The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well - Chapter 178

Chapter 178: Seven Demon Generals vs Hero (2)

Meanwhile, Elvis was listening to the speech.

‘Once we invade the Holy Empire, the planetary conquest will be over.’

He felt overwhelmed with emotion at the fact that the goal was within reach.

After a moment of feeling overwhelmed, Elvis began to ponder how he could get his achievements recognized by the Demon Lord-nim.

‘Looking at the achievements I’ve made so far, they’re similar to the other members.’

Everyone had faithfully invaded their assigned areas, so their achievements were all about the same.

‘Is there really no other way…?’

After much deliberation, Elvis came up with one way to achieve a standout result.

‘Kill the Hero.’

It was to kill the Hero, known to be the strongest on ‘Groa’ planet.

‘If I can just kill the Hero, the Demon Lord-nim will have to acknowledge my achievements.’

He said the rewards this time would be better than before, so if he could just get the reward, he’d be able to widen the gap between himself and the other Seven Demon Generals.

‘He’s not an easy opponent, so it’s best to go all out from the start.’

Just as Elvis was steeling his resolve.

‘Everyone else is so strong, I won’t get recognized for just invading the Holy Empire. Then the only way to get recognized is to kill the Hero.’

World Tree was also thinking the same thing as Elvis.

‘The Hero… I’m looking forward to seeing how strong he is.’

Gob was no different.

‘I think I’ve found an opponent worthy of fighting with all my strength.’

William was burning with competitive spirit against the Hero.

‘According to the records, the Hero can even kill Dragons. I’ll have to see for myself if that’s true.’

‘I wonder what the Hero’s blood tastes like?’

‘If I could just turn the Hero into an undead, our forces would become much stronger.’

Lilac, Vlad, and Isaac were also filled with the thought of killing the Hero.

Their reasons for wanting to kill the Hero were slightly different, but their goal of getting recognized by Jung Minwoo was the same.

As they were lost in their thoughts, steeling their resolve.

“This concludes the expedition ceremony.”

Jung Minwoo’s speech had ended before they knew it.

“Everyone, let’s march forward and crush the Holy Empire.”

“””Yes, sir!”””
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The Seven Demon Generals responded energetically to the order.

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud—

They began to march, leading their subordinates.

Thus, the black wave, as if it would swallow everything, moved towards the Holy Empire.

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While the Demon Servants were marching towards the Holy Empire.

‘Sigh, the survival of humanity rests on this war.’

The Hero was feeling an immense burden about the upcoming war.

‘I’m sure things weren’t so bad just 100 years ago, how did we get pushed back this far?’

He had struggled hard for 100 years, but like sinking in mud, the more he struggled, the fiercer the enemy attacks became.
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‘I never thought I’d miss the days of fighting the Demon Lord…’

He hadn’t thought much of the invaders, thinking they were weaker than the Demon Lord. But in reality, they were even worse than the Demon Lord.

‘It’s this hard to fight someone with high intelligence.’
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Looking at it objectively, he felt it was harder because he wasn’t particularly bright.

‘I can understand why humans, with their shorter lifespans than immortals, would be less intelligent, but shouldn’t Raphael-nim be different?’

What frustrated him even more was that the angel, Raphael, was so incompetent against the demons.

‘Just 100 years ago, he boasted that we were practically victorious…’

If even an angel couldn’t do anything and was being manipulated, what could mortal humans do?

‘…And the drastically shortened lifespans of humans are also contributing to our defeat.’

With most people dying after only 10 years, the population was rapidly declining, making it increasingly difficult to fight back.

He had once asked Raphael about this, puzzled.

‘He just mumbled that it was a trick by the invaders…’

He only said it was the invaders’ doing and didn’t offer any further explanation.

‘He seems to be hiding something, but I don’t know what it is…’

He only had suspicions, no proof, which was frustrating.

‘…This worry won’t help with the upcoming war, so I should put it aside. It’s better to focus on how to deal with the leaders.’

The Hero took out a parchment with information about the leaders and reviewed their characteristics once again.

A lot of information about the leaders had been revealed in the past 100 years, so he felt confident enough to fight them.

‘…But I have to keep in mind that the enemy might be hiding their true strength.’

The actual battle could be different, so he couldn’t be certain.

‘If I had at least fought them once, I could have gauged their level…’

As his words indicated, he hadn’t encountered the leaders even once in over 100 years.

One might wonder how it was possible that he had never encountered them, but.

‘That just means they’re that intelligent.’

They were so cunning that whenever he went to deal with a leader, they were already gone.

The fact that he had attempted to kill the leaders over a thousand times, all ending in failure, showed how meticulous they were.

‘Ugh, that’s why I need to study this information carefully…’

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The Hero let out a small sigh and was about to go back to studying the information when.

‘Wait a minute…’

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He suddenly realized that this information could be fake.

Would those meticulous individuals really leak information that was practically their weakness?

The Hero had a reasonable suspicion that they had deliberately leaked false information.
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‘To think I only noticed such an obvious thing now…’

He had been manipulated by them for 100 years, so he hadn’t realized such a simple truth.

‘I should use this information as a reference, but I can’t blindly trust it.’

The Hero breathed a sigh of relief that he had realized this before the battle.

Knock, knock—

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“Hero-nim, we’ve received reports that the enemy is approaching.”

The Saintess knocked on the door and informed him that the enemy was coming.

‘The time has come.’

The Hero gripped his Holy Sword tightly, composed himself, and said.

“I’ll be right out.”

Creak—

As he opened the door and stepped outside.
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“Sh, shall we go?”

He saw the Saintess trembling slightly.

‘She’s nervous.’

He had never seen her like this in all their time fighting together.

It felt strange to see the usually confident Saintess nervous.

‘It’s understandable that she’s nervous.’

This could be the last war for humanity’s survival, so it was natural for her to be nervous.

“Let’s go, to protect humanity.”

The Hero decided not to mention her nervousness and started walking first.

“…Yes? Yes! Let’s go. To protect humanity!”

The Saintess reacted a beat later and followed behind the Hero.

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As they headed towards the gate.

“Ah, Hero-nim, Saintess-nim, you’ve arrived.”

A Paladin approached and greeted them.

“Are the preparations complete?”

The Hero lightly acknowledged the greeting and went straight to the point.

“Yes, we’ve positioned cannons and mages along the outer walls, ready to respond at any moment.”

“Good. As soon as the enemy appears, launch a full-scale attack without hesitation.”

“Understood!”

After giving the order, he looked around, checking for any oversights, when.

“…They’re coming!”

Sensing the enemy’s presence, the Hero quickly drew his Holy Sword and went into battle stance.

“Everyone, battle stations!!”

He gave the order to the soldiers and approached the outer wall, looking towards the horizon.

“…There’s a damn lot of them.”

A moment later, a black wave surged over the horizon and revealed itself.

“The first wave is the undead army…”

The invaders were cunning in that their first attack always consisted of the undead army, who didn’t care if they died.

“…Looks like they brought everyone.”

Perhaps they intended to end the fight with this war, as the number of undead was greater than in any previous war.

“I’ll have to leave that to the soldiers.”

The moment the undead army entered the cannon range.

“Fire!!!”

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

Following the Paladin’s shout, they began firing the cannons towards the undead army.

Kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom!

The cannons were loaded with holy water, so the undead were swept away without much resistance.

“Not a bad start.”

The Hero was comforted by the good start, when.

“…?”

The bright sky was gradually darkening.

“…No way, it can’t be.”

The Hero looked up, hoping his suspicions were wrong.

Clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter—

Countless skeletons were raining down from the sky.

“Damn it, not this again.”

They never seemed to tire of this tactic, showering skeletons from the sky in every war.

“George!”

However, they had already prepared countermeasures, as it was a recurring tactic.

“Yes, Hero-nim!”

‘George’, the only survivor among the candidate heroes, responded to the Hero’s call and raised his shield towards the sky.

“I shall protect with unwavering will!”

As he shouted, imbuing his shield with holy power.
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Fwoosh—

A giant shield, large enough to cover the entire Holy Empire, appeared.

Kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom!

It easily blocked the skeletons’ suicide attacks.

“George, thank you.”

The Hero gave him a thumbs-up and patted George’s shoulder.

“Hehe, I just did what I had to do.”

George scratched his head bashfully.

“I’ll leave the sky to you.”

“Yes, sir!”

“And if any other areas are in danger, provide support.”

George looked puzzled at the Hero’s words.

“What about you, Hero-nim?”

He asked where the Hero was going.

“I’m going to find the enemy leaders.”

“The enemy leaders…?”

“Yes, this war is practically over if we kill the leaders.”

After hearing the explanation, George nodded in understanding.

“Aha, I understand. I’ll do my best to hold them off so you don’t have to worry about this place, Hero-nim!”

“I trust you.”

The Hero smiled faintly and encouraged George, then.

Dash—!

He jumped out of the outer wall to find the leaders.

Thud, thud, thud—!

As he cut down enemies, searching for the leaders.

Tingle—

Intense demonic energy pierced his body.

He turned his gaze towards the source of the energy.

‘Are they calling me out?’

He could sense a strong energy beyond the mountainside.

‘It would be rude not to answer their call.’

The Hero felt a mix of tension and anticipation at the thought of finally encountering the leaders.

‘I’m going all out from the start.’

He could tell from the demonic energy alone that they were powerful opponents, so he wouldn’t let his guard down.

As he quickly made his way over the mountainside.

‘Found them…’

He spotted seven figures standing on a meadow.

A man cloaked in black lightning.

A woman with wood entwined around her body.

A Demon Servant who appeared to be a monster.

A man wreathed in crimson flames that seemed to melt everything.

A woman with a lizard tail.

A man with pale skin.

And lastly, an undead with glowing red eyes.

‘None of them are easy opponents.’

The Hero was assessing the leaders, gauging their strength, when.
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“Come out. Stop hiding like a rat.”

The man with black lightning beckoned with his finger, demanding the Hero to reveal himself.

“…Alright.”

He hadn’t intended to stay hidden in the trees forever, so the Hero stepped out onto the meadow, answering the leader’s call.

Thus, their first encounter took place.