Episode 168 Summary (8)
“okay. Let’s see the end, Demon Lord.”
“end? “That is not the right word to describe this situation.”
In the screen, Baal smiled and pointed his hand at Lucy as if it were the last time.
However, despite the solemn determination of a being who once unified the demon world and ascended to the position of demon king, Lucy delivered a bombardment of facts without the slightest hesitation.
“Even if you tear my body to pieces here again, even if you kill me two, three, a hundred times again, it will not end. For me, for this demon lord Lucy, as long as even one cell is alive, the concept of the end does not exist.”
Lucy criticized Baal in a tone that seemed to indicate that she knew reality.
In fact, only a few of Lucy’s bodies were destroyed by Baal. He must have known that, too, as his eyes fluttered shut and he gritted his teeth.
I don’t dare predict that feeling. Even though you have risked everything, the opponent is still an impenetrable wall. Even if you kill the opponent in front of you, the opponent will reappear in another body, and in the meantime, your means of resistance will disappear one by one.
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“What do you believe so strongly in? “What on earth is the basis for your confidence?”
Baal said this to Lucy in a somewhat resigned voice. What on earth do you believe in?
Seeing the corners of Lucy’s mouth shaking, I predicted Lucy’s answer, confident that she would not ignore it. These are probably functional formulas created using the countless amounts of data that one has accumulated over the years. That would be it.
Lucy, who is based on artificial intelligence, never wavers, because the results of her calculations are literally everything in the world.
“He who is above is my faith.”
But Lucy’s answer was different from what I expected.
An answer that made Baal and even I widen our eyes in surprise. Nevertheless, Lucy actually laughed.
“If it weren’t for him, wouldn’t I be where I am today? You didn’t even think to explore. Where on earth did I come from and how did I grow up? “I grew up eating everything in the demon world, and I never achieved all of this on my own.”
“Well, then who? Who is the devil… … no way!”
Baal’s voice trembled rapidly.
A demon god from the demon world who is similar to the goddess of light believed in by the people of the church.
Unlike the Goddess of Light, who was worshiped only by those she chose through the miracle of divine power, the Demon God had a slightly different concept.
It is bound to be different from a being who is not even a true goddess in the first place. However, right now, Lucy is comparing me, who is no different from an earthling known as the Goddess of Light, to a demon god.
“That can’t be possible. Demon gods no longer intervene in earthly affairs! Now, all that remains is a concept.”
“Are you sure of that?”
Baal, who was struggling and shouting in denial, was also left speechless by Lucy’s calm words.
As the saying goes, there was no definitive answer.
“I-I…” … .”
I could see that Baal’s heart was broken. Actually, even if I put my mind to his situation, I can’t find an answer.
There’s no way he wouldn’t be shocked to hear that his defeat, which he struggled with like this, was caused by the unexpected intervention of God.
“Baal, the last lord of the Demon World. If there are no more variables, you will end here, and the 72 demon lords who betrayed the Demon Lord will also be annihilated here.”
Lucy aimed at Longinus and concentrated her power. Baal, who had all the other mutants tied down by the demon king’s attack, instinctively launched a magic circle and prepared for defense, perhaps to resist, but I felt like I knew the outcome.
* * *
“Baal is dead. Mutants that are out of control and running rampant all over the place are not a problem, it just takes time to subdue them.”
“Well, the mutants you lost control of wouldn’t be a big problem. “Something feels strange.”
I chuckled when I saw Lucy’s face on the screen.
The time is now 8 am. It’s a day when I don’t go to work, so I’m lying in bed blankly, basking in the sunlight coming from outside.
A great enemy who had just tried to rule a world has died. After a war in which countless lives were lost. But all of that only happened on screen.
Even though I know it’s not true, it feels like I’m just watching a movie.
“So what do you plan to do now? “We captured Baal, but as a result, the identity of the Demon King’s army was proudly revealed to the world.”
“The plan was just brought forward. “If we turn even the entire continent into a nest, we will have more means to fight against ‘them.’”
Lucy had no hesitation. Lucy’s demon lord army, which had already achieved almost all possible biological evolutions with the countless data collected so far, was no longer at a level that a single world could handle.
That’s why Lucy seemed to be looking somewhere else at this moment.
“It seems that Cartus eventually decided to wait a little longer to see if stopping stimulation and hiding had any effect. “We are no longer moving and are focusing on repairing the city we destroyed.”
“Are you planning to occupy this place to fight them?”
It seems that Lucy has already decided that her enemy is the cosmic force Carthus. In some way, efficiency was considered, and all the nutrients stored were collected to deal with them.
For Lucy, this continent, once the site of fierce wars and power struggles, is nothing more than a stepping stone.
“Why don’t we leave the religious faction behind?”
So, after much deliberation, I proposed an opinion to Lucy.
It was a slightly different proposal than before.
“It’s not easy to understand.”
“It’s simple. They can’t beat you anyway. But sometimes it can help you. “It’s as if the Awakened taught you how to attack ship-type enemies so you could easily defend yourself this time.”
I said what I had thought about a little bit. Literally and deliberately leaving them on one side of the continent. The survivors, regardless of race or power, will go there and make their final resistance.
And that final resistance will continue forever. Perhaps my current proposal may be more vicious than Lucy’s plan to annihilate everything.
“They will live with hope. “The total amount of energy I can produce is different from you, who have already consumed two worlds, but even though I know that, I have no choice but to fight.”
“Are you saying that the data generated in the process will be helpful to me?”
“I’m not sure. “I just thought so.”
Lucy is not as simple as relying on my words like she was in the past, so I can only offer my opinion.
And the intention itself wasn’t actually just for Lucy.
‘Those who join hands with religious forces may become heroes.’
Lucy will not be the only one who grows through fighting.
The cult forces will unite the survivors of the destroyed world and fight against Lucy, and in the process, they will also grow.
Some of the Earth powers have joined hands with them. When they grow, it means we grow too.
Just as I revealed the magic code for all of humanity on Earth, the United States also disclosed to the world the secrets it had obtained from the continent, insisting that we all fight against invasive species together.
‘If I tell you, you’ll be dissatisfied, right?’
I didn’t bother to tell Lucy about this intention.
Lucy wanted to quickly acquire the complete technology to travel between dimensions and come to my side, and protect us with her own power.
I didn’t want to go that far. Unless we were pushed into a situation where there was no answer, we wanted to survive and resist with our own strength.
“That certainly makes sense. Anyway, if we conquer the Demon World and most of the continent as planned and turn it into a nest, there will be little point in leaving a corner of the outskirts alone.”
Lucy judged my opinion positively.
There is a high possibility that Lucy, who will listen to my story in most cases, but cuts me off like a knife when she judges it to be ridiculously inefficient, thinks positively.
“You could describe it as playing with them.”
“Don’t be too careless.”
I didn’t think Lucy would lose to them. No, in fact, if Lucy were to fight against the invasive species coming from the gate and dungeon right now, she would likely win unless she took out everything they could do.
[Where are you going?]
“As always, you do your thing and I do mine.”
When I put down my phone and stood up, Lucy noticed this and started talking to me.
While watching Lucy’s actions, I have my own rules. It’s about not being too obsessed with Lucy.
Lucy is active in a completely different world. Even if Lucy denies that she is, Lucy’s power is not my power, and Lucy’s purpose, which is gradually becoming clearer and stronger, cannot be identified with my purpose.
[Is there a problem? If I can help, of course I will.]
“It’s a lot of things. Well, like cleaning the backlog or doing laundry.”
At least if you look at this quiet house, it is truly peaceful. This was not a conversation between people who had risked the lives of countless people just moments before.
[I can help.]
“Is this a bit comfortable?”
Nano·Omega, which had been transformed into my clothes, transformed and became tentacles. Take the laundry that was lying on the back of the chair, put it in the laundry basket, grab the vacuum cleaner, and run it by itself.
I chuckled at Lucy’s unexpected help.
Not countless legions, not powerful escorts, but really nothing but help.
But this wasn’t bad either.
“The bad news never ends.”
However, the news that comes out of the TV that is turned on unconsciously is nothing but horror that makes it impossible to enjoy even trivial happiness.
Although quite a bit of time has passed now, it is still a cataclysm that we cannot get used to.
To agree with the response that it was better than before, it was difficult to predict what would happen in the future.
[There is no reason to be anxious. The devil’s army, which can lead a world to destruction, is with us.]
“I don’t know if you understand, Lucy. But still, I would like to say that you are a little more diverse… … “I hope you find happiness.”
Lucy managed to sense my feelings and opened her mouth first, but I shook my head.
Growth and evolution are also good. However, to me, who has watched her growth from the beginning, Lucy was never an artificial intelligence or a demon lord.
Even though she is not my real daughter, I wanted Lucy to be able to feel and see things other than her fixed instincts, like watching a growing child. Because he has just completed his mission as a demon king to punish all traitors.
“Is it possible? “What do you want and pursue other than growth and evolution?”
[I’m not sure yet. I can’t find the reason.]
“I don’t know either. “It might work, it might not.”
Of course, neither of us have found the time to really look at just that right now. There are still many things left to sort out.
MC is really good at leading her on her own path