Demon King
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Demon King - Chapter 151: Ground Conquest – 1
Ground Conquest 鈥?1
鈥淭he human soul?鈥?/p>
鈥淚 barely noticed it.鈥?I couldn鈥檛 say that I had become more aware of myself through my conversation with Batsago, and that had increased my ability, but my explanation was enough for the party.
鈥淭hen, captain, is the afterlife real for humans?鈥?/p>
鈥淒on鈥檛 ask because I don鈥檛 know. I only know that the souls are heading somewhere.鈥?/p>
鈥淗e鈥檚 snatching them up and swallowing them to strengthen himself.鈥?/p>
鈥淎lright.鈥?I laughed bitterly as I answered Lee Chan-yu. It was because I was aware I wasn鈥檛 doing anything different than Lucifer. Maybe they were mistaken? I wasn鈥檛 attempting to stop the war because I didn鈥檛 want them to die, but I had to prevent him from regaining any further strength. That was all.
鈥淐an he really become stronger through that?鈥?/p>
鈥淭he number is beyond our imagination. Countless humans.鈥?/p>
鈥淭hat鈥檚 a nasty way to gain strength.鈥?Again, I was thinking from a different perspective from Lee Chan-yu. But, after experiencing the dangers of Chaos Souls, I wasn鈥檛 able to take the idea of absorbing so many souls lightly. All of their eyes were focused on me.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think that just because we want to stop the war between humanity. We will probably need to prepare for armed suppression.鈥?/p>
鈥淥f course.鈥?Rain nodded naturally, but the members of Rebellion and the demons didn鈥檛 seem to like that idea.
[It鈥檒l be dangerous, captain. Wouldn鈥檛 that be like waging war against the world rather than stopping one?]
鈥淚f it goes well鈥?isn鈥檛 that just world conquest?鈥?/p>
鈥淭he casualties will be huge鈥o, if we don鈥檛 get involved, more than that will die鈥︹€?/p>
Those were the thoughts of Rebellion鈥檚 members.
鈥淚t鈥檒l be fine. We鈥檙e not there to conquer or anything, just suppress the war.鈥?/p>
鈥淥nly you can take care of their magic, though.鈥?/p>
鈥淚f we could just sweep them all away鈥︹€?/p>
Those were the thoughts of the demons.
鈥淭o wipe them all away鈥︹€?/p>
鈥淎re you dissatisfied with my words, human?鈥?/p>
鈥淥h, don鈥檛 think about touching master Fate鈥檚 toys. Do you have nothing in that brain other than thoughts of fighting?鈥?/p>
鈥淎 toy?鈥?I couldn鈥檛 help but bitterly smile at the difference between humans and demons. But now wasn鈥檛 a situation where I could listen to them all. After forcefully splitting them apart, I continued.
鈥淚 will divide the army. L and Rain will follow me. A, G, O, R, and Batsago will form their own legions.鈥?/p>
鈥淲ith whom?鈥?/p>
鈥淵ou can evenly divide those who are here.鈥?The demons were getting excited about the prospects of battle. G tilted her head at me.
鈥淲hat about Fate?鈥?/p>
鈥淚 will have L and Rain. I don鈥檛 need a legion.鈥?/p>
鈥淗ey, can I have unnie?鈥?/p>
鈥淒on鈥檛 call me that.鈥?I was worried about Lucifer acting more aggressively to acquire L if he found out she was on Earth. But if she were by my side, even he would hesitate. A felt a tug on my cuff as I considered this.
鈥淲hat about me, brother?鈥?/p>
鈥淵ou will continue to conquer the dungeons.鈥?No matter how fast they had grown, Rebellion鈥檚 members鈥?skills didn鈥檛 quite compare to the demons. I doubted they could be hurt in the coming conflict with the humans, but before we confronted Lucifer and Heaven, I needed them to be even stronger. Those dungeons filled with high-level entities would be the best place for them to train.
鈥淚f you find a Black Palace, report it to me immediately. Defeat all the dungeon bosses just like before and bind them to the underground.鈥?/p>
鈥淐aptain, are you worried about us? I wouldn鈥檛 hesitate if it came to killing humans.鈥?/p>
鈥淣o. I鈥檝e considered many things, and I think this is the optimal way for us to proceed.鈥?Uselessly sharp as always, Lee Chan-yu began to organize the guild members.
鈥淚f the captain moves separately, Si-yeon will be left alone, unfortunately! Then, she will join us鈥︹€?/p>
鈥淏ye.鈥?/p>
[Wait, at least be on a team with me鈥?]
鈥淕oodbye.鈥?As I booted Lee Chan-yu and Katsuragi through the gate, my sister looked at me.
鈥淏rother, take care of yourself. There are still a lot of elves on Earth.鈥?/p>
鈥淲hen it gets dangerous, I鈥檒l run right away. Cain, I鈥檒l leave it to you.鈥?/p>
[I understand. You can count on me.]
I smiled bitterly and saw Cain and my sister off. I stopped Mireina before she could enter with them.
鈥淲ait, Mireina.鈥?/p>
鈥淔ate? Is this a proposal?鈥?/p>
鈥淚 have something to ask you to do.鈥?/p>
鈥淥nly me?鈥?Her blank face hardened slightly as she understood why I stopped her.
鈥淭he battlefield?鈥?/p>
鈥淵es. It will be dangerous, but it鈥檚 important.鈥?/p>
鈥淚鈥檒l do it.鈥?Her answer without any hesitation made me pause. I took a deep breath, letting out the feelings I didn鈥檛 need right now.
鈥淲e need information. Their troops, weapons, how many of them are higher entities鈥f possible, to what extent Lucifer鈥檚 strength he regained.鈥?/p>
鈥淚s it alright to come back after spying?鈥?/p>
鈥淔ight as little as possible. When it comes to protection and defense, your strength is hard to match, but it鈥檚 a bit difficult to turn that into an attack.鈥?/p>
鈥淗uh鈥orry for not being strong.鈥?/p>
鈥淣o, not at all.鈥?I laughed and squeezed her shoulder, feeling the sparks in L鈥檚 eyes behind me.
鈥淚t鈥檚 possible thanks to the power you have. There is nothing to apologize for.鈥?/p>
鈥淗uh.鈥?I loosened the muffler around my neck and wrapped it around her. Even someone strong like L or Rain would find it hard to handle, but not Mireina. With her ability to protect her soul, it had no choice but to obey her.
鈥淲ow.鈥?The moment she put it on, her eyes opened wide. I could visibly see the energy strengthening her.
鈥淢y body feels so light that it might fly away.鈥?/p>
鈥淵ou鈥檙e strong.鈥?Her power had increased at least twice as much. There wasn鈥檛 such a dramatic change for me, but Mireina was something else.
鈥淪ince it鈥檚 Fate鈥檚, the effect is doubled!鈥?/p>
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think that鈥檚 how it works.鈥?/p>
鈥淗uh!鈥?Mireina opened a gate to the battlefield with a wide smile.
鈥淲ell鈥︹€?L was frowning, the wrinkles on her forehead, making an almost audibly uncomfortable sound as she furrowed her brow. I looked away toward the demons.
鈥淔rom now on, I鈥檒l inform you of the specific actions you need to take. When and where to go, what to do there. How to interact with the humans.鈥?/p>
鈥淚 want to hear what Fate wants, simply.鈥?/p>
鈥淲e need to eliminate any variables keeping us from defeating Lucifer and Heaven.鈥?/p>
鈥淗ow?鈥?L asked, and I shrugged.
鈥淲ell, we鈥檒l just put everything under my control.鈥?Lee Chan-yu鈥檚 point was right when he asked how that was different from conquering the world. I didn鈥檛 deny his question because it was right. I didn鈥檛 want them to feel reluctant about it. I had been thinking of conquering Earth from the start. There was no other answer than that. I couldn鈥檛 put myself and those dear to me in danger to pursue the happiness and freedom of those I didn鈥檛 care about, even if it were billions of humans.
鈥淚t was impossible in Hater.鈥?/p>
鈥淏ut not now. The years of living as a human changed me, just as the Great Fusion distorted the underground and Earth. I hate to say it, but it鈥檚 thanks to the Great Fusion that it鈥檚 possible.鈥?L breathed in deeply, and A laughed. G smiled vaguely, R kneeled politely, and Batsago even applauded.
鈥淪o, demons.鈥?I looked down beyond the walls, at the large army of demons and monsters.
鈥淣ow, we will conquer the Earth.鈥?/p>
It was the beginning of the war of conquest.
