I answer the Demon Queen's call
I answer the Demon Queen's call
I respond to the call of the Female Demon King-nim.
The Demon King and the Demon-man have made a contract. Unlike the monsters that responded to the summoning through the summoning circle, it was a promise between the two of them.
The summoned monsters watching that were surprised, and the Lich protecting the Demon King also was surprised, sweating cold on the spot.
For the Demon King to make a contract is evidence of equality in the demon world. In short, it was like having two Demon Kings in one dungeon.
"Demon King-nim.. Are you alright?"
"What's the problem?"
As the Demon King was about to enter the room, her aide the Lich looked at her worriedly.
"No matter that he is a Demon-man... to give the noble body of the Demon King-nim to a summoned creature..."
"It doesn't matter. If I can protect my dungeon, such contract terms are nothing. Rather, it's good that he didn't ask for the entire dungeon core."
In the demon world, it was not strange for a dungeon to suddenly collapse. Because it was always full of battles and wars, beings with combat power were precious one by one.
"Moreover, this time... I must borrow the power of the Demon-man."
"The 67th ranked Demon, Baron Amdu... He's certainly not an opponent to take lightly. Compared to him, we are..."
The Female Demon King of Fear and Death. Her status was that of a Demon King outside the top 50, which is not even considered a Demon King.
Currently she is ranked 90th, and everyone calls her a rookie Demon King.
"I can feel the demon army approaching... To survive... I too must be prepared to sacrifice. Lich."
"Great! O Demon King of Fear and Death! I dared not know your deep intentions!"
Sacrifice! The moved Lich showed his trembling bones and bowed his head to the floor.
The horned Female Demon King lightly gestured and entered her room.
As she disappeared from sight, the Lich emitted a red light from his eyes and rose into the air.
"Demon-man... I will watch... If you make the resolve with the Demon King-nim come to nothing, even if my body is sacrificed, I will destroy you forever."
The Lich opened a black space and headed to the first room that the Demon-man was put in charge of.
"Hmm... Guard the first room, he says..."
Dungeon guarding, also known as dungeon defense. I used to enjoy phone games of that type sometimes.
It was a game where you fill rooms with monsters and design traps to block enemy attacks.
I never thought I'd actually do it.
Guarding a dungeon is simple if simple, difficult if difficult.
Especially blocking enemies in the first room that I'm in charge of is not just more difficult, but will be like hell.
'I have almost no combat ability, yet this happens.'
This summoning seems like a big trouble.
"Krrr! Demon-man!"
"Huh?"
While I was sitting in the middle of the first room, a green-skinned monster approached.
It resembled an Orc seen in fantasy worlds.
Looking at his bulging muscles, he seemed so strong that it made my dick shrink involuntarily.
"My name is Orc warrior Geu-reu-reu. Fight!"
"I refuse."
He demands a fight out of the blue. The weight class difference is huge; I'd definitely become a bloody mess in one blow.
"You refuse! I doubt you are a strong being! Show me your strength!"
"Show your strength!"
"Show! Kuwak!"
Not only that Orc, but other monsters also added strength to the Orc's words.
"I want to see if you have strength worthy of us entrusting our lives! No matter how strong they say the Demon-man is, I won't believe it unless I see it with my own eyes!"
I want to avoid the fight, but it seemed hard to avoid.
On top of that, I had made a sex promise with the Female Demon King.
The Female Demon King-nim said I must take full responsibility for what happens in the room.
"Alright... Let's do it."
"Krrrr..! Whether the strength of those spoken of in legends is real or fake... We'll know by fighting! Fight! Demon-man!!"
The Orc charges with the words of fight.
I watched his direction and dodged backwards as much as possible.
-Hwook! Kwang!!!
"Heh heot!! Crazy Orc!!"
The dirt floor he punched down on shattered.
"Heh heh.. Are you avoiding battle!? I doubt you are the Demon-man that we feared.."
"Keuk.."
I was found out. He saw through my combat power in one go.
Now there seemed no escape.
All I can do is go all out to survive.
'Spirit summoning... Blood magic.'
"Oh! Green pig!"
A snake-shaped spirit appeared.
I imbued will into a blood droplet and let it flow in the air.
-Subdue that guy!
"Yes!"
The spirit created a spray of water in the air.
"Krrr... So you're a mage! Well, without that, there's no way you could dodge my attack!"
He nodded as if understanding, then took out a huge axe from behind his back and grasped it.
'Crazy... That big thing in one hand..'
He lifted the blood-stained, gruesome huge axe with one hand.
He lowered his posture and charged like a wild boar.
Jageun twisted his body and scattered the spirit's water spray.
But the Orc broke through, showering in the small water spray with his whole body.
"Die.."
With that small word, he slashes the axe diagonally down.
-Peong!!
An explosion sound rang out and a large amount of dust flew up.
"Krrr!!!"
He lets out a victory roar from within the dust, believing he won.
-Not yet, Orc.
"Eup!?"
The Orc, hearing the Demon-man's words ringing in his head, looked around the dust-covered surroundings.
-Behind!
"Behind!?"
-Peok!!!
"Kuaa!!! Kkeuk!?"
When the Orc turned around after hearing the Demon-man's words, a projectile flew from the front, the direction he was originally looking, and hit the back of his head.
"Whe...where! Kkeu!! Don't hide!"
-Left.
"Left!? Keoeok!!"
This time too, the Orc looks left.
But a water spray flies from the right.
"Whe...where! Where in the world are you attacking from!!! Krrr!!"
-Left! Right! Down! Up, up, down! Up, down!
In the thick smoke, the Demon-man's voice ringing in his head.
The Orc honestly only looked at the places the Demon-man said.
The all-strength muscle Orc was a top warrior among those who only believe what they see and what they hear.
"Keoeok!"
"Keu-ak!"
"Ke-ek!!"
"Stop!! Stop!! I'f been defeateeeeed!!"
-Koong..
The Orc warrior Geu-reu-reu, now with swollen eyes and bruises, couldn't endure anymore and knelt down, collapsing.
"Heok.. heok.."
"Surrender?"
"Ye...yes, surrender.. Krrr.."
As the thick dust cleared, they looked up at Jageun holding red projectiles in his hand, and put down the axe.
"D-Demon-man! Demon-man!"
"Demon-man! Demon-man! Demon-man!"
"You beat the named one, Geu-reu-reu...! As expected, the black-haired Demon-man!"
The Lich who had been watching the battle from that spot.
Seeing what happened in the first room, his spine stiffened.
'That Geu-reu-reu, who doesn't know surrender, actually lost!'
The Demon-man was clearly being pushed back by the Orc.
But the result after the dust cleared was different.
It was the Orc who ended up with head bowed as the loser.
What happened in that brief moment? Even seeing it with his own eyes, he couldn't believe it.
"Since you fought, now be quiet."
"Krrr.. Understood, Demon-man.. If you're stronger than me, I follow."
The loser decides to actively follow his words.
Survival of the fittest. It was the way of the demon world.
Meanwhile, Jageun let out a sigh inwardly.
'Phew... At least he's a muscle idiot, so that was fortunate.'
He knew from games that Orcs, despite having excellent bodies, are not very smart.
Seeing it in person, it seemed their intelligence was even lower than expected.
To what extent? If he just conveyed words through blood magic, they would believe everything immediately.
So the Orc was no different from a dartboard.
When being unilaterally hit, what does muscle or anything matter? The Orc just got hit by projectiles and collapsed.
"Wasn't the Demon-man being pushed!?"
"Right! Why... is Geu-reu-reu kneeling..!"
"No way.. Was it originally a winning fight and the Demon-man was just playing around!"
"They say the Demon-man is a cruel being with no blood or tears... So that rumor was true...!"
"Ev...everyone be careful! Kihit!!"
In the first room that Jageun was in charge of, the monsters' fear gradually grew.
In a good sense, discipline was established.
After the big fight ended, the first room became quiet again.
Jageun pushed back his hair that had fallen from the battle and turned around toward the dungeon entrance.
From Jageun's perspective, he hadn't yet won against the enemy invasion.
Imagining that guys like that Orc would pour in, it seemed he needed a lot of thought going forward.
First, he thought that to prevent the first room from being breached, he needed to block the area in front of it well.
The Lich, who had been watching him with red eyes.
He became curious about what he would do next. He quickly floated in the air and followed beside him.
"Where are you going..?"
"I'm going to see the dungeon entrance."
"Why that place.."
"It seems difficult to handle all enemies from the first room. So I plan to use the area more broadly."
"I...I see."
"Hmm... By any chance, aren't there traps in the dungeon?"
"There are some traps, but they've never been used usefully. Considering that the enemies also use the same summoning circle as us and a huge number of summons will swarm in... no matter how many traps await, they'll be useless.."
"I see.."
It seemed difficult to use traps.
Of course, if there was a surprisingly big trap, that might be different, but there's no way I, who came to the dungeon today, could make a trap of that scale.
To suppress enemies like Orcs that pour in endlessly, a different method seemed necessary.
"By any chance, what kind of abilities does the Demon King-nim possess?"
"The Demon King-nim's authority is fear and death. It makes enemies feel the fear of death more strongly."
"...And?"
"Yes?"
"And there's more, isn't there? Like grinding enemies down or using overwhelming force or magic?"
"Ah... Only Demon Kings within the top 50 have such abilities. Our Demon King-nim is still new to taking over, so she's 90th."
Looking at this state of affairs, I slowly started thinking I should look for an angle to run away.
'I just came here to get some lacking sex... I never thought such a difficult thing would happen.'
Again, I was starting to miss the conditions of Selina-ssi and Professor Scarlet-nim.
"Hmm? What is this?"
"I speculate it's a Golem. It seems to be an ancient weapon used by the previous Demon King."
"Golem..."
In the form of a stone turtle and looking quite sturdy, it seemed that with just this one, I could sweep away most enemies.
"Probably as an ancient weapon, its destructive power will be enormous. But I've touched it with interest several times, and it didn't budge."
"I see.. It would have been good if it could be used."
Jageun approached the Golem and tapped it.
"Uuuung..!"
"Uh.. huh?"
"Th...the Golem is moving..!"