Volume 10 Chapter 9 (1/2)

I had seen Fallen Angel Raphael and her abilities in action.

She was an undeniably powerful monster, but she had a few weak points.

Her magic, which was currently her main means of attack, was far beyond the norm in terms of might, but its fuel efficiency was poor. That meant she had to use it sparingly and wisely, or risk not having enough magic power when it was most important.

To somewhat compensate for her poor fuel efficiency, she could use her [Dark Light Sanctuary] to absorb the magic power and the lifeforce of anyone caught within it, but even that had drawbacks.

First and foremost, it doesn't discriminate between foes and allies. It affected everyone within it. Because of that, it was rather hard to support her after she has activated this skill.

Moreover, Raphael already had troubles in close-range combat, but this skill was making her isolate herself in a confined space with enemies. Kuina lasted two minutes inside, which would have been plenty of time to take down Raphael had Kuina been an enemy.

I want to make sure as much as possible that she we could defend herself after an enemy has closed the distance.

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After returning to my estate, I made a Mythological Fox guide Raphael to the house she would be living in.

Except for my [Monsters of the Covenant] and Tiro who was almost like Kuina's pet, all of my humanoid monsters were given their own houses.

”Uggh… I used up too many furs…”

Kuina dejectedly said so.

In order for her to evolve, Kuina had to fill 10,000 furs in her tail with magic power. Kuina had been diligently doing so, but apparently, Raphael's skill took away a few of her stock.

”Cheer up, Kuina. The [Recovery Room]'s going to be our new home, so your magic power recovery rate's going to improve; you'll have saved up as much in no time, you'll see.”

It was a bit regretful, but as they say, there's no use crying over spilt milk.

”You're right, Oto-san! …anyway, Rorono-chan, do you have any ideas on what you're going to make for Raph-chan's weapon?”

Kuina had always been quite the optimist, so moving on was quite easier for her.

But Raphael's equipment was indeed an important topic. If possible, I would like it to be something that would make up for her shortcomings.

”Mhm. I'm thinking of making her a close-range weapon.”

”You are, Rorono-chan? Why though?”

Kuina and Rorono began a strategy meeting.

I decided I should join in too.

”That's quite unexpected. Considering her stats, wouldn't it be tough for her to fight in close-range? Wouldn't something that'd help her outrange her enemies—so that she could take them down before they could even attack—be more helpful?”

”I thought that too, but she already has her powerful and long-range magic attacks, despite its poor fuel efficiency. That should serve as her main form of attack. All that's left is to make up for her lacking close-range combat capabilities for when enemies have closed the distance. …besides, even if I make her a long-range weapon, it'll be useless with that aim of hers.”

”Rorono-chan, you're a genius!”

That was quite a bold way of thinking.

”I'll even add in these as an extra: ultra-small golem guards that were supposed to be for master.”

When Rorono said that, she took out four beautiful blade-only knives. These blades were blue and seemed to be made of some transparent crystal.

”Golems? Sorry, but all I can see are some knives without hilts, or anything else for that matter.”

”Mhm, these knife-looking things are actually golems. Let me show you.”

When she poured some magic power into the blades, they shined and then revolved around her.

My guess was that it had the enchantment of [Rending]. Through this enchantment, an object could cut even things that normally wouldn't be possible to cut via physical means.

”These little ones will come flying toward anyone the user has recognized to be an enemy. They would launch automatically, so it wouldn't matter how slow-witted Raph is.”

”Woah, they're so cool. Kuina wants some too! I can't believe these are just extras!”

Needless to say, Kuina was charmed.

They certainly seemed fantastic. So much so that I wanted some for myself.

”Like I mentioned before, I developed these prototypes for master and not Raph. And that's why I'm giving it to her just as an extra.”

”Ohh. Does that mean I'm to get these as well?”

”Mhm. For a number of reasons though, you'll have to wait a bit longer. But before that, I want us to visit the [Mine] room. You haven't forgotten about our promise, have you, master?”

”Oh. Sorry, but I kind of did.”

The quality of the minerals that could be dug from one's [Mine] was dependent on the Demon Lord's strength.

Due to the [War] against the [Pig] Demon Lord, I had gained a tremendous amount of experience points on top of emotions and DP. But it wasn't just me that got stronger, my [Monsters of the Covenant] did too. And since Demon Lords grew stronger as their [Monsters of the Covenant] did, I grew even more powerful.

Most likely, almost a certainty, I was the only Demon Lord to have all three [Monsters of the Covenant] be S rank monsters. Considering that, my powers as a Demon Lord should be beyond the norm by now.

With a bit more effort, it shouldn't be surprising to find a metal that exceeded even orichalcum in my [Mine] room. To do that little effort was what I promised with Rorono.

”I'm a bit sad to know that master has forgotten…”

Rorono turned away her face, but I could still notice her puffed cheeks.

”Hey, I'm really sorry. How about we go tomorrow? We'll be busy with the move in the morning, but we can go afterwards, yeah?”

”Mhm, I'd be happy to. You mustn't forget this time, alright? …also, if we do find a metal that exceeds orichalcum, I'll be making master's self-protection tool using that.”

I then brushed Rorono's head.

What an awful father I am. Being busy is no excuse to forget a promise I made with my girls.

”That's great, but Rorono-chan, Oto-san, let's not forget about our discussion for Raph-chan's weapon! If those knives are just extras, what's her own weapon going to be?”

At that, Rorono pulled from her pocket a fist-sized object that looked like a pineapple.

”Is that a grenade?”

”It's not going to be a gun?”