A Weak Demon Lord Started Livestreaming in a Bottom-Tier Dungeon and Went Viral?! After Completely Crushing Rude S-Rank Explorers and Annoying Streamers, the Internet Erupted in Praise. Um, I'm Supposed to Be the Enemy of Humanity, You Know? - 31

Chapter 31: The Hero Party Confronts the Evil God

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“Gaaah!! There’s too many!! I’m exhausted!! I want ice cream!! Where the hell is Akira and what is he even doing!?”

“Kyouka!! Less talking, more stabbing!!”

“I am stabbing!! Ugh, I’m done, I wanna go home and play games!!”

A woman cried out in anguish as she swept away monsters spilling from the dungeon with her spear and crushed them with her shield. She was Kyouka Kishino, the tank of the Hero Party.

“Ugh, where’s Akira-sama…? If she’s not nearby… I can’t get motivated…”

“Hey, Chiharu!! Punch that useless Saint and snap her out of it!!”

“Mm!! Saint, get to work!!”

“Hebuh!?”

Chiharu Kurosaki, the party’s mage, punched Saint Otohime square in the face.

“Wait, what? Did you just punch me in the face with a closed fist, Chiharu?”

“Saint is in the wrong for whining just because Akira is not here.”

Chiharu Kurosaki was the type of girl who wouldn’t hesitate to punch a beautiful girl right in the face. Just as the team was on the verge of a petty squabble, they were about to be overwhelmed. They were unable to stem the tide of monsters pouring out of the dungeon and the defensive line teetering on the brink of collapse when suddenly…

A massive swarm of insects appeared out of nowhere and attacked the monsters.

“Gishaaaa!!”

“Eek!! N-Nope, not bugs!! Anything but bugs!!”

“Kyouka!! Don’t leave your post!! They’re on our side!!”

“Nope nope nope nope, seriously nope!! Especially spiders—I cannot deal with spiders!! I’m going home!! I’m gonna eat Bargain-Dazs and forget this ever happened!!”

“—Mind Medic!!”

Otohime cast a holy spell to calm Kyouka’s panicked mind after seeing the massive swarm of insects. Kyouka regained her composure, stopped in place, and readied her weapon—though still on the verge of tears.

“I hate bugs.”

Even so, faced with the horde of giant insects, Kyouka was frozen on the spot. That was when Akira arrived.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, everyone.”

“Akira-samaaa!! Whoa, your face is literally a national treasure!! I love you!!”

“Ahaha, thank you. The monsters will be handled by the insects Rio-chan summoned. We just need to mop up the ones that slip through.”

“Yes, sir!!”

The moment she saw Akira, Otohime’s motivation returned to full capacity. Then it happened.

“Crap!! One of the armed ones is here!!”

“Surround him!! Don’t let him get away!!”

“All A-rank explorers, converge now!! We’ll take him down as a group!!”

What emerged from the dungeon’s entrance was a single ogre wielding a massive axe. But it was clearly not normal.

Typically, ogres had red skin, horns sprouting from their heads, and large, muscular humanoid bodies easily over two meters tall. However, this one’s skin was jet-black. Its entire body bulged with veins that pulsed and throbbed ominously.

“GUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”

“So that’s a monster equipped with a weapon made by the rumored Demon Lord, huh? The pressure it’s putting out is insane. I’ll take ca—”

Just as Akira was about to gleefully declare she’d take it on, a red blur moved at incredible speed and decapitated the black ogre in a single strike. No—it wasn’t just the ogre.

The red figure tore through the swarm of monsters pouring out of the dungeon, eliminating them all in the blink of an eye. The red blur finally came to a halt. It was a bipedal insect wrapped in crimson armor with distinctive horns on its head.

“Wh-What is that!? It’s so fast!! And cool!! It’s like one of those old-school tokusatsu heroes!!”

“…That’s a bug from the Demon Realm summoned by Rio-chan. A rhinoceros beetle, I think.”

“You serious!? That’s what Demon Realm beetles look like!?”

Though Kyouka hated bugs, for some reason she was fine with beetles. Meanwhile, Akira looked dejected at having her prey stolen.

“Akira-sama looking all mopey is the cutest thing ever!!”

“Ugh…”

“A-Akira-san!!”

As Otohime drooled while snapping endless photos of Akira, Chiharu looked thoroughly creeped out. Just then, Rio arrived—with Tatsuya trailing behind, panting heavily.

“Huff… Huff… A-Akira-san!!”

“Oh? What’s wrong? You’re out of breath…”

“I-I wanted to ask for your help…!”

“My help? But you’re capable enough on your own, aren’t you?”

Perhaps still sulking about having his kill stolen, Akira sounded slightly teasing. But Rio took her words at face value.

“Ehehehee~ No, not really… This much is nothing, really…”

“…So, what happened?”

“Ah, right. Actually, there’s a monster that won’t die no matter how many times we kill it… Right now, the bugs are holding it off by killing it repeatedly…”

“I see. So you want me to finish it off with my holy sword?”

“Yes, please!!”

Akira’s weapon, the holy sword Grand EX, was created specifically to deal with immortal enemies like a certain skeleton. Since Grand EX could directly attack the soul, Rio had thought it might be the key to defeating the regenerating monster—and so she’d come to her.

“Got it. Let’s go.”

Akira and the others hurried to a spot near the dungeon’s entrance. There, Rio’s summoned insects had swarmed over something—or someone—and were tearing it apart with wet, visceral sounds. The man’s screams filled the air.

“Gyaaaaah!? Y-You insects dare…! HIGII!!?”

“We’ve been killing him like that over and over, but he just won’t stay dead…”

“Ugh, that’s… Too gross…”

Kyouka covered her mouth at the grotesque scene unfolding in front of her.

“…That man gives me a bad feeling.”

“Huh? Really?”

“Yeah. I can’t quite put it into words, but… We should finish this quickly.”

Akira drew her holy sword and dashed toward the demonic man to end it. That was when it happened.

“You filthy bugs!! YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!”

“Ah!? The bugs!!”

“Ugh… We were a little too late.”

The demon unleashed magic from his entire body, vaporizing all the surrounding insects in a single blast. Rio’s bugs weren’t weak. In fact, each one was enhanced with her magic, and even the weakest among them was as strong as a B-rank explorer.

But he’d killed them all at once. The man who had been completely overwhelmed moments ago had suddenly become exponentially more powerful.

“Huff… Huff… So you’re the bug tamer!!”

“N-No, I’m not!! The bug-like person went over there behind that rock!!”

Rio lied on instinct when the demon turned his murderous glare on her. As she casually spat out a lie, Akira and Tatsuya exchanged troubled looks. The demon seethed with fury.

“Coward!! …No matter. I’ll deal with you after I summon my god.”

“G-God?”

“Fuhahaha!! Humans!! You are lucky indeed!! You shall witness the true ruler of the Demon Realm—not some false king like the so-called Great Demon Lord!!”

“Um, I don’t really get it, but…”

While the demon cackled, Rio silently completed her summoning incantation. A magical circle flared to life—and a swarm of giant hornets pounced on the demon.

It was a perfect ambush.

“Gyaaaah!?”

“…Rio-chan, you’re kinda incredible…”

“E-Ehehe, it’s not that big a deal really…”

“That wasn’t a compliment.”

Tatsuya found himself feeling just a bit sorry for the demon, who had clearly been in the middle of preparing something.

“Y-You vile…! So you are the bug tamer!! You lied to me, you coward!!”

“I-It’s not cowardice!! My master said it’s the fool who gets tricked that’s in the wrong!! So this is your fault!!”

“…I’m filing a complaint with Ol-san later.”

The demon burned the attacking hornets with fire magic and began chanting a new spell. That was when Rio sensed something bad was coming.

“No!! Bugs, stop that demon!!”

“Too late!! Appear before me—my god!! Evil God Belzethea-sama!!”

“Bugs!! Protect everyone!!”

The demon’s body exploded, spewing a black liquid that wasn’t blood. The fluid lunged toward the living beings nearby. Had Rio’s bugs not shifted to protecting the explorers in time, hundreds of them would have been consumed.

But that wasn’t the end. The black liquid that had swallowed her insects returned to where the demon had stood—and began to form a human shape.

“Mmmm~!! It’s been tens of thousands of years since I had a body!! What a delightful awakening!!”

A woman with blue skin appeared. She wore a revealing outfit that clung to her voluptuous figure. Even Rio, as a fellow woman, found her figure undeniably seductive.

Yet no one could look away. Because the aura emanating from her body—the overwhelming, evil presence—was impossible to ignore.

“When you wake up, you’ve gotta eat breakfast!! Hey, humans over there!!”

““““““-!!””””””

“I’m going to eat you all now, okay?”

Sharp fangs and mouths appeared all over the woman’s body. At that moment, Rio and the others instinctively understood. The being standing before them was a predator.

And in her eyes, they were prey.

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