The demon lord has joined hands with the 『Dungeon Master』?"
"Yes, we're convinced of that after the last battle with the demon lord. Before that, we thought that the demon lord himself was the Dungeon Master...."
Secretary Nono told us about the present situation of Hayato and the others.
"The rat demon lord escaped with teleportation in our first two encounters, and then we planned to seal teleportation for the third encounter and crush it to death."
"We used the 『Magic Eating Binding Chain』, an 『Artifact from the Age of Gods』, to seal his magic power, and then we just needed to defeat him but--"
Rusus and Fifi talked about their third battle with the demon lord.
Still, the demon lord here isn't a weasel but a rat huh. I was convinced that it was a weasel somehow.
"When the demon lord emitted purple light, he took out weapons from hero's country called 『Masin gan』 and 『Klaymor』 and went on a rampage."
"Really, we never thought he had such hidden tricks besides the transformation."
"I thought I'd die."
"At that time, we and Wi were seriously injured."
"We'd have died if Hayato wasn't there."
According to the two, while the [Magic Eating Binding Chain] was active, any magic, be it support magic or magic defense, were all nulled.
It seems only hero's and demon lord's Unique Skills that could be activated during that time.
It appears this [Magic Eating Binding Chain] is far more powerful than the [Magic Eater] the weaselkin used in the war with Makiwa Kingdom.
The [Magic Eater] is probably an inferior version recreated in present time.
"Nevertheless, Hayato managed to corner it to the limit, but then monsters suddenly flooded into the room from the exit and the demon lord escaped during that chance."
"Hey hey, from that story, it wouldn't be strange for the demon lord to be the Dun Mas right?"
Arisa asked Rusus who looked frustrated.
"The demon lord didn't touch the 『Dungeon Core』 you see."
"Your Highness Arisa, a Dungeon Master has to touch the 『Dungeon Core』 in order to manipulate the labyrinth."
The secretary Nono added Rusus's explanation.
They got the information from someone who was once a Dungeon Master.
Nono was being vague, but from the nuance, it seemed that either some past hero or their follower was a Dungeon Master.
"Shouldn't you just need to destroy the core first then?"
"That's impossible, Honey-chan."
"Right right, we'd have done it if we could."
Rusus and Fifi denied Arisa's question while smiling wryly.
"You can't interfere the Dungeon Core as long as the Dungeon Master isn't defeated."
Fumu, I've touched a Fake Core in the [Ivy Mansion] in the labyrinth city Selbira, but it appears the real Dungeon Core is something like a shadow.