Maou-sama no Machizukuri! ~Saikyou no Danjon wa Kindai Toshi~ Vol 9 Chapter 7 Aug 26, 2019

Publishedat 26th of August 2019 05:40:49 AMChapter 7

I, my monsters, and our equipment were being transported to [Pig] Demon Lord Agares’s dungeon by the Darkness Dragons .

Time was of the essence . The enemy was part of an alliance formed to oppose me . If I took too long, he might be able to call for help .

“What a crass-looking dungeon”

“Kuina doesn’t like it either”

The [Pig] Demon Lord’s dungeon was a castle-type .

More likely than not, castle-type dungeons were chosen by self-aggrandizing Demon Lords . Moreover, his choice of design was just awful .

At any rate, after landing, we assembled near the entrance of the dungeon .

The Avalon-Ritters formed a defensive wall in front while Abyss Howls set up Transfer arrays .

When the humans saw the large number of nightmarish dragons, they ran and fled as fast as they could .

Which was the correct decision considering the dungeon was going to turn into a battlefield .

We would be as considerate as we could, but even so, some humans that have ventured in dungeon could still be harmed .

Unless…

“I’ll leave our first wave to you, Rorono . Take Tiro and the three knights and rampage as flashily as you could . Once we’ve shown them we’re to be taken seriously, declare [War] . If they’ve accepted to do a formal [War], we’ll regroup and start again . If they don’t, we’ll continue rampaging as is until we break the crystal . ”

If possible, I would like for them to accept our declaration of [War] .

It wouldn’t change things too much if they did, but the moment our dungeons were connected by the white space, the humans within the dungeons would be transferred to a different space where time didn’t flow, thus eliminating the risk of the adventurers getting caught in the crossfire .

The humans had nothing to do with this fight . I didn’t want the blood of such blameless creatures to be on my hands .

As for the [Pig] Demon Lord, he should find a formal [War] to be also favorable and would most likely accept it .

After all, unlike me, he didn’t have a way to transport large amount of fighting force over a long distance . At the very least, none that he could prepare right away . So, as things were, we were the only ones on the offensive .

In a [War] though, because of the white space, he would have the option of sending his monsters to attack Avalon and try to break my crystal .

One thing that wouldn’t be in his favor in accepting my declaration was that it would remove the chance of him getting assistance from other Demon Lords . But then again, we made such good time that that was almost an impossibility .

Plus, a [War] has the allure of having the possibility of receiving a reward from the Creator, should it strike his fancy .

“Mhm, leave it to me, master . I’ll show you the power of the new models . ”

From a while ago, monsters of the [Pig] Demon Lord had come out of the dungeon and surrounded us at a distance .

Seeing as they were not attacking, their purpose was more likely to gather intelligence .

Their bewilderment was very apparent .

“My lord, the Transfer arrays had been set up as well as our defensive formation . ”

“Good work, Duke . ”

With this, we could begin at any time .

Rorono’s three knights were also now active .

There was the red knight that had heavy armor and a gigantic piledriver .

The eccentric white knight that was basically ordnances with wings .

Lastly, there was the black knight that had an elegant body . Additionally, two swords were hanging from its back while two machine guns were holstered at its hips .

Each of them was made with a different concept in mind .

The red knight was specialized in charging attacks; the white knight was for long range and aerial bombardment attacks; and the black knight was for adaptability .

They were accompanied by a total of ten Avalon-Ritters .

Needless to say, it was a sight to behold .

“Shall we begin, Rorono? Their scouts have returned, so they should have fortified their defenses a bit . That should be enough of a stage for your knights . Go and show me their might . ”

“Mhm, leave it to me . ”

How reliable .

I was sure she would do as well as I had expected, perhaps even more .

“Aura, you’re making dissatisfied face, you know?”

Maybe it’s because she didn’t get the chance to draw first blood? But even so, I’d expect such a reaction more from Kuina than her .

“Oh, I’m not questioning your decision or anything . It’s just that, when I see those goblins and orcs, I have this extreme urge to blow their heads off . So, when you didn’t make me join the first wave, I felt frustrated, I guess… I wonder why though”

“Maybe it’s because you’re an elf?”

A tale that was commonly told about elves was how orcs would go to their villages and violate their women .

Perhaps, that deep seethed hatred was even embedded to their DNA .

“Anyway, I’ll go rampage later . Rorono-chan, save some for me, okay?”

“Sorry, I can’t promise that . We’re going to fight with the intention to annihilate all of them . ”

Rorono was fired up, alright .

The enemy aimed for her, so it was only natural she was pissed off .

All preparations complete, I decided it was time to go in .

“Alright, let’s go . ”

“Mhm”

After Rorono nodded, sounds of activity came from the three knights and the Avalon-Ritters .

Generally, Demon Lords would place the weaker monsters in the early floors of their dungeons and the stronger monsters in the deeper areas . That way, they would be able to get a wide array of adventurers delving into their dungeons .

However…

“Hoh, it seems they’re giving us a grand welcome . ”

In the first dungeon room of the first floor, right when we entered, hundreds of monsters were assaulting us with their murderous intents .

The [Pig] Demon Lord’s dungeon was a castle-type and, typically, the first dungeon room of such a dungeon was a wide entrance .

That being the case here, there was not much cover . It was a good place to take advantage of the enemy’s great numbers .

However, that was a foolish plan against us . If they had known of the tactics we used, they definitely wouldn’t have picked this place .

The enemy forces were primarily composed of C rank High Goblins .

Additionally, taking command of the goblins were several B rank Goblin Lords .

Goblin-type monsters were generally weak, but they were capable of reproducing extremely quickly .

Moreover, even though the Goblin Lord was just a B rank monster, it had a skill that made goblins it commanded stronger . Army-wide strengthening skills were such powerful skills that they were almost exclusive to A rank monsters and above .

“Rorono, this is quite the sight, isn’t it? I’d say the enemy numbers at around 300 . Meanwhile, our side only has the three knights and the Avalon-Ritters as well as you and Tiro . It’s 300 versus 15 . Do you think you can win?”

This time, I was going to make Tiro to just sit back and not fight but still earn experience points for some level ups . Additionally, Rorono herself wasn’t going to intrude either . So, it was more like a 300 versus 13 fight .

Furthermore, an open field, despite the lack of cover, still presented some advantages to the side that had the larger force .

“Master, our enemies this time are quite clever . Assembling a large number of High Goblins and then augmenting their low stats with the Goblin Lords’ skill, they have a good amount of quantity and quality . Even so, such petty tricks stand no chance against my knights . We will crush them . ”

“I look forward to it, then . ”

From this moment on, this battlefield was going to be Rorono’s stage . Any unnecessary interference from me would only sully the beauty of her performance .

And so, I stood beside Tiro and became nothing more than Rorono’s audience .

By the way, the aforementioned Tiro was simply rubbing her head against my leg . Geez, what a cheeky child .

A few moments later, the goblin force charged at us like an avalanche .

In response, Rorono raised her hand . With just that gesture, the golems began to move .

The ten Avalon-Ritters then stepped forward . The mass-produced Avalon-Ritter models had guns and swords as their standard weapons . Right now, the ten were equipped with their guns .

If the Mithril Golems had the heavy machinegun Browning M2 caliber . 50, the Avalon-Ritters had the improved version of that: the EDHB 02 Ascalon . If the Browning M2 wasn’t supposed to be carried and then fired by human infantry but rather to be used while mounted on something like a combat helicopter, the Ascalon was even more so . In fact, if a human tried to fire the Ascalon, they would be blown away by the recoil .

And so, the ten Avalon-Ritters fired their guns in even intervals .

In no time at all, a lot of the High Goblins were turned to minced meat . Which was no surprise, considering the Avalon-Ritters’ stats and their weapons’ firepower .

“Gumooooooooooooooooooooooo”

While using the High Goblins as shields, the Goblin Lords shouted like that .

The goblins were desperate to find a way to escape the onslaught of bullets coming their way . And surprisingly, they did . By digging holes in the ground .

Against heavy machineguns, digging trenches was a correct tactic .

However, it wasn’t just heavy machineguns that the goblins were up against .

One of their other opponents was the fighter-airplane-looking white knight that just took off .

“Rorono, there’s something intriguing attached to the white knight”

“Mhm . This time, it’s in bombardment mode”

Attached to the white knight’s wings were two large containers .

When it opened, certain words popped in my mind: missile launchers .

While flying at high velocities, the white knight showered the goblins with missiles . It fired more than a hundred missiles, each one with tremendous power and accuracy .

And because the goblins were grouped together after digging the holes that they thought would save their lives, they became easier targets .

“On top of the missiles being guidable, it seems they’re even stronger than the bombs the Darkness Dragons use . ”

“Mhm . Those missiles aren’t ordinary bombs, after all . It has a magic spell that is powered by the white knight’s excess magic power, which is a lot due to its twin drive system . Such destructive power is out of reach for the Darkness Dragons . ”

“I see . ”

“There are also other reasons that make it hard for the Darkness Dragons to use those things . For one, it takes me a whole day to finish a container’s worth of missiles… a whole day, and yet it was gone in an instant…”

“Well, it’s no wonder you feel that way after using those things against enemies of only this caliber . ”

“It’s to showcase the power of the white knight though, so it couldn’t really be helped . ”

After it spent all of its missiles, the white knight hovered in the air and then removed the containers . The reason it could hover like that was most likely due to some anti-gravity mechanism it had .

Obviously, a fighter airplane that could hover was absolutely overpowered .

Next, the white knight readied its guns and then unleashed a barrage of bullets from up high… though it might be more accurate to say that it repeatedly sniped at the goblins .

“The guns that the white knight uses has a caliber of . 905 or approximately 22 . 9mm . That is almost twice than what Aura’s anti-materiel rifle has . In order to reduce the recoil and obtain stability, I made use of an anti-gravity unit . ”

“How crazy”

“And in order to increase its accuracy and precision, there was a need to also increase the weight and power behind each shot . If need be, it could also do rapid-fire . If this much wasn’t done, the white knight would fall far behind Aura, the truly absurd one, who could freely control the wind . ”

Increasing the weight of the bullet and the kinetic energy it had would certainly make it travel in a straighter trajectory, thus also increasing the accuracy .

At any rate, in less than a minute of a bullet storm from the front by the Avalon-Ritters and from the sky by the white knight, the 300 goblins were almost annihilated .

At that point, the storm stopped .

“Gumooooooooooo”

A Goblin Lord turned around and ran .

As it fled, I then felt an upsurge of magic power . In the next moment, the red knight was in motion . It was afloat thanks to another anti-gravity unit and was using all of the magic power produced by its twin-drive system to charge forward and attack with its right-arm-turned-piledriver .

The moment after that, the red knight vanished .

Even with my eyes, I failed to follow it .

At the same time that it vanished, a gigantic metal stake appeared and pierced through the running Goblin Lord . A couple of Avalon-Ritters along the path to the goblin were also blown away .

And then, after what felt like forever but actually was less than a heartbeat, the Goblin Lord exploded with tremendous force .

Rorono did mention that the red knight possessed the greatest charging speed, but this felt more like teleportation to me .

My eyes were involuntarily wide open . Considering the red knight’s charging speed and power, it could take out even an S rank monster . There would only be a few individuals who would be able to react to its charge, especially if it was the first time they saw it .

“The new thrusters seem to be working as designed . With that, nothing can escape the red knight . Within a distance of 200 meters, not even the white knight could . ”

“That’s not to mention its power . ”

“Mhm . It probably could compete even against Duke’s attacks when he’s in his dragon form . ”

The red knight’s piledriver was originally supposed to be Tiro’s weapon . And now that it was customized for the red knight, it was stronger than before .

“Ah!”

“What’s wrong, Rorono?”

“The enemy’s too weak . I haven’t even gotten a chance to show off the black knight yet… what a shame”

I unconsciously smiled wryly .

“There should be others chances for that soon enough . This is only the first clash, after all . ”

Through our overwhelming fighting force, we decimated our foes .

But before we pushed through, there was something I had to do .

And so, I had made the Avalon-Ritters gather some of the High Goblins that miraculously survived and bring them before me .

Goblins mostly had the intelligence of mere beasts, but High Goblins were at least capable of speech .

“I want you to relay a message to your master . Ahem…”

Alright, sound authoritative . I have to let them know just how serious we are .

“’We accept your declaration of war . The price for the sin of attempting to harm my daughter is death . ’ Deliver that and this message as well: ‘if you do not want to engage in a formal [War] or if we simply do not hear from you within five minutes, we will resume our invasion . Do you want to die while cowering or do you want to die while fighting? The choice is yours . ’”

For me, whatever he chooses was fairly inconsequential .

I didn’t want the humans to be caught in the middle as much as possible, but it wasn’t to the point I would consider it a priority . I would not hesitate just because humans were in the dungeon .

Now, I wonder how he’ll answer .

While waiting for a reply, I talked with Rorono about my impressions on her three knights .

But then, after a while, I began to hear a voice in my mind .

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Through the Creator’s voice, I knew the [Pig] Demon Lord’s answer .

After the announcement, I felt the sensation of being transferred to the white space .

All of the monsters I brought to invade the [Pig] Demon Lord’s dungeon were safely brought there while all of the humans and animals in both dungeons were relocated elsewhere .

I wonder what kind of medal he has .

If we break the [Pig] Demon Lord’s crystal, I would gain access to making the [Pig] medal . If it turns out his medal was an A rank medal, then I would have another A rank medal without destroying the [Crimson Cavern] and thus losing a convenient place to earn experience points .

I haven’t had a formal [War] since my fight against [Evil], [Viscosity], and [Steel] . My blood’s boiling . Alright, time to begin the massacre .