＜ Chapter 112 – Corps (12) ＞
Chapter 112 – Corps (12)
[The central front will only give moderate pressure to make it shrink, and continue the war of attrition as it is now to focus on weakening the enemy’s strength and turn the main unit elsewhere.]
“The world of the elves, to go there?”
[Now is the time.]
On the screen, Lucy’s voice came out as a large group of flying species swept away what appeared to be enemy scouts.
The new specimen I handed over. The creature Lucy named the Sun Mushroom became Lucy’s new nutrient supply system, just as we had hoped. That’s pretty deceitful to be able to control the inexhaustible resource line called sunlight.
It has a similar disadvantage to modern solar power generation, that it consumes only nutrients useless if it does not receive sunlight, but Lucy turned the entire vast area into a forest of mushrooms as if she didn’t care about that.
[Of course, there are inefficiencies. However, most of them are converted to beta versions or higher, and when they cannot produce nutrients, they are extremely dormant to minimize nutrient consumption and are looking for a way to receive light as efficiently as possible.]
“If you can go into space, if you have the ability to do that, you will be freer, but right now it will be difficult.”
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Lucy seemed to be shaken by a word I casually spilled while laughing, but she didn’t expect much right now. Lucy is still in a state where she hasn’t even cleaned up her surroundings, so she’s trying to turn her hands somewhere else out of necessity.
“For now, let’s focus on the immediate task. The plan to attack the elves, I want to hear about it in detail.”
It is a kind of destiny for Lucy to fight the treacherous demons, and a kind of survival competition for a place. So I myself had no idea.
But invading other places, like interfering in human fights, is a different story. In the past, it might have been a bit reluctant. After all, it means that we invade and prey on others for our own benefit.
“Once you start, let’s see the end.”
[That’s right. The quantity invested is too large. Even if you don’t know the magic of dimension movement, you must take over their world and replenish the lost nutrients.]
But now we can’t afford it anymore. The last time I participated in a dungeon raid to deliver the Sun Mushroom to Lucy. I saw with my own eyes how we were horribly defeated.
Jiyeon Lee and even Liam almost died. True monsters that seem close to perfect creatures, freely handling the genetic information of all living things in my opinion, and that Lucy has more experience than herself.
We have to stop them. If I can’t stop it, I and everyone around me will die. And if Lucy has to invade others for that, I can’t help but weigh our lives against theirs.
If so, the result is obvious. I have no choice but to hunt.
[The world of the elves is the northern great forest where humans do not intervene. Raon stated that he cut off the space there with special magic.]
“A break in space?”
[From what I understand, it’s like a dungeon.]
Lucy explained how she would attack the elves. And the word dungeon that came out of the process. My eyes widened slightly in surprise.
[Elves cut off their connection to the human world long ago and live only there. Wanderers like Raon are a very unusual case, and they said that they had lost interest in both humans and the demon world]
“The word dungeon… is rather interesting. Maybe the number of troops or something like that?”
I saw Raon fighting Lucy. If Lucy hadn’t separated Raon from his spirit, he would have been difficult to subdue.
If there are so many of them, I think war would be impossible.
[Raon testified that the number of elves is not very large. Furthermore, he said that his power was amplified by the power of growth bestowed by Saint Evelia, and that most elves were noticeably weaker than he was, and would be at most the level of humans.]
“Well, then it won’t be difficult.”
[Based on the testimony, these are the troops of our troops to be put into this operation. I plan to completely break down the resistance and completely surrender in a short-term skirmish.]
Lucy switched the screen to show the corps currently preparing for a sortie.
I stared blankly at it. Clearly, seeing this, Lucy is not pushed back by the invasive species.
“A lot, a lot?”
From the beginning of the screen to the far end of the screen, there are countless numbers of super-giant flying species Island Alpha. Those hundreds of meters in length are vehicles that transport a large amount of troops inside.
And the densely packed aircraft escorting that Island Alpha are the Island Beta. They are small escorts designed and built by Lucy to escort transport vehicles. However, even if it is small, the length of the body is several tens of meters. There, countless flying species were flying alongside it.
[The estimated number of elves is around 900,000, and the total number of troops mobilized by the allies this time is 1 million. I will press it with overwhelming force.]
Lucy sharpened her knife. In a way, he paid more attention than where he was fighting the demons.
[I will send out troops. Fly high into their territory, and before others notice, they will disarm their shields and strike.]
“Do it.”
I finally gave the final approval. Huge creatures that all start to gain altitude all at once fly high above the clouds, now attacking the land on the other side of the continent.
I’m going to die horribly. However, the Demon King is not afraid of death. If a single cell is alive, it is not dead. But our enemies are different.
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No matter how desperately you fight, no matter how much you resist, there will be a limit.
“…”
Again, I overlapped those being attacked by Lucy with us on Earth. A fight against the oncoming monsters. A fleeting hope that somehow you can hold on.
In the end, if all that remains is brutal slaughter and ashes, then I have no choice but to do anything to protect it.
Because it is the nature of living things to do whatever it takes to survive.
“But Kim Chang-hyun, we need another decision for our ideal. A conflict with the sectarian forces currently cooperating with the US government and worshiping one of the Americans as a goddess is highly likely. If they are incompatible, they must also attack.”
“Well, let’s watch that for a bit.”
Besides, there were still problems. The fact that Lucy interrogated the two paladins she captured last time was the fact that the bond between the Church and the Earth grew stronger as time went on.
I don’t know if it’s because the situation on Earth is bad, but they were sincere in joining hands with this world. If those who already know about the Demon King’s army oppose us in the future, the plan will be disrupted.
“We just need to be faster.”
After all, although we have the same enemy, they are fundamentally our enemies competing for resources. Conflicts are likely, but I personally wanted to avoid an all-out war with them.
***
“There is nothing wrong with the flight process, the speed is normal, the altitude is normal, if this continues, it will reach the Great Forest in about 3 days, 22 hours and 11 minutes.”
“…”
“Looks forward to it. Seeing your people again after a long time.”
Island Alpha, a super-giant transport vehicle with a large amount of troops on board in a dormant state. Lucy, who had boarded her body in one of them, glanced back as she checked the flight situation.
There, where there is no answer, there is only one slightly special individual standing like a hardened stone statue.
“Go there and kill all your people with your own hands. That is my revenge.”
Lucy smirked and flicked her hand away from the helmet covering the special entity’s face. The face revealed in it is Raon, who was deprived of everything by Lucy a while ago.
But now he can’t get angry or curse at Lucy. Because his whole body was already in Lucy’s grasp. Lucy did this to torment him even at the cost of inefficiency.
“Aren’t you looking forward to it? Elf Gamma.”
Lucy, who could sense all the emotions he was feeling while holding his body, twisted the corner of her mouth even more and soon raised his helmet again.
It’s really not long now. This time, it seemed like he was one step closer to what he wanted.
“I think I figured it out pretty quickly.”
About three days passed like that. Lucy, who had flown across the high sky for three days, lowered the altitude of the corps she had led.
There was still a little distance left to their destination, but the elves noticed the change from the moment the Demon King’s army entered the great forest.
“Heaven! sky!”
“What the hell is this?!”
As expected by Lucy, the elves who noticed the change in advance came out of the barrier in an unusual way and prepared a response system.
However, while he was busy moving his body, no one knew what kind of monsters were coming from the distant sky. This is because they had cut off contact with the rest of the world even before the Great War, and there was no way to hear from Raon, who was the only source of news.
“Are you… the enemy?”
“I do not know either. But all who dare to come here without our permission are enemies! Until now, no one has been able to break it.”
Relatively young elves depended on adults to guide them, but it is true that they too were cut off from the world.
In the end, they finished their defense preparations as usual without any special measures.
“I heard that there are quite a few flying demons among the demons. Perhaps they are not like that.”
“I only heard that the great war was over and the humans started fighting each other… Did the demons go this far?”
They were just guessing, their eyes were on the sky. In fact, all I knew was that many things were coming here through the sky.
“see!”
“Wait, that’s not possible…”
It wasn’t long before the invaders, who had chewed up all the warnings and threats they had notified through the wind spirits, broke through the thick clouds and revealed themselves.
“What the hell is that…”
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No one could help but be amazed by the sight. A sight I had never imagined in my life.
The black armored super-giant creatures that pierced through the clouds and came in with the sun’s light all at once advanced toward the Great Forest.
“Come on, Elder!”
“Why are you guys standing there blankly! Those are monsters from Hell! Attack!”
The frightened elder gave the order to attack, and soon countless attacks were launched against the demon king’s army flocking against the sky.
However, Lucy saw it and casually activated Island Alpha’s defenses based on her enormous strength.
“The demons don’t fight so ignorantly anymore. It is literally the frog in the well.”
At the same time as Lucy laughed at the power that couldn’t be concentrated on one point, the Island Betas escorting Alpha attacked the ground all at once with flying species and bombarded them.