Chapter 255 – The Wild Hunt Has Arrived. #02
“You tricked me!”
The door of the demon king’s office, a place that was very similar to the space where the demon king ruled hell in the past, and symbolized the glory of the past, opened with a violent sound.
Originally, the existence that opened the door in such a rude way had to be stopped by the guards, but even the guards guarding the castle could not treat the officers carelessly.
In particular, if it was not the army commander, but Lilith, the dream queen who belonged to the 4th generation of founding contributors who assisted the demon king from hell, it was impossible for the guards to stop it by force in the first place.
Knowing that fact, the second-in-command of the demon king’s army, Rich Harmon, only looked down at her from her throne her indifferently and did not reprimand her royal guard for letting her through her.
[What’s up, Lilith? Do you think this kind of rudeness would be tolerated even if you were a member of the Demon King-sama’s household?]
“Don’t even think about bringing up your own nonsensical laws and rules, Harmon, I’ve heard them all. I heard everything! How dare you deceive me!”
[Woomun, I have no memory of deceiving you in the first place.]
As if the situation itself was unpleasant, Harmon glered at Lilith while emitting an intimidating mental wave.
Normally Lilith would have gone overboard with Harmon’s attitude, but today’s Lilith did not back down and showed Harmon the piece of parchment she had brought beforehand and shouted.
“You made it clear that only three officers will be sent to this operation to raid the academy hero and his comrades his!”
[Lilith, I still can’t understand your intentions. What do you mean by that? What does that have to do with deception?]
The parchment she brought with her was a notice given to the officers of the Demon King’s Army.
The contents of the announcement contained the information of the demon army for this academy raid, and even the demon king’s seal forcing cooperation was stamped on it.
Lilith didn’t like that Harmon dared to use her demon king’s seal, but what made her even more angry was what was written in the notice.
“This parchment says something completely different! It’s not enough to send Eldritch, Magni, and Hecatoncale, and it says that even Ammosus will participate in the operation, but what happened to this!”
Having been excluded from this operation once before, she was secluded in her own palace to suppress her displeasure her and restore her powers her.
The only thing she suppressed her grievances was because Harmon’s judgment her sounded plausible that her own vengeance her might ruin her operation her.
However, it was not enough that Harmon changed the content of the operation completely different from what he had informed him of, and he even changed the number and members of the executive team participating in the operation.
“Originally, wasn’t Carzione and Ammosus leading the operation, ensuring the fall of the academy, and supporting one of the corps commanders? But what is this, using Ammosus and his fleet as bait to tie up the Golden Fleet and send three officers below the corps commander to raid the academy? Are you kidding me?”
[The contents of the operation were only modified by this side after receiving information from the academy. What’s wrong with the operation itself?]
“Problem? Are there any problems?”
This operation had many problems in Lilith’s mind.
“It’s not even a family member, there are only three officers at the level of a corps commander. Even the gloomy Eldritch and the eerie Hecatoncale are your minions, not the commander! Compared to my family, I’m not good enough!”
The fallen old god Magni, a survivor of the god tribe who was defeated and annihilated by the demon king army and the giant king Loki, and barely survived, and a fallen servant of the goddess.
At least Magni was one of the members, as he was quite strong among the corps commanders.
The problem is the other two.
Eldritch, the one who devours the light, and Hecatonkele, the celestial monster, were nothing more than crude toys that Rich Harmon picked up and revived from the corpses of dead beings in the mythical age of the past.
Of course, its strength itself is recognized as being comparable to a corps commander, but in Lilith’s eyes, it was a weak existence comparable to lower corps commanders.
“If that’s the case, send me! I, a follower of my family, will go and fight Ammosus myself! Then the Golden Fleet and the Academy won’t all end!”
The most incomprehensible thing above all is the fact that he, as a member of the 4 generations, was excluded.
The fact that he was compared to scum, at least below the corps commander, was infuriating Lilith, who was proud of being a member of the 4th generation.
However, Harmon, who had been silently listening to her anger her, still looked down at Lilith with indifferent eyes.
[Noisy. Shut up.]
“…What? What? Look at me now…”
[I said shut up. Is there any reason why I should explain everything about the operation to you, Lilith?]
Not. Although they were tied together as four generations, Hamon was the second-in-command of the demon king’s army, which he appointed directly when the demon king was awake.
Even when she was a dreamer who was not listed in the 72 demons, Harmon was one of the great demons who were listed as the 72 demons of hell.
Lilith, who still had n’t forgotten that fact, could n’t help but flinch when Harmon openly expressed her displeasure her.
“Ugh… Ha, but. If you’re going to send guys like that, please send me too!”
[Dismissed. You are excluded from this plan.]
“You’re going to tell me to stay in the castle of demons anyway! If that’s the case, send me at least revenge! Do you really think that I will be attacked even if I go back to my body?!”
[You are just an element of anxiety in this operation. Lilith.]
I started to feel a crushing sensation all over my body.
Lilith was convinced of that feeling. Harmon said he would never let him go.
[Hide yourself in your little kingdom, Lilith.]
After that, Harmon remained silent and banished Lilith from the Demon Castle. The meaning was clear.
He himself will be thoroughly excluded from the fight against the hero in the future. For one defeat.
“I can’t stand it… Me, the dream queen me…! You treat me like an idiot for corrupting and dominating so many heroes…?”
Returning to her castle and brooding over her anger her, Lilith created a vessel to contain her power her, a new alter ego.
Be weak enough not to be noticed by Harmon
Small enough to stow away on a ship escorting a corps commander.
However, it is strong enough to show one’s strength
“Let’s see, I’ll treat the hero and his companion as my alter ego…!”
Promising to show a different level of strength from the weak alter ego that was helplessly torn apart last time.
***
“The enemies are coming! Prepare for an air strike!”
“Emergency! Emergency! Evacuate VIPs and students!”
“Prepare the guns! Move fast! The Wild Hunt is coming!!”
Sailors’ shouts echoed from every ship in the academy’s fleet.
[I notified the captains of the former ship of the emergency! All knights of the Empire are moving to protect the students and staff!]
[I have prepared the kingdom’s troops to prepare for the offensive. Wizards are also deploying protective magic throughout the fleet!]
[Our priests are also preparing for the chanting ceremony. If the Demon King’s army appears, we can declare this area as a sanctuary within 10 minutes, Mr. West.]
“Good job, three of you. Prepare me for my part on each ship. Understand?”
Agnes, Marianne, and Olga relay the situation of each ship with the two-way telepathic channel artifacts distributed in advance in case of an unexpected situation.
Thanks to preparing manuals for emergencies several times in advance and informing the leaders and commanders of each country, the current fleet was able to calmly prepare for the unprecedented attack of the Demon King’s army.
“Partner, what time is it?”
“There are still two minutes left. Check the magic spells in advance and familiarize yourself with the strategy that we have given you in advance!”
Thanks to this, I was able to earn a short amount of free time before 5 minutes had passed, but the ‘Hero Party’ party, which was supposed to deal with the corps commander, was in a state of confusion.
“Heh, Hecaton Kale was vulnerable to physical force and Eldritch had to use his holy power his to focus his attacks his, right? What about Magni, Princess Marianne and I?”
“On the contrary! Eldritch absorbs all of the divine power and mana, and Hecaton Kale is a giant corpse golem made of monsters! It’s only right for you and your sister to deal with Magni!”
“Hey, where was my position? In this situation, are you applying with magic at Point B with Al’Miraz?”
“Violet, you get C points! The B point is too close to the front, so it’s easy to be exposed to Magni or Eldritch!”
In addition to only deploying one of the pre-determined tactics, I have informed all of the knowledge I know about the corps commander and his followers.
However, due to the unprecedented situation in which three corps commander-level officers are put into one front, the members of the warrior party who are in charge of the most important mission are just confused.
“I’ll explain one last time, listen up!”
First of all, the heavenly monster Hecaton Kale.
The 10 giants with 100 arms who reigned and lived as kings in this land in the distant past lost their lives and their bodies were sealed in the abyss by the ruling class that rebelled against them.
Rich Harmon stumbled upon the corpses of the 10 giant monsters, put them together and remodeled them into a monstrous and powerful giant corpse golem.
For reference, I killed myself in the 4th round.
“The 1,000 hands are so powerful that they can pull out and throw mountains, but since they move with instinct without intelligence, there won’t be any precise attacks! It is the most powerful power that can destroy the fleet, so Heavenly Demon-nim needs to buy time!”
“I get it. As long as the Northern Church and the angel man can stop the invasion of demons, I’ll buy them as much time as they like.”
In this fight, the corps commander, who is in the position of a giant monster, must be dealt with by constantly cutting down with the volley of fire from all ships while the Heavenly Demon steps forward to block it.
In order to assist the Heavenly Demon, whose body’s demonic energy has accumulated to the limit due to the past fight with the Demon King’s Army, the priests of the Northern Church and Sardiel assist the Heavenly Demon.
“Next up, old god Magni!”
Fallen Old God Magni.
The word of Asgard, a god appearing in an ancient religion that is said to have ruled the northern region until the appearance of the demon king army in ancient times.
After all of her species were killed by the demon king’s army, who joined hands with the giant king Loki, Magni, who survived, volunteered to become a servant of the demon king’s army.
By the way, this guy is also the one I killed alone in the 4th round.
“It’s only a few heads taller than a human, so it may look small compared to other corps commanders, but you shouldn’t ignore it. They are armed with divine weapons such as Mjolnir, Megingjord, and Jarngreifre, and their combat abilities are superior to those of most warriors!”
“Instead, I’m rather weak to demonic energy, so the longer the battle goes, the more crazy I get, and instead of getting stronger, I lose my temper. It will be of great help if Sirka and Unicor use their demonic energy to drive them!”
“Yes..! We will do our best to help! How many times have you matched the sum with Al’Miraj for today!”
This corps commander, who boasts overwhelming strength in both interpersonal and corps battles, must buy time as the main axis is the three superhuman heroines and the warriors.
It is the easiest state to kill when losing reason and losing all fighting skills. At that time, you must end your life after destroying the belt that gives you infinite regeneration to completely kill it.
“And Eldritch, this guy is the most troublesome… !”
The one who devours the glow, the eldritch.
I also tried to kill this guy by myself, but he is such a troublesome guy to deal with.
In terms of the game’s raid, there are up to 5 phases, and each phase has a different pattern and weakness, and Harmon’s strongest executive who keeps reviving.
Fortunately, I am familiar with all of his patterns and weaknesses of his. It is weaker than the 4th round, but instead, it is prepared to some extent for its weaknesses his.
Besides, Karen, who will fully assist me this time, is waiting next to me.
“He has tenacious vitality, but he also uses magic well and has strong arms. It’s good to think that he’s the most hexagon-packed guy. It’s not difficult as long as you know the pattern, so Karen and I will face this guy directly, Karen, if you only fight according to my order—”
“Mist appears on the starboard side!!! Fog appears on the starboard side!!!”
Right before the end of the raid familiarization, the shouts of the sailors in charge of the lookout resonated like screams throughout the entire fleet.
At the same time, the notification of the status window floating in front of my eyes again.
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Time left until start of quest ─ 00:00〈Click
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Quest: The Demon King’s invasion (Wild Hunt) occurs.
Good luck. Artin Ludwig.
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Right after that, the notification window went off, and at the same time, a dark, muddy, demonic fog began to rise outside the window overlooking the calm night sea.
──Boom!!
The sound of gunfire resounding,
The screams of students and adults coming from a boat.
The prayers of the sailors earnestly praying to the goddess in line with the prayers of the priests.
“The Wild Hunt is here! The cursed pirates are here! An unsinkable ghost ship has arrived!”
——The giant’s blasphemy can be heard.
——The laughter of the dead laughing at the living echoed through the fog.
──The sea turned over. The Wind Blows. A violent wind that brings a storm.
“The rest is briefed while fighting. Let’s go!”
The time for battle has arrived. The worst battle that will decide my 5th round of life.