As soon as the soldiers had all pulled back, my pet army started to get serious, and the battle sounds I had been hearing became one step louder.
I also immediately flew out of the camp, and as I headed to engage with the enemies, I started to increase the amount of magic power in my body.
Among the means of attack I have that would be suitable for fighting against a large number of opponents were the usual water dragons, but… there was no water body nearby.
In such a case, it would be better to use the Spirit Magic "Leviathan", even if it would be a little inefficient.
Although it would also be more efficient if there was water nearby when using that spell, it was still more manageable compared to water dragons which relied heavily on water.
Moreover, if it was the current me, I should be able to deploy at least three of them at the same time, with more power than usual.
"Let's do it with a bang!"
I used magic to speak to the spirits floating around me – spirits that had been chased from their homes in the mountains and forests by the attacks of those insects – and gathered a large number of them in the vicinity.
Oh, there were a lot of them.
If there was someone nearby who could see the spirits, they would be able to see a beautiful dance of light.
The spirits drifting through the air were more than willing to cooperate with me in order to reclaim their home.
I used to feel like I had my hands full of just handling one of them, but now I could handle three of them out at the same time and still have plenty of energy to spare.
"Go on, eradicate the insects! Especially the ones with long legs and many legs, and the ones that move like a rustling insect!"
Those insect Golems, even with their many legs, didn't move around that much, and so following my instructions, the leviathans I created brought devastation upon them.
Their basic attack method consisted of a beam that imitates a [Dragon Breath], and they fight using a variation of small-power beams, high-power beams, and full-power beams.
However, the latter was an attack using the magic power contained within them, so if they used a high-powered beam or a full-powered beam, their bodies would have started to disintegrate within a few seconds in the past, but now my leviathan army had more than enough magic power, so they could replenish it as soon as they used it.
I love this body of mine now that I have become a High Lord.
Even I could tell that I have a surprisingly large amount of magical power to spare.
I already knew that it would be more effective to give magic power to the spirits and have them invoke magic, so I would like to think of new means of attack when I have some free time.
And while the other pets exhibited their firepower at the front, my leviathans wandered around them and fought as if trying to get accustomed to the situation.
My pets had experienced fighting along with my leviathans in Demon Forest many times, so they knew how to fight efficiently along with them.
One after another, the insect golems broke down and shattered.
They tried to target us and fight back, but there was no way for them to defeat us.
"Hahahaha, die, you insects!"
It felt good to watch them all die!
And just as I was feeling good about the sight of the insect golems breaking down like garbage, something unusual happened to the movement of the insects.
First, the insect golems a little behind me began to chirp towards the sky, and as if in resonance, the other insects began to chirp as well.
The chirping continued in a chain.
Soon, the unpleasant chorus became so loud that it shook the space.
"Shut up! What the hell are they doing!"
Change came quickly.
The first thing that happened was a change in the bodies of the insect golems…
Suddenly, the shape of their backs seemingly began to transform. In no time, wings sprouted out from their backs, and the ones that had completed their transformation flew one after the other.
Then, they started gathering in one place.
The final result was a swarm of insect golems that looked as if they had become a single giant creature.
It undulated in the air like a snake and then came straight at me.
They probably knew that I was in command.
"Le, leviathans!! Shoot at them with all your might!!"
Following my instructions, the three leviathans opened their big mouths and let loose beams resembling dragon breath.
The space shivered from the impact.
Because they unleashed their full power, their bodies immediately began to disintegrate, but I prevented that from happening by seriously supplying them with magic power.
The front side of the insect golem swarm was instantly destroyed by the full force of the beam – but without a moment's pause, the hole was filled and repaired by those who emerged from behind and in front of it.
They would be blown away, then immediately repaired, then blown away, then repaired again.
And it seemed that the number of them and the speed at which they filled the holes exceeded our attack power, and they were gradually closing in on us. It was really creepy.
"No, no, stop, don't come this way!!"
My pets continued to chip away at the insect golem swarm with their own means, but…it didn't stop.
I, too, wielded Enne and unleashed a [magic blade] while continuing to supply magic power, and finally, we were able to come to grips with each other.
By all of us attacking with all our strength, our ability to damage and their ability to repair become evenly matched.
"You've got some nerve, you bugs! I'll let you know that you're the ones who will die as if insecticide were poured on you. Disgusting!"
The insect golems suddenly started spraying some kind of acid, which then converged together and blasted right at me like a beam.
The color was gross, and it looked a little sticky, and there was probably a terrible smell…very unpleasant. I saw the splattered liquid fall to the ground and dissolve what was hit.
That Acid Beam forced me to halt my attacks and the bugs started to push forward again.
"Oh crap, why do you guys have to be so precise in trying to traumatize people! Really!! Seriously!!"
It started with ants, then bees, maggots, and litter. And now these insect golems.
Why were these guys so disgusting?
Maybe it was because I didn't like them in particular, but…no, anyone would scream if they were attacked by an insect or a bug of this size, even if it wasn't me.
I was normal. If I had to say something, I would say that this world was weird.
Yes, this world was weird.
The distance between us gradually narrowed.
The amount of my remaining magic power was gradually approaching the danger zone, and I started to break out in a cold sweat because I was struggling more than I thought I would – but this time, on the contrary, the distance slowly widened.
The pressure weakened.
Before I knew it, the swarm had disappeared.
An equal number of massive remnants were left on the deformed earth.
"Fuu, fuu… oh, is it over?"
I looked around the area and checked the map, but no hostile reactions were present nearby.
Somehow, we managed to kill off that army, which would have been more than 10,000 strong for sure.
I probably didn't fight them for very long…but my senses felt like I had been fighting them for much, much longer.
I really wish I could stop fighting these guys.
For now, I let out a sigh of relief when I saw that the bugs were gone right in front of me.
[The queen of those bugs still exists, and if you don't destroy her, she will create more of the same.]
A voice echoed in my mind.
"Eh? …Se, Spirit King… !"
[It's been a while, Oh Lord of Demons…]
There he was, in a familiar, floating robe.
–It was Yg-Drazil, the Spirit King.