The Final War – Demon Realm Great War
After an hour had passed, the players who logged into the game were greeted by a magnificent cutscene.
The screen that had shown a clear sky gradually lowered its perspective, revealing peaceful mountains and fields. Animals roamed peacefully, and residents wandered leisurely through the city. The scene looked serene—for a moment.
Suddenly the sky darkened, and rain began to fall with thunder and lightning. Following the gaze of a resident who looked up at the abrupt change in weather, the perspective shifted skyward as well.
Kwarrururung~~!!
Amid the roaring thunder, lightning began to strike. Strangely, it concentrated on a single region, and the number of strikes increased rapidly. Jjajajajak~~!! Before long, a blinding number of bolts rained down. As the camera that had been showing the lightning followed the cluster downward, it revealed an altar at the center of the strikes.
The more lightning struck the altar, the more it became enveloped in light. The amount of light it emitted grew until finally—
Kwarrururung~~~
With a tremendous noise, the ground around the altar began to collapse, and something buried beneath it slowly rose upward. As jagged shapes emerged from the earth, the sky grew darker still, and the Demon King’s Castle gradually revealed itself.
As the castle took shape, the land nearest to it began turning into demon realm. Once the castle fully emerged, wyverns poured out from within, letting out unified roars.
Everyone who finished logging in unanimously praised the grandeur of the cutscene. While the players were still marveling at it, the first place they rushed to once they came to their senses was the “Farm” where pet eggs could be purchased.
While most players were going crazy over pet gacha, the demon race leaders headed straight for the Demon King’s Castle.
Screams echoed behind the leaders as they rushed off.
Upon arriving at the Demon King’s Castle, the demon leaders immediately ran toward the Demon King.
After a brief commotion, the demons scattered to search for the Demon King. A short while later, they gathered in front of the audience chamber.
Gulp. Suppressing their strangely tense hearts, they opened the door. Creaaak~
‘I wonder what kind of person the Demon King is… I’m looking forward to it…’
By now, most of the demon race had gathered at the Demon King’s Castle. The leaders who had arrived earlier appeared before the demons who were chatting in groups. The demons looked at them curiously, noting their unusually solemn atmosphere.
The demons focused on the player who stepped forward and shouted.
The demons stared at the leader with puzzled eyes as he stated the obvious.
Gulp.
Listening to the solemn tone, the demons thought, ‘Ah, so if even one intruder is allowed in, we lose?’ and ‘This is basically a defense game? One-coin version.’ They focused even more intently as the leaders explained the defense points. While the leaders arranged the defenses with solemn expressions, the same thought crossed all their minds.
‘I never imagined the Demon King would possess such terrifying skill(?)…’
The allied forces gathered at the three cities of the First Continent (ah… the city names are really tacky). Since they had decided to assemble at the three cities closest to the Central Continent and advance from there, allied troops kept arriving one after another.
The leaders ran around directing the troops while fully loaded airships took off one after another, forming ranks in the sky. After a long while, when most personnel had boarded, they left a few airships for latecomers and began their advance.
Behind the player wearing a proud expression, friendly gossip flew back and forth.
After a brief voyage, the Demon King’s Castle came into view. Tension filled the eyes of the allied forces as they beheld its majestic form.
Gulp.
The allied forces waited, each relieving tension in their own way before the battle. Since all buildings were indestructible, the plan to bombard the Demon King’s Castle had been scrapped. Instead, they approached while preparing to drop the Spirit King after an initial bombardment on enemies gathered along the walls. However—
Kraaaang~~~!
The moment they entered a certain radius of the castle, wyverns took flight all at once.
In a panic, they desperately retreated, and the wyverns descended once more.
The allied commanders fell into brief contemplation while chatting with players.
Eyes lit up at someone’s brilliant idea. The allied forces tested it by spreading out the crew of one airship and using the Self-Propelled Artillery Summon Kit.
Whiiiii~! Clack! Clack!
A majestic self-propelled artillery piece appeared on the airship’s deck. They conducted a test fire to check if bombardment was possible from the airship.
Following the new tactic broadcast from the command ship, the allied forces deployed. The sound of self-propelled artillery transforming echoed everywhere as parties finished their charge preparations.
It was a fierce battle. Self-propelled artillery shells rained from the sky while demon race and allied forces on flying mounts clashed in the air. Explosions echoed everywhere, and lives scattered with them. For whom was this war? For whom was this death? Determination shone in the eyes of demons charging desperately. Nobility flowed down the backs of warriors rushing to meet them. Their respective justices collided. For whom burned the blue flames visible over there? Ah… pitiful life……. Huh?
Bang!!
Squeak.
As the battle continued, the demon race began to be pushed back. The outcome had perhaps been decided the moment self-propelled artillery could be mounted on airships. The demons, who suffered heavy losses from the opening barrage, collapsed at an alarming rate. Yet even the last demon fought desperately with fire in their eyes, so despite the overwhelming numbers and air support, only a handful of leaders and a pitifully small force reached the audience chamber of the Demon King’s Castle.
After final preparations and a rallying cry, the allied forces entered the audience chamber with resolve for the final battle. Before them stood the terrifying Demon King……who wasn’t there?
The allied forces fell into confusion. Rusty rolled around on the floor watching them.
“Ahahahaha. I’m gonna die. Guys, I’m dying. Khahahaha”
Unaware that the spectators were rolling on the floor laughing, the allied forces wandered in confusion before approaching the throne. At someone’s suggestion that there might be a passage behind the throne, they decided to advance. In extreme tension, the allied forces slowly approached the throne while someone watching them nearly had their stomach burst from laughter. What the final warriors of the allied forces discovered as they drew near was—
The Demon King, curled up and hiding behind the throne……
Finally, the terrifying Demon King raised their head. The Demon King met the eyes of the allied forces’ final warriors.
Hmm… a clear and beautiful voice echoing throughout the world~♪ Uma~i!!!