Volume 9 Chapter 8 (2/2)
In truth, I wanted Duke to be on the attacking force, but just like with the case with Ruhe, taking too much for attack meant not having much for defense.
The enemy Demon Lord had been around for quite a while and was bound to have a few fully trained and leveled A rank monsters. For him to have an S rank monster was not impossible either.
And so, the plan was for Ruhe to take care of the other dimension while Duke worried about the main one.
”Attacking force, follow me to the entrance so that we can begin our attack as soon as possible”
”Understood, Oto-san!”
”Mhm, let's do our best”
”Fufufu, I can finally shoot the heads of those orcs.”
When I heard a rather disturbing reply, I couldn't help but smile wryly. Well, let's give her a larger role so that she can shoot more of them then.
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The Creator's voice in my head declared so.
As such, I immediately lead the attacking force toward the enemy's dungeon.
Duke was gravely against me joining the attacking force and requested that I stayed in Avalon instead, but I had a reason for doing so: I wanted to level up.
After all, the stronger I was, the safer I was as well.
Moreover, if I leveled up, my MP would increase. And the more MP I could spend without worry, the more things I could make with my [Creation].
Also, apparently for some Demon Lords, by leveling up enough, they could use the next stage of their Unique Skill even without using [Awakening].
Whenever I activate my [Awakening], my [Creation] becomes [Create].
Whereas [Creation] materialized objects of the past, [Create] made things advance to their future versions.
To be able to use [Create] without the risks of [Awakening] certainly was good enough, but what if, by leveling up, another ability also manifests?
At any rate, because the Avalon-Ritters were treated as Rorono's equipment, she would undoubtedly have the most kills, which had the high chance of translating into the most experience points gained. For that reason and more, I joined up with her party.
Like that, my monsters and I walked forward.
”Come to think of it, you're not changing out of your energy-conservation form, Kuina?”
”If a strong enemy appears, Kuina will! There might not be any enemy strong enough to force Kuina to change though.”
”Alright, I'll leave it to your judgment. But if you lose because you didn't transform soon enough, expect punishment, ok?”
”'Kay!”
Kuina looked like a thirteen-year-old girl at the moment, but her true form ever since she had earned enough levels was that of a girl in the latter half of her teens.
She was assuming this form in order to conserve as much energy as possible. Once she had filled up 9999 tail furs with magic power, she could evolve from a Celestial Fox into the being one rank higher than that.
”How many more tail furs do you have to fill up before you can evolve, anyway?”
Before answering, Kuina tilted her head a little.
”Hmm, let's see. If I can continue to consume Aura-chan's golden apples daily, it'll be done maybe in three months.”
”Oh? That's great.”
If that was the case, her evolution should come sooner than the expiration of the rule that protected us new Demon Lords from other Demon Lords.
This might be hoping for too much, but there was a chance that an evolved Kuina's power might exceed even a reborn Marcho or a true [Dragon Emperor] Duke.
Half of the way to the [Pig] Demon Lord's dungeon, we passed by a large group of goblins and orcs.
In this white space we currently were in, harming as well interfering in anyway with the others involved were strictly prohibited.
As such, simply passing by the enemy's starting offensive force had been rather customary.
Some more walking and we were finally at the entrance of the enemy's dungeon.
Before we entered though, there was something I wanted to ask Rorono.
”Rorono, in case we are outnumbered, I intend to use the power of [Awakening]. Do you mind if I use [Create] on your three knights?”
During the Marcho rescue campaign, I used [Create] on the weapon of mass destruction known as MOAB and made it evolve. The MOAB back then was already improved technologically and magically by Rorono, but [Create] pushed it further.
The same would likely apply to the three knights. If so, the question I just had to know the answer to was how ridiculous more powerful can the three knights get?
”I don't really mind. However, I will do my best to avoid a situation wherein that is necessary. [Awakening] is a dangerous power, master, and I would like to lessen the times you have to use it.”
”Yeah, I'd prefer not to use it too. I'm asking this just in case.”
If we could win easily, there was no need to use that power.
Still, I had this foreboding feeling that that power would somehow become necessary.
At any rate, my monsters have begun entering the dungeon.
From our first wave of attack, we had learned that the first dungeon room was an [Entrance]. This time though, there wasn't any enemy monsters deployed there.
Rorono even placed her hand on the ground and used earth magic to make sure, but she didn't find anything, not even traps.
Well, aren't they generous, letting us pass through without a hitch.
I jokingly thought so, but I knew numerous traps and strong monsters were waiting for us after this place. That said, whatever they had prepared, it wouldn't be enough to stop my monsters.
TL note: I have no clue what anime reference Ruhe is making.