Chapter 1925 – [Return of the Great Demon King]
Things increased thanks to the emperor openly announcing his intention to invade the dimension.
Accordingly, we decided to move quickly and take dimensional blockade measures first. Those bastards won’t invade Earth right away and brainwash the president or politicians of the Earth countries, but you never know, so we need to prevent that in advance.
If you want something, just think about the Tiv civilization of the past. When we convened, there were no hostile species attacking from the Tiv civilization, right? It’s an act of dimensional invasion, and that’s because we stopped it. The only difference is that back then it was a defensive measure to prevent incoming from outside, and this time it was a blockade to prevent incoming from within.
I delivered the news to Utopia through Horizon. He received the call with a still puzzled look on his face, and when he saw my serious expression, his complexion hardened.
[It’s been a while… Huh? What’s going on?]
“It’s a convening agenda. The topic is dimensional invasion.”
[Hey, what a guy with a big liver. If you’re acting with that much confidence, you must have obtained evidence that can’t be taken away.]
“The representative of the civilization here openly announced his intention to invade. He spoke politely, saying it was enlightenment, but in the end, he was probably targeting dimensional colonies for the invasion.”
[In that case, dimensional blockade measures would be necessary. Send me the coordinates and I’ll go there. I will also convey the news to other Great Demon Lords.]
“Since Nuri is here, just contact Phantom’s side.”
[Oh, is Nuri next to you?]
“This is the agenda that Nuri originally found. Anyway, come quickly and get to work.”
[But it’s been a while since I worked with you. I had to hear that you were going to work again… Eden must have grown up too, so is it slowly starting again?]
“Originally, I was planning to fill in the positions if there were a shortage of people, but the issue got bigger, so I came in person and ended up like this. Looking at the current situation, honestly, there is nothing we can do.”
[That’s right. Okay, if you have any related materials, please send them to me. I will also check and look into it.]
“Oh, that’s right. And there are also victims of dimension kidnapping here. Those people also need to be rescued, so we cannot incinerate civilization indiscriminately.”
[If it were a simple problem, it would be easy to just evaporate the entire planet…]
“If you’re a resident of the same dimension, you can treat them like vegetables for food, but it’s completely different. Leave the rescue and transport of the victims to me. Because Horizon is there too.”
[Hmm? Can’t we just leave that to Phantom? Since Dark Lord Castle is a dimensional civilization, it would be easy to interfere.]
“The victims are Earthlings. It is better to take care of them from the Earthlings, even if they are a little different, than from a dimensional civilization that we have no idea about.”
[Wow, you showed that much consideration. Thanks to Eden, I have become a lot gentler.]
“It’s Nuri’s idea. I just agreed.”
[All right. See you later.]
I spoke to Utopia and sent the materials, so Phantom and Sienne will later attend the meeting with basic knowledge about this area.
In fact, looking at the dimensional kidnapping alone, it was a bit ambiguous to receive a unanimous guilty verdict. It’s not because of anything else, but because of Sienne, the Great Demon King of domination.
Of course, Sienne would be gnashing her teeth for bringing in someone from another dimension and talking shit like that, but apart from that, it is difficult to convict her of ‘domination’, which is the field she is in charge of. Because even though what the emperor did was really shit, it was a competent action from the ruler’s point of view.
Even if they enslaved the people of Earth, it was not just for show, but they were gaining support from citizens through arenas and prostitution… Of course, it is enough to give an example of what is wrong in my view as the ruling party and I, the person in charge of society. Although the conviction is so bad that it hurts.
This is why the Great Demon King must come together in groups. If we just get together, this damn civilization can be found not guilty and be released. It is much more thorough and better to gather together to think, gather opinions, and contrast them than to judge by just one person.
“Let’s meet Ruri again first. Where is the communicator…”
“Wait a minute, I’ll contact you through the Ruri network.”
“The other person is Ruri, so it’s easy to contact her that way.”
I wonder if I gave Ruri the communication device for no reason, but there’s no harm in having it. Anyway, we decided to meet Ruri again and set up a meeting place. Ruri also seemed to have seen the emperor’s declaration of dimensional invasion and was moving in a hurry, setting up a meeting place that was different from his previous room.
Afterward, we went to the meeting place and met Ruri in a pretty nice office. However, in addition to us, a man who seemed to be an acquaintance of Ruri was present in the office.
Of course, it seems like he was brought by Ruri, not us… He seems to have a certain position, but apart from that, he looks good. I could believe it because my ability to see physiognomy was telling me.
“Oh, are you here? Did you see the broadcast?”
“Yes, the emperor just… Ah, who is this? Is this someone I can talk to comfortably?”
“He is someone I believe in.”
“Then that’s enough.”
We’ve just met, so even though I don’t trust that person, I trust the person that Ruri trusts. Since he is a member of the highest level of deity, the person that such Ruri trusts is a trustworthy talent.
Then I exchanged greetings with the man. The young man, who appears to be roughly in his mid to late 20s, appears to be a working staff member.
“My wife, nice to meet you. My name is Argo Norton. I am… First, I am the head of the slave management office in the 3rd district of the Imperial Capital.”
“Slave director?”
“It’s a job to manage slaves. However, he is the lowest among such people, and he is also kind, so he is far from being successful.”
“How did we get connected?”
“This person is the one who saved me from not being able to go to a crafts office because of my eyes and almost falling into simple labor. How are you?”
Nuri and I reflexively knew that this was the person Ruri was targeting. Of course, the meaning of aiming was marriage or sexual.
No, I did something because Ruri was proactive, but it was because she had a lover. In the face of love, all values take a backseat. Sometimes, because of love, I go directly to hell… And for your information, I am the same way.
“What do you think of Earthling slaves?”
“… I think they are people just like us, just without magic. They can make children to the point where you wouldn’t think they were from another dimension just by looking at their genetics. The current behavior of making them slaves is a face-lift. I think it is a shameful and ugly act.”
There were no lies. He spoke seriously and sincerely and expressed his honest and honest feelings.
Looking at that, he definitely seemed like a trustworthy person. It doesn’t seem like he’s the type of person that Ruri trusts, even considering her marriage.
“Yes, he’s a good person. I don’t mind seeing him.”
“Oh, so. Can you help this person out later?”
“What?”
“Even though I was born here… That doesn’t mean there aren’t people who worked for our human rights. Argo is one of them. The reason I was treated relatively well was because of his help. If you need proof, it’s not just me. It would be good to hear the testimony of other Earthlings here.”
“Hmm.”
How do I do this?
In fact, if it were like normal times, they would kill all the innocent and civilized residents of this place. This is because the logic is that if even one cockroach is left, it will eventually reproduce and create a breeding ground for pests.
But since Ruri asked for it and I can see her as a decent human being, and I’m speaking from the victim’s point of view… Well, it may be a bit more work, but I’ll still help her make it happen.
Moreover, isn’t Ruri the important informant in this case? If Ruri had not been there, not just the kidnapped Earthlings but Earth civilization itself could have been in danger. So even though that kind of request is annoying, it is not that difficult, so it is worth helping.
“Okay, Nuri and I will suggest that separately. I think you’ll probably agree.”
“Mister, in the end, it’s still 2 votes? It’s hard to say for sure unless it’s 3 votes, but can you guarantee that?”
“That’s right, but in this matter, I will handle the kidnapping victims. If it’s not someone else’s handling of it and we who are making the suggestion handle the troublesome issues, wouldn’t we be able to handle it with about 3 votes?”
“Well, that’s right. I guess I’ll give it a try.”
As I just mentioned, Ruri is an informant in this case, so considering that, he will almost certainly take my side. To be honest, if Nuri had been the only one to claim it, I would have been a little anxious… But I am one of the top three among the Demon Lords.
In terms of power, it would be just below the Phantom. In the past, it was like comparing it to Utopia, but since it was loaded, it has become commercial, so the gap is so big.
“Okay, first, I will rescue those who took care of the human rights of the people of Earth. However, the people of Earth must remember the other person’s name. If they are not of that level, they are not worth saving.”
“That’s about it.”
“Once preparations are over, we will be summoned soon, so prepare to take shelter with the others.”
“Oh, if that’s the case, I should have done it a long time ago. I’ve been preparing for it for a long time.”
“Ready?”
They are the reporters of this world, and they knew we would come if they reported it, so it is not particularly strange that they prepared for it, but if you look at the nuance, it seems that they were not simply trying to hide among themselves.
If you look at it that way, the Ruri weren’t all ordinary kids… And I still haven’t heard what kind of Ruri this Ruri is.
Hehe, I prepared to save countless people on Earth with the help of Argo. Of course, due to security issues, I couldn’t tell everyone, but I made a plan so that I could at least evacuate with people who shared the same opinion.”
“Oh… You all have plans. But what kind of Ruri are you? I’ve never heard of your name.”
“What are you hiding?!!! I am Revoluchon Luri, a member of the slave liberation front!!!!!”
“It’s a name that would guillotine the emperor!!!!”
“I wish I could do it myself, but I’ll leave that up to you.”
“Thank you for understanding.”
From this point of view, Argo made a subtle expression as he saw us blatantly talking about treason, but he didn’t say anything. As if he had heard something from Ruri, he seemed to understand that even if we couldn’t reach the Great Demon King, he was just as powerful.
It’s a good thing if the story gets through. It is much better than being unconvinced and disturbed.
Anyway, preparations are underway. We prepared to evacuate the kidnapping victims and their acquaintances to Horizon, and talked to Phantom, who had heard the story while Utopia was sealing off the dimension.
[I heard this from Utopia. Why does this guy work so hard when he says he’s just filling the position?]
“I just happened to see it. No, these ten bastards came here because I thought it was a dimensional kidnapping, and they declared a dimensional invasion. They’re so fucking disgusting, how can they just fill up the space and get away with it?”
[I’m angry. From the looks of it, the technology for dimensional jumping has almost been fully developed, but even though we have that level of technology, things like human rights haven’t developed properly… It seems hopeless, so I’m guilty.]
“I thought so. Oh, so speaking, while we are rescuing the kidnapping victims, we are also trying to rescue some civilized humans here. Is that okay?”
[Normally, they would care about the victims and try to exterminate all the residents of that civilization, but why all of a sudden?]
“No, the person Ruri likes is from this civilization. I think he’s a decent human being, so I wanted to save him as much as possible. Honestly, thanks to Ruri’s early tip, we were able to deal with it before the dimensional invasion occurred.”
[Hmm, you’re not just asking to save acquaintances, you’re only rescuing awake humans who are friendly to the victims, right? If that’s the case, I have no complaints.]
“Thank you for willingly giving permission.”
[Well, you’re going to have to suffer anyway. Oh, I heard you take care of victims and stuff like that in Korea?]
“Yes, Nuri said that since he was born on Earth, it would be better to take care of him in the Earth civilization, even if it is different. It made some sense, so we decided to take care of him there. Once he is cared for to a certain extent, he will be sent back to his hometown on Earth.”
[Baby… You’ve changed and grown a lot.]
“What are you arguing about because things have changed?”
[Contrary. In fact, it became more mellow and did well. In fact, from my point of view as the chairman of the Great Demon King, it is much better if the Great Demon King, one of the top three, becomes harmful and more people live.]
“But that won’t save everyone.”
[It’s better to save some lives. Anyway, see you later. When preparations are complete, convene.]
To be honest, it was a bit uncomfortable.
Just because the Great Demon King found guilty, wouldn’t there be no worthy humans in that civilization? No, it definitely exists.
There are always good people. It’s just that some of them are difficult to find. We said it was difficult to distinguish such people and that they did not actively defend us, so we left them alone. On the one hand, it’s like leaving the possibility alone, but… Well, it might be better to take care of it now.
That’s how the preparation ends. It was difficult to decide on the timing of the convocation, but they deliberately created an event to make it easier to decide the timing.
This is because the deployment of special forces trained in advance with dimensional jumping technology was broadcast openly. Thanks to this, we were able to set a date to convene and leave evidence that they were about to invade a dimension.
Of course, we have to worry that the special forces sent here will cause trouble on Earth, but… Utopia has already taken measures to block the dimension. How to say this, just think of a plane flying and there is something like an invisible wall in the middle.
What if you send someone in the meantime? Well, if you hit something like a bird while on a plane, you’ll crash and die, but if you do it during a dimensional jump, you won’t even be able to find the body.
Finally, the day of the incident arrived. On the weekend, many people started dreaming of a happy future, laughing and chatting while watching TV images reflected in crystals.
[Then, from now on, we will begin the operation to enlighten the people of Earth!!!! Soldiers to their positions!!!!!]
It shows a video of the emperor personally going to the scene and giving them orders. Not knowing that it would ultimately lead to their destruction.
Soldiers who have intensively learned mental magic soon stand on the dimensional movement magic circle. If they move normally, they will probably move somewhere on the planet and brainwash the leaders of each country and set up a mess.
Oh, of course, this is only when moving normally. If not…
[May the glory of the empire be upon you!!!! Go!!!!]
Soon a light flashed. Hundreds of soldiers disappear.
Normally, it would look like the dimension transfer magic was successful… But in reality, it’s different. In response, Nuri and I slowly prepared to move.
And that was the starting point. Other Great Demon Lords are sensed coming to this dimension, and those waiting also rush in. Lastly, I needed something decisive, and Nuri gave it to me.
“Hey, you worked more than me. I’ll pass on the delicious food.”
“There is no need to be considerate of this…”
“Anyway, just do what I handed over. Let’s see what he does for the first time in a while.”
“Okay, I understand.”
Eventually, I uttered my will and made my intentions known to this entire civilization. A gigantic will begins to convey my will to all intelligent beings in this world.
[The convocation begins now.]
The judgment of the Great Demon King, which determines the survival of a civilization, begins now.