Another World’s Highest Guild Leader ~I’m the weakest in the guild, but I can’t quit the guild because of the heavy love of all the guild members~ - Chap 20: Hide and Seek, its over when you are found

“Apparently, they don’t know where they went.”

Upon receiving contact from Fel, Lulu, with a somewhat amazed tone, tells Almaria and Lafia, who are accompanying her.

“I think Crow-san and Onee are safe…”

“Eh, so we’re just going in blind~?”

“It doesn’t seem so. Let’s head underground for now. Alma, please.”

“Okay. ————Gungnir.”

Alma stabs the spear into the ground.

Dust and a thunderous noise echo, a large chunk is gouged out, but it’s still far from a complete penetration.

“Mm, it’s quite hard, isn’t it?”

“My Excalibur is too short…”

“It’s my turn, leave it to me. ————Taslam.”

Lulu materializes a gun.

[Taslam]

A weapon (pebble) that the Celtic god of light, Lugh, used to throw. This has been remade into a gun.

Bullets mixed with the blood of various animals. It is said that those who take a hit from this bullet explode so easily that they leave no trace behind.

“Well then, let’s start with three shots.”

One shot, two shots, three shots.

When she shot towards the ground, a hole that could easily fit a person appeared where Alma had been digging.

“Well, let’s go.”

They entered the endless darkness.

They landed underground. The light streaming in from the hole is the only source of illumination. Despite it being daytime outside, it’s pitch black.

“It smells…”

As soon as they enter, they notice a foul odor, as if something is rotting.

After a while, their eyes begin to adjust to the darkness. There are cages on both sides of the stone-built room.

“Agaaahh!!”

“Huff, huff…!”

Creatures that look human, but are grotesque, are drooling and shaking the iron bars.

“…no, these are human. It seems succubi can be quite cruel.”

“Succubi survive by doing erotic things, right?”

“The way you put it, Alma… If that’s the case, this disgusting smell is…”

“Oh, it seems a girl who can explain to us has appeared.”

Lulu was the first to notice.

When she turned around, there was a succubus with her hair in twin tails.

“Are you our opponent?”

“Huh? Opponent? You three girls are my opponent, Ni’s opponent, what a joke.”

The succubus named Ni sneers as if mocking them. It seems she completely looks down on humans.

“Before we ask about Crow-sama and our companions… It seems like the humans in the cages are your food, aren’t they?”

Lafia asks with a cold look in her eyes.

“You’re sharp. Yes, they are food for us succubi. You see the patterns on their lower abdomen, don’t you? As long as those patterns are there, those humans will do anything we succubi say… They are just food.”

Ni continues with a smug look on her face.

“Thanks to the power of those patterns, human males become lustful and ejaculate immediately. Over and over again. Each time, they lose “abilities”, “thinking power”, “muscular strength”, and so on… A lot of things, and they become just babies who can’t do anything without a succubus. In the end, they become just garbage that can’t even produce life force, and they rot away… Kufufu, isn’t it disgusting?”

Ni laughs cheerfully, seemingly enjoying herself.

Even though none of the three people in this place are laughing.

“…Ah, you’re so noisy.”

Thunk.

A hand drops onto the floor with a dull sound. It belongs to Ni and—

“Aaaaaaaaah!”

A painful scream echoes. It’s so intense that it’s almost inaudible.

Tears streaming down her face, she stares at her arm missing everything below the elbow, then glares at Lafia who severed it.

“I’m not interested in your bragging, hurry up and tell us where Crow-san and Onee are.”

“… I, I had no idea you were such monsters… That Crow you’re talking about is a man, huh! If that’s the case, by now, he’s probably either been made a sexual slave by Succubus Queen Yarima, or he’s in a worse state than these humans—huh?!”

In an instant, the eyes of the three lose their light.

Ni, shocked by their transformation, lets out a small scream, but,

“If you harm me any more, I’ll kill these guys!”

Ni looks around with a wicked smile.

It seems she’s taken the captive adventurers as hostages.

———I won.

Ni was convinced… however,

“Why not just kill them?”

The words that came back from Lulu were completely unexpected.

“Huh?”

Ni also let out a surprised voice.

She had believed in the back of her mind that if she took hostages and threatened them, they would listen. Surely every human being would want to save their fellow man.

“Are you scared or something? If so, I can kill them for you instead.”

Bang.

A gunshot rings out once.

It pierces the forehead of one of the men in the cage.

“Ah…ah…”

After uttering a brief word, the man falls flat.

“Why…why…”

She should be in a superior position.

But for some reason, she can’t stop shaking.

“It’s just that having hostages makes the conversation more complicated. Why don’t we just get rid of them first and then talk? They’re already beyond saving anyway. Alma, Lafia.”

When Lulu called out, the two of them started stabbing without hesitation.

Crush. Slash.

People are bleeding and falling one after another with alarming ease. A pool of blood accumulates on the ground, dirtying their shoes.

Ni was trembling as if struck by lightning.

“Ah, are you really… humans?”

“We are humans No… maybe we’re just pitiful humans abandoned by humanity. Now, where did you send our leader and comrade?”

“I, I don’t know. I was just assigned to stall you…”

The three of them looked at each other, seeming to have perceived that Ni knew nothing, and eventually nodded.

Lulu was the one to open her mouth.

“Shall we play hide and seek then?”

“Huh…?”

The proposal was too sudden. Ni could only stand with her mouth agape.

“If you can hide for one minute starting now, we’ll let you go. If you can’t, we’ll kill you.”

“Wait, what…!?”

“Ready, start.”