It was afternoon, and everyone was using up Cones' physical strength as planned.

At this time, Emir could clearly feel that there was no possibility of Kones turning over, his physical strength was about to be exhausted, and the time to repair his body damage was prolonging every time.

On the other hand, on the Emir's side, their stamina is almost exhausted, but it is no problem to win the final victory.

Luckily, if it weren't for the magic that Cornes had contributed to them yesterday, Emir really wouldn't have known what to do with this guy.

On the other side, one of Cones' stand-ins is trapped in a water prison, but he never gives up to break free from it.

The more cautious it was at the last minute, the more cautious it became, so the Emir supplied the power in the crystal to the people in advance, and then personally monitored the situation in the water dungeon.

After another period of time, the stand-in controlled by the white dragon was finally running out of oil, and the time for him to recover from his injuries became very long.

The Alice sisters continued their onslaught, wrapping the double in fiery dragon breath, intending to burn it to ashes in the end.

Emir looked at this scene, and his nerves, which had been tense, were finally relieved, but he took another look at the inside of the water dungeon, and he couldn't help but tense again, because Cornes had disappeared.

Since this stand-in has no magical powers, no one can perceive his presence.

"It doesn't make sense."

The Emir knew very well that the water dungeon he had created could not be broken unless he killed the person who unleashed the magic, so Cones must have just gone into hiding.

In order to test his thoughts, the emir re-entered the water prison, and he took a closer look around and found that there should be no place to hide in this area with a diameter of more than twenty meters.

Either way, he was confident that his magic would not fail, so he had to quit in order to prevent a sneak attack.

However, it was this act that gave Cornes an opportunity.

Since he is a dark knight who can control the water element, he can naturally turn his body into a state of water, and in the water dungeon, he can perfectly blend into the environment.

When the Emir had just entered, Cornes clung to his back, and then he was taken out as a matter of course.

Of course, he only had to resort to this method, because he thought he would fail, but in the end, he made the right bet and succeeded the first time.

"Hmph, Emir, you're no more than that."

Cornes couldn't help but sneer, but now, he no longer had the ability to fight these people, so now he had to go the best way.

Although the power of the Demon King, which he had waited for hundreds of years, could no longer be recovered, he knew the fate of the emir very well.

Now the only way for him to realize his ambitions is to meet up with Leonard's double, and then take the throne of humanity.

At this point, the emir was still in the dark, and he patiently waited for the stand-in with the power of the demon king to disappear before focusing on the water dungeon.

Then, the others who finally had their hands free launched an attack on the water dungeon, and for a while there was a violent explosion in the water dungeon, but the emir kept it up, so the water dungeon would not collapse, and all the impact would be taken down by Cones solidly.

This time, the emir couldn't think of the possibility of Kones escaping, so after eliminating Kones's two stand-ins, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and although the emir was supportive, it was difficult to relieve the mental exhaustion.

"Hehe, we've finally won!" Anne said with a smile.

"Yes, in this case, the Demon King is our crusade," Ophelia said, crossing her arms, "I will tell you about your exploits in front of Lord Byron, and when he becomes king one day, I will not treat you badly." ”

"No, no, we witches should be spared," Anne hurriedly waved her hand and explained, "I appreciate your kindness, but we are used to the days of idle clouds and wild cranes, and the crusade against the demon king was originally the original intention of the establishment of Pandora's Box, so you don't have to take credit for us." ”

"Well, Anne was right." Charlotte and Lustie nodded.

"That's right, that's okay." Ophelia had no choice but to compromise.

After that, everyone talked about the next plan, after all, they had completely eliminated the threat of the Demon King, and the task of Pandora's Box was completed.

At this time, because the time was not early, they were discussing going back to hold a celebration banquet.

And after everyone left, under the cover of night, a pitch-black figure flashed out from behind the demon stronghold.

He pulled a palm-sized container from his pocket and held it high above his head, sucking a translucent remnant into the container as a spell was chanted.

……

On the way back, everyone was talking and laughing, and the emir could not help but feel gratified when he saw this happy scene.

Now that they've survived even the most difficult moments, there shouldn't be any more problems for them.

However, as soon as he thought so, he noticed that something was wrong with Ophelia, who was walking in front of him, and saw that her steps were vague, as if she was about to lose consciousness.

Sure enough, before she could take a few steps, she fell to the ground with a limp.

"Ophelia, what's wrong with you?" The emir hurried over to help her.

Fortunately, she didn't lose consciousness immediately, and the others noticed the odd and gathered around.

"Hehe, let you worry, I'm doing the same thing again." Ophelia forced a smile.

"What's the old problem?"

Charlotte on the side looked at her and immediately understood, she explained.

"I'm afraid this is a side effect of the Elven Spring, it seems that her transformation should have failed, but thanks to strong willpower, or someone helped, she was able to become an elf while maintaining her sanity."

"Really?"

Ophelia also heard such a statement for the first time, she recalled that after drinking the elven spring, she was really in pain, and she fainted directly, and when she woke up again, she had successfully transformed into an elf, and later learned that it was an elf elder who helped her at a critical time.

However, in recent days, she did feel that the side effects were coming on more frequently, but in order not to hold back, she chose to hide them.

Fortunately, in this most critical battle, she miraculously did not have a seizure, which is already a blessing in misfortune.

"And what do you do after that?" The emir asked with concern.

"Also, if I continue to be strong, I may not be able to wait for the day when Lord Byron ascends to the throne, so I can only go to the elven territory again."

"But you shouldn't be going anywhere now, so I can go with you." The emir spoke without even thinking about it.

Ophelia, however, shook her head.

"Although I thank you for your kindness, if I leave, Lord Byron will not be protected, and you are now in Lord Byron's camp, and you should serve as a guard while I am away, so I should think of another way."

At this time, Alice became impatient and said babblingly.

"I really can't stand it, don't you feel at ease with Lord Byron, who is protecting you with our people?"

"This ......"

Ophelia was in trouble, it wasn't that she didn't trust the others, but that they had no obligation to protect Byron at all, and it was very irresponsible to hand over their duties to others at will.

Anne may have seen her doubts, and in the past few days with her, she probably understood her character.

"Do you think that's going to work, then? It was up to me to join Byron so that I could protect him. ”

But this proposal made the other two witches frown, and even Mi'er became solemn.

"Oh, don't do that, I'm just joining them temporarily, not really out of Pandora's box." Anne smiled and comforted them.

"Really?" Mi'er will be skeptical.

"Stupid, when did your sister Anne lie to you?" Anne rubbed Mi'er's head, making a mess of her hair.

"Well, that's a good idea, Ophelia, what do you think?"

"I ......," Ophelia hesitated, then said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Annie, I don't know how to repay you." ”

"I say," said Anne suddenly, "I didn't want your reward to help you, and I haven't helped you yet, so you're already thinking about the return, isn't it too early to think about it, what if I fail?" ”

"Okay, I see." Ophelia finally stopped hesitating, and she was glad to have met this group of friends.

Next, in order to take care of Ophelia, who was incapacitated, everyone flew back directly on the dragon.

After a while, they returned to Heitan Town, but due to an emergency, their celebration banquet had to be postponed.

After dinner, Byron suddenly summoned the Emile in private.

"Thanks to you for this battle," Byron patted him on the shoulder as soon as they met, "To be honest, I've just been using this Blackpool Town as a temporary base to deal with my brother and the demons, I didn't expect you to be able to defeat the demon king, it's really impressive, so in order to show my gratitude, I will make you a promise, as for what it is, it's up to you to think about it yourself, after all, I don't have the ability to achieve it now." ”

"Well, thank you, Lord Byron."

"Also, I've heard about Ophelia, and I'll have to ask you to take care of her next."

"That's nature." Emile nodded, after all, Ophelia had saved him from danger many times, and he would never forget these kindnesses.

"There's one more thing you've probably heard, right?"

"What?"

"Knightly competition, the grand festival of all the knights of the empire is about to be held, and I must go back to the royal capital."

"Oh."

Emir felt that this was not difficult, because Anne took the initiative to protect Byron, and could use teleportation magic to go anywhere.

It's just that he doesn't understand what knightly competition has to do with them.

Perhaps guessing Emir's doubts, Byron explained.

"That's the case, although we defeated the demon king this time, but except for a few of us parties, no one saw it, even if I said that we killed the demon king, no one would believe it, and this kind of thing was originally a scam of those big nobles, they were using the candidates for the throne as guns, and when all threats were eliminated, they would directly designate a king who was convenient to control, so I went back this time, the purpose is to bring down those big nobles."

Byron said all this, but the Emile still didn't understand how this could be connected to the knights.

But then it dawned on him that a person like Byron could even win over the legendary paladin Zelens, so there is no doubt that he must have a unique personality, and in the knightly country of Ernos, if anyone can dominate most of the knights, or bring the new paladins under his command, then he will definitely have a great say.

Thinking of this, the emir could not help but admire Byron's thoughtfulness.

Then he left Byron's room, looking out the window at the pitch darkness, and he always felt that something big was about to happen.