Episode 171: Crack (1)
Great Saint Evelia, a great hero who changed the course of the great war, the cause of the flood of heroes under the will of the goddess, and a transcendental person who surpassed limits.
Lucy also consistently heard news about Evelia. Especially with how strong and deviant she is.
Nevertheless, the reason they haven’t had a proper conflict until now is because there was no need for a conflict. Because there was a buffer zone called the Union and the Demon World between the goals of Evelia and Lucy, who only followed the goddess’s will.
However, it is said that he is a Sunmanchihan. As Lucy destroyed the Demon World, which was one of her goals, and now advanced to the continent to destroy the alliance, Evelia and Lucy came into direct conflict.
[New data is needed. How much power is Evelia, who is one level above other heroes?]
Lucy did not avoid Evelia, but instead began to keep her in check. Because we needed data on which to base all decisions.
With Lucy’s current power, she was able to deal with quite a few hero-level powers. The Delta type, the most high-performance model equipped with maximum strength, is not far behind in power output and combat experience.
Even more special heroes like Yuuri and Kim Seo-yoon could face each other if they had special weapons for battle.
[This is the power of a great saint. A true river that changes the battlefield.]
But Evelia was a little different. The enormous divine power exploding from all over the body turned into a storm, and the attacking Demon King’s army was caught up in the storm and was torn apart and burned all at once.
The force was so strong that Lucy was momentarily taken aback and lost her judgment.
Hundreds of soldiers were destroyed in one blow, and all that was left was Evelia, floating in the sky in a noble posture, looking down at the ground.
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“It’s more overwhelming than it looked in the past. “She also has the power of growth, so she will definitely continue to get stronger.”
Yuria saw this and told her how much stronger the Evelia she remembered had become. Obviously it couldn’t be like this. Even then, she was a battlefield saint, but she shined with other heroes and was not a star shining alone.
“Wouldn’t it be dangerous if we continued to get stronger? “The growth of other heroes has slowed due to the decrease in the number of wars in which heroes participate directly, but Evelia looks different.”
[According to the data collected so far, their level is not all-powerful. At a certain level, growth stops or slows down. However, Evelia may be a little different.]
Yuria was wary of Evelia’s growth power.
Like the demon lords, most of the heroes of the Great War went from warriors fighting on the battlefield to rulers of power. Since the rulers rarely went directly to the battlefield, their growth naturally declined with the end of the war.
But Evelia was different. Both then and now, we have continued to fight at the forefront of the war. Lucy also had no choice but to pay attention to that.
[I will have to deal with it in person.]
Lucy became interested and moved her avatar. The strongest body was created based on the Delta type and wielded the decisive battle weapon Longinus.
But it didn’t end there. In the meantime, he strengthened his body using a new system that accumulated data and took shape through multiple uses.
[Additional weapon system. This further strengthens the output.]
Nano lumps made from slime covered Lucy’s body. Even though his entire body was covered in tight-fitting armor, his slender body became massive and large, as if he were wearing a combat suit.
A kind of expedient developed to overcome the fact that the body cannot withstand increasing the output of the strong core. Gangsim’s output was doubled, but by sharing the burden, Lucy was able to wield greater power.
Lucy, who had already confirmed through several experiments that if she strengthened her output through armament, there would be no problem dealing with many demon lords, immediately flew to where Evelia was.
“You seem a little special.”
Evelia was aware of Lucy’s presence even before she approached.
The sky of a miserable battlefield filled with ash and smoke. There, Evelia, with her brilliant white wings spread out, and Lucy, wearing black heavy armor, encountered each other.
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‘They said there must be a leader. Is it this guy?’
Evelia became wary when she saw Lucy appear in front of her. The information about the Demon King that Lucy revealed to Baal was buried when Baal died, but even if that wasn’t true, it was still worth being cautious about.
Unlike the lords of the demon world who were involved in various matters such as demonic spirit and rule, the demon king was not different. From Evelia’s point of view, it is an entity that originates from the demon world and is trying to invade the world. That was the devil.
“Huh?!”
However, Lucy did not wait for Evelia and attacked right away. She gritted her teeth as she crossed her wings to block the powerful energy attack aimed at Longinus.
Lucy didn’t bother to reply to Evelia’s words. His face was also covered with a black helmet. We are not here to talk to each other, but to obtain battle data.
“You’re saying it’s an animal that can’t communicate.”
In response, Evelia also increased her strength and went on the offensive.
Divine light uniting as one. It soon turned into a golden blade and was shot towards Lucy, who increased the output and activated the shield.
[The amplification of output… … .]
But the moment Lucy defends that power. Evelia’s divine power exploded. In a split second, the amplified energy burst out and destroyed the defense shield at once.
“Or is it that you don’t want to talk to me even though you can?”
“… … .”
Lucy was momentarily taken aback by that overwhelming power and missed Evelia’s actions. The auxiliary weapons were shattered and fell apart just from the aftermath.
The same was true for the mask, and Evelia held Lucy’s half-revealed face in her hands and grinned.
“What is your identity?”
“Even if I tell you, you won’t understand.”
“What did you do with the Demon World? “The idiots who live there.”
When Lucy called in the troops around her and aimed at Longinus, Evelia let go and walked away again to increase the distance, but she was already grinning as if she had won.
On the other hand, Lucy, who took off her mask, was not in a good mood. This is because the combat power of Evelia, whom he encountered directly, far exceeded his calculations.
“The way of the world is to weed out the weak who cannot grow. All 72 lords of the Demon World who failed to unite in their betrayal of the Demon King died. “Everyone died and became food for our troops.”
Lucy, who did not like the way she acted as if she was the strong one, smiled faintly and opened her mouth.
It was information that didn’t need to be made public, but she would know it anyway.
“You killed them all? Betray the devil? no way.”
Evelia’s face stiffened slightly. Considering the context, the facts to be inferred were clear. A world disaster that she tried with all her might to prevent. Certainly, if it had been resurrected, there was no way it would have spared the traitorous demon lords.
“What a pretentious attack.”
After thinking about it, Evelia immediately attempted to attack. It took less than one second to make that decision.
However, the person Evelia is dealing with is someone whose judgment is faster than anything else in the world. Lucy, who had created an overlapping shield using not only her own power but also the power of the higher-ranking species around her, frowned behind the soldiers protecting her.
“It was your mistake to reveal that to me. Do you think I will tolerate your very existence? The will of the Goddess, which took precedence over everything else, was none other than the extinction of the Demon King.”
“I don’t deny it. You are a being set up to eliminate the existence of the Demon King. So keep struggling like that.”
Evelia was ready to attack and tried to attack again, but Lucy, who laughed at her, did not fight back anymore and dodged.
I had no intention of confronting Evelia directly and killing her anyway. Actually, I wasn’t even sure if it would be possible to kill him.
In the first place, the goal itself was not to kill Evelia, but to make the survivors on the continent, including her, constantly resist and fight.
They definitely become stronger through that fight. But the same goes for Lucy. Lucy was strongly convinced that no one could follow her in terms of growth and evolution.
“Have you seen it? Those monsters are our new enemies. These guys are the devil army. “Once that is confirmed, we can never back down.”
“I don’t know about that, but just looking at it makes me feel bad.”
While Lucy was gone, Evelia, who eventually returned, sighed with a stern face.
Liam, who heard her words, also had a stiff expression on his face, unlike usual. This is because I felt somewhat uneasy when I saw Lucy’s demon lord army.
‘It’s similar to an invasive species. ‘I feel bad.’
The reason was because of the characteristics and appearance of the Demon King. A machine-like army made up of combat creatures created only for efficient warfare, and who only follow strict orders.
Liam has already fought countless times with such monsters. Therefore, I was confident that a demon army that looked like a monster but had similar emotions would be better.
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“how is it. “Is there any result?”
[It is true that Evelia’s power is greater than expected, but unless the goal is to capture and kill her in the first place, and she does not enter deep into the base, it is not much of a problem.]
Lucy’s goal is to simply trap them and continue attacking them. Just like when they bought time by dragging out the war in the demon world. That’s what I suggested.
Because I already knew from experience that there was something to be gained from that boring war of attrition.
“I also got some information.”
While Lucy was active, I also did not sit still.
While I was looking for a way to supply and demand strong hearts, which was said to be a problem in running the Demon King’s Army recently, I discovered something.
“Death Wizard, one of the invasive species. “They say the power it has is to change the form of energy.”
[This is an interesting result.]
I shared the information I had found with Lucy. Death Wizard, one of the recently introduced advanced species.
This monster, which had the appearance of a skinny human wearing black robes with six hands, extended its tentacles and had the ability to cast magical attacks using the nutrients it absorbed. Firepower that literally never runs out.
In that power, I thought I found the clue Lucy was looking for.
“The problem is, that is the North American continent, and Jiyeon Lee will no longer be going overseas. So we have to go there secretly on our own. “I have to cross the Pacific Ocean, can I do it?”
[It is quite possible.]
This time, I decided to hide my identity and just go alone. I asked just in case, but Lucy answered that it was possible.