Chapter 394 – The Underworld’s Circumstances and the Black Sun

Chapter 394: The Dark World’s Circumstances and the Black Sun

“I’ll land while avoiding it for now!
Hold tight!
It’s a scissor maneuver!”

Thanks to the rigorous flight training with Angela, I know what a scissor maneuver is.
I tightly hug Rumika’s slender ant waist and gather my mana.

Woo woo woo woo… !

The approaching fireballs and magic fiery arrows,

Bingle!

Shuhuaaaaa!!

It flips its body 180 degrees and slams it into the ground to avoid it.
And.

Bingle!
Supapapapapat!

Flip your body 180 degrees again and switch to level flight that almost touches the ground!
Good.
It’s familiar gravity from here on out!

“Mental suppression!”

Coo-kung-!

“Keugh!”

“What?!”

“Aww!!”

What?
Am I surprised when I write it?
Much stronger power than when used in Middle-earth.
And mana overflows from the body… !!

“Keugh… !”

“Sound the alarm… !
It’s an attack from heaven… !”

Oops!
It seems that the Valkyrie armor Rumika is wearing has caused a strong misunderstanding!

Shhh— poop!

“Ouch!”

Courage!

Rumika A demon that flies as if her stomach is pierced by her kick.

Shashak!

Rumika grabbed the backs of her soldiers with incredible maneuverability.

Blah blah!

Throw her capital into the back of her head, knocking them out one by one.

“Eight!”

Fishu… !

“It’s a flare!”

Dig!

Rumica flew up at once,

Phew!

“Annit?!”

He hit the signal flare with a fly swatter and threw it to the floor.

Kwajik.

I step on the signal flare with my thousand knuckles and put it out.
A connection like flowing water.
It’s a long-awaited combination play between teachers and students!

“Mental suppression!”

Coo-kung-!

“””Turn it off… !!”””

About 20 demon soldiers were subdued by us at once.

“Whoa, magic has gotten a lot stronger?
Wide-area mental suppression also works well.”

“Because the concentration of magical energy in the air in the Demon Realm is much higher than in Middle Earth.”

Yes.
Magic belongs to the demons, and the demons came from the demon realm.
In the demon realm, the concentration of magical power in the air is much higher than in the middle world, so the power of magic is even stronger, and the maximum amount of magical power of the wizard increases.

“Your body is overflowing with mana?
I can use magic.”

“That’s right, brother.
I need to save up on magic recovery potions.
The magic was so strong that I couldn’t even throw a fireball for fear of killing them all?”

Gather the prisoners in one place,

“Open your mouth. Oh~”

Gurgling!

“Oops… !”

Give hypnotic stimulants.

“Keugh… !
You bastard, to invade the demon realm in collusion with the celestials on the topic of immigrant demons!
Like an ungrateful worm!
The pimp who brought an angel dressed like a prostitute to the mainland… !”

Wow!

“Fuck you bastard!
Be careful what you say to my wife.”

“… Valkyrie Armor, St. Off.”

Flash!

Rumika returns to her original school uniform.
Rumika stands still with her hand covering her bottom before she transforms.

“Anyway, this look is a little too embarrassing…
Anyway, there must have been some misunderstanding because he was wearing the Valkyrie Armor.”

“What would it be?
What do you know?
Mind control!”

Pajijijijijik!!

“””Kuaaaaa… !!”””

Jigsaw…
Tsutsutsu… !!

“Attention.”

Chuck.

“Pump the head.”

Chuck!

“Talk to one.
Be polite to both.
One.”

“The tone…”

“Fuck?
Low spirits?
Two.”

“Politely… !”

“One.”

“Talk!”

“Two.”

“Politely!”

When she goes down with only her legs moving with her head down, everyone’s tone becomes polite.

“Don’t you dare to speak ill of my wife or think dirty thoughts.
You are my faithful servant

“””Yes.”””

“Stand up.
Forward, go!”

Chuck! Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!

“Brother, what should I do?
Originally, you should go to the Immigration Office run by the demon lord.”

“There is a bit of a misunderstanding right now, let’s listen to the situation and go.
Didn’t the dimension gate open right away?
Ask questions.”

“That’s right.
Then…”

The testimonies of the hypnotized Demon Foot Soldiers were shocking.

“Therefore… In conclusion, the demon realm is a piece of shit right now?”

“Yes, it is!”

The soldiers kneeling politely responded with a straight posture.

“Inflation skyrocketed due to the discovery of newly discovered gold and diamond mines in the Demon Realm.
And the rapid rise in the value of stable real estate due to the instability of gravity.
As a result, the gap between rich and poor is deepening…
What else did you say?”

“Due to the long peace with Heaven, the duty of defense began to be imposed only on men, and at the same time, the human rights of female demons rose rapidly.
The exemption from military service for women has led to active social advancement, and the rise in real estate prices and inflation have resulted in a sharp drop in the marriage and birth rates.
As the population declined, the domestic economy stagnated, and it is difficult to trade because exchanges with Middle Earth have been blocked for a long time.
Prices of gold and diamonds mined in mines skyrocketed, but gold and silver treasures are not coming out of the warehouses of nobles and wealthy people.
Thanks to this, money is not circulating, and ordinary demons are struggling in poverty.
Fortunately, most of the Balaur who were brought in during the war with Sky Castle lost their intellect and were living together with the dinosaurs unique to the demon realm.
They used it to live by exploiting their meat and labor.
The need for war has come to the fore as the Dragons, who have recently regained their intellect, have risen in rebellion.
However, the rebellion is not suppressed at all as the male demons, tired of single-handed military service, refuse to be fitted with swords and begin to evade conscription.”

There’s something very complicated about it.

“Is that why you guys didn’t open the dimension gate?”

“To be precise, the manager of the dimension gate is not showing up for work.”

“Why?”

“I am on period leave.
Because today is Friday.”

“Isn’t there a replacement worker?”

“The practitioners are all on strike.”

“Why?”

“Because the policy to change all office manager positions to a female quota system is being implemented, and working-level workers are protesting against it.”

“… Why did you guys go to work?”

“We are not in charge here, we are conscripts, but we did not want to go to prison, so we were only keeping our posts.
I’m in a situation where I can’t even get the minimum wage, but I’m going to send gold from the middle ground, so I’m going to stop it…”

“Aha.
Did they take the gold we sent and secretly try to open it?
But how do you guys open it when you can’t even use magic?”

“Because office workers give us all the time to do our usual work.
I know both the method and the password.
The passwords are all 1q2w3e4r!@ Anyway.”

“In the meantime, thinking about raising the alarm and fighting…
The spirits are great.
Maybe you’re still young and fearless, Won.”

“I opened it and saw an angel, so I thought it was an attack from heaven.
Still, I think of my parents who are behind me…”

“They are wonderful young people.
But if you were born and raised on the mainland, you would have a lot of magical power, so why do you only fire fire arrows on fireballs when you can use bigger magic?”

“Don’t we know how to do that?”

“Huh? What are you talking about?
Aren’t you guys going to magic school?”

“How much does it cost for private education to go to magic school?”

What is this again?

“The mainland is said to have good welfare?
Didn’t the state provide elementary and secondary education?”

“Public education is already ruined.
As the magic school teachers were also occupied by demon women and worked virtually for life, the quality of classes declined.
Half of the classes are gender sensitive, and economics, law, math, etc., Which were required subjects, are all gone.
The vested interests are immersed in making budget while fanning it.”

“Then if you get a job early or study separately… ?”

“The best office jobs are quota based on women, and the high positions are all occupied by older demons, so there are no seats.
High-ranking people die of love hanging out with flower-like young female demons, so young male demons are suffering from unemployment.
And women don’t often meet men with lower incomes than they do, right?
That’s why the already low marriage and birth rates are plummeting.
In an attempt to overcome that, as a policy to support single mothers and unmarried women through taxation is implemented as a population stimulus plan, married men and unmarried men are often unable to withstand the heavy tax and abandon their fields and run away.
Since it is difficult to make a living, young demon men give up dating, marriage, and higher education early on, going to welding with beginner fire magic or skipping school to study civil servants.
Even if you become a civil servant, you will only be in charge of rotational work, field work, high-risk, high-intensity work, or you will be used as consumables in the war against the Balaur.
Even if you work for the rest of your life, you won’t be able to buy a house and you will have to do tenancy work.”

“How is the military service situation?”

“You have to be a soldier, but there is no military bonus point, and if you get injured, everyone above you doesn’t know me, right?
There is no advantage at all.
It’s full of damage.
It is better to remove everything if possible.
It’s hard to get back on track.
If you get injured, the family is staggering to cover the medical expenses.
Isn’t it?”

“…”

Thinking about my military life, I can’t bear to refute it.

“The population is declining, so the military service resources are decreasing, and in the meantime, the children of wealthy families and noble families are all gone.
As a result, common people, lowly people, the three generations of readers, beggars, and even the disabled are all scrapped and thrown into the army.
Yes?
Stakeholders in the army?
Lifelong work rotation, job kings can’t get promoted because they don’t vacate, and they have to come out in the middle, but who would do it?
… Because we didn’t have money, we couldn’t drop out of the military and were brought here.
Half of them are interested soldiers, so they have no fighting power.
Our job is to keep our interested soldiers safe from accidents, and everyone is busy studying civil servants during lantern time, so going to magic school is a back burner.
What are you doing anyway?
In order to pass the extra points for women in the written test, I have to answer two or three more questions…
It’s hard to fill the void in the military life, and all the honey spots will be taken away by the female quota system, and in practice, the old people will take care of the work…
And since the children of aristocratic families pass down important positions to their children through hereditary succession, there is no point in going on to higher education.
Commoners like us, who have no money and no background, have neither the money nor the use to spend such a higher education.
After the conscription is over, it’s best to quietly study for a low-level civil servant position or farm while hoping your parents will be rich in land.”

“So you have no motivation at all?
You guys are in so much trouble…”

“No.”

After making eye contact with Rumika, she asked an important question.

“Then we are going to the Black Sun, what should we do?”

“You can just go.”

“… Huh?
Shouldn’t we stop by the immigration office?
If you can’t hear it, it’s good for us.”

“Well, just say we didn’t see it, and just wear extra military uniforms and pass by quietly.
It’s been a hundred years since no one came from Middle-earth, but if you don’t talk, who knows?
I don’t know if it will take a week or a month to register there anyway.
It’s a low-key job, so people who like to have a good time don’t go to work while only receiving travel allowances and overtime allowances.”

We changed into the military uniforms they provided and walked together.

Jerk, jerk.

“…”

That’s how I passed the checkpoints and the immigration office easier than I thought.

“Uh?
Guys, what are you doing here?”

There were also a few unexpected crises.

“Aye, uncle.
I was given instructions to work behind the guard post over there.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know.
Let’s see who comes to inspect tomorrow.
Or did he not want to see us resting in peace?”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Get some rest.”

Since there are more than 20 people on our side, we can pass without incident.

“Stop!”

“!!!”

I was surprised at the moment because I wanted to do it like FM,

“Hey, why aren’t you wearing the armband straight?
Do it right from the start!”

Everyone did it and moved on.
Then.

Paper weave!

“Turn it off… !”

In order to secure an escape route, mental control is applied.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

“And… What is that?”

“It’s disguised.
Don’t look at me too much.”

“Sorry.
It’s the first time I’ve seen dinosaurs, so it’s amazing.”

“Those who were born in Middle-earth will see it for the first time.
The Demon Realm’s Stego Knights are famous.
Stegosaurus is one of the few dinosaurs that have been successfully domesticated, along with Triceratops.
Thanks to that, there are a lot of jockeys deployed.
It’s ironic to ride that and fight the Balaur rebels, the Tyrannosaurus Knights.”

“Wow.
A showdown between the Tyranno Knights and the Stego Knights?
Just thinking about it makes my heart soar!
I really want to see you… !!!”

Huh?
Wait for a sec.

“Order?
I heard that the Balaur revolted, do you have a rider?”

“That is…”

When the demon officer hesitated, the demon soldier next to him answered instead.

“A division occurred in the Pandemonium, and some demons began to join the dragon rebels.”

“Why?!”

“They said they would give you a salary, a house, and land.
I don’t know if that will really happen.”

“For very practical reasons.”

“If you hope for the ideal and get frustrated, you tend to follow the reality rather than the ideology.
If it is difficult to make a living, you will be interested in ‘what works in reality’ rather than ‘what is right’.”

“Maybe that is the right thing to do.
If the nation abandons the individual, the individual abandons the nation as well.”

Listening to the conversation between me and the demon soldiers, Rumika pressed her temples as if her head hurt.

“Why?
Honey, are you not feeling well?”

“No. Just… I have a lot of thoughts.”

“I know.
I’m getting a lot too.”

National governance begins with management philosophy.
Now Rumika and I are looking at a good precedent for how rulers should run a country.

Jerk, jerk.

“Oh! Me, what is that?”

“It is a pterosaur.
The scout has no back and no saddle, so it’s a wild pterosaur.
Be careful.
They might want to eat us.”

It’s been a long time since I walked like that.

“We are almost there.
Do you see the black sun rising high in the sky?”

“Oh, that is… !”

In the middle of the red gray sky.
Sometimes red, sometimes purple, sometimes a black sun shining purple.
Like the appearance of the white sun in the middle of the eclipse, the main body is blacker than any black color I have ever seen in my life, and only the flame around its rim is colored.

“Is there anyone stopping me from going over there?”

“There won’t be.
The Black Sun itself has a defense system.
If you approach it, everything will burn.”

“Can I just leave it like that?
You’re the only one that warms the underground world of demons?
Besides, isn’t it the sacred place where the ancestors of the demons return?!”

“I can’t get there, and there’s nothing to do, so who will go?
Terrorists have tried several times to blow it up, but it’s impossible because of the defense system?
To be honest, I was worried that you two were going to commit suicide.”

“Who dies?
I’m a newlywed, so it’s a shame to have a good fortune.
We are Dark Blood.”

“?!
Really?!
Wow, if I knew that, I would go to the manor house.”

“Why?”

“I think I was treated well because I have a noble status.
I’ll even throw a banquet.”

“I don’t have time.
No.”

Then, the Demon Foot Soldier next to him added.

“Platoon commander, it is not.
If it is known that it is dark blood, you might think of confining it to the house and bringing it to the king.
It can also be used for seeds or seedlings.”

This.
Reminds me of my nightmare with Caltz.

The Demon Foot Soldiers explained the access route, nearby guards, and guard posts.

“Then we’ll go away.”

“Okay.
After we get out, see you at the first place we saw you.
Let’s get some help when we go back.”

“Yes!
Come on!”

If you wear the Valkyrie armor and go straight, you will be fast, but you will be misunderstood that you have invaded from the heavens just like before.
We packed our military uniforms into our backpacks and changed into our original school uniforms.
Take a break while enjoying the lunch box Marie prepared for you.
Then, with a hearty smile at Rumica’s youthful appearance, she took out the preparations from her backpack.

“Brother, what is this?”

“It’s a talisman.
Illusion and hypnotize whoever sees you to make you look new.
If you look at it as an angel, you will be attacked.”

“Hmm.”

I gave Lumika a hearty grip on her amulet and told her to attach it to her head, chest, stomach and legs before she began her flight.

“I will attach the back.”

“Huh.
Now, are you going?”

Dig!

When I grabbed Rumika by the waist, she flew up!

Flutter, Flutter—!

“Fantastic creation!
Perception distortion!”

Harmony and linkage of illusion magic and hypnotic magic.
If you want to be called a master of phantom magic, you have to do this!

Flutter, Flutter—!

Whoa… !

“Awesome… !
Gravity distortion is severe… !”

It was extremely difficult to approach the black sun, even with Rumika’s flight skills and the output of the Valkyrie Armor.
Furthermore,

Chii profit… !!

“Ahh… !!
It’s getting hotter… !!”

The heat is rising!
We’re going to ride in like this!!

“Brother… ! Ugh, get sucked in!!”

“Now! That!”

Spaw! Scott!

I brush my finger on the blade that has been sterilized with fire, and our blood splatters into the air.
The trumpeted incantation that Rumika learned from the previous demon lord echoes in both of their mouths!

“”I, the blood of promise, the one who brought the name of promise.
Remembering the promise of our ancestors, we will come from afar to find the path of responsibility!
To the place where your honor, lost time, past memories, and the souls of your ancestors gather, let every footstep of a walker ignite the flames of sacrifice!”

The rearrangement of mana is too complicated.
The incantation is a bit long, but the other things are tricky… !

Tsutsutsu… !!

Our blood evaporates in the heat of the black sun,

Dig!

Purple rays from the black sun pierce our hearts.

“”Aww?!””

It was then.
The system message and guidance voice started to be heard again.

Tiriling—!

[Player 2 Kamyu enters the ‘Black Sun’, an artificial solar type heat supply device based on micro black hole power of ‘ㄱRSGㅅ-194’.]

[Player 2 Kamyu and Player 2’s heroine Rumika both have dark blood and allow joint entry.]

[The defense system, ‘Helios’ is excluded from interception.]

“Brother… !”

“Hold my hand tight… !!”

Shuhuaaaaa!!

We were sucked into the black sun and heard majestic voices.

“Son, what are you doing here?”

Tiriling!!!

[Encounter with ‘the first demon,’ Angmar, the spiritual body that protects the black sun!]