124 The next thing I'm going to do is...

We've come to a position near the defensive wall, away from the campsites the soldiers have set up.

We have made our preparations and sent a letter of warning to Archbishop Serraes.

All that remains is to wait for the Blue Demon King to make his move.

As such, I am watching the device from a simple base that I had Rilbe's carpenters build.

"Wow, this is a nice bath.

The thing I prepared for the Blue Demon King is a huge wooden bath.

Strictly speaking, this is not a bath, but a bath-like device.

The bathtub is ten meters long and slightly arched.

There are two sets of them, slightly separated from each other.

Soaking in each of the tubs are Ecdique and Lakra.

Both of them are not naked, of course, but are wearing a kind of robe that I have prepared for them.

This is what they wear when they perform waterfall asceticism.

The temperature of the water is lukewarm to avoid catching a cold since we will be waiting for a long time.

Mr. Shosho, do you have anything to drink?　"Shosho-sama, do you have any alcohol? If you want to kill time while taking a bath, you must have alcohol!

"Choose to concentrate or the water temperature will be lowered to cold.

You're threatening me sober!

I'm not sure what to do, but I'm going to do it.

After all, he hasn't moved a muscle in an hour since he got into the tub.

Lakra, your sluggish attitude is disturbing his concentration, so you should be quieter.

I leave the complaining Lakra alone and enter the simple base.

Inside, Mixu is waiting, offering you a cup of tea when he sees you enter.

On the desk in the center of the room, there are several blank sheets of parchment and a map of the border between Kuama and the Kuama Demon Realm.

How are Mister Eckdoik and Mister Lakra doing?

I'd like to see a middle ground, but that's not going to happen. I'd like to find a middle ground, but we'll have to supplement that.

However, it may be inevitable that Exoik is overbearing.

I've already given him a try, and his reaction is favorable.

Ilias and Wolfe were separated, probably doing some preparatory work now.

I sit down on a chair, drinking the tea offered to me.

Then Mix comes up behind me and rubs my shoulder.

You don't need it.

You say that, but your friend is very stiff. I'm not the one who hasn't noticed that you haven't had a proper rest since you came to Quama!

It's just desk work. You're going to be doing a lot more physical work than I am.

That's not a problem, we've been trained!

We're trained! It's better to sleep. It's better.

"Then this is just a preparation exercise for the rest of the work!

There's no need to force him to do it, it's best to let him do what he wants.

To be honest, it hurts a little, but it certainly seems to help with the stiff shoulders.

If Iliad rubs your shoulders, you'll be sore.

You're looking at me like Lord Ratzel could rip my shoulders off, aren't you?

You know exactly what I mean.

Oh, you've hit it. That's a good look!

I don't know what's good about it, but I'm genuinely impressed that you can read faces.

Well, your observation of your friend has been worth it!

I don't know if I've been observed that much, but I've only seen Mix in the castle most of the time in Tarz. ...... I guess I shouldn't worry too much about it.

I'm sure you'll be happy with the results.

"Oh, I see. I'll give you a little more pressure.

What?

I can't help but feel that I'm being attacked at the very edge of being able to keep my body intact.

I still think the power of the inhabitants of this world is strange, yes.

But I think I'm going to wake up. I've got a lot to settle in the next few hours, so I've got to keep my spirits up.

I'll be ready to switch emotions, no mercy for my opponent this time.

I'll feel free to set him up.

"Mmm, your friend looks bad again. Wouldn't it help if I rubbed his face?

It hurts.

The Quama world is surrounded by high walls.

The Quama Realm is separated from the rest of the world by high mountains and deep cliffs, restricting the movement of any infantry.

However, there is one area that is connected to the plains.

The best way for the unintelligent undead to invade from the demon world is through that place.

However, there is a huge wall that humanity has built over the years, and it is completely holding back the invasion of the undead.

I'm still using my telephoto magic to see the wall from a vantage point in the mountain range, but the undead don't seem to be able to break through it.

The earth is filled with undead, and their orders are as simple as, "Go ahead and kill the humans.

Therefore, they are reacting to the humans on the wall, but they are not trying to destroy the wall, but are simply moving towards it.

They use the same undead as footholds, climb over them, and gradually ascend the barrier, but in the process they are attacked by humans and crash down.

As the numbers accumulate, they are swept up by the widespread cleansing spells, and the piles of dust are blown away by the explosive spells.

The soil around that area will have already been replaced by undead dust.

If this continues for another few hundred years, or even a few thousand years, the undead will have no trouble getting past the barrier without blowing away the dust, but that would take too much time.

In the first place, if we keep turning the undead into dust for that many years, we'll probably run out of numbers.

The Blue Demon Lord beside me is looking down at the scene without any emotion, looking bored.

I'm sure you're not the only one who has a problem with this.

"Yes, I really want to stay in the castle, but ...... I want to die .......

The Blue Demon King said that the wall would soon be breached.

And now it's the final step.

I've already figured out how to do it, but is it really possible to break through?

"Let me ask you this straightforwardly, Ao no Maou-sama, you are planning to create a high-level undead, right?

Yes, that's right, if we can't get through with lower level undead, we'll just use better ones.

I knew it. The Blue Demon King said that it takes time to create good quality undead.

I guess these are preparations for what looks like a foolish march.

But even if they produce high level undead, Quama will have people who are good at it.

Even if they could prepare a unique class of undead, they wouldn't be able to break through the barrier alone.

Will it work?

There are two ways to create high level undead, one is to use the souls of heroes to create heroic undead. If the undead are originally from a powerful person, their basic performance is high, even if they are slightly degraded and their spirit is contaminated. It's not enough to just create them, so Yugra said it's recommended to mix them with other curses and special rituals to prepare a special body as undead.

The undead created by necromancy have some ego, and although their minds are so polluted that they can't even communicate, their ego allows them to act like humans.

They cannot perform complex actions, but they can thrust a sword or spear into an opponent.

If the quality of the soul is high from the start, it will be able to use more advanced technology even if it becomes undead.

However, I don't see any such tendency among the undead who are currently assaulting the barrier.

They're just low-level undead.

Is this the other one you're going to use?

Yes, you can create unique undead with this method, but ...... if you bring the souls of heroes who are too powerful, their egos will be too strong to control. It is possible that the person who served you before you died, but I don't know any heroes.

Only Uggla, I guess.

I wouldn't call him a hero.

He's called a hero.

He calls himself that. He's a fraud.

Neither of the Demon Lords had a good opinion of Ygras.

It's only natural, since he's the one who destroyed them.

So ...... the other way is related to the invasion we're doing now, right?

Yes. If you don't have the souls of heroes, you'll have to use the souls of the dead, but that won't make you a very strong undead. That's why I'm gathering them all together, in one place, around .......

The Blue Demon King held up his hand towards the barrier.

A moment later, he felt a wavelength of magic as cold as ice.

.

"...... What is it?

It was a little late for me to notice the first change because I had been casting cleansing spells without a break.

But the strangeness gradually spread to everyone.

After a moment of chill, the undead around the wall suddenly stopped moving.

The undead that had been wriggling in response to us on top of the barrier were now motionless, as if they had reverted to their original corpses.

Their misshapen bodies could not even stand up straight, and one by one, the undead collapsed.

I remembered the notice from Archbishop Serraes, "Be careful if you see any changes.

Is this the change?

There is no concrete explanation, only the commander is receiving instructions.

As a lowly cleric, I'm only instructed to contact him if I notice any changes.

But this would be a change that everyone would notice immediately, without me needing to contact them.

The people around me began to buzz as the undead stopped moving.

It's against the natural order for them to suddenly stop, even after so much cleansing magic.

It must be a sign of something. .......

I'm not sure what to make of it.

He reacts to the soldier's voice and uses the same telephoto magic to see where the soldier is staring.

There were undead wreckage in that area, just like the others, but not .......

Only the undead, or rather the remnants of the undead, in that area were stirring strangely.

It's not the movement of individual undead, it's as if ...... they're being controlled by earth magic.

The remnants of the surrounding undead, the dust, are gradually gathering in that position.

There is a considerable amount of undead debris that has been defeated by purification magic so far, and it is all .......

"Sorry ...... are you kidding me ......?

It's not just the wreckage, but even the surrounding soil is mixing together and beginning to take shape as an individual.

It's a figure of a person squatting, and it's a very huge one,........

I'm not sure what to say.　I'm not sure what to do.　It's an undead thing!　And when it's done, it'll be bigger than a wall of undead!

The commander shouted angrily, and everyone heard him and started attacking at once, like oil on fire.

For now, it's just a human form still crouching.

But if it starts to move, ...... fear will rush in, I've never seen a demon like that.

I'm not sure what to make of this.

I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what's going on.

I'm not sure what to make of this.

It's not about aiming when it's that big, it's about power over precision.

The magic you cast will land.

The area disintegrates into dust, just like the undead.

It's working. It's an undead thing, albeit an outsized one.

The others' cleansing spells landed one after the other, and the giant undead crumbled as fast as they could.

"Good, that's good!　Don't rest, keep firing--

A chill ran through me again.

The crumbling parts of the undead quickly repaired themselves and returned to the shaping process.

What kind of undead would be immune to purification magic?

Even unique class demons have been defeated by purification magic!

Everyone is aware of this fact, but they continue to fire their magic attacks.

But it's not enough, we can't blow up the giant undead all at once, and we can't outrun its building and recovery speed.

Finally, the giant undead begins to move, slowly thrusting its hands into the earth.

At that moment, the area around it shakes, and many people lose their stance just from it.

It's not a fast movement.

It's still faster than a sick old man slowly getting up.

But the mere movement of the undead caused the earth to shake.

And the barrier was covered in a huge shadow.

The size of the rising undead surpassed the tallest wall ever built by mankind at its chest.

The size of the undead was more than the tallest wall ever built by mankind.

I can see it with my naked eye from here if it's that big.

The Blue Demon King muttered to himself as he looked at the completed giant undead.

The blue demon king muttered to himself as he looked at the completed giant undead, "How far away do you think it is from here?

It looks like it's playing in the middle. ......

It's the same undead, of course it does. It will regenerate as many times as I will until I reach the end of the barrier.

It reminds me of the reanimation of the lower level undead in the castle.

Are you saying that you're adapting it to that huge undead with the same level of difficulty?

Even if there was someone as strong as the Demon Lord there, there was no way he could stop it.

I'm not sure what to make of this, but I think it's a good idea.

"What are you talking about? Once we've secured the plains, ordinary undead will be enough. It doesn't matter how huge they are, how long do you think it will take for them to destroy the castles and cities of Quama one by one?

He looked far behind the giant undead, where countless more undead armies were invading.

And all of them are armed and coordinated like an army.

The lower-ranked undead who were attacking the walls were armed, but they looked ugly.

In contrast, the undead of the former soldiers were much better looking, if only slightly stronger than the lower-ranked undead. 　

This is the army of the Demon Lord.

If this Demon Lord continues to make enemies in search of death, how much of a threat will he grow up to be?

It's frightening in a different way than the Scarlet Witch King, but it will make the ...... project go smoothly.

That's really great. I'm impressed.

"I don't need flattery, I need the means to kill me. Oh, I want to die. ......

I'll give you the means.

I barely reacted and ran backwards, countless chains raining down on the spot where I stood.

These chains are no doubt from .......

I'm sure you've been here for a while. Exdoik.

At the end of the chains, there was the adventurer Eckdoik, who had once been sent to Taze.

You still look like a child, Rahite.

"People are surprisingly kind to me in this outfit.

I'm not sure how I knew about this place, but it's hard to deal with this guy with my current abilities.

I'm not sure what to make of it, but I'm sure it's a good idea.

When I looked at the Blue Demon King, I saw that three undead had appeared around him, and all of them were protecting him from the chains.

They were armed to the hilt and were clearly different from the undead around him.

A unique class of undead, the best of the best kept close at hand.

Do I know you, Rahite?

Yes, well, we used to be friends.

I'm afraid we're enemies now. My name is Ecdysius Saruf, and I am the Blue Mad King. I'm here to stop you.

I'm the one who's come to stop you." "Yeah, I've been hiding and working from afar, but you're still in my way. ...... I want to die. ....... How did they know about this place?

I'm not going to answer that, and I'm not going to take the time to talk about it!

I'm not going to answer that, and I'm not going to take the time to talk about it!" Countless chains were deployed, and all five of the perceived enemies attacked simultaneously.

There is no time to help the Blue Demon King, of course, and the Blue Demon King has no intention of protecting us.

He activated the crystal spell that he had set beforehand, generated crystals on the foothold, and jumped far backward with the momentum.

"Blue Demon Lord, I'm afraid I can't even give you enough support with my body. I'll be leaving as soon as I can, so please feel free to intercept me.

"That means you'll just force me to run away, right?　It's a pain in the ass. God, I want to die. ......

In the event that you have any questions regarding where and the best way to get in touch with us, please do not hesitate to contact us.

I'm sure the Blue Demon King didn't think it was a good idea, but I'll take that opportunity.

The crystal shot into the air at maximum speed and left the scene with its momentum.

I'm sure you'll be able to find something that will help you out.

I'm not sure what to make of this, but I'm sure it's a good idea. ...... You mean the people of the planet Yugra have come to this land?