01x04 - Demon

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A month's passed since I had Efil join me.

Dark

Purple

Forest

We spent it leveling up and doing jobs.

Efil used all her points

on Archery and Far Seeing,

and learned Sewing when she leveled up.

The maid outfit she's wearing

now is her third creation,

which she resewed and enhanced many

times to make it useful for combat.

I took a blacksmithing skill, too.

I'm still practicing, though.

Gerard, get back!

Blaze Arrow!

The combination of her high-level

archery skill, red magic,

and Fire Dragon King's Grace gave

her that original technique.

I'm amazed you can fight like

that dressed as a maid.

Black Summoner

Black Summoner

Wicked Sagetree k*ll confirmed!

Another successful job!

That makes nine in a row!

One more job, and you can

take the rank-up exam!

You'll be Rank A soon, Master!

And you just became Rank C,

but soon you'll be Rank B!

But

I felt bad for your opponent in

the mock battle during the last exam.

Efil

Efil's Rank C Exam

Examiner

Her arrow scored a clean

hit on the examiner's head

Here I go!

Skill "Stealth" Activates

just a second or two

after the fight started.

He was so wide-open I thought

it was some kind of test!

Urd, the examiner, is a veteran

with a lot of experience.

You two are just really strong!

Oh, Efil! There's a new sweets

place that just opened.

Want to come with?

Yes, I'd love to.

Really? Great!

It's a promise.

Okay!

You switched straight from

professional to personal mode

You'll go, too, won't you, Master?

I'm going, too?

Yes, if you can

Kelvin, you're not going to turn down a

girl who's asking you like that, are you?

Got it.

I'll go with you tomorrow, if that's okay.

Great!

Ange, do your work.

It's almost like a date

No, it is a date!

To a sweets shop, too!

If Melfina was here,

she might get on my case.

She left my Servant Network this morning,

saying she was going to go

give a divine oracle

Hey, Kelvin!

Hello, Ange.

You look great in that outfit.

Thank you.

Huh? Where's Efil?

She said it would take her time to

get ready and to go on without her.

She's going all-out for this.

All-out?

Um, Kelvin.

What?

Why don't you relax a bit around me?

Now that we're hanging out, and all.

Got it.

It'll be easier for me, too.

Is this better, Ange?

It's fine, Kelvin!

Sorry! I'm here!

U-Um

What do you think?

Um, it doesn't look weird on me, does it?

Come on, Kelvin!

No, it looks great!

Efil, you're too cute!

That's not true!

You were just skin and bones a month ago,

but now you're nice and plump

Hey, don't pinch me there!

You're growing up too much!

Nice choices.

Thanks.

Efil's looks good, too.

Here you go, Master.

W-Wait, not in public

Kelvin, you mean you've been having

Efil feed you at home all this time?

That's Ange from the guild,

and Efil the maid, right?

And the new kid who's already a Rank B!

Damn it! He's got two girls with him!

No, it's when I'm tasting

her cooking at the inn

Did I do something strange?

I can't let her beat me!

Here, Kelvin! Say "aah"!

No! Why are you acting like her rival?

Hey, are they fighting over him?

A love triangle? A love triangle?

Ange finally found a man!

Girls, let's eat these sweets later.

I can take them back to the inn

H-He's taking them home?!

No!

Commoners shouldn't be engaging

in romance in public places!

What the heck?

Um, what's this about?

Kneel, worm!

This is Tabra, third prince of Trycen.

Trycen?

A big military country to the east.

My Prince, as his social superior,

don't you need to educate him properly?

Lowborns like him must

be put in their place.

I see. That's right.

Those women are rather attractive.

And the elf's a sl*ve?

If the girls will give themselves to me,

I'll forgive your crimes.

I'm a kind man, you see.

K-Kelvin?

Do you have a problem?

So both the flunkies are about Rank D, huh?

You would resist me?

I'm the third prince of Trycen, Tabra!

I can't move!

So what brings you to Parth, Prince?

N-None of your business!

Fine, I'll answer you!

I came to meet Leo at

the Adventurer's Guild.

Leo?

I've heard a powerful adventurer

has started using Parth as a base.

I've come to investigate the

rumors myself, personally.

You've got weak guards,

for a prince on a journey.

Trycen believes that talent is everything!

Those with talent rule, which means

there's no place for me at all!

Um, so that means

He's a dimwit.

I planned on making a powerful adventurer

serve me so I could earn some glory!

Do you understand now?

By the way, that adventurer's probably me.

What?

But yes, your power's the real thing!

Surely you'll serve under me—

Yeah, no.

Thanks, Kelvin!

You were really cool!

We got interrupted. Let's go buy some more.

Yeah!

This time, I'll feed you, Kelvin!

No, thank you!

Don't blush!

Stop it! I mean it!

Holy

Empire

of

Deramis

Great

Cathedral

Please, reveal yourself again,

Goddess Melfina

Oh, Melfina!

It's been a long time, Colette.

How are the heroes doing?

Look at this!

Name: Toya Kanzaki

Level: 53

Title: Hero from Another World

Name: Setsuna Shiga

Level: 52

Title: Hero from Another World

Name: Miyabi Kuromiya

Level: 53

Title: Hero from Another World

They're growing splendidly, I see!

Yes, please grant us your oracle

I sense an evil presence

from the Western Continent.

Send the heroes there.

And keep them away from Parth.

Parth?

Y-Yes, I understand!

I'm counting on you, priestess of Deramis!

Colette, what happened?

The Goddess gave us a new oracle, heroes!

Master, are you awake?

Yeah. What's up?

You can't sleep?

Thank you for saving me today.

Stop saying that. It's fine.

Anyway, I'm sorry we're still

sleeping in the same bed.

I keep asking Claire for a new room, but

Um, Master

Am I not attractive as a woman?

Efil?

Master, I uh

No, no, no!

You should really only do that

with the man you love

I love you!

As a Master! As a man! I love you!

More than anything!

I was cursed to never

be able to touch anyone!

And you're the one who taught

me about human warmth!

Efil

You're cute, and more attractive

than any girl I know.

Master Do you really

Yeah.

A house. Let's buy a house.

A house with separate rooms for both of us.

I won't survive otherwise.

Name: Efil

Level: 38 Title: Patriot Guardian

HP 312/312

MP 570/570

Age: 16 | Strength 159

Race: Half-elf | Endurance 157

Sex: Female | Agility 329

Class: Armed Maid | Magic 313

Luck 77

Skills:

Archery (Rank A) | Red Magic (Rank B) | Far Seeing (Rank B)

Stealth (Rank A) | Service (B) | Cooking (Rank B)

Sewing (Rank B) | Double Growth Rate | Double Skill Points

Assist Effects:

Fire Dragon King's Curse | Concealment (Rank S)

Black Summoner

Name: Setsuna Shiga

Level: 52 Title: Hero from Another World

HP 477/477

MP 318/318

Age: 18 | Strength 361

Race: Human | Endurance 219

Sex: Female | Agility 573

Class: Samurai | Magic 155

Luck 214

Skills:

Zantetsu-can (Unique Skill) | Swordsmanship (Rank A) | Mind's Eye (Rank B)

Heavenswalk (Rank B) | Detect Danger (Rank B) | Fast Reflexes (Rank B)

Assist Effects:

Wind Fairy's Grace | Concealment (Rank B)

Name: Nana Mizuoka

Level: 48 Title: Hero from Another World

HP 294/294

MP 589/589

Age: 18 | Strength 143

Race: Human | Endurance 493

Sex: Female | Agility 95

Class: Tamer | Magic 347

Luck 191

Skills:

Talks to Animals (Unique Skill) | Blue Magic (Rank B) | White Magic (Rank B)

Taming (Rank A) | Diplomacy (Rank C) | Iron Wall (Rank B)

Assist Effects:

Water Fairy's Grace | Concealment (Rank B)

So these are the heroes?

Here you are. I've brought more

Is Melfina back?

Thanks, Clo.

Having a small Clotho on your shoulder

lets you participate in the servant network.

Yes, I just got back!

Welcome back!

You know, for heroes,

they don't look all that strong.

Heroes?

Their levels aren't that high.

Name: Setsuna Shiga

Level: 52 Title: Hero from Another World

HP 477/477

MP 318/318

Age: 18 | Strength 361

Race: Human | Endurance 219

Sex: Female | Agility 573

Class: | Magic 155

Luck 214

Skills:

Zantetsu-can (Unique Skill) | Swordsmanship (Rank A) | Mind's Eye (Rank B)

Heavenswalk (Rank B) | Detect Danger (Rank B) | Fast Reflexes (Rank B)

Assist Effects:

Wind Fairy's Grace | Concealment (Rank B)Skills:

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Assist Effects:\

Name: Toya Kanzaki

Level: 53 Title: Hero from Another World

HP 753/753

MP 431/431

Age: 18 | Strength 265

Race: Human | Endurance 258

Sex: Male | Agility 269

Class: | Magic 264

Luck 530

Skills:

Absolute Gospel (Unique Skill) | White Magic (Rank C) | Swordsmanship (Rank S)

Military Leadership (Rank B) | Dual-Wielding (Rank C) | Amazing Luck (Rank B)

Yeah. To be honest, I was expecting

heroes to be at least level 100.

They were summoned a year ago, right?

What have they been doing?

I'm a little disappointed, too.

Will they make it in time for

the Demon King's revival?

You guys are getting much stronger, though!

Yeah. My Blacksmithing skill's gone way up!

Wicked Sagetree Staff (Rank A)

Only after a lot of failed creations, though.

Well, I've got a plan for them!

But you were right to be

proud of this Dreadnought.

Dreadnought (Rank A)

It's incredible.

And this Crimson Cape,

Crimson Cape (Rank B)

and your robe.

Sage's Black Robe (Rank B)

I made it with my Sewing skill.

You guys are doing great.

I wish Deramis's knights were

even half as strong as you.

Kel, you in there?

The guild's calling you.

Name: Kelvin

Level: 42 Title: Hero of Parth

HP: 427/427

MP: 890/890

Age: 23 | Strength: 83

Race: Human | Endurance: 87

Sex: Male | Agility: 261

Class: Summoner | Magic: 474

Luck: 349

Skills:

Summoning (Rank S) Spaces: 7 | Double Growth Rate

Green Magic (Rank F) | Double Skill Points

Appraising Eye (Rank S) | Experience Sharing

Black Summoner

A demon?

Yes, witnessed in a Rank D

dungeon, the Hermit's Cave.

Adventurers exploring it found

a secret room, you see.

And there it was.

Demons are one of the strongest races,

along with dragons and angels.

I'm surprised they made it back alive.

It seemed to be sealed.

But that doesn't mean we

can go messing with it.

To tell the truth, I wasn't sure

about asking for your help.

The demon's strength is unknown.

Worst case, this could be a Rank S quest.

A demon's strength varies greatly

depending on the individual.

Even the weakest are around Rank B, I think?

By the way, Kelvin, I was told you

met Prince Tabra from Trycen.

Maybe I did? Maybe I didn't?

Really?

I don't know who it was, but some

ruffian assaulted a prince!

I'm having a devil of a time cleaning it up.

It's on the verge of becoming an

international incident with Trycen.

Oh, I'm afraid we got off topic.

Will you accept this job?

Yes, with pleasure!

You're the demon!

Rank

D

Dungeon

Hermit's

Hollow

Hey, Kelvin!

Urd!

You doing well, Efil?

I haven't seen you since your exam.

Yes, good to see you.

And the knight?

I'm Gerard, a friend of Kelvin's.

I've come to offer what help I can.

Glad to have you!

So what are we looking at?

As you can see, we've erected a barrier

around the hut and are monitoring it carefully.

There's no telling how

effective a Crossvide's

going to be against a demon, though.

Probably useless against anything

stronger than a Rank B demon.

As much as I hate to say it,

at our level all we can do is watch.

You guys keep watch.

We'll go check out the demon.

Lamvent.

Stay sharp down there.

You take the lead, Gerard.

Efil and I will stay behind.

Clotho, you bring up the rear.

Indeed.

Okay!

We've walked quite a ways

But I don't see any monsters.

Something may be up.

I don't sense any life at all,

let alone monsters.

Is this it?

My Lord

Something wrong?

I sense two life forms in the room.

One's probably the demon.

It's badly weakened.

The real threat may be the other one.

What do we do with the demon?

The seal's still intact.

We'll deal with it later.

We'll deal with the other one first.

We may be able to make it

my servant, if we're lucky!

How very strange.

Welcome, welcome!

I am the Archdemon Victor!

A pleasure to make your acquaintance.

An Archdemon?

If lesser demons are around Rank B,

then a greater demon like him must be

What's wrong? Is something funny?

No.

His bad habit's showing again.

So? Who's the girl?

This girl is

The Demon King's daughter.

My Lord, there have been three

Demon Kings in the past.

If it's the most recent, she would be

the daughter of Demon King Gustav.

But as far as I know

I thought Demon King Gustav

didn't have a daughter.

Not officially. He had a

great deal of enemies,

and kept her existence a secret.

I'm lucky that a powerful

human came so soon!

It was a good idea to let the ones

who found this place escape.

I k*lled every monster in the area,

so I bet it was easy to get here, huh?

I see. So we walked into your trap.

Yes. To tell the truth,

only humans can break that seal.

So you want us to break her chains?

No, I wouldn't ask for that.

But you see

I want you to let me eat you,

so I can absorb your power!

His power

My unique skill, Gluttony, lets me steal

the characteristics of those I eat.

And it's more effective the deeper

the relationship I have with them.

I see. So that's why you're so talkative?

You want to eat us, get the characteristic

"human," and break the seal

then bring her back as the new Demon King!

I'm afraid that's only half right.

You really are a glutton.

That's right. I'm Victor the Glutton.

I was the aide to Sera,

daughter of Demon King Gustav.

She is in a way, my daughter!

And if I eat her,

I'll become incredibly powerful!

I'll become the new Demon King!

So this is the power of

a Rank S monster, huh?

I've been wondering

What's that look on your face?

I've never met an enemy as strong as you!

I'm so excited I can't control myself!

Fascinating.

Your bad habit's showing.

Um, bad habit?

Efil, when I fought the king, do you

know what look he had on his face?

He was laughing.

In the face of dire peril

and overwhelming power,

he can't control himself.

You mean

EP 04: Demon

He's a hardcore battle junkie!