Volume 1 Chapter 16 (1/2)
The next day, we went over to Marcho’s room in order to attend the [Evening Party] wherein the Demon Lords would gathered.
“Marcho, what things should I do in the [Evening Party]?”
I asked Marcho a question I had asked her several times before. She didn’t give me any answer except her evasive reply that I’ll know when the time came.
“Nothing. You should just wait for it; it’ll come soon enough.”
Marcho laughed lightly.
By her side were three monsters standing guard.
Without even looking at their status, I knew they held tremendous powers deep within.
The fur on Tenko’s fox tail stood on end. She was affected by their presence but still readied for battle.
“Those three, are they your [Monsters of the Covenant]?”
“Yeah, precisely. These three are the top amongst the 1500 monsters following me.”
Most likely, all of them were A rank monsters. In addition, they held outstanding power even among other A rank monsters.
“Marcho, you often said something like monsters are generally created with a static level.”
“You’ve realized? All of them are monsters who are A rank, have been created to be able to grow, and have also reached their maximum level. They’re comparable to even an S rank.”
Monsters who were able to grow have their maximum level raised. They were also much more superior to a static level monster when both were on the same level. And when such monsters reach their maximum possible level, they were comparable to a monster one rank above them.
Tenko might be able to take them on in the future but right now, she wouldn’t stand a chance even if she used the shotgun Elder Dwarf had made.
Modified shotgun: Remilton (custom) ED01S
Over-all length: 1160mm
Weight: 3.1 Kg.
Caliber: 4 gauge
Magazine size: 4 shells
Compared to the basic Remilton, it was slightly longer and bigger but due to the change of materials to Mithril, it had become lighter. In accordance to the larger caliber, the number of bullets loaded into the gun had gone from six shells down to four but because changing the magazine was now possible, this version was technically better.
In passing, it looked like the naming convention used was that ED was for Elder Dwarf, 01 for being the first in a series, and S to mean shotgun.
By that token, an assault rifle made by Elder Dwarf would probably be called ED01A.
“I guess I should say as to be expected of a Great Demon Lord’s aide-de-camps.”
“Now imagine my surprise when I saw your monsters; it was at least ten times yours right now. Well then, everyone, introduce yourselves…… ‘As flashy as possible.’”
One of the three monsters accompanying Marcho was about to open its mouth.
It was a monster that had the head of a golden maned lion, the wings of a huge falcon, and the tail of a white serpent.
“I am a Lion Gryphon. Bestowed upon me by the Great Demon Lord Marchosias-sama, I am Golguna. Celestial Fox, the power within you is considerable but you are still too green and unreliable.”
Tenko was offended after she heard the other person talk. She took a step forward and readied her modified shotgun.
“You wanna know how unreliable Tenko is?”
“Ka-ka-kah. You lost your temper as soon as I said you were green and unreliable… Come on, look closely.”
When Tenko squinted her eyes, there were almost invisible fine threads on her neck.
Her head might have been lopped off had she rushed in.
She stiffened in surprise and in that moment, her whole body was bound by multiple spider threads. She was bound to the point that only her face from the nose up wasn’t covered.
“Nn, nn, nnUgh.”
The female monster next to the Lion Gryphon looked at Tenko as she groaned and wriggled like a caterpillar, unable to stand up. The female monster then giggled and laughed.
Four spider legs broke through its clothes so in combination with its four humanoid limbs, it totaled to eight. It was most probably this spider monster that bound Tenko.
Tenko’s magic power then swelled. She was trying to burn the threads that bound her using her specialty: fire magic. However, no matter how much time passed, her magic was never activated.
The spider-limbed woman then spoke to Tenko.
“It’s futile; my thread disperses magic power away. And so, [Creation] Demon Lord, Procell-sama, it is my pleasure to meet you. I am an Arachne. The name bestowed upon me by my lord is Ammolite.”
The spider monster informed me of her name. But just then, a gunshot resounded. Elder Dwarf had fired her assault rifle.
However, the bullet was caught by threads.
Considering how much power the bullet exerted, could it really be stopped by just threads?
“For the judgement to attack without any hesitation, not bad.”
“What are you acting like you have the upper hand for? My [Eye] have seen through the strength of your threads. It may be able to stop a single bullet but if I rapid-fired, it won’t be able to endure. If you don’t want to get hurt, release Tenko. If you do anything wrong, I will not hesitate to fire.”
Elder Dwarf aligned the sights of her gun towards Ammolite as she vigilantly stared at her enemy. She had the skill called [Eye of truth] which allowed her to analyze every single thing in this world.
“Quite the serious blow. I agree my thread wouldn’t be able to stand a rapid-fire attack from you but Dwarf-ojouchan, haven’t you forgotten something? …There are three of us.”
Before she even finished her sentence, I felt an intense bloodlust coming from the back.
A monster was born from my shadow and a claw was then pressed to my neck.
I didn’t know when but the third monster had vanished from my sight and used that timing to creep in on my shadow.