Reincarnated in the Alternate World, I'm A Demonic Lord as Well as a Villager-Chapter 690 - 347: Demon King VS Hero—Fated Showdown (Part 1)

Chapter 690: Chapter 347: Demon King VS Hero—Fated Showdown (Part 1)

"Thank you for your hard work, Saili."

Shami stood on the balcony of the Demon King Castle, looking up at the sky. The air above the Demon Realm momentarily distorted, and the transparent magic defense shield was strengthened by the Magical Girl’s chant, enhancing both its thickness and defense attributes.

Ceasing the chant, the Magical Girl floating in mid-air slowly descended, her magic skirt that danced with the wind stopped swaying, her black high heels touched the floor, and the Magical Girl slowly walked towards Shami.

"Being your Demon Realm Shield Engineer isn’t easy, I even had to make a special trip back from Fata."

The Magical Girl grumbled, as she slowly placed her fair left hand in front of Shami.

Understanding, Shami gently held her small hand and kissed the back of it, showing his gratitude towards the Magical Girl.

The Magical Girl had a somewhat sassy personality.

"The Demon Realm has been exposed, and now there are adventuring parties outside every day using the Fireball Technique to bombard the Demon Realm’s shield. If it isn’t strengthened, I worry that one day I’ll wake up to find adventurers surrounding my bed."

"Rest assured, the shield I created cannot be broken so easily. At the very least, magic cast by non-mages is impossible to pierce."

The Magical Girl’s delicate nose proudly twitched, her eyes playfully looking at Shami.

"But if it’s some veteran adventurers, that’s another story. Their strength cannot be underestimated. The shield acts like a filter, helping to keep some subpar adventuring parties out, but you’ll still need to face those powerful adventurers. — What will you do, Shami?"

Shami let out a long sigh.

What else can he do? The Demon Realm can’t run away, so he’ll just deal with whatever comes his way.

"Currently, the adventuring parties outside the Demon Realm are being driven off by patrolling monsters. If an adventuring party truly enters the Demon Realm, they’ll have to get past Kalu first."

Exactly, to ensure the safety of the Demon Realm, Shami had called back the battle-loving Makarula, who had been out with the goblin fighting, to guard the edge of the Demon Realm.

"There’s nothing I can do about the Demon Realm’s problems. Fata has already noticed why there’s a powerful barrier over the Demon Realm, and has tasked me to lead a magic squad to investigate and solve it."

The Magical Girl said in a relaxed tone.

"And then?"

"As a Saintess, naturally I must do something. Yesterday, I led the magic squad to eliminate the Frost Penguins’ lair on Frost Mountain."

"Those two matters are completely unrelated! Why the obsession with Frost Penguins?!"

The Magical Girl’s face was slightly darkened, finally revealing the reason why she had been oppressing the Frost Penguins.

"When I was young, I went to Frost Mountain with other Magical Girls from Fata to learn Ice Magic. A Frost Penguin once snatched a pair of pink panties from me, and everyone laughed at the Magical Girl wearing such childish panties... Can you imagine how much that scene scarred an innocent and adorable young Magical Girl?"

Suddenly, there was silence around her, and the Magical Girl looked to her side to see Shami staring at her in shock.

"Saili, so you were once a cute Magical Girl wearing pink panties!"

"Frozen Magic." (emotionless)

"Now do you understand the impact this has on me? If people knew the Saintess wore pink panties, she’d instantly lose all authority."

The Magical Girl glanced at the ice block Shami, then slowly placed her small hand on Shami’s chest where his heart was, only she could see the magic aura swirling between her slender fingers, flowing into Shami’s chest.

The ice melted.

The Magical Girl glanced at Shami intentionally or unintentionally, the breeze stirring her ink-black hair, and strands at her temples drifting along.

The Magical Girl opened a Teleportation Gate and turned to leave.

"Survive well, you idiot, don’t die at the hands of someone like Jack."

As soon as the Teleportation Gate disappeared, a loud noise erupted in the distance.

Still slightly chilled by the water, Shami looked over.

"Lord Shami, a Gold adventuring party is attacking our Demon Realm from the south. Miss Kalu has gone to fend them off. Today, the Demon Realm has endured thirty-four attacks from different adventuring parties, all successfully resisted without exception."

Wenli, wearing a black and white maid outfit with pigtails, reported the situation.

These days at the Demon King Castle, the little ghost girl had become much more responsible, and now, in the absence of a bone frame, she could report on the situation across the Demon Realm on time.

"Following Lord Shami’s instructions, yesterday I assisted the Rolling Stone Spirit Tribe in moving into the mountains in the inner region of the Demon Realm, ensuring that gold production won’t be affected by external invasions. The Fishman Race is responsible for resisting invasions from the northern part of the Demon Realm, the Minotaur Race handles invasions from the southern part, the Ghost Race deals with invasions from the eastern part, and the Slime Race covers invasions from the western part. The Skeleton Race acts as the logistics and support unit, ready at all times on the outskirts of the Demon Realm."

"Additionally, seventy-two one-way teleportation gates have been set up within the Demon Realm, connecting to seventy-two concealed locations at the edge of the demon shield, allowing monsters to traverse to the outskirts of the Demon Realm at any time, forming a surprise attack force against adventuring parties."

Under Shami’s instruction, Wenli had meticulously arranged the internal affairs of the Demon Realm.

"Thank you for your hard work, Wenli."

Shami nodded with satisfaction.

"It’s what I should do. Wenli also desires to protect the Demon Realm."

The pigtail ghost girl said softly, passing on a message from the Old Tree Spirit.

"Lord Shami, I have some very bad news to report. The Old Tree Spirit learned from the Tree Spirit Intelligence Network that the Outerworld Hero Jack has now gathered over three hundred adventure guilds and is marching from the Fess Kingdom toward the Demon Realm."

"As Jack progresses, he recruits adventure guilds along the way, forming a powerful adventurer force. The Old Tree Spirit estimates that by the time they reach the Demon Realm, the number of adventure guilds will reach over five hundred, with nearly three thousand people."

Wenli spoke while keeping an eye on Shami’s expression, noticing there was no change in Shami’s demeanor.

"It’s finally happening, isn’t it...?"

Shami stood on the terrace of the Demon King Castle, overlooking his Demon Realm.

"The Demon Lord and the Hero are destined for a showdown. If that’s the case, then let it be."

Night fell.

Except for the Magical Girl, Shami summoned the remaining three Demon Envoy girls, along with Kalu, Pink Cow, Jam, Aowu, Theo, and other high-ranking demon officers to the meeting room.

"Based on intelligence, Jack will likely arrive at the southern part of the Demon Realm in about a week. Yes, this is a crucial pre-war strategic meeting! Everyone present is responsible for defending against the adventurers. If you don’t want to lose your life while fighting the adventurers, participate attentively in the meeting and stay focused!"

Shami explained the situation to everyone, speaking with great seriousness.

"I understand the urgency of the situation, but why is a humanoid race allowed to participate in this meeting?!"

The Elf Maiden curiously pointed at Theo, who was sitting nearby.

"Hmph, don’t underestimate the bond between me and Shami. I’m someone who can entrust my back to Shami!"

"Who would care about your life or death at a critical moment?!"

"Usefulness at its best. Maybe you’ll draw a lot of fire then."

Shami interrupted the Elf Maiden and Theo’s argument.

"Rest assured, Lord Shami, the southern defenses are handled by our Minotaur Tribe. I just trained a ten thousand-strong Pure Love Expeditionary Force, not to be underestimated."

"But Jack’s adventurer guilds and the leaders of these guilds still need to be dealt with by us. Leaving overly powerful adventurers to the Minotaur Warriors will only lead to unnecessary casualties."

The Dragon Race Maiden analyzed the situation.

"But a force of ten thousand bulls against more than two thousand people still gives us an advantage."

"No, that’s just the number of adventurers. If Jack arrives with the support of several kingdoms, it won’t just be three thousand adventurers but potentially tens of thousands of human soldiers..."

Shami propped up his chin with his hands, stating the most likely scenario.

Jack’s journey from the Fess Kingdom to the Demon Realm passes through several kingdoms. If the kings of these kingdoms show support, they won’t just face the adventurers but also the kingdom armies.

This is true warfare.

"I estimate the eastern kingdoms don’t have the mood to meddle in such matters," Kalu said, scratching his chin.

"Hmm?"

Everyone looked at Kalu.

"Did everyone not know?" Kalu replied with a slightly surprised glance at everyone, "Did Mr. Buwana not tell you? Oh, sorry, Mr. Buwana asked me to relay a message, and I almost forgot."

"The culprit is you, Kalu!"

"After learning that the Outerworld Hero plans to attack the Demon Realm, Mr. Buwana, worried that a kingdom might provide forces, took over ten thousand Goblin Knights to the borders of the Fess Kingdom, Aoja Kingdom, and Wus Kingdom. Now, each kingdom is troubled over whether to start a war with the goblins."

"Mr. Buwana also asked me to tell Lord Shami: Please hold out for half a year. If the Demon Realm falls in six months, you can choose any of the eastern kingdoms of Aireland to rebuild the Demon Realm."

Everyone was dumbfounded.

The goblins are formidable, single-handedly stalling several eastern kingdoms!

No, this isn’t just attracting fire; it’s about dominating the entire eastern Aireland Continent!

"Then, what about the Ispar Kingdom?"

"Mr. Buwana left a thousand goblin cavalry to surround the capital of the Esper Kingdom, but the Esper Royal Family has lost the nerve to come out."

Bang!

The meeting table echoed loudly as Shami slapped it with his right hand, letting his inner joy show outwardly.

No wonder, resurrected by him and Lureya, these goblins could directly be groomed as the next Demon King!

"Excellent! Since Buwana has helped contain the kingdom armies, that leaves us with only one target—the adventurer guilds!"

Without the human armies, the first major assault the demon race will face is only the three thousand or so adventurers led by Jack.

Shami began assigning tasks to the Demon Envoys and demon officers, preparing for his destined battle.