Unorthodox Guild

Yura's office on the top floor of the Demon King's castle.

"..."

"Beep... The number you dialed is out of credit."

"Hmm..."

"Damn it, Yura, at least top up your phone card with some money..."

She always tries to save gold coins where she shouldn't; I'll have to give her a good talking to when we get back.

With a gentle bite, Vivian put down the magic phone in her hand.

"The Demon King is about to take office, if he doesn't come back soon... um."

Not far from Vivian, magical energy began to fluctuate violently.

"Still unable to contact that demon general named Yura?"

A figure covered in heavy armor broke through the void and slowly appeared in the darkness.

"..."

"Demon King... my lord, when did you arrive?"

"...This is my office, I shouldn't need to report to you, right?"

The voice contained no emotion or feeling whatsoever.

It feels like a beef bowl from a chain fast food restaurant: classic, affordable, and generous in portion, costing 460 silver coins and including a complimentary miso soup.

"..."

What? You're asking what the connection is between beef rice and sound?

Vivian didn't know either; perhaps she was just hungry.

"..."

"Don't change the subject, Vivian, answer my question."

"..."

The figure in the darkness noticed that the girl remained silent.

"..."

"The Demon King's inauguration ceremony will be held tomorrow at noon."

His tone was devoid of any emotion; he simply gave Vivian instructions.

"...But it's the Demon King."

"Yura... a general of the Demon King's army, is currently carrying out decapitation missions on the continent."

Seemingly sensing a gaze from the darkness, Vivian involuntarily swallowed.

"If she were to succeed now, it might affect her mission..."

Are you questioning my decision?

boom.

An invisible pressure immediately swept over the girl's petite body.

"Well......"

At this moment, Vivian could only kneel on one knee to try and alleviate the pressure from above.

"..."

Vivian had no objections.

After a moment of silence, he also withdrew his own magic.

...Kara, karara.

The collision of the armor pieces produced a slight metallic sound.

"Vivian, do you know?"

The being known as the Demon King slowly walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

"Since birth, a voice has been echoing in my mind."

"....."

"I was born to be the Demon King; it was my destiny."

"..."

Seemingly unaware of Vivian's tightly clenched lips, or perhaps simply not caring.

He simply looked into the distance: towards the other side of the strait, which originally belonged to the demons.

"I express my deepest condolences for the general's sacrifice."

The massive armored body slowly turned around.

"But my demon race cannot wait any longer."

His gaze, peering through the heavy helmet, swept over the kneeling demon girl with disdain.

His gaze was calm and still, yet it carried an undeniable air of authority.

"Gulp."

This led to Vivian harboring many grievances.

But at this moment, we have to admit it.

"..."

"As you command, Lord Demon King."

She felt the oppressive aura that only existed among the demon kings.

. . . . . .

. . . . . .

"Slime hahaha".

Deep within the Forest of Cuteness.

A black-haired girl sat on a huge tree trunk.

He picked up a tiny blue slime that had crawled to his feet, wiggled its little feet, and seemed to be in a pretty good mood.

That's right.

After all, Yura's magic reserves had been restored, and she hadn't eaten so well or slept so well in a long time.

So, compared to before, he naturally felt much more refreshed.

"Hoo hoo, grow up quickly..."

Black magic slowly flowed in.

The blue slime slowly began to swell.

Gradually, it changed from the size of Elisa to the size of Lilia...

Having finally found a place to stay, Yura's plan for the time being is to create some of her own familiars in the secret forest next to the Cat Guild while the guild recovers its magic power.

After all, Yura is currently unable to effectively utilize the Demon King's magic power within her.

Therefore, in order to quickly defeat the human heroes, she still needs the support of some powerful monsters.

"Hehe, Lilia Slime..."

He rubbed the blue slime in front of him.

Although I don't know what his relationship with Lilia is.

But for some reason, I just have an urge to name it Lilia... Maybe it's because slimes are soft and big.

"There are so many slimes in this forest."

Looking around, I saw those blue figures hiding behind the trees, curiously watching me.

"I don't know why, but it's pretty good."

Yura was, after all, a young girl in the prime of her life, so compared to those other monstrous and strange monsters, she preferred to strengthen some cute monsters.

"I'm full..."

Yura's purpose in enhancing slimes is not limited to simply increasing their combat power.

"Lilia Slime, after Yura defeats the hero, you have to help me tie up Mr. Kaya and bring him back to the Demon King's castle..."

Also, slimes are monsters that are good at restricting human movement.

"..."

"Eh?"

I just don't know why.

The magical energy flowing from Yura's body to the slime suddenly stopped.

"..."

Rather than saying it stopped.

Rather, it was the black magic flowing from Yura's body, like a stream, that seemed to have stopped in time, unable to flow any further.

"Hey, I clearly remember having quite a bit of magic power left."

Gently place the slime on the ground.

The black-haired girl sitting on the tree stump was somewhat puzzled. She closed her eyes and quietly began to sense the magic power within her...

"..."

"......Well."

At the very moment the spirit entered the body.

In that instant, a sharp pain swept over Yura's body.

"Ughhh..."

The immense black magic power within his body, for some unknown reason.

Like Hakimi breaking free of his iron cage, it rampaged through the girl's body.

"W-what happened... Waaah."

Suppressing the intense pain coursing through her limbs, Yura tried to control a wisp of chaotic magic...

Bang!

Just as consciousness enveloped that wisp of magic, attempting to slowly draw it out of the body.

"No, that's not good!"

Realizing something was wrong, Yura quickly stopped the outflow of magic.

However, by the time she realized it, it was too late.

Boom, rumble...

The raging, flood-like demonic power within him seemed to have found an outlet, and surged wildly toward the opened breach.

......

boom!!!

With a deafening roar.

A massive, black pillar of magical light centered on Yura.

In that instant, a blinding light burst forth, engulfing the entire depths of the forest.

..........