The Devil Who Grants Wishes

243 – The Story of a Bug (1)

Keeek!!

“aaah!!”

In a kingdom on a distant continent beyond the reach of the Church of Faust, countless roars are being heard simultaneously.

The roar on one side is the roar made by countless insects. All kinds of pleasures, such as the pleasure induced by slaughter, the exhilaration of satisfying the hunting instinct, and the satiety that comes from satisfying hunger, are all mixed together and erupting in the form of a roar.

Just as lions and tigers see their prey running away with their backs turned, their bodies move automatically out of instinct to follow it, so insects also react spontaneously and roar with joy the more their victims scream.

Talent, benefit from talent…

“You bastards!!”

However, the people who are fighting against those insects are not suffering lightly either. Countless knights, royal wizards, and adventurers join forces to stop the waves of giant bugs.

Insects splatter various types of blood, including red blood, green blood, and blue blood, and die like bugs by turning over on their backs and closing their legs.

“Chief, the bugs are endless!!”

“I know too!! Shut up and just swing your sword!!”

“Ugh… Yes!!”

These bugs are different from demonic beasts or monsters that are changed or created by permeating demonic energy. It is not that difficult to deal with because it is simply something that has become physically stronger due to the seepage of mana.

Of course, the fact that it is not difficult to deal with only applies when there are only a few bugs.

In the current situation, where the corpses of the cut down insects are pushed forward by the insects that follow and crush others to death, the strength of the insects is not such an important issue.

“What on earth is this… Ugh…!!”

The scene where the corpse of a cut insect is pushed forward by the insects that follow and attacks people is very shocking. If someone had watched this scene from afar, they would have thought that the end of the world had come.

No, anyone who is with the waves of insects can feel with their own skin that the end of days has come, even if they are not watching from afar. Of course, the world will not end just because of this, but we can know for sure that the end will come to their lives and lives.

“aaa!!”

“Grigori!!”

And those who know that, one by one, begin to follow the future they know.

Just as the human body cannot withstand a tsunami, all kinds of insect fragments and people who cannot withstand the insect’s momentum are swept away by the waves and disappear. No matter how much you raise your shield, you cannot resist the waves of insects that come over the shield, and no matter how much you spread the shield, the overwhelming mass breaks it.

As the magic-made protective shield cannot withstand, the structures built by humans also suffer the same fate.

Buildings made of wood are natural, and castles made of stone are also shattered as each stone falls out, and the missing stones move on the waves of insects and hit the victims.

“Save me, save me!!”

“I don’t want to die like this!!”

People who are swept away by the waves of all the bugs included in the concept of bugs, regardless of species, starting from praying mantises, ants, bees, caterpillars, earthworms, spiders, grasshoppers, etc., Scream, and while screaming, they make a huge wish. Have

The wish to live somehow.

My wish to escape from this hellish place.

Kwajijik-!!

“Ugh…?”

And those combined wishes eventually become qualified to summon the devil. A demon strong enough to respond to countless wishes.

When the huge lightning struck, the countless waves of bugs quieted down as if they had never happened before. Through the forced pressure from the sky, the insects that had been moving like waves immediately fell to the ground.

Insects do not even have time to scream, their exoskeleton is broken, their internal organs are crushed, and they die instantly.

It’s not just that.

The victims who were swept away by the bugs escaped the waves of bugs in the blink of an eye and were able to escape from that enormous pressure.

“Uh, uh…?”

“Ah, ah…”

People with bug blood and body fragments all over their bodies are just making dumb noises and panicking because they can’t properly grasp the situation.

The only few people who came to their senses stood up using their swords as canes and looked at the being proudly looking down on all of them.

“Who the hell are you? Tsk…”

The moment the knight commander, who received everyone’s implicit gaze, opens his mouth to the unknown person who is backlit by the sunlight on behalf of everyone, something strange happens.

The wide spread wings on the left and right, as if waiting for someone to speak, make everyone who sees them automatically close their mouths.

If the wings had been pure white with pure white feathers, everyone would have cheered with joy because they were reminiscent of an angel with a good image.

However, the wings they see are dark red wings that do not have any feathers and have an appearance similar to that of a bat.

“That is…”

And only then can people clearly see who is in front of them.

Two red horns proudly towering above its head, a noble figure covering its entire body, and two eyes that shine beautifully red like rubies even though they are covered in shadow.

And lastly… Beautiful black hair that shines bright red in the sunlight and a supreme beauty that seems to captivate everyone who sees it.

“Who are you?”

“Lucia.”

I am not asking for your name. She asks a variety of questions, such as what on earth you do and why on earth you saved us, but Lucia only answers her name.

“…Don’t make fun of me. Why did you save us?”

The knight commander barely restrained himself from saying something bad for a moment and politely asked Lucia a question. However, she does not let down her guard against Lucia and is prepared to raise her sword if her work goes wrong.

Lucia, noticing this, frowns as she does not understand why he should be treated like that, but soon gets over it.

Even if an ant sees itself and takes a fighting stance, no one would be frightened upon seeing it.

“You wanted it.”

“Yes?”

“You called me to please save me, and then you asked me why I saved them. I don’t understand.”

Only when they hear a beautiful voice that sweetens their ears do they realize what they have done.

Anyone can see that Lucia is the devil, and the devil appears in response to wishes and receives souls in return for granting those wishes.

And among the people who were swept away by that wave of bugs, there would not have been a single one who had not made a wish to the devil.

No, not at the level of one person. The number of people who wanted to survive by making a wish to the devil must be at least double digits.

“Ugh…!”

Cheolkkeun-

Everyone realized that fact at the same time and was startled, grabbing their weapons and taking a fighting stance. As he came back from the dead just a moment ago, his fighting stance contains no spirit at all.

Even if he didn’t die and come back to life, it wouldn’t have meant much to Lucia because he wouldn’t have been a threat at all.

“…I’m sorry, we-“

Keeek!!

Since no one likes having their soul taken away, the knight leader tried to politely talk to Lucia and ask her to give up receiving her reward and just go home.

However, due to the roar of another insect that followed at that moment, the knight commander was unable to finish his sentence properly.

I turned my head in the direction where I heard a huge roar, and there were so many bugs that they filled the horizon, capturing the attention of everyone here.

A feeling of despair, that they cannot win and that the end will come to pass, passes through the minds of everyone except Lucia.

“…Well, it’s not that great after all. Why does Croquette like this kind of feeling?”

“Yes?”

“I didn’t tell you guys.”

However, even in a space where such despairing emotions swirl, Lucia still remains calm. Even though there are a lot of bugs, they are still just bugs, so there is no sense of crisis in Lucia.

If you’re scared of these bugs, won’t your title as the daughter and companion of the strongest man be tarnished?

No, there is no need to go there in the first place.

Quaaa!!

“Tsk.”

Stretching her hands forward, Lucia releases her magic mines and sweeps away the insects that fill the horizon as if using a broom.

Insects hit by Lucia’s magic mine decompose into powder, and soon even the powder completely disappears and disappears, and not a single blade of grass remains where Lucia’s magic mine passed.

Those who witnessed a miraculous scene, a scene that could only be found in legends, froze on the spot. Instinctively realizing that any resistance is useless.