101. the king (5)

“Baphomet.”

The answer that was supposed to come from the subordinate demon did not come back.

“… … I told you to run away unconditionally if you meet the ruler of the Legion.”

Unfortunately, the subordinate demon was not beaten by the ruler of the corps who possessed the divine power, but was beaten by an unexpected henchman, the Giant Squid.

No matter how weak the demon, the Lord of Destruction thought that he could deal with legion troops enough, so he had no idea that he was attacked by his henchmen.

“In the end, do I have to use up my strength again?”

The Lord of Ruin had to somehow conserve his strength for the great battles to come in the future. Each of the gods and his apostles are truly formidable foes, and no amount of strength should be wasted in order to cut them down.

However, due to the interference of the corps, the supply and demand of power had fallen to the bottom, and there was no way to do anything in a situation where all plans would be in vain if he did not step forward himself.

“Be open.”

The power of the Lord of Ruin opened the gates of Hell wide open once more.

The small door that only small beasts and weak demons could pass through soon began to burn the [Demon King Castle] area with tremendous heat.

“Now, come out.”

A demon spraying unusual energy slowly walked through the widened door.

* * *

Although under the protection of the Legion, as always, humanity had its own organization that gave them a voice.

Of course, this organization was far from the structure in which the world’s peace was discussed and decided through voting resolutions by the ‘World Security Council’ as in the past because the world had changed dramatically.

Now that the manager has appeared and given the system to all mankind, the structure of power has changed to a player who leads a huge PMC (Private Military Company) or has a powerful weapon as its representative.

For players who have emerged as a new power class, the existing national system exists only for name and convenience.

This shift in the power structure of a community has happened before, and has happened before, so it’s no stranger to players who have experienced regression.

However, in the past, the players were busy fighting the dukes sent by the demon king, so there was no time to politicize each other, but now, thanks to the protection of the corps, there was a fairly big difference in that they could fight each other to their heart’s content.

Simply put, this is just bullshit.

“Why are those friends doing useless things like that?”

“They are weak and addicted and have never fought demons and never returned, so they don’t seem to know how scary the world is. Hey, but where’s the time for us to take care of kids like that? Let’s go on a delivery mission quickly.”

“Tsk tsk… … Manager-hyung and the lord of the legion are like poor people who don’t even know how crazy they are… … .”

Of course, the players who are a little older now, were really busy moving with the corps, carrying out delivery missions, and building new pioneer cities while doing inefficient politics.

They shook their heads as they watched those who had a rice bowl fight in their hometown and raised various conspiracy theories to the corps.

“Hey, relaying the federation meeting through the system? Shall we just go see this?”

“You say the same thing over and over again, but why are you looking at that?”

“Hey, isn’t the fight where you watch while drinking beer the most fun?”

“… … Indeed it is. let’s just look at this Do you have any dark beer from Horus left?”

Some players who were about to go to work after taking a sweet break in Nemesis’ residential area turned on the system window to watch the ‘fucking rice fight’.

“Wow, look at the oil dripping down those bastards’ faces.”

“If you’re envious, go and do some politics. If you’re strong over there, you’re good at it, right? Even if you fight with them at the same time, you’re at a level where you can win while taking care of them properly, right?”

“Hey, are you crazy? why me? If worn-out guys like us do that, the manager hyung will insult us.”

Anyway, the fairly familiar conference hall caught on the system relay screen was now transformed into a place where players who were supposed to represent mankind were sitting and shouting furiously at each other.

This phenomenon was a phenomenon that naturally appeared when those who had been given the system to tear down mountains and split the sea could not find a place to use that power, greedy for power.

“Okay, now that everyone has gathered, let’s start the meeting. This is the first item.”

The person who came out to conduct the meeting was one of the more successful players, but he sighed heavily as he looked around at the ‘representatives far better than himself’ who were seated tightly together.

‘Today, please let’s go safely.’

This was a place where troublesome issues would soon come up, and heated arguments would ensue before a proper voting process could proceed.

It would be fortunate if this ended in a simple verbal fight, but there are also representatives who sometimes boast of each other’s power and form a radical atmosphere, which is more troublesome.

“About improving the unreasonable relationship with the Legion, the Administrator still has no answer. In response, the Human Union protested against the Legion that exploits labor and drives players to death and the manager who turns a blind eye to it, saying, “We will now cut off manpower support for the Corps and punish support personnel, and will not receive their help in the future.” I want to discuss the agenda for ‘not going to’… … .”

It happened before the presenter’s long and lengthy speech was even finished.

“Hey, what bullshit are you guys talking about so hard right now?”

The empty space parted, and the scene of a man with bloody golden eyes slowly walking out was broadcast all over the world through cameras installed here and there.

“yes? You bastards who eat expensive food, what kind of bullshit are you talking about so seriously?”

A man with a fishy smile brimming with madness appeared for the first time on the podium of the Human Alliance, boasting such a splendid force.

Of course, those who know Han Ji-woo well would have known that today he is wrinkling his eyebrows unnecessarily and raising the corners of his mouth much more unnaturally than usual.

“Fuck, come forward to the bastard who is dissatisfied with me.”

However, the representative players of the Human Union, who did not know his true nature, had only one thought popping into their heads at this very moment.

‘… … Fucked up.’

In the hands of the legion ruler who was glaring at them now, a long sword that seemed to cut through anything it touched was emitting a ‘golden aura’.

“Hey, there you are.”

In the conference room, filled with awkward silence as no one spoke first, hiccups began to be heard here and there as the tip of the legionnaire’s sword pointed at someone.

Many of them have had the experience of spouting bad things about the Corps in order to gain their own interests.

“Ooh, you’re the son of a bitch who saw Legion and said it was the work of the Nazis, right?”

The color of the face of the representative of the player who was directly pointed out by him was reminiscent of pure white Korean paper.

“I am this baby from you.”

At that moment, the floor of the meeting hall cracked and the spiders that they had ‘seen only on the screen’ appeared and began carefully tying players who were trying to sneak away with spider webs.

“The bastard who runs away from here is in my hands.”

Recurring players who watched this scene through the relay saw the powerful action of the corps leader and let out a cheer as if they were watching a soccer match and leaving at the same time, just like when the team they were rooting for scored a goal.

* * *

The guys who brought up the bad agenda about the Legion, saying that it was the work of the Nazis and the children of the devil, were now very friendly, with their heads on the floor and shivering.

This scene was being broadcast to all mankind in real time through large media outlets and player systems, so I didn’t do anything rash like wielding [Xcalibur].

There was no need for me to show a coercive performance of killing a fellow countryman while dirtying a legendary weapon.

These were people who prided themselves on being quite strong in their own well, but it was a good way to make a stronger impression for them to have their heads humiliated in front of me like this.

“Jiwoo, you’re going to be busy, but do you really need to care about these kids?”

“Ah, old man.”

Here, with the appearance of a ‘god-like being who gave power to the players’, the atmosphere in the hall cooled even more chilly due to the tension emanating from the players.

“It’s not good to hold on to guys who won’t be of much help and put so much effort into it. As you know, all the helpful kids are working hard out there, right? Rather than taking care of these kids, wouldn’t it be better to take care of them more?”

Even in the midst of all mankind watching through the system and media relay, the violent words and actions of the manager did not know how to stop.

The helpful kids the elder said here meant friends who had accumulated a lot of achievements and received the [Infinite Recurrence] power as a gift.

In a word, it was said openly that the players who remained here were ‘those who are of little help in the continuation of mankind’.

―I didn’t know you were greedy for power.

The Administrator, who delivered such powerful vitriol to mankind, put on a faint smile at an angle only visible to me, then drove a wedge.

“You bastards. I left you guys alone because Jiwoo and I are still annoying, but if you keep fighting like this, you know what will happen in the future.”

At that moment, quite shocking messages began to appear one after another in the player system window, which I could also see.

[The Administrator permanently revokes some of the apostles’ abilities.]

At this point when everyone became a player and wielded mighty power, those who had returned to normal people could not overcome the shock of the punishment they had received and cried and begged for their mistakes, or began to pass out one after another.

Of course, the manager, who was quite weak-minded, was trying to be as stern as possible and not to pay any attention to whether the players begged or not.

―Now, my work is done, so take care of the rest.

The manager, who had been garnering attention for a while, left as suddenly as when he first appeared, and now I could feel all of humanity’s eyes on me.

I told them very clearly what the ruler of the Legion, which rules over the largest land in the world, wants from the small world of mankind.

【Guys. I am the king of the world from now on. So don’t fold.]

It’s a line that doesn’t seem like something very much, but anyway, I proclaimed that I became a real proper king who controls all mankind in this way.

And I intended to tell the story of our enemy and the war to come in great detail, as well as stories I hadn’t told before, for the sake of the people back home who, because of the clandestine operation, were still unaware of the details of the world’s goings on.

【Okay, everyone, take a good look.】

Through the portal that opened behind me, a demon with a goat’s head came out, violently spitting hellish flames from its body.

【This is the real enemy we have to fight.】

On this day, the legion and the king of mankind made such a shocking and splendid debut.