Episode 176: Crack (6)
“It’s getting boring.”
[that’s right. Honestly, there’s nothing here. It felt like something was going to happen at any moment.]
It was a time when Lucy, in order to unite her strength, organized the divided front lines and focused on matters related to the demon world.
The Demon King’s army of Ravizda, which had completely cleared the territory of the corrupted World Trees, stopped its activities, stockpiled nutrients, and remained on alert.
However, although he attempted to attack first and caused great damage, the opponent did not counterattack and only strengthened his defensive stance.
Raon, who was waiting there, was diligently preparing, but he was starting to feel a bit frustrated. Titania, the land spirit who made a contract with him, openly expressed her dissatisfaction at the sight of the Demon King’s army, which was like an empty can without Lucy’s command.
‘What on earth are you being wary of?’
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Raon still had no idea what Lucy was wary of. In his opinion, the Dark Elf survivors and Carthus employees did not seem that strong compared to the enemies Lucy had faced so far.
Of course, the etheric weapons they have are far superior to the magic weapons that Earthlings clumsily imitate or the biological weapons of the Demon Lord’s army, but that’s it.
Their numbers are small and their overall firepower is lacking. Raon, who had already watched hundreds of millions of troops clash and fight each other in a vast area, did not feel their strength that much.
He and Titania, who were still accustomed to the elven way of thinking, could not imagine their true nature beyond the universe that Lucy was truly wary of, and whom she had singled out as her true opponents.
“It won’t take long. “Because everything on the continent has already been sorted out.”
“Unless it’s completely cleaned up… … “It’s meaningless, isn’t it?”
It was at that time that Lucy moved her avatar, which had been dead and motionless, as if to answer their complaints.
Raon admired that but also had doubts. This is because the Demon King’s army has not yet conquered the entire continent. In this way, the Demon King’s army once again has two fronts.
“The weight gap between the two groups has already widened so much that it’s hard to call that part a battle line.”
But Lucy denied his words. In Lucy’s calculations, the survivors on the continent are just a group of people whose lives she can control.
The survivors may believe that they are surviving by resisting with a desperate spirit, but in fact, it was only possible because Lucy controlled her power.
“Why on earth? “It’s something that could leave regrets behind.”
“Return?”
Raon, who was as completely emotionless and unable to think purely in calculations as Lucy, could not understand. Just as people fear an unknown future and ominous omens, Raon was wary of an unknown future.
But Lucy laughed openly when she heard that. Because he does not consider the uncertain future. Because you only calculate based on the data given to you now and think based on it.
“Of course, some of them, including the great saint, who are called heroes, may go beyond their limits and become exceptionally strong. But the difference has already gone beyond what one individual can reverse. Rather, if they grow up that way, they will become good fertilizer for the growth of our allies.”
“her.”
Raon sighed at Lucy’s words that he would use even Evelia, the great saint of the world, for his own growth, but it was difficult to deny those words.
The power of Lucy, a hive mind and central control system, is the power of the entire Demon King’s army. Because Raon himself knows the power of Lucy, who is like an incarnation of the true power of a group moving as one.
No matter how strong an individual is, he or she is powerless against a true group that does not know fear and division.
“So, the reason you came back here is to resume the war against them again?”
“That’s right.”
Anyway, after cleaning up one of the problems, Lucy turned her attention to this place to focus on one thing again.
The time of curling up and staying silent is now over. The Demon King’s army, which had been quietly waiting in the abandoned lands once occupied by the corrupted World Tree and infected entities, began to move again.
* * *
“I thought they would immediately retaliate against us for attacking their city, but they were surprisingly quiet. “They didn’t even attempt the usual reconnaissance.”
“Reconnaissance will already be underway. Because outer space is their domain.”
Lucy roughly explained what was in the universe to Raon, who had no concept of the world above. Raon was taken aback when he heard that they would be looking down on this place in real time using satellite power.
“Is that why they bothered to produce troops and bury them underground?”
“Since we roughly know the identity and size of our forces, it makes sense that they could not move carelessly. “If our troops had moved further than that, they would have brought in support somehow.”
Lucy set a goal. The reason the Demon King’s army, which had been rampaging in all directions without knowing how scary the world was, gave up and stored up its power for a while was because it judged that the power of the enemies had exceeded the level of a single planet.
The source was the universe. Because they made the universe their domain, they were able to have the upper hand no matter what the Demon King’s army did.
“So our allies must also use that space as their territory.”
In fact, it ate two worlds, but it was no longer only greedy for land.
Lucy was already convinced that a bigger place was where she should move forward.
“So you’re saying that just fighting won’t work?”
“First you need to set a purpose. “The most important goal is the ether technologies they possess.”
So simply dispatching troops to fight was not enough. New technologies were needed to advance into space and fight those already occupying it.
“When war breaks out, we need to secure the enemy’s ships and technicians as much as possible. “Based on the information we find out from them, we need to produce troops that can advance into space.”
“In the end, you have to fight first.”
“In addition, if possible, we must obtain a ship of a certain level or higher so that we can obtain the ‘warp’ technology they have.”
Clearly, Cartus’ employees are ordinary people. However, Lucy’s abilities were not limited to the ability to analyze the structure of living things and replicate and modify them.
The skills they have. No matter how advanced and complex the theories and studies are, it is possible to memorize and analyze them at once based on enormous computing power.
Now Lucy believed in her own abilities and attempted to take advantage of their skills.
“Prepare for sortie. “Now we begin a major attack.”
“This is better.”
Lucy ordered Raon, the only special species active in Ravizda, to move with the troops.
There is a preemptive purpose that must be taken to achieve the ultimate goal, and for that purpose, a war had to be waged.
* * *
“I think it is possible to acquire the technology, but is it really possible to reproduce it?”
When I heard about Lucy’s plan to steadily move forward toward her goal without stopping or hesitating at all, I felt a little puzzled.
What I can do in terms of what is happening in the other world is limited, but it does not mean that there are no ways to help.
[It’s not impossible. Currently, our army’s super-massive ship-type soldiers have the ability to go into space at any time. If you can understand the principles of the technology you have acquired and use them to modify it, it is quite possible to have the necessary troops.]
To my question, Lucy answered that there was no problem. He said that his troops are already capable of surviving even in the most inhospitable space of outer space.
“If you say that, I have nothing to say. “What is the exact plan?”
Unable to doubt Lucy, I changed the subject.
On the continent, there is still a fierce struggle between the mutants driven out by Lucy’s demon lord army and the survivors who were pushed to the outskirts of the continent, but Lucy has already turned her attention there.
Now, the continent where the church and some Earth forces are struggling is no longer an area that is far from Lucy’s interest.
Instead, after Lucy’s knowledge and perspective broadened, she began targeting those who became her true goals, and personally, I was comfortable with this as well.
‘If you can’t stop fighting anyway, it’s better to go further, into the big world.’
It felt like I had gone back to the beginning, when Lucy was barely able to sustain herself by eating goblins.
From the moment I decided to grow Lucy and intervene directly in order to borrow her power, I was already on the same team as Lucy.
However, I am also human and I am just as deceitful. It was easier to fight against demons of a different race than when Lucy fought with humans of the same race, and it was better to go to war with humans from another world who knew nothing than to fight survivors from the continent where some of the Earthlings were also fighting. .
Where can there be a clean war? Lucy cannot stop as she is destined to prey on someone in order to grow and survive.
Because I can’t stand there and die. That is a dereliction of duty.
“Do your best. “I’m still looking for information just in case.”
[thank you.]
Therefore, I did not stop Lucy or control her, but rather encouraged her. I am still looking at the data periodically to help by adding new specimens, etc.
Now that we’ve come this far, we can’t stop vaguely. I had to run to the end and achieve my initial goal of using Lucy’s power to solve the problems facing Earth.
[Our army’s scouting party has departed and is moving to determine their exact situation. They are fast and small enough to avoid being caught by roughly anticipating their surveillance equipment.]
Lucy, who was already moving, changed the screen and showed me what she was seeing.
The border dividing the dead land and the living land maintains a sharp atmosphere like the calm before the storm.
It seems that the surveillance equipment has been supplemented, but scouts the size of small flying insects, separated from the bird-sized scouts, broke through the surveillance net and spied inside.
[It is true that they have increased surveillance power here, the closest border. Everything from what appears to be a trap to unmanned surveillance equipment has been strengthened more than before.]
“It must be difficult to break through. But looking at the map, do I really need to go here?”
[That’s why it’s more efficient to bypass it this time.]
Lucy decided on the direction in which to dispatch her troops. However, it was not the city that had been devastated last time.
Although an all-out attack along the entire border is possible, we decided to attack in a slightly different place than before in order to explore the power of the enemies who have raised their guard.