Chapter 254 – The Demon King's Direct Great Demon General Appears!

Кirаboshi Hаzuki has crоssеd оvеr tо thе continеnt and seеms tо be асtivеlу wоrking to sаve Сhina, which hаs mоstlу fаllen into thе Demоn King’s hands and is оn thе brink of destruction.

Аs аlways, the scalе is hugе.

“I’m barely managing bу trаining everуonе in thе Неro Party, sеtting small, medium, аnd lаrgе goals, аnd bооsting everуone’s mоtivation toward thеm.”

“I think Мr. Shogo is wоrking inсrediblу hard!”

I was bеing pampеred with а shоulder rub from Mashiro аnd reсеiving hеr symрathy.

“Вut Маshiro’s bellу is alrеаdу quitе big, isn’t it? Shоuldn’t yоu gо оn matеrnitу leave?”

“That’s true… But compared to when the seniors were pregnant, I’m abnormally stable, and even though I move around a lot, it’s not painful at all.”

Fuhyohyo! That’s because Me helps out every morning and night!

“If I only heard that statement, it’d sound like my wife is having her body tampered with by some mysterious grimoire… Well, I’m not wrong, but still. Anyway, it’s almost August, and the due date is October, right? Alright, by my will, Mashiro will take maternity leave…!”

“Yay! Time off~! With Karafuri around, giving birth will probably be even easier than painless delivery.”

No doubt about it, zansu. But I’ll make fine adjustments so you can feel some resistance, zansu. You need some sensation to be able to push, zansu.

“You’re quite knowledgeable.”

I can stay calm when it’s about other people, but when it’s about my wife, I get all sorts of worried.

Next time, I’ll have Karafuri teach me all about childbirth-related magic.

While I was thinking about that, we got a call from the Labyrinth Ministry.

Specifically, Shino, who lives next door, came over.

“Hello! Mr. Spice, Ms. Mashiro, how are you~? Big news!”

“You’re in little girl mode today. What’s up, what’s up?”

“Hello, Little Shino~. Want some grape juice?”

“I’ll have some~”

Shino gulped down 100% grape juice.

Then, with a preface, she began to talk.

“The government is moving to retract the Dungeon holiday policy.”

“Whoa! That’s huge. Good on the government for changing direction. Well, it was only causing actual harm, and both major streamers and the Labyrinth Ministry were boycotting it.”

“Right~. They’re using the pretext of it being nominal, but if you dig deeper, it seems the other party was really no good.”

“I figured~”

“There’s a video circulating of a small country being destroyed.”

“Yikes.”

That one is a Demon General directly under the Demon King, named Jiya.

She possesses seven clones, and even those clones are far stronger than average Demon Generals.

“She’s the final goal for the Hero Party, huh. We need to analyze her combat strength… Hmm, in Shogo’s state, my thinking gets pulled toward Shogo. I can’t come up with wild ideas. I’ll switch to Spice for a bit.”

“Okay, okay. I love Little Spice~”

“Last time, I was hugged and napped with while still in Spice mode, which was troublesome… Metamorphose Spice!”

And so!

I transform into normal mode Spice!

“Hohon. Investigating Jiya’s combat strength, huh. It’d be best to ask Marinna. Marinna, please! Probably Ikaruga has info too, right? Get in touch with that dragon Wespars over there, and handle information gathering and supplementation!”

Haa~i! Master’s instructions are easy to understand and helpful~!

Marinna, who popped out, dove into the screen.

Entering the web herself to gather information.

This is the new generation of grimoires.

The oldest one, yet the newest at information gathering…

I think it’s great!!

Master, I’ll also help Big Sis Marinna.

“Floppy, please! With the two of you, the speed and accuracy of information gathering will skyrocket~”

As for Spice, using the PC Zakko, I share information with the Hero Party.

Regarding the Dungeon holiday, since there are many foreign parties involved, we’ll ignore that for now…

“The final goal is Jiya. We’ll gather information in bulk, simulate combat strength, and everyone work together to come up with countermeasures~!”

Okay! With my power, I’ll knock out Jiya!!

Kaiware’s role is to be a shield so his comrades don’t get knocked out, though.

If we know the enemy’s strength, we can decide what cards to prepare. To win, we need perfect preparation, but an enemy who lets us prepare from the start is quite considerate.

Sherry makes a bold statement!

Reliable!

Will Talisa’s power work…? Hmm, I’ll make it work!! I’ll become even stronger!

That’s the spirit, Talisa.

So positive~!

Zelger is motivated. I’ll do my best too.

Few words, but I can feel Little Moriton’s determination.

I’ll do my best too!! It seems Little Afumu has something to say.

It’s me! Little Yuusha barely managed to achieve it! It was worth mobilizing even sleep learning for this!

Ehh!? Wh-when did that happen!?

“Achieved!? Well, we’ll see the results later… Um, from what Spice can see, this summer… August is the critical period! Little Hazuki will be back soon, but guess what? While she’s been fighting in China, a huge concert venue is being constructed over Tokyo Bay!”

The Hero Party Zakko buzzes with excitement.

Marinna quickly brought corroboration for this information.

That terrifying woman herself doesn’t know yet, but it seems the event venue is being set up based on the prediction that she’ll likely lure out the Demon King with a large-scale event.

“Building something that massive on a prediction!? Is there some clairvoyant or something?”

There probably is, don’t you think? Magic like that exists. Maybe it’s a divination result?

I see!

To defeat the Demon King, people from all over the world with magic or such abilities are gathering!

The concert venue being built…

I foresee that becoming the stage for the Hero Party’s final battle!

But well, if it follows anime or typical tropes, we should get a face-off with Jiya before that.