episode_0187

The news of the great invasion of monsters coming from the north of the continent quickly became known to the kingdom.

The number, which seemed to have gathered all the monsters that existed in this world, was enough to make the viewer lose their will to fight.

Refugees who came down from the northern city of Arunhem or other northern cities vividly testified to the number of monsters they had seen for the first time in their lives.

There is also a saying that when you climb a high mountain and see a monster approaching, it looks as if the entire land is covered in a swarm of black ants.

Naturally, these stories quickly spread as rumors, and unfounded and scandalous stories also began to circulate.

“Did you hear? I heard something absurd is happening.”

“It looks like monsters are covering the upper part of the continent and getting closer.”

“I heard that the gates of hell have opened, and monsters are pouring out from there.”

“Ah… Goddess… Save us… … .”

I don’t know where the story about the gates of hell opening came from… … .

If it was really open, I was the one who opened it.

But it was clear that the situation was getting more serious.

It is said that in the demon world, the interception unit has already engaged in its first battle with monsters.

The kingdom also organized an interception unit under the instructions of Edward, the head of the city union, but the scale of the monsters was so large that the northern city gave up its defense and ordered an evacuation to the south.

The methods of response are slightly different, but in the end, what both sides are aiming for is to delay the descent of the monster as much as possible and to take time.

And the reason they worked so hard to take my time was to buy me time to subdue the demon lord.

but… … .

“Where on earth is the Demon King’s soul? Is it coming?”

The whereabouts of the Demon King’s Soul were still unknown.

Obviously, it would have been successful in inducing the demon lord’s soul with the magical power inducer.

It does not seem like a simple coincidence that such a great invasion of monsters occurred not long after the magic inducer was activated.

However, I couldn’t figure out when, in what form, and where the Demon King’s soul was coming.

I asked you to let me know as soon as something presumed to be the Demon Lord’s spirit is detected, but it would still be difficult.

I eventually decided to head north to go to the place where the monsters were flooding in with my own eyes and look for the demon lord’s soul.

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Mileia left first to help the kingdom’s army build a defense line to prevent the monsters from moving south.

So, thinking that Sylphy, who has good eyesight, would be helpful in finding the Demon King’s Spirit, I headed north with her.

The monster was moving south, targeting both the Demon World and the Kingdom.

It was as if the entire northern part of the continent was now full of monsters.

It is clearly not a natural phenomenon.

It is clear that he has been influenced by the devil’s soul, but where is the devil’s soul?

“Senior, how can I recognize the Demon King’s soul?”

Sylphy asked me in the carriage heading to the north of the kingdom.

“That’s right. Honestly, I don’t know.”

“Then you wouldn’t know even if you found it… … .”

“I can only hope that there will be something special… … .”

It really was.

Anyway, it was successful in stimulating the demon king’s soul through the magic derivative.

However, no one knew what the Demon King’s soul looked like now.

Even the narration was silent about this now.

Therefore, even if we headed north as is, finding the Demon King’s Soul was like finding a needle in a grain of sand.

But still, the reason I went up north was because I believed in the narration that was now silent.

Some characteristics when narration gives me important information… … .

If I could access a clue on my own, the narration had a strong feeling of waiting for me to find it.

It would be more convenient for me if everything was told from beginning to end, but the narration did not do that.

As I twisted my body as much as possible to find clues or get closer to the answer, the narration would tell me the true answer.

I don’t know if the reason is that it contains the deep meaning of the nameless goddess who is the main character of the narration, or if it is simply the bad-tempered narration being grumpy.

What is certain, however, is that if I sit still and wait for the narration’s answer, the narration will never give me an answer.

So, you have to go directly to the place where the sea of demons rushes down and pretend to look for the demon king’s soul.

If I don’t find the Demon King’s soul, in the end, all Mariel and I have done is bring disaster to this world.

As I got closer to the northern continent, I was able to encounter people fleeing to the south.

Some people must have seen the monster pushing down with their own eyes, and with faces filled with fear, they were vividly explaining what they had seen to those around them.

The eyewitness accounts they told were consistent.

It is literally a sea of monsters so full of monsters that the original land cannot be seen.

A sight that feels like a glimpse of the end of the world just by looking at it from afar, with the sky swarming like clouds and the ground swarming like ants.

People who saw the scene in person were only talking about despair, saying that the current kingdom would never be able to stop this great monster invasion.

“Are there really that many monsters?”

After picking up the story from the evacuation procession, Sylphy looked at me and asked.

“I don’t know, I just heard about it, so I don’t think it would be that bad even if I gathered all the monsters in this world.”

“Does the Demon King’s soul also have the ability to summon monsters…? … .”

Sylphy’s words also made sense.

If there were one or two eyewitness accounts, you would think they were just exaggerated stories out of fear… … .

Whether they were demons or humans, the accounts of sightings of hordes of monsters were consistently the same.

No matter how much the Demon King’s Soul had attracted all the monsters from the continent and made them on its side, it was true that if it covered the vast land and sky, it could not be explained simply by simply gathering monsters from the continent.

I will have to see it with my own eyes to be sure, but for now, the possibility that the Demon Lord’s soul can continue to summon monsters from somewhere cannot be ruled out.

“Please… … .”

Honestly, I thought I would be able to find the Demon King’s soul right away after activating the magic derivative.

But now that things had happened like this, the sight before my eyes was rather dark.

As our carriage got closer and closer to the north of the continent, the narration fell silent.

On the contrary, the large army of monsters pushing down from the north was gradually descending towards the southern part of the continent, like a swarm of locusts devouring all life.

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“It is impossible to go any higher from here. Above here is the first line of defense to block monsters.”

“Thank you for your hard work. You can go back.”

“Then… Take care of yourself, warrior.”

The coachman who was driving the carriage carrying me and Sylphy bowed his head and turned the head of the carriage towards the south.

We got off the carriage and had to walk from now on.

Is “ the first line of defense? … It’s lower than I thought.”

“It looks like the cities further up have already evacuated.”

“It may be a line of defense that Mr. Edward decided upon after careful consultation with everyone, but to the point of giving up several cities entirely… … .”

Perhaps Mileia had come first and was building a defense line in the first line of defense.

I was planning to advance a little further above the defense line and look for the Demon King’s Spirit, but it might be a good idea to take a quick look at Mileia.

As we continued further north along the road, we saw several layers of recently built stone walls between large, sheer cliffs.

The kingdom’s army was busy moving around on the stone walls and watchtowers.

In the back, soldiers were moving bricks to build a wall that had not yet been built.

“In that short time… … .”

The sight is literally like a makeshift fortress sandwiched between large cliffs.

Let’s take as much time as possible here, and do the second… 3rd… The kingdom was preparing to build a solid defense line as it went south.

“Hey! The hero has arrived!”

“Oh… … ! The rumor that he received the holy sword directly from the goddess!”

As I stepped into the makeshift fortress with Sylphy, several soldiers recognized me and shouted.

Are there many people who know me that much? The moment I thought, “How did I find out?”

A familiar face appeared inside the makeshift fortress.

It was Millia, the girl who approached with long black hair and an expressionless expression.

“Mr. Milleia!”

“You came as expected.”

Mileia had a cold face without any change in expression, but I felt a look of great joy in her eyes.

It seemed like she was waiting for me.

『Mileia thought that Yunoa, who was looking for the Demon King’s soul, would definitely pass by here, so she explained Yunoa’s appearance to all the kingdom’s troops here so that they could find Yunoa right away when she came.

She did not forget to mention that he is the only person who can end this great invasion of monsters, and that he is a hero who was directly given the holy sword by the goddess.』

“… … .”

“Why is that so? Yunoa.”

“People here recognized me as soon as they saw me.”

“That’s probably because you, Yunoa, have become so famous as a hero.”

I’m sorry, but I already know everything from the narration… … .

I felt strange imagining that Mileia had to explain my personal appearance to everyone in order to find me.

People listening to her explanation may have felt extremely intimidated and felt a compulsion to recognize me.

“Anyway, how is the situation?”

With that out of the way, I asked the woman who was in charge of the situation here.

She raised her head and looked at the top of the cliff.

At the end of her line of sight, on a cliff, was a very tall watchtower.

“It will be faster to see it with your own eyes.”

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