Myslyn was still looking at me who was panicking while being coiled, with her naughty smile.
Honestly, I would never be tempted by this Devil at all. The question was, why did Myslyn not notice that I was also carrying Banasphate? She surely knew who Banasphate was. Could it be that that damned Banasphate was still hiding inside his mirror ball?
"HA... HA... HAAAAA... just surrender already, lowly human…!!!! Do you not wish to receive the incomparable pleasure from Queen Myslyn??? Such a waste indeed… If I had your bodyyy, I would come to her at all times to gain satisfactiooon…!!!!" Banasphate's voice seemed to whisper clearly into my ear without any visible form.
Daaamn… He did not even care that I was cornered like this. Was this his intention, that I had to do the same thing as with Mareketh, namely a bargaining dialogue? Could this be a test for me, whether I could escape Myslyn's grasp merely with my words alone?
"My Lord, how about making an agreement? I will release you from the mirror ball and help speak with Queen Myslyn. I already have a plan that is still connected to my goal," I whispered while slightly turning to the left.
"Are you truly that stupid, you damned humaaannn...?!?! Do you think I would immediately help yooouuu...?!?! If I just stay silent after coming out while the Queen enjoys your body, what then…???? You will die heeere and your soooul will become mineeeee HAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!" said Banasphate while laughing wickedly.
"Heeeyyy… who are you talking toooo, deaaarr??? I am riiight heeere..." said Myslyn while slightly suspicious but still with a naughty tone.
"Ehhh nooo, gracious Queen. I was only echoing with voices here," I said while trying to smile sweetly at Myslyn. She immediately blushed when I praised her.
I had already thought that Banasphate would not be willing to help this time. I actually already had a plan to temporarily escape Myslyn's grasp, but the risk was extremely great and involved my life.
But I truly no longer had time to think about anything else. I would carry out this plan.
"Oohhhh... gracious and enchanting Queen Myslyn. Allow me to explain why I am here. I was stranded here accidentally together with my companion. However, I am angry because the companion who deliberately dragged me here abandoned me just like that. I wish to take revenge by offering my companion to you…" I said to Myslyn.
She furrowed her brow with a confused face, and I who was still coiled was brought closer to her face.
"Why do you wish to give your companion to me??? What makes him special compared to you???" asked Myslyn curiously.
"My companion is a man who possesses a strong and mighty body, my Queen. I am certain you would prefer a human like my companion…" I said more convincingly. Myslyn's face changed to look more pleased.
"Yeeesss… I greatly like men like that. I will keep him and he will give me stronger children. Buuuttt…. how will you do iiiiitt…???" said Myslyn, who after being delighted grew suspicious again.
"Ooohhh… do not worry, my Queen. I have already prepared a plan to lure him into this palace because he also hates me. I hope you will immediately ambush him once he enters and restrain him tightly and render him unconscious," I said.
"Very well, I grant it. But remember, I will also send my children to watch you directly there…" said Myslyn, who then immediately released her coils around me.
"Ooohhh… thank you, my Queen. I will do it right away," I said and immediately left her throne room.
"I… no longer know what to say to you… You… truly intend to lure That Terror to Myslyn??? You plan to use him to kill the Queen, riiight??? Do you realize what will happen to you after thiiisss???" said Banasphate in a greatly shocked tone. He now appeared again with his astral projection.
"Because I no longer have any choice…! you were unwilling to help me even a little, so I was forced to use this dirty method...!!! I already know the consequences and do not wish to think about them any further!" I said seriously. Banasphate was completely dumbfounded by my answer and did not reply again.
I walked out of Myslyn's palace. Suddenly, from far ahead of me, there was another fairly large explosion. I already understood that it was Hellraider, and fortunately I did not have to search for him any longer. I immediately ran toward it.
"Eehhhh… how are you going to lure him toward that palace???" said Banasphate with a slightly fearful tone.
"Directly with myself…" I said briefly and firmly.
"Y-you… you truly want to challenge death…" said Banasphate in disbelief. I felt that he no longer even mentioned punishment because he was completely at a loss for words.
I arrived and was somewhat close to the area. I hid behind a stone wall and looked at what Hellraider was doing.
He was seen fighting quite a number of hell knights. Yet as if I already knew that Hellraider was the apex predator of this hellish realm, he easily annihilated the hell knights. He used his shotgun and machine gun to shatter their armor and kill many hell knights. At one point, a hell knight managed to get close to Hellraider and thrust a spear toward him. With extremely fast reflexes, Hellraider grabbed the spear and immediately slammed the hell knight holding it hard to the ground. Hellraider seized the spear and swiftly stabbed it into the knight's head, causing him to collapse instantly. Hellraider also did this several times to the chests of the hell knights.
After killing all the hell knights, I immediately moved by taking a grenade from my interface slot. I activated the detonator and threw it several meters to the side of Hellraider. The grenade exploded, Hellraider only glanced toward the explosion and then turned his body toward me. I, who was standing in the middle of the path, immediately shouted,
"HEEEEYYY REMEMBERR MEEE... I AM STILL ALIIIVEEE... YOU PUFFERFIIISH BASTAAARRDDD…!!!!"
Hellraider, whose anger was clearly ignited, immediately ran after me. I also ran at full speed toward Myslyn's palace.
"THIIIIS… THIIIIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRAAAAZYYY…!!!! PLEASEE THROW AWAY THAT MIRROR BALL…!!! I DON'T WANT TO BE NEAR YOU ANYMOOORE…!!!!" Banasphate became extremely terrified.
I ignored him completely and kept running. Suddenly I saw several shots in ground in front of me. I glanced slightly backward. It turned out Hellraider was trying to shoot me with his Obliviator. I sped up my run while slightly zigzagging left and right to confuse his aim.
I briefly wondered why his shots were missing when he fired at me as he could shots to hell entities very precisely...
When I was almost at Myslyn's Palace, I saw many monsters who were Myslyn's children rushing at Hellraider. I kept running inside. Several times I heard the blasts of his shotgun and Obliviator alternating with each other. The sorrowful screams of Myslyn's children echoed one after another.
When I was inside the palace hall, I saw from the large door Hellraider walking through the corpses of Myslyn's children he had already defeated while reloading his weapon's ammunition.
When Hellraider entered the hall, I saw above the hall Myslyn had already transformed into her serpent monster form and was flying toward Hellraider. Myslyn slammed down on Hellraider with her massive serpent body and immediately coiled around him tightly.
"HAHAHAHAHAAAA…. At laaaasssttt... I can have you foreverrr!!!!!" shouted Myslyn in delight. But her joy vanished instantly when she realized who she was actually coiling.
Hellraider, who was still conscious, stared straight into Myslyn's eyes with all his fury. It seemed that Myslyn's constricting strength meant nothing compared to Hellraider's enormous muscle power as he forcefully broke free from her coils. Both of Hellraider's arms broke loose from Myslyn's grip, immediately grabbing her serpent body and tearing it apart with extreme brutality, causing Myslyn's blood to burst forth violently.
"AAAAHHHHHHHH…. NOOOOOOO…!!!!! DAMN THAAAT HUMAAANNNN….!!!!! HE TRAPPED MEEE WITH THE TERRROOORRRRRR…!!!!" screamed Myslyn in unbearable pain.
Myslyn's serpent body was ripped apart into two halves. Myslyn, now dying, crawled away from Hellraider. But the merciless Hellraider immediately approached her back, locking her neck with his massive left arm while his right hand grabbed her head and hair and pulled with tremendous force. Myslyn immediately choked, her mouth gaping wide, her tongue hanging out, and her eyes turning completely white.
Not long after that, Myslyn's neck was completely torn apart and her head severed from her body. Blood from her neck gushed out, drenching Hellraider's body. Holding Myslyn's head, he immediately hurled it toward the side of the hall.
After witnessing Myslyn's brutal execution, I immediately ran out of the palace through the side door.
"WHAAAT… WHAAAT ARE YOU DOING NOOOWW…?!?!?! TELL MEEEE…!!!!!" said Banasphate, who kept panicking in fear.
"Of course running as far away from him as possible, you foooool…!!!!" I snapped angrily. At this point I no longer even showed politeness toward Banasphate.
I kept running as fast as I could away from the palace area. Suddenly Banasphate shouted at me,
"WAAATCH OUUUT BEHIIIND YOOOUUU...!!!!!!"
I glanced backward, and a rocket had already been launched by Hellraider toward me, the same thing he had done when he first saw me at Zigurath's Palace. I had no time to dodge or hide as the rocket drew closer to me. I reflexively jumped. But unfortunately, I was hit by the explosion's shockwave, sending me flying quite far and tumbling down to lower ground.
My entire body felt terribly painful. Blood began to flow from my head. I immediately took the pain-relief spray from my slot and sprayed it all over my body. Once again, miraculously, the pain disappeared and the blood flowing from my head stopped.
But at that very moment, the strangest thing about my slot happened again. I saw on my left side that the mirror ball suddenly rolled out again, moving away from me. I was shocked beyond belief because the same thing had happened to my green crystal ball before. I immediately got up to catch it again.
The strangeness continued endlessly as I chased it—the mirror ball rolled even faster. I struggled desperately to reach it.
"Nooo… nooo… don't… not agaaainnn…!!!!" I shouted.
"W-w-what is happening…?!?! Why is this place rolling…?!?!?!" said Banasphate in confusion and fear.
But unfortunately, just as I was about to grab it, the mirror ball fell into a deep crack in the ground, and the ball vanished as if swallowed by darkness.
"JOOHAANN… JOOOOHAAAANNN...." that was the last voice of Banasphate that I heard.
I stood at the edge of the crack, groaning angrily while my right hand repeatedly struck the ground. I truly did not understand why all these strange and harmful things always happened to me.
As if I had not yet finished lamenting all of this, suddenly I heard the sound of the ground slamming from behind me, like someone landing from a great height. I immediately turned my body to look back.
There stood Hellraider before me, his face faintly visible behind his helmet, his expression filled with surging, uncontrollable rage as he stared at me.