Chapter 1.5

Chapter 1: Trying Out Talking with Demonic Beings Part5

Part 5

There were shadows of people looking into the sandbank.

It was five men.

They were Pantherians and Dwarves, all of them were wearing dirty clothes, and they were armed with swords and axes.

Adventurers that came gathering medicinal plantswas something that they didnt seem to be.

Their eyes faltered.

Rems facial expression cramped up.

KuhThey seem to be bandits. At a time like this.

No way!?

Shera covered up her own body with both hands.

The girls still werent wearing their clothes.

Diablo clicked his tongue.

Come to think of it, its because the public order was deteriorating that the quests reward had a steep price rise.

So these guys were the cause.

Bandits had also appeared in the game, but they were treated the same as monsters and not as NPCs.

Naturally, in this world, they didnt have a distinct difference from the people of the Races in town.

The leading Pantherian made a vulgar laughter.

Uhyahya! Look at that! Were really lucky! Some real fine goods! Look at em, those tits! This is amazin!

Rem and Shera were at the end of his sight.

The two of them covered themselves up with both arms, and cramped up their facial expressions.

KuhTo be seen by a bunch like them.

Ue, no.

The bandits came onto the sandbank. They stepped on the gravel.

What do we do? Should we wait fer the boss?

No no, we need ta catch em properly. Well get yelled at by the boss if they get away. So ya see, kill the guy! Well take the women!

One of the bandits pointed at Shera.

Hn? Oi, I, Ive seen this girl before! Im sure shes the Elven Princess! She had become a rumor in town! Uhyahya! Are ya serious, thats incredible! Ive always wanted ta stick it in ta royalty at least once!Even the Pantherian, shes a black panther! Shell sell fer a whole lot!

And then, the other one is

The Dwarf that shifted his sight over to Edelgart made a doubtful looking face.

Shes a really fine gembutA Demon? Thats not right? Her eyes look like a lizardsAnd its like scalesare on the surface of her skin? Eh? Whatis she?

Another bandit also noticed.

He stepped back.

Uoh!? O, oi oi oi oi! C, could it beshes a Demonic Being!?

Its a Demonic Being! A Demonic Being has comeee!

The bandits started to run away.

The other party knew about Shera. And then, they noticed the Demonic Being. If they were to escape just like this, it would propagate into Diablos group meeting with a Demonic Being.

Diablo prepared his staff.

Those guys were the same as monsters. He understood that in his head, but he hesitated.

The bandits were about to leave the sandbank.

They stepped on the undergrowth

At this rate, they would get away.

Diablo tightly gripped his staff.

Gukuh

There was the sound of water splashing.

Edelgart pulled out the lance that was thrust into the riverbed. A black light dwelled in that horse riding lance.

Darkness Slash!

Simultaneous with her shout, she swung the lance horizontally.

A jet black flash was fired off from the tip of the lance.

That became a large black blade, and flew out.

Diablo opened his eyes wide open.

That move, isnt that way too strong!?

It was a Mar

tial Art that could be used by either a sword or a spear. It places SP onto the weapon, converts it into a blade and fires it.

It was able to make an attack to the far off distance.

Originally, it was a move with low powerbut considering the Demonic Being Edelgarts base parameters, just how much damage would that attack give to people of the Races.

The gigantic blade of the Darkness Slash cut up the escaping bandits.

Gah!?

Five groans overlapped each other.

Their torsos, were split right in half.

It became something like a badly done horror movie.

Rem scowled, and Shera let out a small shriek.

Diablo bit down on his back teeth.

She killed them, so easily.

Shera shouted at Edelgart.

Th, there was no reason to kill them, was there!?

Would be, troubling to be seen by Races. That, why, killed them. You guys too, being seen, meeting with Demonic Being is, bad, shouldnt it?

Th, that might be trueBut!

Rem controlled Shera.

Even in the Races laws, at the time of being attacked by bandits, it doesnt become a crime even if you kill them. They are the same as monsters. They, also know that they are treated like that. Even if we let them live, they would only kill, steal, or torment some weak person somewhere else.

Her voice was trembling, but as expected of a skilled Adventurer.

I know that bandits are bad but

Shera dropped her shoulders.

Diablo feigned tranquility, but he was in unrest on the inside.

So theyre the same as monsters, huh.

In this world, it was probably like that. No, even in the world that Diablo was in, people that would kill other people and steal their money and goods would have a very high probability of getting the death penalty, and even if someone were to kill them at the time of being attacked, it would be recognized as legitimate self-defense.

Whether the opponent be a monster or a bandit, killing the enemy for the sake of protecting oneself was something that is only natural as a living being.

For him who had hesitated, it might have been due to him being a peace idiot that practiced a peaceful lifestyle of a peaceful country. He breathed a sigh.

Doing something so unnecessary.

Edelgart shrugged her shoulders.

Cant, calm down here? That, whyThree days lateron night of full moon, will wait at Starfall Tower. Ritual, happen there.

Diablo nodded.

Certainly, it would be troubling if an obstruction were to come in during the ritual.

Also, when fighting an enemy with high fire power, a place with cover was desirable. An open place like this is something he wanted to avoid if possible.

Edelgart walked towards the middle of the river. It would seem that she wasnt poor at being underwater either.

When the Demonic Beings figure disappeared, Rem and Shera let out their tensed up breaths.

They started to hurriedly put their clothes on.

Diablo sent his gaze towards the corpses of the bandits that were laying on the grass-covered plainIt was this kind of world. Youll be killed if you dont kill, is what he told himself.