﻿\setgamedatatitle("Minerva_00")

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The man regretted it.
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Defeat the Demon Lord, make a name for himself. Then he'd be
celebrated as a hero in his homeland.

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He'd heard the Demon Lord was just a mere Diabolica.
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If that was the case, even a former farmer like him could
probably take her down.
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That's what he thought.
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\text("Goblin")
Oooooooaaaaaaaah!!
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\text("Adventurer")
Eeeek!?
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He lost his nerve and stumbled backward, unable to even face
a single monster closing in on him.
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――Even if the Demon Lord is just a Diabolica, her underlings
are genuine monsters.
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The man had forgotten that.
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Monsters without reason will come to take your life without
a moment's hesitation――!
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\text("Adventurer")
Help me...!
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\text("Goblin")
Gugyaa!?
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A lukewarm liquid splattered across the man's face.
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It wasn't his own blood. It belonged to the monster.

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And then.
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\text("Adventurer")
Haa... ah...
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\text("Minerva")
Are you alright?
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Standing there, as if to protect him from the monster, was a
woman of goddess-like beauty.
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\text("Adventurer")
Ah, yes... thank y―
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\text("Minerva")
Then go. You're in the way.
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\text("Adventurer")
Eek... ah, y-yes...!
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With a shining sword pointed at him, the man bolted straight
out of the labyrinth.
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Left behind, Minerva wiped the blood from her cheek and
curled her lips into a smirk.

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\text("Minerva")
Monsters like these aren't even a warm-up...
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\text("Minerva")
I'll drag you out from the depths of the earth myself, Demon
Lord...!
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With that, Minerva stepped deeper into the labyrinth.

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Beatrice, who had been dozing in idleness, suddenly opened
her eyes.
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\text("Beatrice")
This feeling...
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An intruder―and not just anyone, that woman.
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\text("Beatrice")
I can't believe she's come to crush us herself.
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\text("Beatrice")
But I won't let her do as she pleases. I won't let her kill
Caym... Never.
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\text("Caym")
Hm...
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And Caym was the first to notice the presence of the
intruder―Minerva.
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\text("Risbell")
Caym-sama, this is...
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\text("Caym")
Yeah, something's coming.
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A little later, Risbell noticed it too.
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Being a Diabolica well-versed in magic, she sensed it even
before any reports came in.

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It wasn't human, nor was it the magic of demi-humans or
monsters―something entirely different.
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\text("Spacchio")
Demon Lord, are you here!?
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\text("Caym")
Yeah, it's an intruder, right?
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\text("Spacchio")
As expected of you, Demon Lord, you already noticed!
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\text("Caym")
Of course. And since you're here, that means it's a woman,
right?
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\text("Spacchio")
Yeah! And she's as beautiful as a goddess and as strong as a
demon!
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\text("Risbell")
This magic... It seems this intruder is on a whole different
level from the ones before.

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\text("Caym")
Heh... So she's a beauty in a class of her own? I can look
forward to this... Kukuku.
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\text("Risbell")
That again? ...If you get hurt, don't come crying to me.

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\text("Caym")
If there's a treasure waiting beyond that pain, I'll gladly
dive right in.
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\text("Caym")
No matter how long it takes, I'll make sure I get my hands
on it...!
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With a vulgar grin, Caym prepared to face the intruder.

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