“Why? How are you all unharmed!”
The hero, no, the evil hero, panicked.
The others, who thought this would be an easy mode, were now pale-faced, surprised by such a turn of events. Even the two who were cross-dressing.
(Why are they hiding their bodies?)
Using the clothes from the corpses lying around,
They were hiding their chests and crotches. Wait, chests?!
They’ve already been revealed as men, but this is more like, “Their heart is female,” is it?!
“Hmm, if I’m to reveal it, it’s a skill.
Our party has someone who grants status ailment resistance to all party members.”
“That can’t be, our Appraisal Eye doesn’t show that.”
“If I’m to reveal it, it’s Concealment Magic, which also affects the whole party.”
Nina was revealing all these secrets.
The tank was still writhing in agony. I thought, “Don’t complain after you’ve stripped them bare,”
No, that’s not the point, is it? I would have been excited if it were me, but this isn’t the time for such thoughts.
(Nastasia rushed, but in the end, the damage was minimized.)
Especially for me.
Now, I’ll leave the rest to Nina.
I’ll watch the evil righteous party be punished.
(The righteous evil woman party, that is!)
Nina pointed the Berserk Sword at the hero.
“No, I heard this during my preliminary research.
When promising A-rank and S-rank parties are about to begin,
if they’re asked to retrieve the ‘Bubble Shell,’ they’ll either die or go missing.”
Nina glanced at the corpses.
I’ll just ignore the skeleton that somehow ended up with its butt sticking out.
Yes, I’m glad it wasn’t me.
“We were doing a good job, you see.
Not tricking every party,
but carefully selecting those who were complacent, overconfident, or completely new.”
Even so, these guys,
they probably took it too far.
It was strange, but there was no evidence, I suppose.
“However, you picked the wrong opponent. Was it because you thought we were wicked women?”
“Yes, it would have been better for the adventurers if you hadn’t come back at all.
No, you can’t actually go back, can you? How would you return in this situation?”
The evil hero party still seemed relaxed,
but Nina scoffed.
“We’ll just go back normally.”
“You can’t enter the Quasi Demon Lord Room from below unless you defeat it.
And you can’t access the secret passage without us. Don’t you realize you’re trapped?”
Nina swung the Berserk Sword!
The evil hero drew his sword to block it, but
Nina kicked him hard in the crotch!
“Ughhhh!!!”
“With something like that, you should just clear the Demon Lord’s Room.”
“Guh…” “Leader!” “Oh, sorry, I’ll help.”
The two clerics and the effeminate sage…
They tried to use Healing Magic with all three of them…
It seemed the pain had subsided, and they continued their conversation.
“You don’t understand. It takes four heroes to defeat the Demon Lord here.”
Let’s see, if our Wicked Woman Party here
were to arrange for heroes, one, two, three, and… yes, that’s barely enough!
“So, which would you like to hear first, the trick revelation or the explanation?”
“They’re the same thing.” “Is that so? Then let’s start with Helen.” “Yes.”
“Bring them all out.” “Understood, then all the remaining seven.”
What she summoned then
were the succubi other than Sil-neechan who had already appeared.
They all lined up neatly. Yes, the hero party was surprised.
“What, no way, how could this be…”
“First, for an escape route, here’s the Eldorado Succubus.”
*Hmph,* she smashed through the wall!
“Impossible, that’s the dungeon wall.”
“Oh? Didn’t you break the floor of the fifth underground level yourselves?”
“That took time and people… wait, I shouldn’t have said that! This will allow us to open the Quasi Demon Lord Room from the other side.”
Next, the Fuliing Succubus
created a giant water bowl and trapped the two clerics inside!
As they rushed to hold the ‘Bubble Shell’ in their mouths, she began to freeze the bowl.
“What are you doing!” “This succubus is water-elemental.
There’s no need to breathe underwater, so in the worst case, I’ll tell everything and
run to the Adventurer Guild on the ground. Other succubi also have various ways to handle this.”
Even so, it’s not even half…
No, not even a quarter of the explanation has been given yet.
And a Minimum Succubus was also lined up among the group of succubi.
“Well, even if you escape, do you really think your testimony alone will be believed?”
“You truly know nothing. Well, you were deceiving the Guild at the reception, but
I, no, we have connections with the Mu Mu Empire on the Movermas Continent, and we can borrow a high-level Appraisal Crystal.”
Yes, something that can see through lies.
And she didn’t mention that she owned one herself!
“It’s impossible to borrow something so expensive, it’s not like it’s an international affair!”
“Well, I’ll just defeat you all here and leave the weakest one alive to make them talk.
Yes, that’s right, that Porter over there… Deles!!” “Huh?!” “Don’t move.”
The evil hero party…
That Porter was pointing his sword at my neck.
A beautiful green sword, when did he… I’m scared, I can see it, huh, I can see it?!
(Everyone is looking at me, but I’m also looking at myself!)
Meaning, there are two of me!
The me that the other Porter is holding hostage.
Visually, it’s completely me, and everyone’s attention is focused there.
(Actually, the real me, the actual me, isn’t being seen!!)
So, what does this mean?!
“Hmm, I heard about that sword during my research.
It’s the hero sword distributed to heroes on Starri Island,
the Chrome Sword. That means you are…” “Hero Porter.” “!!!!”
So there was a boss besides the lead hero?
And, I had noticed it, through the eye contact and gestures,
and their casual relationships, ah, this guy is truly the one controlling this party.
(Meaning, he’s like the me in our party!)
That’s why I noticed.
“If you value Deles’ life, drop your weapon.”
“Interesting, try it.” “Is that okay? Is it really okay??”
“Ah, we can just get a new pet.” “……Damn it!!”
The Porter slashes the throat of the fake me!
And then, holding the ‘Bubble Shell’ in his mouth, he flees into the sea.
Along with the effeminate sage and the thief… the remaining two were captured by succubi.
“Ah, I’m disappearing!”
The me who became a corpse
became transparent and vanished along with my blood.
And then, the Minimum Succubus, who seemed proud, flew to that spot.
“This is my illusion skill!”
She puffed out her chest, her breath ragged. Cute.
“Alright, poison with poison, Helen.”
“Yes… Poison Succubus!”
“Then, allow us to invite you all into the world of poison.”
First, Poi-chan, who is our Poison Succubus, embraces the remaining Tank.
His body quickly turns discolored. Oh dear, it’s like being dipped in a full course of poison.
He rolled his eyes and foamed at the mouth, then collapsed. Eliza steps on his crotch as he falls, she really holds a grudge.
(The hero is backing away.)
And then, they hurriedly turned to us.
“Stop it. R-Right, why don’t you all join us?”
“How pathetic. Then I’ll leave it to Daku.” “Yes, I’ll put it away.”
“Wh-What… Ugh, the succubus is covered in black mist, ugh, wha, whaaaaa!!”
Ah, well.
They’ve been confined to subspace.
It’s not connected to the Succubus Castle or anything, it’s like an Item Box.
“Then, Deles.”
“Yes, let’s all go catch the rest.”
We have to punish them, you know.
