053. Temple smashed (4)

The demon king set fire to the lasers and tungsten bullets pouring down like a shower, feeling the mana escaping in clumps and biting his teeth. Since he was using the [Immortality] power, he wouldn’t die even if he got hit by that attack, but he really did his best to block attacks that he could block and avoid attacks that he could avoid.

‘It’s too painful to get hit.’

[Immortality] does not allow him to die. However, this power does not have a secondary function, such as a pain relief effect that prevents the terrible pain equivalent to death.

At first, the demon king charged recklessly with his whole body surrounded by powerful magical flames, but after being hit by one of the damn turret attacks, he completely changed his strategy.

No matter how much the demon king is, he hates being sick.

‘Damn it, this is a bit difficult.’

While dodging the bloody cannonballs flying toward him with all his might, the demon king pondered over the order the demon god gave him a while ago. No matter how you think about it, this situation feels like an overkill.

“There is a sixth relic in the temple of Horus. bring it to me.”

“… … Are you drinking? You mean to fight against the Elders?”

“Demon King, the enemy has a holy relic. More than half of the original demon’s blood is still there.”

The demon king heard this command and had to doubt his own ears.

‘Strike Horus in this situation?’

The ancient races are those who have such a strong potential that even previous demons are reluctant to invade.

In addition, due to the nature of demons who fight using innate magical power and mass production of large-scale lower-class objects, it was not good from the beginning with the ‘mechanic dwarf’ who protects the temple of Horus based on transcendental technology.

Of course, the Demon Realm’s power has accounted for more than 80% of the huge cluster of stars. If you indiscriminately pour out that abundant power under the command of the Demon God, no matter how ancient the race is, you will never be an opponent you can’t win.

The damage would just be huge.

Will he be able to win against the Legion after taking such damage?

‘This isn’t it. If we do this, we may really lose the war.’

In the devil’s opinion, it was absolutely not the right thing to do to increase the number of opponents who were too heavy in the current situation where the whole demon world was chaotic.

Holy relics are definitely powerful items, but holding one of them does not make the power of the demons overwhelmingly stronger. It was just a means of defending against the sealing of authority in a fight between administrators, barely able to match the slanted weight.

“… … Demon god, because of the departure of the generals, the frontier territories are being invaded by disaster. The situation in the rear is not good. In addition, the forces following the generals are eating away at many territories. Once you’ve sorted them out, you can go to war. We can win this war only when our rear is safe.”

“Demon King, bring the holy relic.”

The Demon God very neatly ignored his realistic advice. From the moment he realizes that the other person has the holy relic, he has completely lost his sanity.

He was afraid of the loss of power due to the sacred object, and because of this, he is even moving the [Demon Castle] periodically using the power of transmission.

“… … Demon god, the territory occupied by the enemies has not yet been recovered. It is only right to reclaim the lost land and form a front toward Earth.”

“… … Devil. Are you ignoring my orders? There are many people who want to be the next demon lord.”

As long as the owner wanted the holy relic, the demon king had no choice but to gather troops and move directly to obtain the holy relic.

He was no longer the ruler of the Pandemonium, who boasted of cold charisma, but he had to become a machine that faithfully carried out orders. It is a precise machine that must never break down and must produce only finished products in a short time.

If it breaks down or makes a defective product, the demon king will lose his place and face death.

‘The front is dangerous, the rear is also dangerous. In that situation, the side is now dangerous.’

As the demon king expected, it was not an easy task to rip off the holy relic against the ancient race. Their resistance was so threatening that they counterattacked by sending a golem through the gate to the territory.

‘Where the hell are the holy relics?’

They couldn’t even figure out the location of the sacred object that was said to be hidden here.

In this situation, the moment the demon king witnessed the hatcheries filling up the horizon and spitting out sticky mucus, he felt his mind turn white.

It was the worst situation for the demon king to have all the rulers of the corps, administrators of the earth, active apostles, and former demon kings and generals all appear.

“shit.”

How the hell did these bastards smell the holy relics?

Anyway, now I had no choice but to go out on my own. The only one who can stop the fucking Legion alliance, who won’t budge no matter how hard they beat their troops, is the one who can use the power of [Immortality].

We have to somehow prevent the spider swarm from pouring out of that colony.

“aaa!!!”

It was the moment when the demon king screamed in frustration and unknowingly filled with rage, raising a huge wave of flame and finally destroying several turrets.

Kwaaang-!!!

The flames of hell, which the demon king ambitiously wielded, were blocked by the earth’s marine creatures that suddenly protruded from the ground.

“… … Did you stop my flames?”

The large-sized snow crab glared at the demon king with bubbling bubbles exuding black energy as if he was angry after being hit by flames.

The demon king felt goosebumps the moment he saw that gross-looking guy.

These guys are not serious guys.

【Catch that bastard.】

A snow crab with the fraudulent ability to chew up all of the power of the demons, followed the command of the corps ruler and stretched out its heavy claws.

* * *

“Huh, it’s a godsend to bring a few crabs.”

When I usually lead a corps and move, I tend to carry only the command object and workers in a state of hibernation. No matter how wide the internal space of the whale is, if you burn a lot of fighting objects there, it will be difficult to breathe soon.

Besides, even if it’s hibernation, the spiders sometimes wake up and need to replenish their calories, but since they’re the size of a tank, they don’t have enough food. It’s much better to feed Leviathan first if you have food for that.

But this time, I had a few crabs pre-cooked.

They are usually the Legion’s decisive battle weapons, which require a separate hatchery and a huge amount of food to be made over a long period of time.

Even those intrusive assassins won’t come in if they’re there.

That choice served as the driving force to keep the son of the Demon King, who could not be stopped by the Apostle’s turret.

Crabs are strong. It has to be.

The flesh of an unknown race contained in the holy relic is completely immune to the magical flames created by the demons.

The former demon king made an absurd expression when he saw the situation unfolding in front of his eyes.

“The Demon King can’t use any power… … Ruler, what kind of monster did you create?”

“Whatever it is, it’s a very tasty King Crab from the Bering Strait that has the ability to chew through mana.”

“… … A tasty monster?”

“Have you ever eaten snow crab? Gee, what a pitiful situation you didn’t even know how to taste crab.”

“… … .”

The reason why the former demon king showed such a reaction was because the demon king’s flames did not do any damage to the snow crab, while the demon king, who was slightly hit by the claws of the snow crab, was shown rolling on the floor ungainly.

“Ruler, I can definitely feel the energy of [immortality], but why can’t the demon lord’s wounds heal?”

“Of course, it was because I was born with the energy of the Holy Spirit.”

“… … You didn’t use the holy relic yourself, so you’re saying that’s possible?”

“They are the holy relic itself.”

Of course, since the crabs are so big, they are slow, so I haven’t been able to get a proper effective hit against the demon king, who is so good at avoiding them.

However, while the guys bought time by blocking his attack with their bodies, the Legion’s eggs started pouring over the slime like rice cakes were pulled out.

“Thank you for the turret defense, Apostle.”

“hahahaha, I also played some games in the past. Originally, if you put a turret at the entrance of the allies and let them draw only workers, it will grow quickly.”

“… … .”

Hey, this guy isn’t crazy either.

Anyway, the Demon King is now completely isolated. The demon army he brought from afar started to come in, but they wouldn’t be able to penetrate the apostle’s turret anyway. Above all, the large corps are now ready on this side as well.

There are demon plants and corpses of demons scattered all over the place, so there is not enough food to feed the hatchery, so it is difficult to use them all.

―Lord, the first army is ready.

As the spiders, which consumed the nutrient-rich mucus, finished molting, the demon king was now in a situation where he could not only deal with crabs.

【Everyone stick to it!】

If this is the case, the demon king won’t be able to properly avoid the crab’s attack?

【Demon King! Is it fun?】

The demon king didn’t even have time to answer my mockery. He had to barely hold out against the giant snow crabs that surrounded him and wielded their fearsome claws, and the spider populations that were now pouring out of the colony.

“aaa!!!”

The demon king nervously created flames everywhere, burning the waves of spiders that hindered his movement, and quickly flew away, and a heavy claw flew into the place where he was standing without fail.

It was not long after such a powerful tanker and countless spider king pincer attacks were made.

“Quaaagh!!!”

The demon lord’s voice heard this time was not the evil of squeezing the flames of hell to burn the spiders.

It was a scream of pain.

【Caught you bastard.】

In the end, the demon king, who had lost his stamina, was buried in the corps spider storm that he had not been able to deal with as if playing a game of hamburger, and the snow crab lifted it up by threading it like a skewer at the tip of the claw.

If you don’t exercise enough physical force to break the claw the moment you get caught by a snow crab with the power of a sacred object, you can never escape this situation. If you get caught like that, you won’t be able to open the door because the magic itself won’t be concentrated.

“Successfully acquiring the demon king.”

“… … .”

The former demon king, manager, and apostle, as well as my former colleagues, began to look at me with blank expressions.

“yes? Why does everyone look like that?”

How difficult is it to catch a demon king who has jumped into the legion’s territory without fear?

【Now, free rice is scattered in the sky over there.】

There is no time to rest. Now it was time to destroy the territory of the demons.

* * *

It was after the [Gate] opened by the demons that the jellyfish carrying the legionnaires excitedly stormed in, and the administrator and the previous demon king had properly vented their anger.

The demon king, still stuck at the end of the claws of a snow crab with traces of beating all over his body, spoke to us very enthusiastically.

“You will not be able to locate the relic.”

“yes. Did you say everything now?”

“… … .”

“Then let’s open up your brain.”

“… … You bastard! What are you trying to do?”

I looked into the demon king’s head with my psionic ability. But unfortunately, this guy didn’t have any useful information, including the exact location of the relic.

“Old man. Take it and kill or save it, you decide.”

“… … Ah oh. okay.”

Was it thrilling to finally catch the agonizing demon king? The administrator, whose eyes were reddened, suddenly disappeared with the demon king I had captured.

However, the method was very strange. The way the manager moves is not by using [gates], but by a very bizarre way of disappearing from this world in an instant.

“Sado, what is that again?”

“Ah, the way you return to the original tower is a bit strange. Suddenly the hook disappears. Don’t ask about the principle. I don’t know, and neither does my brother.”

“… … okay?”

True to his word, we had no way of locating the relic. I know it’s hidden somewhere here, but I can’t confirm it because the devil doesn’t know the exact location and the captain’s memory is gone.

“Um, that’s a bit difficult.”

That’s when I started thinking about how to find this.

[Are you the ones who captured the demon lord?]