After first fatally wounding Delune.

“Zeon. Did you understand me well?”

-yes. Can we just throw marbles at that ugly statue like before?

“Exactly.”

I entrusted Xeon with a special mission.

The most problematic thing at this site right now is the energy emitted by the statue.

However, the surrounding barriers seemed difficult to destroy with normal attacks.

If he was explicitly aiming for the barrier, Delune would surely respond, so he had to use his hand secretly.

And I had a very good card.

The marble that Toby gave me when Xeon and I came here is exactly that.

‘I didn’t expect that the beads I kept after canceling the barrier at the entrance would be used again like this.’

In any case, Xeon successfully completed its mission.

All that was left was to deal with Delune.

-Looking at this up close, it looks even uglier.

Xeon hit the statue’s head and frowned.

“Where do you dare to lay your hands on!”

Delune flings at the statue.

But I wasn’t the one to watch it.

“Your opponent is me.”

Kwaaang.

I blew off the Delune towards Xeon and fell off the wall.

I came to the wall on purpose to lure him in, so I didn’t have to be cornered anymore.

On the contrary, he pushed Xeon into a corner and continued to attack.

“This is the difference between you and me.”

Kwaaang!

A fist that hits Delune’s head.

squeak-

A sword that cuts through arms and legs.

Finally.

Whoops!

Even the heart-piercing Diablic Requiem.

Continued attacks forced Delune to break through the wall and sink deep.

“Kuaaa!”

A red aura exploded around Delune with a harsh shout.

The formidable energy pushed me away and pulled Delune out of the wall.

“It seems that the situation is different from before.”

“Innoooum!”

Delune bursts into anger.

But it didn’t come off easily.

That would be too.

‘Wound recovery is definitely slower than before.’

The amount of damage had not changed from before, but the recovery time was noticeably slower.

Although the statue was not destroyed yet, I wondered if the power would be weakened just by dissolving the barrier and the magic circle.

“If I can only use magic properly, I won’t be able to compete with you.”

“Maybe.”

Delune didn’t seem accustomed to melee combat.

Even if you are a black magician, you are basically a magician.

Of course, it was right that the current hand-to-hand combat was against him.

But what is it?

This isn’t a match or sparring, and it’s ridiculous to talk about fair party.

In the first place, the use of the statue to create a favorable situation for himself was far from the political party.

“I won’t let you go!”

The moment Delun, who has recovered from his wounds, is about to attack again.

“Shut up your stinky mouth.”

Shuka Kaka.

A white beam of light pierced Delune.

“Aagh!”

Delune falls out with a scream.

An existence that approaches Delune’s future.

It was Harold.

“Thanks to Kyler, we were able to escape the crisis. I owe you a lot.”

Harold bowed his head to express his gratitude.

And Toby, who approached with his wings spread, also expressed his gratitude.

“If it wasn’t for you, I would have been in real trouble. I will never forget this grace of mine.”

As Zeon dismantled the barrier, the pressure on them was also reduced, so they were able to break the barrier that suppressed the two and come out.

“no. It was the right thing to do.”

“You are humble. Let’s deal with him first and then let’s talk again.”

“All right.”

It was Delune who struggled against me alone.

As long as Toby and Harold joined, there was no chance of winning for him.

“Now then… .”

“Sah, save me… !”

“?”

Delune suddenly kneels and declares surrender.

“I’ll tell you everything you want to know… ! No, I’ll tell you everything I know. So, please save my life.”

this bastard… what?

* * *

The first thought I had when I saw Delune suddenly give up resistance.

is it a trap?

I wondered if he was trying to distract himself and play tricks behind him.

However, thinking about it again, surrender was the answer from Delune’s point of view.

He managed to withstand my attack somehow, but at the point when the stone statue’s barrier was broken, Delun was at a disadvantage as time passed.

With Harold and Toby joining in that situation, it was a situation they could never win.

In the end, you can see that you made the best choice you could.

“Shall we listen to the story first?”

At my words, Toby and Harold nodded.

“I have a lot of questions, so let’s do that. But before that.”

Toby moved towards the statue in the distance.

“Hmm. As expected, the statue of Astaroth is correct.”

Toby drew several magic circles and completely blocked the area around the statue.

Even though the influence has weakened, it was an appropriate measure since the threatening object was hit.

“I think you can ask Toby.”

I naturally stepped back because I had nothing to ask in the current situation.

I didn’t know anything about the existence of Astaroth and Delune, so it was better for Tobi, who had a lot of knowledge in various ways, to lead the conversation.

“Okay.”

Toby started drawing a magic circle around Delune.

And Delun looked at it with an uneasy expression.

“What are you doing?”

“Don’t worry. I’m building a wall of truth in case you tell a lie.”

I don’t know, but it seemed to enchant a lie detector of some sort.

After a while.

“From now on, you will have to answer my questions without lies. If even a little bit of lies are mixed in, you will be burned away.”

“of course!”

“great. You look like Delune’s thought form, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Where is Delune now? Are you alive?”

The first question Toby asked was Delun’s whereabouts and whether he was alive or dead.

“… I don’t know.”

Seeing the thought body shaking his head, Toby frowned.

“I thought you said that if you don’t say it right, it will burn away?”

“I really am. I am just a thought body left to hold this place and have never been connected to the main body. So I don’t know where it is. But it is certain that he is alive.”

“How do you know?”

“If he had died, I would have been annihilated too. Because the Magi he left behind was the skeleton that maintained this space in the first place.”

Looking at Delune’s expression of regret, it didn’t seem like he was lying.

Toby’s magic circle was also not responding.

“What did Delune study here? And how did you get the statue of Astaroth?”

“What we studied here was a way to resurrect Astaros-nim by gathering the power of the sacrifices.”

“what?”

“The statue was obtained by the main body, and we do not know how it was obtained. All I can do is use my power with the memories and knowledge I have left.”

“Delune. He was more insane than I thought.”

Toby and Harold’s expressions became serious.

I think what I just heard was shocking.

But I couldn’t join the atmosphere.

That would be too.

‘Who is Astaroth?’

Both Astaros and Delune were the first names I encountered here.

I was able to learn a variety of information through Sebastian, but I hadn’t looked through all of that vast information yet.

However, it was possible to know that he was a great enough person just by being a great demon king in the past.

“Was the barrier set up to obtain the sacrifice?”

“you’re right. It was a method of activating only when there were strong beings who could enter beyond the barrier. Not too many people have entered so far, but all who have entered have been sacrificed to the statue.”

Hearing the story, I can see why this dangerous place is not well known.

It was because the weak beings could not enter, so the danger was unknown, and the strong beings were all oxidized as sacrifices, so the danger could not be reported.

If it wasn’t for me and Zeon, Toby and Harold might have been in the same situation.

‘It’s a bit strange after hearing it.’

I don’t know the standard for being a sacrifice to a statue, but since I entered this place, I couldn’t be free from its influence.

It wasn’t usually strong enough to affect Toby and Harold.

But me and Zeon were not affected by the statue’s power.

Xeon is a demonic spirit, so even if that could be the case, it was definitely strange that I was free too.

There was a presence in front of him that would solve the mystery.

“Toby. May I ask you a question?”

“Of course.”

Toby stepped back for a moment, and I took his place.

“I have something to ask of you.”

“Ask me anything.”

Delun bowed his head to the point of servility.

Looking at that figure, it seems that the confidence I had earlier was simply because I believed in the power of the statue.

“Why am I not affected by the statue?”

“yes? Oh, I’m curious about that too.”

“?”

is this kid?

“Looks like you have time to joke in front of me now.”

“Oh no! I really don’t know… ah!”

Delune raised her head as if something came to mind.

“Perhaps… Are you of noble blood?”

“A noble lineage?”

“I’m talking about whether blood is connected with the great demon kings who rule the demon realm.”

“Yes. Because my father is Diablo.”

“Also.”

Delune nodded with an expression of understanding.

“Please explain.”

“It’s simple. The traps here are inevitably affected by beings of a lower rank than Astaroth. The degree varies depending on the strength, but beings lower than the Great Demon King could not be avoided.”

“But the lineage of the Great Demon Kings is different?”

“That’s right. Neither Astaros-sama himself nor the statue, which is a small part of his power, could not affect the beings who inherited the blood of the Great Demon King.”

In the end, it’s a story about my bloodline.

It’s a new feeling, but the existence of my father was definitely a tremendous existence.

‘In the first place, it’s only natural that there are only five people in this world called Demon World.’

Demonic, where such a lineage is useless, feels amazing.

Anyway, the curiosity was solved, so I decided to pass the opportunity to Toby again.

“I am now. Please continue.”

“Okay.”

Toby asked various questions to Delune’s thought body and found out various information.

However, most of the important cores were left out.

“shit. As expected, there is a limit to the thought body alone.”

Seeing Toby click his tongue in regret, Harold said.

“Shouldn’t we catch Delune himself?”

“That’s the best way. Even in the past, wasn’t it an existence that hid one’s body? It probably won’t be easy.”

“Still, it’s a great harvest to find out that he’s aiming for the resurrection of Astaroth.”

“That’s right. If this fact is known, the other great demon kings won’t stay still.”

If the infamous Great Demon King, who was dealt with in the past, is resurrected, it is obvious that the demon world will fall into chaos.

It was the best way to block the anxiety factor in advance.

“Are you done?”

“It seems so.”

“I guess we have to decide what to do with him now.”

At my words, Harold and Toby’s eyes turned to Delune.

Then Delun hurriedly lowered his head.

“I told you everything I knew.”

“therefore?”

“Are you saving me… ?”

“Hmm… .”

It can be said that the value of the guy has disappeared at the point of spitting up all the information.

And considering the evil deeds committed here, of course it was right to deal with it.

But Toby thought otherwise.

“I think it would be good to subdue him and take him away.”

“I think so too. Its existence can serve as evidence.”

If Toby and even Harold spoke like that, there was no reason to object.

“All right. Let’s leave at once.”

We cleared the area and left the dungeon.