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“Welcome back, everyone.”

“Princess…! Why are you on the front line like this…”

Ares and his party, who immediately joined the front line after leaving the labyrinth, were surprised to learn that Princess Damia was here, on the front line, and not in the imperial palace. She was even wearing dazzling silver armor. Of course, she had a strong feeling that it was just decoration…

When Ares looked embarrassed, Damia answered with an angelic smile.

“The soldiers of the empire are dying at this very moment, and I can’t just sit back and ignore them. Even though I have no power, if my presence like this can bring some comfort to the soldiers…”

“The princess…”

Seeing the princess practicing her noblesse oblige, all the soldiers around her looked at her with thrilled expressions. Looking at him, Ares thought that her expedition would at least be of great help in terms of boosting her morale.

Damia said.

“You guys have become unrecognizably dignified in just about a month. You are truly trustworthy.”

“Nothing much to say. But please leave it to us from now on.”

As Ares said that and confidently hit her chest, Daimia smiled, covering the corner of her mouth. The other hero children were also laughing awkwardly.

However, since it was a war, we couldn’t exchange long greetings.

“Then we’ll just leave.”

“Yes. May the Goddess’ protection be with you…”

Day Mia saw off her hero group with a greeting commonly used for soldiers leaving for battle, and soon returned to her own cell. In any case, she only appeared as a face to boost morale, but it is the staff and warriors who actually lead the war.

“Indeed… I’ve definitely become more dignified. But…”

Day Mia turned behind her and her eyes suddenly changed to something else.

Before we knew it, Princess Deimia’s personality had disappeared, and the consciousness of her predecessor, the Demon King Arbel, had appeared. He manipulated her ego at will, and played the princess by showing off her personality on a regular basis. Because it would be much more natural for her than to play the princess herself.

“Compared to the Leon I faced in the past, he was literally at the level of a young chick… I could easily defeat him by fusing with Ernate. Hehe… That anti-hero guy did a really good job. I will reward him later. Should I give it to you?”

Damia, no, the Sentai Demon Lord, Arbel muttered and laughed.

“Come.”

As soon as Arbel called Siorra’s her name her, a flock of bats came to her window and transformed into a blonde girl.

“Did you call me, Mr. Arbel?”

Siora lowered her head, still with her dull eyes. All those who were controlled by Arbel’s power had the characteristic of turning into eyes like this.

Arbel said.

“The time has come. You should return to the Demon King’s Castle and encourage Ernate to go to the front line. That anti-hero will have gone back too, so there will be no reason to wait any longer.”

“I understand.”

Siora bowed her head at Arbel’s command, turned into a bat again, and disappeared. The remaining Arbel smiled evilly with the gentle face of Princess Damia.

“Abominable humans, and heroes… The time for revenge has finally come. I will return everything that has been inflicted on you for over a thousand years a hundred times, ten thousand times.”

…

The news of the return of the warriors and the news of Princess Damia’s departure boosted the morale of the imperial troops, who had been exhausted from fighting the ferocious orcs. The joining of the warriors, who were no different from the Empire’s battle decisive weapons, ensured victory, and the participation of Princess Damia, the idol and idol of the Empire’s subjects, at the front lines moved the soldiers.

However, it was not only the imperial army that increased morale.

“Ugh… I had a rough guess, but seeing it with my own eyes was even more terrifying.”

Minwoo thought that what was unfolding before his eyes was the most terrible thing he had ever seen in his life.

It’s not just a matter of being cruel or gory.

If I had to express it, I would say it was disgusting.

It was like a scene of thousands of cockroaches magnified hundreds of times.

All kinds of monsters were clustered in the plains.

And they were all roaring towards the direction where Minwoo was, to be exact, towards the high ground where the Demon King and the executives were standing.

The Demon King, Ernate, looked down at the scene and smiled happily.

“Hehe… How about it, Minwoo. My army..? Isn’t it truly brave?”

“..I see.”

The loud roar of the demons was proof that their morale was boosted by the direct appearance of the demon king.

‘I thought they did that because I looked appetizing.’

The force and number of the monsters were so overwhelming that Minwoo, who almost turned on the light stick, carefully kept it in his arms again. And Minwoo kept repeating this to himself. Those guys are allies. It doesn’t hurt me. In this way.

“Come. Report.”

“Yes, Demon King.”

Siora, who had already returned to the Demon King’s side, briefly reported the situation.

Minwoo was surprised at how surprisingly detailed the content was.

In particular, Siora was touting Minwoo’s performance.

‘Indeed… Were the things I did interpreted that way?’

He deceived the warriors, weakened them, and even controlled their minds. Afterwards, he sent it back to induce internal divisions in the imperial army.

Before we knew it, Minwoo’s actions were known that way.

‘It wasn’t something I did with much thought… But that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.’

In fact, Minwoo could have treated the warriors like slaves again if he wanted to. But that was only for his own amusement, not for use in the war between the Demon King’s army and the Imperial army.

‘Well, think whatever you want. ‘I just do what I want.’

After Siora’s report was over, Ernate nodded his head in satisfaction and gave the order to march.

The vanguard was Nerka, the Lord of the Orcs who had the most conflict with humans. Strictly speaking, the orcs were not demons, but they had formed an alliance over a common enemy called humans.

In fact, it was safe to say that Nerka was part of the Demon King’s Army since she inherited the Demon’s blood and joined the Demon King’s Army as an executive.

After paying homage to the Demon King, Nerka led numerous orcs and ran across the plains. The sight of the orcs rushing forward, each letting out battle cries, seemed not to be defeated by the spirit of the monsters.

Afterwards, Siora led the flying monsters and disappeared in a group across the sky. In the past, when Minwoo first came to this world, there seemed to be hundreds of monsters like the wyverns that had surprised him. At this point, Minwoo began to feel sorry for the imperial soldiers.

“You’re next.”

“..Yes?”

When Minwoo made a foolish noise, the Demon King smiled kindly and said.

“Don’t you have subordinates too? Lead them into battle.”

“Subordinate..?”

Do I have such a thing? I’m sure you’re not talking about those monsters that still remain…

As Minwoo was thinking inwardly, a black hole appeared at his feet.

“Did you call me, Minwoo?”

“Aha…”

Only then did Minwoo realize that he also had a subordinate. He just didn’t think of it right away because he thought of it as a sex slave rather than a subordinate.

Seven succubus sisters, including Lili, were kneeling politely in front of Minwoo.

Even though the more senior Demon King was standing next to them, the succubi bowed their heads to Minwoo as if Minwoo was their master.

The sight of seven succubi kneeling in a row was always powerful and sexy.

So much so that it doesn’t fit with war at all.

“Uh… Well… Then I will go to battle too, Demon King.”

“Okay, I’ll just trust you.”

It was an immature answer without any politeness or anything, but Ernate smiled brightly and sent Minwoo off.

Finally, the Demon King, Ernate, advanced directly leading the monsters on the ground. The sight of thousands of monsters crossing the plains was truly spectacular.

As with all existing demon kings, there is no strategy.

Just push with force.

In fact, it was a method that worked unconditionally until the hero appeared.

It is difficult to deal with monsters with weak human strength.

There were a few outstanding knights and wizards, but they were also helpless at the hands of the Demon King and his executives.

Although everything changed with the advent of the hero.

Unless Ernate is a fool, he probably knows that the old ways don’t work.

However, she had her own reasons for using this simple and ignorant strategy, the so-called Gaedol strategy.

“Minwoo… I will only trust you.”

Without knowing Minwoo’s lack of interest in war, Ernate was leaving everything about the warrior to him.