—After 2 days.

After finishing preparing we together with 5 《Rakshadian》 elite mages set forth towards the underground pa.s.sage below the 《ancient Library》.

「But you know, who knew there was a place like this under the library」 Kazuha

I utter to Tao while leading the expedition.

「I too am a from here but… even in the ancient times this place was surrounded with puzzles… And it’s not like finding a 『secret underground pa.s.sage』 is surprising」 Tao

Hee, is that so?

「Even so this cave has a weird atmosphere surrounding it… I’ve been feeling something weird from the heart of this cave…」 Ruru

Said Ruru who’s following Tao.

「P-please don’t suddenly say such scary things, Ruru-chan…! I’m not very good in dealing with these kind of conversation…!」 Tao

So you’re a former thief afraid of a ghost…
Didn’t you guys did lots of damage to graves…?

「It seems like … the people from the back are properly following. But whatever the case, this is a very small place…」 Ruru

The smallest girl expressed that the underground pa.s.sage was 『small』.
For some reason, if we were to further open the 『sealed door』, the place would pretty much widen or not…

Ah, by the way we’re walking the underground pa.s.sage in a line.
I’m the one in the front followed by Tao, Ruru, 5 mages, Selen and Rei proceeding like a train.

「Ah. I think I see something」 Kazuha

I point the torch forward, and see a door with some weird crest carved on it.

「Aah, mage-san! Is this it?」 Kazuha

I call upon the 5 mages behind Ruru. (1)
And then baton pa.s.s.

「…Is it ok? After unsealing this the a fearful demon will appear and attack. Please prepare yourself…」 Mage

「Yup, I think we’re all good. Cause we’re stupidly strong」 Kazuha

「I-I see… Now then… Here we go!」 Mage

The mages chant magic at once, and then fires it toward the door.

And at the same time a flock of big black snakes crawl out of the door with staggering vigor.

「Here it comes—–! Here comes the giant snakes———-!!」

『GYAOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooonnn!!!!』

My delight and the snakes’ roar echoed within the cave.

「Tao, Ruru I’m counting on the both of ya. Hey! Both of you at the back! Can I destroy this thing myself–!」 Kazuha

「… My, my? The door is open, huh! Kazuha-samaa!!」 Rei

「… d.a.m.n, It’s so small that I can’t see! Do something about those snakes by yourself, Kazuha!」 Selen

Yeah.
In a way, it’s amazing, us the mercenary party.

「Hii…! H-hurry and defeat that demon…!」 Mage

Uttered by the really scared mages.
Ah, but I guess that’s the norm.
This monster is probably mid level boss.

I ready my very very heavy 《Zwei Hander》 and push the snakes in the door.

「Ah, can you close the door,mages-san?」 Kazuha

「Eh? … Ah, okay! Without a moment to waste!」 Mage

I’ve glanced at the seam of the snake and, sure enough this place was big.
So rather than protecting the mages in a small and cramped place I’d rather enter here and fight that big snake making it much better.

「Nishishi. Now then…. I’m gonna go violent, since quite a while! Kazuha-chan♪」 (?)

――After 3 minutes.

「Oi, I’m through. You can open the door now」 Kazuha

「Ah… U-understood! We’re gonna open it now!」 Mage

Then the door open.
Everyone has dumbfounded expression.

「… Did Kazuha do this all alone…? 」 Tao

「… I can’t believe it… It’s only a hunch but… the strength of the demons here is…」 Ruru

「… Aah. IS probably much 『stronger』… than the 『demons』 from the demon castle」 Selen

「Haaan/// No less from my Kazuha-samaaaa/// I… already feel indulged to  you…! ///」 Rei

… I’ll ignore that last one, I know that everyone was surprised.
Cause the snakes all in all were about 30…

「But you know, I still haven’t got the hang of using 『great sword』. In the end I had to 『rely on magic』 which is really frustrating」 Kazuha

My magic’s skill level has long since it achieved the highest level.
It would be better if I was able to defeat all of it with only 『great sword』 but things didn’t go my way.

「Err… It seems like the dungeon pa.s.sage is too rugged, I think…」 Mage

Oh my, I think they’re really afraid of me.
I shouldn’t have flaunted that much of power, they might report me to the prime minister…

Guess it’s better not to stand out ’til I’ve made a country…

「Rei-san, Selen. I’m tired so I’ll rest. Change with me」 Kazuha

I said then moved towards the back.

「’Kay~♪ I understand, Kazuha-samaa♪ Then I will protect Kazuha-sama with all my might♪」 Rei

「Kuku… 『Tired』 huh…? Don’t make me laugh…! In your case it’s either 『you gave up』 or 『you don’t want to stand out』」 Selen (2)

I hate the sharp Selen-san.

— Then we, gradually moved towards the 『sealed room』 in the innermost part.