will make you come
A facility near Tigros City was attacked by humans.
Most of the demons who first heard this story didn’t think much of it, just saying that it happened.
three years ago from now.
The mobile fortress of invaders from another world suddenly disappeared, and the invaders who lost close range suffered a disastrous defeat that was close to annihilation.
Very few invaders survive.
Most of them died or were captured after a relentless pursuit.
Naturally, the demons thought that the humans who attacked Tigros City would follow the same path as the other invaders.
But it didn’t take long to realize that it was a mistake.
[The war is not over yet! Destroy the transmission station in Tigros City!]
[Is the nightmare of the Dark Ages relived? Innocent citizens suffering from lack of energy!]
Surprisingly, instead of dying, the humans annihilated the army and mercenaries of Tigros City and survived intact.
It was only then that the demons realized that these humans were dangerous and began to take an interest.
Regular troops sent from nearby cities and mercenaries seeking bounties gathered one after another and searched around Tigros City.
A power transmission facility in ruins, the remains of an old abandoned city, a forest contaminated with radiation and demons.
The search range was wide, but I thought it would be easy to find because there were tens of thousands of demons and more than twice as many machine corps.
However, the demons who read an article posted on the network not long ago realized that they still did not know the danger of these humans.
“… … I heard humans appeared near Aliman City?”
“It’s quite far from there. Aren’t they other guys?”
“No, if you look at the battle traces, they are the same guys. These madmen attacked the communications base this time.”
Photos and videos of hundreds of smashed antennas and burning bases were posted on the largest portal site in Pandemonium.
The demons immediately moved towards Aliman City.
And by the time I arrived at Aliman City, a new article was posted on the site.
[Urgent Breaking News! A fire breaks out in the Paimon Industrial Complex! As a result of checking the video, it is estimated that they are the same people as the humans who attacked the transmission station in Tigros City and the communication base in Aliman City!]
What happened once can be dismissed as a coincidence.
But what happened two or three times is no longer a coincidence.
It can happen four times, five times, or more.
And as if to live up to that idea, after that day, news of numerous incidents began to sweep the network of the Pandemonium.
* * *
“The Devil World is strong, but the Demons are weak.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You will know when you experience it yourself.”
This is a story Theresa told shortly after starting the quest.
I thought it was a contradictory story, but Yooseong was able to realize the meaning of this story soon after.
It’s not that demons are really weak.
Objectively, demons are strong beings.
His physical abilities are superior, he is trained in martial arts and magic, and is armed with state-of-the-art equipment.
Even an ordinary citizen has the power of a C-rank contractor by the standards of the Contractor Association of Earth.
However, it was also true that it was ambiguous to say that they were residents of a world with a civilization level of 2.02 and a thousand colonial dimensions.
‘It’s probably because of the structure of the Demon Realm.’
The purpose of the demons is not to conquer other dimensions, but to plunder resources.
Then you don’t need strong power.
If the dimension beyond the gate is strong, there is no need to fight, just close it.
Instead, it was the demons’ method of finding a weaker dimension and invading it, closing the gate when resistance grew stronger, and then re-invading and plundering resources after a while.
Given this situation, of course, the demons didn’t feel the need to have strong power.
It’s not that there aren’t strong demons, but most of the demons’ skills are at a level that can’t be said to be very high.
The equipment is equally ambiguous.
Although they have the technology to create space fleets and even artificial planets, they only produce weapons that are suitable for fighting the dimension beyond the gate because they eat up resources relentlessly and do not make ends meet.
Thanks to this, Yoosung and Teresa’s party were able to win a series of victories against the demons with overwhelming numerical superiority.
‘But is that also the limit?’
Confined to the checkup created by the eight prosecutors, Yooseong faintly frowned.
Despite moving and avoiding pursuit by making full use of the information, the number of demons was so large that the number of catches was increasing.
It’s already the third battle today.
If time drags on here, you may have a 4th or 5th battle.
“That’s great. To think that a magician who is not even a warrior could survive this far against us. I wonder how much longer I can last.”
“Isn’t it that I’m not great, and you guys are lame? Do you think it makes sense that eight masters at their peak can even pass a pass against one mage and not be able to get a single scratch?”
“This bastard!”
“You fool! stop! Keep checking!”
‘Sheesh. It won’t take.’
Yooseong clicked his tongue briefly and concentrated.
It was sarcastic, but their skills were real.
He could survive thanks to the fraudulent skill combination of the combination of Red Blood Ganggi and Holy Avenger.
Whoops!
With a faint echo, the number of meteor types increased to eight.
When the eight meteors, who had exactly the same appearance and aura, attacked with the spirit of Dongguijin, the embarrassed demons retreated.
Even if he knew it was a hallucination, the energy of death flashed right in front of his eyes just by brushing against him, and it was impossible to remain steadfast.
Until now, even if one person resigned, the remaining seven people continued the examination, but when eight people withdrew at the same time, the examination collapsed in an instant.
bang!
At the moment when the clones blocked the demons’ view, along with the sound of an explosion, the real meteor hiding among the eight people stepped on the flashlight and punched out.
Kwajik!
“Cheukhak!”
A scream flowed from the mouth of the demon whose heart was pierced along with the alter ego.
And before the screams stopped, the other demons also fell to the ground after being attacked from behind.
‘It was close.’
He pretended to be calm on the outside, but his back was full of cold sweat.
Marcus is a wizard, not a warrior.
Although he managed to respond with a fighting sense trained through a life-and-death struggle with Sura sense and Haecheon-gyeong, fighting a master for a long time with the body of a wizard was like riding on a single wooden bridge.
Yuseong, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, saw Walter and the prosecutor buried in hundreds of androids and started spinning the circle.
The demon wizards’ magic field already took control of the surroundings, but when it collided with the energy control ability of the demon’s eye of truth, it was swept away like a sandcastle in front of the waves.
“shit! He’s trying to spread a magic field! Stop it!”
“Jamming! Jamming!”
“Unconditionally interrupt! Don’t let them complete the magic field!”
However, the demons were not suffering as well.
The magicians spread their magic fields, shaking the meteor’s magic fields even slightly, and drones in various places launched jamming radio waves that destabilized their magical powers.
The demons, who realized the danger of the meteor through countless battles, tried their best to prevent the magic field from being completed.
thud! thud! thud!
Yooseong swallowed dry saliva when he noticed the humanoid weapons rushing towards him with a heavy echo.
‘This is going to be tough… … .’
A steel giant with a height of 5 m.
If it was one, he could laugh and deal with it as if he were playing with a toy, but it would be dangerous if a number of steel giants attacked at once.
‘Should I use the Absolute Protection skill?’
It’s limited to one minute, but you can wield Tyrant’s supernatural power to your heart’s content.
The moment he tried to use the Absolute Protection skill at the sight of the steel giant approaching him, thunder rang from the sky and lightning struck.
The steel giant, literally hit by a lightning bolt from the dry sky, stumbled like a puppet with a thread cut and fell backwards.
bang! bang! bang!
Lightning didn’t end once.
The lightning that fell in succession silenced all the steel giants and then started pouring down on the heads of the demons as well.
“shit. retreat! retreat!”
“Tsk, I got almost all of them… … .”
As the war situation became unfavorable, the demons started running away without hesitation.
Yuseong did not pursue the fleeing demons.
The number of demons living in the Demon Realm is counted in trillions.
Eliminating them all is like scooping a bowl of water out of the sea.
Theresa approached Meteor, who was sitting on the floor and breathing.
“are you okay?”
“As you can see, I am fine. What about the others?”
“There are a few wounded, but no fatalities.”
“That is very fortunate.”
Yooseong sighed in relief as he saw the people gathering behind Teresa.
The party, originally four, had grown to eleven.
Meteor destroyed the facilities and killed the demons not to damage the demon realm.
There are two major challenges to this quest.
One is to enter the Black Citadel where the gate is, and one is to find survivors.
It was the latter that was the problem.
‘Whether the former works or not, you can try it once. But there is no way for the latter.’
It was impossible to find survivors hiding somewhere in the vast Pandemonium by normal methods.
While thinking about it, Yooseong came up with a method.
“From now on, we will use indiscriminate terror against the demons.”
“Are you insane?”
“Didn’t I tell you! After all, users can’t be trusted!”
“Everyone calm down. Mr. Yoosung. Can you give me a reason why?”
Theresa’s party fell into confusion at Yoosung’s insistence that she would stimulate the demons even if they were quietly hiding.
Ignoring Walter and Nathan, who secretly live, Yooseong calmly explained the reason.
“It’s simple. To find other survivors.”
“… … Please explain in a bit more detail.”
“Realistically, it is impossible for us to find survivors. It’s not impossible to find if you’re looking for it, but it will probably take decades. So I thought the other way around.”
“the opposite?”
“We are not looking for survivors, we are making survivors come to us.”
Wandering around a world in search of survivors who don’t even know where they are.
To announce that you are here, so that survivors who are hiding can find you.
It goes without saying which of the two would be easier.
Meteor did not attack any facility indiscriminately.
They scoured the Pandemonium’s network and committed terrorism, targeting places with human sightings or places with few demons.
For a while, I was fooled.
However, after 15 days, Yuseong was finally able to find a new survivor.
this is not a game