099. the king (3)

The body that was cut by [Excalibur] could not be put back together, and only the finely chopped pieces of thought came back.

“Have you failed?”

The Lord of Destruction looked at the blurry spiritual body that appeared in front of him with emotionless eyes, but soon completely withdrew his interest.

“I didn’t even give you faith in the first place.”

This guy had some pretty good tricks, even to himself, but he was too weak in the first place to deal with the Legion by relying only on that.

According to the reports of his subordinates and the crystals he possessed, the ruler of the corps was not a man capable of mastering tricks such as kidnapping or assassinating, and was absolutely not a man capable of being defeated by his thoughts head-on.

“As the ruler of the legion… … He’s a pretty annoying guy. Yes, how far can you really entertain me?”

The Lord of Ruin is now launching an attack across all dimensions, but it hasn’t yet revealed all its true strength.

Anyway, the large-scale attack itself, which was being carried out right now, was to give power to the subordinates, and it was not too much of a burden to mobilize slaves who were only consumables and beasts who were resurrected through the fire of hell even after dying.

There were only a handful of demons still recovering their power in Hell, and the forces they commanded had enough power to devour the world.

Even now, the army of slaves and beasts was driving everywhere to ruin, eating away their strength, and it was only a matter of time before the men regained all their strength.

“Now, accept the pouring power.”

His real minions, still in Hell, weren’t just there to fight a petty war with the world.

“In order to achieve the purpose of killing a god, you must not lose even the slightest amount of strength.”

Beyond the world, the ultimate goal of the Lord of Destruction was the obliteration of all gods in the universe.

Of course, it was not an easy goal, in a way, a foolish goal, but the ignorant plan he had set up made it possible.

The Lord of Destruction intended to destroy all the churches left by the gods, make the world his domain, and then forcibly descend and kill them one by one.

“… … Well?”

The Lord of Ruin, who was immersed in the hot flames and taking power smoothly, suddenly opened his eyes and expressed his doubts.

In the process of the beasts and slaves imparting power to their subordinates, a problem occurred that he did not anticipate.

“Your strength is getting weaker. What happened to this?”

Of course, he had already failed to defeat several churches due to the legion’s interference, but this was within his expected range.

The area occupied by the legion would fall into his hands anyway as soon as his subordinates regained their power, and since there were more than 1,000 dimensions of the gods left in the world, he thought that all these regions could not be touched by the legion.

“no… … A child who will not be able to eat enough of this?”

However, the Lord of Destruction grasped the situation after receiving reports from the dead beasts who returned to Hell, and finally lost the unique composure he had maintained so far.

“Legion ruler, did you know my plan from the beginning?”

It’s really ridiculous, those disgusting things called Legion appeared simultaneously in 1,084 dimensions where the Church exists and started slaughtering their own slaves.

The power he had to send to his subordinates was really noticeably diminishing, and to make matters worse, the Lord of Ruin began to feel impatient because the portal to send reinforcements didn’t even listen.

The light went out on fire.

“… … The one who has fully recovered will come out first.”

[Hellgate], a red portal that opened wide enough to pass not only beasts but also gigantic demons, directly connected to hell, began to appear in front of him.

According to the original plan, the subordinates who had fully recovered their strength had to expand the door and come out on their own, but since the situation was urgent, the Lord of Destruction took out his subordinates quickly while using his own power.

“You great demon king… … .”

After a while, a demon with a goat’s head with horns, hooves, bird’s wings, and a woman’s body crossed over to the world with subordinates resembling herself.

Of course, the Lord of Destruction, who saw the appearance of the devil who had crossed the gates of hell, showed his emotions by slightly furrowing his forehead without even realizing it.

In order to deal with the ‘legion’, there must be at least a demon lord of ‘Valak’ level. But to think that this pathetic guy like this, not from the 72nd seat, came out first… … . Are you saying the recovery of the others is still far away?’

Forcibly widening the [Hellgate], which originally had to be torn apart by his subordinates, was a task that consumed quite a bit of energy even for the Lord of Destruction himself.

Therefore, he also couldn’t hold the door for a long time, so there was only one subordinate that could be drawn, but the devil who was really weak came out first because the drawing went wrong.

“Baphomet. I have work for you to do.”

“Please give me orders. Great king, I will do anything for you.”

However, since he took out one of his subordinates while consuming his precious strength, he had to give him a mission rather than let him play.

There was also an expectation that this unreliable goat would be able to slow down the advance of the legion a little, as it was far more powerful than Cerberus, Salamander, and demon slaves.

“You go and stop the Legion from sabotaging my army.”

“It’s a legion… … These are the first people I’ve heard of. King, I will cut off their heads.”

Unaware of the suffering of the Lord of Destruction who had failed in the drawing properly, Baphomet proudly spoke ominously that he would capture the ruler of the Legion.

“… … Stop talking bullshit, and run away unconditionally when you meet their leader.”

“… … Are you the king?”

Baphomet, who had just reappeared in the world, had no idea that the enemy’s leader had ‘terrible weapons that send demons to heaven’ such as [Excalibur] and [Hammer of Thunder].

“Go ahead. The beasts of hell will guide you. I will give you a hellhorse to ride on.”

“… … king Why don’t you tell me to go through the door?”

The Lord of Destruction pressed his forehead with his eyes closed.

“That is impossible.”

He also wants to send reinforcements like a chimney, but strangely, the door is not opening properly.

As a matter of course, the ‘Cerebrate’ of the ruler of the Legion was already interfering with the creation of the portal itself, so the coordinates kept getting out of sync.

“… … Okay. I’m willing to cut his throat… … Oh no. Forgive me for my mistake.”

“… … .”

“I will gladly obey the king’s command.”

The Lord of Destruction, who had been staring blankly at the back of Baphomet as he rode away on a hellhorse whose whole body was ablaze with flames, closed his eyes again after immersing himself in the brimstone flames.

However, he couldn’t concentrate and got up again, and he couldn’t get rid of the feeling that he had failed very well from the start.

“Where did I go wrong… … Should I risk my strength and try one more time?”

His eyes were constantly on [Hellgate].

* * *

Looking at the ‘distant relatives of the Corps’ who visited Nemesis, I let out a deep sigh when I saw the guys who looked like this.

The kings of the races that came to me are the races that separated from the Corps a long time ago and acted independently with their own forces in a very distant place.

In a way, these guys don’t seem to have much to do with me, but when the king of the Legion who took control of the pond in the beginning appeared, there was a genetic restriction that he had to obey, so he came to me like this.

“I was hoping for at least some that looked like people… … .”

Contrary to my personal wishes, the appearance of these friends was quite shocking even to me, who was rolling disgusting cockroaches in the legion.

“… … .”

Even the Lord of Guardians, who pretended to be shy but was secretly talkative, didn’t say anything as if his mouth had been zipped up as soon as he saw them.

“… … Now, let’s think about it together. Among giant squid, centipedes, and roundworms, which unit is more attractive?”

“… … .”

“Hey, Miyoung-san?”

“… … Yes.”

… … It was the manifestation of a strong rejection reaction to a creature with a repulsive appearance.

Anyway, putting aside the performance of the kids, isn’t it hard to feel like writing something like this?

To be honest, I could bear with the guy who resembles a giant squid, but I can’t stand the guy who doesn’t know if it’s a centipede or a millipede, and the guy who reminds me of ’roundworm’ at a glance.

[Your Majesty, how come you don’t like us?]

[We are a species born to serve you. Please do not abandon us.]

[My King… … .]

I realized anew that the primordial ruler who first created this corps, that is, the insect ghost that appeared to me a while ago, really ‘shut up and gathered all living things that could be found in the universe.’

Looking at the guys that the bug ghost made to help the king, the large winged reptile next to me was a beautiful race with a really cool appearance.

“Um, no.”

Oh, of course, feeling this disgust because me and the Lord of Guardians had human selves was something I had to do some self-reflection as a ruler of the Legion.

If these guys had been discovered by the Legion’s will or by other rulers’ descendents, they would have been so good they would have just snapped them up.

Now, let’s realize our responsibility for a moment and put up with the feeling of disgust that comes our way.

“… … Well. Now, what can you do?”

As the ruler of the corps, I needed to know exactly the characteristics of my subordinates, so I decided to put up with the disgusting appearance and learn about these guys’ specialties.

If they have a skill that is quite usable that doesn’t exist in our corps, just extract that essence and apply it to the corps.

[Your Majesty, I… … .]

The first one who confidently answered my question was the head of the centipede tribe, who was still constantly wriggling and repeating rough and disgusting waves.

[You can use magic.]

… … huh? Magic?

After a while, I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide when I saw the mighty power created by the magic that the centipede used for demonstration.

“… … I’m behind.”

this is awesome

It’s a really big hit.

“Oh, Jiwoo. Are they new?”

As always, the manager, who showed up with a mouth full of strangely tasty chocolate, expressed his candid impression of the centipede’s ‘magic that creates fog’ with a very interesting expression.

“No way, is that concept a destroyer?”

“… … Those aren’t the kids I made.”

“yes? So, did you pick it up on the street?”

“What… … It can be seen as similar.”

Of course, there was no way that a fraudulent ability such as an invincibility effect for allies could exist in that terrifying fog that melted an entire small colony in an instant.

However, I could tell at a glance that the magic fog was a terrifying technology made up of special bacteria that instantly disintegrated anything exposed.

[We… … I will go out to the battlefield and show you myself.]

[King, please give us a chance to show our abilities.]

The giant squid and the roundworm, perhaps quite stimulated by the amazing magic shown by the centipede, also hoped to show off their abilities.

“… … um, yes I get it. Then you go to the dimension I specified… … .”

I decided to put aside my prejudices about their repulsive appearance for a moment and see what abilities these guys would perform on the battlefield.

“Hey, a strange goat kid showed up? Because of that bastard, I killed one of my precious alter egos. So, would you like to go and catch that bastard?”