Chapter 451

Edina Island is a remote island nation that is outside of the regular warp gate system that spans the entire continent. While there are small warp gates that connect the islands, they do not reach the mainland. Due to the nature of the gate crisis where giant monsters come out, the scale of the gate crisis in Edina Island is smaller than in other areas. However, there are still monsters with dozens of arms and eyes that can kill anyone who comes into contact with them. When monsters with terrifying shapes pour out of the warp gate, people have no choice but to flee. The main port city of Lazark in Edina Island was filled with chaos and screams. Succubus Queen Ailee was killing monsters with a iron bar while looking at the increasing number of monsters. The monsters were a mix of various species, some resembling beasts and others with shapes that were too terrifying to be considered living creatures. The guards had already lost their minds due to the monsters' terrifying shapes. However, Ailee and her other succubus soldiers were able to fight off the monsters. The Angel Capital, which was like a giant temple, became a temporary refuge for people who could not find a place to flee. People watched as Ailee and the other employees of the ring company fought off the monsters. Inside the entrance of Angel Capital, many people were huddled together, watching in awe as Ailee and her soldiers somehow managed to kill the monsters that even the guards were afraid of and running away from. Even if her horns were broken, Ailee's physical abilities were incomparable to that of an ordinary person. In the midst of a disaster that suddenly occurred, where Edina Island was about to be devoured, she found herself in a situation where she had to protect her customers and long-term prey. Ailee watched in horror as burning buildings collapsed and people fleeing were crushed under the debris. "What are the soldiers doing?" Ailee muttered nervously, but even she was terrified just by looking at the monsters. Edina Island is the remotest of the remote areas. Those who are talented or have exceptional skills have big dreams and leave for the mainland. It is not necessarily the case that those who remain on the island are just leftovers, but it is difficult to expect them to be able to protect people in sudden disasters like this. How many soldiers are there on this small island? How many knights are there? How many of them are capable of enhancing their magical powers, and how many wizards are there? If there are those who are capable of enhancing their magical powers, they will be treated as the elite of the island at that moment, and even if they were young enough to enhance their magical powers, they would have had bigger dreams and left for the mainland. Ailee doesn't know where this situation started. She only heard from the people who fled that monsters were coming out of the warp gate. Whether this situation is only happening in Lazark, only on the island, or encompassing the entire mainland, no one knows unless they hear it directly from the Demon King. "Huep!" Ailee breathed roughly after piercing the mouth of a bear with two heads that was running towards her with a spear and stabbing the head of the other one with a sword at the waist, killing it instantly. It is unknown when the monsters will stop pouring out. Ailee pulled out an iron bar from a monster that looked like a doomed bear while watching the sight of corpses piling up on the street and the scenes of them being added one by one. She hated humans. She wished for the destruction of humanity in the long run. But is it okay for something like this to happen? Not because of war or anything, but because of an inexplicable disaster. Civilians who have never fought in their lives, not even soldiers. Is it okay for them to die like this, not even worth being called trash? She had been squeezing someone for a living, but at some point, Ailee couldn't help but realize that there were also beings among humans who could be loved. Some people spent all their family assets in one night of gambling, while others played with money borrowed from Angel Capital instead of forming a fleet. Someone came to me saying they couldn't repay the borrowed money and begged me to help them. But I have also seen people who need money for something really important, but the amount they need is too small to become my customers. I have seen people who are too poor to be Ailee's customers. I have seen a boy who borrowed only ten coins because his mother was sick and promised to repay when he became an adult. I have seen young children who wander around because their siblings are starving at home. Some of the crew members who were starving because they didn't have enough money for a meal were also destitute. I didn't think it was out of sympathy. It was too insignificant and trivial. I have lent a few coins with a playful remark that they should pay it back later, and I have seen that such insignificant money was really repaid a few days later. I have also received twice as much money as I lent, saying that I would definitely repay it later with a grateful smile, knocking on the door of Angel Capital with confidence that I would repay it when I became an adult, but now I have received twice as much money as I lent. I have hugged such a small child tightly without realizing it, thinking that it couldn't be done like this to humans. It was just a small recognition. To me, who rolls too much money, this is just a trivial matter. No, because the perception of society that money is a demon and a group of people crazy about money can become a spear that pierces oneself at any time. I started an interest-free loan business for children who are starving and families who lost their fathers in storms, thinking of it as a public relations and political business to prepare for it. It was called a loan, but Ailee had no intention of getting that money back, so it was practically a donation to those who had no ability to repay. To the adults of Lajac, Ailee was a devil, but to the children, Ailee was an angel. According to the trade name of Angel Capital, which was built with overflowing evil intentions, Ailee was a devil to some, but an angel to others. It was a small struggling ship that couldn't bear smallness and triviality. Such children were dying so insignificantly on the street. They were screaming shortly and being pushed, torn, and broken. "Ah... Ahh..." If I leave this place, everyone behind me will die. For the sake of employees, people in hiding, and children who were prepared for this situation, Ailee couldn't leave her post. Therefore, Ailee could only watch the small struggles dying with her eyes wide open. Ailee felt like she was going to shed tears of blood. She felt it once when she was captured and dragged away by humans after the fall of the Demon King's castle. She felt everything had collapsed once. And now. Ailee, who is not a demon but a human, was feeling what it was like to shed tears of blood again while watching human children dying. Monsters were pouring into the streets. There were small creatures like dogs, but there were definitely monsters that were as big as giant lizards crossing the road and approaching. The broken horn always brought her pain, but today, it hurt more than ever. If only she had the strength to run to the boy calling out to her on the street, she could have protected him from the giant lizard. She could have helped the boy who once asked her for medicine money for his mother. She couldn't turn away, she couldn't ignore it. After the fall of the Demon King's castle, Ailee lived to destroy something. But in this situation, where all rules were collapsing, the power of capital, which was based on rules, could not protect anything. Ailee ran towards the boy and hugged him tightly with her left arm. She faced the giant lizard with a steel bar in her right hand. Just as she was about to strike, a girl with blue tattoos appeared and created a blue barrier that pushed the lizard back. Ailee was saved by an unknown magician. She saw Vallie, who had taken on human form, jump from the sky and stab the lizard with a sword. The jewel around Vallie's neck emitted a red light, and the lizard burned in flames. Translation: Suddenly, darkness appeared in the sky out of nowhere, and lightning began to pour down. Dozens of flashes in one second. As if targeting the monsters that filled the streets, lightning struck and hit the monsters, causing them to fall or explode. Ailee turned her head and saw a short-haired blonde girl emitting blue currents all over her body. And in the distance, there was also a loud explosion. Vallie drew his sword and walked towards Ailee with a girl with braided hair. Ailee was stunned, and the boy she had just saved was also speechless. The disaster that seemed like the end of the world was completely neutralized by someone who appeared out of nowhere with lightning. Ailee watched as the girl named Harriet activated her blue tattoo and teleported away. Vallie saw Ailee hugging the boy and froze. Ailee, who had been working to rebuild the Demon King's castle and take revenge on humanity, felt disappointed that she had to save a boy who was cooperating with her. But Vallie didn't seem to have any complaints about the boy's survival and Ailee's actions. Vallie pointed out the girl who was still summoning lightning with blue light all over her body and said that she would take care of the area. Vallie summoned Al's Bringher in his right hand and burned the monsters that were pouring in from the alley. Ailee sat down with the boy she had saved, watching Vallie disappear into the distance. Trembling with fear and clutching his own neck, the frightened boy was comforted by Ailee, who was also out of breath. "Yeah... it seems like it," she said. It was hard to understand why Vallie suddenly appeared. He didn't come alone, but brought a lot of people who could help resolve the situation.