episode_0574

The journey to the Demon King’s Castle was simple. We set up camp on one side of the Demon King’s Castle, exchanged simple statements with the other armed groups that were staying there, and then went into the Demon King’s Castle and preached to the leaders of each group what operations they had to do.

From the 1st to the 4th floor, we will deal with all the monsters that pop up at once, and then we will take down the groups like the Knights Templar or the Mercenaries one by one and head to the upper floors. This is what Seraphine and Edan had told the other captains.

The content of Seraphine’s vision of the future was naturally disguised as what she saw through the prophetic ability of Seol-jo Se-gi and Serista. It would not have been good if the Third Princess’ unique magic was revealed to the outside world.

Excluding the Knights Templar and the Mercenaries, our force consists of a total of 11 people, including me and Edan.

The harem trio of warriors and warriors, Luke, Natalie and Thomas, Agnes, me, and Ethan.

And the last one was the prince, who seemed too empty to be left out now.

“No matter what happens, I will protect Agnes Youngae!”

“… I’m going to take good care of your neck.”

Antonio, the guy who never disappoints and always stands out. By the way, the academy is currently in its mid-semester.

I heard later that he had submitted a leave of absence for the second semester. It seems that the warriors had mentioned at the beginning of the year that they would be breaking through the Demon King’s Castle around this time, and had suggested to Antonio that he go to the Demon King’s Castle with them.

It wasn’t Antonio’s unilateral decision, but rather a greeting from the warrior side, so I wasn’t in a position to say anything. As for Antonio, he wasn’t someone with enough power to be of any help.

You may ask if it is reasonable for a royal warrior to take risks by joining the party, but that question becomes meaningless after Seraphin joins the party.

‘The power is… sufficient to the point of being excessive.’

In the original, the number of people was 9 even if the warrior party was tightly packed, but here, it includes me and Edan.

Actually, it would have been better if Orion was in Antonio’s place, but I guess they didn’t raise the flag in that direction.

Well, even if you were planning on going back, it would have been hard for you to seduce a cross-dressing man. We’re not the same men… but as someone who was once a man, I completely understand.

“I’ll say this again, but once you enter the Demon King’s Castle, there may not be time to change the plan. So please follow the instructions of the Goddess of Mercy as much as possible.”

“““Yes, Princess!!!”””

Starting with Seraphine’s entrance speech, an armed group of about 200 people entered at the same time.

As soon as the Demon King’s Castle gate opened and we approached the central staircase on the first floor, hundreds of undead demons rushed toward us from both sides.

“All! Slash the approaching demons and move forward! ”

The Knights of the Aurelia Church, the Defrin Kingdom Army, the Red Moon Mercenaries, and the Blue Dragon Knights.

Since there were still four support troops, there was no need for me or anyone else to swing the sword.

-Ppagakak!!

‘Heee…!’

The opponents of amorphous monsters like ghosts and banshees are the holy spirits of the Aurelia Church, and the opponents of tangible monsters like skeletons and ghouls are other mercenary groups.

The party of warriors, who were surrounded in a circle with the surrounding area blocked by the monsters that were advancing without notice, kept their formation and continued to advance little by little.

The warrior party somehow made it to the stairs leading to the second floor. From now on, it was time to defend rather than break through, so the ones who had to stay here were naturally the knights of the Aurelia Church, who were good at dealing with the undead.

“From now on, I will ask the knights to guard the first floor!”

“Just leave it to me, Princess!”

“Hero! Please take good care of Saint Cerista!”

“Yes!!!”

The rest of the group heads to the second floor of the Demon King’s Castle, having a cliche-like farewell with the knights.

Similar breakthroughs, defenses, and separations continued on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors.

“It’s time to repay the favor of protecting the kingdom!!”

“Once you finish this mission, you can get 20 gold coins per day!! Block it with all your might, you bastards!!”

“The Blue Dragon Division will not fall!!”

…not all of them can survive. When we return after defeating the Demon King, half of the troops we left behind will have already lost their lives in battle.

But even so, breaking through with them was the way to finish with the least amount of sacrifice. If someone in the warrior party received a fatal wound while climbing the castle, it would immediately become a fatal handshake in the process of subduing the Demon King.

He tried hard to erase from his mind the faces of the soldiers he had encountered during his time staying at the Dephrin Palace, and the faces of the knights he had trained with during his time entrusted to the Aurelia Church.

Like that, climbing one step at a time, we finally arrived at the top floor of the Demon King’s Castle.

We pushed open a huge red door that looked to be nearly 5 meters tall, and there, a man was sitting on a throne and looking at us.

“That, that, the Demon King… .”

“… It’s overwhelmingly better than what I saw in the future.”

“Agnes Youngae, behind me… .”

“… … .”

The battle with the Demon King, where each person faces each other with their own impressions in their heads.

-Slurp.

“Everyone, prepare for battle!!”

With the words of the silent swordsman, Jo Se-gi, the final battle of this damn game began.

⁎⁎⁎

-Whew!!

“Ethan!!”

“I know!!”

A demon lord who swings a giant sword at the warrior party, scattering evil energy instead of just striking them.

The swords of the two people who ran towards the Demon King’s sword without fear collided with the Sword of Destruction.

-Kaaang!!!

The sound of swords clashing together was loud enough to shake the entire room.

However, what the two people were able to block was only the blade, and the evil energy of the sword spirit was unable to be blocked and instead attacked us.

“… Goddess Aurelia! Protect us with your holy energy!! ”

-Pfft!!

And, of course, it was Serista’s divine magic that blocked that special energy from rushing in.

Since he entered the Demon King’s Castle much faster than in the original, he is a character who should not have been this strong at this point in time, but perhaps because he awakened a few years earlier than in the original, his abilities were not lacking.

“Natalie, Thomas! The underlings are coming again!”

““Yes, warrior!!””

“Silena! There’s an observer in the air! Shoot him with an arrow!”

“… Yeah.”

A battle against the Demon King where each person takes on the work that only they can do from their respective positions.

The ‘Dark Storm’, a huge whirlwind of magical power, is countered by Agnes’ Fire Storm, and the ‘Ruler’s Shout’, a debuff that is difficult to handle if you get hit wrong, is received by Seraphine, who has strong mental power, and is removed on her own.

Luke, who runs the fastest, gathers information from all over the battlefield, and Antonio protects the rear guard and creates an environment where they can fully demonstrate their abilities.

And of course, I wasn’t going to just sit back and do nothing during this battle. I thought I had a rough idea of what Seraphine meant by ‘my role’.

“… Blast!! Mana, Blast!!! ”

A thick magical protective barrier surrounding the Demon King’s body.

The Mana Blast I created to destroy it exploded as it hit the guy’s wall.

-Kwaaah!!!

“Ewww…!!”

“Everyone get down!!”

“Agnes Youngae! My hand…!!”

A huge roaring sound occurs as it collides with the Demon King’s body, and a storm of magical power swirls around in response.

The power of magic was almost used to destroy the Demon King’s barrier, but the magical storm that occurred when the huge magic collided did not cover the enemy.

… It’ll probably be okay. Even though they look like that, they’ve all been in the Demon Realm for at least two years. It’s not like they’ll collapse just because they’re caught in the magical storm created by Lilith’s Mana Blast.

‘But compared to the original, it seems a little strong.’

There’s nothing I can do. If you just look at the total amount of my magic power right now, it’s probably higher than Agnes’s. It’s a powerful but uncontrollable magic effect.

-Tsk, tsk, tsk!!

“Oh my gosh, the, the roof is collapsing!”

“Don’t stick to the wall! The wall is collapsing too!”

… was that a little harsh?

A magical storm that seemed to be not enough to simply blow away people and the Demon King’s followers, but even blew away the roof and walls of the Demon King’s castle.

It seemed like the effect occurred because the power was not expected in the original work. I never imagined that it would completely wipe everything out to that extent.

‘Keheeek…!!!’

‘Hyuuuu…!!!’

A large number of the Demon King’s followers were blown out of the Demon King’s castle, swirling around along with the debris from the roof and walls.

After a huge clash of magical powers occurred, the only ones left on the top floor of the Demon King’s Castle were the warrior party including me and Edan, and the Demon King whose magical barrier had disappeared.