Volume 10 Chapter 15 (1/2)

To save Belial, I made ten Darkness Dragons equip themselves with as much high-powered explosives as they could reasonably carry. Thanks to Duke overseeing them, the Darkness Dragons became ready almost immediately and were now in my [Storage].

They were part of my war potential to save Belial, but they would also serve as a way to tell whether Belial had ill intent toward me or not.

If he had any intention to screw us over, this fight would reveal his true nature.

…No, I'm going to make sure this gets settled once and for all.

I wanted to trust Belial.

However, I was of the opinion that ”trusting” and ”not doubting” were completely different things.

Blindly trusting someone was akin to the forfeiture of all thoughts.

Trust should be result of doubting someone over and over until there was nothing else to doubt.

Thus, I made countermeasures under the assumption that Belial was an enemy.

And one of the possible scenarios I expected was: Belial being attacked by the anti-Procell alliance, so I go help him, but then lose the protection given to me by the one-year-grace period; now free to attack me, the enemies do so and keep me busy long enough for their other troops to crush the less-manned Avalon.

”Show me I can trust you, Belial”

I whispered so to myself while brushing the heads of Darkness Dragons that weren't going in my [Storage].

My preparations were done. Once my monsters were done with theirs and have come here, we were going to depart.

”Oto-san, we're all ready now!”

”Me too, master”

”Gaugau!”

Accompanying me this time were Kuina, Aura, and Tiro.

Tiro was going to let us slip through the other dimension.

Rorono came with them, but she was not coming with us to Belial's dungeon. Her purpose in coming was to deliver our trap.

”Master, I've brought the evolved three knights.”

The three knights, Rorono's greatest masterpiece, were made to evolve by my [Create] and were now stronger than ever.

An Avalon-Ritter was comparable to an A rank monster, and to a low-end S rank monster for the short while that [Burst Drive] could be activated.

Meanwhile, because the three knights were basically enhanced and specialized Avalon-Ritters, so their power levels were obviously higher than the latter. And now that they were made to evolve, their standard mode was comparable to an Avalon-Ritter in Burst Drive mode, while their Burst their mode now was comparable to a high-end S rank monster.

Just these three knights should be enough to wipe out the troops of an average Demon Lord.

Moreover, they should prove to be a good trap for Belial and the others.

”Rorono, sorry for the sudden request. I'll be taking Kuina, Aura, Tiro this time, but the ones I'll be relying on this time would be the three knights.”

”Mhm, I understand. I have adjusted them according to what you said, so they should have no problem accomplishing your goals. You have given the knights their names, so it is their pleasure to be used as you see fit.”

At Rorono's request, I named the three knights.

The red knight which had heavy armor, insane propulsive power, and firepower was named Rote Lanze.

The white knight which had great flight capabilities, light armor, and long-range shooting capabilities was named Weiss Bogen.

The black knight which had immense versatility, maneuverability, and high-performance artificial brain was named Schwarz Panzer.

The red lance, the white bow, and the black armor. Each one's name was a combination of their assigned color and a type of equipment.

Normal Avalon-Ritters were transported by using containers that were then carried by the Darkness Dragons.

Since the white knight, or Weiss Bogen as I should get accustomed to calling it, could fly faster than even the Darkness Dragons, it was perfectly fine to let travel by itself. As for the other two, they could simply be carried by it. In other words, no matter the battlefield, the three knights could get there in no time.

”Alright, let's go.”

”'Kay!”

”I'm ready whenever.”

”Gaugau”

Because I was expecting an attack on Avalon while we were fighting in Belial's dungeon, there was just no way that Duke, who was in charge while I was gone, as well as Ruhe, who was vital in protecting Avalon from attacks in the other dimension, could go with us.

The only ones that were coming with me were Kuina, Aura, Tiro, the three knights, and a few Darkness Dragons. With this much protection with me, killing me was nigh impossible.

Plus, depending on the situation, I could ask Tiro to make a Transfer array in Belial's dungeon. If that happens, that new array would make a pair with the one Tiro had made beforehand in Avalon. In other words, we could then almost freely switch troops around.

The Darkness Dragon that would carry us started to flap its wings.

Meanwhile, the white knight revved itself up. As a result, the red glow of the Avalon Jewel leaked from the gaps of its armor.

While the Avalon Jewel was part of its armor, it also served as the white knight's secondary power source. Thanks to that, its power output was incomparable to any golem before. Combining that and the fact that the Avalon Jewel had only a quarter of iron's specific gravity—thus making it extremely light for its size—it was no surprise that it flew faster than the Darkness Dragons, even while the white knight was carrying the other two knights.

The moment we took off, Rorono shouted something.

”Father, you must come back safely!”

”Yeah, it's a promise. No matter what, I'll come back to Avalon!”

I shouted that back to her.

We were following behind the white bird that delivered Belial's letter, and before long, Rorono was no longer visible.

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It has been approximately two hours since we took off.

At long last, we have finally arrived at Belial's dungeon.

It was a tower-type dungeon where adventurers go up and up.

There was no one outside and when we entered the first dungeon room, there were only a few corpses that were slowly turning into blue particles. We didn't see anyone alive, leading me to think that the battlefield has moved on somewhere much deeper in Belial's dungeon.

We could attack them from behind, but I think we should meet with Belial first.

When I was thinking of that, a female demon-type monster appeared before us via Transfer.

”Greetings. I am a Demi Lilith. My master is expecting you. Let me take you to him right away.”

Understandably, they were keeping watch of dungeon from the crystal room. When they noticed our arrival, they sent someone to greet us right away.

When I agreed to the Demi Lilith's proposal, she Transferred us to Belial's side.

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The place we were sent to was Belial's crystal room.

If he was a traitor, this place, the heart of his dungeon, was not the best place to bring me to, to say the least. Because of that, I trusted him a little bit more. For now.