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[Whereabouts of the final puzzle (3)]
Suddenly the speaker Several people reacted simultaneously to the voice of the great man heard from.
“Disciple!”
“Vice President!”
“manager!”
“You philandering bastard!”
There was a strange word mixed in at the end, but since the situation was urgent, Daein just skipped it over.
Jiiiing-!
A hologram unfolded above the place where people were gathered, and Daein and Lily appeared.
Behind the two, a huge tentacle monster had collapsed. Even without mentioning the sword cuts and burn marks, it was enough to guess who created the monster like that.
-Luckily everyone is gathered together. No, should I say this is a misfortune…
Daein’s eyes scanned the people to see if they could see this side even through the hologram.
-It may already be too late….
The man’s expression was uncharacteristically stiff as he muttered incomprehensible words one after another.
“Vice President. What happened? What do you mean, move now?”
Baek Young-hee, who sensed something unusual, asked.
The others also realized that they were not in the mood to greet them warmly right now and their expressions hardened.
-…We were deceived.
After saying that, the great man sighed softly and continued speaking.
-The Hell Gate that appeared there was a bait.
“…yes?”
“what?”
People looked at the great man with shocked expressions.
What a bait.
How could a cataclysmic gate so powerful that it requires concentrating all of humanity’s power in one place be a bait?
“What on earth are you talking about? Even one of the demon lords descended here…”
Baek Chang-soo asked with an expression of disbelief, or not wanting to believe it.
“wait for a sec. Then, no way…”
Then, as if he suddenly realized something, his expression turned pale.
“What I’m saying is that this place is bait…”
The expressions on the other people’s faces were the same. Those who are quick-witted have already figured out the situation. They looked at Daein with an expression begging them to say no.
-that’s right. Gates will soon open elsewhere.
As sighs erupted from all directions, President Kim Soo-ho stepped forward and spoke.
“Where is this place!”
Before Daein could answer, Jang Youngshin tapped on the laptop connected to the Demon King’s main computer.
Ride, ride!
“…Multiple gate reactions suddenly occur in the North African region. Gate number 100 200 400 600….”
Gate response value rising in real time.
President Kim Su-ho immediately conveyed the news to the Allied Forces Command.
Meanwhile, Youngshin Jang checked the situation in real time.
“…We have identified the exact location where the gate occurs. Cairo, Egypt. How much time remains until a large-scale gate occurs…”
Gulp.
Jang Young-shin paused for a moment and then spoke.
“15 minutes and 32 seconds….”
It was natural that the leadership of the African Union and the leadership of Europe, which is adjacent to North Africa, were in extreme confusion upon hearing the news.
“You never said anything like this!”
“We must return to our country! “Open the gate immediately!”
“If damage occurs to my home country, I will not remain silent!”
The closer people’s hometowns were to the area where the gate occurred, the more panic they fell into.
They experienced Hellgate firsthand.
Humanity won an overwhelming victory, but that was thanks to building a siege network in advance and preparing for a long time.
“If something like that suddenly opens somewhere else….”
“There’s no way you can stop it!”
There is at most 15 minutes left.
It was an absurdly insufficient amount of time to move the large army gathered in the Great Basin Desert.
***
Daein called an emergency meeting with only a small number of people.
Daein asked the people shown on the hologram screen.
It was like a video conference.
“Can I use the gate installed in Cairo?”
To prepare for this situation, the Korean government and the Whitehouse Guild installed inter-city gates in major cities around the world.
-Due to an unexplained magical interference phenomenon… the passage has been closed.
Jang Young-shin checked something on his laptop and shook his head.
“Then what is the closest gate that can be used around there?”
-The closest gate available is Rome, Italy. But time…
The Demon King had risen into the sky again and was heading to New York. With as many people as possible on board.
Even on the ground, all troops were moving at full speed.
The Allied forces were scheduled to first move through the gate from New York to Rome and then march directly from Rome to Cairo.
But…
– No matter how fast you are, it is impossible to arrive at the scene on time.
At Joo Sang-wook’s words, the expressions of the people in the conference room suddenly darkened.
At that time, Baek Young-hee muttered ‘perhaps’ and said.
-Wouldn’t it be possible to use God’s power? After arriving in Rome, when you open the gate to Cairo…
God, who was sitting in the conference room with a pale complexion, nodded with a solemn expression.
-I’ll try.
However, that opinion was dismissed by Daein.
“Quit. “Continuing to use your abilities in that state will only mean committing suicide.”
Kurodama God’s [Gate] ability cannot be used indefinitely without restrictions.
It requires enormous magical power and mental power, and in particular, there is no way to recover from mental power consumption other than rest.
“god. You have already moved large armies several times. “I can’t allow you to push yourself any further.”
-I’m really okay….
“I know it won’t work if it doesn’t work out.”
The great man spoke in a forceful tone.
Just moving troops once or twice will not be enough to prevent the gates that will occur in Cairo.
It would have to be moved at least dozens of times, and if that happened, God could have really died.
‘…Even if we give up the entire North Africa area, we can’t lose the gate talent.’
Even after today, Hell Gate will remain open.
I couldn’t lose the only person in the world with [Gate] ability.
Wow. The great man gritted his teeth.
‘Pandemonium, you bastards. It should have been completely uprooted then.’
Daein gritted his teeth as he thought about the cause of this incident.
Pandemonium.
A secret organization that carved the devil’s seal on Lily’s body and planted the devil’s fragment.
I didn’t know their exact purpose, but I expected that they were related to the Demon Lord.
‘I was going to go after blocking Hell Gate and completely wipe it out…’
At that time, Daein decided that blocking Hell Gate was the top priority.
There was no time to waste on finding the secret organization Pandemonium.
Maybe we should have changed the order back then.
‘I expected that the future could change to some extent, but…’
Pandemonium stealing God’s jewels and intervening in Hell Gate was something that never happened in the future known to Daein.
variable.
That also created too many variables.
“For now, the little one and I will return to Earth. “It will take about an hour.”
The great man gathered his thoughts.
First, return to Earth and block the gate in Cairo.
Afterwards, the God’s Jewel stolen by the Pandemonium guys is recovered. We have no choice but to accept
the loss of life that will occur in the meantime
.
‘okay. I’m not a hero.’
A hero who sacrifices himself and those around him to save faceless people.
At first glance, Daein had no desire to become such a hero.
‘Starting with the people around me. Then I save the people I can save.’
That was the conclusion Daein came to when he decided to prevent disaster.
But…
I couldn’t help but feel angry about this situation.
Phew. Daein sighed lightly and spoke to everyone.
“It may be late, but let’s do the best we can from now on.”
Everyone gathered in the conference room nodded heavily at Daein’s words.
***
[Baal. Are they your followers?]
[This is my first time seeing this group too. They called themselves the apostles of Pandemonium.]
[…….]
Vassago stared at Baal.
However, even Vassago, the most cunning and wise man in the demon world, could not read anything from Baal’s expression.
‘Sneaky bastard.’
The demon kings say that Vassago is the most cunning and conniving demon king.
Vassago did not agree with that.
Because Baal, who occupied the highest throne in the demon world, was an equally insidious being.
[I don’t know who the authors are, but it seems like the situation is going in our favor.]
Baal looked at the Demon Lord with a cheerful expression.
All the other Demon Lords were looking at the same place as him.
-Aaaah!
A burning human city.
Screams rang out from all directions and humans were crying and running away.
However, humans could not escape the city.
Wooooow!
A huge barrier surrounded the entire city, and
demons jumped out from the passageway of the demon world created within it and feasted on humans to their heart’s content.
Right! Right!
Quad deuk! Quad deuk!
The demon kings were looking at the scene that seemed to be a replica of hell with happy eyes.
[Khaha! Those are the soldiers of the Demon World!]
[Chew up all the arrogant humans!]
[Kkeke. People who don’t even know the subject should see that happen.]
The exhilarating slaughter and exhilarating screams made the demon kings look happy, as if they were being sacrificed.
[Hmm…]
However, Vassago was the only one who observed the city with an indifferent expression.
Humans desperately running away and demons chasing after them as if playing a joke.
Among them, people wearing gray hoods were walking leisurely.
They were the ones who called themselves the apostles of Pandemonium.
[Are you saying those guys opened the passage to the demon world?]
[Laughs. They are amazing devil worshipers.]
The faces of those wearing hoods were not visible, but they all had the same mark engraved on their backs.
A burning star.
Demons trapped inside and suffering.
‘That’s not the mark of any devil…’
Vassago did not share his rising doubts with those around him. He was the type of person who enjoyed solving difficult problems on his own, and had no reason to share information with other demon kings.
Apostles of Pandemonium…
Are they followers of the devil who they don’t even know about?
Or another force targeting the dimensional hub?
The more things Vassago knew about, the happier he felt.
He was a demon lord of a different kind even in the demon world who preferred new knowledge to slaughter.
‘Either way, things are going to be interesting.’
Humanity won an overwhelming victory in the first battle against the demon world, but a variable that even the demon lords could not imagine occurred and the situation changed.
Right now, there is only that one city, but the demons that destroyed that city will spread throughout the Earth.
‘Landlord. ‘Can you stop that?’
Vassago chuckled, recalling a conversation he had with Daein in the past.
It seemed difficult even for that amazing human being to prevent that disaster.
It was then.
Pajik Pajik.
A crack appeared in the middle of the city, which was blocked by a barrier.
Pajik Pajijik…!
The cracks spread in all directions like a spider web.
The eyes of the demons who were hunting humans to their heart’s content turned to the crack.
The apostles of Pandemonium, who were leisurely walking around the city, also looked at the crack in shock.
Blah blah enemy…!
The space was shattered and scattered like shattered glass. The open space is darkness itself.
And then someone walked out from there.
Jerk.
It was an ordinary walk.
Like the apostles of Pandemonium, a figure wearing a deep hood and judging by her slender figure walked out.
[Is it human?]
[It’s quite a feat to break through the barrier.]
[I don’t feel strong power…]
The demon kings observed the newly appeared being with interest.
Hood glanced around and sighed as if something didn’t sit right with him.
“madam. You came too quickly. Anyway, this damn watch…”
Hood scratched his head. A young woman’s face was glimpsed through the gap in the fluttering hood.
Crrrrr…
Crrrrr…
Some of the demons nearby approached the woman, drooling.
However, the woman looked at the watch on her left hand as if she had no interest in the approaching demons.
“what? You have 5 minutes to stay here? hey! “If it’s 5 minutes, I have to go back without even seeing your face!”
A woman who still speaks incomprehensibly.
The demons who had been ignored opened their mouths and rushed at her.
Wow!
“ha. “There’s nothing I can do about it.”
Only then did the woman raise her head and look at the demons.
“I have enough time to clean up everything here and leave a message.”
At the same time, the demons that were rushing towards her exploded at the same time.
Burbububububububung!
Burbububububububung!
The explosion gradually expanded its scope. The demons that were coloring the city with carnage exploded, engulfed in colorful flames, like firecrackers at a fireworks display.
[What…!]
[What incredible power!]
Even the demon lords jumped up from their seats to watch the amazing sight.
A power that astonishes even the devils.
What’s even more surprising is that while all the demons that poured into the city exploded, not a single human was caught up in the explosion.
Whiiiiing~
The woman’s hood fluttered backwards due to the heat generated by the explosion.
“…I wanted to see at least your face.”
Red hair poured down like a waterfall and fluttered in all directions in the wind.
[Whereabouts of the final puzzle (3)] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
