Volume 5 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Marcho's dungeon was under attack by several Demon Lords, thus putting her in a dire situation.

Under those circumstances, she had sent her Succubus to warn me to not come help her no matter what. For if I did, it would give the old Demon Lords waging war against her an excuse to attack me, a new Demon Lord, despite the rule prohibiting them from doing so.

I was aware of all that but nevertheless, I decided to help her.

”Succubus, give me some information. Who are the Demon Lords that are attacking Marcho?”

”Why would I even tell you that? Marchosias-sama has sent me here to tell you to remain here. I will not be helping you go against her wishes.”

”It's fine even if you don't say anything. Information is vital to increase our chances of winning even if only by a little but even without any, I will go anyway.”

Succubus grimaced but then began to talk little by little. It seemed that saying I would go regardless of what she would say had made her want to increase my chances of survival.

”The ones attacking Marchosias-sama, they're her, they're composed purely of her own faction. ……there is no doubt that there's someone pulling the strings from behind the scenes but for who that someone is, I don't know. Normally, when attacked and driven into a corner, the allies on the same faction are the ones to rely on but since the allies themselves are the ones attacking us, our options are limited.”

That's troublesome.

Like so, Marcho was forced to fight all on her own.

Even if she was one of the three strongest Demon Lords, this situation was intense.

”The [Time] and [Dragon] Demon Lords aren't included in Marcho's faction, right? Are they aware of the situation?”

”They are. But then again, the three of them have a non-interference agreement. No matter what happens, [Time] and [Dragon] will not help.”

”Okay but I'm still going to meet with them.”

I understood that there was something in between those three but if I wanted to change anything, I had to act.

I wasn't conceited enough to think that I alone could turn the tide of this battle. If I was ever going to help her, I would need the full might of Avalon. All of it. Including the trump card I had been trying to keep secret all this time. This was no time to think of holding back.

I was acting with the intention of using that right from the start. Doing so, however, would leave Avalon defenseless.

For that reason, I wished for [Time] and [Dragon]'s help. If they couldn't help Marcho directly, then perhaps they could help me so that I could help her with all my might. That was the minimum expectation anyway.

”First are the letters.”

I could show up uninvited but I thought it was perhaps better to schedule it.

I summoned the blue bird I got from [Wind] Demon Lord Stolas and the crow I got from [Time] Demon Lord Dantalian. I made each of them carry a letter and then released them to the sky.

Since [Dragon] was Stolas's parent, I asked her to arrange a meeting between us.

”Succubus, tell me frankly, for how long do you think Marcho can hold out?”

”……currently, our side's elites, including the [Monsters of the Covenants], are putting up a good fight. Marchosias-sama's one of the strongest Demon Lords so her ability to hold out a siege is far different than others. She could hold out, at the very least, for seven days.”

”Then, I'm going to assume I have five to deal with the unexpected betrayal of her allies and other unexpected turn of events.”

By my calculations, I had the rest of the next day to finish all negotiations and then only one day for the rest of the preparations. On the third day, we should be heading out to Marcho's dungeon.

”Geez, what a tight schedule.”

In the unfortunate case that no reply arrived, I planned on intruding on [Dragon] and [Time]'s dungeons even without an appointment.

The image of Stolas then crossed my mind.

I wanted to rely on her [Omnipresence] ability. It could only be used once a day but for a fixed amount of time, it could replicate, albeit at a rank lower, the monsters on the same floor she was in. It was a genuine cheat ability.

If that was used on my forces, some of whom were S rank monsters, I would instantly have a large increase in war potential.

……however, that wasn't a possibility since I didn't want to make her a target of the old Demon Lords as well. It was completely outside of my principles as a Demon LordPerson.

”Aura, I'll leave Succubus's treatment to you.”

”Are you going to do something, master?”

”Yeah, some preparations.”

Since there no longer was a Transfer array, we needed to secure a way to get to her dungeon. I'll start from there.

”Rorono, ready that so that it can be used at any time. We're going to take it with us outside so prepare it for travel too.”