202 – Northern Defense Line
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Paang!
A huge shock wave spread out.
The huge magical energy that erupted from Lilith’s body spread out like a wave.
She was angry, her eyes turned red and she shouted at everyone.
【You have crossed the final line! All my armies will trample on you mankind!】
Kugugugu Palace…
The earth shook.
Grains of sand and dust on the floor rose simultaneously.
I was pulled up by the power released by Lilith.
【Look! Pay the price for the sins you committed!】
A large amount of demonic energy was released from Lilith’s body once again.
It was an enormous amount of magical energy that was incomparable to before.
However, her magic energy was not that threatening.
It was just released to show a certain image.
This time too, her magic energy formed a flat screen shape, showing the great northern army advancing.
【You can never prevent this disaster! The Sword Master, humanity’s strongest weapon that you boast about, cannot surpass a mere Death Knight!】
Death Knight.
The imperial archives detailed how powerful that being was.
In the year 215 of the Imperial Calendar, the 1st Death Knight and his legion invaded the North when the then head of the Graham family hesitated to be sacrificed to Lilith.
For this reason, the Graham family and the empire remembered the events of that time very well.
The fiefdoms of a total of 5 families were destroyed.
It suffered catastrophic damage that no other kingdom could have suffered.
【This time it won’t end with a warning! I will devour all living things, not only in the North, but all the way to the very bottom of the South!】
However, in the video Lilith showed, about 12 Death Knights were moving.
In fact, it was as if 12 sword masters who had reached the peak were heading south, each leading a force equivalent to one legion.
“You’re being so noisy.”
However, Ed did not give in to Lilith’s threats.
No, rather than giving in to her, he was picking her ears and looking at her as if she was annoyed.
Lilith’s expression became tinged with embarrassment.
“Do you know that it’s the same pattern from before? What kind of army do I have, can’t you stop this? They’re just repeating the same threats. “Would you like to guess why you keep repeating those words?”
【······.】
“They want us to stop. He is no different from the great pig leader of any peninsula. You’re trying to bend the Graham family to your will, threatening us with your most powerful card. But aren’t you scared of using up the last card you have? “After your army is wiped out, you will have nothing.”
【···Cheeky. I am trying to show mercy.】
“You sound like mercy. There’s no need for that anymore. “Because we are here to end you once and for all.”
Ed finished her words and pressed the bracelet she was wearing.
Then, space was torn in the air, and dozens of suit parts were attached to Ed, completing the suit.
Lilith’s expression hardened.
【···If you kill me, no one will be able to control my army. Humanity will be destroyed.】
“That’s our situation. “There is no reason for you to worry.”
Ed said that and gave Elena a look.
Then, at the same time as Elena chanted, a portal was summoned near Adrian.
Adrian, who was bound in Lilith’s arms, was immediately sucked into the portal and disappeared.
【···Ah!】
“I am finally able to end this long, bad relationship. “Let’s finish it neatly and not in a muddy manner.”
The Crucible’s rays erupted from Ed’s hand.
***
【···Ugh!】
The Crucible was pierced into Lilith’s heart.
She is one of the great dukes of Hell and possesses absolute power, but she was sealed by King Graham and poured all of her power into demonizing her monsters, so she was unable to properly resist them. It was not done.
“I hunted one with this.”
Also, the people Ed brought with him belonged to the powerful forces of the empire.
Elena, the Grand Mage, Illiya and Gracia, the Sword Masters.
And then he brought in several corps commander-level figures and attacked Lilith.
In the meantime, Lilith burst into tears and spoke to Ed.
【In the end, it will end in my victory. After all mankind is destroyed by my army, you will try to turn back time and return to the past… All I have to do is go back to the past and taste Graham’s flesh and despair once again…】
“Well. I think it’ll just end up being a massive farming time. “We were so thoroughly prepared.”
With those words, Ed pulled out the Crucible.
Lilith’s body collapsed and she fell to the floor.
The crustacean-like shell covered with the devil’s skin disappeared, and her body slowly turned into powder and began to disperse into the air.
Ed muttered while looking at the Crucible.
“I accumulated quite a bit of hellish energy, but it was all consumed with just one stab… Other archdukes won’t take it easy.”
Ed’s Crucible contributed to inflicting fatal wounds on Lilith.
But it seemed like this alone would not be enough for the other Dukes of Hell.
She needs much more hell energy than this to kill another archduke who is much more powerful than her.
“Death Knight.”
But there was a mass of hellish energy here.
The Death Knight, who has received the most of Lilith’s essence, is moving south to the land of the empire.
Furthermore, there were a whopping 12 of them, so if you hunted them all, you would be able to recharge a significant amount of hell energy.
Ed said, looking at everyone.
“Let’s go farming.”
***
“Crazy…”
Northern defense line.
The large crowd began to sigh.
This is because the sight of a large army of monsters moving south was captured on the large screen in front.
“We have to stop that?”
“Can we survive?”
“It’s impossible…”
The crowd’s reaction was skeptical.
I entered the war here with the hope of making a lot of money, but if I made a mistake, I could have lost my life rather than making money.
What’s more, isn’t there a large number of monsters mixed in that monster army that are, at first glance, very powerful?
I couldn’t give up my life just to make a few bucks.
[-Wheeing!]
But at that moment.
The screen has switched to another location.
Gryphon Rider unit of the Isilian Kingdom.
The scene of them, armed with machine guns and bazookas, digging into the middle of a large army of monsters began to play.
[Let’s touch some money!]
And they burst out into big smiles even in the face of a large army of monsters.
With the help of Ed, he has evolved into a ‘Mechanical Gryphon Rider’, so there is nothing to be afraid of anymore.
[Crush!]
[Yes!]
Soon, the leader of the Gryphon Riders, Prince Kesilov, gave the order to open fire.
Then, the Griffon Riders, all wearing sunglasses, began to grind to the ground, holding machine guns in both hands.
A huge amount of fireworks spewed out in the air.
-Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo!
-Queee!
The ‘Elemental Mana Machine Gun’ created in collaboration with Edgar Fix & Dwarf Workshop.
The ‘Elemental Grant Mana Machine Gun’ currently fired by Mechanical Griffon Riders had ‘strengthening’ and ‘element conversion’ techniques engraved on each bullet.
In short, bullets with properties that are fatal to monsters are strengthened with the ‘strengthening’ technique and fired dozens of times per second.
-Kooooo!!
-Krrr however. But
As a result, regular monsters could not withstand their bullets.
The mass murder had truly begun.
[Prepare to drop white phosphorus bombs!]
However, there were monsters that their bullets could not pierce.
Intermediate level monsters that have been completely demonized.
Those monsters basically had very strong armor, so anything other than a skilled swordsman’s sword could not pierce their strong skin.
That is why their skin is melted with white phosphorus, called ‘devil’s rain’.
[Drop it!]
Rarrr!
A large amount of fireworks began to fall in the air.
White phosphorus, which looks beautiful on the outside but is actually a weapon of ‘humanity’s worst mass destruction’, has penetrated into the middle of a horde of monsters.
-Cheee!
-Queee!!
Then the large screen began to broadcast scenes of the earth turning into hell.
White phosphorus melts the skin and burrows into the bones, and the chemical reaction that occurs in the process causes whitish smoke to be emitted, and the smoke from the white phosphorus, which is full of all kinds of toxicity, causes necrosis of the skin and damage to internal organs, causing slow death. It showed the sight.
-Crrr! Crrr!
-Queee!! Kuehhh!
However, the vitality of the monster that had been demonized was strong.
Able to regenerate their bodies at a rapid rate, they used the pain as fuel to become even more angry and began to run wild.
However, even that was quickly stopped by breathing in the thick smoke emitted by white phosphorus, as the skin rotted or the eyeballs melted.
The crowd gathered in the square could clearly feel Ed’s fear as they stared blankly at this demonic scene that even the monster’s vitality could not help.
“Wow, developing such a crazy weapon…”
“···I’m glad it’s Edgar Fix. “If a power-thirsty warmonger had developed such a weapon, countless people would have had to go through that hell.”
“Well, Sir Edgar Fix has not made an agreement to ban all weapons used here from being used against humans… “You’re welcome.”
The power of white phosphorus that causes fear just by looking at it.
However, Ed shackled himself by saying that he would not use any weapons used in this defense line against humans.
They declared that they would use it only on ‘devils’ and ‘humans who follow the devil’.
“hahahahaha! As expected, things definitely change when Sir Edgar Fix touches them. “Look at how strong our Gryphon Riders have become.”
Meanwhile, King Isilian, who was watching all this, was smiling broadly.
Previously, the Griffon Rider was only at the level of shooting a bow in the air or chanting long-distance spells, but when he was reborn as a ‘Mechanical Griffon Rider’ through Ed’s touch, his combat power increased dramatically compared to before.
[Bang! Kwagwagwagwagwang! Bang!]
King Isilian looked at the screen with a happy face.
Destructive weapons that combine magic engineering with modern firearms, such as white phosphorus, machine guns, bazookas, grenades, etc., Were rained down on the ground.
Of course, monsters capable of ground-to-air attempted counterattacks, but it was a Mechanical Griffon Rider unit with strong defense thanks to the ‘automatic mana shield’ device that Ed installed.
[You’ll make a lot of money!]
As a result, a huge amount of money was stamped on the ‘Settlement Crystal Ball’ that followed the Mechanical Griffon Rider unit.
They only participated in a 10-minute battle, but their settlement amount was stamped with ‘600 million Orden’.
“I guess I should join the war too!”
Because of this, some mercenaries who had become wealthy began to hastily put on protective gear.
He jumped into the battlefield after wearing the ‘standard lightweight armor’ provided by Ed.
“····Let’s wait and see.”
However, the cautious mercenaries decided to watch the situation a little longer.
I thought it would not be too late to make a move after watching what the outcome would be for the mercenaries who jumped into the battlefield.
[hahahahaha! It’s so easy to make money!]
However, caution quickly turned into impatience.
As the mercenaries ahead of us showed decent performance and raised money, we started to get impatient.
“Even for entry-level equipment, the quality itself is different. “Is this really Lord Fix’s equipment?”
And the ‘equipment sucker’ had a great influence on the mercenaries who went ahead and carried out such activities.
The ‘low-end equipment’ produced in large quantities by Ed is of much better quality than the armor and weapons previously used.
[Ugh! sh*t! You’re so excited!]
However, mercenaries began to appear who were too greedy for money and were surrounded by monsters.
Because we were blinded by the amount being settled, we made a basic mistake of not securing a way out.
[aaah!]
The mercenary, surrounded by monsters, met a terrible end.
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No, at least it seemed that way until the next thing happened.
-Whoop!
“····Huh?”
A mercenary who had just been in the middle of a horde of monsters and returned to base in an instant.
The mercenary looked around with a puzzled expression.
It looks like its abdomen was supported by the Kodobist’s huge horns, but how could it be here?
“This is because automatic return is set.”
The reason was explained by a woman who escaped from the crowd.
Eve.
Armed with a combat uniform, she stood next to the mercenary who had been ‘automatically returned’ and began to explain the principle.
“All of the ‘standard armor’ issued by Lord Fix has an ‘automatic return’ function built into it. A magic trick was engraved into the armor so that it can be returned here if critical damage occurs.”
“······.”
“So, under most circumstances, you will not die during battle. However, you must return 10% of the settlement fee each time you return, but wouldn’t it be better than losing your life?”
“······.”
Everyone was speechless.
Even if you are in danger of losing your life, you will be paid One Coin.
There has never been a system or equipment that takes care of soldiers like this before.
Everyone’s morale began to boil.
“Ah! “If I don’t die, I’ll go a hundred more times!”
“It’s not hardcore mode!?”
“Let’s go make money!!!!!”
Rurrr─
Numerous mercenaries and veterans began to pack Ed’s standard equipment.
Once you become confident that you can make money without taking too much risk, you overcome your fear and jump into the battlefield.
‘Everything goes according to my plan.’
And Eve smiled as the scene Ed had intended came true.
Ed, who had never been able to move humanity in the hundreds of episodes before, is able to feel his growth as he understands people’s nature and desires and handles them freely.
‘But you must not let down your guard.’
However, it was too early to be happy.
This is because there are still many powerful monsters remaining in Lilith’s large monster army.
In fact, the 12 Death Knights, who can be said to be the commanders of this monster wave, have not even moved yet.
‘Well, there’s no need to be scared.’
But that doesn’t make me intimidated.
This is because Ed and her were thoroughly prepared for this ‘Northern Destruction Conquest’ operation.
Eve floated a hologram, recalling all the preparations she and Ed had made.
And then attempted to communicate with the ‘World Tree’.
“Get ready quickly.”