The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well - Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Downfall (4)

After the war, the Holy Empire held a funeral to commemorate the 2 million sacrifices.

“…I will never forget your noble sacrifice.”

The Pope, who survived the war, stood in front of the graves of the saints and shed tears.

“…Sob.”

Seeing this, the believers looked down with regretful expressions.

They survived the demons, but their losses were too great.

Most of the 500 surviving Paladins and Priests were crippled.

And the troops sent from other countries were all killed in action.

According to scholars, it would take about 150 years to rebuild a force of this size.

“…Still, humanity will grow stronger through this experience.”

The Pope gave a wry smile.

Three days later.

“Drink!”

“It’s free today!”

“We survived!!”

“Let’s drink till we die!”

As the funeral commemorating the sacrifices ended, the Holy Empire held a festival.

Some may frown upon the idea of a festival after the loss of 2 million people, but it was a monumental day marking their survival against the demons, and a festival had to be held for the sake of the people.

“I underestimated the potential of humans.”

“Demons are nothing special, right?”

“As expected, the angels are amazing.”

The people enjoying the festival were busy cursing the demons.

“But to think that 2 million humans died because of two demons…”

“Shh! Be careful.”

It was an unspoken rule not to mention the fact that 2 million knights had died because of two demons.
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This was because they were afraid that if demons appeared again, the world would truly be destroyed.

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“We’ll be busy from tomorrow, so let’s drink our noses crooked today!”
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“Drink, drink!”

As the higher beings were enjoying the festival.

“…Sigh.”

Seina was lost in thought with a hardened expression.

“Seina-nim, it’s a shame we lost track of the bats, but don’t worry too much.”

“That’s right, what can those bats do with only six Demon Servants?”

The Pigeons tried to gauge Seina’s mood and offered words of comfort.

“That guy is more cunning than you think. We don’t know what he’s planning.”

Seina shook her head, explaining the danger of Jung Minwoo.

“No matter how cunning he is, there’s nothing they can do right now.”

“Once our strength recovers to a certain extent, we’ll start a full-scale Demon Servant extermination operation.”

Seina nodded at the Pigeons’ persuasion.

‘That’s right, as they said, no matter how cunning he is, there’s nothing he can do now.’

Although the Holy Empire had lost a lot of power, it was not so vulnerable as to be defeated by six Demon Servants.

‘Anyway, time is on our side. Once our strength is restored, we’ll eliminate them all, making sure they can’t even speak on this planet.’

Having finished her thoughts, Seina looked at the Pigeons and said,

“You’re right. I think I was overly worried.”

“That’s right.”

“Good thinking.”

At their response, Seina chuckled and stood up from her seat.

“We even killed 3rd Rank demons, so we should have a celebration party ourselves, right?”

“”We’d love to!””

They brought out food and alcohol they used to eat in the Celestial Realm and started to chat.

“Seina-nim, you killed a 3rd Rank demon, so your promotion is guaranteed, right?”

“That’s right, 3rd Rank demons are considered strong.”

“What Rank do you think we’ll be promoted to?”

“Hmm, your Rank is 9th, so I think you might reach 6th Rank.”

“”6, …6th Rank?””

The Pigeons’ faces brightened at the news that their Rank would rise by three levels.

“What Rank do you think you’ll be promoted to, Seina-nim?”

“I’m hoping to be promoted to 4th Rank.”

Seina thought she should be promoted by at least two ranks since she had killed a 3rd Rank demon.

‘Once I’m promoted, I’ll personally find those demons and kill them.’

She had let them escape because it was difficult to defeat them outside the Holy Empire, but once her Rank increased, no one on the planet ‘Yurain’ would be able to stop her.

Just as she was indulging in her imagination.

Clang, clang, clang, clang―

A huge bell rang.

“…What?”
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The Pigeons, who were eating, stopped their actions and hardened their expressions.

This bell was used to signal an enemy surprise attack.

“Did it ring by mistake?”

“Is there an enemy to ambush us?”

The Pigeons tried to dismiss it as a mistake.
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“Enemy surprise attack!”

“Enemies have ambushed us!”

“Everyone prepare for battle!”

Hearing the shouts of the soldiers on guard, the Pigeons realized it wasn’t a mistake.

They moved towards the window.

“…”

They could see a green wave surging outside the gate.

“…Crazy.”

Seina’s face contorted as she saw the green wave.

William, arriving at the gate of the Holy Empire, looked at the children and said,

“Everyone ready?”

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The children replied with determined expressions.

“Of course.”

“Let’s go save the Demon Lords quickly.”

“Let’s show those Holy Empire bastards what justice is.”

William smiled faintly and approached the gate.

“Then, let’s break down the gate and enter.”

He drew up demonic energy and concentrated it in his right hand.

Whoo――ooong.

Demonic energy, far denser than before, began to gather in his right hand.

‘With this, I can save the Demon Lords!’

At the same time as William smiled confidently.

Kwa―――――ang!

He punched the gate.

Destructive power that was unbelievable considering it came from a small fist.

Rumble―

The firmly standing gate collapsed easily, turning into rubble.

Thud, thud, thud.

As William entered through the broken gate.

‘Disgusting bastards.’

He saw them having a festival.

‘How dare they enjoy a festival while imprisoning the Demon Lords…?’

William glared at the people enjoying the festival with fierce eyes.

‘Fine, I’ll let you have your festival as you wish. A festival of blood!’

William then pointed at the people and shouted,

“Kill all the humans there!!!”

“””Kieeek!!!”””

Hearing the shout, the Goblins cheered and started rushing towards the humans.
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“They’re just Goblins! Don’t panic and kill them!”

A soldier approached a Goblin and swung his spear, but.

Whoosh―

The Goblin dodged the soldier’s attack effortlessly, simply by tilting its head back as if it were a joke.

“…It dodged the attack?”

As the soldier was bewildered by the dodged attack.

Ta, ta, ta, ta―at!

The Goblin lunged at the soldier and stabbed a dagger into his neck.

Phoo―ook.

“Kuhuk?!”

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The soldier couldn’t even fight back and was killed by the Goblin.

The other soldiers who rushed in were also helplessly defeated.

“Th-These aren’t ordinary Goblins!”

“E-Everyone run. We can’t win!”

Frightened, the soldiers threw down their weapons and started running away.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

However, Bianca blocked their path, as if she wouldn’t allow it.
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“Who are you! Get out of the way!”

A soldier tried to swing his fist at Bianca.

“Help us. Kill the humans.”

“Wh-What?”

At Bianca’s request, the soldier’s eyes became hazy, and he nodded.

“Now, go and kill the humans.”

“Uh, okay!”

The soldiers picked up their discarded weapons and attacked the people as Bianca ordered.

“…Traitor!”

“There was a traitor among us!”

The people, surprised by the sudden change in the soldiers’ attitude, pointed fingers at them as traitors and fled.

“Sebastian, what are the chances of winning this battle?”

William, who was observing the situation, asked Sebastian.

Sebastian looked around and then answered William’s question.

“Considering their power loss from the battle with the Demon Lords, our chances of winning are 99%.”

“Good.”

Hearing the answer, William smirked and charged towards the enemies.
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“Repent with your deaths!”

Kwa――ang!

Every time he threw a punch, it created tremendous destructive power that shook the ground.

“…M-Monster!”

“R-Run!!!”

Terrified by the destructive power that was unbelievable considering it came from a child’s body, the people tried to escape to other gates, but.

“Where do you think you’re running to?”

Oliver put his hand on the ground and injected demonic energy.

Crackle―

The ground rose, sealing the gates shut.

“Hehe, now you can’t run away anymore, can you?”

Oliver smiled proudly and looked at the people with their despairing expressions.

“You don’t deserve this life!”

Kwa――ang!

Aaron used his massive size to destroy all the buildings in the city.

“Puhahaha. Die, die, die!!!”

Crack, crack, crack, crack―!

Whitney, on the other hand, hunted down humans mercilessly with a crazed look in her eyes.

“We can’t die like this!”

“Let’s all fight together!”

The higher beings tried to resist by taking out the weapons in their homes.

Hwaaaaa―

The Goblins’ bodies were engulfed in a black light.

“Kieek?”

To make matters worse, they evolved into Hobgoblins, further strengthening their power.

“Oh, Angel…”

“Why, why are you giving us such a trial?”

“Have you truly abandoned us…?”

Clatter―

Overwhelmed by the strengthened power, the higher beings lost their will to fight and dropped their weapons.

Meanwhile, Seina, who had been watching the Holy Empire being invaded, bit her lower lip with a pale expression.

“Damn it, I should have finished it back then!”

She regretted not killing Jung Minwoo.

“…To think the fate of the Empire would be hanging on mere Goblins.”

Bang―!

Seina slammed her fist on the desk, expressing her anger.

“Even if we hadn’t fought the demons, we could have easily wiped out that much manpower…”

For a moment, she wondered if she should have avoided confrontation with Jung Minwoo.

“…No, even if we hadn’t become enemies now, we would have fought later anyway.”

It was a pointless assumption, so she decided not to dwell on it anymore.

It was more beneficial to think about how to protect the Empire than to worry about such useless things.

‘…First, I have to do something about the Goblins.’

Seina looked at the Pigeons and gave an order.

“Send the Paladins and Priests to where the Goblins are right now!”

At her command, the Pigeons replied with troubled expressions.

“S-Seina-nim, the Paladins and Priests are not in good condition right now.”

“They might die if they fight any more.”

Seina frowned and shouted at them.

“Even if it means pouring all our Holy Power into them, make sure they recover and fight!!!”

“B-But.”

A Pigeon tried to refute Seina’s words.

Slap―

Seina slapped the Pigeon’s cheek, not allowing any rebuttal.

“Just do it! You useless bastards!!! Do you want to see our Holy Power dwindle like this?!”

“…Understood.”

The Pigeon, who had been slapped, nodded and left the room.

“You go too.”

“…Yes.”

When all the Pigeons left the room, Seina sighed deeply and looked out the window.

“…When did things get so twisted?”

It seemed like everything was going according to plan until they hunted the 3rd Rank demons, but now the Empire was in danger.

“It’s all… because of that wicked demon.”

Seina vowed to crush Jung Minwoo’s head with a mace when she met him. At that moment.

“Looking for me?”

The wicked demon’s voice came from behind her.

“?!”

Seina took out her mace and turned around.

“I told you we’d meet again, didn’t I?”

Jung Minwoo was smiling wickedly.

“Are you ready to pay the price for defying us?”

“I’ve been wanting to fight you, and finally the opportunity has arrived.”

“…Die.”

“You shouldn’t have messed with Minwoo. I haven’t lived that long, but I’ve never seen anyone come out well after messing with Minwoo, ribbit, ribbit.”

And the members of the Demon Communion standing behind Jung Minwoo made mocking remarks.

“…”

Seina swallowed hard, and one thought flashed through her mind.

‘I’m screwed.’

The thought that she might die here.