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Episode 445: The Demon King's Purpose
The demon king ate the evil god and disappeared with the higher demon gods under his command.
"You're gone."What was the Demon King's purpose? "
"Purpose. Meruth, I think I started retreating before that, but I need you to clean up."Please try not to let him escape in the direction of annihilation. "
Oh, okay, then leave it to me!
Meruth replied motivatedly and transferred using the stunt "Nesting".
The Demon King's army in the northern part of the Imperial Capital, Patranta, had already begun to retreat from when the Demon King appeared.
I instructed Meruth to hunt down the remnants of the demon king's army, who was already defeated unwillingly.
If even one A-ranked demonic beast was near the city, it would be a marvel for the Fishmen.
We will thoroughly sweep up the remnants of the hunt, focusing on the summoning beasts of Bug A and Bug B, who can make them say something in numbers.
Meruth went to hunt the remnants with a sense of enthusiasm.
I didn't go back to the bottom level of the S-Class Dungeon until I hunted down the last one.
Was eating evil gods the demon king's goal?
The demon king ate the evil god and left.
The look on his face was as if decades of grief had come true.
Peromus's hard work was able to steal the Holy Beast Stone, so it seems like he was eating it.
Yeah, you said a transcendent.
(I'll be the transcendent!You said something about that.I only have a bad feeling about it.)
Huh?
From the mediation god, Klenna heard the word "transcendent."
Hmm? Klenna, do you know what a transcendent is?
"Yeah, Falchan said, 'Allen's fine' in the stable!"
(Yeah? The stable? Heavy user. I don't think Klenna's back on the island.Oh, yeah, did Klenna experience the extra mode?)
Allen understood everything Klenna said.
”W-Well, then, so is the Demon King?”
Cecil seems to have figured something out.
"Oh, it's Hell Mode. The demon king took an evil god to put him in Hell Mode."
(Huh? Eating evil gods is a condition for becoming the transcendent of this world?Is it better to think of it as the inherent ability of the demon king?)
I didn't know if it was the Demon King's stunt or skill, but it seemed like I could gain power by eating others.
When he said that, he said that the demon god also ate it.
Perhaps eating the demon was a condition for going into extra mode.
The demon king in this world may be more powerful than himself.
Allen looks at the mediation god after thinking about it.
It seemed that the mediation god who appeared as Kirin had some kind of unusual relationship with the evil god.
For Cuber, it was called "Cuplas," and it seemed to be a long-standing relationship.
It seemed like the mediator god and cuber were serving the evil god.
Oh, can't you change the future?
The mediation god, who was sending a sad gaze to the place where the evil god was, murmured and walked on the water.
I was depressed and walked away somewhere.
"Hey, hey. Isn't that important?"I'm going somewhere! "
The mediation god goes somewhere, but Cecil asks if he doesn't need to hear more.
I knew a lot about my relationship with the Evil God and the Devil King's plot.
"No, it looks like it's sinking now, so let's leave it alone."Sooner or later, you'll come back to the stable.So, Klenna, what did you hear in the temple of the mediator? "
(You must have entered the temple like Dogora.It was the god of mediation that talked about the transcendent, wasn't it?)
I heard from Dogora about how he went into Extra Mode.
"Well, I can see Haku pile, not that way."
Klenna tries to remember the story of entering the Temple of the Conciliating God, as if she remembered it.
Oh, did Klenna go to the temple too?
Dogora also entered the temple of God, and Klenna must have experienced the experience of Extra Mode.
"Mm, the dragon god, erm." It turned into a matsuma. "
(The transcendent is a dragon god. You've spoken a lot to Klenna, haven't you?)
I think it's going to break my bones to put my arms together and look at Klenna squinting overhead and ask what happened.
I could hardly get the information I needed to defeat the Demon King's army from the mediator god.
I felt like what Klenna saw and heard was necessary for future battles.
"I'll have you talk to me slowly later."Even if it's Pelomus. "
"Yeah, there was a lot going on."
Peromus, whose clothes are worn out, seems to have something to say about the Holy Beast Stone from the disappearance that happened yesterday.
I decided to listen to Klenna as slowly as I did to Pelomus.
Allen slowly walked to the center of the flower pillar with a partition.
The battle with the Demon King's army was not a complete victory.
While Allen and the others were talking about the battle with the higher demon gods and the future, one of their companions was nodding on his knees in the middle of the flower pillar.
Are you okay now?
Shea, we need to know what's going on with Allen.
"Yes, I left the hunting of the remnants to Meruth." It's like a stinky place. "
There are many things I don't know or need to know, but Allen decided that he had done everything he could now.
"I see. I'm sorry, Keel."Can you revive Niisama Beck? "
Shea drained the whole body of blood and asked Keel to hold Bek's body, which was like a crystal body.
"Yeah, of course."
Keel activates an Extra Kill.
"Oh, no..."
It was a failure that even Shia could understand.
Keel's Extra Skill "God's Shield" is an intel-dependent revive skill with a variable chance of success.
With Keel's current intellect, we will basically succeed, but if the body is badly damaged, we won't resuscitate it.
As Shia's voice leaked and Keel's Extra Skill activated, Bek's crystal-like body was finely crushed by the flow of water and disappeared into a sparkling light.
You're not going to help me?
Perhaps it wasn't just death, because Cuber had acted like it was the death of an evil god.
Only Beck's body disappeared, his sword pierced his heart from his back, leaving a hole in Oriharkon's armor.
Knuckles and the Holy Beast Quattro's bracelet, a testament to the Beast King, were dropped at hand.
And when she saw it, Shia hugged her armor, wondering whether she had lost Bek altogether.
“I'm sorry, maybe there was a way.”
"No, it's fine. Allen did his best to fight.I knew that. "
In this battle against the Demon King's army, Allen's men, the Allen army, the Helmios army, and many others in the Imperial Capital, Patranta.
I fought while maintaining my balance while being attacked by demons and superior demons.
If I could get Meruth's main team up on this pillar a little sooner, Beck might have been saved.
I don't know if the future has changed because of Cuber's strong will to definitely kill him, but it's true that he gave priority to the others over Bek's life.
"Master Beck was a very fine man."I fought for Shia until the end. "
Peromus had something to tell Shia that had collapsed.
And thou shalt speak of Bek the male and all the living.
"Oh, I see. Let me tell you something."
(It was the first battle with the Demon King's army, but there was a lot of sacrifice.)
In this battle with the Demon King's army, the Allen and Helmios armies drew together, but the opposing armies were demon gods and S ranks, and the army was made up of 100,000 demon beasts of A rank.
It was a tough fight to fight with only 6200 troops.
I had my gear hardened and my Summon Beast backed me up, but there were still hundreds of casualties in the half-day battle.
When he returned to the earth, he also had the responsibility of leading as the Commander-in-Chief, so I think he must be buried firmly as an English spirit.
I felt like I understood a little bit of Helmios' distress, which had led the way as a hope for humanity.
"It's been over 100 years since the Devil King was born."
Thinking of the sacrifice, Allen spoke about the Demon King.
Even when Rosenheim invaded and the godfathers of the Evil God Church died millions.
This time, there was a sacrifice for Bek, Shia's precious brother, and the brave army that fought alongside Allen's army.
How long will the battle with the Demon King's army continue?
"If all this was for one purpose, I would feel a great obsession."
Allen's words made Cecil understand what he was trying to say.
"Did Cecil think so too?"
Allen finally understood the discomfort of the demon king's existence.
I can say that Cecil's words made me feel good about it.
(I see, the demon king in this world is 100 years old or so.Not a demon king who lived for thousands of years.)
I was making a childish statement to Allen, but the Demon King in this world is very young.
The demon king, who was exactly 100 years older than Allen at his age, had a purpose and continued his activities.
If you were a demon king in your previous life, the demon king already exists in a complete state and is on the verge of conquering the world.
The protagonist who was born as a brave person is always active there.
No matter how many stops we took, how much gear we had or how hard we worked to level up, we were waiting for us at the castle where the Las Boss was.
However, the demon king in this world is young and growing, and his purpose must be halfway down the road.
Today, perhaps one of the demon king's great purposes was to abandon the limits of growth and enter Hell Mode.
(There was also a reason that the Beast Kingdom and the Allied Powers did not attack.Prostia did not attack the Empire because of the resurrection of the evil gods)
Looking at Shia, Rosenheim and Baukis attacked the Empire, but they realized that there was a reason why they could not attack the continent of Gallesia, where the Beast Kingdom was, or the continent where the Allies were.
Allen had learned about the world map and the invasion of the Demon King's army, but he wondered why the Demon King's army was attacking only three continents.
It was convenient for the Demon King not to attack two continents.
I did not dare to attack in order to increase the number of wicked people in the Allied Powers.
It was necessary to gather as many devils as possible and gather souls in the artifact.
I guess the reason I didn't attack the Beast Kingdom was because I was making a political rush to get the bait.
He invaded the Divine Realm, took its artifacts, caused civil unrest in two major countries, prepared a casket, and revived the evil gods.
As a result, there was a lot of sacrifice in the world, but it was all in preparation for the demon king to enter Hell Mode.
I'm sure there are people who have given advice beside me.
(The primitive demon god Cuber gave advice to turn the demon king into Hell Mode.So you're going to embark on a world domination after that?)
I didn't know all about the Demon King.
There were many battles that were left unknown, such as the god of law and the god of mediation.
"Guys, we're still in the middle of a fight."We're still here. There's something we should do. "
Shall we help you too?
Helmios, who is here, speaks kindly.
Thank you, if you want to join the Gearmut Empire.
That's not what I'm talking about, is it?
There were political reasons, but there was also kindness to Allen.
"What? What are you doing?"
Dogora can't keep up with the story and asks for an answer to what she's going to do.
Well, keep an eye on it.
Allen took the time to go to Ignomus.
"What's going on here?"
"It looks like the Demon King's army has attacked us."The monster sealed in the crystal flower was also revived. That's what I'm talking about. "
"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?"
The conversation with Ignomus continues as our people stare.
Tell Ignomus to tell you more.
"I'm sorry." Ask for more details in jail. ”
Allen had a stronger Adamantite chain than Mithril.
Oh, what's that supposed to mean?
"The civil strife is over, and you're going to put me in jail.The Prostia Empire will be ruled by the original Prostia family. ”
Allen said it was okay to talk about the rope myself.
"Well, that's interesting, but you don't seem to know the power of Prostia's most powerful spear!!"
The most powerful spear of the Prostia Empire was unleashed against Allen's provocation.