Dream Life

Ashtal, the Demon General (Archdemon), was mad at his own demise.

(Where did I go wrong! My prepared strength should have been sufficient. But what about the results? We have lost the land dragon (Land Dragon) that we captured so hard, and the first giant (Cyclops) and four-handed bear (Four Arms Bear) need treatment as soon as possible. In the worst case scenario, we have to undead both ground dragons...)

I'm disappointed to see the demons around me.

(The Great Demon (Greater Demon) was lost, and the Demon became only three. That magician can't be defeated so easily even if he's abnormal...)

In his common sense, demons are comparable to fifty common human soldiers.

Excellent magical talent, tough flesh and high martial arts skills. Above all, you can fly at high speeds, so as long as you're in the air, you won't be harmed by anything other than arrows or magic on the loose.

Even more powerful if you are the Great Demon.

It is also possible to defeat a thousand knights with more than ten demons in combat and depending on the way they fight.

In fact, in the rank set by the Adventurer Guild, the Great Demon is a second-degree equivalent and the Demon is a fourth-degree equivalent demon.

In order to crusade the second-degree equivalent of demons, if you are an Adventurer Alliance, you will send multiple valuable second-degree adventurer parties, which will also put in as much as 500 troops per battalion in the Empire. You have to put so much effort into a single demon.

Even if it is a demon crusade, a flying demon is difficult to capture, so a squadron of one hundred soldiers from the Regular Corps will be dispatched for the Caerm Empire and two hundred soldiers from the Black Steel Knights, who are elite for the Kaum Kingdom.

In other words, Ashtal's perception is not wrong.

Unfortunately for him, an unusual group of fighters, the Lockhart family, would have taken it seriously. Also, the fact that Zacharias and Sharon were among the natural enemies of the flying demon was the cause of miscalculation.

Without the two of them, even if the Lockhart family's elite were their opponents, they would never have made such a huge loss.

(In any case, we must achieve visible results, mainly because we set out unanimously. They're just a bag of rats. If you can capture everything and use it as a puppet, you will have replenished more power than a dragon or a great demon... but...)

Though I think so, I had a little anxiety. Previously, when I entered an underground base created by Zacharias, I was losing the whole precious Great Demon, and I was strongly impressed with that.

(Even though so many ready enemies have been hunted down, will they enter a place where they will lose their escape? I haven't given you much time, but you should think there's some kind of trap... but what should we do? Some hands put demons ahead, but any more losses come in the way of future action. Should I summon the Winged Demon (Lesser Demon)...)

It is not as difficult for him, the Demon General, to summon the Winged Demon. Demonic crystal stones to summon can also be used by demons. But even with as much ability as he did, he was concerned that the ritual for the construction and summons of the magic formation would take at least three hours.

Most of all, the last three hours are insanely short. If the Moon Demons or Winged Demons perform a summons, the ritual alone will take more than a day, even if the highest-ranking magicians use carefully prepared magic formations.

(Give them time and they'll restore their power. Has it fallen behind to retain you in paralysis... then you should capture the beast and puppeteer it...)

As Ashtal hunted down the surrounding demons, the number of demons had fallen dramatically, but for that matter, the wildlife had increased. Remember that and order the demon to hunt the beast.

"Bring the beast or the weak demon."

The three demons bow their heads and then fly away.

In the meantime Ashtal decided to treat Cyclops and four-handed bears.

Cyclops has been paralyzed by Ashtal's magic because he was rammed around after being crushed by his only eye.

It is inherently difficult to regenerate the missing areas, but Ashtal makes them succeed lightly without chanting the spell. Further crushed by the cyclops, the four-handed bear, injured to the gut, was also fully healed.

And then the late Hydra arrived.

(This restored some combat power. And then there's the undead of the ground dragon, but it just uses too much magic. It doesn't help in that cave anyway. Let's go after we capture them...)

For him, who specializes in dark attributes, the magic of undead is not difficult, but it consumes a great deal of magic to undead opponents who possess large demonic crystal stones.

By the way, great demons and demons are also possible to undead, but they haven't gone.

Although undead uses corpses, it does not restore them to their souls. For this reason, in the early days of being undead, there is no self and no autonomous action can be taken. I mean, you can't use magic.

Some undead can use magic like a Necromancer (Rich), but over the years their self sprouts and they can use magic for the first time.

The use of great demons and demons, for which magic cannot be used for Ashtal, is of low value, and I thought it would be more effective to use their demonic crystal stones to summon them anew if necessary.

Conversely, the disadvantage of undead is small, as the ground dragon that was used as a puppet could not use magic and was even more restrictive in its original self. On the contrary, pure combat power will increase due to increased resistance to pain.

(This will do for now. All we have to do is get the demons to capture them as ordered...)

Ashtal began to keep an eye on the entrance to the basement when he ordered Cyclops and others to be on perimeter alert.

Waiting for the demons with a frustrating look, about two hours later, I carried one stunned stag.

"It's late!" he reprimanded,

"Use the puppet technique. Keep an eye on the entrance."

Upon receiving the stag, he stabs a needle near his heart. The needle was as brilliant as it had been made of obsidian.

Stabbing the needle, magic.

"This is good," Ashtal muttered and nodded to himself, then ordered the demon to "unparalyze" him.

When the demon activates the dark attribute magic, the deer slowly rises. Ashtal's appearance is in his eyes, but he has no fear, staying on the spot and staring into the universe.

"We're going into that cave. When you get to the back, come back."

The deer head right to the cave. The footprint is solid and doesn't look like it's being manipulated.

Ashtal watched as he put his arms around him, but slowly closed his eyelids.

His puppet technique is superior to that of the Demon Clan and allows him to share the feeling of his opponent. However, if you leave more than one km (Kimmel) away, the link breaks, so you can't use it very far.

Check tunnel construction through deer eyes. Though the surface is not polished, it raises an admiration for its skill in a smooth plane as if the finish had been done.

"Isn't it quite brilliant?"

But the room suddenly disappeared.

The scream of a deer named Pea echoes from behind the tunnel.

A tai arrow (bolt) pierced the deer's neck, and Ashtal groaned "woo," cutting the link with the deer.

"Was there still an ambush? Or a trap..."

Though as expected, this is not all. If you attack now, it's not hard to defeat the demon, and inadvertent entry leads to a drain of power, you hesitate.

(If I go, it won't be such an issue as an attack of this magnitude, just in case. Because the last trap worked for me too... try some more with this hand or give up the catch alive...)

I get a little lost, but another demon brought me goblins so I puppeted them into the cave in the same way.

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It was about two hours after finishing the battle outside and fleeing into the underground fortress.

Still no action from the enemy, and he keeps waiting in a jittery way.

The ministers of the Lockhart family of strict discipline do not open a single mouth in this situation either, and wait silently as the commander ordered.

Although this situation is frustrating, it is a favourable development for us.

First of all, I can restore the magic of my magicians, Liddy and Sharon. When I came here, I had cut my magic residue by 10%, but in the last two hours it's more than 20%. For once, Sharon and Byron use state recovery (recovery) and purification (prefiction) magic, but if they recover at this rate, they will exceed 30% in less than an hour.

Secondly, Sharon and Enos have recovered greatly. Enos was resting with a hard blow to the head, but he is back on the front because there is no particular anomaly even after I hang the healing magic.

Sharon is recovering some mental damage with my magic. Still, there's no excellence in the movement, but it's possible to back it up in case something happens to me, such as activating a trap or directing a retreat.

There are many other things my grandfathers have settled down.

In addition to his death battle with the Ground Dragon, he witnessed Ashtal's overwhelming presence and the warriors of the Lockhart family in the war were also upset. But I haven't lost hope because I never lacked anyone.

Of all that, only Byron has yet to return to the front. For once, he's recovering enough to talk, but his body doesn't move satisfactorily.

"Pathetic story, because even if you come forward as you are now, you will only be trapped"

That's what I'm saying. Adultly lying in the back. I'm a man of strong responsibility, so I make it big, but I shouldn't be able to help but regret it on the inside.

"I still have the enemy's best balls. I hope he recovers by the time we fight him."

That is comforting to say, but it is also a suspicious situation as to whether we can win the battle with Ashtal, and it is only a resting breath.

He knew that himself, and he laughed, "Be sure to turn it to the front line in the fight against the big guys," he said.

Quiet time ensued, but it seems the enemy has begun to move.

Guy, who had finished his ears near the entrance, began to whisper the report.

"Looks like he's come in"

"Uhm," my grandfather nodded, continuing to report further.

"I heard a trap set by Master Zach activated. I think I heard a little scream, but I don't know if it's a demon or another demon."

My set of traps are to the point of harassment, and it's hard to hit a steep spot to defeat demonic demons in the demon class or if the poison doesn't work.

The poison from the giant sasori Giant Scorpion is fiercely poisonous, but it's already been over two hours since I painted the poison. In dry conditions, the effect would have fallen.

"Maintain the status quo for now. If the enemy feels signs of using magic, close this door. Nice."

The entrance door to this room is not closed. Because closing thick rock doors can make the sound hard to hear.

A door that weighs nearly three tons, but is installed slightly diagonally, so if you remove the stopper, it closes on its own. If it is opened in reverse, it has to be countered against its own weight, so the operation was to keep it open whenever possible and close it at times of need.

After that, take a breath for about twenty minutes and wait, but you don't hear anything but our breath.

It is about fifteen meters to the basement where it was based, and the entrance on the basement side is tightly closed with stone doors.

(I guess I should have put it on with a voice tube as well. I didn't employ it because the poison is flowing or this one is leaking, but it's hard not to know the situation......)

Originally made to bring in the pitch-black demon clan. Naturally, we envisage a hasty retreat, and we did not consider this kind of situation.

As a result, we don't know what the enemy's situation is and we can't move this one either. Just in case, I'm letting Dan check the situation on the escape road side as well, and I know there's no anomaly, but the only way to cope with the enemy's movements is to stir up anxiety.

"Time is on our side for Nong et al. There's no rush."

Everyone nods at my grandfather's words.

More than enough, suddenly an explosion sounds like Don.

Brother Rodrick removes the door stopper to his grandfather's voice, "Close the door". The door closed slowly and at the end it closed completely with the sound of a gong.

"What do you think you did?" My brother asked.

"You noticed there was a trap or an ambush, and you tried to forcefully eliminate it. It's a good trend."

"A good trend? Why is that?

"Being in strong hands means you don't have an effective means of detecting this one. I mean, it could hook you up to the trap after this, and you wouldn't even notice the way out."

"Right. All you have to do is pin the enemy down here."

That's what I say and laugh at Nicole. There is admiration for the spiritual power that can make me laugh in this situation.

"That's the thing. The magic won't work, so I'm counting on you."

"Got it. Looks like the chat's over."

That's when I heard a roar from the aisle. Looks like the trap I set up activated.