Pluto's Banquet - Allies of Shadows

Early morning is the beginning of the day for ordinary creatures, but it is the time for rest for those nocturnal animals.There is such a building in the Valley of Diseases located in the northeast corner of the underworld. From the outside, it looks like countless huge pipe organ pipes are installed in a round dark blue high wall. The length of each pipe is the same. Not the same, surrounded by layers until the top.

At this moment, Yui, who was pulling a small suitcase and standing at the gate of the building, was yawning and waiting for the door to open.When the door opened, the person in front of her really startled her.

The girl with dark gray pupils, beige short hair down to the shoulders, wearing a dark blue shirt, an orange-red tie, and an orange-red plaid skirt is holding a huge light green bat-wing-shaped Sickle, standing in front of her.

"...Lord Yuzra?"

You submissively said, and the girl called Yuzra also had a preoccupied expression at the moment.

Saying that, the huge sickle was placed on Yui's neck, and after a pause for a few seconds, the sickle turned into mist and disappeared.

"Okay, come in with me~"

Yuzra's mood suddenly improved.

"Hi......"

Although Yui didn't quite understand the meaning of the "ceremony" just now, she still followed Yuzra and walked inside.

The spacious hall was very dim, and the interior decoration could hardly be seen, only the dark blue light emitted by the three tall tombstones in the distance.Yuzra stopped in front of the three tombstones, turned his head and signaled Yui to come over.

"Put your hand on the gravestone in the middle."

"Hi!"

After speaking, both of them disappeared.When the two reappeared, it was at the bottom of a relatively narrow staircase that spiraled upwards.

"This is actually the inside of those pipe organs that you can see from the outside, and these walls are actually the inner walls of those pipe organs."

Yuzra explained.

"Oh, but Master Yuzra, can you first explain what is the red liquid flowing in the glass pillar on the inside?"

Yuyi asked, pointing to the glass tube filled with blood-red liquid that went straight to the top on his left.

"Ah, this one, you don't want to know what it is, but I can tell you that this section of stairs with about two floors is called the blood-red staircase."

Soon the two of them walked through this section of stairs and entered a new area.It was still a very spacious place, and on the far wall was a large banner that depicted three tombstones gathered together, with a pair of black bat wings on the outside of the tombstone.Below the flag is a tall seat.The outer wall is actually a huge aquarium, which contains many aquatic animals of different shapes.

Seeing that big banner, Yui knew that he was now in the core area of ​​the only assassination agency in the Underworld that manages the Valley of Diseases: Hunting Night.And it was Yuzra, the fourth daughter of Pluto, the "Guest of the Moons", who brought him here.

While thinking about this, Yui also inadvertently stopped.

"What's the matter? It's okay to go further in~"

Yuzra said.

But someone else responded to her.

"So she has withstood the 'test' of the scythe?"

A woman's voice echoed across the room, eventually reaching the tall chair.Black liquid gushed out from it continuously, and finally formed a human shape on the mount.

She has short fluffy black hair, orange pupils, and a thin body, but her chest is not small.At this moment, the woman wearing dark high boots, a gray dress and reclining on the seat is one of Pluto's pets and the previous leader of "Hunting Night" "Water of Eternal Darkness" Tilea.

"Yes."

Yuzra responded, and continued walking towards the chair.

"Then what is your 'position' for her?"

"Hmm...let me think about it, or just be my pillow."

Yuzra said.

"Hug hug pillow?!"

After hearing this, Yui was surprised, and quickly walked a few steps to Yuzra's side.

"Master Yuzra, why did you position me as a pillow? Even Master Chikali didn't treat me... How embarrassing~"

Have you figured out something? !

You must have made up your mind, right? !

Yuzra and Tilea looked at Yui's astonishing reaction and waited for some more interesting expressions from her.

Speaking of pillows, in the sky above the underworld, there are indeed people in the Cherry Blossom Garden who are being used as pillows.

Alante, who woke up from his sleep, felt his nose pressed against something soft.

"Hmm... Huh!"

Seeing that his head was being held in the arms of a girl, and it was still pressed against the girl's chest, Alante quickly tried a way to break free and sat up from the bed.

Alante's younger sister Sakuya was lying comfortably on the bed at the moment, but she gradually woke up due to the vibration just now.

"Oh, good morning, brother."

Sakuya rubbed her eyes.

"If I asked 'why did you sleep next to me, or when did you sneak in' or something like that..."

Before Alante finished speaking, Sakuya spoke again.

"Late yesterday, I was in my mother's room, but then I ran over again. And I haven't slept with my elder brother for a long time, don't be so rare and strange. By the way, how does he feel... um ah!"

Before Sakuya could finish speaking, Alante flicked her head with his hand.

"It hurts..."

"By the way, why did you cut your hair?"

The beige hair that used to be very long is now short and shoulder-length.

"I cut it off last night, because the memory from today will no longer be divided into two parts, so my mother suggested whether to cut my hair and change to a new image."

"Like This......"

"Hey, brother, does this hairstyle look good? Are you fascinated?"

"Well, it looks great. It's the first time I've seen you with short hair. I don't know what the effect will be after wearing a cat ear hairpin."

"Cat ear hairpin? I'll go find it right away, wait for me."

Saying that, Sakuya ran out of the room.

The two brothers and sisters here are very lively, and in the room at the end of the corridor, Singisara is talking to his lover Kaoru at the moment.

"Probably that's it. Sakuya's matter is settled, much better than I imagined."

"Yes, I've worked hard on you this time. I'm sorry I didn't help you. But the good news is that the matter on the heaven side has been completed and it went very smoothly."

"Really? So fast?"

"Well, besides, regarding Yadisa's skill, I also watched the video several times..."

"What is Kaoru-sama's conclusion?"

"Unfortunately, that is indeed a skill for moving in the inner world, but she shouldn't be able to wait in the inner world for a long time, so I think it should be to hide herself in the distance first, and then sense that the chain is about to come down. Time to quickly enter the inner world, move near the chain and then come out to release attack skills. But it seems that the ability to consume is also very large."

"So unless it is absolutely necessary, she will not use this skill, right?"

"It must be quiet for a while, I still can't figure out her plan this time, even if she continues to attack the chains, it won't have any effect, but compared with her past plan, there are too many loopholes. "

"I hope she is just using this matter to buy time for her plan, but my plan is also proceeding in an orderly manner, no matter what she wants to do, it will not affect my arrival."

"Well, even if it is to stop it, it must be the last chapter to challenge our Lord Demon King, right?"

"What I'm talking about now is very serious, don't suddenly make such comments~"

"Hahaha, let's ease the atmosphere. And I'm more concerned about how the three new 'adventurers' are doing now."

"They... really didn't pay attention to it, and they will find out in a while."

Singisara nodded seriously.

Turning his gaze back to Yuyi again, he was not very satisfied with his new "positioning", so he was looking forward to Yuzra changing himself to another position.

"If you don't want to be a 'pillow', can you be my 'toy'?"

Yuzra said.

"...Excuse me, Lord Yuzra, can you find me a slightly more formal title, such as adjutant, guard, soldier or something?"

"The position of adjutant is full, and the guards and soldiers are too far away from me. Besides, if my sister finds out that I bully you like this, she will definitely play tricks on me."

"...Aren't the two positions just now counted as teasing?"

"So I need to find a closer one, ah, yes! Why did I just think of it now, you should be my pet."

Yuzra said happily as if she had finally found something that had been lost for a long time.

"Uh, why did you become a pet again! Since you can't have a position here, at least you can get along as friends, right?"

Although Yui thought it was an ordinary sentence, the expressions of Yuzra and Tilea suddenly became serious at this moment.

"What did you say?"

Yuzra asked.

"'Get along with each other as friends first' is probably something like this... What's wrong?"

After hearing this sentence, Yuzra's expression was very complicated, as if there was something in her heart but she couldn't say it.

"...can't, can't start as 'friends'!"

After speaking, Yuzra ran out.

"Lord Yuzra?"

Yui looked at Yuzra's back in puzzlement.

"Alas... at such a time, really."

Tilea on the chair scratched her hair regretfully.

A few minutes later, Yui was brought to Tirea's room.

The room is not small, but it feels cramped.Because the four walls of the room are filled with showcases of all kinds of bottles, big and small, except for the dressing table, wardrobe, doors and windows.

"Did I say something wrong, Lady Tilea?"

Yui asked in embarrassment.

"How do I explain it to you? You know Yuzra's position, right? I mean the real position."

"Hi, I know. Lord Yuzra is the coordinator of the underworld."

"Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, the current organizational structure of the underworld and the deployment of personnel in some important positions are determined by her, and even the specific management methods of some of the worlds we manage."

Tilia said so.

"It's really amazing! But what does this have to do with what happened just now?"

"Because these are the work of the coordinator, what are you doing here today?"

"Master Chikali told me to come here first during this time, so I came here."

"Although Chicari called you here, this can also be regarded as a personnel change, and it is also a change of the adjutant next to Pluto's daughter, so of course it is also within the scope of the coordinator's work."

"Hi."

"And, did she swing that scythe around you when you came in today?"

"Yes, I put it on my neck. I was so scared at the time. I know that Master Chicari also has a similar scythe, but the usage is different from Master Yuzra's."

"Ah, you know this, so it's easy to explain. In short, since you can come in, it means that this personnel change is allowed, because Yuzra's sickle is like her penis, it can respond express her own decisions and feelings."

"Oh, that's it... eh? It still has nothing to do with what happened just now!"

"Don't worry, keep listening! Don't you like Yuzra very much?"

Tilia asked suddenly.

"Hey! How did Miss Tilea know?"

"I knew it from Yuzra's attitude today, because she also likes you~"

"Huh? Really?"

"Yeah, I've been with her for so many years, how could I be wrong~"

While talking, Tireia walked up to Yui, looking at this and touching that.

"You two are about the same height and figure, and you are also well-matched in clothes, um, you feel the same when you touch them."

"Don't sexually harass~"

Yui couldn't bear Tilia's "touching" a little, so she pushed her, and directly pushed Tilia to the ground.

"Wow~"

"Yes, yes, sorry! Lady Tilea, are you alright?"

"You suddenly attacked someone's chest, it seems that you have a bright future~"

"Don't say something weird~"

"Well, in order for you to understand Yuzra in depth, help me complete a task."

Tilea seemed to have come up with a good idea, but Yui didn't know her real intention.

However, sometimes things start and end as expected, but the middle process may be mixed with many unexpected things.

In the Yangyan Canyon of the Underworld, Eureka and Sario were as excited as if they had just left Novice Village after the game had finally ended its prologue.The two walked southeast along the main road, and came to a small town built on the border of the region.The reason for saying this is because on the right side of their field of vision is the blood-red mountain peak, and they can see a huge black chain pierced into the clouds without end, while on the left hand side is a snow-capped mountain, and there is also a chain Connecting the ground and the clouds.

In Eureka's words, here is: After leaving the novice village, the types of things sold in the store will increase. In addition, the funds are now unlimited, so you should stock up on more supplies first.Although the town is not big, it has a large floating population. After purchasing some medicines, changing clothes and snacks, the two sat down at a table for four outside a small restaurant.

"Phew~ I can't walk anymore. I feel like buying so many things in the real version is a bit... It would be great if I could buy things and put them into the inventory automatically like in the game."

Eureka slumped on the chair, and Sario, who was sitting next to her, smiled wryly.

"Hehe, I did buy too many things. I feel that the only thing that is useful is my current equipment."

Sario said.At this time, she added a gray light breastplate, elbow pads, forehead protection and other equipment to her body, and there was an extra dagger at her waist.

"Well, it's fine if you like it. By the way, you can choose the next route. I just asked a little bit. Going east from here is an area called the Extremely Cold Moss. If you want to cross it, you need to wait. Convoy tomorrow afternoon."

"Can't you cross alone?"

"No, because the territory of the underworld seems to have changed a lot not long ago, and every area has been affected, and the extremely cold moss is very cold, and the survival rate of moving alone is very low."

"What about the other way?"

"If we go the other way, we have to go back to the Wall of Punishment. There is a port in the northwest of it, and we can take a boat to an area in the new south of the Underworld, but it will take about four days by boat. But there will be a boat out to sea this afternoon. , don’t wait until tomorrow.”

"Yeah, I think it's better to go by boat. It's too cold here and I don't like it. But, is there no other way, such as a teleportation point or an airship or something?"

Sario asked.

"Yes, but these facilities are now being used by the department responsible for the reconstruction work, so they are not open to the general public, which is why there are so many people in the place we are staying."

"Uh, it's really hard work, the people in charge of the reconstruction work."

Sario stretched her waist and said.

"It's hard for you to act with her, right?"

Suddenly, a voice came to mind beside them.For Eureka, this voice was all too familiar.

"Singhisa...!"

Before shouting, Eureka's mouth was covered.

"Keep down, although I used some magic to make people around me unrecognizable, don't shout out."

Wearing the black lady's suit again, and her silver-white hair tied into a ponytail, Singisara, the king of the underworld, appeared beside Eureka.

"For, for, for, why did you refresh without warning?"

"What is refreshed? I'm not a wild monster."

"But this doesn't fit the setting of the plot at all. We have just started to get on the right track, and you are going to defeat us."

"...I feel less and less aware of what you're thinking."

"Hey, sister Eureka. Could you introduce me first?"

Sario had no idea what the two of them were talking about.

"Ah, I forgot. Cough, the person sitting across from you is the ruler of the underworld, Xinji Sara. Of course, she was also my alumni before I was alive, so I will talk about this later."

"...Ahhhhhh?!"

"Keep down, hello!"

After a pause of about a few minutes, Elliot finally accepted the status quo.

"From what you said just now, it seems that you are going to take a boat, but I suggest you not to go."

Singhisara said.

"Because the sea is dangerous?"

Eureka asked.

"That's not true, because it's too early for you to go to the place after disembarking."

"Is it because the level of monsters there is high?"

"...You can understand it this way, little sister over there, does she usually talk to you like this?"

Singisara asked Sario.

"Hey, it's basically like this, I'm used to it."

"Uh, it's really amazing."

"Then since we don't take a boat, we can only cross the extremely cold moss tomorrow?"

"I don't suggest it either. I came to you today because I actually want to suggest that you come with me."

"Why, and where are you going?"

"Go to my palace, it's very close to here. After thinking about it, I feel that you are still not suitable for wandering around in the underworld like this, so come to me. As for Ogme and Hanami, I will tell them You're safe and well..."

"I reject!"

Before Xinji Sara finished speaking, Eureka had already made a decision.

"why?"

"Don't treat me like a child. I have considered a lot about my previous experience. Although you may see that I am still the same as before, this time I will rely on my own efforts to prove something to you."

Eureka suddenly said seriously.

"You want to say that you have grown up? But I think you are still the same as before, and this time you may drag down the little sister over there again."

"How can you say that, Sister Eureka is very good at taking care of people, and I also volunteered to travel with her. Although you are the King of Hades, if you bully Sister Eureka like this again, I will be angry. When the time comes Don't blame me for being rude."

Standing up from the chair, Sario looked at Xinji Sara and said.

"With your current strength, you can't even pierce my clothes with your dagger."

"Uh, I still have this, the strength booster I bought just now."

After speaking, Salio took out a small glass bottle containing a dark yellow liquid from his pocket, and drank the liquid inside.

"Oh oh oh!"

Even Eureka could feel that there was a force gushing out from Sario's body.

But Singisara showed a flustered look.

"How about it, are you afraid~"

"Hey, what you're drinking is... Eureka, quickly release your purification magic on her, quick!"

Singisara ordered.

"Why use it on her?"

There is no time to explain because it is too late.

"Uh... yah yah!"

Sario was still in high spirits just now, but now she suddenly sat on the ground clutching her stomach.Eureka quickly helped her to the chair.

"What did you do to her, Sarah?"

"I didn't do anything. If you didn't ask me so much just now and used the purification magic quickly, maybe it would be fine."

"Uh...I feel so uncomfortable."

Salio's color is very bad.

"Then what happened to her?"

"What's in that bottle, the strength booster she drank is a counterfeit."

Singisara looked at the empty glass bottle she had just picked up from the table and said.

"Fake? Didn't it really increase Sario's power?"

"Indeed, but you don't know its true function. In addition, when buying things in the underworld, it is recommended to give priority to formal institutions such as mercy storage boxes and nightmare containers. You should have learned it in the lecture before?"

"Yes, but Sario doesn't know and thanks to the recent changes in the underworld, we haven't left this lively place yet."

Eureka said.

"Hi... In comparison. Fortunately, it is not life-threatening, but unfortunately there is less research on restorative magic in the underworld, so even I can't do anything about her current situation, but I can help you find a specialist to deal with."

"What the hell is Sario drinking?"

"The highest-quality drug in the underworld, Fuzkayui, is also known as the 'Perfumer's Tail', which can increase strength in a short period of time. Although taking too much will cause drug dependence, the side effect is just a feeling of hangover .But because what she drank just now was a counterfeit, the side effects came up quickly, and for those with weaker strength, they can't drink so much at the first time."

Singisara explained.

"Well, we will never touch this again. Hurry up and take us to find a way to cure her."

"I'll send you there now, and I'll get in touch with her too. Good luck~"

"Hey, are you going together?"

Speaking of which, a dark purple magic circle appeared under the feet of the three people, the bodies of Eureka and Salio gradually disappeared, and Xinji Sara also waved goodbye.

A few minutes later, the image of Hades appeared on the screen of Tilea's Mist Stone.

"It's me, Eureka brought a new friend of hers to your place, and her friend also drank fake Fuzzy Kayui, please help me."

"...Okay, it's rare that I can stay at home for a while recently. Is there any reward after that?"

"Well, let me think about it. Can I take you to buy cat food?"

"make a deal!"

Tilea readily agreed.

At this moment, Eureka stood in front of a building in the Valley of Diseases with the help of Sario.

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Eureka: "Speaking of which, why isn't the side effect of this fake Fuzkayui in a state of drunkenness?"

Singisara: "Then some people will probably just sleep there, giggling or something."

Eureka: "Isn't that delightful?"

Singhi Sala: "Then it's not Fuzkayue, because the name is Fuzkayue, so the side effect is the hangover."

Eureka: "... I seem to suddenly understand something."

Xinji Sara: "Please watch the next episode, Chapter 7 of "Pluto's Banquet: Shadow Alliance", the depth spreads, the sight of the coordinator."