I love time travel the most!

"Mr. Barnier, I'll invite you then; after all, you love this kind of negative emotion, don't you?"

At this moment, Kobayashi's mouth was stretched to the back of his ears.

It doesn't look like a human; it looks more like a demon.

"What a freak! Kobayashi, I never imagined you harbored such twisted thoughts!"

Darkness, his arms trembling, loudly berated Kobayashi.

But in fact--

"Please treat me that way! Please do that!"

The perverted knight just wanted to experience that feeling and enjoyed it.

While holding down Darkness, who was in heat, Kobayashi said the classic line to the Duke of Hell who ruled over demons: "Mr. Barnier, you don't want Wiz to become like that, do you?"

"You... Not killing humans is my ironclad rule, but you've gone too far!"

Barnier couldn't help but roar loudly.

"Who cares about you! Speaking of going too far, shouldn't it be Mr. Barnier who forcibly occupied the underground city who went too far?" Kobayashi retorted without any politeness.

Not only that.

Kobayashi pointed to the room behind him and said bluntly, "You can't get into that room either. If you can't get into the deepest room, what's the point of talking about a final boss? Besides, if we seal off this dungeon, do you think anyone will still come here?"

"Well……"

Barnier rubbed his forehead in frustration.

The dungeon is sealed off; not only will powerful adventurers not come, but even low-level adventurers won't venture there.

"I never imagined that I, too, would one day be restrained by humanity. Young man, have you ever considered building an underground city with me? I believe you have a real talent for it."

High emotional intelligence: Working together to achieve great things.

Low emotional intelligence: Be a devil.

"Unfortunately, I've already been reserved by someone else."

"You are clearly very talented. It's such a pity that I won't live to see the day when you wreak havoc on the world."

"Nonsense! I would never do that."

Xiaolin rolled her eyes at him, annoyed.

Although the process was somewhat complicated, the transaction was able to proceed smoothly.

Chapter 279 Acting

The outer perimeter of Kiel's underground city.

All the adventurers who followed Kobayashi and Darkness down there were bombarded by the masked puppets. Without a front line, they had to retreat back to the ground, their bodies tattered and in a sorry state.

Looks like it's been bombed quite a bit.

Seeing this, Kazuma Sato looked shaken.

Fortunately, he didn't insist on going down with them, otherwise he certainly wouldn't have fared any better than these people.

As Sena called for the priests to heal the adventurers, her eyes kept glancing towards the dungeon entrance, her worried expression undisguised.

"Miss Sena, are you perhaps worried about Senior Kobayashi and the others?"

"Of course. Everyone else has returned, only Kobayashi and Sir Dustinis haven't come back... Speaking of which, you two don't seem worried at all."

She looked to the other side.

Below the bushes, on flat ground far from the underground city, a high priest sat idly counting ants, his face blank.

At this critical moment, with the fate of her teammates uncertain, she still looked completely indifferent. Her demeanor was more like that of someone on a picnic than someone on a mission.

Why can she make such a silly expression?

"Well... after all, he's our team leader, Senior Kobayashi. We have a lot of confidence in him."

While inwardly cursing Aqua as an idiot, Kazuma Sato awkwardly offered an explanation.

"It seems you have a lot of confidence in him."

"Of course!"

He gave a thumbs-up and puffed out his chest. Not only did he believe it, but everyone else in the team did.

Reassured, Sena's furrowed brows relaxed slightly, but she still worriedly said, "I wonder what happened down there. The adventurers were all forced to return. What if something unexpected happened..."

"So everyone said there's no problem!"

Kazuma Sato exclaimed, "After all, he's Kobayashi-senpai...!"

The voice just fell.

A black shadow shot out from the underground city, crashed into the trees half a meter away from the group, made a muffled thud that sounded like someone spitting blood, and then fell cleanly to the ground.

"……Eh?"

The sudden turn of events left everyone stunned for a moment. Only Aqua was the first to recognize who had flown out, and her expression changed drastically as she rushed towards him.

"Xiao Lin! Xiao Lin!!!"

The silly goddess shook his shoulder and used magic to heal him.

Kazuma Sato and Sena exchanged bewildered glances, only regaining their composure a few seconds later before walking towards the figure. They were stunned to see Kobayashi with blood at the corner of his mouth and an odd expression.

"No way……"

He just made a boast, and then got slapped in the face?

No, now is not the time to think about that!

Kazuma Sato crouched down, checking on Kobayashi's condition while asking with concern, "Kobayashi-senpai, are you alright? What happened down there?"

They must be officers of the Demon King's army!

hateful!

I didn't expect the opponent to be so strong; even Senior Kobayashi was no match for them!

He was filled with remorse. He should have gone down together earlier; he wouldn't be so confused now. Sato Kazuma had completely forgotten about his other companion.

He helped Xiaolin up, intending to leave, but unexpectedly, as soon as he touched her body, his wrist was gripped by a strong force.

"Um???"

Looking down, I realized it was Xiaolin's hand.

this is?

Normally, a person who is unconscious or injured cannot exert such great force.

Could it be...

Kazuma Sato seemed to have thought of something.

Just then, Kobayashi woke up from his 'coma'.

Aqua, with tears in her eyes, said thankfully, "You scared me to death, Kobayashi! I thought you were dead!...No, even if I were dead, I could be resurrected, so what's there to be sad about?"

As she spoke, the silly goddess stopped crying.

...Give me back the feeling I had!

Kobayashi couldn't help but roll his eyes.

But with Sena here, the show must go on.

He feigned weakness and said, "Be careful... the enemy is a powerful Demon King's army officer..."

"What?! Demon King's army officers?!"

Sena was taken aback, then shocked.

She never expected that such an extraordinary enemy as a Demon King's Army cadre would appear in the lowest-level dungeon of the beginner village.

Upon hearing news of the Demon King's army officers below, the surrounding adventurers began to show signs of retreating.

"I knew it!"

Aqua was furious.

Kobayashi was severely hurt; she was truly angry.

Fortunately, the silly goddess wasn't very bright and didn't notice anything suspicious.

Kazuma Sato asked, "Wait, Aqua. Kobayashi-senpai is very strong; even if she couldn't fight him, she shouldn't be injured so badly..."

Beautiful assist, Sato-kun!

He asked a crucial question, which was then answered by another person.

"Hahaha, it seems it's time for me to make my appearance!"

A deep, steady male voice echoed from within the dungeon. At the same time, a figure slowly emerged from the shadows of the entrance.

I slowly walked into the moonlight.

"Holy Purification!!!"

Aqua then cast a purification spell imbued with divine power, enveloping the newcomer in white flames, causing him to scream in pain.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! What are you doing?! This was supposed to be my opening remarks, and you just interrupted me! You have absolutely no sense of propriety!"

Duke Barnier of Hell collapsed to his knees, exhausted, before he could even strike a pose.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to."

The silly goddess scratched her head sheepishly, clearly apologetic.

There's a kind of beauty that's lost its mind.

A wave of heat emanated from the figure in front of them, and after a brief moment of confusion, they were able to see the enemy clearly.

“…Darkness?!”

Kazuma Sato cried out in surprise.