Middle East.
A small province built on a desert.
A branch of Devil's Church built in the city.
There an intense violent explosion erupted in a row.
Kwaang!
Kugu Bow!
"Argh!!"
"What's going on?!"
Demons in the branch began to panic at the sudden violence.
I cast magic with my weapons in my arms.
"No way...."
"Was that what those demons were doing?"
There was an anticipation.
The unidentified demons that appeared in the branch hours ago.
It is not the demon that Satan summoned, but its presence in this world by other means of seedlings.
The cause of the sudden violence was hard to think of except for them.
Kung!
"Run, run!!"
"Branch Leader?!"
The door opens and the boss shows up with his whole body wet with blood.
He shouted urgently with a frightened expression.
"S, raid!! Lucifer's clans raided the Devil Bridge!!"
"Lucifer's Authority?"
"Why on earth would they..."
In the name of the Grand Duke, the devil nodded.
The branch director shouted in a desperate voice, as if squeezing out the rest of his life.
"It won't end this time! Run away! Run away and inform the church of this! Demons from Ernor continent will appear on Earth!!"
Cool. A handful of blood spilled.
A branch manager who spills blood all over his body as if stabbed by a sharp dagger.
He shouted at his men.
"War! Lucifer's clans have declared war on the devil!!"
At the end of that cry, he fell unconscious.
"……."
Short silence.
Demons looked at each other, and within a few minutes began to turn around and flee.
The Moon fell with violence, and the Devil's Church branch collapsed.
The sand in the desert poured down and the whole branch shook.
"That, war!"
"War!!!"
The fleeing devils rushed out of the basement, engraving the last words the Branch chief shouted in his head.
"Phew, Phew."
Branch manager left alone.
A young man in a white mask walks out behind him, exhaling a rough breath.
"You did good."
"Hey, the promise is..."
"Of course I will."
I nodded as if I heard something.
The face of the branch director who was soaked in blood brightened.
"Then get me out of here."
A base that collapses. He eagerly looks up at the spilling debris.
Rain squatted beside him.
"Why would I?"
"What, what? Wealth, I promise to spare you..."
"It's a different story than saving your life and getting you out of here."
"You, profit!!"
The Devil's expression was distorted.
Rain shook his hand and walked out of the branch.
The only demon left.
He bites his lips.
Honestly, I was expecting something like this.
'You cannot die.'
He pulls a black jewel the size of a thumb out of his arms.
Deadline.
A gem made of Magi condensed to obtain instantaneously explosive Magi.
Of course, if you use it as a harpoon, it will turn out to be a monstrosity, but now was not the time to cover it up.
"Oh, I haven't seen that in a long time."
"Huhuup!"
The branch director was terrified by the sudden appearance of rain.
"Well, why...."
"I didn't think I'd just die. I was looking for something to do, but I also had a good one."
I forcibly took the deadline out of his hand.
"Oh, no!"
"Well, honestly, I don't think it's going to help much right now. But it's better than nothing. I'll use it well, thank you."
I knocked on the shoulder.
The Demon Buddha roars as he falls on the ground, soaking in blood.
"Argh! You son of a bitch!!"
Kuku Bow. The basement has collapsed.
* * *
Uh-huh.
"It doesn't really work."
I chewed the mouthpiece with the look of boredom.
If it had been a long time ago, it wouldn't have worked so well for him.
'You have to hunt the Grand Duke, too.'
Among other ways, there was no way to build explosive power.
Of course, there will also be a way to slowly build up power by capturing other demons without hunting Grand Duke.
'Even Lucifer's insides were not bad just now.'
Except for the one who saved your life, your demon corpse was of course eaten by the power of predation.
It is no wonder that stats have not risen, but their souls have widened their passageways towards the 'deep'.
Later, even to use the power of the 'Grand Duke', it was necessary to complete the deep passage beforehand.
'Cause if you do something wrong, it could explode.'
If I absorbed the Grand Duke's soul right now, I couldn't use it right away.
Migi's passageway will collapse like a tearing hose, unable to withstand massive water pressure.
One hurricane and it's over.
It was clear that the rift would explode as if it had exploded at the time of Reese's summoning.
"I have no choice but to search China."
There were no tens of thousands waiting for Lucifer to come to Earth.
In the meantime, I had to finish the passage by catching the demons steadily.
The clue is that there is a demonic tangent inside China.
And there was a big possibility that there was a branch because there was a tangent.
'It's too big.'
China was vast.
Korea cannot be compared in the first place.
It also boasted a world-class area.
It was almost impossible to find the meeting point of the Devil's Bridge, not even 24 hours in that vast country.
I could not count on the help of ordinary citizens, as if I were catching a wanted man.
If it moved, the army of players had to move.
'It's not something that Cheonjin can do.'
If I did, the whole world would have to move and search.
'The Guardians have that kind of power.'
Surely the Guardians were connected to the cerebellum of each country.
However, that did not mean that they could do whatever they wanted, like the forces under their control.
But it was thanks to the influence of one player, Grace McCurbin, that we were able to move the United States.
The current situation of the Guardians is that the entire world cannot move at will.
'I need to use my hands.'
A secret organization with fewer than 30 people can't stop the great threat of Demon Buddhism.
There were too many restrictions on movement as long as the power of each country in the world was not borrowed.
'The Guardians will not be able to do more than move an army if they wander around red on the white day.'
It's not just a matter of ability, it's just a matter of numbers.
Often there was not much information about the lower classes, such as the open and lower chambers, in the anvil.
The power of numbers could not be ignored.
"All right."
There was no reason to hesitate if the plan was set.
Rain created a gate to the Hall of Protection.
I entered the Hall of Guards through the gate and saw Kim Si-hun coming out of the training room sweating like he had just finished his training.
"Oh, brother! I heard from Mr Ito this time. You found Nim in Kurosaki Yuri?"
"Oh, well, I did."
"If you had contacted me, I would have run right away..."
"It wasn't that hard."
He said with a forceful smile.
In fact, I desperately needed the help of the Guardians, including Kim Si-hoon, but I couldn't let Reese meet them.
"Are you living here any longer?"
"Yes, I don't have anything else to teach you. For the time being, you told me to focus on personal training."
'Well, it's been less than a year since I started teaching, but I don't have anything else to teach you.'
Laughter flowed out.
"What about my mother?"
"You're all better. He said he wanted to live in a secluded place, so he saved us a house in Chuncheon."
"I've been seeing you a lot."
Kim Si-hoon's mother was the one who had a decisive influence on his trauma.
Continuing to interact with her could help relieve Kim's trauma.
"Yes, brother. What are you doing here more than that?"
"I'm here to see Mr. Guy."
Rain answered lightly and headed to Guyana's room.
I opened the visit and explained to her the plan in my head.
"Summit, you mean?"
Guyana curled her head.
"Yes, let's bring together ministries from all over the world to discuss demonism."
"Well…."
Guyana was drowning like she was in distress.
"It's probably not going to be an easy discussion."
I sighed.
"No matter how desperate the situation is, each country has its own circumstances. Even if the summit were to take place, it would be hard to expect major changes."
It was not easy to bring about cooperation between countries.
Because in a world where it's hard to keep your country safe, we have a country in our hands that can afford to care about what happens to other countries, whether the world is in crisis or not.
No, even if I could afford it, it was no exaggeration to say that there was no country that could bear the damage for world peace.
"But you can't stay without even trying. I would like you to organize a world summit around the United States."
"It's not going to be easy."
Something beyond the Guardians' abilities.
However, he could not refuse the offer of the Warrior of Light, not anyone else.
Guy nods.
"Very well. Let's push it forward."
"Yes."
The rain nodded.
* * *
Dark pupils.
There is a huge black sphere hanging in the deep cave of ice.
A giant sphere measuring over 30 meters.
A woman in a red demon mask walks in front of the sphere in a black robe.
"The Apostle Julia of Evil has found her status."
[... what's going on?]
A low voice flowed from the black sphere.
A voice of terrible evil that creeps the whole body out of hearing it.
"I'm here to report a lot of big and small incidents in the church right now."
[Speak.]
A solemn voice.
Julia knelt before her wondrous existence.
"First of all, the status of the fire is about to wake up."
[I see.]
"Can you tell them to move as planned?"
The black sphere wriggled.
Consent of something.
Julia's words followed.
"The next report... failed to summon Balok. Precisely, we failed to control the summoned Valoc."
[It doesn't matter. No one can control him now, anyway. Enough to make a proper run for it.]
"Well... it seems to be hard to get the effect I expected from Guyanese officials."
[Valoc was beaten by Guyanese?]
The black sphere agitated for the first time.
Baloch. He knew that demon well.
I heard that I was chosen by God, but I dared not deal with human beings.
[Hmm. I think we should use this hand.]
"Otherwise, I think I'll get a good chance. I'll step out myself."
[Don't trust me. Is that the end of the report?]
Julia shakes her head.
"A branch in the Middle East has been raided."
[Is this an agenda worth reporting on?]
"The creatures that attacked them are Lucifer's people."
[What?]
The black sphere wriggled.
Voice that I don't understand.
[Something seems to be wrong. Lucifer will also remain motionless. If he sends an envoy, convince him to send it back.]
"Yes."
Julia bows her head deeply.
[The most important thing is to wake up Marmon and proceed with the plan.]
"Very well. I will tell the Chinese branch to quickly awaken the status of the fire."
She stood up in her place.
Bending her back one more time, she opens her mouth toward the black sphere.
"Everything is according to Satan's will."
A suffocating magi flows from the black sphere.