090 – Do you want to go up to the second floor? # 2

090 – Would you like to go up to the second floor? # 2

Queen.

Her name was simply Queen.

Maybe it’s a pseudonym, maybe it’s a different name, but everyone, including her colleagues, just called her Queen.

She just looks like a queen.

She had red hair like a blazing flame, skin with a slight brown tinge, and a face like that of a beast.

“Judah!”

As for her outfit, she was wearing a furry cape and an iron plate that could be called bikini armor, but the tattoos that looked like something out of ruins were covering her highly exposed skin like a shield.

For reference, the phrase ‘covering like a shield’ I just explained was not a simple metaphor.

It was said that each of those tattoos had a shamanistic effect and protected the owner’s body.

“queen.”

I spoke to the woman who was a warrior in the demon castle breakthrough party.

Wanderer Queen.

Slayer Queen.

Destroyer Queen.

Guest Queen of the North.

Northnoden’s most beautiful queen.

When thinking of the guy’s countless nicknames.

Tak-.

Quinn set down an oak barrel beer glass on the table and frowned.

“Judas, how did you know I was here?”

His face was half red, so he must have been very drunk.

Enkidus, Brigitte, etc. were all drunkards who liked to drink, but it was a moment when it dawned on them that they couldn’t keep up with the queen.

I was equally astonished by his question.

Following Cecily’s words, I came to a tavern called 「The Last Cherry Blossom」, but there was a queen.

It wouldn’t be a mere coincidence.

Perhaps someone who had sent Cecily to the past had intended this meeting.

phut-.

The queen hit the table with her palm.

“Since we met like this, let’s talk about it! Sit down!”

The guy screamed enough to make the tavern reverberate.

Several patrons drinking at the bar glanced at me, but no one protested or argued.

The reason is probably because of the two men over there with their faces stuck through the wood floor.

Did the queen do it?

“Putting people on the floor? Aren’t you dead?”

I asked as I sat down next to Queen.

Then the queen muttered lightly, spitting on the floor.

“Those guys, on a weak topic, joke about not going up to the second floor. I broke it lightly once.”

Indeed it is.

Even at our party, Queen was quite popular.

Being a female warrior—arouses romance and hope in people of all ages and genders.

Maybe it’s because of the high-exposure clothes, but in many ways, the ‘defence’ looks sloppy.

Of course, men who approached with an impure heart were planted on the floor like that or folded twice in half.

I first learned that the human body can be folded twice like paper.

“Here you are. alcohol.”

Soon the old innkeeper held out a beer mug in front of me.

It looked like a cheap beer, but it looked quite cool.

Sreuk, sreuk-.

As I took out a dagger from my sleeve and removed the foam, the warrior queen said.

“What? You mean to remove the foam? You are still unmanly, Judas. So it must be hiding like a girl and doing something like stealing.”

Hiding like a little girl and stealing…

Only the queen can tell me this.

“So Judas, why did you come here? He probably didn’t come to drink with me.”

the guy asked.

It must have been an innocent question without any meaning.

Because this guy is the same person on the outside and inside.

I also decided to answer honestly.

“I do not know. From now on, I want to find out why I came here. Maybe he just came to have a drink with you. Or maybe it’s to go up to the second floor together.”

Most of these taverns had inns on the second floor.

In other words, for the customers of the bar, let’s go up to the second floor–I want to eat ramen–it was the same thing.

Do you want to go see a cat today?

Is that a thing of the past?

You should be able to know the trends after falling into this continent of Pangea.

anyway.

The female warrior queen laughed at my story.

“Judas, I am not interested in men who are stronger than me. Didn’t I tell you why I joined the demon castle party?”

“I told you. Was it because you wanted to get away from the boring North?”

I remember that Queen was from a city-state called Northnoden in the north.

I heard that she is the king’s daughter.

Yes.

You might not expect it at all, but the queen was a princess.

He said he didn’t like the arranged marriage, so he ran away.

Perhaps thanks to her tomboyish personality, Queen’s princess ability was a whopping D-.

A level where a good fight with the old Naru is possible.

Conversely… Did Naru grow up to be a tomboy on par with Queen, who was like this tomboy and idiot?

What a terrible thing!

anyway.

Quinn was a person who hated frivolity.

I don’t know anything about ‘ideal type’, but it seems like Garrot, who was born as a barbarian, likes strong people.

Therefore, if you want to approach the queen, you must be strong, whether you are a man or a woman.

“Aren’t I strong enough?”

I asked the queen.

It came out with a smirk more than I thought, and even I was startled.

However, when she didn’t show it, the queen chewed on the beef jerky served as a snack while laughing.

“No, even you are not good enough. you. You haven’t had a proper fight since defeating the demon lord, have you? not even training I would not have participated in the war.”

“Yeah, what… .”

“I heard that you found a marriage partner and saw the line? You said it was full of women? I laughed out loud when I heard it.”

Write-.

Was it rumored enough to reach Queen’s ears?

When I was embarrassed, Quinn raised five fingers.

“five. This is the number of high-ranking demons I have defeated since the death of the demon king. If you add those henchmen, you can’t count them. I rolled on the battlefield.”

Right.

I vaguely felt that the Queen’s condition had become more tempered and polished than before.

The current queen was stronger than the queen when she broke through the castle.

“What do you have to hide? Currently, this queen’s level is 48. I’ll be 49 soon. To be honest, I feel like I won’t lose to anyone anymore. Judas, you cannot defeat me.”

“I see.”

It wouldn’t be mere bluff.

Woo woo woo-.

At that time, the bird-shaped tattoo on Queen’s right shoulder glowed red.

I reflexively brought the fork I was holding in my hand in front of my face, and I felt a strong shock and a sensation that my body was floating.

Kwaaang-!

If a glass bottle half full of water were tossed into a storm, you would feel the same as I do now.

When I came to my senses, I was pinned against the wall of the tavern.

“Write-.”

Is it a sudden attack?

Come to think of it, Quinn was holding hands with Tenebris.

Queen holding a huge double-edged axe.

He got up from his seat and was looking down at me.

“If you are a man, stand up and fight, Judas. Do not cowardly hide or run away. I’m saying it now, but I didn’t like your cowardly ways from the old days.”

“It’s a pity. I liked you quite a bit Not as much as Brigitte.”

I barely woke up from the shock that shook my brain.

As if reaching level 49 soon wasn’t a bluff, the shock stronger than any attack he’d ever received was still whining inside his body.

“My, my bar!”

“Run away!”

People screaming and running away.

In the meantime, Quinn grabbed the ax like a number 4 hitter.

Then, after stretching his thigh muscles, he leaped and lunged at me again.

Kwaaang-!

This time, he pulled out his dagger and blocked it somehow.

It was easy to read the trajectory because we knew the attack was coming.

Because the Queen’s attacks are honest.

However, reading the trajectory did not solve the problem.

I was half-stuck on the wooden floor as I blocked the attack.

Kwajik-!!!

It is because Jivan is too weak to withstand the strength of the queen.

“Write-.”

After hiding lightly, I clung to the ceiling.

A situation where I took a moment to catch my breath.

Quinn growled around like a dinosaur missing its prey.

“Sheesh, did you hide again? Cowardly run away and hide. When I killed the demon king, I was helped by your tricks, but your attitude will eventually kill you!”

* * *

“… … .”

It was my opinion, but there was no chance of winning in a head-to-head match with the queen.

In order to defeat him, I must use my strengths as much as possible.

Defeat the queen–a.

Did Cecily’s coming to the past mean that she should defeat the Queen in “The Last Cherry Blossom” before she got stronger?

At that thought, Quinn shouted.

“There!”

Whoa-!

His ax hits the wall of the inn.

Of course I wasn’t there.

“Sheesh!”

The bad feeling is still the same.

But a problem arose.

“If you don’t come out, I’ll smash the inn with the inn!”

Huung, Kwaaang! Kwaaang-!

Queen’s massive double-edged ax swung like a forklift demolishing an inn.

Thanks to this, the inn is destroyed.

“I will kill you like this, and I will also kill all the suspicious guys who are your daughters or whatever, Judas!”

“… … .”

It seemed like I couldn’t even hide.

I can’t.

pat-.

After holding the dagger in reverse, I leaped and aimed at the queen.

But it was the worst number ever.

Knock-.

“That’s it.”

Quinn grabbed me by the nape of my neck.

Following my speed, Queen’s agility has increased compared to before!

I had to face the fact that my eyes were turning yellow and red like pickled radish in an instant due to the tightness of my breath as if I was being tied by a noose.

“Yuda, your strength isn’t even this strong. Are you thinking of dying like this? Perhaps it would be better for you to die here than to be consumed by Nocturne or whatever.”

“Guh-.”

If I stay like this, I will really die.

can’t do it

bang-!

Then a loud gunshot was heard.

With the fishy smell of iron, Quinn missed me.

Taking advantage of that gap, I widened my distance, but Quinn frowned as she looked at her pierced wrist.

“Judas, did you use a gun?”

“no. But this guy is bitter.”

A shadow stood next to me holding a gun and a dagger in both hands.

The standard armament of robbers.

Seeing this, Quinn laughed.

“Did you finally bring out the shadow? It’s a shadow I’ve seen before. Now I’m going to have a little bit of a fight. But will one be enough? If you want to stop this queen, at least bring an army!”

Instead of answering the queen’s confident threats, I pounced on her with the shadow. In an instant, a melee ensued.

Can I sue.

But Quinn laughed leisurely.

“Those who break through the 40th level receive grace from the gods. In my case, it’s all-intelligence. It is a power that grows stronger as the number of opponents increases.”

“I know.”

“Yuda, you have it too. Skills obtained by breaking through level 40. Come on, take it out. You have a knack for making you king of thieves. It’s something you don’t show to kids.”

“Tsut, it’s not a good match to fight with colleagues. You know too much about me.”

I opened my distance again.

I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing, but it seemed like I’d have no choice but to use my full strength to defeat the queen.

“Your turn!”

Along with my cry, a lot of shadows rose.

The form of a giant holding a hammer.

The number was well over ten.

One by one, shadows with powers higher than the silver tier.

But Queen had plenty of room.

“I’ve seen these guys before. Could it be Mohamder’s Hammer? Do you think you can beat me with these guys? Those who are moderately strong will only become sacrifices in front of my ＜All-in-one＞!”

Whoops-.

As the queen struck the axe, the shadow hammers were cut like fallen leaves.

Didn’t you even buy time?

can’t do it

“These guys are still adjusting.”

Squeak, Squeak-.

Two shadows rose at my feet.

One was the shadow of a highwayman, the other a shadow of a wizard.

Seeing that, Quinn raised her eyebrows.

“A new shadow? You look strong. It seems that these are the new ones you killed this time, right?”

“Yes—”

I nodded, but I couldn’t answer and lowered my head.

It was because the shadow holding the dagger swung it at the nape of my neck.

Break love!

I was cold at the sight of the blade of a shadow passing through my head.

“Write-.”

After all, Jack’s shadow doesn’t listen to me, probably because it hasn’t been long since he stole it.

Then, how about the magician Faust?

“… … .”

The wizard’s shadow was busy looking at the hand that was only in its own form or moving its body around.

He had no expression, but his face was probably half puzzled and half surprised.

“good!”

I shouted at the shadows.

The guys who had acted individually until just now rushed towards the queen with my cry.

flash-. Queen’s tattoo glows.

“A strong opponent, but unfortunately not my opponent!”

Woo-woo-woo-!

transversely only once.

With just one big stroke of the axe, the bodies of the shadows were cut in half.

But that was good.

The current queen is full of gaps.

“Bullet Time.”

I maxed out 20 agility and stopped time.

Taking advantage of that gap, he approached the queen and aimed a dagger at the nape of his neck.

Sssss-.

accelerated time.

Quinn said in surprise.

“When? Judas, you are faster than before.”

“yes.”

“But it’s more blunt than before. If it was you in the past, you would have killed me without mercy. He wouldn’t have aimed a dagger at his neck like this.”

“… … .”

“It’s not going to be a soft camaraderie. you are just afraid Are you afraid that if you kill me, you will become level 50? Is that scary?”

It was as the Queen said.

Queen is strong.

If I kill this guy, I will definitely be level 50.

At that, Quinn peeked out a laugh.

“Didn’t you tell me when you defeated the demon king? You said that force should be suppressed with greater force? Are you afraid of reaching level 50 and being encroached on by Nocturne? You coward.”

“What do you want me to do?”

“Don’t avoid fighting. Rather dive into the center! Sometimes the only way to be honest is to face it.”

Seruk-.

Quinn pushed my dagger away with her hand.

Then, he brushed the dust off his body.

Looking at the relaxed appearance of the guy, I was locked in trouble for a while.

I felt like I knew why Cecily had sent me here.

It was to hear the current story.

It was to hear the words don’t run away.

“Okay, Judas, let’s go to the second floor.”