107. Defense games (1)

The Devil’s Fortress, which had been devastated by the army’s surprise attack, was regaining its true form through the efforts of the soldiers who were busy repairing the building.

The subordinates who died after being attacked by enemy units are returning to the fortress reborn as stronger demons, sublimating even the pain of death into power in the flames of hell.

“He’s meaner than the devil, but he’s very strong.”

A man gritted his teeth as he looked at the third fortress he had summoned with the power of the devil with eyes full of emptiness.

“Once you’ve taken out the third most powerful fortress, I will take what you value most.”

The Demon Commander was well aware of how great the men stationed in the fortress he had summoned had performed in past wars.

He thought that if these monsters were put into battle, they would be able to take on even the most horrendous forces of the Legion.

“Come out.”

When the door to the third fortress, which had been firmly locked at the call of the demon commander, was opened, there were knights lined up in rows and columns, covering their bodies with full-length armor and shields and holding large swords in their hands.

A black aura reminiscent of the energy charged by a catapult emanated from their whole bodies, and what could be glimpsed through the closed eye sockets of the helmet were the skulls stained black with demonic energy and the eerie glowing red eyes.

“My 600,000 brave knights.”

Basically, demons are beings whose bones cannot remain because they become flames when they die and are scattered and resurrected from hell. So, to put it in a nutshell, these knights made of bones are by no means pure demons.

However, the aura they radiated now was so terrifying that even the demon soldiers from other fortresses turned their heads and averted their gaze.

“You will be in the vanguard. Prepare for battle.”

There was a reason why the demon commander summoned this fortress and was confident of his victory, and why those who were not pure devils had such strong power.

These were the most cherished and elite troops of the demon commander’s troops, and they were a kind of work that he had put a lot of effort into for a long time.

“Those who sold their souls to the devil.”

These knights were the ones who passed on their souls in exchange for the famous ‘Devil’s Contract’, gained strength, and died after achieving what they wanted.

In any world, there have always been people who summon demons and make contracts in exchange for souls, and the demon commander Halpas has created a powerful knights by collecting these people.

“Just like how the apostles and knights were beheaded in the old war.”

In past wars, the Knights of the Covenant went back and forth from enemy camps and cut the heads of countless apostles and heroes.

At that time, the Lord of Destruction was sealed and the ‘war’ was defeated in vain, but the knights led by Halfas were an undefeated knights who had never been defeated in a ‘battle’.

“Go and take his precious thing and bring it to me.”

The power gained by giving away all the opportunities of the next life that one could enjoy in this way was incomparably stronger than paying any other cost.

There were only a handful of people who could face and win against them unless they were really strong at the level of history, and even that victory was a story of whether or not they could win in a ‘one-on-one’ match with this knight.

The fact that there are as many as 600,000 powerful knights who would not easily lose even one-on-one with a hero under God, was the driving force that made the demon commander an ‘invincible commander who never loses’.

Of course, those who were not born devils, but those who took their souls as mortgage and abused them, were very dangerous armed forces.

So, even if the other 72 demon lords knew that these people were strong, they were afraid of rebellion, so they avoided nurturing large-scale groups through contracts.

However, the demon lord in this position was a demon commander who was born with overwhelming charisma and turned demons into soldiers.

The commander knew very well what these people wanted, and he was using this to easily move the mighty knights.

“Those who have cut off its ‘genitals’ or ‘supply and demand’ will give you a chance to escape from the bondage of the contract, depending on your major.”

As soon as the commander’s words were finished, the knights all drew their swords toward the sky and emitted a dark aura while shouting silent cheers.

Those who were bound by eternal contracts, those who recklessly coveted the devil’s power wanted to return to a comfortable rest and the next life that would lead to them in bitter regret, and the clever commander always presented what they wanted as a reward for their performance, drawing their absolute loyalty. .

“All fortresses prepare for battle. move.”

Vowing to avenge his lost sexual identity, the demonic commander, who pulled out his most powerful card, finally began to move these huge and powerful fortresses in unison through his ability to leap.

“Oh oh… … .”

Soon, in the waves of the turbulent space, a pale blue dot began to be seen hidden among the huge legion units swimming through space.

It was like a field of weeds, and it gave off a strong scent of temptation openly, asking the demon commander to come in quickly.

“To think that so many humans exist in one small world… … The fear they exude is very fragrant.”

Demons that prey on negative emotions such as fear and despair can sense the smell of those emotions as if they were indulging in the scent of food.

The world in front of me was unusually densely populated, unlike other worlds, and I felt very vividly that nearly 10 billion humans were living in that small space, jostling with each other.

“A place like this isn’t common.”

It seemed to me that if I could take complete control of that blue world, I could gather enough fear and despair to throw open the gates of Hell.

A really rare world that is hard to find, the goal looked like a very appetizing and deliciously ripe sweet fruit.

“The ruler of the Legion… … .”

The Demon Commander murmured again, gritting his teeth with rage and greed, as he remembered his two goals: the mighty power that the blue world would bring and his revenge on the ruler of the Legion.

“No more petty and mean tricks will work on me.”

The Demon Commander, who lost his reproductive function forever due to that insignificant and despicable trick, issued a massive declaration of war against the Legion ruler.

“You will kneel before the Legion of Ruin.”

* * *

“Jiwoo. Is it really okay to play like this?”

“Hey, if you don’t rest properly now, you won’t have time to rest at all? Don’t just stare at the sky blankly like that, bring me some more chickens. The chicken was fried well today.”

“… … Jiwoo, I’m not kidding. I don’t feel good. I can definitely feel that the dangerous guys are coming right now.”

“No, I feel really good.”

After shattering the enemy’s eggs, I returned home, and after that, I rested very well while watching the blue world hanging like a picture in the sky, eating chickens, and so on.

“Anything, huh? I should do this while taking a break. is not it?”

“… … I can’t understand why you are so relaxed when the world is facing the crisis of destruction.”

“Hey, nitrogen gullet, do you believe in some kind of pseudo-religion? Why are you taking out their repertoire?”

“… … .”

“Stop worrying about unnecessary things and bring some more fried chicken, man. As long as I exist, the world will never fall.”

After a good rest, I saw three giant forts slowly approaching through the cold space through the eyes of the legionnaires and stood up.

Just in time, the manager, who had been away for an important matter, suddenly appeared by my side, perhaps noticing the enemy’s appearance.

“Jiwoo, are spam messages coming from him like bombs?”

“Yes. I saw it too.”

Is it because the devil commander is in the position of a commander who carries out war in his own way?

It continued to send very strange group messages through the system to all of humanity.

「You will kneel before the Legion of Destruction. The ruler of the Legion, cunning and cowardly, equal to the Devil, will die at the hands of the Commander’s army and contractors.”

“There is only one way for you to survive in front of our mighty army.”

“Swear a contract in the name of the Demon Commander and praise the Lord of Destruction.”

As soon as I saw the colorful messages he sent, I couldn’t help but laugh as I remembered a game I enjoyed a lot before.

“Ha, this bastard has a bad back.”

When playing a real-time match against an ordinary opponent, it was very pleasant to see the opponent, who had been completely smeared, swear and tremble while his face turned red like a blush instead of saying ‘GG’ at the end.

In this case, the more harsh and high-level the opponent curses, the more he reveals to me all the humiliation he has felt.

“Thank you for the compliment, you bastard.”

Cunning, cowardly, and even on par with the devil, isn’t that the greatest compliment you can hear from an enemy?

“How are people reacting?”

“Well… … Doesn’t it seem like you’re paying as much attention as expected?”

As the manager said, the people in the hometown didn’t pay much attention to the guy who showed up out of nowhere and sent out strange messages.

Actually, this is thanks to the fact that we laid the groundwork in advance, but I edited out all the scenes where the legion was defeated by the human players, and only released the video of the success of the surprise operation and the egg cracking with [Xcalibur].

“It’s already too late to talk about anything, my friend.”

Thanks to the fact that I posted the victory video first, in the eyes of the players, the demon commander has already become a guy who has been seduced by the legion.

Even if it reappears gritting its teeth, mankind, who already firmly believes that the legion will win, will suddenly get scared and do little to do anything like the ‘contract’ he refers to.

In fact, on the screen that the administrator had left open for me to see, the number of players frightened and making that ‘contract’ was only about a few thousand out of nearly 10 billion human beings.

“Jiu, the rebel bastards are confined right in the tower.”

“Ah, don’t report that, the elders will take care of it.”

And the moment these guys showed signs of betrayal, they were immediately released by the administrator to a permanently isolated space.

No matter how hard he babbles through his messages, the Demon Commander is unable to stir up infighting within the human race.

“But just in case you don’t know, should I block the message?”

“Ah, old man. Is this bastard blowing it while using their system points?”

“Um, maybe? As you can see, the origin is from a different dimension system.”

“Then let me keep wasting points.”

“Ah, then.”

Moreover, since he is now spending dimensional currency inefficiently on his own, we just have to prepare for a counterattack while watching his shovel work happily instead of having the administrator oblige to block system messages.

“Come on, old man. Have you been bored all this time?”

“It’s finally my turn.”

Oh, by the way, this defense operation was also planned to be carried out in earnest by the manager.

“great. I got permission, so let’s fight openly now.”

We had very good news, but the administrators of each world finally obtained the ‘authority to intervene in world affairs against the Lord of Destruction’ from their high officials.

“My body was itching just watching you guys fight all the time.”

The old manager, who was looking at a fortress approaching from afar, seemed to concentrate for a moment, and then created a tremendous flow of divine power that seemed to shake the land and sky of Nemesis.

“Okay, the explosion.”

After a while, I was able to witness for the first time the scene where the manager, who is usually the second to be saddened by the last year’s sergeant, is really determined and uses his full power.

“It’s art, you devil bastard.”

After seeing a dazzling flash like a supernova appearing in the distant universe, I had to think to myself.

‘Fuck… … What is the identity of this human being?’

With this single attack, the Administrator had very cleanly erased one of the commander’s forts, which was extremely sturdy and had withstood the Legion’s concentrated fire.

His men in the fort were blasted out into the cold, empty space, and they just started to freeze in an instant, hellfire or whatever.

“Hey, is your brother counting?”

I nodded.

This man, he counted so dirty that he lightly transcended the common sense of a real human being.

“But what about the other two forts?”

“yes. That’s it. This cooldown is a bit long… … .”

And from now on, he has become a can of chocolate fuel after exhaustion.

“… … From now on, I will take care of myself.”

Still, the Administrator can be said to have done his part, he successfully destroyed a fort occupied by skeletons, who, quite fittingly, were enemy ‘contractors’ or whatever.

“Come on, you bastards.”

Without those bastards, I’ll definitely win this fight.