Part 15

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After Diablo finished his tasks in detail, he left the inn.

The reason he went outside was because his body was feeling hot and he wanted to bathe in the night winds. The poster girl warned him that it was dangerous at night but

Honestly, he had a mood that felt like who in this town could possibly injure him?.

The town at night

He didnt have a place of destination.

He decided to go to the West Gate and then go back.

In the sky, the moon and stars were sparkling. A staggering amount of stars were twinkling. And the moon was huge. Maybe because of that, even with just the moonlight, it was bright.

All of the shops were closed. No, only the bars were cheerful, and the clamorous talking voices and laughter could be heard.

There wasnt much pedestrian traffic.

The houses made of stone and ground were different from how they were in the daytime and looked cold.

From in front of him, there was a group wearing robes that he had seen before walking.

There were fifteen people in all.

Diablo was able to accurately grasp the number and location of the numerous people in the other party with just a glance. This wasnt a skill that was implemented in the game, but was more of a player skill that he had trained.

Their robes were the same ones that Celes guards from earlier were wearing. In other words, they were probably magicians of the Magicians Society.

To be walking in a group at this hour, I wonder what happened?

Although he was bothered by it, he didnt have a reason to avoid them.

Diablo slowly walked and passed by that group.

Oi, you Demon over there.

A provocative voice called him to a halt. It included a sound of sneering.

Mu?

Come to think of it, going by the settings, demi-humans are discriminated against by humans, werent they. Demons should have been especially scorned.

Since there was absolutely no such conduct among the players, he didnt mind it.

Since he didnt want to get involved with them, he tried to ignore them and walk past, but he was approached by the other party.

Oi!? A lowly Demon feels like ignoring me!? Even though someone like you is just a parasite that is kept alive by Celes-samas kindliness!

A parasite!?

The barrier that protects the town was due to Celes magical power, but there was no reason for him to say such awful things, was there!?

Diablo recognized the man that came with such abuse.

If he wasnt mistaken, it was the wire man that was behind Celes and said nothing but complaints. He couldnt remember his name.

Diablo decided to reply.

What is it, little one?

Guh!? You really are a rude one, arent you! My name is Galark! Even though youre a lowly Demon, for you to call me, one who serves as a guard for the head of the Magicians Society, little one, thats just impudent! Right, everyone!?

Voices of heckling going Thats right, thats right! were raised.

They subtly reeked of liquor.

Uheh. Even though he was bothersome at the best of times, now hes drunk.

He became dejected.

What do you want? I only remember being called to a halt by the little one.

H, hmph! Now is the only time youll be able to say such things. Thats right, I didnt like you the moment I laid eyes on you! Your attitude towards Celes-sama! Your attitude towards Rem-sama! Just about everything was impudent!

It looks like the reason he picked a fight with me wasnt just because of demi-human discrimination.

Rem was also a Pantherian and a demi-human, but the called her with a -sama attached.

Also, this is a minor detail but, he should have been calling Celes by her surname as Lord Bordorel in front of her. He also called Rem as Rem Galeu-sama.

Hes a guy thats two-faced, isnt he.

In any case, with something about Diablo seeming to have annoyed him, he was letting out that stress with the benefits of being a group and the influence of alcohol.

For this kind of person, its best to not engage him.

If youre going to make a racket, do it some place Im not at. I dont possess ears to squander over a little ones bullshit.

YouYouI wont forgive you for that! Kufu!

The wire man smiled.

It was an unpleasant feeling smile.

Having a bad premonition, Diablo focused on his opponent.

Wont forgive me, you say?

Yeah, thats right! You should regret speaking that way to meNo, to us.

So hes relying on the advantage of numbers.

Once again, he counted the number of opponents.

It was still fifteen people.

Each and every one of them were competent enough, but to fight them all together, it was a bit of a bothersome number.

However, since Rem and Shera had expectations and were hoping he were a Demon King, he couldnt possibly withdraw here.

Well now, arent you people the ones going to be regretting things, and not me?

FufunAfter this, youll be begging for your life! Take a good look!

Galark took out something from within his robe.

It was a crystal the size of a baseball.

Diablo recognized that crystal.

A summoned beast, huh.

Thats right! Having a status that is close to the Magicians Societys head, I am excellent as a summoner! I possess a summoned beast that crush the likes of you with a single twist! Now then, if you dont want to meet with a painful endkneel down! Why dont I have you apologize for the numerous impudent occurrences you have committed!

*Waa waa* (cheers), the followers were getting excited.

Diablo tilted his head.

Numerous impudent occurrences? What are you speaking of?

He wasnt self-aware of it, but he wondered he did something. He probably did.

Because he was bad at communicating, this kind of trouble happened a lot, and was troubling. Even though he didnt have any hostility or ill will, before he knew it, his enemies increased.

I knew it, something like human relationships is too much of an impossible game.

For Diablo who had come to this other world and continued in this Demon King role play, he thought that he was somehow able to interact with others but

For them to be aggressive towards him without telling him the reason like this, his craving to be a shut-in was welling up.

No, this man might just be special. Lets not abandon any hopes.

Galarks face turned red and he shouted.

He seemed to have gotten considerably mad.

You damned Demon! Ill pluck your limbs and roll you around on the ground! If I do that, Im sure that Rem-sama will surely recognize who should be on the side of being served and who should really be the one being useful!

Youll pluck my limbs, you say?

Fuhahahahaha! Come, Salamander!!

Galark threw the crystal to the ground.

Breaking into small pieces, what appeared wasa lizard wrapped in flickering flames.

It was big.

Even though it didnt reach size of an elephant that is seen at the zoo, it was big enough that Diablo had to look up at it.

Clad in scales that were in the shape of flames, it raised its head, and flicked its tongue out. Its inhuman eyes that were peculiar to reptiles made those who looked at them feel fear.

Normally, one would probably stiffen up like a frog being glared at by a snake.

Its appearance is still pretty strong looking though.

In the game, it was around the fourth possible fire attribute summoned beast that one could summon.

For its parameters, its approximately the same as that of a level 20 warrior.

Since the Summoner wont get any damage if it is killed by a monster, that could probably be called an advantage but

Its special ability was a fire attribute range attack called Heat Breath. It gave the bad status of Burn.

However, Diablo had a mantle called The Curtain of Dark Clouds equipped. On this, there was a Bad Status Prevention attached.

In other words, as an opponent, it wasnt a scary enemy. More importantly

For there to be a summoned beast within the town.

That was something possible, but for Diablo, it was surprising.

In the games case, attack type magic wasnt usable within the town. Attack magic and summoned beasts could only be used outside of town. In the Warriors case, they couldnt swing their swords.

If you think about it, thats natural.

The only thing that separated the town and the outside was the barrier and that had no other function other than defending against demonic beings and demonic beasts.

The guards that would come running if one broke the rules only happened in the game. Because it was late at night right now, the figures of the guards werent around.

Galark seemed to have misunderstood Diablos surprise.

He took pride in his summoned beast and gloated.

How is it! Its the level 30 summoned beast, Salamander! Long breath that could melt iron! Scales that wont let blades through! Destructive power hidden in its huge build! Forget trained warriors, its the strongest summoned beast that could even burn knights dressed in armor to death!

Galark did a forced laugh.

Diablo was at a loss for words.

So this worlds levels were that low, huh.

The area of the Frontier Town Faltra in the game was an area with a suitable level was 60.

To think that the adventurers of that town were only people at a level that they could easily handled by a Salamander that was only level 30.

He couldnt understand the reasoning for this.

If it were like this, he should have fought with the monsters outside. Would level 60 enemies really appear in this area?

Maybe because he interpreted Diablos pondering as dismay, Galark became elated and made a command.

Now, apologise! If you do it now, Ill let you off with just a small burn!

What is this guy saying?

He picked a fight using a group on the street at night, set off a summoned beast that could burn knights dressed in armor to death, and repeatedly said Apologise without saying the reason.

This wasnt speech and conduct that one could just let off as him being drunk. It was way too aggravating.

Enough of this, little one. Do not make me angry.

KuhYou bastard! Youre not thinking that this is just a threat, are you!?

The surrounding company gave warnings to Galarks threatening attitude.

O, oi, isnt battling within town dangerous?Lets stop it with just this.Itll be terrible if we get found, you know?

However, Galark didnt stop.

He smirked.

Battle? What are you talking about. What were doing is punishment! He committed an impoliteness to our Celes-sama and unreasonably enslaved Rem-sama! In regards to this vulgar Demon, its punishment!

Reacting to Galarks spirit, the Salamander cried.

Shaaaaaa!!

It had a snake-like voice, but it had a loud volume.

At the same time, it spit out Heat Breath from its mouth.

It attacked!?

Diablos field of vision was completely submerged in red from the flames.

He was bathed in it squarely from the front.

Galark raised a voice of madness and delight.

Fuhahahaha! How is it, did you learn your lesson, you damned Demon! Burn! Burn up!

His comrades of the Magicians Society made pale faces.

However, since they only looked and didnt stop it, they were of the same offenseis what could be thought, but what do you think?

The flames that enveloped Diablo vanished.

There wasnt a single injury.

The stone paving that was at his feet had melted and was liquified.

Despite it being a temperature to that degree, not even his clothes had been burned.

Thought, since they werent normal clothes, thats natural.

I guess thats about it.

Diablo breathed a sigh.

I knew it, the level difference is huge.

There was the old game-type saying of Raise your level and smack the laws of nature.

Even for the MMORPG Cross Reverie, the thing called level difference was something tremendous. Comparing level 150 and level 30, the difference was like comparing a tank and a child.

From Diablos perspective, there not being damage was something natural.

No, it wasnt natural. Since this was the first time he had squarely received an attack, he ascertained that his magic defense strength was as high as it was in the game, and it could be said that there was sufficient meaning in receiving it.

Still, it did an attack that could kill if it were a normal person receiving it.

If Diablo didnt possess the strength of a Demon King, he would have died.

This man made an attack that could kill just because he was someone that he didnt like. He needs a bit of punishment.

Galark was shocked.

Wh, whats the meaning of this? Why are you alive?

For him, it appeared that the Salamander was the strongest summoned beast that he could believe in from the bottom of his heart. It seems that it was a miracle that Diablo didnt die from that attack.

To call a level 30 summoned beast the strongest, if it were in the game, it would have been thought of as some kind of gag or joke.

In other words, the level of the surroundings were low enough to cause such a sad misunderstanding. Though, Diablo wouldnt pity them.

Galark shouted with a nervous voice.

One more shot!

Again, Heat Breath was fired.

Since Diablos magic defense strength undoubtedly exceeded it, it was clearly understood that he wasnt receiving damage.

In games, there are times when no matter how big the level difference is, there is a fairly good chance that the smallest amount of damage will get in. But only in Cross Reverie was there a shutout effect displayed.

Galark shouted at the guys around him.

O, oi, you guys too! Take out your summoned beasts!

The surrounding people that didnt feel as much hate or justification for Diablo as he did were indecisive.

Uuu!? B, but, if we do that in the town, wont we get punished?

Just do it! Ill take responsibility for it! Quickly, quickly! Hurry it up!

Hes half-crazed.

Being effected by that enthusiasm, Galarks comrades also threw their crystals to the ground. The sound of many crystals breaking resounded.

What appeared was sprites of several attributes.

Sprite of FireSprite of WaterSprite of EarthSprite of Wind

The sprites were summoned beasts that had the silhouette of a bird. Not having eyes or mouths, red if they were fire, blue if they were water, yellow if they were earth, green if they were wind. They were flat existences that looked like they were cut out in the shape of crows from paper of those colors.

Nevertheless, each and everyone of them had the size of a Stellers sea eagle.

It had a size that, if it werent for the fact that it was a magic-like being that could give damage just by touching it, it looked like a person could ride on its back.

Its main attack was doing a body blow after some high speed aviation, but it could also tear off the magic power that summoned beast are constituted of and fire it.

Fourteen of those appeared.

The Salamander was also in good health.

Galark regained his smile.

Fu fu fuI dont know the reason why, but it would seem youre strong against the Salamanders long breath. However, what can you do being surrounded by this many summoned beasts? Well, I guess the last time we had to spread out an encircling net like this was when a demonic beast from the Man-Eating Forest had appeared. Its pretty much used in cases where situations that could already be considered great disasters occur. You should regret having opposed the Magicians Society!

He was shocked.

It seems that before he knew it, Diablo had made an opponent of the Magicians Society, not Galark. Since it looked like Galark would eventually start saying something like I am the Magicians Society, it was scary in a different meaning.

And then, judging by Galarks speech and conduct, he seemed to consider these summoned beasts as a fairly good bit of war potential.

Diablo wasnt fully satisfied. Something like the Sprite of ~ was a summoned beast that was possible to summon at the beginning.

Since the demonic beasts that appear from the Man-Eating Forest should approximately be level 60, when going against them, the sprites couldnt even become a shield.

Its a mystery.

Why is this worlds level so low when compared to the game?

There was a need to investigate this afterwards.

In any case, right now, these guys were the problem.

Galarks group had set off summoned beast just due to a personal grudge.

He had thought that the Magicians Society was a bit more rational and neutral organization butit seems that it wasnt something that easy-going.

It was hard to believe that there was someone so self-centered in it.

You people, are you being serious?

The surrounding people were silent, but they didnt look like they were going to pull back.

Galark laughed.

Fu, fu, fufufuAre you feeling timid? However! This situation, all of it is something that you invited, you know!? If you had known your place from the beginning, this could have ended without you dying!

It was unfortunate, but he seemed to be serious.

If the opponent was coming to kill even after wiping the sparks that fell onto him, he wouldnt show mercy.

If there was intent to kill, both Humans and monsters were equally dangerous beings, and he couldnt do something as negligent as going easy on them.

Dont expect any mercy from me, got it?

Die, Demon! Now, do it, summoned beasts!

In accordance with Galarks command, the summoned beasts moved.

The Salamanders Heat Breath and the attribute sprites long distance attacks drew near.

A stream of light of four colors.

However, Diablo didnt feel the need to avoid it.

No matter what attack it was, it was certain that it was lower than his magic defense strength. Besides, when multiple attribute attacks were simultaneously commenced, there were conflicts that would occur. For example, there were cases where a water attack would negate a fire attack.

Do these guys not do multiple attack practice?

He could kick them about with magic but

It was a good opportunity. He decided to test out a couple of things.

First, he wanted to know this physical attack strength.

Being a Demon Magician, Diablo had low physical attack strength. However, since there were monsters that magic wouldnt work against, there were also times when he required direct attacks.

Just how far will the current me be able to go?

Diablo approached the Salamander.

The summoned beasts were still attacking, but it only had the effect of irritating his eyes.

He stood in front of the Salamander.

It was big enough that he had to look up.

He couldnt help but pray.

Please, dont let it end in one hit.

He wanted it to at least be durable enough for him to test out his physical attack strength.

Diablo swung The Staff of Tenma horizontally. It struck the nape of the the Salamanders neck.

For the resistance, it was as if he were brushing away fog.

And then, as if it were sliced with a sharp blade, the head of the huge summoned beast easily separated from the body.

While a red phosphorescence fluttered about, the Salamander was terminated.

Defeated summoned beasts would change into dark, muddied crystals and become unusable for a while. That was what tumbled on the ground.

Diablo breathed a sigh.

It was way too weak.

He wanted it to at least endure a single attack of a magic specialized Demon. Was it wrong of him to expect anything from something like a level 30 fire lizard?

Galark opened his eyes wide.

Wha? Ah, n, no! Dont falter! J, just one of them has been done in! Wh, what are you doing, everyone! This is our chance! We, we need to defeat this guy! Kill him!

If you were going to run away, I wasnt intending on chasing you butI have no choice. I guess I should test out the attack magics attribute compensation next.

The games way was that when the receiving sides attribute is the same or advantageous against the attacking sides attribute, the attacks power is attenuated.

Fire is strong against wind, wind is strong against earth, earth is strong against water, water is strong against fire.

In other words, in the case where a water attribute summoned beast is attacked with a fire chemical elemental magic, the power should fall considerably. He would check that.

Diablo turned his staff towards a Sprite of Water.

Burst open, Explosion!

The explosion caused by magic landed on the Sprite of Water.

In conclusionthe opponent was too weak to confirm the attribute compensation.

The Explosion that Diablo fired enveloped not only the Sprite of Water that he targeted, but also the other surrounding summoned beasts.

In addition, the explosions after-effect gouged out the ground, smashed the stone paving and scattered it all about the area.

Not only did it damage the outer walls of the buildings facing the street, it also hit Galark and the other robe figures of the group.

There were fortunately no casualties but

The summoned beasts were annihilated.

I messed up. I should have tested it with a bit more weaker magic.

Galarks knees gave way and he sank down.

AannihilatedIn one attack, annihilated?

It wasnt just him. The robe figured guys were in a state worthy of being called tragic. Those that burst into tears, those that emitted a strange voice, those that gave outbursts of anger to Galark, those that were dumbfounded

It would seem that despite being the lowest grade summoned beasts, to them, they were a powerful strength to be proud of.

It was a level that you could pass if you had about a week in the game though.

He at least understood that it couldnt be tested.

If he kicked them about this much, they would probably never pick a fight with him again. He thought positively about how one troublesome thing was solved.

When Diablo tried to leave, surprisingly, Galark sent out his voice.

Y, youjust what are you!? ImpossibleSomething like this isimpossible

What was he?

He was summoned but he wasnt a summoned beast nor was he a member of the races of this other world.

He had plans of becoming an adventurer, but, right now, he was wasnt.

Diablo glared at them.

The wounded all over and stupefied underlings of the Magicians Society. Fear travelled through the group of robed figures.

The smile of a devil was turned towards them.

My name is Diablo. I am a Demon King that came from another world.