Is it Okay to be a Hero as well as the Demon Lord?

Chapter 4: Their first outing. (Part 3)

Chapter 4: Their first outing. (Part 3)

I let the rock toad push me down into the darkness. It was deep, incredibly so but that wasn't the part that would kill you. As I landed safely at the bottom, the thing I discovered first was the sheer volume of monsters I faced. Dozens leading towards hundreds of them and below my feet, the mass of bones that were their prey.

"Ah, what a bother," I sighed. It was so deep I couldn't see the light from above. I better head back up before the Heroes got worried and jumped in to find me. Though Heafest would definitely stop them.

I applied mana to my eyes and the sight that welcomed me would have petrified even a high ranked adventurer. They hung to the walls ready to pounce. Rock toads of different shapes and sizes but one thing was certain, they were damn hungry. Fed up with waiting a few jumped at me and I smiled viciously. My feet hovered off the ground and their bodies were cut apart. Black blood splashed the walls. Immediately their carcasses were attacked for food by other toads, the rest of them kept their eyes on me.

"Try it I dare you!" I yelled. I should thank Heafest, because of him I was able to let loose a little.

I was nearing the top and the frequency at which the rock toads attacked me came to a halt. My clothes however were perfectly fine. It would be suspicious if it looked like I hadn't taken any damage. I tore my clothes and rubbed dirt across my skin. However I couldn't cut into my skin, blue blood on a human wouldn't look right.

Now very close to where I fell in, I could hear them yelling.

"Let me go! We have to save him!" To my surprise it wasn't Carl but Sayuri who yelled.

"We can't! You heard Heafest we're not strong enough yet," Carl shouted back in pain. "Do you think I don't want to? He's my friend as well."

"If we all go-,"

"Sayuri please stop," Alicia cried sadly. "If we all die there's no point."

"Alicia is right. As I said, it is better to think Davios has already died," Heafest said in feigned sorrow.

Now's about the right to time to come back up I think. I reached the lip and tossed my hand over it.

"Don't kill me off just yet," I huffed from the cliff, pulling my head into view. They all looked so pitiful staring at the ground. Even Gary was huddled in a ball. As soon as I came into the view, it was like a god had suddenly given them all life.

"Dave!" they shouted and ran to help me up.

"How?" Sayuri said relived to tears.

"Lots of mana and even more luck," I groaned lying on the ground.

"I'm impressed," Heafest spoke with suppressed disdain. "You're hard to kill."

"Ha ha, yeah. It's ironic that I fell down as soon as you warned me though," I feigned ignorance.

"Let's move from here. We can rest outside."

Carl and Gary helped me up and supported me as we walked out.

"You should have seen it Dave," Gary began cheerfully. His earlier depression had been completely blown away now I was alive. "As soon as you fell, we were all shocked for sure but then in order to save you we had to take out that rock toad. Sis punched it so hard that its body flattened against the back wall." So that's why I didn't see its body. "She sure must have been worried about you."