Episode 155: It’s Just the Beginning (5)
It’s vicious. This was the conclusion I came to while watching the war that Lucy was waging.
Although it already possesses overwhelming power, it does not leave the slightest leeway and pursues only efficient combat.
The result is this. Enemies who tried to summon meteorites from the sky and use them as strategic weapons will now be destroyed by Lucy and forced to use new methods.
[Meteor is said to be a legendary magic that only existed in the distant past. Anyway, now that they have found a way to use that ancient spell, I will prepare a suitable response.]
Lucy heard about the spell called Meteor through Yuria and reported that she would devise a way to respond.
Honestly, I can’t help but wonder. About how to stop the bombardment of tremendous power from meteorites falling from the sky.
“As expected, you’re saying you’re blocking it by surrounding it with a shield?”
The first method that came to mind was the magic shield that Lucy had shown many times so far.
Looking at the way they maximized their defense power by overlapping or resonating the shields rather than simply putting on a shield, it seemed like they could spread such a large shield over the area being hit and block it.
[It is so inefficient.]
However, Lucy commented that what I thought was inefficient. Instead, he seemed to have his own plan and method.
“Then how can you stop me? “Looking at it, it doesn’t look very slow or anything.”
[As a result of analyzing the projectiles just before and after the collision, we confirmed that it was a type of magic created by condensing powerful magical power into a huge rock. That means it can be pulverized before it reaches the ground.]
The method that Lucy suggested, without the slightest hesitation, as more efficient, was to attempt interception on the ground. The intention was to intercept the rushing meteorites with powerful light cannons fired from the ground and evaporate them in the air.
“Are you intercepting it with magic? “I don’t know if it will work.”
[no. Magic cannot concentrate that much power in one place. A simpler and more powerful method is needed.]
When I thought about it, it seemed like Lucy was using magic less often these days. No matter how much improvement is made, it consumes a lot of computing power.
At least in general situations such as artillery bombardments and air raids, the form of shooting out magical power itself was used more often than using magic.
[You need equipment to use your steel core to replenish your magic power, amplify it, and shoot it at a single point.]
Lucy created a new system in no time.
Just as the opponent analyzed Lucy’s method and came up with an effective countermeasure, he also prepared in reverse to neutralize it.
[It is a type of assembled system. Some troops carry it, and if a meteor attack is actually cast nearby, an interception system is immediately assembled and completed.]
Lucy created a new colony creature. This anti-aircraft interceptor colony organism, which only reveals its complete form and power when each part is combined into one, was a creature created by taking the characteristics of the land anemone of the demon world and a monster called the void octopus among the invasive species.
Each body part is combined into one to form a monster the size of a fairly large truck, which can firmly anchor its body to the ground and point its long, gun-barrel-like snout toward the sky at various angles.
In that state, it spreads out its tentacles in all directions, absorbs magical power from countless strong hearts, and shoots it out. This is the alpha-type anti-aircraft interceptor creature created by Lucy.
In order to use this in actual combat, Lucy dispatched them straight to the battlefield.
Of course, the other person does not know that we have made these preparations.
[Just then, they summoned Meteor to the plains to save the fortress, which was about to fall.]
Because they were sent in all directions, it wasn’t long before the enemies cast Meteor once again.
There is no reason for them to spare Meteor, as it is an opportunity to defeat countless regular species without any damage.
[Prepare to intercept.]
The anti-aircraft interceptor organism that immediately arrived at the scene was divided into pieces and carried by other soldiers, and then reassembled into one to form a colony.
[Charging the magic cannon.]
At the same time, it stretched out its tentacles to absorb all of the strong mana and concentrated that energy into a large gun barrel extending towards the sky.
[Intercept.]
And finally, that power was unleashed.
A ray cannon that gathers enormous power into a single point and fires it into the sky. It is the same as making a hole in a heavy, wide steel plate with a light awl. The meteor falling from the sky was certainly powerful, but before its full power could be unleashed, the beam of light that flew away became an awl and pierced the meteorite.
‘It exploded.’
That was enough.
The meteorite, which contained enormous, unstable energy, exploded from within, releasing its own energy the moment a slight crack appeared on its exterior.
[The experiment is successful. Their meteor magic will no longer be able to damage allies.]
Lucy ended the experiment as if nothing had happened, produced more anti-aircraft guns, and distributed them to troops in various places.
I was curious about what the atmosphere would be like on the other side, but Lucy didn’t even care, as if she didn’t need to know.
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“Look over there! Heavenly punishment falls again!”
At that time, Lucy was deploying into the battlefield a new anti-aircraft interception system that she had created at once based on her accumulated experience.
The Demon World Alliance gained great momentum even in the midst of an intense battle.
This is because I clearly saw with my own eyes the indiscriminate bombardment of meteorites, massacring endless numbers of enemies.
Although there were only a small number of people who willingly participated in the alliance, it was true that the enemies that flocked in were disgusting.
I felt both exhilarated and fearful at the strength of the new Demon King, who was able to blow away those enemies.
“Now let’s attack in reverse… … .”
“Look over there!”
However, when I was trying to find hope by looking at the falling meteor.
This time, the results were different from before. At the very moment the burning meteor fell through the atmosphere, something was shot from the ground and began to reverse gravity.
“Nonsense. no way!”
Someone’s scream rang out.
But that doesn’t mean reality will change. The light cannon that soared at high speed hit the falling meteorite exactly, and it disappeared after putting all its effort into breaking through its force.
“Me, meteor magic… … .”
It was then that sighs of despair burst out.
Meteor, who was believed to fall loudly and wipe out the approaching enemies, failed to reach the ground and let its energy run wild, slowly splitting and breaking apart in the air and exploding.
‘Meteor doesn’t work anymore.’
Everyone who saw the remains of the intercepted meteorite had one thought. From the perspective of the Demon World Alliance, a new method was needed to block the enormous number of Demon Lords that were coming again.
“Demon, demon king! “They are starting to destroy the meteor spell!”
And of course, this news was bound to reach the ears of Baal, who became the devil and was leading all of this.
Baal, who was in the middle of casting Meteor with the strength of the demons, bit his lip when the ancient spell he ambitiously restored was completely blocked by a simple and ignorant method.
“They are monsters who don’t know where they will fly, and they are clearly specialized in learning something. It is natural that there is some kind of number.”
“But if meteorite attacks are no longer possible, the front line is in crisis again. Besides, it doesn’t seem like it’s that hard to stop them.”
“A new method will be needed.”
Baal, whose Meteo was destroyed, had to devise a new method according to Lucy’s intention.
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“We need to let the monsters that are coming in endlessly know that we can face them too. Contact the undead lords, including Iphos. “We need to maximize their power and open the gap.”
Baal attempted to contact several demon lords.
What they had in common was that they were all undead. Baal planned to take advantage of the undead’s limitless nature as long as he received proper support, so that he would not be pushed back from the front by Lucy’s large-scale troops.
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“Zombies, skeletons, ghouls, flash golems… … “Everything is possible, but a proper battle using the undead requires tremendous power, Demon King.”
“Isn’t the power gained by killing them not enough? The greatest strength of the undead is to kill enemies and keep my soldiers getting stronger, so that’s okay, right?”
“Because the efficiency of the mana drain is not 100%… … .”
Acrich Epos. The skull’s teeth chattered, and he was convinced that Baal needed more support before a proper undead army could step forward.
The same was true for other undead lords. Baal allowed autonomous rule for the demon world lords who were on the same level as him to guarantee their rights, but they failed to develop properly.
In the first place, their power was only possible when there were more enemies than allies.
“At least stop them from putting pressure on us from everywhere. If you need any support, I will provide it. “It’s literally for the sake of this entire demon world.”
Baal eventually approved their proposal and promised them support.
‘In the end, everything returns to the demon world.’
I never thought investing in the undead was a waste. Anyway, the blood and sweat they shed, the results and achievements they achieve.
This time it was all because of the team.
“Huh, are we finally being recognized?”
The undead lords who had received both support and orders from Baal chuckled.
If he had been the Demon King of Sentai, the undead would have literally been used as expendable items.
However, the new Demon Lord will truly want to win, and that will cost them the benefit.
‘How about this time?’
Baal chuckled as he watched the undead lords.
Even if it was a battle of variables, I was definitely not confident. Now that Baal had become the Demon King he had longed for and was able to do more, he wanted to make as much of a mess as possible by fighting against each other.
“Wake up! “Revenants!”
It seemed like his intention worked this time too.
The undead lords, including Ipos, immediately raised their soldiers from the ground to face the demon king’s army of Lucy, which had begun to attack them again after Meteo was destroyed.
Among them, the largest number are pure white bones. Moreover, once these white bones were summoned, they only moved for one purpose.
“Go and kill him. Most.”
It’s about confronting an enemy that is several times stronger.
‘Does it work?’
Iphos flinched in surprise at what he saw for a moment. Judging by just what was visible at first glance, it seemed as if the pure white skeleton soldiers steadily increasing their numbers were driving away the enemy.