Episode 130: Deception and Domination (10)
“… … .”
The devil’s army is pushing in. Even in a war of attrition, infectious agents are pushed back. The Demon King Army, which had data on digestion and absorption of numerous species, was eventually able to prey on organic infectious agents and use them as food, but since the infectious agents could not infect the Demon King Army, there was no way to increase their numbers.
In addition, the Demon Lord’s army was able to instantly receive substituted nutrients from a giant jellyfish-like creature floating in the air with numerous tentacles.
This was in contrast to the fact that some of the infected organisms ignored the Sloth Alpha in their bodies and fought too hard and began to self-destruct due to lack of energy.
Lucy’s Demon Lord’s Army, which at first glance appears to be a group of monsters like the infected, including battles, supply, and special operations, is in fact a true army whose composition and deployment have been thoroughly organized through countless experiences.
[Unbelievable. The ground, the entire earth is shaking. The Fallen World Tree is asking for help from other World Trees!]
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It was then that Titania, the spirit of Raon, sensed the shaking of the earth and shouted.
The infectious germs also squeezed out all the power they had.
“The enemy has called his friends.”
Lucy, who was looking at the battlefield where victory was being achieved as she intended, was able to see what the scattered scouts had discovered.
Countless numbers of infectious germs were pouring in from all directions, regardless of the east, west, south, or north. They received a kind of summons and flocked to save their people.
“Are there many numbers?”
“Right now, there are at least 10 times the number of our troops, maybe even more.”
“Well, then isn’t that a big problem?! “With that number, we could literally be wiped out.”
After hearing Lucy’s answer, Raon was taken aback by the absurdity of it all.
They say it’s a mountain beyond a mountain, but in this case, it’s not a mountain, but an entire mountain range.
“It’s just that one of the hypotheses was wrong. “We have already developed a hypothesis assuming this situation.”
But Lucy remained calm. If you think about it, it’s like waging an all-out war with the dominant species that is ruling the world.
Lucy, who was nothing more than a tiny cancer cell in the world as a whole, had the goal of holding on and eroding the entire world.
“We are entering a defensive war of attrition. But before that, we will remove the corrupted world tree closest to the nest.”
“How are you going to get rid of it?”
“We do it ourselves.”
Lucy lifted the Longinus she had brought with her. And when Lucy pointed her finger at him, Raon clicked his tongue slightly.
The tactic proposed by Lucy is to infiltrate in a detour through a combination of small-scale, high-firepower units and eliminate the corrupted World Tree, a type of central nervous system that controls the infected population.
Even if it fails, the risk is not that great. It was an opportunity to extract data.
“If we know exactly how the Fallen World Tree controls its colonies and what makes it different from other infectious agents, we can find an easier way.”
In the end, Lucy took off into the sky with a small group of troops, including Raon. Lucy paid even more attention to the other person after confirming that there was a subtle magical response even in this gloomy atmosphere full of dark clouds that did not allow sunlight.
“The other person is not a fool either. “The defense forces are coming!”
“We can ignore that much.”
The infected entities quickly noticed and dispatched a large number of troops capable of flight to attempt to intercept it. Lucy decided to force a breakthrough and used her magic power.
Take the damage. Because that is the core of this operation.
“Magic… … ! But if you use something like this.”
Raon was embarrassed as he saw the enemies blocked by the huge magic spread around them across the sky.
Although I found a way to neutralize it, it is forbidden to show the technique to the opponent. Because you never know when someone might just copy this and imitate it.
“I appreciate it.”
‘Has it already been calculated?’
Still, Lucy did not waver. Raon, who was just getting used to Lucy’s mechanical way of thinking, which was to follow a conclusion without doubting it, tried to remember it.
Even though he is the enemy of the God of Fire who humiliated him and destroyed his clan, anyway, since he agrees with Lucy’s theory of eliminating the weak, he must learn from his strengths and make them his own.
A being literally born only to fight. In his eyes, there seemed to be no one stronger than Lucy in this world.
“Like this, we will reach the fallen world tree.”
The moment the infected entities wasted no time in breaking through the powerful magic defense created by the resonance of the strong hearts, the Demon Lord’s army, which had already entered the fog, finally succeeded in breaking through all obstacles and entering the huge barrier.
“Tsk!”
“Protection spell loss 40%.”
At that moment, a huge shock wave hit them. The Fallen World Tree, a huge tree whose tip reaches the sky and whose roots cover the ground, has begun to struggle.
“Remove it.”
Lucy didn’t waste any time and immediately put all her effort into it. As the huge concentrated magic power spewed out from Longinus, the decisive battle weapon aimed at the enemy, the Corrupted World Tree, which was writhing little by little in its gigantic body, gathered its strength and took the blow as is.
“… … Efficiency 5%.”
Lucy was slightly embarrassed. This was because the enemy’s defense was stronger than expected.
“It looks like the nutrients you have stored up are enormous. Moreover, it seems that the monster wearing the mask of the World Tree can also use the power of the World Tree. “Because energy absorption and manipulation is the World Tree’s privilege.”
“Is there a way?”
“I may be able to seal that power with my clan’s spell. After all, it is the power of the World Tree.”
It was Raon who helped at that time. Through this incident, Lucy was able to see the benefits of keeping Raon alive and continuing to take him with her.
“It is unexpected that they cooperate so obediently.”
“Demon King, I hate you too, but not those monsters. “Those are people who should not exist in this world.”
Lucy looked at him with wide eyes, but he sighed and shook his head. If escaping from Lucy’s grasp was impossible anyway, he made the choice he thought was the most rational.
“Put me down on the ground. “I need Titania’s power.”
“great.”
Lucy landed on the ground at the enemy’s base. Infected organisms came rushing in from all directions to kill them, but Lucy used magic, such as building an earthen wall and a curtain of flame, to buy time.
“Titania, block the energy heading to the World Tree. Drive a stake into the flow of magic power. “Don’t let that monster circulate energy.”
[okay.]
Meanwhile, he and Titania cast an old spell handed down to the elves. The original purpose was to seal the magic power of an entire space, but with the Earth Spirit, this could also be used on the World Tree.
‘Is this natural?’
He laughed bitterly as he cast the spell. They were pushed out by the Dark Elves and driven out of this land, and the Dark Elves who became the owners of this land were wiped out by an unknown infectious agent.
And those infectious germs are being defeated by Lucy’s demon lord army.
There is no eternity. He realized why Lucy was obsessed with evolution and growth.
“Now is the time. “If you attack now, that fake world tree won’t be able to block your attack.”
[Longinus, maximum output development]
As soon as Lucy heard Raon’s words, she once again fired the strongest attack she could deliver at the enemy who seemed to be struggling.
A huge light cannon several meters in diameter. That blow, made up of pure magical power, pierced the body of that gigantic tree at once, burning its insides and causing an explosion.
It was a small wound compared to the huge trunk that was over a hundred meters in diameter, but something red burst out from inside the wound that had begun to burn.
“Nonsense… … . It’s not the world tree, it’s… … .”
“It is one gigantic animal that has assimilated into the world tree.”
A frightened Raon stumbled and Lucy checked the inside and added the data indifferently.
Wounded and trembling in pain, the gigantic tree trunk split open, revealing part of its appearance as something white and wriggling, stretching its body across the tree.
The large, bright yellow eyes of the giant caterpillar inside the tree that had eaten the entire tree looked directly at them.
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“Crazy, gross.”
[It may be unexpected, but it still needs to be removed.]
Giant caterpillar tree cosplay. It was something she could never have imagined, but Lucy just tried to do it without the slightest hesitation.
[Insert Sloth and Alpha into the injured area.]
Longinus cannot shoot repeatedly, but inflicting wounds like that is enough. Lucy crossed the sky at once and headed towards the injured area. She picked up a spear in the hand that was not holding Longinus and threw it towards the injured area.
“――――!”
As the spear entered its body, a horrifying howl vibrated the air, and the fake world tree controlled by the caterpillar swung its branches and attacked Lucy.
However, Lucy dodged all of those attacks and calmly waited for the result.
In the end, what Lucy threw into the window was nothing short of extreme poison. The injury of the caterpillar, which was hit by the appearance of foreign substances in its body that continued to proliferate, was immediately evident in the appearance of the infectious agents that filled the surrounding area.
“Have you lost control?”
[This caterpillar took the lead in identifying the larvae and initiating action.]
The enemies, who were fiercely attacking our allies, suddenly staggered as if they had lost their way and began fighting among themselves, the closest living creatures.
As if she knew this would happen, Lucy landed on the World Tree’s gaping wound and looked at the caterpillar, which was pouring out bodily fluids from the hole in its body.
[Worth research. We will secure the data.]
Lucy removed parts of the caterpillar’s body. I don’t know if it will work or not, but I plan to analyze that and make that ability my own.
[Withdraw.]
And then they withdrew with their troops. In the screen, the dark clouds had disappeared and brilliant sunlight was shining on the ground.
Until the action of the infected organisms that receive that light becomes extremely low.
This is the moment when we confirm that the thick wall of fog surrounding us and the dark clouds in the area are all the work of that caterpillar, and that one of the infectious bacteria’s weaknesses is sunlight.
“We have an overwhelming advantage. They can’t beat us where the sun is. But we can even use the sunlight as food.”
[The battle will eventually break out at night, but our allies will have the advantage as time passes.]
The general preparation has been completed. Lucy’s fight against the entire world begins as small as a piece of sunlight, but soon it will cover the world.
[A variable has been created. It is a big variable.]
“what?”
However, variables that deviate from our plans can arise anytime, anywhere.
I froze when I saw the screen that Lucy had suddenly switched to. There was a momentary error, and I wondered if it had shown a different video circulating on the Internet.
“What on earth is this?”
[My guess is that the church has drawn its sword. It was clearly the denomination’s doing.]
My eyes are fixed on the screen, my voice shaking from embarrassment.
Apparently, that place was once a large city with a castle.
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But now everything was crashing down and burning, and only a huge mushroom cloud was rising into the sky.