“I see, so that was the situation.”
“Yes, my affair with Emperor Deathlich was discovered by his wife, the Celebrity Vampire, and as a result…”
To put it briefly, the Demon Lord Luna of this place has been seeing another of the Seven Great Demon Lords on and off, and when his wife found out, she apparently fled here.
“So, Luna abandoned the Demon Lord’s Castle here and fled north by sea.”
“She used an escape Floating Fortress, and took the high-class Dark Magic Stone that controls this Demon Lord’s Castle to operate it.”
“So it became immobilized.” “And she maximized the output of the gate from the Demon Realm in the back.”
Why would she do such a thing?!
“Because of that gate, we have this many monsters.”
“Yes, it was probably out of spite, or perhaps it got caught when the control Magic Stone was removed… Thanks to that, the difficulty level is set to maximum, making it difficult to capture Adventurers and suck their blood, which is troubling.”
Ah, so that’s why the Adventurers who were routed and in tatters were like that. I should probably ask something too.
“Then what were you doing, Makide-san?”
“Eek! What is this Adventurer, with a face on their chest!”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I was just stored, there you go.”
I finally escaped from under the Mantle.
“All I can do is adjust the difficulty of the mystery solving within the Castle, and manipulate the text on the bulletin board next to the gate. However, today, since it just reopened, I hadn’t expected anyone to come so I was taking it easy, and then they barged in.”
Indeed, there were many things to operate around where Makide was sitting.
“Are you the pilot, Makide-san?”
“Yes, but as I said, the Castle can’t float now.”
“Um, so the Demon Lord of this Castle is…” “He’s on the tenth floor, a Vampire Gentleman is guarding the stairs to the top floor.”
So, if I defeat him, it’s cleared. Nina looks at the map displayed at the control panel.
“Hmm, so the stairs to the tenth floor will be unguarded?”
“Not at all. Normally, eight Vampire Boys who were protecting Luna would be waiting.”
“You mean we have to defeat them?” “They’re tough. I wonder if we can win.”
Anju floats further into the control room.
“What is this ladder?”
“That leads to the tenth floor, but it’s the Business Area.”
“Can I use it?” “No, you can’t! Absolutely not!”
Oh no, Anju went ahead.
“Iwamoto-san!”
“Summoner Ange-sama, please wait!”
“Ah, he’s really going up!!” “Hey, no, no, no!!!”
Makide, rushing to stop him, is caught by Nina!
“Hey Makide, this isn’t an amusement facility that charges admission, is it?”
“Yes, we do get to make Adventurers faint and drink their blood.”
“Then it’s irrelevant. We didn’t come here to play, Helen.” “Yes.”
Eight Succubi swarm and restrain Makide!
“Wh-what are you doing! And shouldn’t we fight fairly?”
“This is a Dungeon crawl… Alright, let’s take down Makide.”
“Ah, wait a moment. Let’s do it later.”
I’ll try that out later.
“Understood. Then let’s all go up. Mogunami, you’re first.”
And so, following Anju (and Iwamoto-san) who went ahead, Mogunami, Nataira, Clarice, Amari, Nina, and I, and Nastasia went up. Finally, Helen went up with the eight Succubi, after carelessly tossing Makide aside.
“Hmph! How cowardly! At least have some rules… Ah, this Castle has no rules.”
Leaving those words behind, we ascended to the top floor, the tenth floor.
(Is this the waiting room for the Vampire Boys?)
“Alright, everyone’s here.”
“……Huh? Nina-san, there are nine people here excluding Summons, right?”
“What’s wrong?” “Who has been removed from the Party?” “It’s me.”
It seems Mogunami swapped with Nataira when we entered the Castle.
(I made a mistake. When I calculated at the Villa, I didn’t count myself… Well, I’ll keep quiet.)
I hope it doesn’t cause trouble when we defeat the Demon Lord.
“Alright, if we open the door, it’s finally time. I intended to observe, but let’s go. Everyone, don’t let your guard down. Nataira and Amari, don’t overexert yourselves.”
“Yes!” “Okay!” “If it comes down to it, I’ll protect you with my Succubi.”
Now, finally, it’s time for the decisive battle with the second of the Seven Great Demon Lords!!
“Alright, I’ll open it!”
As Mogunami opened the door, Iwamoto-san went in first! And then, using the Sasumata, he pushed the enemies back with all his might, and the front-line Succubi took them down! Next, Nina and Nastasia… Anju, Nataira, Amari, and Clarice also used magic attacks!
(Um, as for me… I’m the Porter!)
Mogunami accurately took care of the enemies coming from behind, truly a versatile fighter.
“…That door, huh?”
The entrance has “Luna’s Room” written on it. Very thoughtful.
“Da-kuinteguredo!”
Breaking down the door again with Dark Magic, the room, fitting for the top floor, was spacious with a high ceiling! And a half-naked man rose from the bed in the back!
“Welcome, guest. I am Vampire Gentleman…”
Oh, an old vampire!
“Now, let’s have an aerial battle!!”
With a gust of wind, he spread his wings and floated up!! In response, Nina and the others also floated up!!
“My name is Nina. Now, let the battle commence!!”
And so, a fierce aerial battle began!
(Um, what should I and Mogunami do, since we can’t fly?)
