Episode 153: Just the Beginning (3)
The home country is a huge power that has numerous planets in its sphere of influence. Cartus is just one of many companies, but if the project is disrupted, news will surely reach the home parliament.
The testimony of Carthus employees whom Lucy captured during her raid on the city clearly revealed how enormous and unpredictable their true nature was.
Lucy, who judged that there was no way she could tell a lie under torture that would destroy her mind, took the testimony seriously. This is because the true cosmic powers were powerful enemies that the current Lucy could never handle.
“That’s why we decided we couldn’t start an all-out war with them right now.”
“Well, you mean to attack first?”
Raon was dumbfounded by Lucy’s attitude of taking a big lead as if she was going to eat everything and then taking a step back. However, Lucy did not have the slightest hesitation at this contradictory attitude.
This is because, according to the data obtained and the calculations made based on that data, this was the most reasonable method. That was enough for Lucy.
“We always move only in the way we calculate the highest probability.”
“So what do you plan to do now? “It’s obvious they will come for revenge.”
“Fortunately, they only attempted to launch an assault to attack major facilities and kidnap important people, but did not enter into a full-scale war, so there is a chance.”
What matters is how the other person perceived it. That was it.
If they define Lucy as a great evil that needs to be eliminated immediately despite the inefficient consumption of capital, an army that even Lucy cannot handle may come rushing in, but if they perceive Lucy as just a group of monsters, Lucy will save the necessary time. I was able to.
And looking at the current situation, it seems that a little more weight is placed on the latter.
“If they don’t respond proactively, what are your future plans?”
“It will be somewhat counterproductive to the enemy’s response and will catch them off guard. In the meantime, we can deploy the nutrients and troops obtained here into the Demon World to defeat the Demon World lords who have deserted the allied forces.”
Lucy looked at the huge nest spread out in front of her. It was difficult to find corrupted world trees and infected entities that were completely defeated in the power struggle anymore. And in that place, the enormous nests of the Demon Lord spread out endlessly.
The Demon King’s army, which was able to manipulate even weather conditions through the ability it acquired by eating the corrupted World Tree, was busy producing troops and developing new types of soldiers by replacing not only the nutrients of the earth but also all the sunlight falling on the wide area with nutrients. .
Although it did not devour the entire world, the nest was larger than the entire Demon World in terms of simple area. And the food and soldiers produced in that huge nest.
Lucy planned to project this onto the demon world.
“There is no way the demons of the demon world can stop this.”
Raon let out a laugh. Since they were the ones who fought together, he also knew about the demon lords.
Raon, who had already seen what kind of fight Lucy had been fighting against the infected entities and what a true battle between legions was, judged that there was no way the demon lords would win.
“I have never derived a probability of 100%. It is common for all calculations to go astray due to one small variable.”
However, unlike him, Lucy took variables into account and made a plan.
There were more than one time that the plan was changed or modified due to variables that occurred right before success.
In the first place, it wasn’t possible to put in all of your effort here and now. Anyway, I have to protect this place too.
“It is said that a new Demon King has been born! Baal, the lord of the demon world, has subjugated the other lords and declared himself the devil!”
And it was right after that that Lucy was properly informed of the strange events that had occurred in the demon world.
* * *
“Baal said that he is different from other demon lords and that he will now focus on cracking down on the inside of the demon world. but… … .”
[When you say internal crackdown, you seem to be referring to us.]
The reason why Lucy heard the correct news was the news of Baal’s unification of the demon world announced to the Allied Forces. When Yuria heard it, Lucy also found out.
Lucy, as well as Yuria, immediately realized that the internal crackdown claimed by Baal, who had become the new Demon King, was referring to the Demon King Army that occupied part of the Demon World.
[Return to the Demon World, Yuria. It is time to completely clean up the Demon World and clean up the traitors.]
Of course Lucy couldn’t tolerate them. He was convinced that now was the time to break the balance on the battlefield that had been deliberately maintained and reveal his full power to cleanse the entire demon world.
“You’re going?”
Her younger brother Chris was naturally taken aback by her sudden departure, but Yuria, smiling bitterly, shook her head.
“I can’t help it because it’s my duty, Chris.”
“Who on earth is that benefactor? “I can at least see your face, right?”
“I don’t want you to know.”
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Yuria sighed. Lucy’s goal, having already awakened as a true Demon Lord, is to devour not only the Demon World but also this entire continent.
When that time comes in the future, Chris will know even if he doesn’t want to know. You will also find out your identity then. However, until that time came, I just wanted to remain as ordinary siblings.
“You’re not going to the demon world, are you?”
In the end, Chris, unable to stop her, managed to say one last word to her as she was about to leave.
She couldn’t answer that question.
* * *
“Although there is not enough data, the calculated win rate is 67%.”
“It’s not that high, is it?”
“This is because the diversity of variables they have is overwhelming compared to infectious agents with limited infectivity and mutation ability.”
The demon lords who were forcibly ruled by Baal and the demon lord army of Lucy naturally began preparing for war with each other.
In the process, Lucy evaluated her opponent, the Demon World Alliance, higher than the infected entities of Ravizda that she had faced just before.
Although the scale itself was incomparably small, they were people who had the power to show efficiency beyond scale through various types of tactics and magic, just like themselves when dealing with infected entities.
[Therefore, we need a way to bring out all the variables they have before projecting power.]
Lucy devised a strategy for the most efficient battle.
Just looking at the total amount of energy that can be used by each other, Lucy, who has part of the Demon World, the Great Forest, and Ravizda, cannot be compared to her opponent who only has the Demon World.
If you just pour in all that energy, victory will probably be guaranteed. However, if the war is carried out in that way, Lucy will not be able to achieve her goal and will be shrunk, unable to handle her enormous size, and will have no choice but to self-destruct.
“I wonder how much power they have? “Why don’t we do it this way?”
He, who had been quietly listening to Lucy’s plan, gave a hint again.
The method that suddenly occurred to me while I was dazed was none other than the method used by invasive species, my main enemy.
“Do you know what was most annoying when we had to deal with invasive species crawling out of gates and dungeons? It just vaguely gets stronger and comes back. Whether that was intentional or not, it is thanks to him that we are still alive… … “To be honest, I can’t help but think that I’m withering away and dying.”
The variable Lucy talks about. From the beginning, humanity on Earth has been fighting monsters from another world based on that one variable.
I tried to overcome it by somehow creating variables. However, each time the opponent did that, he destroyed it with stronger power, as if he had been waiting for that variable, and demanded another variable. He said that if I don’t come up with a variable, I will die like this.
[As a result of calculations, it is believed that having an army of a certain size or more is a very efficient way to attack an enemy who is encamped.]
And Lucy evaluated the method as pretty good. If you think of the Demon World Alliance as Earthlings and yourself as an invasive species, you will be able to use the overwhelming energy you have efficiently.
[Based on that, we designed a step-by-step attack plan.]
‘Is this right?’
Lucy immediately came up with a preliminary conclusion and showed it to him. He was taken aback because he had suddenly indoctrinated Lucy with the methods of the invasive species, but Lucy didn’t even care, as long as the effectiveness was proven, she didn’t care if it was an enemy’s method or anything else.
[It may be helpful to refer to the data on invasive species collected indirectly.]
“Hmm.”
Lucy even tried to imitate the methods of invasive species.
For example, the first ‘wave’ is to attack with only normal troops, excluding all super-giant species and super-giant flying species, as well as gamma and higher types, to force the enemy to use up their own numbers.
Of course, we have already experienced enough data of ordinary species that cannot handle magical power being wiped out and annihilated by the powerful power of enemies using magical power, so it is not for no reason that we are trying to build strength and create a stronger higher species.
However, the present is completely different from the past, when Lucy’s demon lord army occupied a corner of the demon world at most. If Lucy mobilizes all the nutrients she has stored up to form a proper army, the Demon World Alliance will face a huge and overwhelming wave the likes of which they have never seen before.
[For this operation to be meaningful, we must push them to the brink of their limit. If they cannot endure it and come up with a countermeasure, we will gradually increase its strength, such as by adding a gamma type equipped with a strong core after the regular wave or by deploying a magic weapon.]
Lucy has already set up the steps to gradually move up.
If you measure the enemy’s power in this way and formulate the necessary strategy in a way that narrowly exceeds that limit, you can save maximum energy.
“Don’t let your guard down. “If I’m in a crisis, I’ll do anything I can.”
He was nervous about Lucy’s decision, so he told Lucy what she needed to be careful about, drawing on his own experience of suffering and struggling against invasive species.
Lucy engraved it. In a way, it cannot be helpful since it is doing what one’s ‘enemies’ would think to do.
[We will try to attack them first before they have a proper system in place.]
Besides, if you have a plan in place, there is no reason to hesitate.
Lucy, who maximized the advantage of the Hive Mind, which is that she oversees everything in the colony and can move and judge the group at an incredible speed, attempted to attack first when the opponent had not yet established a proper system.
It was a light attack that didn’t matter if it was blocked. Anyway, additional hits will continue to be prepared after this.
In order for them to win the war, the only sure way was to prepare variables beyond Lucy’s methods and win every battle.