144. New Alliance (2)

Yulian’s Western Demon King Army was heading south.

The army’s destination was a city called Raensty. A major city in the south ruled by a High Elf Count.

It seemed news had reached the higher-ups that the remaining forces of the Southern Demon King Army were gathering there.

“Is it about a day left until we reach Raensty?”

At Rosette’s words, Cecilia unfolded a map.

“I think so, Rosette-nim…”

The Western Demon King Army’s southward march speed defied common sense.

Of course, it was an army composed of High Elves and Dragons, so it was on a different level from the marching speed of human soldiers.

It was hard to believe they were the same army that had fought a great battle not long ago, as they rapidly closed the distance to their destination.

Despite this, they didn’t seem tired at all, and marching songs calling Yulian’s name echoed loudly outside the carriage.

“Lord Yulian~! He is with us~! March with the great Apostle of Yunir~!”

It was truly a military song filled with loyalty and faith in Yulian. No, it was closer to a hymn.

In fact, the song had the effect of increasing magical energy.

Therefore, ordinary carriages couldn’t keep up with the marching speed.

So, Cecilia modified a special carriage. Not only her modifications, but also Rosette’s weight reduction spells and Chloe’s material strengthening alchemy were incorporated into the carriage.

They were moving at a crazy speed along with the army, but fortunately, the inside of the carriage was cozy.

Lucia was currently driving the carriage.

And Chloe, feeling stuffy from being in the carriage all the time, had gone outside with Lucia.

“Lucia-ssi! Drive faster! We can’t lose to the demon soldiers!”

It was as if they were in a carriage race. Chloe’s voice mixed with the military song and could be heard together.

So, the only three people remaining inside the carriage were Cecilia, Aylin, and Rosette, who were chatting together.

Rosette lightly sipped on her mint tea. She swallowed the mouthful and said,

“Um… but the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Demon King Army… Remiella-nim is so pretty. What do you think, Cecilia-ssi and Aylin-ssi?”

At those words, Cecilia smiled gently.

“I think so too. Every time I see her, I feel like she’s a painting. She’s such a beautiful person.”

However, upon hearing the name Remiella, Aylin almost spat out the tea she had in her mouth.

“Remiella-nim, you say… Th-that’s right. I heard she’s the most famous beauty in the Demon King’s kingdom.”

And Cecilia noticed Aylin’s reaction.

‘Aylin unni… is jealous. How cute.’

Cecilia’s lips unconsciously curled up.

Although she usually had a expressionless and cold demeanor, whenever it came to matters related to Yulian Oraboni, Aylin unni always became flustered.

Cecilia, who was close to Aylin, knew this well now.

‘Remiella-nim… She is really pretty.’

In fact, Cecilia, who had been sickly, had rarely left her room.

She had hardly participated in social gatherings of the Demon King’s kingdom’s royalty or nobility.

But according to what her maids and servants had told her, the most beautiful person in the empire was undoubtedly the High Elf Remiella.

Actually, Cecilia didn’t really feel it because she saw her relatively often.

Anyway, at that time, the maids said this.

• Of course, that’s until Cecilia-nim’s beauty becomes known outside the Demon King’s palace!

Remiella was a friend of her unni Tricia. So, she was already over 300 years old.

But Cecilia was only a little over 100 years old, so there was a generational difference.

The maids and servants often talked about Remiella, saying that Cecilia was much more beautiful.

However, Cecilia had only admired romance through romance novels.

Until her meeting with Yulian Oraboni, she had never met a man who attracted her, so she didn’t really care about her appearance.

Since she was always inside the Demon King’s palace, she was always immersed in hobbies such as making magical tools rather than being conscious of herself as a woman.

And Remiella was a very close friend of Tricia unni.

She often came to visit her when she was sick, so as someone who liked her unnis, she didn’t really feel the need to ignite a rivalry.

Aylin spoke again.

“Perhaps… even human men would find Remiella-nim beautiful. Lucia-nim told me that there was a very beautiful Master-level High Elf famous in Southern Caceres…”

But Aylin’s voice was slightly hoarse.

In fact, Cecilia had some idea.

Remiella was a beauty famous for treating men like stones or trees. She was a beauty famous for rejecting nearly hundreds of proposals.

But the way she looked at Yulian, the lord of the Western Demon King Army, was different.

Everyone here was Yulian’s lover and a woman, so they couldn’t possibly not know the meaning of that look. It was definitely a look of love. Of course, the object of her affection was Yulian.

“Th-then Yulian might… have feelings for Remiella-nim too.”

And Rosette finally brought out the fact that everyone had been quietly avoiding.

At those words, Aylin’s pupils turned pitch black.

“That might… be the case. When I picked up the clothes that Doryeon-nim had taken off to wash a while ago… I saw a long strand of golden hair.”

“Th-then, did Yulian already sleep with Remiella-nim!”

Everyone fell silent. It was an unspoken affirmation that it seemed likely.

Rosette’s expression became urgent.

“If she’s such a pretty High Elf… Yulian might fall for her! H-her breasts are as big as His Majesty the Emperor’s… and her figure is so much better than mine… Then… naturally, we might have fewer opportunities to be with Yulian…”

And Rosette made a sullen expression.

In fact, Cecilia wasn’t a dragon with a very high sex drive.

She would get fully aroused when doing lewd things with Yulian. But usually, she wasn’t so desperate to monopolize Yulian.

‘After all, I’m Oraboni’s destined partner connected by the blood of a dragon…’

In a way, it was a promise of marriage more solid than a human promise. Whether human or demon, even married couples could divorce.

But there was no case where the relationship of a partner connected by the blood of a dragon was canceled. Besides, dragons had very long lifespans. There would be countless opportunities to spend the night with him.

Therefore, Cecilia was lenient when it came to Yulian’s relationships with women.

‘That doesn’t mean… I shouldn’t understand my unnis. Human lifespans are short.’

And humans aged much faster than elves or dragons.

She had to understand their desire to hold Yulian more in their arms now, during their prime of youth.

Cecilia smiled gently and said,

“But Rosette unni and Aylin unni are both pretty too! Everyone is called the most beautiful person in their respective orders! You’re not lacking at all compared to Remiella-nim!”

At those words, Rosette made a very touched expression.

“As expected, Cecilia-nim is so kind!”

And unlike her usual self, Aylin’s expression, which had been anxious about the name Remiella, softened a little.

In that way, the atmosphere inside the carriage became friendly again.

But at that moment, Rosette and Aylin exchanged glances, conveying their thoughts.

• That’s a relief!

• It is a relief.

Cecilia was also one of the most beautiful women in the Demon King’s kingdom, to the point where her name was mentioned alongside Remiella.

Perhaps, if her personality was a little more fox-like, the order of the harem might have been decided long ago, they thought.

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Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Southern Caceres Army.

They were using one of the Demon King Army’s castles that they had already captured as their temporary command post.

And a middle-aged man sat cross-legged on a chair in the lord’s reception room.

Duke Pedro was looking down at his subordinates.

“Your Majesty! The demonization that Your Majesty ordered has been completed!”

And in front of him, the commander of the Sentiac Knights knelt on the floor.

Pedro arrogantly nodded in response.

‘Demonization, huh…’

It was the process of implanting a demon beast’s magic stone into a human’s mana heart, turning them into a demon beast.

All the generals and knights present at the command post were already demonized.

Starting with their master, Duke Pedro. He was an apostle chosen by the Chaotic Gate Inferno of the South.

But demonization was not an easy task.

Corrupting the knights of Sentiac who wanted to become demon beasts themselves was not difficult.

But the demonization that Duke Pedro had ordered this time was forced demonization.

“All the captured knights and soldiers of the Southern Demon King Army have successfully become demonized, and will become our loyal dogs!”

And as the knight commander said.

After devastating the southern part of the Demon King’s kingdom, Duke Pedro had corrupted all the captured prisoners into demonized beings.

They had now all lost their will and were moving according to the instructions of the higher-ranking demonized beings.

“We have gained useful troops. Then those demonized knights can fill the void left by the large number of demon beasts left in the southern part of the Demon King’s kingdom.”

“That’s right, Your Majesty!”

Of course, the demonization process was by no means easy.

Previously, even if they were Awakened, only those with a mana heart around the Aura Expert level, or at least a 5th Circle mana heart or higher, could withstand the curse of demon magic and become demonized.

But this time it was different.

‘Thanks to that being’s resurrection, the demonization process has become much easier.’

Even ordinary soldiers who were not knights. As long as they were mana Awakened, they could all be corrupted into demonized beings.

And Duke Pedro’s body trembled at that fact.

‘Finally, is the new world beginning!’

He was a Grand Master-level powerhouse. But for a long time, he had always been troubled by that strength.

No matter how strong a human was, they could not reach the realm of God.

Even Margrave Wilhelm, the best in the empire, was the same.

The strength he had seen during the Great War had transcended humans. But the standard was only human.

But no matter how strong they were as humans, as long as they were creations of Jedin and Yunir.

They could not even reach the realm of an apostle, the entrance to God.

So, Pedro, who was pursuing endless strength, the ultimate power beyond humans. He was finally chosen as an apostle of a new god.

“The great Demon God cannot be compared to false gods like Jedin and Yunir.”

Only Knoia was the true god who would rule the new era.

And as an apostle of Knoia. As the future divine servant of the new world that Knoia would open.

The insignificant creations of Jedin and Yunir left on the ground.

Becoming sacrifices to the new world that Knoia would open was their only value, less than that of insects.

Pedro laughed, making the reception room shake.

“Haha. Now it’s time to watch the last struggles of the insects. I will trample all the insects of the Demon King’s kingdom and give them the opportunity to become the servants of the great Knoia. In the future, they will be grateful for our mercy and grace!”

“That’s right!”

“The next goal is the capture of the Demon King’s kingdom’s capital, Yecares! Commander, prepare for a new battle!”

“Understood!”

The High Dragon Ustina was enthroned as the Demon King in that capital of the Demon King’s kingdom, but there was nothing to worry about.

Her main force, the Eastern Demon King Army, had already been weakened by the battle with Yuraness, the apostle of the East.

And at that time, the commander added.

“Your Majesty. By the way, I heard that Yuraness’s demon beast army was recently defeated greatly. A man called the son of Lucifiel is claiming to be the new Demon King and defeated the High Dragon Aquarite…”

“Yulian von Reinhardt. So that’s the guy.”

“That’s right!”

His illegitimate child. He heard that Lucia, who had not even received Orhain’s surname, was with that guy.

Of course, emotions remained even for the demonized beings.

But Duke Pedro had no affection for his own flesh and blood. He had already corrupted all of his children into demonized beings long ago.

‘If that Yulian submits to me willingly. It wouldn’t be bad to have my illegitimate child and Yulian… form a relationship and create a new demonized being.’

If the blood of Reinhardt and the Demon King, and even the blood of Orhain, were mixed together. It would be possible to create a special demonized being who would be loyal to Knoia in the future.

That was a new creation. Since the god of demon beasts and demonized beings had already descended to the ground.

Creating a new human race that would carry on Knoia’s will in that way would surely be a rewarding thing for Yulian and Lucia.

“There is a need to be wary of him. But it’s already too late. Now that the great Knoia has descended to the ground. He will not be able to surpass even Yuraness, the apostle of Flutia, let alone me.”

A power he had never experienced before was boiling within Pedro.

It was definitely the 8th Circle. Moreover, it was no different from the realm of a true demigod, transcending humans with the addition of Knoia’s demon magic that had manifested on the ground.

‘Yulian von Reinhardt. Even if that young man is at the same level as his maternal grandfather. He can no longer face me. I am an apostle of Knoia. A demigod who has transcended humans.’

He was the one chosen by Knoia, who would become the only god of the world.

Pedro resolved himself to annihilate all of Jedin and Yunir’s creations from the ground and corrupt them into demon beasts, according to Knoia’s will.

“The will of the great Knoia will cover Islend!”

Jiiiiiiiiik-

The huge lord’s castle shook from the demon magic he lightly emitted.

Cold sweat flowed from the forehead of the kneeling knight commander. Pedro let out a hearty laugh.

He vividly imagined the defeated appearance of the young imperial hero. His despair as he collapsed to the ground.

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Raensty, a city in the southern part of the Demon King’s kingdom.

Lantea, the lord of Raensty and a count of the Demon King’s kingdom, despaired.

In a building of the lord’s residence that was being used as the general headquarters. The leaders of the territory were groaning.

“At this rate, we will be captured by the demon beast army within three days.”

Duke Pedro’s Caceres Army had already left the south and was advancing towards the capital of the Demon King’s kingdom.

But the remaining armies of the Southern Demon King Army were helplessly being defeated by the demon beast army he had left behind.

The corpses of demons were everywhere in the south.

Even the surviving knights and soldiers were all captured as prisoners. At this rate, the Demon King’s kingdom had no future.

“We must join forces with the Imperial Army even now!”

One of the commanders shouted. And Lantea also knew in his heart that there was no other way.

‘The Western Demon King Army may have won a great victory in the Drotel Gorge. But it is very far from here in the south. It is impossible for them to come and rescue us right away after fighting a huge battle…’

So, they had to join hands with the Imperial Army, who were the enemies of the demons.

But he couldn’t bring himself to say those words.

Everyone here had lost their families, lovers, and friends to the humans. Just as Count Lantea’s head was about to explode.

The door to the conference room suddenly burst open with a bang.

“The demon beast army, the demon beast army is retreating! Reinforcements have arrived!”

And at the messenger’s shout that followed. Lantea jumped up from his seat.