Chapter 902 We Really Are Comrades
Should she ask someone for directions? It would be best to find a child—children wouldn't know her identity and would be easier to fool.
Just as she was thinking this, a voice she subjectively felt sounded as if it had been violated eighteen times suddenly rang out.
"The Demon Lord Army is attacking! Everyone, stop sleeping and come out to kill the executives!"
Why?
Even though the great superior, the goddess Wolbach, had arrived, and the ultimate superior, His Majesty the Demon King, had also come, this should have been her most comfortable moment—a time when she could kill enemies as she pleased. So why had things turned out like this?
Lights in the houses turned on one after another. Red Devils, not even properly dressed and cloaks half-falling off, ran out excitedly.
"It's fine, it's fine. I have an invisibility spell bestowed by the goddess on me…"
"Over here!"
"Why?!"
Tears streamed down Silvia's face as she had no choice but to flee in panic under the Red Devils' direct charge.
"How did she suddenly appear?"
"It seems the magic on her suddenly stopped working!"
"Those two bastard superiors!"
How could the goddess's magic suddenly fail? Those two assholes had planned it this way from the start!
While cursing her two inhuman superiors, Silvia mustered all her strength and sprinted toward the village outskirts.
There was a stable ahead!
Silvia rushed toward it. Please, let there be a hostage inside!
"Who! Who is it! Who's running in here at a time like this, of all times?!"
As if the heavens had heard her prayers, a short figure less than 1.7 meters tall ran out of the stable, his face flushed with frustration and anger.
Overjoyed, Silvia charged forward and grabbed him, pulling him into her embrace.
"Don't any of you move!"
While clutching the short figure's neck, she shouted fiercely but nervously at the Red Devils pursuing her.
"W-wait! Don't be hasty, absolutely don't be hasty, beautiful! You know, we're actually comrades!"
Kazuma Satou looked utterly confused. Before he could even process the situation, he had been captured by an enemy executive.
"Who's your comrade?!"
With a hostage in hand, the surrounding Red Devils were restrained, none daring to step forward. Silvia felt somewhat relieved.
"Th-this… Boss, save me!"
Kazuma looked up at the sky and shouted, on the verge of tears.
Meanwhile.
"That guy is supposed to be an executive—can't she have a little more backbone?!"
Watching the stitched-up monstrosity timidly sneak into the Red Devil Village, taking one step and pausing for ten seconds like a cowardly turtle retracting into its shell, someone hiding in the shadows rolled their eyes furiously.
They had followed Silvia the entire way, witnessing her being discovered by the Red Devils and chased like a dog. They couldn't help but curse under their breath.
"Useless! Utterly hopeless trash! I even told her there were good things stored in the warehouse, but she couldn't even find the warehouse door before being chased into a dead end. How could the old Demon King have such a worthless subordinate?!"
It wasn't until they saw Silvia grab an outsider adventurer as a hostage that they breathed a slight sigh of relief.
But the dangerous situation around them remained unchanged.
"There's no other way. I'll have to help her out myself!"
He stood up and voluntarily walked out.
"Release that adventurer at once!"
He shouted sternly at Silvia.
"As long as you don't harm him, we'll let you leave!"
"Village Chief! The Village Chief is here!"
"That's right! We Crimson Demons can't stand by and watch a friend in danger. That's not how cool Crimson Demons behave!"
Green Cauliflower, one of the night patrol members who had been pursuing Silvia, declared righteously, his agreement with the Village Chief evident in his tone.
"I feel the same way! Crimson Demons aren't the type to abandon their comrades!"
"Same here."
Cool?
What is this guy talking about?
The Village Chief maintained a calm expression on the surface but was secretly full of confusion.
Still, their strong sense of loyalty is a great help!
"Only a fool would believe your nonsense! All of you, back off! Leave now, or don't expect him to stay alive!"
"There's no other way. Everyone, retreat for now!"
Seeing that Silvia remained completely unmoved, the Village Chief felt secretly delighted. This is more like it!
However, he put on a forced expression, as if he were being pressured into a difficult situation.
"But, Village Chief...?"
"I'll stay here. If anything happens, I'll take full responsibility! How about it, Silvia? With just me here, you don't have to be afraid anymore!"
"Dammit, the Village Chief is hogging all the coolness!"
"The Village Chief really gets it. As expected of our Village Chief!"
Cheers of admiration erupted from the surroundings.
Why don't you all just leave already!
The Village Chief inwardly complained. Seriously, what's with this "acting cool" nonsense?
Fortunately, the Crimson Demons only cheered for a while before leaving one by one with expressions full of trust in their Village Chief, soon disappearing from sight.
"Move to the other side!"
Silvia secretly breathed a sigh of relief but didn't let her guard down completely.
"I don't want to talk to you here. Don't think I don't know that every Crimson Demon can use teleportation magic... Take me to your warehouse!"
"I'll lead the way!"
The Village Chief was overjoyed inside. Although this cadre member is useless, they're actually quite promising!
With a heavy expression, he agreed and then led Silvia toward the warehouse.
The Crimson Demons' warehouse was located on a hill outside the village, surrounded by gray-black high walls that looked like port warehouses from modern society.
In fact, it was indeed modeled after modern society's warehouses, with even the surrounding walls made of concrete - in other words, this was the work of a reincarnated individual.
The warehouse didn't cover a large area, but that was only the surface level - most of the warehouse was actually underground.
With her hand gripping Kazuma's neck, Silvia followed the stairs down into the warehouse's underground area, arriving at a spacious underground hall. Directly ahead was a double-leaf metal door.
"How do we open this?"
Standing before the door, Silvia found herself at a loss.
The door was tightly shut, and its material was so hard that she couldn't hope to match it - there was no way to open it.
"Miss Silvia, Miss Silvia, as future colleagues, I actually have a secret to tell you!"
Kazuma lay comfortably in the busty beauty's embrace, looking quite pleased.
His transformation from initial terror to current comfort and enjoyment had taken only a few seconds.
This was an act of God, and she wasn't some woman the boss had already laid hands on—so there was no need to be timid. Since resistance was futile, might as well enjoy it!
"What colleague are you still talking about? Trying to escape from here? Forget it—I won't let you leave until I've had my way!"
Silvia carefully examined the door before her, her attention completely focused on it as she responded to Kazuma with utter perfunctoriness.
"That's not necessary. I really am your colleague! To be honest, I've actually sworn allegiance to the Demon King as my boss!"