012. Barnyard Skirmishes (1)

Late at night, a woman was sitting on the bank of the Han River, pouring a magical drink from a green bottle over herself. There were already seven empty bottles rolling around, and she hadn’t had anything to drink but alcohol lately.

That green glass bottle that reflects the moonlight is ignorant of others and just sparkles endlessly.

“… … Did I become a leader to do this… … .”

“Are you feeling distressed and embarrassed?”

The leader, who hid his strength, blankly looked up at the missing archmage who came to him with both hands full of chicken.

He clicked his tongue as he saw the soju bottles rolling around. This was really, more than himself, never less.

“The real alcoholic was here. Don’t drink on an empty stomach. Drink while eating this.”

The Archmage sat next to her and quietly opened the wrapper of the chicken. Today, it seems that soy sauce chicken, which tastes quite good, is their main dish.

The leader, who hid his strength, stared blankly at the chicken for a while, then weakly picked up a wing and opened his mouth.

“Jiwoo really liked this too.”

“… … .”

“Here, there you are.”

“uh.”

The leader, who hid his power, quietly took out a bomb at his only remaining colleague with his tongue loose.

In her hand was an ominous-looking purple crystal ball.

“The manager gave you an item that will take you to the place where there are traces of Jiwoo.”

“… … Yeah? leader? Did you not hear me?”

Upon hearing the true identity of that ominous item, the pupils of the archmage with the missing screw caused a large earthquake from side to side.

That’s a really dangerous thing.

“… … no wait. Are you there, Garam? Do you know what the hell could be in there?”

“Whatever, there must be Jiwoo.”

“… … .”

“Let’s go find it. Kanghan, you can use return magic, right? Come with me, look for it, and bring it back if you find it. I need your return magic now.”

The archmage who had lost the screw shook his head violently without realizing it, but the leader who hid his power did not change his expression, as if he had already made up his mind to go to ‘there’.

‘Oh, you crazy brother! Why would you give him such a dangerous thing?’

The archmage could feel the horror of that thing with his own intuition as he sincerely cursed at the manager who had done a useless thing.

If you go there, you’re sure you won’t see anything good.

“Let’s just get a drink and go right away.”

“… … .”

And the power-hidden leader with severe ‘chitin allergy’ and ‘arachnophobia’ knows even in his dreams that the Legion’s home planet is home to billions of spiders, an area where chitin has formed a new surface layer of the earth’s crust. I couldn’t even imagine.

* * *

As the gates, the authority of the demon bosses, opened all over the place, all the demons spread across the planet were gathering in one place.

In terms of games, this area is no different from the ‘front yard’ of those friends. It was the most fertile land, the size of China’s territory, which has always supplied enough crops to feed all the people living on this continent, so it was the kind of land that could create many demons like rice cakes.

It is said that the moment they lose this key point, the production capacity of the demon corps will inevitably drop.

I’m trying to steal their front yard right now.

It’s not just them that can unleash explosive productivity when settling in fertile soil, it’s the same with our legion.

I first set up a colony in the north, in a land reminiscent of a taiga jungle, unnoticed by people, but it was not a very nutritious land there.

Basically, the corps must have abundant organic matter resources so that they can be extracted quickly, but there is permafrost with only coniferous trees. Since the main base was poor, the production of corps objects was slow and had no choice but to explode.

Of course, according to the results of the jellyfish reconnaissance, the main base was poor, and the other side was the same.

They had swallowed another continent across the sea whole, but the demonic plants did not bear much fruit there, as if they had already eaten all the nutrients.

Thanks to that, even their production bases are idle for more than half. This is because, like a hatchery, demon plants also create demon objects based on organic matter.

There is not enough resources for each other’s headquarters, but there is only one place to multiplayer.

If I don’t have the ability to open gates like the demon bosses and a drama like dragging all the troops from my home planet doesn’t happen, I can’t guarantee victory due to lack of supplies at the moment I’m pushed here.

Because the Demon Tribe cubs ate them up very frugally, there wasn’t as much organic matter left in this world as expected.

The clash in this region, where hundreds of thousands of demons are flocking to, will soon be the most important match between corps and corps.

If I want to win this game, I must defend this colony rich in organic matter.

[Queen, hold on unconditionally until the corps supplies enough. Lack of spiny tentacles. Plant more!]

– Receive the order of the ruler.

The thorny tentacles, now swollen to thousands, formed a new giant flower bed.

The thorny tentacles I created with all my heart and soul, against hundreds of thousands of demons, stretched out the tentacles like ripe mozzarella cheese and whipped them like a whip.

This terrible hybrid, created by combining the genes of a giant jellyfish with a hatchery, secreted a lot of paralyzing poison unique to jellyfish from its tentacles, and had the power to easily tear apart a low-level demon with a single attack.

Perhaps because of the influence of the game I once enjoyed, it became very similar in appearance to a defense building of a certain race. That’s why it’s ‘thorn tentacle’ from the name.

Tentacles that stretched hundreds of meters at once, slippery with poison and destructive in power, began to erase the fearless demon army from the world.

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

Those who were properly hit by the tentacles had their limbs ripped apart in one shot, and even if they luckily avoided the attack, those who were covered with a large amount of poison flew over and fell to the ground. Asmodians are basically people who can withstand poison well, but this is almost like taking a shower with poison just by being nearby, so there is a limit to holding out.

The panicked demons hurriedly punch the tentacles flying toward them, but

Tae-Aeng -!!!

The tentacles of the jellyfish, which were very fast and the material itself was very soft, did not take much damage from the attacks of the low-level demons. It is said that the only way to kill it is to avoid the flying tentacles covering all directions and to destroy it by giving a direct blow to the main body of the thorny tentacles.

Of course, access won’t be easy.

Not only are the lower classes not so smart, they don’t know how to do anything other than pierce them, and the heavens and the earth are now completely dominated by thousands of ‘thick and long’ tentacles.

Bastards who escaped from that would have to be at least low-class nobles who can use their brains.

【This is a real defense game.】

When I was a player in the previous round, I was the owner of the [Defense Master] authority. And just like this, he was a person who had the experience of fighting a final defense against hundreds of thousands of demons and eventually losing.

When I looked at it, all I could say was that this situation, with thousands of thorny tentacles, was an overwhelming sight that could not even be compared to the authority bestowed by the manager.

A very intense joy is rising from my whole body, which has been playing defense games all my life.

– Lord! The spiked tentacles in the forefront are starting to die!

【Hey, if you die, you can just build more later, right? Jellyfish don’t fire support? Hey, queen, you don’t even give orders, what the hell are you doing? Should I issue a direct order to use it?]

—… … Follow the ruler’s orders.

―Support, support.

―Poison, drop poison!

―My tentacles! tentacle!

-storm! storm! storm!

… … You make fun of the troops, I feel the vacancy of Arachne very big.

Anyway, when the jellyfish started pouring paralyzing poison like a shower, the demons couldn’t even approach the colony properly.

The thorny tentacles are bursting out little by little by some aristocratic demons who approached by using low-level objects as meat shields, but that’s enough if you constantly build additional thorny tentacles.

【Invest all your nutrients only in worker bugs, hatcheries, and spiked tentacles.】

-All right.

Dozens of worker worms, which had just hatched their eggs, immediately removed their legs, secured their bodies to the mucous membrane, and began to swell up.

There are more spine tentacles being built than it takes to destroy them. This line of defense is said to be impenetrable against low-level demons.

I chose to tweak the genes of every individual in the swarm, shortening their lifespan, but also shortening the time they needed to grow. Thanks to this constant research, the Legion has been able to increase the production efficiency of the hatchery by the minute, not by the day or two.

Worker bugs pour out in large quantities when instant curry is boiling in large eggs that have been injected with genetic information. Attack individuals hatch into sub-adults in about 20 to 30 minutes, and ingesting mucous membranes for about two hours was a very sufficient time to shed and become adults.

Now I’m at the level of playing a really slow RTS game.

Spiny tentacles, which in the past would have taken at least two days to grow, have now become objects that can be completed in just seven minutes as long as there are enough mucous membranes to supply nutrients to the surroundings.

If the workers are fertilized and transformed right after they come out, one egg nest will transform into a field of thorny tentacles after 10 minutes at the earliest.

The consumption of the mucous membrane supplied to maintain the stamina of the thorn tentacles is quite large, but anyway, this is a fight that can be won by simply blocking it.

While those ignorant assholes pour all their strength into this place, they will now suffer a very fatal blow that cannot be undone.

【Arachne? Is it still far to arrive?]

―Lord, I began to see land in the distance.

Now Arachne is crossing the ocean.

【Sweep away.】

The moment the demons invading each city confirmed that there was an intruder in their front yard and retreated, I made a very bold decision to achieve a complete victory.

It is to use the most mobile unit, the wasp army, to rob all the empty houses of the demons that have come to guard the front yard.

House robbing is a great tactic that promises victory.

If there are no bastards who have played strategy games among the opposing demons, now the first battle on this planet was enough to predict my easy victory.

-ruler! Colony! Colony!

-intruder!

-Strength! very strong! Got the queen!

【… … what?】

By the way,

I thought there would be a crazy demon tribe scouring my base colony.

What kind of baby are you?

* * *

It was impossible for warlike people on the continent to be left out in such a large-scale fight.

When the people of the city witnessed the scene of a large army of demons attacking the unidentified hideous creatures, they quickly gathered their weapons and rushed out.

Each one of them is a veteran player level skill.

When the demon corps went forward, there was a terrifying colony of thorny tentacles, and when they fell back, the strongmen of the river were running, and they were living in a situation where they were trapped in delicious meat.

“Ha ha ha! I feel refreshed inside!!!”

In the meantime, Kang Jin-hyeok was forming a team with Jang Tae-sik, the leader.

‘That’s not even a person.’

Every time his sword skill flashed, three or four low-ranking demons were simply cut into pieces. In addition, the thousands of subordinates who followed him were wearing black clothes and masks, and they were also doing a really great job, piling up a mountain with the corpses of demons.

Likewise, tens of thousands of men, women, and children who ran out of the city and wore colorful uniforms were all intent on cutting down the demons.

“… … .”

As the situation unfolded, Kang Jin-hyeok completely missed the timing to pull out his sword.

But he wasn’t just playing around. It was because there was a ‘very important thing’ he could do at this time.

“Delivery.”

[Acquired 3 points.]

“Delivery of this, delivery of that, delivery in bulk.”

[Acquired 3 points.]

[Acquired 3 points.]

[Acquired 3 points.]

“That’s a good point.”

Kwaaang-!!!

Kang Jin-hyeok, who had been working hard on earning points by delivering demon corpses, turned his head when he heard an intense explosion that made his ears go blank.

Looking at it, a person who didn’t look like that person was hurriedly dodging the body and blocking the attack of the demons that appeared from the gate.

“… … Whoops, four. Is it a county-class boss party?”

As many as four opponents with the power to push the leader, Jang Tae-sik, appeared on the battlefield at the same time.

“If there are four counts, that means there are dukes somewhere on this planet.”

Kang Jin-hyuk, who had been watching this, finally took out the [sacred sword he used himself as an apostle] from his personal space and gripped it very tightly.

and,

“… … If you make a mistake while staying here, you will be killed.”

[‘Bullet Man’ is activated.]

Paaah-!!!

While blasting sonic booms all over the place, he looked back and started running very furiously.

* * *

Paang-!!!

With all the jellyfish exploding with just one gesture he swung, I could barely see the culprit.

… … fuck.

【… … What’s the sudden mood Ellison?】

A ‘ducal level’ demon boss appeared in my base colony.