Episode 138 Tyrant (8)
[It is pointless to dispatch additional scouts, so we will modify our strategy instead. We will clear a path to the border in the shortest possible way.]
“The dark elves are still alive… … . In fact, it is not a corner of the continent like a major forest, and there is no way that those who occupied all of this large land could have completely collapsed.”
The reason you don’t think much about the other person is because you have no information about them at all. Since this is an area that requires imagination beyond the scope of expectations, it is natural for them to treat Lucy’s scouts as mere beasts.
But it wasn’t Lucy. Failure to utilize or ignore data even though it already has sufficient data is an inefficient behavior that cannot be tolerated by LUCY, which is based on artificial intelligence.
Lucy, confident that the fight against the infectious agents was virtually victorious, revised her strategy based on the newly discovered data. Rather than gradually expanding the area starting from the area near the initially secured nest, the intention was to go straight as if laying stepping stones and form an elongated area all the way to the border.
The purpose, of course, is exploration and predation of new worlds.
“Isn’t this too hasty? “It seemed like the original plan would be enough.”
[Expanding your territory does not mean you will fight them right away. However, if you want to investigate them, you must extend the area near them.]
Raon secretly suggested an opinion, but Lucy rejected it, citing grounds.
[If a conflict occurs with them, you take the lead in the fight. You will be able to show the newly evolved power of the elves to those who defeated your ancestors in the distant past.]
“I want you to fight them.”
Raon laughed at Lucy’s words. In fact, Raon has no feelings towards the dark elves. It is said that because of them, he was kicked out of his hometown and came to live in the Great Forest, but in fact, Raon thought that his hometown was the Great Forest where he was born and raised.
‘There’s nothing I can’t do.’
But he didn’t refuse to fight. What is more important than past resentment is the present and future. Raon was convinced that he had become stronger than ever after being remodeled by Lucy.
There was an obligation to prove it. As he thought that all of this was for the benefit of himself and his fellow countrymen, fighting was inevitable.
[Estimated time is about one month. We will do our best to pave the way within a month.]
Lucy changed the direction of the air force that Raon was riding. The destination is the Corrupted World Trees to the west, heading to the border. As always, when the Devil’s Army’s special force to eliminate them approached, the Fallen World Trees enveloped the area with a fog mixed with magic and called in their troops to attack.
‘It’s really just a matter of time.’
However, the infected’s main specialty, evolution and reproduction through infection, was blocked by Lucy’s exclusive biological weapon, the Sloth Type, created specifically to deal with them, and the infected, which were overwhelmingly outgunned in firepower and technology, collapsed helplessly.
“I’m used to this now. Let’s go, Titania.”
Raon landed on the ground and immediately cast a spell with Titania while the troops guarding him were blocking all the oncoming infected entities.
If you were an ordinary elf before gaining the power of growth, this is a power you couldn’t even use on your own.
But at this moment, as the level that Lucy gave him resonated with his level continuously rising through endless battles, he cast a huge spell in just a few seconds to block the power of the corrupted World Tree.
[Ireland·Beta. Main gun bombardment]
Lucy ordered a bombardment attack by super-giant flying species with an output equivalent to its gigantic body, targeting the fallen world tree that had lost its defense ability, or more precisely, the giant larva living inside it.
It is essentially the same attack as the bombardment that the invasive species used against the Earthlings in the dungeon. Concentrating pure magical energy and shooting it out.
“next.”
Raon turned to see the giant tree falling down with a resounding scream, with holes all over the place.
Out of dozens of targets, I have only killed one.
“How about it? Even at this speed, are the calculation results the same?”
[The margin of error has increased slightly.]
Lucy also decided that his performance was sufficient. Maybe the time would be shorter than the month Lucy expected.
“There won’t be anything to do in the meantime. “It’s a repetition of what we’ve done so far.”
[This is the case here, but there are also places where it is not the case.]
As Raon, laughing, left the rest to the main team and left to deal with the next corrupted World Tree, Lucy turned her attention to somewhere else instead of this place, which had already been optimized.
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“Captain, they are not there. “It looks like he’s already escaped.”
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“Wow, you cowards!”
In the central part of the continent, a land that was once the territory of a kingdom but has now been shattered by ongoing conflict.
A group of massive, purple-skinned orcs invaded a village there.
However, they could only find traces of the village, and the church soldiers who were supposed to be stationed there had long since disappeared.
“Damn, there’s nothing to save from this.”
The leader Orc, who led them, took out his anger by destroying furniture for no reason. The reason we separated from the main unit and declared that we would attack this place was to monopolize the achievements and spoils, but we ended up going through all the trouble of getting here and gained nothing.
“What now, Captain?”
“I’m going back. “There is no reason to stay here any longer.”
Of course, even if you get angry, the loot will not fall from the sky, so Captain Oak eventually decided to order his subordinates to return to the Allied Forces headquarters.
“Huh, it’s interesting as expected. “It looks no different from an invasive species, but it still speaks like a human.”
It was then that he appeared.
A young human male appears without a trace from behind the Orcs who are about to return and is impressed. He, who was wearing black sunglasses, took them off and chuckled.
“Human bastard, what are you?”
The captain orc bared his teeth and glared at him. The warrior’s instinct was telling him that this human man who appeared before him was not weak at all.
“Some of the humans here have joined hands with monsters like you, right? “I can’t think positively of someone who is suffering because of monsters.”
“What a cocky bastard.”
The atmosphere of the orcs turned hostile as he spoke with his sword drawn. Aside from everything else, they couldn’t accept the fact that he attacked dozens of them by himself.
“Kill him! “He’s nothing special!”
“Do you really think that killing these monsters will have any effect?”
[Yes. So kill it. Blood!]
At the Orc captain’s command, the Orcs screamed and rushed at him. At the same time, Liam also raised his sword and ran forward, and the voice of the constellation echoed in his head, telling him to kill the orcs or anything else.
“Die, human!”
The orc who approached him first among the orcs swung the battle ax in his hand roughly. It is a powerful attack that combines unique strength with even a weak amount of magical power.
However, the sword that Liam was swinging also erupted with magical power like crackling electricity, causing a roar.
“Kuh, kuuheook…” … .”
As his battle ax shattered and the blue sword cut into his body, the orc opened his eyes wide in disbelief and fell down, spouting blood.
Starting with that, an all-out battle between the orc group and Liam took place.
“Wow, there is such a guy!”
“It sure is easy. “It’s too easy compared to the invasive species.”
Liam, who was accustomed to fighting against superior species who were attempting strange and deadly killing techniques, seemed somewhat slow and monotonous in the attacks wielded by the orcs.
He also had the upper hand in terms of magical output, being one of the best among Earthlings. Every time the sword was swung, the orcs were caught in a heap by the blows, fell down and vomited blood.
“Hey, you guy!”
The Orc captain was embarrassed when his men, who he thought would naturally win, were cut off, so he reflexively attacked him.
However, Liam, who was already accustomed to fighting with orcs, even knocked away the orc captain’s sword and plunged his own sword into his neck.
[Blood flows. All of this is power. Power created from blood. Become a demon on the battlefield. Both enemies and allies are afraid.]
At the same time, the magic power of the orcs that had been mercilessly killed began to be absorbed into Liam’s body.
In the end, Liam gritted his teeth and trembled at the sensation he couldn’t feel on Earth, where he couldn’t kill. This exhilarating feeling of increasing one’s strength in real time was extremely addictive.
‘more!’
Naturally, he wanted to fight more. I thought that here, I could run wild and become as strong as I wanted.
“As expected, a warrior sent by the goddess. “It’s incredible skill and unusual power.”
“Daeseongnyeo, where is the next enemy? I want to cut them down.”
It was at that moment that Evelia, with her brilliant white wings spread out from the sky, came down. Liam looked at her and asked where her next enemy would be.
“There’s no need to be so hasty, hero. “There are still many people to prey on.”
Evelia treated Liam like she treated other heroes in the past. From her perspective, Liam, who fought for them, was a hero.
“If we take out the small side branches step by step, the ones who end up disappointing are the enemies. “I will definitely make the first move.”
Evelia, who had such a reliable ally, continued her offensive against the alliance. It didn’t take long for the rumor about the ‘Lightning Knight with a Black Eyepatch’ to spread throughout the Allied Forces.
[Liam, Liam Anderson.]
“Demon King. “Do you know anything about the Knight of Lightning?”
It was natural for Lucy to recognize him. While talking about rumors about Liam, Yuria and Naan’s eyes widened when they heard Lucy tell them about Liam’s identity.
[It is neither a hero nor a knight of heaven. Although he is just an ordinary human, he possesses special powers.]
Lucy told her limbs about Liam and the Awakened of Earth. It wasn’t difficult to understand since Kim Seo-yoon, one of the special species like them, was from the awakened group.
“Why is such a being here?”
[Because our enemy has joined hands with the country to which Liam belongs. No, this is because the being that the church calls a goddess is also a human belonging to that nation.]
Here, Lucy even revealed the identity of Marisa, who is called the goddess of light. There is no way this fact will be leaked anywhere else anyway.
Of course, it was natural for Naan and Yuria to be shocked upon learning of the existence of another world and its secrets.
[Right now, it’s just Liam, but if he decides it’s beneficial, he can go over as many more as he wants. They are increasingly crossing the line, so we must continue to respond. Both Naan and Yuria, please move. We must stop the cult’s ascendancy and maintain the balance of the battlefield.]
Lucy ordered them to take action. He planned to buy time before he could conquer the new world by directly intervening in this war, rather than indirectly moving the Allied Forces like he was doing now.