Episode 177: Crack (7)
“What is the status of the variants? Are you still just waiting?”
“That’s right. There is no movement to the point of eeriness. However, this is also characteristic of variants of infectious agents… … .”
“The situation has become ambiguous. “When was the last time you went crazy, and now?”
He sighed deeply after receiving the report. The reason for the sigh is because of the situation in the contaminated area that is being continuously monitored.
The corrupted world trees and infected entities that had ruled this land for a long time before they first came and pioneered it were monsters so large and dangerous that they could not be eradicated by any means.
Therefore, they were satisfied with securing and protecting a safe zone. But recently, something strange happened. A variant has emerged among infectious agents that have not changed at all.
They judged that the new monsters that appeared and wiped out the existing infectious agents and replaced them were variants of the infectious agent.
Although there were many strictly different parts, the fundamental parts seemed the same, so that was decided.
In fact, Lucy’s Demon Lord’s army had some similarities with the infected entities, and thanks to this, it was possible to ultimately win that terrible war.
“Still, isn’t there a chance that it will just remain like this like existing infectious agents? “It’s been quiet so far, isn’t it?”
“It would be nice if that were the case, but they are more dangerous beings. According to what Management Center Director Lucas said, they are definitely different from ordinary infectious agents.”
He continued to be on guard against the Demon King’s army. If the Demon King’s army had simply annihilated the infected entities and replaced them, we wouldn’t have to worry like this.
However, the Demon Lord’s army was completely different from the infected entities. Because they were not afraid of the sun, they attempted to attack them more harshly and more aggressively.
‘If there had been a setback in mine development, the headquarters might have taken action.’
Like Lucas, he was the manager in charge of managing the city and major mines, and he was disappointed that the Demon King’s army’s attack only ended in half destroying one city.
This is because Lucy cut off the offensive at the right time, making a large-scale counterattack impossible.
There would have to be greater damage to persuade the headquarters to send proper troops, but at most the local dark elves and several low-level employees were killed, so the headquarters could not move.
“So, warden! “Satellite surveillance has caught something now!!!”
“W-what!?”
But as if he knew what was going on in his mind, movement finally began to appear.
The problem is that the movement is not in the direction you want.
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He rushed to receive a report from his subordinate and was astonished to see a high-resolution satellite image displayed on a hologram screen.
‘Since when? Could it be that he was hoarding his strength for a moment like this from the beginning?’
What you see on the screen is the Demon King’s army that has finally begun its activities. As if they were aware of the existence of a satellite monitoring them from the sky, numerous armies hidden underground rose up at once and began to rush straight towards them.
“The direction is this way. “It looks like they are not targeting the same area they attacked last time.”
“This is crazy.”
Moreover, the Demon King’s army did not go to the front line, Lucas’ city, which was thoroughly preparing for its defense. Lucy wondered if the power here was empty, and turned the direction of the countless ship-type troops towards this direction where they had been caught off guard.
* * *
“Carthus, an external force, and the Dark Elves collaborating with them have driven out the infected organisms appropriately and developed cities and defense lines centered on the mines they want.”
When they used the satellite to detect Lucy’s movements, she was already moving with her army.
“Thanks to this, the defense power of the complex and twisted defense line itself is not that high. In such a situation, we even had to send support to the frontline city that our forces had attacked, so our military power would have been weakened further than that.”
“So how far do you plan to go this time? Are you going to retreat again from the same level of destruction as before?”
“The goal is to completely destroy it and take over.”
Lucy laughed openly at Raon’s question. The stage of retreating and conserving strength has already passed. He completely conquered the Demon World and accomplished his mission. Now that the divided powers have been brought together by dominating the continent, all that remains is to truly realize Lucy’s desires.
That desire is greater growth and evolution. And there are already people who will target it.
What Lucy does best is not taking the lead herself, but setting a specific target as a standard and chasing after it to catch up.
As long as the conditions were met, Lucy specialized in catching up to the opponent faster than anything else and catching them in reverse.
“And what if they catch up with them?”
“There will definitely be stronger ones.”
The problem was if she caught up with the target and became the leader, but Lucy wasn’t that worried. Because he already knew from his experience so far that people he needed to catch up with would keep appearing.
The Demon World was like that, the infected were like that, and now that they have all been eaten up, the cosmic force Carthus is left behind.
Even if he defeated them now and devoured them, he was sure that there were stronger people behind them that he had to catch up with.
“So right now, all we have to do is win the war without any worries or problems. That’s it.”
“Well, we haven’t even won yet.”
Before Lucy stood up, different scenes unfolded before her eyes. The sight of enemies hurriedly activating a defense shield surrounding the entire city.
If you look a little closer, you can see how desperately and urgently the people there are moving.
However, Lucy gave the order to attack without hesitation. For Lucy, war is just a natural act anyway. The easiest way to get what you want.
And it was also very natural. It is natural for species to compete with others to survive. For Lucy, concepts such as murder and massacre were not things to consider.
Rather, there was a clear possibility that Lucy would lose and they would gain greater benefits through the risky action of war, and Lucy was willing to take that risk and carry out this war.
“Move quickly. hurry!”
“Evacuate to the shelter! “Monsters are coming!”
However, to those who could not think so coldly and calmly, Lucy’s actions were simply evil and merciless aggression.
* * *
“What is the defensive wall output? “They have the power to destroy even etheric shields.”
“Chu, there is no problem with the output itself.”
Brandt, the city’s director and mine director. He bit his lip when he saw the bluish defense shield that surrounded the entire city before the Demon King’s troops arrived.
In fact, the strongest defense they had was the etheric shield that started from the towers on the city’s border.
This shield, which has the same properties as magic, could have strong resistance unless it was an attack of the same type.
‘They are definitely monsters. But when I put it all together like this, it looks like this.’
Brandt frowned as he looked beyond the defensive wall where the troops were gathered on the top floor of the headquarters building. He still thought that the Demon King Army was a variant of the infectious agent.
However, even with that thought, the Demon King’s army that had just come was foreign and scary.
The troops mobilized by Lucy for this operation, which emphasized mobility, were all ship-type soldiers and those aboard.
The ship-type soldiers, whose bodies were hundreds of meters long, were clearly giant living monsters, but to Brandt’s eyes, they looked similar to the space ships they used, as their name suggested.
“They start shelling. Powerful energy response!”
“Ugh, who are they?”
Soon, the powerful light cannons emitted by the Demon King’s ships as they unleashed the enormous steel hearts within them began to pound the defense walls.
The shield immediately began to tremble and crackle as if it would break at any moment, and those inside had to scream in fear at the sight.
“Can you hold on?”
“If we concentrate all of the city’s power, we can still survive.”
Still, the shield held up for now. The defense system they created was a universal system used by all forces, but it was more efficient and stronger than the defense system that Lucy had created and developed herself.
[Focus on one point.]
Lucy, annoyed by this sight, immediately changed her strategy. Rather than continuing ineffective bombardment, the intention was to focus the force on one point and create even a momentary gap in the defense shield.
“But if that happens, it will be impossible for ship-type soldiers to enter.”
“It doesn’t matter. “Because it is possible to suppress them with only small troops.”
Lucy shook her head at Raon’s words. The original plan was a one-sided engagement through all-out artillery fire, but even if that was prevented, there were other ways.
It’s just a little less efficient. After confirming that the result would not change based on the calculation formula, Lucy immediately focused all her artillery fire on one point of the shield.
This method was none other than the result of learning the method of the demon world lords who destroyed the shield with a single point attack on the shielded person.
“This breaks through the defense shield.”
Lucy picked up Longinus and went out on her own.
In order to give his final strength to the area that was barely holding on to the devil’s army’s bombardment.
‘That monster!’
Lucy’s appearance was clearly visible even to those who were holding on inside.
Brandt’s eyes widened when he saw Lucy aiming at this place with a red shining double-edged sword. The beautiful curves of a woman are revealed even in black armor. Numerous red eye lights shining within the mask covering the face. And even the flowing black hair.
Even though Brandt had no information about Lucy, he instinctively knew that she was a special being.
“Ugh, wow!”
“Part of the shield is lost!”
At the same time, the Longinus that Lucy was aiming at emitted a powerful wave. Then, a gap in the shield breaks and shatters at once.
Lucy threw herself into the hole without hesitation. The same was true for the numerous Demon Lords that Island Alpha brought into their arms.
It was a proper declaration of war by the Demon King’s army toward a new world, different from before.
“Block it, don’t let any more in!”
In order to block the Demon King’s army from pushing through the gap in the defense shield, Carthus employees and the Dark Elves together concentrated their firepower and resisted as much as possible.
In fact, the general soldiers of the Demon King’s army could not withstand their fire and fell like fallen leaves, but even that did not last long.
[All forces, charge.]
Lucy and other higher-ranking species began to defend against their attacks by deploying a shield using their strong hearts.
In that situation, Lucy ordered the troops who had landed on the ground and executed the revised battle plan from the beginning in that short period of time.