'I'm sorry, Lady Baerbaem. It appears that the Gerlord was defeated and killed by the intruders. But rest assured. He is the weakest of our military leaders. I'm sure that Drakul, the King of the Dragon Race and his men who will follow him into battle, will surely be able to hold his breath.
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"Demon King Veilbehm, the Dracul seems to have been killed in action. However, the fallen angel Luciferet is working to eliminate them. Luciferet is the strongest in name and substance among the leaders. It's not an exaggeration to say that if that one is present, there is no need for other executives. I suppose that's the end of the intruders' luck.
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After a fierce battle, Luciferet appears to have been defeated and fled. But there are still three officers left in our army.
....
There is also a secret weapon. That man is more powerful than the leaders, but due to the danger he poses, he has been locked away in the dungeons. When the need arises, we will release him and smash him.
....
But first, one of the remaining officers, an undead--
'Yes!　Come on!

　The Demon King, who had been quietly listening to the reports of his subordinates all that time, suddenly roared in an angry voice.





''Why bother dispersing your forces!





'That's probably why they've allowed each one to be destroyed and penetrated so far!　All-out assault, all-out assault!　Bring in all remaining forces at once!
But my Demon King this is not just a human being and my army has a right to be proud of itself.
'You've been beaten to death and now you can't be proud of yourself!　Tell the whole army now!　All hands on deck, crush the intruder!
Ha, awe.........



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Hm?　There's a lot of them here all of a sudden.

　After raiding the Demon King's Castle, the demons and demons attacked us several times, but we defeated them smoothly and proceeded to the back.
　However, when we came here, the number of enemies increased at once.

　The front and back, right and left are all filled with demons and monsters.
　Until a while ago, they had been throwing in small amounts of force, but they may have changed their policy.

''Hey, what are we going to do?　Ark and Leila are getting tired from the fight so far. It's dangerous if they get swallowed up by this many.

　As Laina said, Ark and Layla seemed to be quite tired after the series of battles up to this point.
　Basically, the reason why Leila, who was always very excited, was so quiet was probably because she was sleepy.

It's a good thing we've been working so hard. But if you hold on here, you'll be stronger. I'm sure you're not the only one. And so...
That's not the point. You're an ogre. They're only eight years old.
Totally. You're still overprotective of Laina, as usual.
I still think I should have a talk with you and I should have a talk with you...

　The experience of being able to fight such a large group of people is invaluable, but if Laina says so much, it can't be helped.

'Samon--Befi, Livy, Fenny, Pullle, and Matty.

　I used my summoning technique to summon my followers.
　I told them, who were confused by being summoned to a strange place all of a sudden.

'Those are all enemies, you can crush them with all your might.



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　Doooooooooooooong!
　Zgaaaaaan!
　Crunch!

What?　What's going on here?

　With a tremendous roar, the entire Demon King's Castle was shaking greatly.
　The tremor had reached the innermost part of the Demon King's Castle, and even the Demon King who was sitting on his throne involuntarily stood up in front of this strange phenomenon.

　Then one of his subordinates reported to him in a panic.

''Well, Demon King-sama!　Suddenly, a mythical monster appears in the Demon King's Castle!　They have attacked our troops and are now in a state of panic........　And even the most fearsome gluttony slime in the demon world and a demon that seems to hold a title.......!
What the...?

　He was busy dealing with the mysterious human intruder for free.
　The demon king often stopped in time, exclaimed, and then slowly let out the obvious question.

''I, where in the world did it come from?''
'Wow, I don't know. But there are reports that the human was seen summoning...
What?　.... well, wait. You're saying that humans have a mythical demon or a demon with a demonic title?　What's the joke?　I mean, is that guy really human?

　There were demon wielders among the heroes of the past, but at most, they were only legendary grade demons.
　It's impossible to tame not only humans but also demons.
　That is the mythical grade demons.

''No, it's possible to just call them out........''

　It may be impossible to obey, but it's not impossible if all you have to do is summon it.
　That's not easy by any means, but that still makes sense, the Demon King reconsiders.

''However, they seem to have chosen only our army to attack us...''
'Yes....'

　And that's when it happened.
　Another subordinate rushed in with a different look of blood.

''Well, Demon King-sama!　The intruders are closing in on us........　We are currently putting up a last stand, but probably won't last another five minutes........!
You're here.

　In this situation, there's no other way but to intercept them yourself.
　As the pride of a demon king, I can't just run away.

　There's no point in being in a hurry.
　When I sat back down on my throne, I decided to welcome the enemy with the ease of a demon king.

　But it's hard to calm my mind.
　On the contrary, an inexplicable anxiety is filling me from earlier.

(..........This magic power.......I feel like I've felt it somewhere before......

　The souls were separated for resurrection, but because they were one in the first place, they shared a little bit of each other's records.
　Tracing back those faint memories, the figure of a certain human emerges.

(As I recall........a man with black hair........ If it wasn't for him, I would have been resurrected much sooner....)

　Soon, a group of them appeared in this room at the innermost part of the Demon King's Castle.

''Hmm, looks like this is the boss's room.

　The moment he saw one of them, the Demon King couldn't help but shout in his mind.

(Ah, it's him!)