046. Legion Upgrades (1)

“This… … Too sweet.”

The man who usually wants to make perfect food, the man who no longer cares about his identity as a player or a professional chef, pondered over the composition of the dessert plate for a long time.

It would be a little boring to serve only pure sweets, and it would not satisfy the taste of the manager who especially likes sweets.

“… … .”

Kang Jin-hyeok pondered like a machine that had stopped working, and finally came up with a very simple combination solution that would satisfy everyone.

“All you have to do is leave the two separate plates.”

Kang Jin-hyeok smiled with satisfaction and hurriedly put on sanitary gloves and put various foods he had purchased at the point shop on a plate.

At that moment, a sudden, urgent will that bordered on screaming came through the hive consciousness.

-do… … Help me!!!

Kang Jin-hyeok stopped adding sweets.

“… … Maria?”

Kang Jin-hyeok is not sure why Maria has a normal mouth and always talks with a group spirit, but thanks to him, he knew the owner of this wave very clearly.

“what… … ?”

The moment he opened the kitchen door and turned his head around, he could see a half-blood demon rolling on the floor in pain, trapped in the black flames emitted by the doll in the form of a shady shadow.

Maria struggled with all her might to get out of the flames.

[Hey, why are you pushing my power away?]

As if the resistance was not to their liking, the shadow stretched out its hand with an annoyed feeling, and the flames burned even more fiercely and began to melt away the magical resistance Maria had created.

The momentum of the flame was so powerful that even the inside of the sturdy building created by the dimensional artisans’ workshop was melted.

“Fuck.”

[‘Chosun’s Sword Master’ is activated.]

Along with Kang Jin-hyeok’s swear words, the [Holy Sword], the holy relic of the manager, ignited a fierce flash that erased the flames and flew toward the ominous shadow without hesitation.

However, the shadow did not show any movement from the spot, let alone avoid the attack.

[Holy sword? It’s been a while.]

As the shadow waved its arm as if it were annoying, this time, the black flames of hell, which were said to burn even the soul, embroidered the air and attacked Kang Jin-hyeok’s body without mercy.

‘shit.’

The moment Kang Jin-hyeok saw the flames emitted by the demon’s shadow, he felt as if everything in the world was slowly regenerating. In that short but long time, Kang Jin-hyeok instinctively realized that he could never block that flame with his own abilities.

death.

Kang Jin-hyeok knew that he would die unconditionally the moment this slowed-down sense of time was released. This eerie feeling was more familiar to him than he thought.

He had already experienced this situation once in the round where he first received the power and started walking the player’s path.

The first round, the breakthrough he chose right before his death.

‘Infinite recurrence… … .’

There is no

Kang Jin-hyeok looked at his system window and was greatly agitated. His eyes quivered like an earthquake.

He was still a member of the state who had been summoned as a hero by [the one who inherited the will of the Legion], and he had completely forgotten about the prohibition of the power that had been placed on him as he was living casually as a cook and a point shop.

Come to think of it, the time spent next to the ruler of the corps, whose powers stumped even the manager, had never occurred to him that he could die.

The last time he remembered that he was dying and tried to use the authority was when he was acting useless in the mother castle of the corps.

At that time, there was an expectation that even the Authority could be used, but now only real dog death is right around the corner.

The terrifying flames of hell, which seem to be colder than anything else in the world but strangely melt everything they touch, are slowly approaching like a video from a high-speed camera.

On the other hand, his own body moving as he raised his sword too slowly, emitting divine power, and the long experience that felt like an eternity in one second aroused a deep sense of despair.

‘… … I should have called Han Ji-woo.’

At the end of that corridor, former demon kings and administrators, as well as monsters far outside the standard of being the rulers of the corps, were infested, but now they couldn’t expect their help.

No matter how great they were, it was unlikely that they would be able to clear away the flames that had begun to wrap around his wrists like tentacles and save him.

The moment the flame touches, death is certain.

He had heard that once this fire started, there was no way to put it out except to die.

However, dying like this is too futile.

‘There will be a way, a way… … !’

Looking at the flames rising up to his forearm, Kang Jin-hyeok felt something intense move inside his body.

“aaa!!!”

The moment he felt that power, force lightning stretched out from Kang Jin-hyeok’s whole body as he burst into shouting, and intense golden waves of power began to burst out like a storm from his eyes.

Faaat-!!!

As the slowed down sense of time returned, Kang Jin-hyeok felt an unknown thrill even in the dreamlike pain of burning his brain.

The scene where the power he exuded pushed the flames created by the demon’s shadow, seen through his gradually blurry vision, was truly fantastic.

‘… … It feels like I was born again.’

Lastly, Kang Jin-hyeok fainted as he saw a man with a fishy smile like a man suffering from second grade disease appearing and spraying a dark red liquid that looked like blood toward his shadow.

* * *

Although I was unexpectedly ambushed, the situation ended much better than I thought.

As soon as I heard Maria’s scream, I immediately rushed there, and the moment Kang Jin-hyeok suddenly awakened and neutralized what appeared to be the demon’s shadow, I sprayed the first demon’s blood and killed him.

It seems that the blood of the first demon is truly amazing. As soon as it touched the liquid, its shadow screamed in agony and evaporated in smoke.

“이 개새끼가 어딜 남의 요리사를 건드리려고.”

“… … You seem as insane as I am.”

“… … .”

Anyway, Maria and Kang Jin-hyeok, who were in very bad condition after being attacked, went straight into the culture medium for treatment. But strangely enough, after dealing with the demon’s shadow, they became strangely strong.

Maria absorbed the power left by the demon god, and her magical power increased to a level comparable to that of the general in front.

This is really, a strange thing happened that the power was strengthened in a situation I didn’t even think of.

“Well, since I destroyed the demon god’s alter ego, he must have suffered quite a bit… … .”

The previous demon king had an expression that reminded him of a monk who had attained liberation, and likewise, the administrator was in a state of daze, as if he were going through a wise man’s time.

Needless to say, I never asked the authors for permission to use the sacred objects.

“… … To use the precious Holy Grail like this… … .”

“Well, I only wrote half of it. Besides, they said there were still six left.”

“… … It is unclear whether the six Holy Grails can subdue the demons.”

I only used half of the first demon’s blood.

“No, ruler. Not ‘half’. I used ‘half’ of it.”

“… … .”

“That is the blood of the first demon. It is a precious relic that can never be obtained again.”

Well, now that it’s like this, I’m going to go out a little more brazenly. Because I looked at this blood and found out a very important fact.

“Well, then I’ll really lend you as much as you ask for troops so that I can take the Holy Grail, so can I use the remaining half of this?”

“… … .”

After hearing my words, the former demon king lowered his head and began to wash his face dry, and the general’s eyes twitched violently.

In fact, the one who lacks strength right now is over there, not me. The former Demon King has no place to lean on other than us anyway.

“Hey, what are you going to do with it?”

When the manager tilted his head at me, I smiled at him.

“I think I can make an army of demonic spiders with this… … .”

“… … what?”

Excitement began to rise at the thought of touching the right gene after a long time.

“Nothing is free in this world. In exchange for lending troops, hand over the remaining blood of the first demon god.”

To be honest, legion troops are just consumables with a very low unit cost. Even if I lend it to them and run out of it, I am the one who has the ability to pull it out again whenever I have the resources, just like that game.

What I could get in return for lending troops at a low unit price to the generals who had few remaining forces under my command was ‘the first demon’s blood’.

‘I can fully utilize this.’

Surprisingly, the genetic information left in this blood matched the genetic information of the ancient spider at an oddly high rate.

What is this?

Could the first demon god be an ancient type of spider?

Anyway, as soon as I noticed this information, I got the feeling that the pumpkins had come rolling in like a storm, very vines.

“hehehe.”

As soon as I started laughing without hiding my true feelings, the manager and the previous demon king started looking at me with expressions of boredom.

The high-ranking demons who came to borrow the power that was lacking with the shallow word of alliance were thinking this while watching me inspecting the holy relic with my ESP ability raised to the fullest.

―That bastard is more dangerous than all previous demon gods.

okay.

Did you know that now?

* * *

“Are you okay?”

The demon king carefully asked the pale-looking grand duke sitting on the throne, that is to say, the demon possessed inside him.

“… … They had a holy relic. Besides, the power coming into me is gradually decreasing. It must be the work of the previous demon king, his son.”

The demon’s expression was not good. This is because the ambitious operation failed one after another.

I sent a disaster that grew to the point of feeding a few rich territories, but the attack was blocked in vain because the damn apostle came forward himself.

“He also started using the incarnation. In order for me to catch him, I need a body stronger than that of a high-ranking demon.”

“… … I will look for it.”

“Let’s see?”

“… … I will definitely come find you.”

In addition, the Demon God used the shadow of the incarnation to take advantage of the strange half-blood demon possessed by the ruler of the corps, and even suffered considerable damage.

Unexpectedly, in a situation where he didn’t know if he would be able to hit himself directly, he allowed an unexpected blow, so he couldn’t move directly for a while.

“… … For the time being, we have to gather our strength again.”

It was a formidable task to forcibly transmit the territory and to move the incarnation’s shadow with magical energy.

Not too long ago, the entire capital city was burned down for purification, so now the Demon God had no energy to do anything directly for the time being.

The opponent also exerted great efforts, such as awakening a huge number of players and preventing disasters at the same time, but somehow, the accumulated damage was the one who suffered more.

The power of the holy object was just as menacing.

“Devil. Hold on. And first find the holy relic that is hidden somewhere in the world. It shouldn’t fall into their hands.”

Of course, there was no reason for the ruler of the Legion to miss this gap.

“Drinking! 6 estates are under attack!!!”

A few days later, the alliance between the spider army and the apostles began to invade the depths of the demon territory.

“Ah, the devil’s spider!!!”

But it’s strange.

In just a few days, the Legion’s spiders appeared to be incredibly strong.