! With Koga pretending once, he heads towards the evil dragon that has landed on the ground.

The second battle with the evil dragon.

What's more, this time, the body of the evil dragon should be in a state close to its prime.

It's not an opponent that you can let your guard down! Go all out!!

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The outrageous idea that if you become an enemy later, you can use it as a weapon.

Isn't this guy still the devil......?

 

And it seems that Kannagi does not want to be hated only by Usato.

So I apologized only to Usato.