Chapter 58: Invasion

[Well, humans die if they can’t breathe.]

Viewers were amazed by the ingenious method and highly praised it.

[Some might endure, but it’s literally just a few.]

[No matter how many talented people are gathered at Ivar Fortress, most are just trained humans.]

[How can they withstand being submerged and suffocated!]

Humans die if they can’t breathe.

Everyone knows this, but no one thought to apply it in this situation.

Warrior of God is fundamentally a game.

And even though it’s been a few years since virtual reality came out, not everyone has adapted yet.

They thought of virtual reality as an extension of regular games.

Suffocation isn’t usually a factor in regular games, so it was an unexpected move.

The demons were the same.

“I see.”

“There was that method.”

“No matter how good their equipment or skills, they’re still just human.”

Three of the Four Great Lords.

Tugui, Richard, and Aladdin spoke with surprised expressions.

As high-ranking demons, they considered it a fresh idea they wouldn’t have thought of.

“T-To manipulate the weather on such a wide scale!”

Anera, a Melusine who controls water, was more shocked than anyone else.

As the Lord of Water, she knew better than anyone how amazing Seyul’s ability was.

The ability to change the weather.

A tactic that accurately targets the opponent’s weaknesses with the changed weather.

Everyone couldn’t help but admire it.

‘Why are they so surprised?’

Seyul himself was rather indifferent.

In fact, this tactic wasn’t Seyul’s idea.

It’s a relatively well-known tactic in the other world.

‘Targeting the enemy’s weaknesses that can’t be normally targeted with magic or other abilities. In a fantasy world, it’s a tactic that would inevitably exist.’

If real magic exists in the world, then of course there would be tactics to match it.

Having encountered and admired countless such tactics in the other world, he couldn’t understand why he hadn’t thought of it.

‘It’s just a game after all.’

Since it’s fundamentally a game, it can’t be helped if various things aren’t implemented.

Seyul, who regarded this place as another other world, nodded with a slightly bitter expression and opened his mouth.

“Don’t let your guard down yet. The enemies came out, but we didn’t defeat them!”

Now the question was what to do with those who came out.

They were forced out of the impregnable fortress, but they hadn’t lost their combat abilities.

“Ugh, you bastards!”

“You damn bastards!”

The soldiers of the fortress had suffered all sorts of disasters to get out, but their anger was just as great.

Even ordinary people would be angry if their homes were flooded and they were suffocated.

Not to mention the soldiers who were defending the fortress against the demons.

“You demon bastards!”

“You’ve really crossed the line today!”

“Now you’re even trying to suffocate us because you can’t do anything else?”

The ordinary soldiers, enraged, raised the weapons they had hastily grabbed.

“Rimburn, the Demon King, you cursed dragon. You’ve finally revealed your ambition!”

The commanders accurately pointed out Rimburn and vented their anger.

It was a middle-aged man with impressive golden hair and a golden beard.

From his lion-like appearance, he seemed to be claiming to be the highest-ranking person.

Astonage.

The commander who oversees Ivar Fortress.

The best general in his country and a renowned warrior even in other countries.

That’s how he became the commander.

[Hi~]

[Long time no see]

[Astonage has finally come out]

As he held a high position, he was a well-known NPC to the Warriors of God players.

For ordinary players who started on the side of humanity, he was a reliable ally.

[I got a lot of help in my early days too]

[But what can you do]

[The opponent now is a real Demon King, not just Rimburn]

The viewers sympathized with Astonage, thinking about what would happen soon.

“As long as I’m alive, you’ll never get past here!”

Astonage was in a difficult situation without a fortress to protect him.

He boldly spoke to Rimburn in a disadvantageous state.

It’s not that he didn’t know about Rimburn.

How could he not know the lord of the demons who had been in conflict for a long time?

He knew very well that Rimburn was the strongest of the demons.

However, he couldn’t just tremble in fear.

As Astonage bravely raised his sword, the soldiers under him followed suit.

Ivar Fortress boasts a monstrous size, so it can accommodate 1,000 people at the same time.

Everyone inside came out, so the number of soldiers was about the same as the demons, about 1,000.

Moreover, their equipment was special.

Not all of them were ability users who could handle magic.

Instead, they had weapons made of the same special metal as the fortress.

They were basic magic items, and with these, they could deal damage even to high-ranking demons.

Originally, they were so expensive and hard to obtain that it was difficult to get even one, but these were all people guarding the front lines.

Each country was bearing huge expenses to give them to them for the sake of humanity’s future.

“Heh heh.”

“Are these humans thinking of fighting us?”

“How ridiculous.”

Of course, that wasn’t enough in front of 1,000 high-ranking demons.

High-ranking demons weren’t just beings that attacks didn’t work on.

They were living weapons with powerful physical abilities, magic, and unique special abilities.

Even excluding the ability to nullify normal attacks, each one was a warrior capable of taking on a thousand.

If a thousand warriors capable of taking on a thousand gathered, it was no exaggeration to say that their strength was comparable to a million.

Except for Astonage and a few other powerful ability users, humans were no match for them even with magic items.

Moreover, all but one of the Five Great Lords were here, as well as former and current Demon Kings.

If they fought like this, there would be some damage to the allies, but the demons were sure to win overwhelmingly.

The problem was that there was one being on the allied side who didn’t want an all-out war.

<What did you say to me? Surely you haven’t forgotten already?>

“I haven’t forgotten, so wait a moment.”

The Light God was protesting.

Even if it wasn’t the Light God, Seyul didn’t want to increase unnecessary damage.

“Hey.”

“I know.”

When he gave Rimburn a look, the answer came back immediately.

Rimburn looked down at Astonage and muttered.

“Human. Your courage is commendable, but you’re mistaken about something.”

“What?”

“I am no longer the Demon King. Look at my back.”

Not the Demon King?!

Rimburn had been the Demon King since humans knew about demons.

The Demon King was Rimburn, and Rimburn was the Demon King.

Astonage, who had been taught that way since his ancestors, quickly raised his head.

What he saw was a girl who was so beautiful that she didn’t seem like she belonged in this world.

“Oh!”

“This…”

The soldiers, who followed their commander’s gaze, exclaimed.

“She’s like a goddess!”

“Is this what the Wind God or the Light God would look like!”

Some people praised Seyul’s beauty by comparing her to a god.

But the objects of comparison were the Wind God and the Light God.

Both Seyul and the Light God next to her had distorted expressions.

“But why is such a beautiful girl here?”

Astonage was briefly flustered by the girl who didn’t match the battlefield, then he made a surprised expression.

“Could it be!”

“That’s right. This person is the new Demon…”

“You wicked Demon King. You kidnapped that girl!”

“…Ha.”

Rimburn sighed as the conclusion jumped to a strange place.

“Why do you think that way?”

He muttered in protest, but in fact, everyone except him agreed with Astonage.

“A giant dragon with a beautiful girl.”

[It’s the dragon from the old stories who kidnaps women~]

Demons and viewers alike agreed that they would have made the same mistake.

“Listen to me. The one on my back now is the one who succeeded me as the new Demon King. And this person is human, so she doesn’t like to indiscriminately kill you humans, so if you all surrender, you will live!”

Rimburn had heard the conversation between Seyul and the Light God.

Even if he didn’t like it, he was going to give them a chance according to their wishes,

“Hahaha!”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

“A Demon King is good at telling jokes.”

“That girl is the Demon King? And a human?”

“Don’t mock us!”

None of the humans believed him and just laughed.

Of course. Who would believe that the Demon King was actually a human girl, not himself?

Even the demons and viewers thought that they wouldn’t believe it either.

“Oh, you bastards!”

“It’s okay. I’ll do it.”

Seyul stepped forward instead, pushing back Rimburn who was about to get angry.

The others who saw that thought that Seyul was trying to persuade the same humans.

But Seyul didn’t say anything.

She just silently looked at the humans and then turned her spear again.

“Cough!”

“I can’t, I can’t breathe…”

The surrounding air disappeared.

It didn’t matter to the high-ranking demons who didn’t need oxygen, but the humans grabbed their necks once again.

After suffering for a while, they all collapsed from lack of oxygen.

Only then did Seyul stop turning her spear.

“They wouldn’t listen if I talked, right? So let’s just knock them out and then bind them. This way they won’t get hurt, so it’s okay, right?”

<If you say so, then it must be so>

The Light God shook his head at the ruthless method.

East Sea.

An inland sea that separates Korea and Japan.

Several warships were patrolling there.

-This is a message to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. Do you have anything?

-This is a message to the Korean military. There is nothing unusual here.

The identity of the warships was the Korean Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Warships dispatched from both sides were patrolling the East Sea.

The reason why the two countries, which were not on good terms, were working together was because of the monsters.

Monsters, the common enemy of mankind!

Among them were sea monsters that appeared not only on land but also in the sea.

In order to confirm the existence of these creatures, both sides specially joined hands and patrolled the important East Sea.

No matter how bad their relationship was, they couldn’t just growl at each other when there were monsters indiscriminately killing humans.

-This side has confirmed that there is nothing unusual.

-Same here.

Patrol results.

Just as both sides were about to stop patrolling, judging that there was nothing unusual,

Something huge rose from the sea.

-Huh!

-What is that!

It was a living creature with an enormous body.

-It’s a monster!

There was no way that such a creature could be anything other than a monster, so everyone thought it was a monster.

-Fire, fire!

The surprised Korean Navy and Maritime Self-Defense Force simultaneously attempted to attack the monster.

Fortunately, the warships they brought were equipped with special weapons provided by Zecross.

Weapons that also worked on monsters.

They were too expensive and rare to use carelessly, but the opponent was too big.

Everyone judged that it was an unusual monster and poured out all the weapons on the warships, as well as ordinary ammunition that didn’t work.

But….

-Damn it….

-Sonna bakana!

Despite pouring out so many attacks, the monster was unharmed.

It looked at the warships of both countries without any injuries.

Boom!

Something flashed, and all the warships, one of humanity’s best weapons, sank.

Kuaaaaa!!

The monster that sank the warships roared once and swam away leisurely.

Accurately towards Korea.