The Answer Is Up to You (8)

But Menou’s desperate charge was in vain. Though Menou’s strength and magic were already spent, Estellera didn’t even need to touch her. Estellera simply pointed a palm at her and unleashed a shockwave of magic, sending Menou bouncing through the air before slamming into the ground.

“The Demon King old man... Is he inside that black-armored giant?”

As he helped Menou up from where she’d been slammed into the ground, Kagami gazed at the black-armored giant and murmured this without changing expression.

‘It isn’t a black-armored giant. It’s an ancient extermination weapon created to destroy humanity, controllable only through the Demon King-sama’s immense magical power: 【Messiah】. Its strength rivals that of a Hero above Level 400... Do you understand? No matter that you’re Level 999, you’re no match for it.’

“Destroy humanity, huh... Then why are we being allowed to escape?”

‘...What are you getting at?’

“Nothing. Anyway, the Demon King is being forced to ride that thing, the Messiah, against his will, right?”

‘That’s right. And this is the power of the Demon King-sama when he gets serious. You humans can’t hope to stand against him—not unless you’re a Hero above Level 500.’

Estellera looked at Rex with an ugly, mocking smile. At that very moment, Kagami smiled as if relieved for some reason and murmured, “I see.”

“Then I’ll save the Demon King along with Salmaria.”...