Episode 124: Deception and Domination (4)
“I can’t put it off any longer. That is my decision.”
“What? Hey, maybe you’re going to Earth… … .”
“no. Ravizda has now become a world of dark elves, and we are taking over it.”
Efficient movement is always important, but sometimes you have to take it. The most important thing is when, what, and how much to endure.
Lucy decided to advance her plan of attack on another world, which she decided to take over in order to bring in nutrients that could upset the balance.
Kim Seo-yoon, who had been looking forward to finally going to Earth, was depressed, but Raon, who was an elf, flinched without realizing it.
“They seem interested.”
“It has to be that way. It’s a place I’ve only heard about through tradition. “If you are an elf, you can’t help but wonder how the place that was taken over by the enemies changed and what happened to them.”
Raon did not bother to deny it. Because he too was curious about that world.
“Then, why don’t you lead the advance team yourself? Go and see what happens to the victors who won the competition against your compatriots.”
Lucy entrusted Raon with the advance team. Anyway, since I was once an elf, I was calculating that it might create unexpected efficiencies or variables.
“You have so much to spare to use up resources like this. Do you really think it is possible to walk the tightrope between the union and the denomination?”
“I can assure you that the data I have is thousands of times greater than yours. “My calculation formula is not wrong.”
Raon lamented when he realized that the amount of resources Lucy was putting into this project was enough to evaporate an entire country in one blow, but Lucy decided all of her actions anyway within a calculation formula created by combining variables.
I absolutely trust it, so there can be no hesitation. In the end, Raon went over to Ravizda, the world beyond the World Tree, with the advance team to build a nest there.
“Kim Seo-yoon, do you want to go to Earth? Do you want to go and see your family?”
And after that, Lucy suddenly turned to Kim Seo-yoon and smiled faintly.
* * *
“This is our hometown according to legend. “A sacred place desecrated by corrupt elves.”
[Most of the area is a land of death where no life can be felt.]
After crossing the portal that the World Tree had sealed, Raon looked around at the place he had arrived and fell asleep.
Raon had literally traveled across most of the continent and even visited the harsh lands of the Demon World during the Great War, but this place was fundamentally different.
There was just nothing. Unlike the Demon World, which was teeming with monsters that had adapted to the wasteland, this was truly a dead land.
[Really… … . I don’t feel anything. Even the energy of the spirit.]
“You can build a nest in a place like this?”
His spirit, Titania, also followed him here and complained of discomfort. Even Raon, who knew something about the Demon Lord’s army, found it difficult to believe that they would build a nest in a place like this.
[The initial investment value is already expected.]
However, Lucy found a way, saying that nothing was impossible for her. Although it is an extreme environment with thick dark clouds covering the entire atmosphere and no sunlight, there is heat rising from the ground.
Lucy’s first home was in a volcanic area with boiling lava.
“her.”
Raon was a little amazed as he saw the endless number of construction soldiers pouring out the slime-shaped nanites that had filled his stomach onto the ground.
Inside the mucus, countless cells rapidly change and proliferate into new forms according to the code written under Lucy’s orders.
Its form is a gigantic living organ that can convert heat into nutrients. These thermal power plants, which were soon completed, accelerated the process of producing energy on their own and covering the entire area.
[It’s increasing. In this land where there was nothing, life is increasing.]
Titania, the spirit of the earth, was astonished by the living tissue of the Demon King’s army covering and digging into the ground. Ultimately, life is life even for nanos.
From Titania’s perspective, the Demon King’s army was the guardian of life, instantly terraforming this terrible hell.
‘Is this adaptation, is this evolution? Is this the devil’s power for survival!’
Raon also watched all of this with his eyes wide open.
To him, Lucy is his enemy and an evil villain who threatens the world. However, I was slowly opening my eyes to the values of growth and evolution that Lucy asserts and proves.
In the end, he and his people were defeated by Lucy’s power and eliminated. If they had tried to evolve rather than become complacent, they could have won.
It must have been difficult to see Lucy’s strength in putting down roots even in a place where there was nothing, but he now truly regretted the past.
[You can turn that regret into an opportunity this time. If you perform your mission well and prove your usefulness and efficiency, I will grant your request.]
“I will definitely achieve it.”
Lucy, who could see Raon’s heart as if looking into her palm, whispered to him. A fatal temptation that can never be resisted.
It can awaken him and make him move more efficiently.
[Prove your abilities, hero of the past. All you are given is the food and troops produced by the nest, so prove to me how far you can go.]
Lucy, who highly valued his tactical command and combat skills, turned the elf hero, whom she had completely defeated and destroyed, into a puppet whose mind could even be controlled and used him as a field commander.
‘He is a deceiving evil devil himself, but his mask sometimes takes on the appearance of an angel who tempts with miracles.’
Raon, who was acutely aware of his situation, could not refuse it and acted according to Lucy’s intentions and took command of part of the Demon King’s army.
The primary purpose is to increase the size of the nest and scout out places that scouts have not been able to scout.
He first produced scouts, and made them explore not only the destination but also other surrounding areas with medium to large scouts that could withstand magic waves.
If they found another volcanic area, they would make a nest there as well.
* * *
[I can’t feel anything right now like before.]
Through the scouts sent by Raon, Lucy was able to see the center of the dark and gloomy energy that she had not been able to explore last time.
It is true that the magic power fluctuates, but scouts who have grown in size are not affected to that extent.
“Can’t you still see what’s inside?”
[The fog is still the same, so you must enter inside.]
The thick fog covering the place was still there. Lucy did not hesitate and continued to advance the scouts forward. I was prepared to use it as a consumable anyway.
[Entering inside the fog.]
Lucy soon entered the fog. Inside, too, it was difficult to see anything properly due to the fog.
I headed there only with the traces of magic felt in the middle.
[I was hit.]
It was at that moment that the scouts were attacked. The scouts of the Demon King’s army, which were modified based on flying animals, were strong, but their opponents were stronger and more numerous.
“Key, keike!”
“Kyaaak!”
However, the opponents’ condition was a little strange. Monsters that looked like native flying creatures flocked in blindly with their eyes closed.
[…] … Friendly cells begin to become infected at a rapid rate.]
But simple brutality was not everything. Some of them were injured in the enemy’s attack, and something infiltrated through the wounds and attacked the Demon King’s soldiers at a cell level, causing a disruption in the command system.
[Unable to respond to infection. Cell death and mutation, friendly cell attack.]
Lucy’s thinking momentarily slowed down due to the opponent’s strength. The soldiers were helpless and even their control was taken away from the enemy’s attack, which destroyed and infected cells and turned them into allies.
If nothing else, the sound of control being taken away was a huge shock.
[Fallen World Tree.]
Eventually, before contact with the last remaining scout was lost.
Lucy managed to break through the fog and see inside.
In a place that remained as calm and stable as the eye of a typhoon, what stood tall in the sky was a huge tree that he had observed before.
It was the moment when I confirmed the true identity of that gigantic tree that had sucked all the nutrients from the area until it became a wasteland with not a single blade of grass left.
[Connection completely terminated.]
That was the last time. Lucy was forcibly thrown out of the scout’s completely mutated body.
* * *
“What on earth does that mean? “Infection and mutation?”
[That is the power of the Fallen World Tree.]
“No way. “I haven’t heard anything like that.”
[A response method is needed.]
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Raon was greatly embarrassed after hearing Lucy’s story. This is because the words and concepts of infection and mutation were unfamiliar to him.
“What can I do about something you don’t even know about?”
[That is correct. I will find a way and instruct you again.]
Lucy nodded at his absurd reaction. This was clearly beyond Raon’s authority.
His job is to create variables and new calculation formulas using the data Lucy provides.
“so… … “I need your help, Changhyun Kim.”
Lucy moved her body in another space to inform other beings of her situation and ask for help.
“Why on earth are you asking that in this state?”
In fact, Changhyun looked at Lucy, who had acted alone, with a very embarrassed expression.
* * *
“We had to test whether the imperfect dimensional travel spell would work on Earth.”
“Ha, why now?”
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I barely fell asleep after staying up all night after experiencing something bad yesterday.
Honestly, I thought I was dreaming.
But the weight pressing down on my body was not a lie. The dark black hair flowing before my eyes was also the truth.
“Lucy.”
“I have come. really… … .”
Lucy, sitting on top of me, looked down at me and touched my face in disbelief with her hard, rough hands.
“I had to make a decision because I felt the need to block threats arising around Kim Chang-hyun.”
“It was a big problem, but it was resolved without any problems. “Is that really the whole reason?”
He reached out his hand and touched Lucy’s body as if it was absurd. From the extremely hard shell to the soft and warm face.
“I guess it’s because I called Jiyeon. yes?”
“I am better than that female human!”
“I know.”
I know how Lucy feels. I don’t know if it will work, but I needed to be comforted.
However, it has failed to do so right now.
“yet… … Not yet. “I will definitely find a more perfect and sustainable way.”
Lucy grabbed my body as if she didn’t want to fall, but her body was already twisting.
All time has run out. He must have already wasted a short amount of time waiting for me to wake up.
“… … “I was a bit surprised.”
Lucy stretched out her hand toward me until the last moment she disappeared. Cell phones buzzing at the same time.
I chuckled when I saw Lucy inside.