Ch.348Authorized NPC (4)

-THUD!! BOOM!!!

“Gor!!!”

“Ah, Master.”

-CRASH!!!

“I-Ira…!!!”

“Big brother~!”

-WHOOSH!

“…Huh?”

“On your way here, you ran into a raid b…”

[It seems you crossed paths with a raid boss on your way here. We’ve been handling it.]

-BOOM!!!

Gor, who used the status window to speak for the first time in a while to avoid mentioning the raid boss to Ira, continues stomping.

On the main road leading to the church, Gor is repeatedly stomping the ground at his maximum size, while Ira was watching nearby before spotting me and immediately running over to embrace me. Wait, handling the boss? So right now…

[The idiot came underground, so I’m using the tunnel itself as cover and stomping it to death. Its HP is properly decreasing, so I’ll stomp it to death at this rate.]

[-Occupation: Raid Boss- Level: 730 Name: Cardinal Torrence Martini.]

[HP: 30,139]

-CRASH!!!

[HP: 27,631]

As expected, the boss seems to be beneath the ground where Gor is stomping. I explained everything to Gor at the clock tower, but killing it by stomping like this? It’s absurd how the boss’s HP drops by nearly 3,000 each time Gor moves his leg. And then.

“Damn, that’s incredibly fast.”

“W-why, why can’t I use teleport?! Huff, huff. And I’m clearly faster than Jack…”

The Chancellor and Ragni arrive shortly after me, sweating profusely and collapsing on the ground. So, is everyone here now? What about Rey…

“Ah, Jack! Welcome!”

“Rey, you’re safe!”

“Of course! That’s what I’ve been trai… practicing for!!”

-BOOM!!!

[HP: 21,392]

Rey approaches carrying an unknown priest, greeting us with a bright smile. She tells us how she and Ira defeated the church’s enemies and saved people. Phew, that’s a relief. I was really shocked when that boss targeted this place.

“Hehe. This priest, who thinks Ira is an angel, noticed the enemy’s approach and helped us. His name is…”

“M-Militz Prime… *cough*.”

What, he thinks Ira is an angel? That’s truly the correct way of thinking!

Seeing that this man with such admirable thoughts has terrible HP, I immediately take out a potion from my waist and hand it to him. He stares at me blankly before expressing his gratitude and drinking the potion to recover. Well, now…

-BOOM!!!

“But what is that golem constantly stomping on? Don’t tell me.”

“Must be an enemy. Is that priest from earlier getting stomped by Gor?”

“Yes. Soon.”

-BOOM!!!

“He will die.”

-CRASH!!!

[-Occupation: Raid Boss- Level: 730 Name: Cardinal Torrence Martini.]

[HP: 7,318]

The guy will really die after about three more stomps. Haha, who would have thought the ep.7 boss would die by being stomped by Gor? This is really mind-blow…

“No!! Don’t kill him!! He’s a research subject!!!”

-BOOM!!!

[HP: 968]

“Hmm? Master. What should I do? One more stomp and he dies.”

“Hmm…”

I understand what the Chancellor is saying. Capturing him to study how he handles both demonic power and holy law, and magically interpreting demonic authority for human advancement and academy student education would certainly be meaningful. However.

“Gor, what do you think?”

[As you can see, his HP has decreased, but he’s neither critically injured nor fatally wounded. If he revives, he might become troublesome, so I think it’s better to kill him now.]

I thought the same, and Gor agrees. When I vaguely convey this opinion to the Chancellor.

“Fine. Move aside, I’ll capture him myse…”

“Ch-Chancellor.”

“Slave. What are you doing? When did I tell you to come out? Do you want to be punished?”

“Eek!! N-no! B-but…!!!”

Blocking the Chancellor’s path as he tries to push past me and tells Gor to move aside is the superior demon Lili. The Chancellor frowns at her appearance, but she continues speaking despite trembling.

“Th-that person. The magical energy he controls is on par with the Seven Deadly Sins. If you try to capture him like you did with me…”

“Then what? How many times have I told you to speak properly…!”

“If you try to capture him like me, it won’t work!! The power of Sloth will make all your magic ‘slothful’ and erase everything!!”

Truly trembling in fear of the Chancellor, the demon points at the magic circle engraved on her lower abdomen, explaining that while this magic works on her, it would be erased within a day if cast on him. Then she disappears with a poof. Heh, he’s really trained his slave well. But why is that drawn on her lower abdomen? Hmm? Isn’t that a bit much?

“Damn it. If the slave contract magic won’t work, then a collar of subjugation…”

“Would that work? I know because I’m wearing one, but even this allows some resistance from those with strong magical power.”

Ragni stops the Chancellor as he tries to find another solution. She taps the collar around her neck with her finger and shakes her head, making the Chancellor’s face contort even more.

Hmm. The boss’s HP is at 900, so we can still listen to this conversation, but if there’s any sign of recovery, I think it’s right to just kill it. Wouldn’t it be better for the Chancellor to give up?

“…Damn it. Slave!”

“Yes!!”

“A method. You opened your mouth because you know there’s another way, since you said mine won’t work, right?”

“W-well…”

As the trembling superior demon appears again, her pupils shaking and fingers twisting, the Chancellor begins tapping the ground with his staff impatiently. Wow, even I would be scared of that.

After a moment of silence from the pink superior demon, the Chancellor clicks his tongue again and starts moving, determined to somehow capture the creature using both the slave contract magic and the collar. Wait, you have a collar of subjugation?

“Of course I do. I’ve been in the Empire for nearly three months; wouldn’t I have obtained one by now?”

“Haha, those are only allowed to be carried by gold-rank adventurers or higher who report to the Empire’s Adventurer Guild. Surely you didn’t obtain it illegally?”

“What makes me inferior to a gold-rank adventurer that would make it illegal? Besides, the position of Chancellor of Neity is higher than the Adventurer Guild.”

“So, you did obtain it illegally?”

“Master! Laws must be obeyed!!”

“Ugh…”

The Chancellor backs down at the combo of Ragni and Ira. Right, let’s give up? Capturing and researching something like that could cause an accident and turn into a biohazard, you know? As everyone watches, hoping the Chancellor will give up, Gor speaks again.

[Master. It’s recovering.]

[HP: 1,362]

“Chancellor. Let’s stop. It’s starting to recover.”

“Damn it. Is there really no way…”

“…Chancellor. There is, really just one way…”

The pink demon finally speaks to the Chancellor, who seems extremely reluctant to give up. Wait, what’s the method that you’ve been keeping quiet about until now?

“What is it! Speak quick…!!”

“If we have another of the Seven Deadly Sins absorb as much of that magical energy as possible, then make a magical contract like mine, it should work…”

The superior demon explains that she’s the weakest among superior demons, and even if she absorbed that magical energy as quickly as possible, it would take at least three days. She then lowers her wings and watches cautiously.

Of course she’s cautious. Another of the Seven Deadly Sins—everyone who fought Greed here would shudder at the mention of demons. Our group even encountered the Sin of Wrath. Ragni fought a saint who devoured the Sin of Envy. It’s natural that our group would foam at the mouth in opposition to summoning another Sin.

So, three days? Wait for this demon to absorb that magical energy while preventing it from recovering for three days? Forget it. The people of the Empire that Ira and Rey saved would all die. The barrier maintained by ancient artifacts hasn’t even disappeared yet. We’re really wasting time here…

[…Seven Deadly Sins. Master, you have one, don’t you? The one you caught.]

“……”

Call that one? Now? Here? At this timing? Why? Ragni is already threatening to eat me once the Empire business is over, and you want me to call that one here? I’ll really die. That’s out of the question…

“Jack. Didn’t you say you knew one of the Seven Deadly Sins?”

“What?!!”

“Oh no.”

Not only did Gor notice, but Ragni also remembered and spoke up, causing the Chancellor to look at me like he wants to kill me. Ah, why are you doing this? I don’t know! Really!!

“…Call it immediately. If it’s a Sin you know, it must be under your command?”

“Humans are scary. Humans are scary. Humans are scary. Humans are scary. Humans are scary. Killing Sins and having Sins under his command…!! *hiccup! hiccup!*”

What are you saying!! This is confusing!! Hey, don’t point that staff at me!! Are you looking for a fight?! You want to fight me?!!

-Squeeze.

“Big brother. Can’t you do what Master wants?”

“Urk?!!”

As the Chancellor throws a tantrum almost like a child, now even Ira takes his side. No, this can’t be! If Ira looks at me with those virtuous eyes and gently embraces her big brother…!!

“…Big brother? Please?”

“Aaaagh!! Luxuria!!!”

“Yes~!♡ I’m here because you called me, husband! You finally called! It was so boring over there I thought I was going to die… Huh?”

Unable to resist Ira’s pressure, I call Luxuria, the Sin I contracted with, who immediately pops out of thin air, stretches her wings wide, and speaks in a coquettish voice before blankly staring at me after looking around. Haha, it’s been a while? Have you been well?

“Um, husband. You didn’t call me because this is the middle of a battlefield, right? You don’t need my mother instead of me, right? Hmm?”

“Well, that’s not it…”

“…Hmm. She’s pretty? I thought you said demon, but you just caught a pretty woman?”

“Heh. Jack. So blue skin, black hair, horns, and pitch-black eyes are your type too~? And she even calls you husband~? Hmm? Our Jack? Let’s have a little chat, shall we?”

-SHIVER!!

Despite Ragni and Rey’s voices being quite low, they somehow pierce my eardrums with true terror. Even Luxuria flinches at their voices without knowing why, confirming this is truly a frightening situation.

Um… so.

“It’s not a battlefield, but your arrival might start a war.”

I really won’t add any more women! I’m sorry!!!