Volume 2 Chapter 9 (2/2)

“Yes, I came to get you guys. I have, without incident, built my dungeon… rather, my city.”

“That’s splendid. I will do by best for the new city.”

Wight declared so with a motivated voice as he did his usual elegant bow.

“Has the work I asked you to do advanced smoothly?”

“It has. While my lord has been away, the Dwarf Smiths and the Golems have carried out the mining with all their might.”

The reason why I didn’t bring Wight along was because I had entrusted him to supervise all the work that involved the monsters that remained.

The minerals that could be gotten from a [Mine] was relative to Demon Lord’s level and Marcho was a first-class Demon Lord so the minerals from her [Mine] were first-class too. These minerals included Mithril, Orihalcum, and Adamantium.

I wanted to get the best possible materials as much as possible since the best ones that could be gotten from my [Mine] at my current level was mithril.

On top of being able to continue mining without sleeping, the Golems were strong. Meanwhile, the Dwarf Smiths were able to pinpoint the best mining spots. For these reasons, they were able to mine with great efficiency.

“How about the other one?”

“It too went well. If you’ll follow me this way.”

I did as he said and followed him.

The place he guided me to was a building that we were using as a storehouse.

In there, the Skeletons silently worked. Since they were able to do detailed work because of Wight, I tasked them to build explosives. They mixed some chemicals I made using [Creation] with the minerals processed by the Dwarf Smiths.

The recipe itself was made by Elder Dwarf and was simplified as much as it could be so that even the Skeletons could make them. That way, the bombs would be lighter and in greater numbers than if made via [Creation]. A larger number of bombs meant it could be used not only for defense but also for offense.

I built my city in order to make use of the humans’ happiness but the ones that would live in my city wouldn’t be able to fight so I understood that a great deal of money, power, and blood were needed in order to achieve peace.

“You did well, Wight. I can do my best thanks to your efforts.”

He didn’t stand out but he was helpful in a lot of places.

He was the leader of the bottom half of my monsters. They, not just the Undead monsters, looked up to him. He effortlessly managed to coordinate them while I was away.

“I am undeserving of such praise. I simply obey your commands, no matter what it might be.”

“Are you sure you should be saying that? I might order you to do something absurd, you know.”

“That’s not possible. If it’s my wise lord’s order, it surely could be done. Should I fail at carrying it out, I have nothing to blame but my own incompetence. And so, I hope to live up to your expectations.”

Really now, after saying such things like that, he put a lot of pressure on me, didn’t he? That pressure though, was something I didn’t mind having.

After the crow monster finished drawing the Transfer magical array, the array glowed which meant that we could now use it to instantly transfer to the array back at my city.

“Wight, that crow monster is my new… ally, in a certain meaning.”

“Yes, I get what you’re trying to say. We shouldn’t let our guards down around that one.”

“You understood what I meant?”

“Yes, I have spent time with a lot of Undead monsters so reading the subtleties of anyone’s emotions is a specialty of mine.”

“I see. It’s certainly true we shouldn’t let our guards down around the crow monster but it has a convenient ability so let’s make use of it.”

Wight was truly excellent. So excellent in fact, that I sometimes have feelings of regret. He was a commander of my forces but his own fighting capabilities weren’t so great: he was a static-leveled B rank monster and could therefore not grow any further than that. I had thought more than once on whether I should have made like Kuina and the others.

…And now, I had the power to do just that within my hands.

“My lord, forgive me but I there’s something I wish to say to you. I like the way I currently am. It might be conceited of me but I trust that I could live up to your expectations. And, besides, there are things I could do that your girls couldn’t so even if this body is weak, I shall not lament over it.”

“……You can read not just the monster’s minds but mine as well?”

“It’s because I am trying really hard to understand my lord whom I adore and respect.”

My heart grew a little lighter and I wanted to ask him all the more.

“But what if it could all be redone? I can only do it twice but I can re-do a monster’s [Synthesis] with their memories intact. It’s a power I got from the Creator. If you want, I can remake you into a strong monster just like Kuina and the others.”

It was the power I got from the Creator as a special bonus.

It allowed me to transform a target, after gaining their consent, into a medal. Furthermore, if this medal was used in Synthesis, the target’s memories prior to turning into a medal could be passed on.

Should a monster suffer a fatal wound, I could revive it by temporarily turning it into a medal.

Of course, it was possible to not only to save the one that suffered a fatal wound but to also remake and strengthen them.

However, I could only do so twice.

I thought that it was alright to use one of those two times on Wight.

“That will be unnecessary. I’m repeating myself but I like the way I currently am. And that’s why, my lord, please do not use that power for me.”

“But…”

“It’s alright. However, if in case you were put in harm’s way and pass away due to my inability to protect you, please do use that power. I would not be able to go on living knowing that I’ve failed you, my lord.”

They were such powerful words conveying his loyalty to me.

“Fuu. Sometimes I’m not really sure which of us is the Demon Lord. I’ll be relying on you, Staff officer.”

I stated his exact role rather than referring to him as the leader of the bottom half of my forces.

Even though he wouldn’t be one of my [Monsters of the Covenant], I wanted to show him that I regarded him highly.

I didn’t know whether my sentiments got across to him but his eyes that should have been devoid of anything, especially of emotions, had a fire burning within them.

“I am honored to be assigned such an important role.”

“I’m expecting a lot from you, Wight. And as such, I am issuing you an order right away. Let’s start moving out. Assemble everyone.”

“Yes, my lord!”

And just like that, we transferred as much monsters as the magic array allowed. Those that couldn’t make it waited in a queue. The crow monster was only able to travel back and forth arrays for a total of four times a day. Additionally, a total of only five Golems could be transferred all at once so it was impossible for us to finish our move in a single day but slow and steady was the way.

And so, we had begun to earnestly move out of Marcho’s dungeon.