097. the king (1)

On the battlefield where the hammer spewed thunderbolts, there were a lot of hideous monstrous creatures.

The Paladins in this area, who had been reduced to charcoal by constantly blocking the enemy’s flames, fell into deep despair when they saw the monstrous creatures coming from all directions like waves.

“Damn it, are those bastards sent by the Lord of Doom?”

“Oh, Goddess. They’re such hideous people… … We are done.”

In a way, this was a natural situation, but the Paladins thought, ‘Those hideous monsters must be additional troops sent by the Lord of Destruction.’

“A gigantic monster with a long nose on top of those with vicious antennae and legs… … .”

The reason I had no choice but to have this thought was because the cockroaches and mammoths were scary enough to slap the devil’s ears several times, starting with their appearance.

In their eyes, the monstrous creatures that appeared now were much stronger than the demon slaves or flame-breathing dogs and lizards they had fought before, but they were those who never looked weak.

“Hey Demon King, when will the reinforcements you mentioned come?”

The paladins had no choice but to ask the former demon king over and over again, “When will the reinforcements that have already arrived come?”

Of course, the former demon king replied with a more relaxed expression, probably as if he had completely relaxed.

“They are the reinforcements I spoke of.”

“… … what?”

“That’s the legion’s troops.”

Shortly after the former demon king’s words were over, the demons and paladin survivors witnessed an amazing miracle in which all the enemies attacking them disappeared while they opened and closed their eyes once.

“Five… … My God, my God… … .”

While the giant elephant monsters roamed among the enemies, the large-scale wheels, driven by terrifying maneuvers, exploded their bodies and lavishly spewed toxic fluids created by their internal organs as they sailed across the world.

The land of the battlefield was completely covered with a greenish liquid, as if flooded in an instant.

Due to the large-scale bio-bomb explosion of the Legion’s wheel unit, the demon slaves who were dominated by the Lord of Destruction were turned into mush like melted candles in this powerful one shot, and the beasts of hell that were sparsely mixed among them were sent back to hell. lost.

“Oh my gosh… … .”

“Nonsense. How can you put out that flame so easily?”

The native warriors and surviving demons in this area couldn’t believe what was happening in front of their eyes.

The troops sent by the Lord of Destruction to them were monsters that would be hard to catch even if you deal with them with all your might, but those ugly bugs clung to you and said ‘Boom!’ When they exploded, those guys really burst out in a heap.

After a while, these hideous monstrous creatures, newly replenished from somewhere, began to sweep the enemy in earnest, and the intense disgust and fear felt from the outside turned into a scam that would pierce the sky before I knew it.

“Reinforcements have arrived!!!”

“let’s go! Wipe them all out!!!”

Although they did not communicate with the troops of the Legion, they began to engage in joint operations in earnest, following the Legion anyway.

Flash-!!!

Just in time, a gigantic golden pillar appeared from the horizon in the sky, seemingly a blessing for the survivors, tearing through the dark clouds to create a majestic sight.

The paladins who witnessed this pillar of light raised their swords and shields toward the sky and shouted vigorously.

“It is light! It is the light of the goddess!!!”

“The goddess has bestowed blessings on us!”

The scene of a golden half moon soaring toward the sky made it look like a scene of a dragon ascending to heaven.

“… … No, wait a minute, is that [Excalibur]?”

“Oh, let’s see what happened to the Hive. Let’s go.”

Of course, that golden pillar was not God’s protection.

* * *

Broken flesh and blood rained down from the sky.

Thanks to the formidable blow that [Xcalibur] pulled out, even at first glance, the area beyond the portal was completely devastated.

A man who witnessed this amazing power directly from the side could hear a muttering as he looked beyond the enemy portal, where even emptiness now lingered.

“Have you done it?”

“… … Hey, old man?”

“Oh, sorry. Stop without knowing… … .”

Of course, this nobleman did nothing wrong.

“Oh, don’t worry, he wasn’t even beyond the portal in the first place.”

Resurrection spells only work when the enemy dies in the first place. However, the flesh of disaster that escaped the portal was still moving well, wriggling and dividing.

Of course, those who fearlessly landed in the middle of the colony were immediately attacked by thorny tentacles and then disassembled by worker insects to become food for the hatchery.

Anyway, the guy was hiding himself now.

“There is no sign of this bastard?”

“Old man, shh. Just focus on me.”

“… … .”

After shutting the old man’s mouth, I expanded my senses to the fullest and began to grasp the subtle flow of power felt somewhere around the colony.

A huge amount of information rushed into my head in an instant, but this amount of calculation was not a big deal with the main body linked through a very small portal opened in the direction of the pond in the beginning.

Through this overwhelming mental power and computational power, I have figured out the location of every being with energy in this world.

It filtered out all the hive consciousness exuded by the huge number of dominant objects in the colony, filtered out the mana of the demons and those with subtle divine powers of a sense of difference felt in this dimension, and finally, the energy of the flames of hell and the energy of the heavens Even the energy flowing from the belly of the apostle was detected and excluded from the search target.

And after completing all these cumbersome tasks, I found a flow of heterogeneous power that did not get caught in it.

Here, I could feel two powers at the same time, one of which was created when the [gate] based on divine power opened and the former demon king and leader came out.

“Old apostle, what is happening all of a sudden?”

When the energy of the [Gate] created by divine power disappeared along with the voice of the previous demon king from behind, only one disparate flow of power was clearly captured.

The flow of that power was something I had definitely felt before, and it was moving within this colony with astonishing complete concealment.

oh oh, you’re there

“Hey, it’s been a while, kid?”

Well, being an unkind guy by nature, I didn’t ask for an answer. Besides, he was still unable to properly respond to my greetings.

Tiny pieces of flesh began to gather in the air where a slight flow of force was felt, and in an instant, they formed like dough into the shape of a blonde yankee we are very familiar with.

“Fuck, I was wondering how this bastard could get around without a trace… … .”

The bizarre ability of flesh that is so small that it is invisible to the naked eye can be freely scattered and gathered again, something like slime, seems to be one of his secret skills.

As it is the ability to completely disassemble one’s body and erase any signs, it was not easy to read its movements unless I paid close attention.

Oh, but let’s think about one thing here.

Now, the scene where the blonde Yankee puts his body together again was very similar to the scene seen in ‘cartoons featuring transformation characters’.

And while watching such cartoons, I wondered why the main character or the villain was waiting while staring at the other person transforming.

No, you just have to defeat it when transforming, right?

“Hey, do you think it takes a while to transform?”

just like now

Flash-!!!

There is no waiting or mercy for my [Excalibur].

“… … Did you do it?”

This time I spit it out.

But after that, something strange started to happen.

I could see other people running towards me, saying something, but I couldn’t hear what they were saying at all.

No, to be precise, from the moment I cut down the blond Yankee, the movement and speech of the party had become abnormally slow.

I don’t know what the hell this is for, but I’m experiencing a phenomenon where time is slowing down all over the place.

It is not the kind of sensuous time delay you experience when your concentration is maximized or when your life is in danger, but it is an absurd situation where time really slows down.

‘… … what?’

Finally, when there was no movement around me and I came to a complete standstill, a being with a hologram-like appearance appeared before my eyes.

[Are you the ruler of the corps who inherited the will?]

This feeling was very strange.

The form of the hologram-like entity that had spoken to me very politely through the hive consciousness was none other than a huge, plump caterpillar.

“Who are you?”

In a situation where everything suddenly stopped, only me and that caterpillar ghost were able to move freely and talk.

In such an absurd situation where even the manager froze, the caterpillar staring at me started talking while chewing grass.

[I am the thought left by the owner of the pond.]

Hey, there was no message, but suddenly a big old man came?

[The one who eliminated all competitors, you became the sole king of the Legion from now on.]

… … be the king

“Please explain in detail.”

This, I feel like the story is going to be a bit long.

* * *

… … The story didn’t turn out to be as long as I thought.

The thought left behind by the existence of the ruler from the beginning who created the corps actually appeared to congratulate me for eliminating and subduing all my competitors.

Of course, this thought knew the blond Yankee’s identity pretty well, so I was able to get some useful information.

What I learned from this conversation is that the blond Yankee originally wandered from another galaxy, and his true identity is a very strange species of ‘mind parasite’.

The owner of the pond was annoyed that such a strange guy kept aiming for the throne and parasitizing the legion, but as I destroyed all the flesh of the calamity he just created and even destroyed the body that served as an incarnation, he now has no control over the legion. was not able to exert

Now, then, what happened to the guy who was cut down by [Excalibur]?

[The calamity is all dead, but the alien parasite that polluted the Legion will divide into many evil thoughts and will eat other races again and seek opportunities.]

Unfortunately, even though he was hit by a weapon that cut through space, it seems that he doesn’t die easily from just a few things.

“Well, if they come at you, you can smash them again, so there’s no problem.”

It was another target of mine that I must kill with the Lord of Ruin if I got the chance.

[Then I’ll keep watching.]

Anyway, after the story ended, the bug ghost that appeared in front of me disappeared completely and time returned to normal.

In a situation where I felt quite depressed, the voices of those shouting at me finally reached my ears.

“hey! Jiwoo Han! Why are you suddenly waving a knife in the air?”

“You crazy bastard! How many times have I told you that it would be difficult to wield it carelessly, even as a joke!”

“… … .”

They seemed completely unaware of the blonde Yankee’s presence in front of them.

“… … Now, it’s not a big deal, so let’s finish our work.”

Anyway, from this time on, I started to hear a lot of different voices coming from the distant universe.

[I will follow the king.]

[Give me an order.]

[I want to have an audience with you. Please allow me.]

It was the voice of loyalty sent by the ‘descendants of the Legion’, who had been quietly buried in another world, towards me who had become the most powerful ruler.

I want them to come under me.

My party doesn’t know what I experienced in the moment, but I really became the king of all races in the category of ‘legion’.

【Come on, let’s see your skills. Everyone, come to Nemesis.]