Chapter 10
I, who had decided to harden my heart — to become a demon king from now on, carried out various tests.
First I have 10 slimes, each costing 1 CP, fight against 1 kobold which costs 10 CP.
Numbers or quality.
In the end the kobold won while having all its fur scalded.
Even after that I carry on with my tests. What if I set 2 goblins, each costing 5 CP, against 1 kobold?
How much will the combat power increase if I boost the number of kobolds, who can cooperate with each other, to 3?
And it’s also explained that they can use weapons, so what kind of weapons can kobolds and goblins wield?
First I have to grasp their combat power. I won’t be able to come up with a strategy if I don’t even know my own combatant’s prowess.
As a result of doing various tests, I learned that monsters capable of cooperating become stronger the more you add them into a group.
Even if a single kobold fights against 10 slimes that can’t cooperate, the kobold will win, but if a kobold fights against 3 cooperating wolves (9 CP in total), the wolves will win.
Contrary to my expectations that an all-wolves army will have the advantage in that case, 3 kobold took away victory in a battle between 10 wolves and 3 kobolds, with both groups being able to cooperate.
Also, goblins excel at handling axes and bows, whereas kobolds are proficient at handling swords, spears and shields.
Especially kobolds equipped with sword and shield displayed an outstanding combat prowess.
And I also understood that the most efficient subordinates are goblins if you take CP cost efficiency into account.
If I make use of those 『Cheat Goblins』, I probably won’t lose early on.
Also, if I leave the defense to kobolds strengthened with equipment in the early stages, I likely won’t lose quickly either.
If I simply consider defense with my current combat assets, it will be more efficient to create 1 kobold than 10 slimes.
If I strengthen the kobolds, I will be able to repel humanity — 【Law】 that will come to invade without knowing anything in the beginning. But — I wonder, how should I proceed after that?
Humanity has an estimated number of 60 possible Domains to attack.
Among them, there are probably Domains of demon kings who haven’t allotted any BP to Creation, too. In that case, the monsters appearing in those domains will be at most goblins.
If not only the demon kings but also humanity possesses the concept of levels, they will likely postpone domains where fully equipped kobolds roam around, and focus on Domains with enemies they can defeat easily.
And then after raising their levels, they will raid the more difficult Domains.
Seeing as I can’t attack from my side, it will be checkmate once I fall into such a situation.
Even if they don’t reach the deepest area, there’s merit in deploying subordinates that can be defeated to some extent — it will produce the necessity to make them believe that there’s treasures to obtain.
When I was younger, I wondered why the demon king doesn’t defeat the hero at once. “Isn’t it an easy victory if he attacks the Level 1 hero!?” There was a time where I believed that. I wonder, did the demon king inside the game have the same mental state as me right now?
Rather than defending my Domain, it feels as if I’m managing a dungeon — my Domain.
The arrangement of my subordinates is an extremely important component.
Besides that, there’s a mountain of things I have to consider.
As a result of experimenting for two days, I have currently 3 kobolds, 5 goblins, 3 wolves, a full set of iron weapons and armor, as well as a sword, spear and shield of the Silver Series left. The CP I can spend until the end of the pseudo-peace is 6910.
To create a single kobold with a full Silver Series equipment – sword, shield, helmet and breastplate – as my strongest combat power, I have to spend 410 CP.
If I create 17 of those, I will use up all of my available CP.
How many of what weapons am I going to create? How many of which subordinates am I going to create?
I finished my trials. From now on I won’t waste a single CP.
I used the Memo app on my smartphone and thought about possible strategies.
◆
15 days have passed since I became a demon king.
Only half of the allocated time has passed.
The 15th day as a demon king. If I’m to express my impressions in one word, it would be “Spare time!”
There was a time when I (tensely) thought that I can’t waste even a single minute, but I was free while waiting for my CP to recover anyway.
If I were to put it into an example, it would be like a shut-in staying at home while playing an economy simulation game. Moreover, since you wouldn’t be able to recharge that economy simulation game with some kind of energy system, you would have no other option but to wait for your energy to recover. I wonder if it’ll be understandable when explained like that?
So far as it goes, I practiced archery, did practice swings with a sword and tried to hone my spearmanship during the downtime. I even did muscle training, even though it’s unclear whether that’ll have any effect or not.
However, if there’s no opponent, there likewise won’t be anyone to serve as a reference. I somehow managed to improve my accuracy in archery, I think? I can feel it to an extent, but it was unclear whether the other areas might have improved.
Also, there’s new, important information I managed to obtain.
First, a demon king is capable of staying active without sleep or rest. And a demon king won’t weaken if they don’t eat and drink either.
This is information that I obtained from a certain source and knowledge which I confirmed by actually experiencing it myself.
And it also caused me to make a big miscalculation.
That big miscalculation provided me with various information. It had a lot to do with a certain source — an anonymous bulletin board on the Internet.
As for that miscalculation—
１ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｅｒｔｙｕｉ
I became a demon king, so do you have any questions?
２ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｉｈｓｆｈｏａ
>1 I will send some medicine to you.
３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｉｗｒｉｈｆｎ
>1 I will send some medicine to you.
４ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｌｄｋｒｉｓｎ
> 2-3 Congratulations to your marriage! rofl
５ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｉｗｒｉｈｆｎ
>4 Thanks lmao.
６ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｅｒｔｙｕｉ
No, I mean, I’m a demon king for real lol. I’m a big landowner of a whoopin’ 6 km² hahaha.
７ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｇａｈｅｕａｎｄ
>6 A demon king with 6 km², how shabby lol.
８ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｅｒｔｙｕｉ
It will expand from now on rofl.
～ Omission ～
２９６ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｅｒｔｙｕｉ
>272 Hah? Are you fuckin’ with me? For real? Come to my Domain! I will ○ck you up good!
３００ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｋｅｉｄｈｒｂ
>296 I’ve reported you.
With that feeling some retarded demon king spilled precious information that was supposed to be our advantage.
At first it was treated as a joke, but as the number of self-alleged demon kings grew steadily, and from the fact that their information matched, the rumor that the inviolable areas are ruled by demon kings bore a tinge of truth in some parts.
Or rather, a Domain with 6 km²…that’s the real thing, isn’t it? In addition, even words such as slime or wolf have appeared…aren’t there way too many idiots among the demon kings?
Thanks to that, I unexpectedly obtained several information from the other demon kings. I learned that the 【True Core】 acts as the heart of the Domain, not the refrigerator. I also got to know that you can create dark elves, who are capable of human speech, as subordinates once you go beyond 【C】rank for 【Creation】.
By the way, from a joke thread called 『Thread of Demon Kings』, I learned that the 【True Core】 can be stored in the most secure place located in your Domain.
Incidentally, the contents of that thread are —
２０３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｅｒｔｙｕｉ
I laughed so hard when I put the true core into the lockable drawer of my desk roflmao.
２０５ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｆｅｕａｉｒｆ
>203 What an idiot. Don’t write about something so important.
２０７ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｓｋｅｉｄｕｎ
For me it was the safe rofl.
２１３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｎｄｈｅｕａｉ
In my case, it’s the freezer. Hahaha.
２１５ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｍｋａｋｊｕａ
>213 Me too, lol. Isn’t the refrigerator the central part with that? lmao
Just like that they most likely divulged the location of their very important 【True Core】.
And so, I lead a mysterious life as a demon king which was a jumble of fantasy and modern era.
Chapter 10
I, who had decided to harden my heart — to become a demon king from now on, carried out various tests.
First I have 10 slimes, each costing 1 CP, fight against 1 kobold which costs 10 CP.
Numbers or quality.
In the end the kobold won while having all its fur scalded.
Even after that I carry on with my tests. What if I set 2 goblins, each costing 5 CP, against 1 kobold?
How much will the combat power increase if I boost the number of kobolds, who can cooperate with each other, to 3?
And it’s also explained that they can use weapons, so what kind of weapons can kobolds and goblins wield?
First I have to grasp their combat power. I won’t be able to come up with a strategy if I don’t even know my own combatant’s prowess.
As a result of doing various tests, I learned that monsters capable of cooperating become stronger the more you add them into a group.
Even if a single kobold fights against 10 slimes that can’t cooperate, the kobold will win, but if a kobold fights against 3 cooperating wolves (9 CP in total), the wolves will win.
Contrary to my expectations that an all-wolves army will have the advantage in that case, 3 kobold took away victory in a battle between 10 wolves and 3 kobolds, with both groups being able to cooperate.
Also, goblins excel at handling axes and bows, whereas kobolds are proficient at handling swords, spears and shields.
Especially kobolds equipped with sword and shield displayed an outstanding combat prowess.
And I also understood that the most efficient subordinates are goblins if you take CP cost efficiency into account.
If I make use of those 『Cheat Goblins』, I probably won’t lose early on.
Also, if I leave the defense to kobolds strengthened with equipment in the early stages, I likely won’t lose quickly either.
If I simply consider defense with my current combat assets, it will be more efficient to create 1 kobold than 10 slimes.
If I strengthen the kobolds, I will be able to repel humanity — 【Law】 that will come to invade without knowing anything in the beginning. But — I wonder, how should I proceed after that?
Humanity has an estimated number of 60 possible Domains to attack.
Among them, there are probably Domains of demon kings who haven’t allotted any BP to Creation, too. In that case, the monsters appearing in those domains will be at most goblins.
If not only the demon kings but also humanity possesses the concept of levels, they will likely postpone domains where fully equipped kobolds roam around, and focus on Domains with enemies they can defeat easily.
And then after raising their levels, they will raid the more difficult Domains.
Seeing as I can’t attack from my side, it will be checkmate once I fall into such a situation.
Even if they don’t reach the deepest area, there’s merit in deploying subordinates that can be defeated to some extent — it will produce the necessity to make them believe that there’s treasures to obtain.
When I was younger, I wondered why the demon king doesn’t defeat the hero at once. “Isn’t it an easy victory if he attacks the Level 1 hero!?” There was a time where I believed that. I wonder, did the demon king inside the game have the same mental state as me right now?
Rather than defending my Domain, it feels as if I’m managing a dungeon — my Domain.
The arrangement of my subordinates is an extremely important component.
Besides that, there’s a mountain of things I have to consider.
As a result of experimenting for two days, I have currently 3 kobolds, 5 goblins, 3 wolves, a full set of iron weapons and armor, as well as a sword, spear and shield of the Silver Series left. The CP I can spend until the end of the pseudo-peace is 6910.
To create a single kobold with a full Silver Series equipment – sword, shield, helmet and breastplate – as my strongest combat power, I have to spend 410 CP.
If I create 17 of those, I will use up all of my available CP.
How many of what weapons am I going to create? How many of which subordinates am I going to create?
I finished my trials. From now on I won’t waste a single CP.
I used the Memo app on my smartphone and thought about possible strategies.
◆
15 days have passed since I became a demon king.
Only half of the allocated time has passed.
The 15th day as a demon king. If I’m to express my impressions in one word, it would be “Spare time!”
There was a time when I (tensely) thought that I can’t waste even a single minute, but I was free while waiting for my CP to recover anyway.
If I were to put it into an example, it would be like a shut-in staying at home while playing an economy simulation game. Moreover, since you wouldn’t be able to recharge that economy simulation game with some kind of energy system, you would have no other option but to wait for your energy to recover. I wonder if it’ll be understandable when explained like that?
So far as it goes, I practiced archery, did practice swings with a sword and tried to hone my spearmanship during the downtime. I even did muscle training, even though it’s unclear whether that’ll have any effect or not.
However, if there’s no opponent, there likewise won’t be anyone to serve as a reference. I somehow managed to improve my accuracy in archery, I think? I can feel it to an extent, but it was unclear whether the other areas might have improved.
Also, there’s new, important information I managed to obtain.
First, a demon king is capable of staying active without sleep or rest. And a demon king won’t weaken if they don’t eat and drink either.
This is information that I obtained from a certain source and knowledge which I confirmed by actually experiencing it myself.
And it also caused me to make a big miscalculation.
That big miscalculation provided me with various information. It had a lot to do with a certain source — an anonymous bulletin board on the Internet.
As for that miscalculation—
１ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｅｒｔｙｕｉ
I became a demon king, so do you have any questions?
２ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｉｈｓｆｈｏａ
>1 I will send some medicine to you.
３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｉｗｒｉｈｆｎ
>1 I will send some medicine to you.
４ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｌｄｋｒｉｓｎ
> 2-3 Congratulations to your marriage! rofl
５ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｉｗｒｉｈｆｎ
>4 Thanks lmao.
６ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｅｒｔｙｕｉ
No, I mean, I’m a demon king for real lol. I’m a big landowner of a whoopin’ 6 km² hahaha.
７ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｇａｈｅｕａｎｄ
>6 A demon king with 6 km², how shabby lol.
８ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｅｒｔｙｕｉ
It will expand from now on rofl.
～ Omission ～
２９６ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｅｒｔｙｕｉ
>272 Hah? Are you fuckin’ with me? For real? Come to my Domain! I will ○ck you up good!
３００ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｋｅｉｄｈｒｂ
>296 I’ve reported you.
With that feeling some retarded demon king spilled precious information that was supposed to be our advantage.
At first it was treated as a joke, but as the number of self-alleged demon kings grew steadily, and from the fact that their information matched, the rumor that the inviolable areas are ruled by demon kings bore a tinge of truth in some parts.
Or rather, a Domain with 6 km²…that’s the real thing, isn’t it? In addition, even words such as slime or wolf have appeared…aren’t there way too many idiots among the demon kings?
Thanks to that, I unexpectedly obtained several information from the other demon kings. I learned that the 【True Core】 acts as the heart of the Domain, not the refrigerator. I also got to know that you can create dark elves, who are capable of human speech, as subordinates once you go beyond 【C】rank for 【Creation】.
By the way, from a joke thread called 『Thread of Demon Kings』, I learned that the 【True Core】 can be stored in the most secure place located in your Domain.
Incidentally, the contents of that thread are —
２０３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｗｅｒｔｙｕｉ
I laughed so hard when I put the true core into the lockable drawer of my desk roflmao.
２０５ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｆｅｕａｉｒｆ
>203 What an idiot. Don’t write about something so important.
２０７ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｓｋｅｉｄｕｎ
For me it was the safe rofl.
２１３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｎｄｈｅｕａｉ
In my case, it’s the freezer. Hahaha.
２１５ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｍｋａｋｊｕａ
>213 Me too, lol. Isn’t the refrigerator the central part with that? lmao
Just like that they most likely divulged the location of their very important 【True Core】.
And so, I lead a mysterious life as a demon king which was a jumble of fantasy and modern era.
