Episode 163 Summary (3)
“All of you! “What are you doing, all of a sudden!?”
When the last resistance forces in the Demon World were helplessly pushed back and the Demon King’s army, which had reorganized its battle lines, was preparing to invade the continent.
When battles between denominations and unions are still taking place here and there.
In the imperial palace of the empire, which could be called the backbone of the union, the emperor, who should have been the most safely protected, was frightened by the unfamiliar threat that appeared before him.
“You should be grateful. “Because I came to save you from being like us, unable to do anything and being pushed away like insects.”
When Baal saw that, the corners of his mouth twitched and he grinned like a crazy person. The emperor, who felt an instinctive fear at seeing him suddenly come and do this late at night in his body, flinched.
Although I was wearing accessories covered in various protective spells, they could not prevent mental fear.
“The terrible legions of hell are occupying the entire demon world. Will the incarnations of greed be satisfied with the demon world? Not at all. They are a fighting race that lives only for war. “There is no way we can rot this large army, so they will soon flock here.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. What happened in the demon world? “I heard that the Demon World Alliance is returning to resolve its internal problems.”
The emperor, unaware of what had happened in the demon world in a fairly short period of time, had no choice but to make a mistake. He didn’t know that Baal had become the Demon King, that he had become the Demon King and quarreled with Lucy, and that that had been the catalyst for him to be swept away in an instant.
“There is no need to find out now. “You’ll find out soon anyway.”
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Baal, seeing that, laughed even louder. The emperor could not even call the guards. This is because Baal’s high-level spatial separation magic has already worked and completely blocked the sound in this place.
“Oh, don’t come! Do you know what this is? “The demon world is turning against us!”
“The Demon World is already ruined, you idiot!”
“Ugh, ahhh!”
Baal took a step forward and used his power to capture the emperor’s body. The powerful protective spells emanating from the emperor’s accessories, which he always wore in preparation for such emergencies, worked to protect him, but Baal used his strength to suppress them.
“I never thought I would do something this crazy. I! “I am the one who became the devil!”
“Well, what are you going to do with it…” … !”
Baal, who captured the emperor, took out his magic spirit. A miraculous gem that is the symbol of the Demon King and has powerful power to rule over the demons of the Demon World.
But now the certificate is sealed. Baal was sealed to prevent himself from unleashing the power of the devil.
It was one of the necessary conditions from the moment this plan was first conceived.
“They say special blood flows in the imperial family of the human empire. That’s why it can maintain its position for such a long time. “If that power meets the power of the Demon King, it will be possible to raise an army capable of fighting them.”
“S-Stop it! “aaah!!”
Baal captured the demonic spirit and forced it into the body of the emperor.
It was a pretty symbolic choice. Baal, who did everything he could to become the Demon King, voluntarily gave up his power as a Demon King and handed over his power, which was a symbol of the Demon World, to humans of a different race.
Of course, this was not done without any action.
“Look into my eyes.”
The moment the demonic spirit was poured into the emperor, he opened his own demonic eyes in the gap that was revealed and struck out the brainwashing.
The strange hybrid that is neither the devil nor the emperor is born in this way, and at the same time becomes the leader of a new army to fight the devil’s army, and at the same time becomes Baal’s puppet.
“Oh, ah!!”
The emperor’s body, whose skin was turning cloudy around the demonic essence embedded in his forehead, was twisted, causing a strange transformation.
He grew taller and his body became thinner. Wings protruded from its back and its eyes turned black. A pair of black horns protruded from its forehead, spreading the monster’s cries in all directions.
“Your Majesty! What’s going on… … Argh!”
Moreover, this mutation did not end with just the emperor. Baal’s purpose in giving up everything from the beginning was to create a new army to fight against the devil’s army.
The first target was the guard knight who rushed in at the sound of the emperor’s screams.
The moment of contact with the cloudy vapor emitted from the emperor’s body.
The escort knight also screamed and underwent the same transformation.
“under! ha ha ha!”
Baal, who had succeeded in doing something crazy that no other demon could do, such as driving a demon essence into the body of a human emperor, burst into laughter at the sight.
“Avoid! “Don’t ever touch it!”
“It’s a disaster!”
The steam emanating from the emperor’s body was blown in all directions by the wind. Anyone who touches it without knowing what it is will mutate into a terrible monster on the spot.
“Ugh!”
Running away wasn’t easy either. The rampaging monsters disturbed people, and the steam that flew in during them transformed the victims.
It only took a few hours for the once brilliant and prosperous capital of the empire to become a den of monsters.
“After all, those who have trained magical powers don’t change easily.”
Meanwhile, Baal chuckled as he watched the wizard blow away the steam with a strong wind he had summoned using magic and evacuate the people.
Archmage Bark, one of the heroes of the Great War. He possessed enormous magical power within him, but he did not immediately transform when he came into contact with the steam.
“Attack him and make him your loyal minion.”
Baal manipulated the Emperor into attacking Bark with mutants.
Immediately, monsters rushing in from all directions surrounded Bark and attempted to attack him, and Bark, who called up a blazing firestorm and killed dozens of mutants, was eventually pierced through the heart by the sword of a mutant knight.
Even hero-level characters can use the power of mutants.
‘Wouldn’t it be possible to mutate all the humans on the continent? What if you mutate a mad saintess!?
As Bark mutated and became a three-headed wizard, Baal clenched his fists.
It was a crazy thing to rush into and make it happen after seeing only the slightest possibility, but when I actually tried it, it seemed like it was really possible.
An army of monsters who have castrated their fear of death and cannot be defeated by the Demon King’s army.
With the rising dawn, the vapor of mutation spread in all directions faster than any other infectious disease.
* * *
A disaster that no one expected struck the continent. It was something that everyone who was divided into two forces and fighting fiercely could not have guessed.
The empire collapsed in an instant. From the moment the imperial family, the central point, was destroyed, it was impossible to resist from the beginning.
“Stand, saintess. It’s a terrible disaster. “The mutated monsters bring a vapor that turns people into monsters as soon as they touch them!”
“Pull the believers back. Ordinary people who have not received any favor have no resistance.”
Great Saint Evelia also knew the situation of the collapsed Allied Forces. However, even though the enemies had destroyed themselves, it was impossible to take advantage of the opportunity to attack.
Because the disaster was fatal to them as well.
‘Divine power only has resistance.’
It was possible to resist the steam itself. However, it was impossible for mutants to resist mutating by directly injecting steam into their bodies.
She bit her lip with a serious look on her face as she played with the steam collected inside the glass bottle.
“Is that the steam that’s causing trouble now? “You don’t know the cause?”
Then Liam approached her. From the look in his eyes, it seemed like he was interested in steam.
“If it’s at your level, it might be possible to resist.”
Evelia gave up the steam without thinking much. It was possible for Liam to resist anyway.
“I can’t feel anything?”
But Liam was a little different. Even though I put my hand in the steam and swirled it around, unlike her, I didn’t feel any resistance; instead, it felt as natural as just touching the steam.
“Could it be possible because you are from another world?”
Evelia’s eyes sparkled. Liam wasn’t affected by the vapor at all, let alone resisting it.
She guessed the reason was his origins.
“Liam, you and other knights of the sky must play an active role.”
“What do you want?”
“If you look closely, mutants are not just rampaging monsters. They move with a special purpose, as if they have received an order, such as occupying a major base or blocking a road. In other words, there is a command entity controlling them.”
Evelia smiled and asked him for a mission based on the results of her analysis. It was a fairly accurate analysis.
“Looking at its purpose, it seems that it plans to go beyond the Empire and eat up the Union first. Go to the front line fort and defend it. “Many people who have defected from the Bonamana Coalition will join us to survive, so we must accept them and protect them.”
“I kind of know what you mean. But are you confident? “If you want to be a fisherman, it means you have the confidence to fight and win against those terrible monsters.”
“So for that, we need to get as many people as possible. Because the people themselves are their strength.”
If something happened anyway, it would be wise and efficient to use it as an opportunity.
After making her judgment, Evelia decided to take advantage of the mutants that were proliferating at an incredible rate. It’s war, it’s a mess, and you have to escape to avoid becoming a monster.
“Refugees are flocking in. “We have to decide too, now!”
And Evelia was not the only one to think this way.
* * *
“Is there really no way to resist that steam!?”
“It takes too much energy to take care of ordinary people. “We need more time!”
The hometown of Chris, who hastily evacuated, and the place where Naan, the messenger of the elves, is located, is also in chaos. Refugees were flocking to the south and they did not have the capacity to care for the countless refugees.
[I can feel the energy of the devil. Baal has escaped and is struggling in his last resort.]
Of course, all this news also reached Lucy.
Lucy, who was planning to attack the continent, became uncomfortable with the actions of Baal, who went to the continent one step ahead and did this.
“Uh, what should I do? You can’t stop the monsters. The black vapor mutates humans horribly and turns them into monsters devoid of reason and emotions.”
[If it’s some kind of magic that only works on humans, I’m not that worried.]
Of course Lucy didn’t care much.
For Lucy, who had fought against a group of crazy infectious agents that infect and replicate anything composed of cells regardless of the target, the mutants running rampant were not a difficult opponent.
[You can just hurry up with your plans.]
Lucy advanced her plan and dispatched troops as is.
At the same time, the true legion that destroyed the demonic legion at once and forced Baal to flee began to cross the great mountain range.