A Demon Lord’s Tale: Dungeons, Monster Girls, and Heartwarming Bliss

Chapter 598.1

Velmore Forest Ruins (6)

"–Bua! Aaauuh!" (Sakuya)

I was a little sentimental, but Sakuya's big reaction brought me back to my senses.

I sensed something like a warning in that voice, so I immediately started to be on my guard.

"…Yuki-san, is there something?" (Layla)

"I don't know, not at the moment–wait, something's coming!" (Yuki)

A sound like something rolling on the ground echoed through the passage.

The presence of magic power was increasing.

I couldn't see it, but assuming that there was an enemy in that location, I brandished my Divine Spear as I moved on a corner.

It was rolling towards me, but it was cut in half by my surprise attack, unable to do anything.

But it wasn't just one that appeared.

There were four golems of the same type behind him, and further inside, a bipedal, smart robot-like thing was waiting.

This situation was bad, the field was narrow.

If I mistakenly swung Enne and the Divine Spear in the wrong way, they would probably get stuck in the wall.

It would be easier to fight in the sky.

"Everyone, don't come forward!!" (Yuki)

"You guys, defensive magic! Three, two, one, now!" (Eldogalia)

Instantly, something like a barrier surrounded them.

I didn't know how effective it was, but I trusted them and charged forward to eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible.

The SF armadillos seemed to have two modes: a rolling spherical mode for moving around, and a bipedal mode for confronting the enemy, and they changed one after another into the latter bipedal mode when they came into contact with me. ℝàƝŏВĘꞩ

Then, as if it were natural, they started firing beams from both arms, and while I somehow managed to avoid them in the narrow space, I jumped into the arms of the one closest to me.

Then, the beam cannon transformed into a sword-like shape with an interesting gimmick, and it swung it at my face.

I narrowly avoided the blow, which would have easily cut me in half, with extreme concentration, and in return, I hit it with Enne.

But Enne's blade didn't go through.

Tsk… These SF armadillos were tougher than SF Ptera, as you could tell from their appearance.

Then just I thought I'd finish them off with Divine Spear, Enne stopped me.

[…Master, one more time.] (Enne)

"One more time, you say? But the blade didn't go through just now…" (Yuki)

[…Please, one more time.] (Enne)

"Okay, okay, then — I'll leave it to you again!!" (Yuki)

When my child said so, I could only continue with force.

The only thing I was grateful for was that these golem's AI was not that intelligent.

A golem was still just a golem after all. No matter how expensive it was, or how attached one might be to it, it was ultimately a disposable, consumable item.

If these golems had fired that deadly beam right after the sword attack or at least avoided friendly fire in an efficient manner instead of simply stopping attacking, I would have been hit by one or two attacks, but it appeared that they were not programmed with those kinds of attack patterns.

That was probably because it was already hard for them to figure out which side was [enemy] and [ally] in the ever changing battle situation.

That was most likely the golem's limit, so they simply stopped attacking whenever they risked friendly fire.

I was somewhat overwhelmed by the difference in numbers, but I managed with hit-and-run tactics and by moving in a way that made the best use of the narrow space, creating an opening.

"If they've been running since the Age of the Gods, they should have been smarter!! –Let's go, Enne!!" (Yuki)

[…Nn!!] (Enne)

After finishing my preparations, I slammed Enne down on the SF Armadillo, whose attack had missed– but this time Enne's blade was not stopped.

The SF Armadillo was cut in half with one stroke.

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