The Demon King’s Seal Has Been Broken

Chapter 26

26 – Empire being invaded [Demon King’s identity] – 6

A very dangerous situation in which the demons are now threatening the empire.

However, in truth, the princess was not particularly worried.

“Lord Carls, who is the general in charge of the fortress city now?”

“Maybe General Max is in charge now.”

“General Max… As expected. Then you shouldn’t worry.”

Because the princess thought that the fortress city would never be breached.

A fortress city, the shield of the empire that has prevented the invasion of demons countless times for hundreds of years.

In fact, thanks to the existence of that fortress city, the empire never allowed an invasion of demons.

Fortified cities have historically been the shield of heaven’s blessing, they are now, and there is a high possibility that they will be so in the future.

Countless nobles of the Empire, they too have been with the Empire’s shield and enjoyed safety with it.

Also, having the most reliable longevity in the empire, this was the biggest reason.

“General Max will never be breached. Rest assured, Princess.”

“I know.”

General Max, who never allowed a demon to invade the Empire’s shield.

Because he was an old general.

# # #

A white-haired old man standing on the watchtower of the castle and watching over the demon army.

This old man was a very shabby looking old man compared to the armor he was wearing.

He already had white hair and seemed to be in poor shape, an old man with his back stretched, skinny and not very muscular.

This old man, who is over 60 this year, cannot be called active duty by anyone.

However, even so, he was a general and active duty.

why? Because it’s pretty capable.

Appearances were only appearances.

“Hmm…”

In fact, as it should be, the most important ability for a commander is not strength or swordsmanship.

In the first place, a commander is not someone who goes out on the battlefield and defeats enemies with a sword.

An important ability for a commander was to be able to handle the person who was in the act of defeating the enemy with such a sword, and to make them more active.

That must be the virtue a good commander should have.

In that respect, he was just an old man who could not be used as a soldier, but as a commander, he was such a general with the excellent experience and ability of a veteran.

A very capable elite general who proved that without fail even once for 60 years.

He was such a great general that the imperial family, nobles, and even the common people all believed in him and slept with both feet stretched out in peace.

“Haa… I’ve seen days like this all my life.”

However, the emotion the general felt now was fear and horror.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that he had never seen a scene like today while growing up and protecting it in this city for 60 years.

The army of demons now gathering one after another outside the city, that he had never seen in the past 60 years.

He was a person who lived in the era of the demon kings of the past generation as well as the demon kings of this generation.

It was the first time for such a person to see such a sight as now.

“This is on a different level…”

The fact that he had never seen it did not mean that the demons did not attack when he was in the fortress city as a general.

To be honest, the demons were the ones who would always attack if the demon king was alive.

He had blocked countless demons, and had confidence in stopping them.

But, even so, there was only one reason why I couldn’t help but tremble in fear.

This is because the ‘dimension’ is different from the invasion he went through.

“Where on earth did an army like that come from?”

The demon army now gathering in front of the fortress city, everything was different compared to the demon army he blocked before.

Until then, it was just about dozens of demons attacking. Otherwise, hundreds of demons would just attack.

However, the number of demons visible outside the fortress city now seemed to exceed twice that amount.

“Besides… I can’t ignore Jill…”

Also, the quality was different. Before that, the demons didn’t have any weapons, and just attacked as they were.

But now all the demons were armed. Moreover, the act of standing still with a flag, was undoubtedly waiting for the command of the commander.

Originally, they had no sense of cooperation at all, and they felt like bullies trying to suppress them by force, but now they felt like a very well-trained army.

“And what the hell is that aura?”

And there was one more biggest problem that seemed to be no problem at all.

A ghastly aura that is located in the center of that demon’s army that you can’t handle.

At first glance, it seemed like he couldn’t even handle the energy that had settled in the center as if he were the captain.

That would probably be the leader of the demons, most likely the demon king.

Even if somehow, somehow, the Demon Army is miraculously well blocked, on the day that vicious energy moves, you probably won’t be able to find even the slightest possibility.

Why the hell is the devil attacking?

In the 600-year history of the empire, there has never been a single time when a demon king came out of the demon castle and invaded.

However, it was such a situation that even the demon king invaded together, completely ignoring that tradition.

“Shall we just run away?”

No matter how much I think about it, it’s a ridiculous situation, honestly, the feeling I have for him right now is that I just want to throw everything away and run away.

It felt like meeting an opponent that I couldn’t possibly beat, that was exactly the feeling.

Until now, demons weren’t that much of a threat, and even though they were strong, they couldn’t break through the fortress city. Now, the feeling is very different.

If you’re smart, you’d be right to run away.

“The lord ran away…”

And there are already quite a few such smart people.

It was after all the aristocratic families who were already in charge of this fortress city had fled.

Seeing the Demon Army’s army running wild, he couldn’t help but feel very exhausted.

I felt that this was the real face of the empire he had been protecting for a long time.

“Perhaps today will be the end of the Empire…”

But, I’ll have to keep it.

Of course, I don’t know if I can protect it this time as always, but

General Max was just praying to God.

# # #

On the other side of the fortress city, the devil’s camp.

“Demon King. We have finished preparations for the invasion.”

A demon ran to the demon king and bowed his head.

An expressionless demon woman with bobbed hair, but she radiated an aura that never looked normal, and of course she was a different demon from other demons.

She was Hazra, the commander of the 1st Corps of the Demon King’s Army.

He was also a faithful servant who had served the Demon King for over 800 years.

She skillfully prepared for war and reported it to the Demon King.

“Good job.”

At her words, the demon king spat out a word while looking at the fortress city.

His expression was completely unknown as to what he was thinking, and he simply did not take his eyes off the fortress city.

“Demon King, it’s been 200 years since I’ve seen you, and you’ve changed a lot. It’s the first time I’ve seen you happy.”

The feelings and thoughts of the Demon King that no one knows.

However, Hazra had no choice but to notice immediately while watching such a demon king.

The fact that she is happy now.

“Um… luggage?”

“Yes. Very much.”

“Hmm.”

to say that it has changed.

The demon king was a little surprised by those words, but he didn’t deny it too much.

Because I was feeling a little bit myself.

“Did anything good happen? I didn’t expect much when I was alone in this weak world.”

Seeing such a demon king, Hazra couldn’t help but be more curious.

No matter how you look at it, the fortified city in front of you wasn’t that great.

No, it’s objectively good and not bad, but they’ve seen far more great things before.

But I really couldn’t understand why they were happy to see something like that.

Even when he came to this world, he was the demon king who said he would go there just to pass the time.

“Hmm, Jim thought so too.”

To Hazra’s question, the demon king answered with a smile.

“Originally, when I killed the demon king and pretended to be the demon king, how boring it was. I even thought of killing them all and returning. But that has changed.”

“What do you mean?”

“It was the first time. Jim was defeated.”

“…!?”

the fact that he was defeated.

Hearing that, Hazra couldn’t help but be greatly surprised.

The fact that the demon king she knew had been defeated was a tremendous fact that could not be compared to anything else to her.

“…? The demon lord was defeated? I can’t believe it. Who the hell…?”

I couldn’t believe it.

To say that the demon king was defeated, he was the 1st corps commander who always felt how strong the demon king was while serving him.

Because she was like that, I couldn’t believe that I lost at all…

Obviously, what the demon king said was not a lie.

Then it was a curious moment.