episode_0191

“Milleia! It’s a monster! A large army of monsters has arrived here!”

A soldier on the watchtower of the kingdom’s first line of defense shouted loudly downwards.

The atmosphere of the kingdom’s army, which was reinforcing the walls of the temporary fortress, began to become turbulent.

Mileia quietly gave orders to the kingdom’s troops.

“Everyone move to the designated location. Please understand that the goal is not to fight to the death, but to slow down the monster’s advance as much as possible. I will stand at the forefront.”

Numerous soldiers and adventurers were busy moving around looking for their places.

Mileia climbed over the wall of the temporary fortress and stood alone in the direction from which the northern monsters were coming.

While she was an adventurer, she never used complicated tactics or strategies.

Milleia, who believed only in her own strength and had overcome all enemies by herself, planned to stand alone at the vanguard this time.

However, Mileia, who had experienced causing damage to Yunoa through her own mistakes in the past when she first met her, did not just ignorantly stand at the forefront this time.

I don’t know much about strategy and tactics.

But even Mileia was now well aware of its importance.

Sometimes, the organized movement of a group can be more efficient than the power of an individual.

So, instead of taking the lead alone as usual, Mileia selected members of the kingdom’s army who were good at strategic tactics and had them take charge of the kingdom’s army while Mileia fought the monsters in front.

In fact, the existence of the Mileia, which was almost a one-man army, was a weapon that gave a huge strategic advantage from a strategy planning perspective.

However, if Mileia takes command of all the armies, that advantage disappears.

This time, Mileia was able to take full advantage of that advantage because she had a separate person in charge of the kingdom’s tactics.

While Mileia was preparing to greet the monsters in front of the temporary fortress, at the back, the fortress’ defenses were being strengthened and support fire was prepared so that Mileia could be called to the rear at any time.

Personnel capable of shooting magic and arrows climbed to the top of the cliff to prepare for monsters coming from the air.

Elite personnel were stationed in the surrounding forests and at points where ambushes could be set up, ready to stop the monsters at any time.

And after a while─

First, the appearance of black monsters coming from the sky began to appear.

And from afar, a large army of endless monsters advancing through the ground slowly appeared.

“Yunoa… … .”

Mileia pulled out her long sword and quietly chanted Yunoa’s name in a voice that no one could hear.

The kingdom’s army already knew from afar that there would be an endless number of monsters through magic tools, but when waves of such monsters actually appeared in front of them, the morale of the temporary fortress was falling in an instant.

“How do you stop something like that… … .”

“There is no end in sight… … .”

“With that number, no matter how many kingdoms there are, I don’t think it would be enough… … .”

“Ah… It’s over now… … .”

A legion of monsters whose numbers are enough to make you lose your will to fight just by looking at them.

Moreover, each monster was not an ordinary monster that was often subjugated near the kingdom, but all consisted of a subspecies that had become much more powerful under the influence of the Demon King’s soul.

When the morale of the kingdom’s army drops, there are bound to be people who become scared and do not follow instructions.

Naturally, it was obvious that even well-prepared tactical actions would not be carried out properly.

Mileia quietly stared at the enormous army of monsters.

Even she couldn’t handle this number of monsters alone.

Rather than dealing with this army of monsters, it was better to deal with several Bloodstains.

But I couldn’t back out of here.

She thought that Yunoa would voluntarily go into the sea of monsters and search for the demon king’s soul.

I don’t know how to find the Demon King’s soul among those countless monsters, but Mileia just believed that.

If you think about it with common sense, there seemed to be no way to get through such a group of monsters or move around safely.

However, she still firmly believed that Yunoa was looking for the Demon King’s soul over there.

It would be impossible for an ordinary person, but since Yunoa is not ordinary, it would be possible.

“Yunoa, I will watch this line of defense as long as possible to meet your expectations.”

Mileia began to walk forward, muttering calmly as if she had made up her mind.

Her legs started moving a little faster.

And just like that, he charged fiercely alone towards the endless army of monsters.

* * *

“Even if you collect all the monsters in the Demon World, you won’t get that number. What on earth happened?”

Meanwhile, the throne of the Demon King Kuthranux.

Bersella asked Xaviel.

“It’s probably because of the devil’s soul. Versella is of course a demon lord, but isn’t the true demon lord the demon lord soul itself? The Demon King’s Soul is a being that inherits the power of the Demon God. Monsters are the same as creatures of the demon god, so if the demon lord soul can demonstrate sufficient power, it would not be a problem to summon an infinite number of monsters.”

“If the demon lord’s soul is so great, why did the previous demon lords, including my father, live only after being defeated by the hero?”

“If the Demon King’s Soul is a being that inherits the power of the Demon God, then the Hero is a being that inherits the power of the Goddess. When comparing the powers of the two gods, the goddess may have been stronger.”

Xaviel used his knowledge to explain in an easy-to-understand manner for Versella.

However, even Xaviel, who has the most knowledge about the demon world among the demons, cannot even imagine that even the demons are merely creatures of the goddess and that all these disastrous events happened because of the foolish mistakes of the goddess Stellania. there was.

Still, as Xavier expected, it was true that the Demon King’s soul was summoning an infinite number of monsters.

That meant that there was no way to stop the monsters that were coming in.

No matter how many times you defeat a unit, if there is a unit that revives and attacks more enemies than the number you defeated, is there any unit in the world that can win against such a unit?

The army of monsters sent by the current demon king’s soul was truly a disaster, and could be called an immortal monster army.

“Xaviel… Isn’t it true that monsters are coming to this demon castle where I am?”

Versella asked with an anxious expression.

She had barely gained freedom from the devil’s soul and was just learning how to live a life for her own happiness.

But before you can fully enjoy that happiness, a catastrophe like this happens.

Xavier had no answer to Bersella’s words.

It was because I didn’t know whether to be honest or not.

To be honest, in Xaviel’s opinion, there was no way to stop this great invasion of monsters.

Yunoa, the human warrior, came to us and told us to prepare just in case, but it was impossible to deal with an impossible task.

“… … I’m doing my best.”

In the end, Xaviel gave up on telling Bersella his desperate point of view directly.

Whether she knew this or not, the result was the same.

In that case, at least I didn’t want to tell her the bad news directly.

“Xaviel.”

“Why are you doing that?”

“I want to live.”

Versella spoke to Xaviel with a look of earnestness on her face.

These were short but heartfelt words that contained the wish of a woman who had barely lived her life to the fullest since she was born in this world.

Xavier stared at Versella’s face for a long time with his aged eyes.

And then he slowly opened his mouth.

“… … That hero… … .”

“Hero?”

“… … Maybe that person named Yunoa can end this disaster. If the Demon King’s soul disappears, the invasion of demons will also lose its power. We hope he succeeds and we are doing our best to fight the monster.”

“Are you really okay with that?”

Versella asked, trembling slightly as if she was still anxious.

Xavier wonders where and what Yunoa is doing right now, and where the demon king’s soul is… … I didn’t know anything about what was going on. However, in order to give Versella even a glimmer of hope in this hopeless situation, he had no choice but to bet on that possibility.

Xavier spoke to Versella, who was sitting on the throne, without any basis, just to reassure her.

“He will definitely succeed. Don’t worry too much and sleep well today.”

* * *

Underground somewhere on the continent.

Following the magic map drawn with the help of the narration, I entered the nearest entrance to the underground.

According to the map, there were three main routes that the Demon King’s Soul could use when heading to Kubel.

They all had passageways extending from deep within the demon world like an ant cave, with several large underground tunnels in the middle and various entrances to the surface on all sides.

However, the three paths eventually converged at a certain point within the kingdom, and eventually led to a cave in the mountains near Kubel.

What I noticed was the point where the three paths converge.

Although it is far enough from the Demon World and quite far from the north where the monsters are coming from, if the Demon King’s soul were to use the underground passage to head to Kubel, it would inevitably pass by that point.

So I set my destination there and hurriedly found the entrance to the nearby basement and entered.

Fortunately, our route north was not entirely in vain.

To get to the point where the destination route on the map converges, you have to use a limited number of entrances and exits.

And there were seven entrances to the Demon World and three to the Kingdom.

Among those entrances, the one that would allow us to reach our destination the fastest was not far from the first defense line in the north where we were.

I took Sylphy and went inside as quickly as possible before the large army of monsters covered the underground entrance.

The basement we entered that way was ridiculously deep.

It was so deep underground that it reminded me of the deep underground of the demon world where the Caria village once was.

Moreover, unfortunately or fortunately, unlike on the ground, there were no endless monsters to be seen underground.

If the underground was as infested with monsters as the surface, it would have been difficult to find the demon king’s soul even if they had known that it was coming underground.

“The basement is quiet… … . I can feel from here that there are a lot of monsters on the ground right now… … . Would it be okay for you and Mr. Mileia to be the first line of defense? By now you’re probably… … .”

“Let’s go, there’s no turning back now. Because we have no choice but to find the Demon King’s soul here. The longer we delay, the harder it will be up there.”

“Yes, senior.”

“According to the map, there is a point where the Demon King’s soul must pass by, so getting there first is a priority. Let’s hurry.”

Without wasting any more time, Sylphy and I proceeded quickly and without hesitation through the complex underground passage.

I was worried again, wondering if this would really be okay, and if I would really be able to face the Demon Lord’s spirit at the point I had pointed out, but I put my worries aside again, remembering what the narration said to me, ‘Believe in yourself a little more.’

Everyone was trying hard to make time.

There was no time for indecisive thoughts.

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