Volume 8 Chapter 19 (1/2)

~???'s Point of View~

”Is the intelligence gathering going well? The previous defeat against the anomaly that is Procell has shown… that we have vastly underestimated his power. We will not be making that mistake again. We shall be investigating him down to the littlest detail, exposing all he has to us. And then, we crush him.”

The Demon Lord leading the anti-Procell alliance asked so to his subordinates.

The five Demon Lords that gathered here were all relatively young. The oldest would only be at around a hundred years old. As such, their ambition was still at the peak.

The youngest among them was actually their leader. He was a humanoid Demon Lord that wore an elegant obsidian-black mantle.

It might seem odd for the youngest to be at the top, but he wasn't actually himself.

This was an open secret to the group.

A few days ago, he had fought and defeated a certain Great Demon Lord. In accordance to the stipulation of their fight, he inherited everything that belonged to that Great Demon Lord. In exchange for that though, his identity, his very being was snatched away.

This was of course all part of the Great Demon Lord's schemes. That Great Demon Lord had the ability to make anyone his new vessel by looking at them directly.

However, this situation was also not ideal for the Great Demon Lord. At best, it was tolerable.

Originally, he wanted [Creation] Demon Lord Procell to be his new vessel, but due to several unforeseen failures, he did not have much choice but to use the spare.

Moreover, he had lost all functions of his Unique Skill except for one.

Still, because the spare had an A rank medal, a strong body, a useful ability, and, above all, allowed him more time, he couldn't really complain.

”I shall now commence with the report. It seems like our sworn enemy is improving his war potential everyday……at a terrifying pace.”

[Ice] Demon Lord Crocell read out loud the report.

”Of note are the number of the powerful golems that we had encountered in the war against the [Beast] Demon Lord as well as the number of the B rank dragons that unleashes powerful explosives from above. It seems the B rank dragons are being produced via [Maelstroms] now. It cannot be stressed enough how dire the situation is.”

”We already know those things. The question is, is there any way to counter them?”

The other Demon Lords remained quiet.

Procell's golems were unfair, to say the very least.

Normally, they held power equal to an A rank monster—which was absurd enough—but for a limited time, they could exhibit power equal to even an S rank monster. Just to handle one full-powered golem, they would need to allocate perhaps at least 5 average A rank monsters.

”As long as those golems continue to be produced, we do not stand a chance. It is of utmost importance that we crush their production line.”

According to their investigations, the Avalon-Ritters, the aforementioned powerful golems, were being produced at a rate of four per month. That was very roughly equal to 20 A rank monsters a month.

As if that wasn't enough, Procell also produced Mithril Golems that came equipped with powerful weapons called heavy machineguns. These Mithril Golems were produced at the rate of 20 per month. Assuming that each machinegun-wielding Mithril Golem was as strong as three A rank monsters, it would take about 7 A rank monsters to match all of the 20 made in a single month.

Adding it all, at least 27 A rank monsters were required to deal with a month's worth of golems made by Procell.

Meanwhile, the [Synthesis] of two A rank medals only had a 2/3 chance that the outcome would be an A rank monster. So, even a Demon Lord that produced an A rank medal would have, on average, only 4 A rank monsters per year.

”Without even using a single A rank medal, he can build up 6 years' worth of war potential in just a month in the form of those blasted golems. And that's not even factoring in his genuine S rank monsters yet!”

The reason behind Procell's suddenly large war potential was that a good number of it didn't need medals to be made.

And because of that, the anti-Procell faction saw the need to conspire together and nip Procell in the bud. If given even just a few years, Procell could become an unstoppable force.

”With all due respect, it isn't just the golems we have to contend with; his dragons as well. That explosive magic they fire from high in the sky is more powerful than an A rank monster's advanced magic.”

The [Ice] Demon Lord spoke again.

Procell's Darkness Dragons were strong, both in terms of stats and skills. Outshining even that though was their wide-ranged, high-powered aerial bombing. It was just ridiculous that a B rank monster could fire off such an attack.

”They are a threat, yes, but one that we have an easy countermeasure for. We just have to shoot them down before they drop their explosive attack. His dragons are of the darkness and undead attribute. That means they are twice as weak against an attack of the holy attribute. Even holy-attribute C rank monster should be able to swiftly take them down. Fortunately, we have [Maelstroms] that produce holy-attribute cranes. On top of our monsters being able to take down the dragons in a one on one fight, our monsters also outnumber them. Clearly, there is no need to be wary of them.”

Monsters that had either the darkness or undead attributes had great power, but that came at the cost of being vulnerable against monsters of the holy attribute.

Procell's Darkness Dragons had both and were thus even more vulnerable against the holy attribute.