106. Death.
La-s-ti ga onda!
La-S-Tee is coming!
The overwhelming power emanating from the demonic realm covered the continent, and mankind immediately sent out troops to monitor the demons.
That is, the summoned beasts that can unilaterally observe the enemy’s movements from about 1,000 meters above the sky-.
The summoned beasts, flying in the sky like modern military satellites, grasping the movements of the demons, returned immediately and delivered what they had seen.
“Enemy power, there is only one.”
“… Only one?”
When the emperor heard the messenger’s report, he shed a sigh of relief. Obviously, I predicted that the angry demon king would send an army, but only one?
Am I wrong in my prediction, or am I thinking that the Demon Lord can overcome mankind with only one?
‘Even if you underestimate us, you underestimated us too much.’
The power of mankind was not so weak. If we had been weak enough to collapse in front of just one demon, we would have succumbed to the demons and became extinct.
It was proof that humanity wasn’t that weak.
“Call all the dukes. Although the absolute defense line of each region is in danger… … Killing the enemy right in front of you should be the priority.”
The emperor gave up the defense of the absolute defense line and made the decision to summon all the dukes.
And behind the scenes, the existence of the four gods, which Ian spoke of, was backing up.
‘Did you say that if the human race was about to perish, he would appear and save us?’
However, if they find out that there are such beings, the Demon King will be wary of them as well.
They really should be left as a last resort – then there was only one left.
“I’m coming.”
“Lung, Your Majesty!? Dangerous!”
“danger?”
At that, the emperor burst into laughter. It’s dangerous – I haven’t heard that in a long time.
He looked at my vassal with a very arrogant expression befitting of an emperor.
“Who do you think I am?”
Humanity’s greatest and strongest summoner.
Albert Friedrich.
He was the owner of the 5-star summoned Artia.
* * *
-Now that it has come to pass, prepare and come back.
“Come back, where… ?”
—Is there any other place for cadets to go other than the academy?
The emperor asked in reverse as if asking what he was asking. It meant waiting for the academy to fix all the problems they had.
I wanted to say that I couldn’t, but it was impossible to even get out of this place without the help of the emperor right away, so Ian carefully nodded.
“… Ian, are we- do we have to go?”
“okay.”
Ian listened to Noah’s words and carefully nodded. back to the academy It was as if the human race did not take the present crisis very seriously.
If it had been really urgent, I would have dragged all the cadets to the battlefield with nothing to do.
‘Are you arrogant or relaxed? .’
Considering the character of the emperor, the latter was highly likely. He’s not the kind of person who takes pride in himself.
An emperor who values a handful of people more than his humble pride. Of course, if you look closely at what you cherish, it feels like you cherish it as a farmer 1 rather than cherish it as a human being… … .
‘Honestly, if you treat me like that, you’re a yangban.’
Unlike the Earth, where the nobles oppressed the commoners and treated them like slaves, the nobility of another world did not oppress the commoners that much, perhaps thanks to the emperor.
Thanks to this, commoners were able to live a life that was treated well for a farmer.
“… Ian.”
“yes?”
“You said you were going to catch the Demon King.”
“right.”
“By the way, can I go back to the academy like this?”
Stella, who saw Ian quietly obeying the emperor’s orders, asked him as if it was surprising.
Didn’t you say you were going to catch the Demon King, but why are you back to the academy now?
“Do you know that the Demon King is the kind of opponent that can be captured by any Banzai charge?”
For Ian to hear that, it was a really absurd thing to say, but-.
what? Aren’t you going to catch the Demon King?
If it had been an opponent I could grab with a quick click, I would run and hit him right away.
“I don’t know what the situation is right now, so it makes sense to follow His Majesty’s advice.”
“… okay?”
He said that it was very different from the hero he had envisioned, and Stella was slightly depressed. After all, the fairy tale hero can only exist in fairy tale books.
The reality was not so easy-.
“And there must be another reason for bringing us to the academy.”
“What?”
“Because I will have to hand over Ifrit first.”
Currently, the 4-star Summon Ifrit is in Stella’s grasp. In order to hand it over to the Duke, I would call them to the academy first.
After handing over the summons, Stella becomes a more common three-star summoner than I thought, so there was a high probability that she would stay at the academy for safety… .
‘Honestly, from here on, I can’t predict either… .’
In the original story, the human race rejects the demon’s proposal and starts a war, and then the player’s guerrilla warfare – that is, infiltrating deep into the enemy camp and defeating the four demon kings and vanguard general Rasti, Chapter 2 ends.
If there is a problem, it is that it was wrong from the beginning. Humanity did not reject the proposal of the demons, rather they tried to deceive them.
Then it was discovered – what the angry Demon King would do, even Ian couldn’t quite predict.
‘for now… Returning to the academy is a priority.’
Ian thought so and waited for the carriage to return. However, it was not the carriage that came to pick them up.
“… Long time no see.”
“Oh, aren’t you, Count Khorne?”
It was the court white, Lord Korn.
She summoned my summons with a displeased expression. Daebung (大鵬) is said to fly 90,000 li in a day. With her party on top of it, she flew straight to the academy.
“Do you really need to come pick me up?”
“After transporting you to the academy, we need to move the dukes to the battlefield.”
“You?”
“… The marquis and the cadets.”
When Ian, who had the title of marquis, a rank higher than the count, said so and pointed out her vulgarity, Khorne said so with a shaky expression on how awkward it would be to use respect for a cadet younger than me.
Ian burst into laughter and started stealing information from her, saying it was okay to let go.
“How many less?”
“Are you talking about demons? It was one.”
“… One?”
Hearing this, Ian stopped and listened to her. Whether Ian shuts his mouth or not, Khorne repeats the information he’s heard.
“Yes. It is said that only one demon in the form of a skeleton was seen.”
“A skeleton?”
A very famous boss monster passes through Ian’s head.
No Life King.
La-S-T comes.
* * *
Arriving at the academy, Ian and his party headed straight to the principal’s office. There was a duke waiting for my son who had entered the academy.
“stellar-.”
“… father.”
Duke Hypnos stared intently at Stella, who had decided to pretend to be dead without telling me, then sighed and returned the summoned beast.
“Wasn’t he retiring or not?”
“… What do you see me as?”
“Then it happened.”
The Duke said so, and Hansi was busily handed the Ifrit. After receiving the summons, he headed to the battlefield without even having time to say hello.
The children could wait without going to the battlefield, but that didn’t apply to the adults as well.
Stella, who saw her father heading to the battlefield, looked at her back with a bitter expression.
“… Ian.”
“why?”
“Is there anything I can do?”
Stella seemed to think as if Ian was an all-rounder who could do anything.
Unfortunately, Ian wasn’t all-around. Rather, it was close to incompetence.
But Ian chose to give her a hopeful smile rather than tell her that there was nothing she could do.
With that smile alone, Stella could be comforted.
* * *
Darak- dalkrak-.
Rattling my half-disappeared jawbone, La-S-Ti walked towards the realm of humanity.
Since it was such a conspicuous action, the Summoners were wary for a long time if there were any ambush other than La-S-Ti.
However, no matter how wary he was, the demons could not be seen except for him, so the summoners launched an all-out attack.
“As always, 1-star pets make sacrifices.”
“Yes!.”
Taking advantage of the fact that even if a pet dies, it can be resurrected if only the essence is taken, a strategy in which one- and two-star pets use their bodies to block demons, while three-star or higher pets deliver a combined strike.
Until now, it was a method that humans were able to fend off more and more powerful demons than themselves, and it was also a strategy often used.
As always, this time the 1-star summons are running. The lower the star, the closer to a beast with a stronger instinct than reason, so he does not refuse the command to run to death and runs towards La-S-Ti.
Seeing the summons rushing towards him, La-S-Tee looked at the summons with tears from the skeleton gourd.
—Ah, you poor beings.
“Kwae-aeeng!?”
The momentum emanating from La-S-Ti’s body engulfs the summoned beasts as it is. The body of the summoned beasts touching it melts as it is.
A powerful curse that cannot be blocked by the defense of a 1-star pet.
The summoned beasts that melted without leaving a single bone fragment were reborn as La-S-T’s soldiers.
– Break free from the curse of death, death, and death, and go to sleep.
As an immortal army that never dies.
The summoned beasts who were reborn as undead who forgot death turned their teeth towards humans.
Why La-S-Ti is called the King of the Dead.
He rules death.
Therefore, it is impossible for 1-star summons to even face him.