Episode 154: It’s Just the Beginning (4)
“Move quickly!”
“It’s time to take our land back from these monsters. sh*t.”
The central region of the Demon World. The demonic soldiers who had been sent here under Baal’s instructions began to gather.
The commanders showed signs of discomfort while directing the soldiers. But I couldn’t do it. The Demon King’s dominance is absolute over the Demons. In fact, it was almost fortunate that he did not try to dominate their thoughts with a stronger grip.
“Those from the North say they can take revenge and welcome it with both hands, saying it’s better, but I wonder if this is right. Why did we drive out the devil? Wasn’t it to overthrow that dictatorship? Baal says with his own mouth that he will be different from previous demon kings, but can you believe that?”
“I don’t believe it. “If I could have trusted you, I wouldn’t have done things like this.”
The demon world lords Belial and Iphos, who looked like trolls with rough scales and skeletons with flashing eyes, sighed as they watched the troops they had led gather.
In fact, not all demons hated this war. The northern demons who had been fighting against Lucy’s demon army on the front lines with the sole intention of reclaiming their hometown and seeking revenge welcomed and supported Baal’s decision.
From their point of view, having already lost the lord of the demon world who could represent them, it was better to go under Baal than to be exploited here and there and used as expendable items.
And Baal, as if he had expected it, embraced them and recruited other demon lords to help them advance north.
“still… … What was thought to be impossible has become a reality. “I didn’t know we could come together like this after eliminating the Demon King.”
Belial muttered when he saw the scene. Although he was full of dissatisfaction with the actions of Baal, who pretended to be nothing on the outside but moved behind the scenes and eventually revived the power of the Demon King, the power of the demon world that was reunited was so strong that it was impossible not to acknowledge it.
The Demon World, which was devastated immediately after the Great War, was quickly restored through the competitive rule of each lord over the years, and actually became more developed than in the past.
The power used in it was not simply that of the demon world.
As they joined the alliance and fought the war, countless loot brought from outside the Demon World soon became a kind of material to strengthen the entire Demon World.
The fruit of this is the large army of various races and clans now unfolding before their eyes. A large army that appears to number in the hundreds of thousands even without counting.
Even this wasn’t everything. If the other lords who are coming now join the front line, an army of an enormous size never before seen in the history of the Demon World will march north at once and slaughter the monsters that dare to occupy this land of the Demon World.
“This?!”
“They come first! “Black iron insects!”
But Lucy was one step faster. Lucy, who was already watching their movements, just had to release the power she had been storing up.
A large army that could rush at any time shook the earth, split the sky, and was rushing towards the gathering Demon World Alliance.
“Demon King! No, there are too many of them!”
Naturally, this report also reached Baal.
What was reflected in the crystal ball was like a black wave.
The endless black waves without any gaps. It was impossible to count the numbers. It seemed like the number of objects immediately visible was in the millions.
“Use the lords. “If the fortresses we built on the central front are overrun, we won’t be able to withstand them.”
‘There must be a reserve of power. Only when that thing is consumed will we have a chance to attack. But why can’t I see those giant monsters?’
Baal calmly gave instructions as if it was still within the expected range. It’s not that there aren’t any suspicious aspects, but as long as the opponent attacks first, stopping them is the priority.
‘Is this your choice?’
He clicked his tongue at the unusual number of the Demon King’s army. There are so many demon lords that you can see them wherever you look. Baal understood that the overwhelming numbers were a tactic chosen by the opponent, and believed that if they could overcome this, their turn would come back to them.
“It may not be impossible to hold on, but the damage to our troops will be great. Isn’t that right, Zephyr?”
“Yes, Demon King. If we continue like this, even if we win, we will not be able to advance north.”
“It looks like we need to awaken an ancient, forgotten spell. “I can’t afford to suffer from a war of attrition from those bugs forever.”
Baal smiled and looked back at his confidant, Zefar, the lord of the demon world in the southern region, who had greatly helped him become the demon lord.
Zephyr, a minotaur with a cow’s head, was a little embarrassed to hear that it was an ancient spell.
Baal was no fool either. The plan was to overcome this crisis by bringing out variables that would shake up the battlefield, which would become obvious if things continued like this.
The problem is that Lucy has already calculated and prepared for them to bring up these variables. In order for them to beat Lucy, they had to keep bringing up that variable.
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“No, there are too many of them… … .”
“Kyaaagh! “They’re just monsters with lots of numbers!”
Fortresses and walls in the central region were built in thick and thin as a result of repeated battles with the Demon King’s army. The Allied Forces of the Demon World held a sit-in there, as they had done up to now, and fought against the endlessly flocking Demon King forces.
Countless soldiers push in endlessly, as if dealing with infectious agents.
Clearly, the Demon World Alliance did not have the ability to respond like the infectious agents that drove most of Ravizda to destruction.
“These guys are no big deal. Because I can’t use magical power. They are nothing more than large, fierce-looking beasts. “Are you going to back down because you’re scared of the beasts?”
One troll swung his magic-filled mace one after another, breaking the legs of a giant spider climbing the castle wall and crushing its face.
Although they did not have the countless numbers and aggressiveness of the infected, they were a combination of various demons and had powers suited to their respective roles.
Magical power that all individuals are born with. And combat methods using that magic power, etc.
In a powerful attack filled with magical power and wielded with great force, many of the general members of the Demon King’s army who did not have the strength to block it were likely to be swept away at once.
“How dare you?”
And even among those demons, there are demon lords who are exceptionally strong. Since the Great War, they have steadily increased their power using the power of growth, and with a power that is incomparable to others, they have blown away a large area of the Demon King’s army at once.
‘But there are too many of them. It wasn’t like this originally. There must be time to rest.’
Belial, the lord of the demon world, who had blown away hundreds of demon lords with a huge fire storm, flinched when he saw the demon lord army coming without slowing down, trampling on the corpses of his comrades.
It is true that they are clearly ahead in the fight. Although they were forced to come together when Baal became the Demon King, the synergy was significant, like the Demon King’s army during the Great War, created by demons from various clans and races coming together.
When one member of the Demon World Alliance dies, the Demon King’s army, which consists of only ordinary species that cannot resist magic attacks at all, will die in double digits.
But even so, the battlefield was fierce and difficult. There were so many demon lords.
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[Progress rate 14%, exchange fees are going as expected.]
Lucy, who at this very moment is extracting an enormous number of general-species soldiers from a nest that has become incomparably larger than in the past, judged this exchange to be advantageous.
In any case, ordinary species that can recycle much of the nutrients invested just by recovering their bodies are just expendables. You can produce as much as you want and fill it up as much as you want.
[If there are no variables, the war will end like this.]
Lucy has only one purpose. Before investing more power, shake off the hand cards of the demon lords one by one.
“Unbelievable. “Meteo!”
And that variable exploded soon after.
Yuria, who returned to the Demon World under Lucy’s orders and was waiting for the moment to sortie, was frightened when she saw a huge meteor crossing the distant sky and falling towards the battlefield.
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“I can’t believe this is possible. If there was such a thing, why didn’t the previous Demon Lords use it? “If only this had existed, the continent would have fallen into the hands of the demon world long ago.”
“How could you not have known? I also heard about this from the previous Demon King. So it’s not that I didn’t write it, it’s that I couldn’t write it. Because I don’t have enough strength. “This proves that we are stronger now than the moment we defeated the Demon King.”
Baal, who had achieved a feat according to his own calculations, took his men and looked into the sky.
The meteors that cut through the sky and fell towards the battlefield were summoned by them. One of the powerful ancient spells that even the demon lords of the past could not use.
In order to defeat the Demon King, of course, even after that, they competed with each other and steadily increased their power. The loot brought in from the continent also became their strength.
As a result, Baal and the lords of the demon world were able to implement into reality what previous demon kings could not use.
‘It’s hard to write in succession, but it doesn’t matter. Because the black iron bugs will never be able to handle it. ‘Their failure was their attempt to push through numbers.’
Baal grinned as he watched the burning meteor fall to the ground.
He was confident that he had accepted Lucy’s plan perfectly.
In fact, the ancient spell Meteor fell exactly on the heads of the crowd of demon kings. If it had fallen just a little closer, the shock wave and noise that would have caught even our allies caught up shook the heavens and the air.
“Demon Lord. Success. “They have been wiped out!”
“It’s not annihilation. But enough.”
The Demon King’s army, which had been coming in waves, was crushed and evaporated km by km.
Of course, this single blow did not annihilate the entire Demon King’s army pounding the central front, but it was not enough.
The battlefield, which had been in crisis due to the overwhelming volume offensive, was turned over in an instant. When one side finds some space, they can naturally help the other side.
[The risk of the variable is higher than expected. Loss rate 5%.]
Lucy, who had anticipated in advance that there would be a secret trick in some form, also never took this blow and its aftermath lightly.
It was necessary to prepare for the meteorite attack, which went beyond what was expected and reduced efficiency.
“There is no time to rest. As soon as our strength is restored and the spell is reactivated, we will continue to rain down meteors on them.”
[Preparing for the 2nd wave.]
While Baal, standing in front of the stone tablet that can manifest ancient spells, gave orders again and prepared for the second and third attacks, Lucy also began to think about the variables brought up by the opponent and calculate to come up with countermeasures.