Volume 8 Chapter 19 (2/2)

So long as there were enough holy monsters, the Darkness Dragons shouldn't be a worry.

”To reiterate, our absolute top priority in our mission to defeat [Creation] Demon Lord Procell is to stop the production of his golems! Now, does anyone have a good idea on how to accomplish this?!”

The leader shouted so.

However, the other Demon Lords only kept their heads down.

None of them had a good idea.

Or so it seemed until a Demon Lord that resembled an orc—a race of big, bipedal pigs—raised his hand.

”I have idea”

”Hoh, you have an idea, do you, [Pig] Demon Lord Agares? Speak then.”

”I investigated. Golems many. But monster making strong golems just one.”

It might not seem like it based on his appearance, but Agares was rather smart. He had used a hero-class human adventurer as a spy rather than sending a monster. Through that, he had found out that the Avalon-Ritters and Mithril Golems were made by just one monster: Rorono the Elder Dwarf.

That analysis of theirs was correct, but to be more specific, Rorono would create a golem core each day and see if it was compatible for the twin-drive system with any of the golem cores she had made previously. If it matched with another core, the pair would be put into an Avalon-Ritter. If it didn't, it would be made into a Mithril Golem until a match could be made.

On average, four Avalon-Ritters were made each month.

By the way, even though the Dwarf Smiths also made golem cores, theirs could only be used for up to C rank equivalent Gold and Silver Golems.

”That monster make not just golems. That monster make weapons Procell's monsters use and explosive dropped by dragons. Procell's war potential, almost thanks to that monster.”

All of the other Demon Lords present were visibly shocked.

Procell's strength came not only from his powerful monsters but also his peculiar weapons called guns.

Until this moment, the Demon Lords in the alliance thought that he had made those weapons through his [Creation]. Nobody ever imagined it was made by his monsters.

Upon hearing this new information and thus seeing Procell's lifeline, the leader laughed maniacally.

”Then, if we kill that monster, the Procell's war potential should be reduced by more than half… but if we were to snatch her away, the powerful golems, those weapons, all of it, we would be able to gain access to those things too.”

”I investigated a lot. I sure. Monster is Elder Dwarf. Name is Rorono. Rorono not just make golems, Rorono also controls. All golems can be stolen. That monster, Rorono, humanoid wench. Tasty.”

”Wonderful! Not only will we finally crush Procell, we will also be able to improve our own war potential.”

When the leader said such things, the other Demon Lords became excited.

Normally, to gain possession of a monster, approval of its current Demon Lord was necessary.

However, [Pig] Demon Lord Agares had a means of snatching away such right of control so long as the monster in question was a humanoid female.

And so, the leader began formulating their strategy to snatch away Rorono and gain Procell's war potential for themselves.

All that being said, they were overlooking four points.

The first was that they gravely underestimated Rorono. The strategy they were making was focused on how to break through Avalon's defenses as though actually taking away Rorono was a foregone conclusion.

They were applying the general perception that production-type monsters were weak to her despite her being an S rank monster, being a [Monster of the Covenant], and having experienced multiple battles and wars already. Such estimation was simply too naïve.

Their second mistake was their belief that the C rank holy birds were enough to take care of Avalon's aerial forces. They arbitrarily concluded that Procell neglected to deal with the Darkness Dragons' weakness.

The third point was that Procell and Rorono themselves recognized that Rorono was Avalon's lifeline and thus have set every possible kind of defense available to them to protect her.

Finally, they misjudged how much love Procell had for his daughters. To him, his daughters were the most important things in the world. If anyone dared to hurt his daughters, he was willing to become the devil and use the inhuman weapon he had prepared but hoped to never use.

Unaware of these four points, the alliance continued to make their plans.

It might not be too far off though for them to be forced to realized their mistakes.

TL note: [Pig] is what I’ve decided for the time being. 【豪] is the one used in the raws. It can translate to tremendous, huge. That kanji uses the radical 豕 which by itself can mean pig. This leads me to think this might be some kind of wordplay that doesn’t translate well. It’s very possible that I’m wrong, but for now, that’s how I’m gonna address Agares. Thanks for your patience.