013. Barnyard Skirmish (2)

The timing of the empty house heist was really exquisite.

Arachne, who can be said to be the second in command of the legion, gathered all available nutrients, raised thousands of wasps, and went on an expedition. Now, the troops in the colony were only a few newborn queens to supervise work, worker insects, and jellyfish.

If the burglar had arrived just 3 hours late, the 3-species set of spiders would have greeted this damn intruder with both hands and both feet, but the only spiders that were waking up little by little were soft young individuals that hadn’t yet molted.

Most of the intruders were of the lower aristocracy, but there were only a few hundred.

It is normal to never aim for this place when the original colony is working very well.

Wow!

Kihehehe!!!

The young spider that grew up eating the mucous membrane screamed as it was brutally trampled to death by the demon commandos.

As all the new queens who were supposed to give proper command were assassinated by one person, the jellyfish with low intelligence could not respond properly, and a disaster occurred in which all the large eggshells submerged in the mucous membrane were destroyed.

The hive turned into a horrific massacre.

-intruder! defense!

Now the last jellyfish in the colony showered with venom, trying to stop the assassin from destroying the chain of command.

However, the blonde-haired man who exudes a graceful angelic feel, no, actually the leader of the intruders, the Demon Duke, saw the jellyfish’s last attack and responded by simply frowning and extending his hand once.

[These are really filthy tribes.]

A magic shield was created that tightly surrounded the Demon Duke, and the venom poured out by the jellyfish flowed down the shield without being able to block the intruder.

-Difficulty.

―This is difficult.

When the jellyfish’s venom bombardment didn’t work at all, the jellyfish made a last attempt to fend off the intruder with its tentacles.

[It’s really disgusting.]

The demon duke looked at the jellyfish flying towards him with a bunch of tentacles wriggling towards him, then waved his hand again after making a very disgusted expression.

Geeing-!!!

The surrounding air became hot and began to fluctuate, and soon a huge magical arrow was created in the air in front of the duke.

[I don’t understand at all. Where the hell did these guys come from?]

An arrow of magic that flew along with an indifferent monologue.

Pew-!!!

The jellyfish hit by the arrow caused a violent explosion in the air.

The entire chain of command of the colony was completely killed by a fireworks display in the air from biothermal balloons filled with huge amounts of hydrogen gas.

[This… … It is a species that is truly dangerous.]

The demon duke muttered as he looked at his subordinates who were destroying the hatchery and the huge colony of demonic plants that began to grow covering the colony.

Colonies left behind by these bugs will now be used to craft new consumables.

[It would be difficult if these guys go to another planet.]

The Demon Duke felt an instinctive sense of danger from the moment he witnessed them.

This hideous race of bugs had a command system that combined both prolific fertility and intelligence, and fully grown individuals possessed strength comparable to the consumables they use as an army. Even the growth rate was ridiculously fast.

In other words, if these bugs advanced into space, they would eventually become their own powerful ‘rivals’.

These guys had to be knocked out quickly before they sprouted.

[The powerful spirit that controls these bugs is still felt. However… … Where is he?]

The demon duke intended to assassinate the ruler of this dangerous race no matter what. So they abandoned their first base and came here giving up support for the region that will become the most important next base in the future.

It was a lot of damage.

The humans of this world already have a small population, but all of them are fighting weapons equivalent to lower nobles, so they are having a hard time occupying it, but if they are pushed further because of these bug corps, it will be difficult to work.

If things kept going this way, the Duke might eventually have to get his hands off the planet.

[…] … What should I make an excuse for to the devil.]

If the plan is disrupted, the demon king will be angry.

No matter how powerful the demons are in the duke’s position, it is never easy to receive the demon king’s wrath.

However, it was still unclear where the ruler of this army of bugs was. It is evident that one ruler controls all of these objects, but there is no sign of him anywhere on earth.

‘Are they hiding underground or deep in the ocean?’

The duke ordered hundreds of vassals to follow him.

[This ugly race of bugs must be completely eradicated. find Search wherever you can, whether at the bottom of the sea or deep in the earth. Searching this planet like a tooth! Be sure to find the one who controls these hideous bugs!!!]

I will eliminate their rulers and reclaim their lost lands.

Paaah-!!!

The moment the Duke contemplated such a thought, he suddenly heard a burst of air nearby.

The eyes of the duke as well as hundreds of viscounts and baron-class vassals all turned to the source of the sound.

Standing there was a man wearing the loose uniform of the natives of this planet, but clinging to his body in reddish clothing, plus a weapon that could only be thought of as a [Holy Sword].

[…] … holy sword? Why is the holy sword here?]

A tremendous amount of life began to emanate from the Duke’s body.

The sword that man held in his hand, that was the damned thing that was once held by the young apostle who would not be able to tear it apart and killed it.

‘… … What the fuck?’

In the meantime, Kang Jin-hyeok, who thought that the duke-class might appear on the battlefield, returned to the northern colony, which he judged to be the ‘safest place’, and felt the sky around him turn yellow as his spine felt refreshed.

In a word, Kang Jin-hyeok is now fucked.

‘Why is the peacock here?’

He had the feeling that he had been in a similar situation before on a hot planet full of creepers.

‘… … Let’s bounce.’

[‘Bullet Man’ is activated.]

Was it because he thought that such crappy things would happen again and again when he came to the north?

Kang Jin-hyeok started running with all his might, this time towards the opposite planet’s South Pole, without looking back.

[Catch that bastard first!!!]

With the exclamation of the duke who witnessed the [Holy Sword], demons of various classes, from knights and barons to counts, began to pursue a man with all their might.

* * *

―Colony, scorched earth.

– Mugwort, mugwort field.

-death. all death.

―Flowers, flowers appear.

… … Shit, this is a bit of a self-esteem situation.

While Arachne tried to rob an empty house with all her might, my empty house was also robbed amicably.

If I inadvertently implanted the main body of the Hive Mind into the planet, I would have been really fucked up.

Anyway, this is something I should have prepared in advance. However, I didn’t plant any thorn tentacles at all in the empty colony, thinking that there would be no special variables.

In any strategy game, defending your base is very important. But I just trusted my prediction and neglected it.

Above all else, I never thought that duke-class demon with a heavy butt would move directly.

The duke-class demons are giants that correspond to the level of the ‘commander-in-chief’ of the expedition that came to attack the dimension, so they are originally very heavy-ass. Since I don’t usually show up in person like this, I was in a situation where I completely ruled out the idea of defending my base.

If I had continued to pay attention to this, my intuition would have warned me of something, but I hadn’t even thought about the existence of a duke, so I didn’t even get help from my intuition.

Of course, the story that the Duke-level demons lifted their heavy hips and moved directly means that their situation is very bad.

【… … Arachne. How is the situation going?]

―Lord, as you instructed, all the flowers of the Asmodians will become the mucous membrane of the hatchery.

【In addition, set up a new colony. Eat them all.]

―I see, my lord.

Now that it’s like this, let’s swap houses with each other.

… … My mentality was a little bit cracked, but if we put it very coldly, we benefited more from this exchange.

【We are also confident in eating firsthand. Produce spiders as soon as they are ready.]

The Pandemonium plants that covered the entire continent are an excellent source of nutrients for raising legions. And the production efficiency of the corps, whose genes I worked hard to improve, should have been much better than that of those long-consuming and wasteful offspring of the demons.

It seems that this is rather a blessing in disguise.

The field of flowers they left behind was so vast that now, if you really use the nutrients from both sides, you’ll have enough ingredients to make an army of ‘billion units’ in an instant.

The result of moving the headquarters together was an unintended but perfect victory for me.

– Ruler, the demons’ offensive is gradually decreasing.

―Over there, the ‘humans’ are attacking the demons.

Let’s see.

The front yard of this planet is also the atmosphere I protect after all.

The attacks of the low-level demons were now calming down, and just as the masters came out from the surrounding cities and beat them in the back of the head, a more comfortable situation was developing.

I don’t think you need to worry any more here.

Now is the time to start playing the rich, not the poor containment.

【New Queen.】

-Speak, lord.

[Enough of playing Sunken Defense, and you should also pick up an army of spiders.]

―I will carry out your orders, my lord.

Now that the enemy’s head, which is difficult to see, has appeared on its own, there is a higher chance that this game will end blandly if it is removed.

He’ll probably be around the northern colony to protect his last stronghold. While the game is over, it seems that the time has come to go catch the Demon Peacock.

【Leviathan, let’s go down to the ground now.】

―Woowung ~ 꾸 꾸 ~ !!!

Leviathan descended rapidly from ‘geostationary orbit’ overlooking the front yard, emitting a cool whale cry in hive consciousness.

An army of billions to end the duke and his offspring also began to be conceived at the same time in thousands of hatcheries.

* * *

When they finally defeated that damned demon corps that constantly harassed them, the leader had no choice but to fall into very serious trouble.

The heads of each sect surrounding him were asking him to make the biggest decision that would influence all the moves of the cities in the future.

“Sir.”

“… … .”

“Professor, are you going to leave those monsters alone?”

“… … I don’t know.”

Taesik Jang’s face looked a little more tired than usual as he was alone dealing with the rather strong guys who suddenly jumped out of the cracked space.

He was staring at the grotesque and hideous beings in the distance, thousands of buildings or living beings.

“Master. We are already ready to give our lives for the city we have lived our entire lives in and for our future generations who will be responsible for the future.”

“… … Whoa, that’s difficult.”

Are those the ones to attack?

The gooey gray mucous membrane that flowed out of the colony of those hideous creatures was now pushed right in front of their own city. It was self-evident that if this continued, their city would surely be buried in this mucus.

But, obviously, those creatures had never given themselves a ‘first attack’. That is to say, if they are left alone, coexistence may be possible.

“But, sir, if there is no land, there is no grain.”

“That’s right. We have to get it back somehow.”

Jang Tae-shik frowned.

Hundreds of thousands of demons who had tormented them to death all gathered and attacked the colony of monsters that were not penetrated.

“… … By crashing into it, you are dragging many masters to their deaths.”

“Sir, soon all the warehouses in the city will be empty.”

“… … .”

“Many will starve. There is no hope of getting over this winter now. No matter how many sacrifices it takes, we will never give up that land for future generations.”

“… … .”

“If the absolute power of magic does not step forward, we will attack even among ourselves. Are you just watching? Please help.”

“Ha, let’s wait a few days. ‘He’ will make the decision.”

The teacher was on the side of watching the situation for now.

‘He didn’t have the heart to hurt us.’

The back of the man who turned a demon baron into blood and disappeared riding a strange creature continued to flicker in the head of the leader, Jang Tae-shik.

Clearly, that man must have been the leader of that group of monsters and at the same time the Son of Heaven sent down from heaven to save a nation in crisis.

‘No matter what we do, it will be of no avail. It depends on his choice.’

Of course, the heads of other clans don’t seem to think so.

In their eyes, that colony is just a dangerous entity that blocks their harvest. They had already completely forgotten that they defeated the demons with the help of those creatures.

In fact, the shape itself was formed was much more terrible than the creatures of that colony than the demons.

Seeing the giant clawed spiders cutting up the corpses of demons as well as the corpses of dead warriors and bringing them to the colony, anyone could see that this was a new invader following the demons.

“… … good. I don’t know who the ‘he’ the headmaster is talking about is, but first of all, I’ll end the 3rd day out of respect for the oldest leader. Even if the religious leader is the only martial god of this era, I hope you will respect the choice of the majority.”

The moment Tae-shik Jang, the leader, managed to persuade them to buy time and let out a sigh, an unusually huge cry was heard from afar tearing the air.

After a while.

“Go, it’s a whale!!!”

A flying whale of an unbelievable size appeared from the sky, and soon the clear sky, where many of the demonic clouds disappeared, turned black again.

Covering all sides with darkness, even blocking out the sun, was an army of jellyfish transports clinging to countless escort wasps and spiders.

―Woowung ~ 꾸 꾸 ~ !!!

The mouths of those who watched in real time the majesty of the corps that even covered the sun widened.

“… … Oh My God.”

And in front of them, a man with mysterious golden eyes appeared.

It wasn’t difficult for people to realize that Lee Ji-ja was the ‘he’ the cult leader said.

【You guys, don’t be mean and stay calm.】

After such a short speech, the man began to move north, leading a large corps in the billions that followed him.

Having eaten the resource-rich front yard, all that was left was to sweep it away like a storm with an explosive amount.