108. Defense games (2)

At the moment when an enormous explosion of divine power hit the fortress, there were no sentences that could be completed other than just harsh curse words from the mouth of the demon commander.

“… … damn it.”

The Contract Knights and their fortress, which they had painstakingly summoned, were almost disintegrated without being able to use them properly.

In between the ruins of the destroyed fortress, the fragments of the contract knights’ bones and armor were floating around like a huge cloud.

Even the Demon Commander, who had always shown the coolness of a commander, could not hide his bewildered expression.

“Does such a strong apostle exist in the world?”

The power that the opponent showed was a level that could not be seen from the existing apostles, and was literally beyond the devil’s imagination.

He had never imagined that he would destroy not only contract knights who had never been defeated in past wars, but also the fortress that no other heroes could approach, let alone destroy.

Of course, the loss of the fortress and the knights was not a fatal blow to him.

Although they lost most of their available power, those strong demonic contractors were able to resurrect after a certain period of time because they were deprived of death by mortgaging their souls.

Likewise, the destroyed fortress was created by the power of the demon commander, so it could be created anew by gathering the power needed for reuse.

The problem was elsewhere.

“… … How can an apostle have such strong power?”

The Demon Commander could not understand where on earth such an ignorantly strong man had come from.

At this level, I wonder if the enemy has already reached ‘the realm of god’, just like the Lord of Destruction.

“… … That’s enough of a foul.”

Even thinking about it, the apostle in the enemy camp was so strong that it was difficult to do anything with only one person’s power.

“It’s hard alone.”

He was so strong that it was confusing whether he was an apostle of God or a real god wearing the mask of an apostle, and it was at the level that all of the 72 demon lords who were summoned after recovering their strength had to come out and catch them.

Besides, the Demon Commander’s strength is not in his strong personal strength, but in dealing with forts and troops and engaging in large-scale engagements with enemies, so he couldn’t come up with a good strategy to deal with him alone.

Therefore, if you think rationally, it was not a very good choice to keep attacking unreasonably now.

“However… … .”

However, he cannot easily give up the operation.

“It takes a lot of strength to summon other demon kings.”

In a situation where they had already reached the enemy camp, which was fragrant like a desirable fruit, there was no time to leisurely wait for the fortress and the resurrection of the contract knight.

At this point, the only 72 lords who came out of the world, the Demon Commander, had a mission to open the gates of hell and summon his colleagues as soon as possible.

“In order to complete the ritual quickly, we have no choice but to occupy their world. Deliver to all fortresses.”

Above all, to go back like this, his body and mind’s pride had already been damaged.

“Keep marching.”

Somehow, it seemed that the upcoming battle would be more difficult than ever for the Demon Commander.

“Even if I die here… … .”

For the first time since becoming the commander of the demons, he uttered words of readiness for death.

“Enough dark power and… … I will definitely take his balls.”

It feels like there’s a strange wish in the middle of a serious death resolution, but anyway, it was the most important goal for the demon commander.

* * *

“Jiwoo, he’s moving again.”

Borrowing the hive consciousness sight of the corps units scouting the empty space, the man watching the battlefield said with a serious expression as always, grabbing a lot of poop.

“Hey, I don’t know what you’re looking at.”

“… … .”

Of course, I am the owner of that unit, and I also directed this reconnaissance route.

“Don’t just stare blankly, go and eat something.”

“… … in this situation?”

“Hey, let’s eat some rice and fight. Even my friends on the ground told me not to starve because I was nervous.”

The enemy’s fortress, which flew through space, soon approached the corps’ mother castle, where a large army was infested.

Of course, he seemed to have an idea of his own, and he didn’t ignorantly lower his fortress on Nemesis and showed a move to just pass by.

“Sort out the troops.”

-I will obey the command of the ruler.

Of course, I had no intention of letting him through unscathed, so I opened a portal to attack the fortress and started releasing troops.

Giant squids led the way, followed by jellyfish with troops hanging behind them, and a large swarm of wasps to escort them, jumped into the cold space and started flying toward the enemy fortress.

After a while, the cold space became a mess due to chunks of black power fired from catapults and various toxic acidic liquids spewed by legion units.

The venom drops sprayed by the jellyfish clumped together in a round shape, and it felt like watching an airborne creature attack in a game.

“My true… … After living a long time, there are days when I see space battles.”

The old manager looked at the enemy’s stronghold, which was instantly covered with poison, and looked really ridiculous.

“Hey, isn’t this the kind of sight you only see in novels or movies?”

“I agree.”

In fact, I felt the same way, but the only beings who could fight a battle on this scale were probably the devil commander who operated a fortress of power that allowed free movement throughout the world and me, who had a large corps unit. that’s it

“Hey, but it doesn’t have any effect? Isn’t this a waste of units too much?”

As the manager said, it looks pretty fancy on the outside, but when you look at the battle, it was a situation where the troops were pouring in as if hitting a rock with an egg from the corps.

That fortress was so filthy that one wondered what kind of ability it was made with, so it was hard to scratch even with the venom bombardment of the corps units, while the large-scale units were easily melted away by the wide-area catapult attack.

“no. It’s not a waste.”

“… … Well?”

Of course, I didn’t put in a large force of troops for the purpose of shooting down that fortress in a flashy way like the manager.

“Well, I just need to buy time for the kids to eat. Right now they are doing a great job for our mealtimes.”

“… … crazy. Are you throwing away that many units to make time to eat?”

“Well, if you die, you just have to make it again.”

“… … .”

Since this is the home base of the Legion, which has more hatcheries than any other region, it was not too late to replenish the army even if it exhausted its forces like this.

In addition, there were so many troops that were playing in the old mother castle nearby that they kept sending units through the portal, so there was no shortage of troops or anything to regret.

“I can’t use the troops, so I’m leaving behind. At this point, those whose performance has deteriorated significantly due to aging should be changed once.”

“… … You always show more than I imagined.”

“No, even the elders always show me more than I imagined. Raise a beggar in your stomach? Eating tons of that tasteless chocolate in an instant? Aren’t you tired?”

“… … Do you dare to denigrate the divine taste of this chocolate?”

I wonder if this nobleman’s ignorant divine power comes from the chocolate, which boasts a strange taste.

Without that, there can’t be a nobleman who lives only on chocolate and alcohol… … .

“Me, Ji-woo? When will we deploy our troops?”

Like this, while we were having a bit of fruitless talk for a while, the Lord of Guardians, who had been quietly eating his meal, quietly intervened.

“Oh, you can send it now. Please let me loosen up beforehand.”

“Well… … Will it?”

“Well, don’t report to me individually, do it yourself.”

Yes.

The corps still has a secret power that has been hidden without showing its strength to the enemy… … .

“Guardian troops are dispatched.”

A large portal connected to the pond of the beginning opened, and beautiful winged reptiles began pouring out of it.

This is the legion’s guardian race that has been guarding the pond for a long time, and a variant dragon that uses psionic energy rather than magic like the legends is finally put into operation.

“Five… … Guys, look over there.”

I don’t know why, but the administrator who fanatically loves powerful reptiles called dragons was very excited.

“It’s a dragon! It’s a white dragon! Wow! cool!”

“… … Elderly. Is that a line very reminiscent of what the red-haired lover of the main character said on the first page of a famous novel?”

“Hey, doesn’t that also have a dragon in the title?”

“… … .”

Dragons belonging to the legion race were not the kind of existence that the old manager knew, but he was so innocent that he liked them, so I decided to leave the manager alone.

At this point, even I, who is not very curious about other people’s past stories, wonders why this nobleman is so obsessed with the existence of a dragon.

“Now, let’s start with basic bombing.”

The moment she finished speaking, the dazzling beams of light from the dragons began bombarding the Demon Commander’s fortress.

The attacks of the Legion dragons were on a completely different level from the bio attacks of the Legion units in terms of range and destructive power, and thanks to this, each time the attack hit one by one, the fortress began to fluctuate greatly as if it had met a storm in the ocean.

Watching with satisfaction as several catapults and numerous demon soldiers were thrown into the void without being able to overcome the wild recoil, the Lord of Guardians threw out these words with a very curious expression.

“Well… … Is there any medicine for motion sickness for the demon commander?”

“… … .”

It’s clear that this woman isn’t normal either, seeing as she takes these crazy jokes so seriously.

* * *

The Demon Commander felt as if he had been hit hard in the back of the head, and the shaking of the fort made him sick to death.

“They are a race that was wiped out in the past war… … This is a situation I really don’t understand.”

It was to be expected that a huge number of legionnaires would block the fortifications and hinder the advance by constructing meat shields.

However, they never expected that those in the shape of ‘dragons’ would appear in large numbers and attack so powerfully.

“Could it be that you are a descendant of a real dragon?”

No matter how much the demon commander wiped his eyes and looked back, those great winged reptiles now returning after bombarding the fort were real dragons that reminded him of past encounters.

“I can’t believe it.”

In his memories of the past, the dragons were the strongest race on earth, with power comparable to that of a moderate apostle from birth, who were reluctant to deal with even the devil.

In past wars, the dragons were scattered and collapsed like grains of sand due to their arrogant nature of not cooperating properly, but if they had a strong leader, the story might have been different.

“The ruler of the legion. Is it because you can’t even control the descendents of dragons anymore? How far is your ability to dominate… … .”

Of course, as long as the pond in the beginning was quietly hiding in a place no one could find, it was completely unthinkable that those dragons were not ‘descendants of extinct dragons’ but a type of ‘corps unit’ created by the will of the first corps ruler.

“… … The damage was great, but the entry was successful.”

Anyway, the Demon Commander managed to get close to his destination while breaking through the persistent interference of the Legion units and the surprise attack of the dragon.

Now his stronghold is situated in a vast desert of desolate sand and gravel stretching all the way to the horizon.

“Something is strange… … .”

The problem is, despite the fact that the demonic stronghold has landed on the ground, I don’t feel the fear and despair that humans here should be sending.

Moreover, it seems that he could have stopped the advance of the forts if he was determined, but in the end, the dragons withdrew and felt as if they had deliberately let them through.

The seasoned commander’s intuition was sending a fierce warning that the situation he was in was very dangerous.

“… … Is it a trap?”

Just at the moment when he said this to himself, the demonic commander’s ears began to hear the sound of a clock ticking fast somewhere in the distance.

“This sound… … .”