Demon World War (3)
Thump— thump—
My heart is pounding hard.
Feeling that, the Dragon Duke… no, the being that had once been the Dragon Duke sank deeper into his inner self.
The fiercely lived days of the past passed by like fragments in my mind.
How did he, an ordinary dragon, end up in the Demon World and become its top dragon?
There have been countless hardships and hardships over the thousands of years.
And finally, after enduring and overcoming all of that, I was finally able to get to this point.
With the single-minded desire to take revenge on those who did not acknowledge him and ultimately forced him to flee here.
To become the Demon King with his own power, conquer the Demon World, and then swallow up the Continent to prove that he was right.
‘I was not wrong.’
Of course, it’s not him who’s wrong, it’s the world.
He was the strongest in the world and superior to anyone in every way.
Isn’t it natural that someone like that would rise to a position of dominating the world?
Crushier believed so.
And I was confident that it would happen soon.
“Hehehe— Where did you go? You were hiding in a place like this. And you looked like that.”
Until that voice was heard.
Kurururung—
The huge body that had been crouching underground twisted its body fiercely.
It was an instinctive reaction that came out before I was even conscious of anything.
A familiar female voice mixed with laughter.
A voice so hateful that it suddenly appears and ruins all plans that were going smoothly.
The sound of my heartbeat that had been ringing loudly in my ears died down.
…No, it was just my mood.
My heart was still beating hard.
It’s just that our consciousness is so focused on the outside intruder that we don’t even perceive it properly.
“I was wondering how they kept churning out so many monsters…”
Kukukung—!
Crushier slowly got up, ignoring the sigh that sounded like clicking his tongue.
The collapsing earth and the rising dust.
In the aftermath, the surrounding air filled with magic shook and earthquakes occurred, but he paid no attention to such trivial matters.
“···I never thought he would turn his entire body into a passage to the abyss.”
Hela looked up at the giant monster that had raised its body.
A being that stands tall in the middle of the abandoned land, said to be the most desolate in the Demon World.
But in that appearance, I couldn’t find the appearance from when we had collided once before, no matter how hard I looked.
Even putting aside the body, which seemed to have grown more than ten times, and which was easily over a kilometer long—.
“Hmm, looking at it closely, it’s a bit burdensome. I feel like I’m going to throw up because it’s so disgusting. Can you just lie down again?”
It was a being that seemed to embody disgust rather than majesty.
The three pairs of wings, which appeared to be nothing more than decoration, were roughly attached to the body of a screaming humanoid monster, and the rest of the body was no different.
Countless sets of eyes stared at her simultaneously.
‘Wow—that’s gross.’
Hela frowned and looked at the giant creature before her.
Even at this very moment, monsters are falling out of the huge body as if their hair is being pulled out, and monsters are rising up from inside to fill the empty space.
It was literally a factory churning out endless amounts of monsters.
“They deliver to every corner of the country right after they leave the factory. What an amazing service…”
Of course, no one would have wanted that kind of direct delivery from the production site.
Hela grimaced at the sight of the monsters tearing through space and disappearing somewhere as soon as they detached from Krushier’s body.
‘No matter how much I try to catch it, it will never end.’
As expected, his judgment was correct.
The quickest and only way to resolve this situation was to kill the Crusier who was endlessly producing monsters.
He must have known that too, which is why he was hiding in a place like this.
“Yeah, maybe this would be better.”
If the power struggle had continued as originally planned, it is impossible to know how much longer it would have taken.
On the other hand, isn’t the current situation, where everything would be over if we just got rid of that one dragon that has completely lost its flavor, rather neat?
And on top of that···.
“I already have a lot of work to do in the future, so I can’t let you hold me back forever, right? So I believe you’ll fully understand.”
He had already boasted to his subordinates that he would finish it quickly.
And since you crossed the line first, I will use all the means at my disposal.
Hela shrugged slightly and winked one eye.
[—————!]
Immediately afterwards, the monsters hanging on Crusher’s body roared in unison.
Along with that, the numerous eyeballs embedded in its huge body glared fiercely at the same time.
Towards the group of people who had suddenly surrounded him.
It was an instinctive reaction to a crisis.
The monsters that were disappearing through space as soon as they were separated from her body also stopped moving and began to prepare for battle, but Hela paid no attention and continued to speak calmly.
“Okay, so—”
As time passes, the power of the “Demon King” grows stronger and stronger.
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“Just sprinkle some ashes on the cooked rice and leave!”
The ‘world’ that had become one pierced through the huge body.
***
A place so high up in the sky that everything on earth looks small.
Gooooo—
Hesperon, who had been staying aloft relying on the booster, looked down quietly.
A pure white monster that has grown twice as large due to the explosive increase in monsters analyzed and output by “Machine Inside: Calicas”—Crusire.
‘I think we should consider that as a colony rather than a single organism. We should aim for the core somewhere… It’s too big, so it’s difficult.’
They may seem like a bunch of ants, but each and every one of those monsters is a formidable enemy that should not be taken lightly.
In the first place, there is no way that the balance of the demon world, which was maintained tightly by easy targets, could collapse, right?
In addition, they have the characteristic of becoming stronger the more they gather together, so even simple attacks would not work on the Crushiers, who had become a cluster themselves.
‘Even if it does get through, it will be completely restored by the newly emerged entities.’
Since the wounds did not regenerate, but rather the dead entities fell off and new entities took their place, Hela’s “Annihilator”‘s regeneration suppression power was of no use.
Well, if she takes her time, she might be able to get rid of him on her own…
‘There’s no need to go back like that.’
Hesperon shrugged and slowly stretched his left arm forward.
That’s why I came all the way here instead of going back right after the search was over.
The dark spirit used for the search could not be used.
It was too much power for him to handle, so he needed a cooldown period to stabilize it for the time being.
‘But for now, this is enough.’
The problem now was that there were so many densely packed monsters that it was impossible to pinpoint the location of the nuke.
So first of all, it was necessary to reduce that number as much as possible···.
‘If we’re just looking at firepower, this is the best!’
As the crosshairs rose in “Machine Inside: Calicas,” all sorts of figures, such as distance, wind speed, and humidity, flashed by in a complex manner.
The Dragon Heart, the core of the Titan, began to heat up and its energy slowly began to build.
“Ion Cannon Load.”
It didn’t end there.
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge metal structure rose and rippled near his left shoulder.
A large gun barrel protruding from the “subspace storage” was combined with the titan on the left arm.
Crunch— crunch!
Howard had recently completed the final weapon of war by mobilizing all of his special abilities—the Dragon Heart embedded in the center of the ‘Ion Cannon’, and the Titan’s circuits began to resonate with each other as they connected.
Woohoo!
A weapon that cannot or should not exist in this world, imbued with the power of the “technological revolution” and where compliance and disregard for the laws of Auterica coexist.
A tremendous amount of energy was concentrated inside it, and a ray of destruction that would destroy civilization leaked out from the large port.
And finally.
“Fire!”
From heaven to earth.
A huge pillar of light descended.
***
Kukukung—!
Hesperon was not the only one to launch an attack.
A realm of death spread across the area, causing all monsters that touched the ground to melt away at once, and as soon as it was replenished, a cold storm of blood ground everything down to a handful of blood.
With the addition of a giant monster covered in madness and even a dragon spitting out its breath, it was only natural that Crushire’s massive body, unable to keep up with its regeneration speed, began to shrink.
[—————!]
Of course, he didn’t stay still.
As if to claim that his newfound power was not limited to just taking out monsters, he used various means to counter the onslaught.
By activating the existing six magic eyes that have become stronger at the same time, mixing up space, or spreading the contamination of the abyss through monsters’ self-destruction.
but.
[Kuhahahaha… Using the instant death magic eye in this place. I guess it really looked quite funny.]
“Foreseeing the future… It’s not just about peeking into cause and effect. It’s definitely a troublesome power.”
“Hahaha! It tickles! It tickles!”
[Knock knock knock! The air is not good, why are you so persistent!]
Even if the opponent was bad, it was too bad.
They are formidable enemies that are not easy to face one-on-one.
But since they were joining forces and attacking together… and since they were beings with one mind and moving as one body, there was no way I could endure it.
[—————!]
Then, Krushier, who had shrunk to the size of a dragon, cried out in resentment.
It’s as if they’re saying let’s fight one-on-one fairly rather than cowardly.
Of course, Hela, who had nothing to bow to, didn’t even blink an eye.
“What’s wrong? That’s not all. Surely that’s not all? After sacrificing yourself?”
The man who had been roaring loudly at those words that seemed to mock her glared at her fiercely.
His eyes were burning with more anger and hatred than when I first saw him, and they flashed with murderous intent.
[···Okay! Since it has come to this, I will definitely tear you to pieces and kill you, even if it means giving up the last piece of me!]
And then, as if it were a lie, the growling that had been going on until now burst out from him in a spit-like roar.
The change occurred immediately after those words were spoken.
Saaaa—
As if he had been waiting, the feeling he gave off changed.
[Hmm? This is···.]
The first to react was the Immortal King Hans.
An aura that was deeper than the abyss and darker than pitch began to flow out from him, something I had encountered once before.
An ominous aura that stimulates the “Immortal Heart” that resides in his chest.
Harley, who had the “Seed of Madness”, also felt it.
————!
I felt eyes on me.
An incomprehensible gaze coming from beyond that body that had become a passage into the abyss, not a Crusier.
The atmosphere distorted and exerted its force as if the world itself was trying to exclude its existence, but it was not enough to stop the being who had paid a just price and descended.
‘···I see. Well, there’s no way someone who wants to rule the world would have sacrificed everything.’
But that was just a little while ago.
The last one who was pushed to the limit eventually gave up and threw everything he had away.
With the sole intention of making Hela, the mastermind behind this incident, his companion.
And that would have been a wish that was consistent with the understanding of ‘that being.’
Swish—
The connection is becoming stronger and stronger.
It was impossible to interrupt it before it was completely finished.
As if it was originally decided that way.
‘Is this dangerous?’
Of course, that state won’t last long.
However, the opponent was a being of the highest level of deity who rebelled against even the Lord.
Even if they were imprisoned in a ruined state, that short period of time would be enough to cook a few who were just beginning to blossom with the seeds of divinity.
‘Tch, it would be better if we all leave before the time limit ends…’
The moment he seriously considered a solution to overcome this situation.
Her body flinched.
‘Wait a minute, what could this be···.’
A pair of eyes moved quickly, as if reading something floating in the air.
Soon a faint smile appeared on his lips.
《Your influence as a Demon King expands. The entity’s existence becomes more distinct.》
《The karma held by the entity has reached a critical point.》
I felt it.
Just now, I realized that I had crossed a line.
As if to prove it, messages began to come in one after another.
《Achievement achieved! You have become the ‘Demon King’, the demon lord who rules the Demon World.》
《You have ended the war that has lasted for a long time and become the true leader of the Demon World. As a reward, you will be granted the special privilege “World Invasion.”》
《You have achieved an achievement and made a great impact on the world. Karma increases additionally.》
Even while Hela was here, Helheim’s influence was expanding smoothly.
No, rather, it could be said that it was because of this crisis situation that it was able to settle in even more quickly.
Since all of the competing Demon King candidates had fallen from their horses, the current result was almost like it was already decided.
It just took time for the demon tribes of the underworld to properly recognize that fact.
‘Maybe it was still a little lacking, but Masin paid for it in advance.’
Given this exquisite timing, that was also a very likely guess.
Of course, that wasn’t what was important now.
Now that you’ve finally officially ascended to the throne of the Demon King, isn’t it more important what you can do?
‘Ah, now I understand. Why didn’t Masin react at all until now?’
I could understand it after becoming the Demon King.
What did Masin give up for the sake of drinking?
Why was the Demon King’s position so important in this demon world?
‘The existence of the Demon King was the beginning and the end of the rule of the Demon World.’
God cannot arbitrarily interfere with the affairs of the lower world.
Although less so than Jushin, Masin also has such restrictions.
However, he felt the need for active intervention in the world, even if only to keep the imprisoned god in check, and so he created a way to bypass the restrictions.
“I am Hela, the 16th Demon King of the Demon World.”
That being is the Demon King.
He was the messenger of the Demon God, who was entrusted with most of the administrative authority over the Demon World.
‘Well, I guess there’s a limit to that. Like the 15-year-old who lost everything because of his greed and trolled.’
The ‘world’ was in Hela’s hands.
It wasn’t to the extent that it dominated the surrounding area like before.
According to her will, the entire world, the Demon World, came together and became a giant sword.
As I had been accustomed to the power of the “Demon King” for a long time, it was hard to believe that I had just acquired the qualifications because my control was so perfect.
“You, Crushier, who disturbed the order of the Demon World—”
The target was Crushier, whose descent had not yet been completed.
Of course, no matter how far in advance you made a reservation, if you didn’t have the money to pay, you couldn’t buy anything.
“—Execute.”
Just after the world was turned upside down like that.
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A new scar has appeared, intersecting with the scars that crossed the sky of the Demon Realm.
