Volume 1 Chapter 18 (1/2)

It was decided that I would participate in a simplified war against [Wind] Demon Lord Stolas as part of a show.

We were given a private room right now so that we could prepare.

Although it was called a private room, it was ridiculously vast to the point that it ranged in the thousands of meters, without any sky or walls. We were in a white dimension separated from the world.

In here were myself; the subordinates I rely upon, Tenko, Elder Dwarf, and Ske-san; and as my parent, one of the strongest Demon Lords, [Beast] Demon Lord Marchosias.

“Ok, let’s build a Dungeon, shall we? Being able to build one for free isn’t so bad, is it?”

“I thought you’d be tensed, Procell, but it seems like that’s not the case; I’m relieved. You should just try out all sorts of things and see what they do.”

Since this was but a show, both of us had little to lose.

The rules were simple.

Within an hour, we were to construct our Dungeon and deploy our monsters.

And after both of us were transferred to the entrance of the other’s Dungeon, the fighting will commence.

One side would be declared the winner if they were the first to destroy the enemy’s crystal found in the innermost part of the Dungeon.

However, we were limited to the provided 10,000 DP. One’s own DP pool was not accessible for the moment.

But the rules also said that it was possible to bring in other properties of ours other than DP. These meant we could bring our monsters.

We were allowed to spend the DP supplied to us as we saw fit but any excess DP as well as the Dungeon we had made would be returned after the [War].

Furthermore, it seemed like any monsters to fall in this fight would be revived afterwards.

“The [Time] Demon Lord, Dantallian, huh.”

By the Creator’s command, the Demon Lord called Dantalian took part in this [War].

He had the ability to make time rewind up to three hours ago for everything within his barrier.

And so, the battle phase’s time limit was two hours.

In short, time was rewound by the end so any monster death shall be reversed.

Moreover, things like our memory of the battle, and the DP and experience obtained by killing monsters would be left intact.

I had no doubt that [Time], in terms of both the abilities it gave to its Demon Lord as well as the abilities of its medals, was of the strongest class.

I wanted to somehow get ahold of one.

“Alright, what kind of Dungeon do you plan on making?”

Marcho was here to support me whom had no experience in making a Dungeon.

“I already have an idea. [I shall compose]”

I recited the words of power and the Demon Lord book appeared.

I then opened it and looked at the page containing entries about Dungeon making.

“First of all, the Dungeon will be of the cave-type.”

For the exterior, I chose it to be some kind of mundane cave.

I selected so for one reason only; it was cheap.

I filled the white room with a mountain’s worth of soil and thus completed the cave.

The hole of the cave was dark, as if it was saying it went on forever.

A Demon Lord’s Dungeon was on another dimension so how it appeared outside had nothing to do with how vast it was inside.

“Yeah, you gotta save up wherever you can. You can pay attention to a Dungeon’s exterior once you’ve saved up some DP.”

“I wonder about that. What about for attracting adventurers?”

“…Are you really a beginner?”

What I was talking about was the part where the Dungeon attracts in some humans.

Like, for example, a certain castle-type Dungeon where humans believe they could get things like treasures while also being able defeat some monsters.

So one had to also pay attention to the Dungeon’s exterior especially for a new and unknown Dungeon.

“Well, this Dungeon will only be used for this [War] so I guess it doesn’t really matter. Now, let’s make a vicious Dungeon!”

It was a disposable Dungeon so it’s only purpose was to murder the enemy.

Originally, my plan was to make a Dungeon where humans would have a fair amount of happiness and income but I didn’t have to worry about such things right now.

I only had to worry about annihilating my enemies. That and only that.

“Fufu. That’s the right attitude. All the Demon Lords are watching this show, you know. Take this opportunity to show them your might, [Creation] Demon Lord Lolicell!”

Marcho grinned and giggled.

“………Marcho, what the heck did you just call me?”

“Yeah, huh, what’s the matter Procell? Hey, there’s not much time left. Next on the list is the interior. You’re limited to only a floor for this [War]. It’s going to be a simple Dungeon but that just makes it all the more difficult to build. So, use your head!”

This girl… she definitely said that on purpose.

Later on, I’ll make a monster that wasn’t a loli and make her realize how wrong she is.

But when I turned my head, casually, at my cute monsters, I looked at their eyes full of expectation on whether the Dungeon would be fun.

They were so cute. I wanted to hug them. Fine, I guess don’t mind being Lolicell.

“Ahem, let’s build the Dungeon, shall we?”

A Demon Lord’s Dungeon was composed of three rooms per level.

Each time 10,000 DP was paid, the number of levels the Dungeon had increases but the crystal room would always be in the last room of deepest level.

Considering an imitation medal was 500 DP, this was relatively much more expensive.

“Procell, when buying rooms found in your book, remember that the more complex the terrain and the more traps it has, the more expensive it becomes. Adding in magical components will have the tendency of making it even more expensive.”

I flipped the pages as I listened on Marcho’s tips.

It was exactly as she said.

The cheapest was an empty field. It was exactly as it sounded, a terrain with nothing on it. It could be bought for 500 DP.

The next cheapest was a stone room. A room whose floor, walls, and ceiling was made with nothing but stone. For 1000 DP.