094. Legion never stops evolving (3)

“Another ruler of the Legion… … ?”

The Lord of Destruction tilted his head as he looked at the unidentified human who appeared in front of him as if in doubt.

After a while, a very rare feeling of interest passed through his pitch black pupils.

“Funny. I have never seen anything as unusual as you.”

The Lord of Ruin saw through the essence of this strange blond man, and he knew that he was no ordinary man.

It was very interesting to the Lord of Ruin that there was a being who could hide his presence, and who had a very strange body that he couldn’t even think of as a living being.

“Are you alive or have you already experienced death?”

Despite the devil’s sweet whispering that he could seduce all sentient beings, the blond man answered mechanically, as if he had no emotion at all.

【I have not experienced death.】

The Lord of Ruin gave a slight, pretentious but benign smile, as if he had received the answer he had been expecting.

“Yes, you are not a living person in the first place. The thought hidden in the broken shell must be your essence. Are you from another world?”

The demon whispered sweetly once more, but the blonde visitor gave him no further information.

“Yeah, that’s not important right now. What is the purpose of your visit to me?”

The blond man revealed his mysterious golden pupils that reminded him of someone, and conveyed his purpose to the Lord of Destruction.

【There is only one thing I want, to take control of the corps and recover what was stolen from my brothers.】

The Lord of Ruin took his intentions very lightly.

“You make the sound of being my dog and achieving what you want very complicated.”

* * *

We watched as the gigantic golems of the Mechanic Dwarves, boasting incredible performance, were busy rebuilding the molten city under the escort of Legion troops.

First of all, the wizard’s cockroach army completely stopped the enemy invasion, and the first chore was over, but I had to stay here for the time being because of the second chore, the [Hammer of Thunder].

“If you succeed in unlocking it, I will lend you the [Hammer of Thunder] as promised. We don’t have a hero who can handle this treasure anyway… … .”

I gave [Excalibur] to the head of the Dwarves, and if the drunkard gets a clue about the opening, he’ll get another very good weapon.

Of course, this kind of research couldn’t be finished in a day or two, and thanks to that, we were just having fun here and enjoying the VIP treatment.

“This beer tastes great.”

Dwarves are very peculiar people. Rather than making bread by grinding grain, they had a strange culture of fermenting it to make strong dark beer and using it as a substitute for meals.

The reason why their staple food was dark beer was because of the perverted nature of the tribe that they enjoyed working even while reducing the time it took to eat.

“Hey, I’m hungry, so let’s all have a drink.”

“… … Ruler of the Legion.”

Of course, the former demon king and other demon friends seemed very frustrated at the situation where I was drinking beer and hanging out like this.

“Can we just keep resting like this? Contacts from the surviving demon groups are still coming in. We must save them as soon as possible.”

“ah… … Let’s get some rest. I’m not really a machine.”

“… … .”

“Do I really have to go there? Didn’t the cockroach wizard and the chef apply? Please trust them.”

Working all the time is very bad for your mental health. Besides, was the work I was doing comfortable, such as going to work and getting paid after work?

I was probably one of the people who took a handful of lives in this universe, and I thought it would be okay to take a break after suffering this much.

Besides, in a situation where [Excalibur] was here, it was very dangerous for me to leave without thinking.

In this situation, I had no choice but to send the strongest guys in the corps, such as cockroach wizards who can control troops using magic imprints and cooks who have control over the corps instead.

“Trust me. Aren’t those guys weak enough to get hit anywhere?”

“… … I don’t have time to rest like this. We will come to help.”

“Ah, if you want to go and suffer, do it yourself. Instead, if you go there and search, you will receive the prayers of the priests and know how to go to heaven.”

“… … I will come.”

I sighed deeply as I watched the demon friends jump into the portal with determined expressions as if they were really going to heaven.

“Oh, my friends. I know you guys are in a hurry, but you still have to know how to put it on when you put it on and take it off when you take it off.”

To be honest, I don’t think it will be of much help to those who went ahead even if those guys, who can’t be sure if they can properly beat a fully buffed wheel, go to the battlefield.

“What can weak demons whose wings have been cut off do in this situation… … .”

Besides, there will be very little time to relax like this in the future, but unfortunately, it seems that only me and the manager are the only ones who can drink beer and relieve fatigue here.

Looking around, the former players were always busy training something, and the Asmodian friends eventually gave up rest and rushed to the battlefield.

“Only you are the most comfortable, you son of a bitch.”

“… … Oh, is that so? Well, that’s not important, so let’s finish talking about what we’ve been talking about for now.”

“Oh wait, can I give you a little time to drink a beer too?”

Of course, the old manager also went to errands in the past few days and returned just a few hours ago.

I waited for the old man to empty a keg of beer, then began to analyze the information he had asked for.

“So, what’s the information about that blonde Yankee?”

The other day, the manager decided to purchase useful information through the dark route he knew, and at this time, the identity of the ‘ruler of disaster’ he had requested along with information about the Lord of Destruction.

But at the time, the manager couldn’t get proper information about the blonde yankee, but now, after quite a while, he got some information.

Of course, this information was also very mysterious, so I wondered if this was really worth the points.

“The people who control the souls of this world have never seen such a strange bastard. There are no traces or records left.”

“… … Is that the answer for the information you brought?”

“yes.”

Unfortunately, this was all the information the elder brought.

“No, this is all too much. So, don’t the gentlemen selling information over there do any guesswork?”

“Wow, this beer really kills. Hey, what do you mean by that?”

At my words, after the old manager really drank beer, I don’t know if it was intentional, but he raised his middle finger and pointed far into the sky.

“If you look up in the sky, do you see other galaxies? That’s the realm of another temple. That’s why I can’t find out information about the people who were born and died over there. There’s no way to find out more than that he’s from far away. But didn’t he die the other day? Why do you keep caring so much?”

I shook my head.

“No, he’s not dead yet.”

“… … Crazy, he’s still alive after being hit by that ignorant attack? What kind of ghost is that bastard? No wait, how do you know that?”

I have a very good method of my own to find out if it is alive or not.

“The calamity chunks I collected as samples the other day began to divide on their own without an order.”

“that… … Are you saying he’s alive?”

“And since he’s been hurt before, of course he’ll be aiming for the back of my head.”

Under these circumstances, the blonde Yankee, who is prone to dirty tricks by nature, is probably the best way to get me some candy.

“He’s probably attached to a demon of ruin.”

“… … It means you have one more troublesome opponent.”

“No, it was better.”

Well, even if he went to the Lord of Destruction and took the lead, the ability itself he possessed in the first place was hardly enough to frighten me.

Compared to me, his ability to evolve and run a corps is really lame, and he has nothing but dirty tricks to taint powerful vectors and put them under him.

“We need to take this opportunity to completely exterminate those flesh babies.”

And just at the right time, a powerful new weapon that can surely split the earthen pot has come into our hands.

“The ruler of the legion—!!!”

From afar, a dwarf with short, thick proportions was running very furiously, calling me with a loud voice that resonated everywhere.

“I finally succeeded in unlocking the ban!!!”

In one hand of the dwarf with a bright smile on his face, was a terrifying two-handed hammer much taller than himself.

“Is it time to move slowly?”

Thus ended our short break.

“Now, let’s join. Everyone gather.”

The hammer in his hand was heavy.

* * *

After several portal trips, when we arrived at the place where the Hive consciousness was most actively manifested, this world was in chaos where the power of the Legion had not yet reached.

“Look at these bastards. If you play with fire like this, won’t you pee at night?”

“… … Jiwoo, I can’t quite agree with that low-level gag of yours.”

“Hi, the old man’s gag is not easy, is it?”

Even while we were chatting like this, the world was really on fire. The flames of hell driven by the army of destruction raged so fiercely that it was hard to find any unburnt material in the world right in front of us.

As if a meteorite struck, the green fields and mountain ranges became huge lumps of charcoal, and the rivers and lakes all dried up, exposing cracked and baked floors.

In these dire circumstances, there were those on the battlefield who put up a desperate resistance to defend civilization against the Ruinous Army.

“The indigenous peoples are still alive.”

On the battlefield, those who wore thick armor and radiated divine power, reminiscent of medieval knights, took the lead in blocking the enemy’s attacks with their bodies.

Those who lost their wings also joined forces with various weapons under the command of the ‘Demon King’, and were stabbing daggers with tears against those who were once their own people.

“This is a world called the home of Paladins. The demon lords and paladins who attacked this place have been enemies of war for a long time. But now you are in a position to fight against a common enemy.”

Stalin Castro, a high-ranking demon who smelled like beer, muttered coldly as if it were someone else’s business as he looked back at the acrid smell of the world.

Oh, this friend was unexpectedly very reluctant to lead the fight, so he was playing very comfortably in the rear where the colony was built.

“Oh, are you here? We are now recruiting troops from the colony.”

Using the ashes of the ruins covered by flames as food, the hatcheries were expanding their power and drawing out troops, and the person in charge of the work was none other than the Legion’s cook.

The guy looked very tired from the outside, probably because he was mobilizing all of his ESP abilities.

“It was slow. Why are colonies so small? What kind of troops will come out of this? Why didn’t the legion queen select so many? Look at that. The kids are just getting out of control, are you really going to be able to command the fight properly?”

“Hey, don’t you think we were playing? This is the third dimension we visited. We haven’t slept well for days now.”

When I pointed out that the growth of the colony was too slow, the cockroach mage who appeared next to me grumbled that it was too much.

This friend must have exhausted a lot of energy and didn’t even have the strength to use it on his head, so his sweaty, smooth hair was clearly exposed.

“Hey, get some rest now.”

After I gave them the Dwarf’s special black beer, I immediately exerted my dominance to the maximum and took control of all the colony’s consciousness.

A very small portal opened towards the Legion’s hometown, and as the enormous golden energy pouring from the main body there swept all over the place, all the scattered Legion objects escaped from control and were subordinated to me.

【From now on, I will directly rule this area.】

Now, it’s time to try out a new weapon.