051. Temple break (2)

The will of the Corps, which had been hit directly by an asteroid and created a crater because of its size, gradually began to restore the destroyed organization.

As the tissue of the brain that had dried up divides, it regains pink vitality again, and the broken exoskeleton grows and gradually regains its original appearance.

It happened that the first ruler of the Legion, who had completely died, was revived again.

【… … army… … only… … .]

Chimera, the Legion Queen of the third rank of the Legion and ruling mother, struggled to figure out the absurdity of the situation.

—… … you are the ruler Can you hear me?

【… … split.】

-This… … .

The Legion Queen Chimera could be felt through the wave of dominance that slowly gripped the Hive.

―This is not our hive consciousness.

That hive mind was not the ruler of the Legion.

– Gather all forces.

* * *

I found out that the captain hid the holy relic in a temple or something, but somehow the allies showed a very reluctance to the place itself.

“Horus, known to mankind, is the god of the sun in Egyptian mythology.”

“… … So?”

“Do you think that myth just came out of nothing?”

The manager said with a serious face.

“Those who appear in mythology didn’t just pop out without any basis. Now, everyone has taken their hands off worldly affairs, but in the past, because they showed themselves in front of the public and showed their strength, stories remain and continue to this day.”

Well, the manager’s story was quite interesting. But I’m not the kind of person who wonders about this story.

The important thing now is why they seem reluctant to go to the place they have to go to get that relic, saying it’s dangerous.

“So, what do you mean there?”

In response to my question, instead of the manager who seemed to know something but didn’t know the exact internal circumstances, the former demon king cautiously opened his mouth.

“Lord of the corps, not too long ago, the demon god used the power of his incarnation, the grand duke, to attack the half-race child of the demon tribe you were with, right?”

“You know that. So, can’t you just simplify the business a bit?”

Unlike the manager who often skips important information, this ally of the former Demon King usually talks very long.

Besides, he’s in a situation where he’s like a beggar now, but he’s said to have been a devil in his own way in the past, and his mental strength is so strong. It’s hard to read Lee Ja’s thoughts freely with his ESP ability, so he’s the one with whom he has no choice but to have such a frustrating conversation for a long time.

If I didn’t tell him to simply pick out the business unconditionally like this, it would be painful to listen to Lee’s story starting from his ‘general days before becoming the demon king’.

“… … I’ll try to keep it as short as possible. How do you think he managed to sneak in here? That’s because the Grand Duke is from the head of the Shadow Tribe, whose business is assassination. Those who have attained the pinnacle of skill do not hide in the shadows, but can move the shadows themselves.”

Thanks to my prompting in advance, the explanation was much less than usual. Thanks to that, I was able to fully understand what the previous demon king wanted to say.

Yes, this is a lot less.

“So, to put it simply, you’re saying that there’s a high probability that the other side already knows the location of the sixth sacred object, right?”

“Yes, ruler. All activities of the Shadow Tribe’s Assassin Organization are related to the Archduke. Of course, they won’t be unaware of the fact that they hid the holy relic.”

If so, questions naturally arise.

First of all, the thing I’ve experienced is a very powerful thing that basically controls the game of this war.

However, the demon formation already knows the location of the sixth sacred object. There must be a reason why he hasn’t retrieved such a terrifying object that can momentarily block his power.

There is something in a place called a temple.

This was followed by a stormy explanation from the former demon lord, and after I urged him several times, important information gradually began to emerge.

“The temple of Horus is a place where many of the people who worship the god who has disappeared from the world gather.”

“Oh, so?”

It is unknown why an unknown entity designed such a treasure hunting game, but the reason for hiding the holy relic in a place called a temple was simpler than expected.

“… … Are there any hard-nosed guys out there?”

“exactly. Those who guard the Temple of Horus are what the demons call ‘Elders’, and they are the descendants of those who were directly endowed with powerful powers by their gods.”

It was because the ones guarding the temple were the people called the ‘ancient race’ that had been briefly mentioned before.

“They are the watchmen who guard the sanctuary where the gods stayed. Demon gods of all generations never touched them.”

There were terrifying people who did not touch even the demons who cried for the liberation of the world.

Instead of the time-consuming explanations of the former demon king, I could easily understand how scary they were with the manager’s one word.

“Jiu, the most famous dimensional workshop in the system is in the Temple of Horus.”

* * *

“So, are you not going to war? In order to subdue the Demon God, you absolutely need that holy relic, right?”

The manager and the former demon king hesitated for a long time after hearing that the holy relic was in the temple guarded by the ancient race, but the fact that the relic was needed to subdue the demon did not change.

I have a snow crab that has inherited the ability of the first sacred object as my trump weapon and has become the best unit of the legion that eats the power of demons.

Since they inherited the ability, it was calculated that the crab could withstand the attacks of demons as well as demons to some extent. However, it felt that it was still not enough to deal with the Demon God with just that much power.

It’s a monster that can burn a planet in flames when it’s at full strength, and to deal with it, the Legion needs more powerful weapons than most crabs.

Eventually, plans were made for a large-scale expedition to collect the relics.

“First of all, we have to talk unconditionally.”

“I know that too.”

“… … Turning them into enemies is really difficult. There has never been an episode where the war has worked out so well.”

The manager was very concerned.

If he messed up this round, he would have to turn back time, and if that really happened, there’s no chance I’d be reborn as the ruler of the Legion again.

“The distance is too far. It will be difficult for the players to go in one room with their divine power.”

“In that case, we must open the [gate] in the form of a stepping stone. It seems like you really need a lot of divine power, old man.”

“… … .”

“Why are you looking at me like that? Are you sure you’re not going?”

The administrator was won with a divine power shuttle, and a holy relic expedition was set up right away to the temple.

The huge whale, which is the symbol of the legion, boarded my lieutenant, Arachne, the queen of the legion, the leader, and the cook and assistant cook.

The former demon king and administrator plan to move separately on a battleship powered by the power of an apostle.

I decided to go to this battleship with the apostle Jeong Seong-cheol, the pacifist demon lord I picked up, the guy called ‘Little Jiwoo’, and the leader who hid his power and the wizard with the screw missing.

“In case you don’t know, I’ll take all the power I can take with me.”

In fact, all forces that the corps could move were mobilized for the expedition, including the power creatures that the manager would use on whales and battleships.

【Zara, while I’m gone, protect Nemesis and Limen.】

―I see, my lord.

The defense was also thoroughly prepared.

The colonies have densely built defense buildings, and are usually sprinkled generously in the main bases, so even if there is a massive invasion of the demon world, there is nothing to be easily robbed.

Rather, the strongholds of the alliance were equipped with strong defense lines, enough to say thank you for giving points for free if you ignorantly put them here.

【Seniors, we have a long way to go. Please open the door now.]

I said that I had a long way to go because I had the information I had found out beforehand to know how far away the destination was.

[Gate] is a similar principle to a kind of contraction method that distorts space and folds it. To create such a phenomenon, even a small gate at a short distance requires an enormous amount of energy.

So I expected that it would not be easy to quickly open the road to the destination, no matter how strong the elders were.

[This is soon.]

However, when I started to use my strength, I was able to feel once again that the strength of the elders was truly amazing beyond imagination.

His usual behavior and personality weren’t up to my standards, so he gave me harsh evaluations, but when you get to know him, that old man was a man with tremendous abilities that all the players on the planet couldn’t match even if he joined forces.

[I think I arrived roughly.]

Unsurprisingly, every time the elderly opened the door as a stepping stone, we tasted the miracle of crossing the Milky Way, and when we woke up, a miracle happened that the destination was right in front of our eyes.

【what?】

and we saw

“Hey, Kang Jin-hyuk. Isn’t that a familiar scene?”

“… … Right.”

It was a scene that I had never expected until I arrived here and witnessed it.

Around the planet called ‘Temple of Horus’, there were dozens of large and small moons that I couldn’t see from my memory of peeping, but they were all ominous purple.

“These are the damned territory of the demon realm.”

If you look down from a high place to see a colony of demonic plants covering the land and deeply rooted, it is just such a scene.

The sky above the planet was completely covered with [gates] used by high-ranking demons, and an incalculable number of troops were pouring in from the wide open space like a storm.

“Those bastards are also aiming for the holy relic.”

Come to think of it, the demon knows that I have the holy relic of the first demon. It was impossible not to know because I was fooling around and got hit by a holy relic.

“Looks like you were in a hurry.”

That’s why he brought dozens of territories to claim the holy relic and started tearing down that temple.

Of course, at first glance, the large-scale operation that the demon king is carrying out seemed to be a huge irrational number. Failure of such an operation would have truly devastating consequences for future warfare.

Anyway, it seemed that the holy relic was great.

Seeing the demon king attack with all his might against an ancient race that previous demons had never touched before, the holy relic had a surprising effect of making the opponent make an unreasonable attack just by possessing it.

【You cannot yield the holy relic to the demons.】

Anyway, it was time for us to start fighting.