What were you doing before the end of the world? Are you going to be an assassin?

"We would like to thank you for providing us with another delicious dessert."

Behind Barnil, a shadow as dark as the night swung out a sickle, which passed over the heads of Connor and the other man. No one knew what it harvested, but Barnil looked very satisfied.

It is this kind of negative emotion that occurs when you seem to be on the verge of victory but are overturned by the big boss that is the most delicious thing in the world!

As an expert in tasting negative emotions, even the gods in charge of the emotional field may not be as professional as Banir.

When the sickle passed over his head, Connor felt as if a basin of cold water was poured down from the sky. In the blink of an eye, he calmed down from his chaotic emotions.

Connor looked at the great demon Barnil in confusion. The method of harvesting emotions must be related to this great demon, but... why?

Before heading to the dungeon to look for traces of demons and hell, Connor looked up relevant information and learned a little about the methods used by the demons of hell to extract emotions. None of them would leave the roots of emotions like Vanir did. They would often uproot them violently and then enjoy the pain of having their emotions stripped away.

"We naturally have our own reasons." The great devil Barnil smiled, causing Connor and Youyou to hold their breath.

"I have indeed had thoughts of self-destruction, but I will not be willing to do so unless I get to taste the most delicious negative emotions in the world." Vanir's eyes were clear, and he did not look fooled at all. He had only been cooperating with the acting to harvest emotions once again.

“We have imagined how to realize our dreams.”

Vanir sat down on the spot and put his white-gloved hands into the pile of clay to reshape the puppets whose magic channels had been cut off.

"First, we need to obtain a dungeon."

For the Duke of Hell, occupying a dungeon is not a difficult thing at all, it is even too cheap.

"Then, send our demon subordinates to stand by in each room of the dungeon and set up various strict traps. This way, countless experienced and powerful adventurers will come to challenge us. After going through challenges again and again, someone will eventually reach the deepest part of our dungeon."

Barnil became more and more excited as he spoke, and his gestures became larger and larger:

"Every time they go through a difficult level, adventurers have to sacrifice a companion. When they reach the deepest part of the dungeon, they will naturally meet us who are waiting there."

"I will say, 'It's a good thing you can come here, adventurers, come and defeat me and gain great wealth!' Then the final battle will begin!"

"After a fierce battle, we were finally defeated by the adventurer—"

As Vanir spoke, his scarlet eyes became almost the only light in the night.

"The adventurer who is eager to get the treasure will sacrifice his last companion and open the tightly sealed treasure chest that appears behind our defeated self. Then..."

Connor and Youyou couldn't help swallowing their saliva. They had roughly guessed what Vanir was going to put in the box.

"There is only a piece of paper with words written on it in the treasure chest - the friendship of your companions is the greatest wealth."

"The adventurer looked at the paper in bewilderment. His wealth was gone, his companions were gone, and his body would also disappear."

"Of course, due to my principle of not killing, all adventurers who died in the adventure will be kept alive. After the last remaining adventurer voluntarily gave up his companions one by one to open the treasure chest, how would those who witnessed the adventurer's sacrifice of his companions feel about the person who opened the treasure chest?"

"Having witnessed this final absurd scene, it is almost time for our generation to be completely destroyed."

Barnil smiled happily. Even if these adventurers who entered the dungeon did not turn against each other and everyone was willing to sacrifice, he would make the situation the way he wanted. After all, he was the great demon who ruled the Duke of Hell.

When asked questions based on the answers, you can only fill in a very simple one.

“Have you…ever thought about what would happen if the adventurers don’t come?” Connor felt a chill down his spine. Creatures like demons cannot be described by common sense. When the two orthodox religions, Eris and Aqua, preached to their believers, they would tell everyone to avoid such things as much as possible, and not to listen, talk or believe them.

The same applies to the dungeon set up by Vanir. As long as you don't go there, Vanir's plan will not succeed.

"Haha, haven't you heard that the magma in hell is full of gold. As long as a little bit of it is exposed between your fingers, it is enough for adventurers to flock to it."

Barnil looked at Connor as if he were a bumpkin, and his tone was so firm that it seemed real.

"Aren't those all just rumors..."

This statement couldn't fool Connor. He had really been to hell while possessed by a little devil from hell. Apart from the uncomfortable living environment, there were also a large number of demons. However, demons were worthless in hell.

"Uh, you found out?"

Barnil was so embarrassed that he even forgot to say the usual "we" and "you".

This was the first time in history that a great demon at the level of the Duke of Hell had his boasting exposed by a human being, and the key point was that what the other party said was true.

"You said you were looking for the useless boss."

The Duke of Hell, Vanir, is looking for Wiz from the magic item shop. This is the purpose of his coming here that the great devil stated at the beginning.

Vanir slapped his forehead. It had been so long since he last went out to cheat people that even his housekeeping skills had become rusty.

It's all because of the Demon King's Castle. There wasn't a single smart officer in the Demon King's army that he could deceive, making his level as low as that of a scumbag.

After giving the Demon King a beating, Vanir had already made himself a Chocobo as a mount with his bare hands.

"In that case, I will speak frankly."

Vanir rode on his clay puppet chocobo and walked in one direction while saying:

"My friend runs a store here. I originally wanted to ask her to let me work in the store to save money, and then use that money as capital to ask my friend to decorate the dungeon with her help."

"Lead the way. Since you two have had two delicious snacks, the matter of snooping into our territory will be written off."

Connor: "Mr. Clairvoyance, you're going the wrong way..."

148. Did you lead the enemy here?

"So... you guys just went out for a day and finished exploring the dungeon?"

At the camp of Kazuma's team, Kazuma had a quarrel with Aqua, so he was playing chess with Megumin, who also couldn't sleep, in front of the fireplace. Suddenly, he heard someone knocking at the door, welcoming Connor and his group who had returned from the wild.

Kazuma stared suspiciously at the woman behind Connor and Youyou, his eyes rolling around in his sockets.

Why would Wiz, the owner of the magic item store, get together with these two people, and late at night?

"Oh, the things Miss Aqua gave me have greatly improved my efficiency. By the way, is Miss Aqua asleep? I want to thank her in person."

Connor blinked.

The incident was indeed what Kazuma had summarized, but the specific process...

It’s not shameful to be unable to defeat the great demon, the Duke of Hell, Vanir, who can compete with gods... probably.

Moreover, he has brought Vanir to the only place that can currently deal with the great demons at the level of the Duke of Hell. This can barely be considered a roundabout way of saving the country.

Connor didn't see Aqua performing special attacks against demons and undead creatures, so he didn't dare to explain the truth to Kazuma for a moment. He had to use small gestures to remind Kazuma to call Aqua down quickly.

On the other hand, even Youyou was a little reserved and became more obedient than usual, and said nothing in the face of Huihui's provocation.

This surprised Huihui so much that she kept pestering Youyou to ask about the dungeon exploration. Huihui only learned Explosion Magic, which she couldn't use in the dungeon. Even carrying luggage was a burden, so she was very curious about everything in the dungeon.

The two Crimson Demon girls were whispering to one side. Most of the time, it was Huihui who asked questions, and Yunyun only answered occasionally. The fireplace fell into a brief silence.

Kazuma didn't want to talk about anything related to Aqua. He and Aqua were having a disagreement over funding, and he didn't want to use his share to repay Aqua's debt. This thing was a bottomless pit. Aqua could sometimes make a lot of money, but in the blink of an eye, she would lose it all because of her low intelligence and luck.

But at that moment, he felt that he was on Connor's wavelength.

"Miss." Looking at Kazuma's team, only Darkness is often called this after her noble identity was exposed and her real name Lalatina began to spread in Axel. Aqua and Megumin have nothing to do with the word "Miss."

This guy Connor... isn't he also a "reincarnated hero" and usually calls himself an Akusia believer? Why is he suddenly so unfamiliar with Aqua?

You must be...feeling that the Acusia religion is unreliable and that it's time to turn back and decide to switch to the Eris religion?

We have to call Aqua out and let Aqua... make him happy!

In order to prevent Aqua from getting angry and wanting to kill Connor, Kazuma felt that he had an obligation to stay here and mediate the fight, and he definitely did not want to see Aqua make a fool of herself.

cough!

Kazuma cleared his throat and took a deep breath.

"Aqua! Hey! Aqua, I know you're not asleep, come down quickly!"

Kazuma was full of energy and shouted at the top of his voice towards the upstairs.

“I’m so annoyed! They just keep making noise all day long! That useless Kazuma has no sense of existence except for his loud voice… Uh, there are guests…”

"What brings you here so late?"

Aqua poked her head out from the stairs in her pajamas and stopped talking immediately when she saw three guests in the living room.

If Kazuma is told to quit, how long will it take for her to return to heaven? Especially since there is a lich named Wiz whom she hates. It's not that Aqua hates Wiz, but Wiz is a lich from the undead camp, and she naturally has a "flavor" that she doesn't like.

Especially when Aqua still owed Wiz a debt.

Aqua's passive ability is to convert all liquids into pure water with purification capabilities. When Aqua went to Wiz's shop that day, she accidentally touched the potion concentrate that had not yet been packaged, so the entire pot of high-level potion was ruined.

As a water goddess from heaven, she actually owed a debt to a lich. This kind of thing would become a huge joke if it were taken to heaven.

With a creditor and Connor as her financial sponsor and believer, Aqua was putting on a show even in her pajamas.

Aqua's eyes swept across Wiz, and Wiz also noticed someone walking down the stairs. When he looked up at the stairs, his eyes met Aqua's blue eyes.

"Tsk...it's the devil's stench...Uh, why the devil? Never mind, they're all the same."

Without even a second thought, Aqua raised her hand and instantly cast a purification spell. The holy energy with almost no buffering or pre-swing transformed into white flames and hit Wiz's body, causing Wiz to let out a shrill scream and her body became much dimmer.

"This, this, this..."

"Aqua!"

Kazuma never thought that Aqua would actually attack Wiz!

Wiz is his partner, an important partner who can turn the ideas in his mind into money!

Did you know that your debt will be settled from here?

Although he said that he would not fill the hole left by Aqua, Kazuma actually planned to arrange a monthly subscription service to compensate Aqua for the trouble she caused.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?!"

Aqua was already angry, and when faced with Kazuma's questioning, she didn't want to explain at first, but became even angrier.

"I am a goddess, what's wrong with purifying a lich?!"

This kind of thing has happened before. When Kazuma and his friends just went to Wiz's shop, Aqua used purification magic on Wiz and almost made Wiz ascend to heaven on the spot.

Even though Wiz was a very powerful magician who had changed his job to a lich, it took him several days to recover.

"I told you not to attack Wiz, she's not an ordinary lich!"

"so what!"

Aqua frowned and walked towards Wiz with a look of disgust. Then she covered her nose and said, “It stinks!”

Kazuma's face became even uglier. Why did Aqua get serious with the lich Wiz today? She never did that before.

"Aqua! Another purification!"

Just as Kazuma and Aqua were confronting each other, Connor suddenly spoke in a hurry.

Kazuma: “Huh?”

Aqua proudly raised her chin towards Kazuma, and with her hands she created a brighter purification spell and threw it at Wiz who was lying on the ground.

“Hahahaha, let me start by saying nice to meet you, damned priest with the same name as that infamous goddess of water! I’m Vanir, the Duke of Hell! I’m also the great demon Vanir, one of the cadres of the Demon King’s army!”

Vanir removed Wiz's disguise and revealed his true face, and just rolled on the ground to reorganize his body to avoid Aqua's purification. Otherwise, if Aqua fired another shot, it would be easy for the disguised Vanir to be killed.

Kazuma looked at the "dead man" on the ground for a long time before he reacted. Looking at Connor, his mind was filled with thoughts, which finally condensed into one sentence:

"You led the enemy here?"

149. Which will come first, tomorrow or an accident?

There was a sofa between the Water Goddess Aqua and the Duke of Hell Vanir, and on both sides of the sofa were Kazuma, Connor, and two Crimson Demon girls.

"Well, I'll tell you."

Aqua curled her hair and stared at the big devil intently. The coldness in her tone really sounded like a goddess descending to the earth: "How did you get into this mansion? I set up a sacred barrier filled with divine light outside the mansion. Pests like you should not be able to get in."

Aqua was a little angry because her "God's territory" was set foot by the devil.

Connor heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Aqua and Vanir were really fighting each other.

Although he felt a little sorry for Kazuma's team, this was the only way he could think of to survive with Youyou from the hands of the Duke of Hell, Vanir.

Even going directly to the Church of Eris might not be more effective than coming directly to Aqua.

After all, the door of the Eris Church might not be opened at night, and Vanir wouldn't be stupid enough to follow him into the Eris Church.

"Oh, you mean the insignificant thing that covers this mansion?" Vanir laughed arrogantly, "What? It turns out that it's a barrier! Because it was so weak, I thought it was a failed work of some rookie priest."

"I'm so sorry, I was so strong, I just passed by and it seems I broke it."

As he spoke, Vanir slowly placed his hand on his chest, as if he was really apologizing for his unintentional behavior.

Aqua left the sofa and stood in front of Vanir. "Oh my, you talk so arrogantly, but your body is honestly falling apart everywhere. Super powerful devil, what should we do now? I heard that you should be the Duke of Hell, but I never thought that a barrier of that level would cause you to become like this?"