Episode 234 Abyss Crusade – Waves of Despair (3)
The main force of the Abyss Corporation confronting the Allied Forces.
“That’s great, Paimon. It seems their morale has already been broken. “It is truly surprising that you would think of subduing humans without a fight!”
Paimon smiled in satisfaction.
He prides himself on understanding humans better than any other demon.
It is none other than a method learned by persistently observing and digging into the actions of the Marquis de Lafayette, who collapsed the Germanian Imperial Army.
How to achieve victory by shaking the hearts of your enemies, breaking their morale, and breaking them down.
However, they have a succubus, and because of that, they can use these methods more effectively than humans.
At first, I was a little annoyed because Gremory was very uncooperative when I incorporated the succubi into the unit and took command, but I did well to take advantage of Bael’s power.
“of course. Good job, Stolas. “I’ll leave the negotiation to you as well.”
“Would it be possible?”
Stolas left, and Paimon was lying down on a chair in a leisurely manner, savoring wine.
I’m very curious about what kind of expression Pierre is making right now.
When I imagine his expression, it feels like the supreme taste, better than any snack, mixed with wine and sweetly caressing my tongue.
How does he feel now?
I can’t help but wonder what it would be like to have my methods returned in an even more vicious and vicious way.
To be honest, I thought I could finish him off before the door opened and get my hands on him, but I surprised him with unexpected propaganda and additional reinforcements, but in the end, this was his limit.
No matter how much he flies and crawls alone, the commander’s worth only loses its luster when he belongs to an inferior racial group called humans.
Paimon happily passed around his wine glass, savored it again, and thought.
Victory is certain, but there is one important mountain left.
It’s scary to think like that.
Bang –
There was a loud noise right in front of his barracks.
“Ah, you’re awake.”
Even if I didn’t do that, I thought the time had come.
And soon the curtain of the barracks he was in was violently pulled back.
Paimon, lying down on the chair, looked away, smiled, and opened his mouth.
“Ah, Lord Bael. “I don’t know what to do with all of you coming to this squalid battlefield.”
Bael entered the barracks and glared at Paimon with burning eyes.
“Paimon.”
“Say yes, my demon king.”
Although he spoke in a polite manner, he still answered while lying on the chair.
Bael asked, raising his eyebrows at Paimon’s appearance like that.
“Where are my minions attached to you?”
Paimon slowly put down his wine glass and stood up to answer.
“I’m sorry, Bael. “Unfortunate accident during operation-”
Before Paimon could finish his sentence, Bael’s strong hand grabbed Paimon’s neck.
“My henchmen suffered an unfortunate accident at the hands of those barbaric humans? “Is there any way something like that could happen?”
“There is nothing that cannot happen on the battlefield, Bael. Don’t you know? “He is none other than the person who experienced the war 400 years ago.”
Of course, they did not stand on the front line, so there is no way for such people to suffer an unfortunate accident from the enemy. In the first place, both Bael and Paimon knew that.
Nevertheless, Bael glared at Paimon and spoke as if chewing him up.
“Why did the offensive stop?”
“I proposed peace negotiations.”
“Peace negotiations? I have not received any reports. “Please explain, Paimon.”
When Bael let go of Paimon’s neck, Paimon picked up the document from the table and handed it to him.
“It’s simple. They are sowing seeds of division among the weak and waiting for their self-destruction. If it works well, it is possible to secure the ‘door’ without losing battle. After that, we can easily secure the Eastern Empire and the Central Continent-”
However, before Paimon could finish his sentence, Bael, who had skimmed through the documents, grabbed Paimon’s neck again.
“Isn’t your goal to keep the drones alive and drive them out?”
Paimon laughed while holding his head.
Indeed, even if he is rotten, he is a warrior of the demon race.
It is not worn as a decoration on the head.
“I ordered their destruction, Paimon. “I didn’t ask you to be quiet and keep your troops intact.”
Even as Bael spoke to his face, Paimon’s smile did not go away.
“Is that so? However, the horsepower needed to maintain these massive drones is not infinite. I was just trying to carry out the mission I was given efficiently, but I can’t believe I caused such a misunderstanding. I am truly sorry, my demon king. “But if you deal with me now, you won’t be able to stop them right now, right?”
Bael snorted and answered.
“Do you think only you have control over the drone? Are you believing that and being so arrogant? Remember who is in front of you. Know the subject, Paimon.”
Nevertheless, Paimon smiled and said.
“If you do it. “Try it, devil lord.”
Bael distorted his pupilless eyes, but quickly focused his mind.
And only then did I realize that control of the drone, which should have been recoverable, was completely vested in Paimon – and
the next moment I became enraged.
“Paimon you bastard!”
Paimon grinned in front of the enraged Demon King.
Bael’s henchmen also reacted this way and died to him.
The sight of the scum dying in shock, believing that they would be able to subdue Paimon at any time even if he showed his teeth, and acting as if Bael’s power was theirs…
“It’s fascinating. “You truly have a wonderful expression, my demon king.”
Bael’s hands trembled and he gave strength.
Paimon trembled from the pleasure of being strangled, under pressure that felt as if his neck, which even a decent sword could not cut, would be crushed like a piece of paper.
And soon.
Bael threw him away, just as Paimon expected.
“Ahahahahahahahaha….”
“I can punish you right now!”
To Bael’s furious shout, Paimon jumped upright and responded with laughter.
“Ahahaha… Of course, of course. The brave and fearless warrior of the demon race, the great demon king! “You can kill as many lowly devils as me!”
But can he defeat one million drones led by Paimon on his own?
Would it be possible for him to purge the countless demons who followed him by his own hands, saying they were corrupted and degenerate, and take only the handful of remaining SS troops to face the Allied Forces?
A warrior intoxicated with his own power and pride, confident that he can control everything.
His distorted face was funnier than any comedy, and Paimon just burst out laughing.
Bael gritted his teeth loudly and turned his back on Paimon.
“Do whatever you want, Paimon. … For now.”
Paimon bowed with a very exaggerated and polite manner, as befits an actor in this comedy.
“Thank you, my demon lord, for your generous decision.”
Bael just disappeared, and Paimon couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.
“under. Ah hahaha. Ahahahaha!”
He no longer needs to wear a mask.
400 years spent wearing the shackles of Abyss Corporation.
The sense of liberation and joy he had been waiting for for such a long time gave him a pleasure that seemed to paralyze his mind.
Bael will now gather the few remaining royal forces in preparation for Paimon baring his teeth against him.
Does not matter.
Anyway, even if they gather it now, it will only be a meaningless resistance in front of Paimon, who has withdrawn allied forces and has maintained his strength.
Paimon trembled and enjoyed the joy of slaying a mighty demon warrior that he could not dare to overcome and eventually obtaining all the demons.
“Ah ah ahhh….”
This supreme pleasure.
This crazy feeling of freedom.
The man who gave me all that as a gift is right in front of me.
Pierre.
Are you feeling distressed and angry right now?
I want to look directly at his face and lick and taste that pain.
That Pierre wouldn’t miss the moment to kill Paimon and neutralize the drone, regardless of diplomatic issues.
“It’s a shame, it’s a shame…”
It’s a pity that I can’t devour his despair right away, but if you say that I was given this sense of freedom as a gift because he finally managed to secure the door.
If that’s the case, it’s not a problem to wait a little longer for him.
The longer you put it off, the more your earnestness and expectations grow.
therefore.
Bringing a brief and false mirage of peace to the inferior servants who dare to set foot in the Abyss Corporation.
Let’s send Pierre back for now.
Let’s allow him to enjoy his final rest with those he cherishes, increasing the despair and sadness he will feel when everything falls apart.
And after Bael was killed and he became the true Demon King.
I have to qualify and go meet Pierre.
Paimon trembled in anticipation of that moment of pleasure.
* * *
Just two days.
In two days, the public opinion of the leadership was overturned.
“Didn’t you see what they did in Iberica? “It’s obvious that it’s a deception!”
“It’s not something we don’t know. But there is nothing we can do because the circumstances are not good.”
“For now, the best thing to do is to step back, save up your strength, and wait for the future…”
“Ha, the future? When do you mean? Are you talking about the time when they finally destroy the Eastern Empire and invade the Central Continent with millions, if not millions, of drones?”
“Shit! Who doesn’t know that? “What can we do when the soldiers’ morale has reached a point where they cannot fight?”
“If you fight in the first place, can you win now? A million! A hundred thousand people struggled against thousands of drones, but how can you win against a million drones? “Are we all going to die together just because we don’t want even one door to be taken away?”
“Just one door? “How much blood has to be shed for that one door-”
“Damn it, it wasn’t you Fransians who incited that blood to be shed! So what is the result! You yourself opened the way for the demons to come to the Central Continent! “I should never have come on this reckless expedition in the first place!”
“Anyway, let’s negotiate, dammit! “Isn’t it a good thing to return to your home country alive rather than be killed?”
After that long struggle.
Instead of achieving results, I lost my way.
Destruction is clearly visible before our eyes, but this is not conveyed to the soldiers.
But you can’t give up.
I was devastated enough.
I was frustrated enough.
No matter how bad the situation was, I somehow got through it in the end.
After coming all this way and shedding so much blood, we can’t make it null and void.
Now one step.
There is only one step left to reach the final goal.
Christine risked her life to come this far and trust me, but I can’t end up giving up and saying there is no way.
“no. “We have to fight here no matter what.”
Everyone’s attention was focused on the firm voice I made, but soon a roar broke out.
“No, the morale of the soldiers is in shambles. How do they fight in a situation like this? “You fight only when you have a chance of winning!”
“Do you know that someone wants to negotiate because they don’t want to fight? “If you want to die that much, Marquis, die alone!”
“no!”
A shout filled with magical power cut off the overflowing clamor.
“We are only looking at our situation now. I didn’t even consider why they made that suggestion. “There is something we are missing.”
The demons made a seemingly generous offer ‘for now’, saying that they would spare the entire main force of the Central Continent that had invaded this far and send them away alive.
However, the fact that the devils have set such conditions means that they also have a reason to avoid conflict with us.
“Drones are dangerous enemies. A threatening force that neither tires nor loses morale. However, all living things or anything need power to move. Energy, magic power, whatever. In order to maintain a million drones, it will take more horsepower than we can imagine! Isn’t that right, Magic Tower Lord?”
“Hmm, that’s a reasonable inference for an article. yes. There is no substance in the world that can move without any power. What’s more, isn’t that a weapon made by modifying living things? Of course, if you don’t have the magic power to maintain it, you’re just a piece of meat.”
I shouted, pointing in the direction of the drones on the other side of the conference hall.
“Those drones that are still dormant and motionless are proof of that! Is that proof that they want peace? They just put it in a fancy way with words, but if they really wanted to terrify the soldiers, a show of force would have been more effective. “Isn’t that right?”
“I don’t think so…”
“Is that so? “But it’s just speculation, isn’t it?”
I shook my head.
“no. When I cut off Paimon’s horn in Iberica, I personally experienced the magical storm created by the massive power generated from the drones. There will still be those who have experienced that phenomenon, not only among the revolutionary army but also among the soldiers of the Iberian Brotherhood. “No matter how much we are the Abyss Corporation, we cannot extract such magical power infinitely.”
Paimon spoke clearly.
The industrial revolution extracts energy from humans and operates drones.
It is a technology that uses a human body that has drained all of its energy by converting it into a drone.
At first glance, it may seem like infinite power, but it is not.
If you cannot constantly supply humans, you will end up with only drones left, and the number of humans needed to fill the remaining drones with magic increases exponentially.
Creating 1 million drones was definitely beyond our imagination.
However, in other words, it requires a lot of horsepower to maintain it.
It must have been information that was leaked without knowing that it would end up like this.
But now that was the only hope for victory.
Even if they are not sure, I have to give them confidence.
“Their army is enormous, but it is impossible for them to secure additional primates to extract magical power as they are currently fighting on both sides of the Eastern Empire and us. So, if we force them to play a long game, we can definitely win.”
“Big…”
The leadership muttered in silence, but the atmosphere was clearly tilted.
“That’s right! Let’s fight! If not now, then when can we form an allied force and set foot on this island again!”
Crocs responds.
“I agree. As the king of Krafte, I cannot go back with only the blood of Krafte spilled.”
Henry I too.
“…It is definitely a fight that should not be avoided if there is a chance of winning. But what about the morale of the soldiers? “If the soldiers refuse to fight, we have no choice.”
Jill’s words.
It’s a valid opinion, but it’s impossible for me.
No military commander can restore the morale of soldiers that has already collapsed.
The atmosphere that had been settled at best is slowly but surely fading away.
I quickly got up from my seat and knelt down in front of Eris before everyone else fell into despair again.
“Your Majesty the Queen.”
From that alone, Eris understood what she had to do.
“…There is a clear chance of victory, right Marquis?”
As a princess who would bridge the gap between me, a saint and noble, and the republic, whom I approached out of necessity.
The girl I brought in as a friend.
I bow my head and reply to my lord, who is now the undisputed queen.
“there is. “Your Majesty the Queen.”
Only she can do this.
A saint queen who is proof of a living god and loved throughout the Central Continent.
To the woman who said she didn’t want war, to the woman who didn’t want to be queen.
Once again, ask them to trust you and shed their blood.
Please tell me that their blood will not be in vain.
“Please lead us.”
I ask with sincerity.
“Then I will risk everything. “I will make sure that Her Majesty’s blood and that of all of us is not in vain.”
Eris answered without hesitation even for a moment.
“I believe it, Marquis de Lafayette. Before and now. …In the future too.”
