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[Secret Operation (1)]
“… Sorry, team leader. “I missed it.”
Wang Guho, who had returned to base, lowered his head as he looked at Daein’s eyes.
However, Daein did not mistreat Wang Guho.
“done. “How can we catch the devil who is running away with his intentions?”
As if showing how hard a fight Wang Guho had gone through, the Divine Suit, which had been made with his characteristics in mind, was almost broken.
The same was true for the death squad members behind them.
The great man looked at them with his eyes and asked Wang Guhao.
“What about casualties?”
“Fortunately, there were no deaths and only injuries. “I finished all first aid.”
Daein nodded and patted Wang Guho on the shoulder, saying thank you for your hard work.
“I went into the castle with my teammates and rested. “I’ll have another team clean up after me.”
“sorry. Team leader….”
“I said it’s done. And how long are you going to call me team leader?”
“I’m used to it…”
Daein sighed, patted Wang Guhao on the shoulder and smiled softly.
“It’s relief. “Isn’t it time to feel free to call him brother?”
“I told you before that I’m two years older than you…”
“Why don’t you go quickly, man! Are you going to keep your injured colleagues standing?”
“Four four?”
Wang Guho, scratching the back of his head with an aggrieved expression, soon led his team members back to the castle.
The great man looked at the back for a moment and then looked again at the traces of the nuclear explosion in front.
And he muttered helplessly.
“I told you to shoot it, but… the people who made this are really crazy people.”
Nuclear weapons ended the battle at once.
Dozens of nuclear warheads were used on this battlefield.
The moment the explosion occurred, there was a flash of light.
Light that is so bright that it cannot be seen with the naked eye.
After that, suns appeared on earth.
Huge craters swelled, mushroom clouds soared, and the shock waves swept across a radius of several tens of kilometers.
-Kwagwagwagwagwagwang!
The enemies at the center of the explosion evaporated without leaving a trace.
I guess that was lucky.
Monsters and demons that were outside the center of the explosion or had high fire resistance and regeneration were much less fortunate.
They had to stand and be completely burned to the ground or scream horribly with their eyes and internal organs sticking out and shaking.
Killing them quickly was the only consideration the Allies could give their enemies.
[The humans were hiding amazing weapons.]
Vassago, who had come up next to the great man, spoke in an admiring voice. The Demon King seemed unaffected by the sight of his compatriots being horribly massacred.
“It’s not really hidden. As you can see, this is what happens if you use it, so I left it as a last resort.”
[Well, unlike the Demon World, there is a lot to destroy on Earth and the creatures are weak… Anyway, thanks to that, we won a landslide victory.]
It was literally a landslide victory.
The friendly forces inflicted a severe blow on Agares’ main force with almost no power wasted.
The great man also nodded.
“The only thing I regret is that I lost Agares.”
After a preemptive strike with nuclear weapons, Agares’ army was almost destroyed.
It was then that Vassago led his army out of the castle.
Agares, who was in a panic, was unable to properly respond to Vassago’s attack. Vassago personally led his demon kings and high-ranking demons to lay siege to Agares.
However, Agares was stronger than imagined.
The demon lords and high-ranking demons who survived the nuclear explosion gathered together to confront Vasago.
The place where the two demon kings collided left a more devastating mark than the site where the most powerful nuclear bomb was dropped.
[I never thought I would be that strong even in that condition… If you hadn’t helped me, I might have been defeated by Agares.]
Vassago muttered as he stroked his staff, which had a crack in the crystal ball.
That’s how strong Agares was.
Later, even though a 100-man elite of the Allied Forces was mobilized and joined forces, they ended up breaking through the siege and escaping.
[However, since most of the other demon lords have been captured, it is as if Agares’s power has already come to an end.] The
great man glanced at Vasago, who was looking at the battlefield with a chuckle, with a disapproving expression.
‘You bastard. ‘It’s clear that he deliberately saved his strength when fighting Agares earlier.’
Even if he was weaker than Agares, Vassago was no less a monster than him.
Even if the strongest members were missing, it makes no sense to lose Agares even after joining forces with the Allied Forces’ elite.
In other words, the only conclusion that can be drawn is that power was deliberately saved.
‘Basago. You’re also someone I can’t trust.’
The purpose was probably to weaken the Allied forces to some extent.
If the power of the Demon World is reduced in this state, we will have to conclude a very unfavorable peace agreement with the Dimensional Alliance in the future.
However, the great man hid his true feelings and asked calmly.
“Where did Agares go when she ran away?”
[He probably fled to his castle at the end of his western territory. Even if I were to die of pride, I wouldn’t ask Baal for help…]
Vassago looked toward the west.
The map of the Demon World was largely divided into three regions.
Baal of the North.
Agares of the West.
Vassago of the East.
Of these, Baal’s territory is about half of the entire Demon World, and the rest is equally occupied by Agares and Vassago.
In other words, if Vassago absorbs Agares’ territory, he will immediately have half of the Demon World in his hands.
[Agares will not appear on the battlefield for a while. The power of my curse has fully taken effect, so treatment will not be easy. We must finish the conquest of the west at this time.]
A blue ghostly spirit danced in Vassago’s empty eyes as he looked at Daein.
The alliance with the landlord had more effects than Vassago had expected.
In just one battle, Agares, who seemed like a thorn in his eye, was defeated, and there was even an opportunity to absorb all of Agares’ power.
“What about the captured demon lords of the Agares faction? Are you going to appease?”
Vassago spoke excitedly in response to Daein’s question.
[Of course it should be so.]
Demon kings captured by the Allied Forces were lying all over the battlefield.
Agares and some demon lords succeeded in breaking through the siege and escaping, but there were many more demon lords who did not.
“Will it be easy to appease? He said he doesn’t have a good relationship with the Agares faction. “Aren’t you going to get stabbed in the back later for no reason?”
In response to the question from Daein, who frowned as if he was worried, Vassago smiled bitterly.
[You don’t think demon lords share friendship among themselves, do you? I will take the oath of existence and reap it under my command.]
“Oath of existence?”
The great man was familiar with the ‘Oath of Existence’, but he tilted his head as if he was hearing it for the first time.
[It is literally an oath to one’s own existence. It is an oath that you risk your soul for, so you can never betray or break it. Because if you break it, it disappears immediately.]
“Hoo. “That’s pretty interesting, isn’t it?”
Vassago chuckled, as if he knew what the great man was thinking.
[It’s not something anyone can do. Among the demon lords, only Baal Agares and I can receive an oath of existence from other demon lords.]
That was the reason why the three overlords were of a different rank among the demon lords and were able to lead their respective forces.
[It looks like he wanted to receive my oath of existence and a promise of non-aggression, but unfortunately, that is impossible even for Baal.]
“…It’s a shame.”
[The level of the soul must be higher than that of the opponent in order to withstand the power of the opponent’s oath of existence. If someone who doesn’t do that takes the oath, he or she will be destroyed.]
“But that oath. “Didn’t they already do it to Agares?”
[Existing oaths can be covered by new oaths.]
“Hoo…”
At that moment, the great man made a meaningful expression, but Vasago was so absorbed in the victory before his eyes that he did not look closely.
[There is nothing to be too sorry about. When this war is over, I will become the new ruler of the Demon World and you will receive my friendship as a gift.]
‘Friendship is shit.’
The friendship of such an insidious and cunning demon lord was unforgivable.
Vassago continued speaking with a smile, as if it was secretly visible on his face.
[Wouldn’t it be good for me to be hated by the ruler of the dimensional hub?]
“…What ruler?”
The great man asked back, wondering what he had just said.
[He was said to be the ruler of the dimensional hub. One of the few absolute powers in the universe. Even though I only heard about it as a story long ago, it is said that such beings definitely exist. You are probably the closest person to him.]
Vassago’s eyes were serious.
Although he was wary of Daein, it was also true that he acknowledged and feared him as much.
[There are already people on Earth and other dimensions who regard you as a god.]
“What…”
The moment Daein was about to stop talking nonsense, a thought suddenly occurred to him.
‘If thinking like that reduces the probability of him doing something stupid…’
The great man said with a dark smile.
“Well, let’s do our best in the future.”
[Tsk tsk. As expected, we are a good match.]
“…….”
The great man did not agree at all, but nodded, thinking it was just that.
[Would you like to see me receive an oath of existence from the demon lords?]
“If I can see it.”
[I gladly allow it.]
They approached the captive demon kings, and Vassago persuaded them and threatened them, taking an oath of existence and forcing them to be loyal.
It didn’t take long to clear the battlefield.
In the first place, there were almost no survivors from Agares’ army.
On the way back after taking the oath from all the demon kings, Vasago asked the great man.
[But I have one question.]
“What?”
[I couldn’t see a few familiar faces in the Allied forces. The child of fire, the Heavenly Demon and that dragon.]
What Vassago was talking about was Lily Cheonmugeuk Abraxas.
In particular, Lily and Cheonmugeuk were the ones who caused the most damage to the Demon Lords after the Hell Gate began.
Of course, I couldn’t help but be concerned.
However, they were not included in the 100-member death squad that Daein brought from Earth.
[Why can’t I see it?]
“I left it behind just in case.”
[Perhaps?]
The great man answered as if it was no big deal.
“If Baal finds out that I came over here, he might go out of his way to order an all-out attack on Earth, right? I left some power behind to prepare for that day. “You can’t let your base get robbed, right?”
[Hmm…]
Although there was something suspicious about what he said, it wasn’t particularly wrong, so Vasago had no choice but to accept it.
The great man said with a friendly smile.
“friend. don’t mind. “It will all come to pass when the time comes anyway.”
There was still no way to know which of the two was the better liar.
***
[Attack!]
Vassago’s army advanced into Agares’ territory without difficulty.
Agares, the leader of the western forces, disappeared after being defeated in the first battle.
The demon kings of the west were captured by Vassago and the Allies, surrendered themselves, or were destroyed.
The whole process happened surprisingly quickly.
By the time Baal realized the seriousness of the situation and convened a countermeasures meeting, Vassago had occupied more than half of Agares’ territory.
And at that time,
the northernmost part of the Demon World.
“good. “No one gets caught by detection magic.”
At the words of Abraxas, who checked the area with magical power, Cheonmugeuk, who had closed his eyes, also slowly opened his eyes and said.
“There is no one who catches my senses. “Everything in there is nothing special.”
At that time, Wendy pointed to the run-down Demon Castle visible down the hill and asked Lily.
“sister. “Are we going to attack there?”
The girl, who had once been so thin that there were concerns about malnutrition, now had quite a bit of fat on her cheeks.
“Shh. “It’s a covert operation, so we have to keep quiet.”
Lily pressed her lips with her finger and scolded Wendy with a quite adult expression.
“huh! Secret operation! Shh!”
Wendy imitated Lily with her eyes shining brightly.
Abraxas. Cheonmugeuk. Lily. Wendy.
The four people who were said to be on Earth were crouching down on a hill in the Demon World, looking at their target.
“But why is the Demon King’s castle so small and shabby? Also, why does it smell like this… How on earth did you manage it?”
When Abraxas frowned and glared at the glass bottle in his hand, the black slime-like thing writhing inside it flinched.
[I’m sorry. Since I have been away for a long time, it seems that even miscellaneous demon beasts have come and gone…] The
black slime in the bottle was the demon king Belial.
He was once the owner of the underdeveloped Demon Castle at the bottom of that hill, but is now a poor soul trapped in a bottle.
“Cluck. “It seems like all demon lords have the same power.”
[…Yes.]
Belial answered weakly. His Demon King’s Castle, located in the northernmost part of the Demon World, was in the most remote corner of Baal’s faction.
But that’s why there were things that could be done.
[The other Demon Lords don’t care about this place either. It’s such a remote area…]
“I know. That’s the only thing I like. “It’s also why we came here.”
[…….]
Belial timidly cowered inside the bottle.
It was then.
“Everyone focus!”
Lily jumped up from her seat, put her hands on her waist, and looked around at everyone.
The girl’s expression with her eyebrows pulled together was quite solemn.
“We are special forces with a very important mission. “We must complete the mission quickly!”
“You have to do it!”
Wendy followed Lily’s steps from the side.
Abraxas and Cheonmugeuk clicked their tongues at the same time.
“You said you had to be quiet earlier…”
“Clark. ” “Didn’t you check everything anyway?”
“Concentration!”
Lily glared at the two people and continued.
No matter what anyone said, he was the leader of this operation.
The girl felt a great sense of responsibility and mission.
“I’ll explain the strategy one last time! Listen carefully!”
“Listen carefully!”
Lily memorized the details of the strategy delivered by Daein in front of everyone and received applause from everyone in the group (although two of them were soulless applauders).
Lily nodded with satisfaction and spoke to everyone.
“Then covert operation! Let’s begin!”
“Let’s get started!”
After a while, the four people infiltrated the unoccupied Demon King Castle.
[Secret Operation (1)] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
