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Published at 24th of December 2019 11:54:05 PM


Chapter 20

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Chapter 20

 

Roughly one month has passed since the Day of Fate.
There were two huge changes.
First is a level-up. As a result of repelling invaders at a steady pace on the second floor, my level went up to 3.
I operate my smartphone in order to assign BP. Once I boot up the 『World Salvation Project』 app,
—!?
An unfamiliar text is displayed on the screen.

『You have reached level 3. Please select an evolved race.』

…Evolution?
What’s that? Once I look properly, the word 『Evolved』 is blue.
By any chance? I tap the blue evolved.

『Evolution: A demon king that exceeded a certain level can evolve into another race. The bloodkin will differ for each evolved race. For the sake of evolving into many races, it’s necessary to meet the requirements.』

No friggin’ way, an explanation!
I operate my smartphone and proceed ahead.

『Please choose the race you want to evolve to from the following races:

Demon King (Human)
Demon King (Oni)
Demon King (Elf)
Demon King (Dwarf)
Demon King (Demon)
Demon King (Slime)
Demon King (Beast)
Demon King (Fairy)
Demon King (Vampire)
Demon King (Dragon)
Demon King (Fallen Angel)』

All of them are Demon Kings? Also, I can’t select Oni, Demon, Elf, Dragon and Fallen Angel as they are greyed out.
Unfortunately, contrary to evolution, there’s no explanation displayed this time.
User’s manual, please…
Fortunately, I am able to return with the back button this time, in contrast to the initial 『Special Service☆』.
Having said that, the evolution entry will always be there whenever I boot up the 『World Salvation Project』 app. In other words, unless I choose a race to evolve into, I won’t be able to assign BP, create, or alchemize.
How troublesome. If I can’t create, I won’t be able to replenish my subordinates.
Even as I’m worrying, humans are invading my Domain, and my subordinates keep getting defeated. Considering the stock of rats and slimes, I have 12 hours I can use to worry and think.
Moreover, if it’s the same as the previous level-up, my CP will recover completely. If it’s the same rule as last time, my CP will change to 30 per hour. In other words, I will recover 1 CP every 2 minutes. Considering it like that, every minute and second is valuable.
Yet, I can’t choose an evolution path easily.
Now then, let’s try to arrange things from the information I know of?
First, the sentence that piqued my interest in the explanation of evolution — “The bloodkin will differ for each evolved race.”
Bloodkin — The main reason for increasing one’s Domain.
And, me — A demon king and his subordinates can’t go outside the Domain.
However, there are repeatedly posts about monsters rampaging outside a Domain in the net news.
In other words, the monsters recorded by the net news are bloodkin?
I thoroughly checked the videos and news about monsters rampaging outside of Domains.
A pack of wolves attacking people. A horde of goblins assailing people. A crowd of slimes attacking people.
The monsters, which have been publicized in many pictures and videos, are of the same kind.
Also, as an exception, I was able to confirm several instances where mixed packs of wolves and goblins were caught on pictures.
Although it’s a guess, bloodkin = same type. In short, if it’s a Demon King (Beast), it will be possible for wolves or kobolds to become bloodkin, and if it’s a Demon King (Slime), it should be slimes.
What about goblins? …!? I recall the explanation I checked when creating a goblin.
Goblin — evil fairy. I’m not able to completely believe it all of a sudden, but it’s possible that goblins are the bloodkin of Demon King (Fairy).
While revising the conditions afterwards, I look up various pictures and news stories that seem to be bloodkin.
—!?
I hit upon two pictures that bothered me the most.
The first is a picture of various types of monsters forming a group and attacking people.
The second is a picture of a human attacking people while leading monsters of different races.
What’s this about?
Is there a method to turn various types of monsters into bloodkin?
Hmm. No clue.
I confirm my current subordinates at hand.
Rat, slime, wolf, bat, goblin, kobold, orc, and dark elf.
The evolved subordinates are Goblin Archer, Goblin Fighter, Black Wolf, Kobold Knight and Kobold Fighter.
If I consider it from the subordinates I currently have at hand, Demon King (Beast) is the best. Next would be Demon King (Fairy), I guess?
Is there any information that allows me to consider the others?
The evolution paths I can choose are: Human, dwarf, slime, beast, fairy and vampire.
The evolution paths I can’t choose are: Oni, demon, elf, dragon and fallen angel.
— 『For the sake of evolving into many races, it’s necessary to meet the requirements.』
In other words, the races I can select for evolution are only those whose requirements I have met.
I guess the frequent use of subordinates of the slime, beast and fairy (= goblin) race are the condition for being able to select them as evolution path?
What about the dwarf and vampire kind then?
The vampire type is because bats are serving as my subordinates?
Apart from that, an even bigger riddle is the dwarf type. I have never seen nor created a dwarf.
How did I satisfy the conditions?
Dwarves, it’s about those guys, right? It’s a selfish image, but it’s about short ossan with a massive beard, hate elves, love booze, and are especially good at smithing right…!?
Am I good at smithing?
Smithing, or in other words alchemy.
Is the alchemy stat a condition for evolving into a dwarf?
Considering it from that point of view…the evolution conditions for the races that I can’t evolve into should be — body for oni, mana for demon and…knowledge, albeit that being a bit far fetched, for elves?
What about creation? Since it’s only a privilege of Demon Kings, it probably doesn’t exist.
If I assume this theory to be correct, is there a rule or reasoning behind the order of the evolution paths’ line-up?
The first four races — oni, demon, elf and dwarf are races who have their evolution condition appointed by the stats.
The next displayed races are the races most often used as subordinates.
If I assume the meaning as far as going by the lined-up order, there’s one point that bothers me.
I have a feeling of discomfort about the order of the races that are used most frequently, which are —
Slime, beast, fairy, vampire, dragon and fallen angel.
The order displayed on the smartphone upon creating a subordinate is —
Slime, rat, bat, goblin, kobold, orc and dark elf.
If the frequent use of bats serves as condition for vampire, the shown order should be —
Slime, vampire, beast and fairy.
The condition for evolving into a vampire isn’t the bat? Or maybe the Mastermind, who made the 『World Salvation Project』 app, made a mistake in the order. Maybe she cared about a correct order at first, but then gave up in the middle, meaning there’s no significance in the order.
If it’s the latter, all is in vain. It would result in me having wasted time on a completely groundless theory.
But, what if it’s the former?
For example, the evolution condition for the first four races are the stats (oni, demon, elf and dwarf), and the frequently used subordinates for the next three races (slime, beast and fairy). Then the final three races (vampire, dragon and fallen angel) would have a special evolution condition.
This way of thinking seems to be fitting now, doesn’t it?
Finally feeling clear-headed in some way, I decided to genuinely think about what race to select.
Candidate 1: Slime. Long ago, a slime appeared in the world of a certain fantasy novel of the demon kings genre. Eventually stories about slimes becoming the strongest have overflown in great quantities in novels and games.
Having said that, I look at the slime in front of me that simply looks like a cloudy pool of water.
Can this thing really become the strongest? If its appearance was at least a bit cuter then…
In the first place, I’m currently looking for a quick increase in combat power due to certain circumstances.
Therefore, the slime type is no good.
Candidate 2: Beast. At the moment it has the biggest variation among the subordinates I can create. I couldn’t confirm it with the pictures, but it’s very likely that the half pig, half man orc is a beast as well. Wolves, who excel in group battle and have an outstanding cost performance. Kobolds that can equip the items I alchemize, which is also one of my strong points.
However, I’m slightly bothered that the following dark elves are stronger. If I consider new subordinates that might be possible to create one after the other in the future, won’t this choice turn into premature development?
Currently I’m looking for a way to quickly enforce my combat powers due to certain circumstances, but…in the end I have to survive.
Therefore, the beast type is also no good.
Even after that, I repeatedly answered my own questions, and declined the possible evolution paths.
And just like that, the only remaining race is—.





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