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Volume 7 Chapter 175

Legion of Demons

In a meadow located a short distance from the Holy City, the daemon Gusion had teleported there to escape Haruto’s pursuit. He had even pretended to be defeated to escape to this place.
Normally, Gusion, in this situation, would retreat to the Demon Realm, prepare himself completely, and then seek a rematch.
However, having his thousand-year plan crushed by Haruto had left Gusion incapable of making calm judgments.
He was in a state where half of his body had been destroyed by Haruto. Despite being a demon with exceptional regenerative abilities, restoring his body from a state where it had been completely annihilated by holy element magic, which was a weakness of his kind, was no easy task, and he had to create an entirely new body.
「Gah, damn it… …come, my minions」
As Gusion called, several shadows appeared in the vicinity. Ten demons opened a teleportation gate and emerged in the human world.
The demons were astonished to see their master in his current state, whom they had not seen in a thousand years.
「Master, what happened to your figure?」
「Hurry, regenerate!」
「Regeneration isn’t working? Th-This is—」
「My body was…… destroyed by a Sage」
「A Sage? Master, how could you have been injured so severely by a Sage—」
「He’s no ordinary Sage. He’s a monster who can manipulate both dark and holy elements…… Sorry, but I’ll be taking a bit of your magic」
Saying that, Gusion touched one of the nearby demons and absorbed their magical energy.
Using the absorbed magical energy, he began to reconstruct his own body. Unlike regeneration, creating the lost body required a massive amount of magical energy.
The demons had been informed through their spiritual connection with Gusion that their plan was to invade the Holy City after breaking the Holy Barrier.
They had felt a deep sense of inadequacy as demons, allowing Gusion, their master, to infiltrate the Holy City and pretend to be human.
But it was Gusion’s plan as a demon, as such they, as his subordinates, had no choice but to follow it.
They had sworn to take out all the frustration of being unable to serve him on their enemies when that day arrived.
They would lay waste to the Holy City, drenching it in despair and fear.
For the sake of their master, Gusion.
For the sake of the Evil God their master served.
When they were summoned, they were initially delighted to reunite with their master, after which they had intended to fill the Holy City with fear.
However, their reunion was far from joyful.
Their master, who boasted incredible magical power and regenerative abilities, had lost half his body and couldn’t even regenerate properly.
Who could have done this to their master—-
Their anger toward the one who had hurt their master welled up.
Simultaneously, a slight fear had also arisen among the demons.
The realization that there were humans capable of cornering their master to this extent was disturbing.
「Against him— Against the Sage, I don’t stand a chance. No matter how much I struggle…… but with you all, we may be able to destroy the Holy City」
Gusion looked at each of his subordinates.
「I’m sorry, but you’ll have to die for me」
A sudden command from their master.
However, none of the demons objected.
「My life was already devoted to Gusion-sama. Please use it as you wish」
「No matter the order—-」
「Feel free to command us as you please」
Their master’s fighting spirit remained unbroken.
He had not given up on destroying the Holy City.
He still intended to fulfill— Evil God’s orders.
If that were the case, the demons were prepared to obey their master’s orders until they perished.
The ten demons had strong loyalty to Gusion.
「You, I apologize……」
Gusion transformed into a massive wolf—- his true form.
This was his complete demon form.
He was about to give orders to the demons he had commanded for thousands of years, even tens of thousands years.
In the end, commanding his subordinates in his true form, a befitting gesture, would serve as an offering to his loyal followers.
「Your orders are to invade the Holy City. Summon your monsters and kill all its inhabitants. Don’t even think about the Sage or worry if your companions are defeated by the Sage. Slaughter as many humans as possible」
「「「Yes!」」」
Their master’s words prompted the demons to begin summoning their monsters.
Each of them commanded over a hundred monsters of C-rank or higher. They began summoning their entire fighting force to the location.
It surpassed the scale of the worst stampede that had occurred during the reign of the Demon King Beleth a hundred years ago.
The quality of the monsters was also on a completely different level.
Several A-rank monsters, including 『Ogres』, and even the 『Orc King』, who led a horde of orcs, made their appearance.
Over the past thousand years, the most dreadful army of demons had been assembled.
There was no need for motivation or commander’s orders before the battle.
All the demons and monsters were connected through their souls.
Gusion’s anger was transmitted to the demons, and this anger was shared with all the monsters. Every demon and monster shared Gusion’s rage.
「Do it」
With just that word, the ten demons and a thousand monsters began moving at full speed toward the Holy City.