On the other hand, the Imperial Capital, which was attacked by hordes of demons, was quickly overrun.
The army that was originally supposed to be defending against such attacks was absent. In addition, the majority of the demons that attacked were medium-sized. There were also some disaster-class demons, such as tigers and lions. Even if a devil was not amongst the hordes demons, the Imperial Capital had no means of fighting them off.
What occurred in that place was the exact picture of the pandemonium of hell.
The citizens of the Imperial City were killed and eaten by demons, while the devils burned the place down with magic.
Although there were some Demon Hunters who remained in the Imperial City, because there were a lot of demons in addition to a few devils, they were killed easily.
However, there were still some people who walked through that hell leisurely.
“What do you think? Millia-san, what is your impression of someone who turned into a devil?”
“Yes, Schtrom-sama, I can feel an overflowing magic power I’ve never felt before. Also, it feels like I am able to use any magic I want.”
“Fufu, I’m glad. Nevertheless, after killing people from your own country, you still have a carefree expression.”
“That’s because, the people living in the Imperial Capital looks down upon other citizens of the Empire, and thinks of themselves as chosen humans. In truth, even I, myself, have experience being ridiculed for being a commoner, countless times. Because of that, I don’t feel much guilt for killing people living in the same country as me.”
“Fufufu, hahaHAHA! Is that so, I see. It was splendid, Millia-san. In truth, these guys are nothing but a collection of trash.”
“Thank you very much for your compliment.”
“Now then, the Imperial army will probably return in two to three days. By that time, we will have already completed our purpose here in the Imperial Capital. In the meantime, Zest-kun will also be returning. Do you want to prepare to ambush the Imperial army?”
“Yes, Schtrom-sama.”
“Well then, l wonder to what extent the Kingdom reduced their numbers, it’ll be a sight to see.”
In that manner, the two people walked towards the Imperial Palace.
Behind them, were the death throes of citizens living in the Imperial Capital.
Three days after Schtrom attacked the Imperial Capital, the Imperial army finally arrived. And what they saw was…
The Imperial Capital had been destroyed by demons, and there were still hordes of demons there.
“These goddamn demons! Make sure to subdue all of them, do not let a single one escape!!”
And with Herald’s command, the Imperial army began their assault once more. In the beginning, there were able to subjugate the demons easily, but when a devil appeared, the situation changed drastically.
The Imperial army was trampled by the devil’s magic. Amongst the devils, Zest, the person from the scout unit who had provided false information to the Imperial army, was there.
“ZESSSSSTTTTT!!!! It’s because of you! This is ALL because of YOOOUUUUUUuu!!”
Herald kept roaring like crazy towards Zest. However, Zest, continued slaughtering the Imperial army, without paying him the slightest heed.
And then… without knowing who killed the Emperor, the Imperial army was literally wiped out.
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Afterwards, the Kingdom’s army, having been held back by hoards of demons, had arrived. What they saw was the completely annihilation of the Imperial army, along with many dried corpses.
Suddenly a voice called out to the people of the Kingdom’s army who were looking at the scene absentmindedly.
“Oh my, aren’t the people over there the ones from the Kingdom I was under the care of?”
It was the voice of Schtrom, who had once been surrounded in the practice ground of the Security Office.
No matter where they looked, they could not find Schtrom anywhere in their immediate surroundings. It looked like he was using magic to enhance his voice.
“Oh my, oh my, would you even be able to able to defeat us? How about asking for other countries to cooperate?”
All they heard was nothing but ridicule.
“Oh, right, before I forget, thank you very much for reducing the Imperial army’s numbers. Thanks to you, it was easy enough to annihilate the Imperial army.”
When he found out that they had been used by Schtrom, Dominic almost broke into a furious rage, but he was able to restrain himself. And so, after listening to Schtrom’s words, they turned around and headed back to the Kingdom. Once they had determined that there was indeed a need to request for the cooperation of other countries, they returned to the Kingdom.
When Dominic reported what had happened to the Kingdom’s upper echelon, they were speechless. With this, they could no longer afford to keep the information about Schtrom confidential. It needed to be announced to be public.
What was announced was:
“The person who was responsible for the recent devil attack in the Royal Capital is also a devil, Oliver Schtrom. And that very same person, attacked Bluesphere Empire with large amount of demons and devils he created himself, and destroyed the Imperial Capital. The series of disputes that had occurred recently were all caused by that person.”