Chapter 53

Illegar, one of the Four Demon Kings, decided to march on the capital where Act and the others were, in order to reclaim the evil god dragon Veevul.

Far from the Northern Wall, in the human kingdom of Getaniga.

On the grasslands near the capital, a vast army of demonic creatures was waiting.

"Lord Illegar, we are in position."

The one in command was Tsukuaene, the assistant to the Four Demon Kings. He had brought most of the soldiers stationed at the Northern Wall to the capital.

"Good. First, destroy the capital and reclaim Veevul. Then, conquer and destroy the human kingdom."

Next to Tsukuaene, a monster with wings and an eyeball was floating. It was a monster with communication skills.

"Ha...! Understood!"

"Be sure not to fail."

"Don't worry. Look, with this vast army, there's no way we can lose."

He ordered the winged eyeball monster to fly into the sky.

"The army surrounding the capital consists of S-rank monsters. Furthermore, we have deployed demons up to the viscount level. Their number is a thousand. Additionally, there are two thousand magic giants. The total force is ten thousand."

The demons possess powerful magic that surpasses even monsters.

The magic giants, while slightly less skilled than demons, are ten-meter-tall giants that wreak havoc as long as their magic doesn't run out.

"There's no way we can lose."

"Kuk... Indeed, I might have been a bit too thorough. But don't slip up."

"Understood. Lord Illegar, please await the good news at the Northern Wall."

After cutting off the communication, Tsukuaene gave the order.

"Announce to the entire army! Leave half behind, and the other half will advance on the capital! Annihilate them! Kill every last one!"

He left half behind to prevent anyone from escaping the capital, while the rest would invade.

The demonic creatures advanced on the capital like an avalanche.

The magic giants destroyed the outer walls and entered.

"It's... monsters!" "Kyaa!" "Help meee!"

The citizens of the capital turned pale and scattered in all directions.

But the monsters didn't let them escape.

They decapitated, crushed bones, and devoured flesh.

"Good, keep trampling them!"

The giants crushed and destroyed the buildings in the capital.

The demons used magic to blow away buildings and people.

It had turned into a hell of screams and cries.

"Kuk... What an easy job. Only weaklings... Only weaklings...?"

Suddenly, Tsukuaene realized.

"Where is the hero?"

There was supposed to be a hero named Laurence in the capital.

But despite the destruction, there was no sign of him appearing.

"This... is an opportunity."

Tsukuaene smiled slyly.

"The hero seems conveniently absent!"

...He chose to think in the most convenient way.

That was a mistake.

If he had realized it was a trap, the outcome might have been different.

After a while.

After turning the capital into a sea of fire and piling up corpses,

Tsukuaene calmly entered the capital.

In the middle of the blood-soaked pavement, one of his subordinates, a demon, was holding Veevul.

"I found you, girl."

"Tsukuaene... What are you doing here?"

Veevul glared at him.

Tsukuaene laughed.

"I've come to take you back."

"Take... me?"

"Yes."

"Did you have to kill all those innocent people?"

"What does it matter? Humans are like monkeys. It doesn't matter if they die."

Veevul lowered her head and her shoulders trembled.

"Demons are... scum."

"What did you say?"

"What did the people of the city do to you? Do you have the right to destroy their peaceful lives?"

"Shut up, you bitch...!"

Tsukuaene slapped her across the face.

He stepped on her head as she fell.

"Don't get cocky, you defective demon!"

"Hmm..."

"What's so funny!?"

"I was just feeling... pity."

She looked at Tsukuaene with a pitying gaze.

"What's that look for!?"

"Everything is going according to plan, and you haven't even noticed."

"Plan...?"

"Whatever. The battle begins now!"

With a flash, Veevul's body glowed.

At that moment, a tremendous explosion occurred.

"Uaaaaaah!"

Like a leaf, Tsukuaene was blown away.

The impact was so great, it felt like a meteor had fallen.

The surrounding buildings and the demonic creatures were also blown away.

"Wh-what... what happened...?"

Tsukuaene opened his eyes slightly while lying on the ground.

There stood... a single, pitch-black evil dragon.

"Uooooooh!"

"What... what is this...?"

It was a dragon he had never seen before.

A pitch-black body with black aura wings.

The overwhelming aura of death emanating from its massive body made his body shrink.

"I am the evil god dragon Veevul! The errand boy... I mean, the porter of the hero party!"

"Hero party...? And Veevul!? This is the defective demon!?"

It was an unbelievable sight.

The evil god dragon, a presence that surpassed even himself.

"Submit quietly!"

"Don't... don't be ridiculous, traitor...!"

Tsukuaene's voice trembled with anger.

"Men! Kill him! Now!"

"Is... is that okay...?"

His subordinate demon asked hesitantly.

"Better to finish him off here than let the hero take him!"

"Ha! If you can, try it!"

The S-rank monsters pounced on the evil god dragon.

"Hey, stop it!"

Veevul casually swiped her hand to the side.

The monsters vanished in an instant.

Buildings crumbled and the ground split.

"What... what incredible strength...! Magic! Men, use magic to kill him!"

The demons cast high-level spells.

Fire, ice, lightning... countless spells attacked the evil god dragon.

"Hmm..."

A gale of wind was unleashed.

All the spells were erased.

Moreover, the demons were blown out of the city.

"Wh-what... what powerful wind magic!"

"Magic? That's a joke. That was just my sigh."

"A sigh... erased the powerful magic of the demons... I can't believe it..."

The S-rank monsters and demons were not weak.

But the evil god dragon in front of him was overwhelmingly strong.

"Don't think you've won yet! Outside the city, there are still demons, and they are of a higher rank than those here!"

"Ambush, huh? We have one too."

"What!?"

At that moment,

"T-Tsukuaene-sama...! Ambush! Our army is being attacked!"

It was a message from his deputy outside the city.

He immediately used magic to see outside the city... and was stunned.

"Look, everyone! Witness the magnificent spear skills of Ulgar, the spearman of the hero party!"

A silver-haired man ran like a gale.

Every time he moved, demons vanished effortlessly.

"The trail created by his silver hair is like a meteor! The embodiment of the holy power that repels evil! Hahaha!"

"Wh-what... the hero party...? They weren't absent...!"

Ulgar, alone, was rapidly reducing the 5,000 troops stationed outside.

Not just any 5,000, but 5,000 elite troops.

He was slaying them all single-handedly.

What an unrealistic scene.

"Feel the power of my ultimate spear, the [Thousand Slash Spear]!"

With a tremendous impact, it felt like a star had exploded.

The next moment... Tsukuaene saw a terrifying sight.

A barren wasteland where not even a single blade of grass remained.

"Unbelievable... 5,000 elite troops... all... gone in an instant...?"

The elite troops were deployed around the city to encircle it.

But Ulgar had killed all the demonic creatures around the city.

What incredible strength, what incredible skill.

"This... is the hero..."

"Hmm, very annoying, but you're wrong, my friend."

"!? You... you hacked the communication!?"

Ulgar's face twisted in displeasure.

"Every time I have to play the supporting role, it's incredibly difficult, but I'll let you take the credit."

"What... what are you talking about!?"

At that moment,

"Tsukuaene! Tsukuaene! Answer me!"

A sudden communication came in.

"Lord Illegar!? What happened, Lord Illegar...!?"

He could sense that something was seriously wrong from Illegar's voice.

"Get the army back quickly! If you don't, the Northern Wall... guaaaaah!"

With a tremendous explosion, the communication was cut off.

"What... what's happening...!?"

At that moment,

There was a sound of something shattering.

Suddenly, the city disappeared.

"Huh? The city... where... where are we...?"

The city, which was just covered in blood, had vanished.

There were no ruined buildings or piles of corpses.

Tsukuaene and the remaining 5,000 troops were left stranded in the middle of a grassland.

"Still don't get it?"

"Ba...!" He looked up into the sky.

The evil god dragon took flight, and on its back was a delicate mage who looked like a young girl.

"All according to plan. Ilay, great job with the illusion."

"Illusion... illusion? The city and the people... were all illusions!?"

It was hard to believe, but that young mage had created an entire city and its people with magic.

"What... what are these... monsters..."

Ignoring Tsukuaene's shock, Ilay cast a spell.

"[Inferno Fireball]! [Hurricane Vacuum Blade]! [Absolute Zero Coffin]! [Heaven's Lightning Sword]!"

Four enormous magic arrays unfolded in the sky.

"H-ha... casting four grand spells simultaneously without incantation... this... this is a dream... a bad dream..."

Grand spells, which even demons found difficult to cast.

For a young mage to cast them simultaneously was an impossible feat.

"We were... wrong... to oppose them... it was... foolish..."

It was too late to regret now.

The four grand spells instantly erased the remaining demonic creatures.

Thus, the ten-thousand-strong army that had marched from the Northern Wall was completely annihilated by the hero Laurence and his party in a matter of hours.

But this was not the end.

The golden hero was not present.

Where was he?

"I'm here!"

A super hero enveloped in golden fighting spirit stood on the half-destroyed Northern Fort, raising his voice loudly.

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