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

At least, that's what Connor has collected so far and what he has relatively vague memories of.

Normal humans, without the "help" of the hell demons, generally find it difficult to survive in hell. The so-called "help" of the hell demons is nothing more than the price paid by some greedy people who think they don't have to pay. They will be tortured to death by the demons in hell.

The way to hell could not be found, and the big devil who could drag people to hell was very dangerous, so Connor had no choice but to resort to this last resort.

That is to exchange bodies with the imps summoned by the artifact that can exchange bodies and the original stone artifact, and then go to hell with the body of a native hell imp.

Connor had his own considerations for choosing to use the Hell Imp instead of a more powerful demon.

After all, the rule of the artifact is to exchange bodies, not to allow him to control an additional body. If he goes to hell in the body of a demon, the big demon that occupies his body is not something that a cage can contain.

At this moment, the hell devil that entered his body has been suppressed at the bottom of the cage by the magic on the cage and the item [Tears of the Goddess] and cannot get up at all.

Connor searched for the instinct in the little ghost's body and stopped at a special rune.

After a few days of remedial lessons, Connor recognized this rune. It was a part of teleportation magic and was attached with the feature of [Hell].

At first glance, it is a teleportation magic that can teleport the creatures of hell back to hell.

After calming himself down, Connor immersed his mind into the teleportation rune. Then he felt as if something was hooking his abdomen, and his body gradually entered a narrow passage.

Gulp gulp lonely——

The lava sea was boiling wildly, and from time to time a column of fire would burst into the sky.

The sky was pitch black, and there was no moisture amid the lightning and thunder.

The heat brought by the high temperature collided with the air outside the lava sea, and dozens of thick tornadoes collided with each other on the black rock plain as far as the eye could see.

The strong wind carried the pungent smell of blood and sulfur, causing the hellish imp to stagger.

“Once upon a time, the world of ghosts… … ”

The hellish imp possessed by Connor whimpered, and it took a long time to eliminate the differences between his body and soul caused by the hellish environment.

After returning to hell, the body of the hell ghost greedily absorbed the sulfur air here, and flames gradually burned on his bald head.

In the main world, the creatures from Hell have been suppressed to varying degrees. If it weren't for the fact that magic power was universal between Hell and the main world, these little ghosts who were accustomed to the magical environment of Hell would be suffocated by the magic-filled air when they arrived in the main world.

Taking a deep breath, the golden apple swept away the surrounding heat and magic power, and even absorbed some magma from hell.

Cracks also appeared under his feet, and magma rolled up from the ground, covering the body of the hell demon that Connor was possessed by.

Waving his arms casually, making a whirring sound, Connor finally nodded in satisfaction.

With this outfit, this little devil from hell can be considered to have escaped from the vulgar tastes.

"Then let me see where the wonderful house is..."

Following the direction of the arrow on the golden apple, the little devil from hell walked slowly.

137. Hell

call--

Connor opened his eyes suddenly, and felt relieved when he saw that he was back in the tall cage.

The small cage opposite him had become empty, with no trace of any hellish imps.

"This method is still too dangerous..."

Connor rubbed his brows, threw out a flying knife, and used [Rapid Assassination] to appear out of thin air outside the cage.

Lying on the bed, Connor reviewed his reckless journey into hell.

Using a divine weapon to exchange bodies with the demons of hell and sink into hell is indeed a very novel way of smuggling, but it is also the artifact that makes it successful, and it is also the artifact that makes it fail. Connor found a way to limit the life of the little demons of hell in the material world, but the risks concealed by the "great progress" cannot be ignored -

If the party who exchanges bodies with the artifact dies, the exchange will be permanent.

In other words, Connor possessed the body of a little devil from hell and swaggered around in hell, which was like he was hanging his life on his belt.

Although the hell devils don't wear pants and don't have belts.

Not long after walking on the lava seashore of hell, the irritable and aggressive little devils all over the place noticed Connor, the maverick little devil, and surrounded him.

After realizing that the imp would die if killed, Connor used [Force Summon] to summon the Ice General to clear out the surrounding hell monsters, and tried his best to make a safe space and delay until the time limit of the artifact.

The Hell Imp stayed in Hell, and he was able to return to his body safely.

"If the shortcut doesn't work, then what other methods are there to explore in hell..."

Connor thought about it for a long time without any clue, until there was a long knock on the door.

"Connor~ We should go to Kazuma's place!"

Oh, and there are invitations.

Connor sat up from the bed, responded to Youyou, and covered the two cages with black cloth.

He tore off a piece of cloth and packed up the necklace artifact. This was an agreement between Aqua and him, to take the opportunity of meeting to seal the artifact.

Connor was prepared for this. After all, the artifact that can exchange bodies has been shown to everyone. How long this artifact can stay in his hands depends on Aqua's memory, or when the thief Chris can return from the imperial capital.

Compared to the unreliable Aqua, the goddess Eris who transformed into the thief Chris is much more conscientious. In fact, her purpose of transforming into a thief, in addition to responding to Darkness's request and making friends with Darkness, is to recover and seal the artifacts scattered around the world.

In Connor's memory, the thief Chris knew that Aldap had the artifact, and was also working on recovering the artifact from the lord's mansion.

Hand in one and you can save the other artifact that has been swallowed by the golden apple.

If it's done properly... maybe there will be a turnaround on Aqua's side, or we can ask Aqua if there is any way to travel back and forth between hell and the material world.

Carrying the packaged artifacts and a few bottles of drinks as souvenirs, Connor and Youyou came to Kazuma's team's base in Axel.

"It's quite luxurious..."

Compared to Connor and Youyou who have been staying in the hotel, the mansion occupied by Kazuma can be said to be the ultimate goal of many adventurers.

"Hey, welcome to my home."

Kazuma's self-esteem was greatly satisfied. With this house, he could be considered to have made a name for himself among adventurers.

Buy > rent. Kazuma, who traveled through time, more or less holds this philosophy. Especially in front of a "reincarnated brave senior" and a "senior who has no house of his own and can only live in a hotel", this satisfaction becomes even more fulfilling.

As soon as he entered the room, Connor saw all the team members except Kazuma's team. Even Darkness, who was staying at home, was there. Her eyes were red, as if she had just cried.

“There is another guest. Yes, that is Barda,” Kazuma explained. “The kingdom has sent a transfer order, asking Darkness’s father to be the lord of Axel. Barda will retain the title of the Alexei family and assist the Dustinis family in governing Axel.”

"He always says he has too much to do and is too busy." Aqua was lying on the sofa, warming herself by the fire. When she saw what Connor was holding, she immediately cleaned up the table.

"Oh! It's a very nice drink! You are so thoughtful! And thank you, Youyou!"

Connor thought Aqua was concerned about the sealing of the artifact, but Aqua was Aqua and did not let him down...

Kazuma was in high spirits after being inspired by the drinks Connor brought.

"Hey, now it's my turn to show you my cooking skills! What is the cooking skills of a time traveler?"

Kazuma rolled up his sleeves and walked into the kitchen.

After a while, Megumin ran out in a hurry and shouted to Aqua who was choosing drinks:

"Oh no, oh no! Kazuma fainted after being hit by a carrot!"

what?

A group of people and Huihui ran into the kitchen. Seeing Kazuma fainted in the kitchen with a swollen face, Aqua immediately released her skills:

"【treat】!"

A white light flashed, and Kazuma's voice came from the kitchen: "I'm the one who's stuck. If not, I'll chop them all up!"

“Um... Kazuma, let me deal with Carrot, you go do something else..." Darkness volunteered to take over the task of fighting Carrot, and it was unclear whether she was going there to avenge Kazuma or to get beaten.

"I just don't believe it. If I can't cure carrots, can I not cure your potatoes?"

Kazuma, who was pulled up by Aqua's healing technique, said in disbelief. He was not even in the mood to complain about Darkness's perversion.

When he attacked the cabbage and vegetable sticks, he was beaten by these two things. Why are they doing it again? Wouldn't all his leveling up for nothing?

After saying that, Kazuma picked up the kitchen knife and aimed it at the potatoes on the chopping board.

In the place where the potatoes touched the chopping board, which no one could see, thin purple sprouts had already grown.

A minute passed and Kazuma remained motionless, ready to strike.

Just as he was about to poke Kazuma, he fell to the ground with his face purple and foaming at the mouth.

"Kazuma and Kazuma!!!"

“Heal, heal, heal!” Aqua cast healing spells three times in a row. The light of holy magic almost purified the entire kitchen. This was the second time she rescued Kazuma from the ingredients.

Kazuma: …

After experiencing two incidents of food hurting people, Kazuma, with a gloomy look on his face, picked up a small stool and sat quietly in the corner of the kitchen. He seemed to have lost all color:

"Life... is hell..."

138. It's really that

"Maybe there are clues in the dungeon?"

"Yes, there are rumors that there are signs of demons in the dungeon, but when it was reported, no one cared."

Connor and Barda were talking to each other, and sitting opposite them were Yunyun and Huihui, who were also quite interested in the dungeon.

But after knowing the structure of the dungeon, Huihui took Youyou and ran away.

In a place like a dungeon, Huihui's explosion magic is completely useless. After all, no one wants to die not at the hands of monsters but in the collapse of the dungeon caused by explosion magic while adventuring underground.

After Kazuma was almost killed by the vegetables, the meal was finally completed safely.

Aqua curled up on the sofa by the fireplace. The goddess of water seemed to enjoy the warmth brought by the fire.

The necklace that allows one to exchange bodies shuttles back and forth between the goddess' fingers.

"Aqua...if you keep rubbing it, it will be covered with human oil."

Kazuma hadn't recovered from his frustration yet, and was a little annoyed by Aqua's noise, so he complained in a low voice.

"Oh……"

Aqua said “Oh” nonchalantly and took out a handkerchief from behind her back: “Hey, Kazuma, still not happy? Do you want me to perform a trick for you?”

"No way! Who wants to watch your tricks at this time?"

He turned his head away as if he was really angry.

When talking about magic tricks, Kazuma thought of the magic item that he had obtained with great difficulty before. At first, he had illusions about Aqua's integrity, but unfortunately, this crazy woman was right.

She said she wanted to use the ring to perform magic tricks, but after the magic was done the ring disappeared. Even Aqua herself didn't know how to get the ring back.

If this were a necklace...

"There will be no accidents this time. How about we exchange hands? Use your hands..."

Before Aqua finished her words, the necklace suddenly emitted a light with the power of a divine weapon.

Aqua:......

Kazuma: …

"Aaaaaaaaaaa!"

"Ouch! Ouch!"

Connor, who was communicating with her, immediately turned around and saw Aqua pulling up the collar of her clothes, looking down and shouting in disgust.

On the other side, Kazuma was tugging at Aqua's sleeve like a sissy and kept crying and begging.

"Shaha-Shaha-"

"Who would have thoughts about your body, idiot!"

"You are the idiot, idiot, idiot! Give my body back to me!"

"Shaha-Shaha-"

As soon as Connor saw the necklace in Aqua's hand, he immediately understood what was going on.

Can……

Didn’t he ask Aqua to seal the artifact as soon as possible...how come the safe word was accidentally triggered?

Well, when it comes to making mistakes and making mistakes, I can only say that she is worthy of being called Aqua.