Volume 4 Chapter 8 (2/2)

I entrusted Kuina with the two newly born Mythological Foxes. I also made new Dwarf Smiths High Elves—two of each to be exact—and entrusted them to Kuina as well.

Avalon's population have grown recently and with that, so too did the work for Rorono's smithing workshop as well as Aura's orchard. Given that it was a necessary expense anyway and the fact that I had some DP to spare, I bought the new monsters.

Even after that, I still had 12,000 DP remaining.

I decided then to make the monster I was allowed to buy when I used Rebirth on Wight—the darkness dragon Graphross.

By the way, I didn't have any [Creation] medal at the moment to make an intelligence gathering monster of my own. Until then, I decided to expand fighting force.

There was no way I could summon a dangerous looking monster such as the darkness dragon within my city of Avalon without any questions being asked so I moved to the mining area.

”The aerial bombardment corps have proven their usefulness on the last war but the Hippogriffs, I really don't have much confidence in them.”

The Hippogriffs were D rank monsters I was able to buy when I made the B rank Griffon.

When deployed as part of the aerial bombardment corps, their low attack power was compensated for but there still were many issues.

First was that they were slow. Although they could fly in the sky, their speed wasn't anything to write home about when talking about monsters.

Next was that they were weak. It wouldn't matter so much when they are one-sidedly attacking from the sky but against a strong enemy monster that could, in some capacity, fly in the sky as well, the Hippogriffs could hardly compete.

They were also at a disadvantage against monsters that had some form of anti-air attack.

All that said, in the end, they are only D rank monsters.

The darkness dragon Graphross on the other hand is a B rank monster. Furthermore, it's a strong dragon monster capable of flight. Dragon monsters are usually stronger even against monsters of the same rank.

The darkness dragon's fighting capabilities are the real deal. They can pretty much ignore arrows coming from the ground. And, as long as their enemies aren't A rank flying monsters, they're untouchable in the sky.

Furthermore, they can fight on their own even after dropping the bomb they carried.

I was of the thought that if I make an aerial combat unit featuring the darkness dragons, Avalon's fighting strength would skyrocket.

Additionally, to further increase the Avalon-Ritters' effectiveness, I was also thinking of making them cooperate with the air units. The Hippogriffs wouldn't be able to carry out this strategy due to their limited carry weight which in turn was brought by their lack of physical strength.

If this strategy were to be carried out, it may very well overhaul [War] as we know it.

However, it should be noted that I had another important task in mind for the Griffon and Hippogriffs. A task that the darkness dragons wouldn't be able to carry out.

”Anyway, I'll go try making two of them.”

For the aerial combat unit that I was going to form, I wanted it to have at least 10 members but before that, I needed to accurately confirm their usefulness.

”[I Shall Compose]”

I said those words of power and the Demon Lord book appeared in my hand.

When I thought about the darkness dragon Graphross, the pages turned by themselves, only to stop at the corresponding page.

The needed DP for one was 1,200 DP, the standard price for a B rank monster.

By no means was it cheap but as I was at the moment, I could easily afford it.

I then recalled my wish to someday have a [Maelstrom]. Maelstroms could be bought for a hundred times the amount of a particular monster but in exchange, it produces that particular monster once each day. Given three months and a few days, it would have recovered its initial cost and will continue to produce more monsters from then on, making the cost to performance ratio really great.

Basically, how many monsters a Demon Lord could steadily produce—[Maelstroms] or otherwise—determines how well off he is. For example, Marcho has tons of [Maelstroms] that can produce C rank monsters.

My plan was to amass DP to buy [Maelstroms] once my fighting force could be said to be sufficient for most situations. The kind of monsters I could buy at the moment were limited but even among them, my options were excellent, especially the B rank monsters which only I could buy.

”Now come, Darkness Dragon Graphross!”

I paid the required amount of DP and bought a Graphross.

Black particles gathered before me and assembled into the shape of a dragon.

It had four limbs, sharp claws and fangs, a long tail, and jet-black dragon wings that measured 4 meters long.

It was a dragon of darkness that had the Undead attribute.

Upon completion, with eyes filled with hostility, it looked down me, both literally and metaphorically.

”KYAAAAAAAON!”

It roared and the air shook.

Monsters are forbidden to harm their master as well as disobey that master's commands. However, anything in-between was totally allowed.

In other words, a monster with a wild temperament is tough to handle.

Such was surely the case for this one. It completely made light of me.

When I wondered what to do, a man in the prime of his life appeared. He was a demi-human that had a dragon's horns and tail. He was my trusted right-arm man. He was Wight.

”I was on my way to the bread factory but I sensed my lord's presence nearby. But then, here I find an extremely cheeky and unruly youngster. A youngster that must be disciplined. Taking such an attitude toward my lord, unacceptable.”

”Ok, I'll leave his discipline to you, Wight.”

Like that, he looked at the new dragon with cold eyes filled with silent anger.

Currently, Wight was a monster that had a rule over both Undead and dragons.

With him to take care of things, the disciplining of this youngster would probably be over in an instant.

And so, I smiled and silently watched.