Shikkakua Mon no Saikyou Kenja~ Sekai Saikyou no Kenja ga Sarani Tsuyoku Naru Tameni Tenseishimashita~

--A little while later .
After forming up a plan with Giruas and the girls, we got back to the lord"s mansion .

"There"s only . . . the demon inside the mansion . Guess we can go all out without worry . "

Apparently the demon doesn"t trust its human subordinates .
It"s alone in the mansion now .

That demon . . . is on the second floor .
No matter how much it disguises itself, you can tell its location when you get this close .
As for its strength . . . Gotta see it myself before I could be certain .

After confirming that, I ask the four .

"Are you ready?"

"Yes!"

"When you are!"
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"Ready smeady, h.e.l.l if a luggage carrier need to . "

All looks good .
. . . The demon is letting its guard down at a room in the corner . . . Or so it makes itself look like, in reality it"s closely watching over adjacent rooms .
We need to create a loud and dramatic diversion if we want to steal the [Coffin of Sealing] .

This is where . . . Iris"s turn comes .

"Alright, make it flashy . "

"Gotcha!"

As she said that, Iris kicked at the door to the lord"s mansion .

Then . . . The door flew off .
Its hinges have been completely pulverized, splinters from the smashed door scattered everywhere in the mansion .

"Excuse me! I"m looking for a demon, is there one inside?"

While saying that, Iris randomly swings her spear around and kicks stuff everywhere she goes .
The mansion"s luxurious interior is swiftly getting demolished into nothingness .

"Ooh! This is kinda fun!"

"Don"t break any pillar, it"d be a bother if the mansion collapsed . "

"I got it!"

I joined Iris in this act of destruction while saying that .
She"s right, destroying the building where our enemy lurks feels kind of exhilarating .

. . . That said, it"s not like I"m doing this for fun .
We"d need to take an extremely long walk if we take the honest way toward the room where the [Coffin of Sealing] is seemingly being hidden .

So by destroying the mansion, we"d get the shortest . . . not the shortest route, but a much less longer one .
Iris"s act of wanton destruction is merely a camouflage toward that end .
. . . Naturally, the demon won"t put up having his house destroyed like this .

"Iris, above!"

A moment after my warning--the ceiling broke apart as a demon"s claw tried to grab Iris"s arm--no, it did .

" . . . This level huh . "

I"ve got a grasp on our enemy"s strength after seeing that claw .

This demon--is not an opponent I could hope of winning in a one-on-one fight .
Though it"s not at the level of greater demons in the past era, it should be around mid-cla.s.s .

With the support of the three girls, I could probably manage to put in some damage . . . But we would likely run out of mana before we could defeat it .
It"s the next strongest demon after Zaridias in this era .

Claws of demons belonging to this cla.s.s boast vastly higher hardness than magic metal such as mithril .
A slight graze from it would tear an arm off an ordinary human .
For ordinary humans that is .

"Sooi!"

Iris swung her grabbed arm, thrusting her spear at the demon along with the ceiling .
The demon dodged the attack . . . and stood between us and the hidden room .

" . . . I thought I sensed a weird mana reading, to think that was coming from such a monster . I suppose that"s only right seeing you are here to steal that object . "

Looks like it knows our goal of taking the [Coffin of Sealing] .
I"m keeping an eye on the demon"s movement while thinking that . . . then it opens its mouth .

" . . . I am the lord of this house . . . Giwald . You barged in here and started destroying everything . . . Your barbaric act shan"t be forgiven . I will be calling the guards . "

"A demon calling the guards? Is this a joke?"

I replied back to demon Giwald .

. . . Of course this demon has no plan to actually do that .
Its true goal is--buying time .

The demon may look like it"s merely standing still, but it"s really constructing a spell .
A spell for--material detection .
An advanced one that can even detect objects inside Storage magic at that .
I can"t believe this demon is using that spell, makes things easier for me .