CH 173

Episode 173: Second other-world invasion (Third Party Perspective)

"It's all set."

A grotesque room that looks like it was made from the internal organs of a living creature. The Black Mist is reporting to the Hooded Man who is the owner of the room.

"I see. You did a good job."

"No, no, it's not such a great thing."

The Hooded Man who listens to the report of the Black Mist with a triumphant look on his face. However, because the Black Mist feels guilty, he can't obediently accept the praise, and he can only humbly return it.

For the Black Mist, he wanted to escape from this place as soon as possible, but there is no place in the Demon World where the Hooded Man can not find him.

"Well, let's go."

"Yes."

The Hooded Man stands up and calls out to the Black Mist, and the two disappear.

The two of them reappear in the same room where the pillars made of tentacles are gathered together. The middle-ranked, lower-ranked, and lowest-ranked beings of the Demon World are gathered there.

All of the lowest-ranked beings are prostrated, the lower-ranked beings are kneeling, and the middle-ranked beings are bowing their heads.

The appearance of the middle-ranked beings is quite similar to that of humans, but their skin is pale and some part of their body has changed like a skeleton.

"Brothers. Nice to meet you. Raise your face. No, everyone stand up."

The Hooded Man speaks to the people while making an exaggerated gesture. In response, the beings of all ranks stand up and look at the Hooded Man.

"Yes, that's fine. This time it's the second invasion of the other world, but the main purpose is to take control of the city and the humans, and to take revenge on Satotsu. Satotsu made us taste defeat last time, however, his fate will soon run out. This is because, in addition to fact that the number of beings here is several times higher than last time, there are far superior compatriots gathered here, and the force is incomparable to the previous unit. You guys could rule a town or country in the other world and prepare to take Satotsu's head without a hitch. Originally, I would like to go myself and take Satotsu's head, but the current situation makes it difficult for me to go to the other world, and I believe that you will tear him to pieces."

Looking around the quiet room, the Hooded Man, who feels it is about time, begins to speak, and ends with words that grab the hearts of his subordinates.

""Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!""

Thanks to that, his subordinates are very excited and respond with a loud shout.

"Then, I'm counting on you."

"Yes."

Following the instructions from the Hooded Man, the Black Mist sits down on the chair in front of the terminal and prepares for the transfer. Luckily, it hasn't gone into hibernation mode yet, but he's going to work on it quickly. The sound of typing echoes through the room for a while.

"Everything's ready."

Just like last time, a complex pattern of circles, a so-called magic circle, is drawn on the floor. However, since the scale of the transfer is different from the previous time, it is drawn directly under the current unit.

"I see, then everyone, please do your best."

""Yes.""

The Hooded Man receives the report of the Black Mist and says his last words from the stage, and his subordinates respond in unison.

"Then, I will transfer them."

In response, the Black Mist presses the enter button, and the red magic circle at their feet begins to glow.

-Gigigigigigiiii Gigiii Giii

However, immediately after that, a terrific noise is released from the pillar that makes the sound of scratching the blackboard dozens of times more pleasant.

"Huh!? Wh, what's this!?"

"It seems that the Dungeon System has strted to overheat due to the recent repeated interventions!!"

When the Hooded Man shouts while looking around the area for the time being, the Black Mist, thinking it had gone berserk at just the right moment, hides his happiness and shouts impatiently.

"What about the transfer!?"

The plan fit in perfectly, and the Black Mist is relieved that the Hooded Man doesn't know about his mistake.

However, now he has to send the troops to the other world sooner rather than later. Since the activation of the transfer magic circle has already ended, he does his best not to let it go into hibernation until it actually transfers.

From the perspective of other people, it might look like he is desperately trying to activate the magic circle, but in reality he is just trying to stop the transition to hibernation mode.

"I can manage to send them as it is ... Or rather, the magic circle has already started and I can't cancel it, so I don't know what will happen. However, there is no guarantee that they will be sent to the selected dungeon ..."

The Black Mist answers the Hooded Man's cry with an apologetic expression.

"Kuh. It can't be helped. Just keep going."

"Yes."

The Hooded Man urges the transfer while making an expression as if he swallowed a bitter bug at the words of the Black Mist. The time has finally come, and he was relieved he wasn't told to stop the transfter because he can't stop it.

The large number of beings who should have been there, gradually disappear. In other words, the transfer has started.

The Black Mist succeeded in deceiving the Hooded Man. He earnestly hoped that even if they went to the other world, they would still be able to complete their work.