Benimaru nodded, seemingly convinced. Nothing was said about Gabil. Sure, Gabil got carried away easily, but even so, he had the right character to be a general. He was considerate to his subordinates, and he also knew when to draw the line. While strategic planning was clearly not his strong suit, his tactical judgments were precise. Even if I gave him a troop there probably wouldn’t be any problems. Needless to say, Gerudo was a reliable general. I made arrangements for the reinforcement of the lookout points in each location I had prepared against the empire’s movement, and then I left Benimaru’s room. I should leave the trifling matters to Benimaru. Benimaru is also busy. He’s been checking the assembly point for the monster soldiers and makes arrangements with Gerudo about the food distribution and so forth. It won’t be good for me to disturb him for a while. Eh? How about giving him a hand? I have no idea what you’re talking about. Amateurs shouldn’t interfere. “Those are some convenient words”, I immediately think so.
Trainee-san greeted me. As usual, she was a translucent bishoujo. 「Trainee-san, it’s been a while. I want to thank you for your cooperation with the dungeon’s management.」 「Now, now, you’ve given us a place to live in inside the dungeon… And as a subordinate of Ramiris-sama, this much is a given.」 「No, no, it’s still true that you’ve been a great help. Please take care of me in the future as well.」
In response to Trainee san’s thanks, I replied with shaking and wobbling. This much was nothing. It was also as thank for her usual aid. 「Then, I’ll leave the rest to you guys. Ramiris, please inform me if it seems a soul will dwell in the golems.」 「Roger! I’ll immediately come flying and inform you.」
……
Leaving behind those mysterious words, the red-haired demon teleported from its position and vanished. What remained were the remains of demons.
……
I returned to my room, and check the construction of the surveillance system. Intelligence agents were placed in important points of the Great Jura Forest, from the sea coast to atop the mountains, but even to that extend unease still remains concerning about the information gathering. Or rather, it was expected that it didn’t function well when the actual fight began. And so, I thought about whether it would be possible to use magic to monitor. Magic of distance view series with purpose of observing was present in the Hex series.[3] However, the usability of it was poorer than I thought. It was only to the extent where I can check my target’s appearance. It was inflexible, and it could only monitor from one position. To view from a different position, the magic must be invoked once more. It’s impossible to view the top guns like us demon lords. Since it would repelled by the magic barrier we always erected. And so, using the existing magic didn’t go well. However, I had an idea. For example, the 〈Physics magic〉"Megiddo (God’s Wrath)” It was magic that collected sunlight using floating droplets of water to converge it. I could make the droplets of water float at various locations to transcribe the local situation and copy it. Alternatively, I could copy the image from a high altitude then magnify the image and project it onto a monitor. That meant I was creating a surveillance satellite with magic. According to Raphael’s answer, this could be possible with the utilization of 〈Physics Magic〉〈Spirit Magic〉 and 『Spatial Manipulation』.[4] Afterwards, I made a detailed request, and made the arrangements for it with Raphael. Once the surveillance system was completed, collecting information would be simple. The amount of information I could collect would be enormous, and grasping the movements of the enemy’s armies could be done easily. During the Battle of Tsushima (Sea of Japan Naval Battle), the Russian Baltic Fleet was destroyed by the Imperial Japanese Navy under the command of the Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet, Heihachirō Tōgō. The most crucial aspect of this naval battle, was whether you could encounter your enemy or not. To predict the point where the encounter was going to happen. If that had failed, Japan would have lost because the battle would have never occurred. In other words, I could say it was quite similar to our current situation. Since I dispersed our forces to various places and calculated the expected inferiority in the number of our forces, defeat was the most probable outcome. Grasping the empire’s movements and focusing our forces accordingly would be the decisive factor for victory. If the empire dispersed their forces, using timely calculation, it would become possible for us to defeat them individually. In order to turn the tides of battle in our favor and to ultimately grasp victory, the completion of this magic was crucial. So, although the magic was already completed, I wanted to improve it. Demanding Raphael-san to make this spell easy to use in a small place, I madea complaint like that. Eh? Can’t I do it by myself? Don’t be foolish. Wisdom King Raphael was my ability. In other words, I could say I have been doing my best. I might have been slightly overworked lately.
After I take a bit of a breather, let’s use the finished surveillance magic. Thinking that, I requested the maid, who was on standby in the adjacent room, to prepare some tea. Shuna would usually do it if she didn’t have any errands, but when she was unavailable it would be this maid instead. It was more than satisfactory. Though the maid was a former goblin who had evolved into Goburina, her appearance was hardly any different from a human’s. Recently, light make-up[5] had become a trend and they seemed to have become increasingly prettier. She came carrying the prepared tea. And then, after serving the tea, she bowed,
So she asked me. I asked her to tell him to come here. The maid bowed to me once, and then left my presence. Apparently, she was still tense around me, her movement was stiff. If it was Diablo or the other executives, they should able to enter without reservation, but the surroundings prevented that. That was the only problem.
As usual, Diablo came to greet me in a reverential manner. This fellow decided that I was his only master and he served me like I was a god.
Did he seriously plan on making a corps? He was a terrifying demon.
So, Diablo apologized, but what the heck are the people you’re bringing along? Using Leon’s country as a reference, I had installed a mechanism that created a large barrier. Thanks to this, the city was continuously covered by a defensive barrier that could differentiate between enemies and allies, and spread around the circumference of the city. As for a big shot that could break it, that was only possible by a monster of disaster class beyond ‘A’ rank. In addition, if it was going to be broken soon, it would immediately be handled by the sentry. Non-intelligent ‘A’ rank monsters and the like, are already no longer a match for our country’s soldiers who have high skill. But, even among the devils, only high-ranking ones could destroy the barrier. This was because there was a large difference between passing through and destroying it. Seriously, what the heck are the fellows he brought along? Were they really devil class? 「I allow you all to show yourselves. Manifest!」
They might have been his acquaintances or something like that at that time. The other seven were Greater Demons, but they seemed to be special individuals. They had the dignified presence of great demon. 「These people were once my comrades... Because they cried and swore that they wanted to be useful to Rimuru-sama by all means, I thought to allow them to accompany me.」
『We are the faithful servants of the Demon Lord Rimuru. We await your instructions!』
Well then, we had ten new companions, but because they are demons, spiritual life-forms that is, magic power was needed to manifest their physical bodies. I see, they were especially made to wait in the outside for this. Then, suddenly, I recalled the thing that Trainee-san had said a while ago. Eh? It’s should be okay for me to make them dwell inside the cultured golems, right? So I thought. Let’s implement that immediately.
Those were the names of the three Arc Demons. While I was giving them names, their embodiments and evolutions were completed in an instant, and then, Demon Dukes emerged from the culture capsules.
Moaned Dino, but Veldora and Ramiris were not shaken. It might because of this, right?
「I don’t see anything, hahaha, I don’t know. I don’t know anything, I’m unrelated.........」
Next were the Greater Demons. Venom Veyron Moss Cien Zonda Agera Esprit
I felt I had acquired an unbelievable war force, but this was still just the beginning.
The Greater Demons seemed to have 100 subordinates each.
There were a total of 700 souls of Lesser Demons dwelling inside the cultured golems.
If these fellows gained physical bodies and emerged, it would only serve to increase their dreadful force.
No, normally, even with only ten demons......
I may have done it again.
Let’s feign ignorance.
It’s all Diablo’s responsibility.
I was irresponsibly sitting next to Bester and thought of such a thing.
After this, the demons that were born here manifested as Greater Demons.
Terrifying Greater Demons with abilities stronger than a devil’s.
My prediction was correct, the Arc Demons that were just born were stronger than the summoned ones.
It had become an unimaginable corps.
Black Numbers (Black Corps)[6]: 700 people.
The group called themselves a corps even though their numbers was the lowest.
They were the strongest unit in Tempest, the Symbol of Terror.
When the other demons emerged from the culture capsule, that time is the moment of the birth of the Black Numbers (Black Corps).
[1] Not in this chapter but magic doll has ruby text and that’s golem (in katakana) [2] Can be interpreted as Dryads has many kind of female forms while Treants are Male forms. [3] 呪術 Jujutsu can also mean Curse/Black Magic/Sorcery/Magic. [4] 『空間法則操作』 Kuukan Housoku Sousa = Spatial/Space Rule/Law Manipulation. [5] A quick and easy kind of make-up, not using too much make-up and feels like the user is not using any make up at all (The user looks natural beauty). For more details ask your Girlfriend if you one (Damn you, Riajuu Explodeeeee!!!!) [6]黒色軍団(ブラックナンバーズ) Kokushoku Gundan (Burakku Nanbāzu)