Chapter 222 – Summoners (2)

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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"Branch chief, no, I don't know what kind of hardship this is since the Prime Minister went to administration."

Caroline glared at Hayden with side-eyes and let out a sigh.

"But you seem pretty happy about becoming brigadier general. Your face is wide open."

"Hehehe, I'm not happy about becoming brigadier general, I'm happy about escaping the devil's clutches."

When most of the contaminated zones in the Empire changed to purification zones, the Empire needed administrative and military organizations again.

If they left people who escaped contamination alone, the situation would return to before a civilized nation.

Thanks to that, people from the Free City frantically restored existing organizations, repaired facilities, provided relief to people, and organized the army.

Security within the Empire was a problem, but outside the Empire, numerous contaminated areas and uncontrolled monsters they couldn't control during that time were swarming.

They had to maintain security as soon as possible, stabilize the borders, then deal with the monsters.

The division force now departing was the first military force of the new Empire heading toward the border and the strongest unit.

And thanks to the unit's creation, Hayden could separate from Sun-woo.

"But is the Prophet still on the run?"

"Seems so. I'd run away too if I were her. How could anyone stay attached when they're making a fuss about establishing her as the new king?"

"Hmm, but just doing it might not be bad. There aren't many alternatives, right? It's not a situation for doing something like a republic."

To those who lived as Empire people for ages, talking about republics or democracy would only add confusion.

"Well, we're planning to mix it bit by bit. Constitutional monarchy seems not bad. It's fortunate, you could say, that the Prophet hates it so much and all the existing royal family died?"

"But where did she go?"

"If the Prophet hides, who would find her?"

Just then, Sophia suddenly appeared beside the two.

"Found her!"

At Sophia's words, Caroline's face whipped around.

"You found Sun-woo?"

"Yes, she's on the western desert kingdom side of the Empire? Seems like she's clearing contaminated zones and monsters on the desert kingdom side."

Sun-woo, who almost finished clearing the Empire's contamination, was clearing contamination in the Empire's satellite nations and other regions.

However, she moved without telling people at all, making Caroline stomp her feet.

Eventually, Caroline used the Commander-in-Chief's privilege to give Sophia a special order to find Sun-woo.

"To think she's beyond the desert. That's why I couldn't find her."

At Sophia's words, Caroline nodded.

"Um, but there's a bit of a problem…"

"Why?"

"The Prophet is with Sun-woo?"

Sparks flew from Caroline's eyes.

"What, that fox-like!"

At Caroline's words, both Sophia and Hayden were shocked, but Caroline didn't care at all.

"Saying she's taking a vacation…"

"Hmph, let's go."

"What?"

At her immediately relaxing posture and pressing Sophia, Sophia and Hayden, as well as all the surrounding officers, were shocked.

"Whether she's a prophet or will become king, I can't just watch the two of them going around together. Hurry and teleport."

"First, you should calm…"

They tried to urgently stop her, but the moment they saw light bursting from Caroline's hands, everyone had to hurriedly step back.

The reason Caroline became Commander-in-Chief was not only her administrative ability but also because of her mighty power.

Mighty power that annihilated even giant monsters. Thanks to that, the officers had to step back in shock.

"I'm going out! Tell Hayden and the Prime Minister to handle the rest. And if there are bastards who chase me, they won't return nicely, so know that!"

With those final words, Caroline disappeared from the platform with Sophia who had a tearful face.

The officers looked at each other with absurd expressions, and Hayden let out a sigh thanks to the work passed to him.

"It's all something the Prophet predicted, right? Since she's beside Sun-woo, who would carelessly approach and say something? Plus, with Sun-woo there, there won't be people recklessly acting up either. As expected, she must be someone who sees the future."

Many people wanted to establish the Prophet as the next emperor, but to Sun-woo they couldn't even bring up such thoughts.

Many people revered him as the Empire's guardian and like a god.

"Well, the Prophet's location is confirmed and work has poured in, so let's work."

Saying that to the officers, Hayden quickly jumped off the platform.

And he quickly ran to the front of the division using telekinesis. There his wife was waiting for him as staff.

To create the new Empire, Hayden's division departed the Empire's capital receiving cheers from street citizens.

***

Now the gods were listening to Sun-woo's words.

"Fourth, I will take responsibility as the god of the Bright Cult."

***

Masters gathered in the basin at the border between the Demonic Cult and orthodox faction and the southern end of Kunlun Mountain.

On one side, the Orthodox Alliance's leader, Musan the Sword Master, Zhuge the strategist who was advisor and military officer. And all the Orthodox Alliance's elite warriors gathered.

And on the opposite side, the Demonic Cult's masters took positions.

Protectors and hall masters, and even the young cult leader sitting deep in the tent.

It was an extremely murderous atmosphere with both sides wildly emitting strong killing intent, but the reason they gathered here was to make peace agreements with each other.

"Ho, for the Demonic Cult, which rejected even ceasefire proposals all this time, to step forward for peace negotiations. I heard the main mountain was smashed by an earthquake, seems they realized they incurred a god's wrath."

Unable to contain his anger all this time, Musan, who had been silently growling from the orthodox side, threw out mockery with inner energy.

At his words, the Demonic Cult side warriors' faces twisted sharply.

But no one stepped forward to retort his words.

Instead, Musan could only tilt his head at the sight of fear gradually passing across everyone's faces.

"All Demonic Cult bastards are cowards…"

"Musan, please stop now…"

As Musan tried to continue throwing mockery, Strategist Zhuge urgently blocked his mouth.

Unlike Musan, Strategist Zhuge roughly knew the situation. It wasn't a situation to carelessly pick a fight with the Demonic Cult.

But it seemed already too late.

Kwa-ang!

Tremendous momentum burst from the Demonic Cult side tent.

Visible momentum, materialized momentum filled the basin.

Momentum that made not only first-rate but even peak masters clutch their chests and turn pale.

"Profound境 Realm!"

The alliance leader who came out of seclusion blocked the momentum with a stiff expression.

But as a leader who hadn't yet entered the Profound Realm, he couldn't block all momentum bursting from the Profound Realm.

[Do you not know this one is showing you mercy! I stayed quiet to organize inside the cult, and you dare look down on this Heavenly Demon!]

Thanks to the mind speech that echoed through the basin, there was no one who didn't recognize he reached the Profound Realm.

The orthodox side masters' faces all turned black.

The Demonic Cult's cult leader showing mercy was correct.

Profound Realm, not a single orthodox master could face a Profound Realm master.

Profound Realm was a realm appearing in legends. Not only the orthodox faction but any master or organization could hardly face that one.

But even at the cult leader's words, the Demonic Cult side masters' expressions didn't brighten.

"That's right. Love and peace. Love and peace! With the cult leader's mercy, let's achieve martial world peace."

The saintess standing quietly beside the cult leader received his words and continued speaking.

Hard-to-understand words were mixed in the middle, but talking about peace was sufficiently agreeable.

But the orthodox masters tilted their heads at the saintess's words.

In the past, Demonic Cult saintesses were merely formal positions in charge of ceremonies. For a saintess to be so confident before the cult leader.

"The cult leader's lover?"

At the leader's murmur, the cult leader's face twisted sharply and the saintess also glared at him.

It was understandable that the cult leader who reached Profound Realm heard his words from afar, but it was quite amazing that even the saintess understood his words.

"If you want to make an agreement, withdraw your momentum."

[Block it yourself. If you want to negotiate, you should overcome that much.]

At the cult leader's words, the leader's expression darkened. Whatever reason for this outrage, this way many warriors would clearly suffer internal injuries.

"Agreement is impossible in this state!"

[Then don't do it.]

The cult leader seemed to dislike making an agreement. In the incomprehensible situation, the leader and orthodox warriors sighed, and for different reasons, Strategist Zhuge, the saintess, and Demonic Cult warriors sighed.

Hwangbo Jagyeom, the new head of the Hwangbo family who was watching that sight with a pathetic expression, opened his mouth toward the cult leader.

"Stop being stubborn and let's proceed already."

[What did you say!]

"They're coming."

[What?]

The momentum that was rising higher suddenly disappeared.

[Finish quickly. Hurry.]

At the cult leader's flustered appearance, the orthodox warriors were all bewildered, but the Demonic Cult warriors' faces all turned pale.

And two shadows could be seen quickly climbing up from below the basin.

Everyone gathered here knew the two people climbing up.

Nan-seol, who reached supreme peak as a woman and became the Sword Empress of the time, no, the strongest woman in history, and her lover, the Eastern warrior Sun-woo, a supreme peak master and shaman. (People other than the Demonic Cult knew Sun-woo as a supreme peak master.)

At the appearance of the famous lover warriors, many showed welcoming expressions.

Conversely, the Demonic Cult side was seized with terror. Some warriors almost unconsciously bowed and their faces turned white.

"Long time no see! Lord Sun-woo!"

As the saintess happily greeted Sun-woo, the Orthodox Alliance warriors made bitter expressions.

Sun-woo and Nan-seol, especially Sun-woo, were famous for performing righteous deeds regardless of orthodox faction, unorthodox faction, or Demonic Cult.

Thanks to that, the orthodox faction's establishment expressed dissatisfaction, but there was almost no force that could face two supreme peak masters simultaneously.

Sun-woo, who smiled wryly at Saintess Yeonhwa's welcoming appearance, extended his hand toward Nan-seol.

The main organizer of this agreement was Sword Empress Nan-seol.

Nan-seol, who smiled at Sun-woo's exaggerated appearance, stepped forward.

"We will now start the peace agreement between the Bright Cult and Orthodox Alliance. Those who oppose, please step forward."

Following her words, Sun-woo opened his mouth.

"Those who oppose will have to face the Sword Empress's and my sword."

At Sun-woo's words spoken with a smile, the Demonic Cult side's formation froze.

And after a long fight, a peace agreement between the two forces was made.

***

"Finally, I will dominate the demon realm so demon realm personnel will never invade these worlds again."

Sun-woo pulled out the sword stuck in the ground.

"This is everything I can do. In exchange for this, acknowledge me, the Demon God, as one of the gods. If negotiations break down, not only will the dimensions between the demon realm and this divine realm collapse, but a fight where I and all of you mutually perish will endlessly continue. Now, what will you do!"

At Sun-woo's threat, no, proposal, the gods finally reached a conclusion.

***

A world full of red light and gray light.

Many demon lords gathered inside the castle of Demon Lord Verid floating in the demon realm's sky.

A winged demon lord with a deer face, a demon lord with a form like flowing mud, a giant insect-shaped demon lord, etc., about ten demon lords gathered in a circle in the huge hall.

Before those demon lords, the handsome man wearing a crown, Demon Lord Verid, was talking away.

[…Fortunately, I thank everyone for cooperating. With this, we have created an alliance of demon lords.]

At his words, all the demon lords snorted.

[We're just doing dimensional invasion together. Talk of some alliance is nonsense.]

At one demon lord's words, all other demon lords nodded.

'These trash-like bastards. I'm bowing my head now, but when this is over, I'll throw them all into dimensions without demonic energy and kill them.'

Demon Lord Verid, who got stabbed in the back by humans, gave out all his territory to other demon lords and asked them for help.

He planned to forcibly create holes in dimensions by borrowing multiple demon lords' power.

The method the Demon God used in the past, a method no one could do after the Demon God was sealed.

It was a method that couldn't be achieved because they lost coordinates and cooperation between demon lords was impossible.

But thanks to Verid who gave out everything in anger, this time the possibility of it becoming possible was high.

Just as they were watching each other thinking of backstabbing after opening dimensions that way, a hole formed above the demon lords' heads.

[No way, spatial teleportation inside the demon lord castle?]

One demon lord strong in spatial aspects noticed the hole, but someone already exited the hole.

Ku-woong!

The man with a sword who jumped from the hole struck his sword down toward the ground as is.

Ku-aek!

Demon Lord Verid, surprised by the sudden attack, hurriedly changed his body's form, but it was too late.

With one sword strike, Verid's body split in two.

[Wh-who. How. Dare.]

Though a weaker demon lord than other demon lords, Verid was still a demon lord. Though cut in half, Verid tried to merge back into one.

But Verid's body couldn't move anymore. All the demonic energy he possessed was sucked out through the sword.

Kwa-aaaaak!

Leaving Verid's scream behind, the man raised his body.

A tiny size compared to other demon lords, but the demonic energy bursting from that body was enough to cover all demon lords.

[Who are you!]

One demon lord threw a question at the man before his eyes with a fearful expression. Though he threw the question, the demon lord knew the demonic energy he felt now.

The man opened his mouth.

[I, Demon God Sun-woo, proclaim! From now on, all demon lords, all life forms of the demon realm, submit to me! Those who refuse will all be given the opportunity to be annihilated!]

Sun-woo's words echoed not only inside the castle but throughout Verid's entire castle, and throughout all demon realms.

And shortly after, only a few terrified demon lords and a sea of blood remained inside the castle where demon lords gathered.

The remaining demon lords were those who submitted to Demon God Sun-woo, and the demon lords who refused all left only remains.

[De-Demon God. Demon lords will swarm here, will it be alright?]

One demon lord asked Sun-woo with a terrified voice.

As the demon lord said, countless demon lords were rushing here.

By spatial teleportation, flying, running, to fight the Demon God, to submit to the Demon God, everyone was rushing over.

[I've been waiting for this. Like the past Demon God, I should be acknowledged by everyone too.]

At Sun-woo's words, the demon lords' eyes sparkled.

[Then will you attack other dimensions like the previous Demon God?]

At the demon lord's words, the Demon God smiled wryly.

Demon God Sun-woo raised his head to look at the sky.

Beyond the blocked ceiling, countless stars shone beyond the red sky.

[No, why would I touch dimensions ruled by weak gods?]

Moreover, those dimensions were where Sun-woo's alter egos were actively working hard.

A situation where bodies were separated but minds were shared.

There was no reason to cause damage to alter egos working hard and happily.

Demon God Sun-woo spread his hand toward the sky.

Numerous holes began opening in the sky. Other worlds could be seen inside the holes, and monsters' forms could be seen too.

[These are all spatial tunnels I newly found. Spatial tunnels leading to stars where mighty enemies live.]

Demon God Sun-woo clenched his fist toward the sky.

[I, Demon God Sun-woo, proclaim to all. From now on, we conquer this dimension's stars. We conquer the universe!]

Demonic energy bursting from Sun-woo shot up toward the sky.