027. The main character competes with quantity (1)

“Maximum, have you guys been in the North Pole all along?”

“I can’t stand it unless Garam is here. Even if you take medicine, you will collapse if you go inland.”

“… … Oh, he must have been allergic to chitin.”

The motherland I returned to was the polar region, where the cold earth spread instead of the hatchery’s mucous membrane. Looking at the return magic unfolding here, it seems that Garam Lee and Choi Kang-han walked around these places to find traces of me and continued their research.

The problem is that the polar environment itself is very harsh to life. This is a place where nutrients are very scarce and the activity of the object decreases due to the cold.

That’s why there are no colonies of legions around here. There are only legions fleeing from the demons and the demons chasing after them.

It wasn’t good from the start.

There must be a colony to select troops and assemble the surviving queens to fight the demons, but now it is a situation where the colony has to be completely rebuilt.

【Arachne, expand the colony.】

-I will carry out the order.

As he hurriedly lowered the worker bugs from the Leviathan and started building colonies, Garam Lee seemed to lose his mind at the scent of chitin that filled the room. On the other hand, Choi Kang-han began to see this scene with the crazy eyes of a mad wizard.

“I made a fuss about researching. The real alien species expert was right next to us? Hey Jiwoo, but that’s what I mean. Let me ask you something.”

“… … What?”

“Can you control all of this with dominance based on mind rather than authority? Is that possible with the human mind? Isn’t your body just like an illusion, and the huge brain that was originally dead there?”

… … This baby.

He’s a really scary kid.

“… … Jinhyeok, please explain to them. I am busy.”

Kang Jin-hyeok, who had been watching the situation from the side, began to speak in his characteristic insensitive voice.

“That’s right.”

“… … Crazy, is it something like the real Overmind? Hey, then what is that body?”

“That is an incarnation. Let me explain in a moment.”

Kang Jin-hyeok started telling me stories on behalf of me, who was busy building a colony.

Stories about how I was the sole ruler of this army of spiders, what I’ve been through, what I can do, and how I’ve beaten demons in the back.

“… … spider monster… … .”

The leader, who learned everything about me and the corps, sat down. I don’t know why, but tears welled up in Garam’s eyes.

Um, why is he crying all of a sudden? Isn’t what I’ve been through a new wave drama with a high level of perfection that brings me to tears?

“Hey, Kang Jin-hyuk. Let’s ask something.”

“… … I did everything I could.”

Of course, unlike the leader, the wizard who lost the screw began to stir-fry Kang Jin-hyeok to get more information according to the instinct of a wizard.

“No, then Ji-woo can just make clones now? Infecting demons, infecting humans, and even making a whale monster like that yourself?”

“Well, yes.”

A voice whispered from behind.

“Hey, can you take a sample from the main body without that friend’s knowledge?”

“Do you want to get behind? Then I will do whatever you want.”

“… … ”

“I am also a member of the corps and a follower of that friend. It is unacceptable to touch the ruler of the Legion.”

“… … It’s a sweet pumpkin.”

Well, Kang Jin-hyeok grew up well.

Anyway, that bastard wizard would have to be abandoned unconditionally if it wasn’t for the important role of the return totem. He is the head of a tribe called magicians who can’t predict what accidents will happen and cannot be understood by ordinary human common sense.

If you were to pick the most dangerous baby in human history, that baby would be number one.

“Han Ji-woo, can you win the Demon King in this situation?”

Kang Jin-hyeok, who made Choi Kang-han shut his mouth, asked me with a slight frown. Judging from the feeling of psionic waves coming from this guy’s body, he must have accessed some objects through the Hive consciousness.

Even though he didn’t have control over the Legion, he could at least watch the situation through the Hive consciousness.

“Am I the only one who thinks it will be difficult?”

“… … No, to be honest, me too.”

I shouted very excitedly as I entered the motherhood.

‘Guys, let’s go pick the devil’s head!’

But now, seeing the situation of motherhood with my own eyes, I couldn’t help but think a little differently.

“… … Wow, fuck.”

The sky over the distant horizon is all black.

―Master, more than half of the colony has been occupied by the enemy.

―Most of the controlled entities are dead. We need to recruit quickly, starting with the new Legion Queen.

Borrowing the eyes of a jellyfish, what I witnessed was the Flower Garden of the Demon Realm spitting out all the lower demons, and all that was moving were demons slicing up and eating spiders.

The sky was covered with black clouds of demonic realm emitted from the oval gate, and the ominous light emitted by the purple moon illuminated the land through the clouds. That light was a very powerful buff to the demons.

The number of gates is greater than the number of clouds in the mother planet.

Wow, how much did you pour?

Isn’t this enough to beat all the power of those bastards?

“Looks like it’s already too late.”

“… … No, it’s a bit late.”

In the jellyfish’s field of view, there were scenes of demons in uniforms reminiscent of soldiers of an old communist country leading lower-level objects and destroying colonies.

They are few in number, but at first glance, they are a very powerful demon tribe. Seeing them engulf an army of spiders in black flames with a single wave of their hand, it seemed that each of them was at least above the level of a duke very easily.

Man, those bastards are a real hidden disaster.

Individual power alone is a bit of a nuisance, but the bigger problem is that those uniformed men deal with lesser individuals as efficiently as they would a well-trained army.

After they step out and strike a wide range, the lower-level entities clean up the rest and organize the colonies and corps in a very orderly fashion as if they were going to crush them. Such an organic movement of troops was enough to impress even me watching.

It is horrible. They also had a knack for commanding.

“Were there any bastards like that?”

“These are guys I’ve never seen before. I’ve never seen her dressed like that.”

“Hmm, that means the hidden power of the newly emerged Demon Realm… … No wait, what clothes?”

Something is strange.

Do demons wear uniforms?

“Hey, have you guys ever seen a demon in uniform?”

“… … Uniform? Not a coat?”

“Uniform? Demons dressed like that have never appeared before?”

Usually high-ranking demons don’t wear uniforms. They are aristocrats in their own right, and usually wear cool, bizarre costumes that won’t help much in battle. It wasn’t some kind of medieval aristocrat, and there were all sorts of unusual clothes.

But what is the uniform that reminds me of that general of the army?

“Is that the real power of the demon king? Has that bastard been hiding his power all this time?”

Anyway, the opponent we met was on a different level from the clumsy aristocrats we had met so far.

Those weren’t clumsy fighters relying on their innate strength, but real, well-trained, mighty fighting machines that focused on mechanically crushing the enemy.

“Jiu, it looks like they’re coming right here.”

“I am watching too.”

One of them led tens of thousands of troops and began to approach my colony.

Even if the colony’s activation is over and they try to squeeze out the missing nutrients to recruit troops, it will take at least half a day in the current situation, but at this rate, they will have to flee back to Earth.

【Arachne, change all hatcheries in the colony to thorn tentacles.】

―I see, my lord.

Ah, in the end, it’s another sickening defense battle.

“I have to stop and see… … .”

But if you think about it, it’s not a situation where everything will be solved just because we’re here defending the hive.

Fighting attrition in a situation where their main base was right in front of them was rather like pouring water into a bottomless pot. Already, motherhood was not an environment to train enough legions like Nemesis, so it was no different than wasting time to protect the magic circle heading to Earth.

Then there is only one answer.

Until the colony grows and grows enough to take away the base they occupy, it is a situation where I have to go out and do direct damage to them.

“… … Let’s go to guerrilla warfare. The three of you guard the way. If the magic circle breaks through now, the earth will be in danger, so block it unconditionally. Kang Jin-hyeok, I’ll leave Arachne and the leader’s party behind, so defend this place unconditionally. Follow Choi Kang-han, Lee Gar-am, and Kang Jin-hyeok’s instructions unconditionally.”

“i get it.”

“… … OK.”

“… … Erase it for a second.”

Garam Lee looked up at me with a worried face.

“why?”

“… … You don’t even have the power to return anymore, do you?”

“… … yes?”

“And if you die… … .”

oh, i was a little choked up.

Unlike the madman who is aiming for a sample of the hive mind or the crazy guy who just wants to lead an army, this slender friend was genuinely worried about me right now.

After all, it seems that life was not wasted. Because I have such a normal friend.

Of course, I’m not one to die so lightly.

“don’t worry. i will never die The magic circle is well guarded.”

Soon, a huge whale soared into the sky of the mother planet.

* * *

The human players thought they had gained a lot of information during the last round. Among them, the most well-known content is the ‘composition of the demon society’.

Demon society is usually centered on a small number of nobles who inherited the lineage of high-ranking demons, and their vassals, middle-class demons such as knights, belong to the ruling class, and the rest are mass-produced low-class objects mobilized in war with the working class without a class. .

However, there were also people in the demonic system that mankind did not know about.

Even in the past several attacks, they had never appeared in front of them, so no players knew their identities.

General.

Those who have spent their entire lives on the battlefield are accustomed to commanding large armies as well as wielding powerful weapons. Because the demons had generals, they were able to defend the front line against ‘disaster’, and thanks to their sacrifices, nobles with enlisted soldiers became a driving force to actively carry out conquest projects to help the demon king.

The appearance of such generals on the battlefield was an adventure that increased the risk of treason by summoning powerful warlords at the same time as withdrawing troops from the front line, and it also meant that the demon king was really pissed off enough to take this risk.

[I order the generals in the name of the Grand Duke. An existence that appears to be the ruler of the corps has appeared. The Demon King will give a great reward to the general who catches him.]

The moment the Grand Duke’s order came down, a general who was carrying out an operation to eliminate the corps in the north closest to the polar region led a large army and started heading north.

It had only one goal: to catch their ruler and burn the roots of this infernal spider legion to ashes.

“I catch it first.”

The demon general named ‘Astrada’, wearing an old uniform and holding a sword, was full of confidence that he could be the first to bring the head of the ruler of the corps.

His troops were on a different level from the private soldiers raised by nobles. The subordinates were veterans who had accumulated all kinds of experience against disasters on the front lines.

【stop. Who told you to come into my land without permission?]

When the demon general Astrada lifted her head, she saw a ‘human-looking player’ looking down at her from the air, with a huge whale in the background emitting golden light in the sky.

His impression was well known through the Continent of the already destroyed Goddesses and the Grand Duke.

The one who obstructs the progress of the demons at every step, the author looking down on himself now was the ruler of this hideous spider army.

[Are you the ruler of the corps?]

As the demon general Astrada pulled out her sword, black flames engulfed the sword and prepared to melt everything around.

The opponent is the ruler, and it is unknown how much power he possesses.

It was hard to predict, but it would be impossible to capture the author with at least ordinary soldiers, so the general decided to cut him down with all his might.

[I will take your head.]

The small flames that wrapped around the demon general’s sword soon turned into huge flames spanning tens of meters. As the sword of flame was swung, a tidal wave of black flames aimed at the ruler of the legion embroidered the air.

【Fuck, I threw one away with this. I was really excited… … .]

At that moment, a powerful golden aura burst out from the body of the humanoid ruler of the Legion, pushing away flames.

Of course, this golden aura could not completely block the general’s black sparks. Some of the flames have been transferred to the body of the ruler of the legion, and once ignited, the flames of hell that will never be extinguished until the target is reduced to ashes will devour the body of the author.

Confirming this appearance, the corner of the mouth of the demon general, Astrada, went up.

[He’s weaker than I thought.]

It was then.

The demon general felt his hair stand upright.

[what… … ?]

Kwurrr

The general’s monologue could not continue.

Along with a gigantic thunderstorm that resounded the entire earth and sky, thousands of golden lightning bolts appeared from the sky and attacked the demon forces in an instant like a fierce storm.

【Eat lightning, you bastards.】

At the same time as the ruler’s sneering cry, Astrada and his men were caught in this tremendous thunderbolt and melted helplessly.

However, the body of the legion ruler who was hit by the flames in hell was also melting together.

‘He’s dead.’

Astrada, who had lost consciousness after being pierced by a lightning bolt pouring from the sky, was certain that she had succeeded in reuniting with her enemy because she had set the enemy’s body on fire.

But his confidence was short-lived.

‘… … Oops, the author… … .’

After the completely burned-out ruler of the Legion, a human that looked exactly like him reappeared naked.

‘body… … many… … .’

This was the last memory of the demon general Astrada.

The troops of the demons filling the four sides melted into a barrel, and in a situation where only silence remained, the ruler murmured bitterly.

“Fuck, to think that one incarnation is shattered with every single lightning strike.”

Certainly, this lightning bolt imitating ‘that skill’ from a certain game boasted truly overwhelming power enough to burn up the enemy legions. However, the weak human body could not withstand such a load.

Moreover, using such a large technique with the main body of the hive mind, it also had a high possibility of accumulating damage to the organization, so it was impossible to recklessly attempt it.

“Now that this has happened, it’s the incarnation of the lightning strike.”

That’s why I chose the quantity war, but it was the beginning of a quantity war with a slightly different concept. Rather than hurt the main body, he would just throw away the incarnations one by one and wipe them all out.

“Welcome, is this your first Psionic Storm?”

The ruler of the corps soon spotted the general’s Demon troops approaching the colony from another area, and started moving straight away to give them a thunderbolt.