For the Prosperity of the Species! – Chapter 53

I knew it as soon as it was applied.

━Kiiiiing……!!!━

This sound, this blue light.

A tremendous amount of mana was sucked into the gaps in my armor, and holes that seemed to emit blue fire appeared on my elbows, carapace, waist, pelvis, thighs, back of calves, and soles of my feet.

“……Haha……Hahahaha!!!”

Oh my god, a supermassive heavy armored fighter equipped with jet engines……?

Yes. It also comes with a giant monster form that can regenerate infinitely.

Thank you. I’ll buy it. I don’t need a bag, I’m going to rip it open and lick it clean right now.

“What in the world!!!”

I shouted at the sky, and Natunia and Mursheet tilted their heads.

“……Could you say that again?”

“Kalig. It’s good to be intoxicated by your new power, but we need to catch up to the Overlord quickly.”

‘Ah, right. Mursheet is absolutely right.’

“Okay. Let’s depart again. Can we increase the speed a little?”

I returned to my Jellekus form, put the two Queens on my back, and emitted a blue light.

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The Overlord destroyed and massacred all the castles from the border of Bagelhorn to the central city.

Now all that remained was to attack the center, the invincible fortress called ‘Butte di Alperion.’

The Human nations were divided into several smaller ones, but Bagelhorn was the main base, and the fall of the rest was an easy task. This fortress was the castle of King Basilis and the strongest defense facility.

The Overlord, releasing the form of his arms into that of a monster, swept the enemy lines with a technique called ‘Bone Graveyard.’

There were those who watched this through the windows of the fortress.

[ Inside the Invincible Fortress ]

“Is that the race called Gullak? They’ve finally come this far.”

The Pope was just a devout old man, but the Archbishop, Bishop, and Cardinal under him were those who wielded tremendous Holy Magic. Even excluding the Cardinal who was returning, the Papal forces were a great help.

The Archbishop installed a totem on the roof of the invincible fortress.

It, in the form of a praying goddess, was an artifact that had one of the few Holy Magic spells with a wide area of effect.

Lihain Wyvern, who was watching from the side, said,

“Is this your first time seeing a Gullak?”

“Indeed. Their unconventional and grotesque form must mean they are a race abandoned by God. But there is no need to worry.”

Countless Ambushers attempting to invade from the sky were burning to death with a ‘crackling’ sound. It was the power of the totem.

“I will perfectly block any invasion from the sky……”

The Archbishop subtly opened one eye and trailed off.

Wyvern bowed his upper body and said,

“Yes. Our Royal Army and Capital Defense Force will take responsibility and block any attacks from the ground.”

Behind the Archbishop, the Bishop was walking over.

“Can I trust those words?”

“Bishop.”

As Wyvern bowed, the Bishop said,

“The enemy forces number in the tens of millions, including the small insects. Are you saying you can truly prevent even a single one from invading?”

“……”

Wyvern thought for a moment and then smiled.

“……Bishop, which do you consider superior, magic or cannons?”

“Magic, of course. If you reach a certain level, you can change it to the appropriate attribute depending on the situation, and you don’t need heavy equipment.”

“Actually, that’s not always the case. If it’s a pre-determined fight in a pre-determined location.”

“……?”

Wyvern’s eyes shone.

“Unlike magic, cannons are something that can be made in advance. It’s a form of force that can be stockpiled beforehand. You wouldn’t be able to fathom the number of high-performance explosives we have stored in this fortress right now.”

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There were three hundred breech-loading main cannons alone on the top of the fortress.

Below that, eight hundred breech-loading secondary cannons, and further down, along the walls of the fortress, fifteen hundred muzzle-loading flat trajectory cannons and five hundred muzzle-loading curved trajectory cannons were protruding like the spines of a sea urchin.

The majesty of the fortress ‘Butte di Alperion,’ with a total of 3100 cannons poking their heads out, was truly tremendous.

A large-scale Gullak invasion began on this impregnable fortress.

Under Zertura’s command, all the Queens deployed their unique abilities and started to attack the fortress.

However, everyone faltered at the sight of the eight million Gullak Legionaries in the first row being obliterated.

It couldn’t be helped.

━Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr……!!! ━

As the three thousand cannons fired with meticulous timing, the firing sounds canceled each other’s sound waves, so instead of a ‘pubabababang’ sound, it made a ‘drrrrrrrrrrr’ sound like a Vulcan cannon firing.

The impact sounds were even more intense.

All those shells were high-explosive shells with a time-delay fuse.

━Boo goo goo goo……!!!! ━

The sight of explosions overlapping explosions was like bubbles bubbling up in a red-hot soup. It wasn’t exploding, but rather ‘simmering’ the entire area. The Gullaks inside were pulverized in the first explosion, and from the second explosion onwards, they became finely chopped ingredients, being tossed around and cooked.

It was a hell beyond ruthlessness.

A power difference that was absurd.

While the Queen Mothers, surprised by the annihilation of their legions, were hurriedly forming the next wave, the main cannons of the invincible fortress raised their angles.

“……!?”

Fifty cannons fired six times, ‘Zing Zing Zing Zing Zing Zing,’ and soon three hundred super-large high-explosive shells flew to the distant command units.

“Kieek?! H-here too……!?”

━Koo goo goo goo gung……!!! Boom!!! ━

The cooked heads of the Queens flew through the sky.

The Overlord was dodging the pouring shells by twisting and turning in the air. A little closer. Just a little closer. Approaching this fortress was a 1600-year-old aspiration. Like Icarus wanting to get closer to the sun, he was slowly breaking through the absolute singularity of the Humans.

A high-explosive shell that hit his shoulder threw the Overlord off course, but he soon regained his balance and his eyes shone again.

‘……I won’t be able to avoid all of this. That’s why I’ve prepared the same singularity as you!!! An ultimate body that won’t die even after being hit by thousands or tens of thousands of shells!!!’

A direct hit to the face, a large explosion, and then the artillerymen, noticing the Overlord’s presence, concentrated their fire.

━Pubabababang!!! ━

Black smoke billowed up in the air.

Breaking through the smoke, the Overlord, in the form of a monster, landed on the fortress.

The Overlord’s skin was cracked like a drought-stricken field, but to the Human artillerymen, it was an even more terrifying sight.

“Hoop!!!”

━Bang!!!━

A powerful punch with all his might shook the invincible fortress. The axis of the gigantic fortress tilted about 3 degrees. The part hit by the fist was severely damaged, creating a hole large enough to enter.

In the emergency, the Resident Knights of the fortress gathered.

They were not ordinary swordsmen of the Royal Army. The Resident Knights were true sword experts who could single-handedly cut down 300 ordinary swordsmen. The emblems attached to their right shoulder pads fluttered in the wind on the top floor of the fortress.

“……You monster. We won’t let you in there!”

One-handed swords clad in Blue Steel Qi, two-handed swords clad in Red Steel Qi, and spears clad in White Steel Qi.

The Resident Knights wielded a variety of weapons.

━Bang! Crash! Crack…… ━

“……What the..!”

Even though all of them were Resident Knights with superhuman specs, the Overlord started to take them down as if swatting flies.

Just as none of the Resident Knights could defeat the Sword Saint Ray, they couldn’t even touch the Overlord, who had crushed Ray with the back of his hand.

After dealing with all the surrounding soldiers, just as he was about to enter the fortress leisurely,

“Stop. You evil of a different kind.”

This time, the Bishop himself blocked the Overlord.

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