Invasion of the Imperial Capital

Each time a person scattered into fragments, the Blood Tornado grew larger and stronger.

Hwi-i-i-i-ing

As time passed, the sound of weapons clashing subsided, and only the sound of the Blood Tornado blowing could be heard.

The Blood Tornado slowed down and was sucked into Silvan’s palm with a swoosh.

Only weapons and armaments were left lying around.

The Demon Lord Army trembled at Silvan’s immense power.

Silvan’s appearance was like seeing the progenitor vampire who once ruled the world.

Silvan commanded the Demon Lord Army.

“Pillage and enjoy the human cities!”

The Demon Lord Army soldiers cheered and rushed into the city.

“Yahoo!”

“It’s playtime!”

Humans took refuge in the sewers.

However, the damp and dark sewers were actually an environment that the Naga soldiers favored.

The Naga soldiers entered the sewers and captured all the humans.

The Demon slaves were liberated.

The Dark Humans and their families all became Demons.

Humans were treated like livestock and confined to human ranches.

The Margrave of Martain’s territory was no longer a human city.

It was now a city of dark races.

The Demon Lord Army advanced north like wildfire, occupying Count Orwen’s territory, Marquis Alan’s territory, and Count Elenid’s territory.

The Demon Lord Army confronted Gotica City and Balvik Port.

Balvik Port was also attacked by Sahagins.

The Sahagins suddenly came up to the docks of Balvik Port, destroying ships and killing people.

The Dark Humans had already been working in Balvik Port and Gotica City, so they couldn’t properly defend, and the situation was bad.

Balvik Port and Gotica City also seemed like they would soon fall to the army of darkness.

—

Now, let’s talk about what the Kyle Holy Kingdom is doing with Behemoth’s corpse.

Juknok and Balthazar’s high-ranking Undead group succeeded in turning Behemoth into an Undead.

Behemoth became an Undead covered in tough leather on the outside and with a decayed and empty interior.

The Kyle Holy Kingdom put their heads together to figure out how to send Behemoth to the capital of the Hamel Empire.

So, what they devised was to get help from Levi, the World Tree of Darkness in the Dark Elf settlement.

The key figures of the Kyle Holy Kingdom and the high-ranking Undead went to Levi with Behemoth.

Levi heard about the Behemoth attack in the Holy Kingdom and was furious.

“To destroy the city that Daddy loves! Humans are too much! I can’t stand this!”

Ariel asked.

“Can you send Behemoth to the Hamel Empire’s capital?”

“I have enough divinity gathered now, so it’s possible.”

Since the World Tree has the ability to send things to other worlds, it was also possible to send them to other points on the continent.

People cheered.

“That’s a relief!”

“Now we can get revenge!”

Ariel asked Levi.

“Please send Behemoth to the Hamel Empire’s capital.”

“Yes! We need to get revenge quickly!”

Juknok said.

“Then we Undead will go inside Behemoth.”

A huge Undead like Behemoth has a core inside.

If a human enters Behemoth’s interior and destroys the core, Behemoth is finished.

Juknok, Balthazar, and a 300-member elite Undead squad would enter Behemoth’s belly to protect the core.

Ariel held Juknok’s hand tightly and asked.

“Please inflict great damage on the Hamel Empire.”

“Hahaha. I can finally avenge my brother. I won’t miss this opportunity.”

Ariel also encouraged Balthazar not to get hurt.

The elite Undead squad entered through Behemoth’s mouth.

The inside of Behemoth’s belly was a sticky, death-filled giant cavity, a comfortable environment for the Undead.

In the center of the cavity was a soccer ball-sized core glowing red.

When Juknok touched the core and chanted a spell, Behemoth became excited, its eyes turned red, and it roared.

“Uwooooaaaaaa!”

Levi shouted.

“I’ll send it now!”

A black sphere of divinity flew from Levi’s body over Behemoth.

The sphere of divinity expanded into a huge hemisphere, covering Behemoth.

Suddenly, the sphere disappeared.

There was nothing where Behemoth had been.

Levi shouted.

“It’s a success!”

All the Kyle Holy Kingdom citizens around prayed earnestly to Kyle, the God of Darkness.

“Please bring divine punishment upon the humans.”

—

In Bilan City, the capital of the Hamel Empire, the citizens’ dissatisfaction and anxiety were at their limit due to the shortage of essential goods and the news of successive defeats.

Citizens were staging protests, hoarding, and looting everywhere.

King Madhan declared martial law and strengthened patrols to maintain order.

Members of the royal family went around outside, persuading the citizens and lowering their anxiety.

The Information Knights and Andre had safely arrived in Bilan City.

Andre was found not to be a Dark Human and was not under mind control magic.

Today, members of the royal family gathered on the palace terrace for a rest.

It was a family gathering after a long time of working without rest.

Here were King Madhan, his first wife Dania, Crown Prince Tobias, Princess Fria, Prince Andre, his concubine Merunusa, and the King and concubine’s child, Shaldad.

King Madhan laughed heartily.

“Hahaha. There are fewer protests today, and it’s somewhat peaceful.”

Tobias said.

“Hahaha. Isn’t it thanks to Father’s virtue?”

“I hope it will be as peaceful as today in the future.”

“It will be so because Father is working so hard.”

Then Fria pointed to the plaza.

“What is that?”

A black sphere was gradually growing in the sky above the capital plaza.

It already looked to be 2m in diameter.

King Madhan called a servant.

“Hey! Find out who made the black sphere in the plaza with magic!”

The servant answered and left.

Suddenly, the black sphere grew bigger and bigger, becoming a giant hemisphere large enough to cover the plaza.

King Madhan stood up and shouted urgently.

“It’s clearly an enemy attack! Everyone get up and go to the bunker!”

The members of the royal family hurriedly ran to the bunker under the palace.

The black sphere disappeared.

In its place, Behemoth, a 200m-sized Undead armored elephant, appeared.

Behemoth roared.

“Uwooooaaaaaa!”

Below Behemoth were many people who had been resting in the plaza.

People screamed when they saw Behemoth.

“Kyaaaaaaa!”

Behemoth turned its neck and swept the ground with its huge tusks, and people exploded.

Peok peok peobeong peoeong

People scattered in panic.

Behemoth stepped on people running away like ants.

Kuuuung kuuuung kuuuung

Only the red remains of what used to be people were left where Behemoth stepped.

Behemoth roared and charged into the buildings.

“Ppuuuuuuu!”

Buildings were destroyed as they brushed against Behemoth’s legs.

Kuuung kuung kwaaaang ujikkeun hudeudeudeu kuung ujikkeun

No building could withstand Behemoth.

Where Behemoth passed, only the remains of buildings and human corpses were left, making it look like a wide road had been created.

Behemoth ran around without any rules, destroying buildings and stepping on people.

Soldiers rushed in, but even when they stabbed with weapons, they couldn’t penetrate its tough skin at all.

Rather, the soldiers were brushed by Behemoth’s feet and exploded.

The capital’s beautiful central plaza and its surroundings were turning into a sea of blood and the remains of buildings.

—

King Madhan was in the palace’s underground bunker with his key retainers.

Here were Chief of Staff Soon-wook, the Information Knights, Magic Tower Lord Simon, and Magic Tower professors.

The Magic Tower professors had come here via Simon’s teleport.

They were watching the situation outside in real-time with magic.

King Madhan shouted.

“No! How did Behemoth get here!”

Head of Necromancy Edward explained.

“Your Majesty, that’s not a living Behemoth. It’s an Undead. Even with our technology, that level of Undead is difficult.”

Soon-wook offered his opinion.

“In my opinion, the dark forces succeeded in capturing Behemoth and turned it into an Undead. It’s possible since the dark forces also have Undead.”

King Madhan asked.

“Then how did they send Behemoth here?”

Simon said.

“This doesn’t make sense. The capital has powerful teleport suppression magic installed. Even I can’t teleport to the capital without permission.”

Soon-wook said.

“That means the enemy has a space magician who surpasses the Magic Tower Lord.”

People looked at each other with troubled faces.

Soon-wook continued.

“What’s important now is how to stop that behemoth.”

Everyone nodded.

King Madhan instructed.

“Tell me the plan.”

“You know that sending soldiers and knights to Behemoth is meaningless. Even so, the dark forces captured Behemoth. What this means is that the dark forces also have a hero who uses space sword or another way to capture Behemoth.”

“Hmm.”

“There are no historical records of the dark forces using space sword. And if they had such a strong person, they would have used it in the war with us, but I’ve never heard of it. Then there must be another way. The dark forces have various kinds of monsters. I think they stopped Behemoth with force and then went inside to destroy the interior.”

“That makes sense.”

This time, Edward explained.

“I agree with the idea of destroying the interior. An Undead of that level must have a core inside that maintains its existence. If we destroy that core, we can neutralize Behemoth. Or we might be able to seize ownership of that core.”

Hope dawned on everyone’s faces.

Soon-wook came up with a plan.

“The ancestors had no way to stop that Behemoth with force. But we have developed the Colossus Soldiers. While the 10 Colossus Soldiers in the capital fix Behemoth, an elite squad can go inside.”

King Madhan asked.

“How do we get in?”

Simon stepped forward.

“Considering the time, distance, and Behemoth’s movements, I can teleport a maximum of about 300 people into Behemoth’s interior. The fewer people, the safer it is.”

King Madhan accepted this plan.

—

Behemoth was destroying the capital with excitement, not getting tired.

A large area of the capital was turning into the remains of buildings.

The palace above ground had already been destroyed and turned into rubble.

Suddenly, the ground around the palace vibrated, dududu.

The ground split open, and 10 150m-sized Colossus Soldiers rose from underground on platforms.

Kkii-i-i-i cheok

The Colossus Soldiers were magic golems modeled after the ancient tree fairies in mythology.

Behemoth discovered the Colossus Soldiers from afar and roared as it charged.

Kukung kukung kukung

“Ppuuuuuuu!”

One Colossus Soldier held a giant shield in both hands and stood in front of Behemoth.

The other Colossus Soldiers stood in a line behind the Colossus Soldier holding the shield and supported its back.

Behemoth jumped forward and hit the Colossus Soldier’s shield with its head.

Kwaaaaaaaang

The shield crumpled, and the Colossus Soldier behind it crumpled.

The remaining Colossus Soldiers, supporting the back with Behemoth’s mass, had their arms broken and crumpled in succession.

Kwajijik kwajijik kwajijijik

Behemoth’s charge stopped exactly at the seventh Colossus Soldier.

The seventh Colossus Soldier only had its arms bent.

The remaining 4 Colossus Soldiers ran up and hugged each of Behemoth’s legs tightly.

The booster engine, which uses all the energy at once inside the Colossus Soldiers, was activated.

Wii-i-i-i-ing

Behemoth’s legs were fixed.

Behemoth roared.

“Ppuuuuuuuuu!”

—

In the palace’s underground bunker, Soon-wook shouted.

“We have to teleport now!”

On the teleport magic circle were Andre, Princess Fria, all 161 members of the Information Knights, and all the Magic Tower professors.

Andre was a powerful warrior who had been a member of the Hero’s party, so he participated in the elite squad, sacrificing himself.

Princess Fria was also an excellent archer.

Crown Prince Tobias did not participate because he had to inherit the empire.

The Information Knights were mainly assassins and thieves, specializing in assassination and stealth rather than combat, but they participated because they were the only knights in the capital.

Head of Defense Hassan and Head of Mechanical Engineering Arthur were not here because they had died in an unfortunate accident.

King Madhan encouraged the elite squad.

“Be sure to defeat or subdue Behemoth!”

Andre held his beloved sword, the Sangeom, and shouted solemnly.

“Father! I will definitely succeed!”

When Simon raised his staff, the elite squad was covered in light and disappeared.

Everyone in the bunker watched the screen showing the situation outside and clenched their fists tightly.

—

The human elite squad teleported into Behemoth’s interior.

But the Undead elite squad had already perfectly set up traps and was lying in wait.

A magic circle that strengthened the Undead was also drawn inside Behemoth.

As soon as the human elite squad arrived, explosions occurred everywhere, and attacks came from the side.

Kwaaaang

Seogeok seogeok

The Undead cheered, and the humans screamed.

“Kikikiki! As expected, humans came!”

“Kkeuaaaaaaa!”

When progenitor vampire Balthazar stretched out his hand, another pool of blood exploded.

Kwaaaang

The thieves and magicians above were blown away into pieces of flesh.

Some humans were possessed by Specters and screamed, clutching their heads.

“Kkeuaaaa! Get out of my head! It’s my body!”

Since the Specters were strengthened by buffs, the humans completely lost their bodies.

Head of Ice Magic Hildeberg gave an evil laugh.

“Kikikiki! Except for being old, it’s the best body!”

The surviving human elite squad scattered in panic and resisted.

Simon lamented.

“Damn it! If only Head of Defense Hassan was here!”

With Hassan’s excellent defense magic, they might have been able to resist the initial traps.

Also, if there had been the Lion Knights or Tiger Knights, composed of various combat troop types such as warriors, magicians, and priests, they could have responded to the initial traps.

Simon floated into the air and created hundreds of moving Dimension Doors everywhere.

Simon constantly fired hundreds of Magic Arrows at the Dimension Doors.

The Magic Arrows appeared and disappeared like lightning, coming out of other Dimension Doors and attacking the Undead.

Andre was holding the corpse of his beloved sister, Fria, and crying.

“Sister! Wake up! Uaaaaaa!”

The moment Andre and Fria teleported, a Blood Explosion occurred below, and Fria covered Andre.

Fria’s back was half torn off, and she died, saying.

Thick tears fell from Andre’s eyes.

A Specter tried to enter Andre’s body.

“Kihihhihi! A human with a weakened heart! It’s an opportunity!”