Bring Down the Ancient Aerial Fortress! 2

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<Ihihi, ihihihi! Feast, huh, thats good, its certainly a feast! The souls of humans will be served, and well devour them all! Ihihihihihi!>

The Great Evil Spirit, Engee Albitt, apparently liked Megzams phrasing and laughed loudly in his high-pitched voice.

<But, partner, dont misunderstand! Massacring all the humans in this city and devouring their souls! Itll be very pleasant, but thats just the beginning of the feast!>

And then, while laughing, he started talking about his terrifying plan!

<After we devour all the souls around here, well casually destroy other towns, and then storm Sardisann! Ive told you many times, havent I? You remember, dont you!? >

Ah to get back Partners other masterpiece, right?

<Thats right, thats right, exactlyyyy! Then youll be invincible! If we add Soul Devourers soul absorption mechanism to that, whats born will be the strongest unit, capable of infinite growth! Well use it to kill and devour all living things, and then Ill become a transcendent being, capable of devouring even gods!>

Engee screamed in his high-pitched voice, which only Megzam could hear.

Becoming a transcendent being.

That is the true goal of this Worlds Weakest Calamity, the Great Evil Spirit, Engee Albitt!

But Megzam has heard this plan countless times.

So, with slight irritation, he said.

You talk too much.

And with just those words, he cut off Engees long speech.

His hands were trembling slightly.

Megzam just wants to kill people with this aerial fortress, Soul Conqueror, as soon as possible.

He wants to devour souls, quickly.

After escaping from that underground ruin, he used the magic sword Soul Devourer to kill many people and devour their souls.

Merchants he encountered on the road, villagers living peacefully, adventurers with the flame of justice burning in their hearts, and even his former colleagues who didnt know their place.

He was completely addicted to the pleasure he felt every time he devoured a soul.

Hes now so dependent on killing soul-eating that hed try to kill anyone he sees if Engee wasnt there to stop him.

<Ihihi, oh, sorry about that! Well then, shall we begin right awayyy!?>

As soon as Engee said that.

The floor in front of Megzam opened silently and a panel with various colored buttons, blue, red, green, etc., rose up.

Its a control panel!

<Now, Partner! First, press the blue round button!>

Megzam is starving for souls.

With bloodshot eyes, without any hesitation, he pressed the blue round button, as he was told.

Click.

A pleasant, clicky feel.

But.

Nothing happened.

HEEEEEEEYYYY! ENGEEE, YOUUU BASTAAAAARD! NOTHINGS HAPPENINGGGG!!!

Megzam, enraged by that alone, stomped his feet on the floor while sitting on the throne, and screamed!

<Ihihi, calm down, calm down, Partner! Look at this!>

But the Great Evil Spirit was unfazed by his anger.

Laughing nonchalantly, he popped up a screen on the display.

Its some kind of diagram showing the aerial fortress, Soul Conqueror.

And from that diagram a red circle, generated from Soul Conqueror as its center, was gradually expanding outwards, the process displayed in real-time.

<This red circle is the Soul Absorption Barrier!>

Soul Absorption Barrier, you say?

Megzam glared at the diagram with bloodshot eyes.

<To put it simply, any living being that dies inside this circle will have its soul absorbed by Soul Conqueror! Without this, the souls of those who die in this world, except for geniuses like me, are automatically reincarnated by that system operated by that idiot Alogoros! Its an essential step for us to deliciously devour souls! Even though you cant see it, its a very important barrier! Of course, this Soul Absorption Barrier generator was invented by me, the Great Inventor of the Century, Engee Albitt!! Ihihi, as expected of me, a genius even before death! Ihihihihihi!>

Thats why! You talk! TOO MUCHHHH!!!

Megzam, spitting, stomped his feet on the floor, cutting off Engees self-praise.

Engee loves himself.

If you let him brag, hell never stop.

<Ihihi, well then, Partner now press the red square button.>

Engee, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his voice from Megzams anger, instructed him on the next operation.

Click. When he pressed the designated button, what popped up on the display next was a vertical red bar-like display.

Next to the bar was a number, starting from 0, and as the red bar extended upwards, the number kept increasing.

<This is the Red Magical Beam Cannon! Its like a beam cannon! Remember the red light slash function of Soul Devourer? To put it simply, its an enhanced version of that!! When the number reaches 100, its ready to fire!!>

Ooooh!

Megzam, his heart pounding, stared at the red bar that continued to extend upwards, his eyes bloodshot.

He couldnt wait.

He wants to fire that Red something at the royal capital!

Megzam is currently burning with the desire to kill.

So he cant wait he really cant wait!

<Ihihi, Partner! Wait patiently, okay? While we wait, I think Ill give a speech!!>

After saying that, Engees presence near Megzam suddenly faded.

And then.

<<<IHIHIHIHIHI!!!>>>

Engees laugh echoed throughout the Ashgo Kingdoms royal capital!