Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today.

"no--!"

After hearing what Fujimaru Ritsuka said, without waiting for the winged lion to respond, Hisler, Mislen, and even the elves immediately spoke out to dissuade him.

They were well aware of the devil's ability to bewitch people. Even though the other party was still in a semi-sealed state and unable to exert his full strength, they thought Fujimaru Ritsuka's behavior was still too dangerous.

But at this time, the Winged Lion smiled helplessly and said:

"Although I don't think it's bewitching, please rest assured that I can't influence her."

"no way……?"

What the other party said was somewhat meaningful, which made everyone pay attention to it. However, for this matter, it just touched it lightly like a dragonfly skimming the water, and then immediately moved on to the next topic.

It looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and said with a seductive smile:

"Ritsuka, you should be clear about this by now, right? I have the ability to fulfill any of your wishes."

"We can make everything in the world become what you want it to be. And regarding the issue of devouring desires, I am willing to discuss with you and come up with a plan that everyone can accept, as long as you are willing..."

"Well, it does sound attractive."

"Ritsuka——?!"

They had to admit that the conditions offered by the other party were indeed quite tempting, so Fujimaru Ritsuka's reply made them even more worried. Fortunately, they heard Fujimaru Ritsuka smile and say:

"But I'm sorry, that's not what I wanted to talk about."

What a hassle...

As everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the winged lion stared at Fujimaru Ritsuka. Since it couldn't read her mind, it couldn't use words to easily break down her defenses like it did with other people. This feeling of losing control made it a little irritated.

...But fortunately, it has discovered the biggest secret hidden in the other party.

Thinking of this, the Winged Lion smiled again, and said with a smile that didn't care about Fujimaru Ritsuka's answer:

"Okay. So, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"I want to know what your purpose is?"

"Oh? My purpose?"

"Because you see, if it's just for the sake of consuming desire, isn't it actually pretty good now?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka spoke eloquently:

"Use treasure to attract adventurers to the maze, select qualified ones to become the maze master to cultivate their desire, then eat them, and then continue to select the next maze master, and so on... I think this is a pretty good cycle."

"And, as long as you don't cause large-scale harm, I think the Canary Squad might not exist, right?"

Eliminating the disasters caused by monsters going to the ground, in this mode, the devil can get what it wants, and humans can continue to develop and prosper with the resources in the maze. It can be said to be a win-win situation. The only victim is the master of the maze.

Although it was cruel to say this, she believed that if everything really developed as she said, then the human side would probably not choose to fight with the devil in order to save the Lord of the Labyrinth. They might even take the initiative to help the devil select suitable people as sacrifices for the cooperation between the two sides.

"..."

The members of the Canary Team did not refute because they also thought that Fujimaru Ritsuka's speculation was very reasonable.

After all, their most important task with the maze is to prevent the monsters in the maze from coming to the ground and causing harm.

"So, I'm curious why you want to return to the surface? For freedom?"

"...Indeed, this might not be a bad idea."

Facing Fujimaru Ritsuka's curiosity, Yishi hesitated for a moment, then smiled and nodded in affirmation, but then said helplessly:

"But unfortunately, for some reason, I have also been infected with your bad habits - greed."

"greedy?"

"anyway,"

The winged lion circled around Fujimaru Ritsuka, looked at her carefully, and said with interest:

"You're the first person to ask this kind of question in such a long time. I'm a little surprised. As a reward, let me explain it briefly."

"...A long, long time ago, I destroyed the world once."

"——!"

In fact, it has been trapped in the maze longer than anyone imagined. It is a story from the previous civilization which happened many years ago, before the current civilization was established.

At that time, it was still a simple demon. Although it enjoyed the desire to devour living things like it does now, it would also honestly fulfill people's wishes. So, as Fujimaru Ritsuka said, humans began to take the initiative to make requests and transactions with it. It was even worshipped as a god and offered sacrifices to it to fulfill their wishes.

It was only later that humans began to fear the power it possessed, so they locked it in a maze and blocked the news of its existence, just like the Western elves today.

However, as time passed, someone finally found it by accident, and a new cycle began as before, but this time, someone made a special wish for it -

"I want you to destroy this world."

It fulfills the other person's wish.

Then, he fell into extreme regret.

Because it finally discovered that in the destroyed world, there was no longer any creature that could satisfy its desire.

I’m so hungry, is there anyone here… I’m so hungry, so hungry, so hungry… so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry so hungry…

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“…The feeling and hunger I felt at that time are still fresh in my memory.”

At this point, the winged lion's tone was a little heavy, but then it chuckled and said:

"But fortunately, I didn't completely destroy all life in the world that time. A small number of people managed to escape the disaster, survived successfully, and started to develop civilization again."

“That’s your ancestor.”

"Surprisingly, this kind of thing has happened..."

The story told by the winged lion was one that no one had ever heard before, but it seemed meaningless for it to tell such a lie, which meant that it had indeed destroyed the world...!

At the same time, ignoring the increasingly vigilant looks from the crowd, the Winged Lion continued:

"That painful experience made me start to reflect on myself. In order not to repeat the same mistakes and not to endure hunger again, I learned my lesson and began to look for a more perfect way to get along with you, and gradually grew into what I am now."

“Not only that, in the process, I finally found a perfect solution to the problem!”

Seeing that the topic was finally on the right track, everyone's spirits lifted, and the Winged Lion spoke happily:

"I will grant eternal happiness to all of you."

"……Eh?"

"I will take you back to my world, a world where everything exists infinitely. I will continue to satisfy everyone's desires and allow people to obtain eternal happiness!"

"And all I need is a little reward after giving, and the desire to never be eaten up by me again."

"Don't you think this is a win-win situation?"

"..."

The winged lion smiled from the bottom of its heart, but everyone felt that its smile was extremely strange and chilling.

"Ah, I see!"

At this moment, I heard Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly realize:

"So you want to do large-scale farming."