Victory Declaration

That kind of end was not what the monsters expected.

The giant azure dragon, Cetus―― was the leader of the blue dragon clan who ruled North Grand for a really long time. He was the symbol of fear and strength for the monsters who lived there. Anyone who opposed him would meet a demise. That was the common sense of the monsters. Or so it was supposed to be. And yet, that symbol of strength was crushed so easily. This time, the monsters' common sense was crushed by none other than one, tiny human.

『Oi Chigi, tell me what is THAT!?』

Cyclon grabbed Chigi by his collar with his right hand and his left index finger pointing at Gil who was lying on the ground, exhausted.

「A human… Maybe.」

Though Chigi himself doubted it, Gil himself claimed that he was a human.

『Don't screw with me! Our opponent is Cetus! Not to mention that bas*tard becomes even stronger with some sort of shady ritual! And now you're telling me that guy got squashed like a bug by a mere human!』

Cyclon had a fair point. Cetus had already evolved into a "King" by sacrificing his brethren. That was the information that they managed to get from the enemy that got captured by Ruu. Meaning that Cetus had already become the king of dragons, the Dragon King! Hence, even more powerful. And yet, Gil squashed him like a bug. Thus, Chigi came to realize that both Ruu and Gil were an outlier, irregular existence that couldn't be measured by the normal standard of this world.

「Cyclon, I understand what you feel right now. But, it is what it is.」

If he was that powerful, maybe no one but Ruu can stop Gil when the latter ran amok. Just imagining the situation with Gil running amok alone was enough to convince Chigi and co, the sheep cat, and the monsters who saw the fight between Gil and Cetus.

『This outlier human and that monster-like kobold! Seriously, just who in the hell you really are!』

Crocodas muttered anxiously.

「Well, Ruu-dono aside, I don't even know that much about Gil. I can only say that without those two, we definitely won't be able to win this war. 」

This was nothing more than Chigi's intuition, the enemy they're going to fight was one of the four great demon kings, Aldebaran, but he felt that it wasn't as simple as that, it felt like some sort of nightmarish script was hidden well behind that facade.

The writer of that script chose the North Grand as the stage for his script with Chigi and co as the actors who played the protagonist role. In addition, he pretty much realized that the most important factor to win this game was none other than Gil.

He even started to think that the trigger for the play was the moment Gil stepped into Ket Nya.

『Is THAT not our enemy?』

Hearing a question asked by Cyclon,

「Yes, if THAT is hostile toward us, we would have long since perished. And Gil won't be able to move for few days due to the recoil after using that power.」

Chigi replying while gritting his teeth.

『Does that mean this power is some sort of last trump card?』

「Yes. He was also put into this state the first time he used this power months ago. He can't even walk during these parrots. In short, Gil used that power since he trust us with his back.」

Hearing those words, Cyclon looked at Gil with rather complicated emotions on his face but,

『I'll at least admit that he's not hostile for now. But, it doesn't mean that I trust him!』

Crocodas voiced his stand.

「That's fine. From the very beginning, our goal is to build relationship based on trust. And we already know this has to be done step-by-step.」

Cyclon left in silent after Chigi said so while clenching his teeth.

『Do tell me, is that one of the ability of Gil's[Imitation] ?』

Chigi nodded to answer Bhu's question,

「Maybe. Gil told me before that he tried to become the strongest existence with his [Imitation].」

And added more information.

『Strongest existence, is it? I wonder which one is stronger, that guy or Ruu-san?』

「Who knows, both of them are simply beyond the scope of my understanding. At the very least, I wish that so called strongest existence isn't our enemy.」

『Absolutely.』

Chigi looked away from Bhu who laughing merily and turned at Tama and Chato who rushed at the unconcious Gil, and snapping his fingers,

「Well then, time for victory declaration.」

He looked around at the other monsters in the marshland,

「WE WON!」

Chigi shouted as he raised his right fist in the air. After a brief silence, the monsters raised a thunderous cheer.