Volume 9 Chapter 5 (1/2)

~Within [Pig] Demon Lord Agares's dungeon~

[Pig] Demon Lord Agares was laughing loudly.

He didn't think they would succeed in the first try at kidnapping the Elder Dwarf who was the lifeline of [Creation] Demon Lord Procell's war potential.

It seemed to him that his scheme had taken Procell by quite a surprise. That scheme consisted of turning that person's artificial heroes into monster-carrying mules via a different Demon Lord's powers.

Humans were weak, but by training prodigies to their maximum potential, that person was able to make them as strong as average A rank monsters.

The ability to make a human be able to carry monsters was courtesy of a third Demon Lord. The number of monsters that could be put was only a few, but that didn't change the fact that it was a very convenient ability.

This attempt wasn't a serious attempt. It was more for scouting out what Avalon would do in case of an attack.

As such, Agares wasn't excited to use his own monsters in this way.

But then, their target just nonchalantly appeared before them and was easily caught. Despite securing two hero-class adventurers, it ended in an almost anti-climactic way.

”With this, I be number two in alliance. That not all. Elder Dwarf make weapons for my monsters, and we grow even stronger. I happy.”

[Pig] Demon Lord Agares was laughing not just because his strategy was a success, but also because he had obtained war potential in the form of the Elder Dwarf.

Normally, to gain sovereignty over another Demon Lord's monster, the owner must first give consent on the exchange.

However, Agares didn't need to be given such consent. After all, he was the [Pig] Demon Lord: he ravages and defaces anything he wanted, and makes it submit.

And to that end, he didn't stop at just brute force. He had an ability that allowed him to break even a target's mind and control it like a puppet.

”I very grateful to you, Procell. Your stupidity very helpful.”

Agares was growing tired of waiting.

Until halfway through, the raiding monsters were travelling via the other dimension. When they came back to the main dimension and reached a predetermined location, they handed over Elder Dwarf to another set of monsters and made those monsters transport her the rest of the way.

Travelling solely via the other dimension would have been safer, but there was a limit to the distance his monsters could travel within the other dimension. Moreover, transporting in the main dimension was much faster.

They had deemed the meeting point of the two set of monsters to be far enough away from Avalon that there would be no chance of them being found.

Little did they know, however, that that course of action was their downfall.

Had they simply continued to travel via the other dimension, Procell wouldn't have found out who attacked his Avalon.

Because the Elder Dwarf doll—which Agares's monsters mistook to be the real Elder Dwarf—had a limited power source, it was not wise for it to send radio signals unceasingly. So, instead, it sent a signal once every five minutes.

Even though there was a need for Agares's other-dimension-type monsters to resurface once in a while, if they go back to the other dimension right away, it might have already been too late before the Elder Dwarf doll succeeded in transmitting a signal.

But ever since the Elder Dwarf doll was foolishly made to travel in the main dimension, it was able to send signals regularly.

The first time it did, a flying golem departed from Avalon.

This flying golem was one of Avalon's three strongest knights.

This was the white knight that was designed to reign supreme in the sky.

For a golem, it had quite a bizarre form. It was almost like a fighter airplane, given the long, aerodynamic ordnances attached to its armor and wings.

According to the Elder Dwarf, its developer, 'The white knight is going to specialize in aerial combat as well as aerial bombardment, so it has less need of limbs than other golems. Those will just get in the way of them gaining aerial superiority instead of helping'

As such, it had that form and was able to fly at over three times the speed of sound.

Agares's dungeon was 320 kilometers away from Avalon, but the doll's maximum transmitting range was just 200 kilometers.

The Elder Dwarf had anticipated such a scenario and thus dispatched the white knight to fly as fast as it could toward the point where a signal was last sent.

Given the golem's overwhelming speed, it didn't take too long for it to catch up to the monsters that seized the doll. It could have eliminated each of Agares's monsters right then and even possibly retrieved the doll. However, its instructions were to just follow from a very high altitude so as to not get noticed.

After all, the purpose of the white knight wasn't to recover the doll, it was to work in tandem with the doll and identify which Demon Lord attacked Avalon.

And so, completely unaware, Agares's monsters entered their dungeon.

Meanwhile, its mission complete, the white knight began heading toward Avalon posthaste.

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In his great delight upon hearing that his monsters have returned, Agares ordered to bring their captive to his room at once.

Many Demon Lords liked having their own personal rooms. So much so that, out of all the rooms they could make with their [Demon Lord Book], they prepared multiple rooms whose function was solely to satisfy their wants.

As for Agares's room, it was a room of obscene extravagance. It was arranged in such a way that each of the treasures he had obtained was displayed in the loudest possible sense.

And in the very center of the room was a very large, luxurious bed. It was so that he could make use of his ability.

After a short while, his subordinates have brought the Elder Dwarf to the room.

To restrict her movement and make her docile, the Elder Dwarf had been stung with the paralyzing poison of a scorpion-type monster beforehand.

Upon looking at his captive, the [Pig] Demon Lord produced a vulgar smile.

He liked young girls. Especially those that were beginning to transition to adulthood.