Deep in the alley of Axel, in that mansion full of life, the air is filled with the fragrance of expensive tea.
Kazuma Satou slumped facelessly on the soft leather sofa, wearing only a loose bathrobe. He carefully sipped the valuable cup of black tea in his hand, with an expression of extreme comfort on his face.
"It is indeed Axel's top-notch tea." Kazuma sighed with satisfaction. He was extremely lucky at this time. Fortunately, he didn't let that idiot Aqua touch this pot of tea just now. Otherwise, no matter how precious the tea is, as long as it passes through her hands, it will be purified into tasteless high-grade boiled water in an instant.
"Kazuma, I've been thinking about something." Aqua, who was sitting next to her, was also holding a tea cup, with a stupid light called "ambition" shining in her eyes. "Since we are so rich now, why don't we build a town ourselves?"
"If you have the energy to build a city, why don't we just buy a ready-made one?" Kazuma glanced sideways at her and replied lazily.
"Wow! Kazuma, you are such a genius!" Aqua clapped his hands excitedly, "In this way, Axis Order can spread wildly in our new territory!"
Just when these two guys were immersed in the fantasy of the nouveau riche, Megumin and Darkness opened the door and walked in.
"Kazuma, when are we going to pick up the mission?" Megumin asked seriously. The staff behind her seemed to be unable to restrain Explosion Magic's impulse.
"That's right, as adventurers, we can't stand still." Darkness also nodded in agreement.
"Mission? What mission?" Kazuma put down the tea cup and looked at them like monsters, "We are already extremely rich now, why should we let go of our good life and do that kind of hard and tiring work? Besides, Adventurer's Guild hasn't given any decent tasks at all now."
"But my Explosion Magic needs to be released! This is my destiny as a great magician!" Megumin was a little crazy.
"I agree with Megumin, we can't waste our time in a luxurious life." Darkness said with a serious face.
"Ha, these words are really unconvincing coming from the mouth of a young lady like you who has never had to worry about food and clothing in her life." Kazuma's complaint hit the target accurately, making Darkness blush with anger.
"Kazuma... Although I am rich and happy, I still want to defeat the devil and return to the Heaven Realm in glory." Aqua was a rare serious person.
But Kazuma waved his hand nonchalantly. "Don't worry, with money, we can hire the entire Axel adventurers. I don't believe it, with thousands of people, we can't push even one Demon King's Castle?"
At this moment, the door was suddenly knocked violently.
"Darkness, go and open the door." Kazuma ordered as matter of course as if he were a servant.
"You actually treat me like a servant..." Darkness complained, but a strange flush appeared on his face, and he hurriedly ran to open the door.
The person who rushed in was guild employee Luna. She looked panicked and her breath was messy.
"Kazuma! Kazuma! Save everyone!" Luna screamed.
"Calm down, what happened?" Kazuma was still lying on the sofa, calm and calm.
"I just received emergency information, 'Mobile Citadel' Destroyer is rushing towards Axel!"
"Destroyer?!" Megumin and Darkness exclaimed at the same time.
When Kazuma, a visitor from another world, was still asking what "Destroyer" was, two teammates had already explained to him how terrifying this mobile fortress was that had been wandering the world for hundreds of years and could easily level towns.
"What are you looking for for such a dangerous thing?" Kazuma immediately jumped up from the sofa, full of desire to survive.
"The guild believes that since you have defeated Demon King's Army Headless Horseman Beldia, then you are the best person to handle this kind of crisis." Luna explained.
"Are you crazy? You defeated Beldia because you were lucky and found a weakness!" Kazuma's eyes widened, "Wait a minute, when Beldia came last time, the whole city made a notice, why is it so quiet this time?"
Luna lowered his head in embarrassment. "Because... because most of the tasks have been cleared by that 'Arcane Squad', other adventurers have not had any work for a long time. The president is worried that if the news of Destroyer spreads, those adventurers will be frightened and run away..."
"So you want us to quietly solve it before the news spreads?" Kazuma saw through the guild's intention and immediately refused, "Impossible! This is completely beyond our capabilities!"
"Wait, actually this matter is not unsolvable." Kazuma thought for a while and ignored Darkness, who was looking intoxicated next to him and shouting that he wanted to use his body to stop Destroyer.
"The method is very simple: look for 'Arcane Squad'."
That's right, those guys with mysterious origins and terrifying strength are the ceiling of Axel's current combat power.
Arcane Castle
"Miss Luna? What's the matter?" Pheobe smiled and greeted the guild staff who arrived.
After learning that the guild wanted to release a special mission about "Destroyer", Pheobe was not surprised.
"We are all busy at the moment - except Filius." Pheobe took out a magic device that looked like a mobile phone and dialed a certain channel.
"Filius, back to work, there is something called Destroyer that needs to be dealt with."
Filius, who was far away in the jungle in the suburbs, shouted to the transmitter with a depressed look on his face, "What? I am in the middle of an epic adventure about friendship, suffering and Self's transcendence!"
"After beating Destroyer, you go back to play. Remember to bring that thing back intact, Ian may be interested in its structure." Pheobe gave the order calmly.
"... Okay, send me the coordinates."
In the wilderness two kilometers away from Axel, a huge, mechanical spider-like behemoth was rumbling forward, with no grass growing in its path. It was the legendary mobile Citadel.
After a burst of white light Blink, Filius appeared in front of this steel giant.
"Really, it's interrupting my adventure time." Filius muttered, "At home, I'm either taking care of those students at the Bones Advanced Magic Academy, or I'm doing research. I finally came out to relax..."
He slowly opened the long bow in his hand.
"Flame Arrow."
A meteor-like arrow roared out, turning into a raging fire dragon in the air, and hit Destroyer heavily. However, a high-level shield opened instantly, blocking all the flames.
"Hey, the shield level is not low yet?" Filius fired arrows continuously and unhurriedly. On the surface, he was repeating low-level attacks, but in fact, he was looking for loopholes in the frequency of shield energy flow through strike feedback.
"Found it."
Filius's eyes flashed, and the arrows switched.
"Lightning Arrow."
The arrows wrapped around the destructive Law of Thunder accurately hit the weak point of the shield and penetrated instantly like a hot knife cutting through butter.
Filius strolled into the interior of Citadel. Although the harsh "self-destruction program has been activated" alarm came from the radio, he was as calm as if he had returned to his back garden.
"Perfect, it's actually a Japanese interface." Filius, who has the talent of a polymath, chuckled, his fingers moved rapidly on the console, and in the blink of an eye he took over the core system and turned off the self-destruction.
Then, he came to the energy room and took out the red energy ball named "Corona Stone".
"Incredible. The energy density here is comparable to 'Lesser Aether Core', and it does not require emotional energy as fuel. It seems to be the product of some unique magic mineral." Filius's eyes lit up, "If the cost of this thing is lower than the secondary core, it can save Empire trillions Arcane Coin!"
Immediately afterwards, Filius activated the magic props and teleported the entire huge mobile Citadel directly back to the warehouse of the base. As a purely remote profession, he did not learn teleportation, but this did not prevent him from using props to solve problems.
Just as he was preparing to continue his "epic adventure", two messages came from the team channel:
The important task of defeating the Demon King was entrusted to him.
He must end his vacation and return to work as soon as possible, because everyone believes that a "Eighth Tier strategic weapon" can be developed based on Megumin's Explosion Magic, and Ian is even sure to upgrade it to Ninth Tier.
Filius sighed deeply, knowing that his leisure time was completely over.
Wiz's Magic Item Shop
"Wiz, how are you doing?" Pheobe was sitting in the shop, elegantly tasting the tea served by Wiz.
"How do you think about our proposal?"
Wiz wrung his fingers and felt a little embarrassed. "I have considered it, but I... I don't want to accept it."
"Oh? Why?"
"Although what you described Arcane Empire sounds very spectacular, I don't want to marry someone who I don't know at all and have no emotional basis for power or wealth." Wiz's voice was soft but firm.
The admiration in Pheobe's eyes became stronger. "I like you more as a woman who is not tempted by power. Well, when Ian arrives, you can try to understand him first and then make a decision."
"But how do I know he will like me?" Wiz wondered.
"As his wife who has been with him for more than sixty years, I know his taste very well." Pheobe winked mischievously.
"I... can I ask a question? Why do you want to take the initiative to find a partner for your husband?" Wiz asked the confusion in his heart. Among the nobility of this world, it is very common for men to keep mistresses, but Pheobe seems to want to give the other party equal status.
"Empire's laws are different from those here. There is no distinction between concubines and concubines. As for emotions..." Pheobe said frankly with a smile, "At first I also felt rejection, but as time went by, I found that only As long as he still has me in his heart, sharing is not so difficult to accept. Ian is very good at balancing, and he never favors one over the other - although we all know that he does have a favorite person in his heart, but he would rather die than say who it is."
Thinking that Ian actually carved "Silencing Curse" on his soul in order to keep it secret, Pheobe couldn't help laughing.
"Your relationship... is really great and complicated." Wiz sighed.
"It's actually very simple. We spend most of our time doing experiments, and it's normal for us not to see each other for several months. As our life spans extend, this perception of time will become even more indifferent. In order to prevent us from gradually becoming alienated during our long lives, Ian has even specially arranged some research projects that require the collaboration of all employees."
After bidding farewell to Pheobe, Wiz was still lost in thought.
Pheobe, who was walking on the street, was already planning his next prey: Should he capture the ancient dragon first, or open the door to Hell first?
Since Demon King's Army cadre Vanir is the grand duke of Hell, through the coordinates of his mask, Pheobe is confident that he can sneak into Hell and collect blood samples of those rare Hell creatures.
"Then let's deal with the dragon first, and then go get Vanir's mask." Pheobe whispered to himself, and his figure disappeared in the afterglow of the setting sun.