＜ Chapter 102 – Corps (2) ＞
Chapter 102 – Legion (2)
“Have you all been well? Only a small part of it has been made public. If it is openly disclosed, public opinion will be parked… no, because it will tremble with anxiety. But we’re the ones who have to fight those monsters after all, so shouldn’t we know?”
“Um, do those guys come out in our country too?”
“I don’t know when, but of course it will. Does the gate cover ideology, politics, camps, developed countries and underdeveloped countries, and borders?”
Baek Seung-chul, who was explaining the data himself, let out a laugh.
And after the somewhat idiotic question of whether the film will appear in Korea, silence descended on the scene again. I was overwhelmed by the strength of the enemy on the screen and the destructive power that comes from that strength.
A gigantic mobile fortress capable of withstanding the firepower of the gathered army, crushing it in reverse and razing a city to the ground. And an ultra-high-grade formidable enemy who slaughtered the Awoken who attacked to drop the mobile fortress.
In the meantime, the scattered enemy forces, including Liam Anderson, attacked and drove them out, causing numerous human and property damages in a short period of time.
“They did as much damage as possible before running away. As if this raid was aimed at intimidating or probing us. They say they blocked it… Well, to be honest, I don’t think they blocked it properly, seeing as they couldn’t even punish them for escaping. Let’s imagine that those monsters are like that in Seoul, Korea. Do you think we can stop it without even having a nuclear bomb to worry about?”
Baek Seung-cheol sighed and shook his head. Certainly, it would be impossible for anyone here to have confidence just by looking at those materials.
balance collapse. Perhaps other people thought so too. It is undeniable that the gate gradually increases in difficulty, but this time it crossed the line too badly.
“…”
Glancing at the seat next to her, Lee Ji-yeon had her head bowed with a stiff face. Did she, who had thrown herself into an impossible battlefield, really feel no hope this time around?
“For now, let’s all rest. Sooner or later, I have to go to the National Assembly and explain… but I can’t seem to find an answer.”
With Baek Seung-cheol’s will, the meeting in which most of the employees participated ended like that. He seemed to be thinking of borrowing even the collective intelligence, but it didn’t seem to be of much use to enemies other than the standards that surpassed the group.
“what do you think?”
Coming out with the others, I naturally turned on my phone and connected to Lucy. In the first place, since I first heard the news, I had no choice but to talk to Lucy on the phone.
[It’s obviously similar to our assault strategy using Island Alpha. It seems like a useful tactic if your opponent’s defense is weak and you can terrorize the production base indiscriminately.]
Lucy didn’t deny my thoughts at all. Like Lucy, she just analyzes the facts.
“What was the result of interrogating Raon?”
“He did not know of an ancient incantation that allowed him to connect with the other world, but he did divulge the whereabouts of his people, who were said to have come to this land from other places in the distant past. Elves, if you visit them and ask them for information, you may be able to get an answer.”
Anyway, the new invasive species that appeared at the gate are not important right now. I changed the subject. After all, all we can do now is continue to grow Lucy as we do.
“Are you going to attack the elves as well? Then, at the point of attacking the lords of the central region, it would be too much of a burden.”
[That’s right. Right now, the wire cannot be extended.]
Lucy changed the screen to show the scene. A war between the lords of the central region and the demon army led by Lucy, which took place automatically after the surprise attack on the black orc king Caim.
However, the enemies did not touch even though they were projecting their power into the human world. Most of all, those fighting at the forefront of the front line were mainly refugees from the northern regions that we hadn’t been able to capture.
It wasn’t a game where all enemies collapsed just because you captured one lord. The surviving enemies fought tenaciously, using the new being as their leader.
“As expected, I shouldn’t have attacked all of them at random…”
I fell silent when I saw the unexpectedly tense situation of the wires. Having no sides is also great. Lucy, who didn’t even take prisoners because she didn’t need slaves, and the enemies who knew how to turn them into nutrients mercilessly fought to the death, so it was difficult to subdue them easily.
Since communication itself wasn’t impossible, he could have overcome this crisis by secretly holding hands with some lords from the beginning.
[According to my calculations, it is more efficient to eat the whole thing and use its nutrients rather than holding hands. After all, they are chunks of variables themselves. I can’t believe it.]
Lucy instinctively loathed it and shunned it. They are those who have already betrayed the demon king, in other words, they are the mass of variables themselves that escape the category of calculation that Lucy hates so much.
“Then show me a way. Please tell me how I can help.”
[A larger corps to project more influence. It needs nutrients for that. However, the current nutrient extraction rate is close to 96%, so we need a way to increase the efficiency as a result.]
“Efficiency.”
Lucy reported that more nutrients were needed, and it was decided that a way to increase the efficiency of nutrient collection would be the best way to do so.
For example, geothermal power generation was included as one of the nutrient harvesting methods using invasive species and flame eater, which had bio-geothermal power plant ability to convert heat into energy.
But even thinking about it, I can’t come up with a specific number. Lucy, who has transcendent computing power, can’t help this part, so in the end, I have to come up with something new.
“I’ll think about it for a bit.”
[And these are drafts of new improved soldiers and new systems that we will try in the future once we have enough nutrients. In particular, this supplementary armed system was tested by providing Kim Seo-yoon with a strong mind…]
Lucy continued to pour out reports after that. The bigger she got and the more she could do, the more Lucy revealed her desire for growth without hesitation.
In order to match them all, I also have to move more.
***
“…”
End of communication. He is no longer looking at his phone. Lucy redirected the computing power that was consumed there to another place.
As you evolve and grow, the world changes too. In particular, since there is not one world that Lucy cares about, it is inevitable that it will be more urgent.
In the past, even if I was in such a hurry, I would have calmed down quickly and returned to the hive mind that thought and acted with thorough calculations, but now, for some reason, anxiety remained in one side of my heart.
“Kim Seo-yoon, we are losing troops on the battlefield with the kobolds, so you have to step in and give it to us.”
“Me, me?”
“They are resisting by protecting the main bases with magic barriers. Break the barrier and kill them with your power to forcibly disrupt magic.”
Lucy started using Kim Seo-yoon in earnest. Using her strong spirit to amplify her ability, which she had strengthened several times over, she was dispatched to an area where the odds of winning were falling behind.
“Not enough. It’s not enough.”
But Lucy was frustrated, realizing that these mediocre measures weren’t going to produce the results she wanted.
If you repeat the battle of attrition, you will win in the end. No matter how demons they are, they are not the ones who exist only for war as much as the Demon King’s Army.
She firmly believed that if she waited like this, he would find a way, and he would show her the way as always, but now Lucy wanted to give him joy by moving beyond simply following his orders.
[Longinus.]
She gazed at the masterpiece she had created, stored deep in the nest, unspoilt for the most efficient use. A strategic weapon whose entire large body is made entirely of steel.
If I could make a new weapon like that without investing resources, that would be a huge benefit.
“D-Dragon Heart! Dragon Heart! Both the Church and the Allied Forces are aiming for it and moving!! So stop…”
But just in time, at the site where prisoners were captured and tortured to obtain information, a piece of news that could be a clue came.
[Again what you mean by that.]
“Heh, hehehe…”
The being caught and being tortured is one of the demons called Lamia. This demon, with the lower body of a snake and the upper body of a woman, has already gone crazy with Lucy’s extraordinary torture techniques that are developing day by day.
“Gee, that’s the news I heard just before. The dragon’s heart that descended as a treasure to the southern kingdom has been revealed, and both sides are aiming for it.”
Wrapped around in tentacles, she trembled at the sound of Lucy’s voice transmitted through the Brain Maw Alpha in her head and spat out what she knew.
[I want data on Dragon Heart.]
“Me, me too to be exact… heeik!!! I’ll tell you! I say!”
Having already taken control of a part of her brain through the brain maw, she is in a state where all her senses are blocked. Shivering in pain in the darkness where she couldn’t feel anything, she screamed and opened her mouth to let out words as Lucy wiggled her brain once.
“A powerful treasure created by combining huge magical powers. It’s just that the dragon is condensing the enormous mana accumulated over many years, but if you can use it, nothing is impossible.”
[Condensed huge magical power… strong heart.]
After hearing her testimony, Lucy determined that the dragon’s heart was a type of strong heart. No matter how many times I listen to it, it is because the principle and composition are similar.
Inevitably, Lucy came up with a weapon of her own that could be made using steel core, and became interested in it.
“Sah, are you saving me?”
“If that is all, you are disposed.”
“No, no! not······.”
Lucy, who only skipped the information, threw her alive into the digestive juices, deciding that there was nothing more to hear. All of Lucy’s nerves had already moved to the heart of the dragon that had appeared in the world after a long time.
[So Yuria, you need to gather more information.]
“Demon King-sama, you are thinking of intervening there…!”
[All judgments are made after data that can be calculated is collected.]
Lucy tried to use Yuria in the human world. Naturally, Yuria was frightened by Lucy’s words that she would intervene in the battlefield again, but Lucy had already made up her mind, contrary to what she said to Yuria.
The data we collect is just to fit the results. Lucy had already conceived that if it were not for dire cases, she would send troops.
[It may be a small weight that can break the balance of the central region strategy battle, which is currently only fighting attrition. It is for my wish, so please execute it.]
“All right.”
Finally confirming Lucy’s determination, Yuria eventually accepted the mission irresistibly.