episode_0227

The Demon King’s army’s base, the Demon King’s Castle.

That place was full of cheers as they were making great strides against the Human Federation, and had taken control of most of the areas except for the area where the Statue of the Goddess was located, to the point where people were saying that if they could just break the Statue of the Goddess’s protection, they would conquer humanity.

Whew.

No demons could be found in the Demon King’s Castle.

Some went to fight against humans, but most of them hid their existence in the Demon King’s Castle and fled.

[…those scumbags.]

The demon king sitting on the throne gnashed his teeth, revealing his fierce fangs protruding from the top and bottom.

Although it looked no different from a human, its skin was pale, as if it were a dead person who had come back to life and was walking around as a corpse. There was a clear mark on its neck, as if its severed head had been sewn up with a needle.

The undead that are commonly called zombies.

Strictly speaking, it would be more accurate to say that he was a member of the Command Corps, but the Demon King was at least classified as a ‘mine’.

No matter what his appearance is like, he is arguably the strongest among the Mines.

Despite being such a being, there was currently no one in the Demon King’s Castle.

Because he ran away.

Because of the ridiculous ‘fraud’ that mankind brings.

[Goddess, is this really the answer you have given?]

When the Demon King unleashed his fire magic, an absurd scene unfolded there.

-For the victory of humanity!!

A young man in white armor is advancing with other knights against a large army of undead.

They had no ancient relics, no holy swords gifted to warriors by goddesses, and most importantly, their numbers were mere thousands compared to the hundreds of thousands of undead that filled the plains.

-Wake up, my slaves! Show them the might of the dead!

Nevertheless, he is showing courage by not backing down against hundreds of thousands of undead led directly by the commander of the commanding body.

Man-yong?

no.

There was absolutely no fear of death in those eyes.

-Long live the goddess!!

Worship the goddess and carry a sword.

Even those who simply believe in the goddess and think, ‘When I die, I will go to heaven where the goddess is,’ will eventually die in pain and disbelief and become vengeful spirits.

-May our comrades who fought and died before us! May those who fought first to protect us and became slaves of the Demon King’s army, never be able to reach heaven, rest in eternal peace!

Even though the countless people who died like that are being used as undead soldiers by the Demon King’s army, the knights, including that prince, are causing a fuss, saying that they will purify those undead instead.

With what confidence?

-The Goddess is with us!

[Fuck.]

Because of the statue of the goddess supported by giant golems controlled by wizards on four sides, with the knights split left and right.

[Those crazy guys.]

Bringing a statue of a goddess.

One day, he suddenly appeared on the battlefield carrying a statue of a goddess that fell from the sky.

Was faith alone not enough?

Is it because the Holy Sword Warrior is not performing properly that the Goddess becomes angry?

You’ve been quiet until now, so why are you doing something like this now?

[I’ll just stay still and plant myself on the ground like I always have…!]

The statue of the goddess did not move.

The goddess also did not move.

[Were you so afraid of me ruling the world and becoming a god! You demon!!]

Although she had not moved until now, the goddess now began to move as if she would not leave her alone.

It’s unreasonable.

Over the course of 150 years, he united the demon tribes to form the Demon King’s Army, and corrupted the Demon God Sect, turning it into a group that worshipped him.

He subdued the demons, made the Command Legion his own, promised a happy future for the Demon Legion, and made a deal with the King of Vampires to subjugate the vampires.

A great victory was won over humanity on the Great Plains.

One step forward.

The Demon King’s army was able to conquer all lands on the continent, excluding the area where the Goddess Statue was located.

Just go a little further-

-In the name of the goddess!!

The priests following the goddess raise their staffs high.

The divine power begins to gather into the statue of the goddess, and a gentle wave of divine power begins to spread out widely around the statue of the goddess.

Phage crackling.

The moment the white light reached the front lines of the Command Corps, the undead began to melt away.

Joints began to crumble, the muscles connecting them withered and melted away, and the ghosts began to scream and shrink in size.

-Wow─!!

The knights advance, starting with the prince.

In the realm where the light of the goddess radiated and divine power spread out, the prince and the knights began to swing their swords wildly, cutting and destroying the weakened undead.

-Ugh.

Among them was a Death Knight who was one of the strongest in the Command Corps, but his armor began to fall off without any magical energy flowing out of him.

-Goodbye, my brother…!!

Phew!

The prince’s sword slashes the death knight diagonally.

The soul bound to the Death Knight’s body is released from the body, and a young man who looks similar to the Prince but older than him rises into the sky, bowing his head toward the Prince.

-Ugh, ugh! This is, this is ridiculous!! Even after committing such a blasphemous act against the statue of the goddess…!!

The commander of the corps curses and swings his skull-headed staff.

In addition to the human corpses scattered across the plains, the corpses of demons and beasts suddenly rise up and run towards the humans.

Pashaaah!!

The moment they entered the realm of the goddess, their speed began to slow down like a crawling snail.

Clang!

The Demon King threw down the magic stone he was nervously clutching in his hand.

The mana that had been showing the battlefield situation with the image magic scattered in an instant as the magic stone shattered, and the Demon King got up nervously.

[Why, why!!]

The Demon King shouted at the ceiling.

[I have barely obtained the power of immortality, and I will soon reach godhood! You have watched humanity suffer so much until now, so why do you interfere with me now!!]

Is that anger directed at the goddess, or at some absolute being?

There is no answer.

But if such a being were to answer, it would be with a phenomenon, not with words.

“Oh, Demon King!!”

The door to the Demon King’s castle hall opened violently, and one of his subordinates rushed in.

“Good news!”

[Good news…?]

Good news.

“Yes! Information has arrived from a human spy who entered the Goddess Cult!”

The eyes of the orc officer lying face down on the ground were filled with joy.

“The Goddess statue in the headquarters of the Goddess Cult, the Vatican, has reportedly disappeared!”

[……What?]

The disappearance of the statue of the goddess.

Even the statue of the goddess that was in the Vatican has disappeared.

“This is clearly some kind of sign that the goddess has left humans…!”

[for a moment.]

The Demon King raised his hand.

[Hasn’t there been a similar report before?]

“That, yes?”

[Obviously….]

The Demon King searched his memories.

[…I remember that the goddess statue disappeared in the Baronial Territory of Gilbert, and our Demon King’s forces occupied that area.]

“Yes! That’s right! The humans couldn’t handle our army, so they eventually abandoned their land and fled, settling in another territory…!”

[And then, a while later, the statue of the goddess fell in the middle of the battlefield.]

“Uh.”

The moment when the soldier who was happily talking opened his mouth wide.

Wheeing.

“Ma, magic reaction?! Where, where?!”

[…stomach!!]

A huge magical reaction occurred, and a dimensional gate opened in the sky.

“That, that’s…! It’s the dimension gate of the Vampire Legion! It’s the dimension gate of the traitor bitch!!”

[!!]

The dimensional gate that the vampire princess opened towards the ‘dungeon’ called the Demon King’s Castle.

The dimensional gate opened precisely on the ceiling of the Demon King’s castle, especially the throne hall where the Demon King resides.

“I’ll go! As if to show off to the vampire bitch who betrayed us…!”

The moment when the subordinates showed their enthusiasm by revealing their hostility towards the sky.

Saaaa.

From the huge open portal, something white began to fall down.

Not a perfect circle, but rather a shape that looks like the shadow of a woman in a dress viewed from below.

It was hard to see because of the shadows and light, but it was definitely the lower half of a huge, motionless, white-painted figure under a dress.

The moment I saw something black and thick in the darkest place inside those white and smooth legs.

Phew! Phew!

The Demon King felt a shock as if his eyes were exploding.

thud!

Something that passed through the dimensional gate falls into the center of the Demon King’s castle.

Rather than simply falling indiscriminately, they land very slowly, as if some magical force is used to suppress their landing.

Chorrr!

The Demon King regenerated his eyes in one breath.

Although the regeneration was considerably slow, I somehow managed to regain my vision and look ahead.

[What.]

that.

[Statue of the Goddess…why?]

It was a statue of a goddess praying with her eyes closed and her hands clasped together toward herself.

The largest statue of the goddess on this continent, in the Vatican of the goddess cult.

Above him, a white-haired, red-eyed vampire was clutching a white sword, aiming the sword he was all too familiar with at himself.

[Holy Sword-]

Paaat-

A barrage of white light poured down toward the Demon King.