The Anti-Intellectualism Demon King’s World Invasion

Chapter 53. World Collision -Seventh- 2

Victory and defeat are not determined solely by the world’s stats.

That being said, Vein’s world has a stat of 590,000 points, while Mukite’s world has a stat of 160,000 points, roughly a fourfold difference.

Even with a fourfold difference, if the stats were skewed, it might be a different story. Even with a lower total score, if the 〈Military〉 is comparable or even superior, it would be a fight worth trying.

However, unlike Mukite, who intentionally balanced the stats to around 20,000 points each, Vein has a 〈Life〉 score of 240,000 points and a 〈Military〉 score close to 160,000 points.

If you think about it logically, it’s impossible to win with just simple combat.

However, in terms of technology, Mugite is four times more advanced than Bine, in culture, it’s twice as advanced, and in politics, it’s more than 200 times more advanced compared to Bine’s world, which can’t even reach 100.

Although a third of that politics was wiped out in one magical blow, it still had a much more stable system, culture, and high technology compared to Bine.

Thinking that way, Mugite could put up a better fight rather than losing helplessly.

And if they aimed for the gaps, it was possible to ‘lose decently’ or ‘threaten the opponent.’

Anyway, if you look at it coldly, Mugite had no chance of winning, but from Bine’s perspective, who had to keep winning, it was more important how the opponent lost and how they dealt with their own creatures.

In that sense, Mugite’s world, which had balanced all abilities evenly, was an excellent sample.

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Dimensional gate stage. Bine’s strategy always starts with Bisyakits and Surikamchi. They begin by throwing a few candies into the enemy world.

The scattered candies start killing people, livestock, or wild animals in the enemy ecosystem with deadly body slams from the outskirts, and instead of dying themselves, they start to proliferate by eating the enemies.

Surikamchi, which is a normal creature except for being a bit stronger than usual, flies and scouts the enemy world from the sky. This scout is extremely competent, and its stability is high because it’s rare for a world to secure air superiority.

And Bisyakits, which are deployed for initial suppression, actually have poor eyesight, so they get a bit lost when thrown into the enemy world. This is because they only inhabit near the Nectar Lake and have no evolutionary reason to have good eyesight.

So they find the enemy by smell. Bisyakits’ sense of smell can detect mystery, usually strong individuals or those who harbor mystery.

At some point, the proliferated candies swarm and attempt body slams on all living creatures in the enemy world, Surikamchi catches and eats livestock and wild animals, and sometimes attacks people, while Bisyakits just enter the city and eat the strongest and main individuals who should become the main force.

This is the first stage. Players who can’t stop this first stage are just at the bottom tier. In other words, if you’re not at the bottom tier, you can get past the first stage.

Mugite’s world was not so weak as to collapse at the first stage.

First of all, surprisingly, the candies were the easiest to deal with.

“Everyone, shake the poles and bait!”

Candies do not rely on sight. Instead, they react to the vibrations and movements of living creatures. Their jelly-like bodies have an extremely sensitive sense of vibration.

So the opponent simply shook poles with bait or rang bells or drums made of instruments to disrupt the candies’ aim.

This was a flaw that even Bine didn’t think of, as the opponent not only had high technology but also generally high intelligence and dexterity of the species, which were similar to monkeys (though they had tails, so they weren’t apes).

These monkey-like humans, as they should be called, moved nimbly, attracted attention with sound, and effectively responded to the candies’ mad rampage by shaking poles.

Thanks to their technological prowess, they had quite sturdy shields, and thanks to their well-trained army, the candies were easily controlled. And whether it was due to their good senses or magic, they also succeeded in controlling the scattered candy larvae with steady effort.

And in the case of Bisyakits, they responded with a straightforward method.

“Heroes! Slay that monstrous bird!”

【Yes!】

The existence of high culture implies the existence of heroic individuals.

Bisyakits are indeed monstrously strong creatures, but they are just powerful animals. They clearly lack the basic abilities to defeat heroic individuals with special traits and powerful mysteries.

And Mugite’s world had a ‘hero unit.’

There were as many as 13 unique heroic individuals. And leading them was not just a heroic individual but an epic symbol representing the species.

A single hero could easily overwhelm a Bisyakit, and an epic-level entity, being a warrior type that focused all its growth on combat power, could literally tear apart three or four Bisyakits with punches, tails, and kicks.

In addition, there were those in charge of magic attacks, politics, and religion. There were three more epic-level entities, all possessing formidable combat power, so the first stage could be passed smoothly by reorganizing the system.

“We did it! It’s a victory for the heroes!”

With the revelation that the heroes’ strength could defeat the nightmarish Bisyakits, morale rose overall.

As a result, the Bisyakits, who knew no strategy other than to charge blindly, were torn apart by the powerful entities of the enemy world.

“But they are truly formidable and resilient monsters. How many of these beasts is the enemy world raising?”

There are hundreds being raised in the Nectar Lake. Due to ecological control, they can’t all be released at once, but more than ten can be sent continuously every month.

And the scout Surikamchi, who tried to attack the livestock, was hunted down by archers with bows or slingers.

In the world of Mugite, there are no monsters, but due to its pre-modern nature, there are some thieves targeting livestock. The archery and slinging skills practiced against them have shown quite useful results.

Mugite deployed his entire army across the regions to prevent human and property damage caused by the three types of evil species. His people still trust the gods completely.

Even if nightmarish monsters rampage, it is natural for the enemy’s soldiers to invade during a world collision… The unrest was brief, and the “political” value quickly recovered.

And a few days later, Yog-Tosos once again tore through the dimension and performed that awe-inspiring show that terrified everyone.

But even if the first performance was shocking, the same show twice would not work.

Of course, countermeasures were prepared.

【The blessing of the bees and the flower field is with us!】

The strongest creation in the world of Mugite. The 7th level flower spirit ‘Tademoira’. Its body is made of flowers and plant stems, as if trimmed by a landscaper, and its appearance is more of a faceless plant type than the mainstream monkey species, exuding the aura of a transcendent being.

Born in the vast aerial garden that was the first land, Tademoira brings happiness to all just by wandering through fields and cities with the fresh scent of spring grass and flowers.

In short, it is the guardian deity of agriculture, horticulture, and culture in this world. By combining the creations of the desert player who raised spirits with the original creations, it was promoted to a legendary level and blessed the entire world.

Last time, Yog-Tosos cast a spell unexpectedly, so it couldn’t be stopped, but Tademoira, though not as good in combat as Yog-Tosos, is not inferior in “power” and “magic”.

The large-scale mystery unfolded by Tademoira successfully defended against Yog-Tosos’s overwhelming mental attack.

【You scoundrel! How dare you interrupt the great Yog-Tosos’s event!】

Yog-Tosos, whose repeat performance failed, was furious but had no choice. Most of the resources were consumed just by opening the dimensional gate wide at this stage.

In the end, it could only retreat for now. The world of Mugite cheered, but Mugite’s expression was not bright.

“Tademoira. Are you exhausted?”

【Huff. Huff. No. It’s for protecting the world, so this much is nothing.】

The gap is too wide. Although it was blocked for now, Yog-Tosos clearly had more means at its disposal, while Tademoira barely managed to defend with all its might.

There is no chance of winning in a direct confrontation. After all, Tademoira is a creation for agricultural support, not a combat creation. Mugite quickly began gathering resources to train an army.

So, explaining it this way, it seems like Bine’s pressure had no effect. Everything that could be deployed in the first stage was blocked.

But, there was a trap here.

“How do we strike back…?”

The fact that they completely subdued the first stage by mobilizing all the power of heroes, soldiers, and the system means, conversely, that there are no resources left for a counterattack.

In other words, they are just being beaten unilaterally.

With this, they cannot achieve a ‘good defeat.’ At the very least, they should either press the opponent back or defend more successfully to make the opponent use more resources.

And a few weeks later, the Vein, who had estimated the opponent’s world, naturally entered the second stage.

“The dimensional gate is opening again!”

“Everyone, prepare!”

The ground forces expected that dreadful [Candy] to come out.

Thinking so, the Mugite legion, waiting near the dimensional gate with long-range troops, was bewildered to see a crude-looking creature with multiple legs attached to a round cylinder emerge from it.

In front of the cylindrical body were four bizarre eyes and a huge jaw. They didn’t know it, but the Vein called it a [Carnivorous Bread].

“Uh, anyway, attack!”

The [Bread] creatures’ bodies were all made of metal. Arrows had no effect, and slingshot stones posed some threat but were not enough to bring them down.

“What? What? Block it!”

And the running speed of the Carnivorous Bread was a whopping 45 km/h. Homo sapiens couldn’t escape.

Their monkey-like species was no different. As the Carnivorous Bread broke through the rain of arrows and stones and began to bite the limbs of their archers, they called for close combat soldiers.

“Bring the swords!”

They were unlucky. Of all things, they made their weapons thin and sharp like swords. It would have been better if they had made hammers.

When they swung the swords at the leather, there was a clanging sound, and the swords broke. They had never heard of a creature with a body made of steel, but these damn Carnivorous Breads persistently tore apart the archers’ limbs.

And along with these Carnivorous Breads, Carnivorous Puddings, which could be wounded by swords and arrows but ran at a speed of 55 km/h, climbed and leaped over 2 meters, and tore people apart with their tentacles, began to attack the villages.

Of course, the forces of Biscuits, Candy, and Repairers were still being deployed continuously.

“Ahhh!”

Mugite screamed. It didn’t matter that the army was getting hurt by the charge of the monstrous creatures.

The problem was the civilian casualties. Tademoira was holding on by healing and protecting civilians with his mystery, but as the creatures infiltrated the village and began to slaughter civilians mercilessly, the ＜Politics＞ score visibly plummeted.

When public sentiment drops, a total societal collapse will eventually occur. Mugite had to urgently deploy all the reserve forces and untrained soldiers to punish the monsters that had infiltrated the village.

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A horrific situation. Just two dimensional gates caused significant civilian casualties. The life score dropped by more than 300.

The more dreadful thing was that a few days later, another dimensional gate opened.

A few days later, another.

A few days later, another.

And a few days later, another…

There was a set period for opening the dimensional gates, and the number was specified. Wasn’t divine power required to exceed that number?

This ‘Vein’ madman seemed to have infinite divine power, pouring out endless evil species.

“How do we stop this?”

It was truly a mind-numbing situation. Honestly, even Biin and Mugite thought it would end here, unable to hold out any longer.

But then.

“Huh? Wait a minute, what’s happening to my jellies?”

“Hmm? Why are those abominations acting like that?”

At some point, the jelly-like creatures that crossed the dimensional gate started convulsing and collapsing. Even the Gamchi couldn’t function properly, panting heavily before crashing and dying.

“What the?!”

“What?”

And then, the strongest creation in the world of Mugite, the flower spirit Tademoira, brought incredible news.

【My creator! We have succeeded! We have created a plant that disperses pollen which disrupts the life activities and flow of those abominations!】

“What did you say…?”

They say that even a dying nation has one master craftsman.

Tademoira, a non-combat creation that supports agriculture and culture, had an astonishingly high intelligence stat.

Although the god didn’t specifically command it, Tademoira realized that the creatures of the enemy world evolved from a specific species and that their metallic genetic makeup was identical. Creating a plant that disperses deadly pollen to the entire species was not too difficult for Tademoira, who possessed the legendary trait of the 『Spirit of Flowers and Horticulture』.

“How come there’s not a single easy opponent?! Why did we have to encounter a world with a legendary creation specializing in breeding among so many worlds?!”

“It’s a miracle! A miracle…! Send these plants beyond the dimensional gate immediately!”

The pollen and seeds of the plants created by Tademoira began to be frantically introduced into Biin’s ecosystem through the dimensional gate.

As they absorbed the nectar, cream, and syrup abundant in the world, they germinated, grew rapidly, and spread pollen, causing the jelly-like creatures to die en masse.

“I never expected the enemy to use a strategy of destruction through plants. Biin, what’s the next strategy?”

“Just our luck…!”

They were already elite, having made it through the round of 64 tournament. Although their stats were low, the enemy wouldn’t go down easily.

In short, the game wasn’t over yet.