246. Demon world is strange (1)
“Aww!!!”
bang–!
The entire ground collapsed under Ponte’s thunderous blow.
That’s how the demon lord buried the underground passage made by spilling his demon beast.
but… … .
“Hraah! haap!”
bang-!
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Kwak-kwang!!!
Ponte, who fell into a sense of shame that he had fallen out of the regime alone, smashed the ground more than necessary.
A thick layer of dust rose.
“Ponte. stop it… … !”
When Ackerman stopped him, Ponte barely stopped venting his anger. Apparently, it became violent due to the influence of the demonic spear, but it seemed that it was quite angry that it was defeated without even using a hand there.
‘Be patient.’
Sooner or later, the time will come for that guy, Ponte, to be active.
Defeated Kusanie of Destruction.
If so, the next boss to deal with is madness Desmonium.
When it comes to ‘madness’, Ponte and Cyana, who won’t be defeated by him, are expected to become the demon’s rivals. Seeing Ponte run amok like that already makes me feel confident.
However, Ciana was much calmer than in the game. Her madness may not have been revealed yet, but it didn’t bother Syana.
Rather, he was concerned about Desmonium.
It was because Desmonium’s strength was uncertain.
Even the Kusani of Destruction we just defeated wasn’t really an opponent that could be defeated so easily.
Although the main characters are stronger than my knowledge and the game, I defeated them more easily than I thought.
It was still unsure whether it was simply because we had become stronger or if Kusanie had become weaker than the original.
The number of monsters marching through the underground passage was smaller than expected. It was only about one unit of Orc Warriors.
‘What’s up with him?’
It may be raining. I might be too sensitive to give meaning to everything.
However, in the current situation, which is so different from the original game, it is forbidden to be relieved and vigilant. You have to be suspicious and vigilant about everything.
‘Because good is good first.’
Taking down Kusanie without much damage is definitely a good start.
“Guys, then let’s go!”
“I see. By now, the academy should have finished their defenses.”
Of course, the guys didn’t know at all that the demons they just defeated were the three families of the demon king.
It would be nice to know this fact to raise morale, but I decided to keep my mouth shut for now.
It would be better in the long run to maintain tension for the time being.
* * *
“It looks like those kids made it.”
Pompeius, who had been watching the Orb without sleep, called Vemillion and showed him the screen.
It was because the energy reaction that continued in the underground passage suddenly stopped at some point. The structure of the underground passage was also changed at some point.
“So you blocked the underground passage safely.”
Vemillion admired that he was now able to interpret the screen of the Orb to some extent. It was clear evidence that those young guys had blocked the power of the demon lord.
Tiriling.
“Hoo. It’s real! I got a call. This is a message from the candidate saint.”
A message from Bell, who was taking a break at the right time, arrived.
―I slain the Demon Legion in the underground passage and collapsed the ground to block the passage. Was the defense finished? We intend to move to land as it is.
“It’s like putting out an urgent fire for now.”
“It looks like that… … .”
They both let out a sigh of relief.
An underground passage was discovered, and the two of them were becoming super-corpses because they hadn’t slept properly for several days. She was barely holding on with the effective drug sold at Lorena’s shop.
“It’s not like I was appointed as a warrior for nothing.”
“haha. I was dubious, but now I really have to believe it.”
Like this, the two of them were able to share a light joke.
“therefore… … . Are your defenses complete?”
Pompey asked.
He was confined to the spire 24 hours a day, so he had no idea what was going on outside. It was only the fact that Vemillion had urgently summoned the faculty and guards.
“Yes. First of all, I had all the assistant professors prepare for battle, and I also urgently signed a contract with a mercenary and brought them. His Highness the King is also coming quickly with an elite army.”
While Aren was breaking through the underground passage, the academy’s defenses were thoroughly implemented. It was thanks to the brave members buying time.
At least he escaped the surprise attack, so he wouldn’t be lethargic.
“Has the orb’s battle mode been completed?”
“Chuck! of course. Not a rat can escape the Orb’s watch. Any target that has even the slightest bit of magic will be melted away by the magic beam.”
The Warriors have already suffered a major invasion once. The academy was not a good place to be lethargic like the last time.
The battle mode of the orb, which was built by an unseen genius himself, was a fairly strong ally in the current situation.
In addition, active assistant professors and retired professors realized the seriousness of the situation and were flocking to the academy one by one. It was a gathering to preserve their history with their own hands.
Among them, of course, was Eins, the former vice principal. She was prepared to risk her life in order to at least a little rectify the mistakes of the past.
The academy’s defenses were solid. At this level, no matter how much demons and monsters are legions, they have to risk their lives.
“It’s reassuring to hear it.”
“Hurry up and reply to the candidate saint. not to worry.”
“I will.”
* * *
“Your expression is dark. Knight Commander.”
Odelia, who was driving a black horse armed with iron armor, asked insinuatingly.
“majesty. Sorry for the concern.”
Deckard dismissed Odelia’s concerns, saying it was nothing. However, Odelia already had everything in Deckard’s mind.
“Are you worried about your daughter?”
“… … You got caught. I can’t stand Your Highness anymore.”
Deckard laughed bitterly.
The daughter’s kind and righteous heart was known right away. However, it was difficult to accept the fact that he was appointed as a warrior and set out on a journey to defeat the demon king.
Even Deckard, who has a heart of steel.
I’ve raised Cain to be strong since I was young, but there is still such a thing as degree. The subjugation of the demon lord was a case of crossing the line for a long time.
“I don’t have children of my own, but I fully sympathize with you when it comes to family concerns.”
Odelia rode right next to Deckard to comfort him.
“My parents and siblings are still asleep due to the devil’s conspiracy. In a deep sleep you never know when you will wake up.”
Of course, Odelia herself cooked it. You can wake them up whenever you want.
I was thinking of putting them to sleep until the demon lord subjugation was over, but that didn’t make me feel comfortable.
It was said to be for a greater cause, but it was clear that it was against the laws of heaven.
“sorry. I dare… … .”
Although he is worried about his daughter, Odelia has lost all of her family from his point of view.
Besides, they were the royalty of this country. Even the former king was in a state of sleep, not knowing when he would wake up.
It was not something I dared to say in front of Odelia Braveheart.
“What. Just something like that.”
But Odelia is the type who doesn’t care about that at all. Rather, he maintained a dignified attitude towards a younger subject than Deckard’s daughter and even patted Deckard’s back.
“I have no face.”
So Deckard’s discomfort multiplied. To be comforted by a girl younger than your daughter!
Embarrassed by that fact, Deckard suddenly came to his senses. It’s not the time to be so desperate.
And above all-
“My daughter will do it.”
“I think so too. Your daughter is the right person for a hero.”
His daughter is Cain Abella. Deckard’s greatest pride.
She had no doubt that she would do it.
In addition, there is a son-in-law who will protect his daughter. There are some parts that are a bit unreliable, but at least one skill is a real man. Aren possesses sword skills recognized by even the strongest knights in the kingdom.
-Take care of your daughter. If something happens to your daughter, you will die by my hands. will you understand?
I’ve even threatened you like this, so I’ll risk my life to protect it.
Deckard cheered up at the memory of that fact. Odelia’s leadership was shining.
“majesty. It arrived before I knew it.”
An ivory spire began to appear in the distance. The spire was in the process of forming a huge curtain by shooting magic into the sky.
The figure of the spire standing tall and guarding the academy was so solemn that tension began to flow among the elite troops led by Odelia.
* * *
No matter how fast one marches from the academy to reach the beginning of the Demon Realm, it takes a good 15 days.
We have enough stamina, and I know the shortcut, so I can cut it in half.
It is possible to use Siana’s leap magic, but since there are many people and we need to preserve Siana’s magic as much as possible, we decided not to use leap magic.
Of course, what the demon king did as soon as he arrived in the world of demons was the destruction of the warp gate, so even the best innovations in the world of demons were in vain.
In the end, we had no choice but to reach the Demon Realm on foot.
… … It is the fourth day since the underground passage collapsed and the journey to the Pandemonium began.
“Haap!”
Acheron’s blade cut through the Orc Warrior’s throat. With a scream of despair, the last Orc Warrior closed his eyes.
Everything was over, but it wasn’t very clear.
“… … .”
“Have you knocked them all down?”
“yes. He was the last one.”
“ha. It won’t show up again, will it?”
It’s already the fifth monster unit we’ve met.
It seemed that the underground passage was blocked and the monster army was moving to the ground, but they seemed to be scattered here and there.
In other words, a scattered march continues without a unified chain of command.
At this point, even Ackerman, the dullest of us, realized.
“Isn’t something strange?”
“Strange. It’s definitely weird. I told you right away! Why are demons appearing here!!”
We have not yet left the realm of the kingdom.
Of course, castles and troops were deployed on the border, and they were supposed to be blocking the advancing monsters.
“What are the lords of the northeast doing?”
Cain, who knew the circumstances of the nobles well, expressed concern.
It is as she said.
Unless the northeastern castle lords closest to the Demon Realm were slowing down or were all dead, there was no way the monster army would be noticed that often.
If the defense line had been breached in the first place, the news would have been spread, and the refugee procession would have been noticeable here and there.
However, there is no news, no fluff from the refugees. Looking at the beacon fires rising from afar, the defense line to the northeast seemed to be intact.
“I don’t think a major invasion has yet taken place… … . Then where the hell do monsters come from?”
“Isn’t it some kind of tunnel, maybe it came down from the mountain?”
Hoya answered Cain’s question. However, Cain shook his head negatively.
“Not even that. If that was the case, I would have encountered a nasty monster like a goblin.”
“The ones we met were well-trained, well-armed Orc Warriors.”
Ponte stabbed the core of the Orc Warrior’s spear into the ground.
“An Orc Warrior is the most powerful individual among Orcs armed with heavy weapons. There’s no way those guys came down from a tunnel or a mountain.”
Siana, who had been listening silently, also helped. As she said, Orc Warriors were never monsters that could be encountered while passing through the territory of the kingdom.
Examining their equipment, they must have been made in the Pandemonium’s lava field.
The conclusion was one.
“There is another intrusion route that we do not know about.”
My eyes focused on what I said.
“Oh, really?”
“Otherwise, this phenomenon cannot be explained.”
What we encountered was not an army of at least a hundred. At most, dozens at most.
So, it was proof that the secret route was still in testing or incomplete.
“If it’s a secret route… … Shouldn’t we find it and get rid of it quickly!?”
“no. It’s impossible.”
If my hunch is correct, it would be impossible to find and stop the route right away.
“The place is unspecified, and the time and scale are not fixed.”
“gate… … I guess?”
Shiana also immediately understood the meaning of my words and spoke.
gate.
If the culprit behind this phenomenon is Gate, then the concept of finding and eliminating it, as Hoya said, does not work.
Because, the existence that opens the gate will be somewhere very far away.
They have no choice but to find and kill someone who creates the gate. And that existence would not exist, at least not around here.
“yes. An unspecified number of gates are appearing and disappearing within the kingdom’s territory. Judging by the size of the monster, it doesn’t seem to last for a long time.”
I concluded that ‘Non-ideal gate’. There is no other way to explain the present phenomenon. Shiana nodded as if agreeing.
“then… … What should I do?”
Bell asked with a worried face. Having roughly identified the cause, we need to quickly come up with a solution.
“Nothing changes. I have to go to the demon realm.”
A sporadic gate that appears within the kingdom.
When the underground passage was blocked, it felt like Plan B had been activated.
The only one capable of doing this is Aguileas the Vice. When it grows stronger and starts to reliably open multiple gates, then it’s a real crisis.
It would be impossible to stop all the monster armies bursting out from here and there in the kingdom.
Then, the whole of Aeonia would turn into a sea of fire in an instant. If innocent people are slaughtered, our expedition will be meaningless.
“We need to eliminate the culprit before the sporadic gate settles.”
conclusion has been made. Ackerman, who had been silently listening to my opinion, jumped up and said:
“Let’s speed up! So that I can pull even one day!”
The remaining days are approximately 3 days. It is impossible to shorten it further than that unless you use leap magic.
We are human beings with limited physical strength.
“no.”
stop walking
“Let’s find the gate.”
Instead, use the gate in reverse.