Chapter 165: Great Chaos and Great Invasion (10)
“That’s the Jakov…”
“It doesn’t matter. Its movements are sluggish and it can’t even come down to the ground.”
“But it has the power to cover up that disadvantage.”
I was truly astonished by the appearance of the gigantic spaceship that seemed like something out of a game or movie, but Eve executed the plan without hesitation.
Using the enemy’s weakness of being unable to enter the atmosphere, she continued to deploy Legionnaires to drive them away.
“It’s just a mere outpost. Humans are just as efficient as I am. If they realize they can never win in a war of attrition, they will surely give up.”
“As long as that massive battleship is floating, we won’t be able to secure air supremacy. Without air supremacy, even if we establish a nest, we’ll just be bombarded.”
“We don’t necessarily need to create a nest on the ground… And if we can keep that battleship anchored here, that alone will be enough.”
Eve seemed to have already calculated and countered all the issues I thought of. After all, the power used by Eve when attacking the outpost was only a small fraction.
The Alliance would not be able to produce that gigantic battleship, which had only existed theoretically or in imagination until just a short time ago. So, if we attack multiple locations simultaneously while targeting that, there will surely be gaps.
Eve’s actions, which allow powerful individuals to move as a group, were truly annoying and frustrating for the opponents.
“And how far will this small ripple I’ve thrown flow?”
Eve suddenly made a significant remark. Influence, with thoughts of the rebel alliance, the Earth, the demonic realm, and so on, when we think about it, all the forces we know are interconnected.
“Um, um… everyone. I’m really sorry, but you have to join us as quickly as possible.”
At that moment, Commander Romel rushed toward us with a serious expression after overhearing something. Both Eve and I sensed that an attack had been reported on their territory.
“Could something happen here in the demonic realm as well?”
“Of course, I can’t be sure. I just think that the demon race seems to have formed a close relationship with the rebel alliance.”
Turning my consciousness back to the conversation with Eve, I realized we were in this barren wasteland of the demonic realm, where our nest took its first root.
Kang Do-yeon, who had been sitting at the entrance of the cave, completely controlled by the nest’s collective consciousness, was taken aback by what I had said.
“You said they would hardly pay attention because they are at war with the Earth alliance?!”
“From my perspective, the Alliance has also received help. And their enemies are not just us.”
“No way. Both sides were attacked by Eve, so there’s no way they would fight among themselves in the meantime.”
“Even if they don’t fight, they can still remain vigilant.”
It wouldn’t hurt for us to be careful. After all, the events happening in that distant universe were closely tied to our goal of conquering the demonic realm.
“Don’t worry about that. The modification of goblins to Legionnaire form was a success, and all that’s left is to expand our forces.”
Kang Do-yeon glanced down at her feet and muttered.
The tentacles of the nest were gradually becoming visible as they moved, extending further out of the cave.
Now, we would also emerge from the cave. The basis for this was the new troops acquired from the previous battle.
“Have they become aware? It’s already been several days of silence.”
The size of the nest was small, so it took a little longer to modify the subjugated goblins into small Legionnaires of the goblin base.
However, during that time, the enemy, even though they must have realized their forces were annihilated, still showed no movement.
“As for the goblins, that’s one thing. The Players wouldn’t stay quiet.”
Players can observe their units at any time and anywhere and use the history function to revisit any moments they missed. Even onlookers step in to inform them. In other words, they can’t not know.
“Could they have realized our identity and are delaying their actions?”
“If that were the case, there wouldn’t be movements in other regions either.”
Oh Yu-na proposed a hypothesis, but I determined it wasn’t a very plausible one. The demon race, having already clashed with us on another planet, would know of our existence.
“… What if the demon race isn’t sharing all information amongst themselves?”
The hypothesis I came up with was that the core of the Demonic Realm Alliance is ultimately a coalition of units. The demons we encountered on planet Latis were a horde of orcs.
It wouldn’t be unusual for them not to know about us if the upper echelons of the Demonic Realm Alliance hadn’t informed the goblins.
“Then it doesn’t matter. We were operating under the assumption that our identity would be discovered anyway.”
“You’re right. Since they aren’t coming, it’s our turn to attack this time.”
Kang Do-yeon unfolded her wings. I agreed with her intention and shared the newly updated map with all our Legionnaires, including my younger sibling and Oh Yu-na.
This was a map reflecting information extracted from the goblins we recently converted.
“We will take down the nearest enemy stronghold. The expected scale is at least over 10,000. The basic strategy remains the same: eliminate the unit known as hill goblins and recruit the remaining goblins.”
Since I couldn’t focus here right now, I entrusted command to Kang Do-yeon and Oh Yu-na. Quite frankly, my ability to command troops was terrible. I wasn’t even a soldier, as I had always been the one receiving orders in the army.
How much worse would those girls be? Entrusting this to them might feel like a parent placing their child in the waters.
It would probably be better to delegate it to one of the Chosun clan members.
“Those capable of flight, Yu-na, you take them and ascend to the skies while blocking any escape routes. The rest will charge from the front. I will clear the way.”
However, my worries were unfounded. My younger sister Kang Do-yeon had been the strongest entity under Eve’s leadership and had been actively leading troops at the center of tactical strategy.
The knowledge she’d forcibly engraved in herself in such a manner made Kang Do-yeon a rightful commander, not just a simple assault officer.
‘…’
Realizing that I could trust them, I watched in silence. ‘My’ Legion needed this in the future.
Unlike our other faction, Eve’s Legion, we evolve and grow ourselves out of necessity.
That was also true for the small Legionnaires of the goblin base rushing across the earth.
*
“Reporting to the headquarters is…”
[Shut up. Do you have any idea how fierce the power struggle and stock war within the Demonic Realm Alliance is right now?]
In the goblins’ main base, where hundreds of thousands of goblins are stationed, the Goblin King trembled at the cold voice echoing in his head.
[The moment you beg for help, you are starting to incur losses to others.]
“…”
Honestly, the Goblin King couldn’t understand the Player’s words. To have formed an alliance just to fight a common enemy and then be unable to receive that help?
[Better to rely on a human special forces team… but what the hell are these?]
There was another reason why the Player was concealing information. The unidentified monsters that had instantly annihilated thousands of subsequent troops.
Compared to the terrifying monsters of the demonic realm with protruding spikes and glistening black armor and red eyes, these bizarre and grotesquely shaped creatures were beings that even the players, who had been collecting a significant amount of information lately, had never seen before.
[A new unit? That can’t be. They’re not even a native species of the demonic realm. That leaves only Earth.]
“What should we do then? Should we send in additional forces?”
[No. We’ll wait until the raiding units return. We’re already engaged with the Earthlings, and now here… huh?]
The Goblin King, who had been anxiously monitoring, was startled by the Player’s sudden reaction, as well as the onlooker who relayed the message.
The Goblin King was taken aback by their sudden response.
[One of our bases is being attacked…!]
The Player, who was overseeing what could not be seen in real-time, spat this out as if he were coughing blood.
“Kill them all!”
“Traitors! Traitors!”
Once the explosion had subsided, the surviving goblins shouted angrily and charged forward, brandishing their gleaming weapons.
Their confidence was not unfounded. Setting aside the monstrous creature floating in the air with wings extended, unleashing an energy storm from its mechanical joints, the enemies charging over the walls on the ground were of similar size and build to themselves.
The hill goblins, who had gained unparalleled intelligence and strength as units, assumed their enemies were of the same kin, even if they differed in various ways.
If that were the case, they wouldn’t lose. They were the blessed, the strongest goblins. They were at the pinnacle of goblins.
‘You must take revenge for your kin. Do it with your own hands. Fail, and you die; succeed, and you grow.’
Conversely, the black-armored goblins, who charged while wielding their weapons, said not a word, their red eyes glowing in the gaps of their armor like helmets.
They didn’t even have mouths. All organs deemed unnecessary for combat had been removed, leaving only a body engineered for warfare.
Eve had ceased production of these goblin base Legionnaires due to inefficiency. They surged with rising fury to overpower the hill goblins, who had once attacked and enslaved them.
