Volume 9 Chapter 6 (2/2)

”That won't be necessary. I'm here!”

A beautiful brown-skinned woman with white wolf ears and wolf tail stood there imposingly.

This woman was Marcho, both my guardian and my monster.

”Why are you here?”

”Come on now, don't be so cold. If my precious little sister was in a pinch, why wouldn't I come? Besides, I'm still your monster, aren't I? Wait, what's that, Rorono? Look at that? Hmhmhm, yeah, I recognize this dungeon. This belongs to a kid born, what, fifty years ago. [Pig] Demon Lord, I believe he was called. He's pretty mediocre. Although, there is one thing about him that left quite an impressionon me: the story that went around back then that warned of his ability to cuckold other Demon Lords.”

I couldn't help but smile wryly at the speed we were able to identify the enemy thanks to Marcho.

”What do you mean by cuckold other Demon Lords?”

”Hm? It's just as it sounds like. You see, after that guy has violated a female monster, he gets the right of control over that monster. Quite a dangerous ability, wouldn't you agree? If there was a monster he fancied, he would kidnap it, paralyze it, and then violate it. He might seem stupid, but he's actually sly. According to what I heard, he would even send the monsters he dominated back to their previous Demon Lords so that those monsters could deceive their former allies and get him new monsters to dominate. Quite understandably, he is despised by some.”

How nasty.

Upon hearing Marcho's story, Rorono embraced herself while shaking.

If the enemy was ever successful in abducting her, not only would she have been violated, she would have also been used to abduct Kuina and Aura.

They might have failed, but that intention alone was worthy of a death penalty.

”I'm just gonna ask frankly, who is stronger: me or that [Pig] Demon Lord?”

When I asked Marcho that, she laughed.

”You, without a doubt. There's no way that you, who had rescued even me, could lose to Demon Lords like him.”

”Alright, then we'll begin preparations to deploy at once. Kuina, tell Duke to assemble the attacking force within 30 minutes. Also tell the Dwarf Smiths to ready our defenses.”

”Got it!”

Like that, Kuina dashed away.

”Rorono, please prepare the Avalon-Ritters and the containers we will use.”

”Mhm. Master, may I have permission to also deploy the three knights? I've already done enough practical tests, to be honest, but a chance at actual combat data is just too good to pass up on.”

”If you can say for certain that they're free of defects, you have my permission. In this case, I'd trust your judgement as their developer more than my own.”

”I can assure you that it won't cause any accidents nor will it hinder its allies.”

”Ok, deploy them as well then.”

”Mhm, all should be ready within 30 minutes including retrofitting the knights with proper attack gear.”

After saying that, Rorono also dashed away.

Now that we were deploying them, the three knights would most likely play a huge role in this fight.

To be honest, a war right now was ideal.

We were actually having trouble leveling Tiro up. As to be expected, without a [War], it was hard to gain massive amounts of experience.

As such, I would be placing Tiro in the same party as Rorono. The three knights and the Avalon-Ritters were regarded as Rorono's equipment, meaning all the experience points from the monsters those golems had taken down would go to Rorono and her party.

Tiro's level was sure to skyrocket.

This [War] was going to boil down to extensively testing the performance of the three knights as well as leveling up Tiro.

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Ordinarily, we would assemble our troops in the [Plains], but since the casino and the surrounding infrastructures were now there, that obviously wasn't an option anymore.

For that reason, we were gathered in the dungeon room that used to be the [Mine] room. Because the city of Avalon was getting crowded by the day, I had decided to use the second [Mine] room in the dungeon proper as our main one and replace the one in the city floor with another [Plains] room.

And so, the Darkness Dragons were perfectly lined up. Behind them were the containers which had Avalon-Ritters and ammunitions inside.

By using the Darkness Dragons for air transportation, we would arrive at our destination in no time at all.

Time was of the essence this time. If we take too long, the enemy Demon Lord might be able ask for assistance from other Demon Lords. In that case, there was a real chance that Avalon would be attacked while our main force was away.

”Everyone, listen. As you may already know, Avalon was attacked. The enemy's aim was Rorono. He intended to abduct and then violate her!”

Those that haven't heard it before were shocked by the information I gave and thus shouted in anger.

”By no means am I to forgive such atrocity. I am sure the many of you whose lives were saved thanks to the weapons Rorono has made feel the same. Come, let us seek retribution! Let us teach that foolish Demon Lord what it means to mess with us!”

My monsters shouted and roared in response.

Their morale was at an all-time high. Which wasn't surprising considering a lot of them, if not all, regarded Rorono as a valuable comrade.

”Now, everyone, to your positions! We depart at once!”

My monsters then hurriedly but still orderly filed in to the container they were assigned to.

After everything was ready, the Darkness Dragons roared and took to the sky while carrying the containers.

I will never forgive him for his attempt of harming my precious daughter.